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The lloppiirr Gartte-Time. Heppner. Oregon. Vhursday. April 17. 1980-F1VE Extension Topics Extension plans tour, national awards applications due 3 t- I II Al I'llmun (right) NtayHt overnight at Orvlllr CuUforth's homi during tilw recent nitty In Heppner. Most state parks open April 18 Mewl State Parks camp grounds will open for the 19H0 cumping season April 18. However, Rome parks at higher elevations may open at a later dale because of winter weather conditions. The division maintains 54 campgrounds. Nineteen are situated along the coast, nine in the Willamette Valley and Columbia Gorge, 15 in Central and Southern Oregon, and 11 in eastern Oregon. Resident camping fee are $3 to $fi per night, depending upon the type Senior citizen news A special event involving several dozen senior citizens was the Spring R.SV.P. (Retired Senior Volunteer Program) Luncheon in the senior dining room last Thurs day at noon. June Wagner, the R.S V.P. Director for Umatilla and Morrow counties, presided at the annual affair that honors senior citizen volunteers. For mer county resident Velva Bechdolt came from Pendle ton as a special guest. Door prizes of refunded products were given out. Wagner praised the good work done by volunteers. Every Thursday afternoon a group of women gathers in the dining room to socialize and 'make handcrafts. Since the new room affords more space for the group, they invite newcomers to join them. Soon they will be creating items to sell for the summer Sidewalk Bazaar. Next week at the three senior citizen mealsites in this county the menus will be: April 21 at Irrigon, apple juice, boiled ham and beans, mashed potatoes, turnips, re lishes Including artichokes and onions, cornhread, butter and honey, cabbage and raisin salad and peaches and cook ies. lone news Evallamlett Mr. and Mrs. Ronnie Pal mateer are the parents of an eight pound, four ounce boy born April 12 in Walla Walla, Wash. He has been named Trcve Joseph and joins an old'T brother, Tyson Robert. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Bob Schiller of Echo and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Palmateer of lone. Great grandmother is Alma Parks of Hermiston. Mrs, Janet Lindstrom spent the weekend in Portland visiting relatives. People from out of town to Blue Mountain College tax base election Nov. 4 The budget board of Blue Mountain Community College set Nov. 4 as the tax base election date for the college at Its recent meeting. As required by the state of Oregon. Umatilla and Morrow county voters will be asked to of campsite, Non-resident camping fees are an addi tional $2. Campsite reservation appli cations are available at State Parks. State Police and Motor Vehicles division offices. Information on all camp grounds and on the reserva tion system may be obtained from the State Parks Camp site Information Center Mon day through Friday from 8 a m. to 5 p.m. The center can be called toll-free in Oregon lfl(H)-4f.2-5fi7. April 22, at Heppner, liver and onions, scalloped pota toes, molded cheese and pineapple salad, bulgar muf fins, stewed tomatoes and surprise rice pudding with topping. April 23 at lone and Hepp ner, apple Juice, chops in mushroom sauce, baked sliced potatoes, molded car rot, apple and pineapple jello salad, seasoned green beans, biscuits and jelly and unside . down peach cobbler topping. Auditions set forBMCC Auditions for instrumental and vocal music talent grants to Blue Mountain College will be April 19, on the college campus. Seven tuition waiver grants are available, according to John Weddle, instrumental music instructor. Often the grants are split in half between two students so the music department can offer between 12 and 14 per term, he added. Students interested in audi tioning for the music talent grants may contact Weddle at Blue Mountain Community College for an appointment at 27G-12W) or 276-8621. O 422-7557 attend the services for Elea nor McMillan were: Elmo McMillan of Salem, Beverly Ramsey of San Rafael, Calif., Norman and Bill Swanson and Beulah Lundell of Portland and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lundell of Pendleton. Guest of Leo Crabtree this past weekend were Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hall and Kellie Jo Goetze of Moscow, Idaho; Ashley McCabe from The Dalles, Kevin McCabe from La Grande, and Mr, and Mrs. Ron Crabtree from Tacoma, Wash. establish a tax base for the college. At present, the college must go to the voters for approval of its entire property tax levy each year. The budget committee will begin deliberations early in October to set a figure for the tax base. Morrow Fxtension Service By Birdine Tullis Committee's Tour The women from Morrow and Umatilla counties who determine Extension program offerings in family life will end their current year by viewing the Milton-Freewater area, and visiting a number of Interesting sites there. Invited to join the tour are Home maker's Advisory Committee members from both counties. Places to be visited on the April tour are Dorothy and Charlie Heard's