'A relaxed politician'
Jernstedt discusses ballot measures
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State Sen. Kenneth Jern
stedt was guest speaker at the
Chamber of Commerce Mon
day. Jernstedt put the meeting at
ease by first saying, "I am the
most relaxed speaker there is,
and at present I would rather
visit than speak. One of the
reasons I am so relaxed is that
I am not running for office this
year."
Jernstedt told Chamber
members that in addition to
his regular duties he also
serves on both state and
federal committees plus
helping local city govern
mental committees.
He serves on the governor's
advisory board to prison
industries, a rehabilitation
program for prison inmates.
Part of the inmates work
consists of making furniture
for state offices and also the
repairing of state owned
vehicles.
Along with his other duties,
he and State Rep. Jack
Sumner have been appointed
to make a study of the Navy's
Bombing Range at Boardman
and its impact to Morrow
County.
Magnuson, Evans and
Jackson don't want the Navy
to relocate in Washington, and
Admiral Tierney has made the
statement that unless the
Navy is allowed to relocate in
the State of Washington the
United States Navy may close
Wlridby Island. Jernstedt
said. "This would be a great
blow to residents of Washing
ton as the Navy has a $12
million payroll per year in
Washington."
Jernstedt then spoke briefly
on the six measures coming
before the public on the May
ballot, which included the
"conflict of interest" meas
ure. While he agrees that
some public officials iould
have their disclosure state
ments open for public inspec
tion, he also pointed out that
members of city and county
government should be exempt
from the disclosure law.
Should the measure pass, all
officials would have to dis
close to the dollar their
entire source of income.
Although he would be willing
to disclose his source of
income, his main objection to
the measure is that most
people do not fully realize that
one corporation could be
involved in more than one
company. For example, one
official might own shares in a
single company; however,
that company may also be the
mother company of other,
companies.
When the disclosure law was
enacted in the State of
Washington there was a
wholesale resignation. Oregon
at the time was in a better
shape with its code of ethics
law.
"The conflict of interest
measure would also keep
some of the persons involved
with large companies from
voting, and their vote would be
counted as a no vote,"
continued Jernsted, "and in
many cases a no vote is what
large companies are seeking.
"Measure One changes the
tax structure. Presently,
about 72 per cent of the school
district's money is received
from property taxes. If the
measure passes, 57 per cent
would be derived from prop
erty tax with the state paying
the additional 47 per cent.
There would be very little or
no change in the school tax in
Morrow County; perhaps the
reduction of one dollar per
thousand dollars of assessed
valuation."
Measure Two, is the mass
transit measure. At present
taxes derived from gasoline
sales are spent for highways
and parks, with state high
ways receiving 68 per cent; 12
per cent is going to the cities
and 20 per cent to the
counties. If this bill is passed
the highway department
would receive 60 per cent with
the other 8 per cent going
either into mass transit or for
the benefit of nonpartici
pating cities. These monies
could be spent for improve
ments in cities for streets or
sidewalks. Final approval
would rest with the Depart
ment of Transportation.
Morrow County would re
ceive approximately $29,000.
Measure Three sets up a
new tax base for school
districts. If passed, this
measure would set the 1974
budget as the tax base in
future years. There could only
be two elections held per year,
and would reduce the tax
limitation from 6 per cent to 5
and 's per cent. "Although
this measure seems plausible
there are some counties still
acting on the tax base set in
1904," Jernstedt said.
Measure Four is the water
bond issue. "This is an
important issue for Morrow
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THE
GAZETTE-TIMES
Vol. 91, No. 11
jtit Heppner, Ore, Thursday, May 2, 1974
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SEN. KENNETH JERNSTEDT
National award for home extension work
Special recognition and
special collections were the
highlights of the annual Ex
tension Homemakers' Day
held at the Rhea Creek
Grange Hall. April 24
Sixty women from through
out the county and repre
sentatives from Umatilla and
Gilliam counties shared ideas
and friendships throughout
the day.
