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Morrow County Junior Rodeo
Horseback Church Service
A church service on horseback
will be held on Sunday morning
in the arena during the two-day
Morrow County Junior Rodeo
Hchcduled for June 1213 here
Father Dan Thompson of All
Saints' Episcopal Church will of
flciate and there may be other
ministers assisting In the serv
ices. The public Is cordially In
vltcd to this unique church serv
ice.
The unusual event was de
elded at a meeting of the Mor
row County Junior Rodeo group
Thursday night at the Gall Mc
Carty home.
Roy Phillip! will furnish the
cows and calves for the rodeo.
The lone Lions Club with
help from the lone Sophomore
class will operate concessions in
the Snack Shack at the Fair
grounds.
The Empire Builders 4-H Club
will sell tickets and take tick
eta. Parking will be in the
charge of the North Morrow 4-H
Leaders Assn.
Diabetic Defection
Clinic Dates Set
Following the successful Dia
betic Detection Clinic held in
neighboring counties, Mrs. Wei
don Witherrite announced this
week the dates for the Morrow
County clinics. Mrs. Witherrite
who lives at Pine City is chair
man for the Home Extension
Advisory Council sponsors of
the clinics.
The first clinic will be held
at Heppner Elementary School
on March 8 from 2-4 and 7-9
In the afternoon. At lone on
March 9 from 2-4 p.m. at the
school house and at Riverside
High School at Boardman on
March 9 from 7-9 p.m.
About 10-12 volunteers will be
needed at each clinic. Anyone
wishing to be placed on the vol
unteer list is asked to call the
Extension office.
A prescribed diet is required
two hours before the test. These
dieds will be printed in the
Both performances will be
daytime and there will be many
varied events in the show for
9 through 18 year olds, accord
ing to Durrvll Dooney, chairman
Garland Swanson
Heads Port
By MARY LEE MARLOW
Volunteers to Receive
Instruction for Clinic
Preliminary meeting for all
volunteers for the Diabetics De
tection clinics will be at the
Riverside High School on Feb.
23 at 1:30 p.m.
Feb. 25 and March 4 issues of
the Gazette-Times. A blood
sample is taken at the clinic.
There is no charge.
Mrs. Witherrite meeting with
Dr. William Wright with the
Chronic Disease section of the
State Board of Health, Dr. L. D.
Tibbies, county health officer
and Mrs. Lowell Chally, county
health nurse Tuesday morning
worked out the details of the
clinics.
Garland Swanson of lone was
elected chairman of the Port of
Morrow at Its meeting in Board
man Thursday to succeed Dewey
West, Jr., who has been chair
man for the past eight years.
Mr. Swanson and Mr. West were
appointed to the commission by
Gov. Mark Hatfield when It was
established 12 years ago.
Mr. West asked to be relieved
of the chairmanship on the ad
vice of his doctor, since he suf
fered a heart attack about a
year ago. He will continue to
serve as a member of the com
mission along with his duties as
mayor of Boardman, and as a
member of the board of direct
ors of the League of Oregon
Cities.
Other veteran officers re
elected were: Oscar Peterson of
lone, vice-president; Dick Krebs
of Cecil, secretary; and Larry
Lindsay of Lexington, treasur
er. Rupert L. Kennedy of Board
man Is the port manager.
Mr. West has been active in
the promotion of the port's ac
tivity in the proposal for the
siting of a nuclear power park
in the area of Boardman as
well as playing a major role
in the establishment of the
large industrial park northeast
of the city.
Warehouse Study
The Port of Morrow is study
ing a proposal to build an air-
controlled potato warehouse for
the Morrow Produce Company
which owns and operates a po
tato packing plant in the Port's
industrial park near Boardman.
Rupert L. Kennedy, port mana
ger, told the commission last
week that he has been investi
gating warehouse facilities for
the past month. v
Morrow Produce Company,
owned and operated by the Nelson-Tucker
ranches near Lexing
ton, has told the port that an
air-controlled facility is needed
in its potato operation. Such a
warehouse would give the com
pany an opportunity to ship la
ter in the year. Most of the po
tato packing plants in the
Boardman-Hermiston area are
snipping on the fresh potato
market now. The warehouse
would give them an opportuni
ty to select later marketing
dates.
