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o or o lUltHC. ORE 07403 Mothers March Date is Set For January 27 Bad News Greets Board at School Meeting a;. . . . . , .. - . . . f . . . . . . aa : l . .. . . ..... . tin ti ji a in ill uH-iiitnirni i-hmi, ( .ni'iiiiw tuuiuy bkm-kmt k inure nutr io irpny jii..vi. nnilrV Mr Daniel started with T had Ht-d the mark.! value m! The county has . d; in JUIIUUIJ LI i,-.1 ..i.if Kt n-w and bad $..1.3;i;i0. an twreM of $1.. , w hit h to appeal Ihf decision. nrv" ittrn proceedttj lu rt-port i ;vj.M over the !; aiwraUal. I lUxud member th.un.-ht If thl The Mutht-r'- March ha Ixi-n i,n Ihf ie appraisal of the land j Th IVpiwtmcni of Veteran' AMwa the good new they didn't d.itid f"f Jan. Jf7. Anyune wth- t r.lrd to the H-tntf Co, fr thejf.iii which control the land know whether they wanted to me in ij in n !' i jrm vi uiu, niv ai'iiiaiiK-ii , iuf Ine Slaie appcaitHI ult' new n.i VrrgMrom at tfTti-KaJ day j1uc of the land ha Ix-rn low-! figure. Morrow County ha been time. ei-d by rU05 by the State, ordered to lower the value on (Kru-r Mother March rhalr lputmenl of I'evrnuc, the tax roll fur 1?0 to $2,- men are Mr, Dan a!wo all I ruler a m-w sppraual the 41 1.76,1, The School District will Ifcwmtmiin, Mr. Vi-rn Evan at Irr.t'on and Mr. Tom While a liMir, Lora Lee, daughter of Mr Margaret A. Ilcnsley lormerly of IrrU'on w Moisted with trunhMria!i.n to lortlnnd to the t'nlveraity of Oregon Med hnl School tbroueh the Mothers March Morrow County fund Hie wan deaf from a birth de feet hear any more, Mr. Daniel then told them alniut replacing the r.xif on the lone Shd Cafeteria and shop. The 30x113 Cafeteria roof wax repaired at a root of $1575 and (he 30x50 (.hop roof ut $400, fur a total of $2173. Keller Roofing of llernilkton begun the job on Thursday of last week. The 3 ply roofing had base. liiKula Hon and then the rooflnc with a 15-year guarantee. Under nor mal maintenance they aay It hou Id liict 25 year. Mr. Pan leU noted that thin roofing com pany haa done mot tKl.utdr work for the tlUtrlet. Another iiihnppointment wa the negative report on the Mar row I' nun lll.i County prtoial lor a vH-atlonai eonjuuant. Another heavy expense, relat ed in hla reivirt waa on the heat lnj kytitem at Rivernlde Sthtnd CimpreHor valve dnmage wa dlsctiveretl In a routine cheek b Water Vote Here Jan. 25 GRAIN PRICES (TOO Lexington doaa not In dud warchQua chga) Ceurttr MCCO Soft whit wheat 14iVi bu. (Pott (trlks MttUment) Bed wheat l.48i bu. (pott atrlk ttlomnt) Br tli ........... 46.03 ton 68th Yeor THE Price 10 Cents GAZETTE-TIMES HEPPNER Number 48 Election for five directors ol i he new lleppner Water Control District will be held next Tues day, Jan. 25 here. Voting open at 8 a.m. all day ut the Old Library adjacent to the llep pner City Hall. Candidates are Donald L. Bennett, E. O. Ferguson. Jewel L. Hager, Fred Hosklns, Jr., Chailes M. Jones, Larr Mills. Gene Pierce, Richard T. Wilkinson. Morrow 4-H Leaders To State Meet Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 20, 1972 New Cigarette Tax Voted In Foster Homes Needed in County The Children's Services Divi sion is now looking for families who are willing to open their homes to children, according to I'eter Sundln, Family Service I Worker who Is manning the ' , S . . . . . .rat f nn-rrow vuuniy oiiicc in riep 4-H leaders pncr. Occasionally, a child Is Morrow County will join more than 200 ot hers una bio to stay with his parents. from throughout the state for and needs someone to provide tne J7tn annual Oregon l ll!i""i and sneiter tor him, as Leaders Conference at OSU this week (Jan. 19-21) rcKrts Don Stangel, Morrow County Exten sion Agent. "Oregon 4-11 Listens" will be the theme of the conference as the volunteer adult leaders learn how to work more effect ively with the 43,000 young poo-1 pie enrolled in the 4-H program in Oregon. Older youth will be in the spotlight at the conference dur ing a panel discussion moder ated by Dr. J. Richard Connel ly, of the OSU family life de partment, and again when Con nelly leads a discussion entit led 'Teenagers Times and Troubles". The leaders will spend a ma jor part of their time in work