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i TWO-The Heppner Gaiette-Timei. Heppner. Oregon, Thuraday, The OHtctal Nawspopar of lh City of Hepprwr and th County of Morrow """ The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Marrow duty's tmt-Qntti Weeklj Newspaper U.S.P.S. 240-420 Published every Thursday and entered as second-class ' matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second-class postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228. Address communications to the Heppner Gazette Times. P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836. S8.00 in Morrow. Umatilla, Wheeler & Gilliam counties; $10.00 elsewhere. David and April Hilton Sykes, Publishers LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 'Class of 463 I where are you?' Editor: I graduated with the Class of 1963 from Heppner High School. My class has never gotten together for a class reunion and I have thought that your newspaper might be a good place to begin search ing out some of the members of my class. I have read about class reunions in Heppner around Rodeo time, when some of us come back for a visit anyway. I know that several of the parents of my class still reside in Heppner and surrounding area. Could you possibly run some kind of "Class of '63 Where Are You?" story? I would like to hear from as many of the class members as possible, as I recall there were 32 of us. I'm not sure of the rodeo dates, but they used to be around the last of August. My address is: Marlene Fetsch Zemke, 814 S.W. Davis, College Place, WA. 99324. Telephone (503 ) 525-0266. Any help you can give our class would be appreciated. " Thank you. Sincerely, (Mrs.- Marlene Fetsch Zemke County economy to be analyzed At the request of the Morrow County Resource Committee, the County Court has asked Oregon State University to analyze the structure of the county economy. The purpose of this economic study is to document the contribution of land, water, and recreational resources to local economic activity; identify opportun ities for further economic diversification in Morrow Coutny; and evaluate the impacts of external changes (such as national housing starts) or policies (such as water rights regulations) on the county's economy. To be reliable, such a study requires local data. Consequently, the University will be sending a survey team to Morrow County to conduct interviews with members of the business A GOOD TIME. A GREAT BUY BULOVA "CONTOUR" $2195 BULOVA has a recipe for lack-luster walls and time-conscious people. A battery-operated quartz wall clock that's contemporary in style and performance. Features: Smartly contoured case . . . glass covered dial . . . three-dimensional numerals ... red sweep second. Black, white or sunny yellow with white dial; nut brown with brown dial. 7" square, 2Va" deep. Peterson's WW and agricultural community. The survey team will be con ducting interviews during the last two weeks in July. Only some of the businesses in Morrow County will be asked to furnish information. Your business may be rand omly selected to be interview ed for the economic analysis. The information you choose to give will be used to construct an "input-output" model of the Morrow County economy. If your firm is one of those selected for interviewing, you will be notified by mail within a week. Shortly thereafter, a member of the OSU survey staff will be contacting you to schedule an appointment for an interview. During the interview, the staff member will be asking you for estimat es of your 1979 sales and purchases, to and from var ious kinds fo businesses and households, inside and outside fo Moitow County. If you have any questions concerning this study, please feel free to contact me. Judge Don McElligott (Morrow County Court), Harold Kerr (county extension agent), or any of the following members of the Morrow County Re source Committee: Shirley Rugg, Dick McElligott, Ray mond French, Allen Hughes, Ray Alsup, Warren H. McCoy, Allen Nistad, Leroy Gardner, Mike Sweeney, Matt Doherty, Dr. L.D. Tibbies, Jim Thomp son, Ed Tarnasky, Don Peter son, Tom Martin, Frank Lamb, Henry Krebs, Joanne McCauley, "Bus" Clough, Ben Siminoe, Bob Adelman, Glen Ward, Fred Tombs, Judy Buschke, or "Lucky" Felt. Sincerely yours, Frederick W. Obermiller Associate Professor Extension Resource Economist Thanks for your support Editor: I want to thank the many readers of the Heppner Gazette-Times for their help in my campaign for Attorney General. The attorney general cam paign will be a hard fought race this year with many Jewelers A--. Mil 3 676-9200 July 10. 