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It's harvest
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.