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Blue and Gold banquet draws Scouts, families
One-hundred-ieventeen
plates were cleaned Monday
evening after area Scouts,
their leaders, moms, dad. and
siblings enjoyed a pot luck
supper at the Scouts annual
Blue and Gold Banquet. The
Heppner Elks donated the use
of their lodge for the banquet.
After the potlurk, Packmas
ter Gene Hall and Blue
Mountain Boy Scout District
Deputy Howard Russell spoke
briefly, the Scouts received
their awards and Den 3 leader
Marlene Gray led a short
meeting, including a "bear
hunt" for the Scouts.
Receiving awards were:
Den 3 (leaders. Marlene
Gray and Dorothy Estburg)
Eric Connor. Marc Angel!.
Phillip Estberg, and Dean
Munkers all Bobcat patches;
Den 2 (leader. Martha
Munkers) - Kevin Peck
Bobcat patch;
Den 1 (leaders. Bobbie
Angell and Donna Osmin) -Frank
Casin Bobcat patch.
Craig Angell one gold and
four silver arrows, Mike
Mahoney one gold and three
silver arrows, and Jess Osmin
one gold and four silver
arrows.
Den 4 (leader, Sandi Devin )
Dicky Devin - one gold and
three silver arrows. J.J. Shaw
- (finished 47 electives) one
gold and one silver arrow, and
Steve Arbogast - one gold and
one silver arrow.
Den 6 (leaders. Bobbie
Angell, Sandi Devin and
Marlene Gray) Terry Gray -one
gold and six silver arrows,
and Rolx-rt Keu one gold and
one silver arrow.
Seoul projects, some of
which were on display at the
banquet, include:
Den 1 - made bird feeders
out of wood;
Den 4 - accomplished their
lone minister,
Sixty United Church of
Christ farmers, ranchers and
clergy gathered in Lodi, Cali.,
last week for a two-day
Conference on Rural America.
Among them were the Rev.
Cathy Barker of lone United
Church of Christ and wheat
rancher Bob Rietmann. a
member of that congregation.
The conference, one of four
regional gatherings sponsored
by the 1.8 million member
denomination, was unique
Smith receives House appointments
Rep. Denny Smith, R-Ore-gon,
received his top commit
tee choice Wednesday when it
was announced that he would
serve on the House Interior'
and Insular Affairs Commit
tee. "More than 70 percent of the
land in the 2nd District is
controlled by the government ;
much of it by the federal
government. The Interior and
Insular Affairs Committee has
jurisdiction over forest re
serves, irrigation and rec
lamation projects. Indian
lands, mineral resources and
experiment stations, all of
which are extremely impor
tant to the mainstay of our
economy in Oregon." Smith
said.
Smith's military service
earned him a slot on the
Veterans Affairs Committee.
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The Blue and Gold banquet, which proved
interesting to most comers, apparently put
Molly Welborn. five months, to sleep. Molly
accompanied brothers. Will, 9, Pat, 2, and
first achievement in the Bear
book and worked on rain
gauges.
Den 6 - made bird feeders,
mod-podge pictures on wood
en knots and also worked on
achievements in the bear
book.
wheat rancher attend Calif. Conf.
for a church which counts
most of its members in
America's cities and suburbs.
Keynote speaker Stephen
Commins of UCLA spoke
straight to that point.
"The Christian community
needs to push for better
understanding and relation
ships between farmers and
consumers." he empahsized.
"Urban people have clout. We
need to help them see that it's
to their advantage to support
policies that preserve family
Smith said his membership on
the Veterans Committee
should help as the Oregon
delegation works toward a
solution of the state's veteran
home loan problem. Thousand
of Oregon veterans learned
recently that " their veteran
loan commitments hud been
withdrawn because of legisla
tion passed in the closing days
of the last session of Congress.
Smith has joined Oregon's
senators and his Oregon
cnllegues in the House to
develop corrective legislation.
Smith is a decorated Viet
nam veteran, having served a
total of 10 years in the Air
Force and the Oregon Air
Guard. The Air Forte award
ed him the Air Medal with six
clusters for flying 180 combat
missions between 1965-66.
"Veteran's rights must be
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mom and dad, Nancy and Tom. to the
Scouting event held at the Heppner Elks
Lodge Monday evening. Story inside.
All Bear boys saw a wildlife
movie and took part in an
outing where they made their
own shish kabobs and
'smores' and one den baked
their own cakes for the
banquet.
It was announced that a new
farming, create access to land
for farming and provide a fair
market return for farmers."
Commins, an Episcopal
priest and international food
expert, also chided the church
for its insensitivity to the
farmer's need to make a
profit.
"The church has been
economically naive," he said.
"We can create a just farm
policy which is also just for the
hungry. These two things are
not contradictory. You can
protected. These men and
women have served their
country in times of great need
and many have suffered
injuries because of it. The
commitments made to veter
ans must be upheld by the
government they have defend
ed." Smith said.
Smith's subcommittee as
signments have not been
made.
School advisory committee to meet
The Heppner-!, ex ington Ad
visory Committee meet
Thursday. February 12 at 7:30
p.m. in the Heppner High
School Library.
