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BESS IE VETZELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LI8 EUGENE OR 97403 GAZE VOL. 100 It's harvest ..1. Harvest began thli week for some southern Morrow County wheat farmer, and according to early reports, the yield looks good but not exceptional. Ken and Fred Nelson, who farm north of Lexington, started their harvest Monday, and according to Ken, their crop looks "pretty good but not as good aa last year." Last year's Morrow County wheat crop was exceptional and set records for yields. Fred Nelson aid he estimated this year's crop to be "two-thirds" of last year, however, it still will be above average. One reason for the lower yield could nave been the extensive amount of reseeding required last year. Cheat grass had Invaded many fields and once farmers erradicated the weed and reseeded, the crop had ben put in "a litt'e late," said Morrow County Extension Agent Bob Costa. Data to be collected on Morrow Co. grazing leases Data collection for an ap praisal of the fair market value of fees charged for livestock grazing on public lands, including lands within 'Hey cowboy, drink your milk!9 f'T " ' ' Jf TP HI "" hi i i Limn. .ii i illinium - mi mm m f " 4 -r I m i 4 if "We it m. '., . , p w i " v . i i r . . - L Lee Rice Heppner has seen many cowboys come and go, but few young men have been as suc cessful as Ie Rice, 18, of Heppner. Soon. Rice's familiar face will be recognized all over Oregon as he repesents the Oregon Dairy Association in several modes of advertise ments. The 1981 National High School Bareback Champion Morrow County's NO. 28 time in Morrow Co. .y??i. .T-jy. 4 j Morrow" County, will begin this month, announced a spokesperson for Wallowa Whitman National Forest. Richard C. Penrose, a U.S. was chosen by the Dairy As sociation the same day he was interviewed. He left June 27 for Portland and photos were taken for billboards, news paper and magazine ads. A commercial, featuring Rice in action, was filmed later that week at St. Paul. The commercial will be aired on Portland stations during the end of August and September. ,y F ' The Heppner r Home - Owned S PAGES TE-TIMES 25 CENTS Forest Service Lands Spe cialist from Baker will con duct the Morrow County sur vey. According to Penrose, the review and evaluation of the present federal grazing fee formula is requiied by the Public Rangelands Improve ment Act of 1978. "Data from the survey will be used to recommend a new fee sched ule to congress for 1986 and subsequent grazing years If the analysis Indicates one is needed." Morrow County is among the first of 340 counties in 16 western states to be surveyed. The surveys will be conducted by the USDA Forest Service and USDI Bureau of Land Management. AH county sur veys are scheduled for com pletion by November 1983, the spokesperson said. Appraisers from the two agencies will Identify, locate and obtain details of private grazing leases from lessors and lessees. Information to be collected will include rental rates, length of leases, rental terms, season of use and other specifics of lease agreements, he continued. Concerns of the livestosck industry, public Interest groups and other parties af fected by or interested in this effort will be identified throughout the grazing fee review and evaluation and will be used in developing final recommendations, the spokesperson concluded. Chapman Tourney held Monday at W.C.C.C. A Women's Chapman Tour nament was held Monday, July 12 at Willow Creek Coun try Club, Heppner, reported a club spokesperson. Low gross winners for nine holes were Bebe Munkers and Betty Christman. For 18 holes, Pat Edmund son and Linda Shaw won first Weekly Newspaper HEPPNER, OREGON Co. Court By MARYANN CERULLO Morrow County Court con vened Wednesday. July 7 and conducted the following business: Fair & Rodeo Court take top awards The Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court has taken two top awards at recent rodeos, announced a spokes person for the court. The court of Queen Anita Palmer, lone, and Princesses Annette Wilgers and Nancy Paine, both of Heppner took a first place award at the Condon Fourth of July Rodeo Parade and last week took another first place at the Crooked River Round-up at Prineville for being the best mounted group out of 20. lone 4-H'er to attend National 4-H Congress By BIRDINETULLIS Program Assistant Morrow County Extension Service Nine years of 4-H has provi ded many exciting exper iences for Diann Morter, lone, and the highlight is yet to come. Diann has been nominated to represent Oregon in foods nutrition at National 4-H Con gress in Chicago, 111. this fail. As a nominee for the award, Diann recently attended a three-day session of inter views and training at the 4-H Center at Salem. Nominees from all categories from the entire state attended. Final selection of delegates was an nounced at the closing of the meeting. As Oregon's food-nutrition delegate. Diann will travel to Chicago with about 25 top Oregon 4-H'ers to meet out standing members from all the United States. During the week in Chicago, delegates will attend banquets, visit museums, industries, receive addditional training in their County School District Board to meet July 19 The Morrow County School District Board of Directors will hold a regular monthly meeting on Monday, July 19, at A C. Houghton Elementary School in Irrigon. The meet ing will begin at 8:30 p.m., announced a school district spokesperson. The agenda will concern organizing the board for the 1982 83 school year. Included low gross with a 76 and Bev Gunderson and Wanda Willis took second low gross with a 78. First low net was won by Susan Johnston and Trish Toll and second low net went to Lois Hunt and Eileen Pad berg, she concluded. creates new created a new fund in Juvenile Services Commission for professional services. This will allow the commission to purchase sexual abuse treat ment equipment from the At the Condon rodeo, Queen Anita took a third place award in barrel racing. The local court rode in the grand entry of the round-up, and Queen Anita was chosen to rsrry the American Flag during the opening ceremony Saturday. During the evening at the Prineville event, horse races were held and Queen Anita and Princess Annette ponied the race horses during the post parade before each race, the spokesperson con cluded. project area, as well as meet donors of awards, congress