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SANDY MATHENY local girl at rodeo Sandy Matheny, Heppner, will I) the featured sinner at the 1975 Morrow County Rodeo Dunces, Aug 22 23. Sandy, or Sam as her friends call her, has never had a singing lesson In her life and sings for the enjoyment of singing and for the entertain ment of her friends. , She started singing at an early age and had some ideas of turning professional., .how ever, she dispelled the Idea when she discovered the various obligations of a pro fessional singer. Another rea son could tie Sandy's love of the outdoors During the summers she has worked for the Forest Service the past four years Some of her hobbies include singing, bot any, bird watching and all sports connected with the outdoors Sandy as born In Heppner. the daughter of Orval and Pauline Matheny She attend ed grammar school and grad uated from Heppner High School in 1970 During her high school years she and some of her friends formed a combo and they would sing at (he Wagon Wheel. Other members of the group were Steve Hedman, Steve Sather and Jim Schaffitx. Sandy plays the piano, organ and taught herself how to play the guitar. She has an Associate of Arts tleflree in hand from Central Oregon Community College. Bend She decided on a career in biology and attended the fmversity of Oregon and completed her required sub jects this summer While in college she never passed up the opportunity of entertaining her friends with a few songs. "One of the best times of my life happened a while back when I traveled 16.000 miles across the fniled Slates in two and one half months," said Sandy. One of the most memorable occasions to Sandy was the lime she wrote the words and HEY LOOK! Opened August 4th PIERSOL CLEANERS WHERE? Next to the cfty hall on west Willow HOURS? 10amto5pjn.Mon.-FrL i sings donees music for her brother's wedd ing What does a girl with a golden voice and a degree in biology have planned for the future? Well, according to Sandy, "I would like to visit Australia, South America and Europe." If she does visit some of the other continents she will probably carry her guitar and never pass up the opportunity to make someone happy with one of her songs. Tree seed up for bid General Services Admini stration announced that it is having a sealed bid sale of tree seeds. David L. Head. GSA's Regional Administrator, said the tree seeds Include Pacific Silver Fir. White Fir. Grand Fir. Shasta Red Fir, Noble Fir. Sitka Spruce. Sugar Pine, Western White Pine, and Douglas fir located at Wind River Nursery. Carson, WA; and Lodgrpole pine and Pon derosa pine located at Bend Pine Nursey. Bend. OR. Further information re garding this sale and c ipies of the sales offering. No. 10FWS 76 207. are available from General Services Administra tion. Business Service Center. 440 Federal Building. 915 Second Avenue, Seattle, WA 98174. telephone: (2061 442 5oo6. Bids received will be publicly opened at 10:30 a m. on Aug W For Elks Only Friday, Aug. 15 Club Opens 4 p m. Happy Hour J-7p m. Dinner served from 6:30 8:30pm. Saturday. Aug 16 Club Oprns 4 pm. Sunday. Aug 17 dub Closed. Also We have two trained men in sewing machine and vacuum cleaner repair. won;; guaranteed 4-1 1 horse show winners listed Approximately 40 4-H horse club members took part in the Morrow County 4-H Horse Show held Sunday, Aug. 10. Winners are listed by age divisions. Small Fry Horsemanship: Pat Schwarz, champion; An gela Evans, reserve champ ion. Small Fry Showmanship: Jeanie Carrol, champion; An ne Murray, reserve champion. Juniors Horsemanship: Cliff Dougherty, champion; Brett Sherer, reserve champ Ion. Junior Showmanship: Tara Mahoney, champion; Cliff Dougherty, reserve champ ion. Intermediate Showman ship: Theresa Proctor, champion; Todd Sherer, re serve champion. Intermediate Horseman ihip: Maureen Healy, champ ion; Marl Evans, reserve champion. Senior Horsemanship: Kate Evans, champion; Donna Palmer, reserve champion. Senior Showmanship: Mary Ann Proctor, champion; Deb wa Palmer, reserve champ ion. Colt Horsemanship: Krynn Robinson, champion; Debora Palmer, reserve champion. Colt Ground Training: Kr ynn Robinson, Champion; Wendy Myers, reserve cham jion. All Around Showmanship: Mary Ann Proctor, grand ;hampion; Theresa Proctor, eserve grand champion. Ail-Around Horsemanship: Maureen Healy, grand cham jion: Krynn Robinson, re tcrve grand champion. Brand fee increases The Oregon Department of Agriculture in a notice of intended administrative ac tion filed Aug. 5. 1975, is proposing to increase ' the livestock brand recording fee from $10 to $25. Also proposed is an increase from 60 cents to $2 in the fee for a special brand inspection certificate and brand in spection fee of $1 per head for horses. The section of the regula tions dealing with rerecording and brand transfer fees would be deleted under another proposal. The deletion is being made because those fees now are set by a law passed by the 1975 legislative session. The law leaves the rerecording fee at SKI but has increased the brand transfer fee from 5 to $15. All changes would become effective Sept. 13. 1975. Copies of the proposed regulation amendments are available from Dean Clark, administrator. Livestock Div ision. Slate Department of Agriculture. Agriculture : Building. Salem. Or 97310. Persons having evidence or data to present regarding the proposed changes may direct it to Clark at the Salem address. Final date for this to be accepted is Sept. 2. 