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0 Paee 8. THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner. OR. Thursday. June 19, 197 Chamber of Commerce T1 T! 71 T1 M A T! o s 0 9 'aging "It's discouraging trying to make a city budget without money," Glen Ward told almost 30 people at the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of Commerce meet ing Monday. Ward, along with other Heppner budget committee men, discussed the pros and cons of the city's proposed $32,138 levy over the six per cent limitation, set for voting June 14. After some discussion at a Unemployment rise in Morrow "Employment gains were less than would normally be expected for this time of year," the Employment Divi sion said in their monthly "Labor Force Trend," refer ring to the month of April. Morrow County saw its seasonally adjusted unem ployment rate jump from 5.7 per cent to 9.6 per cent, considerably above last year's 5.9 per cent. "Even though total employment increased during April, due primarily to intensified construction acti vity at PGE's coal-fired plant, the unemployment increase was even larger due to a major lay-off at Kinzua Cor Don't panic, just smile If your driver's license is due to expire in July, don't be alarmed if you don't get a renewal notice as early as usual. The state just wants to see ' your smile. The Motor Vehicles Division has changed the mailing schedule for renewal notices because the state's new color photo driver license program, which takes effect on July 1, will bring a new way to renew licenses for half the drivers due to renew after that date. Here is the mailing schedule for July renewals: Renewal notices for drivers not scheduled to get a photo license in July (those with even-numbered birthdates), will be mailed by the Division about June 4. These drivers are urged to renew by mail as soon as possible so that field offices can concentrate on the photo license business during July. Kinzua grabs top bid H.B. Rudolph, Forest Sup ervisor, announces that the Notch timber tale was sold May 26, 1976 to Kinzua Cor poration, high bidder, for $1,076,674. This was the ap praised value for an estimated 28,300,000 board feet plus an unestimated volume of older dead ponderosa pine. The sale area is on the ItepptHT district In Wheeler county, located in the extreme west end of the district. It is approximately 10 miles airline east of Kinzua. Oregon in the Rock Creek and Minor John Day tributaries drainages. Final bid prices per thou sand board feet were: Pon derosa pine, (except older dead ponderosa pine), $58 82; Douglas fir and western larch, $30 50; white fir and other species, $33.19; older dead ponderosa pine, $1.00. budget meeting two weeks ago, the committee decided to come back to the voters with a levy proposal of $32,138 out side the six per cent limita tion.) Ward said the lowered levy, cut from the original of $93,866 would "cut out livability of the town." But, he said, "if we've got to do it, we've got to do it." Members said they had to be "optimistic" to even think the first levy would pass. "We had two chances," Gene Pierce poration's plant at Heppner," the Employment Division not ed. The construction workforce at the PGE project jumped from 101 persons to 211 in April. But, at the same time, Kinzua layed off about 160 persons. The plant was ex pected to return to full opera tion last Monday. Gourmet Foods of Board man reported a slight increase in employment. This was attributed to the decreasing quality of cold storage pota toes and an increasing need for hand labor to prepare potatoes for processing. Morrow County's employ- Renewal notices for drivers scheduled to get photo licenses in July will be mailed on a staggered basis. Those for drivers with odd-numbered birthdates with licenses ex piring between July 1 and July 9 will be mailed about June 15. Those with licenses expiring between July 11 and 19 will be mailed about June 22. and those expiring between July 21 and July 31 will be mailed about July 9. These drivers must DMV renew office in person at a or examination station. The staggered mailing schedule will help spread the workload over the initial weeks of the conversion to photo licenses. Drivers with odd-numbered birthdates who renew before July 1 will be issued old-style paper licen ses. The division says drivers should be sure to read the instructions printed on renew al notices. Renewal proced ures and fees differ for those scheduled to get photo licenses and those who are not sched uled to get the new type "of license until they renew two years from now. SWIMMING -FREE SWIMMING ON OPENING DAY OPENING HOURS: Weekdays 