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A Sharp Man on ths Slope
Roger Palmer, Soil Concorvatfon fJcii off tho Voar
When Roger Palmer was
named Morrow County "a 1973
SmI Conservation Man of the
Year, he had an instant rooting
ami ion in his wife .Shirley and
his sit children Sandra 16 KarJ
IS. Cihy 13. Larry 11. Paula 10
and Jason 4
He received an induction into
the alucs of saving soil and
water from his father, whose
conservation practices earned
him Soil Conservation Man of
the Year in 1: For several
years he ranched with his dad
but has been on his own since
13. By purchasing and rent
ing, he is farming about 1660
acres
The most outstanding of his
practices as viewed by the
selection committee was the
restoration of a north slope on
Rood Canyon.
When he started on the slope
the strips were not on contour
and there were no diversion
ditches. He put the strips on
contour lines and put in
diversion ditches to protect the
strips. He has the ditches
separating the wheat from the
summer fallow strips. He says
if he were to do it again, he'd
center the ditches in the
summer fallow and the wheat
strips.
There had been some severe
w ashing on the slope which has
now been stopped.
The Soil Conservation service
will lay out the ditches and
make suggestions for other
conservation practices. Slope of
the ditches is .8 to 1.5 feet per
100 feet. The course is based on
the steepness of the slope, the
soil series and the availability
of outlet. Mrs. Palmer says
"with every thunder storm he
puts in another ditch".
He has 74000 feet of diversion
ditches. He has put in silt dams,
grassed waterways, critical
area plantings, three stock
ponds and has done some tile
work.
The slope thai was the deriding tonsm itioa factor that made
Roger Palmer, the 173 Conservation Maa of the Year.
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Roger and Shirley w ith Jason, the only y oungster not in school.
Roger practices deferred
grazing This allow s the grass to
get a good start until seed
maturity. After that he prac
tices deferred rotation grazing
am' puis the cattle on the grass
on alternate years or as the
grass grows.
Roger is the son of Mr. and
Mrs Elmer Palmer and is a
name of Morrow County. He
started first grade at Hardman
and then he and one other
student were the only students
at the school in Rood Canyon
where there isn't even a school
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building now. He was one of six clock coIlect
siuaenis at uie LigM Mile
School in his 4th and 5th grades.
He can remember when there
was a store and post office at
Eight Mile. Later the store
served as the teacherage. Mrs.
Buelah Lundell was his teacher.
Then he came into Heppner and
graduated from Heppner High
School in 1953.
He and Shirley Peck were
married in 1955 Shirley is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Peck who ranch on
L'pper Rhea Creek.
When they bought the Hazel
Hood ranch in 1963 they had lots
of w ater in the w ell but it 's gone
down each year. When they dug
it out they found an old slot
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Business and monkey business over a drlirioui piece of pie and
coffee around the beautiful xk Uble with unmalching chairs.
Jason. Roger Palmer Soil Conservation Man of the Year, Shirley
Palmer. County Agent Harold Kerr and Dave Framen,
District Conservationist
machine ana it still had a
quarter in it.
This fits into their hobby of
finding and refinishing
antiques. They have an old
ion. The familv
eats around a big round oak
table with each oak chair
different. These they found in
the doctors office in Arlington at
the time they were moving the
town.
Each younster has a job to do
feeding the animals in the
morning or evening. They have
a few ducks, geese, turkeys,
peacocks and banties. They
have sheep and pigs as 4-H
projects. They have cats and
dogs. Mrs. Palmer is individ
ualizing the girls in sewing.
The Palmers are members of
th Oregon Wheat League. Ore
gon Cattlemen and Valby
Lutheran Church.
Simulated Bus Wreck- Well Done
The simulated bus and truck
accident staged here Friday
night was deemed a real
success. Sirens sounded at 6:30
Friday evening signaling atten
tion on what was a collision
between a highway truck and a
school bus at the foot of the hill
road from the high school.
Vehicles had gone over the
grade. In theory they had rolled
over, with the truck close
behind the school bus cutting off
the emergency exit.
Sheriff John Mollahan was
first on the scene. School
children - 17 of them - were in
the bus with 13 "badly hurt".
Some of the ones supposedly
unhurt later suffered shock. The
unhurt ones immediately tried
to help the hurt children.