Mr. Kennedy told the commis
sion that if the warehouse is
to be in operation this year, it
must be ready by September. He
is suggesting a buildine with
12,000 square feet with a stor
age capability of 3,500 tons.
87th Year
Price 10 Cents
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HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 21, 1971
Number 48
Valerie Boyer
Wins Soroptimist
Citizenship Award
New -Look For Wheat Marketing
R-1 School Board Discusses
Many Items of Business
Many items of business were
presented at the regular meet
ing of the Morrow County board
of education Monday evening
at Lexington.
Supt. Ron Daniels read the
classified employees salary re
quests. Like those of the princi
pals for their individual schools,
they must have asked for a
great more than they expect to
get, in the hopes that when
it is cut back, they will receive
as much or more as they hoped
to receive in the first place!
The total amount requested
would add $40,513 to the budg
et and this didn't include the
part of their request to be paid,
at retirement, for all unclaimed
sick leave which in no way
could be computed. .
Mr. Daniels said he was sure
that in another year the classi
fied employees would be includ
ed in the Consultation Law as
the certificated personnel are
now.
Request by classified employ
ees: 10 increase in salary.
10 increase on the salary
schedule, medical and hospital
benefits equal to those paid the
teachers, paid vacation time and
holidays, free physicals for all
bus drivers, raise from $2.00 to
$150 an hour for activity bus
drivers, 3 steps added to Food
Preparation schedule and in
crease of $20 a month for reg
ular bus drivers.
Contracts Approved
Contracts to finish out the
year were issued to Rachel Dick
to teach first grade lor Mrs.
Cleo Robinson who is retiring
and to David Conn to. finish out
the year for Brent Ware who
taught American Problems and
Spanish-
One year contracts were an
proved for Jim Bier, Heppner
High School principal and for
Dennis Brandon, lone High
School principal arid a two-year
tuiiuiiuiiig contract lor Hon uan
iels, Superintendent of Morrow
County schools.
Adopts 1971-72 Calendar
The board considered two
school calendars for 1971-72.
They voted to adopt a school
starting date for Sept. 7, the
day after Labor Day. This puts
ine last aay or school past Mem
orial uay on June 2.
A special board meeting will
follow the Budget Message to
De given Jan. 26 at 7:30 at the
District office.
With the reduction of staff at
the A. C. Houghton School, Supt.
Daniels recommended that the
budget keep the same amount
in the budget which would pro
vide tne amount needed to pro
vide a Special Education teach
er at Heppner. Efforts will be
made to secure funds from Tit-
or if this isn't possible apolv
for NDEA funds which will re
imburse the district $3000 on
the program.
Surveys reveal 15 youngsters
who would benefit from the
special education. Mr. Daniels
said he would review their
needs with the state department
to see if the department's qual
ifications can be met
Board approved dismissal for
grades 7-12 so teachers could
attend the Small Schools Pro
gram on Feb. 3. Because the
theme of the day is "Career Ed
ucation", Supt. Daniels - recom
mended that the teachers at-
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Soroptimists believe In the In
tegrlty, worth and ability of
youth. In recognition of the out
standing contributions by young
people in these fields of endeav
or and to encourage youth to
develop the highest concept of
patriotism and more effective
cooperation In home, communi
ty, national and international
affairs, the Soroptimist Youth
Citizenship awards have been
established.
In keeping with the national
program, the Heppner Soropti
mists annually sponsor the Cit
izenship Contest This year's
winner, Valerie Boyer, will re
ceive a $25 bond and the sec
ond place winner, Karla Weath
erford, second place winner, will
receive a $10 cash award.
Valerie Boyer
Valerie lists her high school
activities as editor of the high
school paper, Girls' State dele
gate, president of the National
Honor Society, president of
Quill and Scroll, editor of the
school literary magazine, layout
editor of the yearbook and vice
president of GAA.
Other Awards
Other awards Include 1969
Girl of the Month for Leader
ship 1969, acceptance of poem
by Pegasus Press 1968, Certifi
cate of Merit in Foreign lang
uage in Publications and from
the University of Oregon for
journalism and on the Honor
Roll in four years of high
school.
Her particular fields of inter
est are Library Science, Journa
lism and Histoiy. She plans to
attend the University of Oregon.
