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Princess Tracey enjoys barrel racing B E S S I E U OF WET2 E L L OR E NEWSPAPER t U U N E OR LIB S» 7 4 0 3 T VOL. 118 NO. 30 8 Pages Wednesday, July 28,1999________ Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon lone church design approved Artist's drawing of new church The members of lone United Church of Christ (IUCC), at a special meeting of the congre gation on July 18, voted unanimously to approve the basic design for a new facility to replace the old building which was destroyed by fire in April, 1998. The architect is Gail A. Sargent, A.I.A., of Hermiston, who is working with the IUCC Building Committee. The new design includes a sanctuary which will be similar ♦ in size to the old worship space, plus a balcony for overflow seating and a nursery room with windows into the sanctuary. The plan also includes an entry foyer, a community hall large enough to seat eighty people around tables, a kitchen, office space, classrooms, storage, and restrooms. The congregation is selling bricks for the entry courtyard of the new building. For $50, a commemorative brick will be inscribed with a name, a phrase, or as a memorial to a loved one. Brick donations may be mailed to Jannie Allen, P.O. Box 22, lone, OR 97843. IUCC meets for worship on Sunday mornings at 11 a.m. at St. Williams Catholic Church in lone. Service will not be held in "CELEBRATE HEPPNER" S idew alk S a le <& Fun fo r Everyone This Friday, July 30th by the CHAMBER O F COMMERCE MERCHANTS COMMITTEE 9 .0 0 -5 :0 0 p.m. N o o n -6 :0 0 p.m. 9 0 0 a.m.-noon A fte rn o o n S I D E W A L K SALE... ‘shop 'til you drop* D U N K T A N K .. all in good fun for friends and family FR EE B LO O D P R E S S U R E CH EC KS, sponsored by E M T s A N T IQ U E C A R D IS P L A Y lone on Sunday, Aug. 8, as members are invited to go to the Condon United Church of Christ to attend worship at 11 a.m. and share a potluck dinner. "Celebrate Heppner" dunk tank Want to take a shot at soaking one o f your friends? Come downtown Friday, July 30th for the "Celebrate Heppner" dunk tank. Dunkees include: Pat Sweeney- 12- 12:30, Rusty Estes-12:30-1:00, Darrell Raver- 1:00-1:30, Janelle Healy- 1:30-2:00, Jaci Hughes- 2:00-2:30, Cliff Green- 2:30-3:00, Mike Sweek- 3:00-3:30, Ron Anthony- 3:30-4:00, Dan Brosnan- 4:00:4:30, Sheri Arbogast- 4:30-5:00, Jay Coil- 5:00-5:30 and Greg Grant- 5:30-6:00. MEET BESIDE THE SHAMROCK 1 0 0 p.m. 2 .0 0 p.m. 3 0 0 p.m. 3 :3 0 p.m. 4 :0 0 p.m. 4 - 7 p.m. 5 00 5 30 5 45 6 :0 0 7 00 p.m p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. C halk D ra w in gs through age 12; sections will be assigned to groups Coin S c ra m b le 2-4 year olds and 5-7 year olds straw donated by Green Feed, coins by Klamath First Federal and Bank of Eastern Oregon M u sic : Flutist Kelly Straley; ‘The Living Stones“ (Julie Howard <J Co.) T ric y c le R a c e s (bring your own wheels) FAIRGROUND ACTIVITIES 6 3 0 p.m. 7 30 p m 8 00 p m L Fair clean up planned Music featuring Z A C G RO O M S* En ch ilad a F e e d at Senior Center by Heppner Ministerial Association Hoola H oop C o n te st on the Shamrock (all ages) M u sic: Willow Creek Valley Youth Fiddlers R a f f le D raw in g Announcem ent o f I r i s h S is t e r C ity W in n e r Bingo at the Senior Center B R A N D Y O U R B O A R D bring your iron, electric or otherwise and your $100 Proceeds go toward building completion R I B B O N C U T T T N G / D E D I C A T IO N O F T H E W IL K IN S O N B U IL D IN G M C F A I R A R O D E O K IC K O F F D A N C E * featuring Z ac Grooms, male youth winner of the 1999 Golden Globe Music Award This event is sponsored by the Fair Committee and is free to the community. Put on your dancing shoes1 "HAVE A GREAT TIME ONE A ALL!" This year’s Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Princess Tracey Rankin's fragile looks belie a cowgirl's determination. Tracey, a delicate- looking blonde with striking pale-blue eyes, can ride along with the best of them. One of Tracey's favorite activities is barrel racing-she races every other week with the Hermiston Barrel Club. She also especially enjoys the run-ins during the many rodeos she has attended this year. "They're fun," says Tracey. "You get to have a little fun and you get to get out and run your horse." (At the run-ins Tracey and the other court members wear their official court chaps, made of navy blue suede with leather highlights and silver accents, a silver shirt and lace up boots.) "We've always had horses," continues Tracey, 16. "We've always been involved with them and around here, if you're involved with horses, you're going to get involved with fair and rodeo." Tracey's official horse this year is April, a six year-old Quarterhorse sorrel mare she has had since the horse was two months old. April, who has a blaze on her forehead, "definitely has a mind of her own,” says Tracey. "She trusts me because I trained her. She's fairly cooperative-she does everything- but once in a while she's not too happy about things." Tracey has been a 4-H member in horse and sheep clubs for seven years and in 1997 she won the reserve champion sheep showman at the Morrow County Fair. Tracey has four chickens, that she plans to enter at fair this year, and two dogs, Sam, an Australian shepherd, and Tessa, a border collie. In addition to her involvement with 4-H and rodeo, Tracey plays