Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, January 30, 2008 - THREE
Hooray for snow days!
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Heppner Elementary students
participate in Knowledge Master
The Heppner Ele
mentary Knowledge Mas
ter team competed in the
winter Knowledge Master
com petition on Tuesday,
January 15. The competition
was held in the computer
lab and was closed to the
public. Students, as a team,
answered questions from all
academic areas. They were
then scored by the number
o f answers they had correct
and the time that it took them
to answer. The results were
sent to Academic Hallmarks
where they were compiled
and rated against teams o f
comparable school size from
practically every state and
many countries.
The H ep p n er E l
ementary team consists of
fifteen 4-6th graders who
earned their position by tak
ing a qualifying test. M em
bers are: C ade A rbogast,
Caitlynn Bailey, Kai Arbo
gast, Jeff Dowdy, Andrew
H atfield, Ross C utsforth,
Jasm ine G arcia, M ekayla
Kindle, Cody Brown, Ryan
Dougherty, Skyler Hawks,
Victor Meyer, Joe Schmidt
and Alyssa Wizner.
This same team will
compete in another Knowl
edge M aster Challenge in
M arch. M olly R ill, TAG
Coordinator and coach o f
the group, described them as
“students that really want to
leam something new. They
have been a great group to
work with.”
Heppner Library offers
free downloadable books
Heppner students enjoyed their snow days on Monday and Tuesday with a lot of sledding. -Photos by Saruiy Matthews and
Autumn Morgan
Morrow County Fair and OTPR
coronation to be held
Morrow County Fair
and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Court will have their o f
ficial coronation and fund
raiser ceremonies March 2,
at the Morrow County Fair
Grounds in Heppner at 6
p.m.
This year the coro
nation will also be a dinner
and fund raiser for the court.
There will be silent and live
auctions, live entertainment,
and no host bar. The theme
is ‘Mardi Gras’ celebration.
Items that are being donated
are horse breeding servic
es trees, dinners, clothing,
blankets, salon items and
services, gift items, tack and
much more. They 'are still
looking for more items to
be added to the auctions and
any monetary donations or
sponsorships for the cost of
the dinner and or the courts
expenses for the year.
‘We are so excited
about this event this year. It
is an opportunity to intro
duce the young ladies repre
senting morrow county, but
also an opportunity to raise
monies needed for them to
travel across the state pro
moting their fair and rodeo. ’,
stated court director Sylvia
Sandford. “Glenda Taylor,
court chaperone and I know
that everyone that attends
our coronation will have a
great time. There is some
thing for everyone,” added
Sandford. “This year’s court
is made up o f the Queen
Becky Schiller, Princess
Torri Lovgren and Princess
Cheyene Ward. The court
has made three appearances
already since being named
and have a full calendar for
the remainder o f the year.
We have a lot o f neighboring
fair and rodeo courts coming
to the coronation this year
and are excited to show off
our court”, stated Taylor.
D inner tickets are
being pre sold for the prime
rib dinner at $20 and at
the door $25, by calling
either Sylvia Sandford, at
422-7330 or Glenda Taylor
at 422-7026. Doors open at
5:30 p.m. with the sign in for
the silent auction and dinner
starting at 6 p.m. You w on’t
w ant to m iss this y e a rs’
M orrow C ounty Fair and
OTPR court’s Mardi Gras
celebration.
NHS sponsoring Pennies
for Patients program
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The National Honor Society at Heppner High
School is currently sponsoring the Pennies for Patients
program through February 7.
The Pennies for Patients is a fundraising program
that will help children fighting leukemia and ameliorate
the patients’ and their families’ strains. Proceeds from this
program go toward the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
whose mission is to cure blood cancers such as leukemia,
lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and to im
prove the quality o f life o f patients and their families.
There will be many special days in an effort to
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bripg attention to the program such as Penny Day, Nickel
Day, an<J Slipper Day. The Junior High and High School
classes will be competing against each other for a prize o f
an extended lunch or a movie afternoon.
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Morrow Soil & Water Conserva
tion District meeting to be held
A regular board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,
February 5, at 6 p.m. at the Ag Service Building. Agenda
items include: Manager/staff report, January treasurer re
port, Annual report, next year’s annual meeting time and
place, OACD dues, possible loss o f district funding due
to tippage fees to cities, and agency reports.
The public is welcome to attend.
Hisler celebrates 100 years of memories
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she may vote for in 2008,
she replied that she hasn’t
yet made up her mind.
