FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 28,2005
Bunny Barn ends summer with Heppner Class of ‘85 reunites Cat-A-Q installed at OHV Park
success
after 20 years
(Kneeling L-R): Wendy Miller and Stephanie (Payne) Ball; (1"
Row L-R): Bridgett (Greenup) Whelan, Steve Miller, Cammie
Papineau, Jodi (Mattison) Ferguson, Jennifer (Hughes) Jaca,
Wanda (Riley) Hordyk, Pam (Orr) Alley; (2"" Row L-R)c Travis
Hyatt, Ron Doherty, Jim Cason, Joni (Mitchell) Maasdam, Kim
KT’s Serenade, senior Broken Black doe, winner of Best in Show. (Hughes) Dennis, Renee’ (Struthers) Hogge, Averille (Panter)
Cupples; (Last Row L-R): David Green, Teacher Brent Eggers,
KT'S Bunny Bam, and Renfro in Kalispell, MT Steve Currin, Vicki McDaniel, Trisha (Mahoney) Wirth, Ken
c o -o w n ed
by
K athy at the F la th e a d R abbit Graves, Jodi (Padberg) Sass, Farrell Griggs, Shelley (Stroeber)
Tellechea and Pam Renfro, Breeders Show where yet Hill, Cam George, Jim McConnell, Kelli (Bergstrom) Meacham,
has had a very successful another doe won Best in Rod Taylor and Rick Riehl. (Not pictured Terri (N olan)
summer showing their Mini Show. This time it was KT’S Antonucci).
Rex rabbits. In August, in
P rince
A lb ert,
S ask atch ew an , C anada,
KT'S Bubbles, senior White
doe won Best in Show. At
the Benton Franklin County
Fair located in Kennewick,
WA, K T 'S “ FM ,” senior
C asto r doe won Best in
Show. Sept. 10 in Redmond
at the High Desert Rabbit
Breeders Show, KT'S River,
4-month-old junior Broken
B lack doe won B est in
Show. T he follo w in g
weekend found Tellechea
Serenade, sen io r Broken
Black.
To date Tellechea
and Renfro have 58 quality
w ins, w hich are Best o f
Breed, Best Opposite Sex,
Reserve in Show and Best in
Show. They ended last year
with 32 quality wins.
The next few weeks
they will be traveling to
show s in R u p ert, ID,
followed by Bremerton, WA
and then at the TRAC in
Pasco, WA.
Electric Co-Op announces photo
contest
C o lu m b ia B asin
E lectric C o-O p is again
pleased to announce they
will be holding their annual
Photo Contest this fall. The
Cooperative is looking for
entries from which to select
quality prints to be enlarged
and put on p erm an en t
display.
E n trie s w ill be
received at both the Condon
and Heppner offices now
through Friday, O ct. 28,
closing at 5 p.m. Entries
must be photographs, either
standard or digital, color or
black-and-white, with some
indication or reference to
e le c tric ity or e le c tric a l
infrastructure. This required
element may be very minor,
however. A panel appointed
by C.B.E.C. will perform
in d ep en d en t ju d g in g o f
entries. Judge’s decisions
will be final. There will be
two entry classes: entries of
people/animals and entries of
landscapes/general interest.
The sam e photo may be
entered in both classes if
desired, but a copy for each
class will be required. Each
entry must be titled.
T here
w ill
be
awarded a first, second and
third place finish for each
class, with prizes granted
being $50 fo r each first
place, $35 for each second
place and $ 15 for each third
place award. Entrants will
agree to allow C olum bia
Basin E lectric C o-O p to
e n larg e,
fram e
and
permanently display winning
e n trie s at C .B .E .C .’s
d isc re tio n ,
w ith
no
compensation or value paid.
Appropriate recognition will
be noted o f en tran t. All
entrants must be members/
c o n su m ers o f C o lu m b ia
Basin Electric Cooperative,
Inc. No single entrant may
subm it m ore than fo u r
entries in any one class.
A nyone w ish in g
additional inform ation or
details may call Tom Wolff
of C.B.E.C.’s Heppner office
at 676-9146.
Heppner Garden Club to meet
T he
H eppner
Garden Club will be meeting
Monday, Oct. 3 at the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center at 7
p.m. The program will be
making bows demonstrated
by B ebe M unkers and
Dorothy Jackson. These are
the sam e bow s th at are
attached to wreaths that the
Garden Club makes every
December for Christmas.
Jack so n
and
Munkers have been active
members of the Garden Club
for many years. Jackson has
been past vice president and
president. Munkers has been
treasurer since 1991.
G arden
C lub
members that have received
ribbons from the fair are:
Munkers, 10 entries in the
flower show- eight blue and
tw o red rib b o n s; Verna
Brinda, three blue ribbons;
and Melissa Jo Monaco, club
photographer, won one blue
and two red ribbons in the
vegetable category.
