Pago 4, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner. Ore., Thursday, Mar. 6, 1975
Hearing on banning
high volatile 2,4-D
Hifih volatile ester forms of
2, 4D, commonly used by
some wheat farmers for
eradieat ion of weeds, would be
prohibited from use in five
Oregon counties along the
Columbia River by regula
tions proposed by the Oregon
Department of Agriculture.
As proposed, the regulations
would prohibit the use of the
high volatile ester forms
during the period April ! to
Oct. 31 of each year. During
the remainder of each year
restricted use of the chemicals
would he permitted for the
control of sage brush and
rabbit brush, only.
No restrictions are proposed
on other forms of 2, 4-D.
Bill Kosesan, director of the
department's pesticide pro
gram, said the move by the
department to place controls
on 2, 4-D is being done as a
par! of a two-slate investiga
lion into sources of severe
damage to grape crops in the
Yakima Valley of Washington.
Grape farmers in the region
believe the damage is being
caused by airborne, 2, 4-D
drifting north from Oregon.
Others theorize the chemicals
may be coming in from other
areas Oregon's reririctions
would help isolate the source
of the contamination.
The period of April to
October is when the grapes
are in foliage and susceptible
to the high volatile esters.
Public hearings on the
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SPAGHETTI FEED
for
John Ekstrom
Sunday, March 9, 5-7 p.m.
lone High School
This event is sponsored by the Cardinal Club
and lone High School Student Body
Girls Basketball, 4 p.m.
White Elephant Sale, Silent Auction
and Cake Walk
Music by the Depot II
during the afternoon
Families $7.00
Adults 1.50
proposed regulations have
boon scheduled in each of the
counties to be affected. They
are: 10 a.m.. March 11. in the
Vert Little Theater, Pendle
ton; 2p.m.. March 11, Willows
Grange Hall, lone; 10 a.m..
March 12. County Courtroom.
Gilliam County Courthouse,
Condon; 2 p.m., March 12.
Circuit Courtroom. Sherman
County Courthouse, Moro;
and in a.m., March 11 Pacific
Property tax refunds
amount to 109,903
418 County homeowners
and renters had all of their
l(7:i-74 property taxes refund
ed through the Stale Home
owner and Renter Property
Tax Refund program, accord
ing to County Assessor Ever
ett Harshman.
Harshman said statistical
tables depicting the results of
Ihe tax refund program re
ceived from John Lobdell.
director of the State Depart
ment of Revenue, revealed
that 881 homeowners and
renters in Morrow County had
an average of 58 5 per cent of
their total property taxes
refunded in ll74.
Morrow County home own
ers and renters received
$!M.oo:i in refunds, with
homeowners averaging
Benefit
This is a community service advertisement
brought to you by
iliorrow C
rain rowers.
Pow er and Light Building, 2nd
and Court Streets, The Dalles.
Anyone wishing to testify
orally or in writing may do so
by attending one of the
hearings or by writing to
William Kosesan, program
'director. Plant Services Divi
sion. State Department of
Agriculture, . Agriculture
Building. Salem. Or.. 97310.
1. eiters should reach Kosesan
before the hearings.
$148 21 and renters $79.54,
Harshman said. The maxi
mum refund for homeowners
is $4W and $245 for renters.
The assessor said the state
wide average refund to house
holds with less than $6,000
incomes was 71 6 per cent of
their total taxes As this group
includes a high proportion of
retired and elderly people, it is
apparent thai the Homeowner
and Renter Refund program
provides a greater tax break
for elderly homeowners than
the Senior Citizen's Home
stead Tax Deferral program
or the now defunct Senior
Citizens' Property Tax Relief
Law
Harshman said home
owners and renters have until
April 15 to file a claim for a
reti:nd on their 1974-73 proper
ty taxes He said the refund
claim forms were distributed
as a part of the stale income
return packet, and that claims
for refunds must be sent to the
Department of Revenue,
Salem. Ore . .C:!n8.
Open
house
Kinua Corporation is hold
ing open house at its new
o'fice Friday. March 14, 11
a m. to i) p m.
Tours of the plywood plant
will leave from the office on
the hour, from 12 to 6 p m. If
lame groups wish to arrange
for a lour they may contact
Monte Stookey'. 676-9183. Ext.
42
There will be a 5-minute
movie on Kinzua's new tree
harvesting machine. This will
le .shown at intervals during
;he day.
