Measures 19 and
Dinner theatre fund raiser held at
20 receive
cemetery
favorable results in
Morrow County
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Measures 19 and 20 each
received yes votes from over 50
percent of the 1997 people who
voted in Morrow County in the
Sept. 17 special election.
Measure 19, pertaining
to state lottery funds being
deposited into a education stability
fund, received 1180 yes votes and
748 no votes, with 67 under votes
and two over votes.
Measure 20, pertaining
to an increase in cigarette taxes,
received 1045 yes votes and 901
no votes, with 50 under votes and
one over vote.
lone Willows
Grange 672 to
hold fund raiser
VOL. 121
NO. 39
8 Pages
Wednesday, September 25, 2002 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County sends wheat Christmas ornaments to D.C.
It
may
be
only
Septem ber, but for A ndrea
Denton of Heppner it’s already
C h ristm as— 100 tim es over.
Denton volunteered to head up a
com m ittee to m ake 100
C hristm as ornam ents to be
displayed on Christmas trees at
the W hite H ouse and other
locations around Washington,
D.C. B ecause O regon was
selected to supply the Capitol’s
Christmas trees this year, each
Oregon county was asked to
donate at least 100 handmade
ornam ents
w hich
are
representative of the way o f life
in that county. And, what better
way to represent Morrow County
than with wheat?
Each ornament is a sheaf
o f wheat, donated from area
wheat ranchers, either bundled or
splayed, secured with wire, rubber
bands and raffia, tied with a
ribbon, glittered, lacquered and
decorated with a Morrow' County
Courthouse button. Volunteers
pulled the chaff from the wheat,
made sure that each was very
securely tied and made sure that
the ornaments were big enough
to see. but not exceeding the 12-
inch size limit.
The ornam ents are
accom panied by a M orrow
C ounty brochure and an
informational letter of greeting
composed by Denton which tells
about the county and its
resources, including information
on wheat and its uses. All labor
for the project was volunteer and
all materials were purchased and
donated by those in the group
making the ornaments. Denton
said that the volunteers had spent
around 14 hours of labor and she
expected that they would spend
around four more hours to finish
Around 150 people
attended an "E vening on
Cemetery Hill”, a dinner theatre
fundraiser for the 1903 Heppner
Flood Victims Memorial at the
Heppner Masonic Cemetery on
Sept. 19.
The evening, sponsored
by the Morrow County museums,
the H eppner C ham ber o f
Commerce and Klamath First,
included a w elcom e and
information on the flood by Robin
Krebs o f the Morrow County
M useum , inform ation on a
tombstone project by Heppner
M ayor Bob Jepsen and
presentation of plaques by Larry
Mills of the Farm Museum. Doris
Brosnan and Sharon Harrison
acted as a guides and Rick Drake
and Keith Brudevold provided
music. Kathryn Hoskins and
Travis Harrison narrated a letter
from Gertrude Parker, Kathry n’s
mother, which provided a 1903
account about Gertrude’s friend,
Anna McBride, who was a flood
victim. Dan Brosnan and Patrick
Sweeney narrated a Sheriff CJD
Bauman story and Claudia
Hughes and C liff Green read
obituaries of Timothy Bisbee and
his son Lou Bisbee. Tim
VanCleave read the Hon. Jackson
Morrow obituary .
"It was very respectful,”
said Krebs, who stressed that it
was a commemoration to help
raise funds for the flood memorial
planned for 2003.
Dinner of Caesar salad,
grilled lamb, baby red potatoes,
garlic bread, beverages and
dessert was provided courtesy of
Zeller’s lone Market. Norm and
Barb Zeller, Krebs Ranches, Clint
and Maureen Krebs, the Farm
Foundation and Morrow County
museums, the Harrison ranch.
Bob and Sharon and Travis and
Kirsten Harrison, the 2003 Flood
Committee and Barbara Orwick.
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Andrea Denton with ornam ents to festoon W ashington, D.C.,
C hristm as trees
Basin E xperim ent Station
up attaching bows and buttons,
harvested and bundled wheat
glittering and lacquering. The
from their field near Pendleton
ornam ents (3,600— 100 from
and donated it to the cause and
each of Oregon’s counties plus
Rust donated boxes of wheat
additional ornaments to equal
from their farm. Drake, Miles and
4,000) were due in Roseburg in
Rust spent many hours on the
Douglas County by Sept. 30 to be
project and Amanda Miles also
shipped to the nation’s Capitol.
helped out. Drake, who does
The Umpqua National Forest in
wheat weaving, added some of
Douglas County was to supply all
her handmade woven ornaments
of the 80 Christmas trees.
to be included. “This is a bad year
Denton started out the
for wheat ranchers and still they
project on her ow n, but a
provided wheat for us to send,”
dedicated group of women from
said Denton. “They represent
wheat ranching families. Tawny
Morrow County well.”
