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r F S S 1 H 'A' F.TZELL u or cr. : L Kit I A !' IE L ! T tUSE.N- Or; 07-103 VOL. 101. NO. Bank of Eastern Oregon purchases computer system : I If"?!. ) - 2. (J Pom Mob port check on bonk' new compirter. The Bank of Eastern Oregon has entered the computer age with the recent purchase of NCR computer with a Banker 80 software system. The sys tem is presently being instal led and it is expected to be fully on line and operable by the first of May. Lonny Watne, Pam Mabe and Barb Watkins of the bank staff are the persons responsible for the settinR up and the operation of the computer. The Arlington and lone branches will be directly con nected to the computer which Pendleton woman wins logo contest Cathy Christensen of Pendleton was the lucky Second place winner was Judy Laughlin of winner in a St. Patrick's Day logo contest Heppner. She received a $50 award from Kinzua sponsored by local Heppner merchants. Her Corp. Tom Simonton of Pendleton won a $25 third logo, shown above, earned her the $100 first place place prize, also sponsored by Kinzua Corp. prize. The Heppner Merchant's Assoc., the Christensen has also won several other logo Heppner Gazette-Times, Hutch's Printing and contests, including the Morrow County Fair & the Heppner-Morrow Chamber of Commerce Rode0 Io8 donated the award. I Time is running out By DELPHA JONES Time is running short to submit stories and send in money for the Morrow County History book. LSI I THURSDAY. MARCH will allow each of the branches to get information for their customers almost instantly. The computer will contain information on all customers of the Bank of Eastern Oregon and all aspects of each cus tomer's banking relationship will be kept on computer records. In addition there will be many reports available to assist management in the op eration of the bank. G H. Pierson. executive vice-president, stated that in addition to the improvements to the service for customers Vithout sufficient stories and book orders the Morrow County Historical Society will jiot be able to get the book printed. Many people have great The HeppmeiT mhEmJ ft ll I i Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 3. 1983 8 PACKS that the computer will render, it will also be a great help with the evergrowing number of burdensome reports that must be made available to regula ting agencies. Lonny Watne. conversion coordinator for the installa tion, stated that this system will enable the bank to assist customers with up-to-date in formation which they were previously unable to do. Watne said the new computer will also enable the bank to be more cost effective. stories and it is hoped that they will take the time to get them to the committee. There is much work to be done yet to present the book for printing and everyone's cooperation is needed so that the deadline can be met. 25 Sign up period for P.I.K. program ends Man 11 Farmers have only a few . weeks left to sign up for the Payment in Kind (P.I.K.) program. The signup period ends March 11 and will not be ; extended, according to Judy Buschke, county executive director for the Morrow Coun ty Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service. "Farmers will not have the opportunity to change their minds and sign up after this deadline. However, those who have already enrolled and those who enroll before March 11 will have the option of withdrawing or changing their enrollment without penalty provided it is done before enrollment ends." Buschke said. Severe weather conditions may have caused some prob lems for farmers around the country. However, recurring storms or any other problems will not change the signup 1 deadline, she explained. The P.I.K. program is de signed to bring supplies more in line with demand to im prove the farm economy. It Farley Motor Company to celebrate 35th anniversary 1 I " ' - ' .' I 1 , . . , , ... ,:. ---"" . , ..wf i Original home of Forley Motor James Farley, owner of Farley Motor Co. in Heppner, will be celebrating his 35th anniversary in the automobile business this March 17. He plans to hold an open house and everyone isinvited. Jim started out in the car business back in 1948 when he was awarded the Pontiac franchise for this area. He set Lake to rise The Walla Walla, Wash. Corps of Engineers office has announced that the pool level at the Willow Creek Dam will be raised 15 feet over the next Willow Creek Dam to be featured on TV Sunday Area residents may want to tune in to "Northwest Illus trated" on KOIN-TV channel 6 Sunday at 6:30 p.m. A cameraman and crew were in Heppner two weeks ago gathering information Mi HEPPNER. OREGON encourages farmers to further reduce 1983 crops of wheat, corn, sorghum, upland cotton and rice from the previously announced acreage reduction and land diversion programs. In return for participating, farmers will receive an amount of the commodity as payment for reducing planted acreage. All farmers for which a 1983 acreage base and yield has been established for wheat, feed grain upland cotton and rice under the previously an nounced farm programs are eligible to participate in P.I.K. The A.S.C.S. official