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P?e I. THE GAZETTE TIMES, nopposed candidates victorious 3 of last week's Nov. 2 CoUr,, 2 St JSJTM Results of last week's Nov. 2 General Election contained occasional surprises for the anxiously waiting voter's ear. For many Oregon Carter sup porters, Gerald Ford's domi nance of the state was unex pected. Winning and losing gave ultimatum to seemingly pointed and pointless legisla tion alike. Unopposed Judiciary and County races ended with only victory for all candidates. It held no surprise upset write ins nor withdrawals. :-..On the Judiciary level: .Judge Berkeley Lent, vying for Judge of the Supreme You Heppner chief of police, Dean Gilliam, urges users of the new sanitary landfill to take precautions against the inadvertent loss of refuse en route to the dump. Accidental littering will not be tolerated. THE Editorial & Viewpoint Growup carefully In covering this area during the past week-one big issue seemed to reoccur over every thing else. The prospect of growth and its effects apparently has some people perplexed, others excited, and still others seem a little afraid. GrowS asThen Tcomes to . 3. feeTand is awkward for . lime. Still, with some careful C" MTt w.h nH what branches to extend into, ideally the end result is a person not only confident in goals sought, but I Ull tvv & v " BtrowLin the foundation from L.tfwui Planning is an integral instrument oi expansion, u is necrasai j w uu - losVaSevement. It is needed so that inadequate facilities are not carelessly adjusted in order to cope with growth rnt goveSental studies reveal more and more metropolitan people are moving into rural areas. People in, U. area a e unspSen ThntKT allow newcomers to transplant ways of life they are trying to get away from, here. Rather, invite their individuality to become additions to the lifestyle that already exists. ...r,Kf,r. a TponuTneiiy usually works for handling matters at hand, although it tends to lack responsibility for results of the future. las Support appreciated Editor: I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all Oregonians for their support of my candidacy. Our voters did face a tough choice in the race for Attorney General, and my opponent, Jim Durham, was both a highly qualified and an effective candidate. Most of all. thanks to Oregonians for their turnout in record numbers which proved, again, that we take our responsibility seriously and intend to keep the system working well. Jim Redden Attorney General-Elect Salem, OR Inhumanity unnecessary Editor. How many people In Heppner have had dogs or call poisoned? It s not a very pleasant experience to watch an i animal suffer after being poisoned! Especially where kids 1 are concerned. If the person who la doing this terrible thing would call the 1 owner to complain, it would save a lot of heartache. Visit I them, if they can't be reached by phone. I Wc hadn't had this dog very long. Some unfeeling person ! had dumped it at the roadside, crippling It. Well. Dale brought it home, caring, and the dog became a part of the ' family. All 1 can say is It takes a very low type of person to do this i deed and someday It might be THEIR pet! I There's lots of small children In this area, including the Day Care Center next dour , who could get hold of the poison and then. think-What would happen? Ruby Munkrrt Tat !kll wpar ! tat fit ef ll'frr 4 tfc C xmly pi ttw. li.M. Hr4. Itlukrr Omlmtft Ree4. t MMUkrf Heppner. OR, Thursday. Nov. instated. He prescribes to the philosophy, "Let the purusn ment fit the crime." .Supreme Court Judge, posi tion three, saw the return of Judge Dean Bryson. He was characterized as having prov en strong for an orderly government. .Position four, Supreme Court Judge, brought Edward Lobo presentation given Barbara Divine, Heppner High School student, was the guest speaker of the Novem ber 8 Chamber of Commerce meeting. Since returning from litter - You It will carry uncorrected. a fine if left Gilliam suggests preventing this from happening by tying down the load before you start. Driving slowly is another preventative measure GAZETTEzTIMES - t where the growth began m the THE GAZETTE-TIMES 11. 17I experienced trial and appel late judge, Howell was de scribed as practical and in dustrious. .Supreme Court Judge, posi tion five, welcomed incum bent Thomas H. Tongue back in. .Position seven, Supreme Court Judge, brought cri tiqued, experienced, fair and Japan this summer as a 4-H foreign exchange student in the Lobo program, Barbara gave a slide presentation of her Japanese experience. pay to be considered. Landfill hours are from 1.00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday of each week. If a resident wishes to use the fill during the week, they are asked to contact Ervin Ander son, Heppner. fT? HEPPMEH . - first place. ? .wi u. coniiot rhamrtpr nt Use Vefo' power Editor, Are we going to have another depression? If the economy keeps going the way it is. it will be very probable. At the rate the economy is going, we will be in the first stages of a depression, in a month or two. Can we. the American people, stop it? Yes! We can tell the governors, the representatives, the congressmen, and our President, what we want and how we want to do it. We can picket and demonstrate our feelings. Not violent demon strations, but peaceful, democratic demonstrations. Demonstrations are democratic; they came with the first democracy of Greece and the semi-democracy of early Rome. In Rome, the people could lit on the steps of the main governmental building and say "veto!", which is Latin for I forbid. So let yourself be heard and let yourself be an influence in your country. For this is a democratic country. Democracy is