LltKARY u or o EUGENE, ORE. 97403 balk Kelly Prairie Project era I .1 Sue Greenup Chosen Lena Area Princess Royal court for the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo was completed last week with the announcement of its fourth prin cess. Sue Ellen Greenup, daughter or Mr. and Mrs. Don Greenup, was selected by the Lena Com munltv to serve on the 19C8 court. She completes the court or (jueen Bernlece Matthews, Princess Marcia Jones, Princess Sheila Luciani and Princess Kathy Hinton. Princess Sue Is the fourth member of her family to be cho I f ) v L - PRINCESS SUE GREENUP Wallace Brothers United in Vietnam News that her two sons are stationed just five miles apart at Chu-Lai, Vietnam, was received In a letter last week by the boys' mother. Mrs. Colleen Pad berg of Lexington. Air Force Staff Sgt. John Wal lace has been transferred from Osan Air Base, Korea, on a three- month temporary duty tour to Chu-Lai, where his younger brother, EON3 Gene Wallace, has ?oahop nn Hispnverinir that . Complete weather report for they were stationed close to one tlTX Jfeh another, the two got togeiner nff,-. e V na iiiKntn n attdv Hstma (nff w . , aiiLl wjuic a jivfii- i.! Tv. Wollono ,1,111 vvcujicsuay "" " vuunicis Thursday ocven jenia ui scivitc wiui lite HTidaV Air Force in August, while Gene Saturday Tirn Ainn . . . r fi wfcw.tjr Wallace, miau waao peny uj.ii- j Sunday cer, has Just nnisnea two years Monday son for the honor. Her aunt Mae Kilkenny served as queen of the 1925 court; her mother, tne for mer Colleen Kilkenny was a princess in 1941 and a queen In 1915, and her sister, Terryl Ann, was a princess on the 1964 court. Her family has had prominent interests in riding and promot ing the rodeos during the years, with her father an active mem ber of the rodeo committee. Rnlsed on the large family ranch northeast of Heppner, Sue has had many years of riding experience, helping with cattle drives and rounding up stock. She has kept very busy In her 4-H projects, and has many rib bons and awards to snow tor her accomplishments. She has worked nine years in 4-H clubs, and has served as president the past two years of the Hoof and Horn 4-H club. Her beef, sheep and dairy projects have won numerous champion and show manship awards. Through her work with livestock she has be come an accomplished judge, and has entered State Fair judg ing contests two years and the P-I judging contests for two years. School activities at Heppner High school also keep Princess bue busy. A member of the jun lor class, she has held offices in various clubs. She has held the offices of treasurer and vice president of the Girls' League. has been a leader in the Future Homemakers of America, tnree-year member of the pep club, a member or Future Bus lness Leaders of America and of the Girls Athletic Association This Is her second year as member of the National Honor Society. As a tribute to her pleasing personality and popularity. Sue was selected as the Girl of the Month in sportsmanship for the month of February. Besides her parents, the new princess shares her family ac tivities with two brothers. Gree. i ana Bin, it; and three sis ters, Terryl 20, ana Mary Ann 10, and Bridget, 9 months. 85th Year THE ; 1 EPPNER GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 29, 1968 10 Cents Mustangs in District 4tli StraigEit Year Vale Vikings First Foe At La Grande Friday Nice and Balmy! service with the Nevy. Tuesday HI Low Prec. 58 47 .11 60 45 .03 64 45 .16 59 42 58 34 57 34 60 33 i i.i, ii i ii nyi.nyiymi vm: tmm I " 1 ' niiiiiiiijw i i mi .1 1,. .,,.,, J . ' . V -f j I v , i . .. . tfiifcHilBajfcwIMa'Niitminiiw'Wi if MiMUfrJ mmtm .ifta,,,, , -, rx. al.-..!.,U....-'Jl-,. M KATHY KEENE lone High Valedictorian JANICE SNIDER lone High Salutatorian lone First to Announce 1968 Honor Students (ALSO SEE PAGE 5) For the fourth time in four years the Heppner High hoopsters are off to the district tournament in La Grande, March 1 and 2. The Mustang crew won the right to enter by defeating Sherman Coun ty Saturday night, 68-52, at Moro. This left the Mustangs in a first place deadlock with Wahtonka, which had walked on Pilot Rock Friday, 75-65, and thumped Madras, 66-50, Saturday night. A drawing conducted by telephone Monday morning gave Heppner first place seeding, although the Eagles and Mustangs will each receive a sub district championship trophy. week-end threw Pilot "lone High School is proud to principal said. announce its valedictorian and salutatorian from the graduat ing class of 1968," Principal Har old Beggs said Monday. Kathy Keene, daugiuer of Mr, and Mrs. Bryce Keene, is vale dictorian for the class of 1968 with a grade point average of d.82 for her four years of high school, Janice Snider is salutatorian with a grade point average of d.8i. She