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Vol. 92, No. 23
Heppner, OR., July 24, 1975
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Sumner reports
on legislation
Male Rep Jack Sumner
discussed legislative pro
grams of interest lo Mornm
County at a meeting of the
Clumber of Commerce Mon
day Sumner said he had kept in
close contacl with Judge Paul
Junes on wn issues ol
k !Mrif!;T,re t the- "in'
liioililu.il ion ol ttir circuit
courts and the piohlem ol
dealing wnh the salaries of
district attorneys
Smaller counties, he said,
had wanted lo "group togeth
er" and have only one district
attorney tor two or more
counties At the beginning.
Sherman, Gilliam and Mor
row counties was considered
lor combining under one
district attorney, probably to
be based in Heppner The plan
was scuttled because Sher
man and (iilli.im counties
were not interested m such a
plan
Legislation was introduced
al the last session to regulate
the salaries of district attor
ney, with reference lo the
nount of monev thev could
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le paid by the slate while
remaining in private practice
ol law The legislation was
scuttled because it would have
put smaller counties in a
financial bind
Sumner is a member of the
House Ways and Means Com
mittee, and was chairman of a
siifi ormilillee in tin' last
session which dealt with
judu i.il and budget problems.
Another legislative proposal
lirnii hi before Ins committee
would have given voters the
right lo change their political
hiity alliliations during a
primary election At first .
Sumner said it was intended
In apply only lo voters who
registered as indcendfnls.
who are excluded under pre
sent law from participating in
Republican and iH'inocralic
primary elections The legis
lation did not p.iss because of
the dangers of undermining
the two pari) political pri
mary system and would be of
benefit only lo indeendcnt
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New
Plans to upgrade the Mor
row County Fair, Aug. 19-22.
were made last Monday night
at a joint meeting of the Fair
Committee and the Fair
Board.
A new covered show ring
with cement floor will be
constructed for this year'i
event. Materials for the ring
will be donated by Kinzua
Corporation. Morrow County
Grain Growers and Umatilla
Redi Mix.
A nurses station will operate
around the clock at this year's
fair. Two registered nurses.
Helen Aycock and Pat Wright
Board names Don
Portland man is lone principal
The Morrow County School
Board approved the hiring of
Don Fluke of Portland as the
new lone School principal at
Ihe regular board meeting in
lone Monday evening
The selection committee
told the board that Fluke
came highly recommended
and had a wide experience in
Ihe field of education.
He received his bachelor
and master degrees in educa
tion from Washington Stale
I'niversily in Pullman. He did
further study there and at
Stanford I'niversily and
( lairnionl College. Fluke has
laught in several school dis
tricts. From 1954 lo 1957 he
was principal and sixth grade
teacher at Helix. More recent
ly he has been the superinten
dent al Glide and then al South
Kinzua buys
Kuiua Corporation was
high bidder on a timber stand
in Wheeler County recently.
Kmua bought an estimated
lo.7tKi.ooo Ixiard feel of timber
and 1580 acres of material for
$i2.22 fio. which was the
appraised price.
Bid prices per thousand
board feel were: Ponderosa
pine. $10 54. Douglas fir and
other species. $2
High School Rodeo at Burni.
features planned for the
( the new county health nurse),
will be on duty 24 hours a day
to assist any sick or injured.
Other changes Include the
following:
The lone and Heppner
Garden Clubs will have plan
ter boxes of flowers located
over the fairgrounds.
A night watchman will be
employed to look after fair
property during the first four
nights of the event.
For the first time separate
judges will be appointed for
children's essay and poetry
entries,
A blackboard will be
Fluke
I'mpqua schools in Southern
Oregon. In 1969 he left active
leaching to join the Oregon
Slate University Office of
Planning Institutional Re
search for a year and a half.
Following that service he
left leaching to go into
farming and Ihe operation of a
manufacturing business. Dur
ing the 1973-74 school year he
and his family lived in Mexico.
Fluke and his wile have four
children.
Fluke replaces John Ed
mundson who earlier accepted
the possitlnn of assistant to the
, principal in Ihe Morrow Coun
ty District School Office.
In other business Monday
evening the board elected
John Matthews as chairman
ol the school board, moving
him up from the position of
vice-chairman. Pauline Win
Harvest opens,
yields good
Wheal harvest is getting off
to a good start, with yields
heller than anticipated,
according to Larry Mills,
manager. Morrow County
Grain Growers.
