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HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIME
Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February 11, 1971 ;
Number 51
T7 TP
ays Irvin fcati
(Editorial)
Among th6 many confusing
things happening lately in con-
noctton with the Boeing Space
Age Park in our north end of
Morrow County, are reports of
"great scandals, possible losses
to the State of Oregon".
Last summer Rep. Irvin Mann,
Sen. Ken Jernstedt and Rep.
Stafford Harwell along with
Judge Paul Jones interested the
Boeing Company in the farming
possibilities on the 60,000 acres
of their leased land near Board
man. Boeing explored the po
tentials of developing the land
for intensive agricultural devel
opment. They have earmarked
$250,000 to fully study the idea
and expect to develop about
10,000 acres each year to row
crops.
It is our fond hope the devel
opment can take place without
much more unfavorable bally
hoo by Portland columnists and
opportunists who would jump
on the bandwagon ' with wet
blankets. Rep. Irvin Mann has
informed Robert Woehler of the
Tri-City Herald that the State
of Oregon will not lose out in
the development. Boeing, he
says, in all their talks agrees
any increase in property taxes
through farming would be paid
by Boeing or by a Boeing les
see. ......
In the lease with Boeing, the
company agreed to pay $60,000
a year rental fee. The taxes
were Just about that much, too.
There has been considerable ru
mor to the effect that the tax
es will soon be higher than Boe
ing's rental payment and that
the Dept. of Veterans Affairs
will suffer a bad loss.
Rep. Mann said their commit
tee last July was informed that
"Any move by Boeing to develop
Irrigation which would enhance
the value of the land should
carry a guarantee if the value
of the land increased that the
lessor, or lessee would under
take to pay any additional prop
erty taxes."
Rep. Mann stated that the
Boeing Company would make a
statement shortly on the prop
erty tax question.
Officers Installed At lone Lodge
By EVA HAMLETT
, IONE Bunchgrass Rebekah
Lodge met at the home of Mrs.
Edith Matthews on Thursday
eevning, Feb. 4. Installation of
officers was held with members
of Holly Rebekah Lodge of Lex
ington assisting. Installing of
ficers were Mrs. Ruth Robinson,
District Deputy President; Mrs.
pimple Munkers, Installing Mar
shal and Mrs. Gay Papineau, In
stalling Chaplain. Officers in
stalled were Mrs. Norma Rea,
Noble Grand; Mrs. Berl Akers,
RSNG; Mrs. Ruby Roberts,
LSNG; Mrs. Ida Coleman, Vice
Grand; Mrs. Vida Heliker, LSVG;
Mrs. Mabel Crawford, RSVG;
Mrs. Lucille Rietmann, Warden;
Mrs. Helen Pettyjohn, Conduct
or; Mrs. Delsie Chapel, Chap
lain; Mrs. Edith Matthews, Sec
retary; Mrs. Gladys Drake,
Treasurer; Mrs. Mable Ring, In
side Guardian; and Mrs. Eva
Hamlett. Outside Guardian. Mrs.
Gladys Drake was hostess for
the evening.
Announcement
The City of lone requests that
people burn their trash each
day. They have had trouble
with papers blowing all over the
hillsides before it is burned at
the dumps. In order to elimin
ate this problem, it was decided
that garbage cans filled with
DaDer and burnable material
will not be emptied for that
week. If you have any ques
tions on what to burn or not to
burn, contact Eldon Tucker.
Mrs. Linea Nottage left from
Pendleton Friday by plane to
join Mrs. Hildegarde Benson in
San Francisco, where they lert
Sunday for a month's trip on
the "Carnival Caribbean Cruise".
They will spend some time in
Mexico, Panama Canal Zone, the
Caribbean Islands and Curacao,
South America.
Jr. High BB
The lone Jr. High , Basketball
team defeated the Echo team
Fph. 4 on a local court by a I
played Umatilla at Umatilla
again winning both games with
main string score of 20-31 and
the second string 35-18.
