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Dave Harrison new Co-op Mgr. 89th Year (Continued from P( I, I trt Section) ytniriitrtt member ol a family which u thai active it bound lit he very rliiinif to tm grade m hi hrrr Mr Harrison spent a couple of dt U Hl'tHMY being interviewed anil houxr humiiitf and waivrry Mlndied with the town and it niei inmuui la become a part of our community. THE frV HEPPNER Final Dand Practice is Friday Thin li the payoff trrk fur the Centennial Band and Director Rob IVSpain ay. "They will he proud of them-n-Uf They have come a long wavs " lliere have been many hour in practice. tlrivin and planning by the band mem ber They' will Justify their time this Saturday at the parade Many unexpected players have come to practice this past week mi the membership is somewhere between W and 50 and varies every practice The last practice will be August 25 at Heppner High School at 8 p m for drummers and 8 M for all band mem bers Saturday morning the band will meet at IS sharp at the Grade School band room for a short practice and warm up Then go to the area of the Northwestern Motel for the beginning of the parade thrector Hob has this to say, "I would hke to thank various groups and people for their help and cooperation and con ciliation to this ellort Among them are the llepitner Ga zette Times, The Mor row County School board and Superintendent Hon Daniels. lm Cole, Jim Hier. tab Daggett, Kandall IVterson, Members of the Chamber of Commerce Buggies Hovee Insurance and each mdiv idual who is pla ing in the Heppner Centennial 'olunteer Band A Bit; THANK Vol'" Bob IVSpain Jr gazette-tim; Heppner, Oregon 97S36 Thursday, August 24, 1972 Number 27 Col. Connell answers Willow Creek Questions Chamber Float takes another First The lleppner Morrow Coun ty Chamber ol Commerce float took another first last weekend This tune at the Wheeler County Fair at Fos sil The pink and white and gold production lor lleppner's Centennial will be seen by many of the local people this Saturday tor the (irst tune, Kidmg on the float at Fossil Van Mailer, and Kclhe Kil- were Marie Tricia I'rock Kenny, Plans are to have the four girls who have ridden the float at the several parades this summer ride on it at the home town showing this Sat urday. Janet Gentry is the fourth one to have ridden this summer. Kindergarten Registration Aug. 31 City Council Special Meet DISPLAYS There are a number of in teresting show windows in Ili-mincr stores vou will enjoy looking at Besides (hcmf! lor the Centennial here, a number ol stores have displays show ing various trophies and other aw ards for the Morrow County Fair & linden, as well us pic tures of the Queen and Court. Brow se around in the lleppner stores and meet your friends. The lleppner Community Kindergarten will have it's registration on August 31. 1972 from IU no am to 3 oo p m. Kindergarten classes will start on September 5, 1972. Children who will be 5 vears old on or rx-fore November 13. 1972. are inv ited to come If you are new in the community or have any ques tions please call Shi r I e y George 676 5871 or Owen Dick 676-5tl Morrow County Roping Explained 1 Regular RCA Rules applv. 2 QUALIFICATIONS a Continuous resident of Morrow County for one year from date of past rodeo. b Burden of proof of residence rests upon contes tant. c Ineligible to rope in Morrow County Roping if a past mem tier of Kt'A or is black listed RCA permit holder d No more than two contestants may use the same horse in Morrow County Roping, and must so state at the time of sign-up f A horse may be used by other contestants in other events g Contestants roping in Morrow County Roping will be eligible to rope in open roping. h Former winners will be ineligible to contest. 3 Entrants must prove qualifications to satisfaction of Rodeo Committee Kntrants found in violation of these rules will be automatically disqualified 4 Rodeo committee will have final authority as to the participation of the entrant. Highway Money Received by County Morrow County has re ceived $8,952 45 from the Oregon State Highway Divi sion for its proportionate share of the moneys received by the state during the quarter ending June 30 from motor vehicle registration and oper ator's license fees, gasoline tax, use fuel tax. motor carrier fees and fines and penalities collected for viola tions of the size and weight statutes The allocation is based upon the number of vehicles regis tered in ach county. A few years ago Morrow County borrowed $150,000. from the State of Oregon. The state witholds $7500. from the motor vehicle payment each quarter G-T WANT ADS PAY Jim Rogers of Hamlin's Tavern requsted change of his package license to w ine by the drink. Council granted re quest, subject to State Liquor Commission approval Council granted Howard Cleveland a building permit for a storage building at 125 Campliell Way. cost $1.ihki Variance requested by Vir den Heliums for 6 months temporary permit for mobile home and later a building tabled until next regular meeting Lot is across Willow Creek from tjuacken bush home. Discussed