1975, at 5 p m. : A public hearing will be held to consider the proposals if requests for a hearing are received not later than Aug. j 30. 1975. from 10 or more persons or an association j having more than 10 mem- : bers. Requests for hearing J should also be directed to i Clark. ? i I $: I I I 1 at 8 1 LReSiOCil noiv m "Last year's version of the Federal Emergency Live stock Loan program was a complete 'bomb' and fiasco, it was so restrictive that most cattlemen and very few finan cial lenders could loan money under its provisions. However, the 1975 Emergency Livestock Loan Act, which President Ford signed into law last month, will enjoy a much broader acceptance by both the borrower and the lender," according to Bert Hawkins, First Vice-President of the Oregon Cattlemen's Associa tion, speaking at the annual meeting of the Wallowa Stock growers Association in Enter prise, Saturday, Aug. B. Haw kins went on to recite a number of major and signifi cant changes in the present livestock loan program. He said primarily loans will be easier to obtain, easier to pay back and less burdensome on the producer. The cattle industry leader also stated, "A producer is now eligible to borrow up to $350,000 if he can convince a lender that he's a good risk. And that shouldn't be too difficult, since the govern ment is now guaranteeing 90 percent of the loan, compared with 80 per cent under the previous law. "As with the parent legisla tion, the percentage the pro ducer will have to pay is to be determined between him and the banker, but the payback period has been extended to seven years, with a possible three year extension, compar ed with three years and a two year extension in the previous law. Also, if the lender can't find a secondary market among other banks, the fed eral financing bank will be opened up as a secondary market. "The new law contains language to the effect that, should the price of cattle drop enough to significantly lower a producer's security, he can substitute "repayment abili ty" in place of animals or other collateral. In short, if the producer has the reputa tion of being a good, depend able individual, that will be enough to secure the loan. 'possibly the biggest change in the law covers just who is eligible based on what they produce. Under the old law. a producer had to make (he majority of his money or spend the majority of his time producing livestock. But under the new law. he need spend only 25 per cent of his lime or make 25 per cent of his money on livestock. That means the loans are available to a great many crop farmers who raise animals on the side. in any event, L'SDA hopes to get a few more producers After the Rodeo Show Saturday Afternoon Come To The Episcopal Church Sat., Aug. 23 5 - FULL DINNER ALL YOU CAN Features Delicious EAT-- PIT- COOKED SERVED IN BEEF WESTERN STYLE EPISCOPAL CHURCH PARISH HOUSE Corner Church and Gale Sts. Adufts - $3 piste Children under 12 - $2 Come THIS MESSAGE SPONSORED BY VOI R IIOMK-OWNED BANK AS A COMMUNITY SERVICE r AIM MEMBER. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION COG 0 effac? interested than was the case under the old legislation. With $2 billion to give away, only $350 million was used, mostly due to the built In restrictions in the loan plan. It is suggested that individuals in our industry interested in the Emergency Loan program get in touch with their financial lender banker, PCA, Federal Land Bank, or the nearest office of the Farm Home Administration office." Car wreck kills girl A single car accident claim ed the life of Kim Marie Slrai-be, 16. Pendleton, early Sunday morning. Miss Straube was killed when the vehicle she was driving left the freeway and overturned on Interstate 80 north near the Echo Junction. A passenger in the car, Rita Fay Tibbetts, Pendleton, was admitted to Pendleton Com munity Hospital. According to reports both of the girls were thrown from the car as it left the highway. She was born Sept. 17. 1958 and attended St. Joseph's Academy. John Murray High School and Pendleton High School. She had been employ ed by the Dairy Queen, Pendleton. Survivors include her par ents. Ray and Roberta Alex ander. Pendleton, and Robert L. Straube, Worland, WY, grandparents Olive J. Nash. Heppner. and Alice Straube. Klamath Falls. OR.; a great grandmother Alma Preston, Redmond. OR : brothers Rob ert Straube and Mike Straube. both of Pendleton; step-broth-ers Jim Alexander, Ashland. OR. Dennis Alexander. Pat Alexander and Kevin Alex ander, all of Pendleton; step sisters Martha Alexander. Los Angeles. CA, Mary Alexander and Teresa Alexander both of Pendleton. Recital ion of the rosary was said Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Burns Mortuary Chapel. A funeral mass was held Wed nesday at 10a m. at St. Mary's Church. Interment was at Olnev Cemeterv. SHUTS TO ME FT All members of Boy Scout Troop 66! are asked to attend a meeting Wednesday. Aug 20. 