1MQ issues and opinions presented to Oregon citizens. Let me re-emphasize a few of the ideas that I plan to bring to the attorney general's office. 1. The attorney general should vigorously support lo cal law enforcement efforts. I have supported tougher pen alties for violent crime, and helped pass legislation on behalf of crime victims. I am the only attorney general condidate endorsed by the Oregon Council of Police Associations-a group repre senting over 2,000 law en forcement officers throughout Oregon. 2. Existing attorney general functions which assist local prosecutors must be strength ened. The attorney general has a special role to coordin ate efforts against the infil tration of organized crime and to guard against official corruption. The integrity of our government depends upon this watchdog role. 3. The attorney general advises state agencies and must insist that they observe principles of openness and fairness to fellow citizens. I have pioneered legislation to curb bureaucratic abuses. This legislation deserves vig orous enforcement by the attorney general. In this way Oregon citizens will be assur ed every protection dealing with state agencies. The Oregon attorney gen eral has an immense respons ibility to maintain our justice system. In seeking that office, I pledge integrity, a record of effective problem solving in our State Legislature, and a dedicated approach to main taining the individual rights of Oregon citizens. Thank you again for your support. Dave Frohnmayer State Representative and Republican Nominee Oregon Attorney General 2875 Bakpr Blvd. Eugene, Oregon 97401 'Goodbye. and thanks9 Editor: It is always hard to say good-bye so thankfully this was a quick one. I did not have much time to tell everyone that I am leaving because a new job opened up rather quickly. There are a lot of people in the county I would like to say "Thanks" to but unfortunately did not have time. I had to be in LaGrande to begin the sports editor of the Observer Monday. I am sorry to have to leave Heppner but feel I must do what I have to to get the best jobs available. Heppner was a good starting point in my career but being the ambitious type that I am, I always strive for a better job. I want to thank all of the news sources I have had for stories the past 10'i months. Most of the time they were very cooperative. I have never been treated so well by so many different people but then maybe it was my job that made people act so friendly toward me. My wife. Renita, and I, along with my daughter, Angela, who was born Vk months ago in Heppner, will especially miss the Dexter Bern UcDonald LaVerne Webb and Corrine Miles family and the Mike and Cindy Doherty family. Thanks for being there when we needed you most. With good friends like them, and the memories of our daughter's birth, Heppner will always have a special place in our hearts. I hope you all have enjoyed my articles and hope they have enlightened you to do some thinking. That is my goal as a journalist. To encourage discussion and de bate. I really regret that I cannot stick around to con tinue my battle with the county budget. Salaries are very close to all of our pocket books and I honestly do not think it is not right for the county elected officials to receive such a drastic raise. I do not say that just to be controversial, but to open some eyes. It is the job of the newspaper to be a watchdog to government, even at the local level, and I have tried to do that. The Heppner Gazette-Times has been criticized, most underservingly, for not cover ing the county adequately. It all takes communication be tween the readers, news sources and the paper. People have to communicate to the paper before it can communi cate to the rest of the readers. The paper is also criticized for changing owners and news editors so often. The secret to that is having the community grow and developing some entertainment and other businesses to make the paper profitable. Newspaper people like to make money just like everyone else and readers have to subscribe to the paper and advertise in it before it will make money. If a paper is profitable, it can afford to keep a news editor and the owners will stay. I have worked hard to try and make the Gazette-Times a good paper. I hope you all appreciated it. I know I sure did. Thanks again. Steven A. Powell LaGrande, Oregon Editor accepts LaGrande post April Syke April Sykes will take over as editor this week of the Gazette-Times. She replaces Steve Powell who resigned last week to take a position as sports editor with a La Grande, Oregon, newspaper. In addition ot