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AZETTTETME Heppner, Ore!, Thursday, Move mher 12, l7J IS cents Vol. M. No. 4 $7,000 cost Increesa Fuel short sets school budget yp k DEWEY Dewey West Boardman's At last Monday's meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, Dewey West. Mayor of Board man, was the principal speak er. Mayor West showed color movies he had taken during the past 13 years relating to the relocation of Boardman. The movies showed the exist ing town and its relocation to its present site two miles away; the installation of water and sewer mains: the building and relocation of the existing roads and other relocation construction. According to West, what most residents of Boardman disliked about the city's relo cation' was the removal" 'o'f trees that surrounded the area. U. S. grant The Port of Morrow's appli cation for a federal grant and loan under the Rural Devel opment Act of 1972 is No. 1 in Oregon, stated Rupert Ken nedy, port mar.?ger. Monday. The funds would come through the Farmers Home Administration for a loan and grant for site development in the Port's food processing park east of Boardman. The port is anxious to get under way with the project 7y: i V Vi" ... - if aua,At M WEST describes relocation The cities of Boardman and Arlington were relocated after the Corps of Engineers com pleted McNary Dam. In some sections of the "old town" there is now between 15-25 feel of water where the Columbia River has been diverted. Also introduced as a guest was Jerry Huff, general loan officer for the First National Bank, who will take over the treasurer's post at the Cham ber of Commerce. Stephen C. Anderson, city engineer, will be the speaker on Nov. 26. Anderson will explain the distribution of city water and discuss the pro posed bond elect ion "to be held ' Dec. 3. A question and answer period will follow. has a high since Gourmet Food Products, Inc., of Metolius has an nounced plans to build a $5'2 million potato processing plant. They have indicated they would like to get into operation in time for the 1974 potato harvest season. The grant would be used for water and fire protection, road leveling, railroad and site preparation. The loan would be used for a disposal system to carry effluent from processing plants. Kennedy V- "This year we are faced with an increase of $7,000 or more to our 1973-74 fuel bud get," Ron Daniels, superinten dent, told Morrow County school board trustees Monday night. Daniels pointed out that the price of gasoline and fuel oil has increased over the fuel budget for this year. This year the cost of gasoline increased 6 4 cents per gallon over last year. The board budgeted only a 2 per cent increase. "Morrow County schools use 65,000 gallons of gaso line a year; with the 6.4 cent per gallon Increase we are al ready over our budget by $4,200." Daniels reported. He said there may be additional increases. Another increase in the fuel budget in Morrow County Schools is for fuel oil used for heating. Last year the price bid for a barrel of PS 300 fuel oil was $5.84, and this year it has increased to $7.10. The superintendent said all schools in the district, with the exception of lone Elementary and Riverside High School, use approximately 2,500 bar rels of fuel during the year. This means with the price of fuel at $7.10, the budget is deficient $3,150. This figure may also be subject to change. "To help curb the cost of fuel and help conserve energy, the Morrow County School District has implemented pro grams," Daniels continued. In all the schools, teachers and employees are asked to conserve energy by turning off lights, reducing thermostats, and using partial lighting. The gymnasiums are open ' only one night a Week. ' "" During September the dist rict saved more than 17 per priority stated that the effluent wouia eventually be sprinkled on the land as an irrigation project. Kennedy said that com prehensive planning by the port, county and city has been all completed and this is aiding the project in being at the top for consideration. He said the Rural Development Act is designed to aid areas such as Morrow County in the development of its resources, building economy and pro viding employment. " 1 vv' t ' If ' ' V Vvt ;Vi tilt Winter comes U Willow Creek. Saturday night's snowfall changed the little stream inu (hit winter wonderland. The photo was takea from the foot bridge on H illow St.. looking south along W illow Creek. cent energy over last Sept ember, or $265. In October, 2 per cent energy was saved, with an added saving of $589 over October of last year. Twenty-five parents pre sented a request to have the district include kindergarten as part of the elementary schools in the district. The total cost of adding a kindergarten in the district is $13,003 with the state paying $7,800. This figure is based on a total of 73 kindergarten chil dren in Heppner, Irrigon and. Annuel meeting UliGQi' Farm employers in Morrow County will now pay $8.50 per $100 for workmen's compen sation instead of paying up to $16, Jack Sumner, state rep resentative from District 55, told members of the Morrow County Wheat Growers League at their annual meet ing last Wednesday night at the Parish Hall, Heppner. House Bill 3216 states that the rate for workmen's com pensation will be $8.50 effec tive Oct. 1, 1973. The law will be repealed in 1976. "This law arose from the high rates set by the national rating bureau," Sumner said. "Under the new HB 3216 all agriculture workers classed 006. general farm occupations, will be eligible for the new workmen's compensation rate." This is a big relief to farm employers who were subject : to rising high rates, the 4 represent ative added." Sumner also highlighted another subject of concern to Nelson abandons housing project The W. E. Nelson Company of Boardman has abandoned its plan to build a 30 unit housing complex above Pioneer Hospital, Mayor Jer ry Sweeney was informed Tuesday. Bill Nelson, contractor, said in a letter to the mayor that he had been subjected to un reasonable demands by the city engineer, Steve Anderson, and members of the planning commission. .. . Tri 3 v ( 7 lone. It also includes the cost of adding a teacher at Heppner and Irrigon, with lone readjusting its element ary staff to accommodate a kindergarten teacher. The board moved to wait until it had a transportation report. Daniels will check into the cost of transportation and report at the December meet ing. Don Peterson, lone, made a request to the board to estab lish a ski club in Heppner and lone as a school related ac growers farmers in Morrow County. During this last legislature, HB 828 authorized an Oregon Feed Grain Commission to be established to help curb the high cost of feed, the livestock and poultry producers are facing. "The feed