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BESS 1 E WET2ELL U OF ORE nescpaper i.? GAZE MARCH 31, 1981 f g i ELECTION RETURNS I I 1 1 1 f Morrow County School District DISTRICT DIRECTOR AT LARGE four-year term Vote for one , F.K...KI,..,;I.KNN 4 If 3 JERKY HASCM.I. fo?A? 9? I ZO J.tf PAt'l.St'MNKH C 2g 5 2Pf 39-3 i'atwhk.ht sysy7c os 3lo 698 Port of Morrow COMMISSIONER four-year term V0te for three WMmJW JTW f9 MERI.IX I.. t'ANTIN VQJT? l L t ? X i'ATHKi Fire; 2oi ?y fey if 290 773 I M.xKs,,.K 2ypy op x7 jr?7 Morrow County School District yes 1 7 7 'A' LEVY Shall Morrow County School 'J7 2-6 7 S District lew :.UII4.h:i outside I I I I the Oregon Constilulimitil lim- III itiition for district otmtion I, I. I Amml l MJ j ,!",,K-,? rt lAk el?. I'B' LEVY Shall Morrow Coiintv School District lew $115,255 outside I I I I the Oregon Constitutional lim- I I I I ilation for district operation A "il C d,.rig l!W,-H2? 72pyoV2ytyQ Students to j V V lJ ' : -' , " s I I ' . rJ ...... ,u'f s 1 1 -V, s : f " 1 V , " ,. ' " M I ' - - Stan Sporseen (left) and Shawn Holt, seventh graders at Heppner Elementary School show off their erupting volcano, which along with one to two hundred science projects, will be on display at a science fair, Tuesday, April 7. The fair is onen to the public from 4 n m to Morrow County's Home-Owned display projects t : i 9 p.m. ami will be held in the multipurpose room of the Heppner Elementary building. There is no charge for admission. Projects from students one through eight will be on display. Stan and Shawn here light ammonium dichromate to "erupt" their papier-mache vnlonnn The Heppner TTE-TMES 1 1 1 Weekly Newspaper HEPPXKR. OREGON !' n Smith to talk All people from the Heppner area are invited to attend a breakfast meeting with US Second District Representa tive Denny Smith this Satur day. April 4. at 8 a.m. at A AH Proposed Condon prison brings By MARY ANN CERl I.I.O A recent proposal to turn the former Condon Air Base into a minimum security corrections facility brought Rep. Bill Bellamy to a public meeting in Condon. Friday. March 27. Representatives of the Cor rections Division, the gover nor's office, and Senator Ken Jernstedt also attended the meeting. On Saturday. March 28. Bellamy joined fifteen Mor row County residents in Hep pner at the Wagon Wheel Cafe over an informal no-host Co. budget received The Morrow County Budget Committee received the pro posed county budget at a meeting last Thursday at the courthouse. County budget committee approves '81 - 82 Pioneer Memorial budget "fh Morrow County Bujet Committee approved the pro posed Pioneer Memorial Hos pital 1981-82 operating budget at a meeting last Thursday in Heppner. Hospital Administrator A. K. "Lucky" Felt presented the committee with a budget of $1,352,515 for next year, cover ing the hospital. North Mor row Medical Center, and the Heppner. lone and Boardman Local wheat The Russian grain embargo has punished American farm ers for Russian adventurism, and if prolonged may cause major shifts in world markets. Rep. Denny Smith. R-Oregon District 2. told members of the Oregon Wheat Growers Lea gue in Washington. DC, last week. "Our foreign policy must be clarified when it comes to embargoes. Why should one group of Americans be singled it! v 'mi Mi mm. " i -w . I H i U UliiAl with Heppner constituents Frasu's Restaurant, 675 N. First in Hermiston. Smith has also scheduled town hall meetings at 10 a.m. on Saturday at the Caravan Restaurant. Sands Motel, 835 No. First, Hermiston; at 2:30 Weather by Don Gilliam public luncheon. Rep. Bellamy told those present that the majority of the people at the Condon public meeting had been against installing the correc tions facility. A petition with 170 names which supported the facility had been submit ted earlier. He also explained that the corrections facility would be used for people with six months left in their sentence. Bellamy reported that "Ken (Jenstedt) and I will remain impartial and support the citizen's of Condon in what ever thev decide." The committeee continued to work on the proposed 1981-82 budget this week, and is expected to send a request to voters in a May 26 election. ambulance services. In a prepared budget .mes sage. Felt said the budget would need $98,695 in taxes next year with the balance to be made up through non tax resources. Room rates will not go up immediately. Felt said. "Due to greater utilization resulting in efficiency of operation this budget does not include an increase of patient charges on July 1. 1981. as has been the growers meet with representative out to shoulder the weight of a major foreign policy move?" Rep. Smith asked. Growers from Umatilla, Sherman. Morrow and Lane Counties are pictured above from left to right are OWGL Executive Vice President Wes Grilley, Pendleton: Don Thompson, Moro; Louis Carl son, lone; Denny Smith, ; Tom McCoy. Wasco; Stan Timmerman. Pendleton; and Bob Nixon. Junction City. p.m. on Saturday at tne blue Mountain Community College auditorium; and on Friday, April 3, at 3:30 p.m. at the Wasco Co. Library. 722 Court St.. The Dalles. 11 iWVl'ix? ....t,.,.l High I Prwlp. Tues., March 24 63 32 Wed, March 25 55 43- .26 Thurs., March 26 50 40 .07 Fri., March 27 58 33 .16 Sat., March 28 64 40 Sun., March 29 50 40 .03 Mon., March 30 53 37 .03 State Rep. Bill Bellamy practice in recent years. The (hospital) board may consider this action mid-year if infla tionary forces make it neces sary." Felt said. "The hospital is unique among the county depart ments as it is a business enterprise and is subject to many unpredictable forces. In developing this budget we have attempted to be conser vative in projecting revenue and have hopefully not under estimated requirements," Some growers expressed concern that the embargo was stimulating world demand and causing other countries to meet that demand by expand ing the number of acres in production. "What we're con cerned about is when the embargo is lifted there may not be any demand for American wheat on the world market because other coun tries that have continued trading with Russia may have Ida Farra, Connie Padberg win G-T contest Gazette-Times employee Betty Green draws out names of two winners. Ida Farra and Connie Padberg, in last week's "Know Your Local Business Person Contest." Connie and Ida both won $25 gift certificates for being the first two entries drawn, correctly identifying where six local business people work. You need not know the names of local merchants to enter. For details, six new pictures for this week and the answers to last week's contest see page five of this week's G-T. Bellamy - - Felt summed up in his budget message. The county budget commit tee accepted the hospital budget, after several hours of review, and the budget will probably go to voters for approval in a May 26 election. The proposed budget would require an estimated tax rate of 18.7 per $1,000 of true cash value. Felt said. already filled the gap and signed long-term contracts," Smith said. "Restrictions on free trade can cause all sorts of unexpec ted spin-offs, many of which hurt us," Smith warned. The 2nd District representa tive will hear more about the embargo and the President's economic recovery plan dur ing town meetings in The Dalles, April 3, and Hermislon and Pendleton, April 4. i -1 Hull III i "N inlay I nli.-iit...jW ifs 0m m 1 urt 1 nrt n
