FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times Heppner Oregon Wednesday, December 27, 2000
Bill Lowe celebrates 101st birthday
Chamber treated to Christmas program
Mustang JVs
crush Condon
By Rick Paullus
A huge first quarter propelled
the Heppner Mustang JV boys to
a 65-31 win over the visiting
Condon Blue Devils on Tuesday,
Dec. 19, to keep their record
perfect at 4-0 on the year.
The Mustangs jumped out to a
30-12 lead after one as Brian
Rust scored 13 points, hitting
three three-pointers, the last from
35 feet at the buzzer. Kevin
Drake was also hot, hitting two
three-pointers in the quarter.
Brad Adams scored five points
in the second quarter as the
Mustangs increased their lead to
39-16 at halftime.
The Mustangs didn't let up in
the second half as they cruised to
the easy win.
Drake finished with 14 points
to lead the Mustangs, followed
by Rust with 13. Adams finished
with 11, followed by Sam Van
Liew with 10.
Statistics:
Condon: 12 4 10 5 - 31
Heppner: 30 9 15 II - 65
Heppner: (65) Kevin Drake 5 2-2 14, Brian
Rust 5 0-0 13, Brad Adams 5 1-2 11, Sam
Van Liew 4 2-3 10, Donald Adams 3 0-0 6,
Jon Bennett 2 0-0 4, Luke Murray 2 0-2 4,
Tanner Bntt 1 0-0 3, Adam Bergstrom. 27 5-
9 65 Three-pointers. Rust (3), Drake (2),
Britt
Bill Lowe
By Merlyn Robinson
Snowy weather, carols and
bagpipe music helped Bill Lowe
celebrate his 101st Christmas
time birthday at the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital Nursing
Home on Dec. 20.
Home school students gathered
to sing Christmas songs to Lowe
and the other 20 residents. They
were accompanied by Myma
VanCleave on the piano.
Amid congratulations from
friends and family, and a large
birthday cake, a special surprise
was bagpipe music performed by
Brander Richmond, a senior from
Athena. Dressed in a colorful
Scottish kilt, Richmond played
"Happy Birthday" and a medley
of others songs, reminding Lowe
of his boyhood days in Northern
England.
When Lowe was 14 years old,
hiifamily sold their English farm
and shipped their personal
belongings to America. After
eight days of sailing across the
Atlantic and a long train ride
from New York across the
country, the family arrived in
Oregon. They eventually settled
at Cecil where their Scottish
cousins,
the Hynds, had
established a livestock business.
In those days, the Cecil
settlement was an oasis for
covered wagon travelers on the
Oregon Trail -- a place to rest
with plenty of water — before
there was a road along the
Columbia River. Lowe's father.
T.W. Lowe, became the Cecil
storekeeper, postmaster, railroad
agent and public notary, as well
as the town mayor.
As a youngster, Bill Lowe was
accustomed to hard work, as all
family members had to do their
part in those days. Lowe says he
spent many lonely days far from
home herding big bands of sheep
and helping with shearing and
lambing.
When the sheep were at the
ranch headquarters, Lowe says
he and "the boys" created their
own entertainment by catching
wild horses roaming the desert
and breaking those horses to ride
Besides gaining personal mounts,
they often could earn a few
dollars by selling a horse that
could be ridden.
Along ‘ with
occasional
mishaps, including a rattlesnake
bite, one time Bill survived a
ruptured appendix while with the
sheep in Montana
His country lifestyle was
interrupted when World War I
commenced. Lowe was still a
British subject, so he was sent to
Canada and inducted into the
army. After another long ocean
voyage, he spent the war years in
England and France
Boys of his age weren't sent to
the front lines. Yet, regardless of
location, all wartime soldiers
endured primitive conditions
during cold winter months due to
food shortages and lack of coal
for warmth. He also suffered
from mustard gas that German
prisoners had mixed into a soup
pot.
Once discharged, Lowe again
headed home to Eastern Oregon.
In later years, he went to
Portland and became a barber.
He says he didn't care much for
city life and "the wide open
spaces
kept calling."
