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1 1 B F Aft Y u or 0 F V 1 C N , on r 07403 MtJ'I'NtirS CENTENNIAL Insignia will soon such thiius as Sheepskin Scrip, pressure sensitive U Ms for letters and envelopes, burner strips, and little More window signs. The Centennial Committee plans meeting next Wed. evening at tlie courthouse at 7:30. REGISTRATIONS The IB year old registra tions may t the main cause for the increase In regis trations in Marrow County. County Clerk Sadie Parrlsh said "When the poll books Hospital Needs Ambulance Drivers At Thursday's Pioneer Me morial Hospital board meet ing, a dire need for ambu lance drivers was brought out. Much time has been purely donated to the cause for some years. However, It Is difficult to have the ambulance manned on week ends and the board would very much like to obtain some volunteer drivers. If this is not possible, It was stated it may be necessary to dls ' continue ambulance services here. The sprinkler system has been completed at a cost of $4387. The system has pipes painted a light color making it quite unobtrusive. Room rates are $50. Pates in Pendleton hospitals start at $55. The State Board of Health requires more dishwasher capacity in the kitchen. Bob Lowe displayed a draw ing of a new sign to be placed on the lawn to identify the hospital. He is donating the sign. Mr. Lowe said he had kept close track of coal costs. During the coldest weather it cost 24 cents an hour to heat the building. Year around average cost is $5 a day. A retirement program was briefly discussed. Hospital employees are not covered oy the County retirement pro gram. Just getting them into the program would require a cash investment of about $11,000 which they do not have. Open House for Hatfield Those wishing to meet and talk with Senator Mark Hat field are invited to Open House at the Old Depot at Boardman on May 6 from 12:30 to 1:30. Hostesses are Mrs. Dewey West and Mrs. Rupert Kennedy. Irrigon Marina Work Starts Slmes Construction Co. of Kennewick began construe tion on enlarging the marina in the Irrigon Park on the Columbia River. The boat basin will be dredged out 100 feet back, to have a protected boat basin, from wind dam age. . The Irrigon Park is one of five park facilities being de veloped by Simes, under one contract for the Corps of Engineers. It Is expected by the park board that a picnic area and rest rooms will be developed 'his summer. Eventually mere will be lawn, a bar beque area, stoves and a pro tected shelter. At this time it is not known Just when these will be completed. Under ground sprinklers will be installed on the Little League baseball field that has a good stand of grass on it this year. ' A back-stop is still needed, but Little League Dads hope to have It In shape to use this season Harley Young as Co-op manager The Board of Directors as manager of the Coopera- of Columbia Basin Electric tive. Mr. Young has con- Cooo Inc regret toannounce sented to continue as mana- tZ they have received the ger on a part time basis un- reslgnatlon because of ill til the board has selected a health of Harley B. Young ne manager. UP III COUNTY closed last Sat. night, there were 1213 registered Demo crats, 1016 Republicans, 69 others for a total of 2298." At the time of the last presidential primary In 19G8 there were 1117 Democrats registered, 1018 Republicans and 31 others for a total of 216C. First Ploy Day Winners Listed Winners in the Cops Bar rels were: six years and under-1 Ann Murray, 2 Brid get Greenup; 7, 8, and 9 years-1 Janice Steagall, 2 Tony Currln 3 Ann Van Schoiaek;10, 11, and 12 years 1 David Steagall, 2 Maureen Healy, 2 Krynn Robinson, tied, 3 Janice Healy, 4 Cindy Doherty; 13 to 17 years old- 1 Joan Healy, 2 Pay Daly. 2 Mary Healy. tied, SSherrle Kemp, 4 M chele tvans; to and over-1 Erna Lynn Win chester, 2 S A. GaUiher, 3 Craig Munkers, 4 M.