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Main St. The tree wan donated by Iat O'Brien of Heppner.
Comments requested on proposed soil
and water conservation program
The Secretary of Agricul
ture has announced an opiwir
(unity for people to comment
on the I'.S Depiirlmerit of
Agricullure'N proposed soil
and waier conservation pro
gram The program trainees
expanded roles for local and
stale governments and the
targeting of HSDA dollars and
personnel to conserving cri
liriil resources in problem
areas
People who are interested in
the proposed program, or
potentially affected by it. are
invited lo comment Respon
ses will be accepted through
January I.V Response
forms are available at the Soil
Conservation Service or ASCS
offices in Heppner.
Mr. & Mrs.
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Amber O'DonnelL 6, (It ) and gutter Katie,
2Vt of Portland with Mrs. Santa Claus.
Morrow County's
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Tilt KSDAY,
donates tree as
Christmas present
The promised program
would concentrate more
I'SHA assistance in areas
where soil erosion and other
problems threaten to reduce
agricultural productive capa
city and to increase agricul
tural production costs, ac
cording to Guy Nutt. state
conservationist. Soil Conser
vation Service (SCSI. Basic
I 'SUA technical and financial
assistance would continue in
all areas
The program would use
local and stale conservation
coordinating Uiards to iden
tify critical problem areas, set
priorities, and develop pro
grams for local and stale
action to solve the problems
These boards would be based
on existing organisations-
Claus come to town for Xmas Opening
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conservation district hoards.
Agricultural Stabilization and
Conservation ASC commit
tees, extension advisory
iKiards. and other groups
Rased on the recommenda
tion from these local and state
Ixiards and national priorities,
more I'SDA assistance would
lie aimed at reducing the
most serious soil erosion and
related problems.
The program is the depart
ment's projiosed response to
the Soil and Water Resources
Conservation Act of 1977
(RCA). Details of the
proposed program, as well as
two other alternatives are
available at SCS and Agricul
tural Stabilisation and Con
servation Service offices in
Heppner.
Lunnie Kill, 2, Heppner (L) and Donnie Pointer, 3 of Lexington
explain to Santa what they would like for ChritrtiuaH.
Santa made his annual
Christinas Opening trip to
downtown Heppner via fire
truck Saturday, Nov. 26 to
give out candy canes and
listen to the Christmas wishes
of children. Another special
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Corps employs blasting consultants
The Corps, of Kngineers has
recently employed Harold w.
Sheeran. owner of Blast ine
and Vibration Consultants.
Inc. RVC to make pre-hlasl
surveys of homes located near
the dam.
About 25 homes on Alfalfa
and Cowins streets and Willow
Creek Hoad will he surveyed,
said Sheeran.
The purpose of the surveys.
Carolyn Cole to replace Ray Boyce
on BMCC
The
munity
directo
Cole. H
Blue Mountain Corn
College board of
rectors has named Carolvn
Heppner. to replace Ray
Boyce. also of Heppner. on the
college's budget committee.
Mrs. Cole is owner-manager
of Cole's House of Fashion in
Heppner. She has served both
on the Heppner City Planning
Commission and on the Hep
pner City Council. It was
announced at the Nov. 18
board meeting.
Tuition rates at Blue Moun
tain Community College will
rise about 15 percent next
school year as a result of
BMCC board action at the
meeting.
Next year, in-district tuition
charged to residents of Uma
tilla and Morrow counties will
lone area experiences electrical outage
lone area residents may
have gotten a surprise Tues
day morning. Dec. 1 when
they woke up. Apparently
many alarm clocks across
town and in rural homes were
not ringing. An electrical
outage throughout the lone
area began at 2:45 a m. when
North Pole visitor, Mrs. Claus
was also on hand to visit with
children.
Santa will make another
appearance at the Heppner
Post Office on Saturday, Dec.
19. Santa's arrival time will
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said Sheeran. is to document
the condition of the homes
before anv blasting work
Ixfins When the Wasting
dues begin. RVC will take
seismograph readings in the
residential areas previously
surveyed to record vihrations.
The seismograph readings
will he used to regulate future
Wasting vibration in those
areas. Sheeran added.
budget comm.
go from $13 per credit hour to
$!'. Tuition for students
coming to BMCC outside the
twe-county area will rise from
$17 per credit to $22.
Students from outside Oregon
will pay $60 next year com
pared with $50 per credit, said
a college spokesperson.
full-time college students
will pay $180 in tuition per
quarter if they live in the
college district. Full-time
for- out-nf-district and
out-of-state students will rise
to $264 and $720 per quarter,
respectively.
In addition to raising the
tuition rate, the board also
authorized a one-half cent hike
in the amount of equalization
paid to in-district students
who reside more than 10 miles
from the Pendleton campus.
the wind kicked a breaker at
the substation near lone., said
Bill Gentry of Columbia Basin
Klectric Co-op. Power was
restored at 4:22 a.m.. he
added.
FJectricity was also out in
the Olex area for a short time
Tuesday night. A broken
conductor, also caused by the
be announced at a later date.
Also in conjunction with the
Christmas Opening, Heppner
merchants began keeping
their shops open until 7 p.m.
every week night until Christ
mas for convenient shopping.
Weather
The Chenev. Washington
based company began con
ducting surveys Tuesday.
Nov. 24and were to be finished
by Wednesday. Dec. 2 or
Thursday. Dec. 3.
Pre-blast drilling may begin
next week, said Donald R.
Johnson, resident engineer for
the Corps. The blasting will
start about mid December and
run through approximately
The new equalization rate is
four cents a mile and will add
about $10,040 to equalization
payments. Total cost for
equalization payments in 1980
81 were $70,285.
