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Morrow County Land Use
Plans Near Completion
Morrow County Planning Com
nUitm rt-sd the final tlift of
the Mutnw County eompirhrns
lv I'Un and Iho tmllnaiMK
tabluhlnt: Zmin rt-i,-uUtiuit
for portions of Mornw County
lit lt rnrrtlne Thursday rvc
nine at the t'ounhouM. RCf
liurike, pro-t planner with Cor
nel!. Iluwlum), lUye and Mer
ry field, nvt Cti.
A few minor changes were
made In definition of dvullinc
unit, family unit ami deleted
thermal power plants frutn con
dition! use permits In rxclu
Ive farm lone and outdoor mu
ale festival from conditional
uc rrmiu In Frro com-.
Hit illustrations of both book
aro illuminating. The Compre
hensive Man him llhiMtsttoni. of
the Morrow County lan and one
each for Bourdman. Irrlgon.
lone, Lexington and (i'pm-r.
Members of the Morrow Coun
ty Planning Commission re W.
C. Itosewall. chairman; Alma
Cwn, M-cmary; Art Allen. Or
villo Cutsforih. Jr.. Max Hel
berg. Ernest Jorgensen, Hoy W.
Llndstrom, D. O. Nelson and Cal
Sherman.
Working with them as an ad
visory committee were member
of the County Court. I'aul W.i
Jones, Judge; Walter Hayes and
Homer Hughes, and II. C. Shcr-
er, county roadmaster; Jovce
Bergstrom, county assessor; Har
old Kerr, county extension a
Kent; Glen Ward, state game
commission; Dale Boner, soil
conservation service and W. S.
Miller, U. S. Forest Service.
Harold Kerr has volunteered
to speak at any and all groups
to explain the two books. Any
one wishing to schedule him as
a speaker should call the exten
sion office.
Additional Sign
Mr. Budge has received a let
ter from the State Highway
Commission that additional
south Morrow County directional
signs will be erected at the Ir
rigon inter-change.
New Road Bids Soon
W. S. Miller of the U. S. For-
el Sw-r tit? Mid that bid Mould
be let n fr the ronttuef ton
if 23 mile -f road I km it High
way 3 5 to the top tf C'l Mtne
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crushed rk whhh U part of
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Two Meeting Announced
On Jan. 3 tlute wll W a M-(
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meeting at the Courthouse. On
Jon. 6 at 7;.. the planning
Commlwion will hold it next
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, December 16, 197)
Number 43
Hark! Heppner
Angels Sing, Jr. Hi
Band Plays Dec. 20
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HERMAN WINTER
County People
Get High Posts
Livestock Growers
Hold Annual Meet
Morrow County Livestock
Growers 22nd annual meeting
was held Friday at the Elks
Temple.
Greeting was by Tom Currin,
president of the Association.
Talks were made by Gene
Kunkle, State Brand Inspectors
Board of Salem. Jim Wilkins of
the Range staff of the Umatilla
National Forest; a livestock
theft discussion, and Ernie Lab
art of the Oregon State Board
of Forestry.
Evening was topped with the
annual Farm-City Banquet at
Heppner High.
Herman Winter, Morrow Coun
ty district attorney., was elected
president of the Oregon District
Attorneys Assn., during the an
nual mid winter meet In Tort-land.
Morrow County Judge Paul
Jones was recently elected pres
ident of the Assn. of Oregon
Counties. Sheriff John Mollahan
was recently elected to the ex
ecutive committee of the State
Sheriff's Assn.
Last month, -Boardman's May
or Dewey West was elected vice
president of the League of Ore
gon Cities.
' Last year Morrow County was
also on the map with County
Clerk Sadie Parrish as presl
dent of the County Clerks Assn
And Assessor Joyce Bergstrom
was president of the County
Assessors Assn.
All firt through sixth grade
hid.-nu will participate vocally
In a ChrlMmax musli-nl program
offered for the community on
Monday evening. Dec. 20. at 7:30
In the old Junior HU:h gymnas
ium. The Junior Hljjh Band will
offer Instrumental number. Co
director) of thin musical eve-
nine are Pit Walthlnsen and'?