-rlyn Robinson, 4 Van Schoiack tied. Poles: six years and under- 1 Steve Currln; 7, 8, and 9 years-Uanice Steagall, 2 Anita Palmer, 3 Ann Van. Schoiack, 4 Tony Currin; 10, 11, and 12 years-1 Maureen Healy, 2 Cindy Doherty, 3 Krynn Robinson, 4 Jan ice Healy; 13 to 17 year olds 1 Tim Daly, 2 Joan Healy, 3 Michelle Evans, 4 John Healy; 18 and overs-1 Pat Doherty, 2 Merlyn Robinson, 3 Bob Steagall, 4 Bruce Bergstrom. Sack Race: 7,8, and 9 year olds-1 Jo Lynn Daly, 2 Nan cy Miller, 3 Mike Currln. Rings: 10, 11, and 12 year olds-1 Dave Steagall, 2 Maureen Healy, 2 Janice Healy, 4 Cindy Doherty; 13 to 17 years old-Kyle Rob inson, 2 Patty Daly, 2 Da vid Daly, tied, 3 Barry Mun kers, 4 Judy Healy; 18 and over--l S.A. Galliher, 2 Craig Munkers, 3 Pat Doherty, 4 Kite Healy. Optional Race which was chosen by the committee and was a Scurry race: 7, 8. and 9 years 1 Ann Van Schoiack, 2 Tony Currin, 3 Janice Steanall, 4 Anita Pal mer; 10, 11, and 12' s-1 Janice Healy, 2 Miureen Healy and David Steagall, tied, 3 Krynn Robinson, 4 Marie Van Schoiack; 13 to 17 year olds- 1 Joan Healy, 2 John Healy, 2 Patricia Hughes, tied, 3 Barry Mmkers, 4 Sherrle Kenn, 4 Patricia Van Schoiack, t i ed; 18 and ovi 1 Criag Munkers, 2 Kite Healy, 2 S.A. Galliher, tied, 3 Jack Wright, 4 Merlyn Rob inson. EMPLOYMENT The Employment office will provide career information, counseling, and aptitude test ing for clients interested in vocational exploration, train ing, and apprenticeshipappll cations. Recently, George M. John ston Area Extension Agent, and Ron Barnick, Employ ment Counselor held "Job Finding" classes in Spray, Fossil and Moro. On Thurs., April 20, Ron Barnick gave a presentation about "Employment Ser vices" to combined Social Studies classes at Heppner High School. Grace Buschke slipped on the. gravel and fell Friday evening at her home. She has been in Pioneer Me morial Hospital. Resigns Dron in Water Level May 1 Vf 89th Year THE GAZETTE-TIMES T. r Heppner, vregww i w-w, Boardman Bank Boordman's Lions Club Chartered Boardmnn's brand new Lions Club will be officially chartered - as will a new Umatilla club - when Lions gather at 7:30 p.m. at Her miston Sat. evening. The new clubs are spon sored by the busy Irrigon Lions. The banquet and charter night are to be held in the Catholic Parish Hall, Her miston,atl45S.W. 6th Gene Trumlwll Is the first president of the new club. School Vote Set May 1 At least one candidate has filed for each opening on the Morrow County School and the various advisory com mittee positions. Only one position will be contested and that Is for the Heppner posi tion on the Heppner-Lexlng-ton advisory committee where Mrs. Merlyn Robinson and Mrs. Judy Bus chke have both filed petitions as candidates. Jack Sumner and Pauline Winter, incumbent board members, have both filed to succeed themselves as re presentatives for Zone V and VI on the Morrow County School Board. In other advisory commit tee positions the following candidates will be running un opposed: Heppner-Lexlngton; Ronald Haguewood and Virgi nia Grieb. lone; John Ed wards. Boardman-Irrigon; Kenneth Broadbent, Gayle Shoemaker, and John Mat thews. The election will be held on Monday, May 1, 1972. from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the usual school polling sites. Absentee ballots will be available at the District Of fice in Lexington for those unable to vote on Mav 1 at their usual polling place. Applications for absentee bal lots may be obtained byphon ing Lexington, 989-8123. lone Lions Hare Election RAY BOYCE The lone Lions Club re cently elected new officers. The new president is Ray Boyce. 1st vice-president is Don Heliker; 2nd vice-president, John Jepsen; 3rd vice president, Darrell James. Lion Tamer is Charles O' Connor; Tail Twister, Herb Ekstrom, Jr.; Secretary treasurer, Bill Siewert. Dir ectors for two years, Robert Drake and Don Bristow. Herb Ekstrom was appoint ed as chairman of the instal lation committee. This event will be announced soon. TIME CHANGE SUNDAY Daylight Saving Time starts Sunday at 2 a.m. When we go to bed Sat. night, we'll set Seth Thomas ahead one hour. ThiirdHav. ADfil THE CENTENNIAL LOOK, to the look! I Ifcr r- TV 1 COUNTY BUDGET MEET IS SET The budget is a great Item of concern for the County Court at this time. They anticipate keeping the budget within the 6 