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L I BFARY u or 0 r v c r: r . okz . 07403 IFwirdl (Fsd Mrs. Sweeney to Bo New County Heolth Nurse Mr. Jerry Sweeney hn c' opted the poMtion 'f Morrow County Health Nue She is li censed in MiHin and l In the proec of latumlng licensed hi Oregon. She U r-Iclnfi Mr. Uiwvll Chally who recently moved to La llrande. Mrn. Swwncv known to host of friends h 'Tiny" at tended Carroll College at Hel ena. Mont., and graduated from St. Jame School of Nursing t Hutte. She U alMi a certified American Red Cross nurse. She has had previous experience In pilvate hospital, wteran hos pital and In private nursing. lu other appointments, the County Court at their first Wed nesday meeting reapiwlnled Arnold Huffman to the Board man Vector Control District txiard. Bill Nelson has been cho vn as a 3rd member of the Board of Equalization. Also on the board Is Judge Paul Jones, representing the County Court, mid Harry O'Donncll, represent ing the budget committee. Bruce Makxim was appointed to the Hospital board replacing Mrs. Verner Troed-son who moved to Pendleton. If the sheriff's office is able to get another deputy through the Kmergcncy Employment Act of 1971. the department will he in need of another vehicle. Public Welcome Dated for Oct. 21 There will be a Community Welcome for the Teachers and Newcomers on Oct. 21 at 7:30 p.m. at the Heppncr High School. Many organizations are cooper ating to provide this opportuni ty for old-comers and new-corn-rs to meet and get acquainted. The members of the Heppncr Soroptlmist Club will greet guests. The church women and the Chamber of Commerce will provide the refreshments. President of the Chamber of Commerce, Gene Pierce will act as master of ceremonies for the informal evening. Introductions will be interspersed with mu sical and novelty numbers. The Rainbow Girls and Em pire Builders will provide free baby sitting in the homes. Horvest Days Here Next Week The Heppner Merchants Com mittee has recently announced their first annual Harvest Days here. This big event will be for two days Friday and Saturday, Oct. 22 and 23. Most stores will be open regular hours and will fea ture extraordinary bargains, price-wise. There will be free parking in the downtown area both days. One store said they would be open until 9 p.m. Friday nights. mmmwmmmmmmmmmm Every week should be Fire Prevention Week according to Fire ' Chief Forrie Burkenbine who has served the past 16 years fighting and preventing fires in Heppner. The last four of those years has been as Fire Chief. ' He believes Fire Prevention Education is a great necessity to the community that 99 of the fires can be prevented. He recently reviewed the fires in Heppner for the last eight years and ALL of them could have been prevented. Playing With Matches Surprisingly he says 20 of the fires in the district are caus ed by children, usually playing with matches and learning how to smoke. While the Fire Chief has talk ed to the kids at school of the dangers of playing with match es, it is usually the pre-schoolers who start the fires. It is a part of learning. What really stops the kids is w hen they start a fire and get scared. He urged all parents to explain to the kids what really happens when they play with matches. Taking them to a fire is a double les fon to show them the destruc tion of fire and how to keep out of the way of the firemen and equipment. Take them to see a building after it is burn ed. Faulty Wiring If you are consistently blow ing fuses, you may have faulty wiring or overloaded circuit, both of which can cause fires. It Is a dangerous practice to replace a fuse with a heavier fuse. A heavier than 20 air.p fuse is used only with heavy duty appliances as stoves, hot- GRAIN PRICES r.O.B. Lexlnata, doee not In dud woreheuee ebgv) (Courtesy of Morrow County Crala Crowtrt) Solt whit wheat MTVi Red wheat ...... -49'i btt. Barley 4S.50 ton Morrow County's First Lake Fills Following Brief Ceremony If you ever doubted "truth I stranger than fiction", you won't cor again If you hear Orville Cutofortll tell about how Cuts forth Dam came into being. An Informal and joyous dam celebration was held Sunday with the official closing of the alvc to start Impounding the waters on Penland Prairie to provide Morrow County with Its first lake! Champagne was splashed all over the dam ac Chamber Hears Educators Supt. Ron Daniels and Hep pner Klementary Principal Don Cole were the speakers here at Monday's Chamber of Com merce luncheon at the Wagon Wheel. Supt. Daniels said the special education class In Heppner was now being organized. The pro gram Is aimed at those not able to perform the regular work. He explained there had been a similar prognvn 4 or 