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tf ESS I E W E7ZELL u or o r i: j.tv.t pap 1. 1 iJ , j:: eve;:; The Heppner High Low Precip VOL. M, Bristow appointed to Commission, trial security tightened By MARY ANNCERUIXO The appointment of John Itriatow to the Morrow County Planning Com m talon was the first order of business for Morrow County Court last Wednesday, July 1. Bristow's appointment filled a vacancy left by Monica Swanson and wan immediate ly effective. County Court announced that with the upcoming mur Tad Miller Tad Miller Heppner wheat farmer Ed win II "Tad" Miller, Jr., has been npminted by Gov. Vic Atlyeh to the state Board of .Agriculture. Reappointed by Atiyeh to the board is one of Its two consumer representatives, Geneva Jones, Gladstone, and its cattle ranching representa tive, Earl Smith, Antelope. Duties of the nine-member board include advising the state Department of Agricul ture director and assisting in determining department pol icies. Miller, who has farmed wheat in Morrow County since 1948 and is a past Oregon Wheat Growers Lcngue presi dent ( 1977), will suceed wheat farmer Milton Morgan, lone, on the board. The current term of Morgan, who joined the board in January 1975, ended June 30. Miller's term and those of Jones and Smith, who both Court takes C I , frk i fee Princess Anita Palmer, The Morrow County Fair & Rodeo Court, along with their Pennant Bearers, took first place at the Condon parade Inst Saturday, July 4. The girls took part in the grand entry at the rodeo, and enjoyed a picnic with family and friends. In rodeo events Queen Morrow County's NO. 28 THURSDAY. der trial of Jose Mario Mendoza Verduzco, Thursday, July 9, two Sheriff's deputies and two state police officers will be on duty at the courthouse. The courthouse will be locked to the public for 40 minutes during the lunch hour. Courthouse employees will be allowed to enter or leave the building through the Sheriff's office during that time. chosen for agriculture board began on the board in 1977, will each run for four years, starting July 1. New appointee Miller is a Heppner native. He atttended Heppner High School (Sept. 1942 Oct. 1944). After serving in the VS. Navy in World War II, he graduated with military diploma from Beaverton High School (Dec. 27, 1946). He hag studied at Oregon State ( 1947) and Portland State Univer- -title C1948J. Miller has served two sep arate terms as Morrow County Wheat Growers Assoc iation president and on sever al committees of the Oregon Wheat Growers League, on which he has been both a board of directors and execu tive committee member. From 1975 - 78 he was a member of the National Association of Wheat Grow ers, serving on its executive committee in 1977. Since 1973 he has been on the board of directors of the Federal Land Bank Association of Pendle ton. Mrs. Jones is a community relations consultant for Paci fic Power and Light Co., Portland. A 1981 winner of a Jefferson (community ser vice) Award presented by Portland s KOIN TV, Mrs. Jones is a member of the Columbia River Girl Scouts Council board of directors (1970 present), the Portland first at Condon Queen Nancy Miller, Princess Kathy Hansen Nancy Miller and Princess Anita Palmer participated in the Senior Barrels with Pen nant Bearer Andrea Ball in the Junior Barrels. Both Anita and Andrea placed first in their events. The court has a busy schedule coming up. Sat. and Sun., July 11 and 12, the girls travel to Prinevllle for the Jl ic; Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper JULY . PAGES County Planning Sebero Andrade Berduzco will be tried July 20 and Pedro Cisneros Ortiz is scheduled for trial August 3. Both men have been charged with Verduzco for murdering a Roardman man last April. Verduzco's trial is expected to last a week. "Security will be enforced during this time," said Com missioner Dorothy Krebs. Business continued with Morrow County Court signing their approval to the Juvenile Police Bureau's Sunshine Di vision's board of directors (1975 - present), the state 4 H Foundation board of directors and the Employee Community Help Organization (ECHO) board of directors, Portland. She is a member and past president of the Electrical Women's Round Table, past president of the Professional Women's League and former president and vice-president of the Women's Advertising Club (American Advertising Foundation) of Portland. Mrs. Jones is a (1939) graduate of Pea body High School, Alexandria, La., and has studied at Southern Uni versity, Baton Rouge, La. ( 1938 - 39 ) , and at the School of East West Design, Portland. Smith is a native of Mayville (Gilliam County) and attend ed grade and high school in Condon. He studied (1937 - 38) at Oregon State University. A past vice president ( 1962 -63) of the Oregon Cattlemens Association, he is past presi dent of both the Wheeler County and Wasco County Livestock Associations. Smith was The Dalles Chamber of Commerce "Farmer of the Year" in 1975 and Wasco County Livestock Association's "Cattleman of the Year" in 1973 He is a former member and chair man (1970 - 77) of