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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1980)
The Heppner iaette-TIme, Heppner, Oregon. Thursday, June 12, I9K0-THRFE W0 Downtown Hcppncr establishment Restaurant sold; to run Hermiston Jim Rogers has Hold the West of Willow Restaurant In Heppner to Phyllis Medearis of West I, ion, Holers will he the new malinger til the f':iks I,odc in Hermiston, Medenris whs raised in the West Linn area. Slip moved to Sun Francisco for 12 years mid owned four restaurants tliere, the lust beiri "The Wall Street West.", She returned to West Linn 2'? years iitfo and sold real estate. When the real estate business turned Hour recently, she decided to back into the restaurant business Land trade involving Krebs Two meetings look place lasl week, one in Mnupin and the oilier' ill Arlington, to discuss n proposed land trade by the Hurra u of Land Management. Henry Krelis of lone attend ed the one in Arlington as 14 people testified with to oppos ing the land swap (Men Ward of Heppner gave testimony against the trade of almost fi.iMHi acres ol land near Arlington lor l"!i acres along Ullman 9s committee orders federal study of impacts of St. Helens eruption Oregon Cotu'ressnian A! Ulliuan has announced that the House Ways and Means Committee has directed the U.S Internationa! Trade Commission iITO to conduct a comprehensive study of the present and potential econom ic impacts of the Mount St Helens eruptions on the Northwest and the nation rilman. who is Ways and Means Chairman, said a resolution requesting the study was adopted late last week at his request The ITC is required by law to perform studies requested by Ways Summer schedule set t for license office The Heppner Motor Vehic les Division office- will begin a summer vacation .schedule on June Hi While Gene Murly is on vacation, the office will he closed part of the time between June Id A DMV employe from Hermiston. I.ou Voytko, will open the office for business on June 17, lit. :!4. and . It will lie closed June If.. Ill, 20, IT.!. 25 and '11. Voytko also will provide DMV service in Con don on June III Ullman eyes short-term timber jobs Oregon Congressman Al Ullman said recently that some :t,lin()sliorl term jobs Can lie created in tl' 1'acifie Northwest under an emergen cy timber salvagr program in Mr national forests. "Tl'se jolts will lielp oflset the tremendous slump in the timber dependent communi ties of Oregon caused by current economic conditions," Ullman said, Ullman. who represents tin-timber-rich 2nd District, ask ed (!' Uoiost Service to develop the emergency salv age program to make avail jihie additional supplies of wood chips, for which tliere is a good market "Tl' Pacific Northwest re gion ol tin- rarest Service is now prepared togoalx'ad with such a program." Ullman said. "I know what I do best," she said, Medearis has moved Into an aparlment in Heppner hut is looking for a house. She has two sons, Larry is 17 and Tim 15 Hoth of them will be working nt the restaurant. "I never heard of Heppner until ahout two weeks ago." she admitted, "I have since found out thai my grandmoth er Hazel Iird. was born here -and then married Carl Gould." In her spare time, Medearis said she wants to become involved with the Willow Creek Country Club because she is a "duffer." the Deschutes River. Ward said the 6. (ion acres is the last of the desert land owned by the government. It is also the range of the long billed curlew and therefore should be pro tected. Ward, works for Oregon Fish and Wildlife Department. Krelw Brothers Inc. of lone have been waiting since Jan. 24 to see if they would be able to continue to lease the 6,000 acres of BI.M land. The Krebs use the land to graze their and Means. "The recent major eruption of St Helens already has had a serious, adverse impact in the Northwest." Ullman told a press conference in Portland. "All forms of transpor tation in the region have been affected vegetable and fruit Crops have been damaged; fisheries and forest products have been hurt "It is painfully obvious that long term or periodic stop page or disruption of river traffic could put a severe dent in the economy of our entire region. Nearly $3 billion In During July, the Heppner office will also he closed part of the tune during the week of July Hi The office will close in the afternoon on July 14th, but will he manned by Voytko on July 15 and 17. II will be closed on July Hi and 18. DMV's travel July slop in Fossil will be moved from July Hi to July 23. Area residents who have car or driver licenses expiring during these two months should call the Heppner office to see if it is open before traveling to the office only to find it closed while Murty is on vacation. f Help Yourself Save Money Help America Save Energy You are probably using more electricity, ga, ... - . LI and oil than necessary. ty using our mommy tip you can identify ways of reducing energy use and costs, and help the nation conserve energy. ;iln hratrrs.