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LIBRARY U OF 0 E'J-EN'". OTvE. 97403 GRAIN PRICES (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain C rower) (F.O.B. Lexington, don not in clude warehouse chgs.) Soft white wheat - .... M3 Barley 39.25 86th Year Price 10 Cents WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Week of January 21-27 HI Low Tree. Wednesday 55 30 .04 Thursday 59 43 .17 Friday 59 38 .73 Saturday 51 37 .36 Sunday 47 37 .18 Monday 48 37 .22 Tuesday 50 33 .09 Jan., 1970 prec. to date 4.03. Breaks old record of 3.5G set in 1892. HEiPFBISn AMES ASIETTE-T Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 29, 1970 Number 49 TniqilElMiLlIMIj rtepsir SCI dmi 4 V n n mm 5 Mr FOUR PRINCESSES with Queen Sherri Lynn in the center from left Vivian Phillips. Susan French, Jerri Krebs. Michelle Miller. Princesses Chosen At Sunday Tryouts Jan. 25 was Princess Sunday when four girls were chosen from the ranks of nine to serve with Queen Sherri Lynn as the Morrow County Rodeo Court. Chosen were Michelle Miller of Lexington, Susan French of But ter Creek, Jeri Krebs of lone and Vivian Phillips of Board man. The nine contestants repre sented the various areas of the county. Each one was interview ed and talked before the Rodeo Board prior to the riding tryouts. They each one told how they learned to ride, what they'd Race Develops For County Commissioner It's still early, with March 17 as the deadline for filing for county office, and four have filed for the county commission er position now held by Jack VanWinkle. Mr. VanWinkle has filed along with Joyce Ritch for the office of assessor. Filing for commissioner are C. J. D. Bau man and Homer Hughes on the Republican ticket and M. V. No lan and Charles O'Connor on the Democratic ticket. Filing may be done by two procedures: by paying a $20 fil ing fee or by petition. The petit ion requires 20 Republican sig natures and 19 Democrat signa tures representing .two precincts in the county. Judge Paul Jones is unoppos ed for the office of County Judge. done on horses and their school activities. In the riding tryouts they rode around the arena, executed fig ure 8's, rode around the arena waving to the crowd to bring their horses to an abrupt stop. Judges found the choice diffi cult with excellent riders and superior horses. Girls riding were Patty Proc tor, Vivian Phillips and Judy Hinton from the Boardman ar ea; Karla Weatherford, Susan French and Debbie Bennett from Butter Creek area; Jerri Krebs and Jody Snow from lone area and Michelle Miller from Lexington, Receipts Increase Told in School Budget Message "The receipts section of the budget has increased by $32,592 which is a result of underex pending the 1968-69 budget" was good news given by Supt. Ron Daniels in his Budget Mess age Tuesday evening. He went on to say two con ditions exist that could drastic ally affect the receipts section of the budget. One is the Farm Deferral appeal on the Boeing property which could result in a loss of $24,000 or $48,000 over a two year period. The other item is the failure of the Health, Education and Welfare budget passed by Congress. This could result in a loss of funds in the amount of $13,000. The increase in receipts will result in a tax levy increase of only $55,492 which is an in crease of 4.8 percent. The next general budget meet ing will be held Feb. 3 at 7:30 p.m. at irrigon Chamber Hears About College Rodeo Coming At Monday's Hoppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Wagon Wheel on Monday, BMCC president Wally McCrae told of happenings at the college. He was introduc ed by Bob Abrams, chairman of the board of directors of Blue Mtn. Community College. Pres ident McCrae told of the open ing of the new building in Sept ember. This houses the library art department, agriculture de partment, college union, a the New Lumber Yard Coming Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Evans have purchased the Tryco Build ing on Main Street from O. J. Brogoitti of Pendleton. Mr. and Mrs. Evans, well known here, he having worked for the Tum-ALum Lumber Dr. W. H. Wolff was elected I Company here for about three chairman of the budget commit tee and L. E. Dick, Jr. secretary. Prior to the budget study, Den nis McKay demonstrated the use of the video tape unit (clos ed circuit TV) in the classroom, It is also used to record the ac tion of the basketball games. Mr. McKay was enthusiastic about its use in his English classes and hoped all schools could have the benefit of a sim ilar unit. Wahtonka Eagles to Battle Mustangs Here Friday By JOHN HARRIS Western Division Greater Oregon League Wahtonka 2 0 Madras 1 0 Heppner 1 0 Sherman 0 2 Pilot Rock 0 2 League Games: Friday Wahtonka at Heppner Saturday Pilot Rock at Mad ras Heppner Mustang country is to be invaded Friday night by the Eagles of Wahtonka. The Eagles are current leaders of the league standings. They have rolled over both Pilot Rock and Grain Growers ys. Condon AF Team The Condon AFS basketball team traveled to Heppner on the 23rd of January to fall into the hands of the Pendleton 'Town Team". The stubborn airmen scored 76 points in the last half in an attempt to catch the Pen dleton team. The Pendleton team proved too much for the air base as the final score was Pendleton 177 to Condon's 119. The Condon team will be