Campbell wins all-around at OTPR
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VOL. 120
NO. 34
8 Pages
Wednesday, August 22,2001
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Cutsforth Park staging area for firefighters
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photo by Allison Sykes
Workers prepare the catering trailer at the Cutsforth Park base camp set up for firefighters
Cutsforth Park has been
set up as a staging area for
firefighters, according to Dave
Kendrick with the Heppner
Ranger district. The park served
as a base camp for firefighters in
the north end of the Mallory fire.
Kendrick said Monday
that 75 to 125 firefighters were
expected to congregate at the
"spike" camp.
Kendrick said that the
Morrow County offered their
services for the firefighters.
Burke O'Brien with the Morrow
County Public Works Office
facilitated use o f the park and
arranged for services there.
A Heppner catering
business."Puddin' on the Ritz"
owned
by Joann
Tmgue.
provided catering service to the
firefighters. O' Bnen said that
they were using the 4-H building
there as a dining hall, but brought
their own shower facilities. He
said that some members of the
National Guard who had been
called to fight the fire were also
based at the camp.
O'Brien said that the
county is still allowing camping
for archery hunters in one end of
the park.
New officer in charge at post office Fires force
McKague, who was bom closure of
and raised in Pilot Rock, has
been with the Post Office for the
state park
last seven years. She was
originally hired as a clerk and
then was promoted to a
supervisor in customer service in
1996. She will return to her
position as a supervisor when a
post master is hired for the
Heppner office.
McKague
has
four
children, Maureen, 14, Kurtis,
12, Kaylie. 10, and Kolby, nine.
"I really like working
with the girls in the office," said
McKague o f her Heppner co
workers.
Kelli McKague
A new officer-m-charge
is on the job at the Heppner Post
Office.
Kelli McKague, 31.
Pendleton, took over duties on
August 6. She will remain in that
position until the Heppner
Postmaster position is filled,
hopefully before Christmas. She
replaces Dennis Lien who is back
at his previous position with the
Post Office in Pendleton
\
Registration set
for Pathfinders
Club
Registration for the
Oregon Trail Pathfinders Club
for children 10-15 years old will
be held Tuesday, August 28,
from 7-8 p.m. at the Heppnej
Seventh-day Adventist Church
located on.Minor Street.
"Come join us for a fun-
filled year," said a club
organizer.
For more information,
call 676-8282.
Forest fires and continuing dry
conditions have forced the closure
o f the Ukiah-Dale State Park on
Highway 395 in southern Umatilla
County. Fire is not threatening the
park at this time. However, due to
limited access, the Oregon Parks
and Recreation Department decided
to close the park.
Ukiah-Dale has 27 primitive
camping sites. There were no
campers in the park at the time of
the closure. The campground host,
who resides at the park, has been
relocated.
This is the first fire-related park
closure o f the season. However.
Oregon State Parks has imposed
campfire and other restrictions in
state parks in central, southern and
eastern Oregon.
Because o f rapidly changing
events, the most current information
will be available on the parks and
recreation website at: www.oregon
stateparks.org
under
"Ftre
restrictions." Tom Towslee. OPRD*w
Public Services Division manager,
may also be contacted at (503) 378-
4168 extension 243.
B.J. Campbell won the Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo All-Around
Cowboy award at the Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo held Friday and Saturday,
Aug. 17-18, in Heppner.
Campbell won SI 120.35 in event
money and the All-Around saddle
made by Rich Boyer Saddlery in
Hermiston and sponsored by
Gardner's Men's Wear, Heppner.
Campbell was first in team roping
with Richard Eiguren and was sixth
in steer wrestling.
Other OTPR results are as
follows:
Barrel Racing: first Renee
Gossett, time 17.18, S723.12 won;
second Rayna Prewitt, 17.27,
$628.80; third Kelli Cumn. 17.32,
$534.48; fourth Debbie Stahl. 17.33,
$440.16; tie for fifth Maureen
Crossley, 17.40, $298.68 and Patty
Childers, 17.40. $298.68; seventh
Tracy Kenyon, 17.41, $157.20;
eighth Kim MacRae, 17.47, $62.88.
Saddle Bronc: tie for first Shawn
Eng, rime 79, $853.94 won and Glen
O'Neill, 79, $853.94; third Jerad
McFarlane, 78. $490.82; fourth Dan
Mortensen, 76, $245.41.
Calf Roping: first Blair Burke,
time 79, $1125.20 won - Burke was
also awarded the Mike Currin
Memorial C alf Roping buckle; a
three-way tie for second Jeff Coelho,
8.6, $737.20, Trent Walls, 8.6,
$737.20 and Joe Beaver, 8.6,
$737.20; fifth Nate Baldwin. 8.8,
$349.20; sixth Steve Cum n, 9.3.
$194.00;
Team Roping: first Richard
Eiguren and B.J. Campbell, time
5.1, $940.90 each; second Guy
Gregg and Wade Jess, 5.8, $705.68
each; third Matt Davis and Tommye
Flenniken. 5.9, $470.45 each; fourth
Jimmy Tanner and Nick Row land.
