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HEPPNER GAZETTE -
GAZETTE-TIMES
Heppner. Oregon 97836
Phone 676-9223
MORROW COUNTY'S NEWSPAPER
The Heppner Gazette established March 30. 1SS3. The Heppner
Times established November IS. 1S97. Consolidated February 15,
1912.
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W-ASSOCIATION
WESLEY A. SHERMAN ...
HELEN E. SHERMAN
ROD (SriKE) PARDEE
Advertising Manager
Photographer
MARION ABRAMS
Society
Circulation
JIM SHERMAN
Pressman
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Every Thursday and Entered at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon,
as Second Class Matter.
Office Hours: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m.
until noon Saturday.
'They Just Stood There . .
Heppner's municipal swimming pool has had a fine rec
ord for very few accidents, and this speaks well for the
supervision there through the years.
There was near tragedy at the pool last Thursday even
ing, however, and from the shock of it comes some thoughts
on being prepared for the future, as well as some ideas that
may help prevent future incidents.
Were it not for the action of Stuart Dick, lifeguard, a
life surely would have been lost. He brought a young woman
from the bottom of the pool and managed to get her out, but
she was not breathing and there was no pulse. He described
the color of her face as a "dark blue."
Dick showed excellent training in proceeding with mouth-to-mouth
resuscitation, even though it seemed that it was
too late. He stuck with it until she started breathing. He
recognized that the girl had a physical ailment that probably
contributed to the mishap, and he had to adjust the normal
mouth-to-mouth procedure, under additional handicap, to save
her life.
Startling is the fact that this young woman apparently
was at the bottom of the pool in nine feet of water for
some time before she was noticed there.
In the particular spot where she had gone down, it is dif
ficult for the lifeguard to see the bottom from his stand. Al
so, the bottom of the pool was dirty, and the young woman's
suit apparently blended with the discoloration on the bottom.
The "new" pool will remedy some of these conditions.
As Dick points out, there is no way to clean the bottom of
the pool now without draining it. A vacuum cleaner is need
ed, and it is understood that one will be part of the equip
ment for the new pool. Would it be possible to get one now?
Lights underwater around the wall of the pool would
help prevent this situation. The city has planned on getting
them for the "new" pool, if the money is available. The inci
dent last Thursday points up the fact that these lights are
not just a frill but are important to safety.
A rather stunning thing that comes to light out of the
incident was the reaction or lack of reaction by the other
swimmers. It would seem that some education needs to be
given the swimmers on this point. Some of the others appar
ently noticed the young woman lying still in the deepest part
of the pool but thought little of it Finally, one girl told
another swimmer to go tell the lifeguard instead of recog
nizing real trouble and hastening to go or to shout immed
iately to the lifeguard herself.
When Stuart brought the young woman to the surface
and over to the side of the pool, he had the problem of get
ting her over the relatively high ledge at the edge. He called
for assistance, but the youngsters were too stunned or fright
ened to respond. There were no adults swimming on this even
ing. He had to get her over the ledge himself and in doing
so lacerated her knees on the edge.
"They froze," he said. "They just stood there and watch
ed." The lifeguard then called for someone to run and call
the ambulance, but again came the dull reaction. Eventually,
someone went to Peggy Snyder inside the bath house, and she
went to a neighborhood house to call the ambulance, not
knowing what the problem was.
The high ledge at the pool's edge is another thing that
will be corrected with the rebuilt pool. Jerry Sweeney called
attention to this very thing when plans for the pool were
being considered. He said, "If it is necessary for a lifeguard
to rescue someone, he'll have a hard time getting them out."
The "new" pool will have "rollout" edges near the water lev
el. Another point: There is no telephone at the pool. When
it is necessary to get an ambulance, someone has to run to
a nearby house. It would seem that this should be corrected.
In reflecting back, Dick blames himself for not specifical
ly designating some one person to go call for the ambulance,
and to tell them to specify, in calling, what the problem was.
Since Peggy got the information second hand, she knew only
that there had been an accident and relayed that information.
Consequently, the ambulance arrived without a resuscitator.
The fact that the youngsters at the pool didn't rush to
Stuart's aid at the time of crisis gives a person pause, but
maybe it points up something else. Do we take it for grant
ed that our children will know when someone is drowning,
and thereby assume too much? Who has told them specifical
ly what a drowning person acts like?