percent limita tion. The next budget meet ing will be held May U at 9 a.m. Don Kenyon from the Local Budget Division will attend to talk new budget procedures. There have been some changes in forms and the printing of summaries. One form of economy may be the deletion of predator control funds. On April 19, the Court ac cepted the bid of Groves Construction for an office counter for the County Clerk's office at a cost of $550. Sheriff John Mollohan dis cussed with the Court, the urgent need for an auxiliary gas tank for one of the de puty s pickups. He asked the court to consider a tank and tool box combination that could be purchased locally". The sheriff felt the auxiliary Urban Guest At Sr. Boys Dinner Approximately 60 guests were in attendance at the Ma sonic Dinner for Senior boys and faculty Thurs. evening April 20. Karl Urban of Blue Moun tain Community College was guest speaker for the even ing and covered the topic of Environmental Awareness. Bob Kelly acted as Master of Ceremonies andGeorgeSi monson is Worshipful Master of the Heppner Masons. The baked hamvdinner was provided by the Eastern Star ladies and served by the Rain bow Girls. Mark Hatfield Coming Wednesday Senator Mark. Hatfield will be in Heppner at 3:30 on Fri. May 5. He would ae pleas ed to have folks come to the Wagon Wheel to visit with him during an informal coffee time. WEATHER BY DON GILLIAM Hi Low Prec. Wednesday 59 25 Thursday $0 35 Friday 50 39 .02 Saturday 55 29 Sunday 64 27 Monday 61 39 .14 Tuesday 55 35 27, 1972 : - i Sets Open House Saturday rr TV " " u I J n:'' J Mrs. Dennis Doherty adds tank was necessary and the additional feature of the lock ed tool box was beneficial. Flares and tools could be stored here. The court discussed the possible use of civil defense tank's or an oil drum as substitutes. Pomona to Be At Rhea Creek Pomona Grange Is to be held Sat. at Rhea Creek Grange Hall, starting at 10 a.m. There will be a dinner at noon. The program at 2 p.m. will feature a talk by Jack Sumner, candidate for the Le gislature. He will talk on the Governor's tax proposal aud how it will affect bor row County schools. This program ?.s open to the pub lic. Second Tour Announced For those who missed the tour of the proposed Wilder ness area last Sat., another tour will be offered. The group will meet this Sat., April 29 at 10;00 a.m. at Anson Wright Park. The tour will last approximately six hours. Employment Listing JOB OPENINGS-At present the following job openings are listed with the Extension-employment office, Heppner: Bin builders for the lone area, a permanent, year-round farm job, carpenter's help er, carpenter, waitress, per son with farm experience to plow, domestic worker, jani torial job(parttime), and yard work jobs for interested youth. Please contact the ex tension office when looking for people with the following work experiences: office workers( typing, bookkeep ing, filing, etc J salespeople, service station attendant, mill workers, truck drivers, babysitters, bartenders - we have a graduate of BMCC who would like to do typing in her home. WRANGLERS have a regu lar meeting scheduled for May 2 at the Fairgrounds Dormitory, at 8:00 p.m. LINCOLN NASH underwent major surgery Monday at St. Anthony's Hospital. Cut Number of - HEPPNER . . Merchants Offer Money Savers to All Heppner retailers have gone all out to offer big bargains this weekend during the annual Mwnlight Sale. Some prices are for 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday night, Apr. 28. Some are good Thurs., Fri. and Sat. Ads do offer genuine bargains and all are cordially Invited to please carefully study the ads, come on into the stores and look over these good buys. Court has pics taken Thp members of the Mor row County Fair and Rodeo Court had their formal pic tures taken last Sat. on Dick Wilkinson's ranch. The hand some rail fence and the grove of poplar trees served as the background for their pic tures. Pictures were taken with their horses and on the rail fence as a group and as In dividuals. Also present were Cou: chairman, Pat O'Brien and chaperon Mrs. Bob