"The harvest is in full swing
in the north Lexington and
Boardtnan areas. The lone
area is just gelling started."
he said Harvest should be
well under w ay in the remain
der of the county within a few
weeks.
A survey of winter wheat
growers found conditions w ere
improved from last month,
and the crop is now placed at
50 million bushels. S per cent
above last year for the state.
More and heavier wheat
heads were found in field
samples scattered throughout
the growing area.
Spring wheat is placed at 3 3
million bushels, 37 per cent
below last year, with the
County represented in
national rodeo finals
Dawn Peterson, 16, daughter of Mr. and
Mr. Bob Peterson, lone, will compete in
the National High School Rodeo finals in
Gallup, N.M., Aug. 2-10.
She hat been competing in three
events pole bending, goat tying and
barrel racing. This spring she rated high in
rodeos at Arlington, Rufus, Madras and
Burns. At Burns she competed in both the
local and state high school finals. She won
second place in the barrels, thus qualifying
for the national contest. She also won
second place In the senior girls barrel
races at Condon, July 4.
Dawn's horse, Natalie Risk, registered
erected at the entrance to the
main exhibit building which
will list each day's activities.
-The Fair Board will not
furnish hay for animals this
year: exhibitors must furnish
their own feed; but bedding
straw will be furnished.
Senior citizens (those over
62 years of age) will be given
special passes to the fair.
Members of the rodeo court
will be present at the weekly
senior citizens dinners at
Heppner. Irrigon and lone to
. give out tickets and explain
the fair program.
This year all exhibitors
must pick up a special
ter was elected vice-chairman.
Dr. Wallace H. Wolff.
Ihe outgoing chairman, was
noi eligible for re-election,
having served two years in
succession in that position.
The board voted lo develop a
trailer home sile on the school
properly south of Heppner
High School. The possibility of
developing such a site came
up for discussion earlier in Ihe
year when Heppner High
School was experiencing van
dalism around the school
grounds. Il was felt by Ihe
board that having someone
living on "the school property
could serve as a deterrent to
further vandalism.
In ils motion Ihe Ixiard
slated lhal the sile could only
he rented In sc hool personnel
The theorv behind Ihe "teach-
national wheat forecast at 2 2
billion bushels. 22 per cent
above the previous record
crop of 1974.
The Oregon barley crop w ill
be smaller this year as
acreage is down one-tenth.
Production is expected to total
ft. I million bushels. It) per cent
below that of last year.
Nationwide, the barley crop
is placed at 395 million
bushels, an increase of 2S per
cent over last year.
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Connie Louise Hathaway,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roy
C. Hathaway, was among the
338 Spring Quarter graduates
from Seattle Pacific College.
Seattle.
Connie graduated with a BA
degree in history.
quarterhorse, will also make the trip to
Gallup. Dawn's mother and Mary Healy,
Heppner, who barely missed qualifying for
the nationals, will accompany her.
An estimated 900 to 1.200 high school
contestants will participate in the national
event. Each state's entrants will carry
their state flag and wear special costume
vests to identify them. The Oregon group
will carry the Oregon flag and wear
special vests of navy blue with the Oregon
stale emblem emblazoned on them. All
w ill take part In the Grand Entry
They are expected to return lo Morrow
County on Aug. 13.
exhibitor's pass at the main
office. This pass must be
shown for entrance to all
events.
1 1 overnight trailer spaces
will Ik- available on the
fairgrounds. Reservations
should be made by calling
Fair Secretary Liz Curtis.
A Fun Nighl will be held
Wednesday night at the fair. A
chicken dinner catered by
Kentucky Fried Chicken of
Hermiston will be served by
members of the Fair Board
and Fair Committee: an
antique auction will be held
from 7 to 8 pm. by the
erage" lund for Ihe Morrow
County School District is to
provide some housing for
school employees when ade
quate housing was difficult to
lind in Ihe community. The
Ixiard slated lhal whoever
lived on the sile will not be
asked to patrol ihe grounds,
however
Susan Black was hired as
Ihe 5th and 6th grade teacher
at A C. Houghton in Irrigon.