They seldom see a person in real trouble in the water,
and perhaps no one has ever told them just what to do when
it happens. It would seem that users of the pool might profit
by holding practice drills at unannounced times through the
season. The lifeguard could show the youngsters how to help
him get a person out of the pool, instruct the kids in how to
go call an ambulance, how to recognize a person in trouble,
and even the elemental matter of how to call the lifeguard.
There has been much material on how to save a drowning
person, how to give artificial respiration, and so on, but have
we overlooked the elemental things of teaching our children
how to recognize a person who is in trouble in the water, and
the details of how to lend a hand.
We think, too, that the city should consider having two
fulltime lifeguards on duty at all times. Dick has had some
help part time, but not all the time.
When the pool gets as much use as it does in a summer
like this one, it would seem to be a difficult chore for one per
son to keep an eye on all the swimmers. If one were station
ed on his "tower" while another was moving about the side
of the pool, the swimmers would get better policing.
This young lifeguard did an outstanding piece of work in
saving the life of the Portland girl last Thursday night, and
he is to be commended for it.
But looking back, there are some good lessons to be
learned in seeing that it doesn't happen again.
If your youngster is a swimmer, this is a good time to
take him aside and discuss with him how to recognize anoth
er swimmer in trouble, point up the urgency of shouting to
the lifeguard immediately, and give him some pointers on
how to lend a helping hand without getting in the way.
TIMES. Thursday. July 20. 1967,
HEPPNER
NATIONAL NEWSPAPER
5551 1""8"7"
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
.. ASSOCIATE PUBLISHER
ARNOLD RAYMOND
Shop Foreman
Printer
REGGIE PASCAL
Linotype Operator
RANDY STILLMAN
Apprentice
Chaff and Chatter
Wes Sherman
WITH SPIKE PARDEE gone
from the staff, leaving Friday,
and off to seek his fortune
somewhere else, we were back
on the advertising beat again'
this week. After hibernating in
the GT office for the past eight
months, it was kind of nice get-1
ting out to see the improve- j
ments that have boon made (
around town.
When we went Into Central i
Market, we didn't rooogni.o it. I
We hadn't boon in the store for
six weeks, since Momma Pub-1
lisher has been buying the gro- J
eeries.
Clint and Co. have reallv boon I
doing things, with the old back
end of the store now devoted
to a self-service meat depart
ment. All the meats are neatly
wrapped and labeled.
Ernie McCabe of the meat de
partment has a smile a mile
wide, as if he had just discov
ered a miracle. He makes a pile
of hamburger, puts it in one
machine and it comes out in ev
en quantities. Then he wraps it
with some self-sealing paper on
another new gadget. A taut
wire cuts the paper.
Then he puts the packages, one
at a time on a scale. A com
puter automatically prints a la
bel with the weight, price per
lb., and the value of the pack
age. This thing works so neatly
it even excludes the weight of
the paper, so the old days of a
butcher weighing his thumb
with the product are gone.
Ernie then pushes the pack
age against the label, which is
automatically waxed with an
adhesive, and the label adheres
to the package. Quite a far cry
from the old days.
Up above some big beautiful
raised letters, "Quality Meats,"
adorn the new section, with a
raised and painted replica of a
steer in between. Birch panel
ing forms the backdrop.
The old office, from which
Clint used to survey his king
dom is gone. There is a new
office in front of the building
to give better service to bill
paying customers, and Clint
and Forrie Burkenbine have a
hidey-hole in the back room for
Memories
Of The
Old Fair building
By ART CRAWFORD
PART IV
1907 "Money Panic"
On a warm summer day in
1907 I was drafted for the most
important task of my young
life. My duty, to prevent a "run"
on the Lexington branch of the
Bank of Heppner. Rumor had it
that some of the depositors in
the area were becoming a bit
nervous over the banking situa
tion. So if a run on the branch
came about there would be am
ple funds on hand to pay off
to the last depositor.
It was the "money panic"
year. The year of the "Clearing
House Certificates" and things
were getting a bit touchy
throughout the country as a
whole. Father told me to sad
dle up Old Henry, my grand
father, J. V. Crawford's pride and
joy, and ride him around to the
bank's rear entrance on Center
street. This I did. Mr. Wharton
and my father came out and
tied a canvas bag of money to
the saddle horn and I was in
structed to mosey down the
road to Lexington and hand the
bag over to Mr. McAllister, the
branch manager. I was assured
that no one would suspect a
boy on a horse, so there would
be absolutely no danger. They
were so right, but it was a long
nine miles for me. Up to the
front door of the bank I rode
and just sat there astride Old
Henry. After awhile Mr. McAl
lister came out of the bank to
see what I wanted and when I
pointed to the money bag he
could scarcely believe it. For
while he knew the money was
being "rushed" as a safeguard
against a rumored run on the
bank, little did he think the job
would be entrusted to a 14
year old boy. The run on the
bank at Lexington never even
tuated, I am glad to report.
