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L ! BRAKY U OF 0 EWQENE. ORE. 97403 Electric Use lilts New Hlsh Dave Harrison, manager of Columbia Basin Electric Coop has advmed that a new peak load on the system was set during December. Total load peak of 18,967 kilowatts was' recorded, This compared with the previous peak of 16,682 kilowatts in May last year. In December of 1971 the peak load was 14.6C3 Kilowatts. Largest peak load for lone-Heppner-Sand Hollow areas was Dec. 8th at 7 p.m. Consumer-members have used in excess of a million more kilowatt hours several months in the past-over usage for Decern btT- but peak load on the lines was not as great in the past. 09th Year Att'fP -ilx " r ' r 15 Cents THE .1 Vf:W!'lil-.'tf mm ETTE I TIME Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, January 18, 1973 Number 48 March of Dimes Month The annual March of Dimes Mothers' March will be held the week of January 21 to 27. Donna Bergstrom, Morrow County Chairman announced the following chairmen: Mrs. Dan Daltoso, Boardman-Irrigon; Mrs. Torn White, lone; Mrs. Thelma Epping, Lexington and Mrs. John Messick for Heppner. The Heppner High School GAA has been asked to conduct the annual Mothers' March. Mrs. Iva Booker will conduct School Board Has full Agenda Fulleton's Chevrolet low have been faster and would bid for two school busses have shaved at least 36 hours was accepted by the Morrow from the building time. County school board at their The versatility and advan meeting Monday evening, tages of the spot welder One 1r to have automatic were revelwed bv Mr. Kill transmission and the other pack. One advantage of the high speed transmission at a portable model with no fire total delivery cost of $5380.- the model can be used In the 07 eacr. Roise Fullcton at- fields, John Matthews, board tended the moetine to answ- member, noted the versatili er questions from the board ty of the piece of equipment members and Jerry Daggett and its wide use in an agrl in charge of ,bus malnten- cultural area. The board voted to enter It In the budget document. Mr. Matthews, Don McElligott and Irv Rauch were ap pointed as a committee to work with Mr. Killpack in the selection of a welder and make a recommendation to the board. The welder would ments for safety and appears cost approximately $860. to have excellent construct- John Rietmann who ex Ion. Chuck Rogers of Cascade pects to become an Industri Bus Sales was on hand to an- al Arts instructor, voiced his wer questions., Their bid was appreciation to Mr. Killpack $4157. for the extra time he had Other cnassis dus diqs given him allowing him to County Receives More Revenue Sharing ance. Cascade Bus Sales, Port land, was the low bidder for the bus bodies with 54 pas senger Ward body. The dis trict has never had a Ward body in use In the district. Mr, Daniels said the bodies exceed Oregon's require- the downtown business section came from McRoberts Motor come in early and stay after drive. Mrs. Bill Gentry is county treasurer. Anyone wishing to mail in contributions may send Co. Gresham. Ford $5340.83; Morrow County Grain Grow ers IHC $5825; Herb Wright Chevrolet, Fossil, $5710; Far ley Motor Co. Heppner Ford them in care of the Bank of $5430 and GMC $5591. Eastern Oregon, Heppner. Wednesday, Jan. 24 Is the day th GAA girls of Hepp ner High School will conduct the Mother's March for the March of Dimes in Heppner. Debbie Peck is chairman. Allen Nistad Named Director West. Wood Assn. Last week at Sun River, Western Wood Products Assn. elected new officers. Allen Nistad of Kinzua Corp. of Kinzua and Heppner was elected vice chairman of the board of directors. Mr. Daniels said the dis trict had never had so many bidders before. Bu Run Change Several families on the Gooseberry area have voiced disapproval at living as close to lone schols hs they do and have their youngsters picked up so early in the morning. Several alternate routes were studied. Each family had been in formed of the proposed change and Indicated satis faction with the new ar rangement. The board ap proved the change Monday night. The Valby run with school as he guided him in completing his project. Mike Palmer was appoint ed to the lone Advisory Com mittee to fill in the vacancy when John Edwards resign ed. He will serve until the annual election. In canvassing the votes on the Serial Levy election, Mr. Daniels mentioned two alter natives for a solution to the problem. One come back later for a bond issue for the same im provements. The other is to expand the committee and involve local committee members from each of the attendance areas. There are two advantages in waiting. By voting in 1974, it would