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y LI BFAUT 0 OF 0 EUGENE. ORE 07403 Judge Jones Tells Road Oiling Plans County Judge Tnul Jones told llevetl that additional work of the county' plans for oiling would be done each year until ronds In l'.HlH 69 In a talk at the the Willow Creek highway. was Chamber of Commerce meeting April 22. rians call for olllne 19.0 miles of ronds or as much as can be completed, he stild. Inrluded will be 5.3 miles on Hit? Buuer creek. 3.0 miles on Little Butter creek, 3.0 miles on Willow Creek (nhtive the Dresent oiled road). 1.5 miles on the Valhy road, 1.5 miles on Hhea Creek, 1.5 miles on Swaggnrl Road, 1.5 on the road from Ken Turners 10 nonn LexInKton, and 1.5 miles on the Sandhollow rond. In addition. It Is expected that 10 miles will be repealed. Stating that the county Is ap proaching the end of the budg et year, the Judge predicted that Indications are that the road funds may be up for 1908-69 because some additional re ceipts, other than taxes, are an ticipated. "The road fund may go up to $300,000," he said. However, tending to offset the expected Increase In revenue will be a decrease In levy from the new method of reappraising farm land. The Judge said that the coun ty's assessed valuation, nearly $1000,000,000 at true cash value, may drop as much as $8 million by the new method. Thus, the approved road serial levy, fixed by the special election recently, will not bring as much. Judge Jones said that the amount may drop to $137,500 on the serial levy from the $150, 000 that the levy was set to bring. For practical purposes, the county Is using the conserv ative figure of $135,000 on which to make plans for road work. Adding to the receipts other than taxes are a share of funds from traffic fines. It has been ruled that these are to go Into the road fund. The Judge said that he had contacted Kred Hill of the State Highway Commission to set up an appointment for the county and Chamber representatives to appear before the commission and tell of needs on state high ways here. The appointment, yet to be confirmed, will be some time in May. The Judge said tnat ne naa been advised to concentrate efforts towards improving the state highways on extending the improved stretch towards Lex ington. A three-mile stretch from Heppner was rebuilt about two years ago, and it was De n'huilt. but antiaremlv luck of funds prevented continuing the program for this year. Judge Jones also reported on an appearance before the leg islature's Interim committee on highways In Pendleton last Monday, where he made a statement on road conditions and needs In the county on be half of the Chamber of Com merce and the county. Also speaking at the Chamber meeting April 22 was Orville Cutsforth who showed Impres sions of Indian carvings that had been taken, using cloth and paint, from rocks along the Col umbia. Some were from the area now flooded bv Lake Uma tllla, located across from Bla lock. Mayor Rosewall Urges Civic Pride In Chamber Talk 85th Year Number 10 THE )W HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursdoy, Moy 2, 1968 10 Cents Music Program To Use 'Wafer' Theme at PTA A musical program featuring ballads, folk songs and many surprise appearances, will be presented by elementary pupils at the PTA meeting next Wed nesday, May 8, at 8 p.m., under the direction of Mrs. Ola Mae Groshens, music instructor for the HeDDner schools. The program theme will be "Water," and the group of songs chosen for this particular pro gram will be in keeping with the theme, as the students have studied the important roie it plays in everyday living, espec iallv in this area. Soloists and ensembles will appear throughout the program and 4th graders win present sev eral musical selections. Nominations and elections of 'officers for next year will be held at this meeting, and short reports will be heard from dele gates who attended the state PTA convention held recently in Portland. A brief report on the financial outcome of the band carnival will be heard, and scholarship committee chair man, Alan Martin, will report on his committee activities. The meeting will be held in the multipurpose room at the grade school. Jaycees Select New Officers Selection of Jerry Hollomon to serve as president of the Mor orw County Jaycees was made at the last meeting Wednesday, April 24. Other officers elected to serve for the ensuing year are Bruce Rigby, 1st vice president; Tom Wilson, 2nd vice president; Pat Wonser, secretary; Al Osmin, treasurer; Lyle Jensen, internal director; and Jay Dee Hudson, external director. Outgoing