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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 5, 1980)
tl E 7' Z l" l L U 0 F 0 h a t; t v. s p a k ;: r !. : v I !' i E E S S I r. o O fefIB I I p--1'- " " rrjjajegjwJ-'i 111 it v , iwggaC"''" '.L'.. t' .'..' "" """"'-"' - .-. - .,., ,,.,,,4 r J V : W' ? ' V r, A-V if 11 '"tori ':V : ' .e.f', i ' r-.L r ; r ' , i f ','; V , - Don and Jcun llrnnrtl ba-krotind. keep Ihr tit win the award. Pool opening ; rates raised 25c Heppner City Council decid ed to delay the opening of the Heppner pool und raise rates for swimming at its meeting Monday. The City Council meets monthly on the first Monday at 8 p.m. Despite the absence of Councilmen Joe Miller and Ron Forrar and Mayor Jerry Sweeney, a quorum was present so business did take place. The council decided to have the pool open June 15 with a free swim that Sunday. The pool had been scheduled to lone man now governor's aide Don Peterson, of Box 294 in lone, has been named by Gov. Vic Atiyeh as his "Listening Post" representative for Mor row County. The purpose of the program, the govenor said in a news release, is to "form a channel of communication" directly to him. The govenor reiterated a statement he made in his inaugural address in 1979, that he wants to "ensure that there will be no walls around Salem Coal plant being tested Steam testing at the Carty coal-fired plant was expected to be heard in Heppner and lone this week. Dave Engon, public infor mation representative for Portland General Electric, said the company is conduct ing "steam blow" testing to clean out the main steam and reheat piping systems before electricity generation begins in June. "Some noise may be detectable in lone and Hep liMik acruNit a gullv al itnr of th-ir noil from bring unshrd away and Morrow VOL. It NO. 23 open June 8 but because of the cold weather, the council decided it would save the city Home money by opening later. Regular swimming will bepin June 17, since the pool is closed Mondays. Fees will increase from 50 to 75 cents for children less than 10. from 75 cents to $1 for apes II to Hand from $1.25 to $1.50 for 15 and older. Season tickets can be pur chased for $50 for a family, up from $45. $20 for a student, up frmn $17 and $25 for an adult, (Continued on pae 8) between the people and their state government." People with concerns in volving the stale government may reach the governor through his "Listening Post" representative, Atiyeh said. Representatives have been named for all of Oregon's 36 counties. "The citizen repre sentatives will not be defend ing me or explaining my actions in any way," Atiyeh said. "They will be helping me listen to what Oregonians have to sav." pner." he said. The boiler was to be fired up on oil to create steam pres sure. The turbine was to be bypassed and the steam blown out from a pipe on the south side of the power-block build ing. The testing was scheduled approximately every 45 min utes for a duration of two to five minutes. The testing, which began last week, was to be complet ed within two weeks. GAZ whrat fiflds. Trrracrti, likr the U onr rontrvation practicr thai The Heppner i wrira pf-f County's Home - Till HSKAV. JlK 5. lone church auction and barbecue set for this weekend b Jean Jepsen The United Church of Christ will hold its 17th annual harlieque and auction Satur day June 7 at the Willows Grange Hall in lone. The event will begin with the ringing of the cowbell in the Country Store section at 10 a.m. and will continue throughout the clay . All pro ceeds will go to various church projects. Judy and Keith Rea are general chairmen this year. Don Wink, the auctioneer, has donated his services to the auction for seventeen years. The Country Store chairmen are Hirdine Tullis and Kather ine Lindstrom. "We have a new look this year, soallow some extra time to browse early." the Reas said. The Country Store hosts several sections including: Handmade items -baby quilts and baby clothing, dish Towels, pillowcases, stuffed handmade toys, aprons, stuff Wow; is the time to kill grasshoppers, extension agent advises farmers Now is the lime to start spraying to kill grasshoppers, Harold Kerr, county extension agent, advises local farmers. Kerr said chemicals cannot kill grasshopper eggs and have trouble with mature, adult grasshoppers so the best time to spray them is now. "Weather cannot gel nasty enough to kill eggs," Kerr said. As for the adult grass hoppers. "The recent cold weather has apparently not killed them." Kerr said eggs are laid in the Fall and hatch in Mav or on - i in thr helped them t?" prr Owned Weekly Newspaper or- HKPPNKR. OKF.OflN ed pillows and needlework, pillows and needlework. Arts and ( rafts tole paint ing, hand tooled belts, cand les, knicknacks. ets. Kiddie-Korner-books, gam es, puzzles, sporting equip ment, dolls, jewelry, small games. These items are all priced at low prices for young shoppers. Fish lmd prizes and toys for 10 cents a cast. Kids of all ages love this. (The Jr. High youth help manage this booth.) Kmintiv Kitchen-all those hamemade baked goodies-pics, cakes, jams, jellies, breads, rolls, cookies, candies, etc. A new feature of this ' section will be home-ground flour in