Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current, June 10, 1971, Page 8, Image 8

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Government Men at Flood Meeting
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in fixing up
residents Invent
their homes.
Meeting lasted from 2 p.m.
until about 5 p.m.
Three Babies Born
At Pioneer Memorial
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HEART'S as natural pumps interested Bonnie Scbwar and Jody
Maria tt. On display were a beef heart, turkey heart chicken
heart a mouse heart and a cut-away view of a human heart
..This was Tom Wolff's project
Science Display Shows Greatness
(Our apologies to the th
grade students who put on a
tremendous show with their
Mtnce Fair, May 11. Gradua
tion ... the flood kept crowd
ing them out)
The Science Fair was a fan
tastic display of students' tal
ents. Their organization of ma
terial, the scientific process and
recording If findings were a!!
there to be examined. Their in
terests ran from Mouse traps
to Robots. The Robot with his red
heart pasted on the outside of
his metal hotly and tape recor
der ensconced on the inside
was a favorite of the little boys
and girls.
There were 100 plus exhibits.
Every seventh grader had made
n musical instrument in their
study of sound and a D.N. A.
molecule.
Each eighth grade student
had the assignment of a 6
weeks science project. Each
read and decided on his own
project. A written report and
drawing were submitted to the
science teacher, Mrs. Dick Mea-
FFA Winners
At The Dalles
Jon Hedmnn of the Heppner
FFA Chapter was winner Tues
day of Grand Champion with
his Angus steer at The Dalles
annual Wheat League Junior
Show. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Arnie Hedman. We under
stand Jon also won fourth place
in showmanship.
Kick Drake had the Cham
pion FFA Light Steer, a Here,
ford.
Heppner FFA won 2nd in FFA
meats judging.
Observers stated the places
were won against the heaviest
competition they've had at The
Dalles show.
County Extension Agent liar
old Kerr is an official at The
Dalles show, called the G T
with this exciting news
dor, for approval. From here on
they were on their own, mark
ing; their own progress. A de
tailed report on the experi
ments was" placed by each
exhibit.
Over 800 attended the Science
Fair which included all the stu
dents in the elementary grades.
Mrs. Meador opened the build
ing for science entries Saturday
and Sunday and at 7 o'clock
the morning of the Fair. Mrs.
Don Bennett and Jack Loytl at
tended the Fair during the
day.
Jack Loyd had a "circle" of
friends frequently during the
day as they held hands and
passed the electric shock one
to another from an old magneto
from an old crank telephone.
ltxlged In Shobe Creek and they
felt much greater channel work
than planned would be needed
there.
Kail Jones of Jiend with the
Soil Conservation Service said
that after the l!Hi! flood on
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ed studies. He stated the Hepp- r. r.uwaru phhi.
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ner Soil mm waier v-onscrvaiion i.iiij,i r-.- -
District Is prepared to work a boy born nt Pioneer Memorial
with the public to slow down nospual June 1, wriK"tnK
the amount of flow. He spoke V He was named Brian Lee
of diversion ditches, grass plant- "nd has three brothers, jwicnaei.
ings and sodding done locally. raig ana r.oaie ami jne sister,
And lie added that considerable ai nome.
flow icdurtions can be expect ! Grandparents are Lawrence
Aoakes or Oregon uty ami .-wrs.
crc Iva ll.imley of Sioux City, Iowa.
A roy was oorn to itir. turn
I Mrs. Lawrence Angell of Hepp
i ner on June 7, weighing 7 lb.,
fl'jj oz. and named Craig Kelly.
He has a brother Jimmy and a
j sister, Ilobbette at home.
Grandparents are Mr. and
' Mrs. Floyd Hutchlns of Hepp
j ner and Mr. and Mrs. Jim An
Igt ll of Portland. Great grand
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Dave MctLeod of the ASC
office in Heppner told of the
Ilural Environmental program.
t ost sharing program with
fanners in which others may
share the cost. He said they
have a request in to headquart
ers for emergency funds for di
version ditches, sod waterways
and other ACP ag conservation
practices. He said he hopes to
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, .. , , i r .u 'Kelly of Prlneville.
forthcoming by the end of the, .
week.
He said they have requested
$2(),(KI0.
Mr. MtLeod said they have
permission from the largest
landowner to do the Soil Con
servation practices.
Al Lofstrand of the Small
Business Administration ex
plained that his department
could operate here if there had
been a disaster Involving 25
homes or 5 businesses. Damage
must be to buildings.
