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L I 0 r A R Y U OF 0 t ' z : r t o r r 0 7 10 3 Flood Committee Named, To Prepare Close Study Bob Laughlin, Claude Busch kc, Sylvia McDanlcl. Jewel Ha- for and Marcel Jones hove, eeA named as a committee io explore all the possibilities for flood prevention. They were named by Ken Turner, chair man of the Heppner Soil and Water Conservation District Last week Mr. Laughlin, Mr. Buschke, Mrs. McDanlel and Mrs. Hager went to Salem. They met with Mark O. Heggard. ombudsman and Bob Logan, both with the governor's office. Both men recommended that the committee work through the municipal and county govern ment. The group also visited with Quentin Bowman of the State Water Resources board. He sug gested that a legal entity be set up to expedite the channel work and to police and to main tain canyons and channels af ter work Is completed. The committee is setting up a Flood Fund. Money will be Swim Pool Loses Mud Mayor Bill Collins reported at the Monday Chamber of Com merce luncheon that the swim ming pool was very difficult to clean this time because of the type of debris. A new fence is needed; remarbling, wiring, plumbing and repairs to the bath house are needed. An en gineer will determine other needs and costs. Mayor Collins explained that for the sake of safety it had always been the custom to send the children home from the pool at the first sight of rain. Judge Paul Jones said a rep resentative of the Dept. of Emergency Services will be here to meet with local people on warning systems. I needed to bo used for flood pre vent ion work and maintenance 'afterwards, Donations can be I i. . -i. - n t. r.t fittKrn Oro. It'll 81 Wie uuui vi gon. Committee members will contact as many people person ally as possible. Women Aim At Channel Watch Fifteen women with Mrs. Paul Heinrich as chairman met last Wednesday at the City Hall de termined to find a way to warn people of high water. They strongly favored the sounding of the Flood alert sig nal as soon as the weather bur eau reported a possible flood. They felt that the individuals then could make their own de cision whether to leave or stay. They were told that the City had discussed putting the old siren up on the American Leg Ion Hall so that people in that area could be warned. It wasn't entirely clear just what areas of the town do hear the horn and siren. This seems to depend on the way the wind Is blow ing in some Instances. They discussed the need of designating certain individuals to watch the canyons for high water during the flood alert. These would include Shobe, Wil low, Balm Fork, Hinton and Clarks Canyons. They discussed block chairmen to help in get ting some of the older people from their homes and to no tify others. Mrs. Heinrich and Mrs. Jerry Rood were named to go to the City Council with their ide.s and suggestions. The women Were serious in their approach to the problem but there were times of levity, especially when one woman suggested they call themselves The Order of the Assn. of Cry Wolf Women". 88th Year THE 0w GAZ ETTE-T HEPPNER E IM Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 17, 1971 Number 17 WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low Wednesday 71 47 Thursday 63 52 Friday 73 42 Saturday 75 49 Sunday 71 49 Monday 69 40 Tuesday 73 39 Prec. .39 .03 T VMinides Diminish, Board Hires 3 Teachers WlWWH'yr'pw j,ujH!.,"iwii mi. mm " ', y . y v .) "AY. w : I 1 I y THE NEW 1971-72 Board of Education Chairman. Jerry Peck of Boardman wishes himself luck as well as Dr. W. H. Wolff, the new vice chairman. MAX JONES receives his plaque in appreciation of six years served on the board of education, four of them as rice chair man from Chairman Jack Sumner. LISA HUNT holds the Jody Rugg Memorial trophy presented to vk .ini nri nf Hpnnnpr'a First Annual Junior Rodeo. Standing with her are Jodys family. Jill Rugg. Monte Evans and Shirley Rugg. Junior Rodeo Winners Get Many Awards Morrow County has had its first exciting Junior Rodeo, held