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JI...l,(ifcs.,v!,Jr, The Gazette-Times, Heppner,, Oregon, Thursday, June 21, 1979 THREE Harold Kerr named to Dow Study Tour in South Harold Kerr, Morrow County Extension Agent, has been named as a member of the 1979 Dow Study Tour sponsor ed by the National Association of County Agricultural Agents and D'ow Chemical, U.S.A. As a member of the Dow Tour, he will participate in a 13 day study of agricultural areas in Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana. The study program starts June 17 at Dallas, Texas. Kerr serves as Chairman of the Morrow County Extension staff with program responsi bilities for crop production and community development. The county has 400,000 acres of wheat and barley and has developed some 80,000 acres of irrigated land in the past 10 years. Educational programs focus on wheat production with seminars on the use of futures as a marketing tool, farm management, and new production skills. He has been credited with developing an additional program that re sulted in adoption of a comprehensive planning and zoning ordinance for the county. As a Dow Tour participant, Kerr will join 26 other Extension Agent members of the National Association of County Agricultural Agents from the Western and South ern regions in an on-site study of agriculture production and research. The group will also observe agribusiness, market ing, and merchandising activ ities that contribute to the economic well-being of agri culture. The Dow Tour program recognizes the county agent as a vital link in the flow of reliable information from uni s versity and industry research to the farmer food producer, from farmer to farmer, and from the farmer to industry. Dow has joined with NACAA to provide an opportunity for Kerr to study new and innovative ideas he can use in his own Extension education programs. No fireworks! Damaged ballfield preempts July 4 display The lone American Legion Post will be unable to shoot off fireworks this year on July 3 because the football field is being reseeded. Post Commander Jerry Mc Elligott said the field was damaged by flooding last winter and must be reseeded, forcing cancellation of the traditional fireworks show. The organization plans to continue the fireworks next year, barring unforseen dif ficulties. The field, explained McElli gott, is the only site which has received approval from the State Fire Marshall because of the potential fire danger. Normally, the lone Volunteer Fire Department is on stand by to corral any blaze which might occur. Fireworks are expected to be held at Condon on July 4. Port negotiates sewer Cont. from page 1 quest for a pipeline across port land, disputed the city's requested sewer charges to the port's facilities, and de cided to negotiate a five year land lease with Miracle Pota to at $24 an acre, with the port's right to review the lease every two years. The lease was estimated at $37,000. In the course of the voting, Mrs. Kyd abstained and commis sion member, Larry Lindsay, voted against the motion. The commission authorized Toadvin to join with the Vector Control District and purchase five mobile radios and base station for $500 from the city of Umatilla which is switching from low to high band communication, approv ed $550 fees for the Port's membership to the Pacific Northwest Waterways Assn. and approved a resolution calling for the U.S. Navy to give up the bombing range for private irrigation land. Teacher contracts approved Cont. from page 1 If the gas crunch gets any worse and Supt. Doherty is convinced that the district will have 20 percent less gas next year, the board may receive a recommendation from the superintendent to curtail some events. At present, the district pays 62 cents a gallon for gasoline to fuel its school bus program. But buses average only 6 miles a gallon. The board called for bids for two district buses, a 30 and a 66 passenger bus. Doherty said bids were necessary because of the anticipated delivery time. Funds for the new vehicles are already budgeted. It held off on bids for a new district car for Doherty in order for members to check some specifications and fuel consumption. Bids have been received from Wright Chev rolet Comapny, Farley Motor Company and Sherrell Chev rolet. Bids were also called for on fuel oil, gasoline, diesel, tires and anti-freeze. This is the first time, Doherty said, that he has asked for tire bids. It was specified that the specif ications include mounting. Contracts were approved for certificated teachers and principals. Vic Marchek will be the new principal of Columbia Junior High at Irrigon and is a graduate of Brigham Young University and Susan Black, a graduate of Portland