Lou Baxter of the Farm Home
Administration explained, they
had four types of loans. Inter
est is 5 1-8 now.
They have housing disaster
loans to rural residents in towns
up to 10,000 population. They
would not permit rebuilding on
the same site where there had
been 100 loss from a flood.
The FHA will also help small
cities with water and sewer
projects and in some cases have
grants for as much as 50.
For an individual, he must
write them a request telling of
his problems, how much he
needs and why.
The American Red Cross Is
providing over $5,000 for tho
flash flood victims, it was re
ported. The Red Cross would
like, if possible, to have re
quests for help in by June 18.
Ron Chase, Pendleton, of the
Internal Revenue Service, said
there would be a casualty loss
deduction on the income tax
form and offered booklets to
show how to figue the loss. Lo
cal Income tn, people can help
in this regard.
Gene Pierce, president of the
Heppner-Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce drew applause.
Ho thanked everyone for com
ing and stated he felt that the
people were not really seeking
loans. What they wanted was
assurance that the flood prob
lem on Shobe Creek would be
cured. Two damaging floods in
two years is too much and some
kind" of action Is wanted before
RAINBOWS PLANTED
The Oregon Game Commis
sion on June 2 made final Rain
tow trout planting of the sea
son in Willow and Rhea Creeks
and Cutsforth Fond. One thcus
and trout were plained in each
place, according to Gien Want
nd Jack Melland,
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HOME
ATTENTION ELKS
SATURDAY SURPRISE
JUNE 12
Special Happy Hour 8:30-9:30.
Sandwiches and Salads Served,
$1.50
9:30-?? Dance to the music of
Larry Bryant, a one-man band.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kroll of
Lexington are the parents of a
girl born at 9:35 a.m., Juno 9
at Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
weighing 8 lb., 12', a oz. She was
named Kimberly and has one
brother, Brian David at home.
Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Kroll of Corvallis and
Mr. and Mrs. D. O. Nelson of
Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Nel
son of Hermiston, Mr. and Mrs.
George Piper of Helix and Mr.
and Mrs. John Fletcher of Port
land are great -grandparents.
EOC Holds
40th Graduation
Former Governor Rob e r t
Holmes delivered the commence
mcnt address Saturday at East
em Oregon College.
Erin Dick and Dean Keith
Robinson of Heppner received
decrees of bachelor of science
In education.
Susan Kay Lindstrom of lone
received a degree of bachelor of
science In anthropology-soemi
ogy.
Beverly Ann Thelps of Monu
ment and Darlene Sue Cannon
received their degrees of bach
elor of science In education.
Duanc Steers
Joins Nary
Duane Steers left May 27 from
Tortland for Navy Basic Train
ing in San Diego. A Junior
in high school when he left, he
plans to study and take his GED
test while he Is in the service.
His parents arc Mr. and Mrs.
Elmer Steers ar.d his sister,
Nola Steers.
His address for friends who
would like to write to him Is:
S. R. Harry D. Steers D sl-84-f.G,
Company 1G5 Naval Training
Center, San Diego, Calif. 92133.
Ed Dick Wins
Las Vegas Trip
Ed Dick left Friday for an all
expense paid trip to the Zenith
showing in Las Vegas. Plans
were for Mrs. Dick to attend
the EOC commencement exer
cises Saturday then drive down
to meet her husband. They
planned to visit her brother,
Jack Forsythe, at Sacramento
enroute home.
Their daughter, Erin, was a
member of the graduating class.
She will be. teaching P.E. at
Mt. Vernon next year.
John Kilkenny Passes
Services will be held today
(June 10) for John Kilkenny,
Morrow-Umatilla county cattle
man, at St. Mary's Catholic
Church in Pendleton at 1:30
p.m. Interment will be in Olney
Cemetery. He Is a brother of
Mrs. Jim Monahan of Heppner.
Other brothers and sisters here
for the services are Mrs. Perry
Paulson of Lake Oswego, Frank
Kilkenny and Martha Doyle
both of New York.
New Use for
Newspapers
Winifred Cox made use of
newspapers In cleaning up the
mud and silt from her base
ment. She laid many thickness
es of newspaper on the floor of
the furnace room. As they ab
sorbed mud and water she car
ried them out and laid down
another layer. After about 20
layers she was "down to bedrock"!
