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,i ) in -in ji. mf m 'n 'i n r FOUR The Heppner GMette-Tlmes. Heppner, Oregon. Thursday, June 10, 1982 Around About By Justine Weatherford Maybe the depression is really ending. It surely seems great to have log trucks moving through town and to have part of our mill workers back at work. Most of Heppner's shopkeepers and tavern operators have felt a happiness this spring as dam construction workers and various visitors have increased business here. Having two shifts working at the dam site, the mill re-opening, summer crews at work with the U.S. Forest Service and work picking up on ranches has really revitalized businesses that were pretty slowed down for sometime. A busload of Heppner folks went off to Reno for a four-day holiday. They left early Sunday morning and were returning sometime Wednesday. Bill Flatt and an assistant driver were taking them non-stop. Sounds like they might feel "Happy Days Are Here Again!" Area senior citizens went to dinner at the Irrigon mealsite on Monday and then over to Hermiston for an evening of fun ; listening to the Old-Time Fiddlers there. Soom thev will h off to tour the Maryhill Museum, too. Their bus driver, Bill Cox, wears a gold T-shirt proclaiming he is "No 1 Bus Driver" which was a gift of appreciation from the families on his school bus route. Last week the Bob Millers (she was Inez Meador made a few short visits with friends around town. They drove up from Brookings where they have a salmon-fishing boat. Anyone who doesn't drive along West May Street should drive or walk there right away while the mass of many colored iris are in bloom on the city-owned land across from the First Interstate Bank's parking area. Eleanor Gonty spends much energy and time tending to this large space which was filled with blooming daffodils and tulips recently but where iris are now at their peak. The City of Heppner is fortunate that the Gontys keep this property so attractive, besides tending their own sizeable yard nearby. Some post-Memorial Picnicfacts I gained from the Padbergs are that they had set the tables for S75 persons this year. Alvina states that actually 469 people ate there. The busy family hurriedly made more table space. It seems that some folks came in the side door of the fair pavilion building and did not get their names included on the registration book. Henry Halvorsen from Medford, who came to attend the reunion, telephoned me to say I had made a mistake in the writing about the family. Henry has turned historian and has published a book "Padberg-Halvorsen," a few copies of which are available from the Halvorsens in lone, (see related story.) This weekend there should be crowds coming to Heppner for the Junior Rodeo which begins at 7 p.m. on Friday. Saturday and Sunday will see almost full days of activity at the Fairgrounds with Queen Kathy Hansen of Heppner reigning over the exciting events. The annual lone United Church of Christ Auction and Barbecue drew many to the Willows Grange Hall last " weekend. A big crowd had assembled before the 10 a.m. opening of the popular Country Store there. lone has had many visitors in the last month's time who came to the high school graduation, the county Padberg -hosted picnic and now to this renouned auction. Our neighboring town, Arlington, is planning a big doings on Saturday, June 26, when its citizens invite everyone to come to the dedication of their Governor Earl Snell City Park with the new gazebo that has been built there this spring. Although I would have liked to have been in Corvallis to watch the OSU's commencement exercises on Sunday afternoon, I was happy to sit comfortably at home and see it on my television. The official greetings from the State Board of Higher Education were nicely presented by tall, blond, Marion Weatherford, who graduated from Condon High just three years ago and is now a junior in the School of Business at OSU. Now, as I sign off this week, I feel most disappointed that the Falkland Island War has not yet ended and more distressed, with the whole world, about Israel's fighting in neighboring Lebannon. How lucky we are to live in this little corner of the globe where we feel war will not come. Oregon Ag. Calendar June 14 - The Oregon Potato Commission regular meeting and budget hearing will be held Monday. 14. 8 a.m. at the Aladdin Desert River Inn at McNary. June 14 - A regular meeting and budget hearing of the Oregon Caneberry Commis sion will be held Monday evening at 8 p.m. at the North Willamette Experiment Sta tion in Aurora. June 15 - An Oregon Proces sed Prune and Plum Growers Commission meeting and bud get hearing will be held at 10 a.m. at Oregon State Univer sity in Corvallis. June 15 - The Oregon Dairy Products Commission will hold a regular meeting at 8 a.m. and a budget hearing at 2 p.m. at the Oregon Dairy Center Conference Room in Portland. June 17 - The Oregon Wheat Commission will meet at 2 p.m. at the Portage Inn at The Dalles. June 17 - The Oregon Re gional Sweet Cherry Commis sion will hold a meeting and budget hearing at 7:30 p.m. in room 44 of the Oregon Depart ment of Agriculture