be apparent what the legis lature had been able to do about property relief. The Judge Paul Jones said Fri day that the county had receiv ed another Revenue Sharing check. This one in the a mount of $44,000 which brings the total amount received this far by Morrow County to $90, 956. As near as he can understand, he said that he thought the county would re ceive about $22,000 each quar ter. It is expected the money would be worked into the 1973-74 budget. The Judge said he was asking for rec ommendations from the peo ple of the county how the mon ey was to be spent. So far he has received let ters suggesting part of the money be used for the Li brary, Museum, Jail, Neigh borhood Center rent, enlarge- become a contract run. The driven may be hired at the February board meeting. The additional cost to the district is $285. The board approved chan- ging the date for Heppner Stephen Lindstrom rad""tion from May Request tor Spot Welder Lynn Killpack, Industrial Arts instructor at lone High School and John Rietmann 2nd place National winner in the James E. Lincoln Arc Welding Foundation appear ed to give a presentation and request for a spot welder fur lone shop. Johns second place a daliv mileage oi 20.9 win ointT uuvaniane me two- Wins Degree Stephen R. Lindstrom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy W. Lindstrom of lone, was recently awarded a Bachelor of Science degree from Eastern Oregon College at LaGrande. Having only one term remaining, Steve returned to EOC after being separated from the U.S.Navy in Septem ber and completed the course work necessary for his degree in General Studies-Social Science. During the Fall term, 1972, he compiled a four point grade point average. county Vocational Consult ant would be available for guidance. At an executive "session, Mr. Edmundson and Mr. Cole were both voted one year contracts and Mr. Daltoso three year contract. Superintendent's Report The district -owned lot In Boardman is again available for resale as the deed has been returned. The National School Boards Assn. will be held at Anahiem, Ca. April 7-10. Conferring with Don Cole, tentative -approval has been given for use of the multi purpose room of the Heppner brought $400 and a plaque grade school to the non-prof- to him and $200 to , the it group that is attempting scnooi wnicn tnev wouio. ex- to nring movies to Heppner Tax Books Here A shipment of publication 17, "Your Federal Income Tax 1973 Edition", has been re ceived at the local post office and is availabe at $.75 for those who desire a more detailed source of information that comes with their tax form. pect to apply towards the purchase of the welder. John received his award for a two-horse trailer which he built. He reviewed the steps from blue print to com pletion. Tht project required 180 hours in actual building time which didn't take into consideration the planning and figuring and thinking time. He figured about 23 of the building time was spent riveting the sheet me tal. A spot welder would As long as there s no abuse of the building, and the room is left clean, the group will be allowed to use the facil ity. Mr. Daniels voiced his ap -preciation of the cooperation of Columbia Basin Electric Coop in working to solve the heating problem at Heppner high school during the recent cold spell. Mr. Harrison and Mr. Robinson both spent a great deal of time in the building. They found an in- balance in the wiring in the panel and Columbia Basin had a sytems inbalance. Mr. Harrison has written in the architect and the electrical contractor. Ernest Teal, district coord inator, presented two sur vey forms. Generalities of the Gradu ate Survey would indicate that the members of previ ous graduating classes feel there should be a full year more of math, all students should be reauired to take a year of Developmental Read ing, there should be more vocational education and homemaking courses should be more realistic about mar riage . . that it isn't really a bowl of cherries but a lot o hard work! After 1975 Personal Finan ce will be offered for the full . year of math, the students are suggesting. Student Survey Only lone responses have been tabulated in the Career Education student survey. ; The survey is expected to give an education of the cur riculum. This survey is designed to see where more career edu cation is needed to enable students to make a profitab le and rewarding choice of careers. Mr. Teal is anxious that students be more aware of vocational clusters. He Is enthusiastic about the 2nd annual World of Work Day to be held on the BMCC cam pus March 3 for Morrow County students. He will be pleased to talk before any group