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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
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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".
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 17, 1971
Number 17
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
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Wednesday 71 47
Thursday 63 52
Friday 73 42
Saturday 75 49
Sunday 71 49
Monday 69 40
Tuesday 73 39
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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
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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).