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LIBRARY U O F 0 n n New Flood Alarms Here At the Tuesday evening flood meeting at City HaU"''J Chief Forrie Burkenblne iuggeted new temporary Flood An alert U one BLAST from the fire horn for count I Signal for a flood and evacuation U one continual blast A from the fire horn. Signal for Fire will be blast with pause between the blasts i j On Monday noon there will be a test blast as usuaL A These axe temporary warning signals. Drills and tests are planned soon to see how long r It takes to get Heppner evacuated In case of flood. Mayor BUI Collins urges everyone to be calm. Every effort will be made to help the elderly. All are asked to please cooperate with the volunteers who are trying to help save lives. mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmemmmmmmmmrnxm Engineers Tally Pipe Move Costs Mayor Bill Collins informed the G-T yesterday that the en gineers have come up with their estimate of the cost of relocat ing the sewer and water lines on Cannon Street. Some of them cross Shobe Canyon and lie par allel right along the canyon so that the widening and deepen ing of the channel cannot pro ceed until the pipe work is done. The City Council has accept ed the engineers' recommenda tion that the relocation of the pipes be done. Estimated cost is $15,000. The Council was ad vised that it may be possible to secure an FHA grant for one hah the cost. Mayor Collins got the ball rolling yesterday in ap plying for this grant. Channel Cleaning Channel cleaning and emerg ency temporary work has been accepted under Section 208 of the Flood Control Act and the Red Cross Sends Over $10,000 The Inland Empire division of the American Red Cross work ing with Mrs. Jerry Sweeney, representing the local chapter, to help those who sustained flood damage has closed the ac counts. A total of $10,589.07 was spent to re-establish families back in to their homes following the flood on May 25. Need not loss is the basis upon which the Red Cross gives assistance to disaster victims. Amounts paid out and commit ted: Food clothing and maint enance $141.66. Building and Re pair $4221.59. This includes fur naces, hot water heaters and restoring- electrical services to homes. Household furnishings $5427.88. This includes washers, dryers, refrigerators, ranges and furniture. Occupational supplies $797.94. The day after the flood the Red Cross had four workers in to start assistance. A disaster affecting less than five famil ies Is considered a community responsibility. If five families or more are affected it becomes a Red Cross responsibility. As the need for fewer work ers became apparent, they re turned home. Clint Prior stayed until the end of the first week. Mrs. Jerry Sweeney whose hus band is Morrow County's Red Cross disaster chairman, took over the work as liaison between the local people still needing help and the Red Cross Divis ion headquarters. She was in contact with the Spokane office repeatedly. The money from the National Red Cross was deposited here under a special Flood Fund ac count and Rose Marie Buschke, Morrow County Red Cross treas urer, has written the checks. Fifty dollars were donated by three local families to the Flood Fund account. Gordon Prout Is 1961 Class Reunion Speaker Gordon Prout, principal of Heppner High School in 1961 will be here for the class of 1961 Reunion this Saturday. He will speak at the banquet to be held at the Elks Club. Registration will be held at 7 p.m., followed by a social hour, banquet, program and dancing. A family picnic is planned for Sunday. The place will be voted upon at the banquet Working on the get-to gether have been Shirley Van Winkle George (Mrs. Kit George) and Marlene Griffin Gray (Mrs. Mike Gray), both of Heppner; Doris Morris Brosnan (Mrs. Dan Brosnan) of Newport and Feme Albert Healy (Mrs. Mike Healy). Expected Charles Smallwood is coming from Hawaii for the reunion and already here from Texas is Rob-i ert Michaels. Decorations on the banquet tables will be trophies, plaques and other memorabilia from their high school years. U. S. Army Engineers are await ing approval from the Oregon State Environmental Committee. Committee The City of Heppner will pay for new bridges, relocating the utilities obtain easements and rights-of-way and releases of liability. These legal tmngs are all required before the Army Corps of Engineers will lift a finger. At the City's