tree on Chase Street at Jim Hager home hit by lightning. Tree is split and City agrees it may be danger ous. City wants to investigate to find out who owns trees in utility strips. Discussed plastic cover for swimming pool This would hold in heat, effecting a savings, and would mean less cleaning Swimming pool committee will investigate. Councilman Sweeney com plimented Mrs. George on an excellent annual report. Mr. Johnson of the Highway Commission discussed with city officials earlier Gale Street project. It will require additional paving in the future as present specs apparently call for .09 paving mat. City will have City Attorney read contract and write the High way Commission. Mayor Collins had copies of letter' from Clark & Groff En gineers in regard to water pressure on Lott-Rasmussen Addition. Vic Groshens rec ommended a hydraulic study be made of the w ater pressure problems up there. He said for 8 or 9 months pressure might be pretty good but in summer could be bad. Council is very interested in possibility of fire danger. .Mr. Lott said he had discussed the matter with (he State Fire Marshal and pumps might be necessary to get pressure Council man Sweeney said he had discuss ed this with Mr. Baxter of the Farmers Home Administra tion and it was learned Federal grant money is poss ible for pipe. However, there is a waiting list as other cities have applied Mayor Collins said he would not recommend bonding City for a big water main as Federal Government may put in a line when the dam is built. Mr. Groff said pumps would be needed or another reservoir. The State Fire Marshal will be here in a few weeks and he will be contacted for an opinion on water pressure needed there for fire safety in that area. Vic said sewer plant diges ter cleaning, according to a man in the business in Portland, would cost any where from five cents to twelve cents a gallon. A Hermiston septic tank cleaner has inquired about the job and will give a firm bid soon. It might require some 100.000 gallons of cleaning and haul ing. It was suggested trenches -be placed at the City Dump for disposal. A firm dealing with the Boeing Co. at Boardman, it was mentioned, might be interested and there is a possibility of free hauling. Next regular City Council meeting is planned for Tues day, Sept. 5. Local Entry Rule Any resident of Morrow County can compete in the RCA rodeo events without being a niemlier of RCA or without holding a permit (as long as address is in Morrow County i. Grand Parade is Bigger & Better A parade better than ever for this Centennial is promised by Parade Chairman Randall Peterson. More entries have registered and there's still time for more. Floats will be judged :i0 percent adherance to the theme Centennial Reflections. 20 percent original idea and 50 percent amount of time and work involved. There's the Centennial vol unteer Band, there's more floats, there's more interest shown in this year's parade than at any time since the Chamber started sponsoring one. Horse groups are asked to form in line in front of Beckets. floats on Church St. and on Main St., kid groups in Ford's Tire Service lot. Queens and Courts and family groups behind them on Balti more St. The parade route will go up Main St. turn on May and go to the Court House and then left on Court to disband at the grade school corner. Teaching Staff Nearly Complete CHILDREN'S CORNER By Barbara James . In the Cruldrens Corner for Vegetables, Jay Sullivan, Irrigon won first for Vegetab les and a first for Pickles. Karmin Brannon, Heppner won first for Fruit and first for Jam. Karmin also won first in Nut breads and a first for her Brownies. Francis Peck, Heppner, won 3rd for Brown ies, and a first for Muffins. Russell Brannon. Heppner, won second for his Muffines and a third on no-bake cookies Shawn LaRue, lone, won first in the no-bake cookies division and Michael Bergstrorn. Heppner won sec ond. In the rolled cookies divi sion Francis Peck, Heppner, won first: Paula Palmer, Heppner, second; and Julie Grieb, Lexington third. Becky Hobbs, Irrigon. won first in drop cookies and Geri Grieb, Heppner, second and Anita Palmer. lone, third. Melody Gochnauer, Heppner, won second. Anita Palmer, lone, also won first in the fudge section and first in the divinity section. Kar m i n Brannon, Heppner, won sec ond in the fudiie candv section. Bags and aprons were the big sections in the Childrens Corner for clothing. The fol lowing winners were: Aprons: Susan Gray, Heppner, first: Karmin Brannon. Heppner. second, and Marie Evans Irrieon, Third. Junipers: Erin Evans, Irri gon. second Plav Clothes: Kathy Wolff, Heppner, sec ond. Laundry Or Curler Bags: Geri Grieb. Lexington, first; Joyselyn Thorpe. Heppner, second; and Krynn Robinson. Heppner, third. Felt Objects: Marilyn Jessmer, Heppner. first and Suzanne Keithley Heppner, second. Pillowslips: Patty Devine. Heppner. third. Poth'olders: Glen Krebs, lone, second and Joycelyn Thorpe, Heppner, first, pin Cushions: Arlene Gray. Heppner .first. Crocheted Items: Dale Bry ant. Irrigon, first and Erin Evans, Irrigon. second, mis