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LIBRARY U OF 0 i 97403 Voters Approve Both Budgets Ttw ..ir. ixiiii) scho ol TiNirut budget paused t ) almoM J to 1 vote In re Mort Oi). A Mai i t S75 vol, t r rif.t with 378 favorable ami 197 m poor J. Heppinr voted IjOvrsand 4 no. Hoardnun 75 ad 21 no, lone S3 yes and 51 fk, I I Ail;, toCl 33 yes aiKl 26 no, lUrdnun 20 ), aid 6 no. In the 1371 budget .lee lion t!nre re 100 fewer vtr cast than al II 1572 election. lat year t!-re re 468 prsoi.s Cat their vi le a.l of these tin re wi re 323 s and Hi i". Mat- V tiiiUm Community College tHjdn t al.-o received good support from tlie it rs on Monday, There were 57C volrs with S'X) es and ISC no. Vote by precincts went; lone T2 yes 54 no, Fuggs 22 yes 4 no, Lexington 38 yes 18 tin, Iviardniuri 64 ts 23 no, !: in r 163 yes and 34 no and Irrigon 51 yes and 41 no. Competition Is Keen in Tickets Girl and lx) salesman from the fifth through eighth gra des are selling tick.ts for tiie Band Carnival of April ID. Swral sold IV ir quo tas awl were eager to get more tickets over the tas ter weekend. Principal I) n Cole points out that those who sell the most tickets are assured of an extra great Urns at the carnival because of the ticket-awards being offered. The top girl a:.dtv salesmen will be awarded $5 each in tick ets. In each grade the top boy and girl sell rs v ill win $2 in tickets. In each class room a top girl and top boy st Her will rt-ctive $1 worth of tickets. Also the class room ttiat has the largest total sales will get an ice crra:n rurty on F riday after noon, April 14, the day tie fore the Carnival. Grading Period On New Plan Heppner Elementary stu dy's have a holiday tomor row as tiieir next to final grading periodends. Students in the 1-4 grades will be graded by either a confer ence or a written comment from their teachers. Tne 5-8 grade students will tie eva luated through a conference or by report cards with pos sible commi-nts. Conferences tomorrow iU be on a selected-request ba sis. Eith-T the teacher or the parents must request a conference. At the end of the school year each stu dent will receive a complete report card with his final grades. County Students Earn Honors Eastern Oregon College re ports honors earned by local area students. On the Dean's List earning perfect averag es of 4.00 are Carol Jones of Heppner and Evelyn Black of Boardman, On the Dean's List with a 3.5 average are Ronald Sher man of Heppner and Mary Williams of Mitchell. The local County Extension Employm?nt office is prepar ed to assist interested per sons and to administer Ap titude Tests (G.A.T.B.) for Apprenticeship and olher training and for vocational exploration. Telephone 676 9642 or write or stop in at the office upstairs in the Gil-liam-Bsbee Building, Hep pner. Got a Green Thumb? Plant a profitable ad in the Want Ads. To place a classified ad, phone 676-9228. rtu, yuvnc SnOUiU Oe IdACU a Human Communications Is Next Series Study Dr. Charles Johnston, psy chiatrist from Vmatilla -Morrow County Mental Health Clinic and Mrs. Johnston are the resource people for the second in the Family Life Series next Wednesday, April 12, at the multi-purpose room of the Heppner Elem?ntary School at 7:30 p.m. There are three basic pre mises of human communica tion: 1. One cannot NOT communicate. Z. Commu nication takes place on sev eral levels, meaningful dia logue requires understanding of context and relationships as well as words. 3. Mes sage sent may not be mes sage received. S9th Year GAZETTE-TIMES Mann lit p m r-Morrow County CtamU r ! Commerce mem Urs welcomed long-time friend lnin Mannat the meet ing Monday at the Wagon Vt he. 1. Mr. Mann, State Agri culture director, told about trade visits to the Tacific Kim countries and gave ttie background for the Oregon Tine Tests Scheduled Mrs. Jerry Sweeney, County Public Health Nurse, states that Tme Tulierculai tests Will be given to 7th graders, high school sen iors, and school personnel on M .nday, April 10. Test ing will begin at the high school at 8 43 and will follow at ttie elementary school. Imiunizations will also be given that day. This Is the third immjiiization clinic conducted here this school year. Girls7 . E. Exhibit Tonight Heppner girls are present- ing a P.E. exhibition at me high school tonight at ..uu. Over 100 girls from the 6th grade through high school will offer a varied and in teresting program of gymnas tics and unusual dances. Mrs. Clint Agee director of ttiis group stresses that this is the only money-raising activity the girls have. Their uniforms and awards are not included in the scho ol P.E. budget so they are changing admission for this show. The girls will demonstrate the use of many pieces of equipment and will per- form with hoops ana ropes, will present