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MERCHANTS MKETING thia
Friday May 4 at noon at the
Wagon Wheel.
MEMORIAL DAY PIONEER
PICNIC hat been set for May 28
at the Morrow County Fair
Pavillion. Mr. and Mr. Paul
. Warren are chairmen.
Traffic
"Too Fast'
Lexington resident are com
plaining that cart are driving
too fast through Lexington these
days. With the opening of the
new eating place, the school
kids are crossing the highway
more than formerly. Resident
are asking people to observe the
speed limit for the safety of the
pedestrians.
The Lexington City Council
ha asked for help from the
Oregon State Police and the
County Sheriff office to en
forcethe speed limit.
Honor Roll
Omitted from the lleppner High
School Honor Roll was Tami
Toll. Freshman with a grade
point of 3.fl.
Jr Rodeo
Doard Hoots
Tonight
Junior Rodeo Board meeting
will be held tonight at the REA
Building at 8 p.m. The board
will finalize plans for the 3rd
annual Junior Rodeo to be held
June 9 and 10 at the Morrow
County Fair Grounds.
Athletic Dinner
Deadline
Extended
The deadline for purchasing
tickets for the first annual
Spring and Winter Sports ban
quet has been extended to noon
May 8. Parents and all interest
ed persons may attend by
purchasing a ticket by that date
either at Peterson's Jewelry
Store or at the High School
office.
The Sports Banquet will be
held May 15 at 7 p.m. at the high
v school cafetorium.
New Policeman
Sworn In
At a special city council
meeting Monday evening, Don
and Betty McEwen were grant
ed a temporary 90-day permit
for a mobile home in order to
give the owners time to bring
the value of the home up to tne
standard required by the Hepp-1
ner ordinance.
Charles Holt was sworn in as
new city police officer. He is the
night police taking Bert Cor
toin's place on the force when he
was moved to city superinten
dent. Caution.
with bark dust
A word of caution has been
asked by city superintendent,
Bert Corbin in regard to using
bark dust on the utility strips.
There have been several inci
dents of having the bark dust go
Into the gutter and plugging the
storm sewers. The problem
occurs while sprinkling.
You Can Help
Little League
The Scott Paper Co. has
offered to provide free baseball
equipment to little leagues in
exchange for the return of Scott
Seals of Quality to their
company. These seals may be
found on Scott Towels, facial
tissues, bathroom tissue and
napkins.
If you would clip these seals
from your paper products and
give them to John Messick at
the First National Bank in
Heppner or Jerry Stefani in
lone the Little League might
really benefit. This offer ex
pires July 31.
G-T WANT ADS PAY
Free want ads will be
available to all 6th grader
wanting to earn money for the
th (trade Outdoor Program.
FREE
Ron Ward - Pull Rye 676-9195.
COth Ycsr!
Heppner, Oregon
sddto Impact
on People
Survey'
Next Week
lleppner due to the Willow
Creek project, is serving as a
first in a socio-economic survey
now required before the start of
any Corps of Engineers project.
The survey will be conducted by
a 12-member team from Walla
Walla College headed by Pro
fessor Robert Gardner. They
will be in Heppner May 7 and 8.
Speaking at the Monday noon
meeting of the Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. Gardner emphasized that
the survey has nothing to do
with "whether you want the
dam or not" but rather what
impact the planning, the actual
construction and the dam itself
will have on you as a person.
The survey will include such
questions as "What have floods
done to your business or your
home? What difference will
changing the creek channel
make to you? Is is going to
bother you to have the dam up
there?
Via the interviews eleven
areas of specific information
will be compiled from specializ
ed informants that represent
the Community's socio
economic groups, male and
female.
The team will also record
impressions from direct obser
vation apart from the question
aires. No one knows exactly what
will happen but what might
happen based on studies in
other towns may serve as a
guide.
Willow Creek Dam was ap
proved by Congress a number of
years ago but was never funded.
A pre-construction study was
funded following the flood of
May 1971. Last year $400,000.
was allocated for further study.
The $3800. to finance this survey
of the impact of the dam on
people comes from the Corps of
Engineers allocations.
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Spring
Concert
Larry Hildebrandt announced
the first of the week the date for
the Heppner High School Spring
Concert. May 17 at 8 p.m. the
concert will be presented by the
High School Band & chorus. The
Band will be under the direction
of Mr. Hildebrandt and the
chorus by Bob Jespersen. They
will present symphonic and
modern numbers.
