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
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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. ?
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"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
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MEMBER. FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
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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
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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.
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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.