Peterson. Clista Venard the other chap eron was not able to be pre sent. Dates are: Fair August 22-25 and Rodeo, August 26- 27. Note to New Scholars Will you 1972-73 first grad ers please bring a parent or two to the multi-purpose room of the Elementary School at 10:00 a.m.,. Tues.,, May 4? you should check your birth day, is it before or on Nov. 15? You must be six years old by that date to come to school next fall. Teachers and the principal will talk with you and your parents and give you infor mation and explanations about your first schooling. Parents with kindergarten children and those whose children have not come to kin dergarten are uged to attend. Firemen Take 16 Hour Course Heppner Firemen who com pleted a 16 hour course in reading and computing radio activity were Clyde AUstott Tom Wilson, Gary M-inkers, Ed Yeoman, Bob Hager and Forrest Burkenbine. The class met twice a week for four weeks. Children's Pictures Taken in Color trnr manv vears the Ga zette Times has been running a pictorial feature of the youngsters in this area as "Citizens of Tomorrow." In the near future we will again be publishing free a picture of all children who are brought by their parents or other gua dian to the following places: HEPPNER - Sat. May 6, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Lib rary Room City Hall. IONE - Mon. May 8, 1 to 6 p.m. at The American Le gion Hall. BOARDMAN - Tues. May 9, 1 to 6 p.m. at the Grange Hall. LIVING COLOR An expert children's photo grapher will take the pictures to assure uniform qualityand size for best reproduction .. and this year will be taken in natural living Color. Please dress your children colorfully to take full advan tage of the beauty of Color photography. The pictures will run in black and white in the newspaper. NO COST TO PARENTS There are absolutely no strings to this invitation nor are there any charges to the Number 10 The Boardman branch of Inland Empire Bank has everything In readiness for the Open House theyare plan ning for Sat. Apr. 29 from 1 to 4 p.m. The grand tour will Include refreshments. Marty McDowell, branch manager, extends a cordial Invitation to everyone to come see the new bank home. The bank first housed In a mobile home moved a few weeks ago into the new building. HEPPNER TV SETS ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of the Heppner TV Inc will be held May 9 at 8 p.m. at the Bank of Eastern Oregon conference room. There is one board vacancy to be filled. Financial report will be made. All mem bers are invited to attend. Heppner Post To Meet Monday Heppner American Legion and Auxiliary will meet May 1 at 7 p.m. for a Joint fam ily potluck supper at the Le gion Hall. Separate meetings will follow. Plans' will be made for Poppy Day, state convention, Boys and Girls State delegates selection, Memorial Day observation. Sand Slow Gets SWCD Attention A joint meeting was held with the Boardman and the Heppner Soli & Water Con servation Districts. A prin cipal topic was the very ser ious problem of sand blow ing in new land that has been broken. They discussed such pos sibilities as to form a blow control district similar to the nna In the Lexineton area; and, or the possibility of the districts to adopt land use regulations to have some con trol over timing of crop ro tations and the time of year they break it out. Both districts plan closely working together In a big ef fort to solve the problem. OIL SPILLED Officer Bert Corbin noticed that someone had run into an oil barrel behind Hamlin's Tavern about 1:30 yesterday morning. The oil pipe was severed and oil ran all over the alley and down Into the street creating a fire hazard. Fire Chief Forrie brought over the truck, poured many gallons of foam on It. parents ... tney uo nui uc tn be subscribers or even readers of this newspaper to participate. Neither are the parents obligated to pur chase any of the Color pic tures taken. Those who might desire Color photographs may obtain them by making arrange ments with the Studio Re presentative when they se lect the pose they wish to see printed in the Gazette Times. There