THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppner. OR, Ti arsis f. Jm ii.iV . T " Ii
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Gazette-Times names
Phinney, news editor
Council pumps city service rate
As expected, the Heppner
City Council pumped user feet
In water and aewer city ser
vices last Wednesday at a
special levy vote canvassing
meeting.
The Increase will amount to
a $1 charge for all sewer users
and a $2 charge for all water
users.
The council entertained the
Increase about a month ago
when the city's first attempt
at a 193,866 levy was turned
down by Heppner voters. The
levy was lopped to $32,138 and
approved last week but the
loweced levy left a small void
in the city's pocketbook. The
service Increase should raise
about $21,000 over the year.
A senior citizen program,
for those making less than
$2,800 annually could be set
up. Anyone interested in
applying for the water rate
decrease should leave their
name at City Hall. The
program is on a trial basis
right now, to determine how
many there will be, before the
council decides on the In
crease deletion.
In other business, the coun
cil: set July 12 at 8 p.m. at city
hall for the public hearing on
the city budget.
again, one week later,
turned down a bid by David
Gray, The Dalles, to locate a
mobile home In Heppner.
Cray was turned down last
week on the $17,700 home on
Shobe Street when the council
Tour set
N. Lexington pair
'Conservationists'
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over the ground more often and more plowing
means better chanc for wind Wows.
: The Martins have whipped thry problem
that Infest many farmers wheat crop. They
rotery mow, spray, and then hand pull what's
left. Then they pack out the pulled rye and
burn It or feed It In controlled areas.
"Once you have a Wow, you'll always have
a Wow and youH always have to Ukt
, precautions," Roy sld.
The Martina have planted graas In tome
areas, over about 30 acres.
In the Sand Hollow area where wash outs
are semi-common, diversion ditches hold up
the water. They plan to add more.
The Martina raise toft white wheat In New
Calne and McDermid varieties. They also
have Moro club wheat and Unitarian barley.
Each year It a new year for the Martina. In
1964, floods busted up the ranch and In 1963 a
cloud burst destroyed a lot of acreage.
The Martina must constantly be on the
lookout for water erosion while they wait for
the winds.
The ranch Is a family operation. With Roy
vermis
By A. Duffer
Scoring was close and good
in last Sunday'! Men' medal
play. There was also the usual
emergence of the sandbag
ger. Player were placed In one
of three flights according to
their qualifying tcorea. The 17
hole event went smoothly and
was completed by II 30.
In the first flight Charlie
Rawlins squeaked by John
EdmunoWi to win the cham
pionship. Rawlin shot
could not reach a majority
vote.
This week, just three mem
bers were present. Ray Boyce
motioned to approve the
conditional use permit but like
last week, Larry Mills and
Warren Plocharski decided to
abstain and neither seconded
the motion.
Forest camp hosting 26
youths from all over state
Twenty-six youths emerged
on the Tupper Forest Camp,
south of Heppner, for the 1976
Youth Conservation Corps.
The 26 young people from all
over the state arrived at the
camp Sunday.
A staff of seven have been
getting the camp ready since
June 13. The youth will work
on projects Indicated by th
U.S. Forest Service each week
day and will take educational
field trips most weekends.
There is one returnee who
was enrolled in the 1975
program Al Skeesick, Sa
lem. The other 1976 enrollees,
most of whom are in Morrow
County for the first time, are:
Vickl Benson, Grass Valley;
Gerald Bradford, Portland;
Brian Czarnik, Milton-Free-water;
Kathleen Dugger,
Roy and Tommy Martin, a father and son ranching
team, have been selected as Morrow County's 1976
Conservation Men of the Year.
A tour of their winning farm will be June 30, next
Wednesday. The tour will begin at the fairgrounds in
Heppner at 10 a.m. The tour will visit the variety trials
at Frank Anderson s farm where Dr. Chuck Rhode will
bring visitors up to date on the new varieties.
From Andersons, the tour will travel norh, stopping
to observe foot rot, aphids, and other items of interest.
After a sack lunch and refreshments at Martins, the
tour group will eye the 4 M Martin ranch and return to
Heppner around 3:30 p m.
The tour will be by car.
and Edmundson followed with
97. Third place tcor of 104
waa shot by Weyland Hiatt.
