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Morrow County Judge Terry Tallman (left) and Oregon Parks director Michael
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VOL. 122
NO. 21
16 Pages
Wednesday, May 21,2003
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
IUCC gets ready for auction
Stories of the
Flood
Riders line up to start riding the trails
Originally printed
July 14. 1977: “ T h e
H e p p n e r F lo o d o f 1903
e v o k e d m a n y a c ts o f
heroism from those involved
and one o f the recipients o f
such an act recently returned
here to relate his personal
experience.
E v e re tt C. Jo n e s
w as born in H eppner on
June 8, 1902. D uring the
flood on June 14 o f the next
year, both o f his parents
Pearl and M ae A shbaugh
Jones, three o f their four
children, Am y Fay, 9, Mae,
8, and Lester, 6, and quite a
few other fam ily m em bers
w ere drowned.
T he o n e -y e a r-o ld
Everett survived because an
aunt, M rs. M ose A shbaugh
had taken him in one arm and
her baby in the other arm to
try to save them from the
rising w aters- she lost her
balance, slipped and fell and
her own child was drowned,
but she m anaged to save
Everett. He was raised by his
g ra n d m o th e r, N a n c y L.
Jones (Mrs. James H.) o f the
Eight M ile Center. M any
m em bers o f the Jones and
Ashbaugh families are buried
in H eppner’s cemetery.
Jo n es, w ho now
owns a refrigeration and air-
conditioning business in San
Jose, Cal. was accompanied
on h is se n tim e n ta l look
around this area by tw o o f
his sons, Ronald o f Portland
and Richard from Phoenix,
A Z . T h e th re e sp e n t an
enjoyable time last M onday
morning visiting the county
museum and taking o f family
matters with Rachel Harnett.
The three Jones men
w ere m ost interested in the
m useum ’s fine collection o f
flood pictures and in the
some o f the old-time harvest
pictures.”
Don Stroeber with granddaughter M organ were the First to use the new OHV trails
(L-R): Jean Jepsen, Laurel Cannon and Katherine Lindstrom look
over some of the antiques discovered while setting up for the 41”
annual lone United Church of Christ auction and barbeque.
T h e lo n e U n ite d
C h u rc h o f C h rist w ill be
h o ld in g th e ir 4 1 s’ A n n u al
A u c tio n a n d B a r b e q u e
S a tu rd a y , J u n e 7 a t th e
W illows G range Hall in lone
beginning at 10:00 am.
Chairmen for this year
include: Rich Harper, trustees;
G ary G rieb, auctioneer; Bill
Rietmann, meat and wrapping;
H arold R ietm ann and Virgil
M organ, pit; Jack O sterlund
and John Jepsen, meat cutting;
Loa H e n d e rso n , sp e cia lty
merchandise; Helen Heideman
and Linda L aR ue, finance;
Betty Gray, C ountry Store;
Jerry Rietmann, merchandise;
C in d y O ste rlu n d , kitchen;
Laurel Cannon, antiques; Rich
Harper, Porta-Potties; Chuck
N elson, Snack Shack; and
Jean Jepsen, publicity.
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Gazette dosed for Memorial Day
The Heppner Gazette-Times office will be closed
M onday, M ay 26 for M em orial Day. We will reopen
with normal hours on Tuesday, M ay 27.
Do to the closure, the news deadline for the May
28 paper is Friday, M ay 23 at 5 p.m.
M o rro w C o u n ty F a ir th em e
contest winners announced
T he w inners o f the
M orrow C ounty Fair them e
c o n te s ts a re C la u d ia and
Jessica H ughes o f Heppner.
For their entry they received a
gift certificate for $25 to be
used at any M orrow C ounty
business. The w inning theme
is “ M orrow C ounty True To
The Red, W hite And Blue.”
A lso, the Prem ium
B o o k th is y e a r w ill be
d e d ic a te d to the M o rro w
C ounty G rain G row ers for
their many years o f dedication
to th e y o u th o f M o rro w
County and the Fair.
Tom W olff (left) serves up hot dogs to a hungry crowd that attended the opening
About 150 people turned out
S a tu rd a y fo r th e g ra n d
o p e n in g o f the O H V ( o ff
highway vehicle) park located
26 miles south o f Heppner on
Hwy 207.
Celsius (year-round) Antifreeze/Coolant
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There is currently 81 m iles
o f trails on the 6,200 acre
park, but when lully developed
wi l l h a v e a 120 s p a c e
campground along with many
other facilities and activities.
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O fficials o f the O regon
Parks Dept, were on hand for
a ribbon cutting ceremony and
afterw ards a hot dog lunch
was provided.
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Regularly $5.85 per gallon
NOW S4.0S per gallon!
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Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396
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