Fabled Well Down Below
On my most recent visit to
Heppner, May-June 1967, I made
a point of going over the ground
upon which the Fair Building
had stood lor so many years.
What I was particularly look
ing for was some sign of indi
cation there had really been a
well under the venerable struc
ture. Old oldtimers always said
there was a well and that it
produced excellent and very
cold water. When the big flood
came, its waters rushed all
around the Fair Building, which
was probably some 200 feet from
where the flood reached its
crest. The basement was filled
with water and mud. (By the
way, I never did find out just
how much of a basement was
under the building).
After the flood relief workers
had completed the huge task of
clearing away the wreckage and
debris generally, a pump crew
set to work getting the mud
and slime, along with the wa
ter out of the Fair building
basement. The work of pump
ing went on for days. As I re
member, the hose looked like
it might have been borrowed
their business office now.
Oh, I tell you. If a guy
doesn't keep up with things and
get around thev make all kinds
of improvements without you
knowing it.
ANOTHER ONE of those sur
prise visitors materialized
from nowhere Friday morning
in the person of Cone Tongue of
Stayton. Some will remember
that Gone was our rodeo pa
rade grand marshal n few years
back, riding his famous stallion,
"Mr. Chevrolet."
Well, sir, Gene was headed for
Salmon River country In Idaho
this week.
He'd stopped by to see his
longtime friends, the Paul
Browns. Jim Farley and others,
and dropped in to join us in a
cup of coffee.
Gene won just about all the
honors available with "Mr.
Chevrolet." He took the Grand
National at the Cow Palace, and
has accumulated many ether
trophies from major shows.
Gene rode the beautiful horse
in the Pasadena Rase Parade for
several consecutive years at the
invitation of the festival asso
ciation. But now he has gone into
another exciting avocation, in
addition to selling Chevrolet
from his garage in Stayton. He
has become a river guide. This
apparently stems from his in
terest in the North Santium
White Water festival, now held
annually. He is among those
who promoted this event, and
this year some 200 crafts of nil
kinds and descriptions partici
pated. Weather was nasty, but
everyone got soaking wet and
had a good time.
Just before visiting here, Gene
had been down on the Rogue
River, guiding a party, and he
was headed to meet a party of
dignitaries on the Salmon,
Among those expected to be In
his boat was Senator J. W. Ful
bright of Arkansas. So Gene Is
going to take Sen. Fulbrlght
down the "River of No Return."
But knowing Mr. Teague. we're
sure hell get the senator back
all right.
from the fire department and
the pump was a double action
rig that was manually operat
ed by a long up rght handle
that was moved forward and
backward. Water and mud
seemed to run down the gutter
in a steady stream but there
was so much silt, which had
to be shoveled into a wagon
and carted away to some dis
tant point of dumping. City of
ficials were highly concerned
over the sanitation problems
and they were taking all pos
sible precaution.
Finally the day came when
there wasn't much comng
through the hose but clear wa
ter, then there was nothing at
all. Before pulling out the rip,
it was decided to wait a coupie
of days and then try the pump
again. This time the water
came out in quantity and it
was crystal clear. Again there
was no more water, so an in
vestigation got under way and
what did they discover? The
nozzle of the hose was found
to have dropped into the old
well. For several days they had
been pumping the old well dry.
This could have gone on end
lessly, so the pumping crew fi
nally decided to call it a day
and they quit for good. So there
must have been a well under
the Fair Building after all.
But flood or no flood, Sylvia
Shipley Wells remarked when
I related the above story to her,
"They seemed always to be
pumping water out of the base
ment of that building when I
was a little girl living back on
Gale street." (Case Apartments
now occupy the site of the old
Shipley home). I agreed with
Sylvia and suggested it was
more likely due to poor street
drainage than anything else.
But that old well, that's a story
persisting in lgeend if not in
fact.