5 years ago. At that time the program was not a success as It was for only a half day and the counse lor larked the proper experi ence. Needed, he said, was a specifically trained teacher for this purpose. Cost of the program is to be about $11,000 or $12,000. The Board pays up to $30 monthly for room and board. The Boalrd provides tuition. He said the drawbacks have been that prl-mnry-aged youngsters have to be' boarded out in the area! and that the payments don't cover the cost of the program. A need Ls to strengthen the program. A survey by the Board show ed reports from teachers indi cated 27 pupils in need of the program. The Heppner-lone area needs the program. There are now 12 outside the district from age 2 to age 29, with costs being han dled by the parents. The wide age range from 2 to 30 makes it difficult to work on a four or five year program. The program now contemplated covers a per iod of four or five years. They expect to draw some $3500 from the State aid. Here only four or five vounesters quality ana 'e youngsters quaiuy ana Fire Chief water heaters and dryers. In the past, the fire chief has attempted to go house-to-house to help people find these dang er spots. Anyone wishing this kind of helpful inspection is urged to call Fire Chief Burk enbine at his home evenings. Fire Starts Many fires start in the kitch en. If a fire occurs about the stove the Fire Chief says to throw salt, sugar or flour on it. Water should be avoided on faulty wiring fires due to the danger of being electrocuted. Water and grease also do not mix. Flue Fire In case of a flue fire, notify the Fire Department and then hold the draft regulator open. This decreases the fire pull. When you call the Fire Depart ment: P.emain calm. Give name, location of fire and if possible what type of fire it is. The fire number should be memorized or call operator and tell her the fire is in Heppner and give her the name, locality and type of fire. The fire num ber is 676-9190. The ring goes into the Fire Station, City Hall, Central Mar ket, the Burkenbine home and Hospital. The phone is monitor- WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. 80 50 75 43 74 42 77 43 77 45 69 44 72 42 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday 88th Year xftTP -ckzi Gk OTTTE-TME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursdoy, October companied by much rihlmn cut tii.g or "red tarn' : The Joyous occasion brought a partial ending to the most amaz ing story of Morrow County In genuity, campaign promises, government delays, bank notes and frustrations with a capital F. The dam Is complete but h.u yet to be Inspected ami aivopt ed by the Forest Service and State Water Resources. In.-pec- more youngsters would be needed to l fully successful. In the North End. much has been saved by sending them to Hermiston. Don Cole, the new principal at Heppner Elementary School told of qualifications for young sters in the program. The pro cess to qualify is in steps: (He feels Oregon's program is one of the best): first, collection of adminsitrative type data, using files of the pupil since he en tered school and mental health clinic records, etc. second, tests, major portion being IQ, admin istered by capable Rachel Dick. Then there are school confer ences with tester, teacher and principal to discuss test results and share ideas. This is follow ed by a parent conference to gather much needed family and personal background. Written parental permission is needed to enter the child in the program. The child is then referred to a physician for thorough physical to determine if a physical problem contri butes to handicapping. Then, a conference is held to help de cide if the youngster qualifies or should continue in the local classroom. Or if he does qualify they forward certification ma terial to the State. Is this a thrial or temporary situation. The youngster is involved in the program for one year to see if they made the right choice. Instructors tell us there are quite a few borderline cases that can be helped on a part time basis, perhaps at half day. iwiiiuhu -- Burkenbine Outlines (Continued on page 10) ed 24 hours a day for 7 days a week. The Burkenbines, the Hospital and the Fire Station are equip ped with alarm sounding but tons. The City Fire Alarm of 12 blasts (four in a series of three) I . ! -'4 FIREFIGHTERS . . . The International 4-wneel drive truck on the left has a 1000 gallon te serve tank and is nsed for both rural and city fire. Mounted on the front of the truck is a soecial deriee that allows a fireman to tide chore a otom fire while distributing wa fij-hctuled tut Oct. IS. Mm. Earl Baldwin whose hu. band started construction of the dam broke the champagne Dot tie and cut the