is no age limit and older children and family groups are especially welcome. APPOINTMENTS Appointments may be made by calling HEPPNER - Mrs. Dennis Toney at 676-9407, IONE - Mrs. Dennis McKay at 422-7559, and BOARDMAN - Mary Lee Malow at 481 4685. While appointments are not necessary to have your child ren photographed It could avoid your having to wait. Check this date on your cal ender now and help us make this a memorable community feature. Photography will be handled by Woltz Studios. Inc. Wells vrr'T soy tans mnyt u.t.it. env twana nrnv b manufactured to look and last like meat and otner substitutions are common Chris Wheeler of the State Engineers office told the Chamber of Commerce Mon. that no substitute for water has been found. Water can't be destroyed, he said and the amount of water Is essentially theme, but In changing forms, Ice, snow, glaciers, streams, lakes and oceans. The ground water however Is an unknown factor. It Isn't measurab le. Processes are being per fected that may provide a rea sonable Inference of the ground water supply. In regards to the under ground water supply, Oregon operates on a different phil osophy tlan the southwest part of the country. In the southwest they operate as on a mining operation using up the ground water supply. With the supply, they plan tobulld up a civilization that will ""ball" them out when it Is used up. In Oregon the theory U not to take more out than goes In. In 1965 the Ord nance Area 12 x 15 miles was declared a critical area. Later the Butter Creek area south of the Ordnance area was declared a critical ground water area. Ranchers who Invest a great sum of money in Irrigation wells and pump Installations should be protected from hav ing it taken away. Develop ments shouldn't be permit ted that would deprive the farmer from a reasonable chance of paying back his In vestment. Wells In this area are dropping 30 feet a year. Mr. Wheeler was uncertain whet her this would level out or continue to drop. These wells are over-drafted in that more is taken out than is flowing In. "This may necessitate that some wells be shut down or shift irrigation to ano ther well", he said. "This may be necessary to maintain a stable level of water to protect the user." More data with measuring devices and further studies will precede the public hear ings before a Declaration or der will be given. There are 45 wells in the Ordnance area that are mea sured on a periodic basis. He said " recharging wells Is not as simple as it sounas. "Willow Creek Dam wouldn't make any significant change in the ground water level." ; Bob Jepsen- Bob Jepsen was named Mor row county Father of the Year by Mrs. Merlin Hughes, Cow belles president. His name was contributed by the Epis copal Youth group. The pre pared portfolio will be sub mitted in the state contest for the state Father of the Year contest. He will be the guest of honor at a steak barbecue In June. Mayor Bill Collins said he had word from Senator Bob Packwood's office that there would be a hearing on the Willow Creek Dam on May 10. He suggested letters be sent from the Chamber, City and County stating their posi tions on the dam. Dick Sargent announced those working on the survey questionalre would meetApr. 26 with representatives from the Extension service. The Housing committee is pursuing its efforts to find a location for a mobile court to provide accommoda tions for people moving to Heppner. The area between the high school and Ed La Trace's home may be avai lable. : D O Nelson won the pot. Chamber of Commerce members voted to reverse their decision regarding the Texas Butte andKelly Prairie areas and recommended that they not be included as study areas for possible in clusion in the Wilderness preservation System. Coach Resigns Coach Bob Clough Indicated Tuesday he would ask the school board to release him from the last year of a 3 year contract at Heppner High. He has been offered the athletic directorship at Albany. Grain Prices (FOB Lexington does not include warehouse chgs) Courtesy MCGG Soft white wheat 1.65'2bu. Red wheat 1.52V2bu. Barley No Bid
