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BESS I E VETZELl U OF ORE NEWS TAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 VOL. miliums ii jr S"" dry -' r I t1-. fK t W 4 - Lt.HiHIHIIlift I'nduuntrd by Candy Harrin, lieppner. Cnndy in the llardiiiun. French re-elected president of Oregon Cattlemen's Assoc. Kaymond French, Heppner, was re-elected president of the 3,1(H) member Oregon Cattle men's Association at its 67th annual meeting in Portland lust weekend, Twen I y H h t resol u t ions were passed during the busi ness session, giving direction and setting goals for the beef cattle industry during 1981. Other officers re-elected were First Vice-President Sam Dement, Myrtle Point, and Treasurer Mike Kortge, The Dalles. Elected district vice pres idents of the association were TJS. (Buck) Coc, Maupin; John Archer, Ashland; Gary Ovens, Prineville; and Tom Guerin, Myrtle Point. Com pleting the final year of their two year terms as district vice-presidents are Robert Beck, Cove; Wade Officer, Canyon City ; and Les Marks, Hermiston. Following are some of the major resolutions adopted at the 67th annual meeting: -Seek legislative approval authorizing an increase in Morrow County's Home-Owned K. NO. 43 THURSDAY, DEfEMBKR 4, 1980 12 PACKS If J - 1 Jtt -i . I ,3 h rk ft a w inler rain. Santa and a beaming admirer. rnjoy a moment together in downtown dyiiighter of Beverly and Bobby Harris of Beef Council contributions from 20 cents to 50 cents per head. -Recommend to the 1981 legislature that one percent of the Oregon Racing Commis sion's pnramutual funds be designated for the Oregon Stale University School of Veterinary Medicine for re search in racing animals. -Realizing that the 1981 legislature is faced with severe fiscal problems, all efforts to eliminate or modify the phase-out of Oregon estate taxes should be strongly opposed. -Request the legislature to consider the Governor's Task Force on Worker's Compen sation report which is struct ured to lower worker's Com pensation premiums. -Because predator manage ment is of tremendous impor tance to animal agriculture, the Oregon Cattlemens Assoc iation will go on record fully supporting the efforts of the National Cattlemen and Wool Growers Associations to transfer predator manage The Heppner 1 -wtwtnr-'W-w e a., t c . J " , ..." VV j.' - V v. v i ; i . it:- ment responsibility from the U.S. Department of Interior to the U.S. Department of Agri culture. -Reaffirm the position of the OCA supporting the concept of states rights amemdment commonly known as the Sagebrush Rebellion, and urge the 1981 legislature to adopt legislation approving the concept. The controlling of animal diseases, particularly brucel losis, was devmed most im portant to the beef cattle industry of Oregon. The fol lowing action, in the form of a resolution, was taken by the association : All unvaccinated female cattle and bulls over six months of age, and all vaccinated female cattle over 20 months of age. entering a stationary or mobile custom slaughtering establishment, shall have blood samples drawn by the establishment operator and forwarded to the department for brucellosis continued p. 10 TIME Weekly Newspaper 20 C'KNTS HEPPNER, OREGON $96,000 to be funded by city $120,000 Lexington bridge A $120,000 project calling for replacement of the Black horse Creek (Arcade Street) Bridge in Lexington was approved Nov. 25 by the Oregon Transportation Com mission. The project, which will see the bridge replaced with a pre-stressed concrete slab 60 feet long, will be financed by 30th annual Morrow Co. Livestock Growers Assoc. meeting, banquet Dec. 12 The 30th annual meeting of the Morrow County Livestock Growers Association and Farm City Banquet will be held Dec. 12, in Heppner. Guest speakers will start off the afternoon at 1 p.m. at the Catholic Parish Hall, accor ding to Bob Van Schoiack. president of the Morrow County Livestock Growers Association. Maurice Mitch ell, Grant Morrow Co'inties Extension Agent will start off with a talk on small woodlots ana ineir management, ur. lee Wallace, state veterinar ian for the area, will provide a Brucellosis update. Allen Hughes will provide a report from the Oregon Cattlemen's Association's Rancher Sports men Committee. A coffee break is planned from 2:45 to 3 p.m.. courtesy of the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Jim Allen will provide a health insurance report, while Ray French, OCA pres ident, will tell about the OCA convention and other OCA matters. Don Ostensoe will provide the Oregon Beef Com mission report. All