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1 1 1 It A RY U OF O I EUGENE, 0E. 07403 Kinzua Favors Balanced Use of Forest Lands This Is Hie talk given by A lluii Nlstad it (he lloppner Morrow County Chamber of Commerce Monday noun. Kinzua Corporation wishes lo explain Its position on the current Forest Service study of roadless areas. Twenty percent of the total lands within the National Forests of Oregon and Washington are Included In this category. We enclose a brochure show ing existing limited use areas In Northeastern Oregon and listing theundt'velopedareas. We do not objt'ct to the For est Service proposal to add eight Eagle Cap additions, to taling 58,830 acres, to the Eagle Cap WUdernnss area of 221,056 acres. Other Wil derness areas in North eastern Oregon are the An thony Lakes study area and the Hells Canyon-Seven De vils area. Starting In 1964, the National Wilderness sys tem has grown toapproxlmat ely ten million acres. Locally, the UmitlUa Na tional Forest has 21 areas under study, totaling 500,900 acres. This is 36 percent of the Umatilla National For est. The Texas Butte and Kelly Prairie areas are list ed hut have not been named for study as Wilderness area. We want to give you the economics of these twoareas and our recommendations for development. Texas Butte Is a 11,600 acre parcel containing 10,735 acres of commercial forest land and 161 million board feet of timber volume. It Is included in the Texas Butte Planning Unit and is present ly receiving local study. Kelly Prairie is a 10,000 acre parcel with 8,550 acres of commercial forest land and 85.5 million board feet of timtuT volume. The en tire area is in the principal forest resource zone of the Heppner Ranger District. These two areas are an Important part of the Heppner Ranger District and contri bute heavily to the allowable annual timber harvest of approximately twenty million board feet. Elimination of the two areas, by their in clusion in any national study, would mean a 20 percent reduction in the allowable an nual timber harvest or four million board feet. We lave computed this loss to mean the elimination of 36 jobs in the local area a payroll loss of $360,000.00. Based on current stumpage pay ments. Morrow County's for est receipts would be reduced $35,000.00 each year. Inaddl tion we compute the loss of 28 more jobs by reduction of plywood, particle board and paper byproducts from lum ber production. IN MAKING OUR RECOM MENDATION, we want to re view our recent activities in forest management. We re cently announced a watershed development program for 3,500 acres of Kinzua' s for est land on Butte Creek, above the town of Fossil, Oregon. For two years, City, County, State and Federal agencies will assist us in studying and measuring quantity and qua lity of water flow, grazing capacity, game habitat and use. timber growth and re creational use. Following the study, the area will be log ged In strict compliance with the Oregon Forest Practices Act, that has had the Input of industry, local citizens, fed eral and state agencies, re garding the latest forest man agement techniques and en vironmental safeguards. Areas containing heavy brush cover for game habitat will be left undisturbed. Follow ing logging, the entire water shed will receive further thin ning, reseeding and stream Improvement work. All tem porary roads will be reseed ed and taken out of use. Camp grounds will be provided at entrances to the area and the balance of the land will be closed to camping. Results of the project will be care fully monitered and reported to the public. For the past two years, we have been cooperating with the State Forestry Depart ment and the Soil and Water Conservation Districts in Morrow, Grant and Wheeler counties in range rehabili tation work, water develop ment programs, tree planting and tree thinning projects. Experience gained by State forestry crews, prompted them to seek additional work of this nature from the Na tional Forests. Recently, it was discovered that fed eral regulations prohibit the contracting with States for work of this nature. Repre sentative Al I'Mman haa In troduced H.B. 12387, co-apon-aored by Rep. Wendell Wyatt and Rep. John Dellenback, to allow contracts of thla na ture. Passage of the bill would mean that badly needed Improvement programs could commence on Federal land with resultant Increased em ployment opiwrtunltlet for our young people. We urge you to write to Rep. U 11 man In support of this legisla tion IT IS OUR BELIEF that we can reconcile the needs of the environment to the need for Jobs. Kinzua has al ways opened its lands to the public for recreational use and the Game Commission and Fish Commission