2-5 Weekday evenings Saturday & Sundays CLOSED ON Pool available for Private Parties u,ih rrnaements of LlfeGuard. J flllll told the audience, "slim and none." Pierce, with a tone of disgust in his voice, said that the city employees this year will have no sick leave pay, no vacation pay and no overtime pay. This means he said, that if an officer puts in his 40 hours at midnight and an accident or burglary takes place at 1 a.m., that officer cannot be called to investigate. The officer cannot work overtime if he is not rates County ment picture improved with 3,450 persons on the job in April compared to 3,370 in March. A total of 340 persons were without jobs compared to 210 in March. Contract construction was the big gainer in Morrow County with 120 new jobs. The major portion of this was due to the PGE project about iq miles south of Boardman. The workforce there is expected to reach 800 in 1977. Commenting on agricultural activities, the Employment Division said it appeared that some mid-Columbia Basin potato growers have cut acreage this year in anticipa tion of a nation-wide surplus due primarily to a large carry-over from last year and the resulting decline in prices. Oregon Potato, Boardman, one of the major Pacific Northwest fresh potato ship pers, is cutting plantings from 6,000 to 5,000 acres. TimTag Farms, Boardman, the region's largest potato grower, is planting between 8,000 and 9.000 acres, the same as last year. Its newly culti vated acreage is being planted in wheat instead of potatoes. Previously cultivated land planted to wheat costs $300 an acre in production cost com pared to $1,000 an acre for potatoes. Weekend wrecks (Continued from Page 1) The one-car wreck left Jim Loilen, Condon with a large gash in his head but he was treated and released. The car, police said, apparently missed a corner. The truck was driveable by Loilen after he was treated. There were no citations issued. Gorman was treated as an out patient. About fifteen minutes before the McCabe accident, another one-car accident occur ed less than three miles away from the McCabe wreck POOL WILL OPEN TUESDAY, JUNE 15, 1976 p.m. 7-9 p.m. 1-5 p.m. MONDAYS JA payed for it. "That's all there is to it," one committeeman said. "We've done it before and we're hoping we can do it again." Pierce was the major pro ponnet of raising the city's water rates. Water rates are now $3.50 per first 1,000 gallons, $.50 for the next 2,000, $.15 more for the next 10,000 gallons and just $.10 per 1,000 after that. According to rate charts, 80,000 gallons of water will cost $12.70, that's $9.20 for 79,000 gallons of water after the initial first 1,000 gallons. "The ones that are using less, pay the most," Pierce said. "I think they ought to be raised," he said emphatically. Pierce was also a propon nent for raising swimming pool charges to double their present rate. "That pool is the best baby sitter in town," Pierce said. "It should carry its own way." One member said he spent $4.25 in Baker last week at the swimming pool for three youngsters. In Heppner the r-vr:'"':-- ' - t s r -' ;.('" . rffi tjii 1 . - . - , t ..' H - Hi - 'ii . - I 5.-T. v i ... MAE DeKTT TIIKOOP IIINTON Area teacher honored A gala Bicentennial event was held in the Monument School Cafetorium, May 30, in honor of Mrs. May DcEtt Throop Hinton, who retired from teaching after 31 years. She began her teaching career at the Top School, on the Mountain in 1934 moving to the schools in Monument in 1936 for a five-year period. She taught at Dayville from 1943 44, Prairie City 1945-46 and re turned to teach at Monument in 1949. During the afternoon there were approximately 20 gu ests, including former and present students, school ad ministrators and friends who signed the guest book. Wayne Leathers read a history of May DeEtt and related some of her teaching experiences mentioned by former students and friends. Sharon Livingston present Mi her with a flowering quince money tree. She will use the SEASON TICKETS ON SALE AT CITY HALL, June 14, 1976 Family $40 Adult $20. Student $15 Single tickets on sale at pool Adults $1 Children $.50 Swimming Season ends the last week In August. Certified Red Cross Swimming classes will be announced at a later date! same three youths fee would be 75 cents. The members discussed more levy information from street paving crews to sewer maintenance to a part time police clerk. There was no voiced oppo sition to the levy at the Vice-President Boeing names Norton V.E. (Gene) Norton, recent ly appointed vice president of Boeing Agri-Industrial Co., has been named resident manager of the firm's deve lopment at Boardman. He replaces