several They oriental dances with bamboo rods, ribbons and coconuts. Students to TALK at CHAMBER At the Apr. 10 meeting of the Heppner-Mrrow County Chamber of Commerce Hep pner High School students will report on the evaluation of their" Environmental Awa reness Week". MRS. BOB DESPALN is em ployed as bookkeeper-clerk at Bank of Eastern Oregon. April 15 is D-Date For Tax Repayment At the determination of the Morrow County Court, Apr. 15 has been set for the date of tax repayment to the De partment of the Veterans Af fairs, if at all possible. The repayment is on the land rented to the Boeing Co. by ttie Department. It does not include the industrial sites and landing strip. The Oregon Supreme Court ruled that most of the 100,000acres should tip taxed on a farm Dr. and Mrs. Johnston will describe and demonstrate practical skills which will help individuals on all lev els of conversation and com munication. These skills may be valuable helps for mem- bers of families as well as in other community relation ships. The Juvenile Advisory Council invites all concern ed with building better comm unications in every day life. Dr. Johnston received his BA degree from Duke Uni- versity. His MD irom me Medical College of Virginia and special training in Psy chiatry from the University of Oregon Medical School. ion 97S36, Thursdoy, April 6, 1972 Hits New High for Vvat.r Bank Act which Is Measure No. 5 on ttie Ma) 23 Primary Ballot. lie urged passage of tl measure which provides the state government to I the Intermediary between the grower and financing. It pro vides money at cost to the grower to finance construe lion and when necessary ttie TOMMY JAMES is uriay event. Candy Eggs Are Easter Event Heppner Elks helped the great Easter Bunny scatter over a thousand of the candy eggs. A good turnout Merchants Plan Meeting Tuesday Heppner Merchants Com mittee president Dick Sar gent announces the monthly luncheon meeting will be Tuesday noon at the W.igon Wheel. County Agent Harold Kerr will report on the proposed business survey by Oregon State University to be done in Heppaer. little league TRY0UT5 The next two Saturdays of April are the dates for Lit' tie Leaeue Tryouts. Boys with m tt: ;s are to show up lor tryouts to be held at the Little League Field from 10 until noon. Boys 9 years old through 12 years are eli gible. Tryouts are for new players and boys who have reached their 9th birthday. Anyone with questions may call Pat Wonser af 676-9163. Jodi Honored Jodi Snow is on the new Honor Roll her junior year at Portland State University. deferral basis. The total tax has been com puted by Morrow Tax Dept., tax and interest intheamount to be repaid is $142,567.90 Of this amount $132,437.45 is taxes and $10,130.44 is in terest. Interest is 8 per cent or 2-3rd of 1 percent a month and is charged from the date the taxes were paid. The school district s part oi nt ficure is the 4ni 59. Bv law. the county is to make the repay ment from unsegregated funds. Judge Paul Jones said funds are available to make repayment for all tax sup ported bodies except the school district. Sup't. Ron Daniels noted that two weeks ago when the school district received $140,000 from the unsegre gated fund, be suggested that the county keep it to mike the repayment that would need to be made. He was to con- suit the auditor on Wed. of week, to learn the steps this that will be required to get the money back to the county. Repayment due by years; 1969-70 Taxes 30,457.18 in terest 4,973.65. 1970-71 Tax- es $5 iS, 804.80 interest was M, 481. 94. 1971-72 taxes .48, Interest $58,175 $676.84. o)-eratoti ami maintenance of irrigation projects In the state. This Is al no cost to the tax paver. The 1372 Trade Mission fo cused on the areas potential customers for Oregon pro ducts. Half of the worlds popula tion is within 2000 miles ol an entlmsiastic egg hunter at the Sat of egg hunters appeared at the three locations to search and recover the goodies. Pre-schoolers hunted at the City Park for eggs planted by Glen Ward, Jack Melland and Bob Mahoney. 1st and 2nd graders searched around the Courthouse Park where Whitaker and Clint Agee heloed hide the goodies. Hal had 3rd and 4th graders did their hunting in the Grade School Playground where Cal Sher man and Dave McLeod had charge. The Elks Lodge has a stand ing order for their annual gift of Candy eggs to the child ren of this community. Wilderness? Multi-Use? Testimony accepted to May 1 There were about 25 in at tendance from Morrow Coun ty at the US Forest Service Wilderness Act hearing in Pendleton Saturday. Herb Rudolph conducted the Uma tilla National Forest section of the meeting. In a rough tally it appear ed to be about 50-50 for Wil derness Area and multiple use. Testifying from Morrow County were Ed