Coming' Events
Feb. 11 Jr. High Basketball,
Riverside at lone, 2:00 p.m.
Feb. 12 lone High School at
Echo, 6:30 p.m.
Feb. 19 Heppner Jr. High at
lone, 2:00 p.m.
Feb. 19 lone High School at
Umapine.
Feb. 20 Weston High School
at lone, 6:30.
The ladies of the St. William's
Altar Society will meet next
Monday night, Feb. 15 at the
home of Mrs. Garland Swanson
to set a permanent meeting
date.
V 11- 1 t f r--
HERE LIES 65 feet of truck and trailer with 15-20 ton of chips
spewing out Tho Lumber Transport truck and trailer "hit the
dust" opposite tho John Mollahan place early Saturday after
noon. The trailer was totaled and the truck will require extens
ive repairs.
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Pictures Turn Well
Inside Out!
The Video Scanner was in
Heppner Monday to take pic
tures of the inside of Well No.
5 up Willow Creek. The opera
tions were observed by two well
drillers, Younger of Walla Wal
la and Smith who has drilled
the D. O. Nelson wells and City
Council members and the city
crew.
It was on Mr. Younger's rec
ommendation that the Video
Scanner was brought in. The
pictures were transmitted back
on a TV screen and still ones
were also taken. The City has
a set.
Part of the pictures were tak
en under water. Pictures showed
about 1 to 2 feet ahead of
the scanner. The pictures show
ed water coming up from the
420 foot depth through the 6"
casing,
Chip Truck Mishap
Ties Up Traffic
Traffic on the highway north
of Heppner was slowed to one
way travel for about five hours
last Saturday evening, as a re
sult of a chip truck accident -
The truck was leaving Hepp
ner, lost control near the Mol
lahan Ranch and went off the
right side of the highway. The
contents spilled onto the road
as the truck tipped over on its
right side. The driver was un
injured.
Clean up took about five
hours as the Highway Depart
ment put up signs and directed
traffic as they cleared the road
Yellow Stripes
Come To County
Five county roads will receive
that very welcome "yellow
stripe" following action taken
by the Morrow County Court
last Wednesday. The safety
stripe will be added to the fol
lowing roads: up Willow Creek
to the end of the pavement,
Baseline Rd., Sand Hollow to
Pine City, Bombing Range road
and Rhea Creek road from Jor
dan to Ruggs.
Standard Oil got the bid to
supply the county with gas and
diesel and Shell Oil for the lu
bricating oils. Bids are on file
at the Courthouse.
Bob Wheeler of The Dalles
met with the members of the
County Court to review avail
able radio equipment and rec
ommended adding some new
equipment as well as proposing
a maintenance contract lor the
system. Among the additions
needed is a base station at Irri
gon. No action was taken.
Sheriff Mollahan was given
permission to act as radio com
munications co-ordinator within
the county. This is a short wave
radio frequency operating on
"local government". He says
Winds Cause
Power Outage
Gusty winds blew wires to
gether yesterday on "the 69
lino", the main transmission
line of 69,000 volts from the
PP&-L substation at Hermiston.
This caused a number of power
outages jit yi0ous times., in the
area. A pole blew down fcnd
wires were down due to high
winds at Jordan and in the
Rock Creek areas. Columbia Ba
sin Electric linemen promptly
responded to the emergencies.
A gust of wind broke a'dis
play window at Case Furniture.
New Forester
Coming
Dennis Martin of Baker will
be in the Heppner Ranger Dis
trict Feb. 22 taking Frank Ras-
mussen's place. He has been in
Baker for about 4 years. Before
that he was up cn Vancouver
Island. Graduate of Oregon
State, his home is La Grande.
He is married to the former
Larice Taylor of Union. They
have one son, Samuel, who is
IV2 years old.
They are both skiers and are
looking forward to next season
on Arbuckle.
Mr. Martin was in Heppner
oMnday looking for housing.
