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L I ! ART U OF O 07 403 Irvin Mann Will Speak at Chamber Meet At tlx April 3 meeting of the lti'nT-Morro County Chamber of Commerce, Irvln Mann, State Agricultural Director, will speak on the "fink out" of the recent Asian trip as It affects agri culture. County Planner Gets GO Sign pelU-rt Smith, toe new county planner, Is setting up fur business In the basement of the court house In the surveyor's office. With tlie adoption of the Compre hensive Plan, the county must lie ready for the lonlng or dinance as required by State La. It lll be the plan ners work to determine the land use of each rural par cel of land according to the 8 categories of land use set up In the Comprehensive Plan. He will also inves tigate sites for a sanitary land-fill. Mrs. Mclvln Allyn of Lex ington will be Mr. Smith's secretary. The Smiths will move to Heppner from Condon when school Is out and housing becomes available. They have a daughter, Debbie, a hii;h school student. Postmaster After Lex Bid Postmaster Jim Drlscollls asking for bids to conduct the Lexington Rural Branch of the Heppner Post Office. Hid forms and Information is available at the Heppner Post Office. Forms must be completed and submitted to Heppner post Office by Apr. 1. Proposed facilities must be ready for occupancy no later than April 16. RCtVpRLZE AT BAND CARNIVAL Some lucky one will be awarded a 15" PCA TV at the Eland Carnival on April 15 according to Mary Mc Leod, Carnival chairman. Other fun booths will be the Fish Pond, Dunk tank, Jewelry booth and Baseball Thro. The committee is still anxious for more White Ele phants. For pick up call Anita Davidson 989-8402, Todd Cox 67C-9497, Diane Mills 676- 5546, MarvAbrams 676-9789. HarvAbramsbb-soa. Easter i i i th FRAN CHURCHES Sermon message "A Dead or a Living Christ?" by Pastor R. Mensch. Hope Lutheran Church 11:00 a.m. Special Music: Junior Choir "One Way to Jesus" and "A Cowboy for Jesus". Adult Assembled: "The Master's Touch" by Lucia Cutsforth, Liz Curtis, Millie Rauch, Diane McLachlin and Pau line Matheny. Piano and GIVE!!! py"wJIW,."- rj .ft - Xu The drop of blood that used to be taken from a prick on the finger is now taken from the ear lobe. The blood is dropped into a solution. If it drops to the bottom of the test tube, the donor is not anemic and is perfectly able to give the pint of blood that he won't miss and will help somebody. Give your pint of blood April 4 from 2 until 6 p.m. at the Elks. Don Munkers just before the sample! Bloodmobile Here The Red Cross Blood Mo bile will be in Heppner Apr. 4 from 2 until 6 p.m. at the Elks Bldg. The late after noon hours were set to al low the Kinzua employees and the school staff to give blo od. The area had two persons who ha1 open heart surgery this past year. Many pints of blood were required for these operations. It takes 89th Year THE GA Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, March 30, 1 972 Number 6 ioeoeiei Otfffocoffll Talks 8e Uoinis The lone Lions Club had a Ladles' Night dinner and a full house Monday night at the Wagon Wheel here. Ar rangements were by Ray Boyce. Club President, Lar ry Prock, was master of cere monies for the event. BMCC Election Next Monday Polling places lor the Blue Mountain Community College budget election April 3 have been established and voters will cast their ballots at the same place they cus tomarily vote on school elec tions. The college Is asking voters to approve a tax levy of $797, 868 for operation of the col lege during the coming school year. The college has no tax base, therefore the full amount from local resources must be voted each year. The levy required is es timated at $1.79 per $1000 true cash value, of which 19 cents Is for retirement of bonds and payment of inter est. The levy this year Is $1.69 per $1000 true cash value. The increase is about six per cent. Total budget for the col lege would be $1,967,850 for the coming year, an increase of 3.2 per cent over the cur rent figure. Morrow County voters will vote at the same time and place as they vote on the Mor row County school district budget. Polls will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. FIRST BOAT . LAUNCHED Orville and Barbara Cuts forth launched the first boat on Penland Prairie reservoir this week! They took their boat in on snow mobiles. The water was slushy and half- fills the basin. 