grain commission would control a research program headed by Dr. War ren Kronstad, plant breeder at Oregon State University, to establish a low cost feed grain that producers could use," said Sumner. The commission would also place a tax fund on feed growers to produce lower feed grains. "HB 828 was defeated dur ing this last legislature," he said, "but in the future this bill and similar ones may be needed to help livestock and poultry producers fight the high cost of feed." President of the Morrow County Wheat Growers Leaguer Dick McElligott,' " lone, presented the standing committee reports. These top- "We have no choice but to abandon this project and divert the materials ordered to McNary and Boardman and concentrate our efforts there," he wrote. Mayor Sweeney told the Gazette-Times that the "un reasonable demands" Nelson refers to, is the fact that he has not complied with the local subdivision ordinances that require his producing title to the property to be devel oped and the posting of a performance bond. "If Mr. Nelson had met these two requirements yes terday," the mayor said, "he could have gone to work on the subdivision tomorrow." , Nelson suggested that a nother contractor might be interested in taking over construction of the 30 homes. The project to construct 1 medium-priced housing was announced last July. Santa here Dec. 1 Santa Claus will arrive in Heppner Saturday, Dec. 1, at 2 p.m. Although some of his plans are still incomplete, Santa will park his sleigh in the outskirts of Heppner and be ushered to the corner of Main and West Willow to greet his friends. Weather permitting, the Elementary School Band will be on hand to greet Santa. After greeting the children, Santa will retire to the fire house to visit with the chil dren. A Christmas tree will be set up in front of the Heppner Hotel, but will not have any lights due to the present energy crisis. Elementary school children have been asked to make decorative ornaments for the tree. There will be free parking within the City of Heppner for the arrival of Santa. All parking meters will be "bagged." tivity. The request was made to en able the two ski clubs to pay a lower insurance rate on trans portation. Presently, the clubs are subject to a $50 insurance rate per day. As a school related activity, the cost would be between $30 and $40. Peterson's request was ap proved and the ski clubs will have a school bus available to them and will be charged the operation cost and the lower insurance rate. make recommendations ics for the committees were set at a fall workshop. The 10 committees met Tuesday night to discuss the topics. The decisions of each committee will be sent to the Oregon Wheat Growers League an nual meeting in Portland in early December. The first committee report was made by Louis Carlson. His committee on Wheat Use and Research Programs voted to recommend to the OW'GL that OSU participate in nutri tional programs for wheat such as food usage, industrial uses, feed uses and marketing promotion. The Transportation Com mittee reported favorably on further rate reductions for Oregon counties served by Union Pacific. The committee also voted on the following: change HB 7200 which allows , all, retirement cost, .for em; ployees passed on to shippers, an increase of 2 per cent for Ex Parte 295, and recom mended legislature that would deal with transportation crisis such as Senator Packwoods's Transportation Crisis Preven tion Act of 1972. Additional topics voted on included: opposition to HJR which would send highway funds generated in rural areas into mass transit to improve or establish urban transpor I 1 7 yrli ' 0 ) J y; JL The board rejected a re quest by Columbia Basin to have a 20-foot easement to lay a power cable near the bus shed area. Columbia Basin wanted to put a 13 k.v. cable line underground. This line would be a main feeder line to serve the east side of Heppner. The board appointed Bob Abrams, board attorney, to look into legal implications. He will report his findings at the December meeting. "A meeting set for Nov. 27 tation systems; improved navigational systems on the Columbia River and facilities at Bonneville in addition to improve truck loading facili ties at all existing ports and at any new port facilities; and urged the OWGL to explore the legality of placing the demurrage charge for rail cars on the shipper instead of the producer. Bev Doherty, lone, was announced as Morrow County State turns down deep water well Engineer Val Toronto met with the Irrigon City Council Nov. 13 to discuss problems related to water and sewerage facilities. Cecil Cooley of , Majestic Acres was also present . ? 'A letter had been received from the state engineer stat ing that an application for a deep well could not be allowed due to the critical lowering of the water table in the area. Toronto explained that one reason for the refusal could be because the amount of water permitted under the previous application for the first well was not all being used. The council authorized To ronto to arrange a meeting . Nr t'7" - Heppner Police Officer Kip Morris displays a aew radar speed gun to be vsrd by police to catch speedsters. The speed gun ran be used either in the patrol cat or caa be carried around with a battery park. The speed gun is aimed at a tehirle to register its exait speed. No citations will be issued for the remainder of Noiember. Iloweier, starting Ier. I, you are oa your owa if you speed in Heppner! t at 7:30 p.m. at the Lexington district office will bring teach ers and board members into negotiations on salaries," said Daniels. Concluding the meeting, Pauline Winter, member of (he board, announced her ap pointment to the 11-member board of the Oregon School Board Executive Committee. Mrs. Winter was appointed at the state convention of the Oregon School Board Associa tion meeting last week in Portland. Wheat Growers League Cake baking champion, and her cake along with other county winners will compete at the state meeeting in December, according to Marge Morgan, who represented the Domestic Wheat Utilization Committee. The committee also an nounced that cook books prepared by Gilliam . and Morrow County wheat grow ers' wives are available. (Continued on page 4) with the state engineer's office, which will be surveying wells in the Boardman area the first two weeks of Decem ber. A meeting is then planned with FHA officials, Majestic Acres people and the council to work out financial require ments for water and sewer facilities. Sewer lines and treatment plant can be provided for Irrigon 's present population under a grant program that would cost less than $8 a month per family. Construc tion of 53 additional houses, as proposed by Majestic Acres, developers, would further re duce the monthly ' cost per family. "7 t L i
