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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday
September 1 ,1 9 9 9
The Official Newspaper
o f the City o f Heppner and the County of Morrow
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Public invited to tour yard
of month selections
I lie public is inv ited to join
Heppner Carden Club members
lor an informal tour of the 1999
yard of the month selections.
I hose planning to attend are to
meet Monday, September 13. at
5 p.m. at the St. Patrick's Senior
( enter.
During the grow ing season a
different yard is selected each
month. Ilonorccs received gilt
certificates from Green Peed, a
co-sponsor of this event. The
purpose of this event is to give
recognition to individuals who
strive
to
enhance
their
env ironment and community,
said the Garden Club.
Beautification, along with
education and conservation are
some o f the goals o f a garden
club, says President Peg Connor.
Tor instance, the club plants and
cares lor (lowers that enhance
the mini-park area next to the
Post Office. The club is also
asked to decorate tables for
community events such as the
I ovv n and Country banquet
Sharing plant knowledge as
well as plants has created an
annual plant exchange each
spring. And in December, the
club
gathers
to
provide
evergreens and materials for the
annual greens workshop.
The Heppner Garden Club
provides a scholarship to
promote education. A poster
contest for younger children
focuses on learning about
conserv ation. The club provides
"welcome baskets" full of
goodies to new teachers as
school begins in the fall.
County non-profits get help
Morrow County non-profit
organizations just received a
little help from friends at
Portland General Electric (PGE).
PGE employees obtained
financial donations through
PGE's Employee Volunteer
Grant
program—a program
designed to align
U jfR l a portion of
PGE s charitable giving vv ith the
volunteer' Vnteresfs of its
employees.
Grants awarded in Morrow
County include: S500 donated
by Bryan Timms for Columbia
River Heritage Trail/Technical
Advisory Committee; SI 25
donated by Parry Hull for
Columbia United Soccer Club;
and S250 donated by Dean
Mason to Columbia Whitecaps.
These donations are part of a
total of S23.275 in grants
awarded
to
nonprofit
organizations and schools during
the second quarter of 1999
through
PGE’s
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Volunteer Grant program.
A total of 70 grants were
awarded, ranging from S I00 to
S500,
benefiting
nonprofit
organizations
where
PGE
employees volunteer. During the
first quarter of 1999, PGE
employees distributed more than
$28,865 to their communities
through this program
According to the Points of
Light Foundation, one hour
volunteer time is equivalent to a
working wage of SI 4.30 an hour.
All totaled. PGE employees
participating in the Employee
Volunteer Grant program have
volunteered approximately 7.700
hours over the last year,
providing over SI00.000 worth
of v olunteer time
The Employee Volunteer
Grant program is one way PGE
supports the more than 900 PGE
employees
who
donate
thousands of volunteer hours
annually to hundreds of service
organizations and programs.
SWCD, weed
board to meet
A regular board meeting of the
Morrow SWCD/Weed Advisory
Board will be held Tuesday.
September 7. at 5:30 p.m. at
Kate's Pizza in Heppner.
Agenda items include: annual
meeting discussion, annual work
plan. Navy contract proposal,
CAFO needs for the future.
Conservation Reserve Program
status reviews and new plans.
Environmental Quality Incentive
Program applications, manager
report, weed report and "A" list
weed focus for 99. agency
reports and other business.
The public is invited to attend.
Obituaries
Barbara S. Cunha
Barbara Stiener Cunha. 79. of
Heppner. died Wednesday. August
25. 1999. at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital
(iraveside services were held
Sunday, August 29, 1999 at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Mrs. Cunha was bom August
24. 1920. at Salinas. California.
She grew up in the Salinas area
and attended Nevada Grammar
School near Salinas. She gradu
ated from Salinas High School.
On September 28. 1948. she
m arried Joseph A. Cunha at
Reno. Nevada. The couple lived
at Salinas before coming to Hepp
ner in 1972. They purchased a
ranch on Willow Creek near
Heppner where she raised sheep
and helped her husband with cattle
and other daily ranching opera
tions.