interested persons are invited to attend this after noon session and the business meeting of the MCLGA which starts at 4 p.m. Election of new three-year-term directors, and various reports on activities for the past year will be on the business meeting agenda. The evening starts at 6 with an "attitude adjustment" hour at the Morrow County Fair Pavilion, courtesy of i J . . The Oregon Department of Revenue has sent a check for $180,198 to Morrow County as the state payment on home stead property taxes. The money is for property tax relief given on qualified owner-occupied residences or "homesteads." Under Oregon's Tax Relief Plan, the state pays up to 30 percent of the property taxes on homesteads. Counties show Time for music, It's holiday time-time for music and singing and, of course, school Christmas pro grams. Heppner Junior High and High schools will combine their programs this year on Thursday. Dec. 18 at 7:30p.m. Holiday specials inside Look inside for the Gazette-Times special holiday recipe feature, and details on the "Christmas Coloring Contest" and "Santa's Mailbag" for kids. two state transportation com mission grant programs. The Highway Bridge Re- placement program will sup ply $96,000 of the monies required for the project. A special city allotment pro gram will fund the remaining $24,000. Lois Allyn, Lexington city recorder says construction probably won't begin until Northwest PCA, Pendleton PCA. and the Federal Land Bank. The Farm City Banquet starts at 7 p.m., also at the Fair Pavilion, according to Bill Kuhn, president of the Heppner-Morrow Chamber of Commerce, and master of ceremonies of the banquet. Four dollars and 50 cents will include the dinner, cooked and served by the Holly Rebekah Lodge, and the evening's ,f' ntertamment. Special guest Vpeaker Is- Wes KVarsten,- state director of Land Conser vation and Development Commission, who will talk about LCDC and land use planning. Other activities include presentation of the Morrow County Livestock Grower of the Year, Morrow County Conservation Man of the Year, 4-H and FFA Carcass of Merit awards, and Chamber of Commerce awards. Peter son's Jewelers. Heppner, will provide a precious stone as one O! the door prizes. Morrow County Cow Belles will hold their annual lunch eon, followed by a short business meeting, also on Friday, Dec. 12, at the Wagon Wheel banquet room at 12:30 p.m. The no-host luncheon will be $3.50. Doorprizes will be given. CowBelles are reminded that dues are now due and are asked to "Support your county and state CowBelle organiza tions fur a total of $7; national dues are an additional $10." Any interested person is welcome to join. A -i ost i fr tne state payment as a creau on the homestead tax state ment, reducing the amount of tax ihe owner has to pay. The county then bills the revenue department for the total state share in that county. Morrow was the 33rd county to receive payment. Checks were sent to 32 counties November 17 and 18. Three counties have not yet submit ted payment requests. school programs at the high school. Heppner Elementary's pro gram is set for Friday, Dec. 19 at 1:30 p.m. The lone School program will be on Monday. Dec. 22 at 7::i0 p.m. at the school cafeteria. Weather y Don Gilliam next summer. Besides Lexington, ten other Oregon cities with populations under 5.000 received grants under the special city allot ment program. State statutes provide that the commission shall annually apportion $250,000 of the Highwav Fund to cities for Falls, creek threatened with erosion, diversion Water users and the local Historical Society will hold a meeting next Monday, Dec. 8, to discuss a Forest Service proposal that would divert water out of Willow Creek, and wipe out a 340-foot waterfall near Cutsforth Park. Water users down stream of the park are concerned about the decreased flow of water which would result in the proposed diversion, and the Historical Society wishes to preserve what they say is the only waterfall in Morrow County. According to County Judge Don i McElligott,, the Forest . Service, which owns land in the Herren watershed area, has said that if improvements aren't made to a creek channel in the watershed, it will be forced to divert about 30 feet of water in the creek from the waterfall and ' Willow Creek, into nearby Ditch Creek. The Forest Service says the creek feeding the waterfall has not been maintained over the years, and bad erosion of the area has occurred. It has threatened not to renew a conditional-use permit which allows the water to flow over the waterfall. McElligott says trees ar round the creek have to be cut down, a weir installed and general maintenance contin ued to stop the erosion to satisfy the Forest Service's complaints. One meeting already has been held at which Forest Service representatives and 19 KrolVs to r&Mmi .