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Zoning Hearing Set
At Boardman Monday
Hearing on a pr.wl ton
Ing ordinary fur Mi row euun
Iv will l- Monday. Jnury 17,
at H p rn. in KiverUde High
school, Boardman. Marin
(Jrrrn, Mtrrtary for the county
toning rommlMlon, announces.
An Interim toning ordinance
v I hp area north of the Wll
lamette laM m to cover the
vicinity of the embryo "apace
aye" industrial complex wa
adopted In tho aprinjt of VM2
Since state law provide that
such an Interim ordinance can
remain In effect no longer than
three veara, the Interim ordin
ance la no longer effective.
More than a year ago. the
planning commUslon began to
consider adoption of permanent
inning regulation for north of
the base line baaed on a com
prehensive plan of development,
according to Chairman Clarence
KoftewalL
Ttie proposed ordinance rovers
aome l'J typewritten page and
provide for agricultural, agri
cultural reidcntlal. commercial
and Industrial zones. It would
art UP requirement for u of
the oteriy n the various
loro-s. establish of ta or
parcel of properly that could
be sold, designate maximum
building height and make oth
er provision dealgrM-d to pro
mote orderly development of
the area.
.Zoning would Include area
ouuide city limit only.
While that being conaldered
at the itfetent time la the area
north of the baae line onlv. It
I contemplated that eventual
ly zoning will be extended to
cover the ret of the county a
wen.
The communion 1 holdlne
mi rearing to determine reac
Hon of the public to the pro
poaal. prior to any further ac
Hon. It I expected that conild
erable interrat will be ahown
at the meeting and that the
provision may Invoke consid
erable diacuaaion.
Copies of the proponed ordi
nance may he obtained for re
view from County Judge Paul
jones, cn airman kok-wsu or
Green.
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QUEEN ERfIA LTNN WINCHESTER
Erna
Chosen
Rrna Lynn Wlncheater, dau
t-hter of Mr. and Mrs. hrnl
Wlncheater, ha been elected
a queen of the 1!N"6 Morrow
county Fair and Kodeo by the
rodeo committee. Selection was
made at the regular meeting
last Wednesday with chairman
K. H. (Tad I Miller, Jr.. preald
ing.
It la doubtful If the county
ha ever had a queen with
more enthusiasm. She ha been
a lover of horse all of her life
and has ridden since she was
able to stay In the saddle.
With vivacious personality
and a contagious smile, she 1
known for her friendly dlsposlt
Ion.
Titian-haired and brown-eyed
Queen-elect Krna Is a senior In
lleppnrr High school and served
as a princess on the court for
1965. She Is a member of the
National Honor Society and par
tlclpntes In many school actlvl
tie.
Erna, member of a family
keenly Interested In riding and
l In the rodeo, appeared In her
first rodeo parade at the age of
one year, held In the saddle In
front of her mother. She has
been In each ensuing parade but
one.
As a lifelong member of the
Wranglers club, she has been
hester
Wine
Queen
Council Passes
Sewer Fee Hike.
Sower charges in the City of
Ileppner will Increase $1 per
month for commercial and res
idential users alike 'With the
frtoruary bills. The city council
passed an ordinance, containing
the emergency clause, that pro
vides for the Increase when it
met in special session for the
purpose Monday night.
Residential rate will go to $2
per month. The commercial rates
vary according to the amount
of use, but the Increase will be
$1 per user.
The action waa taken when
It was found that the reveaues
coming to the aewer department
of the city were not sufficient
to cover operation costs and
amortization of bonds.
fro
day
I an ardent competitor and
juent winner In play
events. She has be-on a strong
competitor In Oregon Barrel rac
Inn uttHociulion contests, and is
active In the women's riding
organization, the Mare.shales.
The queen-elect has one bro
ther. Lt. Lowell Turner, now
serving with the Air Force on
duty In Turkey. Her father was
not present Tuesday night when
Director Don Greenup of the ro
deo board brought the news of
her choice as queen since he
on a trip to the east, but
both the new queen and her,
mother were delighted.
I-our princesses In tho court
will he chosen later, their selec
tion being made by the orgs
School Board Meet
Scheduled Tonight
January meeting of the board
of directors of Morrow County
Shxl district ft 1 will be to
night (Thursday) at 7:30 In the
Lexington school administra
tion building.
