The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 23, 1978 FIVE
MorrOW S WCD Urges Conservation Sumner, other reps file
The Morrow Soil and Water
Conservation District is inter
ested in helping farmers find
practical ways to save soil,
water and energy. Using the
land wisely is the best path
towards conservation and the
district has many suggestions
to help steer farmers in the
right direction.
If soil is kept in place on the
land, it won't have to be
dredged out downstream, bull
dozed off streets or filtered out
of water supplies. Similarly, if
fertilizers and agricultural
chemicals are kept in place on
the land, they won't have to be
removed as pollutants some
where else or more energy
won't have to be spent
manufacturing, transporting
and spreading additional
chemicals to replace those
that were lost.
If minimum tillage prac
tices are used instead of clean
tilling, 50 per cent less fuel is
used. A reduction of 50 per
cent in soil loss may also be
realized by using minimum
tillage.
Improved pasture manag
ment results in increased
forage production which indi
rectly lowers the amount of
fuel used for each unit of
forage produced. Adding le
gumes to the grass mixture
reduces the amount of nitro
gen required.
The right amount of water
used at the right time through
a good irrigation system
eliminates wasted energy in
the pumping stage.
All told, natural resource
conservation practices and
systems could save one in
every seven gallons of fuel
used in U.S. agriculture. Other
Senior citizens9 deadline for claiming
benefits , tax exemptions near
The Governor's Commission
on Aging has issued a remin
der to senior citizen home
owners and renters, stressing
the importance of the April 1
and April 15 filing deadlines
for older persons who are
eligible for benefits under
several state programs of
property tax refund, senior
citizen's property tax defer
ral, renter refunds, and veter
an's property tax exemption.
There are benefits under
each of these programs for
thousands of older Oregonians
even if they are not required to
file an income tax return.
Homeowners and renters who
may be eligible for refunds
are urged to submit a claim by
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Ccn Protect Your
Firsl, Farmers brought out
Non-Smoker Life insurance.
Then Non-Smoker Auto. Now,
Farmers offers non-smokers
complete Homeowners cover
age in one money-saving
nackage.
If no one in your family has
smoked in at least two years,
you may qualify.
John Gochr.
Agency
471 N. tidn
676-1318
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Not all conservation prac
tices will succeed everywhere
under all conditions. Many
call for more careful manage
ment by the land operator and
BMCC spring classes start next week
Blue Mountain Community
College spring classes are
schedued to start in this area
next Monday, March 27.
Pre-registered students who
have already mailed in their
course form and check to the
college may report to class at
the scheduled time and place.
Those who have not yet .
registered but wish to take an
offered class should also be
present at the first class
meeting and may register at
that time if there is an
opening.
Two classes, intermediate
Library to reduce
book sale prices
The Heppner City Library's
annual sale of surplus li
brary books is ending this
week. Those books not sold by
Thursday (today) during the
7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. library
period will be marked down
drastically'.
The largest table of books
will be sold by the bag at 60
April 15.
The Commission on Aging
and the State Council of Senior
Advocates pushed hard for
improvements in the refund
programs in past legislative
sessions and points out that
several of the programs,
which could provide impor
tant cash benefits for older
persons on fixed, low incomes,
have not been fully utilized.
Last year, 812 homeowners,
age 62 and over elected to
defer all property tax under a
state program which has been
online since 1963. But many
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conservation practices may
not reduce energy needs
directly but do make it.
possible to grow more food
and fiber without increasing
tole painting and tennis, are
closed as of press time but
anyone still interested in
taking tennis is asked to
contact Nancy Brownfield,
area BMCC coordinator, at
676-5039.
Any questions regarding
class schedules or any aspect
of the evening division classes
should also be directed to Mrs.
Brownfield. She said that all
comments and suggestions
concerning the classes are
welcome and will be sincerely
considered to help make the
cents per large bag full. Other
books and magazines will be
half price and some of the
magazines may go into the
bags.
Saturday afternoon from 2
p.m. to 4 p.m., the remaining
books will be closed out at 50
cents per bag as long as they
last.
other older home owners who
have no heirs and who fall in
low income brackets, would
benefit from the deferral
because they are also still
eligible for the property tax
refund benefits.
The deadline for filing
Veteran's property tax
exemption and senior citizen
property tax deferrals is April
1. Within the Veteran's pro
gram there are potentials for
unremarried widows of war
veterans, many of whom may
be older widows who are
unaware of the program.
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the amount of energy used,
most of them call for an
investment that won't be
repaid immediately.
evening program successful.