is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Snider, "Kathy and Janice are proof that a person can be a top stu dent and still participate in other phases of school life," the gaESgiajisiwi ii i nun ii I i. mm n m aim pi iiiiiui n ! - - 1 -i !, v - V" j "V. -'- DAVID HALL MERRI LEE JACOBS Seniors Receive Awards For Leadership Two Heppner High school seniors, Merri Lee Jacobs and David Hall, were announced as recipients of the annual Elks' vouth leadership awards at af ternoon ceremonies of the 71st anniversary celebration of Hepp ner Elks Lodge No. 358 on Sat urday afternoon, February 241. Making the presentation was R. R. (Whitey) Schroth, Hermis ton, 1st vice president of Ore gon State Elks Association. The recipients will receive U. S. Savings Bonds in recog nition of the honor. Merri Lee is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Jacobs of lone and has attended the Hepp ner High school all of her four years. She has achieved an en viable record of leadership in her class and in school organiza tions. During her freshmen and sophomore years she played in the pep band, has been a drill team member for three years and has participated in pep club, GAA, speech club, chorus, Girls' League and various class proiects. This year Merri Lee holds the office of secretary for the stu dent body. She was class repre sentative for five semesters and thereby served on the student council most of her high school career. Other duties have been secretary of her class and of the National Honor Society. Last year she was local win ner of the U. N. Pilgrimmage for Youth speaking contest, and was a delegate to Girls' State, spon sored by the American Legion Auxiliary. Dave, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eu gene Hall, has displayed out Standing leadership in an unus ually wide variety of interests through his years as a student at Heppner High school. A good background of leadership has developed through the years by working with livestock 4-H clubs, continuing on into out standing work in the Future Farmers of America chapter. He has held many responsible of fices in the FFA, has served as chapter president this year, and achieved the Chapter Star Farm er honor. Outstanding in sports, Dave has been a varsity letterman in football, basketball, track and baseball. He has represented his class on the student council both freshman and senior years, has served as president of the Nat ional Honor Society, and has been active on various class and H-Club committees. His 4-H livestock projects have won many awards at county fairs and livestock shows. Judging standards for the awards include: leadership, cit izenship appreciation, persever ance, resourcefulness, sense of humor, integrity, sportsmanship, general character and reputa tion. Neatness and arrangement of a brochure prepared for the award is also considered in the judging. Bureau Starting Soil Survey Work On Willow Project Walt Draper, Spokane, soil scientist for the Bureau of Rec lamation's Upper Columbia River develoDment office, tnis week is starting work in the field on the Bureau's survey ror the irri gation feature of the proposed Willow Creek project. He has scent several days in the county courthouse in prep-J ararion ior tne worK. 'It is now necessary to get on the land to make the soil sur vey to determine what the farmers' gains will be under full water right," he said. This is the first work on the lands that may be irrigated by the proposed project and is fi nanced by a $29,000 appropri ation authorized through Cong ress this year. Draper made it clear that farmers are not bound by any work that he does on their lands. He said that he will be checking soils and drainage, in filtration, percolation, and wai ter holding capacity. "I would like to have permis sion to go on all lands affect ed whether the owners approve of the proposed project or not," he said. "I will be more than happy to cooperate in every way." . Information available from the survey may be of value to the land owners whether they wish to come under the propos ed pro.iect or not, he said. Draper said that he will re spect fences, property lines, and all property on the farms. He said that he will not drive over any growing crops. In taking his soil samples, he will make bor ings five feet deep. He expects that his work will be done and his report will be ready on soils by May 15. On Monday, March 4, a group of economists and drainage spe cialists from the regional office in Denver will be here to ap praise drainage needs under full water right, he said. Future of the Willow Creek project depends to considerable extent on the outcome of the Bureau's study, since the irriga tion feature must be included to maintain a favorable benefit cost ratio on the project If suf ficient gains can be determined for the rarmers to make the