shops which were planned by OSU extension agents ai.d spo- cilists and leaders. The work- , Un.... ...1. !..! I ; ! r nuj, wiui-ji include Illll.i mi nutrition, finances, Community Pride and publicity, were re quested by the leaders working on the planning committee. The conference opens Wed nesday afternoon, Jan. 19, with registration and the traditional international night dinner and program featuring Oregon In ternational Farm Youth Ex- well as give him love, guidance and Krsonal service. Foster homes are needed for children of all ages: for an in dividual child or for several troMiors and sisters, or for children with special problems. raster homes are needed that would provide care for various periods of time. The foster home may donate its services, or re ceive payments from the stale. For foster home certification, or for further information, con tact Mr. Sundin in the Gilliam fiisbce Building in Heppner. The phone number there is C76 0211. ' , , any type talent are urged to change (IFYE) delegates. Larry , appear and plan with Dennis Tafent Show Tryouts, Practice, Monday, At 8:00 Dennis Cass will conduct try ou's and a practice session this Monday, Jan. 24, at 8:00 p.m. in the Elementary School multi purpose room in preparation for the amateur night fun show corning in Heppner on Sat., Jan. 29. Persons of any age and from any part of the county with I I U 1 IB W 1 I II I I II zrtk VI .i&h I IT --' ' i s s-' h U :.:.rv.AV:.. h t I ? Af - II Si i i III i - ! Z 1 l I , , , , anamuM J Morrow County voters cast their votes Tuesday on the ex tra nickel cigarette tax. 602 said NO and 534 said YES. State-wide it was close at 9:15 p.m., Tuesday. At that time the Oregon Election Service in Port land told the G-T the vote stood at 50.7 voting NO and 49.33 voting YES. However, the final tally over the state showed 51 favoring the new tax which adds a nick el to the present cigarette tax of 4c. There are 2,208 registered vot ers in Morrow County. In lleppner 264 voted YES and 2"4 NO. lone voters: 73 YES and 114 NO. Boardman: 62 YES and 75 NO. Irrlgon: 80 YES, 78 NO. Lexington: 55 YES, 81 NO. DON PAPINEAU, 6'1" and Craig Munkers, 6'2", heft the ball an other foot and may add another 2 feet or so with a jump. I.arwood, Independence. IFYE to Japan in 1970, will preside. Other IFY'E delegates schedul ed to participate include Candy Penedetti, Grants Pass; Cecil Waldron, Beaverton, and Mrs. Larwood. Welcoming the delegates to the OSU campus and the con ference will be OSU President Robert MacVicar, Alden Vog--nild, Dallas, president of the Oregon 4-H Leaders Association, and H. Joe Myers, assistant di rector, 4-H and youth, OSU Ex tension Service. Guest speaker at the Thurs day night banquet will be Mrs. Fern Kelley, assistant director, 4-H and youth development, U. S. Department of Agricul ture, Extension Service. Her t pic will be "A New Day A ?-w Way". New officers of the Oregon 4-H Association will be elected daring the conference. Leaders planning to attend from Morrow County include: n-se Wilson and Mayko Bu chanan of Irrigon, Virginia Gneb of Lexington, Kelley Wolff of Heppner and Nancy Myers of Butter Creek. Don Stan rel and Eirdine Tullis will ac company the delegation. 'he committee for this fun-type community program states that only those who practice on Monday will be put on the pro gram on Saturday night, Jan. 29. Fun-type prizes will be a warded the winners of the big shew. This will be the first time in several years that a show of this type has been offered in Heppner. It is being arranged by the three TOPS Clubs of South Morrow County. i ome Game Frid ay The Mustangs have a home game here Friday night with Sherman. The game should be a pretty good match. Coach Clough says their team is pretty good size and DeMarsh is a Officials Eye Vacancies The deadline for filing for of fice for the May Primary is March 14, 1972. Last Friday the first two filings for office in ' commun Morrow County were made for the primary election. County Clerk Sadie Parrish and Treas urer Sylvia McDaniel filed for reelection. Mrs. Parrish. a Democrat, was firt elected to her office in Jaycee Week Noted In Heppner Mayor Bill Collins has