Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 14,2013 • THREE
Local golfers com pete in charity
tournam ent
“Jilli’s Silly Golfers,” comprised of (L-R) Mark Smalley, Gal
Harris, Dennis Farley and John Edmundson, won a recent
golf tournament to benefit an area Special Olympics program.
The winning team won with an 18-under-par score of 54. -
Contributed photo
A fu n d ra isin g g o lf
to u rn am en t to b en efit
the Hermiston/Pendleton
Special Olympics Program
#510 was held at the Echo
H ills G o lf C o u rse on
Saturday, Aug. 10.
A reco rd 21 team s
co m p eted in th is 18-
h o le, scram b le-fo rm at
tournament. The winning
team , determ ined by a
handicap-hole tie-breaker,
with an amazing 18-under-
par score of 54, was “Jilli’s
Silly Golfers,” comprised
o f M ark Sm alley, Cal
Harris, Dennis Farley and
John Edmundson.
Also with a score of 54
was the team representing
Burns M ortuary (Kevin
and Jacob B urns, M att
B erg stro m and Tyson
Banker). Third place was
earned by Sperr’s Super
G o lfers, c o n sistin g o f
Randy Sperr. Rick Fleming,
Don and Becky Otto.
Golfers were treated
to a barbecue hamburger
lunch c o m p lim en ts o f
Cascade Automotive. The
tournament netted $5,148,
an all-time high in the eight-
year history of this event.
Gold Medal Sponsors
contributing $500 each
were: U m atilla Electric
Cooperative, The Knights
of Columbus Our Lady of
Angels Council #3999, and
A & A Mini Storage.
Siver Medal Sponsors
These little pigs
went to fair
contributing $100 each
were: Inland Pool and Spa
Centre, Swaggart Brothers,
Columbia Cultured Marble,
T re n d sitio n s, C ascade
Automotive, Tom Denchel
Ford, and Schroth Financial
Services.
N u m e ro u s o th e r
individuals and businesses
also contributed as hole
sponsors and provided a
plethora of door prizes.
T he lo c a l S p e c ia l
O lym pics program will
begin bowling training Sept.
13 with sign-ups at the Arc
Building on Aug. 23 from
4-5:30 p.m. Anyone age six
or older with an intellectual
or developmental disability
can p a rtic ip a te in the
Special Olympics program.
For more information
on signing up for Special
Olympics, contact the local
sports manager, Gail Scott,
at 541-626-8437.
Beth Moore simulcast coming to Heppner
Best-selling author and
nationally-acclaimed Bible
teacher Beth Moore will
bring her “life changing”
te a c h in g and w o rsh ip
event, Living Proof Live,
to women in South Morrow
County and around the
world through a global
simulcast event on Saturday,
Sept. 14.
The Living Proof Live
simulcast will take place at
the First Christian Church
in Heppner beginning at
9:30 a.m. Doors will open
at 9 a.m. The event, which
will be streamed live in
HD and broadcast on a
large screen at the front
of the church sanctuary, is
expected to last until about
4 p.m.
The simulcast features
lone Library
District to meet
The lone Library District Board of Directors will hold
their monthly meeting on Thursday, Aug. 22, at 2:30 p.m.
The board will meet at the lone Public Library, 385 W. 2nd
Street, lone; the public is welcome to attend.
ELECTRIC RATE
INCREASE
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recently-completed cost of
service analysis by HDR
Engineering. The new
rates will affect different
members differently
depending on the amount
of power purchased, time
of day or time of year that
the member purchases the
power.”
“ The B o a rd and
employees o f Columbia
Basin Electric will continue
to make every effort to
delivery safe, reliable and
as cost-effective energy as
possible.” Healy added.
B e th M o o r e ’s B ib le
teaching and inspirational
messages along with praise
and worship led by Travis
Cottrell. All area women
and girls are invited to
attend as much of the day’s
simulcast as possible.
There is no charge
for the event. However,
those who plan to be there
during the lunch hour are
encouraged to bring a food
item to share for a potluck
lunch.
First Christian Church
and Willow Creek Baptist
Church are the hosts for
the event. Heppner First
Christian Church is located
at 293 N. Gale Street.
Contact Nancy Jepsen at
541-676-5244 for more
information.
Top: Sixth-grader Paul Taylor works with his county fair pigs
during a recent project visit by his 4-H leaders. Paul is the son
of Glenda Taylor and Rod Taylor and is a member of the lone
Community 4-H Club. Bottom: Dynamic duo Austin and lyier
Carter prep their pigs for the Morrow County Fair. Austin will
be a freshman and Tyler a seventh-grader at lone Community
School; they are the sons of Scott and Kim Carter. - Photos by
Erin Heideman
Ready, set, sooie!
Electric co-op
to perform tree
trimming in area
C o lum bia Basin
Electric Co-Op, and their
s u b c o n t r a c t o r s , T rees
Inc., will be conducting
their annual tree-trimming
operation throughout their
service territory during the
next few months.