Molly Saul, home extension
agent for Umatilla and Mor
row counties, presented the
national award which has
been presented tqj the Home
Extension Study Groups of the
two counties for the World
DayVf Work career program
they have sponsored for the
past three years
The certificate of recog
nition was presented by the
National Extension Home
makers' Council at its annual
meeting last August. The
certificate which read. "In
recognition of an outstanding
program carried out in Youth
Development in Family Life
awarded to Umatilla and
Morrow Counties and the
Oregon Extension Home
makers' Council," was read
by Mrs. Saul.
This was the second national
award for the home extension
groups for their work with the
WOW program. In 1972 the
National Association of
County Agents awarded the
women its top youth award.
Birdine Tullis showed slides of
the 1974 WOW Day which was
held for Umatilla and Morrow
County high school students at
Blue Mt. Community College.
This past year 400 students
took part. One hundred re
source people talked about
careers with the young people
and 75 study group members
took part in putting on the
program.
Joyce Rohde of Umatilla
County was the main speaker.
She shared her family's love
of collecting things with the
group. She related how she
began collecting furniture,
progressed to dishes and is
now particularly interested in
Heisey glass She displayed
and discussed pieces from her
collection. Goblets, animals,
dishes, and nut cups and
individual vases were just a
few of the pieces displayed.
Mrs. Rohde demonstrated
how to operate a quaint pencil
sharpener of 1908 vintage.
Among other collectables she
displayed a very heavy char
coal flat iron. The Rohde
family has restored a 1918
Cadillac and a 19)9 Olds-
mobile. They are now re
storing a 1924 Model T of
which they are only the second
owners. Their two sons like to
collect date nails from rail
road ties. "It's funny what
we'll pay for whay we collect.
Anything is a bargain if it is a
particular piece we want very
much." she said.
Several people displayed
collections. Lavella Grauel of
Umatilla displaed dolls. A
table of beadwork and weav
ing from the Umatilla Indian
Reservation was displayed.
Birdine Tullis showed quilts.
One quilt had been made bv
hand from carding of the wool
to the weaving in 1948. Old
fruit jars from the Jerry
Brosnan Ranch on Little
Butter Creek were seen.
Kathy Clark of Rhea Creek ex
hibited her cow bells. Among
the collection from the Albert
Wright Ranch was a copy of
the 1887 "Home Library." Old
pocket watches and 1886-87
Montgomery Ward catalog
were on display from Norman
Nelson of Lexington. Ruth
Bergstrom of Heppner ex
hibited her collection of old
handkerchieves.
Dorris Graves, who repre
sents Morrow, Umatilla and
Union counties on the Oregon
Homemakers' Council, an
nounced the Mini College to be
held at Oregon State Univer
sity, June 18-21. The new
program, filled with a wide
variety of courses taught by
professors on the OSU camp
us, takes the place of the old
Homemakers' State Council
meeting. She urged each study
group to send a represen
tative. The members of the Exten
sion Homemakers' Advisory
Committee for Morrow Coun
ty were introduced: Mrs. Ken
Nelson of Lexington, chair
man; Mrs. Jerry Myers of
Butter Creek, vice-chairman;
Mrs. William Brinda of Hepp
ner, secretary ; Mrs. Art Allen
of Boardman, treasurer; Mrs.
Ned Clark. Rhea Creek; Mrs.
Harvey Wright, Lexington;
and Mrs. Richard Ryan of
Irrigon. Mrs. Nelson, Mrs.
Allen and Mrs. Ryan are
completing their three-year
terms of service this year.
Study group chairmen were
presented with gifts. They
were Pat Wright of the
Lexington group, Barbara
Witherrite of Pine City study
group, Alice Harrison of
Boardman and Kathy Clark of
Rhea Creek. Mrs. Clark was
emcee for the day. Women of
the Rhea Creek study group
hosted the meeting.
Road cleared for housing project
Another special meeting of
the Heppner Common Council
was held Thursday night at
City Hall, the fourth special
meeting held in April.
Planning Commission
Chairman Randall Peterson
was asked to appear by Mayor
Jerry Sweeney in an effort to
clarify the status of Ever
green Terrace, and thereby
allow the council to either
grant or deny building permits
sought by the builder.
