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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 9,2007 - THREE U.S. Senator Wyden to hold town meeting Saturday Mop Up crews hard at work U.S. Senator Ron Wyden will host Morrow County town hall meeting on Saturday, May 12, at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick's Senior Center. County residents are invited to attend the open forums to voice their questions and concerns. In Wyden’s first U.S. Senate campaign in 1996. he promised to hold a town hall meeting in every Oregon county each year. Since being elected he has held more than 430 town hall meetings. HHS prom held Approximately 260 total people, students and staff, of Heppnei High School turned out on Thursday, May 3, for the Mustang Mop I’p. 24 groups spread out throughout Heppner and Lexington to perforin 39 clean-up projects. Groups performed tasks such as cleaning, painting and trash pick-up. Some of the specific jobs performed included painting the interior of the Morrow County Museum; 14 projects were done for handicapped or elderly people; clean-up at the fairgrounds and county property including Zig-Zag Trail, Lakeside Trail, and Lover’s Lane. Projects were also worked on at the Heppner Daycare and Stable of Youth. At the ball fields Highway 207, work groups, with the help of the Bank of Eastern Oregon, removed sod from the trees and barked them. One group painted a vacant apartment at St. Patrick's Senior Center. A landscape project was done at Gondes Island. Groups worked at the hospital, football Held stadium, high school fields and lower field at the elementary school doing basic clean-up. Seventh graders were in charge of picking up street litter. At Hager Park, a rock walk was built, the ground was leveled, and trees were planted. Two work groups went to Lexington where they cleaned vines and ditches. -Photos by Mahaley Huddleston Kinzua, a logging company-owned community Editor's Note: The following article was found in the April 20, 2007 edition o f the Central Oregonian out of Prineville. Logging and lumber mill operations in Wheeler C ounty of north central Oregon began to expand in 1927 when E.D. Wetniore founded the town of Kinzua. The new community was located at the head of Thirty M ile Creek. The Kinzua Pines M ill C om pany established the town as a base o f o p e ra tio n s for p ro cessin g its tim ber holdings in the vicinity. The name Kinzua is reported to be of Seneca Indian origin and means a “place of many fishes.” The newly formed town was named for the lum ber com pany. A post office named Kinzua was established in 1928. The company named the town for K inzua C ounty, Pennsylvania, a community on the Allegheny River. The com pany co n stru cted the tow n to house mill workers and all of the b u ild in g s in the community were owned by the lum ber m ill. The co rp o ra te -o w n ed tow n provided for all the basic needs for its em ployees * m>v This photo shows the logging company town including housing and necessary businesses. The company even provided for recreational pursuits and established a six hole g o lf course that continues to operate today. At its peak, the mill and company-owned town em ployed up to 330 w orkers. A rail line was c o n stru cte d to carry harvested timber to the mill and manufactured lumber from the mill to Condon where it connected with the U nion P acific line. The C ondon, K inzua and S outhern R ailroad was e sta b lish e d in 1928 to consolidate logging rail lines in the area. The rail line in the area. The rail line was 24 m iles from C ondon to K inzua. The m ill and community prospered during the heyday o f lum ber operations but as tim ber supply began to decline and operating costs increased, the company decided to shut down operations at Kinzua and m oved the m ill to Heppner in 1978. The rail line ceased operations in 1976 and the railroad was abandoned in 1978. Later, all o f the buildings were removed and the area returned to a natural state by the K inzua Corporation. No com m unity structures remain at the site. The only reminder of the once th riv in g mill community is the six hole golf course with a small club house that is still utilized as a popular recreational site and operates on the honor system for tee fees. Heppner Talent Show date announced The Heppner Talent Show will be held Friday, June 15. at 6 p.m. at the Heppner City Park. The categories for this event are: ages 5 and under; 6 -12 years old; 13-17 years old; and 18 and over. Some examples of talents are singing a song, dancing, performing an act, pet's talents, reading a poem, or telling jokes. Talent acts w ill be interspersed w ith the pie auction. The talent show will follow the free hamburger BBQ at 5:30 p.m. The BBQ is being donated by the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Entry forms for the talent show may be picked up at and returned to the Heppner C ham ber o f C om m erce. For m ore info rm atio n call 676-5 5 3 6 or em ail at