"The geographical spread
of the district makes a
difference in students' ability
to avail themselves of the
opportunities on the Pendleton
campus." was the statement
made by Tim Mabry. chairm
man of the board from'
Hermiston. concerning the
philosophy behind the equali
zation payments.
The board voted to keep
mileage reimbursement pay
ments to people traveling on
college business at its current
rate of 18.5 cents per mile.
The board adopted an a
greemenf drafted by college
wind was
said.
to blame. Gentry
Fair & Rodeo
court tryouts
to be Dec. 13
All girls who will be 16 by
the time of the Morrow County
Fair & Rodeo and are interes
ted in trying out for a position
on the court as princess should
be at the Morrow Co. Rodeo
grounds on Dec. 13 at 2 p.m.
Girls should bring their
parents and their horse.
Baxter Black, DVM to be featured
speaker at Farm-City banquet
By JOHN NORDHF.1M
Extension Agent
The featured speaker for the
December 11 Farm-City Ban
quet will be Baxter Black,
DVM. Dr. Black will speak at
the 7 p.m. roast beef dinner to
be held at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds in Heppner.
Anyone from the "Farm or
City." is most welcome to
attend this annual event
sponsored by the Morrow
County Livestock Growers
Assoc. and the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce.
Tickets are $fi at the door
(which is just inside the
"attitude adjustment area").
Hosts for the special hour are:
Northwest PCA. Pendleton
PCA. and the Federal Land
bank. Dr. Black is a veterinary
consultant for Wellcome Ani-
By City of Heppner
High Low Precip
Tucs. Nov. 24 40 30
Wed. Nov. 25 44 30 .10
Thurs. Nov.26 37 31 .22
Fri. Nov. 27 ' 43 21 Trace Snow
Sat. Nov. 28 4 2 27
Sun. Nov.29 42 32 Trace
Mon. No v. 30 48 36 .17
Normal Nov. precip is 1.49. This year the
1.77.
June." Johnson continued.
There will probably be one
blast per week, he added.
Johnson also staled that
F.ucon Corp. prime contractor
on the dam. has moved in
trailers and some equipment.
Surveyors are beginning to
develop a quarry sight and are
preparing to begin crushing
aggregate, he added.
attorney John Kottkamp
transferring ownership of mu
seum articles from the college
to the Umatilla County Histor
ical Society. The agreement
calls for the society to store
the materials safely and to
label the articles the "Jim
Sturgis Collection" when they
are displayed.
Sturgis. now deceased, col
lected the BMCC museum
articles and was the curator.
Christmas lighting
contest slated
As the Christmas season
quickly approaches. Christ
mas lights and decorations
begin to appear and area
residents prepare for the
annual Christmas lighting and
decorating contest, sponsored
by the Heppner Morrow Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce.
This year's contest will
Grahams honored at
Roast & Toast
Gaude and Happy Graham
were the guests of honor at a
Roast and Toast ceremony
held in their honor at the
Heppner Elk's Lodge Nov. 21.
Dr. Wallace Wolff acted as
master of ceremonies for the
evening which honored Claude
for his many years of service
to the lodge.
Graham was presented a
Baxter Black, DVM
mal Health Division, manu
facturers of animal vaccines,
biologicals and pharmaceuti
cals. Before joining Bur
roughs Wellcome in 19H0,
Baxter was a veterinarian for
the Simnlot Livestock Com-
puny.
In the past three years, he
has spoken to many state and
local livestock associations
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Nov. precip. was
Harshman
sentenced
Noel Gay Harshman Jr.. 26.
Umatilla, was sentenced
Tuesday. Nov. 24 after being
found guilty in Morrow County
Circuit Court October 9 of
delivery of a controlled sub
stance, a class "B" felony,
and possession of a controlled
substance, a class "C" felony,
reports Ann Spicer. district
attorney.
Harshman was sentenced to
custody of the Corrections
Division of the State of Oregon
for eight years on count I.
delivery of a controlled sub
stance and five years on a
countll. possession of a con
trolled substance.
Harshman was also sen
tenced Nov. 24 after being;
found to have violated a
previous probation. His
probation was revoked and he
was committed to the custody
of the Corrections Division of
the State of Oregon for a
period of eight years for each
of four offences, to be served
concurrently.
include three home catego
ries: unlighted. outdoor
lighted and indoor as seen
from the street. First, second
and third prizes will be
awarded. Area businesses
and churches will also be
judged for awards. All dis
plays will be judged Sunday.
Dec. 20.
royal purple blanket with the
Elk's emblem on it and a
silver belt buckle, also bear
ing the Elk's emblem was
presented to him from Ed and
RAchel Dick of Heppner. He
also received a certificate of
merit from the Oregon State
Elk's Association for 48 years
of membership.
and other groups across the
U.S. His "cowboy" philo
sophy, poetry, and humor
make his talks entertaining as
well as informative. Rumor
has it that he also writes
songs, and does a little bit of
singing.
Dr. Black's column, "On the
Edge of Common Sense"
appears weekly in several
market papers, and he also is
the author of a book entitled,
"The Cowboy And His Dog'' or
"Go, Git in the Pickup."
Copies of his book are on sale
at Gardners Mens Wear and
Murrays Drug, both in Hep
pner. Baxter also narrates
and appears in "The Working
Cowboy." a film about life in
the cattle industry, sponsored
by a division of the Burroughs
Wellcome Company.
You will find that Dr.
Black's philosophy, poetry,
and humor moke his talks
entertaining, as well as informative.
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