WEATHER
By DON GILLIAM
April 18 thru May 1
Hi Low Prec.
Wed. 54 32 .18
Thurs. 53 33
Fri. 60 32
Sat. 69 33
Sun. 63 48
Mon. 57 42
Tues. 64 31
Wed. 68 32
Thurs. 75 41
Fri. 61 39
Sat. 54 38
Sun. 60 27
Mon. 63 31
Tues. 68 32
Total Prec. April .30
Normal 1.27
1972 .76
Total Prec. April
Normal
1972
Total Prec. 1973
Normal
.30
1.27
.76
3.29
5.00
Grain Market
( FOB Lexington does not
include warehouse cogs)
CMtftetyMCGG
White wheat 2-54 bm
Re4 wheat
2.5J1 b.
71. MUM
Barley
ill
97836, Thursday, Moy 3, 1973
Top Honors to
Rill Jepsen
Three were named as top
students for Heppner's Gradu
ating class on Monday of this
week. Bill Jepsen was named
valedictorian with a seven
semester CPA of 3.90, Kathy
Bartlett and Tami Meador tied
with a CPA of 3.74.
Bill Jepsen HHS Valedictorian
Bob Jepsen is a senior with
many talents and interests.
Football was a first love during
his high school four years. He
played varsity football three
years. This has led to much
recognition. He was selected to
play in the 1973 Shrine game at
Baker as tackle. During his
senior year he was named as
Heppner's Outstanding Line-.,
man of the Year, named on the
All Conference football team,
offensive and defensive, tackle
and named to All State Football
team, 3rd team, as tackle.
Other athletics include golf
ing on the varsity team,
member of the rodeo team. He
was president of Letterman's
Club his senior year.
Studying comes easy to Bob
and he likes to get his studying
done at school so he has time
for other things after school. His
academic ability earned him a
membership in the National
Honor Society, selection for the
Outstanding student in Chemis
try Award his junior year,
election to the Society for
Outstanding American High
School Students and publication
r Ulniffrinku in Mofite
"Who's Who among American
ill ilia uiuci auijj an
Hieh School Students."
He has been accepted at
Washington State to pursue a
career in veterinary. He re-
rpntlv received word that he
has been awarded a four year .
ROTC Schoiarsnip.
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6 OUnty U CIS
Highway Money
The Oregon siaie mgnway
Commission today announced
distribution of $6,310,281 12 in
highway-user tax funds to the 36
counties of the state.
The allocation is based on the
statutory 20 per cent for the
period January 1 through Mar
ch 31. 1973. The funds come
from the following sources:
motor vehicle registration and
operators' license fees, gasoline
tax, use fuel tax motor carrier
fees, and fines and penalties
collected for violations of the
size and weight statutes where
complaints are made by the
Highway Division weigh
masters.
The allocation to each county
is based on the number of
vehicles registered in it. The
allocations include for Morrow
County $10,107.00. Our County
has 4747 vehicles registered as
of 1972.
Color Portrait
IIEPPNKK - A big
subscription offer - one that
will give each subscriber a
beautiful color portrait at no
extra charge - is announced in
this issue of the Gazette-Times.
The portrait, with an 8 x 10
inch Heirloom Tapestry finish
of the highest quality, is offered
with each new or renewal
subscription. A family shot may
be taken, or the protrail may be
of an individual. Anyone renew
ing their present subscription
It
Jepsen, Bartlett
Kathy Bartlett
Kathy Bartlett
HHS Salutatorian
Kathy, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Joe Bartlett of Boardman
has driven from Boardman for
the last part of her Junior year
and this her senior year to
complete her high school years
at Heppner High. She says this
gives her time to do a lot of
thinking. A little on the serious
side she makes plans for college
next year. She has been
accepted 'at Links Business
College next year but this is not
definite and she may go to
Portland. Either way her busi
ness college education will lead
to her becoming a secretary and
hopefully a legal secretary.
Because she was named
princess on the Morrow County
Fair and Rodeo Court, her
summer employment will have
to be adjusted to her court
appearances. Because of con
flicting dates of rodeos and
trackmeets, she was unable to
go out for track this spring. She
likes running the 220 and 440
dashes. She would like to see
more interest shown by the
student body and community in
girls sports, both in participa
tion and attendance. She liked
going out for track for the
chance it provided to meet
people and for the same reason
she likes traveling with, the
rodeo court.
