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BESSIE WETZELL U OF ORE N E V." S P A r E R LID EUGENE OR 97103 THE Morrow County's Newspaper Vol. 93, No. n Heppner, OR, Thursday, April 29, 1976 15c GAZETTETIMES esistration tor w Century Farms starts One of the special events 'slated in connection with Oregon's part In the nation's bicentennial observance will be the program honoring Oregon families who have owned and operated the same farm for 100 years or more. Registrations for this honor have been on a five-year basis or in connection with special observances. The opening up of the registration period this year was announced jointly this week by State Director of Agriculture Leonard Kunz man and Tom Vaughan, dir ector of the Oregon Historical Society. The program dates back to 1958 when Oregon was pre paring for celebration of its centennial. It is sponsored jointly by the Oregon Depart- . mcnl of Agriculture and the Oregon Historical Society. Registration for the "Cen tury r'arm" honors is with the Oregon Department of Agri culture, with the deadline for the completed applications to Asri-rama draws eke 0 Women, agriculture and progress were in the spotlight at the "Agri-rama" which attracted a full house audience in Heppner. this week. The special bicentennial event was the annual Extension Homemakers Day for Morrow County, presented in a new way. with the cooperation of those involved in the wheat, sheep, potato and beef industries of the area It was a very big event, as expected, for Morrow County is now fourth in gross agricultural income in Oregon, and one of the fastest growing areas in the nation. "It was standing room only for a while after we opened the doors." reports Birdine Tullis, Morrow Extension Service. Each commodity group had displays and goodies to sample relattrj to their product as well as a rich reward of recipes and consumer information." . Mistress of ceremonies for the afternoon program was Vera Cooley. Irrigon. chairman of the Extension Homemakers Advisory Committee, with the assistance of Jean Bennett, president. Morrow Cow Belles. Mary Lou Carlson. Oregon Potato Commission. Dode Krebs, president Oregon Sheepgrowers Auxiliary and Susan Snyder, president Oregon Wheal hearts Guest speakers and programs presented were Edwin Stastnv. Malm. OR. president of the National Potato Council and chairman of Oregon Potato Commission, who commented on growth of the potato Industry in the county and the tremendous future of the industry as well as potato and potato products for export purposes; Jeep Slocum. vice president of Oregon Potato. Inc.. Boardman. who briefly outlined potential for growth of the Industry, and present condition of the Industry in the area. " Dode Krebs, lone, and Linda Giffora. Heppner, representing the sheep industry presented a varied program of history of sheep, and present conditions of the industry. i i I i I 1 I Susan Snyder and Ralph McEwen. McEwen ! with the Oregon Wheal Commission. - m be received by the department by July t, 1976, Registration forms are available from the Information Office. Oregon Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Building. Salem. OR 97310. The forms and rules for the program will also be available at County Extension Service offices. "Century Farm" certificat es are provided by the Oregon Historical Society, which also permanently files the original applications. Cooperating with the de partment of agriculture and historical society is the Ore gon Slate Fair bv Including the program at which the cer tificates are presented on the fair schedule. Owners of the new "Century Farms" attend the fair as guests of the Oregon Stale Fair Commis sion. For a farm to be eligible for certification as a "Century Farm" it must have been operated continuously by the same family since 1876 or If 4;.. auds V '' Mi IF" before. If it has ever been rented the farm will not qualify. Owners of "Century Farms" must reside in Ore gon and if they are not living on the farm must actively manage and direct the farm ing of the land. The line of ownership of the farm since the original settler or purchaser may be through children, brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces or adopt ed children. To be considered a farm there must be at least 10 acres and for three out of the five years immediately preceding application for "Century Farm" honors there must have been a gross income from farm uses of not less than $500 yearly. The last time there was registration of "Century Farms" was in 1974. Regi stration was opened up that year because of the agncul iural theme of the Oregon State Fair. Th.it year there were 2fi new farms registered. e n c e Ms. Gifford demonstrated spinning and weaving of wool, an ancient skill, but fast growing hobby for those who enjoy beautiful fabrics. Jean Bennett and Jeanne Howell spoke for the cattle industry. Ms. Howell presented an informative