Princess Tracey enjoys barrel racing
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VOL. 118
NO. 30
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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