volleyball, runs track and is a member of the Outdoor Club at Heppner High School, where she will be a senior this fall. She also enjoys swimming. This summer, in addition to her official fair and rodeo duties, Tracey has a baby sitting job. Tracey follows in the footsteps of her elder sister, Bobbie, who is this year's fair and rodeo queen. Bobbie, who graduated from Heppner High School this year, was a princess last year and, like Tracey, also served as a pennant bearer. The Rankin family also includes Tracey's eldest sister, Jennifer, who lives in Oregon City and attends Clackamas Community College where she is student body president. Jennifer, 21, was in 4-H for eight years and was also a pennant bearer. Tracey's dad and mom, Tim and Kathy Rankin, both from the valley, are long-time area residents-all three girls are Morrow Ccunty natives. Tim, whose dad owned a stable in Oregon City, rode quite a bit and also did some roping. Kathy, who grew up in Beavercreek, near Oregon City, rode some as a child. Tim is employed with the Morrow County Road Department and Kathy with the Heppner Ranger District. The family lives south of Anson Wnght Park, around 30 miles from Heppner. So far this year Tracey and the other members of the court. Queen Bobbie and Princesses, Brooke Boyer and Nonnee Walters, have traveled to the Arlington Saddle Club Rodeo, the Waitsburg, Wa, Days of Real Sport, and rodeos at Pnneville, Finally, sum m er's here with the temperature rising to 96 degrees Tuesday afternoon. Meetings cancelled Meetings scheduled to date July 27 and August 26 for the Morrow County Recreation District in Irrigon have been canceled. The next meeting is scheduled for September 30 at 7:00 PM at Columbia Junior High. The meeting will include election o f officers and review o f requests for funds by community groups. A clean up day will be held at the Morrow County Fairgrounds August 7, starting at 8:00 a.m. Everyone's welcome to come and help. Advertising Deadline 12 noon Tuesday i Tracey \ KcuihiAV Eyes: Blue Hair: Blonde Age: 16 years old, a senior at HHS Parents: I Tim £r Kathy Rankin I Activities: 4-H horse | and sheep, hieh | school volleyball & I track, Outdoor I Club, barrel racing I £r swimming I I____________________ ________ | Tracey Rankin Tracey with "April" and The Dalles (with the Imgon Watermelon Festival, the exception of Tracey, who got the Hermiston Starlight Parade, the flu), Fourth of July parades in Wheeler County Parade in Fossil, lone and Boardman. the Heppner the Pendleton Round-Up and. of St. Patrick Wee Bit O' Ireland course, the Morrow County Fair Celebration and a Boardman and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo. Chamber of Commerce "The kickoff dance will be luncheon. this Friday, July 30, at 9 p.m. at Tracey says she has enjoyed the the fairgrounds," says Tracey. Sisters Rodeo the most. "We "We invite everyone to come. stayed the whole weekend," she Wednesday during fair week is said. "It wasn't a big rush and we kids' day and Thursday is family even got to go to a dance. It's just day. Both of these days there will a nice place to be." be live music and a lot of Still coming up for the court activities for the whole family. are the St. Joseph Days, the So, I hope to see everybody there." Irrigon man arrested for rape, kidnap A twenty-six-year-old Imgon man was arrested last week and charged with one count each of rape, sodomy and kidnapping. Morrow County Sheriffs and the Oregon State Police arrested Abel Cano-Sanchez Wed. July 21 after a woman called the sheriffs office to report a distraught woman at her residence in Imgon. The 44 year-old female victim told deputies that she had been lured to an apartment by an Hispanic male on the pretext that he needed help with something. The suspect used gestures and motions to indicate that he didn't speak English. Once in the apartment the suspect allegedly attacked the victim, covering her mouth and threatening to kill her if she didn’t stop screaming. The victim was then raped. According to police sometime later the victim was able to convince the suspect that she wanted to party and would go get some drugs and come back. He allowed her to lea\e, warning her not to call the police. Police said that with the victim's help deputies and OSP troopers located the apartment in Imgon w here the suspect was staying, and he was taken into custody. The suspect was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail on $82.500 bail after the victim identified him as the man who had kidnapped and raped her. The victim w as taken to Good Shepherd Hospital where she was treated and released. Sanchez was also charged with possession of a forged instrument, police said. Youth okay after accident Matthew Van Liew, of Heppner, was on his way to work early Monday morning when he happened to be in the wrong place and the wrong time. A pickup passing a dump truck and a log truck hit Matt as he was coming around a comer. Doctors thought he might have bruised his heart but luckily he only suffered a bruised chest cavity. Van Liew was released after 4-5 hours in the hospital and is now home. S. u m m er C en ex 6L F arm land 5W -30, 10W -30, 10W -40 $ 6 .0 0 p e r ca se r e b a te ~ Sale en d s S a tu rd a y, J u ly 3 1 s t M o r r o w C o u n ty G ra in G r o w e r s Lexington 989-8221 • 1 -800-452-7396 for farm equipment. visit our web site at www mcgg net