have froe access and permission to employ their management techniques. This past year, our company set new all time records in the following categories: Employment 396. Payrolls $3,387,563.76 Contractors $700,739.12. Total payrolls -$4,088,302.88 Property Taxes -$175,044.36 Severance Taxes 46,694.90 Total Tax Payment -$221,739.26 From now on, for the next ten years, there will be fifty percent more Job-seekers on the labor market each year. Locally, a great need for Jobs exists. This past week, the average Insured unemploy ment figure for Feb. 1972 for Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam and Northern Wheeler coun ties was announced at 11.2 percent - compared to the state average for the same period of 6.8 percent. Our investment of over two mil lion dollars In new plant and equipment at Heppner will provide seventy new em ployment opportunities for young people of this area. This opportunity, along with our present investment and employment opportunities, would be put in jeopardy by the inclusion of Texas Butte and Kelly Prairie in any na tional study. TO SUM UP, we have out lined the type of local par ticipation and cooperation de sirable on Texas Butte and Kelly Prairie. We favor full input from every con cerned citizen and group of citizens interested in the pro per management of our for ests for water, wildlife habi tat, recreation, forage, and commercial timber harvest. We do not favor inclusion of these two areas in any national study that would have a disastrous effect on our local economy through loss of the resultant tax shifts. Little League Still Breathes At a special meeting Tues day night 25 people attending decided to keep Willow Creek Little League alive. Elected were Pat Wonser, president; vice president is Ray Boyce. Marv Sumner is secretary-treasurer. Dan McBride and Larry Heath will coach one of the teams. Dennis Martin will head up the umpires. Another meeting will be Mir. 28. Hope to get started soon after with actual practice. Landfill Meeting Mayor Bill Collins called a special council meeting Mon. for a joint get together with the area landfill commit tee and two State people. The committee is composed of the mayors of Heppner, lone and Lexington, Judge Jones for the County, a re presentative of the U.S. For est Service, all of whom would expect to use the fa cility of a new landfill in a cooperative manner. Several tracts in different locations have been looked at Before they could be purchas ed, approval would be re quired by the State Dept. of Environmental Quality. The committee was formed last year. Group Monday discuss ed requirements and stan dards laid down by the State. Other tracts will be inspect ed. Civil Aeronautics people cancelled out use of a pro posed landfill site adjacent to Lexington airport for fear of danger to planes from swarms of birds. This pro Dosed site had been looked upon with great favor as it is centrally located in re gard to the three towns to be served. Committee hopes to secure a good site In the near future. 89th Year T THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursdoy, Morch 16, 1972 Search Is On For 'Father of The Year' Oregon Cow Belles are or ganizing their posses to find the most wanted man in Ore gon, " the 1972 Father of the Year", according to Mrs. James Lyons, State Chair man. Mrs. Lyons went on to say that the Oregon CowBelles annually sponsor this activity along with the Oregon Beef Council to re cognize one of Oregon's out standing fathers. Morrow County, as every county in the state, is eli to send their entry or candidate for consideration for this distinctive honor. The winner receives an all-expense trip to Portland, press conference, T.V. ap pearance, $100.00 worth of Beef Certificates, and is host ed by a number of Portland's civic clubs. A $25 cash prize will be given to the youth group submitting the winning entry. Any youth or adult organi zation is eligible to submit an entry, Mrs. Lyons stat ed, but she emphasized that all entries must be submit ted to the Morrow County CowBelles by April 15, 1972. entry blanks are available from the County Extension Office and the Gazette Times. Complete instructions are supplied with entry forms. The local CowBelles will judge entries and send the winning Morrow County entry to Mrs. Lyons by May 1, 1972, for consideration In determining the state winner. The organization submitting winning Morrow County en try will receive $10.00, and the local winner will be hon ored with an annual com munity barbecue. If two or ganizations nominate the win ner, the $10 will be received by the organization submit ting the earliest entry. The State Father of the Year will be announced in June. Beef