Dick.Orville Cutsforth, Del Piper, Kit George, Wayne Hams, Eddie Gunderson and Al Nistad. Testimony may be sub mitted until May 1. The supervisors of the three Na tional Forests will make their recommendations on the basis of the testimony toCon gress who makes the final decision. Boys Staters Named at lone The lone American Legion Post No. 95 recently select ed John Rietmann and David Warren to be this year's Boy State delegates. The Ameri can Legion will conduct the encampment on the OSU cam pus June 11 thru June 17. In order to be eligible for the honor, the junior candi dates were asked to write a letter to the Legion stating their reasons why they would like to attend Boys State. Other traits such as charac ter, leadership and patrio tism are also considered. This is a government pro gram in a mythical state, through which the delegates learn the operations and busi ness of city, county, and state governments. "wIXther" BY DON GILLIAM o 28 33 35 47 26 24 32 Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Precip. 56 65 66 66 51 53 65 Mar. 1.56; Normal 1.28; 1971 1.38. To tal Precip. 1972 3.70; Nor mal 3.73; 1971 2.69. Oregon Hong Kong. I'l lunUatlonaml Industrialization lias taken over land and Industrializa tion lias brought aUiut an af fluence Ihey have never had In-fore this. With hundreds of millions of people to feed, the Asian countries must use their limited land for produc tion of crops which return the highest value per acre. An Band Carnival Plans Shape Up Among adults working to ward nuking tills year's Band Carnival great are Mrs. Dive MrLeod, Mrs. John Gochnau er, Mrs. Glonn Ward, M s. Dju Cole and Paul Warren. M"s. B b Dividson will chair man the dinner committee. M-s. D.ile Bmer Is presi dent of the Band Parents Club, the sponsoring organi zation. New booths are a Basket Toss, a Snoopy Game, Feed the Donkey, a Clow" Toss. Old Carnival favorites will be as mich fun as ever. Dinner Is set from 5 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. In the Fair Pavilion. Barbequed beef, hog dogs, drinks, salads and desserts will be featured. A dance will be held after the carnival this year in the Pavilion. Everyone is again rem'.nded to hunt up White Elephants for the Country Store Baoth and to call for pick up: Ani ta Davidson 989-8402, Todd Cox 676-9497, Dianne Mills 676-5546, Mary Abrams 676 9789. HOSPITAL NEWS Patients receiving medical care at Pioneer Memorial Hospital are Murdith Bran non, Spray; Shirley Beamer, Dale; Carl Troedson, lone; Phil Higgins, Heppner and Juanita Cogburn, Lexington. Alton Yarnell, lone and Sam uel Martin, Heppner were dis missed, The Heppner - Morrow County Chamber of Com merce presented no tes timony at the hearing. The Board of Directors last Wed. noon voted to withhold the testimony until another meet ing of the Chamber. Judge Jones appeared before the board with the thought that there could have been a mis interpretation of the recom mendation made to the Cham ber by the Recreation Com mittee. In recommending a study of Kelly Prairie and Texas Butte as wilderness areas, he said "The motior could mean that the group favored the wilderness con cept for the area". Such a study could lock up the area for 12-15 years." He concluded, "If nothing else, this discussion and meetings have brought to the front the great need for a change in logging practices.' PIONEER PONDERINGS W.S. CAVERHILL A Few Less An unofficial survey re ports tliat ten Eastern Ore gon Counties have lost pop ulation since the Federal Census was taken. For example, Grant County's figure is set at 86. That loss of population does not necessarily indicate a decline in the area economy. It does not take into considera tion the increase in our "floating population", the hunters, fishermen and tour ists. With constant promo tion, Eastern Oregon will provide the bedroom, play ground and fresh air for the smog smitten travellers from California and Western Oregon. If Grant County can induce half of their tourists to stay an extra day in the county it will more tlian compensate for the loss of 86 residents who might be mostly on relief. It can be done if the demands of labor and ttie ecologists are not too excessive. acre planted l r'1"''. ,or ln" slance, prluces a much greater cash return than one producing wheat. Thus, wheat must be purcliased out of the country tosupplement the val uable home-grown rice. Mr. Mann says rorUand is the Western Gateway to send Oregon products to Asia. He said "The United Slates will recapture the wheat con tracts lost during the dock strike. Korea and Japan have already started making inquiry. Wheat movement has been active In March. Oregon can expect to ship 400,000 ton dur ing April through the Port ol Portland. He said he hoped it would be rapidly enough to clear storage