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t I BRAftY U OF 0 JUGENE, 0REp 9740 wif w CraoCs mm 3M DOil Swihnr S NASA Team Visits North End of County The National Space Agency team, exploring the country for a site for a space shuttle sta tion, told an audience at a luncheon July 28 at Dodge City Inn at Boardman, they were looking for 58,000 acre site, and flew over the Boeing tract. The team was headed by Jerry Gaffney. Other team mem bers, some of whom made talks, were Roy Bullock, Col. Carlos Fox, Jim Spears, Frank Coski and Phil De May. - The core area of 58,000 acres would have an outside perim eter area of 359,000 acres they would also control because of the noise from the take offs, The space shuttle is a recov erable rocket with the appear ance of an airplane. For reasons of economy they wish to reduce the cost of launchlngs to $5 mil lion each. Purpose includes re covery payloads in orbit and a return to earth. They would plan to reservice and repair satel lites. They would carry crews and supplies to space stations. They would be available to perform world defense missions. The space shuttle would be available to rescue crews from crippled space craft. They plan to reuse the same vehicles time and time again to save money. Costs have run from $4 million to $445 million for launchlngs. Mr. Gaffney explained that their preference would be for a station on the equator as the greater angle between the launch site and the due east orbit, the greater the cost of getting Into orbit. Cost analysis Is being done for each of the 76 sites the team Is evaluating. Most of the sites are in the western half of the U. S. except for several sites in Mississippi and Florida. The site chosen would require 3,000 workers on the station plus some 6,000 for support, one man later described this as probably one of the greatest po litical plums in the history of the USA. (Folks at Boardman have had a feeling their day would arrive sometime. We are sure this is going to happen though we don't know just what form it will take. We do think it will be a city and will result from efforts of the folks at Boardman, the Port of Mor row and Boeing's projects. 88th Year GAZETTE-TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836y Thursday, August 5, 1971 Number 24 GRAIN PRICES F.O.B. Lexington, does not In elude warehouse digs.) (Courtesy of Morrow County Grain Growers) White Wheat $1.4 Red Wheat $M9a Barley . ............. $3940 City Mulls Project Costs Mayor Bill Colins read the re port of the engineer from Clark and Groff for the estimates for four bridges, the swimming pool, black top streets, moving utilities (sewer and water lines) and a guard rail on Cannon St. at the City Council Monday eve ning. The total estimate was $102,000.. The Farm Home Administra tion has assured City Council that the city qualified for 50 help with the replacing of the sewer and water lines to meet the specifications of channel improvements as outlined by the Corps of Engineers. The estimate for moving the sewer and water lines was $16, 000. With the FHA paying 50, this would take the total esti mate down to $94,000 of money needed to be raised. The bridge estimates were based on the sizes of bridges that would be required for the channel improvements proposed by the Corps of Engineers. The cost estimate of the four bridg es was $65,000 or with an alter nate with log beams of $50,000. There would be three car bridg es at Main St., Chase St., and Hager's and the foot bridge by the Bowling Alley. The guard rail on Cannon was $1200. The Swimming pool estimates were: repave at swimming pool $2000, swimming pool (lowest contractors' proposal) $16,000, and City cost on swimming pool $2000. There was some question among the council members on the $2000 for the city costs on the swimimng pool. No channel improvements were included in the estimate because the city is assuming the Corps of Engineers will come in to do that. Report from the Corps In conversation with Jim Perry of the Corps of Engineers Wed nesday morning, he said their report on the Shobe channel im provement project had been submitted to their Washington office. The federal office in turn files the report with the Envir onmental Council. They sit on the report for 90 days. The Corps has had numerous communica tions with them asking for a waiver. They have Indicated to the Council that Shobe is not a mountain stream frequented by wild life that the channel improvement would disturb. He anticipates that the waiver will be approved by the Envir- Chamber Buys Grid Scoreboard Rep. Al Ullman To Visit Dam Site Rep. Al Ullman has inform ed Judge Paul Jones that he will fly to Lexington next Thursday morning, arriving a bout 8:40 a.m. With District Engineer Col. Dick Conell, Judge Jones and Mayor Bill Collins, Rep. Ullman will make an on site inspection of Willow Creek "-and Shobe Creek. He is particu larly interested in the dam site on Willow Creek and the prog ress on Shobe Creek. The Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce board last weekend okayed the pur chase of a big football score