Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 15,2005 - FIVE
Boardman Speedway?
Pool time
Remove question mark, backers say
By Hal McC'une
of the East Oregonian
The Willow Creek Water Park in Heppner opened for the summer on Saturday,
June 11. Pool hours are Monday through Friday, 1-5 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.; Saturday and
Sunday, 1-5 p.m. Cost is $1.50 for children up to age four; $2 for children 5-17; and $2.50
for those 18 and over. A family pass is $125 and an individual pass is $70.
The first session of swimming lessons will be held June 20-30; the second session,
July 11-21; and the third, August 1-11. Cost is $30 a session. For more information, call
manager Marissa McCabe, 676-5752
Private pool parties are $75 for the first hour and $50 for each additional hour.
Danielle
McDowell earns
degree
Over the Tee Cup OSAA/
Willow Creek ladies
th e ir
18
H ole
held
Invitational Tournament on
June 7. Five area clubs joined
H eppner for a day o f
competition, following by a
salad luncheon and prizes
Low G ross o f the
F ie ld — K athy S chuler;
Umatilla Low Net o f the
F ield— Loa H enderson,
Heppner
Other winners:
China Creek: Low
Gross — Alene Rucker, Low
Net— Kay West.
K in z u a /C o n d o n :
Low
G ro ss— June
Kamerrer, First Low Net—
Linda Dunn, Second Low
Net — Marilyn Mabe
Umatilla: Low Gross
— Carolyn Peterson, Low
Net— Anna Carpenter
W illow Run: Low
G ross — Karyl M eagley,
Low Net— Barb Swan
Willow Creek: Low
Gross 1. Pat Edmundson,
C orol M itchell (tie ), 2
K aren B ishop, 3. Carole
H am ilton, Low N et 1
Jackie Allston, 2. Lorrene
M ontgom ery, 3. Lynnea
Sargent
C hip-ins: C arole
Hamilton, Pat Edmundson,
Barb Swan, Carol West.
Birdies: Carolyn Peterson,
Kathy Schuler
Long Drive— Guest,
K athy Schuler, Hom e,
Virginia Grant
K .P —Guest, Kathy
S chuler H om e, Lynnea
Sargent.
Long Putt— Guest,
Karyl Meagley, Home, Loa
Henderson
O re g o n ia n C lip
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final standings
announced
lone High School
finished in eighth place
statewide with 1275 points
in the final OSAA/Oregonian
Cup 2005 1A standings. The
award is based on athletic
team scholarship
First place in the 1A
division went to Damascus
Christian with 1975 points.
Dufur High School was in
11th place with 1155 points;
Arlington and Condon high
schools tied for 28th place
with 895 points; Echo High
School was 30th place with
865 points and Spray was
32nd w ith 845. The 1A
division had 82 spots with
numerous ties.
Last year lone took
seventh place with 1305
points.
H ep p n er
High
School was 47th among 2A
schools statewide with 885
points.
First place went to
Santiam Christian with 2660
points. Sherman was 24th
with 1345 points, Pilot Rock
was 49th with 870 points and
Stanfield was 54th with 800
The 2A division had 72
spots, also with numerous
ties
Last year Heppner
was in 35th place with 1045
points
M ag n etic
D o o r Signs
Reppner Gazette-Times
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COUNTER OFFERS
As a home buyer, you have
made an offer to the seller
which was much lower than
the asking price If the seller
has countered the offer you
made, you arc now in the same
position the seller w as in when
he received your offer As the
saying goes, “You are now
walking in his moccasins ."
You may accept, counter, or
reject the counter offer The
seller will give a prescribed
amount of time to respond If
you accept the counter offer,
then you have agreed to buy
the home on the new counter
offered terms If you decide to
Past Real Estate columns and
property listings are available
at Hwv.heppner.net/heritage
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counter back, then you are
again making an offer back to
the seller as you previously
did
A word of caution: There is
a point of diminishing return
reached v ery quickly w hen too
many counter offers are shot
back and forth Primarily due
to exasperation and the fact
that the process is so emo
tional for both, more than one
or two counter offers generally
result in a failed attempt to
reach an agreement
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Randall Martin
to celebrate 90th
A 90th birthday party
for Randall Martin, former
M orrow County resident,
will be held on Saturday,
June 25, at the Martin Bar
MX R anch on M cK ay
Creek, 68001 North Fork
McKay Creek Road, Pilot
R ock, beginning w ith a
potluck at 1 p.m.
H am burgers, hot
dogs, birthday cake, plates,
silverware, cups and soft
drinks will be provided
Those attending are asked to
bring a potluck dish, and
something representing a fun
memory, such as a memento,
a snapshot, a story or joke
from over the years.
Those planning to
attend are asked to RSVP to
R andall’s granddaughter,
Karen W heelhouse, 425-
890-5905, or e-mail her at
Karoiuticdhciuse rtjdfaxriudkaom
Local students graduate
from OSU
Oregon State University officials confered a record
num ber o f d e g re es d u ring the u n iv e rsity ’s 2005
commencement ceremony at 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 12, in
Reser Stadium
OSU is returned to a single ceremony this year after
several years o f splitting commencement into a graduate
ceremony in the morning and the undergraduate ceremony
in the afternoon.
Chris Johns, editor-in-chief o f National Geographic
magazine, gave the commencement address to the 2005
graduates. He is a 1975 graduate of OSU, earning a degree
in technical journalism. Two years ago, he was named one
o f the 25 most important photographers in the world by
American Photo magazine. He is only the ninth full-time
editor o f National Geographic since 1888.
Johns received the university’s Distinguished Service
Award
OSU presented an honorary doctorate degree to Ann
Roth Streissguth, who is credited with leading the effort to
identify and focus attention on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Streissguth, who graduated from OSU in 1954 with a
degree in home economics, led an interdisciplinary team
that in 1973 first identified the harmful effects of alcohol
use during pregnancy.