pro claimed Jan. 16-22 as Jaycee Week in Heppner. Local organ zations are to cooperate in the bservance. The purpose of the week is to focus attention on the young men and the work they do and to emphasize that the Morrow County Jaycees have done a big job in improving the community. The week celebrates the founding of the Jaycees in 1915. By 1S20 24 cities were represent ed in the U. S. Junior Chamber f Commerce. Morrow County Jaycees were formed in 1964. They are part of the national organization which is built on a solid foun dation of creating opportunities 'or leadership training through ommunity betterment projects, Joe Cunhas Buy K. Cutsforth Place Mr. and Mrs. Joe Cunha are now settling on the Ken Cuts forth place they purchased on upper Willow Creek. The Cun has had ranched at Gonzales, Calif., which is about 20 miles below Salinas. Joe Cunha per formed on the rodeo circuit for about 15 years and has ridden and bulldogged in various Ore gon rodeos. The Cunhas bought about 4200 acres that are known as the Bruce Kelly place. They are living In the house close to the road. The Kelly family home steaded in Morrow County up at Kelly Prairie where their old log cabin still stands. That place was sold to the U. S. Forest Service in 1970 by O. W. Cuts forth. pretty good shot. While they haven't seen them play since the Christmas tournament, they haven't been faring too well and the outcome of the game is a "toss up". The Varsity will go to Stan field on Saturday night. JV's will play their preliminary games. Heppner Frosb Jan. 20. Echo, there, 6 p.m. Jan. 25, Pilot Rock here, 6 p.m. Heppner Grades Jan. 22, At Condon, 1:30 p.m. Jan. 27, At Stanfield, 2 p.m. County Champ Close in State Finals Morrow County's free throw hamp, Kim Gutierrez, lone, had fine time at Corvallis last Saturday, hut didn't score close enough to make the final- throw-off between halves at the OSU game. Kim and his dad really en joyed the banquet at the new Corvallis Elks lodge. Speakers hero included OSU basketball Coach Ralph Miller, OSU foot ball star Dave Schilling, and OSU athletic director Jim Bar- itt, who was especially friend ly to the young champ from im s home county. Kims 36 out of 50 was poor compared to the 46 and 48 out of 50 he had thrown. He won the county contest with 40 out of 50. At Corvallis he olaced 20th in the group of 50 champs wno tried lor the state champ ionship. Kim and his dad rushed back from Corvallis to see lone play Arlington. They made it back to that game Just as the start ing whistle blew at 8:00. lone lost that non-league game by 55-59. Wheat League Committee Chairmen Named Jerry Myers, President of the Morrow County Wheat Growers Association, announced the fol lowing committee chairmen for 1972. Vice-president is Dick Me Llllgott; Harold Kerr, secretary Committee chairmen: Domestic Wheat, Mrs. Betty (Carl) Marquardt; Federal Ag riculture, Don Peterson and Ron Haguewood; Production & Land Use, Bill Rletmann; Marketing, Don McElllgott; Transportation Fred Martin; Taxation and Leg islation, Jack Sumner; Public Affairs & Membership, George Luciani; Conservation Mnn, Marcel Jones and Wheat Use A Research, Dick McElllgott. The Oregon Wheat League has scheduled an executive committee meeting for Friday, Jan. 21, at 9:00 a.m. In Arlington. Land Use Up For Discussion Film Set For Chamber Program A stimulating and fascinating film "There's a Little Bit of Genius in Everyone" will be shown at the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce meeting next Monday. Dale Slusher of Pacific Northwest Bell is bringing the film over from Pendleton. County Farmers At Wheat Meet Play Tryouts Set For Thursday, 27th The Heppner Community Dra- Jaycees today are over 300,000 013 Club announces tryouts for trong and are active in 6,400 1 u? nexr P'ay at me Heppner ififxs ThPir hprimiart. scnooi caietonum next rs hie in Tulsa. Okla. weeK inursaay, at 7:u. The Morrow County Jaycees, The play chosen is 'The Poo meet every Wednesday night at 1 pie Next Door". It deals with S:00 at the Gun Club about 2 , contemporary life and involves mile.-, south of Heppner. They i such problems as drug addic (.tend an invitation to voung!fion. Actors are needed for five -en between 21 and 35 to comeni.