urging, contract ors are studying figures and will present costs of fixing up the swimming pool. The Mayor and Council are dninf? all Dossible to expedite all the work needed for the Shobe Canyon project within Heppner. VIRGINIA WILKINSON Virginia Wilkinson Is Installed Worthy Grand Matron Installation of new officers Wednesday climaxed the 82nd Annual Session of Grand Chap, ter of Oregon, Order of Eastern Star, at the Memorial Coliseum, Portland. Mrs. Dick Wilkinson, Heppner, is now Worthy Grand Matron with Karl Wipper, Turner, seat ed as Worthy Grand Patron. The new WGM was initiated in Ruth Chapter No. 32 in 1947 and has served in a variety of local and state OES offices. Mrs. Wilkinson has served many years with Rainbow for Girls advisory board of Oregon. Karl Wipper who has been a farmer and sheep breeder at Turner all his life was initiated in Victoria Chapter at Turner in 1946 and has served four times as Worthy Patron and sev eral years on state office com mittees of OES. Wipper has al so served for the past 26 years as a school board member, serv ed on the Marion County Fair Board for 17 years and has serv ed on advisory boards of both DeMolay for boys and Rairibow for girls. Other newly installed officers for the following year are: Mrs George Ristols, associate grand matron; Lester Langdon, assort Miller, secretary, Mrs. Clarence ate grand patron; Mrs. Elbert Bateman, treasurer, Mrs. Lewis Rose, Grand Conductress, Mrs. Marjorie Wilson, Associate grand conductress and Merrill Stanley, Sentinel. Kinzua Official To Speak Here Feature of next Monday's luncheon meeting of the Hepp-ner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce is Allen Nistad. Mr. Nistad of the Kinzua Corp. will have some good news a bout the new veneer plant which will start production here next October. Road Work Approved The Oregon State Highway Commission Tuesday aproved a survev on the Pieper Canyon Road-Bunker Hill Road Section of the Heppner Highway. The project is 4.51 miles in length and estimated to cost $500,000, including the cost for the right-of-way. The State Highway Engineer has recom mended that the. project be let this falL i - V J '' - . ' '. 88th Year THB'W GAZE Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, June 24, Budget Adopted City to Work on Supplemental Budget For Flood Damages In Mr. Sweeney's Budget Offi cer's message, he said, "Heppner for the past several years has been in an enviable position economically because of its ability to provide necessary city services within the 6 limita tion. However, a loss in popula tion creating a drop of approx imately $4,000 In State Street, Liquor and Cigarette revenues, plus increasing costs in all de partments has created a very different picture for 1971-72. We have had to trim, eliminate and juggle in order to come within the 6. The reduced census became effective during our fiscal year so receipts so far are down a small amount. We have used more of our carryover than us ual. The cash on hand as of March 31, 1971 cannot be used as much of a basis, it has to cover operating expenses for three more months of the pres ent budget, a pump for Well No. 5, street paving and carry over to the receipt of taxes in November. The balance on hand in the General Fund covers Gen eral Government, Swimming Pool, Sanitary Department, Po lice Department, Fire Depart ment and Library. Total Receipts Total receipts were shown at $49,775. Many sources of reve nue were estimated to be the same as last year. These were licenses and fees, fines and for feitures, Rural Fire Protection District, transfer from Sewer Op erating for pro rata expenses. Revenues estimated to be lower next year: Liquor reve nues, cigarette revenues, Divi dends from State Accident In surance Fund and Gas Tax re fund. Revenues estimated to be higher: Parking meters and permits, Franchises with Col umbia Basin and Pacific North west Bell, Library fines.. At a Budget Hearing Monday evening, it was voted to ac cept the budget as prepared. Events since the publishing of thp huderet have altered the plans the city had for street construction ana imrouuueu new ones necessary to rebuild the swimming pool, bridges and do channel work. The auditor had advised pass iny this hud?et and then furth er advised Council to prepare a supplemental budget to cover the swimming pool, Driages aau channel work. This is the plan of Council as soon as estimates for the