Craig Cooley topped the
players In the second flight
with a tcor of 103. Clint Mc
Quarri took second place
honor with 103 and Jeff
Edmundson scored a 109 to
win third place.
Ron Jone (SB) held on. to
win the third flight with a
round of lit He was followed
ckwely by Charle Stark with
Gray was present at the
meeting. Last week's absten
tion by Mills was on "personal
grounds." Plocharski would
not say yes due to one com
plaint by a resident in the
area.
The complaint last week
said the mobile home would
Hermiston; Tracey Duncan,
Eugene; Margie Heacock,
Deer Island;
Scott Heidegger, Portland;
Calvin Henshaw, John Day;
Karen Hiebert, Monmouth;
Teresa Hurner, Gresham;
Kay Kohler, Fossil; Sandy
Mitchell, Prineville; Terry
Montminy, Milwaukie;
Dana Moore, Cove; Dirk
Moser, Baker; Ronald Nelson,
Forest Grove; Anita Olson,
Gresham; Peggy Sue Owens,
Baker; David Park, Baker;
Kathy Poole, Ontario; Larry
Rose, Umatilla; Lloyd Sims,
Pendleton; Kevin Smith, Wo
odburn; Sage Turner, Sheri
dan and Linda Young, Bon
anaza. All enrollees are between 14
and 18 years old. They are all
chosen from applications that
lives his wife, Juanita. They have two sons.
One son, Tommy, lives on the ranch with hU
wife Mary and their three daughters, Susan,
7, Catherine, 6, and Jennifer, 4.
Another son, Jimmy, lives in Oklahoma
City with his wife and three children. He is a
lear jet instructor for the FAA.
Roy has a history in ranch and farm
operations. He is a past chairman of the
Morrow County Grain Growers, is still on Its
board of directors, was a county committee
man for the ASCS, a director of the Lexington
Blow Control District, a life member of the
Oregon Wheat Growers League, a member of
the VFW and Elks.
Tommy Is active as an alternate to the
ASCS County Committee district and an avid
Elk. His wife, Mary works at Kinzua Corp.
A tour of the 4-M Ranch has been scheduled
for June 30 for everyone Interested to touring
their winning farm.
The Martins maintain a tidy operation.
Harold Kerr put It best, driving up to the 4M
ranch. He said, "Everything is clean, neat
and In its place."
Tea
a 113 and Rick Johnston shot a
114.
Awards were also given for
the least pulls and Clint
McQuarrie used hi putter
only 40 time to win this event.
Charlie Rawlins cam In third
and Weyland Hiatt was third.
In the KP competition Craig
Cooley drove clot to the pin
on No. to win this event and
Gary Hunt won long drive.
A special award was givn
to Harry O'Donnell for de
devaluate other homes on
Shobe Street.
But a new wrinkle was
thrown in this week.
The lady with the original
complaint, called City Re
corder Marshall Lovgren and
withdrew the complaint when
she heard the home was
valued at $17,700.
they have submitted. They
will work outdoors every day
and will be paid for their work.
They will enjoy a variety of
field experiences which are
Fair set
The Umatilla Chapter of the
Oregon Pilots Association is
planning the second annual,
Community Air Fair at the
Pendleton Airport, Sunday,
June 27.
The event will start with a
hanger breakfast from 7 a.m.
to noon. Included in the all day
affair will be military displays
and fly overs, acrobatics,
skydiving and parachute jum
ping, antique and classic auto
displays, complete conces
sions, flour bombing and spot
landing contests.
The Experimental Aircraft
Association will assist and
display antique and experi
mental aircraft. Also planned
wlH be airplane, glider, b-U-"
copter and hot air balloon
rides.
Golf
lessons
slated
Blue Mountain Community
College announces that a
beginning golf class will be
offered at Willow Creek Coun
try Club this summer. Ths
S-week class begins Thursday.
July 8. S p.m. John Edmund
son will instruct.
Costs for the class include
tuition of $10 and greens fee of
$5. The greens fee will serve
as a trial membership to the
country club, allowing un
limited use of the course
during the class term, after
which the fee may be credited
against the club membership
fee.
