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Heppner FFA
Has "The Year
of the Awards"
This may t "The Year of
the Hat" tn China but here In
Heppner It's the "Year of the
Awards" for the IF A chap
ter. From last year'tStateCon
vention when Kirk Robinson
was the 12th member of the
Heppner FFA to win theStatt
Farmer Decree there has
been a succession of awards.
Eltht memtxrs attended the
State Convention at Bend.
Jon Hednun had the Grand
Champion FFA steer at The
Wheat Leapie Show at The
Dalles. Pick Drake had the
champion llfht Hereford.
Heppner bxk second place
in the State Meat Judging Con
test. Members of the team
were Bill Jopsen, Greg
Greenup ami Mark Hopkins,
JonHedman and Pick Drake
Jon Hodman and Rick Drake.
AT THE MORROW
COUNTY FAIR, GregGreen
up showed the Grand Cham
ion FFA market lamb; Ted
Bellamy the Grand Champ
ion Market hog; Kirk Ro
binson showed the Reserve
Champion steer. Kirk tied
with Bill Acock for the
Champion Hereford exhibit.
Kirk was FFA Champion
Showman. Heppner Chapter
won 2nd place in the Live
stock Judging Contest. Ted
Bellamy was 2nd high indivi
dual of the contest.
SHERMAN COUNTY FAIR
The Heppner team toon tirst
place in Livestock Judging
and four members were the
top four individuals of the
show; Ted Bellamy, Kyle Ro
binson, Pick Drake and Kirk
Robinson.
Eight attended the District
Soil Jisdring Contest at Moro
and 20 attended the State Soil
Judging Contest at Pendleton.
THE PI: All of these fairs
were preliminaries leading
to the BIG ONE. Here the
Heppner Livestock Judging
team took the Championship
of all championships. Mem
bers of ttie team ere Ted
Bellamy, Kirk Robinson and
Kyle Robinson.
The banquet this year will
not be held during FFA week
as usual but has been
scheduled for April 4 fol
lowing the State Convention
to be held in Pendleton, March
22,23,24,25.
MRS. ELMER (KAY) EL
LSWORTH has recently re
turned from Jackson, Miss.,
where she attended the inau
guration of her nephew, Wil
laim Waller, as governor of
Mississippi. She also at
tended the inaugural ball. She
was gone three weeks.
The Ellsworth's have lived
in Boardman for the past
six months where Ellsworth
is chief project inspector for
the Bonneville Power Ad
ministration. Mr. and Mrs. John Bir
mingham of Sunnyvale, Calif,
visited Saturday at the home
of Mrs. Birmingham's brot
her and sister-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Dan Daltoso, on their
way to Walla Walla, Wash, to
visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Mario Daltoso. Mr. and
Mrs. Daltoso and children,
Joe, Danette, Helen, Danny
and Vincent went to Walla
Walla Sunday to attend a fam
ily reunion at the Mario Dal
toso home.
District After Fed,
The old District 12, now called the East Central Ore.
Assn. of Counties, will have to Ret itself reorganized 'or
it won t work, some government people said last week at
the meeting at Fossil. Apparently, more people are needed
to represent smaller cities and minority groups when making
requests for government grants.
District 12 was originally organized with the five counties
of Morrow, Wheeler, Umatilla, Gilliam and Grant. This
gave vay to a system to include the towns in each individual
county. The original district idea was started by Govenor
McCali. It is believed that be insisted on such a formation
because of pressure from the Federal level
As we understand it, the idea was to have a "clearing
house" where requests 'for government grants and match
ing money would all be studied and cleared before applica
tions were sent on to various government bureaus. It was
believed this would greatly facilitate such grants as it
would narrow the great number of governmental entities
the Federal people would have to deal with.
Tom Harper of Hermiston says he thinks a terrible
bureaucracy is springing up. This district is in the process
of hiring a fulltime professional staff and at Thursday's
meeting it was brought up that a tentative budget of $72,000
was set up for the period starting April 1 and ending June
30, 1373. This breaks down to $16,000 for an executive
secretary and a research assistant and secretary for $7200.
Other staffers would be paid by OEO and OSU.
Formation of a new 15 man board is expected to meet
the rules of the governments bureaus.
Cash contributions would be required of the counties with
Morrow's store being $648.25. Amount is on a base rate
of $500 and the rest according to population. District has
requested $30,000 from the EDA for an economic develop
ment plan. The district also has a request for a HUD grant
of $10,000 for a housing study and $5000 for a human resource
planning study request.
