Fran Barnet named Ione BEO supervisor
HEPPNER
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VOL 117
NO. 36
6 Pages
Wednesday, September 9,1998
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Flow to increase from Willow Creek Lake
Flows at Willow Creek Lake
t U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
will
be increased from three cu­
will increase releases at Corps
bic
feet
per second to 25 cubic
lakes throughout Oregon in Sep­
feet
per
second over a two-day
tember and October.
period,
beginning
Saturday, Oct.
Reservoir regulators will begin
10
.
the annual lowering of Willow’
Each year, the Corps must have
Creek Lake in Heppner, 13 lakes
all
the lakes lowered by Nov. 30
in the Willamette Valley and two
to
be
ready to hold fall and winter
lakes in southern Oregon’s Rogue
rain
and
runoff. The Corps low­
River Basin.
ers the lakes gradually over two
months to reduce the impacts on
river and lake users.
River users downstream of the
dams will see a noticeable differ­
ence in river levels after the re­
leases are increased. “Right now,
the Corps is releasing only mini­
mum flows, so the increased re­
leases will seem dramatic at first,”
said an Army Corps of Engineers
new release.
Eight local men to compete at Roundup
Eight Heppner men are
scheduled to compete at the
Pendleton Round-Up, one of the
largest four-day rodeos in the
world. The Pendleton Round-Up
is the grand finale of the "Big
Four" national rodeo circuit.
The men are Steve Currin,
Tony Cumn and Jerry Gentry in
calf ropmg/steer wrestling;
Butch Knowles, Bob Mahoney
and Brett McDowell in team
roping; Mike Mahoney in calf
roping/steer
wrestling/team
roping; and Jim Ward, steer
roping.
The 1998 Pendleton Round-Up
and Happy Canyon Pageant will
be held Wednesday, September
16, through Saturday, September
19, in Pendleton.
LeAnn Rimes and Bryan
White on their "Something to
Talk About Tour ’98" and the
Steve Miller Band, Space
Cowboy 1998 World Tour will
kick off the week on Sunday,
September 13.
For tickets or more
information, call 1-800-45-
RODEO or visit the Pendleton
Round-Up and Happy Canyon
website at www.ucinet.com/-
roundup/.
New pastor begins work at Ione UCC
Th« Rav. Paul Clay
The lone United Church of
Christ has a new minister. The
Rev. Paul Clay arrived as pastor
of IUCC in mid-August.
Because of a fire at the church
in April, the congregation is
meeting for worship at St.
Williams Catholic Church in
lone on Sundays at 11 am .
Everyone is welcome to attend.
The Sunday school meets at 10
a.m. in the Christian Education
Building at Main and E Street.
"Our worship services will be
joyful and lively, and serious
about our faith, with plenty of
singing, prayer, and scripture
readings," said the Rev. Clay. "1
plan for a blend of familiar and
what is new, a mix of
encouragement and challenge, a
balance of guidance and
freedom. We listen together to
the good news of God's love
expressed in the wonder of
creation, the Gospel of Jesus
Christ, and the quiet presence of
the Holy Spirit within us and
among us. We seek to follow
God's will, for each of us and for
the world. I respect the need for
each person to think about God
in his or her own way, and to
serve God according to his or
her own unique inspiration and
abilities."
According to Clay, his goals
for the coming months include
leading "great worship services",
getting to know the people of the
church and the community,
renewing the Sunday school
which has been very strong in
the past and strengthening the
ability of the congregation to
care for its members, friends,
and visitors.
He says he plans to work
closely with the building
committee, which is planning
the rebuilding of the church
facility.
Clay
studied
architecture at the University of
Oregon for three years before
entering the ministry.
Clay was raised in small towns
in northern California and
Oregon and grew up attending
the United Church of Christ
where his father was a
congregational minister. The
Rev. Clay received a bachelor of
arts degree in community
service and public affairs from
the University of Oregon in
1983, and graduated from the
Pacific School of Religion in
Berkeley, California, in 1988.