7:30 p m. to make plans to attend the 23rd annual East West Shrine Game. Baker The gam will be played Saturday. Aug. 23. Plans for a week's outing in the Elkhorn Mountains will also be discussed. and Bring Your Friends K OF astern Oregon HEfPNERIONE ARLINGTON Page Garden chemicals banned cause cancer says EPA The suspension by the Environmental Protection Agency of the pesticides heptachlor and chlordane widely used in home, lawn, and garden pest control, as well as agriculture was bas ed on extensive laboratory evidence of the cancer hazard they pose. The suspension will be in effect almost immedi ately unless a hearing is requested by the manufactur er. At present virtually every person in America has resi dues cf heptachlor and chlor dane in his or her body tissues. Of even greater concern is the strong evidence that human exposure begins in the moth er's womb by transfer through the placenta wall to the fetus. The pesticides are also found in significant amounts in mother's milk. According to the Food and Drug Administration, the chemicals have been found in 73 per cent of all dairy products and 77 per cent of all meat, fish and poultry sam ples taken. Substantial evidence has been amassed showing that the pesticides cause cancer in mouse and rat laboratory tests. This kind of test is Sen.Jcrnstedt appointed Sen. Ken Jernstedt, R-Dis-trict 28. has been named to the Legislative Interim Commit tees on Natural Resources and State Government Operations by Senate President Boe. Both committees will meet while the legislature is not in session to review areas of state government and prob lems around the state, and suggest what action the legis lature should take when it meets again in 1977. Jernstedt said he is espe cially pleased with the Natu ral Resources Committee assignment because they will deal with the agricultural interests and problems of his area. Jernstedt s Senatorial Dis trict takes in Gilliam. Hood River. Jefferson. Morrow. Sherman. Wasco and portions of Clackamas. Linn and Mar ion counties. It is the second largest Senatorial District in the state UK Al.TII ( LINK S Children entering kinder garten or high school will need healih certificates. Free clinics for examinations and immunizations will be held on Aug. 26 at the Heppner Elementary School and on Aug. 27 at A C. Houghton School in Irngon. For appointments call 676 9911 or 922 3321. 8 P.H 1 1 9. THE GAZETTE TIMES, Heppner, OR, Thursday. Aug. 14. 1975 endorsed as a reliable indica tion of the human cancer hazard by such groups as the National Cancer Institute, the International Agency for Re search on Cancer of the World Health Organization, and the National Academy of Sciences (in Principles for Evaluating Chemicals in the Environ ment). As pointed out by Russell Train, EPA administrator, "Although any single com ponent of human exposure such as intake through poultry may not appear to be significant, it alone poses a cancer hazard to certain of the more susceptible individuals and together with the several other components of human exposure presents a serious human cancer threat." . The suspension action (if finalized after an opportunity for a hearing) will prevent the release into the environment of more than 38 million pounds of pesticides during the next 18 months. More than 7.5 million pounds of the active ingre dient chlordane were used for home, lawn, garden, and commercial turf purposes in 1974. Under the terms of suspen sion, existing stocks may be legally sold and used. How best to dispose of remaining stocks is a problem, since any disposal method will even tually result in the pesticide being introduced into the environment at some point. The greatest concern is the cumulative effect of continual ENJOY THE FAIR After a day at the Morrow County Fair stop at ... . Cal's Cafe and Lounge Heppner, OR 40 Years Is A Long Time On May 11, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, by Execu tive Order, created the Rural Electrification Administra tion. (REA) A loan program was begun in May 1936 by Congress to help provide electric service to rural areas. On September 18, 1940 the Colum bia Basin Electric Cooperative was organized to provide a local corporation to provide electric service to this area. NOW Now, Columbia Basin Electric members are using power at a faster pace. This year the gain over 1974 is a 22 per cent increase for the first 6 months of the year. Your support is needed for new nuclear and coal power plants to meet the ever increasing needs of our region and other utilities of the area. America's Rural Electric Systems W car. . , , w. t. conium.f wa.d m Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Serving the electric energy needs of 3010 square miles of Gilliam, Morrow, Wheeler, Sherman and Umatilla Counties. use of large amounts of these products. Thus. Russell Train has advised that one good way to dispose of small amounts of existing supplies is simply to use them, following label' instructions and avoiding use on food crops. Care should be taken to avoid exposure through inhalation, conges tion, contamination of cloth ing, direct contact, and trans port of contaminated soil by pets into homes. The important thing to avoid is disposal of the pesticides by dumping them into drains, sewer systems. streams, ponds, or other water sup plies. Care should also be taken not to dump them on land where they might reach such water supplies or cause other environmental damage. One form of acceptable disposal for small amounts is to wrap the container in several layers of newspaper and place in routine trash collection. On the farm or homes with yards, small amounts in containers may be buried at least 18 inches deep in places where they will not get into water supplies. Larg er quantities should be taken to approved landfills especial ly designated for disposal of hazardous materials. Addi tional advice on disposal problems is available from the nearest EPA regional office or contact your county Health Department if you have con cerns regarding disposal of these pesticides.