H A Chambers, contractor
lor Evergreen Terrace will be
available for questions.
Some of the foresters w ill be
present with maps of Kinua
tree farms.
Rotreshments will be serv-
12 and under 75c.
Pre-schoolers Free
.ounfy
Trustee
position
is open
One position on the Blue
Mountain Community College
Hoard of Education will be on
the ballot in the college's
budget election. May 6, Presi
dent Hon Daniels announces.
Daniels told the board that
the term of board member
Brent Morn, Hermiston, ex
pires June 30 and that Horn
had not yet decided whether
he would seek re-election.
Horn has served on the board
since July 1963.
Persons interested in run
ning for the position are asked
to contact Daniels or the
college business office for
further information. Candi
dates must be residents of
Morrow or Umatilla County.
Term of office is four years,
and deadline for filing is April
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Arrest
report
Kenneth Ray Davis, 18,
Irrigon, and three juvenile
companions were arrested by
Oregon State Police Feb. 11
and charged with theft in the
second degree. They are
accused of having in their .
possession stolen copper wire,
beer kegs and a motor taken
from a storage shed owned by
Ruben Wetherall, Arlington.
Francisco Lepe Ramarez is
accused of Ihe unauthorized
use of a vehicle without the
consent of the owner, Felipe
Roman .Sogura. The Segura
vehicle was stolen Feb. 12 and
reported to the sheriff's de
partment. David George McNary and
Robert Leslie Humphreys are
accused of theft in the second
degree Both men are charged
with the theft of gas caps at
lone, the property of the
Morrow County School Dis
trict Two juvenile girls were
arresled by Heppner City
Police for shoplifting last
week The girls were arrested
for theft from a store on Main
Strcol. Heppner.
Dykstra Construction Co.
rejHirled Ihe theft of a portable
arc welder from the Kinzua
Plant, The theft was reported
to the sheriff's department
Feb. 2fi. Estimated value of
the welder is placed at $1,500.
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Property
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Valuations on residential
property in Morrow County
will be increased on an
average of 141 per cent for
fiscal year 1975-76.
Land values will be increas
ed for tax purposes from about
170 to 200 per cent.
This was the news given
members of the Chamber of
Commerce at Its Monday
meeting by Bill Kletzer,
appraiser.
(It was Inter explained by
Charlie Patching, county ap
praiser, that the percentages
were calculated by using this
year's valuation as a base of
100 per cent. This means an
average of 41 per cent raise on
residential property to a high
of too per cent on certain farm
land. Deduct 100 per cent from
any 1975-76 valuation to deter
mine the increase over this
year.)
Kleter said the state has
sent a directive to the Morrow
County Assessor's office
through the Department of
Revenue to raise residential
values throughout the urban
areas of the county by 141 per
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Chops Roast
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Nabisco Premium 1 lb.
Salfines 59
Krusteaz 7 lbs.
Pancake Hour
$2.19
Kraft 8 oz.
Salad Dressing
59
3 lbs.
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Prices effective
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values
100
as
cent. The order is based,
Kletzer said, upon the slate's
ratio studies of sale prices to
assessed values. The raises In
Morrow County is to equalize
values statewide.
Kletzer said Ihe results of
appraisals in Heppner to date
indicate that the raises in
values in town range between
1:15 and 150 per cent, with
variations under that figure
due to age deterioration of
improvements and variations
over due to additions or
extensive remodeling. Main
tenance variations seem to
stay well within the averages,
he said.
Land value increases range
from 170 to 200 per cent, but
there have been a few
instances where sales in an
area indicated that land
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Coffee
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fo rise
per cent
values there had been over
estimated in prior appraisals,
and corrections have boon
made.
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Entertainment for the Entire Family
advance tickets on naif at
( m,st lo Omst (.ardner' Men's Wrr
IVIei s..n Jew rlry Mutiny's Drug
Sponsored by
Heppner Lions Club
Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op
Heppner,
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Carrots 2 ibs. 490
Celery 4 stalks
$1
Red or White 6 Ibs,
New Potatoes $1
Red Delicious,
Apples 4 ibs. $1
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low price and S&H
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The small display cases at
the Heppner Public Library
are now filled with "What
Nols"
These small Items of Ivory,
china, stone and straw were
collected by the librarian,
Mrs, W. W. Wealherford.
Some are American, some
KuroX'an, some Asian.
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