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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 28,1998 - ELEVEN
On The
Bookworms celebrate 70th birthday
The Bookworms met October
27 at the Morrow County
Museum to celebrate their 70th
birthday.
The club was organized in
1928 by 12 ladies who enjoyed
reading. At that time the city
library was located at the site
now occupied by the city police.
Some of the members served as
librarians. School teachers
brought their classes to the
library for story hour. There was
no furniture, so the Bookworms
wove strips of newspaper into
mats for the children to sit upon.
The club sponsored "Library
Stunt Night" at the Star Theater
for the benefit of the library.
Some interesting programs were
held-piano solos, quartets, skits
and plays. The money raised was
used to buy books for the
library.
In the early years, the same
book was discussed at each
meeting. Because they could
only obtain one or two copies at
a time, the books were passed
around among the members and
each had only a day or two to
read that book. Some amusing
stories are told about the ladies
ironing and reading, bathing and
reading, cooking and reading-
all in order to get the book to the
next member. Now, each
member makes her own
selection for reviewing. The club
meets twice a month, September
through May.
In 1960, when the Heppner
Library opened at the present
site, the Bookworms sponsored
a silver tea. Over the years the
club donated many memorial
books to the library as well as to
other worthy groups-Hillcrest
School for Girls, Veterans
Hospital in Walla Walla, Pioneer
Memorial
Hospital
and
Salvation Army, among others.
The Heppner Gazette-Times
for October 12, 1933, has the
following item on the front page:
"The
Bookworms
club
celebrated their fifth anniversary
with a birthday party following
the regular meeting held at the
home of Mrs Lucy Rodgers
Tuesday evening. A large cake
with five candles was cut and
served to the guests. Individual
nosegays at each place carried
out the party idea. Members
present were Mrs. Charles
Smith, Miss Madge Coppock,
Mrs. J. T. Lumley, Mrs. E. F.
Bloom. Mrs. Spencer Crawford,
Mrs. Paul Gemmell, Mrs. J. O.
Turner, Mrs. A. A. McAtee,
Miss Leta Humphreys, Miss
Lulu Hager, Mrs. H. C. Case and
Mrs.
Rodgers."
(Madge
Coppock Thomson, who passed
away in 1997, was still an active
member.)
At their 70th birthday party, the
current twelve members wore
1920's costumes and the
museum staff displayed 1920's
memorabilia.
Commission approves
community proposals '
The Morrow County
Commission on Children and
Families
approved
three
Community
Development
proposals on October 13 during
its monthly meeting in Irrigon.
Grants totaling $500 each were
distributed to Heppner Campus
Life to help with the purchase of
a used van to transport youth to
activities and to the Muay Thai
(kickboxing) school in Heppner
to help defray the costs of
equipment
utilized
by
underprivileged youth.
An
additional $395 was granted to
the Heppner Neighborhood
Watch program to purchase
signs for the community.
The Community Development
Fund was established for
anticipated yet unidentified
community needs and to
leverage other funds and
resources
into
services,
advocacy and unique application
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The Morrow County
Emergency Management office
in Heppner is in the process of
expansion.
MCEM director Casey Beard
said that they hope to have the
exterior portion of the 2,224
square
foot
expansion
completed by early December
and
the
whole
project
substantially completed by late
February or early March.
,
The addition will consist of a
1,388 square foot upper level
which will house the operations
room and an 836 square foot
lower level which will be used
for storage.
Beard said that the expansion
is Phase II of the CSEPP plan.
Phase I was remodeling of the
old Forest Service building to
house MCEM and the Morrow
County Sheriffs Office. The
cost of Phase II, which has been
in the planning stages for
several years, is estimated at
$250,000-$300,000. Beard says
that the monies for the project
come from CSEPP through a
complicated funneling down
system-CSEPP appropriates the
money to the Army, which
appropriates the funds to
FEMA, which then gives it to
the state, which, then, in turn,
gives it to the county. "We were
finally able to get funding," he
said. Beard said that Morrow
County provided excavation
and demolition work in
preparation for construction in
lieu of matching funds.