He was youth pastor and
assistant pastor for churches in
Gresham, Eugene, Cedar Mills,
and Berkeley. For the past 10
years, he has served as pastor of
Metalme Falls Congregational
United Church of Christ in
Metaline Falls, a village of 250
people in the northeast comer of
the state of Washington.
Clay's wife Terri has a degree
in elementary education and
hopes to begin work soon as a
substitute teacher. They have
two children. Shannon, who is
beginning the third grade at lone
Elementary, and Kara, who-is in
the second grade at IES.
The family enjoys canoeing
and cross country skiing and he
also enjoys astronomy.
News deadline
5p.m. Monday
20% OFF S e le c te d
&
Court chaperone
sought by Sept. 25
Anyone interested in being the
1999 Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo chaper­
one is asked to write a letter of
interest with qualifications.
Court chaperone duties include
setting up all public appearances
including luncheons, parades, ro­
deos and interviews that involve
the court girls. The chaperone will
work with the board and the court
director.
Send letters to the Morrow
County Fair Board or drop them
off at the Morrow County Fair
office before Friday, Sept. 25.
Queen and court
tryouts Sept. 27
1999 Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo (OTPR)
Court tryouts will begin Sunday,
Sept. 27 at 1 p.m. at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds.
Candidates must be 16 years
of age by Aug. 1, 1999 and not
more than 21 years old. The con­
test will consist of riding and
horsemanship skills, followed by
public speaking and a personal in­
terview.
Any past Morrow County Fair
and OTTR princesses interested
in being the 1999 queen may pick
up a queen application at the Mor­
row County Fair office.
Applications for princess may
be picked up at area high schools
or at the fair office.
All applications must be re­
turned to the fair office by Friday,
Sept. 25 at noon.
Marsha Sweek
to speak at
Smithsonian
Morrow County Museum
Director Marsha Sweek has been
invited to participate in a panel
discussion during the 1998
Smithsonian Institution Council
meeting November 5-7.
The council, an advisory body
to the Smithsonian Institution, is
meeting to examine
the
Smithsonian’s relations with the
nation's communities. The other
panelists addressing the Council
will be Henry Munoz, president,
Centro Alameda, Inc., San
Antonio, Texas; Judy Brown,
director of education, Miami
Museum of Science; and Dick
Spees, council member, city of
Oakland, California.
Sweek, who will be traveling
as the guest of the Smithsonian,
has been involved since 1994
with the Smithsonian Institution
Traveling Exhibit Service Rural
Initiative's program to bring
Smithsonian exhibits to rural
communities.
Health meeting
M o r r o w C o u n t y G r a in G row ers
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Fran Barnett, long-time
employee at -the Bank of
Eastern Oregon, has been
named branch supervisor and
consumer loan officer at the
lone branch.
Barnett, who lives three miles
out of lone, started with the
Bank of Eastern Oregon lone
Branch m 1972, working as a
teller and in new accounts. She
worked at lone for 18 years
before moving to the Heppner
branch in 1990, where she first
worked in loan processing, then
as a teller supervisor, a bank
auditor and then again in loan
processing.
Barnett, 52, moved to Heppner
from Kansas when she was in
the seventh grade and graduated
from Heppner High School. Her
husband, David, has been owner
of the lone Key Lock Service
for the past 14 years.
Barnett has two step­
daughters, Debbie Ayres, The
Dalles, and Cindy Rosselle,
Lewiston, ID, and a son, Scott,
also of Lewiston, and nine
grandchildren. Her mother, Sue
Vinson, and sister, Anna
Schwarzin, live in Heppner.
Barnett enjoys photography,
cake decorating and going up to
their mine, a working gold mine
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A meeting of the Morrow
County Health District will be
held Monday, Sept. 14, at the
Pioneer Memorial Home Health
office beginning at 7 p.m.
Richard Wood
Fran Barnett
where they do actual panning at
Granite.
Barnett says she is glad to be
working in lone. "I'm so glad to
be back in the community," she
said. "It's fun, but so many
things have changed, it's been
challenging."
