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A L 1 3 K A R Tf u of o EUGENE. ORE . 07403 ECinzua' Plant Wiil Hire 7 lone-One of Top 3 In Junior Olympics lone finished 3rd in the Jun ior Olympics held at Arlington May 22 with 87 points. Helix won the meet with 138 points. There were several qualified lor the Junior Olympics In Port land on June 5. Cindy Martin qualified In the Jr. Girls' High Jump with a 4 foot jump. LeRoy Rea had a 4 foot 10 Inch jump to qualify In the Jr. Boys' High Jump. Mary Pat McElllgott did the 100 yard dash In Intermed iate Girls' in 12.4 seconds. A cooperative venture of lone and Hcppner Girls ran the 440 relay with a time of 54.3 sec onds. Running were Susan Healy and Kathy Bartlctt both of Heppner and Mary Pat McElll gott and Micky Hosklns, both of lone. Other Point Makers Other point makers for lone Included: Kent Gutierrez, Boys running long jump, 1st, 176 '. Paul Peterson, 3rd, 15'83A". Junior Girls' Softball Throw, Cindy Martin 5th, 108'9". Junior Boys High Jump, Charlie McLl ligott 3rd, 4'6". Junior Boys 8 lb. Shotput, Tom Gates 3rd, 31' 10". Midget Girls Running Long Jump, Deborah Palmer 5th, 10' 9". Midget Boys Running Long Jump, Curt McKinney 5th, 11' 9W. Intermediate Girls Run ning Long Jump, Mary Pat Mc Elllgott,. 3rd 14'2'-i". Intermediate Boys High Jump, ; (Continued on page 8) 88th Year THE r HEPPNER (GAZETTE-TIME Number 15 GRAIN PRICES F.O.B. Lexington. does not in cludo warehouse chgs.) (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Growers) White Wheat U3 New Crop (July, Aug. Delivery) White Wheat ... 1.48 Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 3, 1971 Number 15 BorleY -40- Heppner Cleans Up Heppner Sends Four Team Members To Olympic Finals Lead by a strong Intermediate team (age 14-15), Heppner placed fourth and advanced four team members to the Jun lor Olympic finals at Arlington last Saturday. Susan Healy qualified for the finals - by winning the high jump of 4'6". Susan, Heppner's leading point getter,, also cap turcd first place in the 220 and was a member of the winning Heppner-Ione 440 relay team The girls, two from lone and two from Heppner were clocked at a blistering 54.3 (state quail fying time was 55 sec.) - Luke and Wade Padberg com bined for a one-two place In the 880 yd. run with times which qualified both for the finals, Luke set the pace with a time of Z minutes, .14 seconds, fol lowed by Wade with a time of 2:15.4. Mike Bergstrom and Kathleen Bartlett turned v in outstanding performances. Mike placed first in the hurdles, second in the high jump . and was third in the 220. Kathleen was on the , winning 440 relay team, placed second in the 100, and third ini the 220. Other members of the Hepp ner team placing were: INTER MEDIATE, John Kilkenny, 2nd, mile walk, 3rd shotput; Dave McLeod 2nd, 440 relay, 4th long jump; Dale Munkers 2nd, 440 relay. JUNIORS Dan Marshall, 2nd shotput; Carl - Christman, 4th, long jump. . MIDGETS Dave Allstott, 5th Softball throw. Hugh Fowler, Northwest Co ordlnator for the Office of Emergency Preparedness said Friday that chances for federal funds for Heppner were pretty doubtful. Damage had been es tlmated by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture at $750,000. Mr. Fowler says the estimate is "too general ". He added that the city has a chance for as sistance by the President if city and county officials draw up es timates on specific damages. Intention of local officials is to make a detailed estimate, They have, like others, been plenty busy. The damage was caused by Shobe Creek, swollen by a fast flash flood and roaring into town loaded with logs, trees, fences and other debris. Volun teers have come from all over the county and school kids, both boys and girls, have been help Ing folks dig out. One newspaper man agreed with the G-T and was almost unbelieving when he saw how well and how fast the clean up was coming along. Several homes will be aband oned. Chase Street bridge and the Alain Street bridge have been temporarily repaired and general clean up is progressing very well. Judge ' Paul Jones requested the area be declared a disaster area to allow the Office of Emer gency Preparedness to decide on federal' aid.. Governor McCall has declared this a disaster ar ea. . : Mayor Bill . Collins and Chief of Police - Glen Kolkhorst said the 15 mile per hour speed lim it would be maintained until the clean up was further along. Mayor Collins, who has re- clean. pairs and cleaning to do at his own home, said total and spec ific estimates of flood damage would be time consuming along with everything else folks have to do here as they are all very busy cleaning up. Such esti mates may take a month. Ranchers