last weekend at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. Lisa Hunt of Bend was win ner of the Jody Rugg Memorial Trophy. This award will have to be won three times in suc cession in order to win perma nent possession. Award is made by Mrs. Shirley Rugg, Jill Rugg and Monte Evans. Lisa was also all-around winner of Sen ior Girls events. Other Senior Girl winners: Steer dobbing: Shannon Mad dox, Redmond. Breakaway roping: Shannon Maddox, Redmond. Barrel Race: Lisa Hunt. Bend. Cow Riding: Sherry Smith, Redmond. All-around winner for Senior Boys Events was Phil Nance, Redmond. Other Senior Boy winners: Saddle bronc; Pat Shannon, Condon. Bareback: Tom Smith, Walla Walla. Cow riding: Phil Nance, Red mond. Calf Roping: Wade Kamm, Pendleton. Team Roping: Onie Bloom berg and Tom Maycumber, both Walla Walla. Junior Events Winner was Rob Estabrook, Roeeburg. Barrel Race (tie): Mary Healy of Heppner and Robert Barnes, Walla Walla. Pole Bending: Dean Hamper, Walla Walla. Boys' calf riding: Tod Rether ford, John Day. Girls' Calf Riding: Teresa Hughes, Heppner. Breakaway Roping: Mike Ful ler, Clarkston, Wash. Steer Dobbing: Rob Esta brook, Roseburg. The Morrow County Junior Rodeo committee heartily thank all their kind sponsors and ev eryone who attended and all others who helped make this first Junior Rodeo a success. Working to make the first Junior Rodeo a success were Charlie Daly, Rod Murray, Tad Miller, Bob Steagall, Pat O' Brien, Mike Saling, Gail McCar ty, Bob Montgomery, Harold Kerr, Bill Healy, Orval Matheny, Don Evans, Jerry Dougherty, Ev erett Struckmeier, Stan Henkle, Earl Struckmeier. Darrell Doo ney, Monte Evans. Judges were Jim McMahon, Jim Bothum, Kent Bigsby. Timers were Stan Kemp, Ar chie and Dimple Munkers and Thelma Smethurst. Mary Thompson was an nouncer for the show. Helping in various capacities were Bob Van Schoiack, Hal Bergstrom, Joe Yocom, Art Gal braith, Jerry Schubert, Jack Healy, Matt Murray. Secretarial help: DuAnn Mc Carty. Shirley Rugg, Bea Struckmeier. Duveen Schubert, Linda King and Marcy Bauer. (AL?o see pictures page 4) Change in Dialing Habits Caused By New Equipment Old habits and new equip mcr.t don't "always mix. At least that's wnat many Pacific Northwest Bell customers in Heppner, lone and Lexington have been finding out since last Sunday. Until then these customers could call each other by simp ly dialing five digits of a tele phone number. But, those days are gone, re ports Dale Slusher, PNB man ager. "We've been installing new equipment to keep up with growth in the area", he said. 'Sunday we put some of it in to operation, and to make it work right, all seven digits of a telephone number must be dialed to complete a call." 4-H'ers At The Stock Show Morrow County 4-11 club members were well represented at the Oregon Wheat Growers League 4-H & FFA Junior Live stock Show at The Dalles, re ports Harbld Kerr, Morrow County Extension Agent. Ten 4-H club members exhib ited ten steers, and two lambs ata the show. Clay West exhib ited two lambs graded good and received a white award for both. His lambs were purchased by out of county buyers. The steer exhibitors were: Herb Ekstrom, Rick Peterson, Dawn Peterson, all of lone, with blue award steers. Red awards went to John Kilkenny, Mary Ann Greenup (2 steers), and Patricia Hughes, all of Heppner. Red awards also went to Clint and Phil Carlson and John Eks trom from lone. Morrow County Grain Growers purchased seven of the 4-H steers and Pettyjohn Farm and Building Supply bought one steer, all at 34c lb. Clint Carlson won first place in Beef Showmanship, Junior Division. Herb Ekstrom placed second in senior beef showman ship. All the exhibitors from Morrow County did a good job at the show. The Oregon Wheat League has sponsored the show for 25 years. Bob Jepsen, past presi dent of the Wheat League, spoke on behalf of the Wheat League at the annual awards banquet. A new film about wheat en titled "Go Power" was shown to the club members. An ani mal fed for the show must have wheat