about the two surveys or other phases of his work in the district. Members of anv organiza tion interested in having Mr. Teal speak before their group is asked to call the District office. He said in closing, "Give me 20 minutes notice"! ment of food program. Should it go for human resource needs, capital improvements? The Judge said that every electrician that has worked at the court house has said the Courthouse needs to be rewired. From a safety stand point this is one recommen dation that he will make. Rath er than capital improvement he says he believes in capi tal maintenance. He would like to see some street re pairs and strip, ing and im provement of county roads. Before any expenditures are made, he plans to call in other groups to have them name their top priorities. First School Budget Meet Next Tuesday, ut great importance to the people of Morrow County is the compiling of the budget for the school district. The 1973-74 budget message will be presented January 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the District of fice by Budget Officer Ron Daniels. The purpose of the budget message is to acquaint the public with any anticipated program changes in the 1973 74 year and the necessary finances in terms of receipts and requirements for the total operation of the school dis trict for the same school year. In order to allow the peo ple of the three attendance treas to become acquainted with the budget and the bud get process there will be three additional meetings. January 30 at lone, February 6 at Ir rigon and February 13 at Hepp ner High School. All three meetings, are at 7:30 p.m. As many as possible are urged to attend. Jack Sumner Appointed SALEM State Representa tive Jack Sumner D, has been appointed Vice Chairman of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee for the 1973 Session of the Oregon Legislature which convened here yesterday. There were only eight of the 28 freshmen who were appointed vice chairmen of house committees. Representative Sumner, a first-term legislator from Heppner, will also serve on the House Transportation and State and Federal Affairs Committee. Sumner represents District No. 55 which includes Morrow, Gilliam, Sherman, Jefferson and parts of Wasco, Clackamas, Marion & Linn Counties. WEATHER By DON GILLIAM Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat, Sun. Mon. Tues. Hi Low Prec. 20 13 22 14 49 18 60 41 61 50 63 51 52 39 .09 .15 .01 About 75 View Movie There were between 70 and 80 people at the movie on Sunday evening to see "The Music Man" according to Mrs. Bob DeSpain Jr. Bob ran the projector and Mrs. DeSpain took admission. There were no concessions sold at this movie, but Mrs. DeSpain said they plan to try to have candy to sell at the next one. She is very optimistic about this project and hopes people will continue to turn out. The next movie is, "Born Free", will be on Jan. 28. S. Morrow 4-H Council Meet A variety of items concerning the 4-H program will be discussed at the leaders meet ing scheduled for Monday, January 22, 8:00 p.m. at the Extension Conference Room, Gilliam-Bisbee v,t Building, Heppner. All leaders are en couraged to attend. The leaders council serves as advisory group to the Extension 4-H program and ideas and opinions of all leaders are needed. Committees working on 4-H camp, goal, and record recom mendations will report at this meeting. South Morrow Council officers elected at the last meeting of the group are Elwayne Bergstrom, Chair man; Corliss Boner, secretary and Judy Laughlin, treasurer. Date Changed AEC License Head To Testify at Boardman Nuke Hearing The Nuclear and Thermal Energy Council hearings that were to be held at Boardman last Friday will, Instead, be held tomorrow, Friday, Jan. 1 at 1:30 p.m. at Riverside High School, Boardman. Dr. Woods, the Council administrator, said that Brian K. Grimes, Atomic Energy Commission licensing official from Washington, D.C. will be present. He is expected to testify along with Portland General Electric officials and Rear Admiral John Tierney, commander of the Whldbey Island Naval Air Station, Wash, A senior vice president of PGE, Arthur J. Porter, will testify. John Grand, Nuclear engineer, and Peter Karpa, Bechtel Corp. senior engineer and Boardman Project manager will testify. The Council wishes to confine the testimony to whether a nuclear plant can be located adjacent to the Navy Bombing Range. PGE early last year filed its notice of intent to build a nuclear power plant at the Carty Reservoir on land now leased from the Ore. Dept. of Veterans Affairs to the Boeing Company. Navy fighter-bombers fly over the bombing range which is very close to the Carty