M iles, Shannon Rust, Carley
Denton said that after the
D rake and Judy Rea, past
ornaments are removed from the
president of the Wheat League,
trees, they will be given to
joined in. Denton donated the
W ashington, D .C., school
ribbon, made up the greeting letter
children, which is why she
and made the logos and buttons,
included greetings from Oregon
with the use o f a button maker
and information about the county
donated by the Morrow County
in Morrow County's donation.
Sheriff's Department. Denton
"This is the first time Oregon is
said that Rea "got excited’’ about
sending trees,” added Denton.
the project and spoke to friends
"This is O regon’s gift to the
in Morrow County who donated
nation. It was kind of fun to be a
some of the wheat. The Columbia
part of something that would end
up at the Capitol."
Flu shot clinics begin next week
Morrow County Health
Department will hold flu shot vac
cination clinics next week. Fol
lowing are dates of the clinics:
M onday, Sept. 30 -
Stokes Landing Senior Center,
Irrigon, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.;
Tuesday, Oct. 1 - Mor
row County Health Department,
Boardman. 8:30 a.m.-7 p.m.;
Wednesday, Oct. 2 - St.
Patrick’s Senior Center, Heppner.
10 a.m.-l p.m.;
Wednesday. Oct. 2 - lone
City Hall. lone. 4-7 p.m.;
Thursday. Oct. 3 - Mor
row County Health Department,
The lone Willows Grange
672 will host the Blue Mountain
Oldtime Fiddlers Association,
Saturday, Oct. 12, as a fund raiser
to update the electrical service to
the hall.
Last year’s fund raiser,
along with local donations and a
grant from the Myer’s Trust, saw
the instillation of a new heating
system.
Local fiddlers and pickers
are invited to join in.
A spaghetti dinner will be
served from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m.
Music will be at 7 p.m.
Tickets prices are: meal
and music- adults, $8, seniors and
students, $7, children six -12,
$2.50, children under six admitted
free; music only- adults, $4,
seniors and students, $3, children
under 12 admitted free; and meal
only- adults, $4, children six-12
$2.50, with children under six
admitted free.
Robin Krebs (left) and Pat Sweeney prepare for rehearsal for the
"Evening at the Cemetery " fund raiser for the 1903 Heppner Flood
Commemoration to be held in 2003.
Heppner, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
The health department
recommends everyone get a flu
shot, especially those over the
age o f 65, those who have a
chronic illness or those working
with chronically ill people.
For more information, call
676-5421 or 481-2112.
Morrow County
Health District to
meet
The M orrow C ounty
Health District will hold their
regular board meeting. Monday,
Sept. 30, in Boardman at the
Boardman Ambulance Hall at 7
p.m.
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Heppner High School homecoming court (left to
right): front-Junior Prince Chuy F.lguc/ahal. Senior
King Donald Adams, Senior Prince Josh Winters.
Senior Prince Brad Adams, Junior Prince Brian
Haguewood. Junior Court Prince Tate Gentry and
Princess Makayla Kindle: hack-Junior Princess
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Tiffany Piper escorted by her father David Piper, Senior
Queen Rachel Howard, escorted by her father Hank
Howard. Senior Princess Lacy Matteson. escorted hy her
father Chuck Matteson, Senior Princess Gcnia (.rant,
escorted by her brothers Tyson and Treve Palmateer.
Junior Princess Brooke Rust, escorted by her father Tim
Rust.
Heppner High School cheerleaders and the Mustang mascot lead cheers during the HHS homecoming parade held
downtown Thursday, Sept. 19.
Rachel Howard. Heppner High School senior, was crowned queen and Donald Adams, also a
senior at HHS, was crowned king at homecoming activities during halftime at the HHS game vs. Umatilla
Friday. Sept. 20.
Other members of the senior class court include princesses Genia Grant and Lacey Matteson and
princes Brad Adams and Josh Winters.
Members of the junior class court include princesses Brooke Rust and Tiffany Piper and princes
Chuy Elguezabal and Brian Haguewood.
Junior court members were Tate Gentry, son of Terri and Jerry Gentry, and Makayla Kindle,
daughter o f Jim and Becky Kindle.
Morrow SWCDAVeed Board to meet
A regular board m eeting o f the Morrow SWCD/Weed
Advisory Board will be held Tuesday, (Jet. 15. at 1:30 p.m. at the
Pettyjohn Office building in Heppner. Agenda and discussion items
include BPA contract update. LAC update, annual meeting discussion
and agency reports.
The meeting is open to the public.
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