the state Livestock and Marketing v V w r m t m w'A if till Crooked Kiver Roundup, where they will participate in the parade, grand entry and attend a luncheon. On Sat., July 18, the queen and her court will be in The Dalles for Fort Dalles Days. And on Sun., July 19, they go to Elgin for the Elgin Stampede parade, grand entry and luncheon there. V 20 CENTS Detention Center Intergovern mental Agreement. The county of Umatilla has agreed to reserve three beds at $37.50 per day, said Judge Don McElIigott. Umatilla County will be trying for a grant to obtain a driver. If a grant is not obtained. Umatilla will charge Morrow County $8 a day for the transportation of juvenile offenders. Judge McElIigott stated further. Board. He is chairman of the Wasco County Assessor's Tax Advis ory Committee, Chairman of the Northwest Livestock Pro duction Credit Association, and president of the Pacific International Livestock Expo sition. Miller was to have been sworn in by the governor on Tuesday, July 7, in a cere mony from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the State Capitol. City to sell water The city of Heppner agreed Monday to sell surplus water and rent an abandoned pipe line to a construction company building the new Willow Creek road at the site of the Willow Creek dam project. The council agreed to sell Lopez Paving company of Hood River surplus city water for $2 per thousand gallons, and rent an old city water line from a former city well for $1,000. Jan Schultz, representing Lopez Paving, said the com pany needed the water for compaction of earth and dust control during construction. The city said the water would be sold only if there is a surplus from regular city use, and Schultz indicated addi tional water probably would be purchased from Carl Thorpe who now owns a former city well in the area. In other business, the coun cil: - renewed a package liquor sales license for Central Market. - appointed a committee of Warren Plocharsky, Ron For rar and Joyce Winter to study possible revisions to the city charter. - discussed a Corps of Engineers proposal to install a sewer line from lab and trailer facilities soon to be built on Cemetery Hill to the city sewer mains. set July 20 as a special meeting date for adoption of an ordinance authorizing sale of $430,000 in promissory notes to be used for construction of water lines in connection with the Willow Creek dam project. heard complaints of bark dust in the West Baltimore area washing into neighboring yards during rainy periods. - discussed, but took no action on a request that a handicapped parking area be placed somewhere near the post office. - discussed a proposed new ordinance for water rules and regulations in the city. HEPPNER. OREGON Mealsite program to The Heppner Senior Meal site program will be opening again Wednesday. July 15. this lime at the Morrow County Fairgrounds 411 Annex Build ing, according to supervisor Lynnea Sargent. Meals will be served every Wednesday at 12 noon The Improved rabies vaccine out; clinic costs up By MARY ANN CERIU.O A new rabies vaccine now out is made from human blood, says Pat Wright. Mor row County Public Health nurse, in her June report to County Court. The new rabies vaccine takes three to four doses instead of the 28 to 30 doses that the duck embryo type required to give protection. The new vaccine also has much fewer side effects but it Some county employees to work 10-hour days By MARY ANN CERULLO Morrow County Court con vened in Irrigon Wednesday, June 24, to come to a decision on ten hour work days for certain county departments. Effective Monday, July 6, appraisers from the asses sor's office and employees at the county clerk's office Un-magic mushroom poisonings prompt calls to U of O Health center In the month of June, over 50 calls have come to the Oregon Poison Control and Drug Information Center at the University of Oregon Health Sciences Center about mush room poisonings, particularly from central Oregon. According to Drs. Marc Bayer and Emily Tufts of the center, the rainy weather has sprouted a large crop of new fungi including the deadly "Amanita pantherina." Seve eral poisonings were serious enough for hospitalization. Cindi Bergstrom selected to attend leadership camp Cindi Bergstrom Cindi Bergstrom, one of two Oregon young people selected as recipients of the "I Dare You Award," will be leaving July 20 for a leadership camp in Michigan. Noon whistle Starting next week the noon fire whistle in Heppner will be sounded on Tuesday instead of Weather BY THE CITY OF HEPPNER Tues., June 30 Wed, July 1 Thun, July 2 Fri.,Ju)y3 Sat., July 4 Sun., July 5 Mon.,July6 opening meal on July 15 will feature door prizes and enter tainment by Doug Marquardt on the piano and saw. Seniors needing rides to the mealsite from lone should call Doris Gollyhorn, 422-7512; from Lexington call Leta and Truman Messenger, 989-8518; is very expensive at $55 a shot, Wright stated. Wright reported that the flu vaccine has been ordered and . clinics will be scheduled as soon as it arrives. "We lost money on it (the clinic) last year," says