promotion is one of the main objectives of the program along with recogniz ing Oregon's Father of the Year, Mrs. Lyons concluded. MARCH 17 ANP MAY THE LUCK O' THE IRISH ALWAYS BE WITH YE ! THE FIRST STEP in the easy and entirely harmless giving of blood by a healthy person is shown by Pat Wonser. He is at the first table where the receptionist takes down his name and other historical data. The Bloodmobile will be in Heppner April 4. CLEO SIMPSON suffered painful bruises Friday when run over by his own car. He was working in the yard when the car apparently slip ped its brake and headed for Hill Street. WEATHER BY DON GILLIAM Hi Lo Prec. Wednesday 50 29 Thursday 53 29 Friday 66 42 Saturday 64 44 .06 Sunday 60 46 .21 Monday 58 46 .61 Tuesday 59 35 Amount of rainfall record ed for the May, 1971 flood was .53. st New Sirens Being I v 5 . ...... V" V' jf' ? V - (I ' Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine described the Tuesday siren tests as a success. He says when all three sirens sound at once, the sound will amplify. He believes the warning sound will cover the entire town. One of the new sirens will be located near the swimming pool. The downtown siren will remain where it is and the north end siren will probably be in the vicinity of Beckers lone Principal Rejects Contract Dennis Brandon, principal at lone for the past two years has rejected his contract for next year. He is looking for another position and notified the board at this early date to allow them time to find a replacement. Following the Monday even ing budget hearing at which no delegation appeared for or against the budget, the total budget requirements were es tablished as $1,603,533. The amount outside the 6 percent limitation is $938,145. The first publication of election notice will be print ed in the G-T on Mar. 16, the second publication on March 23 and the election on the amount outside the 6 per cent limitation will be April 3. Mr. Daniels announced that four teachers are retiring at the end of this year, Alena Anderson, Heppner; Gladys Ely, lone; Lester Leroux, Ri verside and Zoe Billings, Ir rlgon. Also retiring this spring are Mike Matthews, custodian at lone and Ida Coleman, cook at lone. Two leaves of absence were granted. One was to Marion Abrams beginning with spring vacation. Mrs. Abrams will complete her requirements Barbara Cutsforth To Chairman Bloodmobile Visit Barbara Cutsforth will : airman the April 4 visit of the Red Cross Blood Mobile, unit here. Two members of this community who under went heart surgery are proof that blood is a living tis sue and its transfer ti om one to another is a gift of life. At the last visit of the unit, there were 17 first time donors. It is the hope of the committee that this year the first-time donors will be increased and the standbys will be recovered from flu and colds so Heppner will be able to meet ifs quota of 90. I Erected for her degree by doing her student teaching at Hermlston spring term. Kathy Wahl will finish out the year here as teachers aide. The se cond leave was granted to Katherine Hosklns. Ed Hiemstra was voted a one-year contract without coaching duties. Robert Smith architect from Ontario was given a three year extension on his .contract to serve the dis trict. He serves on a no building-no pay basis as long as he is retained as the dis trict's architect. The board heard the Fire Marshal's report which Mr. Daniels said was "the best one we've ever had". There were fewer large items in this year's recommenda tions. BOARD 4 ADVISORY VACANCIES The board would encourage anyone interested in the edu cation program to consider filing to serve as a mem ber of the school board or the Advisory Committee in his or her area. The 3 year terms of Pau line Winter and Jack Sum ner both expire this June. Both have filed to succeed themselves. The petitions for these positions may be secured from the district of fice. Twenty-five signatures are required and the peti tions must be filed by 4 p.m. on Mar. 31. On the Heppner-Lexington Advisory committee, the terms of Albert Wright, Judy Buschke and Virginia Grieb expire. Albert Wright is not planning to refile. There is a petition out for Ron Ha guewood for his position. Judy is expected to file for the one-year term and Vir ginia Grieb is expected to file. lone Advisory Committee has one vacancy that of Ce cil Jones. He doesn't plan to file. VACANCIES Those terms of Kenneth Broadbent and John Matthews are expected to re file. Johns terms is for one year. Kenneth Lamb does not plan to refile. . . Petitions for these posi tions nay be picked up at any of the schools. Ten signa tures are required and they must be filed by 4 p.m. Mar. 31. Mr. Daniels