David Mann. Everyone bi cord
ially Invited.
Kindrartn Party U 22nd
The Kindergarten classes will
le joined by parents and email
brothers and sisters when they
gather In the multlpurpoe
room on Wednesday evening,
Dec. 22, at 7:00 for their excit
ing program and party. Mrs. Dee
Jones Is in charge of this af
fair. Before DU miss a I on 23rd
Parties with gift exchanges
will be held In their rooms by
all grades between lunch time
ar.d the 1:30 dismissal on
Thursday.
Music-Movi ot High School
At the high school on Thurs
day morning, students will be
treated to a full-length film put
on by the student body. The
film 'Wild In The Streets" Is
a suspense drama featuring pol
itics of today. They will also
enjoy several musical selections
by the high school band and
chorus directed by Dave Mann.
Heppner schools will recon
vene on Monday, Jan. 3, 1972.
oh Vein Sdidoc.t Chosen
Imd Catt leman of the Year
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Bird Count
Is Dec. 22
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
HI Low Prec.
Wednesday 44 16 .14
Thursday 46 32 .12
Friday - -. 40 33 .01
Saturday , 39 30
Sunday 40 32 .
Monday 37 26 .10
Tuesday 42 35 .05
1.4 Snow; 1. Snow
From Dec. 1 through 14, the
county rainfall is about .75 a
bove the year's average.
Mustangs Set For
Busy Week
Mustangs will go to Moro for
the Christmas Tourney Dec. 17
and 18. Participating teams are
Sherman, Wheeler, Condon and
Heppner. The Heppner-Condon
game will open the tourney on
Friday, at 7 p.m., followed by
the Sherman-Wheeler game.
On Saturday the losers will
meet for the opening game at
7, followed by the winners.
On Dec. 21, the Mustangs will
go to Riverside for their last
game In 1971.
Coach Bob Clough said that
Condon doesn't have a big
team but they are scrappy. They
play good ball and have good
depth on the bench.
Of the Mustangs, he said
"they're shaping up. From now
on its a race against time but
we'll be all right by League
Play."
Last year about 50 Heppner
citizens could be seen tramping
through the brush and creek
bottoms of Morrow County.
They were participating in the
annual Christmas Bird Count
sponsored by the National Au
dubon Society. Last year over
15,000 birders in the United
States enthusiastically searched
garbage dumps, grave yards,
farm land, smoggy cities,
swamps, deserts and remole
back country for feathered
members of the animal king
dom, birds.
The Heppner birders separated
into groups and searched a cir
cular area, 15 miles in diamet
er. Groups cannot overlap an
other's territory. Counters cover
ed the area around Ruggs and
Hardman where a variety of
different habitats can be en
countered. Some 37 miles were
covered on foot and 109 miles
by car in search of these feath
ered beasts.
1971 Count
The count Is now being or
ganized and is scheduled for
Wednesday, Dec. 22. Those per
sons interested in joining the
fun and learning about birds
are urged to contact Barney
Marshall at Heppner High
School for information.
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A FAMILIAR SIGHT Is Bob Van Scholack with one of hU dogs.
Princess Tryouts
Dated for Dec. 26
Princess Tryouts f. ' the 1972
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo
Court will be held Sunday, Dec.
26, at 1 p.m.
There will be a meeting be
fore the riding demonstrations
for all candidates and their par
ents with the Rodeo Board. At
tendance at this meeting
mandatory for both the girls try
ing out and their parents.
Contestants are to wear levls
and shirts. No dress western
clothes. Any girl interested in
trying out for the 1972 Court
should contact her area cnair
man or Pat O'Brien.
lone School Program Coming
The lone schools Christmas
program on Tuesday evening,
Dec. 21 at 7:30, in the cafetor
ium was planned and will be
directed by Darrell James, school
music supervisor. Each grade of
the schools will participate, and
many children are involved in
the preparations. The public is
cordially invited no admission
Is charged.
A 3-part Program
The evening's program will be
presented in three parts. The
lower grades are giving a play
"The Fir Tree s Christmas ; the
Fourth grade will present a
short playlet "The Boy Who
" Didn't Believe in Christmas".
