Princess Heather at home on the ranch
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Princess Heather with Billy Bob
Princess
Heather Yocom
Blue-green
eyes, blonde
hair, 5’4’
VOL. 124
NO. 32
10 Pages
Wednesday, August 10,2005
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Industrial park could see new
development
South Morrow Industrial Park
A Eugene man, with ahead with the buy out.
If the deal is
the back in g o f a large
charitable trust fund, has co m p leted D esler may
made an offer to purchase re c ru it o th e r b u sin ess
the South Morrow Industrial development into the former
Park and restart the idle 4- Kinzua mill site, including
m egaw att e le c tric a l c o businesses which use low
generation plant located pressure steam, a by-product
of the electrical generating
there.
Daniel Desler, with plant. According to the Port
the backing of the Western o f M orrow he has been
States Reliance Trust, had discussing several proposed
e a rlie r signed a 90-day business projects at the 146-
purchase agreement with the acre site.
Desler, who owns a
Port of Morrow, and now
d ev elo p m en t
has about two months left to E ugene
com
pany
called
decide if he wishes to move
Development by Design, has
been involved with several
projects in the Willamette
Valley, the most current a
760-acre development on a
form er saw m ill site near
Sweet Home.
D e s 1 e r ’ s
development company plans
commercial and residential
development on about 400
acres th ere, in clu d in g
p ro fessio n al
space,
residential and hotel and
restaurant facilities. Desler
has been working for the
continued page seven
Council okays music at the pool
The Heppner city council
voted Monday to allow the
Heppner swimming pool to
play m usic over its load
speaker from 1 to 5p.m. A
resident that lived near the
pool who had complained
about music in the past, has
apparently moved out of the
area, and pool m anager
Merry Brannon asked the
city to allow the playing of
music again.
Brannon told the council
the music will be played only
during the afternoon and
during pool parties. In a
letter to the city she also said
no vulgar or inappropriate
m usic w ould be played.
“ We, (the c ity ) have an
‘awesome’ facility, however
we feel it would be even
better if we were allowed to
play m usic...W e are not
wishing to cause or create a
disturbance. We are ju st
trying to make the pool a fun
place to be,” she said.
After some discussion the
council voted 5-1 to allow
the music for the rest of the
summer. C ouncilm em ber
Glenn Baker was the only no
vote on issuing the permit.
“ I d o n ’t m ind being in
disagreement with everyone,
but the people who live there
(around the pool) have a
right to peaceful enjoyment
of their property,” he said.
In other pool related
business, Brannon asked
why a certain field area near
the pool had recently been
roped off by the county
p ublic w orks d ire c to r,
stopping parking by the
public using the pool. For
the past three years users of
the pool had been allowed to
use the area, which is owned
by the county, for parking.
Interim city manager Larry
Mills said the county had
indicated earlier that it was
going to stop the parking
once the paving on Riverside
Street was completed.
County Judge Terry
Tallm an who was at the
council m eeting said the
county wanted to “end it"
(the parking). “We didn’t
want the issue to go on. The
agreem ent said it would
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Blonde-haired, blue-
green-eyed 2005 Morrow
County Fair and Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo Princess
Heather Yocom is definitely
at home on the saddle and
on the ranch.
The 17-year-old
daughter of Jack and Renee
Yocom of Heppner says she
has been riding “as long as I
rem em ber” and has been
involved in 4-H just about as
long. She has had 4-H sheep
“a long time” and has had 4-
H steers the past two years.
This year Heather will show
her steer, Brutus, at the fair.
“The name fits him,” laughs
Princess Heather. “He’s kind
of wild. I haven’t had much
time to work with him.”
Like many o f the
p rev io u s co u rt royalty,
H eather’s family has long
been involved with the fair,
rodeo and com m unity
activities. Her mom, Renee,
is the Morrow County Fair
secretary and has always
been active at the fair. Her
dad, Jack, works the bucking
c h u tes fo r the rodeo.
2005 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Princess Heather Yocom
Grandpa. “Papa Joe” Yocom
has been involved with the
Rodeo Committee, the Fair
Board and numerous other
a c tiv itie s
and
her
grandm other, Hilda, who
passed away, was “active
with everything.” Heather
also has two brothers. Justin,
13\ and Zachary, 11, who.
she gets along with very
well. They have been really
supportive,” says Princess
Heather. “They have been
really helpful and so have my
parents.”
In addition to her fair
and rodeo court and 4-H
co m m itm ents. H eather
manages to stay busy— very
continued page seven
WindWave Communications
proposes to acquire Heppner TV
M orrow C o u n ty ’s
only lo cally -o w n ed and
o p erated
b roadband
telecommunications
com pany,
W indW ave
C o m m u n icatio n s,
has
entered into discussions with
H eppner TV regarding a
proposal to com bine
Heppner TV’s existing cable
television operations with
W i n d W a v e ’ s
telecommunications facilities
and expertise in order to
produce a system capable of
providing state-of-the-art,
h ig h -sp eed
broadband
telecommunications,
internet and entertainment
services, announced a recent
press
release
from
W i n d W a v e
Communications.
I n c r e a s e d
competition from satellite
services has made Heppner
T V ’s long-term viability
questionable.
H eppner TV has
recently confirmed that due
to continued financial losses
its
only
sh o rt-term
alternatives are to continue
to increase rates an d /o r
cease its o p eratio n s in
H eppner.
Increased
competition from satellite
television providers and
decreasing m em berships
g en erally have caused
Heppner TV td post a net
loss of over $13,000 in the
fiscal year ended Jan. 31,
2005. Based upon current
p ro je c tio n s this loss is
expected to widen in the
current fiscal year.
W i n d W a v e ’s
pro p o sal
o ffers
an
o p p o rtu n ity to mai nt ai n
existing service levels and
offer
serv ices
the
co m p etitio n does not
provide, added the press
release.
W i n d W a v e
Communications has been
expandi ng
its
telecommunications system
in M orrow C ounty and
would like to enhance the
service it makes available in
Heppner. Upon acquisition
of Heppner TV, WindWave
would begin the process of
upgrading the current cable
TV serv ices to bring
ad d itio n al serv ices to
H eppner
and
the
sur r oundi ng
area.
WindWave is committed to
maintaining and increasing
service levels over the next
five years to compete with
those of satellite services.
As such WindWave
proposes the following:
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Special Fair & Rodeo section
included in this weeks paper
A special 16-page section covering the Morrow
County Fair & Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo is included
in this week's Heppner Gazette-Times,
The section includes schedules of events and
much more information about the Fair & Rodeo.
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