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BESS ! E WETZELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LI B EUGENE OR S7403 GA VOL. IM No. Heppner's Jacob Neb whh parents Duane and Linda Jacob Nets Nelffer was the first baby bom at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner in 1962. Jacob, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Duane Neiffer, Heppner, was born Saturday, January 2, at 8:45 a.m. The hospital's first baby of the year weighed 6 lbs. 134 oc. His grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Neiffer of Monmouth and Mr. and Mrs. JackCarmlcbael, Minneapolis, Minn. Great-grandparents are Ruth Liekvold and Claude Carmichael, both of Minneapolis. Heppner merchants donating gifts to the new baby include: M.C. dependent on agriculture & forestry By ROBERT COSTA Marrow County Extension Agent Agriculture and forestry bring in more than half of all new money entering the Morrow County economy. The structure of the Morrow County economy is revealed in a 1961 report called an input-output model. "Morrow County's economy is dominated by a natural resource use orientation," says Dr. Fred Obermiller, Oregon State University Ex tension economist. Obermil ler developed the input-output model study based on a 1979 survey. Collectively, dryland and , irrigated crop production, livestock production, food processing, and wood pro ducts were responsible for 53 percent of export sales from Morrow County. New income is brought into the county through export sales. These ume economic activities were also responsible for 40 percent of all salaries paid to county households. Agriculture and forest pro ducts were responsible for 55 Planning comm. The regular meeting of the Heppner Planning Commis Morrow County's 1 THURSDAY. JANUARY 7, first baby percent of the total business activity in Morrow County. When money is brought Into the county by export sales, some of it is spent and respent on local purchases. This multiplier effect, calculated from the input-output model, gives the amount of total business activity resulting from each economic sector in Morrow County. Agriculture production in Morrow County in 1981 brought in an estimated gross farm income of $105 million. With the multipler effect, this farm Income will result in approximately $155 million of county business activity. In the January special session, the Oregon Legisla ture will consider substantial cuts in research and Exten sion Service budgetrs. Na tural resource use industries like agriculture and forestry depend on current research information for efficient and profitable operation. Cuts in research and educational programs can threaten agri culture and the forest pro ducts industry and the health of the economies that depend on them. cancels meeting sion, scheduled for Monday, Jan. 11 has been canceled. The Eleppner Home - Owned 1M2 PAGES of 1982 is 3 -TS I r Neiffer - ... Peterson's Jewelers. Coast to Coast, Pettyjohn's Farm & Builder Supply, the Bank of Eastern Oregon, S & J Market, Sears, Pioneer Memorial Hospital, Ray Boyce Insurance, the . Wagon Wheel Restaurant A Lounge, the Heppner Gazette-Times, Coles House of Fashion and Posy Patch, Murray's Drug, Court St. Market, Heppner Auto Parts, Lebush Shoppe, Case Furniture, Les Schwab Tire Center and Central Market. Lexington businesses awarding gifts Include Lexington Lumber and Morrow County Grain Growers. Broken water main pours 30,000 gal. of water on Chase St, homes Over 30,000 gallons of water from a broken main poured down on several houses in the Chase Street area of Heppner on New Year's Eve causing some damage, the Heppner City Council was told Monday night. A temporary pipe being used during construction of the city's new water system apparently pulled loose from an old existing main causing the water to flow out. Once the pipe broke the water reservoir on top of cemetery hill completely emptied, flowing down on several houses. To update plans Public comments sought on resource management Public comments are need ed to help update plans for the future management of the nation's natural resources, R. Max Peterson, chief of the U.S. Department of Agricul ture's Forest Service, said recently. Peterson said the public comments will be used in preparing the 1985 Resources Planning Act program, the third overall plan for the long range management of the 190-million-acre national for- TT; lUYLi Weekly Newspaper CENTS here! Two homeowners, Terry ' Springer and Tom Elliott came to Monday's council meeting to discuss the acci dent. Mud and debris were wash ed into theyards of the homes, and Elliott said