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VOL. 119
NO. 30
8 Pages
Wednesday, July 26,2000
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Sometimes far from home
When fire starts, volunteers go
"Echoes of the Past"--Four-year-old Princess Salii on "Bunny" in
The lone Fire Department has been busy responding not only to local fires this year, but they also
travel to other areas when help is needed. Pictured above are some of the members of the department
who have gone out of district when needed, (left to right) Virgil Morgan, Jim Boor, Dennis Thompson,
Jason Friend, Steve Crum, Mark Bruno and Eddie Rietmann.
Most of us take for granted
that when a fire starts in our
community, the local fire
department and the volunteers
will be there to fight the blaze.
But what some don't know is
how often, especially during
these hot summer months, these
same volunteers are called to
fight fires with other departments
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CELEBRATE HEPPNER*
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Sidew alk S a le & Fun fo r Everyone
This Friday, July 28th
By
the CHAMBER O F COMMERCE MERCHANTS COMMITTEE
B ARG AIN S, BAR G AIN S, BARGAINS
9:0 0 -5 :0 0 p.m.
S ID EW ALK S A L E Customers will receive a
ticket with purchase to be deposited at Gardner's
Men's W ear fo r ra ffle .
ALL DAY ’
CSEPP and Red Cross Display
Gun Safe R affle tickets available, drawing in Aug.
9-11 a.m.
Chalk Drawing fo r kids through age 12. Meet
in fro n t of Murray Drugs. Sponsored by BEO.
N oon-5:00 p.m. DUNK TANK, all in good fun fo r friends
and family
Gamas fo r the young and *'young a t heart" on Willow S treet
2:00 p.m.
Basketball Hoops by Heppner DayCare; prizes by
Murray Drugs
2:30 p.m Coin Scramble 2-4 year olds and 5-7 year olds
by Heppner DayCare, coins by Klamath F irs t Federal
and Bank of Eastern Oregon
SH AM RO C K A C T IV IT IE S - U -T U R N S ALLO W ED !
3:00 p.m. Tricycle Races on the Shamrock (bring your own wheels).
By Heppner DayCare, prizes by Murray Drugs
3:30p.m. YoYo Contest fo r all ages. Yoyos available for
purchase at Murray Drugs and Heppner Hardware;
sponsored by the Heppner Chamber of Commerce
M U S I C , M U S I C , M U S I C bring your chairs!
4 - 5 p.m.
TH E LIV IN G S T O N E S : Julie Howard, Karen Zeiler,
Sam Van Doom and more Step up to the mike!
5 - 5:45 p.m .H O O TENANNY T IM E : Rick and Cecelia Drake
5:45 p.m. Raffle Drawing for Items displayed in Gardners window
6:00 p.m. Dinnertime... restaurant of choice!
OPB w ill be in town film ing 'EXPL O REG O N ’
"HA VE A ORE A T TIME ONE A ALL,r
in other communities sometimes
a long ways from home.
When a large fire starts and
the local department is not able
to contain the blaze, the call goes
out. Just recently the lone
department has sent men and
equipment to a fire in Ontario,
another near Boardman and just
last week a grass fire near
Heppner; not to mention of
course the big fire in their own
backyard over the weekend.
The call for help can come at
any time, day or night. At the
Ontario fire lone sent two men
and a brush rig. The men left
lone at twelve midnight and got
to the blaze at around 4:30 a m.
They fought the fire until about
2p.m. and then started the long
drive home. At the recent
Boardman fire lone sent six
men, a brush rig and a tanker
truck to the blaze. They fought
that one from 2:30 to 6 a.m.
"What some people don't
know," says lone Fire Chief Jim
Boor, "is that these guys have to
have special training just to go to
these fires. They have to take an
extra 40 hours of training just to
be able to go out."
Boor says they have a good
crew of volunteers at lone, but
they could use a few more. "We
need some more people," he
says. "So if somebody wants to
be a firefighter, come see me."
And just like the rest of the
volunteers, when the fire is out
they come back to their day jobs.
Boor runs the propane plant in
Heppner for the Morrow County
Grain Growers.
Advertising Deadline
12 noon Tuesday
1988
2000 Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Princess
Salli McElligott has a twinkle in
those flashing green eyes of hers
and a fun-loving, mischievous
personality to match. The cute-
as-a-button blonde with a
, sprinkling of freckles across her
nose is the 16-year-old daughter
of Paul and Charity McElligott
of lone.
Princess Salli was bom in
John Day, but her family lived in
lone at the time. She attended
kindergarten and first grade in
Monument, but has attended
school at lone ever since.
At lone High School, where the
5'6-l/2" princess will be a junior
this fall, Salli is a member of
National Honor Society and is on
the school honor roll. The past
two years she has been a member
of the varsity volleyball team
which won at state last year, the
varsity tennis team and the
varsity basketball team. She was
a member of the school annual
staff and was freshman class
president. She has also been
active in the lone Youth Group
for the past two years.
