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Number 49
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January
Happy Silver Anniversary!
Charles Hodde to Speak
At Conservation Meet
(Also see paces 2 and 3,
section 2)
Charles W. Hodde of Vancou-
r. Wash., chairman of the Ta-
cific Northwest River Basins
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CHARLES W. HODDE
College Regional
Rodeo Scheduled
Here in Late May
Northwest regional competit
ion of the National Intercolleg
iate Rodeo association will be
held at the Morrow County Ro
deo grounds in Heppner on May
30, 31 and June 1, Riley Free
man, agriculture instructor at
Blue Mountain College, said
Monday. The college is host for
the regional event, and Freeman
is the faculty reperesentative in
charge of arrangements.
Some 150 contestants from
colleges of Montana, Washing
ton, Oregon and northern Idaho
are expected to come for the
event, which will be held la
week earlier than the national
finals in Sacramento, Calif.
Freeman said the Heppner
grounds were chosen as the lo
cation because they are consid
ered ideal for this competition.
The facilities are excellent for
accommodating the contestants
and the events planned.
Helping with arrangements
here are the members of the
Morrow county rodeo committee,
Freeman said. Plans are under
way to coordinate the event
with the annual Old-Timers pic
nic on Memorial day.
From 15 to 18 colleges will
have entrants in the events
scheduled. Blue Mountain has
some outstanding performers in
rodeo. Mrs. Patti Pettyjohn Mc
Coin of lone, student at Blue
Mountain, won third nationally
last year in barrel racing, and
is favored as a national winner
in the event this year.
In addition to five standard
rodeo events, the regionals will
have barrel racing and goat ty
ing contests for women, ribbon
roping for men, and a wild cow
rain the next four months col
lege students will work in
planning the event and mak
ing arrangements. It is expect
ed that as many as possible
of the contestants from other
localities will be housed here,
but some will probably have to
stay at Boardman, Hermiston
and Pendleton, Freeman said.
A former Northwest Rodeo as
sociation cowboy, Freeman him
self has won trophy saddles and
other awards in active compe
tition. His home town is Baker.
Freeman, who was guest
speaker at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting here Mon
day and discussed the agricul
ture program at Blue Mountain,
said that he plans to return at
a later date to appear before
the Chamber and coordinate
plans for the regional rodeo.
Willow District"
Meetinq Called
Annual meeting of Willow
Creek Distr f Improvement Co.
creeK LiisLiii-T uuv ,,
will De neia ai mc
win u i.ti . ., trK,,,
ceurtnouse on mvimay, tcmu
ary 3, at 7:30 p.m. There will
be election or new oincers, aiiu
principal speaker win De yuen-
tin Bowman, state water resour
ces director, of Salem.
Discussion of Willow Creek
dam project will be on the a
genda. Local support needed to
encourage placing $250,000 in
next budget to get project un
derway, according to Herman .
Winter.
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THE m
pal speaker at the Silver Anni
versary annual meeting! of the
iieppner oou ana vvuii-r iuikt
vntion district at the Lexington
r, range Hall Tuesday night,
February 4. at 7:30 p.m.
uc iiic ,n.wi Appointed oy i-rvuii-iii -."-don
Johnson. Hodde has served
;V . " in hlu rrrKi.nt nnsitinn since
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Miirrh fi. lfl7. Previously, he
was Pacific Northwest regional
j coordinator lor me uepanmeni
I I nf Inlorinr. Port In nd.
His topic will be, "Water for
Morrow County Farmlands."
This address by the outstaml
inn authority on water resourc-
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ICS Will UK VllK Ul IMC IIIKIIIIKIIl
of the annual meeting. Herb and
Bob Fetereson or lone, cnosen as
State Conservation Men of the
Year for 1968, will be present
ed by the 1967 state winner,
Louis Carlson, also of lone.
Tu-n ctn)firvknr will he elect
ed at the business meeting, and
reports of an outstanding year
for the district will be given.
Mve original supervisors oi
thp HUtrift will he neknowledp-
ed at the 25th anniversary meet
ing, lliey are rienry reierson,
I,,hn Wiuhlman O V. Wrieht.
W. E. Hughes and O. W. Cuts-
forth. The district was actually
formed in 1941 but was inact
ive during two war years, thus
making this the official 25th
anniversary.
Current supervisors are Ray
mond French, chairman; Ken
Turner, vice chairman; Dick Mc
Elligott, secretary; Ed Gonty,
treasurer; Bryce Keene, Albert
Wright, David Baker and Ger
ald Peterson. Advisory supervis
ors include D. O. Nelson, O. W.
