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Zoning Ordinance
Hearings Dated
At Monday's Morrow Co.
Planning Commission Meet
ing, it was voted to hold
official hearings on the pro
posed County Zoning Ordi
nance. The first meeting
ill tie at 2 p.m., Wed. Miy
10 at Lexington Grange Hall.
Folks who can't make It to
that meeting probably ran
get up to the meeting at
B oardman's Creen-
Deadline For
Registering
The Supreme Court recent
ly declared Oregon's six
months residency require
ment to register to vote as
unconstitutional.
County Clerk Sadie Par
rish said Monday that only
30-day is required no. Dead
line for registering is April
22 which is a Saturday. The
Clerk's office will be open
that day from 8 a.m. until
8 p.m.
If a resident meets the re
quirements a few days before
the election but after regis
tration has closed, the ad
vice is to go ahead and re
gister If the age and resi
dency requirements are sa
tisfied within the 30 day per
iod t fore the elections.'
Invitational
Track Meet Set
For April 22
The Morrow County Invi
tational Track Meet will be
Apr. 22 held at Riverside
High School. Double 'A'
schools that will compete will
te Wahtonka (The Dalles),
Madras, Milton-Freewater,
Crook County High School
from Prlneville, Stevenson
and White Salmon, Wash
ington. 'A' schools competing will
be Heppner, lone, Condon,
Riverside, Pilot rock, Sher
man County, Arlington, En
terprise, Echo, McEwen, He
lix, and Umatilla.
The winner last year In
the double 'A' bracket was
Stevenson, and Sherman
County won the 'A' division.
May 29 Picnic
Help Needed
Plans are getting under way
for the Morrow County Pio
neer Memorial Day Picnic at
the Fair Pavilion in Heppner
Mon., May 29, at 12 noon.
Mr. and Mrs. Laurence
Becket, chairmen for this
year, are asking various ci
vic and fraternal organiza
tions to help with the affair.
They would also like to ask
anyone interested In helping
or anyone with suggestions
to call them at 676-5374.
jim cutsforth
Grace Drake, Morrow
County Juvinile Department
director, accompanied by
Judy Bennett, Jim Cutsforth
of Heppner High School and
Jerry Hascall and Darrell
Pummel of Riverside High
attended a State Youth Council
meeting in Salem last week.
Jim Cutsforth was elected
one of four vice-presidents
He has the Eastern Oregon
area.
He has been active in the
Morrow County Youth Coun
cil. The council worked to
develop the World of Work
career study day, held this
spring on the BMCC cam
pus and the Family Life Ser
ies being conducted here in
Heppner.
Art Show Set
For Tuesday
Plans are being made for
an Art Show to be held April
25 from 7 until 9 p.m. at
the Heppner Elementary
nulti -purpose room. There
will be student demonstra
tions as well as this year's
art on display. Coffee will
be enjoyed during the infor
mal evening.
HOSPITAL
Patients receiving medical
care at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital are Jason Murray of
Kinzua; KatherinCunningham
of Heppner and Michael La
Faver of Fossil.
Dismissed were James
Marquardt of Lexington;
Jesse Ammons of Mayvllle
and Thomas Blue of Kinzua.
field Grange Hall which mil
be at 7:30 on Friday, May
12th.
Anyone with objections or
suggestions for changes In the
projiosed ordinance mav h
heard at the hearings. This
is In line with State of Ore.
requirements of ORS 215.505
which provides that all un
incorporated lands be sotted,
and (ailing this, that the Gov
ernor's office be required to
sone the land.
If you wish to know
more about the proposed ton
ing, or wish to be heard,
te sure and attend the meet
ings. Irrigon Lions
Sponsor New
Boardman Club
The IrrigonLlonswlll spon
sor a brand new Lions Club
for Boardman, as announced
recently in the G-T. Char
ter night and banquet will be
at 7:30 p.m., Sat., April 29.
The big event will be held
in the Catholic Parish Hall
at 145 S.W. 6th in Hermis
ton. Hardworking Irrigon
Lions also are sponsoring the
New Umatilla Club.
The Charter night was ori
ginally planned to be at the
Irrigon School but big crowd
required a change in place.
Guest speaker will be Past
District Director Alden
Brlggs of Eugene.
lone Lions Club will not
have their regular meeting on
April 24. They are all urged
to attend the Charter Night
on April 29.
lone to Host
American Legion
District Meet
The lone American Le
gion and the American Le
gion Auxiliary will host the
Western half of List. 6 on
Sat. Apr. 22 at the Le
gion hall. The cities being
represented are Pendleton,
Milton-Freewater, Hermis
ton, Athena, Heppner, Mis
sion, and the host city, lone.
