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VOL. 96 NO. 35
HEPPNER,. OREGON
THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 1978
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Residents of the area have until Oct. 1 to make comments to the U.S. Forest
Service concerning six roadless areas in the Umatilla National Forest.
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Within the next few months,
the U.S. Forest Service will
conclude one of the largest
federal land use planning
efforts ever undertaken and in
the end will be a land use
determination for more than
48,000 acres of forest lands in
the Heppner Unit of the
Umatilla National Forest.
Called RARE II an acro
nym for Roadless Area Re
view and Evaluation, Part
2 the process will evaluate
undeveloped areas totaling
over one-third of the nation's
187-million acre National For
est System for their wilder
ness potential.
The review is presently in
its "public involvement"
stage, with the Forest Service
accepting comments on a
variety of alternatives con
tained in its Draft Environ
mental Statement until Octo
ber 1.
Included in the RARE II
process are six areas in the
Heppner Unit of the Umatilla
National Forest, referred to as
Texas Butte, Kelly Prairie,
Skookum, Potamus, Baloney
Basin and Hell's Half Acre. A
total of 27 roadless areas
within the Umatilla National
Forests are under review
totaling 28 per cent of the total
forest acres.
The existing Weneha-Tu-cannon
wilderness area in the
Umatilla National Forest ac
counts for about 12 per cent of
the total forest lands, which
means that if all roadless area
under review were designated
wilderness, 40 per cent of the
Umatilla National Forest
would be taken from produc
tion. Opinions are sharply divi
ded on RARE II as competi
tion for a variety of uses
abounds, including recreation,
range, timber, wildlife and
fish management, water shed
and supply and wilderness
uses.
Billed as a comprehensive
planning effort, RARE II is
intended to identify and re
commend one of three land
use classifications for each of
the areas:
(A) Areas which would be
recommended to Congress as
wilderness additions;
(B) Areas which should be
managed for uses other than
wilderness, and promptly re
leased for such purposes as
developed recreation, timber
production and wildlife man
agement, and;
(C) Areas which require
further data before manage
ment decisions are made.
Social, economic and envi
ronmental consequences re
sulting from any of the above
classifications are significant
for surrounding communities
and the stakes are relatively
high. .
Landform and ecosystem
representation, wildlife char
acteristics and accessibility to
the nation's population were
four of the major criteria used
by the Forest Service to
evaluate the roadless areas.
Combined with criteria relat
ing wilderness designation
effects on timber, energy,
developed recreation use and
wildlife programs, a set of 10
alternatives were proposed by
the agency for public com
ment. These alternatives are pre
sented in the Draft Environ
mental Statement released
this past June and provide for
a full range of roadless area
uses.
Cont. on page 9
Dr. Giff ord to return; clinic
opens September 5
Dr. Joseph Gifford an
nounced this week that he will
be returning to Heppner to
establish a family practice at
the Medical Clinic on Thomp
son Street.
Gifford, who left Heppner
about seven months ago, will
arrive Sunday, Sept. 3 and will
open the clinic, on Tuesday,
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sepi. o. ne win ue un can,
through the hospital, Sept. 3-4.
Gifford's arrival this week
end means the community will
not be without a practicing
physician during a two-week
vacation planned by Dr.
Wallace Wolff during the first
part of September.
Kent Goodyear, chairman of
the Doctor Search Committee,
said Gifford has purchased alt
of the equipment in the clinic
and has hired some staff.
Dr. Gifford has rented a
house in Heppner and will be
returning to New Mexico in
late September to move his
family here.
Goodyear said the Doctor
Search Committee will be
meeting with Gifford after his
arrival to discuss locating a
second physician for the
community. Goodyear noted
there have been no further
developments regarding find
ing a doctor for the Boardman
area.
City police nab suspect
Heppner city police early
Sunday morning arrested a
19-year-old man on charges of
unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle, driving while intoxi
cated, and resisting arrest.
Rex Henry of Heppner
pleaded not guilty to the
charges in a hearing at
Morrow County Justice Court
on Tuesday.
Police said Henry was
driving a pickup truck owned
by Dick Rice of Heppner at the
time of the 4:30 a.m. arrest.
While officers were taking
Henry into custody on the
intoxication charge, they
learned that the Rice vehicle
was reported stolen from a
parking space near the Wagon
Wheel restaurant.
Henry was released from
custody on his own recogni
zance following his arraign
ment . Tuesday in Justice
Court.
Weather
Hi Low Pre
Wed . Aug . 23 74 47
Thurs.. Aug. 24 79 55 .03
Fri.,Aug.25 70 52 .12
Sat , Aug. 27 72 46
Sun., Aug. 27 82 50
Tues!,Aug.29 85 53
Health care district on
ballot in Nov. election
Formation of a health care district for Morrow
County will be put before voters on the November
general election ballot even though the County
Court could form the district on the basis of a
petition drive now underway.