CHAIN PRICES
(FOB Lexington doe not
include warehouse chgs)
Courtesy MCGG
Soft white
wheat 1.47';bu.
Red wheat 1.54' : bu.
Barley 49.23 ton
Don Bennelt
Bumps Bull
Popular rancher Don Ben
nett hit a 2000 lb. black bull
on a black Tuesday night as
he was on his way to a meet
ing of the new W'.Uer Con
trol District. Miraculously,
he walked away from the
car and walked to Art
Vance's house. He bled pro
fusely from a scrape wound
on the top of his head. He
is confined to his home for
a few days.
Accident occurred between
Vance's and Riddle's on Hin
ton Creek road.
Wild Life
Sanctuary Set
At Irrigon
A wildlife sanctuary is be
ing developed from 14th St.
in Irrigon east to the I'm
atilla County line, along the
Columbia River, by the Corps
of Engineers. After the com
pletion the area will be main
tained by the State Game
Commission, according to
Gordon Richardson, Project
Engineer at MiNiry Dam.
The area will eventually be
open for regulated hunting
and fishing. The lakes have
been stocked with bass and
crappies and gambusia. The
gam'ijsia, sometimes called
mosquito fish, feed on mos
quito larva and its hoped
will decrease the mosquito
population in the area. The
Gambusia is a tiny fish re
sembling the Guppy, which
has been introduced into no
less than "0 countries to con
trol the misquito. It Is both
hardy and prolific. Since the
encephelitis carrying mos
quito lias been found in this
area, the introduction of the
gambusia fish is timely.
Grazing cannot be allow
ed along the river as was
once allowed since the cat
tie would destroy plantings.
A variety planting has been
done to offer sanctuary for
birds and smill animals.
Some evergreen shrubs and
trees have been planted, such
as the Rocky Mountain Jun
iper. Other trees and shrubs
include the green and yel
low varietyof weeping willow,
mulberry, multifora rose,
black cherry, Hoppa Crab,
honeysuckle (bush type) and
Oak. Tiie sandunes in the
area will be seeded, to pre
vent blowing.
GAR7aNDPUPGET CHILLED
Gary Fredrickson was pull
ed into an icy pond, by his
8 month old German shepherd
puppy, when he tried to help
him
The
out Saturday anernoon.
doe eoes for a dip In
the
Columbia River everyday
and
had jumped in but was
having difficulty getting foot
ing on the icy ledge, when
Gary went to his rescue. Tnen
Gary had trouble as the ice
kept breaking. He was as
sisted by his friend Darrel
Pummel, who managed to keep
dry. Both boys are students
at Riverside High school, and
had gone to the pond, an in
let of the Columbia River near
the
Pat erson Ferry Road to
sled.
Cosh
89th Year
THE" HEPPNER
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Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, February Z4, 197Z
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LOOK at all the bl.uk haii: Tin- FMik -haisky s h.ivo finally
agreed on W'avno Charles as the name for their latest
arrival. Morrow Countv Fust 1H7J li.ibv b..in in Pioneer
fnm.irinl llosnital The Phx-harskvs are rvevivine their
voar'u L'ift subs'criDluin to
PWhiirskv will be .shoimine lor the
gifts they an- to nwive.
School Board Receives
First Resignations
Two resignations from
Riverside High School were
accepted by members of Mor
row County School District
R-l board of education Mon
day evening at Boardman.
They were from Dennis Fa
letti and Bill McLarty. They
have taught at Riverside the
past two years. Mr. Faletti
band and chorus and Mr.
McLarty, guidance, speech
and drama.
One year contracts were
voted to the following: A.C.
Houghton, Gevena Coker;
Heppner Elementary, Dennis
Cass, Audrey Jones, Ray
Maynard, Dorcas Stewart,
Per W'althinsen; Heppner.
High Stan Addison, Stephen
Brownfield, David Conn,
Linda Panter, David Mann,
Frank McAllister, Linda
Neal, Dennis Toney; lone,
James Anderson, Nyoka An
derson, Sarah Andrew, Den
nis Brandon, Diana Kincaid,
Del LaRue; Riverside, Con
nie Clough.
Three year contracts: A.C.
Houghton, Audrey Botti; Hep
pner Elementary, Alan Beck,
Rachel Dick, Karen Dubuque,
Kathryn Hoskins, Inez Mea
dor, Lucille Peck, Linda
Riley, Tom Shear; Heppner
High, Dale Conklin, DeanNaf
fziger, Jane Rawlins, Ron
Riley, Hal Whitaker, Dennis
McKay; lone, Lynn Kilpack;
Riverside, Bob Byrd, Don
Hendrix, Nancy Leroux, Edith
Partlaw.
