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4 HEFPNER GAZETTE County Teachers Hear B. Stewart at OEA Meet Br MART LEE MARLOW liOAISDMAN Fifty members c.l the Morrow County Oregon i: lut atlon Association met Mon eiv night of last week at River ude II it'll school. Guest speak (i of the evening was Bruce ytewurt of Salem, who Is run i.ing fur president of the OEA. Hi topic wan I ho "I'osilion of Ilic OKA In Today's Kduciition." J-'ewatt is an experienced touch ir wnli 20 your In th class 1'iim, and presently is hoad of II. o mathematics department nl n-Nary High school In Salem. Krom 4:30 to 5 p.m. commit- tti" meetings wore hold, and a Mi-ial hour. Stewart spoke from 5 to 5:30. Tho business meeting was hold from 5:.') to 6:1)0, at which time a buffet dlnnor was served bv tho Boanlman TIM cum Club. In charge wore Mrs. Stan llonklo, Mrs. Carroll Dono van, Mrs. Frank Bates, Mrs. Ron aid Black, Mrs. IVte Peterson, Mis. Ralph Skoubo, Mrs. Harry Noble and Mrs. Dennis Gron quist. Assisting in planning were Mm. Hon Daniels ana Mrs. Dewey West. 1'iim Kuhn, Riverside High school ed to junior, has been select- perform with the All- Northwest Chorus at Eugene this month, and will go to Eugene to pri'pare for it March 19-22. Tho final concert will be at the Sheldon High school March 22 at 8 p.m. In Eugene, and will be open to the public. Mrs. Bob Chilman was hon ored with a Pink and blue show er Wednesday night of last week at Riverside Junior-Senior High school. There were 50 pres ent. Committee in charge was Mrs. Bob Slcard, Mrs. Ron Dan iels. Mrs. Cliff Riggs, Mrs. Dan Daltoso, Mrs. Wayne Kuhn, Mrs. Ronald Black and Mrs. Jack Jenkins. Mrs. Riggs assisted the honoree in opening her gifts. Mrs. Ralph Skoubo received the door prize. Mrs. Flossie Ball, who recent ly retired as postmaster after 15 years of service in that position, was honored with a dinner by follow employees Tuesday night of last week nt the Elks Club in Hormiston. She was also pre sented with a gift and an or chid corsage. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Les Moon, Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar Skoubo, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Baker and Roy E. Ball. The Waist Away Tops Club held a potluck dinner Monday night of last week at the home of Mrs. Chub Warren. The menu consisted of all diet food. Pres ent were Mr. and Mrs. Harold Rush and daughter, Diane, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Seeheafer, Mrs. Gunnar Skoubo and daughters Patsy, Kathy and Linda, Chub Warren and Mrs. Frank Marlow. There were four tables of pinochle in play at the card party held Tuesday of last week at the Greenfield Grange hall, sponsored by tho Women's Ac tivity Committee of the grange. High prize was won by Mrs. Dewey West, and low went to Mayb'elle Witherell of Arlington. Jessie Hartfield of Arlington and Mrs. Rollen McKinney won the pinochle prizes. Mrs. W. G. See hafer was hostess. Dolores Hinton, local post' master, announces the coming sale of a new stamp, the b cent commemor a t i v e stamp marking the 50th anniversary of the American Legion. It will be first placed on sale at Wash- That same dollar, or even less, will let you talk station to station to anyone anywhere in the continental United States (except Alaska) for three minutes after seven p.m. and all weekend long. - TIMES. Thursday. Match 6. 1969 ington. D. C. March 15. and goes on Milo hero March 17. It's do sign Is tho nutiotiul bird on the tireat Seal of the United State. The eagle clutches an olive branch, the heraldic t.ymlol of peace. Chief and Mi. D.ile Biakken. iW, ,Vo boon here almost iwu ears where Urakkon was Mat ioncd at Hie lioanlnian bombing range, left Monday fur Davis Vllle, It. I., where lu will ho In lh- futurco. Mrs. Bernard Donovan spent last week in Itiiblor. visiting at the home f her son In law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wliite. Mrs, Glen Carpenter and Frank LuChanoe pent the weekend in La Grande visiting Mrs. Carpenter's sisters. Mrs. Ksther Emmons and Eva La Chance. Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Marlow are the parents oi a aaugnier, Melinda Kay, born February 28 In Salem. The baby weighed eight pounds. Grandparents are Mrs. Frank Marlow of Board man, and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Slaughter of Hitter. Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Ely went to Whitstran. Wash., two days last week to visit at the home of their son-in-law and daugh ter, Mr. and Mrs. Newell Vaught. Mr. and Mrs. Zearl Gillespie and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Ball went to The Dalles Saturday to visit al the home of the ladies' brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Truman Messenger. Rev. and Mrs. Herman R. Burg and children Debra and Steven of Valloyford, Wash, were week end visitors at the home of Mr. nnd Mrs. Harold Rash. Carolyn Burg, student at the Multnomah School of the Bible In Portland, also was here. Saturday visitors were Mr. and Mrs. Bob Lowe and daughters Tarina, Cindy and Robin of Pendleton. Anna Obermeicr, student at the Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland, spent the weekend at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ohermeier. Mrs. Frank Marlow spent three days In Pendleton last week visiting at the home of her sister, Mrs. Clarence Thomas. She also went to Milton-Free-water to visit her aunt, Mrs. A. C. Knudson, who is in the nursing home there. Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Barnes (La Dean Risley) and son Scotty of Anchorage, Alaska are visiting at the home of Mrs. Barnes' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Risley. Sunday visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Don ovan were their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Bill White and son Trace, and Mr. and Mrs. Jim Reeves of Imbler, and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hoff man of La Grande. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Chil man of Ontario were weekend visitors at the home of their son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Chilman. Visitors last week at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Pete Peterson were Peterson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Cap Peterson of Choteau, Mont., and his sister, Maxine Edwards of Downey, Calif. The Riverside Junior-Senior chorus will present a concert at the school auditorium March 11 at 7:30 p.m. Friends are in vited to attend. Maximum temperature in Boardman Monday was 56 above. Pacific Northwest Bell Part of the Nationwide Bell System Plans Proposed For Nuclear Plants Prepared by VITRO Corporation Portland. Oregon Tho combined Congressional I i li gations of the stales of Vushlngton. Idaho and Oregon, through the United Slates Son to Interior and Insular Affairs oininlttee, during lite tilth 'ungtess, wore able lo amend lie Colorado wvets aci oi mi o that we In the Columbia Riv er Basin area nave ion oars n which to plan our destiny. In the past, and even today, f volopineiil oi Uses lor our one nalor basic resource water as been planned on a "benefit-o-oosi ratio'' which has shoit iianged Hie water policy. Water policy must not only root expanding demands lor valor it must also contribute 0 social and economic goals. Valor use must ho directed and levclopctl for the well being of ill iHHiple. This Is not bcliiR ccomplished under the present 1 c ratio now being used as a go, no go criterion, it uoes lot measure those benefits vlikli are most significant to he State of Oregon and its ever nereasing development. 4ulti-use of Water With the introduction of nu loar power generating plants o the Pacific Northwest, and pecifioally the State of Oregon y Portland General Electric, a irivate power utility, and the Eugene Water & Electric Board, I municipal owned utility, we n Oregon are in a position to Ian our future based on the nanaged multi-use of water. Our planning and evaluation nust be people oriented object es. Proper relationships must e established. Measurements beyond direct lollar returns should include at east new jobs, larger tax base, nd industrial development lased on an agricultural growth otentiai from irrigated farms ind ranches. Each nuclear power plant ilaced on line in the 1000 moga vatt range will be capable of ielivoring to agriculture nnd ndustry warm water at a rate if approximately 500,000 gal ons per minute at a tempera ure which Is beneficial to both. 7avorable Spot for Plants With the John Day dam com peted and in operation, Mor ow and Umatilla counties arc n a position to press for two 1 uciear power plants which hould be located to take ad vantage of the back waters of .oth John Day and McNary im Kiundments. Electric power to be generated y two plants thus located will e an important factor to the tate's growth rate. More im ortantly, however, the genera ion of nuclear power affords a lew and exciting opportunity or developing a regional water nanagement plan. A compre- .ensive plan to reuse the plant s ooline water for irrigation or ither arJDlications will have a remendous effect on the lima ilia drainage basin vhlch is eomnrised of the Walla Walla, Umatilla and Willow sub-basins development. Properly planned, it can accelerate the basin s to tal growth and development ov er the next two decades. For not only is agriculture a dir ect beneficiary, but it will it self stimulate other industries dirertlv and indirectly. The key to all' this is a practical plan of