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Voters
Voters in Morrow County
will elect a county commis
sioner, a diHtrlct attorney and
three candidates to the Mor
row County Soil and Water
ConHervatlon District.
Running for Morrow County
commissioner are incumbent
Dorothy Krebs - Republican,
and Irvin Rauch Democrat.
Richard J. McNerney, a
non-partisan candidate, is
seeking the position of Morrow
County district attorney. He is
unopposed.
Three candidates are seek
ing election to the Morrow
County Soil and Water Con
servation District In three
different zones. All are run
ning for four year terms, are
unopposed, and are nonparti
san candidates.
Running for Zone one is
Brock Unnell, for Zone four is
Ken Wright, and for Zone five,
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Local man elected to national
co-op association board
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Kenneth Wright
Kenneth Wright of Heppner
was recently elected to serve
on the board of directors of the
National Rural Electric Coop
erative Association at a re
gional meeting in Boise,
Idaho, announced the associ
ation. Headquartered in
Washington, DC, NRECA Is
the national association of
electric cooperatives and
works closely with the Runt!
Electrification Administra
tion in forming policies deal
ing with cooperatives nation
wide and represents almost
1.000 cooperatives, Wright, 36,
a longtime director' of Colum
bia Basin Electric Coopera
tive, Inc. (C.B.E.C.) was se
lected to serve a three-year
term.
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during the Moonlight Sale Tburtday night.
Heppner merchants will
reopen their doors this Thurs
day night from 7 to 9 p.m. for
an annual Moonlight Sale.
Local clubs and groups will
to face
Albert Osmln.
Heppner voters will elect a
mayor and four city council
members.
Mayor Clifford Green is
seeking re-election to a two
year term and Is running
unopposed.
All four candidates running
for positions on the Happner
City Council are also unop
posed. Those seeking election
to four year terms are Joyce
Winter, incumbent; Robert
(Bob) Laughlin, (incum
bent); and Bob Ployhar. Les
Paustian, incumbent ap
pointed to complete Jim Ack
ley's term), is running for a
two year term.
Voters in Heppner will also
face a question amending the
city charter. The question
states "Shall the City of Hep
pner Charter be amended to
allow for the reading of an
ordinance by the title rather
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In addition, the association
administers insurance and re
tirement programs that are
made available to member
systems throughout the coun
try; NRECA also sponsors
management related semi
nars, training Institutes and a
variety of functions aimed at
providing the best possible
information for directors and
employees in the field. Anoth
er important area of activity
Is the legislative effort expen
ded by the group to obtain the
best possible interest rates
and provide input about other
utility related problems facing
the Industry on a congression
al level, according to the
association.
Wright, a fourth generation
Property taxes due
November 15
Property taxes are due In
the Morrow County Tax Col
lector's office by November
15. Between 8,000 and 9,000
property tax statements were
mailed throughout the county,
said a spokesperson from the
Sale to offer bargains
Scouts wili raffle' off three
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also have booths offering a
variety of Items at the sale.
Besides the many bargains
to choose from, the Lions Gub
will sell refreshments, the Cub
many
than in full enactment?"
Lexington voters will elect a
mayor, two council members
and a city recorder.
Mayor Edward Baker Is
seeking re-election to a four
year term and is running
unopposed.
The three candidates run
ning for two open positions
(four-year terms) on the Lex
ington City Council are Mag
gie Henderson, Shirley
McCarl and Cathie M. Poin
ter. City Recorder Linda
Jones is running for re-election
to a two-year term and is
running unopposed.
In lone, voters will elect a
mayor and three council
members.
Mayor Linda La Rue is run
ning again for a two year term
and is unopposed.
The four candidates seeking
election to three four-year
terms on the lone City Council
Tlie IHIppDieir
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farmer, has been active In
local affairs; among them
being a director of C.B.E.C.
for eight years, he has been
active in the Oregon Cattle
men's Association, Heppner
Lodge No. 69 of AF & AM,
Scottish Rite Bodies and Al
Kader Shrine of Portland,
Heppner Elks Lodge No. 358,
and presently serves as a
director of the Morrow County
Soil Conservation District.
