The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 24, 1977 THREE
Dismal report says water
scarce for Buttercreek farms
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Recent blasting west of lone widened this section of Highway 74, removing still another narrow traffic bottleneck from roads
In Morrow County. Highway crews have been at work recently patching on Highway 74 east of Heppner.
' Feb. 28. Mar. 1.
Community theatre sets auditions
Auditions for 19 parts in the
first production of the Hep
pner Community Theatre will
be held at the high school
cafetorium Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, Feb. 28, Mar.
1 and 2, at 7 p.m., according to
Connie Lewiston.
Selected by the reading
committee of the new com
munity theatre group is "You
Can't Take It With You" for
the first production. The play
L is a three act comedy by Moss
Hart and George S. Kaufman,
i she said.
Martha Matthewson of Hep
School budget info
organization plan studied
Information in school bud
gets can be organized into
; more meaningful formats and
summaries as a way to in
, crease public understanding,
j an Oregon State University
j Survey Research Center pub
! lication reports.
; The improved formats in
clude a clear presentation of
revenue sources as well as a
meaningful description of
operating expenses grouped
tiy activities that are im
portant to people. Inclusion of
salary breakdowns by classes
i of occuDations within the
! school system, for example,
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Cooper, McLaughlin named
Elk's 'Valuable Students'
The
Heppner Elks Lodge,
i B.P.O.E. 358, has named two
! Heppner students for top
i awards in the annual Elks'
Steve McLaughlin
jMost Valuable Student Con
gest. Gaining top honors were
ISteve McLaughlin and Darla
Cooper, both seniors at Hep
pner High School, George
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pner will direct the play. The
cast of seven women and 12
men will be announced fol
lowing the Mar. 2 session of
auditions.
Tentative performance
dates are Thursday and Fri
day, Apr. 14 and 15.
The play is set in a house
near Columbia University in
the Manhattan borough of
New York. The comedy cen
ters around the varied inter
ests of a hyperactive family
whose members pursue pro
jects ranging from the arts to
the manufacture of fireworks.
The cast is comprised of the
was cited in the OSU study as
a particular improvement.
Authors of "Public Prefer
ences for School Budget For
mats" are Robert G. Mason,
professor of sociology, and G.
David Faulkenberry, associ
ate professor of statistics.
Oregon law presently speci
fies minimum requirements
for financial summaries, the
specific items to be included
and the years to be covered.
Budget summaries are print
ed in local newspapers from 15
to 25 days prior to a budget
hearing, which is held before a
budget election.
Koflar, contest committee
chairman, said.
Second place in the girls'
division went to Vicki Ed-
D aria Cooper
monson of Heppner. Third
place was a tie between sisters
Donna Palmer and Debora
Palmer, both of lone.
First place winners will
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parents and two daughters,
grandfather, the husband of
one of the daughters and the
fiance of the other daughter.
Other cast members include
the maid and her boyfriend, a
delivery man who has been
living with the family for
years and many assorted
friends, including a ballet
instructor and a duchess from
Russia.
All of the 19 parts sparkle
with comedy in the Hart and
Kaufman style. The play takes
place against a background of
history in the late 1920s and
earlv 1930s
The requirement that
schools must publish an oper
ating budget was intended, in
part, to promote greater pub
lic understanding of a school's
financial situation, the two re
searchers point out. The bud
gets presented for public
perusal are often so compli
cated and hard to follow, how
ever, that understanding is
hampered, public surveys
have shown.
Public preferences for three
school budget formats were
tested in the OSU survey. One
format was the one presently
receive $400 and a trip to the
district contest in La Grande
this Sunday, Feb. 27. Second
place is awarded $200 and
third place $100.
There were no second and
third place finishers among
the boys. There were nine
girls entered in the contest.
"Basis of the selection is
scholarship, leadership and
need," Koflar said. The con
test awards are used for
continuing education. Entry in
the annual contest is open
every February to any senior
student in lone or Heppner
high schools.
Koflar said the Elks were
assisted by Vi Lanham and
Gordon Meyers, who in turn
assisted students in submit
ting entry packets for the
contest.
Committee members for the
contest were Koflar, Jim
Swanson, lone, Jerry Martin,
The production offers an
opportunity for actors who can
portray parts with age ranges
from 20 plus to 60 plus.
About 15 people have shown
an early interest in launching
the Heppner Community The
atre. Michele Portmann, high
school math instructor, has
been instrumental in initial
organization.
Marsha Matthewson holds a
degree in theatre from Pacific
University, Forest Grove. She
has a varied background in
community theatre. (See re
lated feature on Page 4.)
employed b annual all dis
tricts; a second was a Planned
Program Budgeting effort de
veloped by the superintendent
of Salem public schools; and
the third was a format de
veloped by a group of Medford
civic leaders.
The 617 Oregon adults
surveyed gave top preference
rating to the Medford format;
second to the Salem format;
third to the traditional format.
Adoption of either the Salem
or Medford formats also
would result in a publication
cost saving to the school dis
trict, it was noted.
lone, Eddie Gunderson and
Mike Sweeney, both of Hep
pner. Enroll free
Residents of Morrow and
Umatilla counties who have
reached their 60th birthday
may enroll in Blue Mountain
Community College free of
charge, President Ron Dan
iels announced.
Hammond
in London
Will be
in Heppner Fri., Feb. 25
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Hammond, Ore.
Of the estimated 20 farms in
the Butter Creek area, probJ
ably two will be receiving
irrigation water for the up
coming season.
This dismal report comes
from Tony Holcomb, deputy
water master, Pendleton.
"So many things can hap
pen, though," said Bill Gil
bert, irrigation district man
ager for Stanfield, West Ex
tension and Westland irriga
tion districts. Gilbert said he
preferred not to elaborate on
what those things were.
But even a record snowfall
in the mountains couldn't
make up the needed water,
according to Holcomb.
McKay Reservoir is 80 per
cent below its normal water
intake. Last year at this time
the Umatilla River was run
ning at 800 second feet.
Presently the flow is 100
second feet.
At the end of the 1976 irri
gation season, Oct. 1, the
reservoir held 11,000 acre feet
of water. As of Feb. 1, the
measurement had risen to
13,500 acre feet. "That's just
Couples
attend
convention
Shirley and Dean Connor
and Phyllis and Gene Cole will
be in Portland from Sunday
through Thursday next week.
Dean and Gene will attend the
Region 3 Woodworkers' Union
Convention.
These men were chosen
delegates from local 3-312 at
Kinzua Mill here.
Surprise
anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Magill,
Pendleton, and Mr. and Mrs.
Dean Robinson, Arlington,
hosted their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Creston Robinson, to a
surprise anniversary dinner
at the Sky Room, Pendleton,
on the occasion of their
thirtieth wedding annivers
ary. Following dinner, the
group went on to Indian Hills
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said Gilbert.
Stanfield and Westland irri
gation districts take water out
of the Umatilla River and
McKay Reservoir. The West
Extension District is served
from the Umatilla River at
Three Mile Dam. "If Westland
had to go on strictly reservoir
water, I would estimate an 8 to
14 day supply," said Gilbert.
Farmers are frequenting
the Stanfield office with in
quiries about the water out
look. They are asking for
$50 Reward
for any information leading to the
identification of the person or
persons responsible for the de
struction of our property on the
corner of 2nd and B St. in lone.
Please call 676-9910 or 422-7513 if you
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"It's pretty hard when you
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Holcomb. "I wouldn't recom
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members on a water right
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the three districts 750 land-
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