She anticipates always being
interested in 4-H. She has been
in 4-H for 7 years in sewing,
knitting, sheep and cooking. She
has assumed the responsibility
of serving as Junior Leader for
the North Lexington Livestock
Club and the Dandy Desert
Cooking Club on the Bombing
Range Rd. She expects to be a
in leaaer sometime.
She studies hard to learn and
earn her grade point of 3.74.
Flying Farmers
To Crown
Lorraine
Flying Farmers from Oregon,
Washington and Idaho will be
winging into Sun River May 11
and 12 for a tri-state meet.
Arnold Senterfitt, author of
Airports of Baja, California will
be the featured speaker at the
Saturday night banquet. Senter
fitt has personally measured all
the remote Baja airstrips and
has spiked his book with such
useful notations as a good place
to skinny dip, rocks make it a
bear to find, population 1,
English spoken, sanitation facil
ities seat one.
Mrs. Ed (Lorraine Bates)
Condon, will be crowned Oregon
Flying Farmer queen at the
banquet by Mrs. Andy (Marge)
Pierson, Hillsboro, outgoing
queen. Washington and Idaho
royalty will also be crowned.
Reservations required: M. Fry,
Hillsboro 648-5143.'
Free With Every
(for six months or longer past
the renewal date) or any new
subscriber will be entitled to
this beautiful portrait free of
charge.
The offer is good until June 1.
A convenient coupon is listed in
an advertisement in this issue.
The coupon should be brought
or mailed ot this newspaper.
P.O. Box 337. Heppner.
If a family portrait i not
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Tami Meador
Tami Meador
HHS Salutatorian
Tami is a genuine Heppner
product. She was born in
Heppner and is about to
complete her first 12 years of
schooling in the Heppner School
system. Her fellow students
recognized her dependability
when they elected her assistant
treasurer of the studentbody
when she was a junior and to
serve as treasurer this year.
She was also elected president
of the National Honor Society.
This group is attempting a
follow-up on the green flower
pots placed along Heppner's
Main St. during Earth Week by
the high school last year. They
plan to remove the dead trees
and fill the pots with bedding
plants. She was named delegate
to Girls State last summer.
She has taken Spanish for
5'hree years and plans to
continue her education in a
foreign language field at EOC
this fall. The possiblities are
innumerable and her degree
, may lead to travel as a tour
guide or an interpreter. She also
likes geology and chemistry.
This comes to her naturally
from both parents, Inez and
Dick Meador whose work has
led them into these areas.
She showed self-discipline
this past year when she worked
night after night after school in
the office at the Pioneer
Memorial Hospital. She resign
ed to take part in The Crucible,
a part she played, in a
commendable fashion. She has
been chosen as counsellor for
the 6th Grade Outdoor School at
Tuper Work Center.
Whilo Tami is not
taking
piano and plays often. She likes
classical and modern. She plans
to take piano lessons at EOC
this fall.
She, like many others,
looking for summer work.
CB Power
Lines
Extended
is
At the regular board meeting
! of Columbia Basin Electric
Coop on April 26th, several
purchase of power agreements
were approved.
An agreement wu engineering firm of
Corp. covered a line extension J has nrpnared
of eight miles. OtJSSt?
extensions and agreements he made m Morrow c
were approved to Van R.et- rt was given by him t0
mann, Condon; Darrel I Pad- Jjd Wflste Maniement
berg. lone; and Dave Ch.lds, Advjsory CommUtee at the
Arlington. Courthouse Monday evening.
Several other new power 1 ne Most concerBned
extensions are scheduled which Heppner-Lexington-Ione
include service to Tom Schott as W Boardmm.Irrj
Fossil; Art Masters Olex area area hag contrflct
new feeder lines in the Ruggs- Hermjston for di al.
Hantaan area; a new feeder Mr. McDonald's reoort told of
line south of rossu; ana a new
feeder line west of Fossil.
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Arlington
The 2tth Annual Arlington
Jackpot Rodeo will get under
way May 5 and 6. Queen Marci
Linncll of Boardman with
Princesses Micki Hoskins,
Heppner and Bobbie Acock,
Irrigon are the officiating
royalty of the two-day show.
