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EIGHT The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday February 15, 1979 New phone books carry community and civic information A schedule of senior citizen agencies, programs and events highlights the new telephone directory for Hep pner, lone and Lexington which will be delivered begin ning Tuesday, Feb. 13, accord ing to Pacific Northwest Bell Manager Linda Buckner. She says the schedule is part of a new 16 page color community information sec tion sandwiched between the white and yellow pages of the new telephone book. The section also includes a direct ory of city officials for Heppner, lone and seven other Umatilla and Morrow County cities, sports schedules for Blue Mountain Community College and nine high schools and a list of service clubs. The information is included with advertising for local businesses. "This is the first year we've included community events information along with our directory," Buckner says. "We feel many people, espec ially the elderly, will find this section a quick easy reference source for some of the service information that may have been hard to find in the past." While the new color section may be the most spectacular addition to the book, Buckner says, there are several other changes which book users may find valuable. They include: New "911" numbers listed on the Emergency Page for the Heppner, lone and Lexing ton fire departments. New "911" numbers on the Emergency Page for Heppner, Hermiston, Lexing ton, Stanfield and Umatilla ambulance service. New "911" number for the lone and Lexington police departments. A new toll-free number for the Poison Information Cen ter: 1-800-452-7165. A new toll free number for the deaf and hard of hearing who wish to use a teletype writer (TTY) to communicate with the Pacific Northwest Bell business office in Port land. PNB's TTY at 1-227-8973 gives TTY users a direct teletypewriter link for con ducting any telephone com pany business, including dir ectory assistance. A new "966" prefix added to the numbers within the Pendleton free calling area. A new page (page 10) listing Basic Telephone Ser vice Rates for PNB's cities in Umatilla and Morrow Counties. Buckner says the new tele phone book shows signs of continued growth in Umatilla and Morrow counties. There are approximately 23,081 alphabetical listings and 440 pages in the new phone book. That's 1,440 more listings and 48 more pages not counting the color section than the 1978 directory. This year's PNB directory carries a cover photograph taken by Ray Atkeson, the well-known Oregon scenic photographer. It's of Washing ton's Wenatchee River. Last year, an Atkeson photo of Oregon's Kiwanda appeared on all PNB directories in Oregon, Washington and Idaho. Directory delivery should be complete by February 19, Buckner says. Lexington TOPS name week's loser The Lexington chapter of the TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) club met last week, with Mary Roberts presiding. Seven members recited the TOPS pledge, and Charlene Papineau won honors for being the "best loser" of the week. Club leader Roberts read a letter from the regional TOPS coordinator, and announced that the TOPS organization's State Recognition Day will be held June 1-2 at the Sheraton Hotel in Portland. The Lexington TOPS chap ter, chartered in 1969, is seeking more members from the southern Morrow County area. Persons interested in taking part in the TOPS program are urged to call 676-9173 or 676-5222. EVERY 00V IS SHLE DRV 1(1 TIE LRSSIFIEDS The Htpancr GAZETTE-TIMES Take Stock in the Newest Bank in Town Columbia Community Bank Initial Offering Of 100,000 Shares of Common Stock Price $10 per share Sold only in Units df 100 Shares Columbia Community Bank's offices will be located in the Hermiston Plaza Shopping Center. This announcement constitutes neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy these securities. The offering is made only by the Prospectus, copies of which may be obtained by mailing the attached coupon to: Community Bank, P.O. Box 827, Hermiston, Oregon 97838, Phone 567-1890. Columbia Community Bank Attn: James E. Pratt, President P.O. Box 827 Hermiston, Oregon 97838 Please send a copy of the Prospectus of Columbia Com munity Bank to: Farm Bureau blasts government guarantee of 90 percent parity Government guarantees of 90 per cent of parity prices to farmers could cost taxpayers $21 billion in 1979, with a 30 per cent acreage set-aside, or $28 billion with no set-aside, Oregon Farm Bureau Presi dent Waldron Johnson said Monday, February 5 in a phone call from Chicago. Johnson, quoting from stat istical approximations of the effects of the price guarantee demanded by farmers now marching on Washington, D.C., also predicted an in crease in the Consumer Price Index of 18.7 per cent in 1979 if the demands are met. Because of higher costs to feed and seeds, farmers will net $11 billion in government funds with a 30 per cent acreage .set-aside, or $13 billion with no set-aside re quirement. "Farm Bureau has more than 3 million member fami lies in the United States and Puerto Rico. It is their consensus, expressed through their delegates at a recent national convention, that guaranteed parity is wrong," Johnson said. "To saddle the taxpayers with this additional expense at a time of galloping inflation is self-defeating, and not in the best interests of either the farmer or the consumer, he continued. Johnson said that Farm Bureau would rather the government make an inten sive effort to ai farmers to develop new markets for agricultural products. Also, he said, delegates to the recent convention budgeted a half million dollars of their own funds to further such develop ment. "We sympathize with the plight of the farmers, whose financial position finds them caught up in a vicious cost price squeeze," he said. "However, we feel that further government invole . ment in food production would only serve to centralize con trol, and ultimately cost all of us more for food and produc tion costs." Johnson said Farm Bureau is supporting a bill in Con gress, which would strengthen the farmer's bargaining power with those who buy his raw product. "We believe farmers can survive only'when they band together in programs of self help. Government handouts are not the approach to take when the root of our inflation is too much government involvement already," John son said. (Q f7vn. v ii.fi If Off 7 Tin -TT - TT k M W&Lco. Sch wab 'a Endo Saturday f Feb. 17. ; Hceeivc a $5 Beef ; ; Certificate For Each Parchooe KOf ; 2. 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