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VOL. 100 NO. 52 THURSDAY, DECKMRKK 30. I9H2
Burns man appointed to
complete Smith's Senate term
Eugene D. Tim in
Eugene D. Timms. a Burns
dairyman, has been appointed
to represent State Senate Dis
trict 30 for the remaining two
years of the Senate term
vacated by Bob Smith, an
nounced Jack Zimmerman,
correspondent for Associated
Oregon Industries. Smith was
elected as Oregon's Second
District U.S. Congressman In
November's general election.
Twelfth Night
to take place
The lone Garden Club will
be sponsoring an annual
Twelfth Night ceremony or
burning of Christmas greens,
The ceremony is always held
on the day of Epiphany, which
is January 6,
lone residents are asked to
bring their greens to Riet
mann's lot or place them
Rape Awarness Seminar
to be held in Heppner
General information about
rape will be discussed at a
Rape Awareness Seminar set
for Wednesday, Jan. 12. from 6
Fair & Rodeo
dates announced
The Morrow County Fair
Board has announced the
dates of the 1983 fair and
rodeo.
The fair will get underway
Saturday and Sunday, August
20 and 21, with 4-H and open
class horse shows. The first
actual day of the fair will be
Monday, August 22, continu
ing through Wednesday, Aug,
24.
The rodeo will be held Fri
day, Aug. 26, through Sunday,
Aug. 28.
For more Information con
cerning the fair and rodeo,
contact any board member or
Fair Secretary Dorothy Est
berg, 676-5448.
The Gazette-Times
office will be
cloned Friday for
New Year's Eve
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District 30 Includes seven
counties: Morrow, Baker,
Crook. Grant, Harney, Lake
and Malheur. Containing an
, aggregate of only three per
cent of Oregon's population,
the seven counties cover 38,440
square miles, about 40 percent
of the state's total land area,
Zimmerman said.
Selected first as one of five
candidates named by Repub
lican Central Committees
from the counties Involved,
Timms' ultimate appointment
was made by the 21 members
of the seven county courts,
Zimmerman said. Timms was
sworn into office December 20
by Governor Victor Atiych.
Timms. 50, has visited Mor
row County on two occasions
this month. He attended Coun
ty Court sessions in Heppner
on December 8 and 15, and
visited with local officials.
One of Timms' initial reac
tions to his appointment,
Zimmerman said, was the
observation that he won't up
set Senate demographics. He
is a male replacing a male, he
Ceremony
Jan. 6
beside their refuse cans so
they can be picked up by
Eldon Tucl er, said a garden
club spokesperson.
Everyone is invited to at
tend the ceremony, and hot
chocolate and cup cakes will
be served, the spokesperson
said.
to lOp m. at the Heppner High
School cafeteria, according to
Nancy Brownfield. south Mor
row County area coordinator
for Blue Mountain Community
College.
The seminar is free and is
offered as a public service by
the Oregon State Police. Be
sides general Information, the
Instructors will be discussing
rapist profiles and protective
techniques.
Persons interested in at
tending the seminar are re
quested to pre-register prior
to the class, Mrs. Brownfield
added. She asks that interes
ted students call her at
676-5039.
Who will be the 1st baby born
at P.M.H. in '83?
Who will be the first baby
born at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital in 1983?
It's too soon to know, but one
thing's for sure, he or she will
Local students named to OSU honor roll
Oregon State University has
announced the names of stu
dents who have made the
scholastic honor roll for fall
term. A total of 455 students
earned straight A's (4.0).
Another 1.378 earned B-plus
averages (3.5) or better to
make the listing. To be listed
on the honor roll, students
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is a member of the Republican
minority (a requirement,
since Smith was also) and he
is 50 years old. so that won't
upset the overall age of Senate
membership. Zimmerman
explained.
Similarities between Smith
and Timms are obvious, Zim
merman said. Both are na
tives of Burns and are only one
year apart in age. Both were
educated in Burns schools and
graduated from Willamette
University. Both were also
active in Jaycees as young
men and both are former
Junior First Citizens of their
hometown, he explained.
Timms is entering state
politics much later in life than
did Bob Smith first elected
to the State House of Repre
sentatives at age 29. But at
first glance and bolstered by
the confidence of his appoint
ers. he appears well-suited for
the job. Zimmerman said.
Timms is married to Edna
M. Timms and has two children.
Soroptimists Citizenship
Award winners named
Anne
Sherry Clement (left) and
Ci.tiienship Award
Anne Murray and Sherry
Clement were selected as this
year's first and second place
winners in an annual Soropti
mist Citizenship Contest.