film depicting reasons and economics of fluctuating meat prices. Representing the wheat industry. Ralph McEwen, Oregon Wheat Commission and Susan Snyder, Oregon Wheathearts related facts of the industry and Jan Murray demonstrated sprouting wheat for delicious snacks and food products. Harold Kerr. Morrow Extension Agent, keynote speaker for the event, offered praise for the active role of Morrow County women in community and commodity groups, as well as encouragement for continued activity. Noting that throughout history women have played a major role in production of agricultural products, he read a short letter written by a farm wife depicting an average day in the life of a homemaker 100 years ago. Door prizes donated by each agricultural group and local businesses were awarded throughout the aftermxm The crowd found it quite amusing with Ed Stastny. president of the National Potato Council won a box of potatoes' Hostesses for the successful event were the Extension Homemakers Committee, w ith (he Boardman study group in charge of registration and name tags by Pine City group Filing property value appeals Properly owners receiving value increase notices might consider filing property value appeals with county boards of equalii.it ion suggests John J Lobdell. director of the Ore gon Department of Revenue. But appeals should be filed only if owners feel their pro perty is overvalued, he adds. Lobdell stresses appeals can be made only on the basis of values, not just because tax payers feel their taxes ill be loo high. The process Is not difficult and. most importantly, exper knee has shown that taxpay er have received value redu ctions if they are able to substantiate that properties are overvalued Last year more than Hon apiwals were filed with local boards of equalisation. Of this total. 3.095 properties were reduced in value. Also, there were 735 appeals decided by the Oregon Department of Revenue In 1975 and values were reduced for more than J40 of the properties. In Morrow County there ere M appeals on Real Property. Of this total II were sustained, 34 reduced and 2 Increased The same figures apply to Real and Personal property Decis'-ns sel forth In pro bringing to 564 the total number of farms receiving "Century Farm" recognition since the program was started in 1958. The farm dating back the most years is that of Claudio and Delores Bustamante of SlarRoute.BoxlO.Sl.Paul.lt was settled in 1840 by Mrs, Buslamenle's great grand father. Augustin Raymond, a French-Canadian fur trapper who came to Oregon in 1830 with Dr. John McLaughlin. The farm, however, was not registered for the program until 1973. when registrations were taken in connection with the looth anniversary obser vance of the Oregon Historical SoCIClX . There is no record of how many of the 564 farms registered since the program started are still owned by the same families, since certifi cates are in the name of the original owner and farms are ' not registered. perty value appeal decisions issued in 1975 are as follows Number of decisions issued. 3. taxpayer relief denied. I, taxpayer relief granted. I. Assessor stipulated value generally reduced, I There was I case of taxpayer rebel denied and in this case he was represented by himself, rath er than by an attorney. Lohdclf adds that tt is not necessary to be represented by an attorney or private appraiser, although profes sional representation may help Last year 40 per cent of the taxpayers appealing to the department without profes sional representation had their values reduced Forty sex en per cent of the owners represented by attorneys or private appraisers received value reductions from the department. Persons Interested In filing appeals may obtain copies of a department brochure titled "Appeal." available at offices of the revenue department, some county assessors' offices or by writing Oregon Depart ment of Revenue. Slate Office Building. Salem. OR 7.1I0 Appeal forms are available from county clerks or county assessors and mmt be filed with county boards of equal! Mi ion no later than May 17. I7 At Chamber utile League starts Saturday The Willow Creek Little League season officially opens ; this Saturday when the In dians meet the Dodgers at 1:30 p.m. followed by the second game of the double header at 4 p.m. when the Braves meet the Giants, at the Little League field. Heppner. According to Dave Dollar hide, speaking before the Chamber of Commerce. Mon day, the Little League field is getting a new look. Some of the plywood panels have been replaced and are in the process of being repainted. Kinzua Corporation has furni shed the plywood for the fence and the money charged to the sponsors will go toward new uniforms and athletic equip ment for the four teams involved. The teams and the sponsors are as follows: Braves. Elks Lodge: Indians. Morrow County Grain Grow ers: Dodgers. IOOF Lodge; Giants. Kinzua Corporation. Besides