Cutsforth, Ray Heimbigner and
Paul mty.ionn.
Refreshments, Including a spe
cial anniversary cake, will be
served after the meeting with
the compliments oi ine aisinti.
Everyone is invited to attend,
and all are urged to come to
hear of developments of import
ance to the county and to take
advantage of the opportunity of
hearing Hodde.
Harold Kerr Chosen
Morrow County Agent
Harold Kerr, presently Crook
county extension agent, will as
sume the position of chairman
of the Morrow county extensison
staff in March, according to an
announcement from Gene M.
Lear, director of extension.
Kerr will fill the position form
erly handled by Gene Winters,
who is now on overseas assign
ment in Jordan. Kerr is expec
ted to report for duty about
March 17, following completion
of economic planning efforts in
the area of youth work and hu
man resources in his present post
in Crook county.
Kerr has served with Oregon
State University Extension Ser
vice since 1960, with his whole
period of service in Crook coun
ty. He is a 1957 graduate of Ore
gon State University with a
bachelor of science degree, and
served in the U. S. Army 1957
59. He recently completed a
graduate program at Colorado
State University, receiving a
master of education degree in
June of 1968.
Kerr's responsibilities in the
Crook Extension program have
included leadership of the youth
program, the weed control work
and some responsibilities for
livestock. He is a member of
PTA Reschedules
Panel Meeting
The Elerr.entary PTA meeting,
film and panel discussion orig
inally planned for last month
has been rescheduled, and will
be held next Wednesday, Feb
ruary 5, 7:30 p.m., in the multi
purpose room at the grade
school. At this time there will
be a brief PTA meeting, 101-
lowed by the film strip "Sex,
the Moral Dilemma," after which
hu hom a nanel discussion.
wt - .
I tr- nf tho nanel will be
iuucii.u ,.r7 .
Mrs. Herman Winter. Other
nanul mpmhprs include Dr. L. D
Tihhlps Dr Wallace H. Wolff
iUro Rin Rawlins. Rev. Raymond
Beard, Rev. Dirk Rinehart and
Lynn Pearson.
The eler entary PTA extends
an invitation to interested par
ents and high school students
in surrounding areas to attend
this educational meeting
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30, 1969
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A WORLD OF WHITE has surrounded resident, here for the past
ill 1. . n nurA whita InnricrrmA
were coniinuincr wccr. auu kiiviv v t--- - - " , t HmUa
sky was taken looking west from the Earl Ayres home on Skyline Drive. Homes of j0"9
ana uick uarponier uio in u
8 Inches More Snow
Ups Total over 3 Feet
More than eight inches of i fkulty of getting buses through
snow falling from Saturday the drifts on country roads.
. . ' . . . . 1 Hnnnrtr enhnn a rnmainnH fine.
through Tuesday nas Drougni.
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iha wintor'c tnlal in Hpnnner to
37.7 inches, Don Gilliam, weath
er observer, reported Tuesday
evening. This is the fifth heav
iest snow on record in Heppner
since 1910.
Heaviest winter's snow was
1915-16 at 65.25, followed by
1949-50 with 46.4, 1928-29 with
42.5, and 1922-23 with 41.75
inches.
This week's snow closed
schools In Heppner and lone at
noon Monday because of the dif-
Kiwanis and a member of Look
out Mountain Grange. Kerr is
.nn.iAj nrtA Via artH hie wifp.
Carol, have two children, Cindy,
s, ana tsryan, i.
Bank of EO Notes
$400,000 Increase
In Deposits in '68
An increase in deposits of ap
proximately $400,000 for the
year 1968 was reported for the
Uanlr ,.f TAl ttom flrPPftll bV
President Gene Pierce in the
directors report to stocKnoiaers
at the annual meeting in the
AiOinfTtn pitv hnll nn Wednes
day, January' 15. The report cov
ers the banKS at Heppner, Ar
lington and lone.
Accompanying the increase
in deposits was a 10 percent
increase in gross earnings, the
president reported. More than
$40,000 was added to the undiv
ided profits and reserves of the
bank at the year's end.
Stockholders received a divi
rfoH at si!innn naid on Decem
ber 17, at the rate of $10 per
share lor tne stocKnoiaers oi rec
ord as of December 1. This was
the 18th dividend paid in 20
years, the president said.
At the annual meeting, 34
stockholders, owning or holding
proxies tor 1111 shares, were
present. There are 1500 shares
outstanding.