Survivors include her husband,
Joseph A. Cunha o f Heppner;
brother. Chris Stiener of Salinas;
and nephew, Frank Bauman of
San Jose, California.
Memorial contributions may be
made to Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital. P.O. Box 9, Heppner, Oregon
97836.
Sweeney Mortuary of Hepp
ner was in charge of arrange
ments.
Orrin “Buzz” Fulong
Funeral for Orrin " Buzz”
Furlong. 86. Pendleton, will be
held on Thursday. September 2,
1999. at 3 p.m. at the Bums
Mortuary Chapel in Pendleton.
Disposition will be cremation
with inurnment in Olnev
Cemetery in Pendleton
Mr. Furlong died Saturday.
August 28. 1999, at his home in
Pendleton.
He was bom on April 22, 1913,
in Hardman to William P. and
Stella Ingrum Furlong. He grew
up in Heppner and worked for the
Kilkenny family herding sheep.
He was married to Roberta
Spangler on September 19. 1942,
at Walters, Oklahoma. He was a
veteran of World War II. serving
in the U.S. Army Air Force.
After the war he moved to
Portland were he went into the
automobile
business.
From
Portland he moved to Hayward.
California, where he lived for
seven years until returning to
Pendleton, where he was in the
automobile business until his
retirement in 1978.
Mr. Furlong enjoyed hunting
and fishing and. in his later years.
Bingo and horse races.
He was preceded in death by
his wife, Roberta, on March 19,
1975. Survivors include sons.
Michael C. Furlong. Hermiston.
and Patrick Furlong. Eugene.
W .C .C .C . Golf
W CCC Ladies’
2-Man Scramble
Feast putts of the field: Doris
Graves and Pat Anderson.
First flight: low gross Jackie
Allstott and Karen Wildman: low'
net l.ynnea Sargent and Pat
Edniundson.
Second flight: low gross Joyce
Dinkins and Karen Thompson;
low net Betty Christm an and
Eorrene Montgomery.
T hird flight: low gross Lois
Hunt and Carol Norris; low net
B ernice Lott and L uvilla
Sonstcgard.
Long drive: Monica Jones.
Chip in: Lois Hunt #5. Karen
Wildman #8.
Birdie: Deborah Kendrick,
Monica Jones #1. Karen Wild-
man #10. Pat Edmundson #18.
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Chana Kelton wins OTPR all-around
Chance Kelton took the all-
around cowboy honors at the
Oregon I rail Pro Rodeo, held at
the Morrow County Rodeo
grounds in Heppner August 20-
21 Kelton earned SI,815.84
Kelton took first place in steer
wrestling w ith a time of 4.0 for
winnings of $1139.26. He was
also second in team roping, along
with partner Brent Lockett with a
time of 6.1 and $676 58 in
earnings.
Scan Culver of Grandview,
WA. rode the bounty horse.
Copenhagen One Spot, for a
prize of S250 from the Bank of
Eastern Oregon . Culver had a
score of 83 to capture first place
and win S748.84. Second was
Matt Weishoff w ith a score of 81
for S56I.63: Clint Corey was
third with 80 and S374.42; and
Jack Peterkin was fourth with 78
and S I87.21.
Grand total in Oregon Trail
Pro
Rodeo
payoffs
was
S21.666.66
J.L.Schaffner took first place in
saddlebronc. Schaffner rode
Skoals Spring Fling for a score of
89 at $997.16. Gary Alger was
second with and 84 and $747.87;
third was Jeb Knox with 81 and
$498.58; and fourth was Dan
Mortensen with a 79 and
$249.29.
Fred Whitfield was the top calf
roper with a time of 8.7. He
earned $970.48. Second was
Tony Reina with an 8.9 and
$803.16. Jason Stewart was third
with 9.0 and $635.84; Johnny
Emmons, fourth with 9.2 and
$468.51; Jeff Coehlo. fifth, 9.4
and $301.18: and Brad Goodrich,
sixth. 10.0, $167.33.
Chance Kelton took first in the
steer wrestling with a time of 4.0
and won $1.139.26. Three tied
for second through fourth place
with a time of 4.3. Tommy Cook.