having 4 Little League teams there are also a number of Farm Teams for the youngsters, w ith a total of 85-100 youngsters involved in the program. "The program is based on the concept of being able to give the kids a sense of pride." said Dollarhide. "What is needed is parent participation and support for the youngst- School board accepts bids At the board of directors meeting of the Morrow County School District April 21. the lxard considered action to be taken on bids that had been received to date on new construction and replacement iif windows at the Heppner upper elementary building The low bids on all projects were higher than had been anticipated Of the bond issue of 51 million a total of $v-.50 was tor buildings and windows, with the remaining SI0I.5HU lo lie umhI for remodeling of rooms at lone and A C. Houghton, improvements at Riverside and Heppner Ele mentary and for miscellan eous expenses and architects lees. The total amount of the bids lor the classrooms at River side and A C Houghton and lor the shops at lone and Heppner was Sl.o32.om. or $n..Vi over the amount allo cated in the bond issue After negotiations with bid ders and rutting such items as brick lacing, stucco finish, vim I wainscoting, painting, fencing and paving at various projects, the building bids were trimmed by IJI.470 An additional interest earn ing on bond issue money of Heppner High Honor Students TJ-.C fuISawlnfi Heppner ll.jjh School students were named to the honor mil for the 3rd nine weeks of the 1975 T school vear: HIGH HONOR: Seniors: Sandra Bennett, Steve Jones and Molly Pierce Juniors: Vicki Edmundwn and Sola Rinchus Sophomores: Kristi Edmundson and Kathy Wolff Freshmen' William Kenny and Jovcelyn Thorpe HONOR: Seniors Psvid Rramlhagen. Allen Burken bine. Greg Clow. Suianne Cutsforth. Kimee llaguewood. tfcmg Harm. Lit Heliums. Tim Skow. Taml Toll, (lay W I and Ted Nonnchestrr; Juniors: David Allstolt. Li John Gochnauer also spoke to the members reporting on the Girls Slow Pitch Teams in the area. The program started about 3 years ago and today there are 5 teams. The teams are com prised of girls in the 4th through the 8th grades with about 80 girls in the program. The girls season begins May 8. Funds for the various girls teams are needed as the girls have no uniforms and a number of the baseballs wind up in Willow Creek. "The girls play all out. never give up and do the best they can all the time." said Gochnauer. as he praised the teams. There is no set of rules and regulations the girls teams follow to the tee. as we have to take any umpires and referees we can get for the games. Last year an All-Star team was chosen and the girls went to Pendleton to participate in the finals. They all had a good lime in the tourney. Jim Wishart commented on the Chamber's float and stated. "The plywood was ob tained from Kinzua Corpora tion and it should be cut out and painted within the next few w eeks. The Extension Office will present the program for next week. $47,740 would also be used to of t set the cost of the buildings. Bids were awarded to: Hiverman & Sons. Portland, tiregim: 8 classrooms at A C. Houghton Elementary. SM4.4:li and 4 classrooms at Riverside High School. SlKfi.OOO. Games Construction Co.. Burns. OR.: lone High School Shop. $137.110. Eastern Oregon Construc tion Co . Pendleton. OR : Heppner High School shop. SJil'.msi This is a total of $1,020,630 for i lie (wildings. The board received three bids nr w indow replacement at Heppner upper elemenlary with Window Industries of Portland submitting a low bid ol $14 i. A concern was registered that the low bid was not acceptable since it did not meet bid specifications. The board has asked thai the bidders be contacted and asked to demonstrate their products to the board at the May 1 regular hoard meet ing A decision on the accept ance of a w indow replacement bid has been deferred until that time sa Burkrnbtne. Darla Cupr , Debby Holland, Kathleen Guy t Kenny. Sharon McCarl. Steve McLaughlin, Chris Ra uch. Tina Schmidt and Kristi Smith. Sophomores: Shelley Grace. Dee lledman. Diane Holland. Doug Marquardt. Sheree Marquardt. Ardith Newman. Cathy Palmer. Lori Rhea. Shelley Thompson and Joan Warren. Freshmen: Connie Burken bine. Michelle Cutsforth. Judy Farley. Julia Grieh. Ijiurie Harrison, Msurren llesly, Scott MiEwen. Jackie Mnl lahan, Wendy Myers. Syndi Sams and Marie Yocom G-T lias new owner Ernest V. Joiner this week announced the sale of the Gazette-Times to Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Reed of Hermis ton. The transfer is effective May I. Joiner purchased the paper in July 1973 from Charles and Dorothy Heard. Last year he repurchased the Sebastapol Times and has been operating both papers since March 1975. Joiner said he found it impossible to operate the Gazette-Times from such a long distance, and that it is not in the best interest of either the public or the new spaper