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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
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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.