Wright attended schools at
Heppner, Blue Mountain
Community College and Ore
gon State University. He is
active in community affairs,
and with his wife, Judy, and
their three children, operates
the family farm in partnership
with his father.
tax collector's office.
Those who pay by Novem
ber 15 will receive a three
percent discount, she said,
and people who pay after the
fifteenth will be charged
interest.
Scouts will raffle off three
separate cords of wood, the
Soroptimists will sell popcorn
balls, the Little League will
hold a bake sale and will sell
slices of pie and hot apple
cider. They will also have a
jack-o-lantern surprise gues
sing contest. The United
Methodist Youth Group will
offer elephant ears and the
United Methodist Jr. High
group will sell cookies. Bal
loons are also to be sold at the
sale.
The Lions Gub will also be
showing a film of The Three
Stooges in "Heavenly Daze,"
along with six cartoons which
will feature Disney charac
ters, said a Lions spokesper
son. Cost for the show, which
will run from 7 : 15 to 8 : 30 p.m ,
will be $1 per person.
important issues in Nov.
are Harvey Childers, Wayne
Hams, incumbent Elmer
Holtz and incumbent Billy
Rietmann.
Morrow County voters along
with the voters in Umatilla
County, will also decide to
pass or defeat a proposed tax
base for Blue Mountain Com
munity College in Pendleton.
The measure states "Shall a
tax base of $3,418,177 be estab
lished for the Blue Mountain
College District to be first
levied in the fiscal year
1983-84?"
The ballot states that "The
college has operated without a
tax base since its formation in
1962. District voters have been
asked each year to approve an
annual levy for the college's
operation. The college is now
required by law to submit a
tax base measure to the
voters. The tax base amount
of $3,418,177 is projected as the
CD
3 vie for
Two director's positions on
the Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative board are being
sought by three candidates.
Darl E. Kleinbach and Frank
Bettencourt, both of Arling
ton, are running for one open
position in Rural Zone 1. The
zone is presently served by
Van Rietmann, who is not
seeking re-election. H.C.
(Herb) Wright of Fossil is
seeking re-election of the Fos
sil City Zone and is running
unopposed. Both positions are
three-year terms.
Ballots were mailed to co-op
members last Friday, and
must be received by Novem
ber 4, by mail, or in person at
the co-op's annual meeting In
Condon.
The 38th annual meeting
will be held at the Condon
Grade School Play-Shed, with
registration beginning at 5
p.m. Dinner will be served at 6
p.m., with a business meeting
to follow at 7 p.m., which will
include a report by the elec
tion committee.
The following information
has been submitted by the
three candidates:
Darl E. Kleinbach, 42, is a
homemaker. She is married to
Harold G. Kleinbach and has
two children.
She has been a member on
the Neighborhood Association
boards and committees (com
prehensive plan for City of
Portland), a member of the
Portland School Advisory
Committee; a member of the
Olex School budget board; and
a director on the Oregon
Wheat Growers' League
board.
Kleinbach said she is run
ning "because I think it's
every citizen's duty to contri
bute time and energy on im
portant issues."
When asked if she thinks
there is anything else that
should be done about the
co-op's involvement in the two
WPPSS projects, she stated
"No. I hope to turn my mind to
innovative and positive ap
proaches to paying our obliga
tions and getting on with the
future."
Concerning the last rate
increase study, Kleinbach
said "Basically, I accept the
most recent rate study. The
concern is the practical bal-
amount needed to finance a
five percent increase in the
General Fund Budget for
1983-84. This tax base will be
partially funded by the State
of Oregon.
"The college provides vo
cational programs, lower di
vision transfer classes and
continuing education classes
for approximately 7,000 area
residents each year. A tax
base would provide an im
proved financial foundation
for existing programs and
anaw for more efficient plan
ning. The tax base would limit
future tax levy increases to six
percent per year. Any in
crease fcbove six percent
would require annual voter
approval."
