TWO The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, August 4, 1 !77
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It was a week of beginnings, a decade past, as the Times
reported that plans were progressing for the opening of the
Neighborhood Center in Heppner.
"Hopefully the center here will open in about three weeks,"
Lorin O'Gara of the Blue Mountain Economic Development
Council told the Chamber of Commerce.
He said the center "will serve the social, recreational,
. educational and employment needs of the residents". A
neighborhood advisory board was to be formed to initiate and
set policies and to set priorities on functions for the center. .
During the same week, new activity was seen at the site of
the gas compressor station near lone which "looks like
Construction Town, USA, with work moving right along on
the $2,369,000 project of Pacific Gas Transmission".
The station was designed to increase capacity of PGT's
pipeline to California.
This week in 1957, Morrow County was in the midst of a
rash of summer fires as the Times headline bannered,
"Lexington Youth Hurt In One of Five Blazes During the
Past Week".
"The past seven days has been the worst fire period
experienced in Morrow County in many years with five
separate farm blazes destroying one ranch home and
upwards of 2,500 acres of wheat, barley and grass land. One
Lexington youth suffered serious burns while trying to
control one of the fires.
"Major fires were reported on the ranches of Bill
McClintock, South of lone; Cliff Dougherty, in the Sand
Hollow area ; the Charlotte Scherzinger home near Sanford
Canyon; and on the Otto Ruhl property Southeast of lone
where 16-year-old Dick Ruhl was burned by an exploding gas
tank.
The ownership of Heppner's Star Theater changed hands
"'this week in 1947. "Mrs. Sadie M. Sigsbee this week
announced the sale of the Star Theater to her daughter and
son-in-law Elaine and Oscar George." The new owners
planned "the same old Sigsbee policy of bringing to the
community the best possible entertainment that is available
at a price everyone can afford to pay". The first feature film
under the new owners was "Sioux City Sue a modern
western with plenty of comedy touches and catchy tunes with
Gene Autry, Lynn Roberts, Sterling Holoway, the Case
Country Boys and Champion".
The wonder of technology found its way to Morrow County
this week in 1937.
"Morrow County boasts within its borders a rarity in the
field of man's ingenuity. It's the new telephone remote
control station which started operation at Lexington last
Thursday and which now gives and will continue to give users
through that exchange 24-hour telephone service with the
world.
"As we stood in front of the board and listened to the
buzzing noises and watched the little gadgets click about, we
were astounded by the realization that development in the
relatively young telephone industry had actually reached the
point where country telephone users in far places have but to
remove receivers from their telephones to command the ear
of anyone any place in just a few moments of time."
1927 brought a look into the future and an investment tip
this week from Arthur Brisbane.
Commander Byrd, always in search of interesting
occupation, plans a flight to the South Pole, and before the
new year he will be flying through the coldest region on
earth. He is determined to be the first man to fly over both
poles.
"In centuries to come what we call our North and South
Poles will again be warm and other spots on the earth will be
the poles. Oil wells that Standard Oil has located inside the
Artie Region will supply nearby gas stations if men still use
power as primitive as gasoline in that future day.
"Gas by then will probably be completely out of date, as
whale oil is now, for lighting. But do not be frightened into
selling good oil stock."
Letters to the Editor
Who deserves 'turkey' award
Editor:
' Cheers to our Honorable considerate Gov. Bob Straub for
signing the bill to unite Kelpie with his family.
What a national, shameful, proverbial, disgrace that our
Oregon Legislators could and would stoop to give the Golden
Gobbled-gook, award to our Honorable Rep. Drew Davis. By
all rights he should be given a most high award of Honor for
his decency, interitry mercy, justice, common sense,
compassion and humane feelings for what the people of the
U.S. wanted.
It's no secret you know that the East Oregonian said
; "Kelpie got more letters than the Vietnam war" proving that
: ' the people from all over the U.S. wanted legislation passed to
i permit Kelpie to go home, where he belonged. Also proving
' genuine kindness to animals is a hallmark of human
advancement.
If such a vote as to who deserved the repulsive, stupid,
Coyotes in general
Editor:
In answer to Mr. Jorgensen's letter in last week's
Gazette-Times, I have worked with sheep more or less all of
my life like Mr. Jorgensen. I have seen a lot of sheep that
the coyotes have killed. I expect as many as he saw killed by
being run over a rim.
" I have also seen a lot of calves and deer the coyotes had
killed. I had a colt once that the coyotes killed for me. It was
alive and well in the evening, the next morning the coyotes
had killed it and eaten it, including the hide.
M.R.Bennett
Spray
turkey award were put to the voters, I dare say it would be
every Oregon Legislator who voted to give the astute award
to our Rep. Davis.
