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I)UIIIUILJ.II II 1;Wr- (srafflasogiN HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES, Thursday. June IS. 1967 FLASH! Fish Impoundment One Step Nearer After Tour Monday (Continued from page 1) site, one mile east of Sunflower Fiats road, which would be lim ited to five or six acres. Another site on Balm Fork could form a reservoir of some 30 acres with a dam in a rock gorge. The Kelly Prairie site would require a dam 70 feet high, 600 feet wide, and it would impound a reservoir of some 100 acres, Judge Jones said. Meet After Tour Following the tour, Meyers, Kcrnan and Ward met with Judge Jones and Commissioner Van Winkle Tuesday morning to consider possibilities further. The Judge said after the meet ing that the game commission is interested in pursuing plans for adding impoundments as time and money permits. In crease in the license fees by the 1967 legislature will help make the funds available, as was pointed out In a talk at the Chamber meeting.-. An appraiser lor the game commission is coming next week to check land values at the var ious sites. The commission is bound by law to abide by the results of its appraisal, the judge pointed out and if prop erty owners ask too - much for their land, the commission could not proceed towards the pur chase. Before an impoundment is es tablished, an engineering sur fey must be made by the com mission to determine if it is feasible. "There is some hope of get ting an impoundment next year and having it stocked with le gal fish by 1969," the judge said. Ivey Ethusiastic One of the most enthusiastic on the tour was Ivey. who is making a study in connection with a comprehensive plan for south Morrow county, similar to one completed some time ago for the northern part of the county. "I am utterly astounded at the ( rV.rOi U All Li ITS ICVICdUUIl 111 Morrow county," Ivey said, add ing that he did not realize such potential existed In this part of the state. At the Chamber meeting. Ward conducted the informal discussion on the impound ments and introduced the visit ing officials. He gave a resume of the possible , sites for impoundments. Meyers discussed guidelines for priority ratings on construc tion, listing four points: 1. quan tity and quality of water; 2. comparative costs per acre foot; 3 the need (in such a place as the Bend area, he said, the need is low because of thelarge num ber of lakes, but in Morrow county, it is high); 4. access (proximity to population). In connection with the latter point, Meyers added that he is no longer sure that this guide line means much. "I don't believe we could set up any place where the fisher men wouldn't use it to the max imum,'" he said. 'Not In Parle Business' The Game Commission is not interested in setting up an im poundment unless there is some other agency to take care of the sanitation problem, Meyers said. "This means going into the park business, and we don't want to go into the park busi ness." Presumably the recrea t i o n area, with sanitary facilities, would be developed on a coop erative basis with the county or the Forest Service. Meyers said that there is con siderable value to impound ments which are often over looked, among them being: 1. benefits to a watershed pro gram; 2. help with flood con trol; 3. adding to aesthetic val ues; 4. help to stabilize water in the area. Mallery told of how the Bull Prairie project had attracted far more use than had been predic ted, and pointed out the predic ted use of Jubilee dam that is being proposed for Umatilla county. The project there will cost the Forest Service about $500,000. It will have 45 camp sites and a road that will cost some $30,000. The forest supervisor also said that plans are underway to pave the road into Bull Prairie. He added, "I'm happy to be in tills program." Kernan said that one problem encountered by the game com mission is that "publicity gets ahead of the engineering. "We're sometimes told to build an impoundment before the engineering is done. One of these days, we will be told to build one that won't fill up." He told of the necessity of se curing good sites, good foundat ions for a dam, and for getting materials for the earthfill dams. This was a problem at Bull Prairie. Brief remarks were added by Heckeroth, who said that he "has been accused of trying to stock people's rain barrels," and by Judge Jones and Cutsforth. Wes Sherman presided at the Chamber meeting in the absence of Herman Winter, president. Harley Sager introduced Norman Supple as the new man in the Heppner branch of First Nat icnal Bank, and Sager was com mended for his good work as treasurer of the Chamber.- I v! x DR. EVTN ADAMS Speakers to Tell Of Mission Work Here on Sunday Dr. and Mrs. Evyn Adams and familv will be guests of the lo al Methodist church and par sonage family from Saturday, 'line 17. through the following Thursday. The couple serves on the Board of Missions pf the Methodist church, assigned to the work of HOREMCO (Hok kaido Radio Evangelism and Mass Communication in the northern most island of Japan. Thev will be speakers at the morning worship hour, 9:00 a.m. and church school at 10:00 a.m., on Sunday morning, June IS. and also at an Oriental supper to be served at 7:00 o'clock in the church dining room. No food is to be brought by participants, but a free will offering will be given to defray the costs of the supper. The Commission on Mis sions and Rev. Melvin Dixon, pastor, cordially invite mem bers and friends to be present. Dr. and Mrs. Adams will re late how their work of evangel ism was pioneered and how the steady growth of this Christian influence was spread through out northern Japan. Of their ten years in Hokkaido, all but one has been spent in the city of Sapparo, sister city to Portland. During the evening informal session, a film will be shown and a question and answer per