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John Day Fool To Begin Rise Tuesday, April 16 The 77-mllo lonR pool behind John Day unm on the tuium bin River will bedn to rise on the morning of Tuesday, April 16, preliminary to placing the navigation iock, runways, ana spillway tn operation. First pow er on the line will follow sometime In June. This significant date, await ed for a decade by Pacific Northwest residents, was an nounced today by Brigadier General Elmer P. Yates, Divis ion Engineer of the North Pa cific Division, Army Corps of Engineers. One of the largest multipur pose hydroelectric projects in the United States, John Day Lock and Dam was designed and built by the Corps of Engineers' Walla Walla District The Port land District will operate the huge project when It is placed in service. Within three to five days, wa ter Is expected to rise nearly 100 teei oemim tne asm. lite pool containing 2.000.000 acre-feet of water will form Lake Umatlllit, extending to McNary Dam, 77 miles upstream, ana providing the final link in sluck-water navigation from tidewater to Paxco-hennewlck. With the concurrence of Fed eral and State Fish and Game officials, a decision was made to fill the pool as rapidly as possible In order to provide the use of permanent fish-passage facilities to meet the spring runs of Chinook salmon. Cooperation of agencies In the entire Columbia-Snake River Basin has been obtained to In sure a water flow sufficient to fill the pool within the planned time schedule. Potential releas es from upstream reservoirs have been assured through co ordinated action by the Corps of engineers, the Bureau or Keca mation, Idaho Power Company, and Bonneville Power AdmlnU tratlon. Columbia Kiver water flows, to arrive In the Lake Umatilla pool during the plan ned rising, will be augmented by releases from Grand Coulee, Albenl Falls, Brownlee. Ice liar bor, and McNary reservoirs aa the need may Indicate. During the first day after the closure, there will be no water flow past John Day Dam. Min Imum flow of the river down stream will be maintained by releases from The Dalles and Bonneville reservoirs. After the reservoir behind John Day reaches an elevation of five feet above the spillway crest a re lease of at least 50,000 cubic feet per second will be made at John Day Dam to maintain flow in the lower river. This release Moving Now Starting at Riverside Any alumni of Riverside Men school, Boardman, who have nostalgic memories of the school and want to preserve them, had better take their cameras and get pictures of the building: very soon. First stages of moving to the new Riverside building are un derway, although It will not get into full momentum until "spring vacation" week of April 8-12. The old building must be abandoned, according to agree ment with the salvage contract or on Aoril 10. and the John Day dam waters will start to rise on April lb. Schedule of the moving pro cess was presented at tne reg ular school directors' meeting; held Monday night at Heppner High school. Playground equip ment, gym backstops and out door equipment have been re moved, and equipment from the old gym was to be removed Monday and Tuesday. The gym was to be vacated bv Wednesday, ana tne salvage contractor was to claim it for wrecking. Grade school equipment Is scheduled to be moved March 25 to 29 and classes for the pri mary students will be installed in the Greenfield Grange build ing for the balance of the year. Shop equipment will be moved to tne shop area in tne new Riverside building, lighting fix tures will be removed from the elementary building and paper and other supplies will be mov ed to the new building. The elementary building will be vacated by April 1 and turn ed over to the contractor. On April 5, student desks, teach ers' desks, and miscellaneous equipment will go to the new building. Remaining equipment will be removed from April 6-9. Spring vacation if it can be called that will provide oppor tunity for the high school to get installed in that portion of the new building far enough along for occupancy. Work in other portions of the building will continue while school Is in session. Riverside and Boardman ele mentary students did not take their vacation at the same time the rest of the county was out oi school because of the forth coming move. School will resume after spring vacation there on April 15 and will continue until May 29. Calendar Adopted The directors Monday night adopted school calendar for 1968-69, fixing the following dates: August 27. 1968. build ing in-service day (one-half day for new teachers only); August 28, teacher in-service day (for all teachers): August 29, 30, teacher work days (no stu dents); September 3, first day of school; November 11, Veter an's Day (no school); Novem ber 28. 29, Thanksgiving vaca tion; December 20, Christmas vacation begins at regular dis missal time: January 2. 1969, school resumes; March 17 to 21, spring vacation; May 21, River side graduation; May 22, lone graduation; May 23, Heppner graduation; May 29, last day of school for students; June 2, report cards mailed home. There will be 177 student days in the school year and 181 teacher days. Terms to Expire It was announced that the term of Dr. L. D. Tibbies, direct or of Zone VII (Heppner), will expire June 30. Advisory com mittee positions which will ex pire the same date and length of term for the position are as follows: Heppner Dr. Wallace Wolff, 2 years; Mary Ann Bar clay, 3 years; and Edda Mae Lovgren, 3 years; lone James Barnett, 3 years; Dorothy Krebs, years; Boardman Irma west. years; and Irngon Margaret Joreensen, 3 years. Those who wish petitions to circulate for candidates lor these offices may obtain them at the school office. School elec- PUTMAN FLYING, INC. WEED SPRAYING