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Page 6. THE GAZKTTK TIMKS. Heppner. OR., Thursday. Apr. Wranglers hold second playday 24. 1375 Heppner students conduct survey The second Wranglers pkiy day was hold Sunday at tho Wranglers arena. Hoppm-r A potluck luncheon was held at noon. - . The results are as follows: (6 am) under Barrells. Bob Kiner. Andrea Hall, Justin Murray and Jason Poucherty ; Pole Bending: Scott tXnighc-r-ty. Andrea Ball. Bob Knuor and Jason Dougherty ; Figure Kight: Scott Dougherty, An drea Ball. Boh Km?er and Jason Dougherty: Sack Race: Jason IVwgherty. Bob Kiiuer, Amirra Ball and Scott Doug her:y. Ages seven through nine. Kaurlls. Anne Murray. Pat Sthwarz. Gary Belcher and Trisha Mahoney; Poles- Anne Murray, i'at Schvvarz. Brian Holt. Bridget! Greenup. Fig ure Fight. Anne Murray, Pat Schwarz. Bridget! Greenup am' Brian Holt. Musical Kok's; Anne Murray. Brian Hoi!. Judy Padberg and Pat Sit wart Ages 111-12 Barrells: Kelly Hammond. Brett Sherer, Cliff Dougherty and Jo Lnn Paly. Poles Jana Steagall. Kelly Hammond. Anne Van Schoi ack. Muscial ropes: Jana Steagall. Marie Van Schoiack. I'll!! Dougherty and Anna Palmer, Ages HIT Barrells: Dawn Peterson. Janice Healy. Judy Healy ami Mary Healy. Poles: Janice Healy. Maureen Healy, Dawn Peterson and Mary Healy Rings: Dawn Peterson. Mary Healy. Jack Vot-om and O'dy Dougherty. Musical ropes: Janice Healy. Maureen Healy, Donih Tucker and Mary Mealy Ages 18 and over. Barrells Nam Gilbert. Rub;. Shear, v.erfy Kemp and Barb Pal mer Poles Dak Sherer. !!:( Shear. Ka'hy Gilbert and Sherry Kemp. Rings: Dick Sherer. David Daly, K.nhy Gilbert and Lee Pal mer Musical ropes: Lee Palmer, Patricia Van Schoiack, Bob Van Schoiack and Sherry Kemp Girls Cow Riding: Diana Holt and Dorothy Tucker, Boys Cow Riding: Glen Grif fith and Clay West. Team Roping: Matt and Hod Murray. Rod Murray and Cornet! Green. Lee Palmer and Roice Fulieton. Breakaway roping: Jack Holt and Jack Yocom. Tie lwn calf roping: David Daly, Matt Murray and Roice Fulieton Heppner second at local meet Heppner finished second in a five-way track and field meet at the Mustang track last Tuesday, as A A Wahtonka earned first place honors. The larger school from The Dalles tallied 85 points to finish first. Heppner 67. Sherman County 47 1 . Condon 344 and lone 16. The top individual single effort for the day for Heppner was a r.'7'6" discus toss by Dan 'Marshall. David McLeod tallied 18 points. Wade Padberg 16 and Marshall 11, to pace the Heppner squad. Ne! Monday the boys track team will travel to Echo for a five-way meet with I'matilla. lone. Riverside and Echo. This meet is scheduled to get underway at 4 p m. BIKE RIDING IS FUN & SAFE ...when you Know th8 rules Mil LOW CRKFK I ITTI K t.F.AOt E HT" Baseball Schedule Opening Dav at Heppner Sat. May 3. ! 3n Indians vs Giar.'s Podeers vs. Braces a! lone Dodgers vs Braves Giants vs. Indians Mi '.A Ma-y Mai, Yav May X a at May Ma Ma May Mav .7 iLi(.lfc.ers ' Indians at Yav z: Yav M a! May Yav 6- Brav es vs G;.in!s 7 -Giants vs Braves 8- l.-.d.atis vs Dodgers 12- pikers vs Giants li- Braves vs. Indians k-.e H-G;an:s s Dodgers lo-Ird.jr.s vs Braves 1st- Indians vs. Giants 2.1 D'ldg'-rs vs Braves 21 Ciuiits vs. Indians lone Braves vs Dodgers 27-G:,i;!'s v s Braves 27- Dodgers vj Indians lone 28- k.dans v . Dodgers 2. Brav i-j v Gianls June 2-Giants vs. June 3-Braves vs at lone June 4 Indians vs. June 5-Dodaers vs June -Dodgers vs at lone June l Giants vs June 11- Indians vs June 12- Braves vs Dodgers Indians Braves Giants Indians Braves Dodgers Giants June 16 Indians vs. Giants June 17-Dodgers vs, Braves June 18 Giants vs. Indians at lone Jur.e W-Bt ives vs. Dodgers June 23-Indians vs. Braves Jut e 24 Dodgers vs. Giants June 23-Giants vs. Dodgers June 26 Braves vs. Indians at lone Hay 31. Sa!..-Double Header GAME TIME: 6.00 p.m. e: xm xsxx v. '- ex ax xatoaax t i i OPEN HOUSE jj jt Heppner Child j Development Cenler jj April 21-26 2 to 6 pin. 4 Hours Free Babysitting Any One Day Free Coffee and Cookies Come and Visit: See What the Center can offer your child 676-9246 I I I 560 N. Minor y Active in community Tin- ailwrtiM iiii iit in preMMitt-d In the public Interest by Columbia Basin Electric Co-op "Serving 3010 square miles in Morrow, Gilliam, Wheeler, t'matilla Counlies i ,. x.. '-'' ' v'' v k-,m:' " vr . i 'i ..4 f " " -l-i.!