president, Clyde Allstott, was elected to serve as a state dir ector for the coming year. In this capacity, he will attend state meetings and report pro ceedings to the local club. Officers will be installed Sat urday, May 4, at an installation banquet to be held in the Wag on Wheel banquet room at 7:30 p.m. Announcement of Morrow county's outstanding Jaycee of the year will be made at the banquet. Paul Budke, Pilot Rock, recent ly selected candidate for state vice president from District 13, is expected to attend the ban quet, as are other guests from clubs in the surrounding area. Mavor W. C. Rosewall urged all business people and the pub lic at large to take more pride in their city in a report oi ine municipal development commit tee of the Heppner-Morrow miintv Chamber of Commerce at the Monday meeting oi the organization. He said that he plans to pro claim a Cleanup-Paintup day sometime this montn ana re nuosted whole hearted partici pation of the community In the program. The mayor said that business es might brighten up by paint ing their store fronts. He also pointed out that window dis plays are the "eyes" of the store and suggested changing the dis nlava once each week at least The importance of trading at home was also stressed in tne talk and he urged the business people to follow the practice of trading at home themselves. In the matter of civic pride, he suggested, "We all might try shaving and putting on a ciean shirt in the morning." As a part of its work, the committee has been working on obtaining new retail businesses for the community. The mayor told of showing one such pros pect the town recently and said, "It is quite an experience." He said that one inquiry has come through the state's Eco nomic Development Division from a manufacturer seeking a location in the Ponderosa pine country. Gene Pierce, chairman of the development committee, sent a letter in answer to the inquiry and Mayor Rosewall followed up with a compilation of facts and information on Heppner. u . v r"- f I'.-r - . I -f jr. ; v' bi ?- ' ' - - I r-' - 'i-V : Schoo Set M Vote onqay (Editorial on page 2) Voters will cast ballots on the 19G8.G9 Morrow county school district budget at an election Monday throughout the county. At the same time they will vote for a district director for the one position open and choose sever al advisory committeemen. Running concurrently with the county election will be the Blue Mountain Community College district election with two direct ors to be chosen. Ballots will ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR stops on tha Portland Eighth Grade tour to Morrow county over tho weekend was that at the George Currtn & sons iatue nancn. in un pnoio non .uma gie u demonstration of marking and branding calves. Touring Students Learn of Wheat, Cattle on Visit Recreation Plan For Summer Eyed Some 110 students in upper grades and high school m Hepp ner have indicated a desire to participate in a summer recrea tion program here, Principal Dick Carpenter of the high school reported at the Chamber of Commerce meeting April 22. Carpenter made the report lor the Rev. Dirk Rinehart, chair man of the youth activities com mittee of the Chamber, who could not be present. Rinehart had proposed the summer rec reation program several weeks aeo in a meeting with county, city and school officials. He proposed an evening pro gram. 7 to 9. four nights per week with gymnastics and var ious games and athletic activi ties to be offered for both boys and girls. The survey was taken through the schools to determine the amount of interset. Carpenter said that most response came from eighth graders and high school students. Tentative plans call for using the high school gym on the rec reation program and using col lege students for recreation leaders. Adults of the commun ity may also be called upon to help offer supervision. Directors of the Chamber of Commerce have pledged S100 towards the program if it proves to be feasible and there is su fficient interest to start it. It is expected that $300 to $400 would carry the program through June and until late July by using the school facilities. The survey results will now be studied by the committee fur ther to determine the next step. Memorial Day Picnic Planned Memorial Day, Thursday, May 30, will be the date of the an nual Morrow county Pioneer Memorial Picnic, it was an nounced this week by Harold Cohn, this year's chairman. The usual good attendance of pioneer residents both within and outside the county is ex pected for the annual reunion, to be held at the Heppner