It was recommended that. a!?'8 equipment worth $25,000
score of 62-22. This team has
been improving with each game
olaved. .Individual scorers of
the game were Charlie McElli
gott, 18; Paul Peterson, 15; Tom
Gates, 13; Mike Warren, 5;
Tome Hamlett, 5; Joel Peterson,
4; and Glenn Griffith, 2.
The lone second string won
bby a score of 44 to 14. In the
event one may Je keeping a
scrap book, the previous two
games were not in the paper.
On Jan. 23, they played at Stan
field and lone won both of those
games. The main string score
was 22-14 and the second string I
was 29 21. On Jan. 30 they1
test pump be put into the well
for 24 hours to test the capac
ity of the well. The Council will
hear the detailed report at their
g-ott-Mareh L
The city has been somewhat
frustrated with the well driller
who started the welL They are
most anxious to bring the well
into production by the 1971
summer season.
in the county.
Coordinating their use can be
beneficial to the road depart
ment, fire department, police
department and emergency ser-
vices for every community in
the county.
Mr. So word Home
From Hospital
The Rev. Earl Soward of Lex
ington who recently underwent
major surgery in Pendleton re
turned to his home in Lexing
ton on Sunday afternoon. While
he isn't making as fast a come
back as he would like, he is
doing well.
While he was ill, the Sow
ards had considerable out-of-town
company. Their son,
Wayne Soward came from Boise,
Mrs. Soward's brother-in-law
and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Elva
Ferebee of Prineville were here
and Mr. Soward's brother and
sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Bud
Soward flew up from Los Al
tos, Calif. Mrs. Soward's broth
er, Andrew Ingalls, of ..Kent,
Nuclear Meet Due
Next Week
Darrell Maxwell, county agent
at Hermiston called to tell us
about a 2-day meeting next
week. This' Is a conference on
nuclear development for North
east Oregon, with emphasis on
Morrow, Umatilla and Gilliam
Counties.
The Hermiston program is to
be on Tuesday, Feb. 16 starting
at 9 at the Junior High audi
torium. Keynote speaker will be
L. B. Day, chairman of the joint
Federal-State Nuclear Siting
Task Force.
There will be present a group
of scientists from Oregon State
University, the State Board of
Health, the U. S. Bureau of Rec
lamation.
Dr. Chih Wang, director of the
Institute of Nuclear Science and
Engineering will be present as
will Dr. Alan Robinson, well
known OSU instructor who re-
centy spoke to the Heppner Soil
and Water Conservation annual
meeting.
Of great interest should be
"Release of Radioactive Sub
stances and Their Environment
al Effects" will be presented by
Peter Mellinger of the Dept. of
General Science of OSU.
"Use of Coolant Water for Ir
rigation" will be given by John
JVfangan, area engineer, Bureau
of Reclamation, Salem.
On Tuesday evening at 7:30
will again meet at the Junior
High to hear proposals of the
Port of Morrow, the Port of Uma
tilla and other areas that may
have proposals for nuclear pow
er plant sites.
On Wednesday morning (Feb,
17) there will be an air tour
from the Hermiston airport to
tour the proposed nuclear sites,
This will be followed by lunch
at Dodge City Cafe in Board
man. During the afternoon there,
agricultural development po
tentials will be discussed. Oth
er subjects being air and water
quality standards and object
ives; water rights and supply
problems; Columbia River water
management as related to pro
posals, by the U. S. Corps of
Engineers. There will be a dis
cussion of obtaining permits for
nuclear power plants on govern
ment land.
Of interest, also, will be dis
cussions on fish and wildlife
and on wildlife refuges in
Bargains Offered
Saturday, Feb. 13
George Washington's Birthday
Sale will be noted here with
great big bargain all over
Heppner on this Saturday, Feb.
13. You'll see folks wearing trl
cornes, the little 3-cornered hats
popular in George Washington's
day. Free parking, too.
The merchants of Heppner
have planned for some months
to make this annual event a
real big day for everyone bent
on saving money.