- -- i " mmm" ' ' GARY BELCHER, races his horse toward the finish line, after completing the barrel races at the Wranglers Flay Day, Sunday. Senior students at Heppner High School in conjunction with their soeiul studies course, started conducting a confidential housing survey within the city limits of Heppner Tuesday. "The students want to get involved in community affairs and they feel they can benefit the community with their survey," said their instructor Miss Dean. The questionnaire consists of 12 questions that can be readily answered and return ed to the student. Should the resident wish the student to leave the questionnaire and return it at a later date, he may do so The survey when completed will give the students an accurate accounting of the people residing in the city limits and a count of homes in the area Some of the questions to be answered by the homeowner are the following: age of the head of the household, num ber of persons in the house hold; annual household in come: estimated total month ly housing cost. Including rent utilities, mortgage payments and taxes. Do you own or are you buying, do you rent. Is your present home adequate. Do you feel your montniy housing costs are too high. What tvpe of housing do you preferWould you rather own or rent. Would you like to move to different housing? The project should take about two weeks to complete. f SALE "SALENS ALE I Introducing Mew Country Rustic j Exterior colors to give a new look to your home Seal-Kote Pskit $750 gaL lint extra Pettyjohn's Farm & Builders Supply Hepprer, Oregon gj NO. 3 IN A SERIES: Questions about the compntMlity of Alumax with Oregon's Environment. What will building an aluminum plant mean to Eastern Oregon? I'm part of the ana ami basal on uhat I know about Alumax. I would welcome the growth and opportunities this plant will bring. J 'III ' I : VV;1 r . . , 2t '04 Dorix Bounds Chairman of the Btuird Inland Empirt Bank Htrmiston, Oregon I've lived here most of my life. My whole family haj alwai beiieved in this area and loved it. Right now Umatilla County is on the threshold of the most ex citing time it hui ever experienced. We feel it is important that the right kind of growth be balanced throughout the Stale of Oregon, More than that, we know that growth has to be orderly and well planned if we are to make the best use of the fine assets e have worked so hard to develop our port, our recreational areas, our proximity to transportation, our fine industrial land sites, our agri cultural indusirv. our residential communities and our people. We're impressed vwth the .i Alumax is working vsilh us for vseeks we'se been vsorking l gether to identify the things th.it need to be done and the best as to do them These are the ty pes of things vse're considering as e plan for this positive addition to our area. How many jobs will Alumax create? I understand Alumax will directly employ I MOO workers a( the peak of construction and dunny operation In addilum to those employed by Alumax, numerous supportive jobs vsill also be created as people are hired by supermar kets, department slores. police de partments, ml in all olher areas stimulated by the growing popula-, should expect our population to increase by approximately 5.000 people during the construction phase. When the construction force reaches in peak and ionic of the operating people start ar riving, trie total should climb to around 6750, with 65-75'r living very close to the plant site. When the plant is in full opera tion, and most of the construction workers have gone, the total per maricnt population growth should be around 4500. Between 1125 and 2100 of these people are ex pected to locate in Hermiston An additional I 12 to 21 (X) should be living in I'matilla. Smaller com munities in the area should also experience a population ineic.isc Stanfield should grow an additional 45 to 225 persons because of Alumax. Irrigon, 30 to I 35. Lcho, 30 to 135. Boardman. 30 to 225. The Tri-Citics should expect to receive 90 to 450, Pendleton. 225 to 675. At this point, population disiri bution is merely an estimate The rate at which housing, municipal services and other community fa cilities develop will eventually de termine how many Alumax people go where Where art all these people going to live? I he current housing availability in the Hermiston Umatilla area is based primarily on existing need, What will the total Alumax related payroll amount to? The gross payroll paid directly to Alumax employees, plus salaries earned by those working in new jobs cfcattd by the growth in pop ulation, should total more than S26 million. Most of t!.i, money will slay in Umatilla County, creating a new market for real estate, recrea tion, grocery stores, clothiers, and anyone else with a marketable commodity or service Dim l iind irliitftl fn toll tine to AIiiiiuix. - A2Gh I MILLION v' Win Alumax Employment T i,-s ! Construction . w Linpiuycci y , , 1 1 1 1 Plant Operation Employees li 1 1 I r t.H 1 lion. It is anticipated that these supportive jobs will increase through the construction period and several years thereafter, to a total of 1,000 which will continue during operation of the plant. "I his will mean a total of 1800 perma nent jobs added to the Umatilla County area. Where will the workers come from? The construction and operation of the Alumax plant should initially eliminate unemployment in Uma tilla County, with Alumax hiring and training as many workers at possible