For a couple of the dilly dumbest bills and waste of our tax
dollars, how about our Legislators introducing a bill to make
the water beetle Oregon's bug; or the square dance Oregon's
dance? I'm sure the water beetle could care less about the
unique publicity and honor. While on the other hand Kelpie is
an intelligent animal with love and compassion for the family
who raised him from a puppy and deserved justice from our
elected Legislators. -
Rep. Denny Jones and his willful-wrongful-malicious and
wanton destructive game to kill the Tri-State fish bill because
he didn't get his way about Kelpie should be remembered
when it comes time to vote again.
Most sincerely,
Lois Winchester
Heppner
Justice
Court
Justice Court dispositions
for the week include:
Loni Thompson, 22, Irrigon,
found guilty of DUII and fined
$305.
Vicky D. Hansen, 24, Oregon
City, found guilty of DUII and
fined $305.
EDITORIAL letters
COMMENT
Boardman's $1.3 million wa
ter system was officially turn
ed on Monday afternoon with
Boardman Mayor Jerry Peck
and Engineer Stan Wallulis
taking a firm grip on the
release valve.
The Ranney well, which
sends out six water collectors
(fingers) beneath the Colum
bia River bed, was begun
Nov. 20. The 59-foot well is
capable of producing 10,600
gallons of water per minute.
Because of financial re
straints, the well was held
down to 6,000 gallons per
minute in its development. It
is rvH hv three. 3.000
gallon per minute pumps and
motors which are housed in
the Ranney well casing.
The entire pumping sys
tem, completed a month ago,
is monitored automatically.
The water is pumped into the
chlorination chamber located
on the north side of Columbia
Boulevard. It is stored in two,
127,500 gallon storage com
partments in the chamber
where it is held for a 30
minute contact time.
Though the water taken in
by the collectors is naturally
filtered through approxim
ately 300 feet of river bed,
state law requires the chlorin
ation treatment of Ranney
wells.
Eight pumps in the cham
ber send the water out to it
full range of system demands.
The Port of Morrow and the
existing city of Boardman will
now be served by the new
system. It will be serving the
new Boardman South devel
opment once a local improve
ment district contract, that
will be awarded Sept. 6, is
completed.
Power outages will not
affect the system as it is
provided with a complete
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auxiliary system. The pumps
work on pressure and when
the system drops more than
10 pounds they automatically
turn on.
Wallulis does not know of
any other water collection and
distribution system similar to
this one. It will serve 7,000
people. Boardman's popula
tion is estimated at 1100. "We
feel this will provide us with
all the water we are going to
need for many years," stated
Peck.
When the population war
rants, the system can be
expanded.
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Boardman residents may have noticed increased pressure from their water
taps Monday as that town's new $1.3 million water system was put in use.
Labeled a one-of-a-kind system, it was designed to accomodate Boardman's
anticipated growth.
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By Tom Franks
If' we followed the rule of the Dale Carnegie
course "Never criticize, condem or complain," there would
be a lot less talk, a lot less.
The nice thing about being busy with complaints about
others is the time we save in looking at out own behavior.
The modern "psychology" preaches a good self image. We
are told to think well of ourselves. It is wise to give yourself
the benefit of the doubt now and then. It is also wise to watch
that we don't come to the point of believing that a good self
image is a God-given right.
One of the greatest insights in psychology was the
identification of a simple process called projection. This is
the person who swings at a ball and blames the bat when he
misses. I would venture that projection is the most common
continuing mental mistake made by mankind today.
The kid who falls off his bike and blames the lousy bike
grows up to be the man who falis off his business and blames
the lousy circumstances.
Naive-Naive
If I told you that I believe everything I hear you would take
TOO TOMORROW
me for a fool. If you were kind you would say I was naive
Being naive isn't all that bad, especially if she's willing. You
might think about that the next time you consider calling
someone naive.
Naive is a word we don't use much today. It is often used in
place of "fool" and or describes a person who, to our mind,
lacks a sufficient number of marbles to play the games we
happen to be playing at the time. Naive may also be used to
describe a person who lacks common sense.
In Touch
One man calls another man's religion a lie because he can't
prove to himself that his own is true. If we know beyond a
shadow of a doubt what is true there is no need for us to
condemn another man for his belief.
We have nothing to fear from any source if we are in touch
with the source of all things.
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Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, under the Act of March 3. 1879.
Second-class postage paid at Heppner, Oregon.
The official newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of .Morrow.
G.M. Reed, Publisher
Dolores Reed, Co-publisher
Terry M. Hager, Business Manager
Jim Summers, Editor
Eileen Saling, Office Manager
Justine Weatherford, Local News
Laura Craig, Composing
Patti Saling, Composing
TIRES?
THROW 'EM IN THE GUTTER
SATURDAY AUG.6 AND YOU'LL
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The Willow Creek Little League
and Heppner-lone Girls Softball
players will pick up all old
tire casings to raise funds
for their summer programs.
OR IF YOU LIVE OUT OF TOWN
CALL 676-9642 FOR PICK-UP. FARM TIRES, T001
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