fair pavilion, starting with registra tion at 10:45 a.m. A potluck din ner will be served at noon. Thirty -four touring eighth graders, all but one from Port land, visited wheat and live stock ranches In bright Morrow county sunshine over the weeK, end. accompanied by host stu dents, a lew aauits and two chaperones. One of the group was a stu dent from Oregon School for the Blind, Salem. When thev left Sunday alter- noon. thev had a good picture of the wheat and livestock coun try in their minds, and there was every indication mat tney naa a thoroughly enjoyable time. Gail Mccarty wno nimseir had a touch of sunburn from exposure to the weather, even though he is used to it pro nounced the fifth annual tour another fine success. As usual, some of the un scheduled incidents provided part of the interest. Deer came by the road as the tour passed near the Ken Turner ranch Sat urday, and this tickled the city kids. Perhaps they were impres sed with the fact that this truly is the country "where the deer (but not the antelope) play." Alone with the home kids. they consumed lamb shoulder chops with relish at a barbecue lunch Friday at the ranch of Jerry and Nancy Myers, 'lney thought the steaks were delic ious. But when they were asked how many didn't like lamb, most of them raised their hands, not realizing that they had just eaten lamb. The chops were fur nished by the C & B feedlot of Hermiston. Manager is Chef Tom Watson, C & B sheep manager, was the chef at the barbecue and nroved to be a good one. Nancy Myers and the Pine City home extension unit prepared the rest of the meal. Jerry and JNancy lease tne ranch from Jasper Myers. The youngsters saw the Walt Wigglesworth hay ranch as the first stop on the tour after ar rivins Friday morning. After the orientation meeting at the My ers' ranch and lunch there, they saw a film of the C & B sheep feeding operation, then went on to the George Currin ranch for demonstrations of branding and vaccinating calves that proved fascinating to them. Ron- Currin gave the demonstrations. Mrs. Bill (Kite) Healy gave the tourists some information on horses and horsemanship, and Patty Luciani and Jeanne Daly rode to demonstrate tne Doints she brought out. Hack Bloom of Stanfield also gave a demonstration of horse shoeing at this stop. This concluded the first big day, and the visitors went to the homes of their host families for the night. On Saturday morning they started fresh, stopping at the North Lexington elevator to see wheat loaded and unloaded, and then went to the Tad Miller ranch where the chairman of the Morrow county rodeo told them about farm equipment and machinery. See Air Demonstration Mel Boyer of the Lexington Airport gave them a demonstra tion of airplane spraying, al ways a popular part of the tour, and they then moved on to the Fritz Cutsforth place to see irri gation in operation and hear an explanation of specialty crops. They went across country in the school buses to the Ken Turner ranch where conservation practices were observed, and 1 I t ' - v i ,v X. f 1 I 1 . t ., .. 'I : a;- f . be given at the same time voters come for the county election. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. to comply with a new law. Previously, the polls were open from 2 until 8 p.m. Polling places are at the dis trict office In Lexington, at the city hall in Boardman, at the A. C. Houghton school In Irrl gon, at the Heppner Elementary school In Heppner, the lone school In lone, and at the Rhea Creek Grange Hall at Kuggs. Budget Increased The budget for 1DG8G9 will require a tax levy of $16-1,788 more than that for 19C7-68. This would mean that taxes for school purposes would be up about 16, although the total budget is Increased only 8. The difference is due to the fact that receipts other than taxes are expected to be down sharply and because of a deficit expected in view of the fact that receipts were below those an ticipated this year. Increases In teacher salaries mean that the amount budgeted for instruction is up. However, Supt. Ron Daniels points out that elimination of several teaching positions throughout the district by combining as signments has cut the increase figure about in half. Sharp increases in lixed charges, over which the district has no control, are also par tially responsible for the higher budget. Both Social Security and Public Employes Retirement Fund casts are up substantial ly. Necessary remodeling at lone and Heppner Elementary schools Is another factor involved. This is necessary to comply with state standards. The amount of tax above the 6 