-.le and three female parts 1954. Mrs. McDaniel. a Repub lican. has served since 1958. ivolved. Any young man who is Other offices to be filled are; :n"erested may telephone or a county commissioner, county somehow contact one of the of- sheriff and three Port of Morrow!:' commissioner positions. I ii o their meetings and to get in-! of varied ages. People in the area who would like to cooperate with high school students in producing rs or ar.y of the members ; this play should come to the ' i on pase 7. i trvouts. Band Parents Meet Tonight at HHS An important meeting of Heppner band parents will be held tonight at 7:30 in the High School Band Room. All parents of grade school and high school band students are urged to attend this meet ing. Attention Taxpayers The annual Budget Mess age of the Morrow County School District will be given -n Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m. at the District Office in Lexing ton. Supt. of Schools, Ron Daniels is budget officer. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Crum, Bob Jepsen and Jack Sumner are home from the recent conven tion of the National Association of Wheat Growers held in Den ver. All reported a very fine con vention. Bob Jepsen has been since 1969, chairman of a standing committee, "Special Protects." This includes the International Day of Bread. Fourteen cooperative exten sion service leaders had been invited to the convention. They sat in on Bobs committee and discussed how to better help tne nations wneat industry. Highlight of the convention was the banquet speaker. Dr. Earl Butz, new Secretary of Ag riculture. lone Lion's Club Ladies Night, 24th The lone Lion's Club has ar ranged its annual Ladies' Night dinner and program for next Monday night at Thel's Cafe. Speakers for the evening will be County Agent Harold Kerr, Heppner, who will talk on Zon ing, and political hopeful Dave Green. Madras, who will talk on legislative redisricting. Herb Wright, president of the Fossil Community Club was a guest at Monday's Chamber of Commerce meeting. He said his group met the first Monday of each month and invited all Chamber members to visit them if they are in the area on their meeting nights. He reviewed the progress on Hwy. No. 19. This year they worked to get the 2 million dollar improvement through Condon Canyon and this next year they are working to have the Service Creek stretch sur faced to complete the oil to Mitchell. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Sager will attend the Hermlston Chamber of Commerce annual meeting on Jan. 22. Jack Van- Winkle won the pot. Comprehensive Land Use Harold Kerr explained the Comprehensive Land Use plan as an orderly development of the Morrow County land in the best interest of the county as a whole. There are 8 general categories: Farm, Forest, Recre ation Residential, Residential- Farm, Rural Commercial, Ur ban, Industrial, Flood Plains Each is described separately i the book prepared by Cornell, Howland, Hayes & Merryfield. There are two important hear ings to be held in February on the Comprehensive Land Use Plan. Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. Lexington Grange Hall. It important that people of the county attend this meeting or the one to be held Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at Greenfield Grange, There will be two additional meetings in March on the Zon ing ordinance. Sherman County zoned in 1964-65. Wheeler and Gilliam have adopted their zoning or uinances. Morrow County as Umatilla County Is making progress towards that end. The State Legislature passed a law that the counties were to be zoned by 1972 or the State would come in and do it. owning aoes not affect or change anything now in exist ence. The county zoning does not include any zoning for the five towns of the county. The county Intends to con centrate all new urban develop ment In the existing five in corporated cities, and not start any new towns. Mobile Homes are considered the same as a traditional house in the plan. In the comprehensive plan for Boardman, the present Wilson Rd. is left as it is. A future