9 Services m Organ Duet by Lucia Cuts forth and Liz Curtis. Valby Lutheran Church 8:00 a.m. Special Music: Junior Choir "There is a New Song in My Heart." PianoandOrganDuet Kristine Peterson 4 Rikka Tews. 9:00 Easter Break fast. Condon Lutheran Church 2:30 p.m. Easter Service and Con firmation. Susan J. Houston Tuesday about 17,000 units of blood a vear to meet the needs of the the j 14 county area servea oy Columbia River Red Cross Blood Program Re- gion. Red Cross board members are asked to meet Friday pvenintr at 7:30 P.m. at the First National Bank conter- ence room to worn out u- nal details with Barbara Cuts forth, Blood chairman. 10 Nominating committee chairman, Bob Drake re ported nominations of offi cers; President, Ray Boyce, 1st vice president, Don llel iker, 2nd vice president, Lloyd Morgan, 3rd vice pre sident, Darrtll James. A j V I : MEN rk WORKING V v - - - - .1 It was Stash the Club when these and picked up litter to the top of Heppner Hill. Brian Thompson with Mark Schlichting behind him, Mark Sargent, Rhonda Sargent, Shelly Thompson behind Donna Bellamy. EASTER SERVICES ASSEMBLY OF GOD Easter Services at the As sembly of God Church will in clude -Sunday School at 9;45 a.m., followed by Easter Morn ing service at 11:00 a.m. A program will be presented by junior age and younger after which the Teen Choir will pre sent the cantata" Love". Even ing service will be held at 7:00 p.m. County and Jill Houston will be con firmed. AREA YOUTH PLAN EASTER SUNRISE SERVICE The youth of the communi ties of Heppner and Lexington are again planning an Easter Sunrise Service. The tirst service will be held at 6:00 a.m. on the hill next to the cemeterv until 6:15. The ser vice will continue at the Luth eran Church at 6:30 to 7:00 when breakfast will be served at the FirstChristianChurch. The portion of the service held on the hill (picked for convenience to cars) willbe coordinated by DenaStruth ers. Richard Wadholm, rep resentative from the Assem bly of God Church, will have devotions. The opening prayer will be given by James Marquardt, representative of the First Christian Church. Representatives of the Luth eran Church, Diana McLach lan, and of the Methodist Church, Molly Pierce, will read scriptures. The closing prayer will be offered by Becky Stillman. At 6:30, the service will continue at the Lutheran Church where Rev. Cutting will be the coordinator. Rev. Mensch will be the speaker. Scriptures will be read by Rev. Johnson. Rev. Burwell will offer the prayer. Organ ist will be Mrs. Lucia Cuts forth. Ham and pancakes will be served at the breakfast at 7:00 at the First Christian Church. Donation of $1.00 will be accepted. Irrigon Plans Easter Sunrise Service A community sunrise ser- vice is planned lor taster morning at 6 a.m. in Irrigon, at the school baseball field. There will be an Easter breakfast in the basement of the Baptist Church following the sunrise service. Pastor Charles Ashby of the Com munity Baptist Church, and Pastor Wesley Cronk of the Assembly of God Church will conduct the service. Accor dion music will be provided by Mrs. Al Partlow. Every one Is welcome. k? tte-tim: Lion Tamer, Charles O'Connor, Tall Twister, Herb Ekstrom, Jr., Secretary treasurer, Bill Siewert, Dir ectors for two year term: Robert Drake and Don Bris tol. Irrigon Lions were guests. - AT I r : Trash Sunday for the Hoof and Horns 4-H six started from the Van Winkle Motel Hoof and 4-H Club Stash the Horn Trash Six members of the Hoof & Horn 4-H Livestock Club as a community Pride Project cleaned up the roadway from Heppner limits to the top of Heppner hill. Those participating were: Shelley Thompson, MarkSar gent, Donna Bellamy, Mark Schlichting, Brian Thompson, Rhonda Sargent and Mr. Dick Schlichting. Three pickup loads of litter were accumulated. Pickup drivers were Dick Schlichting and Dick Sargent. Beer cans led the list of any one thing picked up. Plans are for the group to go out again. The group appreciates the "Men Working" signs given them