Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March
Cruz-In draws 53 entries to
Heppner’s St. Paddy’s festivities
Heppner band students
participate in honor band
Allen to retire after 30 years in education
One of the entries in the Cruz-In
The Second A nnual St.
Paddy’s Cruz-In, held during the
20th St. Patrick’s Celebration,
drew 53 entries to Heppner.
Award winners were:
-Daryl and Anita Dick from
Welches, Oregon, won the Classic
Ford Car Award and also the
Mustang Award for their ’65
Mustang Fastback;
-Gary Watkins from Heppner
won the Classic GM Car Award
and The County Judges Award
and was also the Leprechaun’s
Choice Award Winner with his
1956 Chevy four-door Belair;
-L arr
Franklin
from
Kennewick, Washington, won the
Classic GM Pickup Award with
his ‘75 Gentlemen Jim Classic;
-Gary Jones from Hermiston
with a ‘71 Dodge Dart Savage
won the Modified Chrysler Car
Award;
-Andy and Donna Anderson,
Hermiston, brought their ‘63 T-
Bird and won the Modified Ford
Car Award;
-Danielle Looslie, Lexington,
with a ‘72 Chevelle Malibu SS
won the Modified GM car award;
-Cathy and Rex Baker from
Pendleton with their ‘55 Nash
M etropolitan were M odified
Orphan Car award winners;
-Jim and Susan Klock from
Gresham entered their ‘58 Chev
Fleetside Pickup and took home
the Modified GM Pickup award
and also were the People’s Choice
Award Winners;
-Mac and Pat Wells from
Kennewick. Washington entered
their ‘47 Hudson Pickup and won
the M odified Orphan Pickup
Award;
-D ick Sargent, H eppner,
entered his ‘30 Ford Model A and
won the Vintage original prior to
1949 Award;
-The Vintage Steet Rod
Award went to Gerald McBee
from Umatilla with his ‘32 Ford
Pickup;
-M ichael Smith from
Pendleton entered his ‘52 MG-
TD and won the Foreign Classic
Award Plaque;
-Chris Roop from Pendleton
took home the M en’s A ttire
Award for his 7 0 ’s B ritish
costume;
-D ebbie
Tracy
from
Hermiston won the Women’s
Dress Award for her 50’s dress;
-The Hermiston Classic Car
Club, with six entries, won the
Club Participation Award.
Sponsors of the 2002 Cruz-
In were Artisan Village, Bank of
Eastern Oregon, Brannon Auto
Repair, Columbia Basin Escrow,
Coppock Surveying, D & L Auto
P arts, Devin Oil Company,
Gardner’s Men’s Wear, Heppner
Auto Parts, Heppner Gazette-
Times, H eppner Hardware,
Heppner High School Student
Body, Jay Coil Fabricating,
Klamath First Bank, Les Schwab
Tires, Lott’s Electric, Murray’s
Drug, N orthw estern M otel,
Peterson’s Jewelers, Pettyjohn’s
Farm and B uilding Supply,
H eppner Red Apple Market,
R&W D rive-In R estaurant,
Wheatland Insurance, Whistling
Wings Taxidermy, Willow Creek
Realty, Osmin Century Welding,
Lexington Polaris, M orrow
County Grain Growers, R.J.’s
Steakhouse and Lounge in
Lexington, G D .’s Restaurant and
Linger Longer Lounge in
Heppner, Green Feed and Seed,
Ali-Kat Creations, John’s Other
Place, Bucknum’s, Shamrock
Lanes, Pot O’ Gold Cafe, Sherrell
Insurance Agency, Lexington
Auto Body, Kuhn and Spicer
Attorneys at Law, and Miller
Manufacturing.
Morrow County Gun Club news
By Sandi Day
A group of shooters from Morrow County Gun Club traveled to
Fossil this past weekend to bring home some meat from their annual
St. Patrick’s meat shoot. The gun club was represented by Curt,
Sandi and Chance Day, Barry Munkers, Keith Papineau, Rob
Ashbeck, Jimmy Walton, Tony Greenup and Jason Maben.
MCGC will hold their own annual spring meat shoot on Satur
day, March 23, beginning at 10 a.m. The shoot will run all day and
into the evening for a night meat shoot.
The winter league shooting came to a close on March 10 with
the team of Jeff Cutsforth and Mark Schlichting coming from be
hind to win the buckles donated by Harvey Childers and PegLeg
Farms of lone.
MCGC will continue shooting on Friday nights beginning again
on Friday, March 29, starting at 6:30 p.m., with a spring league com
petition running through May.