in Salem. June 18 - An Oregon Chew ings Fescue and Creeping Red Fescue Commission meeting . and budget hearing will be held at the Tropadera Motel in LaGrande at 6 p.m. June 21 - An Oregon Crab Commission meeting and bud get hearing will be held in Bandon. June 22 - The' Oregon Fryer Commission will meet in room 44 of the Oregon Department of Agriculture in Salern at 7:30 p.m. Road Report The Morrow County Public Works Department has re leased the following Work Re port for the weeks ending May 29 and June S: In the north end of Morrow County pot holes were patched on the Peters Road. Kunze Road, the Old Columbia River Highway. Alpine Nelson Road and the Klinger Doherty Road. Grasses and vines were cut and removed from the road sides of the Irrigon Ordi nance Road. Roads patched with cold mix were: Upper. Willow Creek, Sandhollow. M. Baker, Basey Canyon. Upper Rhea Creek. Blackhorse. Ella. Pine City to Lena and the Lena Hisler Road. Roads bladed were: Spring Hollow. Wilson Creek. Stock Drive. Balm Fork. Hughes Hirl (Swaggert). Baker E-W, French. Gurdane. Archie Ball. Klinger-Doherty and the Gil liam County Road. Cravel was spread on Van Schoiack Road, Deadman Road and Sunflower Flat Road. Small sections of creek channel were straightened on Basey Canyon Road and the North Fork of Willow Creek. Corner reflectors were in stalled on the M. Baker Road and signs were reset on the Rugg Jordan Road and CTarks Canyon Road. Reconstruction of the bridge at Lundell Canyon is under way. The old decking, beams and railing will be replaced with steel decking, corrugated guard rail and steel stringers. Ore. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife sets deer and elk season dates The Oregon department of Fish and Wildlife has announ ced thai 19K2 door and elk seasons have been set. Staff recommendations for general deer and elk seasons were adopted by the Fish and Wildlife Commission with little change. But hunters need to be aware they will have two weeks loss to get their applica tions for controlled hunts in than they did last year. Print ed regulations and application cards should be available at license agencies by about June 15. stated a news release from the department. Hunters must have applications in to the Portland headquarters of the Fish and Wildlife Depart ment or postmarked by the July 2 application deadline. The drawing will be held on August 12. The "first come, first serv ed" procedure used in past years for controlled buck deer and bull elk seasons has been dropped and a drawing will be used hi select tagwinners for all controlled hunts this year, the news release said. A pro vision was adopted to permit landowners to get a permit for permit entry buck, deer or controlled bull elk seasons in which their ownership falls without the necessity for en tering the drawing. Applica tion and affidavit forms and further details will be avail able at department offices. The Eastern Oregon general buck season will be only seven days long in 20 management units where fawn numbers or buck ratios are below man agement objectives. Dates for the short season are October 2 through 8. the news release reported. In other Eastern Oregon units, a 12-day season will prevail running October 2 through 13. Bucks with a spike antler or lxtter will be legal during the general mule deer seasons. Steens Mountain Unit will again have a four-point buck rule with 1. -100 tags avail able and the Trout Creek Mountains hunt was also put hack under a four-point regul ation with 400 permits. Mule doer controlled permit numbers are down substan tially, from more than 19.0(H) last year to 7.450 in 1982. According to the news release, a severe winter was rough on fawns and in some areas adult doer as well. A split season was continued for Rocky Mountain bull elk east of the Cascades. The first period runs October 30 through November 3 and the second period November 6 through 14. Bulls with spike nntler or better are legal in most areas. In Boulah. Northside. 'and the east portion of Murderer's Creek Unit the second season is closed for general bull hunting, and hunting will be permitted only by permit for elk of either sex. All elk hunting south of Highway 20 and east of Highway 97 is by controlled permit. Sprague I'nits east of Highway 97 and Klamath Falls Unit are closed to all elk hunting in 19K2. the news release stated. A single bull elk hunt run ning October 30 through Nov ember 7 was set for Chesnim nus Unit with 1.500 tags avail able. The Snake River will remain under a three-point rule with 550 permits autoriz ed for each season. Season dates are the same as for the general bull season. The staff had recommended fewer per mits and a bag limit of spike bulls or larger. Permits were increased for some Rocky Mountain elk con trolled hunt units, bringing the total to 12.050. about 500 more than the staff recommended. The increases were all adopt ed with the intent of easing damage problems on private ranchlnnds. according to the news release. Muzzleloader enthusiasts will have seasons generally similar to last year for deer although permit numbers have been reduced from 2. BOO lust year to 1 ,600 