to use by the State Highway crew. Students would involve community in environment study Heppner High School is staging an "Environmental Awareness Week" April 3-7. Students have had a choice of many fields. Teachers and out-of-town speakers will lead the various study areas. The public is cordially in vited to check the list of studies and feel free to at tend any or all of them. The list will be posted in the office to provide room num bers for location. Monday: Regular classes will orient toward environmental aware ness. Tuesday: Opening assembly at 8:45 with Karl Urban, BMCC as the speaker followed by a film at 10, "Pollution a Mat ter of Choice". Group dis cussions on what has been seen and heard until lunch time. Afternoon: Group Sessions Community Survey, Geodesic Dome, Landscaping, Creek Study, Recycling, Clean up, Kinzua, Sewage disposal, Beautification, FHA Girls banquet preparation, News Bureau, Water Testing.Grade School teach-in, film "Mul tiply & Subdue the Earth", film, "What is Man Doing to the Earth?" Wednesday: All Day sessions will con tinue on many of Tuesdays projects with these addition al ones: Garden Plot, Micro-wave cooking, water test ing and treatment. Field trips: County Extension, Soil Conservation and State For est Service. Thursday: Thursday will be divided in to three 2-hour sessions; 8:45, 10:30 and 2:20 each on the same format. These should prove espec HEPPNER Irrigon Lions President Vern Christiansen Invited the group to participate In the charter night ceremonies April 29 for Institution of the new Boardman Lions Club at A.C. Houghton School at Ir rlgon. Friday is Last Day Friday is the last day for completing absentee ballots for the School Budget elec tion on April 3. To date two college students have vot ed absentee ballots. Polls will be open April 3 from 8 to 8 at Heppner Elementary School, Rhea Creek Grange, lone School, Riverside High School, A.C. Houghton and Lexington School Bldg. Petitions: Friday is also the last day to return petitions for the school board and Advisory council positions. They must be turned into the District office by 4 p.m. Schlichting vs Bergstrom Case The Schlichting vs Berg strom case was dismissed Monday when attorneys for Mrs. Bergstrom raised different and additional points of law that had not been raised at the first argument in Nov. 5. Jjidge Kaye said the plain tilf has been given an addi tional 15 days to file an amended complaint to over come the objections that were raised by the defendant in this last argument. Mr. Schlichting s services as an appraiser were term inated by the Morrow County Assessor last October. He was seeking reinstatement, retroactive pay and damages. CONGRESSMAN AL ULL MAN is expected in the county on April 14. Tours in the Boardman area are planned and he will speak in Pendle ton that evening. ially interesting to adults. The list of topics and par tial list of speakers: Corp of Engineers; Boeing, Elton Weeks; Nuclear Energy, Dr. Jim Witt OSU; Wildlife ma nagement, John Kurtz, Um atilla Wild Life Refuge; For est Products; Pesticides Herbicides, OSU; Micro Wave Mini Course; Comm unications Role & Responsi bility Jim Earclley East Ore gonian; Organic Foods, Mi riam Carlson, Home Econo mist; Forest Conservation; Architecture& Landscaping; Wilderness Area, Glen Ward; Water treatment plant; Tech nology, Careers. Friday: Regular classes and evalua tion of weeks program. Clos ing speaker George Reed Portland, representative of the National Wildlife Federa tion. All week: Photographic Exhibit; Landscape of Ore gon by U of O students loan ed by Prof. Bernie Free messer. GRAIN PRICES (FOB Lexington does not include warehouse chgs) Courtesy MCGG Soft White Wheat 1.5iy2bu. Red Wheat 1.52'2bu. Barley 48.75 ton WEATHER BY DON GILLIAM HI LOW PREC, Wednesday51 42 .03 Thursday 52 34 .10 Friday 59 34 .01 Saturday 44 27 .16 Sunday 46 26 Monday 47 25 Tuesday 50 '9 .4 in. snow. IRS HOLING PROJECT Elton Weeks, assistant pro ject manager of the Boeing Company, gave a graphic talk on Boeing's multiple land use development. He Illustrated his talk with graphs and pictures. This portrayed a huge agricultural development. He told of the irrigation revolution possible