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Moonlight Madness Sale tonight !l
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Just about the time the moon rides high into the sky the
evening of Thursday, Oct. 27 Heppner merchants will be
unlocking their doors for two hours of Moonlight Madness.
Nearly all of the downtown Heppner retail merchants have
prepared for the special two-hour sale from 7 to 9 p.m.
tonight (Thursday). Most stores will close at 5 p.m. in
preparation for the sale.
Bargains abound and shoppers can get an idea of the super
sale items from advertisers in this issue of the
Gazette-Times.
In addition to regular businesses, Heppner Soroptimists
will be selling apples and oranges by the bag at Peterson's
Jewelers.
The Gazette-Times is conducting a "special" for the
evening's Moonlight Madness also. Hot spiced cider and
donuts will be available at a prominent location downtown.
The cup of cider and donut will cost .25 or whatever
contribution patrons wish to make as all proceeds will go to
the Heppner High School Band Uniform Fund Drive.
Among the stores participating will be Peterson's
Jewelers, The Shoe Box, Judy's Fabric, Coast to Coast, The
Lebush Shoppe, R&W Drive In, Coles House of Fashion and
Posy Patch, Kroll's Department Store, Murray's Drug, Case
Furniture, and Gardner's Men's Wear.
McLeod prompted
to state office
"I think I'll miss the
sunshine, bright skies and
clean air the most," com
mented ASCA County Execu
tive Director Dave McLeod,
recently promoted to the state
office in Portland after work
ing with Morrow County
farmers for 21 years.
McLeod was hired by the
Morrow County ASCS Board
and began work as a field man
on Oct. 16, 1956. He was
advanced to his present direc
tor post two years later.
"I hate to leave", McLeod
said. "But it's the only thing
left to do; I'm at a standstill
here." He explained that he
has waited until his four
children were out of school
and the right opening came
along.
Raised on a farm near
Grass Valley in Sherman
County, McLeod said he has
always felt at home with
farmers and rural communi
ties. McLeod's background
included four years in the
Navy after high school in
Mora and one year at the
University of Oregon, where
he met his wife, Mary. He
farmed in the Rhea Creek
area, had a welding business
in lone and worked for
Federal Crop Insurance be
forestarting ASCS (then ASC)
field work in 1956.
As county executive direc
tor for the past 19 years,
McLeod's responsibility has
been to administer federal
agricultural programs at the
county level, working under
the fanner elected ASC com
mittee. McLeod said that most of
the things going on now, as far
as agricultural programs,
were in effect when he took his
administrative position, but in
the interim, action on the
federal level caused his work
load and number of people
working under him to fluctu
ate tremendously. For exam
ple in 1963 the marketing
quota was voted down in
Congress, dramatically de
creasing the ASCS workload.
With the passing of the
Agricultural Act of 1977, there
will be a need for more
employees to administrate the
legislation.
ASCS works closely with
county fanners on such things
Child care center
waits for sanitarian
The Heppner Child Develop
ment Center, ready to reopen
at its temporary facilities in
the 4-H Annex at the fair
grounds, must wait for an
imspection by a state sanita
rian before receiving neces
sary certification to begin
operation.
Dawn Stuchell, chairman of
the Center's Board of Direc
tors, said the sanitarian in
Pendleton indicated that a
required piece of paperwork
had not arrived from Port
land, holding up his inspec
tion. "Some mothers with tem
porary child care arrange
ments are understandably
getting impatient," Mrs. Stu
chell commented. She said the
Center had hoped to open this
week and hold an open house
on Friday night. The sanita
rian inspection is the only
requirement not yet met for
certification.
Mrs. Stuchell said she still
hoped the Center would be
able to open this week. As of
press time, the center was still
awaiting further word from
the sanitarian.
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Leaving post
Dave McLeod, the ASCS man farmers have known here for
some time will be leaving soon for a post in the state offices.
A farewell get-together has been set for Saturday, Nov. 5
from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Elks Lodge. All friends are invited.
as disaster yield and defi
ciency payments, the Agricul
tural Conservation Program,
commodity and facility loans
and flood insurance.
McLeod will start on the
state payroll as Agricultural
Program Specialist on Nov. 6,
though he said he would be in
and out of the Morrow County
office for awhile after that.