CALL HOTEL HEPPNER PH. 676-9623 tlon is scheduled for May 6, but petitions must be In at an earlier date. Resignations Told Two resignations were receiv ed at the board meeting. Mrs. Doris Brosnan resigned from the Heppner High faculty effective at the end of the year because she is expecting a child, and Mrs. Ruth Coy resigned from the Riverside High faculty. The board accepted the resignations ana passed a motion to send the teachers letters of commen dation for their work in the sys tern. On motion of Director Jack Sumner, the board unanimously voted to send commendation to the student body officers, coach es, and players of Heppner High scnooi lor tnetr state tourna ment basketball effort. The board approved a supple mental budget that is designed to lane care or the technicality of removing $8000 from a fund for improving' the Morgan Street extension to Heppner Hish school in order to make it avail able for use in the teacheraee fund. There is a deficit in the latter fund created by the nec essity of building a house in lone, and the $8000 for the im provement project could not be used because the state declined to do the project on the pro posed matching basis. The teacheraee fund will pav back the $8000 over a three- year period from rentals, mak ing the money available for the street improvement work at a later date. I.E.D. Plans Talked Directors discussed proposals for reorganizing the Intermedi ate Education districts and vot ed to the effect that Morrow county's first choice would be to unite with Union and Uma tilla counties to form a district. Second choice would be to unite with Umatilla alone. The 3-count plan drew most favor because of the broader tax base that it would encompass Another meeting on the I.E.D. reorganization is scheduled in La Grande Saturday, and it is expected that the Morrow coun ty district will be represented. Insurance Discussed Supt. Ron Daniels told the board that a new state law re moves the district from immun ity from lawsuit, opening the possibility of suits on liability. Because of this, he said he is investigating cost of liability insurance and will report his findings to the board. He also reported on the cost of theft insurance in view of the fact that the district has suf fered losses of $1200 from breakins this vear. For a premium of $154' per year, all buildings would be covered for property thefts up to $1000 and monetary loss of $500, with $50 deductible on the property only, he said. The board favored the insurance. will be continued for the re malnder of the filling period, estimated to last about four day. Although lower flows havo been experienced below Bonne vllle Dam under natural rondlt Ions, these will be the lowest sustained flows for a consider able number of years, and will be markedly lower than the regulated flows experienced dur Ing the past decade. As a result of these low flows, river stages on the lower Col umbia River below Bonneville Dam will be abnormally low. It Is estimated thut during times of low tide river stages at Port anl and Vancouver could be as low as minus 0.5 feet. The John Day navigation lock has been closed since January to permit tne nnai stages of con struction. During this period temporary trans-shipment facili ties were provided for passage of liquid cargo. These will be removed prior to raising the pool, and the removal will start about the first of ApriL In the Intervening time, the Coast Guard will remove old navigation channel markers and remark traffic routes for the new Lake Umatilla. Closure of The Dalles and Bonneville locks for periodic maintenance Is also scheduled during the 15-day period preceding the start of the pool raising. The John Day project will be come fully operational when first power Is placed on the line, probably early in June. The protect will be dedicated with appropriate public ceremonies in September. John Day is one of the great est multipurpose projects ever built bv the Corps of Engineers. General Yates said, pointing out the vast benefits accruing from its construction. These include closing the final link in slack water navigation in the Colum bia all the way to the Trl-City area; 2.5 million kilowatts of power generating capacity Init lallv. and over 3 million kilo watts in the ultimate installa tion; and 500,000 acre-feet of storage for control of floods on the Columbia River. Visitors early last week at the home of Mrs. Alma Morgan and Harriet Evans were Mrs. Evans' brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sprouls of Park dale, and Mr. and Mrs. Monte Brown of Portland. Mrs. Brown is a niece of Mrs. Evans. Also visiting over the week-end were Mr. and Mrs. Keith Connor of Beaverton, who visited his fath er and step mother. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Connor, and his bro ther, Nelson Connor, while stay ing at the home of another bro ther and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Dean t Connor. Hermiston Boy Wins U. N. Speech Contes Michael Davidson of Ilermla ton was Judged district winner of this year's U. N. Pilgrimage for Youth speech contest, held in Pendleton IOOF hall on Sunday, March 10. The essay topic was The Strength and Weakness of the United Nations." Ralph Thonstad of Umatilla High school was a close runner up. Others participating were Linda McKenny of Powder Val ley High school; Robert Baum of Union High school, and Arnold Lloyd of Summervtlle. This was the first time for several years that Heppner High school was not represented. The sponsoring organizations. Odd Fellow and Rebekah lodges, are the only fraternal organ Iza tions which have the privilege or sending sophomores and lun lore or public high schools to be received ana conducted through tne united nations ior study purposes. As of last year over 10.000 