On the national level, Ore
gon voters will elect either
Robert F. (Bob) Smith -Republican
or Larry Ann Wil
lis - Democrat, to the Second
2 directors positions on co-op board
ice: the rate that will be
most fair w'atie ioi causing
termination by large consum
ers." When asked if she' would like
to see any changes in the
co-op, she answered "With
rates as high as they are and
rising, the issues of conserva
tion and alternative energy
sources will be paramount. It
makes sense for the co-op to
be constantly receiving and
disseminating the latest re
search to benefit consumers."
Other Comments: "I mar
ried George Kleinbach two
years ago and moved to Olex.
George is a wheat farmer.
Formerly, I was a commodity
futures broker for 10 years
with Geldermann and Co., a
Chicago futures house, with a
branch office in Portland."
Frank Bettencourt, 46, is a
farmer and auctioneer. He is
married to Garnett Betten
court and has three children.
He has been chairman of the
Gilliam County Fair board,
president of the Rock Creek
Water Control District, a
member of the Gilliam County
Planning Commission and a
member of the Olex School
board, School District No. 11.
Bettencourt said he is
running "because I feel
C.B.E.C. has not, and is not
serving its people in its best
capacity."
When asked about the
co-op's involvement in the two
WPPSS projects, he stated
"There has got to be some
answers to this. C.B.E.C. owes
it to the people to work hard to
find reasonable solutions.
C.B.E.C. should never have
gone ahead with this project
without a vote of the people.
C.B.E.C. should strive to see
this sort of thing never occurs
again."
In reference to the last rate
Increase study, he said "I
have not been satisfied with
any rate study to date. I feel
the board sees a rate increase
as the only solution to the
present problem. This could
be, but other lanes of thought
should be introduced. Raising
rates is not the long term
answer."
When asked to explain any
changes he would like to see
in the co-op, Bettencourt
Congressional District as a
representative in Congress.
To the state, voters will
elect a governor, a commis
sioner of the Bureau of Labor
and Industries, a state repre
sentative in the 59th district, a
judge of the Supreme Court,
position six. and a superinten
dent of public instruction.
Running for governor are
incumbent. Governor Victor
Atiyeh - Republican; Ted Ku
longoski - Democrat; and Paul
J. Geveland - libertarian.
Seeking election as commis
sioner of the Bureau of Labor
and Industries is Mike Wooton
Republican; Burgess Laugh
lin - Libertarian; and incum
bent Mary Roberts - Demo
crat. Max Simpson, Democrat
incumbent, is seeking re-election
as state representative in
the 59th district.
by the
stated "I feel the co-op should
take a long hard look at their
own structure. They should
educate themselves better on
the responsibilities and duties
of B.P.A. B.P.A. should not be
looked upon as "The Boss."
The board of directors needs
to get back to the job of
representing the people who
have elected them."
Other comments: "I do not,
at this time, feel C.B.E.C.
should cut their board of
directors."
H.C. "Herb" Wright, 64, in
cumbent, is a garage owner.
OSU dean of ag. to speak at M.C.C.G's
annual meeting November 1
Dr. Ernest J. Briskey
Guest speaker at this year's
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers annual meeting Monday,
Nov. 1 will be noted agricul
tural expert, and Dean of
Agriculture at Oregon State
University, Dr. Ernest J.
Briskey.
Dr. Briskey. has a long his
tory of work in Agricultural
research and education, hav
ing received his Ph.D. from
the University of Wisconsin
and written over 140 scientific
papers in food and agricultur
al sciences.
Dr. Briskey also has spent
time working in the private
sector.
In 1971, he assumed the
position of vice president of
Basic Research within the
Campbell Institute for Food
Research.