Tim Segelke and Todd Suhn each
won $746.41. There was another
tie for fifth and sixth place with
K.C. Jones and Randy Suhn each
with a time of 4.4 and $274.99.
In team roping, the team of
Jason Stewart and Kyle Lockett
had a time of 5.2 and each won
$902.10 for first place. Chance
Kelton and Brent Lockett were
second with 6.1 and $676.58
each. Just a second behind with a
time of 6.2; the teams of Bobby
Hurtley and Monty Joe Petska
and Daniel Green and Allen Bach
tied for third and fourth places
and each received $338.28.
Vince Stanton took first in the
bull riding event with a score of
82. He earned $966.92. Hank
Reece was second with a score of
79 and $725.19.
Local barrel racer Katie
McCoin tied for the top spot with
Holly Richter. They each had a
time of 17.19 for a purse of
$573.79.
Third place was Melissa Hubier
with a 17.27 and $453.70. Rayna
Prewitt was only a 100th of a
second behind for fourth with a
time of 17.28 for $373.63. Jaclyn
Hales was fifth with a 17.48 and
$293.59. Randy Rae Britt was
sixth with a 17.56 and $213. 50;
Brenda Mays was seventh with
17.65 and $133.44; and Rene
Koppe was eighth with 17.68 and
$53.38.
Big Bend was stock contractor
Judges were John Schoorl and
John Hall Timers were Ellen
Pederson and Evie King Steve
Kenyon was announcer. Mark
Swingler was the barrelman and
clown, along with
Danny
Newman and Tim Vredenburg
Pickup men were Ricky Shannon
and Randy Allan.
County behavioral health
affiliates with Grant Co.
Morrow-Wheeler County
Behavioral Health (MCBH)
began an official affiliation with
Grant County Center for Human
Development on August 4
Initially the two agencies will
retain their identities but share
management structure. Gary
Oberg, current director ot
MCBFL will assume the
executive director position for
the
Grant-Morrow-Wheeler
group.
Oberg states that with this
model an assistant director or
site director will be placed in
Morrow County as well as Grant
County. MWB1IS will hire from
within as additional staff will not
be hired, he said. Grant County
is currently recruiting for an
assistant director.
Oberg said that "the motivation
for such a venture is to reap the
benefits of regionalization. By
ourselves we are a relatively
small agency but by combining
forces we will have a greater
population base and thus be able
to hold our own when competing
for resources at the state level
and with other mental health
centers."
I he overall outcome of this
will be increased services for the
public while retaining local
autonomy tor the county mental
health authority, he said.
Grant-Morrow-Wheeler, by
combining forces, will support a
budget of nearly $3 million and
a staff of 35 people. "We are
now a respectable sized agency
without the tear of being forced
to partner up with a larger
county
that
would
not
necessarily support local small
county interests," continued
Oberg.
Grant-Morrow-Wheeler
counties mental health agency
receives no county general fund
money. The majority of funds
come
from
the
federal
government with a state match.
Other revenues come from
insurance billing and fees for
services, said Oberg.
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Important Town Hall Meetings
Dear Willow Creek \ alley Residents,
This letter contains important information concerning the
creation of an assisted living facility in our area. Your input is
crucial.
For nearly two years, a hoard of nine volunteers has been
investigating the siting of an assisted living facility in the Willow
Creek Valley. Building a “traditional” facility would not he financially
feasible, according to initial research and surveys.
The hoard is now in contact with Mr. Jim Kippy, of Spokane.
WA, who specializes in helping small, rural communities realize the
creation of a practical and financially more efficient facility better
suited to their economic situations.
Now the hoard is at a vital point in this project: Should we
proceed or dissolve the hoard and terminate the project? Since we
wish to gather information from as many residents as possible, town
meetings will be held. On Wednesday, September 8, Mr. Kippy will
present information at two different times: 12 Noon and 7:30 P.M.
Both meetings will be at the St. Patrick Senior Center in Heppner.
If you wish to have an assisted living facility in our area, it is
urgent that you attend one of these meetings. The board needs to hear
from each and every one of you, so please put this date on your
calendar now. We need your support if we are to continue.
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