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FNIIIT-The Heppner C.aieUe-Times, Heppner. Ortgon. Thursday, January 15. 1981 Two from Heppner attend White House conference John Canaday of Heppner, has been selected as a delegate to a White House Mini Conference on Poverty and the Elderly, January 13 -15. in Kansas City, Missouri, by the State Community Action Agency Association. Also attending the three-day conference as a staff worker is Pat Brindle of the Heppner Neighborhood center. The conference will bring together about 200 delegates from 23 western states to refine issues, establish prior ities and develop recommen dations. Trie delegates will work in 11 small groups to prepare resolutions on 11 issues for the general assem bly scheduled during the conference. Each of the resol utions adopted by the confer ence's general assembly will be forwarded to the White House Conference on Aging (WHCoA), scheduled for Nov ember 30 - December 3,1981, in Washington, D. C. The conference is sponsored by the National Community Action Agency Executive Di rectors Association and the Region VII (Kansas City) office of Community Services Administration. The standard Methodist women On Wednesday evening, January 7, the Heppner circle of United Methodist Women met in the home of Anneta Spicer. New officers were installed by long-time mem ber. Sylvia McDaniel: presi dent. Ann Spicer; vice presi dent. Louise Woods; secretary Faye Pierce; and treasurer, Pat Hyatt. The group talked over 1980 accomplishments and 1981 plans. Out-going president HHS counselor visits Air Force Academy Michele Portmann, a coun selor at Heppner High School, recently visited the Air Force Academy as a part of the school's Educator Visit Pro gram. The program is a vital part of the academy's admis sions effort. According to Captain Joe Strosnider, assistant director of the Admissions Liaison office here, "During the past Students earn place on BMCC honor roll Jeannie Piening, lone, and Jannette Evans, Irrigon, were among thirty-two Blue Moun tain Community College stu dents who received perfect 4.0 grade-point averages during fall term. A 4.0 is a straight-A report. Other students earning a place on the BMCC honor roll by achieving grade-point av erages of 3.5 or better (B-plus) Two area youths James G. Launer, son of James J. and Beverly V. Launer, Heppner has enlisted in the delayed enlistment program. A student at Heppner High School, Launer will go on active duty in November. After completing the six-week basic training course at Lack land AFB, Texas, he is scheduled to receive technical training as a fuel specialist. He wil be earning college credits through the Commu demonstrate and answer all FREE DRAWING $42 FIRE SET FRI. ONLY SALE PRICES QRLEY STOVE REG. 602.50 $530 federal regions participating in the conference are located in Kansas City, Denver, Dal las, San Francisco and Seat tl. Wayne C. Thomas, CSA Regional Director in Kansas City, said the issues that will be considered at the confer ence are: retirement income, employment, health services, long-term cafe, transporta tion, housing, energy, nutri tion, elderly and the work ethnic, rural services-delivery and urban services-delivery. Selection of conference del egate is based on a formula that entitles each state to three delegates and allocates the remaining delegates to states according to the per centage of elderly poor resid ing in each state. . Delegates must be at least 55 years of age, within CSA's poverty guidelines and not a current employee of a Com munity Action Agency. The state delegation should reflect the state composition of race, sex and urban-rural resid ence. Canady is one of only three persons in the state of Oregon selected to partici pate. install officers Beth Bryant presided. Some of the activities of the past year were the May yard sale, the honoring of graduating high school seniors in the church, improvements made in the parsonage, continuation of the baby-sitting program on Sun day mornings and the group's first successful participation in the AAUW Artifactory. It was determined that similar activities would be planned for 1981. 10 years, there's been a steady increase in the number of candidates and the number of those candidates qualified for the Academy. We believe this can be attributed to the growing number of educators who have visited the acad emy." Visiting educators are pri marily high school counselors who have frequent and direct contact with students in the are Melvin McCarl and Marie Yocum of Lexington ; Kenneth Bailey, Kathleen Kenny, David McLachian and Lorrie Smith of Heppner; Francine Evans of Irrigon; and Carol Donovan, Greg Tarpenning and Sandra Tingley of Board man. Among 177 students receiv ing a grade-point average of 3.0 to 3.5 and earning a place on the dean's list are Ron enlist in Air Force nity College of the Air Force while attending basic and other Air Force technical training. He was recruited by Sgt John R. Hornbeek of the U.S. Air Force Recruiting Office, Walla Walla. Kenneth A. Combs, son of Sally L. Kukkert, Echo, enlist ed in the Air Force in the delayed enlistment program, according to SSgt John R. Hornbeek, Air Force recruiter. FACTORY AUTHORIZED REDUCTION SMI CHI I AM 93 An ORLEY factory rep. will be here to 10 OFF ALL STOVE ACCESSORIES FRI. ONLY Heppner V tk.L John Canaday Gooseberry Livestock club meets by Paula Palmer The Gooseberry Livestock Club held a 4-H meeting at the home of Bob Van Schoiack on January 11 at 3 p.m. Club members watched two sets of slides, one about fitting and showing dairy, and