EIGHT The Gazelle-Times. Ileppner, Oregon, Thursday, July 12. I!7
Cities change their land planning rules
On the attack
Extension agent outlines
war on grasshoppers
John Nordheim, assistant
county agent, told members of
the Heppner Garden Club
"Eight grasshoppers consume
as much forage as one steer."
He showed on township
maps outlines of the 285,000
acres of this county which are
being chemically sprayed in
(he current program paid for
at 40 cents per acre from the
landowner, 40 cents by the
Stale of Oregon and 40 cents
by the U.S.
After explaining the work
done by the extension leaders
of the county and their very
helpful rancher committee
members, the speaker des
cribed the spraying process.
"Each plane sprays 25,000
acres per day and each plane
carries 1600 gallons of spray
when it begins each days
work. The spraying needs to
be done early in the morning
when the temperature is cool.
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; Detpha Jones 9B?-8i89
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Bloods
worth are the proud parents of
a son, Kasey James, born at
the Community Hospital in
Pendleton, tie weighed 9 lbs.,
a4 oz. Grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Bloodsworth
and Mr. and Mrs. Ellwaynne
Bergstrom of Heppner. Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Marquardt.
Great grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. T.E. Messenger Sr.
and Eula Bloodsworth of
Lexington.
Mrs. Ralph Burcham spent
the weekend at home from
Pendleton where she has been
staying with her husband
Ralph who is a patient in St.
Anthony's Hospital there.
Gladys VanWinkle is visit
ing her daughter and family
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Bradd in
Ontario.
Mike Kane spent the week
end with his wife and son in
Lexington from his work in
San Francisco.
Clay Papineau has returned
home from Portland where he
received medical attention for
burns to his face and neck
received when the radiator
holding tank blew up in his car
as he was adjusting the fan
belt. He was taken to Portland
by his parents Mr. and Mrs.
Ray Papineau and is recup
erating at home.
Earl Miller of Boardman
spent the weekend at the C.C.
Jones ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Slam
back of Haines were overnight
visitors at the C.C. Jones
ranch enroute to their home
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Loaded with Malathion, two DC-4's have been buzzing
Ileppner during the early morning hours the past couple of
weeks dropping the pesticide on the countryside to get rid of
an overpopulation of grasshoppers. The planes sprayed only
rangeland and shut off the fine mist while crossing towns in
the area.
It is impossible to spray if the
wind is over five miles per
hour."
The July meeting of the club
was held at the home of
Alberta Johannes on Gale
Street, Monday evening, July
9. Ten members and 3 guests,
or prospective members at
tended: Doll Campbell, Rev.
Mike Sheridan and the speak
er, John Nordheim. President
Eva Griffith presided at the
brief business meeting which
preceded Nordheim 's talk.
She asked permission of Rev.
Sheridan for the club to plan to
hold its Annual Greens Work
shop in the basement of the
United Methodist Church next
December which he assured
her would be fine. Several
letters from Blue Mountain
District 10 garden club of
ficers were read along with a
Thank You from Harold and
Edna Peck for the Heppner
after a few days visit at Camp
5 with the Dale Jones family.
Kenneth Peck is again at his
home after a stay in Pioneer
Memorial Hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. David Jones
and Mr. and Mrs. Delbert
Piper are again at their
respective jobs after a 10 day
trip to Victoria B.C. and a boat
trip in the inland passage to
Alaska ports. The couple
report a real enjoyable vaca
tion. WCA members of the Lex
ington Grange are busy with
Walk-A-Thon to raise
dystrophy funds
Walkers of all ages are
encouraged to join in the fight
against muscular dystrophy
and participate in the Board
man Walk-a-thon Monday,
July 16.
Starting at 1 p.m. in the
parking lot of the Dodge City
Inn, (corner of Front and
Main in Boardman ) the course
will wind 5 miles through
Boardman.
Each participant in the
Walk-a-thon will receive a
t-shirt. A special plaque will
be awarded to the top male
and top female walkers. The
walk-a-thon is being organized
in support of the Jerry Lewis
Labor Day Telethon to be
broadcast September 2-3.
All proceeds from the walk
Club's participation as flower
arrangers at the Memorial
Weekend Pioneer Picnic here
at the end of May.
Club members agreed not to
have a booth at the coming
Sidewalk Bazaar but to go
ahead with plans for a booth at
the County Fair. The com
mittee for the fair booth
includes Dr. Wallace Wolff,
Jane Rawlins and Barbara
James.
The club's next meeting will
be in the home of Jane and Bill
Rawlins on Monday evening
August 13. The program that
evening will deal with the
steps needed to organize a
flower show. The Heppner
Garden Club is eager to
increase its membership and
invites any interested persons
to come to its second-Monday
meetings each month.
plans for the 50th anniversary
of Lexington Grange No. 726 to
be held Sept. 16 at the grange
hall. A dinner and interesting
program is being planned.