He
established a barbenng business
in Heppner, where he has since
lived.
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Senior class plans
soup and bread
supper
A soup and bread supper
is planned on Saturday, January
6, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. at Heppner
High School during the HHS
basketball game versus Sherman
County.
The basketball action
gets underway at 1 p.m. and
includes girls' and boys' varsity
and JV games.
The meal, which will be
served in the home ec room, will
include a bowl of hot homemade
soup, chili or chowder, a slice of
homemade bread, beverage and
a piece of cake for $4 each.
Proceeds will go toward
the Class of 2001 senior trip.
"Everyone is invited to
"shake off those winter blahs,
enjoy a steaming bowl of soup
and help out the senior class,"
said a class spokesperson.
lone lighting
contest winners
announced
Bill Lowe celebrates his 101st birthday.
Dustin and Karen Padberg won
first place and $60 in the
"Residential in City Limits"
category of the lone Lighting
Contest. Howard and Diane
Mullins won first place and $50
in the "Out of City Limits"
category.
Second place in the
residential-in-city-limits category
went to Loyal and Debbie Bums,
who earned $50. Third place
went to Earl and Rhonda Garrett,
who won $30.
Honorable
mention went to Joe and Anita
Orem and Arthur Ekstrom, who
won $10 each.
Second place in the out-of-city-
limits resulted in a tie for second
betweem Gary and Suzanne Rea,
and Jerry and Judy Ripka. Each
won a $25 prize.
"We were very pleased with all
the participation in town and out
of town," said lone mayor Betty
Gray. "We know the lights of
lone and surrounding areas
enrich our meaning of the
Christmas season."
G-T deadline Friday
for Jan. 3 newspaper
Bill Lowe (right) is treated to a bagpipe serenade on his birthday.
During his leisure time, he
enjoyed fishing and hunting and
he and the late Dr. Tibbies often
enjoyed outings together.
Bill and his brother Bob Lowe
were major players in helping
with the newly-built Heppner
hospital. Bob did the main
tenance work with Bill's help.
Bill says he did everything from
being the cook to playing janitor,
but back then he didn't think he'd
end up as a resident.
Many historic events were
witnessed by this centenarian
whose keep mind is a warehouse
of so many interesting details.
The complete story of the life of
this true pioneer would make a
best-selling book.
L o ca l
stu d e n t
earns 4.0 average
Casey Ingraham has received a
4.0 average at Yakima Valley
Community College in Yakima,
WA.
Ingraham also played
volleyball on the YVCC team
fall quarter.
A 2000 graduate of
Heppner High School, Ingraham
is the daughter of Sally Brosnan
and Mike Ingraham.
BUSINESS CARDS
lle p p n e r ( iu z e tte - T im es
The Heppner Chamber of Commerce was treated to a Christmas program
at its meeting Tuesday. The VanCleave family provided music and stories
for the Chamber's enjoyment. Above is Bethany VanCleave as Mary,
Daniel as Joseph and Nathan and Matthew are the animal puppets in the
Christmas story.
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By Merlyn Robinson
A new millennium won't ensure that all those New Year's
resolutions will be carried out. Yet we're sure to be introduced to
new electronic gadgets for both humans and beasts. Seems like
most of humanity is now walking around with head phones or cell
phones glued to their ears. Electronic bracelets are used to monitor
persons under house arrest. I can remember when I would have
liked to have that convenience for our teenagers. Radio-controlled
collars have also been used to track and study wildlife. In order to
get working dogs to obey commands, some dog owners have used
shock collars to train dogs. Forget the pencil, there are now hand
held data organizers, laptop computers, electronic games and toys
galore, digital cameras and camcorders, fax machines, copiers and
the list goes on.
Now, with the cooperation of millionaire Ted Turner, the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service plans to spend $40,000 teaching wolves
not to kill livestock by means of collars that produce a mild
electric shock when they get within "biting distance" of livestock.
This experiment is to take place on Turner’s Flying D Ranch in
southwestern Montana. Could be that Turner doesn't want his
buffalo to end up as wolf chow!