State University, principal of the new Sam Boardman Elementary School. Also hired were Jen nifer Byron, Geneva Coker and Karen Gronquist, A.C. Houghton, Boardman; Ron Carson, lone Intermediate, Lewis and Clark graduate, Dennis Kachelmier, science, Heppner Jr. High, Benjamin Heape, industrial arts teach er, Riverside High School and Cynthia Kennedy, Spanish and science, Riverside H.S. Dale Holland has been named as the new head basketball coach at Heppner High School. With 17 teachers left to hire, the district has received resignations from five more teachers, Gordon Munck, Hep pner H.S., Sandra McClendon, first' grade teacher at River side, Patricia Campbell, also from Riverside, Michael Car penter and Dennis Toney, Heppner High School. All expressed appreciation to the district for their time in the area school system. The district is attempting to find out the reasons why teachers are leaving the district and have not yet pinpointed any one cause, Doherty said. The city of Boardman has asked the district to install an 8" water line for fire protec tion at Sam Boardman Ele mentary, greater than the original specifications called for and board members urged Supt. to continue negotiations. In other business, the board certified the district tax levy to the County Assessor's office. raiLL iHi ESSES! tiii1 M$ml INTERNATIONAL FILTER ELEMENTS Time to change your filter elements? Insist on genuine IH filters for full protection. Only IH ele ments have all these features: Resin-impregnated acid-resistant filtering mate rial... removes abrasives as small as 39 mil lionths of an inch. Larger filter area up to 12 feet of paper in each element. Rugged center core to withstand high pressure. See us for oil filters, fuel filters, hydraulic filters, and air filters for all your International equipment. 11 off Good Thru June 30th Cnn Ull 989-8221 LEXINGTON County Court seeks street vacation for hospital expansion The County Hospital Board has asked the Morrow County Court to seek vacation of Thompson Avenue in Heppner to allow construction of a new ambulance port at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Court officials were expect ed to consider action on the matter Wednesday and rec ommend vacation of the street to the Heppner City Council. Ed Dick, a board spokes man, said the city planning commission made the vaca tion recommendation after denying a variance request on June 11. Planning Commission members felt the future hos pital expansion required ade quate safety measures for pedestrians walking in the area. Dick said the board has been working this week with Court officials and the District Attorney. Absentee ballots available June 26 polling places listed Registered voters planning to be out of the county on vacation on the special elect ion day June 26 may request absentee ballots at the Mor: row County Clerk's Office. County Clerk Sadie Parrish said voters may apply for the ballots at the clerk's office and submit their vote. There has been only one change in voting places from the May 22 election; that was in the Boardman area where voters will go to the Greenfield Grange rather than the county clinic. At No. 3, lone, voters there residents will vote at the will cast ballots at the lone Morrow County Office Bldg City Hall, at No. 4, Irrigon Continued on page 6 giiimiii mini iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilllliiiiiiiiillliiHiiHii iiiiiiimiiimi tuning Attention! i Will whoever borrowed my gear j pullers in Dec. or Jan. please return them. I Thank You, Yern Nolan j 5llllllllllMlllllltlllHIIIIIIIII!H IMIIIIIMIIIIIIIIMIIIIHIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIMMIMIIII? 4v" o . f. ... I; r i jjrW-K,,: IL; 1 V : 4 M Kathy & Steve Peck "I am VOTING FOR the hospital budget because... we just had a midnight emergency and couldn't afford a one-hour drive tr another hospital. We've got to keep Pioneer Memorial." VOTE YIS june HOSPITAL Paid for by "Friends of the Hospital", Mark Murray, Treasurer. Shop Central's Budget Savers! v - 1 II 11 IHIr jo iy u to is Look For The Green Tags Hi Western Family Sliced Bacon 1-lb. Pkg. Kraft Barbecue Sauce 18-oz Tastewell Margarine Tea Bags 43 Mb. V ) J 12-oz. Pkg. Combination Pak Bologna & Salami l irtiiiaio" 1 HAoyon"0'5 II Nalley's : Imitation Mayonnaise 9 i QT. Welch's Grape Jelly 20-oz. jar Bologna By The Chunk ii s 5X Super zyaver 100 Bags JVf western Shores Bathroom Tissue Western Family Mandarin Oranges ply Pak V.J?Sv I I Celery ft&Seedless ' "Grapes PLANTERS Cocktail Peanuts 2) 12-oz. U & I Sugar 02) 39 10-lb. Bag Avocadoes r Art Radishes & Gr. Onions n ercm: HZ eiP Prices Effective Shop I ' BUDGETl$AVER June 21-22-23 Btlt0 . 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