EIGHT- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 20,2012
TOUGH BY NATURE
-Continued from PAGE ONE hibit at the Jordan Schnitzer
of all types.
R ugg a g re e s th a t
women in the American
west have often been over
looked, but adds that some,
like herself, might prefer it
that way.
“A lot of women in the
west have been ignored. I
don’t know that I have,” she
says. “I never wanted to be
noticed. The less conspicu
ous, the better 1 liked it.”
Rugg is being noticed
now; she is one of 49 wom
en from 13 western states
who are featured in Lank-
er’s work. Lanker worked
with a variety of media in
cluding pencil and charcoal,
oil pastel, egg tempera,
plate and stone lithography,
engraving and drypoint to
create work that echoes the
style of Andrew Wyeth and
Thomas Hart Benton.
In addition to the book,
banker's work will also be
featured in an upcoming ex
Museum of Art at the Uni
versity of Oregon. The ex
hibit, also titled “Tough by
Nature,” will be on display
in the Barker Gallery July 1
through September 9.
“The subject matter was
one that resonates strongly
with our constituents, and
we anticipate it will do
the same with others as
the show travels around
the U.S,” says Jill Hartz,
JSMA executive director
and Tough by Nature cu
rator. “The artist is local,
well known and respected,
as was her husband, Brian
Lanker, who brought the
project to me originally.”
The exhibition is ac
companied by a major cata
log, made possible by the
Ford Family Foundation
and private support, and is
touring under the auspices
of Landau Traveling Exhi
bitions.
For Rugg, life on the
Lynda Lanker, Shirley Rugg,
1998, graphite,© Image cour
tesy of the artist
ranch will continue.. .a life
she says she couldn’t imag
ine any other way.
“I wouldn’t like to live
any other life,” she says in
Tough by Nature. “ With
the life I have now, there’s
always something differ
ent. You can go down the
same road every morning
and there’s something dif
ferent.”
Or, to put it more sim
ply, “I’ve been blessed my
whole life.”
lone gets ready for 4th
lone is gearing up for
its 2012 edition of the Crui
sin' to the Blues 4"' of July
celebration.
Festivities kick off on
Friday, June 29, with a Bank
of Eastern Oregon customer
appreciation barbecue on
Main Street in lone from
11 a m. to 2 p.m. The party
keeps going that evening
with a pulled pork meal
and Route 74 bar at the lone
Legion hall at 5 p.m., fol
lowed by a Texas Hold’Em
and cribbage tournament
at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, July 3, there
will be a golf tournament
at Willow Creek Country
Club in Heppner begin
ning at 9 a.m. The rest of
the events are in lone, with
an art show and Topic Club
book sale at the Legion Hall
all day and a talent show
in the lone City Park at 6
p.m., with music by Corey
Peterson to follow.
The Independence Day
celebration starts early on
July 4 with a firem an’s
breakfast at the lone Fire
Hall at 7 a.m. and the pre
school 5k walk/run on Main
Street at 7:30.
The art show and book
sale continue in the Legion
Hall from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Blues Cruise Car Show
will be in the city park be
ginning at 10:30 a.m., and
various food and merchan
dise vendors will open at
11 a.m. The fish pond, frog
jump and bike raffle will
take place at the fire hall
and city park at 11 a.m., and
the altar society will hold
its pie sale at the fire hall at
that time.
The Red, White and
Blues Parade will take place
at 1 p.m. with the lone
C ardinal Volleyball 1A
state champions serving as
grand marshals. Park activi
ties also begin at that time,
with entertainment by local
artists in the gazebo until 3
p.m. and free swim at the
lone pool if open. Ameri
can Legion bingo will take
place at the Legion Hall at
2 p.m. and blues bands will
take the stage at the lone
Amphitheater starting at
3 p.m. Performances this
year will be by The Vermen,
lone All-Stars, Terry Evans
and the Jim Mesi Band. The
boat trip auction and raffle
drawing will take place on
stage at the lone Amphithe
ater at 7 p.m.
During the day, there
will be a U.S. Navy fly
over. Finally, the day will
end with the traditional
fireworks display at dusk.
Check in next week’s
Gazette-Times for a full 4th
of July schedule of events.
A Hollywood twist to a country
fairytale
Two H eppner High
School boys, Austin Gui-
tierrez and Austin Roberts,
noticed recently that some
thing was missing from
Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Queen Maggie Col
lins’ horse trailer.
The problem? There
was nothing on it. It was
plain, drab and ordinary.
That, they decided, was
not acceptable.
A few days before
school let out, the boys
met with each other, Queen
Maggie, and her mother,
Jeannie Collins, to discuss
what could be done.
“I told them some ideas
I had, but I wasn’t quite
sure what could be done in
that small amount of time.”
Maggie Collins said.
The boys got their
heads together and, with
the help of HHS TSA advi
sor Dave Fowler, created a
masterpiece.
With careful precision
and abundant help from the
Collins and Bergstroms, the
boys created a trailer Mor
row County can be proud
of. The knowledge that it
was created by teens from
the community makes the
result even more amazing.