So Ave Atque Vale
You grand old pile of brick
Your destiny met fulfillment
And your days were filled
with pride
All Heppner folks just loved
you
To the very day you died
There even may have been
tears shed
For the fond memories that
you held
Twas brutal treatment that
they gave you
An ignominious end and
also, alas
Your successor, tho neat and
tidy, too
Will be selling Richfield oil
and gas,
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wishart,
Hood River, visited over the
week-end in Heppner with his
brother and family, the Jim
Wisharts.
Misses Gail Batty, Karen Me-
Curdy and Susan Lindstrom, all
summer school students at Ore
gon State University, enjoyed a
short week-end vacation at their
respective homes,
Boardman to Bid
Farewell to Old
Town at Picnic
By MARY LEE MARLOW
HO A HUMAN Plans are being
made for a no bust community
picnic to be held here Sunday,
August X on the school l.twn
for anyone who has ever lived
hero or had friends hero.
Since the old town of Board
man is now mm existent and
everything Is none except the
school and the old eltv hall
building this wltl be the last af
fair held in the old town. All
are Invited to attend.
Anyone wanting further In
formation mav contact Mrs. Har
old Baker. Mrs I.aVern Part low,
Mrs. Leonard Hedord or Mrs. El
don Shannon.
Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Soohufor
wore hosts for the annual
Greenfield Grange picnic on the
lawn at their home Sunday af
temoon. There were 22 present.
Out of town guests were Rus
sell Bclshoo of Moro, mid Mr.
and Mrs. Kav Brown of I'ma
tilla. Others Included Mr. and
Mrs. Bernard Donovan, Mr. and
Kirs. Chub Warren, Mr. and Mrs.
Donald Baker and son Dale, Mr
and Mrs. Kenneth Hroadbcnt
and children Cnllv, Klckie and
Marty. Mrs. Waller Hayes, Mrs
Rollin Bishop, Jack McEtitire.
Mrs. Leo Root and Mrs. Frank
Mar low.
The Boardman Cltv Council
last week awarded a garbage
franchise to the Hermlston San
itary Service, operated by F. E.
Sullivan. The citv will bill for
this service In the future, put
ting It on the water and sew
age bill. For any further Infor
mation on this rail the citv hall.
Z. J. Gillespie announced that
water and sewage service had
1)1011 completed In the first ad
dition to the city of Boardman.
and this will give the city 11)
more services.
Princess Dane Planned
The Boardman Tlllieum Club
held a pot luck dinner Tuesday
night of last week at the home
of Mrs. LaVern Part low for
members and their families. Fi
nal plans were made for the
princess dance In honor of Linda
Tatone on August 5 at Heppner.
Mrs. Ralph Skoubo Is chairman
of the music committee and an
nounced music would be fur
nished bv "The Gophers" of The
Dalles. Mrs. Dewey West, Mrs.
Carroll Donovan and Mrs. Rno
aid Black will be In charge of
the food.
Plans were made to take a
tour of the Boeing test site July
II.
The next meeting will be held
August H. the place to be an
nounced later.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Parmer
and daughter Sue of Metropolis,
111., visited from Friday to Tues
day at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Ilarwood. They are
former residents here. Visitors
last week at the Ilarwood home
were Harwood's brother-in-law
and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bro
ten of Tacoma, Wash.
Mrs. Leo Root went to Wasco
Wednesday of last week to visit
at the home of her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Ver
non Root, and accompanied
them to Portland where they
visited Mrs. Root's brothers and
sisters-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Russell Mefford and Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Mefford. They
brought her home Frday.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ball and
Mrs. Glen Carpenter returned
home Sunday from a nine day's
trip which took them to Glacier
National Park in Montana, and
to Lomond, Lctheridge and
Banff, Alta., Canada, and back
through British Columbia. They
also attended the Calgary Stam
pede. Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rlsley and
children Melodic, Bobbie, Tarn
mie and Grace Ellen went to
Payette, Idaho Saturday to vis
it at the home of Mrs. Risley's
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.
and Mrs. Dallas Forthman. Mrs.
Rlsley and children remained
there for a week's visit.
Mr. and Mrs. LaVern Boyian
of Hermlston were Sunday visit
ors at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ron Daniels.
Mrs. Roy Partlow and daugh
ter Joannie and Mrs. Harold
Baker and daughters Karon and
Kristin went to Portland last
Friday to visit overnight at the
home of Mrs. Partlow's sister,
Mrs. Helen Wahistrom. Ron Ba
ker returned home with them
after spending two weeks at
Perry's Sport Camp there.