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Bookworm Club members dressed in period clothing in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the
club. L-R are: front row-Sylvia McDaniel, Lucille Peck, Marian Brosnan, Helen Currin and Florence Green;
back row-Joyce Dinkins, Bethal Heinrichs, Kathryn Hoskins, Lorena Jones, Patricia Rauch and Marj
Gardner. Not pictured is Mary Goheen.
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Kathryn Hoskins (right) models her sister's 1928 wedding dress; Marj
Gardner models the Marcella, a hair-do popular in 1928.
anyone who will not be home
that evening but would like to
donate, may leave their food
items at Jannie Allen's house
Call Jeri McEUigott at 422-
7257 for more information.
Association
members
Gerald and Judith Ripka, lone,
are new members of the
American Angus Association,
reports Dick Spader, executive
vice president of the national
organization with headquarters
in St. Joseph, Missouri.
The American Angus
Association, with over 3 1,000
active adult and junior members,
is the largest beef cattle registry
association in the world,
according to an American Angus
Association news release. Its
computerized records include
detailed information on over 12
million registered Angus.
The association records
ancestral information and keeps
records of production on
individual animals for its
members.
These permanent
records help members select and
mate the best animals in their
herds to produce high quality,
efficient breeding cattle which
are then recorded with the
American Angus Association.
Most of these registered Angus
are used by the U.S. farmers and
ranchers who raise high quality
beef for U.S. consumption, said
the release.
Helfrechts buy Green Feed & Seed
The operations room will
house the computer equipment
with automated work stations
and will include state-of-the-art
display screens to show where
the plume is projected in the
disposal of chemical weapons
at the Umatilla Army Depot,
maps to show the location of
pieces of response equipment,
radios and an advanced
telephone system. "The goal of
the project is to get all the key
people concentrated in one
space
to
facilitate
communication," said Beard.
"We'll be able to get optimum
use of the equipment and we'll
be able to better support the
people who really need it—the
ones who are out in the field."
Contractor for the project is
Knerr
Construction
of
Hermiston,
who
were
contractors for the first phase of
the project.
The exterior of the building
will look like stucco and will be
colored to blend in with existing
trim. Beard said the material
will be more efficient as
insulation and more cost
effective for the life of the
building than brick used on the
exterior of the original building.
"It should be a very good
facility and hopefully it will be
cost effective and something
that the community will be
well-served by," added Beard.
He said that he does not
expect that additional staff will
be hired, at least initially.
lone youth group plans drive
The lone Youth Group will go
door to door in lone Halloween
night to collect nonperishable
food items for the Neighborhood
Center.
People living out of town, or
S
Ripkas new .
projects for the children, youth
and families of Morrow County,
said Dar Merrill, director.
Morrow County Commission on
Children and Families.
Approximately $1,500 is
available each quarter and the
maximum grant is $500.
Examples
of
reasonable
Community Development Fund
requests
include
seasonal
program needs; small capital
expenditures (except for private
property); service program staff
training; one time events and
pilot projects.
Next quarter's proposals will be
reviewed on December 8 during
the
monthly
commission
meeting but must be received by
the commission office by
November 30 to be considered.
Applications are available at
the commission office at 120
South Main in Heppner or by
calling 676-9675.
Emergency management
addition underway
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A recently printed "Cycling
Paradise: the Heppner Wheat
Country" brochure seems to be
attracting some attention around
the* state. The glossy, full-color
flier features Heppner as the hub
of many bicycling routes in
Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler, and
Umatilla counties. It offers a
highway map that features
suggested trips and specific,
written directions for the trips.
"Truly a local product, the
pamphlet is the result o f much
collaboration," said Claudia
Hughes, director of the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce. "Interim
district attorney, Bill Hanlon, is
a bicycling enthusiast. During
his work in Morrow County, he
traveled many hundreds of miles
on the roads of the counties and
shared with Doris Brosnan at
Twice upon a time... his delight
in the superb biking conditions
these roads offer." Hanlon
suggested that Heppner has a
wonderful commodity to offer
cycling devotees, as the
highways are little-traveled and
offer a variety of terrain and
scenery, and the weather
conditions are usually optimum,
said Hughes.