Howard Bryant of Heppner
was elected chairman of the
board at the meeting. He has
served as a director since July,
1QV7 at thp time nf the incep
tion' of the Heppner branch of
the bank. D. L.. Lemon oi Ar
lington was elected vice-chairman.
All rirpconf rlirotnrc wprp re
elected, including Bryant, Pierce
and R. B. Ferguson, all of Hepn
ner; John W. Krebs, Earl P.
H A. David
rhilfl'o all nf Arlincrtnn! Arthur
A. Allen of Boardman; and Gar
Swanson of lone.
All rtffifprc U7CTP atcn rpplect
aA inplnHincr Piprpp. nresident:
Wm. F. Siewert, vice president
and cashier; James F. Green, as
sistant cashier and manager of
the Arlington office; Veldon W.
Robinson, assistant cashier;
Marion C. Green. assistant
cashier; and Larry F. Prock, as
sistant cashier.
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iuhuko
"j"'"
art TitacHmi mir SMncuoc rnc mpr
ed Tuesday, but classes resumed
In lone. Boardman and irngon
schools remained open through
out the period.
All schools were in operation
Wednesday. Teaching staffs re
mained on auty in tne scnoois
that were closed.
Parents of rural children were
asked to bring them to the main
traveled roim-j-rto meet the
buses.
Tho aatmtxr rnnnrlnH Ihrit cpv-
pral rnart wprp hlnpWprt wi(h
Knnw rlrifts a nf Tnpsrlav and
crews were working to open
inem.
Gilliam said that there has
day this month except for Jan
uary o, as wen as ior eacn oi
the last four days of December.
Ac nf TiipcHav thnro ivqc 19
inches of snow on the ground
nero.
The month of January brought
rrorlnitat inn nf 9 fifl inhpa ae
compared with the normal of
1.29. Of the precipitation, 1.92
inches was from snow, with the
moisture going into the ground.
December brought 11.2 inch
es of snow and so far this month,
26.5 inches has fallen.
Accompanying the snowfall
this week was another drop in
temperature with the thermom
eter dropping to 8 degrees be
low zero on Knaay, live aegrets
hplnw last Thursday, and three
degrees below on Tuesday.
Maximum tor tne ween never
climbed above freezing, 31 de
grees on Sunday being the high
est.
Complete report for thee week
is as tollows
Hi Low Prec.
16 6 Tr. Snow
16 -5
9 -8 .01
(.03 Snow)
13 4 .17
(2V Snow)
31 8 .15
(2" Snow)
30 2 .06
(1.3 Snow)
14 -3 .05
(1.3 Snow)
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Mustangs to Meet
Eagles, Irish
Greater Oregon League
BASKETBALL STANDINGS
(Western Division)
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Wahtonka
Heppner
Madras
Sherman
Pilot Rock
By PAT KILKENNY
Heppner High school cagers
will be looking to better their
season record of 11-3 when they
face Wahtonka and DeSales on
January 31 and February 1.
They meet the Eagles of Wah
tonka at Chenoweth Friday
night. The game is the Mus
tang's second league clash of
the year. The two teams met
once in a preseason battle. The
Mustangs defeated the Eagles,
60-47, during the Christmas
tcurney at Chenoweth.
Saturday night they will meet
DeSales at Heppner in a non
conference battle. The Mustangs
hope to square a 56-50 loss to
the Irish suffered in Walla
Walla Saturday night.
Price 10 Cents
six weeks, and "t "whita
hlonriina With a mottlea WniW
Don't Be Alarmed;
Firemen to Test
Flood Siren Friday
When the city flood siren
sounds Friday evening at 7:30,
don't be alarmed. Fire Chief
Forrest Burkenbine advises
Heppner residents.
It has been 412 years since
the siren has been used, and
the test will be made to be
sure that it is still in good
working order, he said.
Newcomers to Heppner may
not realiie that the city has
a flood siren, as well as the
more familiar lire alarm. The
lire alarm is an air horn, ana
tests of this are made each
Monday noon.
With the heavy snow cover
and the possibilitv of a fast
runoff in case of warming
temperatures, the fire depart
ment feels it prudent to be
sure that the flood siren is
working properly.
If there were a real Hood
emergency, the community
would be notified by three se
quences of three soundings of
the flood siren, a total of nine
soundings.
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Sherri O'Brien Named
Princess for
The 1969 Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo court is completed
with the selection of the fourth
princess.