Heppner Rural Firemen, Sher
iff's Dept., City Police and
volunteers immediately swung
into action, directing traffic and
helping in many ways. Ambu
lance arrived shortly and the
nurse - Eunice McElligott -quickly
started treating the
injured and sending the most
seriously hurt up to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital. Of the 13
injured children, one lad had a
broken neck, one had his leg
torn off at the knee, another had
his leg broken below the knee,
one had a head injury and no
pulse, several had arm, leg cuts
and lacerations and many
internal injuries. One had a
broken ankle. The dump truck
driver was found to have
suffered a "heart attack".
Judge Paul Jones came to the
scene to observe and offer any
help needed.
Don Munkers is the director
of the Morrow County Dept. of
Emergency Services who ar
ranged the practice accident.
He would like to thank everyone
for their kind cooperation
during the practice, with spec
ial thanks to the high school
students who did so well.
The Benton County director of
Emergency Services - Jim
Blodgett was present to assist
and loaned some eauiDment
The Morrow County Search & j
Rescue Posse were in charge of i
directing control, in case there '
was real emergency occurring
during the practice emergency.
They had portable radios as
well as car and truck radios.
Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine
commented that this was an
extremely valuable experience.
Chief of Police Dean Gilman
and several volunteers provided
transportation to the Hospital.
Bob Lowe w as in charge of the
Ambulance transportation, cal
ling ambulance drivers, arrang
ing for stretchers and other
equipment and help with receiv
ing the patients at the Hospital.
Ilene Wyman. hospital adminis
trator and Mrs. Nedra Smith,
head nurse, handled the nursing
fast-moving emergency part of
the program at Pioneer Me
morial Hospital.
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Enough to make any man beam. ...Sandra. Pnla. Cathy, Jason.
Larry and Karl and of course Mr. and Mrs. Roger Palmer.
Consumer Information on Home Furnishing Available
Roger Palmer
compartments.
at his antique desk of many drawers and
Major items of home furnish
ings not only cost a considerable
amount of money, but they tend
to he around a home for quite a
while. It is not surprising that
consumers are concerned about
making the best purchasing
decisions possible, says Birdine
Tuliis. Morrow Extension Aide.
A new way of providing help
to those who are shopping for
home furnishings is in the test
stage at Oregon State Univer
sity. Five "Consumer Port-
"Wunnerful, Wunnerful" Is Runaway Best Seller
folios" have been assembled to
provide . shopping guidelines,
plus factual information on
materials and construction,
care, and buymanship tech
niques. The home furnishings
items covered are rugs and
carpels, resilient floor cover
ings such as linoleum and vinyl,
upholstered and wood furniture
and window treatments of all
kinds.
A limited number of Portfoli
k are available to consumers
'ho are in the market now for
Dne or more of these home
furnishing items. The OSU
Extension Service will deceide
whether to make the Portfolios
available on a continuing basis,
after homemakers have used
and evaluated the packets.
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Anyone wishing to obtain a
Consumer Portfolio is invited to
call 67G-9642 or stop by the
Morrow County Extension Ser
vice Office at The Gilliam and
Bisbee Building, second floor,
Heppner.
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Fireman Clyde AUstott
and Police Chief Dean Gilman
give an assist at the scene of the
accident".
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Scouts A HebHot
The Pack 667 Cub Scouts and
Webelos. and the Boy Scout
Troop 6G7 went on a trip
recently to Desert Magic,
accompanied by leaders Joe
Turner, Jerry Peck and Rod
Duncan. On their return they
held a farewell party at the
Turner home for Rod Duncan
and presented him with a
briefcase. Den mothers assist
ing were Mrs. Turner. Mrs
Gary Pettevs and Mrs Peck.
Last week the Webelos and
Boy Scouts with their leader.
Jerry Peck, went on a cam pout
to John Day Park. Also
accompanying them were Ron
Daniels. John Harvey and Dave
Walker. While there Scott
DantHs was installed as a
WebHo
Bandleader LawTence Welk
has recently celebrated his 70th
birthday. The autobiography he
wTOte with Bernice McGeehan,
"Wunnerful, Wunnerful!", was
reviewed for the Bookworm
Club by its president Mrs. Jerry
Brosnan at its second April
meeting 2 the Eb Hughes home
on Little Butter Creek.
Mrs. Brosnan used the Ban
tam Books paperback edition
which is selling like hotcakes at
$1 .75. It has 16 pages of photos of
the Welk famiJy and friends.
The book is organized in four
sections: The Farm, The Road,
Chicago. Television. Each sec
tion is fascinating reading, but
most of us are most familiar
with the last part of this success
story.
Earliest Memory
"My earliest clear memory is
of crawling across the floor of
our sod farmhouse toward my
father, who was smiling and
holding out his accordion. I can
still recall the wonder and
delight I felt when he let me
press my finger down on the
keys, which were round and
shiny like pearl buttons, and
squeeze out a few- wavering
notes!"