the other about ewe and lamb management. After the slides upcoming events were discussed such as the skating party Jan. 17, the clown workshop Jan. 24, and the steer weigh-in March 28. Possible money raising pro jects were also discussed. It was decided that the next meeting would be sometime in March and that record books would be discussed. age groups the academy must reach for its candidates. Educators spend two days at the academy. Counselors become resident academy experts in their schools. They brief other counselors and frequently be come very active in identify ing, motivating, and encour aging potentially qualified students. Currin, Curtis Day, Maureen Healy, Jacelyn Mollahan, Currin, Curtis Day, Maureen Healy, Jacelyn Mollahan, Wendy Myers, Larry Palmer, Campbell, Debra Jones and Luella Taylor, Lexington; and Donald Richards, Irrigon. To be so honored, a student must carry at least 12 graded credit hours and may not have received an 'F' grade in any class. program A student at Heppner High School, Combs will go on active duty in November. After completing the six-week basic training at Lackland AFB. Texas, he is scheduled to receive technical training as a fuel specialist. He will be earning credits toward an associate degree n applied sciences through the Community College of the Air Force while attending basic and other Air Force technical training schools. INVENTORY questions. FAST FIRE STARTERS Reg. 1.31 80c 676-9157 Highlights of At a meeting at lone on Dec. 23. Don Peterson, past state NFO president, reported on highlights of the NFO conven tion he and Ben Holdman of Pendleton recently attended in Cincinnati, Ohio. William Landeen, staff member of the NFO grain department from Walla Walla, Wash., attended and plans to spend some time in Morrow County the week of Jan. 19 through 23. The NFO national conven tion in Cincinnati was a meeting of all major farm commodities coming together to coordinate contracting and bargaining procedures. Speakers included Dan Morgan, author of "Mer chants of Grain" who pointed out that the ma jor grain trade is an extensive global market ing system that makes no -vnr. JUL 1 i 6 E3 I-- A Charger & U Booster M TJnnvT)lLtV IN Grease Gun Special Oil Reg. 65'. n NFO convention related at attempt to set price levels but has found that low prices keep the pipeline full. Senator John Melcher of Montana expressed a concern about the increased debt load of farmers. He talked of the need for conservation, tax revisions and said that we shouldn't export below the cost of production. Representative Paul Find ley of Illinois talked about the need of income from the market place and that trade brings peace. He sighted the trade with Japan as an example. Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland pointed out that the structure study of agri cultural trends he conducted last year will be released soon and that It will show that middle-sized farms are de rt JZTv a Gas Can 2Vi Gallon Reg. 10.25 Special Price 6.95 OFF SPECIAL PRICE Battery Charge, Booster & Tester 80-AmP Reg. 217.34 Special Price 164.95 en OFF SPECIAL 'in.Amn Price 5.59 OFF SPECIAL PRICE Spouts Special Price 59 OFF SPECIAL PRICE creasing and that large scale farms are producing more and more of the agricultural crops. He said that furm programs and tax regulations tend to be to the advantage of large scale operations. He said that it makes no sense to export crops that are pro duced at the expense of a loss of soil, water and capital. DeVon Woodland, national press of NFO, said that farmers' production is their strength and that NFO has a marketing system designed to use that strength to negotiate profit price levels for farmers. He indicated thnt 2 percent more from the consumer dollar would bring balance between the city and country economies. He said there are few buyers of farm products and manv sellers which indi- i I D PRICE Jacks Reg. 36.00 Special Price 34.00 OFF SPECIAL PRICE 4 " mm "V meeting . eaten the need for farmers to block production Into the contracting process with these ma jor buyers. He asked young people how they were going to become owner-operators and said there is a title transfer of land coming. He also asked to whom will the existing owner operators sell? Grazing fee drops Grazing livestock on Bureau of Land Management admin istered lands, will be slightly cheaper for ranchers this year. The 1981 grazing fee will be $2.31 per animal unit month (AUM), a drop of five cents from last year's level. The new rate Is effective March 1. An AUM is the amount of c OFF ON THESE ITEMS! Battery Charger w 10-Amp Reg. 48.95 Special Price 34.95 OFF 2 Flashlights w Batteries Package Special Price 4.59 OFF SPECIAL PRICE Filter Wrench Reg. 4.95 Special Price r"" Vim J OFF SPECIAL PRICE Cnn n Mh tfmmm mm m. Lexington 989-8221 forage one cow will eat during a month. Grazing fees ore based on a formula contained in the 1978 Public RangelandH Improvc , ment Act and accounts for beef cattle prices, production costs, and prices paid. RFWAIU) The Umatilla National Forest Is offering a reward of up to $200.00 for Information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who broke Into and vandalized the Tupper Guard Station on the Heppner Ranger District sometime between December 24, 19H0 and December 27, 1980. Anyone having Informa tion Ik asked to call the Forest Service Law Enforcement Of fice at 276-3BU, ext. 254 or the Pendleton office of the Fed eral Bureau of Investigation at 276-1433. w x SPECIAL PRICE N 3.29 'V V. 1 m $ Extinguisher Reg. 42.00 Special Price 34.95 a. led ti