Miss Sherri Lynn O'Brien,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat
O'Brien, is the choice of the
Heppner Wranglers Riding club
for this year's princess, succeed
ing Marcia Jones. Others select
ed earlier for the court of Queen
Sheila Luciani are Princess Pat
ti Healy, Princess Joyce How
ton and Princess Rhonda Bel
linger. Continuing her services
as official chaperone will he
Mrs. Archie Munkers. New tail
ored riding outfits have been
ordered by the court, to be
ready for early spring appear
ances. Princess Sherri, a senior at
Heppner High school, was thrill
ed with her selection, fulfilling
one of her lifetime dreams. She
has been a member of the
Wranglers every since she can
remember, and has enjoyed rid
ing all her life. Much of her
riding has been in competition
in Wrangler Play Day events,
i a u uj--a thnus and in helo-
ing friends in cattle drives ioi
fun". When small, she rode on
hpr narents' ranch on Little
Butter Creek, tut now rides
mostly for pleasure, since oei
family has moved into town.
Sherri has been a Wrangler
pennant bearer for four years,
and for the past three years
has been one of four pennant
bearers who accompanied the
court in local and nearby ap
pearances. She has completed
seven years in the 4-H horse
club, has won ribbons in the
county 4-H show, and has been
a two-year competitor in show
manship and horsemanship at
the state fair. She attended 4-H
summer school for three years,
and is a member of the Em
pire Builders 4-H club.
Born in Walla Walla, Wn.,
September 26, 1951, she came
here with her parents when a
small baby, and Heppner has
teen her only home. She has
attended the Heppner schools
through grade and high school,
and is one of the school's most
ardent supporters. She has tak-
Superintendent Presents Message
School Budget
Poses
rrobleins of rising costs. un
certainty of proixrty tax relief
from the state level, a deficit
in beginning bulance, and the
matter of reaching agreement
rn teacher salaries confront
Morrow County School District
R 1 in preparing Its budget lor
1969-70, Supt. lion Daniels told
the budget committee In his
budget message Tuesday night.
The budget message and the
budget document were particu
larly difficult to prepare this
year," he said. "A salary sched
ule statisfactory to both the dis
trict and the teachers has not
been established, classified sal
ary adjustments might be made,
and the amount of basic school
support funds remains an un
certainty. Therefore, this budg-
Board Offers
Higher Base,
Less Increment
1,1 an nttpmot to avoid an
impasse on teacher salary neg
otiations, the Morrow county
school board Tuesday nignt pro
posed a plan that wouid sub
stantially increase starting sal
aries in the district but would
decrease the annual salary in
crements. Under the proposal, which
was approved unanimously by
the board lollowing ine him
budget committee meeting, a
new teacher with bachelor de
gree would receive $6400, us
compared with the present
$6000. Annual increments ii
each added year of experience
far uH.litlnn.'il training would
be at the rate ot $uu, as com
pared with the present 5.
TMnt pffnr-t nf the proposal
would be to reduce increases for
teachers at higher levels 01 tne
schedule but provide a higher
base, thus putting the district
on a more competitive basis
with other districts in the state
in attracting teacners nere.
To help compensate iur mc
,-,i,,ntwm at thp hieher levels.
another step for experience is
nrnnnsnil fnr tpachers With bach-
ln .1 .i rir....u nlns 30 hnura aca
demic training; for those with
master degrees or Dacneior uu
gree plus 60 hours; and for
those with master degrees plus
cn hmirc Ar thp nrpspnt time
those with bachelor degrees plus
30 hours reacn tne maximum
after 11 years experience. This
ho nvtnnflpH tn 12 VearS.
providing the additional step.
In the two other cases, the pres
ent 12-year maximum would be
extended to 13 years.
Accompanying this offer to
(Continued on page S)
Wranglers
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PRINCESS SHERRI O'BRIEN
en part in many school activ
ities, is a member of the pep
club, Girls' League, FHA, GAA,
annual staff, Hehisch staff,
nhntnrunhv plnh. and was sec
retary of the junior class. She
is in her second year as varsi
ty cheerleader.
Future plans for the brown
eyed princess include attending
college, probably at Blue Moun
tain Community, where she can
join a rodeo club and continue
her favorite sport riding.
Schools to Continue
School buses to Ruggs and
Hardmcm area left Heppner
schools early Wednesday af
ternoon and were not to re
turn until Monday, due to
strong winds drifting the
snow along those routes, the
district office announced late
Wednesday. Plans are to keep
schools operating, and stu
dents are to meet other buses
on tnodn roads throughout the
county through the remainder
of the week.