The mfting wa postponed
from the regular Tuesday meet
Ing night because of conflicts.
Work Started
On Road Link
County road crews have start
ed construction of a road that
will give access to lands east
of the Bomb Range road and
south of Highway 80.N. County
Judge Paul Jones said Wednes
day. The road will extend north
and south for five miles and
will own the lands to a front
ace road that the county has
asked the State Highway De
partment and the Bureau of
Public Roads to construct.
For some time the county
court has been urging the state
and federal agencies to con
struct the frontage road of some
six miles to parallel 80N In or
der to elve property owners ac
cess without the necessity of
going all the way back to the
bomb range to reach the high
way Interchange.
Until recently the highway
croups have turned aown ine
nlzatlons they will represent In 'county request. However, al : a
the county.
Phill Emert, Jr.
Tells of Work
At Blind School
Peterson Leaves
On Southern Tour
Oscar E. Peterson left Tues
day on the 19G6 Oregon Wheat
Growers league tour to South
America and expects to return
to Morrow county in about a
month.
Going by air, the touring
wheat growers will go to Pan
ama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru,
Chile, Argentina and Brazil be
fore their return to California
and then Oregon.
Work being done by the Ore
gon School for the Blind in Sa
lem was described by Phill
(Skip) Emert, Jr., a teacher at
the school and son of Mr. and
Mrs. Phill Emert of lone, at the
meeting of the lone Lions club
Monday night. The Lions have
as a national project their work
with the blind.
Emert said that there are 120
students at the school. In ad
dition to the blind there are 17
cases of youngsters with brain
amace and similar handicaps.
He said It Isn't necessary for
a cntid to he totally blind to at
tend the school and pointed out
that there are some 34.000 child
ren in the state who suffer from
varying degrees of blindness.
The speaker described field
trips during which the students
see" animals or crowing thincs
by the reel.
Cost of the school Is about
$3000 por student per school
year, paid by the state with the
exception of medication and
clothing which are paid by par
ents. Children of ages 5Va
through Junior high age attend.
Emert, who has been at the
school for 3V4 years, showed
slides of his work and the stu
dents. He said that special
projects conducted by such
croups as the Lions club are a
great help and particularly cit
ed the Salem Lions who furnish
ed funds to build a room with
different typos of floor surface
rugs, cement, linoleum and oth
ers so the blind could learn
to adjust to walking under vary
ing conditions.
Bob Henry of Heppner also
spoke at the meeting, telling of
the Arbuckle Mountain ski bus
and plans for the ski operation
this winter.
recent meeting in Pendleton, the
Judge said that he was given
assurance that the trontage
road will be constructed to tie
in with an overpass connecting
with the Patterson Ferry road
provided the county would con
struct the five-mile strip.
It Is estimated that the front
age road will cost approximate
ly $20,000 per mile and the ov
erpass structure will be $150,
000.
The county road will be con
structed at minimum cost, the
Judee said. It will connect with
an east-west road that already
extends to the bomb range road.
He said that he had expected
definite confirmation of the fed
eral and state committment
Wednesday on the frontage
road, but at a late hour had not
received it.
If the frontage road were not
constructed, the judge said,
there would be no access to the
new highway on ine soutn siae
from the bomb range road east
to the county line.
100 Skiers Out
At Arbuckle Mf.
Willow Project
Hearing Called
For February 8
t
A public meeting to anawer
questions and furnish specific
Information on the proposed
Willow Creek project has been
wt for Tuesday, February 8, at
1:30 p.m.. County Judge Paul
Jones announced this week.
Meeting place ,was tentatively
annonced a the county court
room, but If it appears that a
larger crowd will come than the
room will hold, another meet
In' j)lace will J. chosen. This
will be announced at a later
date.
Among agencies to be repre
sented at the meeting are the
U. S. Army Corps of Lngineers.
the State Water Resources
Board and the Bureau of Recla
mation. The district watermas-
ter Is also expected to be pres
ent
Every person with questions
on the project Is asked to be
present at the meeting.
The judge said that ensuing
meetings will probably be nec
essary to consider specific mat
ters in connection with the ir
rigatlon feature, but questions
on Irrigation will be discussed
at the February 8 meeting a
so.
OmCEES WHO will b la char? of th Northwest Rode association con ran tl on here Saturday
and Sunday are (from left) BUI Ward Of Athena, president; Jean Stanton of Redmond, traaa
urer; Dick rower of Ellenabura, Wow eolf roping director and vie president In !9$4; and J
ann Crtifita of Spray, secretary.