with circles (center pivot sys tems). They are starting the first phase of the operation with development of pasture lands. This is the result of a study by Cornell, Howland which showed lands on the Boeing tract capable of producing all kinds of agricultural crops. They believe best thing is for cattle production and re lated Industrial development, including processing plants and many other related ac tivities. The Boeing Com pany plans to be landlords and will lease out the area to farmers. The company w ill also assist in some cases In a financial way. They expect there to be some 25,000 acres of dry land graz ing grounds; some 60,000 acres or so in cropped land; 5,000 acres In the Carty re servoir. There is still to be done engine testing in the tract. No residences will be on the tract but will be built in the south part of Board man. The company will manage the development of the Boardman community. He explained that nuclear power plants are a key to the irrigation development of the area because of altitudes and elevations. Theyareput ting in 18 one hundred acre circles in their Phase 1 sprinkler layout. They expect Boardman to have a population of 12,000 by 1985. Boardman has adopt ed a comprehensive develop ment plan for 800 acres on the south side of the free way. Boeing Company will be the master developer. Housing development grants are expected in the near fu ture. Mr. Weeks told of the ur ban waste disposal experi ment. This is being under taken by Oregon State Uni versity on a 6-acre site with solid wastes. 80 percent of the solid waste is paper. Barge costs they believe will be some $1.50 a ton. In their recycle operations they are applying some 200 tons or four inches per acre which is tilled into the soil to 12 inches. Chemical disposal would be by vats and evaporation ponds. Evaporation rate there is 40 inches per year. Primary object at present is to haul the wastes from Port land after it has been ground up there. Portland landfill costs are $4.66 per ton. Seattle's is $4.26 . Pro ject at the Boeing site is to be $5.10 per ton. Develop ment would cost them two million. The material in creases the water holding capacity and helps prevent so much wind erosion. Plastic is the biggest problem. Win ter wheat planted there will soon be put into fescue. He explained that it would take 4 acres a day with application of 200 tons per acre and 30,000 acres would be completely covered in 40 years. Inland Empire Bank handsome stone and no , - x.'v I ' : . , .rrtrj at Boardman with its wood front. The rail Interim Group Eyes New Tax Version Superintendent of Schools Ron Daniels told the Heppner Morrow County Clumber Monday of an alternate sys tem of financing schools. The Interim committee Is looking at one plan that would raise enough to substitute for the $300 million now raised exclusively through the pro perty tax. In this plan, commercial, Industrial and Income pro ducing property would pay one percent property tax (or $10. per thousand of true cash value.) Homeowners would not be included In this. The homeowners' share would be replaced by a Z to 2.S percent payroll tax, paid half by the employee and half by the employer with the money withheld from pay checks and collected from employers In the same man ner as Social Security taxes. The business industrial property tax would raise $100 million. The payroll tax would raise almost $100 million for each percentage point of rate, meaning a two percent tax could produce about $200 mil lion. Mr. Daniels said he thought this plan would have more chance of being accepted In Eastern Oregon than other plans being studied. Studies are being in tensified due to the Sernano Case In California In which the Supreme Court declared the way in which California uses property taxes to finance Its schools Is unconstitutional because it denies equal pro tection of the law to child ren living In poor neighbor hoods. There is a test case now in Oregon challenging its method of financing ele mentary and secondary edu cation. The only factor that is different in Oreeon is the lact there is an equalization tax within each county. Mr. Daniels reviewed the resources and requirements of the budget. The