The upper grades are giving
"The Drum", which is the story
of the famous little drummer
boy.
Lower Grade Flay
'The Fir Tree's Christmas"
will include the following parts:
Big Fir Tree. Jeff Hams; Middle
sized Fir Tree, John Murray;
Little Fir Tree, Roger Childers;
The Bird, Margaret DohertyjThe
Woodsman, Richard Ladd.
The fourth grade playlet, The
Boy Who Didn't Believe In
Christmas" involves all the
fourth graders and is shorter
than the other two plays. Mr.
James said mat because so
many are participating not to
name each child.
Upper Grade Play
"The Drum" will include these
parts: Little Drummer Boy, Dan
McElligott; Peddler, Clay West;
Shepherds, Brian Rietmann, Bud
Kincaid, Doug Bristow, Wade
West, Scott Sherer, Richard Do
herty, Skye Krebs, Rick Golbert,
Joan Doherty, Debora Palmer,
Laurie Childers. Angels are: Ar
ietta Aldrich, Michelle McElli
gott, Lisa Martin, April Miller,
Lori Bergstrom, Rene Flack,
Catherine McElligott, Doreen
Flack, Carol McElligott, Jan Pe
terson, Jeanie Piening, Natalie
Tews, Tammie Tucker, Kathy
Kincaid, Donna Palmer, and
Debbie Patton. John Lindstrom
will play Joseph; Arlynda Ald-
rich will portray Mary: and the
Three Kings will be presented
by Clint Carlson, Kim Gutierrez
and Stuart Keene.
Band and Chorus, Also
Pre program mood music will
te presented by the lone High
School band. The High School
mixed chorus will offer several
Christmas vocal selections. This
will be a noteworthy school
program. Each year that Mr.
James has directed these pro
grams he has made a real ef
fort to get a different, high
quality program ready.
Search-Rescue
Seminar Scheduled
In Pendleton
Representatives from Law
Enforcement agencies of Mor
row County will attend the
Search and Rescue Seminar on
Dec. 21 at BMCC. The Seminar
presented by Oregon Search and
Rescue Center and Support Un
its will be moderated by Dan
Viera, Oregon SAR Center coord
inator.
To begin at 8 a.m. with Basic
Ground Search and Rescue
searches the day continues with
many facets of Search and Res
cue on land, water ana air.
There will be an important ses
sion on Search and Rescue com
munications, Mobile Support,
Snowmobiles in Search and Res
cue, Para Rescue, Mountain Res
cue and Scuba Diving Recovery
Procedures.
The final session will be on
Use of Observation Planes In
Searches.
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Santa's Final Visit
Saturday -Free
Parking
Santa announces that he will
make another visit to Heppner
for 1971 this Saturday afternoon
He will wander around town
and through stores from 2:00
until 4:00. Parking meters need
not be fed all day.
Shoppers are reminded that
members of the Heppner Merch
ants' Association are keeping
their businesses open until 8:00
on the nights of Dec. 20. 21, 22
and 23.
ARC First Aid
Course this Saturday
Two American Red Cross First
Aid instructors of Pendleton
will be in lone Saturday morn
ing for an all-day session
"Multi-Media" First Aid course.
This Is a standard course that's
different and 10 makes a class
for one instructor. An addition
al 10 can take the course with
the second instructor able to
come on Dec. 18. Jerry Witzel
of Pendleton is one of the in
structors.
Those taking the course are
asked to bring $2.75 to pay for
the four-programmed tests, 1
blanket. 1 hand towel, pencil,
large-sized magazine like Life
or Look and a 40' triangular 0reROn , ,and lreatmnti Dal
oanaage.
The Morrow County Livestock
Grower of the Year award roc
thl year to Boh Van Scholack
and hi family. Award was
made Friday at the annual
Farm City Banquet held at
Heppner High School.
A big crowd waa on hand for
the delicious beef dinner served
by the F1IA Girls and prepared
by the grade school cooks, Glad
ys Van Winkle, Shirley Cox,
Ruby Steers, Betty Chrlslman,
FHA advisor Is Mrs. Linda Pan
ter. Master of ceremonies for the
event was Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce
President Gene Tierce. President
Pierce Interspersed his remarks ,
by gentle quips and humorous
sayings.