development. The time to start is now. Study Urged The leaders of Morrow and Umatilla counties should give immediate consideration to a Umatilla Basin Development Program. This program should be directed toward creating a practical and well balanced ' plan of development for the ha kin. It U suggested the titudy pro gram would cover the following malor elements: 1. A description of the geoWv and climate of tho I'limulU Basin In terms of agricultural uses. 2. The economic benefits I.) basin agriculture arising from new Irrigation In water quanti ties sumdlcd bv each of Hie suggested nuclear xmer plants, 3. Tho costs and loctuiu ai feasibility of bunging the (tow er plant water to the potential irrigation sites, i. Tho potential for new or expanded food processing indus try based on the oxpistod new output of agriculture. 5. The secondary effect of ex panded agriculture and food processing Industries on poten tial other Industries. 6. The effect of that ngro Industrial expansion on: a. Basin's population and la bor force. b. Basin's communities c. Regional transiMirtuiion and communication systems. d. State and local govern mental tax revenues and serv ice expenditures. e. The general slate-wide dem ographic and economic develop ment. Five Points of View Those elements need lo bo analyzed from five pouts of view and brought together Into a harmonious and practical whole. 1. Engineering The technical and economic feasibility of the proposed irrigation systems and of potential Industry stimulated by agricultural expansion. 2. Agricultural Technology Getting a best balanced use of irrigation In terms of available agricultural resources. 3. Agricultural Economics Balancing costs and product val ues for Basin agriculture Riven available water. 4. Community and Regional Planning Balancing urban rural land uses, providing; for transportation networks, and other regional capital improve ments. 5. Regional Economics Direct and indirect inter-industry pat terns that can and should be ad- THIRD OF A SERIES The Favorable choice on specific points listed: vantagi-uuslv encouraged one agriculture Is ktimulated, in dustry population Interactions lo Ito OMMsted and economic bane studios for community Planning work. Protect Manaqer Needed All five are Intricately Inter dependent. Success In achieving a meaningful and ptacllcnl uv etall program require (tingle protect manager. Such a man i;er lor integrated management j ti ami would have the basic re- i sponsiliiltiv for coordinating ana suiM-rvlsing the broad range of individuals nnd agencies need ed to carry out I he work. There are, In fact, federal, (.late, university, local commu nity, agricultural and other In dustrial agencies, and Individu als with a contribution lo make Some Information is already available, though scattered, and should bo used. The ktudv should build upon and expand existing information and avail able technical knowledge It should not waste time and funds reinventing the wheel! Moreov er. It should be directed toward practical results. Needed Steps Listed To create an, effective overall study, It is first necessary to plan out the project, line up the available technical consul tants from government and uni versities and lo Identify exist ing studies which can be used as Information In puts. Some Idea of what needs lo be done Is shown by the following ten tative outline: I. Introduction A. Describe existing general characteristics of Umatilla Basin area 1. Geography and climate 2. Agriculture and other lo cal industry 3. Population and labor force characteristics B. Prepare base maps of total area C. Describe location of proposed nuclear power plants, their water outflow characteristics, and water availability for ir rigation uses II. Engineering Considerations A. Topographic surveys B. Forms of water delivery and storage for irrigation C. Drainage systems and flood control Nation s View of Rural America Rural Electrification (From a national study conducted for the National Rural Electric Cooper Qtivo Anointion hv International Research Associates, Inc., of New York City, The study is based on 1394 personal interviews, sampling the adult public, third in malor cities, one-third in suburban areas satellite to these cities, one-third in small towns and rural areas). The Image of image of the rural person extends uniformly to the conditions Most people believe that poverty is to be found in the cities much more than in rural areas and that housing conditions are far worse in the city than In the country. Only on the mat ter of the quality of educational facilities are cities conceded the advantage, but even here the gap is small. Only 15 per cent of the American population would prefer to live in large cities. There is grave dissatisfaction