heppnerchamber@centurytcl.net. AN AMERICAN REVOLUTION When you purchased your last new vehicle, did you really know if the price you paid was the lowest you could buy it for? Our low prices are posted in every vehicle Pictured left to right are Tony Haguewood, Amber Patton, Zach Kurtz, Sarah Price, Queen Regi Seitz. King Aaron Allstott, Casey Maben, Mahaley Huddleston. Lyndi Patton, and Justin Gregory. -Photo by Sandy Matthews lone School holds prom Pie baking contest to be held The sixth annual pie bak ing contest will be held on Friday, June 15, at John's Place. Pies must be entered by noon and judging will take place at 2 p.m. All en tries w ill become property of the Heppner Cham ber of Commerce and will be auc tioned off at 6 p.m. at the city park as a fundraiser for the chamber. Cash prizes will be giv en to the tope three pies se lected by a panel of judges. The contest is open to the public. Criteria for judging in cludes: A ppearance, 40 points; taste/flavor, 40 points; texture, 10 points; and crust, 10 points. Bonus points may be awarded for extreme cre ativity and beauty. Entry form s can be picked up at the Heppner Chamber of Commerce. Van Cleave awarded degree Students from lone High School en joy their prom lone High School hosted it’s prom on Saturday, April 21. The theme of the prom was Casino Royale 007. The junior class sponsored the event, and held it at the lone Grange Hall. Casino Night began at 8 p.m. Members of the lone Community School staff acted as dealers, waiters, and waitresses, and donated several items for auction. At 10 p.m. the dance began w ith DJ Dan Bums of 3D Productions in Pendleton. Several junior parents donated food and prepared it for a breakfast held after the dance. The junior class appreciates the parents, advisor, and the staff for all of their donations, hard work, and time. No injuries in prom night accident Two Heppner High School students traveling to prom from H erm iston escaped serious injury after a ro llo v er accid en t on Highway 207. According to the Oregon State Police, around 7 p.m. a vehicle occupied by a male and fem ale was trav elin g southbound on Highway 207 near Sand H ollow Road when, around milepost 15, the vehicle, a 1997 Ford Crown Victoria, crossed the c e n te r line into the northbound lane. According to the OSP. the d riv er overcorrected and the car went of the shoulder, caught, and rolled. A ccording to the OSP. when police arrived on the scene the male subject stated that he had been driving when he lost control o f the car. His fem ale passenger stated that she had Darren Van Cleave was awarded a Bachelor of Science Degree in Meteorol ogy, summa cum laude. from the University of Utah on Friday, May 4. Van Cleave was se lected as Outstanding Senior for the College of Mines and Earth Sciences, and was valedictorian for the com mencement exercises. He has been accepted into the graduate program for atmo spheric science at Colorado State University where he will work with weather sat Truck crash blocks Hwv. 207 near ellites. Van Cleave is the son Heppner A truck crash along Motorists traveling in the o f Tim and M yrna Van Cleave of Heppner. and is a the H eppner - Spray area were advised to slow 2003 graduate of Heppner Highway (Oregon Highway down and drive with extra 207) near mile point 21 caution. High School. blocked one lane of traffic. A ten -y ard dum p HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "Where Friends Meet" 142 North Main 2007 SILVERADO MSRP$ 23.810 3/4 ton pickup, 6.0 V8. Dealer Discount $ 1.662 Pi Axle. Trailer Equipt. Rebates $3,500 9.200 lb gvw, 5-sp. YOUR PRICE S18.648 Transmission SHSRKS1L Cfi-EyROLST The Most Trusted Name In The Car business NEW CARS - 567-6487 • HERMISTON. OR - 800-567-6488 • USED CARS - 567-3919 not been wearing a seatbelt. The male subject was cited for careless driving and the female subject was cited for failure to wear a seatbelt. H ow ever. O SP stated that while the officer was writing up the report, a witness came forward and stated that som e o f the details were not correct. This witness stated that, in fact, the female subject had been driving and the male subject had been the passenger. At that tim e both su b jects refused to give a statement. O SP states that a new report was filled out in which the male subject was cited for permitting unlawful operation and failure to wear a sea tb e lt. The fem ale subject was cited for careless driving, failure to wear a seatbelt, and no operator's license. ® Ladies' Night Dinner 9 « Thursday May 10th • 6 p.m. Chefs Josh and Melissa Coiner and Damon and Carrie Brosnan If 4 fc w ill be serving steak with all the flxin's! Mil if truck hauling gravel was the only vehicle involved in the ro llo v er crash w hich occurred around 7 a.m. on Monday. May 7. The driver o f the v eh icle was transported to the hospital with serious injuries. ODOT crew s d ire c ted tra ffic through the area. Oregon State P olice and o th e r em ergency service crews were on site.