Murray received a $100 sav
ings bond and Clement a $75
bond.
Applications were distribu
ted to all seniors at Heppner
High School in November.
Seven students applied for the
award, said a club spokesper
son. have some gifts waiting.
Twenty-one area businesses
are offering gift certificates,
merchandise and cash of over
must carry at least 12 graded
hours of course work.
Local students included on
the honor roll include:
Scott McEwen, a senior
majoring in liberal arts
straight A average; William
Kenny, a senior majoring in
education - 3.5 or better; and
fin
Woodcutters may be
The U.S. Department of Ag
riculture's Forest Service has
established a more consistent
policy for its field offices to
follow when -issuing permits
for gathering firewood efor
personal use from the national
forests.
Forest Service Chief R. Max
Peterson said Forest Service
regional offices are develop
ing plans to implement the
more consistent firewood
policy in the national forests.
Where a charge is made for
national forest firewood. Pe
terson said, the minimum
charge will be $10. Charges
will be higher in national
forest areas where there is a
greater demand for firewood,
such as in forests adjacent to
large metropolitan areas.'
Free firewood still will be
available where supplies sig
nificantly exceed demand.
The amount of wood avert
able under each permit will
depend on local supplies, but.
generally will be limited to a
maximum of 10 cords of fire
wood per year for personal
use.
photo by Eilaon Soling
Murray, winners of Soroptimist
The winners were chosen
because of their community
activities, school activities,
their goals in life and their
answers to citizenship respon
sibility questions.
Judges in the contest were
LaVerne VanMarter Jr.,
Betty Brown and Harley
Sager.
The local Soroptimist Club
forwarded Murray's applica
tion to the district contest, the
spokesperson said.
$i:!0 to the first baby of 1983.
For a list of prtaes awaiting
the lucky baby, see page three
of this week's issue.
Joseph McDonald, a senior
majoring in business - a 3 5 or
better, all of Heppner.
Jan Peterson of lone, a
senior majoring in home ec
onomics - 3.5 or better.
Vicki Daniels of Boardman,
a junior majoring in education
- 3.5 or better,
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The demand for national
forest firewood has increased
over 1,000 percent since 1973.
More than 900.000 permit
holders used 4.2 million cords
of wood from the national
forests through the personal
use firewood program in 1981.
This is the equivalent of 25
percent of all timber harves
ted from those firrtt Peter
Pre-register
Those people planning to
take local classes sponsored
bv Blue Mountain Community
Coilece are encouraged to
nre-register by January 3.
said Nancy Brownfield. area
coordinator for the college.
Registration forms are includ
Daly elected
f,
Charley Daly
Superintendent helps
The State Textbook Commis
sion has given the State Board
of Education its textbook se
lections Oregon schools will
purchase during the next six
yeis-s for classes in health,
science, math, personal fi
nance, driver education and
foreign language. Morrow
County School District Super
intendent Matt Doherty is a
member of the commission.
The board, which will ratify
or reject the texts at its
meeting January 20-21, has
scheduled a public hearing on
the texts at 7 p.m. January 6 in
the Board Room of the Oregon
Department of Education,
stated a news release from the
Oregon Department of Edu
cation in Salem.
The adoption period for
local school districts runs
from July 1, 1983. to June 30,
1989. Districts are required to
select their texts during the
first two years of the period
one-half by the first year.
Lee A. Wicklund, commis
sion chairman, said "Overall,
I am pleased with the process
to find quality textbooks for
Oregon students." Wicklund is
director of curriculum and
instruction for North Bend
School District.
"This task would not have
been possible without the work
of hundreds of classroom
teachers who volunteered
their time to help write the
selection criteria or evaluate
the textbooks." he said. "Any
one who has evaluated text
books knows that it's an ex
hausting and time-consuming
task."
When it met in November to
make the selections, the com
mission had before it hun
dreds of scores from indivi
dual evaluators. The commis
sioners developed, in writing,
screening criteria to deter
mine which texts would be
chosen.
Weather
by the City of
charged for firewood
son said.
"The personal use firewood
program has grown to the
point where it no longer is a
minor use." Peterson said,
"and some forests no longer
have surplus wood available,
particularly near centers of
population."
Most private landowners
charge for firewood. Peterson
now for BMCC classes
ed in the winter term sched
ules which were mailed to all
postal patrons earlier this
month. The forms may be
mailed to the college or to
Brownfield in Heppner.
Registration can also be
completed the first day of
as Fair Board chairman
Charley Daly was elected as
1983 Morrow County Fair
Board chairman at the De
cember meeting of the board.
