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Lexington town-wide yard sale draws crowd
Left to right: Kelly Boyer. Marcia Kempand Yung Nelson help out at the Lexington Fire
Department Auxiliary sale held during the Lexington town-wide yard sale Saturday. July 28.
Because of the Morrow County Fair, the Lexington Fire Department Auxiliary meeting has been
changed to Thursday, August 9, at city hall. The agenda will include highlights of the yard sale, fair
parade and upcoming hunters' food sale.
Kids participate in junior golf tournament
flangin' Judge George Koltler (right), with the assistance of "lackey" John Edmundson. sentences a
hapless victim during the Heppner Chamber of Commerce Jail and Bail. The event, held in conjunction
with a town-wide sidewalk sale and the Celebrate Heppner day on July 27, raised funds toward a
chamber brochure and Christmas lights.
Ranch registration speeds Air Life arrival
By Jan Volz, Air Life of Oregon
It's summertime and that means
travel, and farming and ranching
activities, are in full swing in
Oregon. With the increased traffic,
extra heavy machinery in the fields
and more people on horseback in
rural areas, the chance of accidents—
and the need for the services of Air
Life of Oregon - - can be even higher
than during other seasons.
In an effort to reduce its response
times in distant locations, Air Life
is encouraging farmers and ranchers
in central and eastern Oregon to
register their ranches as potential
landing sites.
Although Air Life will respond
to emergency calls without a pre
arranged landing site, ranchers can
speed the rescue by registering their
ranch.
"If we have the latitude and
longitude of the ranch number and
a brief description of the ranch, the
(light team can activate as they
already have the specific directions."
said Wanda Gnndstaflf, membership
coordinator. "It helps expedite the
mission we're on."
Ken Cox. a 15-year veteran Air
Life helicopter pilot, agrees. The
registration makes Air Life response
quicker, more certain and easier
than working with bulky maps in
the confined space of a helicopter,
said Cox. "We don't have to do the
detective work," he said. "I have
more confidence in the numbers
done in the calm and quiet o f the
office."
For example. Cox recalled a horse
rollover in the far northeastern
Ochocos where the person who
found the injured rider had little
idea of where they were. But once
the name of the ranch was known.
"The registration allowed us to head
there immediately." he said. "When
it works, it's worth its weight in
gold."
Air Life started the rancher
registration program with its original
flight program in 1985. "There was
a perceived value in registering
landing zones from the inception
Football camp
planned Aug. 6-9
By Debbie Harper
At 7:30 a.m. on a drizzly Saturday
morning 38 young people gathered
to take part in the Willow Creek
Country Club's second junior golf
tournament on July 28.
The participants, from six through
13, took lessons for two weeks
before playing in the tournament.
Lessons were given again this year
by Craig Holland, with assistance
from Tom Shear. In addition to the
mechanics and rules of golf, the
kids learned courtesy and etiquette
associated with the game.
Craig Holland works for Morrow
County Grain Growers, but his
passion is golf. "Hopefully this is
a sport kids can play all their life,"
said Holland, who is a PGA golf
professional.
All participants in the tournament
received certificates of achievement,
gift certificates, redeemable at either
the WCCC golf shop or Greg's
Custom Clubs, and golf balls
supplied by Dan Hayes of Subaru
The Willow Creek Country Club.
Bank of Eastern Oregon, Klamath
First Federal and John Boyer's Gar
Aviation sponsored the prizes.
Lunch for the participants and
their families was furnished by Red
Apple Market, Tim Adams and
Morrow County Grain Growers.
Results are as follows:
Girls 7-9 years: first Emily
Thompson - 58. second Cassie Day
- 59; Curls 10-11 years: first Jenna
Bowman - 48. second Maggie
Armato - 48, third Brenna Rietmann
- 49, fourth Megan Orr - 52 and fifth
Bailie Keithley - 64; Girls 13-14
years: first Charlene Houweling -
80. and second Kylie Disque - 86
Boys 6-7 years: first Justin
Pranger - 40, second Steven Holland
- 44, third Drew Brannon - 49. fourth
Connor Pappas - 53, and fifth
Stephen Thompson 57; Boys 7-8
years: first Justin Gutierrez - 35,
second Cody Orr - 37, third Zach
Orem - 40, fourth Cameron Day -
42, and fifth Joe Armato - 54: Boys
nine years: first Chance Day - 56.
second Drew Johnson - 61. third
Brent Eckman - 65, fourth R.J.