Brosnan passed on Hanlon's
observations to Hughes and then
created some commentary to
accompany Hanlon's mapping of
his bicycling trips. A snapshot
by Ruth McCabe was selected
for the front of the flier. A
sample flier resulted, and, with
the encouragement from the
Chamber
and
Heppner
Economic
Development
Corporation,
Brosnan
and
Hughes began their fund-raising
efforts. Sev'-ia! businesses in the
counties
supported
the
publication financially, as did
the Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Klamath First Federal Bank,
Morrow County Grain Growers
and Morrow County Court.
When Scott Cimmiyotti of
Scott's Cycle and Sports Shop
saw the brochure sample, he,
too, helped with the costs,
Hughes said.
"Cycling Paradise: the Heppner
Wheat Country" has been mailed
to many bicycle shops in Eastern
Oregon, the Tri-Cities area, and
Western Oregon.
Locally,
copies are available at Klamath
First Bank, the Chamber o f
Commerce office, and Twice
upon a time....
In the Service
Jamie and Ronda Helfrecht and children (L-R) KayLee, Colton and
Keenan.
Kay and Mike Proctor,
owners of Green Feed and Seed,
have sold the store to Ronda
and Jamie Helfrecht, who
moved to Heppner in July.
Ronda, 36, grew up in
Heppner and graduated from
Heppner High School in 1981.
Her
mother
is
Darlene
Lovgren. Ronda attended Linn-
Benton Community College and
was employed with the
Umatilla-Morrow Educational
Service
District
as
an
audiometric technician.
Jamie, also 36, is originally
from the Pendleton area. He
graduated from Blue Mountain
Community College and has
been
employed
as
a
maintenance supervisor for
Blue Mountain Asphalt for
eight years. The couple have
lived in Pendleton for the past
10 years.
The Helfrechts have three
children, Colton, 10, who is a
fifth grader at Heppner
Elementary School; KayLee,
seven, a second grader at HES;
and Keenan, two.
Ronda says that Lee
Ansotegui will stay on at the
store to take care of the CRP
seed sales and Mike Proctor
will do custom leather work
with drop-off and pick-up at the
store. She says that Kay Proctor
will help out with the nursery in
the spring.
The Helfrechts also plan to
resume saw sharpening at Green
Feed.
Kay Proctor says that she has
no particular plans for the time
being with the exception of
painting her house. Mike
Proctor is employed with
Oregon Hay in Boardman.
The Proctors have three
children, Josie, a freshman at
Blue Mountain Community
College, Julie, a freshman at
Heppner High School, and Roy,
a fifth grader at Heppner
elementary School.
HHS plans costume dance
The Heppner High School
Senior Class has planned a
Halloween costume dance on
Thursday, October 29, from 9
p.m. to midnight in the HHS
cafeteria. Students must be
dressed in costume to be
admitted.
Navy Airman Joseph R. Baker,
son of Robin Baker of lone and
Robert Baker of Cecil, recently
participated in a remembrance
ceremony for Prisoners o f War
and
Missing
in
Action
(POW/MIA) while on a six-
month deployment to the
Western Pacific Ocean and
Arabian Gulf aboard the aircraft
carrier USS Abraham Lincoln,
home ported in Everett, Wash.
Baker's ship paused in the
Arabian Gulf to pay tribute to
the men and women who have
given their lives in the service o f
their country. In addition, an
announcement to all crew
members was given by Baker's
commanding officer on the
flight deck to fulfill the promise
to our nation's POWs and MI As
and their families, that they are
not forgotten.
Carriers, like USS Abraham
Lincoln, are forward deployed
around the world to maintain a
U.S. presence and provide rapid
response in times of crisis, said
the Fleet Home Town News
Center. "They serve as a highly
visible deterrent to would-be
aggressors and, if deterrence
fails, offer the most versatile and
powerful weapons available,"
continued the release.
The 1996 graduate o f lone
High School joined the Navy in
June 1996.
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