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Hatfield says water
shortage could make
energy crisis 'simple'
Speaking mainly on water
problems and agriculture
ground use, Sen. Mark Hat
field, held an informal, water
( melon eating meeting at the
Wagon Wl,eel Caf Friday. '
Hatfield cited water prob
lems as the major concern in
Eastern Oregon.
Hatfield said a water short
age would make the energy
shortage look "simple." He
said there are 183 communi
ties in Oregon with water
problems, including nearby
Hermiston.
Hatfield, the ranking repu
blican on the water sub
committee, also talked about
big business in agriculture.
"Once land ia taken out of
agriculture," he said, "it
never goes back. We need to
preserve land for agriculture.
Hatfield said that in producti
vity, agriculture business in
creased 67 per cent while
industry increased just 341 per
cent.
Speaking on big agriculture
farms doing everything, from
seed planting to harvesting to
carrying grain freight, Hat
field said "It'll kill small com
munities if one corporation
does everything."
Hatfield also talked about
regional medical service, say
ing regional center In Burns
may be an applicable solution
to this area's medical needs.
Oft a tour through Eastern
Oregon, Hatfield had this to
say about a possible Vice
President nomination:
"That's a hard question to
answer. I feel like an old bed
spread . . , I've been turned
down so often. I'm not holding
my breath. I'm an indepen
dent person and I don't want to
bt a shadow to someone else.
If I could work under (how
conditions, I would accept It."
Hatfield also had a few
words for Washington's bud
get blunders.
He outlined two steps that
should help to balance the
country's problems.
He said that budget for a
program should start each
rear at tero. Instead of
ooklng at the year before 's
wdget and coming to soma
omlution, program should
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start from zero and decide
how much is needed, he said.
All programs should last
only three to four years, and
force congress to review
programs, also, ho said. -"Now
you're making
sense," a man from the audi
ence applauded.
School board
revises policies
Morrow County School Dis
trict directors met at 9 p.m. at
Heppner High School on Mon
day, Aug. 16. Prior to the
regular boad meeting the
board held a hearing on the
proposed supplemental bud
get which had been proposed
for the completion of the
district's building program
and for land purchase. The
budget, in the amount of
168.680, will utilize unex
pected receipts from state
basic school support and other
sources and from underexpen
ditures in the current budget.
In regular business, the
board considered the first
phase of the teachers' job
description revision. Langu
age was Included in the
revised policy which would
make clear that teachers
asiigned to a building had
authority over the conduct of
all students in the building at
all time.
A new attendance policy
was approved for Heppner
High School to be used as a
pilot study for one year.
Under the policy, students
would be allowed 10 days of
spproved absence esch semes
ter for illness, personal or
family problems or medical or
business appointments. Any
Other abnw u!J either be
unexrused or would require
consultation between parents
and the school.
Hat I Whitskrr, Heppner
High School Ag instructor,
wss granted a lve to attend
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Hatfield was treated to a
watermelon dessert. Dan Cre
amor, candidate for Morrow
County Judge, presented Hat-,
field with the melon from the
Boo Kinny farm in Irrigon and
Hermiston. Kinny has been
presenting Hatfield with wat
ermelon for many years.
the National FFA convention
in Kansas City on Nov. 6
through 14. At least three
students from Heppner will
also attend.
The board authorized use of
a school bus for parents of
Kindergarten children in
Board man. The bus will be
used to transport children
home after the morning ses
sion. The board approved teach
ing contracts for Mary Jo
Benedict for Heppner Kinder
garten; John Jay Dawson,
Heppner Vocal Music; Susan
Dicker, Special Education at
Heppner, Marilyn Post, First
grade at Heppner; Margaret
Ror k wood, English snd Social
Studies at Riverside; John
Sporseen, football coach and
counselor at Heppner High;
and Gary Turner, Vo-Ag at
Riverside.
New classified employees
hired were Shirley George
and Barbara Morris aa aides
at Heppner Elementary; Bar
bara Peterson as an aide at
lone; Wayne Kuhn as bus
driver and custodian at River
side; and Merlin Marvin aa
bus driver at lone.
Jim Wiahart, Heppner, and
Earl Trudeau, Boardman,
were appointed to the dis
trict's budget committee.
Jim Wishart was also ap
pointed to the Heppner Lex
ington Advisory Committee,
and Pat Wright. Lexington,
was appointed to the lone
Advisory Committee.
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When the big boom hits
small towns, most city offi
cials have to say 'Ready or
not, here it comes.' In Board
man, not so.
Boardman is ready for
growth, in a controlled, not
haphazard way, according to
city manager Jim Tompson.
Thompson addressed the Hep-pner-Morrow
County Cham
ber of Commerce Monday
afternoon in Heppner.
Thompson calls it "consci
encious, control growth." He
said the city is not looking for
a "boom cycle or image", but
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John Simonton, a Pendleton painter, is featured on page 10 of this
section. (G-T Photo)
Darl Hagey resigns;
McGillivray tabbed
Darl Hagty, three year
personnel manager at Kinzua
Corp. in Heppner, has entered
his resignation there to take a
logging post with Alaska
Pacific in Montana.
Larry McGillivray was
named to replace Hsgey as
the personnel director.
Hsgey has been with Kin
sua three years, serving as
HEPPER,OR.
