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LIIRAtT tr IVfKRCe OXt. 97403 Highest Court Reverses County Tax A ' s t . I ( ' tl , US m County Court I j Thrashes Many Problems At the Jim. 5 mcMing f the O.utilv Court, they listened toj Lurry Chadwlck. Man Power In- GRAIN PRICES (TOB Lexington doee net elude war b out chg) Courtesy MCCG Soft whit wheat ... .... 1.4$bu. (Pott strike settlement) Red wheat , l.49 bu- (Pott strike settlement) Barley ...... 4S.M ton 88th Year ' THE Price 10 Cents GAZETTE-TIMES six.ii.iiM frtm the (Knrf or Heppner, Uregon V o:Jo, I nursaay, January ivz. Number 49 ALLEN R. NISTAD Allen R. Nistad Is Vice Chairman anticipated change In the presj em program wnins irum mm ffl. He mid thnt OKO may Ik? limlnnted tv the revenue-t.hnr- I - - - - - . . - 1 lnj concept supported by Pres .J I Uli-nt Nixon. The CAP tCommu- r.ity Actum Program. n the Neighborhood Center In llepp- ner. will probably close. The coordinators, a Pat Brlndle,' may be assigned to the County Courts and under their direction carry on Human resource plan Allen R. Nbdad, Klnzua Corp., j ning. This could be In the nr- whs elected vice chairman of the District 10 Board of Gover nors of the Western Wood Prod uct Association last week In Sunrlver. Lumbermen reviewed progress during the p.-ist year anil chal lenge facing the industry in 1972. Lumber production in the West is cxiiectcd to Increase Ulllon board feet to total 19 billion board feet in 1972. bas ed on a revitalized and expand ed lumber market. WWPA provides forestry. In spection, technical, transporta tion, statistical and other serv ices to lumbermen in the 12 western states. In 1971. its mem hers produced 40 of the na t ion's softwood lumber output. Mothers March Tonight The Mothers who march for funds to help combat Polio and Birth Defects will have auxiliary help this year. March ing right after school on Thurs day evening will be two 4-H clubs, the Super Duper Sewers 4-H club led by Mrs. Bruce Grif fith and the Stitchers A-Go-Go 4-H club led by Mrs. Bob Laugh lin. In addition to these two groups others who have volun teered are Shelley, Kelley and Tom Wolff, Cindy and Terry Rogers and Candi Mansfield. can ot Senior Utizens, outn and or employment training programs. Judge Jones said the purpose of this switch is to prepare lo cal governments for these prob lems when revenue sharing be comes a law and "Revenue shar ing a fact of life." The coordin ator would become aware of the needs of his county and develop Information on all phases of hu man needs. Emergency Employment Act Morrow County has received r an additional $16,000 from thelVOlUe Of fUSMing Emergency Employment Actryhe Positive DUttOn I i . v r i i 1 S - X I BIG FEET AND FAST. Cory Watklns and John Boyer. Mustang forwards. Picture Shows C of C I'nder this act, three have been added to the sheriffs office. Judge Jones said Tuesday the county was making plans to ap ply for a county planner and "Think the positive" was the highlight of the film "There's a Bit of Genius in All of Us" shown by Dale Anderson, dis- secretary. He said they felt this trict manager for Pacific North would be helpful right now as. west Bell at the Heppner-Mor the county is on the thresh- row County Chamber of Com hold of approving a new zon- merce Monday. ina ordinance. The balance would go to the City of Hepp ner for possibly another full time police officer. A Vietnam veteran receives first consideration, then a vet eran, unemployed and 4th un deremployed under the Emer gency Employment Act. Road - Improvements : Road improvements that are Bob Richards, Olympic Pole Vaulter, turned after-dinner speaker is taped as he gives a speech. In this highly moti vating film, he says that 95 of the champions he has known are "ordinary guys", 510" and weigh 175 pounds. They pushed "the positive button" to become champions. There's will power, brain pow er and motivation power. While Mothers who march during fPPt widp. Dillon Road to eon- the evening have been assigned nect irrigon with the Ruffcorn areas and will be calling at area and repair bridge on the nomcs aner ainner. Any size, rinrkc Panvnn Road now in progress and those to most of us had an abhorrence be improved in the near future ior ine wen-Known Doxing include: straightening 3 miles of Emigrant Road between Ce cil and Ella, improve the Pet- tys Canyon Rd., widen the Riet mann Rd. at the Jet. of 638 and 809 and where less than 20 contribution is greatly welcom ed. Only Incumbents Have Filed to Date No race seems to be shaping up for any of the Morrow Coun ty offices. To date three incum bents have filed. The last one to file was Walter Hayes, Mor row County Commissioner for the past nine years, filed for re-election on the Republican ticket. , Sheriff John Mollahan said Wednesday he expected to file that day for the office he now holds. He is serving his first form as sheriff of Morrow Coun ty. He will file on the Demo cratic ticket. Others who have filed for re election are Sadie Parrish, Coun ty Clerk and Sylvia McDaniel, treasurer. Water Control Board Elected on Tuesday One hundred cast -their votes ai the Water Control