Ramos - 66. fifth Bryan Holland -
66, sixth Tyler Robinson 80. seventh
Zach McCarl - 85. and eighth Curtis
Harper - 116: Boys 10 years: first
Joe Pranger - 53, second I uke
Young - 55. third Mark McCabe -
63, fourth Matt Holland - 73, fifth
Taylor Disque - 96. and sixth Chris
Hickerson 115: Boys 11 years: first
Matt McCabe - 50. second Talor
Hodges - 57, third Zach Robinson
- 82, and fourth Ben McCarl -102:
Boys 12-13 years: first Matt Kenny
- 40, second Logan Anthony - 46.
third Jason Houweling - 53 and
fourth Jess Jowers - 54
The 10th Annual South Morrow
County Football Camp will be held
Mondav through Thursday, August
6-9.
The camp is for students in grades
five-12 from any area school. It will
run from 5-8:30 p.m. ITie coaching
staff for Heppner High School and
lone High School, junior high, and
youth program will provide
instruction.
The cost is $25 with each camper
receiving a hat.
Registration forms are available
at Murray Drugs, Heppner High
School and lone High School Late
registration will be accepted.
For more information or
questions, contact Greg Grant, 676-
5257, or Dale Holland, 676-5034.
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Air Life seeks ranch sites.
of the flight program." Gnndstaff
said. More than 630 landing zones
in central and eastern Oregon are
currently listed.
Air Life's helicopter service
covers 77,000 square miles from
the Cascades east to John Day.
Condon. Heppner. Bums and Lake
County (areas within a 150 radius
of Bend). The helicopter needs a
minimum of a 100-foot-square,
reasonably fiat area, free of trees,
poles, overhead wires and other
obstructions in order to land.
Landing zones can be a field or open
meadow near a highway, road
intersections or parking lots.
To register, ranch owners are
asked to fill out a form providing
a description of the ranch location,
the township, range and section
numbers and/or latitude and
longitude as well as a list of
landmarks and tall and overhead
obstructions. Ifranch residents have
prior or existing health problems,
those also can be registered on the
form.
There is no cost and no deadline
to register a ranch. For more
information, call the Air Life Office
at (541) 385-6305 or 1 -800-522-
2828.
Local men aid travelers
(Editor's note: The following decided to thank them directly."
article was sent to the Heppner Elks Barnard subsequently contributed
S200 to the Visual Program.
Cluh from James Barnard.)
Last Memorial Day weekend.
James Barnard and his wife Ramona
did not see the "Road Closed" sum
as they ascended the scenic highw ay
from Heppner through the Blue
Mountains of Northeastern Oregon.
They had taken this route many
times on their way to visit their
daughter and her family in Boise.
"I knew we were in trouble as we
rounded a curve onto a downhill
patch of snow with no tire tracks.
A few hundred yards into it. we were
firmly high-centered."
Barnard used his only tool, a ceil
phone, to call for help. The operator
promised a tow' truck would be sent.
Two hours and another phone call
later, no one had am ved. As Barnard
remembers, "We weren't panicking,
but were becoming slightly anxious
w hen a truck appeared at the top
of the hill. It belonged to Dick
Schmidt, a friendly man, who said
he would check on the tow truck
on his way home.” Mountain
shadows grew longer as another
hour and another phone call yielded
no help.
"Just as I was deciding which
way to walk out, Dick Schmidt
reappeared with his friend Stanley
Cox and a much larger truck. Within
a few minutes, they attached a chain
and pulled us out." Extremely
grateful. Barnard offered payment,
but the two men refused to take
anything. "1 noticed Schmidt'sjacket
with 'Heppner Elks 358’ on the back.
I knew the Elks were connected to
the Casey (Eye Institute), so 1
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When Barnard questioned why
the two men returned, Schmidt
replied, "I spoke to the tow truck
driver and he had no intention of
coming to rescue someone w ho had
been driving on a closed road.
Besides, it was the right thing to
do."
Meetings on school
construction
Members
of
the
community are invited to attend
the upcoming Morrow County
School District Advisory
Committee meetings. At the
meetings, architects for area
school construction projects will
be introduced and planning for
the facilities will begin.
The Heppner-Lexington
Advisory Committee meeting
will be held Monday. August 6.
at Heppner Elementary School
beginning at 5 p.m.
The Ione-Lexington
Advisory Committee meeting
will be held that same evening.
Monday, August 6, at 8 p.m. at
the lone Schools cafeteria
The Boardman-lmgon
Advisory Committee meeting
will be held Tuesday. August 7.
at 10 a.m. at Sam Boardman
Elementary School
Everyone is invited to
attend.
Kindergarten
registration set
Children who will be five years
old on or before September 1,2001,
and first through sixth graders new
to Heppner may register for school
at Heppner Elementary School,
Monday through Thursday from
9 a m - 3 p.m.. beginning August
1.
Parents are requested to bring
the child's birth certificate,
immunization records and social
security number