Princess Salli has been in 4-H
since she was in the fourth grade.
She has had a swine project all
through her 4-H career and
participated in 4-H sewing for
two years, a heifer breeding
project for two years and 4-H
Jack and Jill
tourney set
The Willow Creek Country
Club golfers will hold a Jack and
Jill mini-tournament on Friday, July
28 at 6 p.m.
The tournament will be a nine-
hole modified couples-type of play
with the format determined by the
• committee in charge.
Prizes will be awarded for low
scores and special events. The
charge will be $3 per couple for
members and $ 10 per couple for
non-members.
Light snacks will be provided
by the committee in charge.
Hosts are Dave and Deborah
Kendnck, Bob and George Naims
and Mike and Barb Orwick.
horse for one year.
She has been a member of the
Cayuse
Junior
Rodeo
Association, which includes
Washington and Oregon. She
likes to rope, play sports and
hang out with her friend, Julie
Proctor of Heppner.
In addition to school and
extracurricular activities, Salli
has a summer babysitting job for
John "Bink" and Lynn Dee
Ramos.
Although Salli is only 16, she
is already considering taking
courses in pre-law or
broadcasting in college.
Princess Salli has been riding
since she was a tiny baby. Mom
Charity remembers Salli's first
ride with grandpa Rusty Clark
when Salli was only two weeks
old. Grandparents Rusty and
Peggy Clark are from Long
Creek. Another family memory
is of little Salli helping grandpa
Don McElligott with campaign
signs when he ran a successful
bid for Morrow County Judge.
Grandparents Don and Eunice
McElligott live in lone.
Salli's family also includes her
brother Jeremiah, 17, a senior at
IHS, and sister, Diana, 15, who
will be a sophomore at IHS. Both
Jeremiah and Diana have been
involved in 4-H swine projects
and Jeremiah had a champion
breeding project at the Morrow
County Fair four years ago. He
City News page
added to Heppner
web A new
site web page featuring
news from the city manager, has
been added to the Heppner web
site (www.heppner.net).
City Manager Gerald Breazeale
will be updating the page
periodically with news from the
city.
To reach the news page go to
www.heppner.net click on the
City of Heppner link under
government, and then click on
the City News link.
This month's news is about the
city's new dog control program.
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and Salli are currently involved
in raising a herd of registered
Gelbveih cattle.
Salli's mom had been involved
in rodeo all her life and was also
a member of rodeo royalty. She
was the 1976 queen of the Grant
County Junior Rodeo, a 1979
princess for the Grant County
Fair and Rodeo and queen the
following year. At John Day, she
participated in open class horse
shows. Although Charity was
only at the junior level, because
of her skill, she was bumped up
to the senior level, where she
won three years in a row and
claimed the coveted Morris Ray
Memorial Trophy. After winning
three years in a row, she got to
take the trophy home.
Salli's dad, Paul, was raised on
his family's wheat ranch and
participated in 4-H cattle
projects. He provides cattle for
the Morrow County Rodeo each
year.
Salli's official mount during
the 2000 fair and rodeo season is
J.R., a 15-year-old running
Quarter Horse. "He's a sweet
horse," says Charity. "He enjoys
rodeo events. He likes anytime
he's in the arena."
Salli says that of all the rodeos
she has attended this summer,
her favorite has been at
Pnneville, where the girls got the
chance to go water skiing in the
Ochocos. But, she says, perhaps
the most fun she has had was
fighting fire with Princess Rachel
Faber on the Luciani Ranch. A
plane spraying the fire with water
also doused the two princesses.
Princess Salli is especially
looking forward to representing
Morrow County at the Pendleton
Round-Up. Salli is friends with
Abby Vander Plaat, the younger
sister of Round-Up Princess Amy
Vander Plaat. During Round-Up,
she plans to get together with
Abby and another friend, Jill
Sorrey of Holdman.
At the Morrow County Fair,
the petite princess will beat the
heat dressed in the court's casual
outfit—a dusty rose and sand-
colored cotton plaid sleeveless
shirt with khaki slacks or shorts,
accented by Montana Silver
earrings and a Montana Silver
belt buckle. The girls also wore
their casual outfits to events such
as the lone Fourth of July
celebration and chamber of
commerce luncheons.
"I would like to see
participation from the entire
county in the Morrow County
Rodeo planned Sunday, August
20, and the Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo Friday and Saturday,
August 18 and 19," said Princess
Salli.
Rodeo announcer will be Steve
Kenyon of the Big Bend Rodeo
Company of Ritzville, WA. Salli
reminds rodeo fans that in each
performance, the cowboy who
draws and completes a successful
ride on the 1999 world champion
bucking bull, Yellow Jacket, will
win a $250 bounty, sponsored by
Les Schwab. Anipro will supply
free Anipro to the barrel racer
who is chosen as the best dressed
in each performance. The rodeo
will also feature the 1999 world
champion bucking horse. Spring
Fling.
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