said farmers who would like to see an improvement in the market situation should seriously con sider the program and do their part toward reducing the sur plus that is hurting the econ omy. "We urge farmers to sign up now and not miss the oppor tunity by waiting or expecting the deadline to be extended. The signup perod will end at the close of business on March 11. Co. was in service station next up his dealership in a service station which was next to his present location. Called the Lundell station, Jim purchased it in 1946 just after being discharged from the army following four years of service. He was appointed Shell distributor for the area at that time. After adding on a show 15 feet two weeks. The closing outlet gates were to be closed slight ly, Monday, allowing the water level to raise about one foot per day. about the Willow Creek Dam, and asking local residents how they feel about the dam. They also covered the closing of the dam's diversion pipe on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Weather by the City of C.B.E.C. to provide permanent service at Willow Creek Dam The Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Board of Directors accepted an agreement with the Corps of Engineers for permanent service at the Wil low Creek Dam site at a board meeting last Thursday, an nounced Fred Toombs, co-op manager. In other business, the board: held discussion on a new rate structure for irrigators. Toombs said rates were devel oped for horsepower charges, demand charges and energy charges. He stressed that the rates were only revised and will not reduce revenue. - reviewed a cash flow state ment that showed the revised rates for consumers after the 1.1 cent per kilowatt hour increase was dropped. The increase was levied to cover the co-op's involvement in two terminated Washington Pub lic Power Supply nuclear plants. The co-op is involved in n to present location. room, parts department and service area to the station, Jim began selling Pontiacs. "The first new car I sold was a deluxe four-door sedan, automatic transmission, straight eight, with radio and directional signals, a top of the line auto for $2,800," says Jim in comparing prices now, and - J"1 iw ; i 4 Co. Wheat Growers Assoc. to hold annual spring meeting The annual spring meeting of the Morrow County Wheat Growers Association will be held Monday, Mar. 7, 7:30 p.m., at St. Patricks Catholic Church Parish Hall in Hep pner. Local bankers and a Her miston brokerage firm will discuss short term invest ments, possibly discuss long High LowPrecip. Tues., Fef. 22 63 54 .02 Wed iFeb. 23 61 38 Trace Thurs.. Feb. 24 50 33 .01 Fri.. Feb. 25 57 35 .05 Sat.. Feb 28 . 52 33 .02 Sun., Feb. 27 46 36 .33 Mon.. Feb. 28 J L M. Total precip. for Feb. Heppnc. a law suit claiming they are not responsible for the debt and agreed recently to drop the increase since the board is Local Search & Rescue Posse hosts meeting The Morrow County Search and Rescue Posse hosted the winter meeting of the Eastern Oregon Posse Association at the Heppner Elks Lodge, Sat urday, Feb. 26. It was well attended by members from seven Eastern Oregon counties, reported President Bill Nichols, Lexington. The meeting was presided over by President Nichols. Items of business on the agenda included different ways to make Search and Rescue teams more efficient when working in conjunction with other posses of the as sociation. There were several Jim Farley at grand opening in 1955. back then. In 1949 Jim also took on the Jeep franchise. "They were selling for about $1,700," he recalls. Jim dropped Jeep and took on the Ford franchise in 1971, and also added General Mo tors and Buick in 1951. Finding the service station building too small for his term investments, budgeting and long range financial plan ning, said Mark Miller, asso ciation president. Judy Buschke of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conserva tion Service in Heppner will be on hand to answer any ques tions. Also, the 1982 Conservation . i -If V- i' L3i i was 1.97; normal is 1.12. optimistic about the suit, and directors believed that con sumers could no longer afford to pay the increased rates. methods adapted and they will be put into practice during the ensuing year, Nichols said. Also, some bylaw changes were made at this time. The following new officers were elected for this year: President - Bob Lemkc of Grant County; Vice President - Jim Warren of Malhuer County and Secretary - Bob Hunt of Baker County. Dinner was served in the evening and drawings for door prizes were held. At the conclusion of the meeting slides were shown of the Mt. St. Helens eruption and were enjoyed by all. of present dealership building needs, Jim built his new build ing where he is now, in May of 1955. The open house will be held in the showroom of his dealer ship on Thursday, Mar. 17. Cake and refreshments will be served from 2 to 5 p.m., and champagne punch from 4 to 5 p.m. Man of the Year will be announced. Door prizes will be awarded to lucky winners. The meeting is being spon sored by the Morrow County Wheat Growers Association and the Oregon State Univer sity Extension Service, Mor row County.