cellaneous: Teene Lindstrom. lone first, and Lottie Laugh lin. Heppner. second. In the Knitting division Suzanne Keithley won second 'On her knit potholder; Paula Hein richs. Heppner, second on her Knit Headgear: and Cindy Kerr, Heppner, won first with her Knitted Item. Knitted Pillows won a first for Marie Van Schoiack. Heppner; and a second for Paula Heinrichs. Heppner. Imagination and creativity was apparent in the Hobbies and Craft section of the Children's Corner. Copper work bv Debra Palmer. Hep- DEL'S MARKET lias had us print reprints of an 1890 copy of the Lexington Weekly Budget, an interesting Morrow County pioneer newspaper. They may be purchased at the Fair Grounds this week or are available at Del's Market in Lexington at 20 cents each or three for fifty cents. Also at the Museum. ORIGINAL OF THE old newspaper is the property of Mrs. Oris Padberg. PARADE ENTRY BLANK NAME ADDRESS DESCRIPTION NAMES OK THOf E RIDING pner. won her a blue ribbon and a red ribbon for Melody Gochnauer, Heppner. Randy Cole, Heppner. won third for woodburning. in the Leather division, Jerry Gentry, Hep pner. won first for a hand tooled billfold; Glen Krebs. lone, won second with a belt and Wendy Myers. Heppner, won third for a book marker and wall plaque. In the hand laced division. Melodv Goch nauer, Heppner, won first for purse; and Glen Krebs, lone, won second for a billforld. Wayne Huwe, Irrigon, won second in Macrame, In the beadwork division Barbara Devine, Heppner. first : Oprie Dawn Miller, Cecil, second and Suzanne Keithley. Hep pner, third. Shellcralt won a first for Connie Burkenbine, Heppner Mosaic items won ribbons for the following: Tile: Melodv Gochnauer, first; Brian Thompson, Hep pner, second; and Jay Keith ley. third rock: Barbara Dev ine, Heppner, first; and G'lenda Jessmer, Heppner, Macaroni: Brian Buschke, Heppner, second. Russell Brannon. Heppner. won a blue ribbon for a homemade plastic article. In the commercial plastic divis ion, Alike Nolan. Lexington, first; Dale Brandt, Irrigon, C ontinued Page 4 MR. AND MRS. ERNIE DALTON of lone have sold their home to .Mr. and Mrs. Leach of Portland. The Dal tons have moved to Prineville. The Leaches plan to retire at lone. While Mr. Leach has not lived in lone, friends say that his father formerly lived in lone. Return blanks to Peterson's Jewelry- or the Heppner j Gazette-Times as soon as possible. j I In our story of the Fair and Rodeo Queens, the identification was missing on the 1331 Queen who is Margaret Becket Buschke. NEED AMBULANCE DRIVERS Judge Paul Jones called a meeting Wednesday morning of Community leaders to discuss a solution to the lack of ambulance drivers. Bene Wy man and members of the Pioneer Memorial Hospital board presented the problem. Contracts were approved Monday evening by the Mor row County School board for Becky Frazier, Janet Molahan and Bob Jesperson. Miss Frazier, a 1972 graduate of OCE, will teach 5th grade at lone. Her home is in Fossil. Miss Molahan, 1909 graduate of Marylhurst, will have Social Studies at Riverside. She has had two years of teaching experience. Her home is in Portland. Mr. Jesperson will teach vocal music at Heppner. He is a 1972 graduate of Oregon State and his home is in Corvallis. The math position at Hepp ner High School is the only vacancy to be filled and Mr. Daniels said he expected to fill it early this week. Coaching assignments were completed. Dean Naffziger was given the assignment of assistant football coach, Chuck Starr assistant basket ball coach and Tom "Shear, golf coach. Ruby Steers will be one of the cooks at the Heppner High School. Bebe Munkers will be full time at Heppner Element ary and Verna Brinda will be part time at Heppner Ele mentary. She has had 10 years experience in cooking at St. Anthonys Hospital. Bil 1 i e Kemp and Bonnie Buschke will be substitute cooks in Heppner. Moyer Construction of Her miston will paint the lone pool as soon as it closes. The last paint used on the pool carried a 7-year guarantee. Since it started peeling before the guarantee elapsed the new paint job will be without charge to the district. Budget Vacancies The terms of Ed Dick and Fritz Cutsforth on the budget committee have expired. Ap pointments to fill these vacan cies will be considered at the next board meeting. Mr. Daniels in the superin tendent's report noted that the water table of the Riverside ' School well is dropping. Whether this is caused by the increase in the number of wells in the area is not known. Mr. Daniels said "It isn't serious yet." To Speak At Chamber Mr. Daniels will speak at the Heppner-Morrow County. Chamber of Commerce Mon day He will comment on the Long Range Planning Report. The committee has made a survey of the present condi tion of the buildings and has considered the future growth of the district to make the long range plans for the next 15 to 20 years. The board authorized the district to borrow up to $250,000. until the tax turn over in November. Mr. Dan iels distributed copies of the 1971-1972 guidelines for consul tation with employees. He asked members to read them