Action on Ed Hiemstra's
contract was delayed until
further discussion with the
Heppner AdvisoryCommittee
on March 6.
Teachers retiring at the
end of this year are: Alena
Anderson 2nd grade Heppner,
Gladys Ely 4th grade lone,
Lester Leroux science River
side and Zoe Billings 1st
grade A.C. Houghton.
SELLS LOT-Board mem
bers authorized the sale of
a district-owned lot that fac
es the Boardman city park.
The matter had been dis
cussed in November and ag
reement was reached at that
time to sell the lot if a fair
price was offered. Bill Nel
son's offer of $2250 was ac
cepted. This will bring the
Teacherage account to $4828.
Mrs. Gary Grieb was ap
pointed to the Advisory com
mittee forHeppner-Lexington
area. Wesley Cronk was hir
ed as bus driver for A.C.
Houghton replacing IvalSulli
van who is leaving.
The board voted to par
ticipate in the three-county
Small Schools program on
April 24 at Riverside. The
three counties are Morrow,
Sherman and Gilliam. The
emphasis this year is Indivi
dualized Instruction.
SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT--
Mr. Daniels noted
that the Morrow County
teachers had used 445 teach
ing help units from the IED
for the 4 month period
ending Dec. 30. This is
slightly above last year's use
for the same period. This
includes items such as films,
models, displays, etc.
The district will provide
transportation for those soph
omore, Junior andSenior stu
dents attending WOW Day
the Cazette
Times. Shortly
other beautiful
(World of Work) at BMCC
March 4. He said a great
deal cf interest has been in
dicated. Teachers salaries have
been recomputated and raises
have been paid retroactively.
DRUG EDUCATION-The
school district has received
a $440 grant to be used in
the development of a drug
education program. Princi
pal Mick Tolar explained the
proposed plan. Two teams,
one from Heppner and one
from A.C. Houghton will be
formed with teachers from
grades 4-5-6 and an adminis
trator on each team. Mem
bers include, those who at
tended the very successful
drug workshop conducted in
Pendleton last spring. Em
phasis in Phase 3 of Drug
Education for Oregon teach
ers is drug education in the
elementary grades. The com
mittee will develop a local
school drug policy, work to
develop a curriculum and de
velop resources and resource
people for each area.
Mr. Daniels reported on
problems that the new CMC
bus is eivine the district. It
has been on the run only about
one week.
Mr. Daniels reported the
long range planning commi
ttee lias been meeting and a
summarized report of the
work to date will be pre
pared. He will be speak
ing before various groups
to present this information.
The board voted a $25 per
diem for the superintendent
while traveling. Mr. Daniels
does a great deal of travel
ing for the district and mem
bers have notd that he
doesn't always turn in an ex
pense sheet.
The Budget Hearing will be
held March 13, 7:30 p.m. at
the District office and will
be followed by the regular
board meeting.
G3ED DAVIDSON was nam
ed the Heppner High School
United Nations essay contest
winner according to Pete Mc
Murtry IOOF contest chair
man. Greg, with Kathleen
MElligott, Ione's essay win
ner, will enter the Morrow
Umatilla County competition
at Pendleton on March 12
at 2 p.m. at the IOOF Lodge
Hall.
The winner of this District
meeting will go on the Un
ted Nations Tour this sum-m?r.
Jt4b
- Tit r twvrrrn
lone Lions Bill Drug Talk
The I.u,e Lion's Club will
Live ladies night on Mon,
Feb. 28. The diniu nstnor
fastu.ni style) will bo held
Marcel Heads
Draft Board
Marcel Jones of Heppner
has been named as new chair
man of the board, a position
tliat RiiIhtI Eaton previously
held. Other board members
are Gerald Pock of Board
man, Carroll Wilkins of Ar
lington and Rullene Fulton
ttt Fossil.
Robert Eaton of Condon was
presented with a Certificate
of AppreciationTuesday wheu
Selective Service Board No.
31
held their regular month
meeting at Condon. Mr.
iy
F:itnn who is retiring as a
board member, has served Al
most twenty-two years on the
local board.
Mr. Eaton was entertained
at a dinner Monday evening
in appreciation for his long
and faithful service to the
board. Also attending the din
ner was Mrs. Al Riney, Ex
ecutive Secretary of the
board.