board election during a snowy blus tery Tuesday at the Heppner City Hall. One ballot was ruin ed for a total count of 99. Five elected to the board and the number of votes they received were: E. O. Ferguson 72. Don ald Bennett 70, Richard T. Wil kinson 66, Charles M. Jones 6d, Gene Pierce 64. Others on the b-Uot were Jewel Hager, Fred H -skins, Jr., and Larry Mills. For the convenience of those conducting business at the Court House, the employees at the Courthouse have begun parking their cars on the northside parking lot. This leaves the parking lot in close proximity to the Courthouse, witn open parking. Appointments Roy W. Lindstrom and Fritz Cutsforth have been reappoint ed for four year terms to the County Planning Commission. Mrs. Gary Grieb was appointed for a 4 -year term Larry Lindsay was named to a 3-year term to the Budget Committee. Zearl Gillespie was reappointed to a 3-year term on the Fair Board. Named to the Museum Board were Amanda Duvall, Mrs. Ralph Thompson and Herman Green. Arnold Hoffman was appointed to the Boardman Vector Control Dis trict. The Court has felt there was an over-lapping of some of the Federal and State Agencies. They encouraged the agencies to coordinate all agencies with like responsibilities. Standard Oil received the bid to provide greases, oils and gas oline for the county. They were the only bidders. j Dan Viera with the Oregon Emergency Services is a fre quent visitor in Mororw Coun ty. The Court has asked him to be watching for various pieces of equipment and vehicles in surplus government goods. These include a 2'i ton truck for fire fighting and snow plow, Fire Truck, Jeep and Radio, gener ators, portable radios. Judge Jones said word had just been received from Seattle that the application has just been granted for $951 for the installation of the two flood warning sirens. This is a match ing program. The sirens are to be installed in the area of the Legion Hall and the REA build ing. Warning devices have also champion's way of saying "I'm the greatest", Mr. Richards prompted some thinking when he said, "Where would he have been if he'd said 'I'm second best'?" Announcements Reminder for the election Tuesday to elect the Water Con trol District board members and the budget message Tuesday evening were made. Mayor Bill Collins said the bridge bids would be let at the City Coun cil meeting on Feb. 7. Bids will be let on the Main St. and Chase St. bridges. Because of the water hydraulic problem that may be caused by the hoped for construction of Willow Creek dam the Kirk St. bridge bid will not be let at this time. The temporary Kirk St. bridge will continue in use. The money voted for the 3rd bridge will be put on timed deposit until the Willow Creek dam situation is clarified and more concrete. Randall Peterson won the pot. The speaker at the Jan. 31 Chamber meeting will be Mil ton Morgan on his wheat trip to India. Board Meeting Ed Dick, Chamber president called for a board meeting fol lowing the regular meeting. He anticipates having a tentative list of committees ready for the next meeting. In addition to the regular committees, a special brochure committee will be named. Mustangs Meet Maupin Here Friday The Mustangs meet Maupin here Friday. Coach Clough says he hasn't seen them play but has reports that they aren't very tall, smaller than our team and they run a lot. This could be a good game. ' On Saturday the Mustangs go over to Pilot Rock. Dale Conklin scouted their last game. He says theyre impressive. They were quick and had good shooting. Of the Mustangs, the coach said "We're improving and I think we'll give them a pretty good game. ' Heppner - Frosh- Pilot Rock, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. Heppner Grade at Stanfield, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. lone Games lone Varsity at Echo, Jan. 28. lone Jr. High vs. Umatilla at lone, Jan. 27 at 2 p.m. Pomona at lone Will Be Jan. 29 Morrow County Pomona Grange will convene at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 29 at Wil lows Grange in lone. Luncheon will be served. At 2 p.m. the public is in vited to hear Mr. and Mrs. Chris Wyckoff of Elgin give a slide show presentation of their trip to Russia. Family Life Series Receives Funds Grace Drake has applied for and received juvenile court sub sidy funds for underwriting the "Family Life Education Series" to be held in April and May. The Juvenile Court Subsidy Fund was set up by the Fam ily Court act of 1969 by the Oregon Legislature. Until the last legislature, Morrow County did not qualify because it was under a county judge, but this is now changed. Funds have to be applied for and approved through the Childrens Division and are for direct services to juveniles and families. TOPS Plan Variety Talent Show Drama Club Tryouts Tonight Tryouts are tonight (Thurs day at 7:30 p.m. at the high .-choci cafetorium for a 3-act drama. You are invited to come on up and try your talents. The play will be presented March 2 and 4 bv HeDPner Community Drama Club, according to Jane: been requested for lone. Lex-j Tursday Rawlins. 