Mr. and Mrs. Seth Russell at
tended a reunion of the Russell
and Boers families last Satur
day at Mayer State Park near
Rowena. There were about 75
present. The Russell's visited ov
ernight in The Dalles at the
homo of their son-in-law and
daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Reed.
Mrs. Elvln Ely wont to Whit
stran, Wash. Monday to take
her grandchildren Renee and
Ricky Ely to visit at the home
of her son-in-law and (laugh
ter, Mr. and Mrs. Newell
Vaught, for two weeks. Rena Ely
is visiting her other grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Os
borne, in Hermston.
Russell and Tommy Carpenter
of Payette, Idaho, are visiting
for two weeks at the home of
their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs.
Ken Jenkins. Their parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Vcrn Carpenter,
brought them down a week ago.
Mr. and Mrs. Ron Daniels and
children Pam, Vicky and Scott
have returned from a week's
visit in Caldwell, Idaho, at Ihe
home of Daniels' parents, Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Daniels.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Bedord
iff! QqI om snpnp
Initiative Moves Seen As
Tax Structure Threats
In Ignoring the "what's Ihe
nti" critics and reaffirming Ills
Intention to call the legislature
iiilo special session this tall,
Govonor Tom Mi-Call apparently
thinks something can be done
I out proiwrty taxes without re
course to some Initiative petit
Inn Ideas now being promoted.
Such faith In Oregon legislat
ive process can be justified by
the reeiwil, according to some
students of taxation, despite the
17 assembly's failure to reach
agreement on any local tax re
In f plan-
In recent years, they note, law
makers have directly reduced
homeowners' bills ttvrough the
Property Tax Belief Act of I'.ktf
nutl referral of the successful
cigarette tax to Oregon voters
Indirect relief has come by way
of Increases In basic school sup
port and other state money dir
ected to local aid; the new gas
ol.no tax li. crease will give more
road ami recreation area funds
to cities and counties.
Furthermore, they point out,
legislators have eased th bur
d e n o n rlderly homeowners
through the senior citizens'
homestead exemption and
have fought off elimination
of tho state personal In
come tax deduction now al
lowed on property taxes paid.
And despite popular clamor for
repeal or property-tax exempt-
... -I... . i..
li 'lis, rieviea siaie icauors consis
tently have refused to allow ap
plication of lot-si taxes to home-
twners' personal property. This
practice oreotes a tug tat) in
numv states, untl Is a significant
exemption not allowed business
taxpayers.
Mindful of Oregon s business
climate, legislators have encour
aged business growth through
legislation as the Inventory Tax
Relief Act of lmVTi. That act Is
phasing out half of Oregon's In
ventory tax, which actually is a
property tax paid by business
men on goods in stock.
Other Incentives to spur growth
In business and employment
have Included exemption from
tax liability of goods shipped In
to Oregon for transhipment else
where, the "green belt'' provision
tillering property tax relief to
fanners and the exemption from
taxation of buildings while un
der construction. Beginning Sept
1.1, persons or Industries Install
lug anil pollution facilities, in
stead of being penalized for lin-
Pioneer
Ponderings
By W. S. CAVERHILL
Monday Morning's Desk
"Straws In the wind" and
rubbish In the mall are the con
ditions and things that a busi
ness man must wallow In on
Monday morning before he es
tablishes the day's course of
work.
lie must scan the news head
lines for International shock
waves, the weather forecast, the
stock market anda his appoint
ment calendar. There will be a
pile of mall matter from cur
rent bills to Insurance and med
ical advice from experts. There
will be circulars on special op
portunities to Improve your In
come, sharpen your memory,
and what to feed the dog.
Whether you are obese, anem
ic or flat chested, sooner or la
ter some eager beaver will mall
you a remedy. There will al
ways be "straws In the wind"
and rubbish in the mall, and
the best way to avoid the an
noyance of them is to come an
hour late. By thnt time your
secretary will have riffled out
the junk and will be ready to
give you an outline for work.
She will have a consensus of
your personal Image among
your customers and perhaps add
a spot of local gossip that has
nothing to do with your busi
ness. and son Billee anad Mrs. Guy
Ferguson have returned home
from a trip to Long Beach,
Wash. They were gone four
days. Mrs. Bedord and Billee
spent the week-end at Brush
Prairie, Wash., visiting her brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and
Mrs. Vcrn Moe.