proposed nuclear plant site. It has been reported that Adm. Tierney would show new flight vectors for Navy aircraft believed to lessen dangers of low-flying aircraft striking the proposed plant as "A chance of one in many millions". Weather permitting, the Navy may fly some five NTEC members over the bombing range and the proposed plant site. Plan of the Portland General Electric is to have the plant producing power by 1980. Port of Morrow officials have contended that the proposed nuclear power plant is the key to expanded development of that area. Coolant water used by the plant would be used for irrigation, opening up vast new areas for row crop development. It has been hoped that the PGE plant would be the first of a number of such plants in Morrow County, which, aside from the needed electric energy, would contribute greatly to economic expansion in this part of Eastern Oregon. A number of groups have urged the Navy to move its bombing range. It is now hoped that there can be a co-existence with the Bombing Range and "an orderly move". Hunting Prospects Improve bucks in the herds. With continued moderate weather conditions good fawn survival is Mule deer herd composition probable and light predator data, a ratio of male and young losses should occur. Current per 100 females, showed 15 mule deer population trends bucks and 74 fawns per 100 does should provide good hunting in the Heppner District. This this fall if the weather continues information is gathered during to be moderate. Overall popu- the fall of the year prior to the lation trend data will be time when bucks lose their gathered in March and April to antlers. As compared to last determine losses and actual year this shows a 50 percent increases or decreases compar- BUCKS& FAWNS ON INCREASE increase in the number of adult bucks and a 20 percent increase in fawn production and survival. Shorter hunting sea son has directly effected the increase in the number of adult ed to the previous year. A total of 908 deer were observed during herd composition on five herd ranges making up the Heppner Game Management District. (Information provided by Glenn Ward & Jack Melland, Ore. State Game Dept.) Bob Montgomery fo head Wranglers in 1973 Bob Montgomery, lone was elected president of the Wranglers at their meeting Sunday evening. Election followed a potluck supper attended by 50 members. Other officers are Bob Van Schoiack, vice president; Gwen Healy, secretary and directors Allen Hughes 2 years, Ron Hague- wood 2 years, Dick Schlichting 1 year, Mike Matthews 1 year and Jack Healy 1 year. New Members are cordially welcomed. Duer, are $5.00 per family and $3.00 single mem bership. Hostesses for the Sunday night supper were Mrs. Tad Miller, Mrs. Archie Alderman and Mrs. Bob Peterson. .05 , 1 inch snow Dec. Prec: Total 1.98 Normal 1.38 1972 Prec.: 1971 1.85 Total 12.55 Normal 13.25 1971 14.38 Final Tribute Paid To Don Hendrix -'-- - - - t , 1 11 1 n mi m in im" mi-mi 11 11 1 , , , Rash, Lola Smith, Jody Noble Riverside Pirates: JV squad front row from Left: Mgr. Steve and Jerita NoWe .A Quiet Hiigel, Bud McKenzie, Robert Richards, Dan Shoemaker, Mark piace" ais0 accompanied bv Adams, inris onyoer. Back row: Frank Flock, Terry Crowder, Fred Ziemer and Coach Don Hendrix. More than 300 students, King conducted the services, townspeople, coaching friends Mrs. LaVern Partlow sang, from outlying areas and those "Near To The Heart Of God", who knew him as a counselor accompanied by Mrs. Albert attended the Memorial Service Partlow of Irrigon. A group of for Don Hendrix Monday after- high school students, Sharon noon at the .Boardman Com- Stewart, Debra Huwe, Debbie munity Church. Pastor Neil McCoy, Sheryl Partlow, Diane Mrs. Partlow. At John Day At the same time funeral services were held in John Day for Mr. Hendrix. Dan Daltoso, principal of Riverside High School and Jim Harper, base ball coach, were two of the pallbearers. Chairman of the school board and Mrs. Jerry Peck, Superin tendent of Schools Ron Daniels and Mr. Peck's twin niece and nephew, Julie and Jerry Zie linski of Boardman went to John Day to attend the services. There was standing room only. Among those also attending the John Day services from Morrow County were Harold Baker and Randy Baker, Miss Connie Clough, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Mudder, all of Board man and Mr. Coker of Irrigon. By Supt. Ron Daniels Mr. Daniels and Mr. Peck arrived back at Lexington about 10 minutes before the January meeting of the school board was to begin Monday evening. At the meeting Mr. Daniels paid high tribute to Don as a teacher and as a young man. "He was a dedicated teacher and