this year. Not all permits were taken last year, however. In addition, four small controlled muzzle loader hunts for elk were adopted. Bowhunting seasons are generally similar to last year in total area, although a few days shorter, Bowhunters in the Steens Mountain are will have the same four-point or better regulation for buck door that rifle hunters must adhere to. the news release stated. The Eastern Oregon general bow season will be open from August 21 through September 26. The bag limit is one deer and one elk, with the exception of a four-point or better on the Steens Mountain Unit. Open dates on the Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge are Aug. 21 through Sept. 6. I,ate deer and elk bow sea son will be held September 27 through October 27. The bag limit is alsr one deer and one elk. The open area is Canyon Creek Eow area. A late deer bow season will run from October 30 through November 12 on the Metolius and Upppr Deschutes units and the bag limit is one antlerless deer. A late elk bow season will open December 4 and end December 15 in Mt. Emily. Starkey and Sumpter units, excluding the Elkhorn Wildlife Area, said the news release. 33 Korean construction co. reps, visit Heppner's dam 2 T m 's vij Heppner attorney named rep. to Listening Post Program Heppner resident Robert Abrams has been named as Morrow County representa tive for the Governor's Listen ing Post Program, it was announced in a news release from the governor's office. Gov. Vic Afiyeh named Abrams to replace Ken Miller, formerly of Heppner. who re signed. Morrow County's other Listening Post repre sentative is Dewey West of Board man. Listening Post representa tives make up a statewide network of county and com munity volunteers formed by Atiyeh to keep him informed of local concerns, the news release continued. A self employed lawyer since 1963. Abrams is a mem ber of the American College of Probate Counsel. He was city attorney for the City of Hep pner from 1965 to 1978 and served as district attorney for Morrow County from 1957 to 12 and for Wheeler County from 1953 to 1957. He received his law degree from the University of Oregon School of Law in 1952 and graduated from Stanford Uni versity in 1948 lone school playground equipment dedicated in memory of Eddie Skow Sis' p to Story and Photo by CATHY PECK . .The lone Elementary School student body and faculty held a dedication service last Wednesday, June 2, at the school playground where playground equipment was purchased in memory of Eddie Skow. Mrs. Skow, who was killed in an airplane accident last fall, taught kindergarten and second and third grades at lone from 1975 to 1981. VJEDDIilG INVITATIONS GAZETTE-TIMES 676-9223 Business Cards o 1995 Gazette-Times Father's Day Gift Ideas Custom Made Hats Biui & T-Shirts FATHER'S DAY IS JUNE 20 Tt K n Top, ' -i'Vs i-y-U-' v Korean delegation visits Heppner About 50 people from 33 Korean construction com panies came to Heppner on Monday to learn about the new Willow Creek Dam as part of a 10 state tour across the US to learn about US dam construc tion and hydroelectric power. The group also visited the John Day Dam. Bonneville Dam and said they planned to see McNary Dam before leav ing for Los AnRcles on JYiday. and then back to Korea next week. Twenty-two members of the group were civil engineers. 20 were architectural engineers. two. mechanical engineers and others were administra tion managers. Most of the group members were from Seoul. Korea's cap ital city Some members of the group had visited the US In-fore, for others, it was their first trip, a spokesperson said. lone woman receives home economics scholarship at OSU Outstanding students in the school of home economics at Oregon State University, in cluding one lone woman, have been given acheivement BMCC adult ed classes to cont. in Heppner Adult education classes sponsored by Blue Mountain Community College will con tinue to be held at the Heppner Neighborhood Center through out June and July, announced Joy Krein. instructor. Classes are held on Mondays from 1 to 4 p.m. and on Wednesdays from 7 to 9 p.m., Krein said. Adults interested in obtain ing a General Educational Development (GED. an Adult High School Diploma from BMCC or those wanting to improve or refresh their knowledge in basic skills should contact Krein at 676 9956 or by stopping at the Neighborhood Center on Mon day afternoons or Wednesday evenings, she said. awards, scholarships and fel lowships for undergraduate and graduate study, it was announced in an OSU news release. Jan Peterson, a senior in home economics education, received the UK Ruth Berk with Memorial Scholarship. Summer Term Class Schedules Are Now Available at lone, Lexington, Heppner grocery stores, Heppner drugstore or from Nancy BrcmnfkM, 676-5039 Classes offered in Heppner area June 9 & 1 6: Aerobics Dance to Fitness Golf Expectant Parents Firearms for Women Blue Mountain Community College FOR SERVICE YOU CAN DEPEND ON I si r- III WW -t - V'., fl ..... . - fa . (I A : . til t ... - - We Are The Team You Can Depend On For All Your Farm Chemical Needs ! 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