for any changes they might wish to make. Because income guide lines are changed the board adopt ed a new policy on Free and Reduced price student lunches to comply with the require ments in order to be reim bursed with federal funds. Principal Jim Bier reported on the committee action on the Miller-McLoughlin bus route. The committee recommended the district operate one bus on the run and look for a feeder bus to go up to the Justus place. "In the fall and spring, the 15-20 additional minutes required to make this run isn 't so bad", he said "but during the winter months it would take longer." The board discussed the transportation problem in volving the 33 High School students working as teachers' aides at Heppner Elementary School. There are three alter natives. A student could be delegated to qualify for a chauffeur's license to trans port the students, a panel or bus could be left at the high school and one of the custo dians do the driving or hire somebody to do the driving. It was estimated that the latter would cost about $700. for the year. The board has had favorable comment on the program and the students are enthusiastic about continuing. The board feels that the transportation is a district problem. They hope to solve the problem at the next meeting. The next regular meeting of the board will be Sept. IB at 8 p.m. at the district office. All board meetings are open to the public and interested persons are encouraged to attend. DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY W ALLA WALLA DISTRICT. CORPS OF ENGINEERS Bldg, 602, City County Airport Walla Walla. Washington 99:lii2 7 August 1972 Mr. John H Krebs Cecil. Or. 97822 Iear Mr. Krebs: Reference is made to your 17 July 1972 letter which accom panied a petition in opposition to the irrigation function of the Willow Creek Lake project. As you know, we are currently rescoping the Willow Creek take project on an economic basis as well as to reflect the cur rent needs and desires of the local people. Based on investiga tions conducted by (he Bureau of Reclamation, it was found that approximately 60 percent of the landowners, representing about 40 percent of the total water -right lands, were in favor of the irrigation function of the project. This represents a significant interest warranting further investigations. In the Willow Creek basin below the project there are a total of 44 land-owners who have water rights filed with the State of Oregon. In the advent of the project, a water district would be required to administer the irrigation flows and protect the water rights of the landowners along the creek. Nonparticipants would receive all the water due under their existing water right without charge for costs associated with project development. However, if a water user is diverting water for which he has no valid right, this water use may be denied him under project con ditions. The nonparticipating irrigators would be required to share in the costs associated with administration of the water rights. Provided that all downstream water rights of the nonpartici pating irrigators are met and the irrigation function of the project is economically feasible, I see no reason why irrigation storage should not be provided in the reservoir. It would give the participating irrigators the capability of storing their unneeded water available during periods of high flow for use throughout the low flow period. In addition, water in excess of down-stream water rights along the creek would be made available for storage since this water would normally be lost to the Columbia River in the absence of the project. You mentioned in your letter that other project functions such as recreation and fish and wildlife would infringe upon the irrigation waters available. I assure you that the reservoir will be operated solely to meet irrigation demands downstream of the dam, with the' recreational and fish and wildlife aspects of the reservoir taking advantage of only the available storage in the reservoir. In our scoping studies we are investigating the feasibility of various amounts of irrigation storage, ranging from no storage to an amount representative of 100 percent of irrigator participation. Such an analysis should give a clear picture of the irrigation aspects and how they relate to the overall economics of the project. I suggest that prior to completion of final scoping studies we set up an interim meeting with you, the Bureau of Reclamation, Judge Jones, and members of my staff so that the irrigation aspects and economics may be presented and discussed. Upon completion of the irrigation studies I will arrange for such a meeting and contact you as to a specific date. I am confident that an economical, equitable, and workable solution to the basin's irrigation needs can be worked out. Sincerely yours, RICHARD M. CONNELL Colonel, CE District Engineer (Judge Paul Jones provided the G-T with this information. Local people favoring the project are hopeful of favorable solutions to problems being faced in the proposed project.) Roadless Areas May Lack Support for