Honored guests will be the
state president, Mrs. Ches
ter Lloyd, Springfield, and the
state commander, RonDrees
zen, Portland.
A pot luck dinner will
begin at 6:30 with a busi
ness meeting following. All
members are urged to attend
the state officers visitation,
Irrigon Folks
Cut Asparagus
Mrs. Willard Miller
started cutting asparagus
April 12, In their 8 acre
field. While the wind, cold
weather and the cutworms
have been a threat to the ten
der vegetable, a good crop
is anticipated.
While Mr. Miller works
away from home through the
week Evelyn Miller cares for
the crop with a crew of 6
or 7 house wives. The as
paragus is taken to Walla
Walla where It is produced
by the Birds Eye Plant.
Jack Sumner
At State Demo
Convention
JACK SUMNER who is seek
ing the Democratic nomina
tion as State Representative
from District No. 55, attend
ed the State Democratic Con
vention in Klamath Falls last
week. He served on the Ru
ral Oregon committee. Also
attending from Morrow
County were Judge and Mrs.
Paul Jones and Lyle Peck.
Judge Jones and Mr. Peck
served as the Fiscal & Mone
tary committee.
Nurses' Aide
Course
Begins April 24
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
is planning a two week Nur
se's Aide training program
for aides to work in Pioneer
Memorial Hospital either on
a full time or a part time
basis.
This program is planned to
begin April 24, 1972. Any
one interested, please contact
the hospital before April 23,
1972.
If s sew your sping outfit
time. Sell your extra sew
Ing machine now!!
89th Year
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Heppner, Oregon
Little League
The South Morrow Little
League has Its final tryouts
last Saturday and teams were
chosen up.
The three teams are now
practicing under their coach
es guidance. Harley Sager
and Marv. Sumner coach the
Dodgers; Tom Wilson and
Glen Ward coach the Bra
ves; Dan McBride and Larry
Heath coach the Giants.
The first Little League ga
mes will be held on Sat.
May 6.
Family Tour
This Sunday
As Glen Ward announced
last week, there will be a
family-type tour of the north
erly portion of Texas Butte
and of the Rhea Creek water
shed for 6 hours this Sun
day. Those touring will ob
serve the results of logging
and become aware of some of
the area's geological pheno
mena. The tour will be conducted
by the Marrow County Pistol
the Rifle Club. They sug
gest that 4-Wheel drive ve
hicles are best this time of
the year and hopefully expect
there will be enough riding
space for all the folks who
turn out.
This will be a sack-lunch
occasion. The tour group
hopes to depart from Anson
Wright Park about 10:00. The
tourists will gather at Bull
Prairie Park for lunch about
noon. Del Piper is the Rifle
Club president.
Del Piper
Is Lex Postmaster
Lynn Ranney, U.S. Sect.
Center Mgr. forEasternOre
gon for the U.S. Post Office
has announced agreement has
been reached with Del Piper
to continue the postal faci
lity at his store premises in
Lexington.
Mr. Piper was only bidder
and a settlement was negoiat
ed $4400. A change in the
service is effective Apr, 22
as window service at the sta
tion will be discontinued on
Sat. mornings.
Wheeler Talks
On Water
LEXINGTON Chris Whe
eler, state engineer, will
speak at 7:30 p.m. April
24 in the Lexington Grange
hall on the critical water
areas in the northern Mor
row and West Umatilla County
areas.
Wheeler will appear In a
program sponsored by the Columbia-Blue
Mountain Re
source and Conservation Dis
trict. Psychiatrist
tells skills
Those who have attended
Family Life Series Session
I and II have found them
different and stimulating. At
the April 12 sessionDr. John
ston, psychiatrist of the Umatilla-Morrow
County Mental
Health Clinic, explained com
munication skills for active
listening. In an effort to as
certain another persons feel
ings, he suggests three steps:
paraphrase, perception test
their feelings, direct expres
sion of your own feelings and
behavior description.
He urged members of the
audience to search for missed
perceptions: attitudinal,
visual and auditory.
Meeting
Birdine Tullis, extension
aide from Heppner, announc
ed that John Matthews of
O.S.U. will hold a meeting
in Heppner May 5 at 2 p.m.
regarding a recycling pro
gram in Morrow County and
surrounding areas.
