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Photos by Mitchell Zachs
Macy Gibbs, 5, of Heppner. right, competes in the stick horse race at the Morrow County Rodeo at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds Sunday August 18th. 2002 in Heppner. See all the Morrow County rodeo
results pictures on page 5.
Prayer service set
on 9-11
A prayer service in honor
of the victims of 9-11 and their
families has been planned for
Wednesday, Sept. 11, from 7-8
p.m ., at the Seventh-day
Adventist Church, 560 N. Minor
in Heppner.
The serv ice will include
special music, prayers and group
singing. Ev ery one is welcome to
attend. Refreshm ents will be
served.
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VOL. 121
NO. 35
8 Pages
Wednesday, August 28, 2002
Local student
makes dean’s list
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Caution urged as students return to school
Danielle McDowell.
Heppner, was named to the
dean's list for spring term in
the c o lle g e o f a rts and
sciences at Seattle University,
Seattle, W ashington. She
earned a 3.9 gpa.
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Justin Matteson, of Heppner. competes in the Calf Roping event at
the Morrow County Rodeo Sunday August 18th. Justin won the
saddle for the best Morrow County calf roper this vear. More
pictures page 5.
Meanw hile brother Ryan, shown here in the steer w restling, won this
years Morrow County all-around title. See more awards pictures
page 5.
Assisted living grand opening Sept. 15
The Willow Creek Terrace assisted liv ing facility plans its grand
opening on Sunday, Sept. 15. from I -3 p.nt.. at 400 Frank Gilliam Drive
in the Lakeview subdivision in Heppner.
Music w ill be prov ided by Amy Jepsen and a group of local
fiddlers and v iolinists
Refreshments will be served.
School construction w ill make getting around more difficult for parents and students alike
by Debbie Harper
H eppner
schools
resume classes next Tuesday. For
stu d en ts,
parents,
and
townspeople getting to or around
the elementary school w ill be very
different this year. There won’t
be sidewalks or parking places
in front o f the school.
C onstruction m achinery and
trucks w ill be coming and going
on Stansbury and Elder Streets.
Wade Smith, the new
principal for Heppner schools,
says the only parking for staff and
visitors will be the graveled lot
used for rodeo contestant parking
during the fair. The few spots in
front o f the school must be kept
open for handicapped parking and
lunch loading and unloading he
said.
To get to the staff and
visitor parking lot people will
need to drive down Highway 74
to the fairgrounds entrance, drive
all the way to the back, past the
football field and rodeo arena,
turn led before the shop and drive
down the graveled road to the
parking lot. The road just past the
school will be used as an exit
only.
Buses w ill use the
grav eled lot behind the school as
a loading and unloading zone.
Smith asked all students,
walkers, drop-offs or busers, to
use the doors at the end of the
building nearest the visitors' lot,
and at the back of the building
nearest the bus lot.
Smith is urging parents
who pick up or drop off children
to do so in the visitors' lot. From
there students can walk across the
one-way lane, into the schooly ard
and use the doors at the rear of
the school.
For walkers things may
be especially challenging. The
construction site will be off limits.
The walkway over the bridge
from Main Street and past the
low er field w ill not be off limits,
but because o f on-going
construction work, students are
asked to be extremely careful if
they use this route. Sm ith
recommends hav ing the students
walk down Main Street and up
(Juaid Street to the school if at all
possible.
Drivers are asked to be
especially careful. Students that
used to walk past the old buildings
will probably be walking on Court
Street itself. Because o f the
congestion by the lower field,
there may be many more
students walking on Main and
Quaid Streets than usual.
Sm ith says that the
school is w orking closely w ith the
construction com pany, Mid-
Columbia Bus Company, the City
of Heppner, and the Rodeo Board
to ensure safety. The school is
currently negotiating with the
rodeo board on the grounds
upkeep for the visitor and staff
parking *ot.
photo by Debbie Harper
Local man bags season’s first cougar
G-T deadline Friday
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The Heppner Gazette-
Times will be closed Monday,
Sept. 2, for the Memorial Day
holiday.
The deadline for news
and advertisem ents for next
week's newspaper will be this
Friday, August 30. at 5 p.m.
The newspaper will be
published
on
schedule.
Wednesday, Sept. 4.
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Joe Van Doom with his recently bagged cat
by Dehhir Harper
The cougar was so intent
on the deer he w as stalking he
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didn't notice he was being stalked
himself,
J°c Van Doom saw the
cougar stalking the deer about
KEY BLUE JEANS
Sale through August 31st
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eight miles up W illow Creck from
Heppner. It vv as early on Aug. 16,
w hile he vv as on his vv ay to work.
The pair didn't notice him as he
got out of his truck, crossed the
fence and got w ithin shot range.
Die cougar w as the first
one tagged this season, which
began Aug. I. It is still the only
one tagged so far. according to
Steve
C herry.
O regon
Department o f Fish and \\ ildlife.
The cat w as a two-year-old male.
6 feet 2 inches long and weighing
110 pounds.
This is V anD oorn's
second cougar. He also tagged
one sev eral years ago. so this one
he gav e to his long-time employer
Dick Wilkenson. Wilkenson is
having it stuffed in a full body
mount.
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