home on Peach Island, which has been remodeled from a stable; the century-old farmhouse which is being restored by John and Debbie Lee on Dry Creek, and June and Ken Durham's private museum. In keeping with the visits to restored buildings, the group will lunch at the Night Train Tavern, which is in an old railroad depot. Ims year a similar tour was held for the two groups in Heppner, where they visited the historic courthouse, the museum, and other sites of local interest. The women were so delighted with the tour idea that they adopted it as a continuing part of their pro gram for the year. , Morrow County will wel come a new member to the Program Development Com mittee at this meeting. Norma Ashbeck, Pine City, will join the group as the newest member. Norma, a young homemakers with younger children will fill a needed position with the group, to offer ideas relative to needs and interests of the younger woman. Other members of the two committees from Morrow County are: Lyla Wilcox. Juanita Ryan. Pat O'Brien. Nancy Roger, Irrigon: Mil dred Wright. Ramona Mar shall. Heppner: Vera Cooley and Frances McCoy. Irrigon. New members from Heppner and lone will be added in the near future. Program Development Committee is made up of a cross-section of homemakers in the two counties, some who The Morrow County Fair Board wishes to inform the public and organizations that the fairgrounds buildings and facilities are available for rent. The dance hall, kitchen, annex and dormitory can be rented. Groups that desire special rates may present their requests at regular board meetings. Meetings take place the second Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the fairgrounds dormitory. Functions can be scheduled through the fair secretary at 676-5159 or the caretaker at 676-9474. Artists invited to exhibit paintings Artists from northeastern Oregon and southeastern Washington are invited to exhibit paintings at the Se venth Annual Pendleton Arts Festival scheduled May 9, 10 and 11 at the Pendleton Armory. Cash prizes will be awarded this year. Application for entry blanks may be made by writing to the Pendleton Arts Council. P.O. Box 573, Pendleton, Oregon 97801. regularly attend study groups, and others who are not so involved. A wide variety of ideas and opinions are soli cited from both counties, studied, and considered prior to selection of programs each year which are geared to working toward the solution of the needs and problems. Program selections' for the 1980-81 year will be announced at the annual homemaker's days in each county. Women's Day All women in Morrow County are encouraged to save May 1 to attend the annual spring Women's Day. Scheduled for the Episcopal Church Parish Hall, Heppner, this year, the event will include a varied program, sure to be of interest. Fashion news and styles will be a part of the program, as will a slide-tape show by Mr, and Mrs. Curits Lund, Hermiston. Topics of their program are "Song Birds Along The Uma tilla," and "Nature at It's Best. ..and Worst." Both are slide showings of local areas, set to music. Luncheon will be a salad-dessert polluck. The spring event is for all women and men interested. Membership in a study group is not necessary. Each year the Advisory Committee spon sors the event to salute the women of the county, with an open invitation for all to attend. Bahy-sitters will be on hand for those needing the service. Complete program and schedule for the day will le published nearer the date, hut we hope the women of the county will mark May Day on their calendars, as a special day for them! 4-11 Reminder Applications for National Awards are due in the county office April 23. Any member needing information on help in preparing their application may call John or Birdine at ' B76-9M2. Many ' valuable awards are available to older 4-H members through the National Awards program, including a trip to National 4-H Congress in Chicago, and scholarship awards. It might be noted that any members wishing to apply for the Wheat Commission scholarship, would make this application at the same time as submitting the Project Preview for na tional awards consideration. Summer Week Applications All 4-H members 7th through 12th grades should have received information concerning application to at tend 4-H Summer Week at Corvallis. Application forms were mailed from the Exten sion office on April 14. Intermediate age members should receive a bright yellow informational sheet, while senior members will receive a blue bulletin which includes not onlv information on Sum KaaaaxiaaiiiiaiLjiiiaiiaaaagg lone Garden Club Spring Plant Sale lone Legion Hall Thursday, April 24 10:00 a.m-4:00 p.m. Country Store Pie and coffee served all day House Plants Perennials Flowering Shrubs Berries Succulents-Sedums Herbs Ground Covers Annuals :: ti 11 BANK xZas OF i IlriinnnBHEnsniinsiinxnxsinra mer Week, but information on opportunities for them at State Fair, International opportuni ties. Horse and Marine Sci ence Workshops. Four-H Sum mer Week dates are June 9-14. 