to have an absentee publisher. "Heppner and Morrow Cou nty will gain a great deal." Joiner said. "By having a local, experienced newspaper man in charge. Absentee ownership of a newspaper simply does not work. It is unfair to the readers w ho have even right to be able lo meet and confer w ith the publisher on matters of community interest and concern." Joiner said he had hojx'd to live in PGE offers uind power projoct Portland General Electric . Company has offered space and facilities for a Federal wind power demonstration project near Boardman. U.S. Energy Research and Deve lopment Administration re cently asked for proposed siies on which to locate the experimental w ind generation facility and expects many sites to be offered. Deadline for proposal submittal to NASA Lew is Research Center in Cleveland. Ohio was April 19 PGE's proposal offers space, services and facilities on a site where a half million kilowatt coal generating plant is under cons! ruction 11 miles south of Boardman. Oregon's Energy Facility Siting Council has heartily enckirsed the proposal. The proposal w as prepared by the PGE Generation Re sources Investigation Team under the direction of Neil Wodley. Woodley said PGE's proposal includes wind data already obtained from a meteorological tower which has been placed at the site for approximately two years. He says F.RDA will select twelve sites from the proposals submitted to begin the Phase I collection of data from which 4 lo 6 of the best sites will be Health needs survey Enclosed in your electric billing this month from Col umbia Basin Electric Coop you will find a "Health Needs Survey," This survey has been deve loped by the Tn County Hea lth Services Commission as a means of acquiring citizen Input into the future health needs of the area It Is anti cipated that through the use of this survey, a belter under standing of the citizen's needs and desires will be available. Cooperation on the part of all residents will provide for an adequate base of informa tion To complete the survey, mark the appropriate boa. Once you have completed it. fold the survey so the return address is on the outside and mail it. No postage Is neces sary. If you have any questions regarding the survey, call the Tri County Health Senses office, Heppner. I7 alJI. Heppner. "I think Morrow County people are the salt of the earth." he said, "and Oregon is one of the finest places to live." Joiner has high praise for Reed. "He is among the state's finest publisher -editors." Joiner said. His Her mision Herald is a national and state prize-winning week ly. Ik' is the president of the Oregon New spaper Publishers Association, and has been in the weekly newspaper busi ness for the largest part of his lite. More important, he is already something of a resi dent of Morrow County. Reed and his wife Delores bought the Charley Heard's cabin a couple of years ago and spend a great deal of their lime there and in Heppner. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have three children; two boys and a girl. if Reed doesn't give Hepp ner the best newspaper it's ever had. I have promised lo come back up there and shoot him." Joiner said. selected for the Phase II demonstration wind machine installation. The Phase II installation is expected to start late in 1976 and continue through 1978. Following sys tem checkout, experimental operation of the wind turbines with the assistance of the selected organizations is ex pected to last two years. The four wind turbine de monstration generators are being planned, developed and fabricated by contractors to NASA-Lewis Research Center for ERDA. Generators to be installed will be of type types with blades ranging in di ameter from 123 to 200 feet and a power rating from 123 kilowatts to 15 megawatts. 123 kilowatts represents the electricity demand for appro ximately a dozen average households. During the two years that experimental operations are planned to continue, the utility hosting the wind equipment is expected to utilize the power from the generator to the maximum practical extent and to provide agreed-upon data to the Government. At the end of the two years the Government has the option to extend operations for another Iwo vear period based on mutual agreement. Swim team sign-ups Heppner Swim Team is now organizing for the Summer. All children who are interest ed in joining the Swim Team should sign up at the Grade School. Swim Team practices each morning except Sunday and Monday. Most meets art held on Sunday afternoon. Each child swims In every event so ihre ire mny nppnrKmiei to participate Parent support and encour agement to necessary for a successful Swim Team. Last year the Heppner Swim Team took 1st place in their division at Regional Finals held in Pendleton. To get acquainted with new members and their families, there will be picnic Sunday. May II Those who sign up will be notified of time and place.