for the 1972 crop. There is a market for many products besides wheat and "Oregon has 56 products they CAN USE". Passage of tht Water Bank Act could bring water to land whose produc tion is limited or non-existent. Oregon's farmers can then be more flexible and prepare to produce a great er variety of crops and food products for the prospective big market in Asia. With the industrialization comes the demand for conve nience foods in the Pacific Rim Countries. Oregon must be prepared to produce such products as frozen vegetab les and meats. Mr. Mann was enthusias tic about the proposal to es tablish a Livestock Quaran tine Center In Portland. Qua rantine is required for ship ping live animals to other parts of the world. In conjunction with the Qua rantine Center he has ad vanced the idea for a giant Agri-Business Marketing Center. The Asian countries will have buyers lor not only food but animal feeds, seeds, equipment. Representatives from these countries would visit such a super Agricultural Market of showing and shipping in one place. It would also be the show place for Scientific break throughs from Oregon State and other agricultural scho ols. These countries have need for soybeans, millions of tons of grass seed straw for roug hage, alfalfa pellets, dairy cattle, hops, mint. Japan is putting its money into this country to raise needed products to assure their supply of agricultural products. Mr. Mann said "Denver Grigsby was one of the most popular men in the tour." Mr. Grigsby is in charge of the Boeing Agri cultural project in Morrow County. Oregon has the reputation as "honest traders". The wheat growers furthered this image with the introduction of the numbers test for the quality of wheat and the kind of wheat needed for the use that it was to be put. Mr. Mann was questioned about the falling water table. He said by carbon tests the water coming from deep wells was 8000 years old and was not being replenished. "There's lots about recharg ing wells that we don't know", he said. He recommended ranchers attend the meeting announced by Harold Kerr. Chris Whe eler, state water engineer, will speak April 24 at 7:30 at the Lexington Grange Hall. Hubert Wilson, co-chairman, for the Red Cross Blood drawing told of his exper ience of requiring 19 pints of blood during open heart surgery this spring. The Recreation Committee will present for another vote the recommendation of that committee on the Kelly Prairie, Texas Butte areas. Ron Daniels won the pot. GRAIN PRICES (FOl Lexington does not include warehouse chgs) Soft white wheat 1.531- bu. Hard Red winter wheat 1.51V: bu. Barley 8.75 ton Mayor Proclaims Elks "Youth Week in May Mayor Bill Collins pro claimed (lie first week III May as "KUs Youth W k". Tills Is In lino with a na tionwide week to honor youth of the Nation by tho I Iks I mice. At a luiKmet May 4lh (he IIi'Humt Elks Lodge will name the (toy l Girl Teenager of the Year. In other business at the Council meeting Monday, a building iwrmit was granted Howard Keilhley as contrac tor to remodel the Degree Honor building next to First National Bank. Cost will be $1200. Warren Ploclursky was granted a permit to build a new home for $10,000 In the Lott-Rasmussen 2nd Ad dition. Home will measure 30 X 38 feet. Council discussed proposed underground utility lines to be put In a narrow strip of parking area In the new sub division. Granted Pacific Northwest Bell permit tobury phone lines there. The new subdivision ordi nance No. 383 which had been originally drawn up in 1966 was approved. Full ordinance will be read for final adop tion next Council meeting. Council adopted the com prehensive plan for the City of Heppner as proposed by the engineering firm of Cornell, are of out of town users Hayes, Howland and Merry field. Final reading was done on Commodity Loon Reminder Mode The Morrow County ASC Committee reminds all farm ers that 1971cropgralnloans must be requested by Apr. 30. Extensions for reseal pur poses, and purchase agree ments must be made before May 31. An agreement en ables you to deliver grain to Commodity Credit Corpora tion even though a loan Is not made. Requests for farm stored grain loans should be made early, so that measurement can be completed and the loan made before the deadline. Lonas are available on eli gible Wheat, Barley, Oats, Rye, and Corn, CllUJ, Awards Presented at FFA Banquet The annual Future Farm ers of America award ban quet was an event of Tues. night here. A fine ham din ner was prepared by Mrs. Panter and served by the FHA girls of Heppner. Dinner music on the piano was pro vided by Dianne Mills. Kirk Robinson, chapter treasurer, was banquet chair man and gave the welcome address. Other officers are president, Ted Bellamy; Vice President, Rick Drake; sec retary, Kyle