Parade
The downtown parade is
Saturday morning at 10:30
o'clock with Ron Davis, Olex
chairman. Everyone is wel
come to participate.
Rodeo
Both days of the rodeo, the
4-H Horseflies of the Oregon
Trail Livestock Club will per
form and will also present the
Cliff Aldrich Burned
in Explosion
Cliff Aldrich and Don Heliker
were working on the Eldon
Padberg property outside of
Lexington Monday morning
when the tank Cliff was
cleaning exploded for no appar
ent reason. The 8,000 gallon
tank had been used to store
diesel oil and tar and Cliff was
inside it cleaning with detergent
and water. Don Heliker was on
top of the tank and was blown
off by the force of the explosion.
Cliff received burns over 30 to
Wayne
Killed in One
Wavne Gentry, 16, was
thrown from his 1963 Ford
Falcon, and killed instantly
Sunday evening about 9:40
o'clock between Ruggs and the
Frank Anderson ranch. He
apparently lost control of the
car as he hit the left shoulder
and pulled back sharply. The
car rolled numerous times. He
was thrown from the car to
receive massive head injury.
He had been up to the Bob
Bergstroms and was enroute to
his home on upper Rhea Creek.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs,
Larry Gentry of upper Rhea
Creek. He was a Junior at
Heppner High School. He was a
member of the FFA and HHS
band.
Mrs. Dick Schlichting and
Mark came upon the scene of
the accident and called trom
piaVneRocltCrechBrldiic Replaced
Chuck Flynn, foreman of
Heppner's State Highway
maintenance division said tnis
week that work was nearly
completed on the new installa
tion over Rock Creek at Anson
Wright Park. The bridge was
taken out and two multi plate
arch pipes were installed under
Highway 207. The plates came
in 10 foot sections and were put
together and bolted at the site.
Solid Waste
John McDonald, consultant
... nr,ntlv in
use and gave quantities of solid
waste being disposed of. In
Heppner the figure is 3.5 pounds
per day.
He explained that many
families have two cars and cars
tend to last six years on a
national average. Many old
cars end up in junkyards and
disposal sites is perhaps 1-4 of
Jn (he
Heppner lone, Lexington area
this would mean one sixth, o .
car per day to be d.sposed of.
"Hi Boardman Irrigon area
w.u.d generate one twenty-fifth
Mall Tax PIgd
Vetted Bouca
Morrow County Joined the
rest of Oregon In voting down
decisively Governor McCall
tax plan Tuesday.
There are 2454 registered
voters In Morrow County. 1328
voted with 204 yea vote and
1124 no votes.
Rodeo is This Uookond
colors. The rodeo start at 1:30
p.m . both Saturday and Sunday.
Pat Anderson is rodeo clerk.
Timers are Rita Goodwin,
Jaunita Johnson and Pat And
erson. Rodeo stock is supplied
by Howard Johnson, Jack
Beers, John Rattray and Roy
Philippi. Jake Grossmiller, The
Dalles, is the announcer for the
show.
There will be food and drink
concessions on the grounds
operated by the Arlington
Saddle Club members and
Oregon Trail 4-H members.
Lester Schaefer is president of
the Arlington Saddle Club,
sponsors of the Rodeo and Jean
40 percent of his body. From his
hips to the tops of his boots he
sustained first degree burns;
while he has 2nd and 3rd degree
burns on his hands and arms.
He was wearing an oxygen
mask over his face that saved
his face from being burned.
Don rushed him to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital and he is
being treated there. According
to Dr. Tibbies, he is in serious
condition but is doing fairly
well.
Gentry
- Car Accident
Ruees. State Police investigat
ed. Mark later found the body 50
feet from the car on the opposite
side of the Highway.
Funeral services were held
May 2 at the First Christian
Church with the Rev. G. E.
Nikander officiating. Mrs. W. S.
Miller sang "Whispering Hope"
and Beyond the Sunset" accom
panied by Mrs. Carl Marquardt.
Bearers were Mark Schlichting,
Chris DeSpain, Gene Farley,
Dana Sweek, Mike Prock and
Rick Pettyjohn.
Interment was at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery with Sween
ey Mortuary in charge of
arrangements.
Wayne was born Aug. 3, 1956
in Heppner. Besides his par
ents, he is survived by a brother
Burke Gentry and a niece
Dawna Waynette Gentry, both
of Heppner.