Shirley Earwood, Mrs. Ralph
Skoubo and Ella Sutton left
Sunday to take a group of
youngsters to Pinecroft Camp
near Blanchard, Idaho. They In
cluded Larry and Susan Ball
and Diane Rash.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rash
went to Walla Walla, Wash.
Sunday afternoon to got the
youngsters who spent last week
at the Klwanis Camp there.
They were Linda Ball, Dale and
David Lindall, Tracee Ferguson
and Tamara McKenzle.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Culp and
Mrs. tiene Winters were In Port
land Wednesday, July 12. to sel
ect fabrics for Mrs. Gulp's home
salesroom.
by Evtrtlt I. CutUr
piovlng properly, will be allow
ed some tox relief on the tlew
equipment.
Most Important for both home-
owners and business Is the high
degree of uniformity of assess
ment nnd administration among
id! classifications of property
which lias been achieved over
the years. Because of this, tax
experts note, IHogott has pooomo
the model state Insofar as prop
erty tax equality Is concerned.
Ill spite of past legislative of
ftits, most also will agree that
property taxes are too high, that
we iilaiv too much reliance on
local taxes to support burgeon
ing local needs. IJke current
legislators, however, thev fall
to agree on an answer to proper
ly tax .-ellef demands. Harmony
conies closer when considering
ways NOT to solve the dilemma,
some of which are embodied In
Initiative proposals.
Among these are well publi
cized Ideas to place a flat 1 or
I u per cent limitation on prop
rty taxes through Constitutional
amendment. Although appealing
on the surface, these generally
are regarded as disastrous, for
such limitations would slice
local revenues from one-third to
half without providing other re
sources to pay education and
local government cts.
Other proposals gaining favor
In recent weeks would extend
property tax relief only to home
owners. Such Ideas, whose pro
ponents Include State Treasur
er Robert Straub, Portland Young
Republican Club and some Dem
ocratic legislative lenders are be
ing challenged on grounds that
( 1 1 they display lack of confi
dence In the record compiled by
legislators and l2 they would
severely damage Oregon's busi
ness climate.
On the latter point, those who
would seek equal relief for nil
classes of property argue that
business and industry already
shoulder the greatest proerty
tax burden Scclal relief to re.
Identlal prox-rtv owners would
shltt on even larger iiereentage
onto business property.
More industry and year-round
employment provide the an
swer to a balanced, lion seas
onal Oregon economy, according
to businessmen. This Is partic
ularly Important In a state
where the three largest Indus
tries forest products, agricul
ture and tourism are highly
seasonal. And Oregon's uniform
property tax structure, they
maintain, provides a major in
ducement to expansion and di
versification of Industry which
in turn, means more jobs.
In any case, the threat to
Oregon's economy posed by such
plans, ami the defeat of a num
I er of school budgets nrour.d
the state, is causing some re
evaluation of the whole tax re
form program. Governor Met 'all
said last week he may call it
special session earlier than
September "If a crisis Inter
venes." And present legislators, de
spite the taxation record to be
written In Salem over many
earlier years, now are learning
from the folks at home that ill
feeling over 17 session re
sults Is widespread and will not
easily le forgotten.
Coming Events
HEPPNER SWIMMING POOL
Open Tuesdays thru Frl
days, 1 to 4 p.m., and 7
to 9 p.m.
Open Saturdays and Sundays,
2 to 7 p.m. Closed Mondays
Second session of swimming
classes for beginners, Inter
mediates and swimmers to
start July 24
Parents swim free Friday
nights when accompanying
children
RODEO DANCE
Honoring Princess Maureen
Doherty of Lexington
Saturday, July 22, 9:30 p.m.
to 1:00 a.m.
Heppner Fair Pavilion
Music by Tho Henchmen of
Heppner.
Everyone Welcome!
LITTLE LEAGUE TOURNEY
District Tournament, Friday,
Saturday, July 21, 22
Hood River field
Willow Creek League, first
game, Friday, 4:00 p.m.
MORROW COUNTY PICNIC
Annual Morrow County Picnic
Sunday, August 6
Laurelhurst Park, Portland
Potluck dinner
Everyone welcome.
Englishman's son
SPONSORED AS A PUBLIC
SERVICE BY
C. A. RUGGLES
Insurance Agency
Heppner
P. O. Box 247 PH. 676-9625
COMMUNITY
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