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High school band participants (left to right): Luke Murray, Jody
Maddern, Darren Van Cleave.
Junior high school band participants (left to right): Brendan
McElligott, Matthew Van Cleave, Laurie Murray. Not pictured
is Heather Rill.
Seven band students from
Heppner participated in the Mid-
Columbia Honor Band in Trout
Lake, WA, March 10-11. They
were accompanied by their band
teacher, Wendy Appleton.
High school participants
included Jody Maddern, tuba,
Luke M urray, trum pet, and
Darren Van Cleave, trumpet.
Junior high participants included
Brendan McElligott, oboe, Laurie
Murray, trumpet, Heather Rill,
trum pet, and M atthew Van
Cleave, trombone.
The students rehearsed for
10-1/2 hours on Sunday
afternoon, Monday morning and
Monday afternoon. They then
performed a concert on Monday
evening.
The Mid-Columbia Honor
Band is an annual event
sponsored by Columbia River
Music. Band members are chosen
by nomination by their instructors.
This year’s event included band
instructors and students from 17
different schools. The high school
band included 73 students and was
conducted by Chuck Bolton of
Mt. Hood Community College.
The junior high band included 79
students and was conducted by
Mel Hotchkiss of Spokane, WA.
Oregon Trail Appaloosa Club meets
The Oregon Trail Appaloosa Club discussed the poker ride at
their meeting on Feb. 21. Final preparations for the April 6 ride have
been initiated. This ride is open to all ages and will begin at the Columbia
River Equine Center four miles west of Umatilla. Sign-up time is from
8-10 a.m. with the ride beginning at the center and traveling west
along the river. The fee is $5 a hand with no limit. According to
Sheldon Marlnee, who is in charge of this event, everything is on track
and the group hopes to have a good turnout. Awards will also be
presented.
Information was received concerning changes in the regional
appaloosa club breeding program. Anyone interested should contact
the Moscow, Idaho, office for more input on this subject.
Shannon Mayfield, who is in charge o f the awards and
obtaining show judges, has been in contact with two judges for the
July and September. Their names will be posted at a later date.
Additional ribbons are needed as the club is running low on assorted
placements.
Times for the July show have been rescheduled. The trail
course will start at 1 p.m. and the halter classes, English and Western
will start at 3 p.m. Games and classes are planned for the youth and
all ages. This show is open to anyone who has a horse of any breed.
The show was previously an evening show, but it has been changed
due to more classes. The judge for the show will be announced at a
later date. Prizes and awards will be presented for all winners.
Tickets for the raffle held at our meetings were available.
The winners this month were Shannon Mayfield, who won a digital
thermometer, and Jackie Smith, who won curved scissors for mane
and fetlock trimming. Bob Quimby won the Dutch oven, however, he
was not there, so the money goes back into the oven for next month's
drawing.
On February 9, a show committee meeting was held with Sue
Jankunis, show chairperson, to begin to organize the work and people
helping with the shows. Most of the planning was finalized for the July
show. Except for receiving answers from judges, all help has been
organized.
A clinic with Dr. Don Peter was discussed at a future date.
The next meeting will take place at the Gordon Schmidt's
residence for the equine massage clinic on March 23. Those planning
to attend may call for instructions to the location.
Anyone interested in the appaloosa club is asked to call 541 -
567-3076,541-567-3531 or email primrose@eoni.com.
20, 2002- THREE
Dick Allen
Long-tim e
Morrow
County principal Dick Allen has
announced his plans to retire at
the end of this school year. Allen,
52, will retire June 26 after 30
years in education.
A llen was born in
Ontario and spent his first three
years at Oregon Slope on the
Oregon side of the Snake River.
His mother was from Weizer; her
family had moved to Kinzua
during the 1950s. His paternal
grandparents had a farm in
Nebraska, where his father grew
up, but the family lost the farm
during the Depression and moved
out West. Allen’s parents met
after World War II. His father
tried his hand at farming at
Oregon Slope for awhile and then
the family moved to Kinzua in
1952.
Allen attended grade
school at Kinzua and went to high
school at Wheeler High School in
Fossil, where he was active in
sports, especially football and
basketball. He graduated from
Wheeler High School in 1968. He
and his wife, Jannie, who was two
years younger, knew each other
in high school, but didn't start
dating until he left for college.
Allen attended Eastern Oregon
C ollege at LaG rande, now
Eastern Oregon University, two
years before transferring to
Western Oregon College, now
Western Oregon University, at
Monnlouth. He graduated from
WOC in 1972 with a degree in
elementary education.