The two pipes are 60 feet long
and are 6'5" up and down and
are 9'6" wide crosswise.. .There
still is a little clean up to do
before the job is completed.
The crew continues extensive
patching from the severe winter
damage. Members of the State
Highway crew are Kenneth
Beebe, assistant foreman, Bob
Shuman, Dallas McDaniel,
Lloyd Moyer, Eddie Yoeman
and Paul Arbogast.
Group Talks Sites
Wastes from Forest Service
camps are hauled to the
Monument dump.
Morrow County probably
burns much paper and garden
wastes and this is probably the
breakdown: 40 percent (560
tons), food wastes 10 percent
( 140 tons ) , glass 16 percent ( 220
tons), metals 16 percent (220
tons), garden wastes 10 percent
(140 tons). Misc. 8 percent (120
tons).
Present disposition of solid
wastes: Heppner uses its own
disposal site. Lexington and
lone use the Lexington site.
Boardman-Irrigon wastes go to
the Hermision disposal site. Old
farm machinery generally
stays in farmyards. Manure
from cattle operations is par
tially spread on fields. Kinuza
plant wastes are partly burned
and partly hauled away as bark
dust and mill ends.
Principal discussion was on
Heppner and Lexington sites as
the Oregon Dept. of Environ
mental Quality expects a site to
be picked to serve the area. It
appeared that the Heppner
disposal wfi?M probably
By precinct:
Boardman.. 2 yet US no
lone. 17 yes 212 no
Irrigon. 43 yet 117 no
Lexington. IS yet 149 no
lleppner. 100 yet S31 no
Over the state the vote was 42
percent yes and 58 percent no.
Mikkalo, secretary.
Dance & Breakfast
Other activities during the big
show is a cowboy Dance
Saturday evening from 9:30
until 1:30 at the high school
gym. Sunday morning the
Cowboy Breakfast will be
served at the Masonic Hall from
7 a.m. until 10 a.m.
Events
Jackpot Rodeo Events per
day include calf roping $13.,
bulldogging $13., girl's barrel
race $5., wild cow milking $23.
(1 cow average), bronc riding
. $13. (additional purse per day
$50.), bareback riding $13.,
team roping $13. (per man).
Entries closed 10:30 a.m. each
day. Entrance fee includes
contestant pass.
lone Dates
Annual Spring
Concert
Sherrie Bahr, music direc
tor, has announced that the
annual lone Spring Concert
will be presented by both high
and elementary school pupils
next week at 7:30 p.m. on
Thursday, May 10 in the gym.
Everyone is cordially invited
to attend this big event.
Search Ct
Rescue
Posse
Elections
The Morrow County Search &
Rescue Sheriff's Posse elected
new officers at their last
meeting. Don Strober was
elected President, Leonard
Toll, V. President, Wayne Hams
was re-elected Secretary and
Ray Boyce was re-elected
Treasure.
Ed Baker and Simon Winters
were elected to the Board of
Control,
New members voted in were
Jim Cutsforth and Mark Miller.
On May 6 there will be a
practice search and rescue in
the Cutsforth Park area, and on
May 19 - 20 six or eight
members will attend a Search
and RESCUE Seminar at Camp
Rilea on the Oregon Coast.
no vies
CANCELLED
There will be no more movies
sponsored by the Seeing Eye
and the Jaycees due to lack of
funds and date conflicts. Bob
DeSpain Jr. chairman of the
project says "I would like to
thank everyone involved in the
publicity and organization of
the program. It was a very
worthwhile project and I hope
someone will spark this idea
next fall".
have to be phased out. Building
of Willow Creek dam will make
this necessary. The DEQ will
permit no burning at disposal
sites of garbage. He said
perhaps twice a year, they
might permit burning of brush.
Mr. McDonald said a possible
site two miles northwest of
Heppner might be leased. It
contains 15 acres and Mr.
McDonald figures that a hole 9
feet deep would enable one acre
to last for 4 years.
Mr. McDonald said he himself
favors upgrading the present
Lexington site to serve the three
towns. He would have it
properly drained in case of
flood, and use ditches, covering
garbage at least once a week.
He says the DEQ will no doubt
insist that wastes be covered at
least once a week.
He emphasized this is just an
interim report to the DEQ and is
not the final study.
There is scheduled another
meeting at 7:30 p.m. May 16 at
the Courthouse. They will again
discuss proposed sites and
recycling.
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