board for the local stadium at the- Fairgrounds. " The $2200 scoreboard will have the name "Herpner Mustangs" on top with Pepsi-Cola under neath the name. The board Is 18 feet long by 10 feet high, it has a clock and is complete in every way. The Pepsi-Cola bottlers will donate $500 to wards purchase and there are some other local donations. Some funds will come from the college football games here, too. The school custodians will erect the sign which is expected here by football season. President Gene Pierce report ed that Mrs. L. E. Dick has done a lot of work on postcards to commemorate the Heppner Centennial. He said Gwen Drake and Val Boyer.will operate a booth at the Fair for the Cham ber, selling the Morrow County History books. A 7 Tour Set An Ag Tour has been sched uled for Monday, Aug. 16 at Boardman. The tour will start from here at 3:30 p.m. and tour ranches through the Sand Hol low area with a. Chamber din ner at the Dodge City Inn at Boardman at 7:30 p.m. Partici pating besides the Chamber of Commerce would be members of the Port of Morrow Commis sion, city officials of Boardman, Irrigon, Lexington, lone and Heppner and the Morrow Coun ty Court. Lake Penland Progress Orville Cutsforth reported the levee at Lake Penland is being riprapped. The dam, when fin ished, will also have riprapping. Dick Meador will complete building the dam on a subcon tract. Brush is being piled up and will be burned in the fall. The County will complete the road this fall. Some of the Western Reserve road is being built in a pre liminary way and will soon be roughed in to the Junction west of Ukiah. onmental Council and the proj ect by the U. S. office of the Corps of Engineers any day now. Saturday Night Dance To Honor Princess Jan Groff and Clark recommended that the city float a bond issue. It was suggested the Willow Creek water line be Included in the same bond issue. For some years Council has reviewed the need for replacing 3 miles of water line down Wil low Creek. At the time it was laid in depression days, it was laid in a zig-zag pattern to slow the flow. Vic said that he was sure the lower sections would have filled with sediment and rust to where there is perhaps ii only 50 efficiency. He feels that the new line laid on grade would increase the amount of water coming into town. With the anticipation of new families moving to Heppner and more lots being opened up in the Rasmussen-Lott . Addition, the need for more water will increase. The attorney said that con siderable saving could be a chicved in just attorney costs by combining the expenses in to one bond levy rather than two. Randy Lott , Randy Lott , appeared at the meeting to review his plans for opening up 28 more lots ad joining the High School proper ty and south, He said he had checked with, Vic on the re quired width .of the street. The 50 foot wide" street will have a dead end circle. " The , water problem was dis-4 cussed as the i lots are going above the gravity system of the city water system. Randy said booster pumps may be install ed at each home. Vic pointed out that it is cheaper to push water than it is to pull it and suggested that a larger pump be installed that would push the water up the hill to the en tire section. Larry Mills appeared in the interests of Dale Boner, Rose Marie Buschke and himself in regard to vacating an unnamed alley that touches on their property. The street committee Dave McLeod, Jerry Sweeney (Continued on page 10) NOTICE Merchants will have an im portant luncheon meeting Fri day noon at the Wagon WheeL jtf ' . M p I Si . 'Wo' ' - J A' HERE'S PRINCESS JAN SCHLICHTING for whom a dance Is to be held honoring her at the Fairgrounds Pavilion, Saturday night Aug. 7. She is sponsored by TUUcum Club of Boardman. The dance will have music provided by the Western Gentlemen. You may read about her in a feature in this issue ot lae Gazette-Times, inside. Senator Packwood to Make Monday Stop in Heppner Senator Bob Packwood will be in Heppner Monday to view first hand the area of the May, 1971 flood and also the area of the projected Wlilow Creek pro ject. He is expected to arrive here from Condon during the after noon. Accompanying him on Boeing To Recycle Waste at Boardman Boeing to recycle wastes from Portland Metropolitan Area at Boardman site in Oregon. The Boeing Company and a Portland firm, Columbia Proces sors Cooperative, announced plans for using the Boardman industrial site as a terminal for recycling waste products from the Portland Metropolitan area. Denver Grigsby, general man ager of Boeing's Boardman De velopment Project, said Boeing will accept three kinds of waste products at Boardman solid, liquid and chemical, each re quiring a different method of handling. Grigsby pointed out that initial phases of the waste disposal program will be con ducted as a research and test project to prove out the econom ic and ecological benefits of the system. "We don't intend to go into a full-blown program until we know exactly how everything fits together," Grigsby said. : "There is a big problem in ur- ban waste disposal begging for a