Wright. "Like everything, the costs have gone up." The Health Department may have to charge $3 to those using clinic services who can afford it this year, she report ed. will work ten-hour days, five day weeks on a trial basis until August. Office hours for the public will remain the same. In other business. County Court made the following appointments for the Board of Review for Farm Use: Ken Smouse, Ray French, Elden Pad berg, Bob Laughlin, and Don Peterson. and many children had to be induced to vomit their har vest. The center warns people not to eat mushrooms in the wild unless picked by a very experienced mycologist. Sev eral of the accidental poison ings were the result of people hunting psychedelic mush rooms and mistakenly eating the wrong spores. Please call University Rela tions if you'd like to talk to Dr. Bayer or Dr. Tufts for more information. Camp Miniwanca, sponsor ed by the American Youth Foundation and affiliated with the "I Dare You Award" will feature classes and confer ences in leadership, religion and personal development and will include some elect ives and recreational activites. The American Youth Foun dation will pay for Cindi's two-week stay at the camp, which is located on Lake Michigan about 40 miles north of Muskegon, but funding does not include travel expenses to and from the camp. Cindi, a 17-year-old Heppner High student, is the daughter of Donna Bergstrom of Heppner. to blow Tues. Monday, Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine has announced. 89 78 87 96 101 78 58 44 47 54 57 67 55 41 resume at fairgrounds and from Heppner call Mary Nikander. 676-5571. or Bill and Daisy Collins, 676-9947. It is asked that seniors please call for reservations for the bus by Tuesday evening. Anyone wishing to volunteer services (kitchen help, bus driving, setting or clearing tables, or providing an escort English soccer player experiences Morrow Co. J Steve Murphy By JUSTINE HEATH ERFORD "Each Saturday, nine months of the year, I play with my soccer team (Rainworth). I play midfield" explained Steve Murphy, 25, an Irish Englishman from New Ollal ton, north of Nottinghamshire. "I've been playing weekly for eight years now." Steve is visiting his mother's sister, Kathy Jen sen, and enjoying staying in the Jensen mountain resi dence in the Blake Ranch community. Earl Blake is giving him a guided tour around Morrow County. Sieve's Irish half comes from his dad, a relocated native of Kilkenny. Steve completed high school and then technical school and now works in the field for which he trained, carpentry and join ery, However, he faithfully spends two nights each week training (practicing) with his soccer team. They have a loyal following of about 300 fans who attend all their home and nearby matches. Steve has played in West Germany, in the Frankfurt area, with a British team composed of players from several teams (maybe like our all-stars). He flew from London's Heathrow to Seattle on Fri day, June 26, and came to Heppner via Pasco. This is his second summertime visit to the U.S., and he says he will stay about three weeks. Last v; tr 'weir t if y & V f i , nn-ii -T run""1-'1 Sidewalk Sale July 25 Area service groups who wish to participate in this year's Sidewalk Sale Saturday, July 25, should contact either Marge Gardner (676-9218) or Carolyn Cole (676 9426). The sale will give groups an opportunity to set up booths along main street and sell food and other items. There is no charge for participating. The sale will last from 9 a.m . to 6 p.m. This year's sale with have a South-of-the-Border theme. trace .18 .18 service, etc.) may contact Mary Nikander, 676-5571. Mrs. Sargent says that the suggested door donation for those over 60 is $1. For those under 60 the charge is $2. "A 'cordial invitation is extended to all seniors and friends," said Mrs. Sargent. . year he visited the Jensens while they lived in Medford and also looked about in New York, Virginia and Ohio. A high spot of last summer's visit was going to San Fran cisco and getting reacquaint ed with a first cousin whom he had not seen since they were little boys, 20 years ago. Steve is acquainted with several of the British players on the Portland Timbers as well as with several players on the Anaheim Surf. He had planned on going to visit in California this year, but has now decided to get back home where his fiancee, Karen Law ton, a very special medi cal secretary, is wailing. His grandmother, Florence Kemp is planning to come to Oregon again in August. Steve is cutting his visit short so that he can help finance his grandmother's trip. Kathy Jensen is very pleas ed that her mother will be traveling here with a long time grade school friend of Kathy's and the friend's 14-year-old daughter. Steve says he is thinking that he will visit the American Embassy and ask about emi grating. He believes that since he is trained, is regularly employed and has family and friends here that he might be able to move to this country where the international sport of soccer is really catching on and where British players and coaches seem to be in demand. r