men and women and other national figures. Achievements such as se lection for National 4-H Con gress don't happen often. Outstanding work in local 4-H projects, as well as outreach and leadership involvement are considered. Record keep ing throughout 4-H years is a necessity to compile the appli cation forms to be considered as a nominee or delegate. Diann will be entering Ore gon State University this fall majoring in home economics with emphasis on foods-nutrition. She would be quick to tell you her 4-H years have deter mined her goals and given her the basics to work toward achieving them. Tenth through twelfth grade 4-H'ers interested in applying may watch for information next winter when application time for national awards is announced. For further in formation, call 676-9642, or come by the extension office and visit with Birdine Tuilis or John Nordheim. will be election of a chairman, vice-chairman and appoint ment of the district's auditors, attorney, budget officer and official newspaper. Also, Joe Stevens, the newly elected board member from Board man will be sworn in, the spokesperson said. In other business, the board will review bids for the heat ing controls contract for the schools in the north end of the district and discuss bidding procedures for driver educa tion cars and other district vehicles. The board will act on resignations received from three teachers and will ap prove contracts for newly em ployed teachers for the com ing school year. A curriculum report will be given on the district vocation al agriculture program by Roger Records, the spokes person concluded. Weather fund in Juvenile Services Comm. Mental Health Department plus the services of Dr. Terry Templeman in sexual abuse cases. The Mental Health Dept. will purchase the equipment During harvest, remember Lifeguard By BOB COSTA Morrow County Extension Agent Lifeguard 3, an emergency medical helicopter, is avail New chip facility under construction at Kinzua Construction on a new chip facility to turn cull logs into usable chips began at Kinzua mill in Heppner Tuesday morning, Kinzuas General Manager Harry Kennison has , announced. . The chfpping plant, which" will make chips for pulp pro duction, had originally been scheduled for construction in Boardman. The plant was moved to Heppner, however, when Longview Fiber Corp. and Kinzua Corp. officials deter mined this site to be more efficient. "It's more feasible to chip the logs here, and haul them to the river," said Kennison. The chipping operation is a joint venture between Long view and Kinzua. The way the operation will work, is cull logs previously left in the woods unused, will be hauled to Heppner and chipped. The chips will be transpor ted to Boardman where they will be loaded on barges for shipment to Longview Fiber mills. Local girls to leave for Canada By BIRDINE TULLIS Program Assistant Morrow County Extension Service Canada is the destination of Angie Evans of Irrigon and Ann McLaughlin of Hepner under a two.-way exchange carried out yearly between eastern Oregon counties and Canada. Each year, Ken Killingsworth, Wheeler Coun ty Extension agent travels to Canada as a livestock judge. Under his direction a special exchange has been developed and continued yearly with representatives from Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Sher man counties accompanying Ken to Canada to live with host families there for one week. The delegates to Canada will depart August 2. Ex changees from Canada will be In Morrow County in late August. Anyone wishing to host a Canadian 4-H member for about four days at that time, please call 676-9642. without affecting the depart ment's budget. received a request from Ken Turner for a county road right-of-way on Sand Hollow to 3 is available able to anyone within a 100 mile radius of Pendleton. With harvest getting underway, many people will be working around farm machinery in isolated areas and this service The plant is being con structed on Kinzua proper cy at the south end of the mill on the lower end of the log yard by Bartron Construction of Bea verton. Kennison said the new plant : - will -employ Tour- additional" workers with "quite a bit of increased logging activity," as well as chip hauling out of Heppner. Construction cn the new facility is expected to be fin ished by November 15. "It will be a very good situation," Kennison said. "It will allow us to use logs we previously passed by." Some people just get lucky Verna Howell People just get lucky some times and Verna Howell, 81, of Heppner had her turn last week. While pulling weeds near a fence in her yard on West Morgan St., she found a ruby engagement ring which had been lost for over 30 years. Her late husband, Pirl, gave her the ring in the early 1920s and it was later lost by one of the couple's small grand daughters. Three of Mrs. Howell's High Low Preclp Tues., July 8 82 52 .25 Wed , July 7, 77 52 .14 Thurs., July 8 76 49 Fri., July 9 85 55 Sat., July 10 87 57 Sun., July 11 91 58 ' Mori., July 12 88 57 run a water line for irrigation purposes. deferred the reading of the June minutes until the next court meeting. Wed., July 14. could save a life. The helicopter can be con tacted 24 hours a day, seven days a week, through the Pendleton Fire Department, at 276-1234. The service is designed for potentially life-threatening si tuations. The helicopter is fully equipped with advanced life support systems and man ned by trained life support technicians, 'ine Lifeguard 3 helicopter leaves within four minutes of a call, and in most cases, can arriave much fas ter than a ground ambulance. If the helicopter is called, give a legal description of the location or give ground direc - tions by caad.w4thcaod.laad-- marks. It's best to have colored smoke bombs or, at night, flashing lights to help the helicopter find the exact location. Now is a good time to make sure all farm machinery is equipped with complete first aid kits and fire extinguishers. Review emergency proce dures with everyone working on the farm. granddaughters from Califor nia, including the one who lost the ring, came July 3 to visit their grandmother, and left July 8, the day before she found it. The granddaughters who came were Mary Camp sano of Fresno, Teresa Morris and son, Dyllan, of Willits and Fran Boland of Sacramento. Mrs. Howell said she had intended to give the ring to her oldest granddaughter, and now she will be able to.