Reading through the ads this
week you will note some big
cuts in prices. In a number of
cases merchants must present
bargains in order to move the
merchandise to make room for
new merchandise that's coming
in.
It's fun to fchop in friendly
Heppner. If you already have
plenty of everything come on in
to town anyhow and visit your
friends. tHappv shopping to
all.)
the area.
Olson's New Arrival
On Feb. 3, Mr. and Mrs. Elvin
Olson, of Condon became the
parents of a baby girl at Pio
neer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner. The baby weighed 7
lb., 8 '4 oz and was named
Katrina Nadine. She joins a 2
year old sister, Virginia at
home.
School Courses Are
Subject at Chamber
The Heppner-Morrow County
Chamber of Commerce program
for Monday, Feb. 15 will fea
ture the personnel from the
Heppner Elementary School.
The first grade reading program
and the elective courses in the
seventh and eighth grade will
be explained and discussed.
I OOF Gives Piano
To Pioneer Home
The Heppner Odd Fellows
Lodge No. 66 has given their
piano to the residents of the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital Nurs
ing Home.
Mrs. Ilene Wyman, hospital
supervisor, extends a cordial in
vitation to any pianist to please
come up and play for the resi
dents who enjoy music. She says
this is a very highly appreciat
ed gift
Free Throw Champs
Convene at OSU
It was 42 hours of Foul
Shots last weekend at the State
Elks Free Throw Contest in
Corvallis. Heppner's winner,
Aaron Klinger of Lexington,
shot 25 out of 50. The winner,
a boy from McMinnville, shot
66 out of 75 and the Condon
boy, who was the state winner
last year, shot 62 out of 75.
Accompanied by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Klinger,
the three were among the guests
at the banquet Saturday noon
at the Elks Club. Then the
contest started. The 55 boys
shot for 4 hours before a
crowd of 250 people. Aaron said,
me crowd didn't bother me b
College Rodeo
Here in May
The College Rodeo will be an
event at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds area May 21, 22
and 23. Riley Freeman, advisor
of the Blue Mountain College
rodeo team and some team
members from the college met
with the Morrow County Rodeo
Committee to discuss plans recently.
The first performance will
start at 4:30 Friday afternoon,
with performances Saturday and
Sunday afternoons starting at
1:30.
There will be gala dances
held Friday and Saturday
nights.
So far no rodeo stock con
tractor has been chosen but will
be announced at a later date.
FFA Chapters Set
Banquet Dates
Coast-fo-Coasf
To Open Here
the glass backboards did". They
were allowed 6 seconds before
each shot. The boys met the
uregon state basketball coach
and Jim Barratt, Oregon State
Athletic Director, formerly of
Heppner.
The Klingers watched the
Oregon State-Oregon game. Dur
ing the half time, the top four
boys of the contest shot 25 foul
shots. They each received a
watch.
This is the last year Aaron
will be eligible to enter the con
test BUT he plans to go out for
basketball next year.
Members of the Heppner and
Riverside Chapters are aware of
the need to get "Involved in
America's Future". They join
FFA members everywhere to
celebrate National FFA Week
coming Feb. 20-27.
John Currin, ' Heppner FFA
president and chairman of this
year's FFA week committee
says, "We want our community
and the nation to know that, as
FFA members, we are concerned
with the challenging problems
we will face in our lifetime."
Advisor Hal Whitaker says,
If this nation is to continue to
satisfy demands for low-cost,
high quality agriculture prod
ucts, we must continue to train
responsible men and women to
fill the thousands of lobs both
on and off the farm."
According to Ron Black, Riv
erside FFA advisor "This year's
theme 'Involved in - America's
Future'," . portrays FFA activi
ties designed to involve mem
bers in constructive action. FFA
members throughout the nation
are involved in agriculture, in
volved in community action, in
volved in leadership develop
ment and involved in working
cooperatively to achieve goals."