School Board
Meeting Agenda
Morrow County School District
R l board meeting will be held
June 14 at 8 p.m. nt the Dis
trict office in Lexington.
The agenda follows:
1. Call meeting to order, Chair
man Jack Sumner.
3. Financial report.
4. Delegations, if any.
5. Superintendent's report.
Old Business
1. Discuss proposed changes
In teachers handbook.
New Business
1. Accept resignations.
2. Hire classified employees.
3. Approve contracts for new
personnel.
4. Approve board meeting cal
endar for 1971-72.
5. Consider ordering driver
training cars for 1971-72.
6. Authorize Clerk and Dep
uty Clerks bonds.
7. Instruct Deputy Clerk to
balance books and call for an
nual audit.
8. Authorization to call for
service bids, bulk gasoline, fuel
oil, antifreeze, contract runs,
etc.
9. Consider participation in
area vocational improvement
program.
10. Elect chairman and vice
chairman for 1971-72 year.
1. Next regular meeting, July
19, 8:00 p.m., District Office,
Lexington, Oregon.
Golden Age Picnic
Is Pending j
Plans for the Annual summer
Golden Age picnic held on the
Court House lawn are pending.
The date will be announced
later. Carl Troedson is chairman.
HOSPITAL NEWS
TatU-nis receiving medical
care at Tioneer Memorial Hos
pital are Matilda Jepsen, lone;
Charles Bailey, Heppner; Ernest
Lundell, lone; Sybil Brand,
Heppner; Deborah Papincau,
Lexington; Myra Peck, Lexing
ton; Redder Hale, Hermiston;
and Shawn Davis, Fossil.
Patients discharged were Bar
bara Dodson, Heppner and Leon
ard George, Heppner.
Mr. and Mrs. George Stillman
and Beryl and Mr. and Mrs.
Orval Cutsforth, Lisa and
Donna were hunting in north
ern Nevada all last week. They
were on an Indian arrow head
and artifacts hunt.
The averae Tainfall for May
in that erae was .96 and this
May they had 4.92 inches of
rainfall. They feel that they
spent most of their time stuck
in the mud.
The Stillmans came on home
and the Cutsforths went on into
the Jordan ' Valley country.
CROP SCIENCE CLUB OFFICER
George Kenney of Boardman
is the newly elected agricultural
council representative of the
Crop Science Club at Oregon
State University,: ,
LONEROCK
LONEROCK Sgt. and Mrs.
Alton Carter and four children
arrived from New Mexico this
week and are visiting the lat-
ter's brother and family, the
Raymond Harrison's ranch. They
were joined here by Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Harrison from The
Dalles, and other guests were
Mrs. Homer Davis and children.
Sgt. Carter will return to New
Mexico Friday and will be re
leased from the service next
month. 1
Mrs. Elmer Steers leaves Fri
day for Portland where she will
enter the VA Hospital. She will
have surgery on Monday. Mrs.
Steers is an Air Force veteran
where she served as a radio
mechanic. Nola will stay with
relatives in Gresham while
her mother is in the hospltaL
A son. Russell Dale, was bora
May 26 in Pendleton to Mr. and
Mrs. Roger Britt of Pilot Rock.
The little lad weighed 9 lb., 5
oz. Grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Ellis Pettyjohn of Hepp
ner and Mr. and Mrs. Elvin
Britt of Pilot Rock.
Too Late to Classify
FOR SALE 4
possibly 5 on
676-5820.
bedroom home,
double lot. Call
LOST -r- 5-gal. propane tank
lost in flood. Finder please
return to Tommy Wilson. $5
reward. 23-24c
wonderful ways to say
6f
WE KNOW YOU'D LIKE
TO GIVE POP
A Helicopter to take him to his work
A 60 ft. Cabin Cruiser
A Sleek Imported Sports Car
A 6 months Vocation on the Riviera
Keys to Fort Knox
But ... if you must be practical
you'll find an assortment of gifts
At Murray's Drug
CHECK THESE ITEMS FOR POP:
Cook Book
Camera
Pipe
Playboy Subscription
Cuff Link Boxes
A Cocktail
Tape Head Demagnatier Spurs
Home Handvman's Certificate for Free Coke
Record
Tape
Tape Recorder
Tope Player
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Pacifier
Travel Kit
Travel Bar
Shave Lotion
Electric Razor
Aquarium
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Shave Brush
Lighter
Attache Cose
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