from the local area. Addi tionally, this plant will creaie job openings for approximately 1350 people from throughout the rest of Oregon. What will this maan In terms of total population Increase? Since construction work is usually temporary, workers often move into the area by themselves, rather than relocating their families. Tak ing this into account, I am told we st) new construction will be re ijuiied. At the outset, most construction workers will be residing in mobile homes, the traditional housing for nonpermanent workers. Others will live in apartments and motels, Alumax's permanent work forte, coupled with the needs of the service job workers will re quire 5f.O to 770 single family dwellings, 390 to 600 multifamily units, and 248 to 386 mobile homes. Given today's interest rates and the availability of money, the need for housing should provide an excellent opportunity for us to get our building industry back on its feet. I liiik "- J Can our school system handle the growth? The influx of new school-age chil dren into our area should actually help to improve our schinil system by moving us to a scale where curricula can be significantly ex panded. For the upcoming school year, very few additional children should be expected, but Hermiston-Umatilla and Pendleton school districts should expect to receive almost all of the 1600 children associated with the peak period when the construction phase and plant start-up overlap. This will not occur until 1977-78 schivol year. Assuming school con struction lakes place as planned, the Pendleton school district will have no problem taking care of the increased enrollment. However, additional school construction or portable units will be required to handle increased enrollment in the Umatilla and Hermiston dis tricts. Additionally, Alumax could be very beneficial to Blue Mountain Community College, An oppor tunity exists where the college could provide training for poten tial Alumax employees. This, com bined with new student enrollment, could bring the college up to at least 15 capacity during the 1978-79 school year. Can our utilities handle a greater load? Electric, gat and telephone systems are all adequate to handle the pro jected growth. And, assuming planned sewage improvement! ar made, this system will alio be suf ficient. In fact, operation may even Improve In several areas be cause of increased efficiency brought on by greater sewsge plant flows. So far as water is concerned, a community program currently underway will provide adequate water resources. Police protection is bssed on per capita population, so it will necessarily have to increase. Alumax will have its own fire fighting system and trained per sonnel on the plant site, eliminat ing the need for existing fire de partments to purchase specialized equipment The five Oregon hospitals which may be affected by Alumax cur , renily operate at between 40-62 occupancy. Health care facilities and skilled health workers are adequate to accommodate the in creased population. How will the Increased tai base atlect our taxes? The Alumax plant will pay state corporate taxes, plus approximate ly $3 million in local taxes, result ing in reduced tax rates in many jurisdictions. However, not all will benefit equally. Taxes are paid only to those jurisdictions within which the plant boundaries lie. For example, the Umatilla school dis trict will receive no direct benefit from the increased assessed value of the plant itself. Other tax dis tricts will also be called upon to provide disproportionate amounts of services necessary to accommo date the population increase. Some mechanism must be found to re distribute a portion of the in creased lax benefits to the whole area. There are many alternatives, but this will have to be worked out by local community leaders. In addition to the taxes paid by Alumax itself, the employees will pay property taxes on approxi mately $56 million assessed evalu ation. It is also estimated lhat $770,000 will be generated from annual employee slate income lax and another $600,000 in gasoline, alcohol and cigarette taxes. The net overall effect of the increased tax base resulting direct ly or indirectly from the building of this aluminum plant In our com munity will be decreased per cap ita taxes in all but one jurisdiction. With the efforts now underway, even this one jurisdiction should also have a net tax benefit. Rr prinlt of this tntlrt series . dealing with "Alumax In Oregon" art available for you to I.H In diutiHing ilit vlitd Itiu with your friends. To rteelvt your copies, write to us at: 303 East Main Street, Hermiston, Oregon 97S3B. -FACIPIC COAPCmAIlON People working to build a stronger economy compatible with Oregon's environment. This message from a concerned resident of Eastern Oregon has been published in the public interest HEfrarNC'E Coimll. Holid. Hv A Metrf1ld tommunilr 1ml Aiwltt. Aptll 11. 17S
