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
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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
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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?
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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
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where the growth began m the
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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