Pag I. THE GAZETTE-TIMES, Heppaer, OR. Thursday. Dec. t. 17
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First concert
The College Community Or
chestra and ensembles will
present their first concert of
the season Sunday afternoon,
Dec. 12th, in the Pioneer
Theatre, Blue Mountain Com
munity College, Pendleton.
Featuring works by Bach,
Dvorak and Gershwin, the
program will be presented by
the 25-piece Wind Ensemble,
Cards wanted
Many people will be going
through their last year's
Christmas cards about now.
Please do not destroy them
or other used greeting cards
you have on hand.
The cards are very useful to
craft programs at the Oregon
State Hospital in Pendleton.
For many years now, Heppner
folks have contributed to that
program, which brings pleas
ure to the patients.
Take your old cards to Ida
'Farra'i shoe shop, and she
will see that they are de
livered to the state institution
in Pendleton. Do it soon
please!
12-piece String Ensemble, and
the 30-piece Orchestra. It will
be the first appearance of the
new director, BMCC Music
Instructor John Weddle.
Also featured will be Laurie
Redal at the piano in the or
chestra's presentation of
George Gershwin's Little
Rhapsody in Blue.
The Wind Ensemble will
play Prelude and Fugue in A
Flat, by Bach; Military Sym
phony in F, by Francis
Gossec; Psalm for Band, by
Vincent Persichetti, and Bat
tle Symphony by the 17th
century composer, Henry Pur
ee 11.
The String Ensemble will
play Serenade for Strings,
Movements I, 2 and 4, by
Antone Dvorak.
In addition to the Gershwin
number, the orchestra will
play Stravinsky's Danse In
female; Gordon Jacob's Fan
tasia on Alleluja Humn and
Louis Got tscha Ik's Souvenir
de Porto Rico, written origin
ally for bands in the late 19th
century.
No admission will be charg
ed. The program starts at 3
p.m.
By LAVON STARR
"If you don't know how to farm you have no
business being in it," warns Rob Lamb, president of
Eastern Oregon Farming Co. (EOFC).
"We don't pretend to be farmers," said Lamb,
speaking of himself and his cousin Frank Lamb, EOFC
chairman and chief executive officer. "My area of study
in college was economics and Frank's was business.
Glen Chowning, our farm manager, is a major force in
our success," credits the agri-businessman.
"It takes a combination of skills to run a corporate
farm," said Lamb. That combination of farming
know-how and marketing ability has resulted in that
most positive of outcomes success for the 10,500 acre
business located west of Irrigon.
Through the efficiency of "circle irrigation" fanning
such an enormous area has come 'round to a more
practical execution. Practical for a large business
venture over the small family farmer, comparatively
speaking. "To develop land back from the river takes
such a great investment that the small family farm
would have difficulty." said Lamb. The economics say
you have to be big to do it
EOFC is presently installing a second pipe for
pumping water from the Columbia River to its circular
systems. Its first pipe is about seven miles long and is
capable of pumping 60,000 gallons of water per minute.
Together the two pipes will pump 120.000 gallons per
minute for six to nine months out of the year.
Arts meeting set
Morrow County Creative
Arts will hold an art show this
month, featuring artists fro.
the local area.
The show, slated for Dec. 17
and 18, will feature oil paint
ings and crafts, according to
Janet Beitel, president of the
club. The Friday and Satur
day show will run from 10-5.
irtrireshments will be served.
A meeting is planned prior
to the show on Dec. at noon
at West of Willow. Anyone
interested in the Creative Arts
Club is urged to attend.
Santa to call
Youngsters in the area
wishing to speak with Santa
Claus should be ready by their
phones next Wednesday and
Thursday.
According to reports from
the North Pole, Santa will be
calling Heppner area youths
on Dec. 15 and 1 at 6:30 p m.
In the meantime, children
are asked to write letters to
Santa, in care of their local
post office. Kids are urged to
include their phone numbers
since Santa ran out of Heppner
phone books.
Editorial & Viewpoint
People's will be done
If Heppner's common council has the Interest of the people In mind, they
won't go against the people's will and tack a three per cent franchise tax on the
Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative. Th.r
The Coop's 50-year franchise at two per cent runs out In February. The Coop
and council are negotiating on a new franchise term and settlement.
At Monday's council meeting, the council entertained the idea of a three per
cent franchise tax to generate revenues for the city.
The city Is strapped financially after two budget defeats at the hands of tne
citizens of this city.
IHhe eftydoeask for three per cent, CDEC will pay it. But anything after
the two per cent will wind up coming from the taxpayers' pocket via an
enlarged bill. A bill back will be enforced to pay for the extra franchise tax.
And that seems to be fust contradicting what the people wanted in the first
P,The people downed the budget. The people wanted cuti. And, unless they've
changed their minds In the last few months, they don't want to be paying more
taxes, whether the city needs the money or nt.
The city's proposal to add the franchise tax would only be asking for more
money from the taxpayer In the long run. And, In July, the people told the city
twice that they didn't want to pay It.
The people's will should be served. WCP
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The second pipe is being installed because one pipe
wasn't enough during the peak irrigation months
(June-August). "This second line will help grow the
other half of the farm at full capacity although the first
pipe did irrigate more than half of its own." Lamb said.
Pipes of 54 inches in diameter and receding into 42
inch and even smaller lines are now being laid into 10
foot trenches. "The pipe are buried to aid in farming
the land and since they cross roads and freeways it's
necessary," Lamb noted. "In addition, once buried there
won't be any tumble weeds or sand getting inside."
Exulting the invention of the "circle" (irrigation)
the EOFC president emphasizes, "AU this sand couldn't
be farmed without circles. We have better control over
the water we use. Though there is more evaporation
with circles than with ditch irrigation methods there is
more leaching from the soil with the ditch." Recalling a
recent farming article he read, Lamb sUted. "The circle
irrigation method is the greatest thing to happen to
farming since trading the horse in for the tractor."
Eastern Oregon Farming Co.. now in its sixth year
of operation, the first three on rented land and the last
three on company owned property, doesn't expect
anymore corporate farming development to come Into
the area In the next five years, "Within the last six
years most of the readily developable land has already
been developed" said Lamb. "We don't Intend to be a
threat to the small farmer. Many of those who dont
consider us a threat are aided In the market we can
create for them." By producing hay and corn pellets in
their dryer for export to Japan. EOFC buys local
farmers' produce and so develops a market that might
not otherwise exist
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12, 1976
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Time: 7:30 p.m.
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