I always suspected that the expensive réintroduction of wolves
into the U.S., that are bred and nurtured in captivity in Canada, was
fostered by Canadian cattle ranchers. The more U.S. cattle eaten by
wolves, the bigger the share of U.S. markets captured by
Canadians, since they continue to truck large quantities of beef
here that affects the price of American beef.
The "protect-all" folks that favor the return of grizzly bears
and wolves and the protection of cougars might be in for some
surprises if they are planning any wilderness camping trips. When
they talk about the balance of nature, the human species enters into
those equations. Predators can also become prey.
Quoting Roger Pond, hè Sàys, "I don't see how we can
transplant a Canadian wolf into the U.$. and then label her pups an
endangered species." Perhaps it's the same pattern that makes an
illegal alien's offspring, bom in the U.S., American citizens. But
hey, that means more eligible voters, even though they might
believe that dimples are on faces and a Chad is a country in
Africa.
Back to electronic collars, Dean Anderson, animal scientist
with the Agricultural Research Service in Las Cruces, NM, has
developed a patented cow "roundup" collar supposedly for’
commercial use to control cattle movements instead of fences. His
computerized collar prototype locates cows with a Global
Positioning System receiver tuned to satellite signals. It supposedly
whispers electronic versions of the cowboy's "gee" or "haw"
signals, the article says.
While many horses respond to these verbal clues, we must be
doing something wrong with our cows... a good heading dog is
more effective in establishing directional signals for cows than all
the hollering or whispering in the world. Yet Anderson claims that
putting these collars on cows will help manage animals and save
on costly fencing. He doesn't mention the cost of these collars, but
he says if a cow ignores all sound cues, mild electrical shocks
follow. Now I'm sure that the Society of Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals wouldn't approve. And neither might a rancher. If you
shock that old hide's neck, she just might hightail it out of the
country.
I'm sure grant money is available for this experiment. This
"cow whisperer" person advocates that his collar automates the
husbandry principles of better known practitioners for low-stress
animal management. To aid in this research, we should give him
this one old cow. When she has a newborn calf. I'd like to see him
whisper in her ear and let her know that a person in only trying to
ear-tag her calf.
Anyway, I thing they should spend more research money on -
more important things like perfecting a gadget that can instantly
find anything put away for safe keeping. The problem is that I can't
always remember what was put where.
Karen's Korner
Items of Health - Tobacco Prevention by Karen Masshoff
I hear the "ring of the holiday season" - wonderful. But where
did November get to? For a good part of it I was out of the area
attending vanous prevention conferences. When in Heppner, I had
several delightful occasions to speak with Cub Scouts groups about
the dangers of using tobacco. I was gratified and encouraged by
their interest and understanding. As our children hear the same
message about healthy life-styles from school, home, and the
community, this will translate into their making conscious
decisions to remain tobacco and drug-free throughout their lives
One of the main topics at those conferences I attended was
tobacco cessation - the continuing need for folks to quit tobacco
use. One of the greatest gifts we give ourselves and those we love
and care about is good health. If you have ever had the remotest
thought of giving up tobacco, what better time for serious
contemplation? What if you presented your family with a New
Year's card pledging your intent to quit?
The Oregon Tobacco Quit Line at: 1-877-270-7867 can help get
you started thinking. Or, you may stop by the Health Department
here in Heppner - also our office in Boardman - I will be happy to
talk with you and give you some written material. I quit smoking
30 years ago, so I know it can be scary even to think about it. But
I love to celebrate my birthday as I did recently ... in pretty good
health.
Do enjoy your holiday time!
Because of the New
Year's holiday, the news deadline
for the January 3 Gazette-Times
will be this Friday, December 29,
at 5 p.m.
The advertising deadline
will remain the same, Tuesday,
January2, at noon.
Bell Canyon bridge
closed for repairs
The
Morrow
County
Roadmaster has announced that
the lower bridge on Bell Canyon
Road will be closed for repairs
due to a structural failure.
A detour will be in place until
further notice.
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