part of the foundation on his house was undermined. City crews worked from 9 p.m. until 2:30 a.m. to fix the broken main which was ap parently caused when a plas tic temporary pipe pulled loose from the existing steel water line. A representative of the company building the new water system was not at the meeting, however, Don John system, as well as forest Service research and cooper ative assistance activities. Public comments are being solicited on national goals for timber, range, water, wilder ness, recreation, minerals and energy, fish and wildlife, rural communities and human re sources, international forestry and resource protection. "We are requesting that the public study a number of alternative goals and help us formulate one national goal for each of 10 resource HEPPNER, OREGON Irrigon school to sponsor Health Fair A.C. Houghton Elementary School, Irrigon will sponsor a Health Fair Tuesday, January 12 at ilie school. From 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. the Seventh-day Adventist Church -will have their mobile health lab van at the school. The Health Van is a free service that offers a blood pressure check, a computerized indivi , dual assessment of a person's medical age and a breath -o-later check. - Beginning at 7 p.m., stu dents will give presentations, said a spokesperson. The Umatilla Vision Clinic, the Alcohol Foundation of Eastern Oregon, Morrow County Mental Health Ser vice, the Children's Services Division. Oregon Lung Assoc iation and the American Cancer Society will all exhibit booths at the Health Fair, said the spokesperson. -The fair will also feature a dental booth by Tom Alexander D.M.D. and the Oregon State Police will have a drug display. At 7 p.m.. Milton Johnson M.D. will discuss the effects of stress. Throughout the evening, a film festival consisting of about six films will be featured. concluded the spokesperson. son, resident engineer with the US Army Corps of Engineers, said the company's insurance would pay for any damage done to homes, and reimburse the city for repairs to the line. In other business, the council: elected Warren Plochar sky council president. approved an a'greement between John Weygandt and his neighbors outlining allow ed uses of Weygandt's proper ty. Complaints had been received by. the city about certain types of repair work being done at the property on Hager St. opportunity areas, said. Peterson "Just as in the 1980 pro gram, public involvement will continue to be a key ingredient in the resources planning process. Every American benefits in some way from the management of our forest and rangelands, and we welcome their thoughts on how this important work should be conducted." Peterson said the Resources Planning Act of 1974 requires the Forest Service to prepare Weather By City of Heppner Total precip. for December ' wu It in. Normal precip. for ' ' , ' December is 1.47 in. Total precip. for 1981 was 13.96 in. 1990 had 17.88 in. precip. Normal annual precip. is 12.96 in. Next year's proposed school budget up 13.5 percent Next year's school budget is up 13.5 percent over this year, the Morrow County School District budget committee was told Monday night. Meeting for the first time to start work on the new budget, the committee heard from Superintendent Matt Doherty, who said the district needs $821,691 more to operate next year. This year's school budget was a total of $6,063,734. Next year's proposed budget is $7,135,691 Doherty said. Relative to local property taxes, this would mean an increases in rates of $1.17 per thousand dollars of valuation to $9.12 per thousand. (Based on an estimated total county property valuation of $630 million, Doherty said.) The main increase in the Wellness workshop slated for Sat, January 30 ... "New Year's resolutions are .made to be broken," say some, but members of the "Rolling Hills Run" steering committee and the Heppner Branch of AAUW disagree. They are offering help to those who would like to feel and look better in the new year. The groups will present a free Wellness Workshop titled "A New You in '82! " on Saturday, January 30, at the Heppner High School cafetorium. They are also encouraging people in the Heppner and lone areas to visit the Seventh -day Adven tist Health Van, said a spokesperson. The Health Van is a free service of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. People who go through the van receive a blood pressure check, a com puterized individual assess ment of the person's medical age, and a breath-o-later check. The van will be parked by Murray's Drug Store in Heppner on Wednesday, Jan uary 13, from 10 a.m. until 6 pm. On Thursday, January 14, the van will be parked on Main Street in lone from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. People Interested in taking part in the "New You in '82" Wellness Workshop are encouraged to an assessment of the nation's renewable natural resources every 10 years and a program for Forest Service activities every five years. Peterson said the public comments on national goals are being sought through a publication called "Alterna tive GoaIs-1985 RPA Pro gram." Copies are available from all Forest Service offi ces. The public comment period will end on March 15, 1982. High Low Precip. All snow Tues.,Dec29 34 20 trace Wed, Dec. 30 37 23 . 