solution, and we believe we .have the right approach. But we -imust be sure we meet the best j interests of the state's -ecologi-:cal objectives and the liest in 'terests of the Portland area in .solving its waste disposal prob lem. We have worked with the state and other government con cerned offices to assure these objectives are met and we will continue to do so." Columbia Processors Coopera ative will pick up the waste products from domestic and in dustrial sources in the Portland area and deliver them to a dock which Boeing will build on Col umbia river front property lo cated south of the river in Northeastern Oregon. If experiments prove the mat ter feasible, there would be & bout 13 employed on the Board man end of the enterprise. The Columbia Processors Co operative, a joint venture of more than a dozen liquid waste pumping and hauling firms, was organized more than a year ago to seek solutions to waste dis posal problems in the Portland Metropolitan area. The Co-op's chairman, Cliff Schiel, explained plans for de veloping a water-front transfer station site in the Portland area for. collecting and proper hand ling of all the wastes that will be utilized by Boeing in eastern Oregon. "We have been work ing closely with government at all levels to engineer a system that is economically feasible and one that offers the best re cycling possibilities. Boeing's plan for its Boardman area prop erty is the natural and best so lution to our disposal problems." Grigsby said the urban waste recycling and disposal program will meet several objectives. The major objective is to solve an increasingly difficcult waste disposal problem for a metro politan area of about 1,000,000 population. The solid and liq uid waste products will be mix- ed into the most arid and least productive land area. The wastes will add stability to wind-blown land and increase its productivity for eventual crop production. A cost survey indicates that using Boardman as a site for these waste products compared very favorably with present dis posal methods such as sanitary land fills. It has become in creasingly difficult to solve ur ban waste disposal problems with sanitary land fills and a new approach is urgently re quired. In some cases, land fills are causing a pollution and economic problem in their re spective areas. Using solid and liquid wastes to enrich otherwise unproductive soil was cited by Cliff Schiel as the most desired program the Cooperative investigated. He said member firms of the Coop erative would collect certain chemical and industrial wastes, dometic sewage sludges nad food processing plant wastes. At the transfer station they could accept from refuse haulers most other forms o solid waste ex cept used appliances, building debris and certain other bulky items. Columbia Processors Coopera tive will run solid waste prod ucts (such as garbage, paper, cans, bottles and wood) through a hammer mill shredder to re duce it to a pulpy, semi-dry compost compacted to about one-fourth of its original vol ume. This will be barged up the Columbia River to Boardman and SDread in a four-inch layer on selected areas. The liquid i wastes (such as sewage treat' ment plant sludges) will be barged up the river and spread over the solid wastes in a layer about one-fourth inch thick. Both types of wastes will then be disced under the soil surface within a 48-hour period. Chemical wastes will be trucked to Boardman and plac ed in special holding pits un til they evaporate. The pits will be lined and covered with pro tective screening so that pollu tion through leaching and dan ger to wild life or livestock will be prevented. When the chem ical wastes have evaporated they will be "mined" and the materials reused. Grigsby said the Boardman site is uniquely suited for waste disposal in Oregon. "There are many areas on the site where waste products can be disposed of with no problem whatever sol far as the environmental Impact is concerned. The top soil is porous and a hard pan under neth it will prevent any leach ing of the wastes through into the water table or the river." j In addition, Grigsby said, oth-1 er locations throughout the United States and the world have comparable soil conditions. The Boardman waste disposal project could have tremendous significance for other urban ar eas where waste disposal is a (Continued on page 10) Wagner Plane Found in Sierras Dr. Wagner's clinic in Yuba City, Calif., reorted Tuesday that the plane of Dr. Clifford Wagner had been found last Thursday by a fisherman in a rugged area of the high Sierras about 23 miles southeast of Lake Ta hoe. A helicopter made tenta tive identification Friday but a big storm came up and it was not possible to bring out the re mains early this week but it was hoped this would be done in a day or two. In the plane which disappear ed May 31 on a flight from Goldfield, Nev., where Dr. Wag ner, 53; his wife Pat, and her daughter, Laura 14, and his son, Curtis, 21 months. Dr. Wagner had practiced for some years in Heppner before moving to California. Funeral services have been set tenta tively for Friday