Peterson told the council
that the planning commission
had approved the preliminary
plat, but that the final plat had
not yet been recorded. He also
elaborated on the final plat
requirements, saying a per
formance bond must be posted
prior to construction, and a
bonding company requires the
final plat be filed The final
plat has been accepted and the
signing of the plat means
building permits can be
issued, but construction can
not be started until the bond is
posted
He explained to the council
that although the conditional
use permit has been changed
from six four-plexes to three
eight -plexes, he and members
of the planning commission
approved a conditional use
permit for multiple dwellings.
Multiple dwellings is defined
as living quarters for three or
more families under a single
roof.
Peterson said he saw no
reason why Kinzua Corpor
ation couldn't build two 12
plexes if it so desired, as long
as the number of families
originally applied for was not
changed.
If the application was
changed from six four -plexes
to three eight-plexes, would
another hearing have to be
held in order to grant another
conditional permit? was asked
of Peterson.
"The planning commission
and the city have granted the
conditional use permit, there
fore no other hearing is
needed for any changes as
long as the orginal 24 family
units are not increased," he
explained.
Sweeney was asked if con
tracts between the city and
county had been signed,
giving the city authority to
supply the subdivision with
county water.
"At present there is only a
verbal agreement between the
city and the county. Papers
are being drawn up for the
convenience of interested
parties," he replied.
After discussion regarding
water, sewer and storm drains
were again brought up to the
council, Peterson retired and
returned with a plat showing
the locations of water and
sewer mains. The plat was
approved in November 1973.
Councilman Clyde Allstott
moved that all applications for
building permits be denied
Kinzua Corporation until a
bond is posted guaranteeing
completion of all work. The
motion was unamiously ap
proved by the council.
It was also pointed out that
once building permits are
issued, construction must be
started within 45 days or the
permits become null and void
and must be applied for at a
later date.
The next regular meeting of
the Common Council will be
held Monday, May 6, at 8 p.m.
Nine seek positions on BMCC board
A nine-candidate race for
four positions on the Blue
Mountain Community College
Board of Education is ex
pected to bring out a big vote
tion May 7.
On nine candidates, only one
is running unopposed. He is
Bob Zerba, Athena, chairman
of the board and currently
on the college's budget elec- holding position No. 1
Hearing on dam ends
on optimistic note
Testimony on the reau
thorization of proposed Willow
Creek Dam was heard before
Sen. Mike Gravel's Senate
subcommittee, April 25.
Steve Anderson, city engi
neer, Heppner, testified
before the committee, as did
Orville Cutsforth. A letter
written by W W. Weatherford
was read at the hearing, and,
according to Anderson, was
"well received by the com
mittee." Sen. Mark Hatfield testified
in favor of the dam. Sen. Bob
Pack wood, who was attending
a Senate Banking Committee
and unable to attend, had
submitted a statement in
favor of reauthorization of the
project. Gen. Kelly, repre
senting the Corps of Engi
neers, told the committee the
Corps will do everything
possible to work with the City
of Heppner on the city's water
improvement project. This
was a reference to the Corps'
previous commitment to tie in
with the project by relocating
water lines and constructing a
new and larger water reser
voir. Anderson said the Willow
Creek Dam project should be
before the House of Repre
sentatives within three weeks.
If all goes well, he said, the
project should be finalized
within three months.
The bill, if approved, still
must be signed by the presi
dent. Should the president be
impeached, however, he
would lose his power to act.
The plan is to have the bill on
his desk and signed prior to
any impeachment proceed
ings. Anderson told the Gazette
Times Monday that the pros
oect of quick approval looks
'promising."
Another incumbent, Har
mon Springer of Hermiston, is
being challenged by Robert
Ridgway of Pendleton for
position No. 6.
Six candidates are running
for the two posts being
vacated by longstanding
board members Bob Abrams,
Heppner, and Russell Dorran,
Hermiston. Both have served
on the board since the college
was formed almost 12 years
ago.
Seeking position No. 2, now
held by Abrams, are Dorothy
Krebs, lone; Irvin Rauch,
Lexington; and James Whit
ney, Pendleton.
Running for Dorran '8 posi
tion No. 7 are Malachi
Campbell, Hermiston; Dr.
LJ. Feves and Lawrence
Rew, both of Pendleton.
Voters are also being asked
to approve the college's 1974
75 operating levy to provide
funds to run the college.
BMCC has no tax base,
requiring annual elections to
approve operating money.