iod will be part of the agenda. HOREMCO project has been a special advance project of the Board of Missions, and by the end of its first 10-year period, will become a permanent part of the work in Japan. Rev. Dixon again reminds con stituents of the change of time of Sunday morning services to the summer schedule, starting this Sunday. Worship service will begin at 9:00 a.m., with church school classes following at 10:00 a.m. Monday School for the children's department will begin on Monday, June 26. Morrow County's Budget Adopted Morrow county's budget for 1967-68 was approved at the public hearing called Wednes day morning, June 7, without anyone appearing to speak either for or against the budg et. The budget was formally adopted as published, County Judge Paul Jones said. The budget lists total require ments of S692.290, of which S318.014 is to be raised by tax es. All of the tax levy is either within the 6 limitation or not subject to the limitation. One Budget Shows Decrease in Taxes! Here's toal news: One budget for 1967-68 that of the Heppner Cemetery Maintenance district is be low its budget for 1966-67. This appears to be a singular achievement at a time when budgets onlv seem to go up. The 1967 63 budget, publish ed for the first time this week in The Gazette-Times, calls for total taxes to be levied of $7,750. This is $15(X1 below the amount levied for 1966 67. Total budget requirements are $33,510, but resources are listed at $26,510. Budget for the current year has total re quirements of $31,450 but re sources are listed at only $22,600. Perpetual care fund shows available cash on hand of $16,500 for the beginning of the 1967-68 year. No vote is required on the cenieterv budget because it is within the limitation. The district could have gone to $9800 and remained within the limitation; instead, how ever, it held to $7,750.00. One of the reasons that the budget has not been increas ed is that the cash carryover is higher than that of last vear. Carryover in the gener al fund is set at $5,000 as compared with $2,450 in the general fund at the same time last year. Public hearing on the budg et has been set for July 5. at 7:30 p.m. in the Heppner city hall. John Pfeiffer is chairman of the district board of directors and Dr. E. K. Sehaffitz is chairman of the budget committee. North BLM Lands May Be Classified For Public Sale (Continued from page 1 with the BLM tracts are lands now being held under private ownership. Meetine with the county court Tuesday afternoon was Leo Sim mons of the Bureau oi Land Management, who was working out the mechanics with the court for the forthcoming meet ing. After the July 12 hearing, BLM officials will go over the proceedings, make final recom mendation, and tnis must rje approved in Washington, D. C, before the lands would be of fered for sale. Judge Jones issued a state ment on the BLM recommenda tion, saying "I am real pleased that classification is completed and ready to proceed. It's some thing we've worked for during the past 24 months, and it is a big step towards developing ag riculture in the North End." The judge stated that sale of the lands could add $750,000 to the county tax roll, adding prop erty upon which taxes never have been paid. Bob Abrams and daughters traveled to Everett, Wash, over the week-end to visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Ab rams, and brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Haskell, and family. He and two mends attempted a scheduled Mazama climb of White Horse Mountain but encountered bad weather and had to turn back. What does it cost to use a BankAmericardl There is no membership fee of any kind, and there is no charge for the card. If you pay your monthly bill in full within 25 days of the date on your statement, there is no service charge whatever. You do have the privilege, however, of extending payments for a small service charge on the monthly balance. CBANKAMERICA SERVICE CORPORATION, 1MT SERVICE MARKS OWNED BY BANKAMERICA SERVICE CORP. HOPE AND VALBY LUTHERAN Rev. Donald R. Poderson Ph. 676 9910 VALBY: Worship 9:00 a.m. Uiurvrt School, 10:20 a m. Holy Communion first Sunday of month. HOPE: Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Worship, 11:00 a.m. Holy Communion first Sunday of month. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Kev. Don Mivany Ph. 676-5529 Sundav School. 10:00 a.m. Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. Evening Service. 7:00 p.m. ASSEMBLY OF COD CHURCH Sunday School, 9:45 a.m. Morning Worship, 11:00 a.m. Evening Service, 7:00 p.m. Mid week Service, Tues., 7:00 p.m. IONE UNnTD CHURCH Or CHRIST Sunday Morning Worship Service, 9:30 a m. No Church School during June, July and August. FIRST METHODIST CHURCH Rev. Melvin Dixon. Ph. 676 9221 SUMMER SCHEDULE: Worship Service, 9:00 a.m.. Church School. 10:00 a m. Monday School, Children' De partments, starting Juno 26. CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAT SAINTS American Legion Hall Gary V. Thompson, Br. President Priesthood meeting. 9:00 a.m. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Sacrament Service, 11:30 a.m. SEVENTH-DAT ADVENTIST Pastor H. E. Preston Ph. 676-9952 Sabbath School. 9:30 a.m. Church Worship. 11:00 a.m. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Lexington Al Boschee, minister, 676 9209 Bible School, 10:00 a.m. Morning worship, 9:00 a.m. FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH Heppner Al Boschee, minister, Ph. 676 9209 Worship Service, 11:00 a.m. Sunday School, 10:00 a.m. Choir Practice, Thurs., 7:30 p.m. ALL SAINTS' EPISCOPAL Rev. Dirk Rinehart, Rector Ph. 676 9285 Sunday: 7:30 a,m. Holy Com munion. 10:00 a.m. Family Worship ST. PATRICK'S and ST. WILLIAMS CATHOLIC Father Raymond H. Beard Ph. 676-9462 ST. PATRICK'S (Heppner) Sun day Masses, 7:30 and 11:00 a.m. ST. 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