T he G arden C lub
w elcom es the public and
c o n tin u e s to do m any
services in the community.
H o stesses fo r the
O c to b e r m eetin g are
C aro lin e K eck and Bert
Johannes.
MEXICAN BUFFET
JATURDAY, OCTOBER 22ND
5 TO 9 P.M.
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The graduated class
o f 1985 descended upon
Heppner Friday, Aug. 5.
After decorating the
Elks Lodge in a fun tropical
them e (led by N ancy
“Martin” Maine), the class
met at Jo h n ’s Place for a
family get-together pizza
d in n er. T he c la ssm a te s
enjoyed looking through
m em ory
b ooks
that
specifically showcased each
form er student. Data and
pictures were gathered by
Jodi “M attison” Ferguson,
Free S p irit D esign o f
Pendleton, owned by Jason
and R enee “ S tru th e rs ”
Hogge designed the pages.
Kelli “Bergstrom” Meacham
tu rn e d h er hom e in to a
temporary print shop and
W anda “ R ile y ” H ordyk
sorted and bound them into
g re a t k e ep sa k es. Jodi
“ M attison” Ferguson and
Kelli “Bergstrom” Meacham
coordinated all the events
with many helpers.
S atu rd ay started
with a private pool party at
9:30 a.m., it was a beautiful
morning and the children
e n jo y ed
th e m selv e s.
Immediately following, we
endured the heat at the city
park fo r a lunch tim e
b arbeque. Mr. M ills, on
short-notice, had the park in
perfect shape.
Former teacher and
class ad v iso r Les Payne
guided us on a tour of the
high school and new ball
fields at 3 p.m.
C la ssm a tes
and
spouses rejoined at 6 p.m.
greeted by leis. Gorgeous
fresh flow ers arrived for
every table arranged by Jan
Stroeber. We had a drawing
fo r a b ask et o f g o o d ies
com plem ents o f Jennifer
“Hughes” Jaca and won by
Duane Ball. The Elks Lodge
led by Tony C lem en t
prepared a special-request
ham dinner to play off of our
tropical decorations. O ur
kick-off “Welcome Home”
speaker was Les Payne. Next
former teacher Brent Eggers
rem in d ed us th at o u r
H eppner connections are
important and how they have
influenced his life. Classmate
W anda “ R ile y ” H ordyk
recognized classmates who
had traveled long distances
to be with us such as Janelle
M cE lh an y
from
Connecticut, Jim McConnell
from Wisconsin and Trisha
“ M ah o n e y ” W irth from
California. She then sang and
played piano and gave us a
lively reminder that Heppner
helped to raise all of us and
gave us a sen se o f
com m unity w herever we
ended up. She encouraged
us to keep our connections
and ended with fun ways to
remember, “you graduated
in 1985 if....”
Kelli “ B ergstrom ”
M eacham p ro d u ced a
PowerPoint slideshow that
showcased the classm ates
from K -12, h ig h lig h tin g
th ese ev en ts: T u p p er
Outdoor School, 1M year of
the C en ten n ial 8lh grade
exchange, Disneyland Senior
trip and finally graduation.
M att
H ow ard
rocked the Elks until 1 a.m.
with his DJ service; our
them e song for 8,h grade
graduation still reflects our
thoughts that; these are the
“Best of Times”.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news
S ev en th
Day
A dventists are providing
volunteers for the Oct. 5
senior center noon meal. The
menu of the day is taco salad
or casserole with com chips,
c h ee se, b ean s, to m ato ,
lettuce and salsa. There is a
reminder that menus may be
changed w ithout notice.
They are planned one month
in advance.
By actio n o f the
Board of Directors, a special
meeting is called for Oct. 7
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the
center office. The purpose of
the meeting is to create a
new Mission Statement and
to set goals for the ensuing
year, which will pertain to
both long term and short
term plans for the center.
All clientele of the
center are invited to give
input for consideration at the
meeting. This can be done by
talking personally with board
members, writing letters or
short memos to the board, or
attending the meeting. The
a g re em e n t b etw een the
se n io r c e n te r and the
Heppner Housing Authority
is in the process of being
updated. For that reason, the
p la n n ed m eetin g is an
important one.
A flu clinic will be
held at the senior cen ter
office on Nov. 2, from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. Mark your
c ale n d a rs now fo r th is
important service.
B lood
p re ssu re
readings are offered before
each W ednesday m eal.
Apartment routs are offered
by appointment.
G IV E T H E M S H E LTE R
w ith a cat 920 front end
loader as well as pushed by
a 267 cat skid steer to where
it now sits. Once the cat was
in place final detail work was
a tte n d ed to and it w as
painted on Aug. 10, with
decals installed on Aug. 11,
The first formal cook out
to o k p lace on A ug. 13.
