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-
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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.
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