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Construction on new Wheatland Insurance building to begin mid-May 11 • 1 1 1 111 1 1 1 1 •• 111 • 11 1 • 11 1 11 • * > > Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library Univ ersity o f Oregon Eugene. OK 97403 HEPPNER Nancy Snider in the current 660 sq. ft. Wheatland Insurance office. C o n stru ctio n o f a privacy, The th e new o w n ersh ip o f the space. new o ffice space for clien t privacy. b u ild in g w ill be When the contractor who W heatland Insurance will had bid on the remodeling begin mid-May at the old approximately 1800 square project said he had a space m in i-m art site on M ain feet with separate offices. W heatland is also where they could build a new S treet in H eppner, said committed to Heppner, said building for a better value Wheatland Insurance owner/ Snider, another reason they and have the option to buy p a rtn e r/H e p p n e r branch the building Snider took up manager Nancy Snider. The want to build here. “We are the offer. Snider will lease new offices should be open making an investm ent in Heppner." expressed Snider. the b u ild in g from the in Fall 2006. Wheatland Insurance, which contractor with the option to “We w ant our clients buy it. She also explained to have a better, more private has been in business since that many of the Wheatland place to do business,” said 1984, has been in Heppner Insurance offices are owned Snider. C u rren tly , the since November 2000. Wheatland had been by the partners and leased to Wheatland Insurance offices looking at ex panding to the company. are located on Main Street The current location Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon next to Peterson's Jewelers an o th er area; how ever, of Wheatland is owned by in a 660 square foot narrow rem o d elin g co sts w ere S nider and any inquires space, w ith open-air cubicles estimated to be quite high about the space may be final 25 miles to Yorktown and they would not have that do not allow for much directed to her. with him. W olfsen p lan s to lone students celebrate Prom average about 70 miles per day, which will make his trip last about two and a half months. “I am retired, so if it takes a little longer there is no problem,” said Wolfsen. He also plans to be self- contained, camping along the way. He w ill be chronicling his journey and p o stin g p ic tu re s on the internet. You can read a jo u rn al o f his trip as he tra v e ls along at w w w .p o c k e tm a il.c o m / jo u rn a l and search for “biker.bill." You can also see p ic tu re s o f the trip at w w w .flick r.co m /p h o to s/ biker_billw/sets. While Wolfsen is on his cross-country trip, his e imes VOL. 125 NO. 18 10 Pages Wednesday, May 3,2006 Local man sets off on cross-country bicycle trip —- Bill Wolfsen. with his bicycle and trailer. Local boy catches ‘big one’ in Willow Creek Tyrel Walker, 1« Vi, of Heppner, son of Tina Davidson, caught a 17-inch trout in Willow Creek behind City Park on Sunday, April 30. Finally getting to live out his boyhood dream. Bill W olfsen, 64, fa th e r o f Yvonne Morter of lone, set off from lone on May 1 for a 4500-mile cross-country bike trip. He will travel from lone to Lincoln City, touch his bike tire into the Pacific Ocean and then head back eastward. His trip will take him along most of the old Bicentennial 76 bike route. He will be traveling east towards Missoula, MT, then heading south to Pueblo, CO and then returning eastward traveling through Kansas, Illinois, Kentucky and other states until he reach es Yorktown, VA where he will touch his tire into Chesapeake Bay, which is saltw a te r, he said, even though it is not quite the Atlantic Ocean. When he reaches Williamsburg, VA, his brother from Tennessee will join him and travel the continued page two Youth fishing event scheduled for Cutsforth Pond Oregon Department o f Fish and W ildlife and Morrow County Parks today announced a youth fishing event May 6 at Cutsforth Park F ishing Pond near Heppner. ODFW will stock 650 trout in the pond for the ev en t, in clu d in g som e trophy-sized fish as part of the Youth A ngling Enhancement Program now in its third year. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Prizes will be awarded to the angler catching the biggest fish in age groups six and under, 7 to 9, 10 to 12 and 13 to 14. Volunteers from the Elks Lodge of Heppner will be serving the kids hot dogs and hamburgers. ODFW will provide young anglers with loaner rods and reels, bait V isit O ur M A group of student enjoy the dance at the lone Prom. and tackle, and volunteers will be available to help the kids clean and care for their catch. “T his event is specifically for the kids," said ODFW D istrict Fish Biologist Tim Bailey. “We want to encourage children as they learn to fish, and hope they enjoy an activity that can provide lifelong recreation.” Anglers 13 years of age and under can fish for free. A juvenile license is required for anglers 14 - 17 years of age. All state Fishing re g u la tio n s co n tin u e to apply. The pond is located at Cutsforth County Park. 22 miles southeast of Heppner on Willow Creek Road (Blue Mountain Scenic By-Way). For m ore information contact Betty Gray with Morrow County Public Works at 989-9500 or Bailey at ODFW's Pendleton Prom king John Walton and Queen Jenny (.rifllth were crowned office at (541) 276-2344. on Saturday, April 29 during the lone Prom. 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