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District Attorney
handedly captures
District Attorney Dennis
Doherty single-handedly cap
tured a nocturnal prowler in
the U.S. Post Office at
Heppner last week.
Doherty said he saw the
kangaroo rat making a run for
it along the floor near the
south wall, north of the FBI
most wanted posters. After
the capture, Doherty turned
the wee creature over to his
wife for safekeeping.
The rat was confined in a
bird cage in the Doherty
MCGG honored by
International Harvester
International Harvester
Company (IHC) recently re
cognized Morrow County
Grain Growers of Lexington
for outstanding contributions
to the success of U.S. agri
culture and service to cus
tomers. The recognition car
ries with it the rare 'XL
Award.'
William Morris, IHC re
Peterson, Wolff
win contests
Jan Peterson of lone and
Kathy Wolff of Heppner are
among Morrow and Umatilla
County winners in the United
Nations Pilgrimage for Youth
contest sponsored annually by
Odd Fellow and Rebekah
Lodges, school officials said.
The two local winners will
compete in a speech contest in
Pendleton Sunday, Mar. 12, at
2 p.m. in the IOOF Hall to
determine one delegate.
The annual contest is open
KATHY WOLFF
to juniors and sophomores and
has been conducted since 1950.
In July and August the winner
will take a week in New York
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St. Patrick's Church
invites community to
Irish stew dinner
Thursday evening, Mar. 17,
the entire community is invit
ed to come to celebrate the
Day of the Irish at St. Pat
rick's Church's Parish Hall on
North Jones St., Heppner.
The ladies of the Altar
Society will offer a hearty
Irish dinner from 5:30 until
7:30 with lots of visiting and
with card playing, too, for
those who wish.
The evening's menu will be
built around super Irish stew
and will include French bread,
some plain and some with
garlic, an assortment of
relishes, a choice of desserts
and coffee, tea or milk. They
will charge 75 cents for
children under 12 and $2.25 for '
each adult.
Visiting will be encouraged
vehicle, but escaped in the car
shortly thereafter. In the
midst of a frantic search, the
rat was found back in the cage
eating a piece of cheese, it was
reported.
On its second escape at
tempt, Mrs. Doherty picked
up the little bundle of fur and
was promptly bitten.
She immediately released
the kangaroo rat on its own
recognizance.
"I thought it was cute,"
Doherty commented. Some
gional manager, said, "The
coveted 'XL Award' recog
nizes the outstanding contri
butions of key dealers to the
success of U.S. agriculture
and service to customers. The
standards for this award are
the highest, and only a select
group of dealers who have
totally committed themselves
to the pursuit of excellence
via Washington, D.C., and re
turn home through Canada.
Study will be conducted in the
work of the United Nations.
JAN PETERSON
Local winners were selected
on the basis of a topic essay on
"Accomplishments of the
United Nations in the Past
Quarter Century."
Alternate to the Heppner
winner is Jeff Fortenbury, a
sophomore.
Kathy Wolff is the daughter
of Dr. Wallace Wolff of
Heppner. Jan Peterson is the
daughter of Kerb P. Teterson
of lone.
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there
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will
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After dinner
pinochle and
bridge tables arranged for
those who enjoy card playing.
St. Patrick's Altar Society
members will prepare and
serve the meal. They have
been planning this evening for
some time. Society officers
are: president, Marian Bros
nan; vice-president, Gwen
Healy; secretary, Rita War
den; and treasurer, Pat Gentry.
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single
prowler
other parties to the event said
they did not share the district
attorney's opinion. "Ug," said
one of the witnesses.
On close questioning, Do
herty claimed that he caught
the kangaroo rat because he
thought it would make a nice
pet for children.
Details of the capture and
subsequent escape remained
sketchy this week. The report
er, who said he wouldn't print
the story, had his fingers
crossed. "You rat," someone
said.
qualify as 'XL Dealers.'"
Morrow County Grain
Growers is only the second
Oregon IHC dealer to receive
the coveted award. The other
Oregon dealer is at Woodburn.
The right to display the 'XL'
symbol is the highest form of
recognition an IHC dealer can
earn. It not only symbolizes a
total commitment to excel
lence in customer service, but
involves excellence in product
knowledge, business manage
ment, merchandising and em
ployee relations.
Morrow County Grain
Growers handles the IHC
agricultural equipment line,
with complete sales, service,
renting, leasing and financing
plans available to customers.
The award presentation was
made to Morrow County Grain
Growers by IHC representa
tives during a recent dinner
meeting- in Heppner.
On hand for the award
presentation were Paul Ro
quet, IHC regional retail
operations manager, and Jack
Bell, IHC district manager,
both of Oakland, Calif., and
Tim Danaher, IHC area man
ager, of Pendleton.
The award was accepted by
Larry Mills, manager, Mor
row County Grain Growers,
along with Ron Haguewood,
board president. Seventy-five
persons including employees,
directors, their wives and
special guests attended the
dinner award meeting at West
of Willow restaurant.
