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Vol. M. No. 4
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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
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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
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"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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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