Former lone branch manager
Mardean Patton will be
manager at the Imgon and
Boardman branches when they
open. The Imgon branch is
scheduled to open before the
first of the year and the
Boardman branch, after the first
of the year. Patton had been at
the lone branch for eight years.
Richard Wood, BEO
agricultural loan officer who
previously had his office at the
Heppner Branch and spent one
to two days at the lone Branch,
will now be based in lone.
The lone Branch has been
remodeled and Wood's base of
operations has been moved to a
new office there. The major
portion of the remodeling work
was completed around August
1.
Wood
specializes
in
agricultural operating and real
estate loans with an emphasis
on serving the customer. Wood,
who has been in banking over
20 years, has customers in
Grant, Wheeler and Umatilla
counties, as well as in Morrow
County.
Wood came to Heppner in
1993 as an agricultural loan
officer. He and his wife,
Carolyn, who is a nurse with the
Morrow
County
Health
Department, have six children.
Their youngest son, Justin, is a
sophomore at Heppner High
School.
Grace Drake, a valued volunteer
By Scot Jacobson
The Reverend Grace Drake, a
long-time volunteer at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital and Nursing
Home in Heppner, is considered
a valuable team member at the
hospital.
Rev. Drake, who began
volunteering in September of
1987, is the volunteer chaplain.
One of the services she offers
is a memorial service for any of
the residents who pass away.
Done with permission of the
family and within 24-48 hours,
the service allows other
residents and staff who might
not be available for the public
services to bring closure to a
relationship.
"When I enter a resident's
room, I center my attention on
the person at hand," says Rev.
Drake. "It is like shifting gears;
the person I'm seeing may be in
a totally different time frame.
Past, present and future may be
all one, with no differentiation."
Rev. Drake visits with
patients and staff throughout the
year, asking, "How is your
Spirit level today?". Never one
to impose her reality or values
on a resident, Rev. Drake smiles
and listens to what one has to
say.
"She is a positive person."
says Tonya Jones, activities
director for the nursing home
"The residents appreciate her
and what she has to offer."
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The Rev. Grace Drake
Rev. Drake says that
volunteering is important.
"Family and community are
important components in the
effort to keep residents
connected intimately with
goings on outside of the nursing
home. We can be friends; we
can be volunteers for various
activities planned for them; we
can pray for them; and make
creative suggestions which
would counteract their feelings
of isolation."
Anyone interested in
volunteering time at the nursing
home, "whether it be an hour, a
day or an afternoon a week",
contact Scot Jacobson, 676-
9133. There is someone waiting
for you.
Logging activity closes 5507
Forest Road 5507, from its
junction with FS Road 5510 to
its junction with FS Road
5506130, will be closed
September 7-25, because of
helicopter logging activities in
the area, announced Jeff
Blackwood, Umatilla National
Forest supervisor.
"The Dragon Salvage Sale
requires helicopter logging in
steep terrain above Forest Road
5507. Helicopters transporting
logs in the area is a clear threat
to public safety and 1 don't want
to take that risk," said
Blackwood. Forest visitors can
safely view the helicopter
logging activities from the North
Fork John Day Overlook, 13
miles southeast of Ukiah on
Forest Road 52.
For more information contact
Jack Graham at the North Fork
John Day Ranger District, (541)
427-3231.
Prettiest car in town
Editor's note: for all of you
readers who inquired as to the
make and model of Cal
Sherman's "prettiest car in
town" (Sept. 2 Gazette-Times)--
lt was a brand new 1952 Ford
Victoria two-door hard top with
a special paint job—light blue
and another color which
perhaps could be described as a
shade of yellow. It was the first
one like it in the country, but
the next year a lot of people
bought them, says Cal.
Regional strategies board to meet
A meeting of the North
Central
Oregon
Regional
Strategies Board will be held
Thursday, Sept. 17, from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at the senior
center at Monument.
The next scheduled meeting
will be Oct. 15 in Heppner.