Her Citizenship , Paragraphs ,
The contest is conducted in
three parts. Valerie submitted
the following:
wnat ao you consider your
citizenship responsibility in the
iamilyr
"Before I can hope to become
a responsible citizen of my com
munity or the world, I must be
first a success in my role in my
family. As my parents' daugh
ter, I feel there are certain du
ties and obligations that are re
quired of me but there is some
thing else. I must learn to co
operate. I must learn to think
and to know myself, because
that is how I can learn to teach
my own children, a new gener
ation, the way to contented pro
ductive lives."
State your views of your cit
izenship responsibilities in the
I Community: "This community
is my home and I know that I
have obligations to it and it to
me. The community, even
though it may be only in a
small way, shares a part of my
victories and a part of my de
feats. This is why I must do my
best. This is why I cannot be
dishonorable. I cannot let any
dishonor reflect on this commu
nity, even in an incidental way.
I have developed firm ideas
about college. I will NOT take
drugs. I will NOT carry a pick
et sign. I owe this as a citizen
of Morrow County.
How do you view your role as
a citizen of the World? "When
I become a citizen of the world,
I can no longer think of myself
as a citizen of one country, but
must consider all countries, all
peopdes. Tolerance must be my
watenwora and this I must in
still within my children."
I will not see a world soci
ety. Perhaps my children will
not see such a society but may
be my great-great-great grand
children will be lucky.
For them I must start the
growth of open-mindedness and
understanding. I alone cannot
change the entire world but I
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A new look at wheat market
ing for Morrow County wheat-
growers will be the main fea
ture of a two-day wheat mar
keting workshop, Jan. 28 & 29,
to be held at the Morrow Coun
ty Fairgrounds, announced Har
old Kerr, County Extension
Agent
The workshop will be taught
by Dr. Clinton Reeder, Extension
Marketing Management Special
1st The sessions will run from
10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each
day.
The workshop agenda will In
elude:
1. A new look at bargaining
2. Pros and cons of collective
bargaining
3. Growers will have an op
portunity to work through mar
keting opportunities and prob
lems in their own county
4. Looking at the world mar
ket situation and its implica
tion to local growers
5. The objective of the work
shop is to identify specific
things that can be done locally
to improve the situation In our
county
FIGHTING FOR THE rebound are three Mustangs in the Hepp
ner vs. Umatilla game Saturday. No. 13, Sam Bellamy, No. 33
Steve Rhea and No. 21 Lloyd Wilson. (LYONS STUDIO).
Mustangs Split Weekend Counters
By KEVIN DICK
' Steve KempTanu4 La Verne Van
Marter put great effort together
this weekend as the Horsemen
lost to Condon 60-56 then beat
Umatilla 70-58. . .
Kemp was outstanding on the
boards snagging 18 rebounds
Friday night and 20 rebounds
toward the winning cause Sat
urday night.
Condon grew consistently bet
ter from the first period. Their
scoring increased with the per-i
iods. (12-13-16-19). Heppner
couldn't brag the same, howev
er; they only scored 5 points
during the first quarter. They
started to improve slowly, scor
ing 12 points in the second per
iod and 25 in the third. The
Mustangs cooled down in the
final quarter only to score 14'
Heppner lost their one point
lead they had at the end of the
third period to find themselves
behind 60-56.
Individual scoring: Kemp 6;
Van Marter, 30; Hall, 4; Rhea,
2; Roberts, 8 and Watkins, 6.
Kemp worked, we stretched our
lead, when he slacked off they
caught up'.'r Well, as you can
see, he slacked off very little.
Gary Watkins came off the
bench in the second quarter
and tallied 8 points. He also hit
for 8 In the third period and for
6 in the last period to help with
the winning effort.
Individual scoring: Kemp, 6;
Van Marter, 23; Watkins, 22;
Hall, 10; Roberts, 5; Rhea,
and Gunderson, 2.
Down Umatilla
Heppner turned the tide the
next night, mainly " due to
Kemp's strength in rebounding.
Coach Clough said, "When
must improve my share in it."
Steve Warren
Chamber Speaker
Steve Warren who returned
last week from a 27 month's
Mission for the Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints will
have many interesting things to
tell of life in Colombia and
Venezuela at the Heppner
Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce Monday noon at the
Wagon Wheel.