have come to town bringing tractors and bulldoz ers to join city, county and state crews and volunteers in the clean up job. The Eddie Gundersons chick en house floated up behind their home. The mill folks sent a lift truck down to move the chicken house. None of this seemed to upset the chickens who just kept clucking along and' laying eggs as usual. (Editorial): The Federal gov ernment seems to move along very slowly. The May 25 flood has received widespread public ity and all our Congressional delegation has gone to bat for us with the Appropriations sub committee. We understand we were out of the running for planning money for Willow Creek for this year but Ullman, Packwood and Hatfield are ask ing for reconsideration. If this flood isn't convincing, what the heck is? A number of folks we've talk ed with have little faith in fed eral help. Unless it is forthcom ing we would suggest investi gating the possibility of doiiig it ourselves, we may not be able to finance a dam but the credit of the City of Heppner is A-l. If we have to, we could buy or lease land, seed it and make the diversion ditches ' the soil engineers say will do thej trick. Clean the channel of logs, weeds and debris and keep it Here to Help nmwiw h ip' m mmt ' I pa rif rn rir- -rr :iipwP"" !-.-'r-s.-.i j , ' I WJb . . r I J ,. N HEPPNER WOMEN met for an orientation meeting with Amer ican Red Cross workers to learn how to process requests for help from the flood victims. From left Ruth Erickson. volunteei case worker from Spokane. Bebe Munkers, Tiny Sweeney, Arlene Malcom, Beth Heinrich. Standing are Clint Pryor, director of Disaster Services, Spokane. Betty Rood and Jean Shera, Director Services to Military Families and case worker supervisor of Heppner Flood. Red Cross Sends Help . . . Fast Crop Damage f w,j(ff? XlS: Crop damage from the May 25 storm was pretty extensive from hail. Mrs. Dave McLeod of the Fed eral Crop Insurance office here said the preliminary report showed 2662 acres of wheat and 343 acres of barley damaged. There is also some alfalfa hay damage. Additional acreage was damaged that was not cov ered by insurance. No estimate has yet been an nounced on the loss of livestock which included sheep, some cat tle, horses and pigs. (Mrs. Ron Haguewood is known in these parts as a dan dy cake baker. But she changed jobs during the flood, went out and rescued their farm- animals, some in mud and water and hail right up to the snouts). MARGARET KINCAID, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Kin caid, general chairmen of the lone church auction and barbe cue, is trying out the antique doctor's chair, which will go to the highest bidder on Saturday. Brian Rietmann is also looking over the chair donated by John Edwards, lone Readies 9th Annual Barbecue and Auction WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Total Prec. May Normal Hi Low 69 - 53 77 52 80 49 76 51 61 35 56 43 59 45 Prec. Total 1971 thru May Normal Total 1970 thru May .... .61 m 1.60 . L34 ... 5.63 .. 6.34 . 7.82 Big event coming on Saturday is the big annual pit barbecue and auction at Willows Grange in lone. The spirit of carnival will reign when things get started at 10 a.m. as the Coun try Store opens right- on the dot. Mrs. Keith Rea is chairman of the Country Store. General chairmen, Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Kincaid, said they thought this years event will be the biggest yet. " The " big auction starts at 10:30 a.m. with ' Don Wink of Hermiston as auctioneer. Among the many dozens of .items to be featured at the auction are a 1964 Ford Galaxie, a piano and much fine furniture. Among the big selection of merchandise will be quite a bit of children's items: doll houses, sand box, pedal car, a walk-in play house and other things. The pit barbecue starts at 12:30. . They are serving 350 pounds of beef, so tender it melts in the mouth. It comes with all the trimmings, topped off by choice desserts. rides all day in his fine Model T. Mrs. Norman Nelson is chair man "of the Snack Bar and high school students- wil help serve treats there. - Mrs. Robert PJetmann and Junior High people will operate the Fish Pond with a myriad of prizes. A Kiddie Korner will be fea tured, too, with Kiddie-size pric es. . The . Silent . Auction of small antique items will open after lunch under direction of Mrs. Pete Cannon. . The merchandise committee Eldon Tucker, Bill Rietmann and Don Bristow. Ticket committee: Mrs. Dar rell James, Mrs. William Arthur assisted by members of the Sunday School classes. Barbecue Is sponored by the Deaconeses with Mrs. Earl Mc- Cabe, chairman. Mrs. Roy W. Lindstrom is In charge of publicity. Everyone is cordially invited