as 30 of their ration. There were 106 lambs, 76 hogs, and 121 steers exhibited at the show. Job Openings At Produce Company Applications for employment by Morrow Produce Company will be available at the pota to shed Thursday, July 1, from S:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Various types of employment offered include sorters, sack sewers, loading and unloading. There is work for both men and women and applicants must be at least 16 years of age. Ap plicants age 16 to 18 must have work permits. Work Is expected to begin July 15 to July 20. Applications prior to July 1 may be obtain ed by contacting Mrs. Bartlett at 989-8108. Helpers Needed! 4-H Camp set-up June 19 all day Please come bring your tools and supplies, your family and your lunch. Jobs-a-plenty for all (wood to cut. kitchen to be cleaned, tents set up, plumbing fixing need-, ed, etc! FLOOD WORK COMING Important Public Meet There will be a public meet ing conducted try Quentin Bowman of the State Water Resources board Monday, June 21 at 7:30 pan. at the City HalL The purpose of the meeting is to determine way and means that local city commit tees and other organization! may take to form a district which could clear channels and police the district area. (Editorial) A Federal cost-sharing i program through the ASCS called REAP has had Ver- bal approval, according to Dave McLeod on Tuesday. 1 It was hoped that written I approval would be receiv- f- ed in a dav or so. This would provide something like 80 of the total cost of the program for diver sions and grassing on upper Shobe Creek canyon area. Total cost is estima ted at $20,000. He explained that tech nical design and layout will be provided by the Soil Conservation Service. A number of RC&D people have been here recently conferring at the Soil Conservation office on the flood problem. Mrs. Jewel Hager of the Water Resource Committee seid Tuesday in less than two hours she had col lected over $500 for the Flood Fund. Money is to be needed for both soil work and channel work. It is planned to put forth all possible efforts, too, to get the Shobe and Willow Creek channels cleaned and better able to accom- 't modate heavy run-off s all - through town. 'f We ere encouragr, at '', the determined attitudes of -y City and County officials U and citizens to get the i jobs done, both of clean 't ing up and in working on W, preventative measures. The Chamber of Com H merce. Morrow County and City of Heppner officials have sent telegrams to ' the Oregon delegation in GRAIN PRICES F.O.B. Lexington, does not In clude warehouse chgs.) (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Growers) White Wheat (9 day Shipment) $1.69V2 NEW CROP White Wheat (July Shipment) - S1.55V2 White Wheat (Aug.- Sept Shipment) l.SlVa Red Wheat (July-Aug. Shipment) 1.59Va Barley (July-Aug. Shipment) - 37.50 Rodeoing Winners At the Regional Registered Appaloosa Horse Show last weekend in Pendleton, Jim Far ley's horse "Appy C" ridden by Cliff Adair was second in total performance and 2nd in total games for 17 points (first place horse had 21 points). Results: Head and Heel 1st; Steer Dobbing 1st; Rope Raco 1st; Calf Roping 9-: Lance Race -3rc!i Figure 8 4th; Barrel Race 3rd: 660 Horse Race 2nd: 220 Horse Race 4th; Pole Bend ing 4th. The header for Heading and Heeling was Jill Rugg. At the Oregon State Finals in Hermiston the High Sshool Rodeo Jill was first in calf roninp and Beckv Fulleton won first in Barrel Racing and sec ond in calf roping. The rirls will eo to Filer, Ida ho in August for the National Finals. At the Appaloosa show, Jill won calf roping and breakaway roping and 2nd In Steer dob bing. Fire At The Judge's Ranch Judge Paul Jones Sunday af ternoon had quite a surprise. He was at the Courthouse on duty during a precautionary flnrwl alort when his wife call ed Informing him that a fire hnA hrnken out in their range land across the road from their ranch home. It was going "right up and over the hill". By mis take the flood whistle was Rnundod instead