A highlight o f the
30s was the birth o f two
daughters, Joan was born
in 1930. She and her hus
band Jim Sum ner live in
The Dalles. Francine was
bom in 1931. She and her
husband Tom Bristow live
in R ockaw ay. K ath leen
recalls riding horseback
cross-country on a high-
strung horse while holding
on to her two little girls so
she could visit a neighbor,
Annie Schaffer. When the
girls becam e school age,
she rented an apartm ent
and she lived in town with
them during school days.
Bus routes back then were
limited. During their high
school years, those girls
served on Heppner Rodeo
and Pendleton Round-up
courts. An enjoym ent o f
rodeos continued and Kath
leen and Paul seldom missed
a rodeo through those years.
90. All household w ater
was carried into the house
from a pitcher pump on the
porch except during freezing
weather when the pump had
to be drained and water was
carried from a spring. Water
had to be heated on the wood
stove for bathing, clothes
washing, etc. Containers of
butter, milk and perishable
foods were set down in the
cool spring w ater during
hot summer days to help
preserve freshness. That cre
ated lots o f extra steps when
The Heppner Garden Club will meet on Monday,
cooking.
February 4, at 7 p.m. at the Sr. Center. Dorothy Jackson and
K athleen says she
Daisy Collins will be the hostesses. Members are asked to has always registered as a
bring any tips for preparing for spring pre-planting.
Democrat because she cred
its Franklin D. Roosevelt
with initiating a program
through the Federal Land
Bank that reduced debt obli
gations
and gave debt repay
whitman's chocolate bouquet by teleflora
ment extensions to prevent
If your sweetheart has a sweet
ranch foreclosures. Kath
tooth, she’ll love this charming
leen continues to keep up
gift. Fresh flowers in a vase
on the political arena. When
asked as to what candidate
decorated with hearts -
topped with a box of
famous Whitman's
Chocolates. A triple
treat that's also great
Treat your Valentine to a
for daughters, friends,
all your Valentines.
romantic dinner at John’s Place,
Heppner Garden Club to meet
give sweet.
Place ~ ‘Valentine'& 'Duut&i
Thursday, February 14th
from 5 - 8 p.m.
Each four-course meal includes
champagne or sparkling cider.
For nationwide
or local delivery,
call or visit our shop.
valentine's day is
thursday, february 14
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At 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 7, at the Heppner
City hall, the Friends o f the Heppner Library will have
their annual Love Your Library event.
There will be a very brief annual business report,
a very special volunteer will be recognized, and Marsha
Richmond will present the program entitled “Library 2
Go: Downloadable Audio Books.”
Did you know that with your library card, you
could download books onto a portable MP3 player or
your own PC for free? Marsha is going to explain and
demonstrate how to do this. Just think, instead o f music,
you can have a book to listen to as you work in the yard
or as you travel or even to listen to at home. The library
even has an MP3 player that it checks out, among many
other interesting devices.
After the presentation, there will be refreshments
served, and people may ask Marsha any questions they
might have about the program.
The library is excited to let patrons know all the
great things they now offer. Come and leam something
new about your library.
Paul served on the fair and
rodeo boards while Kathleen
served in her church by sing
ing in the choir and teaching
catechism . K athleen was
also a valuable resource for
people researching Morrow
or Gilliam County family
heritages.
Two m ajor events
happened in 1948. Son Paul
Anthony was bom that year
and rural electrification radi-
cally changed the H isler
ranch life. Electrical ap
p lian ces w ere g rad u ally
acquired, yet for several
years Kathleen continued
to stom p on the starting
pedal o f her gas powered
Montgomery Ward clothes
washing machine. Mecha
nized equipment replaced
horse drawn farm machin
ery. Cattle replaced bands of
sheep since cattle were less
labor intensive and a better
profit margin. Before then,
K athleen says their first
automobile, a secondhand
Essex, was purchased for
$50 from Bob Thompson
in the 1930s. H ow ever,
those earlier trips to town
over rather primitive roads
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were limited to church or for
necessary supplies. Winter
snow often made their roads
impassable.
In the 1980s Paul Jr.
and Susan H isler’s children
were born, Shaun, Annie,
and Shad. K athleen now
had a watchful eye on her
grandchildren growing up
on this Century Ranch. To
day Paul Jr., Susan, along
with Shaun, wife Stephanie
and their children who are
fourth and fifth generation
families, continue Kathleen
and Paul’s cattle ranching
way of life.
In 1988, K athleen
and her cousin, James Far
ley, representing pioneering
Irish settlers, shared grand
marshal honors for the an
nual St. Patrick’s celebra
tion in Heppner. Kathleen
continues to keep abreast of
family members, including
eight grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren. Kath
leen is a living history book
who personally experienced
the transition from horse and
buggy days to jet-age and
outer space travels.
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