Jack McFad den, who is leaving the com pany. Norton will be responsible for the continuing develop ment of the 100,000-acre tract which Boeing leases from the State of Oregon. Boeing began by 200 money to take a visit to Alaska to visit her younger brother and his family. Mildred Goe presented May DeEtt with a Bicentennial quilt made by the ladies of the community. The quilt has 321 autographed stars, represent ing 52 former and present teachers and 2J6 students. The cake in the form of a little red schoolhouse was made and decorated by Jean Murphy with the help of Trissy Murphy. Sharon Livingston assumed the responsibility for the reception with the able assist ance of Hank Dahill, Sylvia Cockrell, Loiselle Duhill. Mary Alice Rulifwn. Rilla Livington. Peggy Murphy, Jean Murphy, Trissy Murphy, Cora Stubblefield, Oleta Far rens. Becky Stewart, Lois Hill, F.lla Kenton, Mary Ella Neal. Ethel leathers and Mildred Goe. meeting. "There is not any fat," Pierce said of the levy. "We'll about give services . . . with some curtailment." Pierce said workmen's compensation costs have Increased 25 per cent this year, as an example of inflationary means that this development in 1971 with the objective of demonstrating that the desert land of north eastern Oregon could be turned into productive farm land. With this objective achiev ed, the company recently an nounced its withdrawal from direct involvement in farming operations. It will focus Its efforts on further industrial Library sets story hours All children between three and eight years of age are' invited to come to the Child rens Room of the Heppner Public Library for a story hour each Monday morning at 10 a.m. The first storyteller was Jeanne Howell on June 7, who has assumed much of the responsibility for organizing this summer program. The program is again being pre sented by the American Asso ciation of University Women's Heppner Branch. Next Monday. June 14, Mr. L.Dee Lorengle, the teacher from the Heppner Child Deve lopment Center, will be the storyteller. Others who will entertain the children are: June 21, Anne Doherty ; June 28. Lora Broderick; July 12, Marion Abrams; July 19, Mike and Kathy Anderson ; July 26. Kathy Wolff; August 2. Julie Angermeyer and Auaust 9. Mike Howell. There will not be a story hour on July 5 and the library will be closed that day. Each Monday the library will be open between 9:45 am. and 11:45 a m. and children You can cull Mesquite, Farmer's Branch, Richardson or anywhere around Dallas, and talk for a full CO. minutes for only f 8.70, plus tax. have hit the city. "I don't see how a town this size can function without going over the six per cent," Pierce said. The budget committee has recommended to the city council that sewer rates increase $1 and water rates $2. and agricultural development of the site through subleasing land to other firms, In January Boeing subleas ed its 8.300 acres of developed land to SIM-TAG Farms. This brings to 24,000 acres the land subleased and operated by SIM-TAG. Norton, who served as project engineer during the initial irrigation development at Boardman, returns to the and their parents may check out and return books during those two hours. COMMUNITY SINGSPIRATION SPECIAL PRESENTATION "ALLELUIA" A Cantata by Bill & Gloria Gaithere Performed by Pendleton Church of the Nazarene Choir Sunday, June 13 TIME: 7:00 P.M. Heppner Church of the Nazarene 335 N. Gilmore .This advertisement U sponsored by- Grain Grc-.vcrcLuiI LeClfiQTOH Sceseastteec Dallas: $8 JO V) That if you call before 8 a.m. or after 1 1 p.m. and dial direct without operator assistance. Go ahead. Try it sometime. (3) Pacific Northwest Dcil There has been no council action on these recommenda tions. Mayor Jerry Sweeney told the audience that "this Is not a threat . . . it's a statement of fact." The levy vote Is Monday, June 14. area after an assignment in the Middle East for Boeing Aerospace Company, parent of Boeing Agri-Industrial Co. A civil engineering graduate of Kansas State University, he has held numerous positions in the Boeing engineering or ganization during a 20 year career with the firm. "Since I left Boardman In 1974, much has happened in eastern Oregon," said Norton. "During my travels In the Middle East, I encountered a great many people who knew of Boardman and what was happening here to make the desert bloom. I'm glad to be back and hope to be a part of the continuing growth of this area." Norton and his wife, Fern, ' will make their home In McNary, OH. He is a member of the McNary Golf Club and the Hermiston Elks. r i ' 1 1 . , - r, ' 0 ,' m.. mi..m-. "i" i rrrnr - " - - - -- " "'' '' " ' " m'