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97836, Thursday, April 20, 1972
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Following Congressman Al L'llman's talk here
Friday these four posed for a quick picture
before taking off for Boardman: Jack Sum
ner, who has filed for State Representative
School district
Openings Listed
mere are a number of
positions still open in the
Morrow County School Dist
rict. Sup't. Ron Daniels said
at the Monday night school
board meeting that he was
very close to filling the va
cancies and had several ap
plicants for each position.
He hopes to have them fill
ed by the May meeting of
the board. Vacancies include
principal, lone; 4th grade,
lone; band, Heppner; Spanish
social studies, Heppner; Eng
lish - typing, Heppner;
5th ii 6th grade, A.C. Hou
ghton. Contracts were approved
for Carol Sue Jones to teach
2nd grade, Heppner Elemen
tary; John Weddle, Band at
Riverside and Barbara Tal
ley, Girls PE & English at
lone, Monday night.
Two adjustments were
made. Dennis McKay is
transferring to Riverside as
Counselor. He has his mas
ters in Counseling and want
ed to have more time in
this field. Dean Naffziger
steps in as head football
coach and JV basketball
coach at Heppner High.
He will drop coaching 7th
grade basketball, assistant
football coach and track
coach at Heppner High.
Irrigon Sets
Up Budget
The Budget Commit
tee apprived a 1972-73 fis
cal budget for the City of
Irrigon in the amount of $28,
847 at a session Thurs. night.
Tne general fund require
ments total $6,600, State sup
ported Street fund, $3,625
and
500
Water Department $5,
Remainder of the total
involves reserve and debt,
service funds. The required
taxds are within the 6 per
cent limitation so no election
will be required. A hearing
is scheduled on the approved
budget for May 9.
MR. AND MRS. RAYMOND
MAYNARD were in Fresno,
Ca. for spring vacation visit
ing her folks, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Anderson. Mrs. May
nard remained for a longer
visit.
Last Saturday her folks
brought her to Heppner. Both
Mr. and Mrs. Maynard plan
to attend school this summer.
Mr. Maynard will work on
his masters at EOC. She will
go to Fresno State to finish
her degree in Radio-TV .
Attention
Masons
Annual Scholarship Banquet
tbnight--6 p.m. (April 20
All Masons Invited.
WEATHER
BY DON GILLIAM
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Wednesday 48 31
Thursday
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Friday
61 34
57 40
48 34
45 28
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Pita
Two members of the Hep
pner High staff returned
their contracts unsigned.
David Conn who has been
teaching Spanish-Social Stu
dies and David Mann, band.
The board approved calling
for bids on a 12 passenger
panel. They also approved
the purchase of a good used
pickup for $2,000 or less
Bids are not required for
purchase under $2,000. Mr.
Daniels, Dan Daltoso and Irv
Rauch will serve on the pur
chase committee. The new
pickup will be used at Ri
verside and the one presently
in use at Riverside will come
to Heppner as the grounds
pickup.
Maurine McElligott was
hired for her 3rd year as
lone swimming pool mana
ger. Easements were granted
Columbia Basin for the over
head line serving Heppner
High School and the under
ground line serving the Lott
Rasmussen addition.
Mr. Daniels reviewed the
Title III application for the
Speech Therapy program for
Morrow County which is a
pilot program for the state.
It will be implemented by
Dennis McKay at Riverside.
The 21 week course is de
signed to increase desire oi
students for speech correc
tion. Speech class members
will work in the area as
aides. No district funds are
involved. The request is for
a grant of $3,000 which in
cludes the purchase of some
equipment.
Jane Rawlins gave the eva
luation of the recent Envir
onmental Awareness study,
the goals of which were to
provide and accomplish some
meaningful learning and to
provide another method of
learning as opposed to the tra
ditional class routine. For
the most part the students
and teachers found it stimu
lating and worthwhile. In the
event that a similar week is
planned for next year, other
studies may be on careers,
political awareness or The
Arts.
In the Superintendent's re
port, Mr. Daniels reported on
survey sheets to indicate how
people feel about the long
range planning.
The OEA dinner to honor
the retiring teachers will be
held May 1 at 6 p.m. at
Heppner High School. The
regional meeting of the Ore
gon Board of Education will
be held April 21 at 9 a.m.
at BMCC. To be discussed
are the high school gradua
tion changes, data processing
and vocational education.