reported that the District's Title II appli cation has been approved for the Library. The district received $1805 this year. This is clear funds and no matching funds are required. Principal Don Bier re ported that the football field had been leveled. The dirt on top has been bladed out. Fertilizer has been applied. Reseeding is expected to be finished this week. Baseball practice is being held on the Lexington field and the sea son's earlier games maybe played there. Mr. Bier also reported on Heppner"s Ecology Week HEPPNER Machine Shop. The sirens sound In cases of flood, earthquake or other disaster. The horn sounds for fires. Loft's Electric and Columbia Basin Electric are helping with the Installation. The civil defense sirens are war surplus values at $3200. Only cost to Heppner was cycle charge of about $250. Anril 4 to 7. Field trips are planned to local areas. Because of the jump In insurance rates, a move ment is underway to provide a state wide Insurance pro gram. This could drop the rates as much as 40 per cent. In regard to the Joining the Intergovernmental unit, Mr. Daniels was advised by Judge Jones to defer action until the walk-out of Uma tilla County is resolved. The board agreed to bring It up again some time when Judge Jones can be present to an swer questions. Request for an unsche duled Field Trip to Portland by the French class was re fused due to improper pro cedures and asked that it be submitted to appear on the agenda for the April meet ing. A letter from Merlyn Ro binson was voted to become part of the minutes of the meeting. The point was made by the board that no offi cial action is taken at an executive meeting. Action is taken only at an open meet ing. All school board meet ings are open to the pub lic. The next regular board meeting will be April 17 at 8 p.m. at Heppner High Scho ol. Fine Performance Given by Heppner High Choir The Heppner High School Choir participated in the Small School Choir Festical on March 7 held at the Her mlston Jr. High School. The choir, 27 members, sang two songs; "My Dearest, My Fairest" by Purcell, and "Sunshine in My Soul" by Coates, as well as three songs as part of the massed choir. The choir was one of four groups selected to perform individually in the assembly given for the student body in the afternoon. The judge, Dr. Lvnn Bishop of E.O.C.. commented especially about the choir's fine overall ba lance and its good precision and rhythmic feel. Accord ing to the choir's director the group gave a very fine per formance and had an en joyable time as well as a real learning experience. Per Walthinsen is the direc tor. Sopranos Kathy Arrington, Lynda Baker, Shannon Kelly, Lolita Marquardt, Sheryl Massey, Lisa McCabe, Jo Lynn Morris, Diana Ray mond, Barbara Sherman, Lin da Shu man, Marie Shuman. Altos Kristi Haguewood, Susan Healy, Pat Hughes, Bil lee June Marquardt, Glenna McLachlan, Diane Mills, Ro banat Riddle, Janet Gentry, Michele Evans. Tenors Andy Johnson, Jack Unrein, Richard Wad holm. Basses Rick Drake, Don Papineau, Steve Rhea. Price 10 Cents Number 4 lone Creates Commission ION E The lone City coun cil met March 7. The first reading of a city ordinance for creating a City Planning Commission was read. The second reading will be on, March 28 at 8:00 p.m.. The public is urged to attend. Parade Theme Is Centennial Reflections There were many more parade theme suggestions sub mitted this year than In any of the last two years. The Soroptlmlst vote went to "Centennial Reflections" submitted by Ida Farra. This will give a wide range of float possibilities from the hilar ious to the sublime. Every organization is urged to start now planning to enter. In dividuals and families too. This Includes kids and fami lies, bikes and pets, cowboys, comics, cowgirls, trlkes, cars and surreys. Three Plays In One at Heppner High Tonight The Heppner Drama Club will present three one-act plays tonight and tomor row night at 8 p.m. at the Heppner High School Cafe torium. Included are three flavors; a drama, a comedy and a fairy tale. The drama tic one is 'The Frosted Glass Coffin" directed by Dennis McKay the comedy, "The Proposal" directed by Jane Rawlins and the fairy tale, Rumpelstilskln, directed by Liz Abrams. A preview of the coming attraction, "The Proposal" will be played at the lunch eon meeting of the Heppner Soroptimist Club Thurs. noon. Go early for a good seat. Board Positions Up for Grabs Two County School Board positions and several Ad visory Committee positions will be open in the Morrow County School District at the end of this year. Directors whose terms ex pire this year are Jack Sum ner from Zone V and Pau line Winter from Zone VI. Both positions will be