limitation is $801,698 and this may moan a levy of $9.85 per thousand dollars of true cash value for that outside the limitation, but it could be low er, depending on the amount of the county's assessed valuation. This total valuation figure has not been established definitely as of this time. Daniels estimates that if the budget is approved, taxpayers will pay a total of approximate- 1 .. CIO EA M Vn ..... Ank some points in interclass com- the S" ath"UmLn e I amounts both itislde and out-JSKSPi1..!!!1- itif" side the limitation and that not Blood Donations Short of Goal; 55 Pints Given Blood donations at the Red Cross drawing at the Elks Tem ple Tuesday fell 35 pints short of the goal, despite work of Heppner High school students in recruiting donations, Mrs. Or ville Cutsforth, blood program chairman for the Morrow coun ty chapter, reported Tuesday night. The students did a good job contacting the public, but too many just didn't appear," Mrs. Cutsforth sa!d. "Quite a few couldn't be here for various rea sons." Fifty-five pints were given, elcht would-be donors were re jected because they had colds or for other reasons, and one par tial donation was given. Goal was set at 90 pints. High schpol students also staffed the center. Only two adults, other than nurses and doctors, worked at the drawing. These were Mrs. Cutsforth and Mrs. Ted Smith. "The students did a real good job staffing the center. They were exceptionally efficient," Mrs. Cutsforth said. Steve Pettyjohn, co-chairman with John Rawlins of the stu dents' participation, said that seniors won the contest for pro curing donors. This wins them TOM WATSON, sheep manager of the C & B ranch, is caught in a cloud of smoke as he barbecues steaks for lunch of tour ing Eighth Graders Friday. After 100 on the tour had consum ed 150 steaks, the eighth graders were asked if they liked lamb. Most of them said they did not but agreed that the steaks they had Just finished were delicious. They were lamb shoulder chops 1 Watson received many compliments on the barbecued meat. (Gail McCarty photo). IEW to Ask Congress For Willow Dam Funds A delegation from the Inland support, he said (Continued on page 8) Empire Waterways association will ask the pudiic worKS sud enmmiltee of Congress for a $225,000 appropriation for pre- construction worn on tne wil low Creek project, Bruce Cowen, pxprntive vice president of the association, told members of the lone Lions club in a tain at their meeting at the Wagon Wheel Cafe in Heppner April 22. "We are going after the Wil low Creek reservoir," Cowens said. However, he pointed out that the project has not been included in the President's budget for the upcoming fiscal year, and he pointed out the Willow Creek project is one of 113 which the Inland Empire association will support at its appearances in Washington this week. Oscar Peterson, a director of the association and a member of its executive committee, went on the trip, leaving over the week-end, and will lend his vnirv in SUDDOrt of the Willow Creek project. He has made four other trips to wusiuukiuu support projects for benefit of the county. Cowen showed a thick plastic bound book that he had pre pared to support testimony of the delegation. The speaker pointed out that Inland Empire Waterways rep rpepnts more than the area of the eastern parts of Oregon and Washington. It extends as far as Coos Bay and to Seattle. Ev en Alaska has asked for its Onlv about 40 of the projects to be supported in Washington have been approved by the Bur eau of Budget. The Willow Creek project is not one of the 40. However, the $225,000 will be requested, nevertheless, to get more preconstruction work underway on the project which has been authorized by Con gress but has been held up by lack of appropriation of funds. Cowen spoke also of the de velopment of the Columbia Riv er and described the John Day dam as "the largest single pow erhouse in the world." He point ed out that it is far from com pleted, since work on the tur bines will continue for four years. The Walla Walla man told of the need for pollution abate ment and control and for fish and wildlife enhancement. He discussed power needs and said that the work of the last 30 years in building power poten tial for today's capacity must be equalled in the next 10 years. In this connection he touched on the necessity of going to nu clear power plants. In view oi continuously in creasing population, more must be done about recreation, more power must be provided, a bet ter transportation system must be developed, and our water must be taken care