His responsibility will be to all
36 counties in the state,
working specifically on the
price support and conserva
tion programs.
He will assist in interpreting
federal guidelines and weed
out those that don't apply to
The Center will be required
to vacate the Annex building
on Wednesday and Thursday,
Nov. 2-3, and Monday, Nov. 7,
due to prior building commit
, ments, which adds to compli
cations. Mrs. Stuchell said she is
concerned about the delayed
opening because the terms of
the contract signed with the
Fair Board specified Oct. 24 as
Lowe is
double
Figuring that a bunch of
Portlanders would have a
hard time playing football in
Hawaii, Lyle Lowe broke a
four-way tie to become the
first double winner in the
Gazette-Times football con
test. Lowe, Kevin Rountree, An
na Mae Steagall and Robb
Rush each predicted six out of
ten winners but Lowe was the
only one to correctly tab the
outcome of the tiebreaker
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Oregon farmers. McLeod said
he also expects to do some
- troubleshooting in different
part of the state.
McLeod mentioned the fact
that he and his wife Mary have
four grandchildren in the
Portland area as one attrac
tion of moving there.
"I'll miss the people here
more than the job," McLeod
remarked. "I once thought
that this was as close to an
office job as I could stand, but
it's not as bad being behind a
desk as I used to think."
The ASC committee has not
yet announced McLeod's suc
cessor in Morrow County.
the beginning date of the
Center's six month occupancy
period.
In preparation for the open
house planned after opening at
the Annex, Mrs. Stuchell
requests that mothers and
other volunteers call her at
676-5297 to arrange a work
party to paint Center parti
tions and other equipment.
first
winner
game. Rountree, missing the
tiebreaker score by 16 points,
earned a second place finish.
Lowe's $10 check and Roun
tree's $5 check are waiting to
be picked up at the Gazette
Times office.
A new contest appears in
this issue with a bu n f
squeakers slated from all
across the country. Readers
are urged to get their entries
in before in 5 p.m. Friday.
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VOL. 95 NO. 43
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request to city council
A Gresham construction
company, whose application
for a conditional use permit to
build an apartment complex
in Heppner was denied earlier
in the month by the Planning
Commission, will appeal the
decision at the next City
Council meeting.
Kenneth Hardy of Cason and
Hardy Construction Co., in
itiated the appeal procedure
with a letter submitted lo the
City Recorder this week.
Hardy is seeking to build three
eight-unit apartment build
ings in the area adjacent to
Aiken and Elder streets near
the Columbia Basin Co-op
office.
Hardy's first appearance
before the Planning Commis
sion drew objections from
several residents in the firea
and a flat refusal from the
Commission. Residents com
plained of the added traffic the
apartments would bring lo the
neighborhood and Commis
sion members questioned the
application specifications and
set-back standards presented.
After being turned down by
the Commission. Hardy told
the Gazette-Times he did not
plan to appeal the decision but
he has since reconsidered. His
letter to the City Recorder
indicated that encouragement
and support received since the
denial had persuaded him to
make the appeal.
"Heppner is a good market,
let's face it," Hardy said.
"But I don't want to get into a
hassle with residents of the
area there are plenty of
other sites in other commun
ities." Cason and Hardy recently
finished building a similar
19-unit complex in Boardman
and the Heppner plans call lor
24 completely furnished one
bedroom units in the $200 per
month range.
"I'm not out of tune with
Heppner. I can't see any real
problem since probably 90
percent of the people that
would live there would have
Kinzua honors
Frank Robinson
Guest of honor Frank H.
Robinson was presented with
a gold watch by Harry
Kennison at a Kinzua Corp.
retirement dinner on Friday,
Oct. 21 at West of Willow in
Heppner.
Robinson has worked over
28 years as a planerman in
Morrow County, in charge of
setting up and taking care of
lumber finishing equipment.
He was employed by Heppner
Lumber Co., which later
became Kinzua Corp., in 1949.
He had worked in Klickitat.
Wash., as a planerman before
coming to Morrow County.
Family members present at
Robinson's retirement dinner
Morrow County's award winning
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HEPPNER, OREGON
er appeals Housing
already left for work before
any school children would be
out on the street." Hardy said.