Around 130 people were fed
a variety o f hot dogs and
hamburgers. The Cat-A-Q
can be fired by e ith e r
charcoal or wood. It took
100 pounds of charcoal for
the initial cook out.
An old P&H log
loader was left at the reload
site and was also restored
and placed behind the Cat-
A-Q. The entire boom and
grapple were cable operated
and the old grapples have a
d ate o f 1953 w elded on
them. The main boom of the
loader is set 8 feet deep in
solid basalt rock. Pilot Knob
C o n stru c tio n o f W hite
Salomon, WA drilled and
shot a hole in the rock so the
boom could be placed. In the
future we hope to add other
old logging equipment to the
site and create a place for the
p ark v is ito rs to see the
equipm ent that was once
used in the industry. The
entire set up sits in front of
the old truck scales, which
is currently being refitted to
serve as a wash down facility
for the park.
This Cat-A-Q as we
call it is intended for public
use and large gatherings. We
hope it will be a reminder of
the s ig n ific a n t ro ll th a t
c a te rp illa r played in the
lo g g in g in d u stry in o u r
county and become a land
mark for the facility which
b o a sts sev eral h u n d red
people at a time and hosts
large off highway recreation
events.
Many people helped
with the project including:
Greg and Jeff Maben, who
donated the old cat; Western
S ta te s C a te rp illa r, w ho
donated m aterials m ade;
R o g er B ritt Sand and
G ra v el, h au lin g ; Sam
Ogelsby, rock drilling; and
Jerry R o b erts, Sim on
Winters, Greg Close, Randy
H enrichs, Bob Allen and
B urke O ’B rien, w ho all
helped with the restoration.
City of Irrigon begins paving project
The City o f Irrigon began a paving project on Sept.
26. The project will include portions of SE Seventh Street,
SE Idaho Avenue and SE Eleventh Street. The streets will
be closed to thru traffic. Residents who live on those streets
should expect delays. Please contact City Hall at 922-3047
if you have any questions.
Red Hats to
hold luncheon
There will be a Red
H at lu n ch eo n at G D ’s
Restaurant on Oct. 5 at 12
noon. All interested ladies
are invited to attend. There
is
no
m e m b ersh ip
req u irem en t. Ju st com e,
enjoy and relax with friends.
Births
J e s u s F r a n c is c o
S a n ta C ru z- a son, Jesus
Francisco, was bom Sept.
18, 2005 at Good Shepherd
M ed ical
C e n te r
in
Hermiston, to Maria Chavez
and Jesus Santa Cruz, o f
Boardman.
Nl c feel
The
Pioneer Humane Society
276-0181
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This D6C cat was
o rig in ally ow ned by the
Kinzua Corporation. It was
purchased in 1966 along
with another exactly like it.
Both cats were eventually
owned by Guy VanArsdale
who used them in his road
construction and logging
operations. T his cat was
scrap ed in 1981 due to
several mechanical problems
including bent dead axles.
S a lv a g e a b le p a rts w ere
rem oved and placed into
service on the sister cat,
which is still running today
and o w n ed by M aben
Logging of Heppner.
M aben L o g g in g
donated this cat to the newly
purchased Morrow County
OHV Park, which includes
a portion o f the original
K in zu a p ro p e rty (6 2 0 0
acres) and boasts a trail
system o f 120 miles. The
property includes the old
re lo a d y ard w here the
camping and staging area are
located. In early M ay o f
2005, the idea to use this old
cat for a centerpiece of the
OHV park came to be. It was
at that time, sitting in the way
of a road project and needed
to be moved. The owner of
the old cat donated it to the
park. Roger Britt owner and
o p e ra to r o f R o g er B ritt
S ep tic and G ra v el o f
Heppner donated hauling of
the old cat to the shop at the
OHV park and work began.
It was completely gutted and
cleaned. Used boiler plate
was fitted for the cover over
the rear end housing and
transmission housing as well
as to build a new engine belly
pan. The chimney is made of
1 2 -V 2 -inch wall steel pipe.
The dam per is fashioned
after a cat exhaust rain cap.
The grill is made o f two
sections o f Vi inch Steel
plate. When these plates are
raised a large grate type grill
35 inches by 48 inches is
exposed for use. There was
no hard nose or hood and
both of these were donated
by Western States along with
paint and decals.
All of the restoration
work was done on weekends
by volunteer help and a total
of 150 hours of labor went
into the project. The cat was
fitted with a set of skids in
order to move it and towed
for just
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Cat-A-Q at Morrow County OHV Park
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at Central Market
Friday« Sept. 30th
7 a.m. until gone!
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