necessary repairs and construction are completed. This budget will be presented for a vote of the people. The channel work will call for a change of the utility lines. The City may get 50 help from FHA to do this. They are work ing with RC & D and the Corps of Engineers. There is a possi bility the Corps may come in with some of their emergency money for temporary flood con trol measures. The city reviewed some of the improvements to the creek chan nels, bridges and other improve ments done over the last sever al years to prevent flooding in the event of sudden water. Council voted to approve the zoning change from Agriculture to Residential for the Rasmus-sen-Lott addition. They tabled until the next regular meeting, the request that the plat be ac cepted as a sub-division to the city. Under question was who was to pay for streets, sidewalks, curbs, sewer and water lines. The sewer blue prints were giv en to the sewer committee for study. Mr. Groshens reported McCor mach had examined the pool and would submit three prices by the next regular council meeting. They would be for re pair of the bath house to the original specifications and for the pool to sand blast, sand blast and paint or sand blast and recoat Vic said he had an other contractor coming In to examine the pool Tuesday morning. S! TTE-TIMJES ....... -r?-?----rw'w,,Tr;x O il BILLY BELLAMY American Farmer Degree Goes fo Billy Bellamy Billy Bellamy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Don Bellamy of Heppner, is one of only six In Oregon to win the coveted American Farmer degree. A junior at Ore gon State University and an ag riculture education major, Billy will go to the National FFA Convention ' in October at Kan sas City. 1 He has the' State Farmer de gree and was a state officer (sentinel). He has belonged to Future Farmer chapters for some seven years. The American Farmer degree is based on leadership. His pro ject covered.,. 0... sows, 10 head of Hereford cattle and worn ex perience at Mora Grain Growers, Heppner High Honor Roll The Heppner High honor roll for the 4th nine weeks, second semester has just been announ ced. First figure shown In each case is for the 4th nine weeks and the second figure is for the second semester: SENIORS 9 wks. Julie Ayres 4.00 Judy Barclay 3.33 Denise Bloodsworth 3.66 Valerie Boyer 4.00 John Currin Diana Cutsforth 4.00 Becky Doherty 3.80 Gwen Drake 4.00 Susan French 3.80 John Hall 3.71 James Healy 3.66 Terry Hughes 3.33 Randy Hughes 3.50 Pam Johnston 3.66 Brenda Kerns 4.00 Bruce Marquardt 3.50 Mary A. O'Donnell 3.33 DeeAnn Pettyjohn 3.83 Terry Pettyjohn 3.33 Tana Rauch 3.33 Ron Sherman 3.83 Jamie Smith Elizabeth Stephen 3.33 Kathy Sweeney 3.60 Christie Tavlor 3.83 Sem. 4.00 3.33 3.33 4.00 3.50 3.83 3.80 4.00 4.00 3.71 3.50 3.33 3.66 4.00 3.50 3.83 3.50 3.66 3.33 3.40 3.66 3.50 3.50 3.66 3.57 3.60 3.42 3.66 3.83 3.50 4.00 3.33 3.66 3.60 3.57 3.57 3.33 3.33 3.33 3.83 3.66 3.80 3.83 3.66 3.33 3.66 3.33 3.66 3iS3 333 3.66 333 Glenda Kay Van Winkle 3.50 Karla Weatherford 3.66 Sarah Witherrite 3.83 Robert Worden 3.50 Marcia Young 3.80 JUNIORS Elizabeth Abrams 3.42 Dovie Alderman 3.50 Barbara Allstott 3.66 Kathleen Ayres Jeanne Daly 3.83 June Ledbetter Patty Luciani 3.33 Billee Marquardt 3.60 Dianne Mills Craig Munkers 3.57 Charles Pointer 3.50 Steven Rhea 3.50 Jill Rugg John Sumner 3.66 Susan Wilson 350 Shelley Wolff 3.80 SOPHOMORES Mary Abrams 3.83 Kathleen Bartlett 4.00 Kerry Coppock 3.66 Dianne Cox 3.33 Todd Cox 333 Janet Gentry 3.33 Dale Hedman 3.66 Bill Jepsen 3.83 Bobbette Jones Luanne Kelly 3 83 Sherry Kemp 333 Price 10 Cents HEPPNER 1971 County Flood Control Committee Named Judge Paul Jones called for a show of hands at Monday's meeting at the Courthouse to determine if the group present wanted to vote on a committee or have them named. They pre ferred the latter and he named 8 citizens to the steering com mittee to study formation o a Water Control District in this area. Named were Mrs. Jim Ha ger, Bob Laughlin, Marcel Jones, Claude Buschke. Ed Dick, Clarence Rosewall, Mrs. Jerry Rood, Clyde Allstott. The naming of the steering committee followed a talk by Quentin Bowman of Salem. He is water resources field repre sentative of the State Water Re sources Board. He told in con siderable detail of the mech anics of forming a water con trol district. This would be prin cipally for flood control for this area. Under Oregon laws a land owner or water users