of, the speaker said. Ttte 11J proiecis muuueu in the Inland Empire Waterways' presentation represents 25.2 of (Continued on page 8) Winning class will have a half- day out of school to work on the Heppner townwide cleanup later this month. Juniors are ahead on the over all contest to date, Pettyjohn said. Last year, students pushed the blood donations over tne top with their recruitment work. Pettyjohn said that he felt they didn't work on it as hard this year. Moonlight Sale Held Big Success Hermner's second Moonlight Sale, held Friday night for a 3 -hour period, proved to be an outstanding success, according to Bill Hust, chairman of the merchants committee of the Heppner-Morrow county Cham ber of Commerce. The first sale, held last Sept ember, had surprised merchants with the response, but the sec ond sale brought even better re sults, Hust said Store owners were highly pleased. "We want to thank everyone for their participation. Response of the public was tremendous," Hust said. "With this type or re action, we know that the public appreciates our efforts, and we can use this as a guide in en deavoring to stage even better promotions in the future." Shoppers came from a wide area to join the crowds at the Moonlight Sale. Stores were busv from the time they re opened at 7 p.m. until clos ing. A few stores said that re sponse was less than the Sept ember sale, but most did more business and some reported sales were "half again" as much. Jaycees to Hold Auto Road-E-O Plans are underway for the county-wide teenage Auto Road-E-O, sponsored locally by the Morrow County Jaycees. Local competition is scheduled for Sat urday, May 18, at 1:00 p.m. at the county fairgrounds, with youth, 19 years of age and un der, urged to compete. This year's chairman, John Privett, urges aiiy licensed girl or boy driver currently enrolled as a high school student, to sec ure entry forms at their high schools or from him, and turn them in either to him, or to Jerry Hollomon or to the Hepp ner Auto Sales office. Local winners will advance to the state contest, to be held in Milwaukie on Sunday, June 9, with all expenses paid, and op portunity to win trophies and cash prizes. State champions re ceive a 5-day, all-expense-paid trip to the national finals at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. i subject to the limitation. Lower than Others Some districts in the eastern Oregon area will pay as much as $21 per $1000 true cash value for that portion of their budgets outside the limitation alone, he said. The budget committee, com posed of directors and lay mem bers, have proposed the 1968-69 budget as a "realistic" one, seeking to correct the deficit situation that occurred when re ceipts of the past two years did not measure up to expectations. "If this budget passes, we hope for a cash carryover next year," Daniels said. He said that he nas advisea administrators and teachers that no more purchase orders are to be written for the remain der of the year unless they are in the nature of emergencies. Dr. Wolff Candidate Dr. Wallace Wolff is a can didate for the one director po sition open on the ballot, that for a Heppner city zone. Dr. L. D. Tibbies, currently serving in this position, is not a candidate, and Dr. Wolff is running unop posed. For many years, Dr. Wolff has been keenly interested in school affairs and has served on the advisory committee and other committees concerned with school matters. Voters around the county cast ballots on the director even though he is from the Heppner zone. However, on the advisory committee positions only those in the area vote on the candi dates for the advisory commit tee serving them. There is one candidate for each advisory position on the ballot, but all are running unopposed. BMCC Directors Up for Election Two members of the Blue Mountain Community College board of directors wili be listed on the ballot for reelection in the May 6 school election. Both are unopposed. Mrs. Verne Dale, Helix, and Oren Allison, Pendleton, busi nessman, are candidates to suc ceed themselves. Both have served on the board since for mation of the college in 1962. Mrs. Dale, former elementary school teacher, is presently serv ing as chairman of the board. Allison was board chairman in 1965-66. Term of office is four years. Daniels to Speak Over Radio KOHU Ron Daniels, superintendent of Morrow county schools, will speak on Morrow county and the county school district Thursday (today) at 9:30 a.m. over radio station KOHU, Hermiston. Daniels will appear on the Odds and Ends Hour with Har lan Springer, KOHU manager.