to come and enjoy the excite ment of the auction and the On Wednesday after the flood four American Red Cross repre sentatives were in Heppner to do what they could to ease the distress of the flood victims They came from Yakima, Spo kane and Grangeville, Idaho. The Red Crojj appreciates the use of the Ford Garage show room as, headquarters prior to their moving to the Old Library and the help of C. J. D. Bau man, Civil Defense director. During their stay here, the Red Cross people were assisted by volunteers, Mrs. Jerry Swee ney, whose husband is Morrow County Red Cross Disaster chair man, Mrs. Riley Munkers,' Mrs. Bruce Malcom, Mrs. Jerry Rood Norm Nelson will give free 1 delicious barbecue. Bank May Operate Docken Cube Plant The I. M. Docken alfalfa cub ing plant will have to operate to redeem its debts, according to Attorney Harold A. Fabre of Pendleton, the agent for the Redwood Bank, San Rafael, Calif., which bought the firm. The bank bought the firm May 24 for $152,000 at a Mor row County sheriff's sale. The Small Business Adminis tration held a second mortgage on the financially entangled company for $117,000. The Docken plant met finan cial woes in 1969. The Redwood Bank, which held a first mort gage on the company brought suit against the Docken Feed Corp., I. M. Docken, Emma Dock en and Dorothy Hurrle, repre senting the estate of former Her miston justice of the peace Don Hurrle. Also named in the suit as having an interest in the plant were the Umatilla Devel opment Corp., the Small Busi ness Administration and Top Line Equipment Corp. Circuit Court Judge William Wells ordered the plant put Up or sale last month. "Under law, the Redwood Bank must operate the plant for one year to redeem its mort gage," Fabre said. "There are some operators interested in leasing the plant at Boardman." Fabre declined to say who. Fabre said the decision on finding a leasee will be made by the bank. and Mrs. Paul Heinrich, chap ter secretary. . Over 25 families have sought aid. The Red Cross has already provided shoes, bedding, beds, water heaters, furnaces, essen tial furniture, washers, dryers, repair of deep freezers and con necting electrical services.' More' help will be provided when basements are cleaned out ' and water heaters and furnaces and deep freezes are checked. Dispersing ordefs signed by the Red Cross representatives are taken to the merchant of choice and the Red Cross pays the bill. This is given free of charge to those needing help. This is not a loan but a gift from the people of the United States who contribute every year in the an nual Red Cross fund drive. . . The aim of the Red Cross is to supply immediate assistance for items needed to live in com fort. ' In addition to money from the Red Cross, contributions totaling more than $50 have come in. Anyone wishing to contribute, may send checks to the First National Bank for the Red Cross Flood account, Heppner. Swimming Pool Has Glimmer of Hope Gilbert Groff of Clark and Groff Engineers of Salem in spected the Heppner pool Tues day. While he didn't want to sound too optimistic, he advised the city to clean out the pool and dressing rooms. The boys side of the dressing room is not damaged. Of the pool, he noted that the pool was holding water which is a good sign that there are no cracks, The fact that it was full of wa ter cushioned the blows from the logs and other debris. He said Vic had a good idea last time when he sluiced out the mud through the under drain. He suggested renting a mud pump to clean it out. Some coping has been brok en off, plumbing may need re pair and the tiles will need re finishing. After the pool has been emptied, and thoroughly examined, the city will then know exactly what steps to fol low. It Is hoped that the pool will be opened this summer. Flood Meeting Next Monday Judge Paul Jones and. Mayor Bill Collins have announced an Important flood: meeting at 2 pan., next Monday. -June1 7 at the Heppner High School Cafe-torium. AU interested Federal agencies are to be represented. Small Business Administration, Feder al Housing Agency, ' Internal Revenue on possible tax rebates. u. S. Army Corps of Engineers. I A representative of the Office of Emergency Preparedness from Seattle will be present The Klnzua Corporation has sot a target dato of Oct. 1, for opening of their new green ven cvr plant here, according to company official, Allen Nintad. A total of 70 people will be employed on the two shifts. Crews will Instull more ma chinery "d ready the big plant here during the summer. Thw is still part of the first phase of the Klnzua Corp. program which eventually will reach an Investment of some $2.2 million In machinery and buildings. First