Construction on new Wheatland
Insurance building to begin mid-May
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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
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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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