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Ch
amps
Champions In seven events
will be awarded trophies by the
Northwest Rodeo association at
its annual convention to be
held In Heppner this week-end
with an estimated 100 expected.
These trophies will be presented
at the avsociatlon s banquet at
p.m. Saturday following the
opening business sessions In
WEATHER
By LEONARD CI1XIAM
Arbuckle Mountain ski course
set new records Saturday and
Sunday with an even 100 skiers
enjoying the sport there. Bob
Henry said. Thirty-eight came
Saturday, most of them on the
bus being operated each Satur
day from Condon via lone and
Heppner, and 62 were on hand
Sunday. In addition, there were
about 10 spectators Sunday, he
said.
The road to the course had
been cleared by county crews.
"It was the best clearing lob
I've ever seen," Henry said.
He reported the bus as beln?
extremely successful on Its
maiden run. Ten more skiers
can be accommodated before
capacity is reached on the bus,
ne saia.
The tow at Arbuckle operated
at capacity Sunday for a 2-
hour period.
Official weather report for
the week of January 6-12 is as
follows:
HI Low Prec.
Thursday Si 43 .03
Friday 59 40
Saturday 47 29
Sunday 43 30
Monday 49 35 .03
Tuesday 46 36
Wednseday 49 41 .06
Claude Pettyjohn
Back from Vietnam
Chief Radarman Claude
Pettyjohn. USN. son of Mrs. Fred
Pettyjohn of lone, has returned
to Lone Beach. Calif., aboard
the destroyer USS Maddox. after
completing operations off. the
V ietnamese coast with the Sev
enth Fleet.
Destroyers are high-spee
ships used primarily in anti
submarine warfare. They also
operate .offensively against sur
face ships, defend against air
borne attack, and provide gun
fire support for amphibious as
saults.
While deployed with the Sev
enth Fleet. Maddox visited Hong
Kong and ports in Japan, Tai
wan (Formosa) and the Philip
pine Islands.
Mrs. Turner Visits;
Husband in Turkey
Mrs. Lowell L. Turner and
her two and one-half year old
daughter, Kim, left Saturday by
train for their home in Myrtle
Beach. S. C. They were accom
panied as far as Chicago by
Mrs. Turner s father-in-law, Er
nie Winchester, who was con
tinuing on to Boston, Mass.,
where he plans to spend two
or three weeks visiting friends
and relatives, among them, his
mother, Mrs, Etta Whitworth.
Mrs. Turner, the former Edith
Morris, has been visiting here
for some six weeks. Her hus
band, a captain in the U. S.
Air Force, is currently on a tour
of duty In Turkey.
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the dormitory building at thetness for the two-da v meetiniy.
fairgrounds Saturday afternoon. Bill Ward of Athena, presi
startlng at 1 p.m. dent, will be In charge of busi-
This Is the first year that ness sessions which will con-
Ileppner has been host to the tinue until 5 p.m. Saturday af
convention, which was held ternoon and from 10 to 12 Sun
last year in Yakima. Wn. Rolce day morning.
Fulleton has been In charge of Miss Delene Johnson of Con
local arrangements and said don. "Miss NRA" for 1965, will
that all appears to be In readi- participate In ceremonies and
"Miss KRA" for 1966 will be
chosen.
Saddles will be given to those
who have accumulated enough
points at -rodeos through the
year, to - become champions in
the .various"1 events. These sad
dles were made by Gray's Sad
dlery In Heppner.
Among the winners announc
ed are: Bill Herrera, Toppenlsh.
WrL. bareback rldini?: Bill Ward.
calf roping: Gene Jordan. Mitch-
ell, saddle bronc riding: Chuck
Irrigon Boy Scout
Acts Fast to Save-
Life .of. Brother..