building Is now nearly completed and was painted re cently. Machinery that has been Installed so far Is large. Machin ery will bo uncrated, put togeth er and hooked up this summer to be ready for fall production. County's First Jr. Rodeo Next Week Morrow County's First Junior Rodeo will be held at the Mor row County Fairgrounds Satur day and Sunday, June 12 and 13. Somewhere In the neighbor hood of 150 entries are expected in this first big junior rodeo. Stock contractor Is Bill Shaan of Baker, B. L. Davis Ranch, Roy Phillipl and Ronnie Ray mond. Mary Thompson of Adams Is announcer. Doing their usual jobs in and about the arena will be the Morrow County Rodeo Commit tee. A meeting was held last night at DuAnn McCarty's to finalize the plans for this first junior rodeo. A dance will be held June 12 at the Fairgrounds with music by the Western Gentlemen. Many awards are offered con testants in the rodeo. Fast action, Interesting events are promised the audience. First1 Timers Asked To Try Luck At Heppner Flower Show Conservation Tour Planned June 4 Have Wells Checked Vic Groshen and his city crew tested all water meters and manholes and sewer con nections immediately following the flood. All water lines were OK and only a few breaks in the sewer lines occurred. Water samples have been sent in and the report has come back with a satisfactory test. All of the city wells were away from the flood. It is necessary that the farm wells along the flood section be tested immediatelv. IFYE Student To C of C Meet John U. Book, an IFYE ex change student from Sweden, will be the speaker at next Monday's Chamber of Commerce luncheon at the Wagon WheeL John is the guest of the Don McElligott family. He will leave soon for the 4-H Camp. Free Ads For Kids for Jobs Big kids and little kids students of all ages are of fered free employment want &ds next week. Ads must con tain name and a phone num ber, and the work the kids can do. Ads must be In the Hepp ner Gazette-Times office by Monday night. All ads will be run in the next issue, Thursday, June 10. Ads will be accepted on a free basis from residents of Morrow, Umatilla, Grant, Gil liam and Wheeler counties. Readers are asked to clip the work wanted section and refer to it during the sum mer when help is needed. The Morrow County Extension Service will sponsor a conserva tion , tour . Friday,. June 4 and the public Is invited. The group will meet at 10:00 a.m. at the fairgrounds to tour wheat fertility plots and weed trial plots. At noon, they will have sack lunches at Marcel Jones' home with dessert and drinks furnished by the host. Anyone interested is invited to join the tour at . either 10:00 a.m. at the fairgrounds or at the Jones' ranch at noon. The afternoon tour will be of the Conservation winners ranch, ending at the Jones' home for cokes furnished by the Morrow County Grain Growers. Because the Friday Flower Show sponsored by the Heppner Garden. Club is their first .ven ture, they are calling It "Begin ners Luck". They are most anx ious to have everyone enter in fo "the fun of the show and -bring in flower arrangements as well as horticulture entries. They especially urge first tim ers to try their luck. ' Entries will bo accepted at the Ford Garage Show room from 8 to 11 a.m. Friday morn ing with judging at 11 o'clock. Open to Public The show will open to the public at 1 p.m. Everyone is cor dially Invited to come In and see the show and enjoy, a cup of coffee and cookies. Mrs. Rudv Mensch is chairman for the tea hour. ' ''J . , Any questions about the cate. gories of entries may be ans wered by calling Mrs. Wallace Wolff or Rev. and Mrs. Edwin Cutting. Merchants To Meet Friday Sharon Gorman has announc ed an important Merchants Committee meeting Friday noon at the Wagon Wheel. r t 1 Yv V- TV v 4 l Wf,ii , . ' DENVER GRIGSBY. Boeing official, details briefing last week at Boardman's Greenfield Grange Hall, telling city, county, state officials, newsmen and local citizens of Boeing's plans to devel op the Space Age Industrial Park. Plan to invest a million dol lars in the company's phase I was disclosed at a meeting ar ranged by Judge Paul Jones. Start will be Irrigating 1320 acres ol pasture land from a big pumping system near Three Mile. Through 1975 the company will develop irrigation for 12JW0 acres. Developments are expected to follow In the form of canneries, slaughter houses, a winery, tannery and other indus tries. Development of the Carty Reservol for water storage will cover some 5.000 acres. The Boeing Company expects to develop a fish raising program there as recommended by the Gazette Times some months ago. Farmers in the Middle West grow fish and make some $700 an acre. r