Shane Fritz was hired to leach
junior high social studies and
high school Spanish al River
side Michael Gorman was
hired to the 7lh and 8lh grade
science position at Heppner
-Elementary Kllen Nussbaum
uill leach language arts and
serve as the dance learn
advisor at Heppner High.
Vera Skow was hired to the
2nd grade (misiIioii at lone.
German
student
leaving
Heppner 's first year-long
lorcign student leaves today.
July 14. on Ihe first leg of his
journey home
Jann Nissen has found
attending classes at Heppner
High "easier than in my own
school." He says that his year
as a member of Ihe Robert
Jones ' household has been
helplul in several ways.
"It has helped me feel at
home with the English lan
guage. Il has also given me
practice in adjusting to new
surroundings, to new situa
tions " Jann showed slides of
his home community to the
Heppner Soroptimists and to
the lone Topic Club during his
stay .
The first slop on his way
home w ill lie al San Francisco.
Bicentennial Commission: a
king and queen of the fair
coronation is also expected to
lake place under auspices of
the Bicentennial Commission:
and there will be a musical
hour featuring the "Sweet
Adelines" from Pendleton and
oi her acts yet to be scheduled.
The cost of the entire Fun
Night, including the chicken
dinner, is $2.
The group recommended
buying new display tables for
the exhibit building. It also set
Aug. 3 as Work Day. at which
lime all citizens are invited to
do their share in getting the
Fuel bids w ere reviewed In
Ihe case of bulk gas and fuel
and diesel oil there was only
one bid due to established
allotments However, there
were two bids for anti-freeze.
The bid was awarded to Miles
Tire Serv ice at S3 60 per
gallon The Peterson-Carlson
bus run was awarded to the
lone bidder. luis Carlson, for
-III cents per mile No bids
were received for Ihe Adon
Hamlctt run
Court princess
Saturday night is
Barbara's night!
Between attending
beaut v
school and serving
as a
princess on Ihe Morrow Coun
ty Fair and Rodeo Court,
tone's Barbara Palmer is
hav ing a busy summer.
Blonde Barbara graduated
from lone High School in May
and entered beauty school in
The Dalles early in July, and
has found herself traveling
between school and court
appearances ever since.
Beauty school usually takes 15
months, but because of her
court activities il will take her
Ui to complete the course
Rodeos and parades are not
new lo Barbara. For the past
two years she has been a
pennant bearer for the court.
Her "full of life" twin sisters
are following in big sister's
footsteps. Fifteen-year-old
Donna and Debra are pennant
bearers this year. A lot of
support and encouragement
comes from the youngest of
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fair
grounds readied for opening
day.
Members of the Morrow
County Fair Board are Zearl
Gillespie, chairman: Paul
Hisler. Dr. Jim Norene. Floyd
Jones. George Luciani. Liz
Curtis, secretary -treasurer:
and Hazel Bauman. general
building superintendent.
Fair Committee members
include Delpha Jones, chair
man; Mrs. Alvin McCabe.
secretary: Leanne Rea. Alvin
McCabe. Barbara Hug. Mary
Lou Deltoso. Dick Sargent.
Virginia Grieb. Hal Whitaker
and Floyd Jones, advisor from
the Fair Board.
The board approved the use
ol a bus by the Heppner Day
Care Center to transport
children to and from the
center in Ihe swimming pool,
provided Ihe center paid all
costs, provided insurance and
licensed bus driver and ob
tained Ihe required license.
Kenneth Broadbenl was ab
sent trnm the meeting. The
next regular meeting is
scheduled for Monday. Aug.
18. al Heppner High School.
the Palmer girls. 11-year-old
Anita.
Princess Barbara is the
daughter of Lee and Marianne
Palmer. They own a ranch
outside of lone on which they
raise wheat, hay. cattle and
sheep Her grandparents. Mr.
and Mrs. Marion Palmer of
lone and Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln
Nash of Heppner. are proud of
Barbara's accomplishments.
She enjoys all the usual
hobbies sw imming and horse
back riding. She is especially
good at leathercraft. She also
enjoys a hobby not practiced
by many in her community.
She does Indian bead work.
Barbara has taught herself to
do bead work and has been
enjoying the craft for about
three years. She says she uses
some patterns but creates
many of the designs herself.
Lee Palmer will miss his
daughter's help on the ranch
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