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Rodeo action and the 4-H
and FFA fat stock auction
highlight the remaining few
days of the 1977 Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo.
The livestock auction begins
at 8 p.m. Thursday night with
more than 70 head of cattle,
sheep and hogs taking the
block.
Thursday also marks the
VOL. 94 NO. 34
Coumcil approves paving;
calls personnel session
The Heppner City Council
Thursdy approved the low bid
of $15,471 for 2,500 feet of
paving work in the Lott-Ras-mussen
addition and River
side Street areas.
The bid, entered by the
Riverbend Construction Co.,
Pendleton, covers approx
imately 1,500 lineal feet of
roadway in the Lott-Rasmus-sen
area and another 1,000 feet
on Riverside Street from the
traffic triangle to Morgan
Street. Work on the two aVeas
was expected to begin this
week.
Since the Riverbend bid left
the city with some $3,000 in the
road paving fund, the council
agreed to look into the
possibility of contracting the
county for some additional
sealer work on Riverside and
Gale Streets.
At Councilman Warren Plo
charsky's suggestion, the
council decided to check with
the county road crew about
applying a sealer coat to
Riverside Street from Morgan
Street to the sewer plant and
on Gale Street south from the
traffic triangle until funds are
exhausted.
Foreman on agenda
In other action, the council
called a special meeting of the
city personnel committee to
review the current status of
City Foreman Don Penney.
Penney's handling of the
city water system and other
operations has drawn fire in
past week's from several
councilmen and he is now
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Accident shows
need for care
with firearms
As hunting time rolls around and guns are sighted in,
those that tote guns are urged to be careful of their
plinking locations.
A case in point happened just this past week near
Cutsforth Park. At the edge of the park is a pasture, .
completely fenced with steel posts and barbed wire, in
which there was a horse.
Someone picked up a can that Orville Cutsforth used
to feed his Tennesee Walker and stuck it upside-down
on one of those fence posts. Then they proceeded to do
some target practicing shooting at a metal can over a
steel post, directly into the pasture area.
The horse took a .22 slug in the stomach and died.
Cutsforth took a look at the can and steel post, seeing
the marks where bullets had ricocheted, and
commented, "I sure hate to lose my best saddle horse
but I'm glad some person didn't catch one of those
ricocheted bullets."
last day for viewing pavilion
exhibits as the main building
is cleared for the first of two
rodeo dances Friday.
The Morrow County Rodeo
begins at 7 p.m. Friday with a
full card of local contestants
vying for prizes offered by
area merchants.
RCA rodeo action starts
with the first show Saturday
Morrow County's award winning newspaper.
HEPPNER,
unable to work due to a back
injury. Personnel Chairman
Hubert Wilson asked that
Penney appear before his
committee with "a complete
resume of what he is capable
of doing". Wilson also re
quested a report from Pen
ney's physician concerning his
physical condition.
- A workman's compensation
claim filed by Penney on July
25 stated that his injury had
occured May 16 while moving
city equipment. After the
claim was filed, Penney made
several trips to Portland for
treatment.
The special personnel meet
District Ranger name
Ben Seminoe was last week
named to the position of
District Ranger for the Hep
pner Ranger District of the
Umatilla National Forest. He
fills the vacancy left by Sam
Miller's retirement last month
and will begin his duties at the
Heppner office on August 29.
Siminoe comes from the
Wallow-Whitman National
Forest where he was a
Resource Assistant on the
Pine Ranger District at Half
way. He received his Degree
in 1967 in Forest and Range
Management at Colorado
State College. While attending
college he began his Forest
Service career working sum
afternoon at 1 p.m. with a
second show scheduled for 7
p.m. that evening. The third
RCA show takes place Sunday
at 1 p.m.
Live music by the Muddy
Creekers in the pavilion pro
vides dancing both nights
following the rodeo.
Between rodeo shows Satur
day, the All Saints Episcopal
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ing has been set for September
1 at 8 p.m.
With Penney absent from
the council meeting, Jim Dile
of the city crew reported that
work is progressing on the
repair of a ruptured water line
on Morgan Street near the
high school. Dile said pipe is
now being laid but work has
been delayed until the. del-
ivery of coupling supplies
from Portland. The necessary
parts were expected to arrive
this week and the job should
be completed before the
opening of school.
The council also granted
liquor and beer license renew
mers as a Range Aid on the
Roosevelt National Forest in
Greely, Col. In 1968, he
received an appointment as
Range Conservationist on the
Medicine Bow National Forest
and then was reassigned in
1970 to the Nebraska National
Forest, Hot Springs, S.D.
before going to the Wallowa
Whitman in August of 1972.
Siminoe received a Quality
Step Increase in 1972 for his
highly effective preformance
in Range Management while
on the Nebraska National
Forest. He was given a special
assignment as Camp Director
to pilot their first Youth
Conservation Corps program
.Mew teachers prepare
with eoiintvwidle tour
By the time Morrow County
schools open their doors to
students on September 6,
district teachers will have
already put in several days of
preparation for the upcoming
year.
A county-wide introductory
tour for all new teachers has
been scheduled for Monday,
August 29, in cooperation with
Harold Kerr, county Exten
sion Agent. The teachers will
spend the day visiting the
various schools, industries
and other points of interest in
the county.