for 4 year terms and anyone in terested in being a candidate for these positions should contact the school district office in Lexington, or Mr. Bier at Heppner High School to obtain a petition. Twenty five signatures are requir ed on the petitions. Advisory Committee pos itions open are Cecil Jones, lone, Albert Wright, Heppner Virginia Grieb, Heppner, Kenneth Broadbent, Board man and Kenneth Lamb, Ir rigon, for three year terms. Judy Buschke, Heppner and John Matthews, Irrigon, for one year terms. Ten sig natures are required on the petitions. Any person interested in being a candidate for any of the above positions should contact the local school prin cipal or the school district office for a petition. All petitions must be filed in the school district office in Lexington not later than 4:30 p.m., on Friday, March 31, 1972. The election will be held on May 1. 1972. Register For Drawing The Morrow County Grain Growers big free drawing is to be Saturday there. You re invited to register now. Prizes are a half Inch drill press for first prize. 2nd is 500 gallons of gas. And third is a 9 piece Revere Ware set. CoUft OK'S Soil Maps For County Oar Swanson and Dale Boner met with the Court March 8 In the Interests of the new soil maps for the county. The Court author ized the printing of the 4 color coded maps which will show Irrigation suitability of Morrow County Soils. The maps will cost $1423 for 500 copies. A total of six hund red dollars Is being donated by the Bank of Eastern Ore gon, Columbia Basin, Morrow County Grain Growers, First National Bank and Umatilla Electric. Gar said the Port was In terested in going half with the Court on the balance upon which the Court agreed. Ways of distributing the expensive document have not yet been decided upon. It may be sold for as much as $5.00 a set. John Phillips, Portland, was interviewed for the posi tion of Morrow County planner. Funds for the 8 month position are available under an Emergency Employ ment Act grant. Because the county has no private enterprise to supply rock and gravel, the count s portable rock crusher is used to supply rock and may be used to provide short hauls. Chet Bond of Pacific Gas appeared at the Court ses sion Wed. relative to the con dition of the road to their micro wave tower onGleason Pk. The Umatilla County IED has an educational TV installation there and Colum bia Basin reads meters up there. The court didn't feel there was enough use of the road to make it a county road but felt the portable rock crush er could probably be moved in to a crusher site as long as clean gravel wasn't re quired. Judge Jones added "If we can find the time". Mr. Bond said they need ed about 5 miles gravelled. Mr. Bond thanked them for the oiled road to the compres sor station at lone which Is on a county road. He also asked about land fill facili ties that they might use. Judge Jones told him about plans for sites being inves tigated which must meet the approval of the Environ mental Control board. Plans at one time called for a site that could be used by the towns of Lexington, Hep pner, lone and the County. Long distance hauling is not feasible . New Rules Listed for Forest Lands Mar. 9, 1972 - The State Board of Forestry approved a newly-revised draft of pro posed regulations governing forestland operations under the 1971 Forest Practices Act at its March 8 meeting in Salem. The revisions came as a result of some 2,000 copies of the rule proposals which had been sent to interested parties through-out the state. The rules will now receive a final public airing at a hearing to be scheduled in Salem during the later part of April. Following any fur ther revisions which may re sult from the hearing, the Board will give its final app roval at its June meeting, and the rules will go into ef fect as law on July 1. The regulations specify minimum standards for five major areas of forest prac tice including reforestation, timber harvest road con struction maintenance ap plication of chemicals, and slash disposal. Three se parate sets of proposals were developed to meet the regio nal conditions in northwest, southwest and eastern Ore gon. Their purpose is to pro vide protection for all forest land resource values. In further business the Board authorized the State Forestry Department to pro ceed in developing adminis trative rules which will con trol the use of motorized vehicles on state forest lands. With the increase in use by the public of state forest roads, and particularly in the off-road use of motorcycles, there have been problems with soil erosion and other damage in some areas. Pro posals which have been sug gested would regulate but not ban such use of public lands.