multiple ribbons which signified the "miles oi red tape" that had liecn ensur ed. Three acres of water Is al ready stored behind the dam. The wuter will raise alout 1 more f-t before it will reach the lev 1 of the valve. The dam corJains 27.0W cu. yard of fill and has 3ti00 yards of rip rap across the face of the dam and the lower shore of the lake to provide protec tion from wave action. The wa ter will be 30 feet deep in the lower end. In a hearing earlier, the State Maritime Commission determin ed that no motors would he al lowed on the lake. Penland Lake will have, when filled, 68 sin face acres and 5li0 acre feet of water onc acre covered with 1 foot of water comprises an acre foot). In the last three years, the run off each year was enough to fill the dam. There's 30" of annual rainfall at Penland Prairie. Orville says "if there's enough snow to ski the dam will fill." Penland Prairie lies in the same snow zone as Arbuckle does. There were about 75 on hand for the occasion on a most beau tiful sunnv aernoon. Orville sounded his siren which brought the many lot holders working at cleaning up their lots to the celebration site. Dale Boner. Heppner, and Cot ton Light, The Dalles, supervis ion engineer, from the Soil Con- cr.rvntlnn Service were there to Kbnro in the festivities. Officers of Lake Penland Corp were in troduced and Harry O'Donnell spoke. Mrs. Earl Baldwin, sis ter of Mrs. Cutsforth, and their mother, Mrs. Minerva Densling er were there as was Mrs. Sadie Baldwin, mother of the late Earl Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Baldwin and Don Staebler who did the surveying enjoyed the afternoon. Mr. Baldwin complet ed the dam for Baldwin Bros. Construction. The Orville Cutsforths provid ed the keg of brew and the pop that finished off the afternoon. is automatic. The Rural Alarm, Noon on Mondays and Fire meetings are manual. The first person at the station answers the phone and writes the location on the blackboard for the firemen who miss the 14, 1971 h i Ma : .i. - :7 f1 ;': i 1 . ' J t' I ,yv . . . i thiini - V - -r- ' 11 ABE THE PEOPLE of Morrow County ready for the influx of peo ple and problem, that will come with a nuclear-agro-lndusUial complex? Discussing the meeting wim wyaw m. associate director Western Interstate Nuclear Board are Sena, tor Kenneth A. Jernstedt from Gilliam. Hood, Riney. Morrow, Sherman. Wasco and Wheeler counties; Dale Boner. District Conservationist Bend Area Heppner Work Unit and Congress man Staff Hansell from Umatilla County. Technicality Voids Special Bond Election The City Council will hold a special meeting at 5 p.m., to day (Thursday) to determine date of a new bond election on the Heppner flood repairs. The election, held last month, pass ed with flying colors. However, bond attorneys said the bond election had not allowed 15 days between the first publication of the notice and the day of elec tion. This would mean, includ ing the day of publication and the day of election, a total of 17 days. Due to such a techni cality either the bond election would need to be held again or the City of Heppner would have to have a suit to verify the elec tion. Mayor Collins said the situ ation means delays and incon venience to the public because of the need for the new bridges here. The swimming pool re pairs are not so urgent. City Attorney Bob Abrams said he Major Causes of Fires . . 1 ....,. 1 -..I I nf1,i h,il t 0 trnlr Thn truck is not SUDPOS oft to leave without four on. On occasion, the Fire Chief says he has left the station witn rewer but has picked up other fire men by the time ho reached the first stop sign. Firemen are ter on the fire. The truck on the right to o Ford truck with a 750 gallon reserve tank. This truck U for city use only. Each pumper U capable of pumping water from a hydrant or a creek at 750 gallon per minute. Mem orixe that fire numbers 676 9103- HEPPNER Number 34 would recommend the Council plan another election. Young Hunter Shot Tragedy - struck early In the hunting season when a young man accidentally shot his hunt ing friend in the right arm. The two were hunting near Parker's Mill. They were about 30 yards apart, as the one swung his gun down toward the ground he ac cidentally hit the trigger. Warren Dochle, 21, Milwaukle, was brought into Pioneer Mem orial Hospital, then taken by ambulance to Portland. His hunting partner, Douglas Lyver, 18. also of Milwaukie, was charged with "negligently wounding another". He was is ciw.n n ritntion to annear in Justin Court in Heppner Oct. ig TTnrlor th new law, he fv.nirt I. use his huntinc rights for 10 vears. $500 fine andor 6 months in jail. Sheriff Molla han and State Police Curtis Culp investigated. careful in traffic but try to get on a