0 Thurs.,Dec.31 37- 22 .01 Fri.,Janl 38 22 . .02 Sat., Jan. 2 37 27 .01 Sun., Jan. J 38 29 .19 Mon.,Jan.4 38 18 .02 budget includes a cost of living increase for employees of the district, Doherty said, and also an increase in purchased services. "There is a big increase in the cost of electricity, by far and away our largest cost in purchased services." Doherty said there were no new programs or staff mem bers included in the 1982-83 proposed budget. He said the largests capital costs in the budget are the purchase of buses and driver education cars, and heating and roof repairs. Voters can expect to see the next year's budget at the first election March 30; however, they will not see a separate A and B ballot this year, says Doherty. At the last legislative ses visit the van and bring the information with them to the workshop. The two-part workshop will feature Len Tritsch, director of Health Education from the State Department of Educa tion, in the morning session and a run clinic will be featured in the afternoon. Trisch will talk about fitness, stress, nutrition and develop ing good health habits. Condon IFYE rep. to visit Morrow County By BIRDINE TULLIS MwTw County Extension Service Marie Rietmann, Condon, who went from the "jungles" of the 1961 Oregon State Legislature to the jungles and cities of Thailand in less than a month will visit Morrow County January 11 and 12. Rietmann was a 1981 Interna tional 4-H Youth Exchange representative to Thailand. As an IFYE representative, she lived and worked with Thai families and attended the first Thailand IFYE reunion in Bangkok last September. One of her host "fathers" was the first IFYE from Thailand to the United States. Miss Rietmann returned home in December after spending nearly six months in the Southeast Asian nation. She left for Thailand shortly after finishing her Job with the 1981 Oregon Legislature. The 1980 Oregon State University graduate will-report on her experiences in Thailand to 4-H Leaders Council, schools, and Cham ber of Commerce during her stay in Morrow County. Although much of her time is already scheduled, interes ted groups may still schedule a talk by Miss Rietmann by calling Birdine Tullis at 676- sion lawmakers decided to combine the A and B ballots into one, but only in elections held before Sept. 1, after which they will be split. "There was so much con troversy (over the split bal lots) that they decided to change it," said Doherty. But, he said, amounts in the A (partially funded by state) and B (funded locally) will still be shown in the ballot explanation. The budget committee, which elected Jack Strege, Boardman, as its chairman. Monday night has two more meetings scheduled Jan. 11 and one on Jan. 25. The committee did not take action on the proposed budget Monday, but spent time fam iliarizing itself with the budget document. The afternoon walk-run clinic will help prepare people for participation in an aerobic fitness walking or running program. Individuals wishing to participate in the April 4, "Rolling Hills Run" will find the afternoon session parti cularly helpful. The morning session will be held from 8 a.m. to 12 noon. The afternoon session is scheduled from 1 : 15 to 3 p.m. Marie Rietmann 9642, the Morrow County office of the OSU Extension Service. ' While in Morrow County, Marie will be a guest at the home of Monica and Jim Swanson, lone. IFYE is a privately-financed "people-to-people" pro gram created shortly after World Warll to further inter national understanding. The National 4-H Council coordi nates the program in the United states on behalf of the Extension Service and the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. The Thailand exchange was conducted in cooperation with the Thailand YUMA Kasef korn program and supported by a grant from the U.S. Agency for International De-' velopment. For more information on 4-H International programs, call any OSU Extension office.
