Doug Rathbun to retire as police chief
received the Police Chiefs
Association
award
for
outstanding service.
Rathbun and his wife,
Georgia, who is employed in the
deli at Red Apple Market in
Heppner, have been married
since 1965. They have four
children, Carllena Noble who
lives in Portland and works for
AARP; Christy Dial, Milton-
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company; Charles, Portland, who
works w ith hazardous material
cleanups; and Annette, six They
have two grandchildren, Kyler
Dial, 11. and Dereck Dial, eight.
The Rathbuns have also shared
their lives with a great many
foster children over the last 20
years.
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VOL. 120_____ NO. 23
10 Pages
Wednesday, June 6,2001
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Willow Creek Water Park to open June 9
By Debbie Harper
Willow Creek Water Park will
open Saturday, June 9, with Merry
Brannon as the new pool manager.
Hours this summer will be
Tuesday through Friday, 1-5 p.m.
and 7-9:30 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday hours will be 1-5 p.m. The
pool will be closed on Mondays.
Swimming lessons will only be
offered in the mornings this year.
Sessions will be June 19-29, July
10-20 and July 31-August 10.
Lessons are $25 and class size is
limited to six children, except the
"Mom Taught" which is limited
to four. Sign up for lessons at the
pool, Monday through Friday 8 a.m.-
5 p.m.
Season passes are again available,
$125 for families, $60 for
individuals.
There are new food items and
lower prices at the concession stand
this summer, in addition to increased
seating.
Parents are invited to enjoy
swimming with their kids or just
relax around the pool.
Returning
lifeguards are
Stephanie Clough (assistant
manager), Manssa McCabe, Meghan
Bailey, Dawn Sheirbon and Jodie
Carlson. New lifeguards are Blake
Allstott, Stefanie Hanson, Emily
Unruh, Meaghan Unruh, Whitney
Shemtt, Jesse Kempas and Chantea
McCaulay.
Handling concessions and cashier
duties will be Kim Pointer, Allison
Sykes, Jessie Woodward and
Danielle McDowell.
Dr. Ed Berretta
to return
Kim Pointer (left) and Merry Brannon
Joyce home selected yard of month
Morrow County Health
District CEO Victor Vander
Does has announced that the
district has reached a tentative
contract with Dr. Ed Berretta.
According to Vander
Does,
Dr.
Berretta,
who
previously had a contract with
the district, will begin providing
services as a physician at Pioneer
Memorial Clinic, Hospital and
Nursing
Home
beginning
September 1.
Vander Does said that he
anticipates that the contract will
be finalized during a special
meeting via telephone next week.
lone High wins
OSAA cup
twice in row
Bicycle race
Friday
The Columbia Plateau
Stage Race, which includes
bicycle races in Heppner, lone
and Fossil, will take place this
weekend. June 8-10.
Stage One begins at 1
p.m. Friday, June 8, with cyclists
traveling from Heppner to lone.
Stage Two is the
Rietmann Grade time trial, a
two-mile hill climb which gets
underway Saturday, June 9, at 9
a.m.
Stage Three, from lone
to Fossil Saturday afternoon, is
described as a "roller coaster
course with a finishing elevation
of 1600 feet higher than the start.
The pro levels one and two are at
1 p.m with the other fields from
1:40-1:55 p.m.
Stage Four
is from
Fossil to Heppner. "a tough stage
with nearly 4,000 feet o f vertical
climbing," beginning Saturday,
June 10, at 9 a.m.
For more information,
contact Mark Schwyhart. 4425
S.E.Woodward, Portland, OR
97206;
or
by
e-mail:
michelle@hevanet.com.
Long-time
Heppner
Police Chief Doug Rathbun has
announced his intent to retire,
effective at the end of the
month. Rathbun says that a
replacement has not yet been
named.
Rathbun, 58, came to the
Heppner Police Force in 1979 as
a patrolman and then took over
as chief following the retirement
of previous chief Dean Gilman.
Rathbun is originally
from Eugene, graduating from
North Eugene High School. After
high school he joined the Navy
serving four years aboard ship,
mainly in The Mediterranean.
After his discharge from the
Navy, Rathbun returned to
Eugene where he was employed
with Cummins Northwest Diesel,
doing payroll.
After a year-long stint
with Cummins, he decided to go
into police work and was hired
by
the
Portland
Police
Department. After six months on
the Portland force, he took a job
as police chief at Powers. He was
the Powers chief for seven years
before accepting a job as
Umatilla Police Chief. He served
in that capacity for six months
before he accepted as job as a
patrolman in Heppner. After
three years he left Heppner and
became a patrolman for Sweet
Home. He returned to Heppner as
a patrolman in 1979 and then in
1984 took over as chief.