editing the news brought and sent to the Gazette-Times office, Sykes will also write stories and take photographs. a 676-9921 Shop Open Saturdays Starting July 12 through Harvest Sifting the TIMES 1930 Fifty years ago Miss Llllie Allinger departed for New York to join a tour party to Europe. She planned to attend the historic play "Passion Play" performed every 10 years by the people of Oberammergau, Germany. Morrow County Grain Grower Manager J.E. Swan son of lone and Henry Smouse, president, announced that wheat farmers could contract with the company. As part of the Fourth of July celebration, which 2,000 per sons attended, the new arte sian well was capped and dedicated. About 300 persons attended the lone Pomona meeting where the grangers discussed beginning a fund for the school band. The combines began rolling in the Lexington area at the Chas. Marquardt place. He was harvesting turkey wheat and was getting IS to 18 bushels of wheat per acre. Heppner City Council order ed water meters and approved the spending of $125 of city money to help to pay for the clean up after the Fourth of July celebration. Miss Alma Wehmeyer, 16, was chosen Miss Heppner from a field of eight contest ants in the local division of the International Pageant of Pul chritude, sponsored by the Heppner Lions Club at the Star Theatre. She was to go on to compete for Miss Oregon in Portland the next week with a chance to go to the nationals in Gaiveston, Texas. Miss Delia Ulrich was second and Miss Ella Fell third. The girls made three appearances in front of the judges and the audience one in an evening gown, one in afternoon ensemble and one in a bathing suit. 1955 Twenty five years ago the kickoff dance for the county fair and rodeo royal court took place with Ken Knott and his orchestra providing the enter tainment. The Queen was Carol Ann Wiglesworth, with princesses Betty Olmstead of Boardman, Sharon Hill of Heppner, Marilyn Munkers of Lexington and Carolyn Crab tree of lone. Forty farmers registered for the spraying of 70,000 acres of land in an effort to kill off the grasshopper problem in southeastern Morrow County. Total cost for the program was 55 to 60 cents per acre with the farmer, feoVral government and the state and county paying one third of the cost ing for the okay from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the spraying program set up by the Morrow County Live stock Growers. Crooked FREE PARKING FOR RODEO AND RACING TICKET INFORMATION cLt IE IV NA STEELMAMMC. POWILL lUTTC.OHI. 7 JM7 r m;.4h; fiaSB . r. JUIJf Twilight Post Time - 7:15 p.m. Cowboy Capital of Oregon through 3 An outside wrestling and boxing show at the fair grounds was going to be seen at night under the new field lights. Advanced ticket sales showed that the Chamber of Commerce was going to make a profit on the program with the money going Into the fairgrounds lighting fund. A heavyweight boxing match and tag team wrestling were the highlights of the program. Heppner reached a record high 100 degrees as swarms of people flocked to the Heppner and lone swimming pools. 1975 Five years ago a bicenten nial event in Morrow County included the Oregon Wagon Train stop at Cecil. A beef barbecue was prepared by the Krebs Brothers and the County Cowbelles served the meal. Geri Grieb, Todd Harrison and Mark Sargent spoke to the Chamber of Commerce about their trip to the 4-H summer camp at Cutsforth Park. About 50 youngsters attended. Ola Mae and Emile Grosh ens celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. The 1965 graduating class of Heppner, the largest ever with 57 students, had their 10 year reunion. Of the 17 boys and two girls selected as all stars from the Willow Creek baseball league, 14 were going to be selected to represent Morrow County in playoff games with the rest alternatives. The two girls were Kellie Hammond and LuAnn Way. lone church plans Sunday eve services The Reverend Cathy Barker has announced that the United Church of Christ in Ionw will be scheduling Sunday evening services during the month of July. The 7 p.m. services at the church will be addition to the 10 a.m. Sunday services. "The evening services will be very informal and guitar music will be featured," said The Reverend Barker. wmmmmmmmmmm mi I -r I Heppner Barber Shop j p will be closed first S I 2 weeks in Aug. ) i National Guard Duty ; ooooooooooooooooofc r River I L. Saturday & Sunday, July 12 & 13 Grand Entry 1:15 each day Parade - July 12, 10 a.m. n 1A 11 10 3, 1U, 11, IL Ullman's staff slates meetings Wor? TcorlreslnlaS EA1 9 P'? 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