Morrow County Grain
Growers began as a grain
cooperative in 1930 and in 1967
merged with what was then
the Lexington Oil Co-op. Dur
ing the same period the IHC
dealership was purchased. All
operations of Morrow County
Grain Growers were merged
in a new facility completed in
1971.
VOL. 94,
NO. 10
Budget crew
The Morrow County School
Board in session at Lexington
Monday night held a budget
meeting. The budget commit
tee reviewed the budget work
up to the present time. The
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original request had been
$3,208,702. The committee re
duced this figure by $88,249.00
to a final budget request of
$3,120,453.
The final budget request
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represents a 17.4 per cent
increase over last year.
At the hearing, the budget
committee was unable to
make additional adjustments
in the budget because of two
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to study in a new 4-H program.
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school
factors. First, the amount of
money to be received from
basic school support remains
unknown at this time. Second,
the settlement of teacher
salaries and a few of the
classified employees' salaries
were not clarified in a tenta
tive agreement until after the
budget session closed.
The state mediation service
was conducting a closed ses
sion with teacher and school
board representatives during
the same time that the budget
hearing was in progress.
A tentative agreement was
reached on a base salary
increase to $9,650.00 for be
ginning teachers. This com
pares with $9,236.00 for the
base (salary for beginning
teachers) last year.
Sports dessert set
Tonight (Thursday),
Heppner High School
winter athletes will be
honored at a basketball
dessert. The dessert will
honor all high school
players from both the
girls' and boys' basket
ball teams.
Both the varsity and
junior varsity rosters
will be acknowledged.
Players from the bas
ketball season such as
first and second team
all Columbia Basin girls
Jackie Mollahan and
Maureen Healy and
CBC honorable mention,
Kenny Grieb, will be
honored.
Other players from
both squads will also be
honored by various
awards including Most
Valuable Player on the
Mustang and Filly
squads.
The dessert is set for
7:30 p.m. Thursday
night in the Heppner
High School cafetorium.
Rockets part of
4-H "Involvement
Space Age Technology has
entered the 4-H program in
Morrow County. Model Rock
etry and Aerospace education
can help 4-H members better
understand the world in which
they live, says Mike Howell,
County Extension Agent and
model rocket project coordi
nator. Aerospace has become a
part of ouf society. Model
rockets powered by solid pro
pellant fuels are excellent
"Involvement" learning ex
periences, Howell said.
Howell reports that eight
project meetings dealing with
model rockets and aerospace
education have been planned,
starting on Mar. 10 at 4:00
p.m. at the county fair
grounds. During the eight
sessions, 4-H members will
learn about the history of jets
and rockets, theory of flight,
principles of rocket propul
sion, safety, plus gain an
understanding of solid pro
pellant rockets and fuels.
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At the budget hearing, it
was determined that the
actual tax levy will be
$2,581,631. Based on the cur
rent valuation of district,
which is $236,334,552, the ac
tual tax will be $10.92 per
thousand.
Last year, the expenditure
for schools in Morrow County
was $8.82 cents per thousand.
Any increase in the valua
tion of Morrow County would
reduce the $10.92 figure. The
new valuation for the county is
completed and announced in
April of each year.
Superintendent Matt Doher
ty said additional reductions
in the tax levy may result
after final salary agreements
are completed and legislative
action on school support is
taken.
Parents are asked
bring a dessert.
to
WEATHER
High Low Precip.
Wed.,
Mar. 2 46 26 .05
Thurs.,
Mar. 3 42 33 .59
Fri.,
Mar. 4 52 30
Sat.,
Mar. 5 60 33
Sun.,
Mar. 6 59 41
Mon.,
Mar. 7 59 42 .02
Tues.,
Mar. 8 55 35 .24
Thursday saw rain mixed
with snow to open the re
porting week. Through Tues
day, total measurable pre
cipitation for March was 1.09
hundredths. Normal for
March is 1.28 hundredths.
March may be close to
normal, but the amount of
precipitation is nowhere near
the record 4.08 hundredths
inches set in Heppner in
March of 1957.
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Each member will have the
opportunity to construct and
launch his or her own rocket.
In addition to belonging to the
4-H program, all members
will have the opportunity to
join the ESTES Aerospace
Club, which includes a mem
bership kit with many special
items, plus their first rocket.
Cost per student will be $3.75,
which includes one rocket,
plus engine.
If all progresses as planned,
says Howell, it is hoped that
the club can get involved in
contest rocket meets, design
various types of multi-pad
launch systems, hold public
demonstrations, plus have
members advance to higher
skill levels within the project
area. A special section for ex
hibiting rockets at the county
fair has already been written.
Anyone wanting additional
information concerning this
new 4-H project area should
contact Mike Howell at the
countv Extension office.
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