fire in foui minutes. Precautions A No 1 must ls never drive on a fire hose. Stay 500 feet behind the fire truck. Pull to the side of the road when meet ing a fire truck. Call the Fire Ili'nartment then trv to put It out. If it is a clothing lire, roil the victim in a rug or blanket, Vic Groshen Is New Trooper Vic L. Groshen has been as signed to Heppner as the new Oregon State Policeman assign ed to the Fish and Game Div ision, a position now held by Curtis Culp. Vic has arrived in the area and will work with Curtis until he leaves for his new assignment at Ontario on Dec. 1. Vic has been stationed with the State Police at Newport for the last Vk years. A native of Heppner, he worked for Jim Healy and Nor-Cas, Lexington Oil Co-op before taking his po lice training. He Ls married to tiie former Judy Darnielle of rKincton. Thev have three sons, Scott 11, Greg 10 and liar- rv 8, His wife shares his en thusiasm at being back in east ern Oregon. Vic L. is the son of Mr. and Mrr Vic Groshen of Heppner. The middle initial L. disting- ikIim vniinir Vic from his dad as Vic Sr. has no middle Init ial. The Groshena are looking for a place to live. . PGE Takes Look A! Carfy and 6-Mile The Cartv and Six-Mile reser voir ltes In the Bonrdman area in Morrow County will receive additional ReolopU and seismic study by Portland Cenetal Fl trie Company as the Utter of some kIx prospective locutions for Its proposed second large scale nuclear plant, offciaN said today. Some six sites in the nvcl Columbla region have been un der Mudv since mld-AugU't by Shannon & Wilson, a national soils engineering concern com missioned by P(iE to make it general reconnaissance of thf area's seismic and geologic eh.i. acterlstlcs. The report of the two Mndy groups listed the advantages of Carty reservoir a having td rock units relatively high in tli. nronosed dam abutments anl relatively Impermeuble forma tions In the deeper portions if the reservoir area. The Six-Mile reservoir Is class ified as having similar relative advantages over other proposed sites. In its announcement of thex evaluations, PGE indicated that it would concentrate its futu a Eastern Oregon Investigations at the Carty and Six-Mile sits as being the most promising fr ultimate nuclear plant siting. It is proposed that additional seismic surveys be made in the immediate vicinity of the sites. Invetigations are not recom mended at other mid-Columhui I cllns nt this time. PGE, which currently has un der construction the state's first nuclear power plant at the Tro cii.. In Columbia county, j - . .. announced Its intention in cany August to the Oregon Mu-icar and Thermal tnergy uumni inrfnrtnlco construction oi a plant for completion In the fall of 1979. FranK M. wairen, i)nnt cAtrt nossiblv more man one site would be proposed. Ho said, In order ro meei u ceedingly tight . time schedule for the second plant's construc tion, the company plans to file with, the council a formal ex pression of intent covering sel ected sites by Jan. 1, 1972. Un der Oregon law, after filing its intent to construct, the comtia ny must wait one year before filing an application for site certification by the council. Those working close to the project of securing a nuclear power plant for Morrow County are pleased with Wednesday's announcement from PGE of fur ther study of the Carty and Six Mile reservoir sites. Gar Swanson, president of .tin; Port of Morrow says "We're ex tremely pleased to have been chosen as the No. 2 site in Ore gon for a nuclear power plant." School Superintendent R m Daniels recognizes the addition al responsibilities of the schools (Continued on page 10) Firemen ere constantly taking new and different types of training. They take then train ing seriously. They have their good times, too. More volunteers are needed. There are 16 at present and Fire Chief Buikenbine would like to have It doubled, yuan- ncauons. wuu .... . years of age and uwderjw year. lone Hos Two Winners, The Dalles Mr. and Mrs. George Gutierrez and Kim and Mr. and Mrs. Art Stefani, Jr., and Dennis went to The Dalles Saturday to ilt-nd the Zone Competition f r Ford Motor, Tunt, Pass and Kick. Dennis won 1st In the 9 y;-.r olds. He will go to Seattle Oct. 16 for District competition. Kim won third place in the 13 year old division. Hunters Kill Wrong Animals Patrolman Curtis Calf report ed last week that three bull elk had been killed and Uft In the woods. Two of th m we.e salvaged and were used at t'. hospital and for welfare. If an illegal animal is acci dentally shot, Mate polio- a,k that they be called and thi y will salvage the animtl Tfuy ask that the hunters 1X3 NCT TRANSPORT the ai.imal ALso a cow and a she. p hae. been shot. Both animals teU ng ed to Shirl.y Rugg