ir rigation feasible, this will con tribute to the favorable ratio. Miss Keene has been active in the Girls Athletic association, on the high school annual, the school newspaper, on the stu dent council, and Is currently president of the National Hon or Society chapter. She has al so been a 4-H member and has served as vice-president and president of. her 4-H club Last year she was a delegate to Girls State Miss Snider is editor of the school newspaper, "The Card inal," and she has been active in Girls' Athletic association, on tne student council, and in mu sical groups. She, too, is a mem ber of the National Honor So ciety and is a member of the annual staff. "Both of these girls are high ly respected by their peers and adults as well," the principal added. "The lone school and community are proud of two fine students." these Farmers Urged To Attend Meet On Land Appraisal Ranchers of Morrow county are urged to attend a meeting Monday evening, March 4, at 8 p.m. in the Heppner High school cafetorium on the new method of valuing farm property, Coun ty Judge Paul Jones said Tues day. "Purpose is to explain to Mor row county taxpayers the mean ing and purpose of the new law regarding the method of valu ation of farm lands in the coun ty," the judge said. The new method is based on an income approach instead of a sales approach and was pass ed by the last session of the leg islature. Bill Townsend of the State Tax Commission and W. H, (Bill) Johnson, state appraiser, will conduct the meeting. The judge said he feels it "most imperative" that farmers attend the meeting, and other interested persons are invited to come. Morrow County Livestock Growers Association is helping to sponsor the meeting. Last week-end threw Rock out of the running for tournament berth. This came af ter the Rockets had led the league for most of the season The Rockets ended in third place in the western division Grant Union topped the east ern division of the Greater Ore gon League. The Prospectors emereed the champs by dump ing Vale in the last league clash, 52-50. Vale had previous lv led the league, and had post ed a close win over Grant Union in their first meeting in Vale. It has been a tradition, in the District A-2 playoff, for the lead er of each division to meet the second place club of the other division in tne first round, bo this year the first round pair ings will be Grant Union and Wahtonka in the first tilt at 7:30 p.m. The second clash brines Heppner and Vale togeth er at 9:15 p.m. The winners of these contests will play for the league crown at i:l5 p.m. on Saturday night. Losers play at 7:30 Saturday for consolation honors. Vale knocked the Horsemen out last year. The Vikings went on to take third place honors in the state tournament. Wah tonka represented Greater Ore gon at Coos Bay in 1966. Principal dick carpenter an nounced at a Monday assembly, held to inform students of tour nament plans, that all students who wish to attend the game may ride spectator buses with out charge. The Pep Band will play for Heppner's games both nights. The Drill Team will perform at halftime Friday night. The Horsemen have come a long way since the season start ed. In the first six games they were dumped four times; in the last six they swept to victory. Each game the Mustangs have gone into, in the last three weeks, has been more import ant than the one before. This week-end's games are more cru cial than ever, with the state tournament berth as the reward for the tournament winner. Hoopers to Leave For Tournament At 4 p.m. Friday Heppner High's basketball team will leave for the district tournament at La Grande at 4 p.m. Friday and will stop en route to eat at Pendleton, Principal Dick Carpenter said Tuesday. The spectator buses will leave at 3:30 p.m., allowing time to eat in La Grande be fore the evening's first game in the EOC gym between Grant Union and Wahtonka. Heppner plays Vale at 9:15 in the second contest of the op ening round. The tournament this year Is sponsored by the Optimist club in La Grande. Admission will be $1.50 for adults each night and $1 for students. Heppner High was determ ined the "first place" winner for the west for the purposes of pairings only when a flip of coin was accomplished via a 3-way telephone hookup. Joe De Marsh of Sherman County did the flipping at Mori while the Heppner and Wahtonka principals were connected by phone from their respective schools. Construction Started On City Water Tank BOARDMAN Construction of a 125,000 gailon overhead stor age water tank has begun for the city of Boardman with foun dation and plumbing work un derway now. It Is being construc ted by Chicago Bridge and Iron Co. with a low contract bid of $69,470, and is expected to take about three months to complete it. The tank will be located just west of the city