Board man
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"realistic, controlled" smo
othness for the "unprescen
dented growth."
The growth in the Board
man, Hermiston, Umatilla
area was termed this week by
the Economic Development
Administration as the "fastest
growing region in the United
States."
' In Boardman, they look to
the future. They want deve
loped growth with control,
that in ten years or so could
swell the population of 730 to a
whopping seven or eight thou
sand in this north Morrow
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safety programmer along
with the personnel position.
He will become a logging
safety ontfiiMwr at the new job
in MUaoula,
Hagey and his wife Annette
and two boys, Shane, nine,
and Jason, six. will leave
Heppner Aug. 27 for the Big
Sky Country.
McGillivray is a one year
Thursday, Aug. 19, 1976
County town, located on the
banks of the Columbia River.
The city has a compre
hensive plan, revised and up
dated three times since 1969. It
is based on a five neighbor
hood plan, with an elementary
school in each neighborhood.
Right, now, there are three
major developments either in
process or on the verge of
ground turning. The largest,
Columbia Pacific Resources
Rolph Fuhrman, a joint en
terprise from Richland and
Portland based firms, will
converge 686 acres of sage-
veteran of the milling opera
tion and was the purchasing
agent before this promotion.
Hi nrw job wUl put him in
charge of all personnel mat
ters, safrly programs, OSHA
compliance, and other record
keeping matters.
McGillivray and his wife
Jody have a son, Tom, age
seven.
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brush and tumble weeds into
commercial and residential
developments.
Right now, the joint venture
is in planning stages but soil
moving should begin this
week, according to Chet Yar
brough, project manager.
It will be a multi-year de
velopment, Yarbrough says,
starting with a first phase of
270 acres.
The property, located be
tween the freeway and Wilson
Road, will turn the first phase
of 270 acres into 117 acres of
commercial, cluster develop
ment and remaining acreage
into Columbia Terrace, a
single and multi-family dwel
ling development and a mobile
home lot, containing 147 pads. -Columbia
Terrace will nave
120 single family dwellings
and six multi-family units.
During those three phases,
commercial development in
the area will take place.
The entire project, when
completed possibly ten years
from now, will be able to house
at least 7000 people and serve
them with commercial indu
stry. Columbia Pacific's 686 acre
project is larger than the
entire city of Boanfcnan,
located in about 100 acres
right now. The entire corpo
rate city limits stretch out to
about 1000 acres, however.
Boardman is expected to
grow about 2 500 people by
Christmas, Thompson said,
"depending on developers
progress."
Along with Columbia Paci
fic, the city will grow with
Hillview Estates, a 67 acre
sub-division on the south side
of town and west of Faler
Road. Also, Hanson Develop
ment, a 66 acre project, lies
between the high school and
Olsen Road. It is owned by a
Portland attorney, George
Hansen.
Baby dies in
Friday wreck
An eight -month-old baby died last Friday and a Pendleton
man could face charges after a one-car accident on Highway
207.
Wesley James Bray, eight months, was dead on arrival at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital following the fatal crash at 3:25
p.m. Friday, August 13.
Oregon State Police are continuing an investigation.
According to Dennis Doherty, Morrow County district
attorney, Daniel Davidian Ralph, Pendleton, could face
charges if the investigation "develops cause."
According to police reports, Ralph was driving a vehicle
with the infant and it's mother, Karen Sue Bray,
Milton-Freewater, heading toward Buttercreek Friday.
"We don't really know what happened," Doherty said of
the accident that occurred 13 miles north of Lexington.
The car reportedly left tne road, neglecting to make a turn.
The car hit a bridge near Bill Doherty'a farm. The car struck
the bridge abutment on the right side of the car and rolled. It
came to rent 64 feet from the place of impact.
Reportedly. Ms. Bray suffered a broken neck. The drive?,
Ralph, sustained no substantial Identifiable injuries,
although he too wss transferred to Kadlec Hoxpital in
Richland along with Ms. Bray.
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Hillview is already ready
for houses. Streets, curbs,
storm gutters, sewer, etc. are
already finished. Hanson is in
construction stages and CPR
should break ground this
.week.
Thompson said that with
population density about four
persons per acre in single
family dwellings and 13 an
acre in multi-family units, the
population is "crystal balled"
at between a five and six
thousand person addition in
the next ten years.
Although Portland General
Electric plans to house many
people in the area, Boardman
is not feeling their input yet.
It is agricultural based
operations, , according to
Thompson, that are bringing
the people to town.
Thompson rattled off big
agri-business farms that en
hance the city's projected
patterns. Among these were
Oregon Potato Incorporated,
Gourmet, Morrow Produce,
Sabre Farms, Eastern Oregon "
Farms, Western Empire
Farms, Boeing and the big
one, Sim-Tag Farms.
"The flex from PGE is just
starting to come in," Thomp
son said.
He also noted that the area,
with the coming of PGE, will
have two diverse economic
groups. The PGE employees
will pull a higher wage than
the agricultural workers and
most will live in Boardman.
And, he said, many people
that live in Hermiston and
Umatilla now, will move to
Boardman when the housing
crunch is uncrunched.
"We're not going to allow
the city to go crazy and hap
hazard," Thompson said, wel
coming growth in a controlled
fashion. "We want control and
we won't overextend ourselves."
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