County Judge D O. Nelson told the Gazette
Times that it has been the court's position from the
start to put formation of a county-wide health care
district before the people for a vote.
The petitions being circulated throughout the
county ask the court to form a county-wide health
care district with an elected board of directors. The
court could, if it chose to do so, form the district
without going to the people with a ballot if no
remonstrance were received.
"We expect some people to be opposed to the
formation of a health district, but even if we didn't
receive any formal opposition, the court has
decided to put the measure before the people for a
vote," said Nelson.
"It's much too important an issue for the court
to decide itself, based on the petition." said Nelson.
Formation of the district would allow a
separate tax bas (which also must be voted on by
county residents) for operations of all health care
services and facilities in the county.
Presently, Pioneer Memorial Hospital is funded
through the county budget with clinics in Heppner
and Boardman also owned by the county.
Sponsors of the petition believe that with the
district a broader scope of health services may be
provided and managed, eliminating duplication of
services. In addition, it is believed that a health
care district could better meet the unique problems
of medical care in Morrow County; specifically the
large geographical area, relatively small popula
tions centers and the long distances of travel.
Those health services that might be included in
the district would include general hospital facilities,
clinics, emergency facilities and a coordinated
ambulance service with Emergency Medical
Technicians, home health care, mental health, and
medical-social services.
A five-person board of directors would be
elected by the people, that would include
representation from throughout the county.
Good weather, good entries grace
1978 Rodeo parade
The Boardman Harvest Fes-.
tival float, featuring a horn of
plenty and the festival's court,
took grand sweepstakes hon
- ors during last Saturday's 1978
, Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Parade.
.The American Legion and
its auxiliary Post 87 won first
place among adult organiza
tions appearing in the parade,
followed by the Heppner
Soroptimists, the Morrow
County Search and Rescue
Posse, and the Boardman
Lions Club.
Pioneer Memorial Hospi
tal's float, featuring an Indian
medicine man administering
to the needs of an ailing
pioneer, took top honors in the
business float category, fol
lowed by the U.S. Forest
Service, Heppner District's
float carrying a larger-than-life
Smokey the Bear. The
Morrow County Grain Grow
er's entry placed third.
The Rainbow Riders from
Milton-Freewater won the
best riding club category,
followed by the Umatilla
Sageriders.
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The Union County Fair
maids float won the best
out-of-county entry, followed
by the Main Street Cowboys
and the Happy Canyon Direc
tors. Verina and Ryan Schiller
took first place in the best
mounted family group, with
Bobette and Mark Angell
finishing second.
Best mounted cowboy and
cowgirl honors went to Shawn
Eng of Lexington and Brenda
Bozarth of Boardman, with
Melvin Bozarth of Hermiston
winning the best comic cate
gory. Ethel Lehman of Echo
was recognized for being the
oldest cowgirl in the parade.
She is 86.
The All-Morrow County
High School Band won the
marching band division, with
the Pendleton Roundup Court
taking top honors in the Queen
and Court division.
Antique auto entries were
very much in evidence at this
year's parade, with the Blue
Mountain Model A club of
Pendleton taking first place,
followed by Dutch Lankford,
Robert and Diane Stickney
and Pete Schwarzin.
Moving even farther back in
history to the wagon and
buggy entries, the ARZ Farms
entry from the Hermiston
area took top honors, followed
by Patsy Bozarth, also of
Hermiston.
The Heppner cheerleaders
won the children's float cate
gory, with C.B.'s Studio of
Baton winning the marching
unit division. Best costume
awards went to Susie Olsen
and Bo McEwen, first; Cam
mie Papineau, second and
Homer Bozarth, third.
Taking top honors in the
bicycle division was Mike
Rietmann of lone, followed by
Cont. on page 8
lone High School pre-40
reunion set
The lone High School re
union for those who attended
school there prior to 1940, will
be held Sunday, Sept. 3 at the
American Legion Hall in lone.
The committee of Dot Hal
vorsen or Eva Hamlett would
like to hear from local people
planning to attend the reunion
as soon as possible. About 40
persons living away from the
area have indicated they
would be in attendance.
Registration starts at 10
a.m. with lunch scheduled for
12:30 p.m. Local residents are
asked to bring a hot dish or
salds and those attending
from away are asked to bring
relish dishes or desserts.
Mrs. Hamlett said anyone
having attended lone High
School prior to 1940 is invited
to attend.
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(.ruitd sweepstakes winner in the Morrow County Fair &
Kixteo Parade last Saturday was the Boardman Harvest
Festival float. Boardman will be hosting its own'celebralion
September 9 and 10. The Harvest Festival court of Joan
I'ai'tlow. Vickie Daniels, Judy Danies and Andrea Iladley
add the finishing touch to the "Horn of Plenty".