Robinson; repor ter, Carl King; sentinel, Tom Cutsforth; advisor, Hal Whi taker who explained that things are changing in FFA. It Is now coed and has girl members. Master of cere monies was president, Ted Bellamy who Introduced guests. Carl King, made the Chap ter report for 1971 - 72 and, as this year was his final year, he made a touch ing farewell as chapter re porter and photographer. In presenting the awards, Advisor Hal Whitaker was assisted by Greg Duff, state vice president from Pendle ton. Appropriate to the new sta tus of the chapter was award ing the Outstanding first year ag student award, a knife, to Judy Bennett. Kirk Robinson was named Outstanding Senior Ag Stu dent and won the De Kalb Seed Assn. award. Some of the awards are new as FFA keeps pace with the meaningfulness of the chang ing times. Carl King won a plaque from Bank of Eastern Ore. for "Placement in sales & Service". Ke also won an FFA button. Tom Cutsforth won a pla que from Bank of Eastern Ore. and FFA button for "Placement in ag pro duction". The Home Improvement Plaque from the Bank of East ern Ore. and FFA button was awarded to Ted Bellamy. Plaques from the Bank of Eastern Ore. were awarded for Livestock Production to Ted Bellamy, Kyle Robinson and Kirk Robinson. Awards from the National FFA Foundation went to Ted Ordinance No. 381 increas ing the sewer hiK.k up clarge from $50 to $135. Third and final reading was done on Ordinance 381 which vacated a little portion of Cannon Street. A joint meeting of the Coun cil and PUnnlng Commission will U next Monday night. Council discussed new gar bage tli.sHisal cliari'.es to take of the landfill here. New landfill sites are I Ing sought. A discussion was held on the need for cross walks, lights a a real need for slow er traffic speeds at several points here. Slate has a 40 mile an hour limit which Council feels should be alniut 30 MPII near the bridge near the Union Oil Station, Chief of Police Corky Kol khorst said the new patrol man Tom Flanagan, a brotlier of Dave's, Is ah Echo na tive. He had two years of law enforcement at Blue Mountain College. His wages are being paid by a govern ment grant to the City of Heppner. Council discussed use of campers and camp and travel trailers that have been used and are being used as living quarters in Heppner. Council discussed the City policy in regard to boys and eirls drinkinc in cars. In juite a number of cases the boys take the rap and the girls go "scot free", it was reported. Chief Kolkhorst re are referred to Juvenile Court and at that time mat ter is out of the hands of the City of Heppner. auction" launched Planning is underway for the tenth annual auction and barbecue to be . held at Willow's Grange Hall onJune 3. The lone United Church of Christ sponsors this event each year to assist in its community and church pro jects. LindsayKincaldisGen eral chairman. Local res idents are to call Paul Petty john, Merchandise Chairman, for pickup of donated articles. The numbers are 422-7511 weekdays and 422-7232 week ends. Here Rellam for miblic speaking and to Tom Cutsforth, Out standing ag mechanic. Kyle Robinson was awarded the Star Greenhand award of a plaque from First National Bank and an FFA button. The Star Farmer award, for the third year in a row went to Kirk Robinson. It was a plaque from First Na tional Bank and an FFA but ton. Honorary Chapter Farme trophies were awarded to two sets of parents: to Mr. and Mrs. Don Bellamy by Ted Bellamy and to Mr. and Mrs. Don Robinson by Kirk Robin son. Ted Bellamy, a former classmate at Sherman of the State FFA president, Mike Macnab, made the introduc- tion. Mr, Macnab, in his add told of a voung Ala ress baman and his firm belief in FFA, his expectation of a fine future through FFA preparation for farming. He related his own firm faith in rural America. And he told of the goals of FFA, its ideals and inspiration. Mr. Macnab explained that FFA has a bright future for its members if they are will ing to accept opportunities offered and willing to put forth effort and use their will pow er. Honorary members of the Heppner Chapter are Frank Anderson, Everett Harsh man, John Bergstrom, Or ville Cutsforth, Gene Pierce, L.L. Pate, Llewelyn Rob bins, James Allan, Bill Bar ratt, Ebb Hughes, L.H. Rill, Harold Wright, Creston Ro binson, Dick Carpenter, Al Fetsch, Paul Jones, Merritt Gray, Joe Stewart, Harold Erwin, Cornett Green, Bar ton Clark, Garnet Barratt, Dr. James Norene, George Ruggs, Dick Wilkinson, Jim Hager, Alvin Wagenblast, Gene Hall and Donald Ro binson. State Farmers are Gerald Bergstrom, Ron Currin, Bob Stevens, Ned Clark, William Rill, Dean Robinson, John Wagenblast, Steve Wagen blast, Kirk Robinson, Ted Bellamy. And Allen Hughes, Ken Wright and Dave Hall are American Farmers and Dave a State officer.