After an initial stop at
Riverside High School, the
group will move on to the
Oregon Potato processing
Church will hold their annual
bar-b-cue beginning at 5 p.m.
on the church grounds, Church
and Gale Streets.
Sunday morning breakfast
can be eaten in the great
outdoors compliments of the
Wranglers Riding Club. The
organization is serving break
fast at the city park beginning
at 7 a.m.
pro
THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1977
als to Central Market, West of
Willow, Cal's Cafe and
Lounge, the Elk's Lodge,
Thompson's Grocery, Court
Street Market, the Wagon
Wheel Cafe and Lounge and
Bucknum's Tavern.
At the recommendation of
the Planning Commission, the
council agreed to invite two
state licensed building inspec
tors to the next council
meeting to explain their
program.
Commission members have
expressed concern over the
lack of enforcement of build
ing permit regulations per
taining to building size and
design. Commission Chair
and received a letter of
commendation for his man
agement of a successful camp.
He is a member of the Society
Aged, poor eligible for
last winter heating dollars
A $5,000 federal allotment to
help pay last winter's heating
bills is now available to
Morrow County's poor and
elderly but they have only
until the end of the month to
take advantage of the pro
gram. plant and then to Irrigon for a
look at irrigated and dryland
farm land. The tour will end at
the Heppner Elementary
school where Allen Nistad,
1 general manager of the Kin
Automatic car
wash now open
Vern Wilson, owner of Vern's
76 station, announced this
week the opening of an
automatic car wash at his
establishment.
Patrons don't have to do a
thing according to Wilson, and
their vehicle is washed and
Rodeo secretary Dennis
Doherty said a total of 296
event entries have been filed
for the RCA shows, including
many of the top 20 money
earning cowboys for this
season.
Doherty said all contestants
will perform during the three
shows, and not during slack
time as in previous years.
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man Ed Dick had previously
told the council that in some
cases the finished buildings
bore "virtually no resembl
ance" to the plans initially
submitted for commission
approval.
The inspection task is cur
rently delegated to the city
foreman.
Mayor Jerry Sweeney told
"lhe council each inspection by
a licensed inspector is paid
from building permit receipts.
Since Heppner cut the permit
fee to half the standard rate,
Sweeney said the city would
have to hike the fee before a
licensed inspector would
make the trip here.
for Range Management.
Siminoe and his wife,
Renee, have two boys, ages 9
and 6.
The State Community Ser
vices Program finally receiv
ed more than $2 million after
red tape delayed the dispersal
more than seven months past
the expected January 1 re
lease. Now community agen
cies are faced with distribut
zua Corp. win Uiacuao Hie local
lumber industry.
Other in-service training,
staff orientation and special
committee meetings will be
throughout the week.
waxed in just two minutes.
The new service facility is
located in the present service
station and will be operating
Thursday. Vern's 76 is located
at the edge of Heppner,
heading toward Lexington.
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ing the funds before the
August 31 deadline or having
them locked into a winterizing
fund that can not be used for
bill payment.
All major utility companies
have agreed to participate in
the program which will cover
On September 1, all district
teachers will meet for an
in-service day at Heppner
High School. The day will
include a discussion led by
Gerry M. Reed, publisher of
the Gazette-Times and the
Hermiston Herald, on com
munications with the public.
The teachers will also conduct
a panel discussion on accom
modating children with learn
ing problems and will trade
ideas on the needs and
directions for various school
programs.
The first session of classes
of Tuesday, September 6, will
be a short day with afternoon
bus service scheduled to begin
at 1 p.m.
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Activities at the Fair this week included the style show
Tuesday night and booth judging. Here a 4-H
seamstress models her fashions. In the photo above,
Ben and Lisa Doherty stand before the special
sweepstakes award for wheat entered in the name of
their grandfather, the late Bernard Doherty.
up to $250 per customer on
bills incurred after October 1
of last year.
Anyone with questions con
cerning their eligibility for the
program should contact Pat
Brindle at the Heppner Neigh
borhood Center immediately.
Utility shows
energy useage
conservation
When Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative issues a
plea to its consumer-members for a voluntary cutback
in energy useage... the firm does it by setting a good
example.
Last March, when a need for curtailment became
evident, CBEC cut electrical use at the main office and
shop headquarters in Heppner.
The result a 30.6 per cent drop in the amount of
electricity being consumed in the two buildings.
CBEC Manager Dave Harrison said the main
reduction in use has resulted from thermostat settings
being lowered in the winter and raised in the summer.
The Co-op has attempted to operate thermostats near
an 80-degree setting during the past few summer
months, according to Harrison. There is a 3.1 per cent
saving in use for each degree of thermostat setting.
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Top prizes at the Friday night
Morrow County Rodeo will be the
Severe saddle, shown here by
Kinzua Corp. General Manager
Allen Nistad and Rodeo Queen
Mary Anne Proctor, and the $150
trophy belt buckle that Morrow
County Grain Growers Manager
Larry Mills appears to be trying
on for size. Kinzua and MCGG
are donating the prizes. Rodeo
time is 7 p.m.
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by Don Gilliam
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