The operating levy on the
May 7 ballot is $952,882,
requiring a tax levy of $1.59
per $1000 true cash value. This
is 4 cents over this year's
figure.
Total 1974-75 operating
budget for the college is
$2,262,732, an increase of 9 9
per cent over the current
figure. Balance of the funds
needed to run the college
comes from state and federal
sources and from student
tuition and fees.
College President Wallace
McCrae said no new programs
are being added next year. He
attributed the budget increase
largely to inflated costs for
utilities, social security, re
tirement, health and accident
insurance, unemployment
insurance and faculty sal
aries. He also said the pro
posed budget allows for more
community services and more
courses to be offered in
outlying communities.
Polls will be open from 2
p.m. to 8 p.m. in Morrow
County. Since a number of
polling places, especially
those in Morrow County, are
different from the normal
school Dolling places, voters
are asked to consult their
newspapers before going to
the polls.
Following are polling places
in Morrow County:
Precinct No. 1 will vote at
Greenfield Grange, Board
man. Precinct No. 3 will vote at
lone City Hall.
Precinct No. 4 will vote at
Irrigon School Building.
Precinct No. 5 will vote at
Lexington City Hall.
Precincts No. 2, 6, 7, 8, and 9
will vote at the Lane Apart
ment Building, Heppner.
First appearance for rodeo court Saturday
Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Queen Sherry Kemp
and her court will make their
first official appearance Sat
urday, May 4, at the Arlington
Jack Pot Rodeo.
The girls will ride in the
parade at 10 a.m. At noon they
will be guests of the Arlington
Rodeo at a luncheon at the
Village Inn. The afternoon
schedule calls for the girls to
ride in the grand entry prior to
i the rodeo events.
Members of the court will
create a bright splash of color
in their new uniforms of
turquoise. Queen Sherry will
be dressed entirely in white
with a touch of turquoise on
her boots. Princesses Michelle
Evans, Patricia Van
Schoiack, Cassie Chapel and
Micky Hoskins will be wearing
uniforms of shadow turquoise
and blue stripe accessorized
by turquoise hats, blouses.
gloves and boots.
The pennant bearers for this
year's will ride in the grand
entry with the court. They are
Barbara Palmer and Cherrie
Wilson of lone and Teresa
Hughes and Sally Matheny of
Heppner.
I Official pictures of the court
I will be taken Sunday, May 5.
Saturday, May 11, the queen
and court will ride in the Pea
Festival at Milton-Freewater.
The chaperon for this year's
i court is Mrs. Bob Jepsen.
Heppner's honor
graduates named
Kristi Haguewood and
Charma Marquardt have
selected as valedictorian and
salutatorian for the Heppner
High School class of 1974.
The selections are tradi
tionally awarded to the two
top students in the class for
their academic achievements.
The girls will be giving
speeches at the graduation
ceremonies, May 23.
Kristi's 3.88 grade point
average placed her above her
classmates in her selection as
valedictorian. She has been
involved with all phases of
school activities during her
high school life, and currently
holds office in many of the
school's activities.
Kristi is presently president
of Pep Club, vice-president of
Future Homemakers. of
America, treasurer of Future
Farmers of America, secre
tary of National Honor Soci
ety, and secretary of the
Student Body. She, accom
panied the choir and has
participated in sports at
Heppner High.
Kristi has been selected as
an Outstanding Teenager of
America for 1974. and was
recently a first place winner in
the Elks scholarship contest
and winner in the Elks
leadership contest. She has
also won the FFA chapter
scholarship award and many
4-H awards. Kristi is the
daughter of Ron and Lynn
Haguewood.
Charma has also been
active in many school affairs
during her four years at
Heppner High. She amassed a
3.75 grade point average to
win the honor of salutatorian
for the '74 class.
Charma is a member of
International Thespians; the
Heppner High dance team,
The Goldtrotters; National
Honor Society; and Associa
tion for Girls. She has played
clarinet in the band and pep
band for the last four years
and has been an active
member of the high school
chorus.
Last year Charma was
accepted into The Society of
Outstanding American High
School Students. Outside of
school she is involved in
church activities at the First
Christian Church. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Marquardt of Lexington.
CHARMA MARQUARDT
KRISTI HAGUEWOOD