Lawrence dropped out of
school at 11 years of age after a
serious illness which had caus
ed him to miss much schooling
and to get behind his class
mates. He tells of his first two
cheap accordions and how they
fell apart. "Then when I was
about 17 my dad loaned me (400
to buy a really good one. It took
such a long time in coming - I
w atched our mail delivery daily
for four months. I promised to
work hard for four years to pay
back the loan to my dad."
Other Incidents
The autobiography continues
with accounts of Mr. Welk s
first jobs, playing at local
weddings and celebrations and
with many pages of musical
group adventures. He tells of his
marriage and the birth of his
children. He was so excited
about going on radio, and then
finally realized his great poten
tial with Champagne Music on
T. V.
A H ide Appeal
Mrs. Brosnan 's review
showed this book will appeal to
many, to readers of every age
and cultural background. It was
first printed in late 1971 and
condensations of it have ap
peared in Catholic Digest,
Chicago Magazine, Coronet,
and Guideposts.
Dedication
LawTence Welk has written
this dedication for the book. "To
my wonderful family, who have
been so patient and understand
ing during the writing of this
book; to my wonderful musical
family, who have taken on
added responsibilities and
made me so proud of them ; and
to my wonderful family of fans
and friends who have enriched
my life. ...and made it all
possible."
Standings
LITTLE LEAGUE
LETTERS EDITOR
May 8, 1973 221
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AS OF June 4
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W in Lost
Mrs. Lois Winchester
Heppner, Oregon 97836
Dear Mrs. Winchester:
Thank you for sharing with
me your concerns about hu
mane education, crime, and
causes of crime. I share your
concern. Most definetely, kind
ness is a key to peace. I also a
gree that man is often not as
civilized as he pretends to be
and that we must strive to make
our young people sensitive to
the fact that cruelty and
brutality are terrible.
We will do everything possi
ble to promote humane educa
tion and the supportive mater
ials in the public schools. I have
asked Carrol deBroekert, our
Associate Superintendent for
Instructional Services, to reply
to your letter and materials.
Our Citizenship Education
Specialist, Al Grubb, has been
asked to make some specific
recommendations to me on how
we can do more in this area.
Thanks again for sharing
some very interesting materials
with me.
Cordially,
Dale Parnell
Superintendent
Public Instruction
Heppner, Oregon
May 29, 1973
Dear Charlie and Dot;
i Would you please print my
letter that speaks in defense of
those who can not speak for
themselves.
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS
Animals and People are very
much alike.
People like a comfortable place
to sleep.
So do animals, flow about your
pets?
People like fresh w ater to drink.
So do animals. Have your pets
fresh water to drink?
People like the right food.
So do animals. How about
yours?
People like to run and jump, to
take walks.
So do animals. Does your dog .
get a walk every lay?
People do not like to sit in one
place day and night.
Neither do animals.
People like U be with friends
and to talk to them.
So do animals.
People would not like to live in
cages.
Animals do not like it either.
People do not like to be hurt.
Neither do animals.'
People do not like to be made to
act like animals.
Animals do not like to be made
to act like people.
People would not like to be
hunted nor trapped.
Neither do animals.
People do not like U tit in the
hot sua all day.
Neither do animals.
People do not like U sit ia the
rain or cold wind.
Neither do animals.
People like kind words.
So do animals.
Remember, your pets depend
a vou.
May I add some people worry
about a few misplaced weeds,
while on the other hand my
concern is about helpless
animals staked and chained to
bare ground space with out a
speck of shade to keep their
bodies from slowly baking in the
broiling hot summer w-eather,
and no protection from the
driving cold rains when they
come.
I would like to call attention to
people who provide metal oil
drums for dogs homes summer
and winter. Could anything be
colder in the winter and hotter
in the summer? Just put a
thermometer in one to test for
extremes of either weather
conditions and see what you will
come up with. You will be
amazed! It's cruel to chain
animals to such evil circum
stances. The Journal Of Education
tells us. 'THE LACK OF
HUMANE EDUCATION IS
THE PRINCIPAL CAUSE OF
CRIME." I'm sure no one
deliberately causes their pets
and animals distress and un
comfortable misery - but as an
oversight.
Everyone of us shall give
account of himself to God.
Romans 14:12. Kindness to all
living creatures is everyone's
business. Please do the honor
able thing and wTite and ask
your Legislators to help Mr.
Dale Parnell to promote
HUMANE EDUCATION in our
schools.
Most Concerned,
Lois Winchester