hall and south of the grange hall. Number i unexpected Decision Stuns County Court Optimistic hopes for fish Im poundments at Kelly Prairie and Penland Prairie in Morrow coun ty took a severe setback this week with the announcement that the Bureau of Outdoor Rec reation of the U. S. Department of Interior will not participate in the projects with matching funds. The Morrow county court has not received the notice from the Seattle office of the Bureau dir ectly but received the Informa tion from Forrest Cujper, State Highway Engineer, who was no tified that the Bureau of Out door Recreation would not par ticipate in the project that had been approved by the State Game Commission. Copy of the letter to Cooper was forwarded to the Morrow county court. Written by Fred J. Overly, reg ional director of the Bureau, the letter states that approximate ly 85 of the shoreline of the Kellv Prairie project would be on Forest Service land. Forest Service Obligation Cited "It seems clear that the re suiting public use would then obligate the Forest Service to provide recreational facilities and services," he wrote. "The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act provides a distinct separation between State and Federal programs, with the Fed eral program being limited en tirely to land acquisition." He continued later In the let ter, "The Bureau policy in the administration of the Grants-in-Aid program is not to assist any non-Federal project which obli gates a Federal agency to de velop or maintain and operate outdoor recreation facilities. For these reasons, the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation cannot par ticipate in either acquisition or development projects with States or their political subdivis ions on inholdings within the boundaries of National Forests." Overly concluded his letter by saying, "The projects appear to have merit, and we are hopeful that the State Game Commis sion may find some other meth od of financing them." County Judge Paul Jones said, however, that the Game Com mission has stated it cannot proceed without the Federal funds. It had hoped to receive $200,000 in the matching money of which $22,500 would be for acquisition of the land and $175,000 for building the dam. Although much of Kelly Prairie Is on private land, the shore line, as Overly stated, would be about 85 on Forest Service land. Would Be Second Largest If a 100 ft. dam were construc ted at the site, the Kelly Prairie impoundment could reach as much as 519 surface acres. This, then, would be the second larg est impoundment in the State of Oregon and nearly 18 times the size of Bull Prairie, wnicn is 29 surface acres. Both Judge Jones and County Commissioner Jack VanWinkle expressed keen disappointment when they made the announce ment Tuesday. They had been very hopeful that the projects at least the Kelly Prairie proj ect could be culminated soon and to this time, nothing had appeared to block the project after consent had been received by the private owners to part with the land involved. To sav that the Court as well as other agencies and individu als concerned are bitterly dis appointed at this decision is put ting it mildly," a prepared statement from the .Morrow county court said. "We had not dreamed tnat any construction of this nature could be placed on the applica- (Continued on page 8) Services to Observe World Day of Prayer Local observance of the World Day of Prayer will be held with a service of meditation to be held at the Methodist church on Friday, March 1, from 12-1 p.m. The World Day of Prayer com munity service is being intro duced in the area for the first time. It is sponsored nationally by the National Council of Churches, and locally by the South Morrow Ministerial Assoc iation. Another event in keeping with the national observance will be a mayor's prayer breakfast, to be held from 7-8 a.m. on Friday. This event will be co-sponsored by the Morrow county Jaycees, Mayor Clarence Rosewall, and the South Morrow county Min isterial Association, and attend ed by invitation. p1 ;l 4-' V If JEFF WALLACE ot Umopine chapter. Future Farmers of America, state sentinel of the organiza- tion. congratulates uavia Hall (second rrom rigm; ioiiowing annum wwiuei ucki""' chapter here last Thursday night Gene Hall, father of David, who was chosen an honorary member, is at right At far left is Principal Dick Carpenter, who also was named an honorary member, and Hal Whitaker. chapter advisor, is second from left Wallace was speaker at the banquet, and David Hall was toastmaster, being president elf the chapter. He also won many awards, including the chapter Star Farmer trophy, which he holds. Riley Munkers (not pictured) was also awarded a plaque for outstanding service to FFA by the Morrow County Grain Grow ers. (Story on page 8) (G-T Photo).