-.-.. Kroll's department store manager Jeanne Ball, along with co-owner, Dennis Spray (right) help Floyd Weber with merchandise. Kroll's is closing its doors and going out of business December 24. Kroll's Department store in Heppner will close its doors, for good, Wednesday, Dec. 24, a victim of high interest rates and low business volume. Co-owner Dennis Spray says he is forced to close the store after less than three years because "the cost of money (interest) to buy inventory is too high, and the amount of money invested compared to amount of business just doesn't work out." High Low Preclp. Tues.,Nov.25 54 .30 Wed.. Nov. 26 39 30 Thurs., Nov. 27 61 30 .04 , Fri.,Nov,28 49 32 Sat., Nov. 29 52 35 .05 Sun., Nov. 30 45 30 Mon.,Dec. 1 45 26 Nov. Precipitation 152 Normal 1-44 1979 " gets state maintenance and construction of streets not part of the State Highway System which are receiving wear through sud den increases in population in the area, or heavy and unusual traffic. The state can pay up to $25,000 on an individual project under the water users discussed the erosion problem and possible solutions. McElligott says improve ments to the creek and its maintenance have not been included in the county budget and are not the county's responsibility. ''We don't have the manpower or the money to do it. "he said. McElligott estimated it would . take about two days per year to maintain the creek once the major improvements were Planners The Morrow County Plamv , " ing " Com m ission " reversed ' itself Monday . night, voting unanimously to grant a zone change from agricultural to industrial for 1,700 acres of property leased by the Boeing Co. of Seattle in northern Morrow County. Oct. 27 the planning com mission voted four to three against the zone change re quest. According to county planner Dean Seeger, a stipulation attached to the property when it was previously transferred .from the federal to state government said that the land had to be used either for Chamber sponsers contest The Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a house lighting and decorating contest again this year, it was announced at ' the Tuesday meeting of the chamber. Houses will be judged on their decorations and cash prizes will be given. Rules and other details of the contest will be announced later. close Christmas eve SaS. Av v-,, VvV vV i'WJ" The store is holding a close out sale now through Christ mas to clear out the merchan dise, says Spray. The store, which was the location of a J .C. Penney store years ago, was opened in June of 1977 by Bob and Phyllis Kroll. In June of 1978 Spray went into partnership with Phyllis Kroll. In August, 1978 the two opened a second store in Boardman, which will remain open, says Spray. approval program. There were 80 applications received, totaling $5,615,310. Cities receiving approval of projects in addition to Lexington- are Eagle Point, Elgin, Hood River. Malin. Nehalem, Philomath. Phoenix. Seaside, Sherwood and Tualatin. made. One of the items water users might discuss Monday night will be the possible activating of the Willow Creek Improve ment District, which could collect money for mainten ance of the creek and insure the continuing flow of water over the waterfall and down Willow Creek. The meeting of water users will be held Monday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. in the conference room of the Gilliam-Bisbee building. reverse industrial or port purposes. " The stipulation still applies now that Boeing leases the property from the state. "It was an oversight," said Seeger on the commission's original decision not to change the zoning. "We came back and covered our tracks." In other business at the Dec. 1 hearing, the commission voted to rezone about three square acres of property from two-acre agriculture to one acre surrounding the city of Irrigon. The change will allow par cels of land to be sold in one acre blocks instead of the previous two, Seeger said. Jeanne Ball has worked at Kroll's as the manager for the past year and a half. She started with the store shortly after its opening. Susan John son has also worked at the store for the past year and a half. The store will be closed Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of this week and open Friday at 10 a.m. to start the clearance sale. v n