de parting their station and head for an Air Defense Command Tournament held in Klamath Falls. Prior to departing to Klamath Falls, the Air Base will play the Morrow County Grain Growers in the Heppner High School gym tonight (Thursday). Game time is 7:00 p.m. Bull Prairie Ice Is Unsafe Jack Melland reported this week that the ice on Bull Prair ie was unsafe for fishing. The ice will no longer support a per son's weight. Fishing through the ice at Bull Prairie has been very popular this winter. The road into the lake is down to the pavement He reports the John Day is high and muddy and steelhead fishing is poor. Enterprise Dumped By Mustangs By PAT KILKENNY Hot shooting and a staunch Mustane defense prevailed in the Enterprise road trip. Hepp ner came out on top 71-55 over pre -season favorites, Enterprise As head Mustang mentor Bob Clough put it, "The team play ed good defense, in fact the best they have played all season." Statistically speaking, Hepp ner led in all categories. In the field goal department, the Horsemen zeroed in 26 in 64 tries to the host Savages' 20-69. From the charity stripe, Enter prise canned 15 in 24 free ones, with the visitors getting 34 shots and cashing in on 18. Carom- wise the Mustangs grabbed 49 to the Tribesmen's 34. Heppner took command from the opening tip and at times In the third quarter held almost a 30-point advantage. The Mus tangs led at all stops with their most nominal margin coming at the end of the third paneL The number 13-rated statewide Mus tangs then led 56-31. -Blue and Gold floor general John McCabe cast off 22 times, connecting on 10. From the foul stripe McCabe netted 3 of 4,-for 23 total points. Eleven of the visitors from Morrow County scored and 11 hauled in at least one carom. Dave Storm was high for the Savages cause, tallying 18; teammate Jim Pace was close behind with five fielders and two free shots. Sherman in their previous out ings. The Mustangs sporting a 1-0 league record, have beaten Pilot Rock in their one league encounter. The last time Heppner and Wahtonka met, the Mustangs needed the touch of skill and three overtimes to down the high-flying Eagles. In this match the Wahtonka bunch was led by big (67") Butch Schmidt who poured in 20 points. Their cause was also aided by Lynn Fulps with 12 points and Carl Settler who poured in 11. The score lied; though the Mustangs pulled away from the lagging Eagles in the third over time, it had been close before that. Heppner travels to Walla Wal la for a rescheduled game with DeSales Saturday night. The last outing of these teams saw the Mustangs come out victors. Both games start at 8:00 p.m. with preliminary JV games to start at 6:30 p.m. years. Since moving to Pendle ton, he has worked for Tum-A Lum over there. Mr. and Mrs. Evans plan to open an independent lumber yard and expect to decide on a name for the firm soon. Mr. Ev ans expects to do some remodel ing work on the building and plans to open the business sometime during the coming spring. Mrs. Evans will be associated in the. operation of the business. Mr. and Mrs. Evans are parents or a son, Gib, age 9 months. Rain Washes Fields And Roads; Creeks Stay in Banks The beautiful sunshine Wed nesday was a welcome sight to rain weary Morrow County. With a few more days of Jan uary to go, the rainfall record for January has already been broken. January precipitation is 4.03 and the old record set in 1892 was 3.56. Run off has been harmful but the creeks have not flooded over their banks. Most serious dam age has been sustained to the roads and grain fields. The high school exit road has been closed and Morgan St. hill is carrying two-way traffic. The Valby road was closed but the culvert was replaced and the road was expected to be opened to traffic Wednesday. Several side roads are still clos ed. atre and administration offices. He feels that the growth in en rollment reflects the better fa cilities. The college now has complete accreditation. Vocational and technical pro grams are being expanded. With the 900 students, the col lege is pretty tight. The college opened in 1962 with 230 stu dents. Last fall there were 962 and now there are 900. This is 18 higher than during the 1969 winter term. 360 are second year students. The technical ag program has 41 students. Flight and air con trol program is growing. Radio broadcast program is training men and women to operate the entire station. Increased second year offer ings. The college now has lab facilities for junior standing. The evening division is rapid ly expanding with 131 courses in Umatilla and Morrow Coun ties. A big problem at school Is car parking of commuters. He introduced Riley Freeman, rodeo director who told of plans for the NW Intercollegiate reg ional finals here in Heppner May 22-23-24". He is very en thusiastic about the potential growth of the show. He gave great appreciation to the local people who help with the show. He said it is a great learning experience for the students in presenting the show. President Paul Jones express ed appreciation to Joe Balfe for his help to the County Court. the Chamber of Commerce and to the community. Mr. Balfe leaves this week for Juneau, Alaska, where he will be as sistant district attorney. resident Jonea introduced Giles French, well known col umnist and former publisher of the Sherman