, i
Problems
et document as presented Is ctr
tulnlv subieot to draxtie revis
ion before the final adoption.'
Sumner is Chairman
This was the organization
meeting of the committee, and
Jack Sumner, a district director,
whs elected chairman. Mrs. Bev
erly Gumlcrson. also a director,
was elected wcretary.
The committee adopted a cal
endar that provides for three
budget meetings during Febru
aryon the 3rd, 11th, and 18th;
publication of the Budget on
February 27 and March 6; pub-
lif Iw.jirinir nn March 17: and
election on April 7.
This schedule may De iaceu
with delays, principally depend
ing on the time it takes to reach
agreement on teacher salaries.
In presenting his message,
Supt. Daniels, as budget officer,
o i ,i that hie fiirnrps nn the ten
tative document are based on
present salary schedules, in
cluded is a figure for health
inuorianno hiiKpH nn the board
offer of $10 per month for each
employee tnat worKS more man
three-fourths time, even though
the teacher negotiation commlt
taa hu, rntpptprl this as a set
tlement in lieu of a salary in
crease. , ,
Receipts figures inciuae a
cm from haxic Kchnol SUUDOl't
calculated on revenues that are
nresentlv available and as rec
ommended in the governor's
budget.
State Aid Uncertain
"These figures win resuu in
a continuing decrease in the
at fiinHs nrnvided bV
the state," Daniels said. State
aid to local scnooi uium.-
reached a high of 40.4 In 1951
52 and has declined steadily to
about 24 in 1967-68. In Morrow
county our state aid for the 1968
69 school year will amount to
....,.,im.,t..lu 1fi7 nf nur total
cost. The reason we are below
the state average in lunas re
ceived is that we do not receive
any equalization funds."
Daniels said that Morrow
county ranks third, behind Sher
man and tiiinam mumira,
the amount of true cash value
per student among the states
3b counties, in raoi-oo, nuc
value of property in Morrow was
$8,7U per siuuem. ,
uses this measure in apportion
ing basic scnooi Bupyon lunua.
Th aarl truth, however,
Daniels said, "is that Income,
not true cash value, is needed
to pay property taxes."
irA irM.1H Rrlna Relief
He added that a "large In
crease" in basic school support
funds will depend on voter ap
proval of a new tax source. This
vote cannot occur until 40 days
after it is adopted by the leg
islature, so no vote is antici
pated before the last of April
or early May.
o nmi, tn v aniirrp received
voter approval, it still would not
be in time to De a pari oi uie
1969-70 budget estimate," the
budget officer said.
"In the event a new tax
source is not approved, indica
tions are that the legislature
will revise the governor's budg
et to provide more funds for
education. It therefore seems
certain that we will receive
Kr,..if oohnnl ciinnort mon-
1I1U1C uaaii.
ey than is anticipated in the
budget."
However, In view of all fac
tors considered at this time, in
dications are that the budget for
operation of schools in Morrow
county for 1969-70 will be in
creased by some $100,000, Dan
iels said.' The portion of this
that would be levied against
property depends on what tax
relief is forthcoming.
Figures in the proposed budg
et will be scrutinized in ensu
ing meetings by tne Duager.
committee and the public.
Poor Crops Hurt Economy
"The estimated budget re
quests contained In this docu
ment represent immediate dis
ncr npprta neenrdinff
to the combined feelings ex
pressed Dy teacners ana au-
mink-trgtnn: " rinnipla POntln-
ued. "The budget needs in this
itemized document were prepar-
aA urith tha lrnnulpftoro that! 1.
The audit report on June 30,
1968, showed the district with
a minus ha latino nf MP, 1 SOR."?.
2. The economy of Morrow coun
ty has sunered as a direct re
sult of poor crops for the past
two years. 3. Property taxes
have been paying a proportion
ately higher share for the oper
ation of schools."
Thp "minus balance" referred
to by the superintendent devel
oped several years ago, princi
pally Decause receipts nuiu
sources other than taxes have
not been received in the full
amounts budgeted.
Daniels said that it would be
"unrealistic" to recover all the
deficit balance in one year but
that he would hope that it could
be recovered within the next
Uaa nv fnilf VPAffi. kpPDinff
costs down enough in the com
ing year to recapture part oi it.
No New Programs
"For the second straight year
the budget does not include any
new programs or expansions of
present services," he said. "It
does, however, reflect the phil
osophy that the patrons of Mor
row county desire to provide a
sound, fundamental education
for every child residing in the
district. The budget also reflects
the rising costs for maintenance
(Continued on page 8)