Riverside andHeppnerHigh
School have received a fully
accredited rating from the
Northwest Assn' of Secondary
and High Schools. They both
received favorable comments
on their curriculum.
Announcements: Oregon
Small Schools program Apr.
24 at Riverside High School.
Board members are invited.
No school that day. Annual
school directors election May
1. Next regular board meet
ing will be May 15 at 8
p.m. at the District Office.
HEPPNER
-TIMES
from District 55, Judge Paul Jones, the Con
gressman and Dewey West who has filed to
succeed himself on the Port of Morrow
board.
ANGLERS STAG NIGHT at
Heppner Lodge BPOE April
27.
Prizes. Drawing for the Ter
rain cycle. Deep fat fried
prawn feed 6:30 p.m.
Heppner P. O.
Time Change
Postmaster Jim Driscoll
has announced a change here
at the Heppner Post Office.
Window service on Sat. will
be from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m.
effective April 22.
Rummage Sale
Gives Help
To Kindergarten
The semi-annual rummage -and
bake sale sponsored by
the Heppner Civic League will
be held this Friday and Sat
urday at the fairgrounds pavi
lion. The proceeds from this
sale go to support the Hep
pner Kindergarten.
The sale begins both days at
8:00 a.m. and closes at 6:00
p.m.
A baked food sale will be
held both Friday and Satur
day, '
Marie Struthers is serving
as chairman for the Spring
Sale with Arletha Brannon as
co-ordinating chairman. For
those people who are unable
to walk that distance, a tran
sportation service will be
provided. The number to
call during rummage sale
hours for a ride is 676
9474. Snow Survey
A snow survey was held
recently by Dale Boner and
Rudy Bergstrom, Snow depth
at Arbuckle Snow Course was
24.3 inches. It was 31.2
in. at this time last year.
Water content was 12.1 and
last year it was 11.6 with an
average of 11.3 for 1953
1967. Up at Lucky Strike the snow
depth was 48.5 in. and last
year it measured 38.6 in. Wa
ter content was 19.0 and last
year it was 12.4 withanaver
age of 13.6 during the per
iod 1953-1967.
The lads reported there was
72 inches of snow on the
top of Arbuckle Mountain.
Powder Snow
Four inches of new pow
der brought smiles to the
skiiers at Arbuckle last week
end. Skiing was at its best
and surprising because Spout
Springs shut down several
weeks ago due to lack of
snow. Arbuckle may not be
as sophisticated as some ski
resorts with only a rope tow,
but the skiing this year
has been superb. Enthusiasts
are hoping to get the course
ready earlier next year and
ski from November until May.
Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Nash
accompanied by Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Connor and their three
children travelled to Beaver
ton the weekend of April 8.
They visited at the home of
the Nash's youngest daughter
and family, Mr. and Mrs.
Bob Parsons to help Terry
Lee Parsons celebrate her
ninth birthday on Apr. 9.
Number 9
folT InlySDIiilD
In a letter to the Clam
ber of Commerce, Alan Nis
tad, made an eloquent plea for
harmony within the com
munity and an earnest plea
for housing for the men com
ing to work in the new ve
neer plant. Kinzua will fi
nance the mobile homes for
their workmen. Their big-
Barney Sets
New Record
Barney Marshall, a senior
at Heppner High School, set
a new high school track re
cord at Pilot Rock April 17.
He put the shot 48 feet 5
inches, to beat the old record
by 16 inches. He also took
first place in the Javelin and
discus.
Also earning honors for
Heppner were Ted Bellamy,
second In the javelin, and
long Jump; Bruce Bergstrom,
fourth in the shot, and first
in the 440; Mike Bergstrom,
tie for third in the high jump,
and fourth in the high and
low hurdles; John Sumner,
third in the 880; Charlie Sum
ner fourth in the 220; Craig
Munkers, first In the high
hurdles, and second in the
low hurdles; and Luke Pad
berg, third in the mile and
third in the two mile.
Pilot Rock was the over
all winner of the meet. lone
High School also competed.
Tom Flanagan Is
New City Police
Thomas A. Flanagan is the
new member of the city po
lice force. He has com
pleted two years at BMCC
in Police Science.
He is a native east Ore
gonian and is the son of
Mrs. Dorothy Flanagan of
Echo. He enjoys sports, any
thing outdoors, hunting and
fishing. He has been playing
with the Jaycees Basketball
team.
