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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
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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,
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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."
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Tues., May 27
Wed.. May 28
Thur.v May 29
Fri. May 34
Sat., May 31
Sun.. June 1
Gilliam
Mon.. June 2
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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