clever little bags. We also plan to have home-grown peas and beans. New-To-You- Used items at bargain prices including dish es pots, pans, vases, books, silverware, small appliances. June, depending on the eleva tion The eggs have been hatching in Morrow County for the past three weeks so the best time to spray is during the next two weeks when the eggs have hatched and the grasshoppers are young. Last Tuesday night, Kerr planned to meet with 20 people from lone who are trying to start a neighborhood spraying program in an effort to reduce cost Those farmers cannot participate in the government program, which only allows for spraying rangeland Under Conservation Man of the Year Field Day to honor Bennett By Steven A. Powrll A Field Day honoring Con servation Man of the Year Don Bennett and his wife Jean will take place June II at the Bennett Ranch, eight miles enst of Heppner on Highway 74 The event is sponsored by the Oregon Wheat Growers league. The day will begin at 11 a.m. with everyone meeting at the ranch. Don Thompson, presi dent of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, will make the introductions. Dr. Ernie Briskey. dean of agriculture at Oregon State University, will then have a half an hour presentation. At noon, a lunch of steak, baked beans, french bread, salad and coffee will be served. Hosts for the lunch will be the Bennett family, Morrow County Wheathearts, Morrow County Cowbelles. Morrow County Grain Grow ers. Bank of Eastern Oregon, First National Bank of Oregon and the Oregon Wheat Lea gue. Harold Kerr, who is helping to organize the Field Day, said 100 steaks have been ordered and a crew set up to barbecue them. "We don't know how many people to expect," Kerr said. "We exoect some people from 12 PAGES curtains, jewelry for craft items, and many more. The outside auction begins at 10:45 a.m. with Don Wink calling for the first bid. Many items have been donated. A few include tables, chairs, beds, lawn mowers, dressers, davenports, stereo, gas cook stove, automatic garage door opener. TV sets, 18-foot dia meter swim pool (ubc.v ground, complete with plashr liner, sand filter, hydro skimmer, ladder and pool vacuum ), and ice cream cart. 3-wheeled with canopy. Antiques will be auctioned just prior to and after lunch. Laurel Cannon and Marilyn feiet mann, both collectors, have assembled many items to tantilize the antique buff. Of particular interest is an antique library table (com plete with ink well), a trunk, picture frames, old lamps, irons, chest of drawers, and a (Continued on page 7) the program, the federal government pays a third of the cost, the state one third and the farmer one third. A minimum amount of 10.000 acres of rangeland must be sprayed at a cost of $1.80 per acre. Kerr said that bill was passed in the 1930's and it was mainly for the Great Plains states. Kerr advised that spraying should be done in canyons and other rangeland areas first because that is where the eggs are laid and where the grasshoppers hatch. They out of the county to come in buses. We have made ar rangements to sell the steaks we don't use but I don't know what we will do if we run short." Kerr said last year, about 80 people came to the annual Field Day. But he said that steaks were not served, it was a cold day, and busloads were not coming from outside the county. At 1:15 p.m., Don Bennett will present '"Our Conserva tion Program" at the Bennett Ranch. Al Osmin of the Heppner Water Control Dis trict will aid in the presenta tion. At 1:45, participants will tour the farm in four-wheel drive pickups to observe the Bennett conservation methods first hand. Refreshments will be served at 3 p.m. to end the program. The Conservation Man of the Year Field Day is set to honor the Bennett family, which not only won the county prize but also the state award. The award began in 1948 and Morrow County has had four other state winners in the 31 years. Mel Boyers was the Oregon State Conservation Man of the Year in 1972, Bob and Herb Peterson won it in 1968, Louis Carlson in 1967 and Ken Peck Weather by Don 20 CENTS For county offices Independents can The final votes have been tabulated and winners offic ially announced of the May 20 Primary Election. Many of the offices for county officials have just one candidate. Independents that are registered up to 180 days -before the General Election in November may file for a position at the County Gerk's office from June 4 to August 26. A candidate that was de Cattle feedlot approved Morrow County Court ap proved the $6.2 million cattle feedlot to be built by J R. Simplot in north Morrow County. The county planning com mission earlier approved the plan but the county court had to make the final approval. "Since there were no nega tive reports (at the meeting in Irrigon last Wednesday) the county court approved the land as 'qualified farm use'" Judge Don McElligott said. McElligott added that the move to cropland after they run out of food in the rangeland. Kerr said he plans to talk with the lone farmers about what types of chemicals should be used by the air applicator. "North and south of lone, which was not sprayed last year, is the worst hit by grasshoppers in the county," Kerr