budget increase is 5.46 percent over last year. The tax levy In crease will cost 79c per 1000 TCV. The amount inside the 6 percent limitation Is $369,242. The amount ot be voted upon at the budget elec tion Apr. 3 is the amount outside the 6 percent limita tion, $938,145. Due to the school district's unrealistic tax base, the tax base plus the 6 percent limi tation wouldn't even run one Boardman Bank Makes Big Move A western mood prevails in the new Inland Empire Bank building at Boardman. The exterior is of deep-stained wood and rock. The wide flagstone walk leads to a broad front patio. The yard is enclosed by a rail fence. Tha all-gl'-J front doors op .n into uie red-mix wall-to wall carpeted bank. The panel ing and the tellers counter are barnwood oak paneling. Wagon Wheel light fixtures add more western atmosphere. Later a Navajo rug in reds will hang on one wall and a blue one on the wall of the lounge just off the lobby. A seat from an old wagon an tiqued blue Is one of the con versational pieces in the lounge as is a spool table also an tiqued blue. The check writing table Is yet to be installed and other installations and furnishings before the GrandOpening sche duled for early in the summer. Marty McDowell Is branch manager and Mrs. Rodney (Pat ricia) Flub is teller. Mrs. Doris Bounds is pres ident of the bank. fence in the the landscaped school for year, let alone the four attendance areas In the county", Mr. Daniels said. In mentioning theUnlversal Gyms that are In the bud get for all three school areas, Mr. Daniels noted tlat adults have been encouraged to use ttie school buildings for vol ley ball, basketball etc. and If a person would volunteer to be responsible, the Uni versal Gyms would be avai lable to adult groups for body building and conditioning. There are 15 stations on each one and will be used by the PE classes, boys and girls, as well as by the ath letic teams. Mr. Daniels summarized the cash carryover and De partment of Veterans' Re fund. He said, "There has been no Information on the pay-back procedure or the amount ot interest that Is to be paid." In speaking of the cash carryover, Mr. Daniels said "The auditor recommends a $60,000 cash carry-over for a budget of this size". Other budget info: The en rollment has remained fairly stable for the last several years 1100 to 1150 students. Staff has dropped from 90 tea chers to 79. Sheets listing the pupil-teacher ratio for districts similar to those in size were distributed. Hep pner High School has a 12.8 staff-pupil ratio. Lowest In the group of 15 schools list ed were Pilot Rock with 11.4 and Enterprise with 17.6. Heppner Elementary 16.9 in the list for grades 1-8 was low with Pilot Rock high in the group of 17 with 24.7. lone High has a staff-pupil ratio of 11.1 and low In this group of 21 was 7.6 at Cul ver and 17.1 at Pilot Rock was high. Riverside High and A.C. Houghton have a ratio of 13.1. Don Peterson announced the nationally known NFO speak er who was to be In Pen dleton Mar. 29. Ray Boyce announced the lone Lions Club meeting Monday evening at the Wagon Wheel with Elton Weeks as the speaker. Doro thy Heard announced the Blood Mobile would be here April 4 and asked everyone to "bring a pint". Direc tors to meet Wednesday. Pat Wonser won the pot. Bob Gerlach was a guest. Centennial Meet This Wednesday The Centennial Planning Committee will meet at the courthouse Wednesday even ing, April 5 at 7:30 in an effort to organize for the upcoming celebration. All members are requested to attend. WILDERNESS MEETING SATURDAY A public meeting is to be held at 1:30 p.m. at Blue Mtn. College in Pendleton on Saturday to discuss the un developed roadless areas of 5,000 acres or more. The meeting is in connec tion with eventual formal hearings on submitting wil derness proposals to Con gress. WRANGLERS TO MEET TUESDAY The regular monthly meet ing of the Heppner Wranglers will be held April 4 at 7:30 p.m. In the dorm building at the fairgrounds. All committees will report on their projects. Important business to be discussed con cerning work day, play days and over night or day rides and horse show. All members are asked to attend. process of construction encloses area.