Items to he covered on the
agenda are:
Recommendation of cer-
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Webelos Den for boys ten and
older will be starting with
Francis Stack as den leader.
Leaders are also trying to
organize a Boy Scout den and
ask that any man interested in
becoming a Scout leader
contact Gene Hall. 676-5388.
feed the hungry without turn
ing farms into non-profit,
charitable institutions."
The Conference ended with
delegates recommending that
the state and national church
offices affirm rural churches
whenever possible, recom
mending long-term rural past
orates as a career option and
not as a stepping-stone, and
educating their urban consti
tuencies about the problems
and issues in rural America.
lone Schools
Advisory Com.
to meet Feb. 10
The meeting date for the
lone Schools Advisory Com
mittee has been changed from
the regular date of Thursday.
Feb. 5. to Monday. Feb 10 at 8
p.m.
Report on budget com
mittee action regarding the
19H1-82 school budget;
Information regarding ad
visory committee and district
board vacancies: and
Northwest Schools and
Colleges Accrediting report on
Heppner Hich School.
School district - teacher insurance
dispute to enter into arbitration
February 20 has been set as
the date for arbitration pro
ceedings between the Morrow
County School District and the
county teacher's association.
The teachers and the dis
trict have agreed to binding
arbitration to settle a dispute
Lexington bridge
construction OK'd
The Blackhorse Creek
Bridge on Arcade Street in
Lexington was among 27
structures approved for con
struction by the Oregon Trans
portation .Commission last
Tuesday. .
The structures, added to the
Six Year Highway Improve
ment Program, are local
Co. appraiser, deputy DA
spots in transition
Morrow County Assessor
Greg Sweek has announced
that Joe Alford. Mikkalo. will
be replacing appraiser Pat
Campbell.
Alford is scheduled to begin
Feb. 17: Campbell will leave
the county seat spot Feb. 27
for Ireland where he will be
married.
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stands in front of building on Main Street that the company
plans to remodel and move into within the next few months.
Rountree says $30 to $40 thousand will be spent to remodel
the former Ford garage building before the tire store moves
Weather
by Don Gilliam
January 1981 precipitation
was 1.34 inches. Normal
January precipitation is 1.29
inches. January 1980 precip
itation was 2.54 inches.
over insurance benefits con
cerning married couples both
working for the school district.
Tom LeVAc will be the
arbitrator. The school district
will be represented by Tom
White from the Oregon School'
Boards Association and Bar
bara Cash from the Oregon
government bridge replace
ment projects funded with
Highway Bridge Replacement
funds.
Cost of the Lexington
bridge, which is scheduled for
construction in the fiscal year.
1981. is estimated to be
$120,000.
Alford will be appraising
residential, farm and com
mercial property, says Sweek.
In other courthouse changes
. District Attorney Ann Spicer
says she has been in the
process of screening appli
cants for the deputy DA
position, held by Steven Berry
for the past month.
store to move
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Wed.. Jan. 28 39 31 02"'
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Fri.. Jan. 30 38 32 64 " 4" of snow
Sat.. Jan. 31 44 . ' 28
Sun.. Feb. 1 40 22
Mon.. Feb. 2 41 21
Education Association will
represen the teachers in the
proceedings. '
The Morrow County Educa
tion Association is alleging
that married teachers both
working for the district are not
receiving the full insurance
coverage accorded them
Rep. Bellamy receives
House appointments
State Representative Billy
Bellamy (R Culver) an
nounced recently that he has
been appointed vice chairman
of the Education Committee of
the Oregon House of Repre
sentatives for the 1981 session.
He will also serve as a
member of both the Environ
ment and Energy and Human
Resource committees.
"The Education Committee
is one which will have a great
deal of impact here in our
community as well as
throughout the state." Bel
lamy stated. "I asked for this
committee because It will be "
dealing with issues concerning
small school backgrounds
with a strong emphasis on
rural areas which I feel are
very important."
The 1981 session of the
Oregon Legislature convened
on January 12 this year. The
average regular session of the
legislature runs for the next
six or seven months.
"My second assignment to
the Environment and Energy
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"This building will give us four times as much space inside
and four to five times as much parking outside ( as the
present building)." said Rountree. "It will be a lot easier to
takecare of people."
under their contract with the
district. The school district
contends the teachers are
receiving all the coverage
called for.
The arbitration proceedings
will be held at the district
offices. 11 a.m. on' Feb. 20.
Committee means that we in
this community will have a
direct impact on legislation
dealing with energy. PGE
coal-fire generating, and
waste disposal.
Rep. Bellamy said he is.
pleased with his appointment
to the Human Resources
Committee because "it will
allow me to provide input,
from our region on such
important matters as Welfare
and Medicare."
"I would like to hear from
people in the community
about the issues which the
committee oh which 111 serve
will face." Bellamy said.
Bellamy said that after
January 12 his office number
at the State Capitol will be
378-RR53 and people can write:
Rep. Bellamy. Room H371.
State Capitol. Salem. 97310.
His other phone number is
1-80IMS2-7813 (toll free) and
the information line is 1-800-452-0290.
His home address
remains Rt. 1 Box 8SC. Culver.
97734.