"It's been a good job,"
said Rathbun. "I've done a lot of
different things. But, it's time for
new challenges." He said doesn't
plan to travel or take it easy, but
rather anticipates finding another
job and going back to work.
While he was the
Heppner Police Chief, Rathbun
lone High School has
won the OSAA Cup for the
second year in a row.
To earn the recognition,
schools earn points based on
their finish in OSAA state
championships and for the top 10
finishes in the OSAA-Dairy
Famers of Oregon Academic All
State program. The OSAA cup
weights academics, activities and
athletics equally.
The OSAA cup will be
awarded to lone High School at
their first home game on Sept. 7.
G. Cocoa Walther (left), San Leandro. California, and Astrid Bruno,
lone, visit during a lull in activities during the lone ( nited Church of
Christ Barbecue and Auction Saturday in lone. W alther. a writer for
"Tourist" magazine for Amtrak trains in California and Oregon,
came up to visit with nephew. Mark Bruno, and wife. Astrid.
Tentative agreement reached
on Ione-Boardman road
they will have to move some
farming circles. He also said that
the Governor has offered to have
the National Guard build the road
from Tower Road to Highway
74.
Brosnan said that if
"everyone will stay on board"
perhaps a solution can be
reached.
He said that a task force
in lone agreed that the lone City
Council would vote on whether
the proposal is acceptable either
this w eek or next week.
Many citizens in lone for
years had advocated a direct road
from
lone to Boardman to
enable citizens to travel to jobs in
the north county. However, an
environmentalist group. The
Nature Conservancy, purchased
property from R.D. Offutt and
denied a direct route through the
property for a roadway and
Governor Kitzhaber declined to
intervene.
M o rro w
C ou n ty
Commissioner Dan Brosnan has
announced that a tentative
agreement has been reached
between the county, R.D. Offutt
(Three Mile Farms) and the state
of Oregon to provide a road
between lone and north Morrow
County.
The proposed road will
travel down Tower Road, which
will become a public road to the
north side o f the conservation
area, will then turn west and
come out on Highway 74 about
four miles north of Cecil.
Brosnan said that the
proposed
road
was
a
"compromise solution" to allow'
lone faster access to north
Morrow County, but was not in
lieu of a shorter north-south route
from Emigrant to the end of
Tower.
Brosnan said that R.D.
Offutt has agreed to the solution,
even though it will be an
inconvenience for them since
Program on small towns re-aired
Heppner and nine other small
Oregon towns, which were
historically prominent at one time,
will be refeatured in a series called
"ExplOregon." The series will
broadcast on Oregon Public
Broadcasting beginning Saturday,
June 16. at 10:30 a.m. and will
continue each subsequent Saturday
at 10:30 a.m.
"We are very pleased that the
first ainng (in March) of the senes
was so well received," said T.J.
Richard.
president
o f 99
Productions. "We hope to attract
new viewers dunng the rebroadcast
and raise awareness about Oregon's
historic communities."
Each featured town has its own
half-hour program and is largely
told through the eyes o f current
residents who expenenced the town
first-hand or through stones they
have collected from relatives and
friends.
Towns featured will he Bavocean.
June 16; Brownsville, June 23;
Shamko. June 30; Oakland, July
7; Crescent Lake, July 14; Heppner.
July 21; Jacksonville. July 28:
Scottsburg, August 4; Granite.
August 11; and Toledo, August 18.
"Each year Oregonians lose
valuable state history with the
passing of its generations," said
Richard. "ExplOregon has captured
many mtnguing stones and history
from these once prominent towns
that Oregonians have probably heard
of. but didn't know the whole story ."
ExplOregon is sponsored by ITie
Oregon Forest Industries Council,
the Relief Nursery and C ourtsports
Athletic Club. The second season
of ExplOregon is currently
underway.
99 Productions was established
in 1999 when three colleagues, T.J.
Richard. Pat Hart and Chip Whiting,
merged their video production,
broadcast journalism and advertising
talents. Their recent production w ork
includes University of Oregon
football recruitment v ideo ( 1999
season). Boy Scouts of America.
Taco Time International and BI-
Mart.
For more information about
"ExplOregon" or 99 Productions,
contact T.J Richard. Pat Hart, or
Chip Whiting, at (541 ) 343-0099,
or visit their web site at
w ww. 99prod uc 1 1 on s. c om.
lone pool to
offer classes
The lone sw imming pool will
hold sw lmnnng lessons June 19-29.
The cost is $30. All skill lev els will
be included. A water safety
aid water guard class will also be
offered.
For more information, contact
Shelly Key. 422-7105. or Bobbette
Lovgren, 676-5217.
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