Latin for "ruled by the people" and the people are you! Yours sincerely, Todd Harrison Box 394 Lexington. OR 97839 iirmjra PablUl.4 trry tWwtay ana elred a a - I matter cl le attire al Mr fpr. aar Ike act al Mirth 1. IS't. fter mI t tt ( aU al tlaaer, OrrfM. again. .Court of Appeals Judge, position one, welcomed Lee Johnson in as supported; qualified candidate for the Court of Appeals. .Court of Appeals, position three, saw incumbent Chief Judge Robert M. Schwab return. at Chamber The Lobo program is a fair exchange of Japanese 4-H members into American homes and American mem bers into Japanese family structures. Touring with a group of 17 other youngsters, Barbara recalled her trip as, "Really fun and full of ex perience. I learned a lot." Chaperoned by Bob Alger and Lois Reddman of the Oregon State Extension agency, the group arrived in Japan in mid-July, where each one was greeted by his or her host family. Barbara returned with the popularly , , , - . , a rnmmunitv or area is not ardson gained the office saying he was a judge with experience, knowledge, intel ligence and integrity. .Appeals Judge for position five saw 16 years Attorney General Robert Y. Thornton assume office. .Oregon Tax Court Judge again became the position of meeting 41 hoM nninion that. "Japan is very crowded. All the cities just seem to run into each other." Giving a diverse talk rang ing from the price of silk kimonoes, ($5,000 to $10,000) to frisbee a loved pastime of Japanese as well as American young people. . More power to people Columbia Basin Electric has completed work on a new feeder line to serve the town of lone, the Pacific Gas Trans mission Co. pumping station, and the Willow Creek area just below lone. Formerly, the rural area south of lone and the Rhea Creek area above lone was served on a line with the lone town area. The new line will provide more capacity, better voltage level and should provide bet ter service reliability. The new line feeds from the lone BPA Substation to Jor dan and connects with an existing line to lone. Also, line oil switches have been installed on the Willow Creek line area below lone to Stolen The Morrow County Sher iff's office has received word of a stolen firearm. Sheriff Ortho Caldera of Wheeler County is notifying surround ing counties of the description of a 243 Winchester, model 88 rifle. The weapon was discovered missing on November 5. Time of the theft is thought to have been between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. that day. The rifle was taken from a ranch near Mitchell. OR. Insurance changes Unemployment, a distaste ful word to many out-of-work Americans and surely all tax payers. Yet. being hard to swallow doesn't make it go away. Because of this, Un employment Insurance was initiated. Now, under new laws signed by President Ford, change in this coverage which has expanded to more than 9 million people has been Initiated. This new legislation will now provide practically uni versal coverage by the unem ployment Insurance program. When provisions of the new Public Law W 5C6 are In effect, approximately M mil lion jobs, or 97 percent of the labor force will be covered. Five ma jor arras will be af fected .Coverage is extended to 9 1 million new jobs, most of Ihem with local governments. .Increases are made In the taxable wage bae and in the lax rate paid by employers to offset the severe drain on unemployment Insurance funds during the I97J reces Han. Eligibility requirements art lightened up .The method by hich added erks of benefits art made available to the long term unemployed Is modified to make the program more riM.,onit to economic upa and down. Lastly... A National Study Commis sion no Unemployment Irtaur a me la created la take critical lor iHe program and make rwommetxtatlons for any needed changes incumbent Carlisle B. Rob- pnnntv elections were a little more suspeneful. Those candidates were not even listed with persuasive char acterizations. The end result came as expected: .Justice of the Peace, 6th dist. Dolores Gribble .Director for the Soil and Water Conservation District, zone one, a two year term Floyd C. Copenhaver .Zone two, a four year term George Kennedy .Zone three, a four year term R.W. Bergstrom .Zone five, a two year term Albert L. Osmin .District at large, a four year term C.R. McElligott .Director at large, a four year term Douglas Friti help sectionalize that load from the lone town area in the event of line outage problems. A planned outage on Octo ber 29 for the lone area was necessary to connect the take off of the new feeder line at the substation and to "cut in" a two way switch in the tie line between the new feeder line and the line now serving the Rhea Creek area above lone. Much work at the lone Substation was completed "hot" prior to the 29th of October to hold the outage to about one half e- one third of that otherwise necessary. Hole drilling, wire pulling, conduit installation and other work was done next to "covered up" high voltage conductor and facilities in the substation. Jubilee Lake Repairs to be Winters of ice and snow have damaged the Jubilee Lake spillway. The 97 acre, man-made lake is located in the Blue Mountains. i2 miles east of Tollgate. OR. Sched uled repairs have been an nounced by Regional Super visor of the Oregon Depart ment of Fish and Wildlife, Will Brown and Herb Rudolph, Forest Supervisor of the Umatilla National Forest. Dedicated In 1967, the lake was a cooperative effort between the twoagencies. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife constructed the dam and has the maintenance responsibility while the Forest Service did the site clearing and built a campground adja cent to the lake. Due to the effects of seasonal Icy coitions, the cement liner of the dam's spillway has been damaged. No road access to the dam has caused yet another concern. The original route for the Thanks I would like to thank the campaign workirs who helped with my campaign. Without the help of the local people, the contest would not have been as close as It was. I hope that I can count on your help In the (uture. I acknowledge Jack Sumner's victory and wish him a productive legislative Many have asked for the vote totals for Representative District 55, so I have included the unofficial totals. fleUsnty ftumiter MORROW IMJ Wl GILLIAM Tit 430 SHERMAN S4 4M JEFFERSON ! 1741 WASCO 371 l CLACKAMAS W MARION LINN TOTAL . ' N w H " Will) Billings vs Heppner j By Janene Searle j Editor's Note: Janene and John Searle came to Heppner from Billings. . MT. all of two months ago. The following Is an article ; resulting from their reportedly preferred living situation : here In Heppner. ...., : When one moves from a city of over 70.000 people, Billings, : MT, to a town of less than 2,000 people, Heppner, OR, the j changes in lifestyles, conveniences, prices, etc., are a little : overwhelming at first, but in most aspects, easy to adapt to. One of the most noticeable differences between Heppner : and Billings is the pace of living. There is, of course, an ; everyday work routine here, but In a seemingly more relaxed ; atmosphere with less traffic, less hustle and bustle to work : in Having traveled three miles to and from work on the ; busiest street in Billings, it is a relief to get up in the morning ; and walk less than three blocks to work. : Another change for the better is the clean air. Living less : than two miles from a major oil refinery in Billings, Uie ; reporter appreciates that no matter which way the wind : blows here in Heppner, the air stays clean and pure and won t ; wipe out one's nasal cavity or lungs for the entire day. : People are friendlier in a small town like Heppner. In j Billings, there was an attitude of mistrust, suspicion, and : sometimes hatred among people, even in one's own : neighborhood. The city was growing by leaps and bounds. So : was the crime rate. : Unlearning big-city habits isn't easy, such as making sure : the car, as well as the house, was locked every night, the fear : of walking down the street after dark, and so on. : Neighborhood unrest and fights ending with one neighbor ; calling the police on the other were commonplace. : Prices for such things as groceries, housing, gas, medicine, : etc were as a rule higher than the average family could afford sometimes. A gallon of milk in Billings was $1.76 for 2 : per cent, fresh fruit was unreasonably high, a loaf of bread at j retail stores was 64 cents, hamburger was rarely under 90 : cents a pound. A typical one-bedroom apartment with no ; frills rented for $U0-$15O a month. The high rate of property : tax was in part to blame for this ; in 1976, some owners' taxes j had doubled compared to 1975. Gas prices were in the high 50 : cent range, slightly lower than in Heppner. j With the aforementioned disadvantages of city living. : though, there were benefits, too, such as the convenience of j shopping. One could find any type of shop or store within a j few blocks or a few miles of home. One shopping center : offered more than 50 stores, a theatre, and restaurants all j under one gigantic roof. : Entertainment was easy to find, depending on one's tastes. : For movie-goers, there were more than a dozen theatres, roller-skating enthusiasts had two large rinks to choose from , : and sports fans could find anything from tennis to golf, along j with public swimming pools, indoor and outdoor, a lake for : swimming and sailboating, and so on. Billings also boasted a ; 10.000 seating capacity entertainment center, which hosted : indoor hockey games, rodeos, ice shows, concerts, and more. j Everything considered, this reporter feels there are more : benefits to living In a smaller town. When the basic needs of j life can be met comfortably without wondering where the : money will come from, the freedom from worry outweighs ; the inconveniences. dam's construction equipment was flooded by the formation of Jubilee Lake. Since heavy equipment will again be re quired to aid in repair, another route of least ecolog leal impact and economic loss has been decided upon. A rather unique solution, the new route will follow around the now flooded lake shore. Consequently, the surface of Jubilee Lake will be lowered ten feet in elevation this fall. It will be held at this elevation until the project Is completed next summer. The water level will be raised sometime dur ing the fall or winter of 1977. The purpose of lowering the water this fall is to prevent any flow over the spillway next spring. Unfortunately, the lowered level will result in some in convenience to lake users. The boat ramp will be dry and boats will have to be carried from the parking lot to the water's edge. for Your Sincoroly, Dill C. Bellamy made Another missing accommo dation will be a distant bank from which shore fishermen might cast their lines. These problems will only last one summer. Fingerling sized trout will continue to be stocked in the lake next spring by the Oregon Fish and Wildlife. The stock ing numbers will be reduced because of the smaller volume of water. The Forest Service will take advantage of the lowered lake level to gravel the bottom of a planned swimming area and clean some debris from the flooded lakeshore. questions regarding this project may be directed to the Walla Walla Ranger's office, Walla Walla. WA, the Uma tilla Supervisor's office in Pendleton, or the Oregon De partment of Flh and Wildlife offices In either Pendleton or La Grande. Support