Wilderness Forest Study .11 Li Erna Lynn Winchester won an award some time a go as youngest Cowgirl in the Morrow County Fair a nd Rodeo Parade. free Parking in Heppner Mayor Bill Collins has announced that the Heppner City Council, in honor of lleppner's Centennial, the 50th anniversary of the Morrow County Fair & Rodeo, were going to provide free parking all the rest of this week in downtown Heppner. No parking tickets are to be issued at this time. Cabinet Shop Moves Here Jim Carr now has a new partner, Bob Stickney of Hillsboro. Their firm, the Willow Creek Cabinet Shop, has been operating for about a year in lone. They have moved into a shop in the Winter & Doherty law offices here at 741 Main Street. The Willow Creek Cabinet Shop was in charge of the remodeling project for the hotel in lone. 265 potential wilder n e s s areas in Oregon and Washing ton were discussed this past spring in public meetings. The entire inventory was reviewed and results of summaries have been published. Many thousands of acres of Blue Mountains region forest lands, proposed for reclassifi cation to Wilderness Area status, have possibly been removed from consideration. A three-category summary following public discussion of potential areas for wilderness classification has been sent to the Chief of the U.S. Forest Service for his guidance toward final decisions on areas to be chosen for wilder ness study. The Forest Service chief will make a tentative decisior on a national basis approxi mately Jan. 1, 1973. Results of the public dis cussions of the many areas are summarized into three broad un-roaded area cate gories: 1. Those un-roaded areas on which there is general public support for wilderness study. 2. Those un-roaded areas on which there is general lack of public support for wilderness iTECFEAlio'RETORT"" Umatilla National Forest; Heppner District No. 16; August 21, 1972. 1. Roads: Dry and dusty. Logging trucks are hauling in termittently on roads S-743, S-518, S-75, S-71, S-422 & S-642. New dust oil was applied Mon day on the Kinzua road from Tupper to Hwy. No. 207. Should be okay by the week end. 2. Campgrounds, Resorts: Over Labor Day weekend, Bull Prairie can expect to be more than full capacity. No reservations & no charge for picnicking. No camping facili ties at Lake Penland. f 3. Hunting, Fishing, Ber- ries: Fishing is poor. Only fingerlings were planted in Lake Penland this Spring which are not yet a legal length. 4. Fire Danger, Hazards: Use extreme care with camp fires including those in tire places. Woods extremely dry. State Laws apply as to having bucket, shovel & axe. 5 Weather: Hot and drv with u:istal)le conditions. study. 3. Those areas on which public opinions obviously were divided. Areas which fell within the divided opinion category (and thus highly likely to lack support for consideration for wilderness study ) included the following in the Umatilla National Forest: Kelly Prairie with 10,000 acres and Texas Butte with 11,600 acres, both areas in Morrow County. The chief of the Forest Ser vice will on Jan. 1, 1973 also present to the public the com plete inventory of un-roaded areas, a national summary of public expression, regional comments he has considered and the criteria he used to reach his decisions. His deci sions will be tentative at that time to allow an appropriate period of review and public discussion before final deci sion is reached on areas for wilderness study. More information on the un-roaded areas is available at the forest supervisors' offices at Pendleton, (Umatil la National Forest) and at Baker (Wallowa-Whitman F.). G-T WANT ADS PAY Mrs. Wright Sells Home Mrs. Pearl Wright has sold her home on Court St. to Mrs. Amanda Duvall. Mrs. Wright had moved into Lanham Apartments. She says she is right at home with many of her old friends. She has had a visit of several weeks with Katherine Bisbee. Miss Bisbee, a former Morrow County Fair and Rodeo queen, has parked her trailer at Anson Wright Park and at Bull Prairie. She and Mrs. Wright have enjoyed hunting Indian artifacts and visiting. Miss Bisbee left Tuesday for her home at Waldport where she teaches. Mrs. Theron Adlard will move in from the Duvall ranch and live in Mrs. Wright's former home. Order your copies of the big 7 2 page G-T Centennial edition now. See order blank inside. We mail to any U.S.A. address for 35c each. THE SHERIFF'S Mobile Museum is in Heppner for the Fair. It will be parked at the Fair Grounds on Tuesday and Wednesday and poss i b 1 y Thursday. Friday and Satur day it will be parked at the Museum. Many of the items will be of interest but special interest to Morrow County is Sheriff CJD Bauman's first star. Mr. Bauman was long time sheriff of the county. "Fishing?" asked the wo man of the fisherman. "No, drowning worms." iff f -:;:::::::::4 Mrs. Garry Tullis, Morrow County Extension Aide, staples a leather flower to a board as she prepares the sign to be used for the Leathercraft Division in the Fair Annex. Many new signs have been posted at the Fair Grounds this year to make directions and identification easier.
