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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.
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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-
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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.