of the fire sir- pn. However, no harm was done and folks were given plenty of warning of a possible iiooa. Tho Rural Fire Protection Dis trict volunteers promptly ans unrur? thp rnll. went out and fought the fire. Apparently the fire started near tne roaa ana spread up the hill burning up some ten acres or so of bunch grass. In town the flood never ma terialized and people were warned by loudspeaker from the police cars and by phone, in addition to the whistle. Five HHS Students At Boys' State Five Heppner High School Junior boys left Sunday to at tend the annual Boys' State Convention. Charlie Pointer, Craig Munk ers, Steve Rhea, Tom Cutsforth and John Sumner will serve as delegates to the state youth convention on the Oregon State Campus at Corvallis in session from June 13 to 20. These boys are sponsored by Morrow County Grain Growers, the Elks, American Legion Post No. 87, and the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce. ai th.y Mondav nlcht meeting of the Morrow County School nicfri, R.t board, contracts were signed for Per Walthinsen, Dennis Cass and Stephen Brown- field. Mr. Walthinsen will teach vo cal music Heppner Llementary. Ho has his masters from Port inn,! stntp. Hp crew up in Nor- unv nntl is enthusiastic about skiing and photography. Mr. Cass is a graduate ci EOC and will have Language Arts at Heppner Elementary. fiild is a University of Oregon graduate and he will teach Biology at rieppner ing. Sunt. Daniels told the board he had interviewed 2 or 3 peo ple for each of the 4 positions yet open in the district. He said ho has tried to maintain a bal ance of men and women, old nni now and experienced and non-experienced. Having so mnv Annlicants to interview has made screening for posit ions more time-consuming man Inns vears. The board ... i - . n-.ontii rpslrniations from Lin da McKay, business teacher at lone High School, sne pians io tnu nt home with her family. The other resignation came from Eugene Dockter, Math-Science and coach at lone mgn &cnooi. He will teach at Adrian next year. Board Reorganization Jerry Peck of Boardman was elected chairman of the board and Dr. W. H. Wolff of Hepp ner vice chairman. Mr. Daniels reviewed briefly some of the bills that had been passed by legislature that would affect the district. An in crease in the per diem for sub stitute teachers could increase the cost to the district $1500. The Tenure Law was changed to Fair Dismissal Law and could resolve differences " in as few as 55 days to 2 or 3 years as is now sometimes the case. He reported on the use the dis trict made of materials, films, models, diagrams, from the Umatilla County I ED. Eldon Hemenover from PS Cook Co. explained the prob lems involved in the water and furnace system at th " Srhool fie bcn . .ipws m the floor win be abandoned and overhead pipes will be Installed to lead back to the boiler. Classified Employees Hired i Mrs. Sedrick (Betty) Christ man was hired as half-time cook at Heppner Elementary. There were 15 applicants for the job. Arnold Hoffman was hired as custodian at Riverside High School in place of Robert Howard, retired. Driver Training cars are re quired at Riverside, lone and HonDner Ilieh Schools. Farley Motors wants to supply the car at Heppner High School, Pear son Motors from Hermiston at Riverside High School. Fulleton Motors has indicated an inter est in supplying the car at lone (Continued on page 8) Congress seeking emergen- fi ey funds and work by the U. S. Army Corps of En- gineers for channel work 11 on Shob Creek. M I'-, if'' j k'Q KAX I 7 J .r- h i7. : f a fJ' , h i . a J- y . . k i . i COME and meet these lovely ladies next Mon day at the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce luncheon. Flanking Queen Mi chelle Miller on the ole top rail are (from left) Prirccts Jtri Ssow. Princess Davie Alder- man. Princess Jan Schlichting and Princess Jeanne Daly. Kick-off Dance for the annual Morrow County Fair and Rodeo will be held Saturday. June 26 at the Fairgrounds. (Photo by Alan Martin).