Each year FFA week is ob
served during the week of
George Washington's Birthday.
Although Washington is usual
ly recognized as a Revolutionary
War General and our first pres
ident, it is not generally known
that his first love was the farm
nd he was an ardent foil con
servationist.
The Heppner FFA chapter has
43 members. Officers are John
Currin, president; Kirk Robin
son, vice president; Terry
Hughes, secretary; Mark Hop
kins, treasurer; Carl King, re
porter and Mark Miller, sentinel
Their FFA banquet is Feb. 23,
Riverside FFA chapter presi
dent is Clarence Proctor; Jon
Starke, vice president; Bill A
cock, gcereafv; Rick Partlow,
treasurer; Doug Prichard, report
er and Wayne Downey, sentinel.
Their banquet is Feb. 22.
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Sargent,
Rhonda and Mark have moved
from Kinzua to the Vesta Kil
kenny house. The Sargents will
open the Coast-to-Coast Store in
the former Penney Building in
mid-March.
For the past four years, Dick
has been Personnel manager for
Kinzua Corp. He likes people
and has always wanted to own
his own business.
For several years Coast to
Coast has eyed Heppner as a
good location for one of their
stores. When the Pcnneys Store
was vacated, the space for a
store was made available. Mr.
and Mrs. Sargent were chosen
to operate under the Coast to
Coast franchise.
Extensive remodeling, redecor
ating, new lighting, wall-to-wall
carpeting and a new store front
is being done by Heppner In
vestment Corp., owners of the
building. Coast-to-Coast men
conferred with them in planning
the changes.
The Sargents have enjoyed
4-H work as a family. Rhonda
and Mark have had sheep,
swine and rabbit projects. Mr.
and Mrs. Sargent were leaders
of a Livestock 4-H Club and
Mrs. Sargent led a Cooking
Club. They were also active in
the Community Church at Kin
zua. Mrs. Sargent was cnurcn
treasurer and sang in the choir.
Dick is a member of the BPOE
at Bend but expects to transfer
here. He was serving this year
as chairman of the Fossil School
Board and was a director of the
Wheeler County Development
Corp.
Like most men in Eastern
Oregon Dick likes to hunt and
he also follows a photography
hobby. Mrs. Sargent paints with
tri-chem and is interested in
ceramics. The children would be
interested in continuing their
lessons on the guitar.
Safe Boating Course
Begins February 16
"Safe Boating Laws are here
to stay! Are YOU?
Plan to oe around a while, at
tend Boating Safety Classes of
fered by Flotilla 94, U. S. Coast
Guard Auxiliary at the Hermis
ton Junior High School, Hermis
ton, starting Feb. 16, at 7:30
p.m.
These classes are open to ev
ery one, men, women and child
ren from 10 years of age up.
Classes will be on Tuesday eve
nings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. for
5 weeks, Feb. 16 through March
16.
Instruction will cover safety
factors which cannot be built
into your boat, they MUST be
learned by the operator.
There is no charge for the
classes except for the textbook
which is $2.00.
It won't be long now let's all
be prepared for a safe, happy
summer on the water."
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
Hi Low Prec.
Wednesday 43 25
Thursday 46 31
Friday 42 21
Saturday 40 18
Sunday 44 19
Monday 44 19
Tuesday 54 23 .01
Morrow County High
On KAO Coupons
As of Jan. 31, Morrow Coun
ty had sent in 46,200 Betty Crock
er coupons to the Kidney Assn.
of Oregon. Mrs. Joe Engleman,
county chairman- says -they go
towards the kidney machine
purchase until May 31. After
that time until the end of the
year they will be uused for pur
chase of office machines.
During January, Mrs. kngle-
man sent vomi coupons. v,uu
contributions are aiso welcomed
they may be sent to KAO, Box
335, lone.
Morrow County with the nign-
est percentage of voting voters
in the state can aiso be proud
of the number of coupons col
lected. Umatilla County has
sent in 9,000 according to the
last report.