said. "Boardman and Irrigon also have a serious problem and we have also had calls from Buttercreek, Lex ington and Heppner." in 1953. Eight counties partici pate in the state wide compe tition with each county picking its own winner and then a state winner being chosen from that group, the winners from the previous year pick the state winner after touring each contestant's ranch. In Morrow County, the Wheat Growers, Soil and Water Conservation District and Soil Conservation District choose the winner from a list of a dozen nominations pre sented by those groups and local farmers. Winners can repeat but so far' in the 31 years, a new winner has been named each year. The committees change each year and they look at the conservation practices of the county farmers. Kerr said. "The main thing they look at is preventing erosion but they also look at community activi ties." Kerr said. "It is not an easy choice. Bob Adelman (ASCS) and I are advisors to the committees. It's hard because different areas use different conservation prac tices. Some areas concentrate on wind erosion and others water. In the Willamette Valley they concentrate on draining water. H is hard to compare the different practices." Hi Tues., May 27 Wed.. May 28 Thur.v May 29 Fri. May 34 Sat., May 31 Sun.. June 1 Gilliam Mon.. June 2 Total Precip. feated in the Primary cannot run in the General Election. Unless an independent flies for judge, Don McElligott will be the only candidate on the ballot for Chat position at the November election. Warren McCoy will be the only candidate for the four year term as County Commis sioner and Dorothy Krebs will be the only can!&?te for the two-year County CciP.mi? sioner term. The reason Krebs approval has two restrictions, both which were made by the planning commission. J.R. Simplot is restricted to the plan that was presented to the planning commission and the county court. Any changes in the plan must be approved by both government bodies. The other stipulation is that Tax relief still Morrow County Assessor Greg Sweek announced this week that Oregon Department of Revenue Director Robyn L. Godwin authorized assessors to accept late applications for property tax relief. Applications for 1980-81 tax relief on owner-occupied hom es will be accepted on or before Sept. 2. The deadline was April 1. filing Assessors are accepting late applications-this year only because of confusion among taxpayers about the filing deadline for the state's new Property Tax Relief Plan. A number of property owners have confused the filing dead line of the new program with the deadlines for other pro grams. Under Oregon's 1979 Prop erty Tax Relief Plan, the state pays part of the property taxes on owner-occupied hom Kerr said the Bennetts were runners up last year to the award but the committee this year was not told that: Don and Jean moved to the ranch in 1964. Her father John I. Hanna. owned and operated it before that since the 1930's. The ranch has steep farm ground surrounded by rangeland prone to summer thunderstorms and serious erosion from snow and rain on frozen grounds. Conservation practices on the ranch include: 57.165 feet of terraces, 16 sediment dams, a grass waterway and farm pond, conversion of 167 acres of seeded grass from crop land, and stubble mulch farming on 490 acres of dryland wheat. A short season water supply on Hinton Creek is utilized by flood irrigating 150 acres of alfalfa and grass hay land. The Bennetts also rotate grazing on 2.000 acres of rangeland which provides spring and fall feed for 150 cows and 75 yearlings. The conservation practices on the Bennett Ranch have been' followed to protect farm land erosion, preserve range land productivity and provide flood protection for down stream prooerty owners. Low Pre. CI 44 .06 SS45 71 41 72 43 7( 4 72 51 .! SS 41 .15 May 2.2C Nrtal 131 l7 1.44 now file is running for a two-year term is that she was appointed commissioner last year and can only serve that appoint ment until the next General Election. The commissioner positions are designed to have staggered election dates every two years. For County Clerk, Barbara Bloodsworth will be running against Pauline Winter in November. (Continued on page7) Boeing Corp. must approve of the plan for its land. County Planner Deane Seeger said the Simplot comp any has intentions of beginn ing construction on the feedlot as "soon as possible." McElligott said the feedlot (Continued on page 7) available es. The state pays a percent , age of the taxes levied by local districts, up to a maximum of $800 per home. This payment is made directly to the county in the fall, on behalf of the taxpayer. The homeowner then receives a property tax statement showing the state payment as a credit, with a lower tax bill to pay. Homeowners who have not filed must submit applications to their, county assessor by Sept. 2 to receive tax relief in the fall. Greg Sweek urged home owners to file as soon as possible. Property tax relief claim forms are available at the assessor's office. Many homeowners filed in 1979. Those who have already filed and have not moved or changed the use of their property should not file again. Their tax relief will be continued automatically. t