1 ington. Boardman and Irricron. ; tr. cf snow WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Wednesday 57 45 Thursday 55 48 tr. Fridav 51 42 25 ! Saturday 46 36 27 ' Sunday 44 32 .08 Monday 42 30 Tursdav 39 17 .02 Family type entertainment is in store for those attending the TOPS Talent Show night this Saturday evening at 8 o'clock at the Elementary Multi-purpose room. Many young perrormers attended the try-outs Monday evening. The hour-long program will include singing, family croups, acronats, recitations oi poetry and other numbers. Den nis Cass, the emcee, will sing. Proceeds will be used to send delegates to the State TOPS con vention. Any money in excess will be sent in for obesity re search. . A coffee time will follow the evening's program. Time Change on Friday's Game Friday evening, Jan. 28, the Heppner Mustangs will meet Maupin cn our home court Due to the long distance the opposing team must travel, the JV game will begin at 6:00 p.m. instead of the usual 6:30 p.m. Coach Clough makes no pre diction on the outcome of the game as Maupin is too far away to scout. However, he reported his boys are improving every I day. Many Shortages Plague Hospital The Pioneer Memorial Hospi tal Is experiencing a shortage of ambulance drivers. After years of taking ambulance calls at night, Bob Lowe Is taking days only which leaves Paul Heinrichs for nights and week ends. The main need is for weekends and nights on a re lief basis. Anyone wishing to serve In this capacity is asked to coll Mrs. Wyman at the hospital Men or women who sign up to drive must hold a current Amer ican Red Cross First Aid Card. Stand-by pay as you stay at home is $5.00 a day. Nurse Shortage At the Hospital Board meet ing Thursday, the board also discussed the shortage of nurs es. The housing shortage enters the picture as an RN from out of town would move to Heppner, if housing could be found. Sev eral RN's are working part time to fill in until a full-time nurse can be hired. Mrs. Wyman noted that it had been sometime since the hospi tal personnel has had a cost-of-living raise in salary. The board asked her to investigate what comparable hospitals were do ing and report at the next meet ing. Along with these salary in creases she recommended the cost of a room should be raised from the present $47 to $50 per day. Doctor Shortage In order to attract another doc tor to Heppner, the board is con sidering an additional wing to the hospital to be used as a clinic. The facility would bei rented to the new doctor who would have the use of the hos pital equipment. This would re duce the equipment investment for the new doctor and would also help the hospital. Hill Burton funds would be available for the down pay ment for construction of the wing and the doctor's rent would be used to pay the balance. i All information as to plans and cost of construction would be assembled and made avail able to show as an incentive in obtaining a doctor. Construction would not be started until the doctor had given a firm com mitment on coming to Heppner. The board is agreed that the greatest need is for a surgeon. The board voted to support the County Court in making plans for the addition. Patient Shortage The first 12 days in January, the hospital had a good census of 11. The average stay went up as patients were older peo ple with the flu. It has dropped sharply. There was one minor surgery. For the first time in years Mrs. Wvman noted that the $1200 coal bill had been paid the month following delivery, She also has $2496 towards the Feb. 6 payroll which is a good start. A bright spot in the picture also was the announcement that Sue Greenup plans to come to Heppner in June as a full-time RN. Fine Outdoor Movie To Be Shown Here If you are an outdoorsman, are interested in nature or just like to view a good film, plan to attend "Way of the Troul", Wednesday night, Feb. 2, 7:30 p.m. at the courthouse. Adults and children alike are encour aged to attend. No admission price will be charged for the 35-minute movie which has been heralded as the best outdoor film of 1970. The complete life cycle of a trout from spawning on is studied with the use of excellent under water photography. The showing, sponsored by the Morrow County Rifle and Pistol Club, is scheduled so that the public may view the film with out attending the regular meet ing which follows. j "Way of the Trout", distribut-i ed by Trout Unlimited is sup-j plied by the Game Commission. Supf. Daniels Delivers 1 972-73 Budget Message At the Tuesday night budget committee meet at the Lexlng ton District office, Supt. Ron Daniels presented the budget message and document. He in eluded a careful explanation of th documnt and an outline of financial policies for the ensu ing year. The big document con tains about 70 pages. Election Ed Dick was elected chairman of the budget committee, Mrs. Herman Winter secretary. Tuesday night's meeting spot lighted the Resource Section and the Special Fund Section. Both sections were approved. Resour ces total $419,146. Budget requirements total $1,614,876. Taxes necessary to balance are $1,195,730. Taxes to be levied are $1,318,730. The school budget as