Wilderness
Study Meets
A public meeting will be
held to review the inventoried
areas and to obtain public
comment about them before
final decisions are made on
the proposed Wilderness
Study Areas. Meeting dates
will be announced through
the press. In addition to
comments invited from in
terested people at the public
meeting, written statements
also will be received for 30
days after 'he meeting dates,
from persons who were un
able to attend. Written state-
me
to
nts should be addressed
Forest Supervisor, Uma
tilla National Forest, 2517
S
W. Hailey Avenue, Pendle-
ton
Oregon 97801.
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MYERS admires the diamond studded 4-H leaders
oreSd to Mrs. Louis Carlson at the annual -H
JOE
pin
Leaders banquet. She has been a 4-H leaner iui v ,....
Morrow 4-H U.S. Greatest
The 4-H Leaders Dinner Thursday evening at lone School
was prepared and served by the Empire Builders, with assis
tonce from Nancv and Steve Browntield, their leaders,
and from Mrs. Dick Schlichting. The sponsors of the din
ner were Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative Assn. It
was a delicious ham dinner.
Speaker of the evening was Joe Myers, OSU assistant
director of Extension Service in charge of 4-H Club work.
He told the audience Morrow County had increased Its par
ticipation a third in 1971. Over 50 percent of the eligible
youngsters in the county are in 4-H club, highest incidence
in Oregon and very likely highest in the country.
He said this was all made possible by the leaders of
the 4-H clubs whom he praised.
He complimented Birdine
with
the increase." He said she is one ox nu in"
in
her type of work in 4-H
He
also complimented spouses ol tne teaaers ioi me.u
help and cooperation.
u thQ adults nf the
for
the children. Mr. Myers
to
provide a basic start
many
successful careers.
fpssful in the future.
Morrow County has been exporting its youth.
41,000 club members in 1971.
Mr. Myers said sometimes he feels we are somewhat
rule crazy. He said club work should be about letting people
IN instead of OUT.
He said what we are. trying to accomplish is to encourage
youngsters to be creative, to get a job done - not just to
have rules.
There are over 60 different projects in 4-H. Levels
should be tailored to the youngsters. It is a wonderful
program and has always been many different things to many
different people. And it must answer the question: how can
it be. t help the individual child?
Entertainment was provided during the meal
bv I t. and Mrs. John Maatta, Mr. and Mrs. Darrell James
with
Mr. James on the piano
The
room was gaily decorated in colors favoring George
Washington's birthdav and Valentine's Day.
at the Legion Hall at 7:00
p.m. Reservations are to be
made for non-members by
contacting Larry Prock, June,
or Ray Boyce, Heppner. The
St. William's Altar Society
Is in charge of the dinner.
A representative of the Pend
leton Police Force will give
a talk on drugs.
Drama is Big
At Grade School
This eek drama Is " In"
at Heppner Element a r y
school. On Tuesday Mrs. Inez
Irwin's 6th grade presented
a play related to their study
of Mexico. It was educational
and very enjoyable.
Friday at 2:45, Mr. Dennis
Cass's 7 th grade communi
cations class is presenting
a western-type play "Gun
Fight" on stage of the mul
tipurpose room. The class
has constructed a stage set
and has done a big job of
preparing for this preduction.
This play features a unique
ending in which the viewers
get a look at several poss
ibilities should various out
comes take place. The public
Is invited to join the students
in w itnessing this production.
Chief Audie
In States
USS ENTERPRISE - Navy
Chief Petty Officer Audie J.
Privett, son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. Privett, Heppner.
returned to Alameda, Ca.Sat.
Feb." 12, with the nuclear
powered aircraft carrier USS
Enterprise, ending an eight
month deployment with the
Seventh Fleet in the West
ern Pacific, South China Sea
and Indian Ocean.
ruins ior uavu.t; ' -
and Extension wm i w.
community provide a mirror
saw 4-n nas Deen auempunB
and this has been reneciea in
He saw h migiu uui ue au
. There were
and Kim Gutierrez on uruma.
Price 10 Cents
Ted Bellamy
State Farmer
The number of State
Farmer Degrees is limited
in Oregon to 2 percent of
the total state membership
In any one year. Heppners
tw o applicants this year were
Ted Bellamy and Tom Cuts
forth. 1 Ted Bellamy received word
last Wednesday that he had
been awarded the State
Farmer Degree.
STATE FARMER DEGREE
requirements are rigid.
Green Hand Degree andChap
ter Farmer degree. At least
two years membership in
FFA are required. Ted Is
in his 4th year of FFA.
To earn the Green Hand De
gree, members must recite
a livestock project. To earn
the Chapter Farmer Degree,
the member must have the
Green Hand Degree, be able
to lead a group discussion for
45 minutes and have a super
vised ag project and or work
experience or farm place
ment program.