among those who already live there only 27 per cent of the present large-city residents say they live there by choice. In contrast, 70 per cent of those who live in small towns say they prefer to live there; a full 75 per cent of those who live in rural areas are satisfied. Almost paradoxically, a large plurality of the population believes that the large city is where a young man has the best chance of buiding a good life for himself. The young them selves reflect this attitude clearly; 55 per cent of those under 25 felt that they should go to the city to get ahead, although only 26 per cent of this same group say they would really prefer to live there. Apparently the middle road the small town represents the true ideal for the average American. It is the small town that is ranked first as a place to live and as a place to raise children. The rural areas come second and the cities a poor third. Percentage of the American population that name one of three types of area as first "If you could live anywhere you wanted, which of these three would you choose? "Where do you think would be the best place to raise children? "Where do you think a young man would have the best chance of building a good life for himself?" !olunibia Basin 'Serving Morrow, Wheeler and Irrigation Here D. Cost of delivering water to farms al kixH-llu-d locations E. Direct cost benefit ratios of irrigation system III. Agricultural Technological Considerations A Mapping of areas containing Himiitr soil condition ami Identifying areas useful for farming and iteoei.iirv lo ave Iroin urban encroach nienl B. Soli studies to determine (area bv area! high value crop suitability and rotation rcquircmcnis with irrigation available C. Determining crop consump live use of water relative to 111 B above D. Determine optimum Irriga tion techniques for farm use IV. Agricultural Economic and Tarm Management Consider ations A Determine potential acres under irrigation bv crop types proposed under 111 B B. Crop costs bv promised typos, under single and double crop within I lie season C. Market potential quantity and value of crops D. Potential for local processing Industries, bv types E. TiminiF of irrigation system development and planning of blocks to be served F. Basin farm management co ordinating techniques to smooth production cycles (over and under crop sup plies) G. The value to farmers of Ir rigation V. Community Planning Consid erations A. Impact of growth In intens ive agricultural land uses B. Areas for agricultural re serves C. Locations for processing and storage plants Areas for urban growth and urban tvpe industries E. Potential impact of popula tion and labor force growtn on land uses Transportation systems to serve agricultural and ur ban industry, population and tourist movements Other urban capital improve ments required 1. Schools 2. Municipal buildings Rural America DON'T KNOW; BIG SMALLER RURAL NO CITIES TOWNS AREAS PREFERENCE 15 53 29 3 5 53 38 4 44 29 9 ' 18 Electric Co-op and Gilliam Counties' 3. Streets and street lighting 4. Recreational fmiliik-, etc. VL Regional Economic Develop ment Considerations A. Identification of basic Indus trie and potential growth, given impact of Irrigation farm ins B. Develop a model of missI tilo tH-onomie consequence from new agriculture indus try growth poteenlial Determine likely time phas ing of primary and secondary a gru-industrial giowlh lH-tormlne population growth patterns under agro-Industrial stimulus Determine personal Income, D. E. property alue. anil Business sales growth patterns v Determine state and local tax revenue growth due to i.i, noun's exnalislon G Determine changes In eminent expenditures gov-re- oulred to mH-t valley need for additional services and capital Improvements Vfl. Coordinate Study Hesuits into a Unified Development Plan This effort really begins with the preliminary prolwt plan ning. It is maintained by cen tralizing project management In the hands or an overall pro ject manager. The unai iming together of all the various bits and pieces Into a unified whole then becomes the relatively sim ple matter of editing Individual study reports to assure integra tion among them. But no plan Is meaningful unless It is Im plemented. The project mana ger, therefore, nas me auumon al responsibility for assuring proper communication with and plan acceptance by all Rroups affected by or responsible for implementing the plan, inese groups Include: tarmers; ieoer- al. state and local government ngencies: utilities; other maus tries: and general community organizations. Mrs. Earle (Mar) Gilliam re turned to her ehome Sunday from St. Anthony hospital in Pendleton, where she was con fined for several weeks follow ing surgery in December. and one and of rural life.