Merlyn Robinson was elected
as vice-chairman.
Daly, 53, has served on the
board the past three years. He
also served on the Fair Com
.mitlae iocAbree eat.5ur'ng.-
the 1960s and on the Rodeo
Board for seven years during
the '60s and '70s.
He is a rancher on Little
Wicklund said the commis
sion has attempted to involve
the education community and
the public in the process since
it began two years ago.
"For example, at the start
of the process we held a public
hearing which focused upon
what criteria should be used to
evaluate the texts. Further
more, we included in the
E.O.H.S.A.
requests
public
comments
Eastern Oregon Health Sys
tems Agency (E.O.H.S.A.) is
requesting public review and
comments on two proposed
additions to the Health Sys
tems Plan for Eastern Ore
gon. One of the proposed
additions is a draft report
which assesses school health
education in Eastern Oregon
and recommends long-range
goals. The other proposal con
cerns adopting actions to take
regarding alternatives to in
stitutional long-term care.
Copies of the draft are a
vailable at Tri-County Home
Heralth Agency, 120 N. Chase
St. in Heppner. A limited
number of copies are avail
able from E.O.H.S.A. on re
quest. Public comments are
requested by January 12. They
may be submitted to
E.O.H.S.A., 737 West Cascade,
P.O. Box 520, Redmond, Ore
gon. 97756.
A public meeting on the
draft will be held in Bend on
January 28 at a time and
location to be announced. For
additional information contact
Deborah Dunn of E.O.H.S.A.
at 548-5185.
Heppner
said.
"Because about thre-
fourths of the forest land in the
United States is privately
owned, it is important that a
future wood supply from such
lands be available." he said.
"It would be inequitable and
discouraging to those land
owners for the Forest Service
classes, providing they are not
already full. Limited classes
which will be offered locally
include computer classes, a
designer jeans class and cross
country skiing, Brownfield
said.
Butter Creek.
In other business, Bob Mc
Laughlin of Heppner was ap
pointed to replace Ron Currin
on the board. Harold Peck of
Heppner and Pete Richards of
Irrigon are also board
members.
The next meeting of the
boardwHl-be held-January 10,
8 p.m. at the annex building at
the fairgrounds in Heppner.
Everyone is welcome to
attend.
select textbooks
criteria a number of the sug
guestions from the hearing."
He said the selections in
many categories are a definite
improvement over past selec
tions. Elementary math texts
are one example, he said.
"These texts stress problem
soloving skills, an area our
recent statewide assessment
Wheat Commission
donates bread to schools
1
Jerry Anderson, a freshman at Heppner High School,
received a pocket bread sandwich for lunch on Friday, Dec.
17. The Oregon Wheat Commission donated the bread as a
soft white wheat promotional activity, said Helene Holcomb
of the Pendleton Wheat Commission office.
Heppner schools, as well as other schools in the state,
served pocket bread sandwiches recently with the bread they
received from the commission. Holcomb said the commis
sion would sponsor the bread for any school wanting to try It;
Recipes for pocket bread as well as other bread recipes are
available from the Oregon Wheat Commission, P.O. Box
400, Pendleton, Oregon 97801, Holcomb said.
High Low Precip
Tups.. Dec. 21 48 31 .13
Wed.. Dec. 22 44 29 .23
Thurs.. Dec. 2.3 39 23
Fri.. Dec. 24 4t 25
Sat.. Dec. 25 43 31 T
Sun.. Dec. 26 40 18
Mon.. Dec. 27 32 16
: plus 1 in. melted snow.
in 1983
, not to charge for wood."
Further information on
where the public can obtain
firewood, either free or for a
charge, will be available from
the Forest Srvice regional
offices at Heppner in April,
said a local Forest Service
spokesperson.
Gazette-Times
history wanted
Next year marks the 100th
anniversary of the Heppner
Gazette-Times. The paper was
founded in 1883 by John Red
ington. As a tribute to this milestone
of one of Heppner's oldest
businesses, we plan to put out
a special centennial edition of
the paper during 1983.
We need your help, how
ever, in gathering information
about the history of the paper.
If you have very old papers
(before 1919) or photographs
of the offices or of people who
worked here, we would appre
ciate hearing from you. Your
articles or photos will be
tuu&dlsd jfcUljk&3.ra.?id return
ed promptly to you.
Thanks for any help you
may give.
David Sykes, publisher
showed needed strengthening.
"Throughout the past two
years." Wicklund added, "all
the efforts of the commission
and classroom teachers have
focused upon improving text
books for Oregon students.
The commission believes the
selected texts will help im
prove education in this state."
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