had a special rapport with the students. Even though he was not trained as a counselor, we selected him to fill this position because of this special way with students. Students with a problem took them to him. He had on numerous occasions taken students into his home. He had a real desire to help students. For a job well done he didn't expect instant fanfare. He went quietly doing extra jobs." "We have lost a very fine staff member. He taught a combina tion that will be hard to fill." He taught social studies, a class in art and was counselor. He coached football and was assistant basketball coach. Don Hendrix was born Sept. 3, 1941. He graduated from EOC and had taught at Mt. Vernon before coming to Riverside High three and one-half years ago.. He is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sim Hendrix of John Day and one brother, Sim Jr. of Pendleton. He was a cousin of Wally Hendrix of Boardman. More First Aid R. B. Cogburn and Chuck Rouse, Red Cross Multi-Media First Aid instructors, have scheduled two sessions. They will be giving instruction to 24 farmers on January 23-25 at the American Legion Hall. On January 30 and February 1 .they will give the instruc tion to Hospital workers and ambulance drivers. Twenty two have signed up for this session. After that another session will be arranged. This one tor the people on the waiting list who have been wanting to take this concentrated course in First Aid. The classes are restricted to size and will be open on a first come basis. Anyone interested in signing up for this session may call the Gazette-Times 676228. Mr. and Mrs. John Messick have bought Ray Ayers' house on Water St. They hope to move over from Lexington in the very near future. Grain Market White Wheat - 2.72i2 bu. Red Wheat - 2.70Vi bu. Barley 73.50 ton G-T Want Ads Pay Big HOSPITAL Patients receiving medical care at Pioneer Memorial Hospital are Buford Bridge, water. Spray; George Da bos, lone; and Louisa Fleming, Fossil. Dismissed: VUd Craig, Fossil; Beecher Emert, lone; Jennifer Johnston, Heppner; and Rose Heliums, Heppner. Juvenile Charged With Coach's Death Wednesday Flash Formal charges of inten tionally killing Don Hendrix were filed against the juvenile yesterday by District Attor ney Herman Winter. Judge Jones will set a date for the trial in Juvenile Court. Residents of Morrow Coun ty have been saddened and depressed with the disappear ance and then the finding of the frozen body of Don Hen drix last Friday evening west of Irrigon. His shotgun was lo cated a short distance away. He apparently had died of a gun shot wound. The body was concealed by several pieces of lumber. Don, a teacher at Riverside High School, Boardman, be came the object of a search Wednesday evening when the Grant County sheriff called Sheriff Mollahan. He indiX cated that the Hendrix family of John Day was anxious of the whereabouts of their son, Don. By 10 p.m. deputies were in Boardman and examined the Hendrix mobile home in a Court in Boardman. It was determined then that his shot gun was missing. Thursday morning the Mor row County District Attorney and Juvenile Judge Jones were notified that Hendrix was missing and a juvenile was in custody. The 14 year old boy, a ward of the Cuurt, had made bis home wuhMr. Hend rix since November. Thursday authorities inter viewed persons in and around Boardman concerning the whereabouts of Mr. Hendrix. He had last been seen January 5 when he chaperoned a bus load of students to a basket ball game at Helix. He had been scheduled to attend a teachers' workshop in Port land Monday and Tuesday. ; Hearing Held Friday the juvenile was picked up at the Umatilla Coun ty sheriffs office for a trip to Heppner for a Juvenile hear ing. He indicated at this time that he would speak to a particular State Police of ficer. This officer was in Boardman at the time and so the boy was taken to Board man. The interview was com pleted about 4 o'clock that af ternoon. The boy led police to the body which was uncov ered about 5 p.m. The boy -says the shooting was acci dental. A Juvenile hearing was held at 7:15 that evening at Ri verside High School. As a result of the hearing, the ju venile was continued in cus tody. The preliminary autopsy in dicates that Mr. Hendrix was killed by a shotgun blast fir ed from behind and above. Final autopsy findings are not yet available. Items of evi dence have been turned over to the crime lab at Pendle ton. District Attorney Herman Winter is waiting for the. results of the autopsy, then if a:sy, appropriate allegations will be made in a petition to the Juvenile Court. Mor row County Judge Paul Jones is in charge of the Morrow ivenile court.