-this is n major energy uscrin the home. Try a lower thermostat setting. Consider an insulation wrap. Install How restrictors in showers and faucets. They cut hot w;iler use without affecting' family comfort. When replacing u.itcr heater, choose an energy-efficient model. CoCumbto Rogers Elks Medearis and Mary Chat man will do most of the cooking at the restaurant but the new owner said everyone will do a bit of everything. She plans to open the West of Willow for breakfast to give the townspeople a choice for breakfast serving crepes and other fancy dishes. "I want to carry on the things he Jim Rogers) has star led with few changes at first," Medearis said, "I think we will have pizza every night and still have the seafood buffet Friday nights. But I am not going to change the name (of the restaurant). I love it." sheep. Dorothy Krebs said jf the RLM trades the land, the company will have to cut back its sheep production by one fourth since it will be losing one-fourth of its land. That could have an adverse effect on the six families that work for the company, she said. Secretary of Interior Cecil D. Andrus will have the final decision on the land trade. The BLM. at first, was exports and over $2 billion In imports travel up-and-down the Columbia each year. "We need to get a handle on the economic dimensions of this problem, from both a Northwest and national stand point, and the International Trade Commission is well placed to undertake this work at once." Ullman said he has asked the administration to cooper ate with the ITC in making certain the study is as comprehensive as possible. The ITC is an independent federal agency with quasi-legislative and quasi-judicial re sponsibilities. As a fact-finding agency, the Commission has broad powers to study and investigate all factors relating to U.S. foreign trade and its effects on domestic production Five precinct workers left out of story The names of five precinct oommitteepersons were inad vertently left out of lasi week's election story. Ixington's precinct will have James and Barbara Blondsworth as the Demo cratic representatives. For the N.K. Heppner pre cinct. Ken Turner and Pauline Winter are the Republicans and Mike Sweeney the only Democrat. If you need additional help with your home inspection. Please call the Heppner office 676-9146. Home energy audits provided to our customers at no charge. CBosto 2Ccctote Co lease subject of hearing planning on making the swap without public input but be cause of an appeal made by the FCOAC. Andrus said two public hearings had to be scheduled. "Justice has been done in Arlington and Maupin." Mrs. Krebs said "The public should be aware of what is being done with their land. We (Krebs Bros.) had no chance to barcain for the land because it was an open and and employment. Two of the Commission's six members. Katherine May Bedell and William Alberger, are from the Northwest. Alberger is from Oregon, and Bedell is a fromer U.S. Representative from Washington. Forest thinning course slated A forest thinning course will be conducted by the Morrow County Extension Service July 2. This session will be in the conference riKim of the Mor row County Extension Service office beginning at 7 p.m. The course will familiarize individuals with basic tree growth, thinning methods, and advantages of both commer cial and pre-eommerrial thin nings. Interested persons may contact the extension office at 67642. For Father's Day Imported - Q95 Combination I V Wrenches 38" through 1" Planter's Eye Hoe 169S Rietmann's m SI - op. c9nc. Arm 2E3rT I 1 .f jA Jf'-L fry I.arrv, Phyllis and Tim Medearis.. shut deal. Now we will just have to wait and See what kind of mood Andrus is in." Krebs said the BLM wants to trade the land because of the recreation popularity of the Deschutes River area. Mrs. Krebs said the desert area also has high recreation al value with motorcycle riders and rabbit and coyote -hunters - . Right now. the Krebs sheep are in the Wallowas for spring grazing In the fall, the sheep will be moved back to the pasture near Arlington, if the BI.M does not trade the land. The Krebs used to take the sheep by train to Montana for spring grazing. ; "Sheep need to graze on green grass to fatten them Grocery-676-14 itjMIKI Ili a j liP' USDA Choice T Bone Lettuce By the head Western 9 'H Strawberry Preserves "51 49 0 up." Dorothy Krebs said. "In the spring they need to be ' taken to higher elevations. It will be hard to find low elevation grazing land (for the sheep if the BLM makes the land trade.) It will not be economical if it is too far away from our home base in lone." Krebs said that Morrow County used to be a very popular area for sheep farm ers because the sheep would graze in lowlands near the Columbia River in north Morrow County in the winter and then travel to the south end of the county in the spring and summer. But when fences were built and Morrow be came a wheat-growing county, the sheep herds diminished. Market Meat -676-9288 Steak Jumbo 3 ib Pink Grapefruit .41 tmlustard Family Kraft Mayonnaise 32 oz. II Apparel shop sold back to ex-owners Doris Robarge, owner of Doris LaRae's women's apparel shop for the past 18 months, in Heppner has sold the store back to the previous owners. Hal and Virginia Whitaker. Virginia Whitaker said the store will be closed for a few days in the near future for some slight remodeling. When it reopens, the store will carry many of the same fathers Jane 15 fitueet Qm Clacfeen ScaC(!opeo( Potatoes Cotn on tk Cob 9iesfi Mt uUefon Qak liftoff Wm aju ii.ri.in minn.Nmnm.M ,,. rr.nTM. inn. t w n, w inn n Prices Effective Cauliflower French's 9 oz. Skippy lines ol clothing and some new ones. Melba Quackenbush will manage the shop for the Whitakers and the hours will remain the same. 9.30 ji.m. to 5:30 p.m. six days a week. The Whitakers also own a women's shop in Hermiston called. "Hal's Gals." "We are pleased to be' serving the community again," Virginia Whitaker said. Day Buffet 12 4 p.m. Heppner 676-5149 June 1 2-13-14 t i m Oregon Chief 1 2 oz. Wieners Western Family 16 oz. Sauerkraut m 40 oz. Peanut Butter Creamy or Chunky l49