Two HHS Students
Injured in Smash-up
On the evening of Jan. 15, a
car carrying three Heppner High
School students went out of con
trol, ran off the right shoulder
and rolled several times coming
to a- stop on the golf course.
The accident occurred at a
bout 11:30 p.m. about a half
mile from town by the golf
course while the car, driven by
Greg Greenup, was traveling
north. Passengers in the car
were Susan French and Mark
Hopkins. Greg and Susan were
taken to Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital for treatment and Mark
was uninjured.
Greg required stitches in his
head and was relpased the fnl-
Directors Hear
Solutions to
Juvenile Problems
lowing morning. As yet, he has
not returned to school.
Susan is still hospitalized.
Her condition is reported as
fair to good and is expected to
be released this weekend.
Grace Drake, director of Mor
row County Juvenile Department
attended the Oregon Juvenile
Court Judges Assn. meeting at
the Village Green on Jan. 14
15-16. She accompanied Judge
William Wells and Jim Epley,
director of the Umatilla Coun
ty Juvenile Department. .
They heard Don Miller, direct
or of the Children's Farm Home
at Corvallis talk on the propos
ed changes in Juvenile Court
Structure. The change would in
clude a plan to reorganize and
centralize, under the Department
of Human Resources, all laws
pertaining to welfare of child
ren. The organization feels the
need for subsidizing local de
partments financially but are
not in favor of state centralized
control.
Friday morning they heard
James Gulotta, president, Nat.
ional Council of Juvenile Court
Judges and Judge of the Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals. New
Orleans. He said "Juvenile
Courts are facing two prongs of
criticism. On one hand Law and
Order critics say courts are cod
dling children by not making
them be responsible and on the
other hand, as reflected in the
Supreme Court decisions, critics
maintain children are not given
their rights. Due process of law
is in reality part of the reha
bilitative process".
The Judges went on to say,
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Hi Low
Wednesday 35 23
Thursday 40 23
Friday 52 34
Saturday - 52 42
Sunday 57 37
Monday 60 41
Tuesday 60 41
Prec.
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"Juvenile Courts need to face
up to the criticism but should
not let themselves be defeated
by emotional appeals." He had
praise for the Juvenile Courts
when he said, "Juvenile Courts
have done more than any oth
er part of the criminal justice
system in area of treatment and
rehabilitation". For one thing
they have established Group
Homes in a successful decen
tralizing treatment.
Mrs. Drake noted with pride
that Oregon has 22 Group
Homes in operation and is far
ahead of most states.
Charles Pfeiffer of MacLaren
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Chamber Prexy
Names Committees
At Monday's Chamber of
Commerce luncheon at the
Wagon Wheel, President Gene
Pierce announced chairmen and
co-chairmen of most of the
standing committees for 1971.
More will be announced later.
He also reported on Friday's
board of directors meeting. At
this meeting a matter of the
Merchants' Committee was clar
Ified In regard to Chamber
membership. It was decided that
membership in the Chamber
was not necessary in order for
merchants to belong to the
Merchants Committee. However,
it is hoped all will join the
Chamber for their own and the
community's benefit.
President Pierce told of var
ious cities that hold an annual
dinner at which time outstand-1
ing citizens are honored.
Anyone with a particular in
terest on certain committees
should contact the Chamber
president.
"Say Goodbye", an ecology
film, will be shown in two parts
at the next two Chamber lunch
eons. Skiing Goes Great
Vice President Ed Dick report
ed that skiing at Arbuckle
Mountain run got off to a good
start last weekend. There were
46 there on Saturday and over
50 on Sunday. Bill Flatt of Con
don donated a bus on Sunday.
Mr. Dick also praised Bonnie
Culp and her crew for spear
heading the work at the ski
run. He thanked Dr. Wolff and
Murray's Drugs for the dona
tion of first aid supplies and
Randy Lott for electrical wiring.
He thanked the ski patrol for
their good help and reported
there were six certified ski in
structors available. Instruction
will be had from at least three
instructors at a low cost..
There is to be a package tick
et covering the tow and bus
tickets for the general public
for Sundays. On Saturdays the
free 4-H bus is available.
Mr. Dick said there had been
some 32 inches of good snow
last week.