Ho Introduced his wife and
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Henderson
of Oregon State University; Mr.
or Mrs. Rupe Kennedy; David
Green of Madras.
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Cass en
tertained with songs.
An interesting annual event
is provided by Peterson's Jewel
ers. Randall Peterson Rives lit
tle envelopes to each of the din
ers. They all contain either ar
tificial diamonds or beads. All
except one which contains a
$100 diamond. This year It was
won by Mrs. Kenneth Turner.
Dr. Henderson
Dr. Bob Henderson Is Assist
ant Director, Oregon Agricultur
al Experiment Station. He gave
a slide presentation, accompany
ing it with his own clever nar
ration. Ills program bad been
presented earlier to- the high
school students. ' ' -
Slide presentation depicted
colorful aspects o f Oregon's
liree leading Industries: Forest
ry, agriculture and tourism and
recreation. It shows the vital
importance of research, featur
ing a wide spectrum including
highlights of research by Ex
periment Station scientists on
problems of marine biology, air
and water pollution, use of post
Icides and other agricultural
chemicals, human nutrition, vlr
uses and cancer, world popula
tion in relation to food supply
and other related social, eco
nomic and biological problems.
Awards
Tom Currin, president of Mor
row County Livestock Growers
Assn., made the award presen
tatlon to Bob Van Sehoiack as
Livestock Grower of the Year, an
honor shared by the entire fam
ily. Mr. Van Scholack introduc
ed his family, including his
mother. They are pictured on an
inside page with the Van
Scholack story.
Kenneth Turner, chairman of
the Heppner Soil and Water
Conservation District, made the
presentation of the annual "Con
servation Man of the Year", an
other family project. Recipients
were Marcel and Dee Jones, Paul
and Gladys Jones and Mrs. Char
ley Jones. Mr. Turner, in mak
ing the presentation, stated that
Morrow County has for years led
Bank of Eastern
Oregon Buys
Heppner Bonds
The Heppner City Council
Monday nitht passed a resolu
Hon accepting the bid of tha
Bank of Katern Oregon to purchase-
$9-1.0") In bonds at an
Intercut rnte of 4.4ti';.. Only oth
er bid was from Ftrt National
Bank of Oregon at various rates,
averaging IWI'a, Bids had
been ivned at an nfternnoit
meeting. Money in to pay for
bridge and nwim pool repatrs.
Other business was conducted
at the evening meeting.
Buddy Batty was Issued n
building permit for a metal
frame building of CO x 21 feet
on a 3000 uq. ft. lot purchased
from Join Hughes. Building will
cost about $1I,X)0, from Red
mond Co. The modular home
will be brought in and laid on
the foundation in two parts.
The Vail Company plans to
move In their concrete-asphalt
plant for the highway Job and
will bo available for other work.
Council studied the new
bridge plans with great care,
held lengthy discussion of many
details and alternates.
ALso discussed at great length
was flood plain insurance. Coun
cilman Dave McLeod suggested
that he did not favor the flood
plain but felt there might bo
someone who would want tho
Insurance at the low rates, from
40c to 70c per $100. He felt tho
requirements made good sense.
Junior Rodeo Sels
June 10-11 Dates
At its recent meeting the
Junior Rodeo Committee chose
June 10 and 11 as the dates for
the 1972 Junior Rodeo. New of
ficers were elected: Chairman,
Darrell Dooney; vice-chairman,
Bob Van Sehoiack; director, Don
Evans, all Heppner, and direct
or, Everett Struckmeier, Board
man. A secretary has not yet
been selected.
This committee has scheduled
Its next meeting for Jan. 6 at
the Dorm Building at the Fair
Grain Theft
Alerts Area
Ralph Crum discovered a
theft of bailey from his Eight
Mile elevator Thursday of last
week. He was driving by and
noticed different kind of tracks
leading into tho elevator. On
investigation he found that a
bout 500 to 700 bushels of bar-
Icy had been taken from tho
bin. It probably had been tak
en from the hin the day previous.