"I don't think the apartments
would have that much of an
impact on the area."
After several citizens ex
pressed concern that the
Library funding
still a question
A petition drive which the
Heppner Library Board plan
ned lo begin last week with
the creation of a library
service district as an end
goal --has been held up.
The formation of a boundary
commission through the
; )'!iiioniriK of the County
Election highlights
annual CBEC meeting
Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative, Inc. will hold its
annual meeting November 3,
at the Morrow County Fair
Pavilion in Heppner.
Registration for the 3rd
annual event will begin at
11:30 a.m. followed by dinner
at 12:15 p.m. served by the
Lexington Grange ladies.
A business session is sche
duled at 1:15 p.m. and will
include election of five board
members, report of officers
and manger, and presentation
of awards. Entertainment will
be by the Heppner High School
music group under the direc
tion of Jim Acklev.
Spring ahead... fall back
Daylight Savings Time ends
Saturday night. Turn your
timepieces back one hour.
included his wile. Ruth: son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Robinson; daugh
ter Donna Papineau: grand
daughter Carol Nash; and
brother-in-law Kenneth
Moorehead of Goldcndale,
Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Robinson are
'the parents of two and
grandparents of seven
This week Itnhi.iaon started
his retirement by filling in at
the mill because it was
shorthanded.
In the future Robinson plans
to do a lot more tishing and
hunting. The Robinsons also
will do some short distance
traveling in their camper.-
THURSDAY, OCTOBER
a
access bridge to the area
could not handle the stress of
added traffic, Hardy said the
bridge would be a City Council
problem, not his.
"It's simply not worth my
time or effort to try and buck
the citizens if they don't want
Court, had been decided upon
by the board as the most
direct route to create a library
district for the purpose of
obtaining permanent funding
for the library.
Bill Kuhn, Heppner attorney
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include one from each of the
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the apartments," Hardy said.
But he added that he would be
receptive to an alternate
access route to the site if one
was available.
"The price of land and the
cost of trucking in the mater
ials make it impossible for me
News
Wheat League banquet
The annual Wheat Growers
League county meeting and
banquet is slated for Tuesday,
Nov. 1, at the Heppner Elk's
Lodge.
At the committee meetings
scheduled to start at 1 p.m.,
county resolutions will be
formed on questions of con
cern to wheat growers which
came out of a workshop
recently held in Pendleton.
A social hour from 5:30 to
6:30 p.m. will be sponsored by
Grain Growers set
dinner for Nov. 7
Featured at the annual
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers dinner, scheduled for
Monday, Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m.,
will be a roast beef dinner
cooked from show beef pur
chased at this year's county
fair 4-H and FFA auction.
Dr. Warren Kronstad, pro
fessor of agronomy at Oregon
School planners
will meet tonight
The Morrow County School
District Long Range Planning
Committee will hold its first
meeting of the year on
Thursday, October 27, at the
District Office in Lexington at
7:30 p.m.
The Committee will review
changes in student population
in the county and will consider
projected growth of students
of school age.
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Frank Robinson ifar right) shows off the handsome gold
watch he received on his retirement from Kinzua
Corporation. The watch was presented by Harry Kennison.
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to consider buying more land
for an access," Hardy said.
"But if the access was
provided, I would sure try it."
The public hearing on the
appeal has been scheduled for
Monday, Nov. 7, at 7:30 p.m.
in City Hall.
briefs
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers of Lexington and Union
Collier of lone.
Alan Pinkerton of Helix,
immediate past president of
the Oregon Wheat Growers
League, will be the main
speaker at the 7 p.m. banquet.
Pinkerton was part of a
trade group that visited Rus-,
sia this summer and he will
illustrate his experiences in
that country with a slide
presentation.
State University, will be the
featured speaker at the din
ner. His planned topic is
"Food and the World Popula
tion." A business meeting follow
ing the dinner will include
election of directors and
reports form the officers.
The Committee is expected
to consider current building
capability in terms of hand
ling increased enrollment.
In other business the Com
mittee is expected to consider
financial conditions related to
school construction, the re
sponsibility of local planning
committees and the organiza
tion of the District Committee.
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