Cost of operating the tow and
insurance is about a thousand
dollars.
Family season tickets are
available at $60.
High School is, providing a
sign which will be placed at
the city limits. It will tell if
road and tow are open.
Ski run area Is also the end
GRAIN PRICES
(P.O.B. Lexington, doet not la
dud warahous chg.)
(Courtety of Morrow County
Grain Growers)
Soft white wheat 1.65Vt
Hard red winter wheat l-63s
Barley .... 49.00
Look Who's Here!
Before the crack of dawn
Wednesday morning the Gazette-Times
received a call from
the Pioneer Memorial Hospital
. . .the FIRST BABY had arrlv-
ed at 4:40 a.m., Jan. 20 . . .
a girl for the Ken Turners! All
was well and the parents were
happy with the arrival of girl
No. 4.
The little Miss 1971 has been
named Sandra Lee and she
weighed 8 lb., m oz., and Dr.
Wolff, the attending physician,
says "She Is a sturdy lass".
The other members of the
Turner quartette are Cheryl Ann
12, Lorl Marie, 10 and Melissa
Jean, 3 . . . almost anyway. Her
birthday Is Jan. 25. Grandpar
ents are Mrs. Nora Turner of
Heppner and Mr. and Mrs. Gar
Swanson of lone.
Already the First Baby's gifts
are starting. She will receive a
$50 discount from the hospital
bill. This is a gift from Pioneer
Memorial Hospital.
The Ken Turner's subscription
to the Gazette-Times with an
expiration date of 4771 has
been extended to 472. .
As soon as things calm down
at the Turner ranch, Ken and
a representative from the Ga
zette-Times will go shopping
and pick up the gifts that the
baby will be wanting when she
gets home from the hospital.
The many gifts of merchan
dise will be from many of Mor
row County's leading business
firms.
Electric Co-op
Says Finance
Help Available
of a ski-doo trail that winds
through the mountains to
Ukiah.
In the hope that it might be
of interest or aid to our cus
tomers, Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative, Inc., would like to
pass on information it received
from National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association. t
HJR. 15979. Perhaps the most
important piece of Rural Area
Development legislation to
come out of Congress this year
was signed by President Nixon
on Dec. 31:
It enables Farmers Home Ad
ministration to make insured
water and sewer loans to
small towns and other rural
public bodies. Besides giving
. FmHA the potential of making
billions of dollars available
for water and sewer financ
ing, it also enables the agen
cy to finance a number of
other important community
facilities Including those for
recreation, solid waste dispos
al, conservation, pollution
control, drainage and irriga
tion. The National Rural Electric
Cooperative Association of which
your Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op is a member, has a rep
resentative who is very well in
formed on any legislation that
has been passed or is pending.
If further information on any
development funds is desired
please contact your Columbia
Basin Electric Co-op, who will
be glad to secure the Informa
tion for you or if necessary can
arrange to have our National
Representative meet with a
group to discuss any items of
interest.
Skiing is Great
Drug Meet Planned
Lt. Lyle Earlley of the Pen
dleton Police Department will
speak on the drug problem at
a Jaycee-sponsored meeting here
Jan. 29 .at 7:30 p.m. at the high
school eafetorium. He will be
accompanied by a former drug
addict who is anxious to tell
of his experiences while on
drugs. The Jaycees invite the
old and the young to hear these
two epeakers.
If you ever wanted to learn
to ski, THIS is the year. The
slope at Arbuckle is a skiers
paradise, according to those who
had two wonderful days of ski
ing last weekend. There's 48
inches of snow. The outlook is
excellent
On Saturday there were 46
skiing on the slope and a 50
plus on Sunday. This is the
largest group ever to ski on Ar
buckle say the old timers. Tow
costs are $2.00 a day. It oper
ates from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The ski bus leaves Saturday
from lone and makes pickups
in Heppner at Farra's corner.
Anyone wishing more informa
tion is asked to call Dick Mc
Elligott. The ski bus" leaves Sunday
from Heppner also from Farra's
corner about 9:30 a.m. Trans
portation is $1.00 round trip.
The 4-H plan includes transpor
tation. Ski patrol includes Al Mar
tin, Curtis Culp, Lorert Lucore,
Bob Jepsen and Don Peterson.
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