6.0, $235.22 each.
Steer Wrestling: first Brad
McGilchrist. time 3.8. $1040.81
won; second Bill Pace. 3.9. $861.36:
third Shawn Greenfield. 4.1.
$681.91; tie for fourth Tony Cumn.
4.2. $412.74 and Brad Gleason. 4.2.
$412.74; sixth B.J. Campbell. 4.6.
$179,45.
Roe Gardner of Gardner's Men's Wear, sponsor of the O I PR All
Around Saddle. B.J. Campbell was the all around cowboy and winner
of the saddle made by Rich Boyer.
Steer Roping: tirst go-tirst Scott
Wilson, time 12.8. S840.67 won:
second Mike Beers. 13.1. $630.50:
tie for third Gabe Richardson. 13.2.
$315.25 and Jason Stewart. 13.2.
$315.25; second go-first Joe Bartlett
10.8, $840.67; second Joe Talbott.
13.2, $630.50: third Dave Inman,
13.4, $420.33; fourth R.A. Lovell,
14.0, $210.17; average-first Gabe
Richardson, 31 6, $840.67; second
Scott Wilson. 34.2, $630.50; third
Joe Bartlett, 10.8 1. $470.33: fourth
Mike Beers. 13.1/1. $210.17.
Bareback Riding; tie for first
Bobby Mote, score 80. $668.82 won
and Jason Havens. 80. $668.82; third
Cody Demers, 77. $382.18: fourth
Sean Culver. 75, $191.09.
Bull Riding: first Nathan Moiras ,
score 75. $1109.00.
Morrow County Rodeo results
will be in next week's paper
Friends
Kathy Cutsforth (left) and Hiromi Yamanaka
When two 16-year-old
10th graders met in Madras in Hiromi.
On a shopping trip
1976. little did they know that
their friendship would span not Hiromi bought a box fan. which
only the Pacific Ocean, but 25 she says are very expensive in
Japan, and a frying pan. "Some
years.
This
year
Kathy prices are double in Japan." says
Cutsforth o f Heppner and Hiromi Hiromi. adding that candy is
Yamanaka o f Hiroshima, Japan, cheaper there.
The Cutsforth family.
commemorate 25 years of
Kathy,
her
husband Curtis and
friendship.
son
Stanley,
and Kathy's mom.
The two met when
Kathy's parents, Billie and Walt Billie, took Hiromi to Cutsforth
Lacey of Madras, sponsored Park and Penland Lake. They had
Hiromi as an exchange student. a good time and even saw a deer,
Hiromi lived with the Laceys and but Hiromi got stung by a bee.
Hiromi
says
she
she and the family became close
So close that Hiromi returned to especially loves ice cream, but
visit the Laceys in Madras and didn't have such a good
experience with some spicy-hot
also traveled to Lexington to see
food. She cooked a stew for the
Kathy's first bom, Melissa, in
True stories, photos, 1980. She returned in 1982 and
Cutsforth which Kathy says was
mementoes, artifacts or other briefly in 1990. In 1994, she
"awesome" and also treated them
objects connected to the Morrow visited the family in Heppner.
to homemade patties made out of
County Courthouse in Heppner She returned this year so the two
a mixture of pork, beef, carrots
are
being
sought
to could celebrate their 25th
and onions dipped in bread
commemorate the centennial reunion. Hiromi says that Kathy
crumbs.
celebration of the historic "looks just the same" as she did
Hiromi says that like
building in 2002.
when they first met.
most Japanese students, she has
The courthouse is one of
The two wrote to each
studied English since she was i 3.
th e
m o st-p h o to g ra p h e d other from 1976 to 1994 and then
although speaking it is difficult
courthouses in Oregon and was communication took a more
In Japan. Hiromi is a
included on the National Register technological tu m -to e-mail.
medical technician at a hospital
of Historic Places on February
During this year's visit
and conducts LKGs. She lives
28,1985.
Hiromi attended the Morrow
with her parents and her dog.
Those with information, County Fair and Oregon Trail
"Poo”.
photos or objects are asked to Pro Rodeo, the Morrow County
She says that the
contact Andrea Denton. Barbara Museum, went shopping in temperature in Japan is about the
Bloodsworth or Gayle Gutierrez Heppner and Pendleton, took a same, hut it is much more humid
at
the
Morrow
County tour
of
the
Pendleton
that the dry Eastern Oregon
Courthouse,
541-676-9061. Underground and even tried her climate.
Stories should be submitted to hand at shooting a gun. She went
Hiromi departed for her
Kay Proctor, c/o MorrowCounty to see "Jurassic Park II" at the native land Saturday, hut not
Courthouse, P.O. Box 788. movies with Kathy and Mary. before laughingly admonishing
Heppner, Oregon 97836.
Tony and Cam e Haguewood. Kathy that it's her turn to visit
"The first was better," laughed Japan
Courthouse
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