CLASS TIME CHANGE
Persons who have not yet
registered but are interested
in taking the micro-wave
cooking class are advised by
Mrs. Brownsfield that the first
Dumping: When?
Where? How Much?
This week during spring clean-up citizens are wanting to
know when, where and how much it costs to dump refuse.
v WHEN and WHERE: Free dumping of household
; garbage and trash as usual between 1:00 and 5:00 p.m. on
'Saturday and Sunday afternoons at the county-operated
;Turner Canyon site, east of Willow Creek Country Club,
j HOW MUCH; Harold Coulter is at that site every day
: except Monday when the site is closed. On the four week
f&ays, full truckloads of waste can be dumped for a $10 fee,
'and pickup loads for $5. The minimum charge for dumping
'1 there Tuesday through Friday is $5.
I Major appliances (stoves and refrigerators) and old car
"j bodies may be left at the Lexington Dump, south of
Lexington, on the first and third Saturday morning of each
month. There is a $1 fee for each appliance and a $5 fee for
disposing of an old car body.
Information about the pro-
grams may be obtained from
local Area Agencies on Aging,
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Contact the Morrow Soil and
Water Conservation District
for more important and prac
tical ways to save soil, water
and energy.
meeting day has been changed
from Thursday, March 30, to
Thursday, April 6. Pre-registered
students in this class will
be contacted about the
change.
state
local Revenue and Assessor
offices, or by calling the State
free number : i -800-452-2838.
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death penalty petition
A preliminary initiative
petition for a statutory mea
sure to restore the death
penalty in Oregon has been
filed with the Secretary of
State by State Representa
tives Jack Sumner, D-Hepp-ner;
Cecil Johnson, R-Grants
Pass; and Bud Byers, D
Lebanon. In filing the petition, Sum
ner said it is necessary to
follow the procedure because
the legislature has "failed to
Farm tax
approval
Legislation relieving farm
ers from Oregon and other
states of drought-induced tax
liabilities won overwhelming
approval in the House of
Representataives last week
and will now move to the
Senate.
The bill, which was intro
duced by Oregon Congress
man Al Ullman last month,
would allow farmers to treat
certain federal disaster and
deficiency payments received
early this year as 1977 income,
and thus avoid income bunch
ing that would result in
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submit the issue to the people
for their determination".
"We plan to take the
petitions to the people in
securing the necessary 46,235
signatures," Sumner said.
"During March, thousands of
letters will be mailed to
Oregonians asking their help
in gathering the signatures."
The petitions will be avail
able about April 1 and a
concentrated 90-day effort is
relief bill
in House
excessive tax liability in 1978.
Ullman said he introduced
the bill after learning that
many disaster and deficiency
payments owed farmers for
1977 crop losses were not
made until 1978. The late
payments resulted from a
backlog of administrative
work that built up during the
extended drought of 1976-77.
Those farmers on the cash
method of accounting who
received late payments would
be forced to include them as
1978 income, under present
law, thus increasing their 1978
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For very long, anyway. We take your
savings dollars and move them out into our
communities. This begins a good cycle.
Every time we make a mortgage loan it
strongly effects our economy. More jobs.
More people spending money in local
businesses. More money to save. It's a nice
big happy circle, isn't it? If we keep this
kind of circle going . . . we'll keep every
thing going.
Note: An interest penalty is charged for early withdrawal from certificate accounts
Spend a moment and carefully examine
our savings chart. Compare the variety of
plans. The yields. The minimum require
ments. No Savings and Loan offers more of
a complete program and higher yields.
We're a good place for your bucks to stop.
Even if it's for a little while.
First Federal
AND LOAN ASSOCIATION OF PENDLETON
CENTER & MAIN HEPPMER
Offices: Milton-Freewater,
Hermiston, Boardman &
Pendleton Home Office
planned for securing the
signatures by July 1. The
signed petitions must be
presented to the Secretary of
State's Office by July 7 to
qualify the Capital Punish
ment issue for the November 7
general election.
Any interested person may
contact Sumner at H276, State
Capital, Salem, Oregon 97301
or at his home address, Route
1, Heppner.
gains
taxes.
"Administrative delay
should not be allowed to
impose yet another burden on
those already struggling as a
result of the drought," Ullman
said. "This bill would allow a
farmer to elect to treat these
payments as 1977 income if he
can establish that, under his
usual business practice, in
come from his crops would
have been reported in 1977."
Ullman said he was de
lighted by prompt House
action on the measure, and
that he will push for rapid
consideration in the Senate.
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676-9200
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