The names o f local students graduating include:
Boardman: Lara E Fritz, Master o f Science, Science
Education; Alan C. Marston, Bachelor o f Science, Biology;
Rosa M Munoz-Sanguino, Bachelor o f Science, Human
Development and Family Sciences
H eppner: Leah E. D enton, B achelor o f Science,
Psychology; Amy N. D rake, B achelor o f Science,
Merchandising Management; Kyle D McDaniel, Bachelor
o f Arts, History.
lone Korey W. Morgan, Bachelor o f Science, Agricultural
Business Management; Jacob N Neiffer, Bachelor o f
Science, M echanical Engineering; Niki M Sullivan,
Bachelor o f Arts, Speech Communication
Irrigon: Robert J Brown, Bachelor o f Science, Magna
Cum Laude, Biochemistry and Biophysics; Samantha M
Henry, Bachelor of Science, Merchandising Management;
Jacob D Johnson, Bachelor o f Science, Cum Laude,
Microbiology
Wedding Tables
By DAVID SYKES
REALTOR
Danielle McDowell,
Eugene, received a bachelor
o f arts degree in psychology
with a minor in business
d u rin g com m encem ent
ceremonies at the University
o f Oregon Saturday, June 11
During the last two years she
has also volunteered at the
Child Advocacy Center in
Eugene She plans to pursue
a m a s te r’s d eg ree in
psychology in the future
Family and friends
attended the ceremony and
a reception at her home
following
D an ielle,
the
daughter o f Bill and Merilee
McDowell o f Heppner, is a
2001 graduate o f Heppner
High School.
Here’s what it says at
the
to p
of
the
wwwboardmanspeedway com
webpage:
“This site has been
created to help bring a race
track to Oregon We need
your su p p o rt to help
Boardman get a race date.”
Just below that is a
handy link for e-m ailing
In te rn a tio n a l S peedw ay
Corp - known simply as the
ISC in the racing world - to
pro m o te B oardm an as a
future site for NASCAR
races.
The creators o f the
w ebsite, which describe
themselves as a group o f
prom inent P o rtlan d -area
businessm en, insist they
aren’t going to wait around
for the ISC.
It doesn’t work that
way, says Bruce Brunette, a
member o f that group, which
calls itself BOJV, LCC.
“You have to build
it,” he says Then the ISC
will consider a NASCAR
(National Association for
Stock Car Auto Racing) race
date
B ru n ette believes
construction will begin on
the Boardman speedway this
year, and sooner rather than
later By breaking ground
this year, the facility could be
operational by August o f
2007, he says.
He favors one o f the
most famous sports movie
q u o tes o f all tim e when
talking about the Boardman
Speedway: “ If you build it,
they will come.”
T hat
ab so lu tely
applies in this case, he insists
“We are going to build this
track and get ready to race ”
BOJV and earlier
developers o f the Boardman
Speedw ay p ro p o sal will
likely fade away once a
couple o f major financiers
are secured. Brunette says,
adding that talks are under
way w ith som e m ajor
corporations.
But B runette says
the Boardm an Speedw ay
will work because the stars
are aligned - dem and is
growing in the Northwest
for a NASCAR track and
Boardman offers an ideal
site
“Pressure is growing
on the IS C ,” says Jim
Schilling, another BOJV
member from Portland “A
lot o f potential viewers in the
Northwest want a track, and
B oardm an is the only
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permitted track.”
The site a few miles
southwest o f Boardman fits
all the ICS requirements,
Brunette says:
P o p u latio n
NASCAR sites figure on
drawing fans from a 400-
mile ra d iu s, w hich fo r
B oardm an
in clu d es
Portland, Seattle, Spokane,
T ri-C itie s and B oise -
millions o f people
Location - Like all
the most popular NASCAR
tracks in the country, it’s
rural (Brunette points out
that C hicagoLand is 100
miles from C hicago and
Michigan Speedway is an
hour and a h a lf from
Detroit)
T ra n sp o rta tio n -
Interstate freeways 84 and
82 intersect a few miles east
o f the site, which is adjacent
to the Boardman Airport,
which can handle 737s
W eather - “ I t ’s
perfect," Brunette says, well
under 10 inches o f rain
annually compared to 30-
plus inches in the Portland
and Seattle areas “Rainouts
cost tim e and m oney,”
Brunette notes
Rural sites also mean
less traffic congestion and
o b je ctio n s to noise and
crowds
“If 75,000 fans want
to race, it’s not going to
happen in T ro u td ale or
Bellevue,” Brunette says.
“And the public is never
going to allow one o f these
sites near do w n to w n
Portland or Seattle.”
That supports the
problems a proposed site in
Snohom ish
C ounty,
Washington, has faced, with
groups forming to oppose it
On the other hand,
BOJV and the P o rt o f
Morrow have 1,100 acres in
escrow, he says, just waiting
for th e p eople w ith the
money to build
C arla
M cL ane,
M orrow County planning
director, said construction
could conceivably begin in
60 to 120 days, since the
county and state have OK’d
the conceptual plan A site
development review would
still be necessary, along with
a review for widening the
freeway on both sides o f the
project and another public
hearing
B ru n ette ex p ects
those plans to be announced
soon
Tentative plans for
the Boardm an Speedw ay
include
-A NASCAR-style
three-quarter mile track with
seatin g fo r m ore than
75.000
-A drag strip with
15.000 seats
-Three other tracks -
a dirt track for World o f
Outlaws, a road course and
a go-cart track.
-7,500 RV spaces
and 50,000 parking spaces.
-O th e r am en ities
could include restaurants,
movie theater, truck stop,
outlet mall and industrial
space
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