After graduating from
college, Allen taught two years at
Faye Wright Elementary School
in Salem. By that time, Jannie had
also graduated from Western
Oregon and they decided to move
to a place where they could both
work. They took the first position
offered them—at Fossil High
School. He taught grades six-
eight for five years. His wife
taught at Fossil for four years,
before their son, Steve, was bom
in 1979. Steve graduated from
lone High School in 1997. Now
23. he is a senior at the University
of Oregon in Eugene, majoring in
international studies and Spanish.
He plans on going into the Peace
Corps.
A llen, who had been
working toward his administrative
degree, then got a call from the
Spray school district asking him
to apply for the com bined
principal superintendent position.
He interviewed two days later and
was hired on the spot. He was
administrator there from 1979 to
1985 and also taught classes and
coached. Their daughter Elizabeth
was bom while the family lived
at Spray. Elizabeth, now 20, spent
a year studying in Scotland during
high school. She is currently
attending Lane Com m unity
College at Eugene, studying to
become a masseuse.
Allen was hired as
principal at lone Schools in 1985
and served in that capacity for 15
years, until he accepted the
position as principal at Heppner
High School. This is his second
year at HHS. “I thought it was
an excellent opportunity,” said
Allen. “Both lone and Heppner
have outstanding students, good
parents and excellent staff. I feel
I was always blessed by being
surrounded by such dedicated and
outstanding people.
I ’ve
thoroughly enjoyed working with
the staff, site councils, advisory
committees and the parents. It
was a good move for me.”
While his tenure has had
many high points, Allen admits
that he won’t miss the numerous
evening meetings he has had to
attend. “It was time to retire,” he
says. “I will enjoy the flexibility.
Now I’ll be able to take a little
longer vacation and certainly can
do a little more hunting and start
fishing. I’ve never been a
fisherman.” Retirement
will also give him a little more time
to work on his hot rod, a 1967
Chevelle Supersport 396 which he
has painted “Tahoe Turquoise”, its
original color. “It’s fun to work on
and Jannie’s anxious to get her
garage back,” he laughs. Also on
tap are some minor remodeling
jobs around the house.
Allen says that he can
also foresee some substitute
teaching. “I’ve always missed
being in the classroom,” he added.
And he has considered the
possibility of contracting with the
school district for a teaching or
administrative position. Jannie will
continue in her teaching position
at Heppner Elementary School.
The Allens make their home in
lone.
Soccer club gears
up for 2002 season
Willow Creek Soccer Club is
gearing up for the 2002 soccer
season. Last year was the first
season for the soccer club and it
was a “huge success” according
to organizer Tina Edwards.
Registration for this year will be
held in May with dates, locations
and times to be announced soon.
In the 2001 season, 32 kids
from Heppner, Lexington, and
lone formed three teams, with
two coaches, a team parent, and
a sponsor for each team. The
teams were formed according to
A m erican
Youth
Soccer
O rganization (AYSO) age
divisions as follows “under six”,
“under eight”, and “under 10”.
These age divisions are
determined by the age o f the
player as of July 31 prior to the
upcom ing season, with the
exception of the under six division
for which the youngest age is 4-
Vi. Those players must be 4-1/2
by July 31,2002.
For the 2002 season
organizers expect to fill at least
one team in each o f these age
divisions, and are hopeful that they
can add an “under 12” division.
Teams are co-ed unless they
have enough players to form both
a girls' and boys’ team in a given
age division.
Registration last season was
$31 for the first child and $28 for
each additional child per family.
The league (Columbia United
Soccer Club) expects to be able
to keep the fees at that price for
the 2002 season. Registration
includes insurance and a team
uniform with shorts, jersey and
soccer socks. Players are
required to have shin guards which
are not provided. Soccer shoes
are not required. Cleated baseball
shoes are not allowed.
The
season
lasts
approximately 10 weeks with a
game usually every Saturday at
the soccer fields on Elm Street in
Hermiston. For the under-six
teams all games are on Saturdays.
The under-eight team had one
weeknight game last season and
under-10 had two weeknight
games. The 2002 season should
follow that same pattern. Anyone
who is considering joining but is
concerned about the time burden
o f traveling to Hermiston for
games is urged to speak with
families who played last season.
“1 guarantee you that you will
more often than not hear that once
the season was under way the fun
and enthusiasm easily superseded
the burden of a trip to Hermiston,"
says Edwards. “For those who are
concerned about not being able to
make it to all games due to work
or other conflicts 1 guarantee you
that players will have no problem
finding a ride with a teammate ”
Anyone with questions,
or who is interested in helping out
is asked to call Tina Edwards or
D arrell Raver at 676-8710.
Registration notices will be posted
in late April - early May.