propos ed shows an increase of $94,404, an increase of 6.2. It was Interesting to note that Morrow County was the only Oregon county to ehow In 1971 a decrease on true cash value on property. This Is an import ant point, Supt. Daniels said, as any loss in true cash value automatically Increases the tax rate on the remaining property. Even with a slight decrease In true cash value , Morrow Coun ty's tax levy for all taxing ar eas was only 4.87 compared to a statewide average Increase of 7.50. The increased tax levy of $82,073 would require an ad ditional levy of 93c per $1,000 true cash value. Cost-wise, Morrow County will be slightly below state average In both teachers and classified employees. While salary increas os account for about 65 of the budget increase, the teacher sal ary increases averaged only about 3 while classified em ployees averaged 7 to bring them up to a level of other sal aries in the county. The budget also contains funds for maint enance and remodeling to sus tain the program of continued upkeep on all buildings. The Superintendent believes the pro gram will result in longer life for each building and prevent a major and expensive remod eling program in any one budg et year. A general budget meeting will be at 7:30 p.m., next Tuesday, Feb. 1- at lone High. This will be followed by another general budget meeting Feb. 8 at A. C. Houghton Elementary, and on Feb. 15 the final budget meet ing will be at Heppner High. Boeing Lands To Have Farm Deferral The decision of the Supreme Court was called to the Gazette Times Wednesday morning from Sulem. A decision that has been pending for some months went against the Oregon Tax Court and the Morrow County Asses sor's office. The decision as It was read from Salem follows. 'The Supreme Court reversed an Oregon Tax Court decree which denied a special farm use classification for ad valor em tax purposes for 1969 for land owned by the Department of Veteran's Affairs. The land in question was leased to Boe ing Co. which in turn subleased most of it to farmers. The tax court decided that a special farm use assessment was not warranted, on the ground that the lease to Boeing required the property to be used for industrial or developmental purposes. The Supreme Court, however. concluded that the lease did not prohibit use of parts of the property for agricultural purpos es, and further held that the assessment was not inapprop riate merely because the farm ers were lessees and not out right owners of the farmed land. The Supreme Court thus re- manded the case to the tax Court with instructions to enter an appropriate decree." County May or May Not Get New Gas Line In January last year, Pacific Gas Transmission Co. announc ed a plan to parallel its big 36-inch gas line through Mor row County. This good news was happily received in the county as It would add the big figure of $6,192,000 true cash value to the county's valu ation. However, before the plan could be carried out, Canada squelched the project before it could get going. The Canadians are afraid of running short of natural gas and do not want to increase exports. So the new gas line has been temporarily stalled. However, officials of the compa ny say they hope Canada may have a change of heart and per mit more exports, in which case the 25.4-mile long line will be built adjacent to the present line. Roger Thompson of tho Pa cific Gas Transmission Co. told the G-T yesterday they had op plied to Morrow County Court for permission to obtain some rights-of-way and permits to cross some roads in case they can build the new line. Every day slogan: Everybody pick up one piece of litter every day. Annual Conservation Program Slated Chuck Liles. Field Represen- irW tative of the State Soil & Water I Conservation Commission, will headline the Heppner SWCD's Annual meeting. Morrow Coun ty's challenging growth and serious conservation needs will be the thesis of his talk. Liles, a native Oregonian, is a graduate of Crow High School and Oregon State University, majoring in Dairy Production. He has lived on the family farm near Eugene, moving to Salem only recently. He spent three years In the U. S. Army during World War II, serving in the European Theatre of Operations. His diversified farm operation has included dairy, poultry, beef, fnttli hav nasi ore oneration while he was employed off the farm. Mr. Liles helped organize the Mid Lane SWCD and served asi chairman of the board for 8 years. Darrell Learn, Head of Water shed Planning Division, State Engineers Office will present the Progress Report for the Rhea Creek Watershed Development. Farmer-Irrigators on Rhea Creek will want to be present to hear the latest on this well regarded project. A slide presentation on the Columbia - Snake - Palouse Con servation Program will be wrm fit f ! ; v - y St ; rv r ; ' CHUCK LILES shown at the start of the r-ect-Ing. The public, along with co operators are cordially invited according to Ken Turner, hair man of the Heppner SWCD. The program starts promptly a' 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 3, at the Lexington Grange Hall, refresh ments will bo served.