students had been rotated throughout the summer months on this project Each state Is dl vided Into areas, with each area selecting the method whereby a student is chosen to win this tour. Jack Sumner of Heppner Is this year's chairman of local area No. 16, comprised of four counties, Morrow, Umatilla, un Ion and Wallowa. He presided at the area speak-on on March 10. Introduced were Mrs. M. N. Kirk, Hermiston, state com m 1 1 1 e e member on this project; Mrs. R, U. McMurtry, Heppner, secre' tary of the local committee, and the Judges, Mrs. Kay Chapman of fendieton High school, Mrs. Del la Lindsay, English instructor at Riverside High school, and Mrs. Doris Brosnan, faculty member or Heppner mgn school, tacn was presented an orchid corsage by Chairman isumner. Chairman Sumner was a stu dent winner of the Pilgrimage tour when he represented Hepp ner High school in 1953, and has since had an active interest in this project. Of interest to Hepp ner residents, too, is the fact that this year's winner, Michael Davidson is a grandson of the late William O'Rourke who as a young man resided in Heppner. HEPPNEI GAZETTE-TIMES. Thundery. March SI. 1961 Mrs. Clarence Porter, daugh ter of Mrs. Alena Anderson, and Suzanne Martin, granddaughter of Mrs. Anderson, flew from Portland to Pendleton Monday. March 11, for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Anderson here, ine Heppner couple drove to Pen dleton to bring them home. On Friday another daughter, Mrs. Adelia Martin, mother of Su zanne, drove from Portland to Join the group and later took them back by auto. Work Progresses On Civil Defense Further organization work was done on Morrow county Civil De fense at a meeting In Heppner on February 20 with 27 persons attending, including uan Viera, aisirict coordinator. Discussion was held on the emergency alerting system, on handling fire emergencies, on radios and communications, on radiological defense, community shelters, and other matters. At the meeting Harold (Doc) Sherer was appoinaed chief of the engineering department; Vic Groshena was appointed shelter operations chier; Mrs. Herman Green deputy director of admin Istration; Lowell Challey In charge of welfare; Groshens deputy for logistics: Herman Green chief of manpower and chief of transportation; Bud Springer chief of maintenance; D. E. Hudson chief of supply; and Bob Jepscn communications officer. Dr. L. D. Tibbies is chief of medical needs and health and Don Munkers is chief of rescue. Sweeney Chosen County Chairman Of College Group Jerry Sweeney of Heppner has been appointed Morrow county chairman of Colleges for Ore- gons Future, a statewide or ganization dedicated to public undcrs t a n d 1 n g of post-high school educational needs. The appointment was an nounced by Charles A. Sprague, Salem, former Oregon governor and chairman of the state ChUr committee. At the same time the reappointment of Allen R. Nls- tad of Klnzua as Wheeler county chairman and the appointment of Richard J. Jaeger of Condon as Gilliam county chairman were announced. Colleges for Oregon's Future was organized four years ago and recently incorporated as a non-profit group. The executive board or aw recently passed a resolution sup porting a ballot measure which proposes a long range bonding formula for state-supported higher education and communi ty college building projects. The measure will be on the May primary election ballot. Sprague is one or three for mer Oregon governors serving on the state CFOF committee. The others are Robert D. Holmes of Portland and Elmo Smith of Albany. The meeting followed a din ner, and Judge Paul Jones open ed the session, after which he turned it over to Vlera for dis cussion. Viera presented the Civil De fense organization chart and ex plained it to the various chiefs. The state warning system was explained in answer to a ques tion by Sheriff C. J. D. Bauman. All counties would be alerted by the state system In event or. an emergency, Viera said. Judge Jones pointed out that the radio base station in the courthouse has been approved. The Judge said that North Lex ington and Ruggs have shelters which have not been surveyed, and Vlera advised that the Corps of Engineers has been re quested to survey them. The iudee also announced that plans are being formulated to proceed with a community shelter to be built in Lexington with county supplies, labor and equipment on a lot owned by the City of Lexington In order to determine the cost at which a shelter could be built In other areas In the county and to pro vide shelter for the people of Lexington which is not now available. Manv questions were asked by various persons and answers discussed. Attending the meeting were Judge Jones, Sheriff Bauman, Harold Sherer, Mrs. Herman Green, Stanley Cox, Mayor W. C. Rosewall, Vlera, County Com missioner Jack VanWlnkle. Fire Chief Forrest Burkenblne Leon ard Munkers, D. E. Hudson, Her man Green, Perry Pummel of Irrigon police, Mrs. Dorothy Vlera, Civil Defense Instructor, County Commissioner Wal t e r Hayes, Chief of Police Eldon Tucker of lone, Bob Jepsen, Bud Springer. Chief of Police Glen Kolkhorst of Heppner, Zearl Gill espie of Boardman, City Supt. Vic Groshens, Civil Defense Dir ector Ted Smith, Bud Wilson, Mrs. Etta Parker, Wayne Harsln, Don Munkers and Roy Barnett, lone city CD director. Flatt's Truck Service PHONE 989-8420 For Fast and Dependable FREIGHT TRUCK SERVICE Dally Oremlght Ssrrlce From Portland Including Saturdays MOVING? CALL US GENE OBWICK TAKE THE WORK OUT OF LAWN MOWING-- 4 Different Models in Stock - Black & Decker Electric Lawn Mowers VA H. P. to 15s H. P. MOTORS LET US CHANGE YOUR TIRES o o own WE WILL- 1. Take Off Your Two Winter Tires 2. Mount- Your Two Summer Tires 3. 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