NO SCHOOL MONDAY
No School for students of
Morrow County on Monday,
April 24. Teachers will at
tend the Oregon Small Scho
ols program at Riverside
High School at Boardman. The
Inservice training is entitl
ed "Steps towards Greater
Individuality". Schools par
ticipating include Arlington,
Condon, Heppner, lone, A.C.
Houghton, Riveside and
Sherman County Schools.
Port of Morrow
Holds Down Taxes
The Port of Morrow mat
with the Port Budget Commi
ttee, Roy Lindstrom, Paul
Tews, Vernon Russell, Ho
ward Bryant and Larry Mills,
and set the tax levy for 1972
73 as $29,750, being 33 cents
per $1,000 of true cash val
ue. This levy is the same as
Pink House in Lex
Damaged by Fire
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Reed
who own "the pink house"
in Lexington are sick at heart
at the fire damage to their
nearly completed home. Mrs.
Reed and her mother, Mrs.
Frank Ritchey of Milton
Freewater have spent long
hours planning and remodel
ing the marvelous older
home. They added a bath
and kitchen. The former
kitchen became the master
bedroom with walk-in ward
robe. They added paneling
throughout, a patio and stor
age areas.
They had the rooms ready
for the wall-to-wall carpeting,
the counters ready for the for
mica and renters ready to
move in.
The fire broke out Friday
morning. The extent of the
fire damage will not be known
until the insurance adjusters
have completed their inspection.
Grain Prices
)fob Lexington does not
Includ warehouse chgs)
Courtesy MCGG
Soft white
wheat 1.60', bu.
Red Wheat l.SZVjbu,
48 50 ,on
gest need Is a mobile bom
court. President Ed Dirk re
ferred the problem to the
Housing Committee.
Dick Sargent announced the
meeting of the Community
Survey committee on Apr. 26
a 7:30 p.m. at Bank of East
ern Oregon conference room.
They will be meeting with a
representative of OSU to hear
more about the questionnaire
that is being considered.
The Chamber voted to re
consider the recent stand
taken in regard to Texas
Butte and Kelly Prairie study
for possible inclusion in the
"wilderness areas".
The matter will come up
for a vote at the Apr. 24
meeting so that written tes
timony may be submitted to
the Forest Service before the
deadline.
Weather program was pre
sented by two meteorologists
from the Weather Bureau,
Jim Wakefield from Port
land and Glenn Lee from Pen
dleton. The weather bureau has
taken to computers for
weather forecasting. The
computer in Maryland is the
largest one built. The out
put back here establishes a
pretty good pattern for wea
ther forecasting.
Mr. Wakefield said, "As
yet we haven't a sophisticat
ed system to pin down local
ized storms such as those
that plague this area during
the summer months." The
net includes stations at
Baker, LaGrande, Pendleton
and Walla Walla which are all
quite a distance from Hep
pner. He told how they follow
storms and can with some
fair degree of accuracy pro
vide this area with a Flash
Flood Watch but by the time
an Alert could be sounded,
it's here. One phone in
the Portland office leads to
all Civil Defense offices.
They receive all kinds of
maps, and charts every few
hours to forecast the weather.
This includes surface maps,
satellite charts, prognostic
charts and radar coverage.
Chris Wheeler state water
engineer will speak at the
April 24 meeting of the Hep
pner Morrow County Cham
ber of Commerce at the Wa
gon Wheel.
TICKETS are available at
the door for "No, No, A
Million Times No", showing
April 22 at 8 p.m. at the
lone Cafetorlum.
The dress rehearsal will
be held Friday for the lone
Elementary students.
the levy for the current year.
Since the formation of the
Port District, the commis
sion and budget committees
have never taken the added
6 percent Increase as allow
ed, and in recent years have
not levied the full amount of
the tax base.
Port properties, through te
nants, will pay county taxes
exceeding $13,000 in the next
tax year under Oregon's
leasehold law.
Income from the Port's
4,100 acre waterfront is
starting and it will increase
in the years ahead.
The Port has a fund to ac
quire development sites any
where in the county, build
rail spurs and develop water
and other utilities.
President Garland Swanson
was elected budget chairman
and Shirley Zielinski budget
secretary.
In its regular meeting the
commission recommended
zoning of the lands for the
Morrow County Planning
Commission and adopted Or-'
dinance No. 1-1972 establish
ing a wharf line fronting two
and one quarter miles of the
Port waterfront lands. They
also discussed electric utility
easements and a report was
given on the orderly Navy
move.
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