On the Monday previous,
grain had been taken from the
Arby Elevator on Monday at
Olex. State police are investigating.
Mr. Crum saia tnat unuer me
pressure of the present economy
of the country, this sort of thing
may be expected more and
more,
Figuring barley at 50 pounds
a bushel, 700 busiiei wouta
weigh 17.5 ton. Barley has been
running higher this year and at
$50 a ton, the loss could be
close to $800.
Recent grain thefts have been
reported in Grant County.
JOLLY OL' ST. NICK was fust too much for these two little guys.
Jason Dougherty cries while Michael Van Sehoiack seeks safe
ty in his sister's arms. Mrs. Dick Schlichting. Christmas tree
chairman for the Wranglers, laughs along with the audience.
Tears were soon dried when his sister picked him up and help
ed him open bis gift
Classes will begin at 8:30
with a half-hour noon and will
finish at 4:30 at the lone mul-
ipurpose room. Those attending
the sessions are reminded to
bring sack lunches.
Signed Up
Those from lone who are
igned up to take the course
are John Rietmann, Mark Riet
mann, Paul Peterson, Joel Pe
terson, Ann McElligott, Mary
Pat McElligott, Charlie McElli
gott and Greg Wilson.
From Heppner: LLsa Collins,
Norman Clow, Bonnie Clow,
Shelley Wolff, Kelley Wolff,
Tommy Wolff, Jim Ployhar, Joan
Ployhar, Taml Prock, Bonnie
Culp, Ray Ayers and David
Worden.
Anyone interested in taking
the course in the event there
is a last minute cancellation
should call Mrs. Heard at 676-9228.
Bud Peck suffered a broken
leg Monday morning in a freak
accident with a beading ham
mer while removing a tire. He
will be laid up perhaps some
weeks with this break.
las Rea of Highland Machinery
or condon presented the Jones'
with a handsome plaque,
The Chamber of Commerce
annual awards were presented
by Dr. Wallace Wolff. Recipients
are jack Van Winkle for estab
lishment of Scars; Larry Mills
ror Morrow county Grain Grow
ers' fine new facility in Lexing
ton; to Randall Peterson for his
improvements and beautifica
tion of Peterson's Jewelers; and
to Richard Sargent for estab
lishment of the new Coast-to
Coast Store.
President Pierce Introduced
his Chamber officers; 1st vice
president, Ed Dick; 2nd vice
president, LeRoy Gardner; sec
retary, Joyce Bergstrom; treas
urer, Pat Wonser.
Mrs. Bill Weatherford, presi
dent of the Soroptimist Club,
made the annual "Dignity of
Service Award" presentation to
Mrs. Jerry "Tiny" Sweeney. Mrs.
Weatherford explained that this
award was based on Tiny's ser
vice to the community and had
occurred on two occasions, on
the Dr. McMurdo search and the
Red Cross work following the
flood,
This year is the golden anni-
Election Date Set
On Cigarette Tax
County Clerk Sadie Parrish
announced this week that a spe
cial state-wide general election
will bo held on Tuesday, Jan. 18,
to vote on a proposed increase
in cigarette taxes. In order to
be eligible to vote in the elec
tion, one must be a registered
voter at least 30 days prior to
the election date. The registra
tion deadline , will be Saturday,
Dec. 18. Mrs. Parrish said that
her office would be open all
day. .
Anyone who has any ques
tions about his registration sta
tus should call or stop in at
the county clerk's office.
Chamber Election
Coming Monday
The Heppner-Morrow Cnunlv
Chamber of Commerce luncheon
Monday at the Wagon Wheel
will have a special Christmas
program. In addition, the annu
al election will be held for five
directors. Nominees are Vol
Robinson, Larry Mills, Jim Bier,
LeRoy Gardner and Dorothy
Heard.
Nominations were made this
past Monday. Don Stangel show
ed a fine colorful movie of the
CowBelles. It depicted ladies of
the Baker area explaining the
cattle business of Eastern Ors-
versary of the Soroptimist club-, gon.