The class is open to persons
with limited golf experience or
lessons. Pre-regislration is
necessary as class size is
limited. To pre-register, tui
tion checks made payable to
B M.C.C. should be sent to
BMCC community coordina
tor, Anne Doherty, P.O. Box
582. Heppner. For further
Information, contact Mrs. Do
herty at her new number,
969 8551.
Ctip
monstrating unusual stamina
In making it around atl 27
hole.
This coming Sunday the
Willow Creekers will test their
skills on th longer Condon
course.
Th weather it finally be
ginning to cooperate for the
women on their Tuesday
morning and evening play. In
recent evening play Harriet
Evans won tow grtwa and
Roxy Lovgren low net.
She said it would not lower
the value of the property in the
neighborhood as she thought it
would.
The application by Gray
was still denied. Jerry Swee
ney, Heppner mayor, told
Gray to see a lawyer when The
Dalles man asked him what to
do. .
planned and supervised by the
camp staff.
Dave Olcott, Portland, a
teacher in the Lynch School
District, is'ngain the camp
director. Three other camp
leaders have returned to
Tupper: Project Coordinator,
Clair Klock, Salem, who has
been working with outdoor
education in Multnomah Cou
nty; Activities coordinator
Ms. Chris McClaran, Enter
prise, with similar experience
and Work Group Leader Kit
Gillem, Milwaukie, an Oregon
State University student. New
work group leaders are Karen
Bradley, Corvallis, also with
outdoor education experience
in Multnomah County and
Cynthia Fields, Salem, anoth
er O.S.U. student. Virginia
Bateman. Eugene, rounds out
the staff in the important
position of camp cook
silion of camp cook.
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Welcome
Wil Phinney has been nam
ed to head the Heppner
Gazette-Times newt editor
position it was announced this
week by publisher G.M. Reed.
Phinney, a resident of Her
miston for the past 10 years,
has been involved with news-
papering for the last five
years.
He has been sports editor at
the Hermiston Herald for two
years on a part time basis.
Phinney started his journal
ism career in high school and
attended the University of
Oregon for a short ttint
before coming back to Herm
iston and taking the full time
sports post.
Phinney said he feels Hep
pner is tuned lor a gooa
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County
About 50 miles of Morrow
County roads will be graveled
and oiled during the next
fiscal year the county court
said last week.
The court said work on the
roads would not be done in the
order in which they were
approved. It also stated that
more improvements and re
pairs will be made in the
county if funds become avail
aoie.
able.
MORROW COUNTY'S FAIR and RODEO
Presents A
Honoring
Princess Bonnie Schiller
Saturday Juno 26,1976
9:00 P-m. till 1:00 a.m.
$2.50 Adult
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road work
The roads approved for
repais were: In the Boardman
area 2.4 miles of Wilson Road
and .6 miles of Peters Road;
Irrigon: 1.9 miles of River
Road, 4.4 miles of Slaughter
Road, 6 miles of Frontage
Road; North AG area: 3.75
miles of Homestead Road; in
Sand Hollow area: 3 miles
from Robinson and Evans to
Fritz Cutsforth ranch;
Little Butter Creek: 4 miles
s
Fair Pavilion
hopes to make the city and
county proud of it newt
paper. Tve been in Heppner just
two week and I can't believe
how friendly and receptive
the community is. I just hope
my efforts can match the
friendliness Tve seen in Hep
pner," he said.
Phinney was a Lion in
Hermiston and is active in all
sports and liket to hunt and
fish. He is currently playing
for Smitta Softball team in
Hermiston, the league leaders
in the city league.
Reed, also publisher of the
Hermiston Herald, recently
acquired the Gazette-Times.
Phinney replaces Ernie Cer-
esa.
planned
from Lena to French Junc
tion; Willow Creek, 6 miles
from Fork to VS. Forest Ser
vice road; Lexington area:
from Grange, 2.7 miles to
Marquardt ranch; Cecil area:
1 mile on Palmateer Road, 2
miles on Jordan Baseline
Road; lone area: .9 mile of
Dave Rietmann road; Ella
Road, Dave Baker to Lind
stroms, 2 miles; Clark Canyon
in Heppner area, 3.4 miles of
Mahoney road.
$1.00 under 12
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