By LaVELLE PARTLOW
IRRIGON Prompt action by Johns. Eugene, bulldogging;
Boy Scout Charles McKenzie, 11- c rwers, Eilenshurg, Wn,
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. P11 w milking; Bob Conforth,
Charles McKenzie. Irrigon. was Hermiston, bull riding; and Bill
instrumental in savin a tho lift. Ward, all-around. Brad Botta of
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of his 4-year old brother, Danny, -uensourg wui not pe present
last Tuesday morning. lo rewve n saaaie ior ream
rhari hnm. frm chi roping because he is now in
witn the nu and was assisting na hA
his mother In
carrvin? some ""5"" n"? OI uie year
trash to burning barrels near T'" D.vo?e OI in.f
the house. They had been away CT. , n l wm
from the house only a few min- 5 U LLof . the. ylar
utes when they heard little Dan- "' w
"V6? hack t the. hn.. . Rookie of the Year will
but Charles reached his brother ? n.9 Pnicers or me
first, and discovered him in l11,1. e.ie"e?- :
flamps from tho. xr-oict n . -rrue iiisj wincnesier
r,ori !i iij kil v..!" I Is assisting with drawings for
the? in a puddle of rain w.ler HJSLJS
beside the door, extinguishing . w " "
tho fi.m. a v,. I ter the banquet.
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eal was cookintr on the paq xMueion saia tnat ne nad re
rL? ..S ZHu celved calls from several local
vounestefs elothin eacrht nn residents offering to rent rooms
fire from this flame. xo uiose aixenaing u moieis ana
A nearby neighbor, Mrs. Ken- V",""ICI . "
nt. i.mh a,, ifv- dations. Mr. and Mrs. Charles
zies to Umatilla, where Danny -Ji .i
was hospitalized overn i g h t.
Wednesday morning he was
transferred to Doernbecher Hos
pital in Portland.
tel will act as clearing agents
on housing and will assist in
placing the visitors. Starks and
Jack VanWinkle of VanWink-
Dr. Marvin John statin thp l'a Motel said Tuesday, how-
vAimto, hoA tit. o lever, that not too many reser-
de buTns on .his "kl Kf f. 52.-? .2
nands, arms and chest. I " . ' , Z: ll, ""i "'V
When Mrs. Lamh asked "uiu ue miuwuimK mier in
do so quickly, he replied. "From L,?"1" wh,AavAe housing
reading .'Boys Life," a Boy .Scout "!b f. "1 lnI?lel 1
publication. Mrs. Lamb is the """" " v-"ow '"" "
iie of Irrigon Scoutmaster
Kenneth Lamb.
Scoutmaster Lamb, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Al Lamb of Heppner.
said that he will nominate
Charles for a Boy Scout life
saving award, one of the high
est honors given by the organ!
zation.
Letters supporting the nomi
McKenzie and oth
Team Takes Road
To Start League
With onlv one loss In 10 nre-
leatrue cameo ann that hv n
nation will be written by the single polntHeppner High's
oasKetoaii team jumps into
counting action this week when
lt plays the Madras White Buf
faloes at Madras Friday night.
Madras last year was in the
A-l ranks but dropped down to
the A-2 class this year. The
school has a highly regarded
team and the Mustangs are ex
pected to have thier hands full
in the game.
This will be the onlv action
for the home five this week. On
doctor, Mrs.
ers
Judge Appoints
Economic Group
Judge Paul Jones said Wed
nesdav that he has nine resi
dents to serve on a committee the ensuing week-end they face
' to study and implement provis
ions or tne txonomic opportu
nity act for Morrow county.
In the group contacted by let
ter are W. S. (Sam) Miller, the
Rev. Earl Soward, James Bar
nett. Gene Winters, Jack Gross
nickle, Lowell Chally Mrs. Grace
SHERRI LYNEE HOWARD, first baby of 1966 in Morrow county.
was more Interested in sleeping than in getting publicity wnen
this picture was taken with her mother. Mrs. William G. How
ard. Friday at Pioneer Memorial hospital. Sherrt was just two
days old at the time, herring been bom January 5. Her daddy
is serving with the Air Force at Indian Mountain base, Alaska.
(G-T Photo).
their longest road trip when
they go to Burns and John Day
to face the Hilanders and Pros
pectors on consecutive nights.
ine Mustang Jayvees will
seek to protect their undefeated
record in the games.
lone's Cardinals, meanwhile,
Drake, the Rev. Al Boschee and have a single home game this
James Farley. week-end, entertaining Echo
The judge said that he ex- Friday night. After losing their
pects this group to act as a first four league starts, the
steering committee to check on Cards suddenly climbed nearer
how the act may be of benefit their potential and took a pair
to the county and to explore last week-end. They hope to
possible joint action with Uma- make it three in a row against
tilla county. Echo.