commit tee should organize to select tentative boundaries for the dis trict. The attorney prepares a petition which must be signed by 30 of the owners of the private land and presented to the County Court. The Court files the petition and publishes an order for the first hearing. Within 30 days of the first pub lication a counter petition with owners representing 50 of the private lands can be filed with the Court against District for mation. If so, Court dismisses petition and revokes the order for the hearing. Hearing before the court re- a u ires 30 days notice. After Tami Meador Tricia Prock 3.66 3.66 3.33 3.40 3.50 3.33 3.33 3.50 3.33 3.33 3.83 4.00 3.33 3.33 3.33 3.50 3.50 3.66 3.83 3.33 3.33 3.50 3.50 Avery Taylor Marie VanMarter FRESHMEN Cyde Allstott Douglas Gonty Kristi Haguewood Patricia Hughes Gary Hunt Andrew Johnson Charma Marquard John Myers Luke Padberg Wendy Phegley Volunteer Flood Watchers Volunteer Flood Watchers is the name chosen by a group of men and women who are par ticularly interested in improv ing the flood alert system. Tues day evening they named Mrs. Paul Heinrich as chairman and Mrs. Jerry Sweeney as vice chairman. Their meeting followed a meeting in the City Hall where discussions were held on civil defense, horns and sirens. Group agreed a fog horn or better warning signal is needed. Their self assigned task this week is setting up a system of Block Women who will, at the alert of a possible flood, go to each house in the block and tell them. Betty Rood, Mary Van Blok land and Ruth Van Winkle will take the area on Shobe Creek. Pat Jensen and Marie Struthers on South Main. Winifred Cox the west side of Chase, Iva Book er the east side of Chase. Tiny Sweeney and Bebe Munkers, Cannon and Green Sts. John Canaday the lower end of Chase St. Mrs. Ted Sm'th and Court St. Market the Cabins along the Creek. Others will be contacted to serve on down the creek and on Hinton Creek, Willow Creek and Balm Fork. The group is most anxious to have more men and women who are interested in the proj ect attend their Thursday night (tonight) meeting at the City Hall at 7:30. Evacuation plans will be formulated. FOR SUMMER READING Heppner High School Library will be open every Wednesday afternoon between 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. for use by the public. GRAIN PRICES (F.O.B. Lexington, does not In clude warenouse chgs.) (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Growers) White Wheat (July delivery) 1.55 Red Wheat (Ordinary) - 160 Barley 2.00 Number 18 hearing, Court establishes pro posed district boundaries. A fi nal hearing with 30 to 50 days notice is held and declared if there Is an election request from owners of 20 of the pri vate land, then there is an elec tion after 4 weeks publishing. A Board of 5, 7 or 9 members would conduct the business of the Water Control District. A maximum tax of 2 mills for three years would probably be used for the preliminary. La ter an ad valorem tax could be used for funds for needed work. The City Council would have to approve the admission of local lands into the proposed district. Mr. Bowman recommends bus iness like methods and continu ity. Judge Jones stated the Coun ty was ready to cooperate and Mayor Bill Collins told of the City's work with the Corps of Engineers and the RC & D. Pro posals are being prepared by the Soil Conservation engineers to alleviate much of the flood threat from Upper Shobe Can yon. The steering committee met Tuesday and elected officers: chairman is Mrs. Jim Hager; Bob Laughlin is vice chairman; Mrs. Jerry Rood Is secretary and Clarence Rosewall is treasurer. The committee 18 studying the situation and will : figure a perimeter for the proposed Wa ter Control district. This would then be followed by preparation of a petition. The committee w ill meet next Tuesday in the conference room of the Gilliam-Bisbee Building. Mrs. Hager said $850 was in the bank in donations to the Flood Fund. She Raid she is sure $375 is coming in soon. Dr. Wagner Plane Missing in California Dr. Clifford Wagner who prac ticed medicine in Heppner for about 15 years is missing on an airplane flight the evening of May 31. Dr. Wagner was accom panied by his wife, Pat; a 14 year old daughter, Lora; and a 21 month old son, Curtis. A call to his office in Yuba City, Calif., showed that the plane had left Goldfield, Nev., about supper time May 31. They had been in radio contact