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The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, June 29, 1978 THREE
Weather Service seeks
volunteers to watch
for severe storms
The National Weather Service office in Pendleton
is interested in finding Southern Morrow County
residents that will act as severe storm spotters for the
area.
John B. Smith, meterologist in charge, told the
Gazette-Times this week that recent reports of strong
winds and hail are positive proof of potential severe
weather activity.
Northeast Oregon lies in a "blind spot" in the
Weather Service radar network making it difficult to
keep a watch on storm activity that may turn severe,
resulting in flash flooding.
Smith said the radar blind spot should be corrected
in a couple years. "In the meantime, it is most
important that we recruit qualified persons willing to
note and record heavy rains in their area," said Smith.
Persons that become severe storm watchers are
asked to monitor plastic rain gauges provided by the
Weather Service, recording rainfall and placing a call
if rainfall reaches a certain level in a specified amount
of time.
The area most in need of storm watchers is the
area Southwest of Heppner, noted Smith, since most of
the storms approach from that direction.
Smith said storms that deposit a half-inch of rain in
a 30-minute period are of a serious nature, and the
meterologist urged anyone observing that type of
rainfall to call the Weather Service office in Pendleton.
Persons interested in becoming weather observers
should contact the National Weater Service Office,
Pendleton, Oregon, phone 276-4493 or 276-3811.
OBITUARY
Cora Mae Wilson
Farmer groups
petition tor cnangc
in PUD's
Two area farmers' groups
are sponsoring a petition drive
towards amending the Oregon
Public Utilities District law to
shorten the formation proce
dures for PUDs.
The initiative drive is cur
rently underway in Morrow
and Gilliam counties by the
Farmers Union and the
Grange, according to Gene
Logan of Arlington, area
Farmers Union president.
Kenneth Fitzgerald, editor of
the Oregon-Washington Farm
ers Union newspaper was. in
the area last weekend to aid in
the petition drive.
About 46,000 valid signa
tures of registered voters are
needed by July 7 to put the
measure on the ballot this fall.
The statewide drive appears
certain to acquire the needed
signatures, since more than
50,000 names have already
been collected, according to
Logan.
However, sponsors of the
drive are pushing for more
than 60,000 signatures, in
order to give them a margin of
safety to compensate for
names that may be invalidated.
On a statewide basis, the
Farmers Union and Grange
have joined forces with the
Consumer Power League and
the Oregon PUD Directors
Assn. to lobby for the easing of
bureaucratic red tape in
forming public utility dis
tricts. The four organizations
have formed a Public Power
Coalition to fight for the PUD
law changes.
Fitzgerald noted that Ore
gon has only four PUDs
including the Columbia Basin
Electric Coop as opposed to
22 in Washington. He main
tains that the lack of PUDs in
Oregon has contributed
largely to the discrepancy that
exists between electric rates
between the two states.
Public-owned electrical co
ops in the two states charge
from one-half to two-thirds
less than do the private
utilities, Fitzgerald said. He
noted that PUD electric orga
nizations in Vancouver,
Wash., and Milton-Freewater
charge $11.10 and $9.58 respec
tively for 1,000 kilowatt hours,
as opposed to $27 charged by
Portland General Electric and
$27.24 by Pacific Power and
Light for the same wattage.
Cora Mae Wilson, 90, Hepp:
ner, died Friday, June 23, in
Heppner.
She was born November 3,
1887, in Norton, Kansas.
Mrs. Wilson was a member
of the Assembly of Gof Church
in Heppner.
Funeral services were held
Tuesday, June 27, in the
Heppner Assembly of God
Church, with the Rev. Duane
Geyer of Portland officiating.
Sacred selections were sung
by Faye Wilson, with Kathryn
Hjloskins accompnaying her
.vith the organ.
Casket bearers were Jim
Morris, Kip Morris, Clayton
Wilson, Bob Morris, Randy
Morris and Maynard Stru
thers. Concluding services and
interment were at Heppner
Masonic Cemetery, with
Sweeney Mortuary in charge
of arrangements.
Mrs. Wilson was preceded in
death by her husband, Peter
Austin Wilson, in 1954.
She is survived by a
daughter, Mildred Pankey,
Heppner, a son, Hubert Wil
son, Heppner, a sister, Wilma
Hastings, Hermiston, 15
grandchildren and numerous
great-grandchildren.
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Thursday, June 29
No Lodge
Fun Night
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Senior Citizens Dinner 4:30
Scouts 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 6
No Lodge
Steak & sea food dinner 6:30 Fun Night
Happy Hour 5-6
Saturday, July 1 Hot Hors D'ouvres 6-7
Live Music
Tuesday, July 4
Senior Citizens Dinner 4:30
Members and out-of-town guests only.
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