1980, It is necessary that the application forms to attend Summer Week, Horse Work shop and Marine Science Workshop be returned to county extension office by May 2nd. Members are en couraged to look the informa tion over carefully to be sure thay are aware of all opportu nities offered for summer events. The "Other" Half of Oregon... The Eastern Oregon Re gional Arts Council has re cently come out with a pulication "Eastern Oregon, the Guide to Arts & Entertain ment for the 'Other Half of Oregon." which lists a calen dar of events related to the arts, for all counties east of the Cascades. The new publi cation will be printed five times a year, and should prove helpful to people as they plan their vacations nearer home this year. The magazine is sponsored in part by grants from the Oregon Community Founda tion and the Oregon Arts Commission, and is published in LaGrande. We see a number of Morrow County coming events listed in the calendar, and would hope ' that dates of any special events related to the arts in our area would be sent to them to include. If you haven't seen "Eastern Oregon".. .you might want to come by and look at Birdine's copy! Velma Seat's Market Basket Oranges and grapefruit are the best fruit values right now. Oranges are considerably cheaper than last year, and quality is superb. Grapefruit and oranges should be reason ably priced for at least the next month or so. Lemon prices are down considerably. Fresh pineapple and local rhubarb can give menus a spring tonic. The big season for Hawaiian pineapple is getting under way. and some of the best fruit of the year is now coming in. Local rhubarb is just starting and prices should be trending down very soon. In addition to Red and Golden Delicious, Granny Smith apples are now in the markets. These are from Washington State and from New Zealand. The apples are crisp, juicy and good for either fresh eating or cooking. Grapes are from far-away Chile and luxury priced. The quality is quite good in fact, the quality of these imported grapes continues to improve each year. Supplies of strawberries are increasing and there are occasional attractive specials. Add a spring touch to meals by astern Oregon lone Branch II topping salads, desserts, etc., with a berry or two. One box of berries can add glamour to several meals. Best fresh vegetable buys include Oregon potatoes and dry onions, cabbage, green onions, radishes and carrots. Tomatoes are generally better quality than is usual this time of year. This is because they are picked at a riper stage. The peak of the asparagus Season is not yet here. Although prices have come down a bit, asparagus is still expensive because there has not been enough warm grow It pays to bring this coupon to us, your local Bchlcn builder. Plee mail my check i i OvTo- "We have $20 that says the Behlen Far master LP makes other 'economy' buildings over-priced." Yes, we're that confident of the extra quality and value built into this versatile, low profile Behlen building. Confident the savings from its longer years of low upkeep service will convince you that buying someone's cheaper, lesser quality building could be very "expensive." Stop in for all the facts and a price quote. And bring the coupon to us to sign. 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Consolidated Report of Condition AS OF 3-31-80 ASSETS Cash and due from banks 1,249,182.43 U.S. Treasury securities 1,864,242.85 Obligations of other U.S. Government agencies and corporations 750,000.00 Other securities 3,676,705.39 Federal funds sold 4 securities purchased under agreements to resell none Other loans less reserve for loan losses 13,766,879.46 Bank premises, furniture & fixtures, & other assets representing bank premises 367,520.94 Other assets . 48,558.95 TOTAL ASSETS : 21.723.OW.02 LIABILITIES Demand deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 4,314,183.18 Time and savings deposits of individuals, partnerships, and corporations 12,505,853.55 Deposits of United States Government 25,248.93 Deposits of States and political subdivisions 2,665,935.82 Certified and officers' checks, etc 172,832.44 TOTAL DEPOSITS 19,684,053.92 a. Total demand deposits: 5,110,737.24 B. Total time and savings deposits: 14,573.316.68 Federal funds purchased & securities sold under agreement to purchase 250,000.00 Other liabilities 213,772.86 TOTAL LIABILITIES 20,147,826.78 CAPITAL ACCOUNTS Common stock-total par value ...m,. 150,000.00 (No. shares authorized 6,000) (No. shares outstanding 6,000) Surplus 1,200,000.00 Undivided profits : 225,263.24 TOTAL CAPITAL ACCOUNTS 1,575,263.24 TOTAL LIABILITIES RESERVES & capital accounts 21,723,090.02 MEMORANDA Average of total deposits for the 15 calendar days ending with call date 19,424,270.06 Average of total loans for the IS calendar days ending with call date 14,340,577.20 Standby letter of credit 100,000,00 I, Gene Pierce, President and Cashier, of the above named bank, do solemnly swear that this report of condition is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. signed. Gene Pierce Correct & Attest Directors: s) Howard Bryant (s) Roy. W. 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