with Stockton, Calif., for weather in formation several times. The last time thev were on the wrong frequency about an hour and a half later and were not heard from again. Intensive searches have been in progress in the high Sierras, In the Yosemite area and in many parts of the foothills. Ills son, Dr. Bill Wagner, is contin uing searching on his own. Proceeds From Races For Meadowood The Midget Races sponsored by the Elks at the Umatilla Speedway this Saturday is a Meadowood Springs Speech Camp benefit. Elks of the area are putting up the purse to bring in the cars. Time trials are set for 7 p.m. NEW DRAFT BOARD HOURS TOLD Local Board No. 31 will have new hours. Starting June 29 the Board will be open two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednes days from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 73 39 Thursday 74 42 Friday 72 53 .14 Saturday 77 47 Sunday 84 56 .02 Monday 86 50 Tuday 96 56 The big night that kicks off rodeo season here in Heppner is Saturday night, June 26. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds pavilion. The big Kick Off Dance will have tuneful music provided by the Western Gentlemen. Come on out and mwt the lovely Queen and Court of the annual Morrow County Fair and Rodeo. ThP 1971 Court is composed of Queen Michelle Miller, Prin cesses Dovie Alderman, Jan Schlichting, Jeanne Daly ami Jeri Snow. Mrs. Bob Peterson is chaper- one. Dance chairman is Joe Yo- com. All are cordially invited to come and bring all your friends for a good time. Chamber Meels Royal Court The HePDner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce at their Monday luncheon at the Wag on Wheel had the honor or meet ing the Morrow County Fair & Rodeo roval court. President Gene Tierce Introduced Mrs. Bob Peterson, the chaperone, who in turn Introduced Queen Michelle Miller who acted as MC for the occsslon. Gracious Oueen Michelle, re splendent in her brilliant white outfit, first introduced Princess Jeri Snow. She told of the Court's visit to the Arlington Rodeo and parade, and the re lated activities. She and the other princesses were attired in outfits of a lovely shade of blue. Frineess Jan Schlichting told the group of their appearance on May 8 in the Milton-Freewa- ter Pea Festival annual paraae and many activities there. Princess Dovie Alderman tola of the Spray Rodeo and parade: She had been a member of the Spray Rodeo Court last year. Princess Jeanne Daly told her listeners about the annual col lege rodeo held here in May and about the grand entry. Mrs. Peterson added a lovely accent to the outfits of the Roy al Court with handbags she had made each of the girls. The one for Queen Michelle Is white; and the Drincesses. blue. They arc adorned with a miniature of a leather boot. Queen Michelle told of the re cent Morrow County Junior Ro-i deo held here and about their appearance at the ' Umatilla Sage Riders Rodeo. She told the group about plans for awards for the 1971 Morrow County Rodeo. Morrow County Grain Growers and Pad berg Machinery Co., will give gift certificates this year in stead of saddles. The Court made an afternoon visit Monday to Pioneer Mem orial Hospital. Milton Morgan Reappointed Milton Morgan of lone has been reappointed to a second five-year term on the Oregon Wheat Commission by Governor Tom McCall to be effective July 1. Currently chairman of the commission, Mr. Morgan is past president of the Oregon Wheat Growers League and is chair man of the Pacific Northwest Crop Improvement Association. Mini-Editorial We have heard a time or two of objections to fixing up the swimming pool. It has been said that had the flood struck when the pool was full of kids, we would have had a major dis aster. It has been the policy of the City to immediately send the children and the pool personnel home and to close the pool at the first sign of storm clouds. This practice has been in effect as long as Heppner has had a pool. The City and its good citi zens have a substantial invest ment in the pool and $90,000 is still owed. Replacing the pool would be upwards of $125,000 to as much as $150,000, very likely. Repair costs are not yet known but may run under $10,000. Heppner needs its swimming pool. We aie confident that the work on Shobe Canyon will be done. It MUST be done. Surely these things will eliminate much of the flood threat In the area affected by . Shobe Creek and, we can hope, assure us of a safi-r city.