Austin Guitierrez and Austin Roberts stand by one of the
upgrades they made to the trailer of Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo Queen Maggie Collins. The boys saw the need
for more flair to the queen’s trailer and took the task on
themselves with the support of various community members.
-Contributed photo
It makes me so very
proud and thankful that I
live in this community,” said
Jeannie Collins. “Knowing
that Maggie has made most
of her outfits— she helped
make her flowers; her belt
and serape are all hand
made—and now her trailer
is Morrow County-made.
No one else can boast about
that!”
M aggie has a w eek
off before she starts her
parades in earnest for the
fair and rodeo season. She
travels at the end of June
to Coulee, WA to attend
Queen University and Bible
Camp, sponsored by Jamie
and Stan Rauch. She then
will attend the Boardman
and lone parades on the 4th
of July.
Maggie also wants to
remind everyone that she is
selling raffle tickets for half
a pig cut and wrapped to
raise money for her queen
activities. The tickets are
$1 each or six for $5. Con
tact Maggie or her mom,
Jeannie, at 541-676-8037
or by cell at 541-922-7204
to purchase. Drawings for
each half will be held Satur
day and Sunday during the
Morrow County rodeo.
COOKS AND BOOKS
-Continuedfrom PAGE ONE sional (CPP) and a Certified
“It’s crazy.”
They spent tim e in
places like Cheyenne, WY;
Sidney, NE; Tucson, AZ
and, o f course, Heppner.
His job as chef at Ruggs
Ranch brought them here,
but Kulon says it was a con
scious choice to stay. She
was living and working in
Savannah, GA, where they
intended to move. The cou
ple changed plans, choosing
rural Eastern Oregon over
coastal Georgia.
Despite the pun at the
beginning o f the article,
Kulon doesn’t fool around
when it comes to book
keeping. She has her lower-
level payroll certification
through American Payroll
Associates and will go for
the higher certification in
2013. She is also study
ing to become a Certified
Professional Bookkeeper
(CPB) through the Ameri
can Institute of Professional
Bookkeepers (A IPB), a
Certified Payroll Profes
Fraud Exam iner (CFE).
That last certification is for
forensic accounting.
“(It’s to) find money
th a t’s m issin g ,” K ulon
explains. “Think of what
happened at Enron. Those
were forensic accountants
who went in and found the
money trail of what they
did.”
Among the services
Kulon offers are regular,
full-charge bookkeeping,
payroll, payroll taxes (but
not company taxes, since
that’s a certification she
doesn’t have), and set-up
and training on Q uick-
Books.
When they’re not work
ing and the weather is nice,
the Kulons can often be
seen out on their motor
cycles. She says she also
hopes to spend time with
her two daughters and nine
grandkids in Denver and
Michigan, including two
sets o f tw ins...one from
each daughter, delivered
back-to-back.
Finally, Kulon shares
some of her husband’s love
of cooking, calling herself,
“The baker in the family.”
In fact, she had been think
ing of attending culinary
school when she first met
John Kulon.
“I never made it,” she
says. “1 didn't need to.”
Those things don’t de
tract from her focus on
bookkeeping, though.
“I’ve met people, espe
cially ranchers’ wives, who
have to do all the bookkeep
ing, and they don’t have
time for other things. I’d
like them to farm it out to
me,” says Kulon. She also
adds that she doesn’t want
people to be intimidated
by her certifications or the
letters behind her name. To
her, they represent a com
mitment to quality, as well
as something she enjoys.
“I like bookkeeping; it’s a
challenge to me.”
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M orrow C ounty
-Mary Ann Bass,
D istrict Attorney Justin 38, pled guilty to harass-
Nelson has released the ment, a Class B misde-
following report:
meanor and was sentenced
to seven days jail time with
credit for time served. Total
fines, fees and assessments
were $330.
PUBLIC NOTICE
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NOTICE O f BUDGET HEARING
A pubic meeting of the Heppnar Rural Firs Protection District will be held on June 25 2012 at 5 30 pm at 180 Rock Street Heppner Oregon The purpose of this meeting
is to discuss the budget for the fiscel year beginning July 1 2012 as approved by the Heppner Rural Fire Protect-on Dwtnct Budget Committee A summary of the budget is
presented below A copy of the budget may be nspected or obtained at 180 Rock Street Heppner Oregon between the hours of 5 15 p m an d S O O p m This budget s
for an annual budget penod. and was prepared on a basis of accounting that is the same as used m the preceding year
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receive on their end-of-the-year report cards.
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branch during the months of lune or July of the same year of
the dated report card.
Students do not have to be previous customers - a Youth
Savings Account must be opened before bonus can be paid.
Contact Thomas Wolff. District Accountant
Telephone 541-678-5114
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their senior year can still receive the bonus as long as they have continued to have an
open savings account Top grades include any grade of an "A" (A-, A, or A+) Bonus paid
once per main school subject per grading period Top grades should be noted on report
card and could include "S+" for above satisfactory. “E" for excellent, or any other grade
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