Page 1, THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppttfr. OR. Thursday, Oct. 28. U7 annua Rich Pennell, manager of producer services at North Pacific Grain Growers, will be the speaker Monday at the Morrow County Grain Grow ers annual meeting. Hie meeting, to be held at the fairgrounds, will include a dinner at 6:30 p.m., featuring roasts from a grand champion beef MCGG bought at the FFA and 4-H auction. Beef from the prize animal will be given as door prizes, also. The normal business meeting will include election , 3 season An estimated 64,000 hunters will invade Eastern Oregon this winter for elk season, slated from Saturday to November 14. Some rigs have already started to filter through Heppner with many, many more expected by opening day and this weekend. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife said that about 10,000 elk will be harvested from the Blue Mountains. Success, along with the elk herds, has increased slowly but surely over the last few years. CBEC annual meet (Continued from Page 9) Randall Peterson, Heppner; noyd Anderson, Olex; and aul Jaeger, Condon. The Cooperative was incor porated 36 years ago on Sep tember 18, 1940. The Coop, serves 3,010 square miles in portions of five counties. The members now have an invest ment of $8,135,368.54 in pro viding themselves with elec tric service. The fiscal year sales were $1,373,778.27 and there were margins of $167,887.49. Kwh purchases were 120,018,000 kwhs for the past fiscal year compared to 105,584,000 kwhs the previous year. The increase in kwh purchases from BPA was the largest ever for the coopera tive. There was 2200 horsepower of new irrigation load added the past year. Large commer cial sales increased by more than 7.5 million kwhs. Most all new home and mobile home installations had electric heat ing as the type of heat installation. There were many conversions to electric heat ing. Apology We deeply apologUe for the misconduct from students at the car watb an October II at Cal's Area aponaored by Jun ior High Stage Band. Although moat of the trouble was caaaed by people outside of the band, we feel respons ible for what took place. He hope that thla will ot downgrade the image of the Band. We are deeply aorry for what took place! Election Day Luncheon lues. Nov. 2 Tarkejr Luncbeo II M 1 1-7 aw. PW and Coffee All Day oew Card Party Sat. Nov. 6 II. M per pert Priie tod Itefrethmenta IOOF Hall Lexington, Or. There is no guest speaker scheduled for the meeting. President Van Rietmann will give a brief report for the Board of Directors. Secretary-Treasurer Paul Tews will tell about the audit report and review the fiscal year financial highlights. Manager Dave. Harrison will present his 21st report as manager of a rural electric coop by use of a colored slide presentation. Elmer Palmer is retiring from the Board of Directors and will receive recognition for his service on the board and to the membership. Walt Jaeger will also be honored by the board for 25 years of service on the board. BIG PIERRE LUMBER 517-2550 Herm.-McNary Hwy. of officers and reports. Pennell, the speaker, has had a lifetime career in grain business. Starting on a farm, the native of Nez Perce, ID, has gone through the county elevator business, flour mil ling and terminal export District wool contest The eyes of fashion will be focused on Boardman this fall when the Make It Yourself With Wool district contest is presented there on Saturday, October 30. The annual con test, which attracts large numbers of contestants from this area, is sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary to the v National Wool Growers As sociation. Co-chairmen for this district are Carlene West, lone, and Dorris Doherty, Pilot Rock. Valuable prizes are award ed at all levels of competition, with the national winner re ceiving a fifteen day expense paid trip to Mexico, as well as other prizes. Winner of this district senior division will compete at the state compe tition at Portland's Thunder bird Inn on December 1 and 2. i Bur ham: 1 For Attorney General ' f jj' ! I r ;! ! Y - i - v., ; ' ' 1 I Tested Trusted Tough tarn tm Miw I Vo taanaw 1 Bmm met rii ' Flying H Breeding Service Supplies and Semen J. H. Hayes 676-9841 676-5367 mYing omoo business to his present posi tion with NPGG. Pennell is a graduate of the University of Idaho and at tended graduate school in Europe. During the last 25 years, he has held offices in various regional and national grain trade organizations. He is past president of the Pacific North west Export Association and past president of Portland Merchants Exchange. He has served as director of National Grain Trade Council and the Pacific Northwest Grain Dealers Association. He is presently the director of the National Grain and Feed Association. Pennell 's talk will be based on a recent foreign agri-business tour of the Soviet Union. ir V I Elect Pauline Winter Republican Candidate For , : ,TJ " Morrow County Clerk Pd for by Eltct Paulin Winter, Morrow Co. Cltrk comminn. Light Your Future X&;; 2- Plan for Future Energy Needs. KEEP the "Availability" of Serving Future Power Needs with one of the energy sources such at nuclear power. ' ' Nuclear Power la needed for the region for: Electric service for new housing. Added irrigation service. Improved farming technology. Conversions to more efficient electric heating systems. To provide for the 25.000 new jobs needed In Oregon each year. Don't be fooled by the Oregon Department of Energy Forecatts which indicated 1.1 per cent load growth pattern or their predictions of a 20 year decline of industrial electric consumption of 54.7 per cent. Your increased usage at Columbia Basin Electric Coop last year was 13.75 per cent. We are planning for YOl'R future. Won't you plan, loo? Vote "No" on Measure 9 Columbia Dash Electric Co-op This ad sponsored by Columbia Basin Electric Coop. Serving J.0I0 square mile In five counties. VOTERS' PAMPHLET SUPPLEMENT TOM MERCER FOR CONGRESS Republican Candidate, U.S. Congress, Second District Due to an error by the Citizens to Elect Tom Mercer Committee, information about Tom Mercer, the Republican candidate for' Congress. Second District, did not appear in the Oregon Voters Pamphlet. While only one candidate appears in the voters' pamphlet, we feel that; To All Voters in the Second District THERE IS A CHOICE! Tom Mercer lives in Itend, the center of the Second Conjrrcs- V f J district He will maintain his Bend home to continue working 7 closely with the people in the district even when he goes to i -i tmrnm r I , , Tom Mercer is Vice President of a consulting firm that keeps him involved daily with working people, business, industry, agriculture, and all levels of government. Tom Mercer is a member of the Hend School Hoard, and is Advisory Hoard Chairman of the Oregon Competency Based Education Program. He received his degree from Eastern Oregon State College and completed his graduate work at University of Oregon. He is a Marine Corps veteran. Tom has been married for 20 years and has two sons. Tom'a background gives him an understanding of your problems, and the ability to make government respond to those problems. Tom Mercer stands for reduced government spending, a healthy timber agricultural economy, protection of individual rights, reform of unfair taies, increased employment and reduced inflation through sound fiscal policies. Tom Mercer is ft man of integrity with the experience and commitment to represent you in Congress. PLEASE SHAHE THIS WITH YOUIt FBI ENDS AND URGE THEM TO VOTE! rrwr T ri nr rM mfrt r 4 p.j a KtMiiriu iwfwi m,ti os.n a er' " D0I1NELL SMITH DKMiK'RAT CANDIDATE KOR STATE SENATOR r' r 1 NEED FOR NEW & STRONG REPRESENTATION FOR FARMING LABOR BUSINESS PROVEN LEADERSHIP AS ELECTED OFFICIAL FOR 8 YEARS JD UiflMMk. i dawMan. ISO IJiM tvr. rh lUUt. rrrMi STOftS APPLES IOC lb. Red & Yellow Delicious UPICK 5clb. Walden Ranch Heppner-Spray Highway 5 miles East of Spray 468-2664 7 L FOR TREASURER Experience, Experience, Experience. P O Bn M oillni1 OH 97707 Vote RepubMcan There is only One person in America who counts. That is You and Your vote. 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