Tr i mmi ng o f tree s
around power lines is an
annual chore and is required
by Oregon PUC and RUS to
reduce outages and insure
continuity o f electrical
service. Areas affecting
both primary (distribution)
and secondary (individual
service connections) lines
will be cleared.
A ny c o m m e n t s ,
concerns or questions about
trees obstructing power
lines or the removal o f
them may be made to Brian
Kollman at 541-676-9146
or briank@columbiabasin.
cc, or Josh Coiner, joshc@
columbiabasin.cc.
Searching for Tower Clock Parts
Morrow County is searching for some very important parts o f the Morrow County Tower Clock.
Some time around 1955, the clock was converted to run on electricity and some parts were re
moved in the conversion. These parts are very critical to restoring the 111 year old clock to its
original condition. Have you seen any of the items listed below sitting in the back comer of a ga
rage or bam or shop?
A. Pendulum: This is a steel (or maybe wooden) rod about 48 inches long with a large weight at
the bottom (very heavy).
B. Weights (2): The weights are steel or lead cylinders about 5 inches in diameter and possibly 14
inches long and very heavy (They are several hundred pounds.)
C. Gears: Any gears that are round brass gears with 5 spokes in the gear and range from 4 inches
in diameter to 8 inches in diameter.
D. Verge: There is a very critical part called the Verge and it is two steel fingers cast in a slight
“U” shape with a brass rod connected to them.
E. Spring: The pendulum suspension spring is a flat steel spring about 2 inches wide and 5 inches
long and is flat dark steel.
F. Regulator Nut: The spring would have a regulator nut which looks like a large sink faucet han
dle with four arms.
G. Solid silver badge: It was applied to the clock frame....it is about 7 inches wide and 3
inches high and in scripted in old English Script with ....SETH THOMAS
CLOCKS....THOMASTON , CONN...USA....it has curved corners and is a very nice badge.
Have you heard any stories about the clock? Morrow County is interested in hearing stories about
the Tower Clock. Call or email Sandi Putman with your stories. They may provide clues, and will
most definitely provide history o f this historic Tower Clock. 541-989-9500 or
SDUtmantftco.morrow.or.us.
This is the pendulum wood "stick” in the
center of the clock. Also missing is the lead
cylinder at the bottom of the stick, about 5
inches in diameter and possibly 14 Inches
long and this would be VERY heavy.
This shows the clock gears. These have 5
spokes and range from 4 inches in diameter
to 8 inches in diameter.
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Missing several of
First-year 4-H member Zach Bredfield gets some pointers from ,
his friend Kael Osmin. They are busy getting “Whitey” and the
other pigs ready for the 100* Morrow County Fair this week
in Heppner. -Contributedphoto
AG YOUTH NIGHT
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they took off right from the
get-go. The calves weren’t
in any danger. It was just a
great, fun event. The kids
had a ball whether they
won or not. The audience
loved it. Those things are
key for any kind of event
you’re going to add to an
event that already has such
a long history.”
With the thum bs-up
from the FFA and 4-H
progr ams , Lyons next
got in touch with OTPR
Committee Chairman Ken
Bailey.
“They said sure, so
we deci ded w e ’d give
200 tickets to all the kids
who were showing, doing
something in the fair in 4-H,
FFA,” said Lyons.
“ If th e y ’re going to
go with the Youth and Ag
Night, I don’t know. I only
know we’re going to give
them 200 tickets for the
youth to go to the rodeo on
Friday night,” he added.
“This year maybe we could
just do the tickets and next
year we could have some
kind o f event, give them
som ething else to look
forward to.”
Dickenson agreed.
“ The c a l f dressi ng
event we weren’t able to
get put together for this
year, but it sounds like—
depending on the rodeo
board and the fair board
and the kids and 4-H and
FFA—hopefully it will take
place next year.”
Dickenson added
that the Morrow County
programs are thrilled by this
new partnership.
“Morrow County FFA |
and the 4-H members are so •
appreciative of this support. !
We look forward to building ’
this relationship with him
and expanding it.”
Dickenson said they
hadn’t finalized how to
hand out the rodeo tickets,
but most likely youth will be
able to go to a table outside
the rodeo’s main entrance
and get their names checked
off to receive their tickets.
When asked about cost, •
Lyons brushed that aside,
saying that, though the
rodeo did give him a break
on ticket cost, the money
didn’t matter.
“I don’t look at it like
that. I just think it’s the
right thing to do,” he said.
“It gives us an opportunity
to acknowledge the youth
and what they’re doing. I
think w e’ve missed that
somewhere along the way. ;
“I used to get calls from
radio stations asking me to
run ads about keeping kids
off drugs. It doesn’t start
on the radio, I don’t think;
it starts here. 4-H and FFA
are just a positive program
for these children.”
“ I t ’s good for th e !
children,” Lyons finished. ;
“That’s the main thing.”
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