Ted has fulfilled these re
quirements. He owns one
third of the Bellamy Swine
project with two brothers.
They runabout 10 brood sows.
He owns one-fourth of the
Hereford Cows project with
three brothers. They have
six cows.
State FFA Officers conduct
ed an on-the-farm interview.
He filled out a 10-page ap
plication form. Two weeks
after that he went to River
side High School where the
State officers conducted a
formal interview on his live
stock project and on hislead
ership abilities.
Ted is president of the
Heppner Chapter this year.
He must have earned at least
$500 on his project in one
year.
The last requirement on the
State Farm Degree was a
rigid test on his farm know
ledge, parliamentary proce
dures, community activities
and knowledge of FFA.
Tud is in his 4th year at
Heppner High School having
transferred from Sherman at
Moro. He says his ag pro
jects are his hobbies. He
likes to swim and he lettered
in football. He'll be Oregon
State bound this fall with a
major in Food Technology.
MRS. JOHN HANNA under
went major surgery several
weeks ago at St. Anthony's
Hospital in Pendleton. She
was expected to be there
about three weeks.
ELKS
LEADERSHIP award
at the Heppner Elks
bonds
They
f'Kn-i li unrt
High school. Whitey Schroth
entation. He Is urana Loage iuniiuMirciii-
Rasmussen-Lott
2nd Addition St
For Acceptance
A II Heppner City Plan
ning Commission matting
Feb. 15. th Commission rte
ommended to th CHy Coun
cil that Addition No. I of
the Rasmussen-Lott Addition
be accepted. Thert r V
lots In ttiis addition. Tbsrs
were 9 lots In th No. 1
addition and (herear7acres
yet undeveloped.
Th owners havs had tin
lots surveyed, streets made
and sewer lines are being
laid. The City UI provide
water lines to the property
edge and Install fire hydrants.
At the meeting Mr. Lott ex
plained how the utilities were
to be Installed underground
In recognition of the sntl
pullutlon movement.
Cub Banquet
This Tuesday
The Cub Scouts will have
their first annual Blue and
Gold Banquet Feb. 29 at 6:30
p.m. at the Elks dining room.
All Cub Scout families are
Invited to this potluck supper.
Beverages and rolls will be
furnished.
The Den Mothers 1U put
on a skit. Aards will
be made.
Mrs. DeMeritt
Passes
Funeral services were held
Feb. 17, at the Kinzua Com
munity Church, for Eva Al
meda DeMe.ritt, of Camp 5,
who passed awayat her home,
Feb. 13th, after an extended
illness.
Mrs. DeMeritt was born
Aug. 28,1912, at Smithfield,
Utah, to Joesph and Rosetta
Barker. She married Frank
H. DeMeritt at Preston,
Idaho, Feb. 5, 1931. She
was a member of the Latter
Day Saints Church. She had
live at Camp 5 for over seven
teen years. Before her ill
ness, she was very active In
community affairs.
Eva is survided by her
husband, Frank, of Camp 5,
one son, Myron Wilson of
alit., three Grandchildren,
four Great Grandchildren,
three brothers: Eldis Barker,
Ogden, Utah, Vermont Bark
er of Logan, Utah, and R.L.
Barker of Ogden, and one sis
ter, Velda Etterlin of Ogden,
and a host of nieces and
nephews.
Interment was at Haystack
Cemetery at Spray. Albee's
Mortuary was in charge of
arrangements. Casket bear
ers were: Earl Norrls, Her
schel Murdock, LowellSharp,
Dale Jones, Richard Morti
more, and MiloPrindle. Hon
orary bearers were Ken
Smith, Heppner, and James
Walker, Condon. Virginia
Kelso accompanied the Kin
zua Community Choir. Rev.
Bill Mai conducted the ser
vices. Besides her family, Eva
leaves a host of friends, to
remember her. ;
Mrs. Phelps
Passes
Mrs. Margaret Phelps who
operated a funeral home here
for some years died Feb,
12 at Belle Fourche, South
Dakota. She had lived there
for the past year with her
daughter, Mrs. Juani t a
Spikermeler. Funeral ser
vices were held there Feb.
15. 'Burial was in Heppner
Masonic Cemetery in the
Phelps family plot with
Father Beard officiating.
Mrs. Phelps was in her
eighties. Mr. and Mrs. Phelps
came here in 1929
Coming here for the burial
were relatives Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Hill, Coos Bay, and
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Hill
of Hillsboro.
winners receive their $1U0.
Annual Saturday afternoon.
I I III IVTPUS. ULflU Ul AU1I6
of Hermiston made the pres.