Mrs. Gary Grieb and child
ren Geri and Ken have
returned home from a trip to
Colorado, Nebraska and
Wyoming. They attended the
National Angus Outlook Con
ference at Fort Collins, Colo,
and later the children attend
ed a Jr. Angus meeting. A
field trip in the rangelands of
Wyoming and Nebraska was
most educational and the
group saw much grasshopper
damage as well as hail
damage to corn fields in
Wyoming where many acres
of corn were completely
destroyed and many dam
aged. will go lo suppon .iij itscuicli
into a cure for crippling
neuromuscular disease: to
help maintain the clinics
which provide free diagnosis
and treatment to those afflict
ed with muscular dystrophy;
and to continue the patient
service programs, the pur
chase of orthodpedic equip
ment and appliances, and the
providing of recreational acti
vities for muscular dystrophy
patients.
Prospective participants
can register and pick up
pledge sheets at the Dodge
City Inn office. For additional
information call 4H1-2451 or
481-4885 in Boardman.
To sign up for the event,
contact Linda Smith at 485
4885 in Boardman or 485-2451.
Amended comprehensive
plans for the cities of Lexing
ton and lone have been
approved by the Morrow
County Court because of
changes in flood-planning for
those areas.
However, both cities, repre
sented by Lexington City
Recorder Lois Allyn and lone
Mayor Linda La Rue and
Marie Hall, planner for the
East Central Oregon Associa
Cars vandalized at Tupper
Seven privatley-owned
vehicles of Forest Service
employees were vandalized at
the Tupper Work Center
Friday, July 6, Larry Bowman
of the Heppner Ranger Dist
rict told the Morrow County
Sheriff's Department.
The Sheriff's Department
said the vehicles received
broken windows, paint was
poured on some of the car
floors and chrome strips torn
off an estimated $400 dam
age. Two juveniles, a 14 year old
boy and girl have been
charged with slashing the
tires of a sheriff's vehicle
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tion of Counties, left the urban
growth boundaries establish
ed last year intact.
The County Court accepted
a recommendation from the
County Planning Commission
to approve the amended
ordinances and joint manage
ment policies.
The city of Heppner's com
prehensive plan and enlarged
urban growth boundary need
ed an additional public meet
parked at the Lincoln Square over to county juvenile of-
Apartments in Boardman July ficials.
5. The damage was estimated
Their case has been turned at $100.
Morrow County school
board to meet Monday
The regular meeting of the
Morrow County School Dist
rict Board will be held
Monday, July 16 at 9 p.m. in
the A C. Houghton Elemen
tary School at Irrigon.
The Board will consider a
number of personnel items
including teacher resignations
and new personnel hired for
positions throughout the
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ing to qualify for adoption by
. the county. And that was
expected Monday night.
Hall was asked by County
Judge D.O. Nelson if the State
Land Conservation and De
velopment Commission would
accept the Lexington and
Ione's city plans in light of the
recent rejection of the urban
growth boundaries of Echo
and Pilot Rock. She did not
forsee any problems and Jeri
county schools. The Board will
also consider bids received for
fuel oil, diesel, gasoline,
anti freeze and tires.
In other business the Board
is expected to consider a
recommendation from the
Transportation Committee to
bid all mechanical and major
maintenance.
The Heppner
Heppner
Cohen, under contract from
the EOAC as a planning
coordinator for Morrow and
Umatilla counties, told the
court that the "cities are well
coordinated in their popula
tion planning."
Mayor La Rue said adoption
of the amended comprehen
sive plan would allow lone to
establish a flood plain ordi
nance and noted that a future
Eastern Oregon Bank would
be located in the floodplain not
the floodway.
Hall said after the session
that the changes are reflected
in technical mapping, natural
hazards and different flood
ways. Floodway and floodplain
development are Corps of
Engineers terminology ap
plied to county planning in
order to qualify for federal
flood control insurance. When
located in certain areas,
buildings are required to be
elevated by posts or pilings.
With the approaching com
pletion of the comprehensive
plans for the three cities,
Marie Hall's job is coming to
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Rick & LouAnn Cox are expecting!
Congratulations!
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an end and was thanked for
her services by the County
Court.
Ms. Hall's salary comes
from a LCDC grant which
expired July 1. She expects to
be employed for about 60 days
after the expiration date.
JohnDay
man suffers
heart attack
A John Day man, Carl
Stratton, suffered a heart
attack at Bull Prairie July 2
while camping at Bull Prairie
Lake and helicoptered to the
Heppner High School track
field where the ambulance
awaited.
Stratton was pronounced
dead on arrival about 6 p.m.
by Morrow County Medical
Examiner L.D. Tibbies.
The helicopter provided was
from the U.S. Forest Service.
The body was taken to
Driskil Mortuary in John Day.
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