After two years he was
elected to a position of corpor
ate vice president of Campbell
2 lection
Judge Wallace P. Carson
Jr.. incumbent, nonpartisan,
is seeking re-election as Ore
gon Supreme Court Judge,
position six.
Verne A. Duncan, incum
bent, and Bill Kendrick, non
partisan candidates, are run
ning for superintendent of
public instruction.
Six ballot measure that will
come before the state's voters
November 2 are:
1. "Shall a taxing district's
constitutional tax base in
crease when new property
construction causes district's
true cash value to increase?";
2. "Shall governor be allow
ed more time to approve or
veto bills presented fifth day
before end of legislative ses
sion?": 3. "Shall constitution limit
real property tax rates and
valuations, preserve
(HAARP), require elections
Weather
City of Heppner
He is married to Margaret
"f Ann: Wn&iit, and has one child.
Wright has served as a
director on Columbia Basin's
board for 12 years and is
presently chairman.
He said he accepted the
nomination because with four
new board members, he felt
that continuity of some mem
bers was essential for the next
four years. He also said he felt
it is in the board's best interest
to have someone who under
stands the situations that the
co-op is facing.
Wright said everything pos
sible is being done about the
Soup Company with special
responsibility for all of the
technical administration
within the company. This in
cluded procedures, formulas
and quality control for all of
the Campbell Soup operations,
including the restaurant divi
sion. He also served in new busi
ness development and scienti
fic affairs. Some of his assign
ments took him into extensive
studies of agro-industrial de
velopments in several devel
oping countries of the world.
He also completed the Sen
ior . Executive Management
Program within the Sloan
School of Business at Massa
chusetts Institute of Technology.
Hardman residents to
create new city gov.
By ROD FULTON
Saturday evening, Oct. 23,
20 residents of Hardman held
a meeting at the Hardman
dance hall. The purpose of the
meeting was to discuss the
question of whether the
townspeople wished to create
a new city charter, and elect a
city council and mayor.
Beverly Harris recorded the
minutes and Rod Fulton
chaired the meeting.
Mike Sweeney, a Hardman
landowner and Heppner at
torney was on hand to discuss
for certain taxes and limit tax
elections?";
4. "Shall persons other than
service station operators
employees be allowed to pump
gasoline and other vehicle
fuels for retail sale?";
5. "Shall the people urge
United States to propose to
Soviet Union a mutual freeze
on nuclear weapons system
development, deployment?;
and
6. "Shall the state's land use
authority end, goals be advi
sory only, and county and city
land use planning continue:"
Polls will be open from 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. Those not able
to vote at the polls may pick
up an absentee ballot at the
Morrow County clerk's office
at the courthouse in Heppner.
Absentee ballots must be re
turned by S p m. November t.
(See candidate's forum, P. 6).
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co-op's involvement in the
; WPPSS projects by tjvg In
volved in a lawsuit.
He said "Yes" he is satisfied
with the last rate increase
study.
When asked if there were
any changes he would like to
see in the co-op, he stated
"Changes and improvements
plus economical considera
tions are always some of our
goals. In (the) future, plan
ning with members' needs (is)
always a prime consider
ation." The annual meeting will be
held at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds in Heppner and
will begin with dinner at 6:30
p.m. Free babysitting will be
provided in the pavilion for
those who wish to bring their
children.
The meeting will also in
clude reports from officers
and the election of directors
and associate directors.
The nominees selected for
directors are: Ron Hague
wood, Larry Lindsay, Gene
Majeske and Joe McElligott.
For associate directors,
Charles Anderson, Dwight
Bailey, Jerry Dougherty,
Alvin McCabe and Lee Pad
berg will be nominated for
election.
the legalities of incorporation.
He stated that "Hardman is
still an incorporated city," but
the original charter may have
been burned in a fire.
Sweeney volunteered to
write the new charter for the
town and will present a rough
draft at the next meeting. He
also expressed an interest in
working with the townspeople
on all the legalities of city
government.
The group voted unani
mously to undertake the task
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