County Journal. Mr. French said he expected to complete his history of Morrow County this year. " : AMOS L. OLESON State Resources Conservationist A mos Ol eson Billed For Annual Meeting PICTURE OF THE WEEK . . J V 1 i 4. .4,W r 1 1 r TV 1 Elementary PTA Schedules Meeting The Heppner Elementary PTA will meet in the multipurpose room of the grade school on Wednesday, Feb. 11 at 8:00 p.m. Included in the schedule for the evening will be a musical pro gram geared to entertain every one from all ages. An Important business meeting will be con ducted with a discussion on the role that a PTA should play in the community. Included on the program will be the showing of colored slides. Refreshments will be provided during the evening. This is considered to be an important meeting and an ur gent call is made for all par ents interested in the future of the organization to be in attendance. Amos L. Oleson, State Re source Conservationist with the Soil Conservation Service in Portland will . be the featured speaker with a big message for ranchers and others at the an nual Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District meeting. This big event will be at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday, Feb. 3 at Lexington Grange Hall. Mr. Oleson, A Westerner Mr. Oleson was born and rear ed on an irrigated Wyoming farm. A graduate of the Uni versity of Wyoming, his major was agronomy. He has been employed since 1948 by the Soil Conservation Service and served as a Work Unit and Area Conservationist for some years back in his home state, Wyoming. Since transter ring to Portland In 1966, Mr. Oleson is now State Resource Conservationist. His duties in clude providing technical lead ershlp in programming and co ordinating activities dealing OOPS! Where's the road go? Major erosion on the county road between Al Bunch's and Judge Paul Jones' ranches left this gul ley, big enough to swallow Joe Wilhelm's Jeep, last Sunday. Jan. 25. This is Kevin Dick's first photo and is the winner of five bucks for this week's Picture of the Week. Annual Meeting Slates Engineers Rupert Spearman and other engineers from the Bureau of Reclamation will be in Heppner next week to attend the annu al meeting of the Willow Creek Improvement District. The meeting is scheduled for Feb. 2 at 7:30 at the courthouse, according to Herman Winter. The engineers will be prepar ed to discuss the actual charges for stored water from the dam and it is hoped as many Wil low Creek Irrigators as possible will attend. Other business will be the election of officers. Bank Robber Escapes Jail Four-H Agent To Offer Training Naomi Davis, 4-H agent, will give training for 4-H clothing leaders with beginning mem bers, and new 4-H clothing leaders Monday, Feb. 9, at the Conference room across from County Extension office in Heppner. Leaders are asked to mark this special training ses sion on their calendars and plan to attend. Clarence William Byrd, 48, one of the robbers of the Bank of Eastern Oregon at lone, escap ed Sunday from Rocky Butte Jail at Portland. An intensive man hunt early in the week had not found the escapee. He was to be transferred to MceNil Is land Federal pen and was "in advertently released", according to a jail spokesman. According to the Oregon Jour naly, he escaped while other prisoners were being booked in to jail and wasn't missed until three hours later. He had been sentenced to three 15-year con secutive terms for bank robber ies at lone, Nebraska and South Dakota. The Oregon Journal reported yesterday that the body of Byrd was found Tuesday afternoon in a culvert near a railroad track below Crown Point. Identifica tion was tentative and an au topsy is scheduled. with ranch planning and tech nical phases of agronomy, range, forestry, biology, plant materials and resource area planning and development. His appropriate topic for this meeting will be "Resource Con servation and Development In Morrow County." ' (See pages 4 and 5) : ' 4 LAsD Register Now April 25 is the deadline for registering to vote in the May primary. Persons may register at Heppner at the Courthouse, in lone with Charles O'Connor, in Lexington with Phyllis Piper, in Boardman with Shirley Zielinski and the Irrigon registrant is yet to be appointed. DR. MARVIN SHEARER, Exten slon Irrigation Specialist from OSTJ will be the speaker at the third session on forage production, Feb. S at the Hepp ner Fair Pavilion. Sprinkler Designs at Third Farm Sessbn The third session on forage production will be held next Thursday, Feb. 5, beginning at 10:00 a.m. at the Heppner Fair Pavilion, announced Harold Kerr, Morrow County Extension Agent. The principal speaker will be Dr. Marvin Shearer, Ex tension Irrigation Specialist from Oregon State University. He will discuss sprinkler de signs and equlpemnt, as well as sprinkler management. The properly designed system for the particular field or crop plan ned by the grower will also be discussed. Shearer will stress im portance of nozzle size and spacing, pipe size, length, and types of systems design. These are all Important considerations when designing a sprinkler sys tem. Marvin Shearer has an excel lent background in this field and will be able to answer your questions. This is the third and final session on forage produc tion to be held this winter in Morrow County.