arterial road with 80 foot right of way is proposed south of the Wilson Rd. Progress on the Western Route Rd. was explained by the For est Service. The proposed route is shown on a map in the plan. Ray Boyce Is Lion Secretary Ray Boyce has been riiimed ecretary of the lone Lions Club. He succeeds Jim Barnett who is mm ing to Pendleton. Tran Co. Ono nan been replac ed for $73.1 and the board ap proved repair of the other one at about the same com. The board U anxious to determine the rnuxe of the trouble. Then In closing Mr. Daniels ald "and If the Cigarette Tax doesn't pas, It will cost the tax payer 12c per thousand to make up the 2"c cut In basic school KupjHirt to Morrow County." Ntw School Bu Failey Motor bid on the 51 pnsenger chassis bus wa low at $3413 for a 1972 CMC which Included a $l.V) delivery charge. Other bidder were Wright Chevrolet at Fossil and Morrow County Grain Growers. There were 5 bids on the body with the low coming from W. J. Roots to., for a Carpenter body for $3875 to put the total cost of the bus at $92SO. Contracts Barbara Talley was given a contract to finish out the year at lone High School replacing Jackie Wagenblast who has re. signed. Her contract for 105 days has a base salary of $3195 plus $233 for directing girls sports for a total of $1218. She Is a graduate of Portland State. The board approved a one- year contract to Principal Don Cole and three year contracts to Principals Mick Tolar and Jim Bier. The board voted to wait to hear the recommendation of he lone Advisory Committee on he contract for Principal Bran don. The board approved a $500 salary increase for Supt. Daniels. Field Trip to Harvey Aluminum The hoard approved the re uest of a field trip to the liar- ey Aluminum plant on Feb. 4 for 35 Junior and senior stu dents of Heppner's Physics and Chemistry classes. Cost for bus nd driver would be $40. Ob- ectives as given by the In structor Stan Addison: provide chance for the students to tour a modern metal refinery nn view the practical applicat ion of the chemical process. Adopts 1972-73 Calendar School will start the Tuesday following Labor Day and end June 1 of the 1972-73 school year men is similar to the current year. The board approved the speech therapy contract with Umatilla I ED but Mr. Daniels noted that In a year or two Mor row County may have need of a full time speech therapist. The board accepted Del Pip er's resignation from the Hepp-ner-Lexington Advisory Committee. Budget Consideration Mr. Daniels noted the difficul ties in coal heating of the Lex building but the cost of convert ing the furnace to oil, a tank and other costs appeared pro hibitive to consider for this year's budget. Heppner Advisory Committee recommended $1250 be put in the budget for a lawn mower for the Heppner area. Later Principal Bier reported that the School District could use the Fair Board tractor and mower for the football field and agreed on a rental of $5.50 an hour for its use. He said that the high school area could be covered in about lVa hours. Face Lifting at Football Field Mr. Bier reported on a meet ing with the Fair Board and on the recommendation of an Oregon State specialist, the turf nt the football field would not be dug up. They were advised to haul in dirt and liehtiv spread the dirt across the grass to fill in the pot holes but nor so deep that the grass would not grow up throueh it. Thf. high ridges are to be cut off and rcseeded. The center of the field where it is impacted Is to be aerated. Mr. Bier said t loads of dirt had been delivered and he expected two more loads this week. The entire field will bo seed. ed and fertilized and irrigated with the expectations it will be n good shape to withstand the rigors of rodeo and be ready for football in September. Dates Set Budget message Jan. 25. at 7:30 p.m. District Office. Planning CommlUee meeting Jan. 27. Eudget meetin-'i Feb. 1, 7:30 at lone; Feb. 8, 7:.0 p.m. Irri gon; Feb. 15, .7:30 p.m. Hepp ner High School. Next regular meeting Feb. 21, :30 p.m., Riversiue High School. WEATHER By DOW GILLIAM I HI Low Pree. Wednesday 46 32 .12 Thursday 31 23 Friday 6 Saturday 57 29 Sunday 57 45 Monday 53 34 - Tuesday 5S 32 .20