in Yuba City. Another Deer Hits Cor When Mr. and Mrs. Bud Springer were enroute to Red mond to see their first grand son recently, near Camp 6 a deer ran into the side of their brand new International Travel all. The right rear door was badly smashed. As Bud says, "that deer just wanted to go with us". The new grandson has been named Richard Martin and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Springer. the tour will be Judge Paul Jones, Mayor Bill Collins, Cham ber of Commerce Gene Pierce and Major Hickman from the Ordnance Depot. Following the tour, there will be sometime when the Senator will be free to travel up and down Main St., meeting people. There will be a potluck that evening at 6:30 o'clock at the Annex at the Fairgrounds. All are invited to cuss and discuss views with the Senator. It is hoped that Democrats as well as Republicans will avail them' selves of this opportunity to moot with the Senator. Coffee, iced tea, paper plates and cups will be furnished at the family potluck. Those at tending are asked to bring own silverware and the serving spoon for the potluck dish. Cas ual dress has been suggested. Anyone needing a ride to at tend the dinner is anked to call Marie Van Marter at 676-9430. $300,000 Approved For Planning Stage Judge Paul Jones and the G-T were called Saturday by Sen. Packwood's office. In an unprec edented burst of speed, they said the Senate had approved $300,000 to start pre-construction studies on the Willow Creek Dam. Rep. Al Ullman also call ed Judge Jones about this Sat urday and felt confident the start of actual planning would come soon. It has been reported previ ously that the U. S. Corps of Engineers would require about two years of planning before letting bids for the actual con struction of the dam. Project is for flood control, irrigation and recreation. Dam would back up a lake about three quarters of a mile long. A portion of the Willow Creek road will have to be changed. Project originially was expected to cost $7 mililion. This cost has now grown to nearly $10 million. The Corps has included work on Shobe Creek along with channel work on Willow Creek in the total cost. Coronation Night Set for August 14 August 14 is a big night for the Morrow County Fair and Ro deo Court but the biggest for Queen Michelle. This is Coro nation Night. The festivities be gin with a potluck supper for (he Court, the Fair Board and Rodeo Board and families and friends. Then comes the big moment when Queen Michelle will re ceive her brilliant tiara follow ed by royal entertainment. All of Morrow County, family and friends are cordially invited to share in the festivities begin ning at 8 p.m. at the Grand Stands. Charlie Daly, rodeo chairman, will act as emcee. - The program according to Ro deo secretary, Joyce Ritch, who by that time will be Mrs. El wayne Bergstrom, will include musical numbers by the Wag on Wheel entertainers, Roy Quackenbush combo, Grass Val ley Musicians and a group. from Boardman. The younger members of the community will engage in Horse Games. The Jaycees and Cham ber of Commerce have put up $50 prize money for the winners. Novelty entertainment will be provided by the lone Grand Squares and Mark Neat's uni- cyclist trio. The sound will be courtesy of Mike Matthews of lone. Hepp ner Soroptimist Club will pro vide the corsages for the court and chaperone. Japanese Wheat Men Visit Area Ranches Harold Kerr, Morrow County agent, had some visitors here early this week. Two of them were Japanese grain men. Akira Hlrose came from the Mitsub ishi International Corp. of New York, and Seiichi Nagao is the assistant chief chemist of the quality control section of the Nisshin Flour Mill, largest flour mill in Tokyo, Japan. Accompa nied by Dr. Norm Goetze of the OSU farm crops department and a young Turkish graduate student, the group toured some wheat ranches, rode a combine and saw action from the har vest field to the elevator. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 100 62 Thursday 98 60 Friday 102 62 Saturday 103 67 Sunday 96 70 Monday 94 61 Tuesday 90 59 July precipitation ......C7 Normal prec Si July 1970 prec .23 lone Garden Club Will Meet Aug. 1 1 The lone Garden Club will meet Aug. 11 at 1:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. W.H.I. Pad berg in Lexington. Mrs. Ken neth Klinger will be co-hostess. The program, "Interviewing Garden Insects" will be pre sented by Mrs. Klinger and Mrs. Lee Padberg. mmmmmmmsmmmmmm 4-H Horse Show Aug. 15 Sunday, August 15 will be the date this year of the arnual 4-H Horse Show! The all-day event starting at 10 a.m. will in clude showmanship, colt classes, horse judging and horsemanship New event added this year will be a parade of clubs in the arena just prior to the horsemanship classes, in the afternoon at approximately 1:30 p.m. , . Awards and trophies will be presented at the end of the show. ...... Everyone is Invited to come out and enjoy the show. 4-H club members exhibit the finest in horsemanship and showman shiD! Members compete at this show for the honor of represent ing Moiiow County at State Fair.
