VOL. 101 NO. 17 THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1M3
Run committee presents $705
to Little League
M
Liz Curtis, an organizer of the annual Rolling
Hills Run. presented check for S705 to LitUe
League Association President Bob Krein last
, week on behalf of the run committee.
This year's annual run was held April 10.
Proceeds will be used to purchase a back stop for
Oil in Morrow County?
Oil in Morrow County in the structure, for oil Teledyne
Heppner area? About 40
Teledyne Exploration and At
lantic Richfield Co. employees
are here from Texas to try and
find out if oil In Morrow
County could become a real
ity. The workers arrived last
week and are staying in Hep
pner and Boardman.
WP. Edmiston of Tele
dyne's Midland. Texas office
says the group is conducting
geophysical testing in ground
Wright appointed to
energy committee
Governor Vic Atiyeh has
appointed Herbert C. Wright
of Fossil and James A.
Swayne of Milton Freewater
to the state Energy Policy
Review Committee.
Wright succeeds Lake Os
wego resident La Rue "Lou"
Van Dyke, whose term ex
pired June 30. 1985.
Swayne replaces Norm
Matteson of Medford, who
completed his term on Decem
ber 21, 1982. Swayne'i term
began December 22, 1983, and
will expire December 21. 1984.
The nine-member board
consists of three state sena
tors, three state representa
tives and three members of
the general public who are
appointed by the governor. No
member may serve for more
than two terms.
The committee represents
More may compete at
state 'Make it with
WooF Contest
There are opportunities for
more contestants from district
contests of Make It Yourself
With Wool to travel to state
competition this year, accord
ing to Ruth McCabe, district
director of lone
If the tot i! ii ui.bcr of con
testants is greater than 30 in a
district, that district may send
an additional Junior or senior
contestant to the state compe
tition. Contestants may be from
ages 10 through 21 years of age
Mr
under contract by ARCO. only
does the testing. Edmiston
said. ARCO does ail the data
processing and makes all in
terpretations. l.ast year Teledyne em
ployees worked in the Condon
area: however, Edmiston said
his company didn't learn the
results of those tests.
He said his crew would
probably be working in this
area for about two or three
months.
The committee represents
public concerns on contingen
cy and curtailment planning
to the director of energy, and
advises him on areas of
needed research and develop
ment. It also reviews conser
vation programs and recom
mends needed legislative or
policy changes.
Wright, the other appointed
member, is the owner of
Wright Chevrolet in Fossil. He
has served as director of the
Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op for 12 years and has
been chairman for the past
two years.
A native of Fossil. Wright is
also a member of the Associ
ated Oregon Industries' Ener
gy Committee and the Oregon
Rural Electric Legislative
Committee.
this year. Entries may be in
sewing, knitting or crocheting.
Boys, as well as girls, may
participate.
The local district contest
also Includes a special division
for adults.
The district judging is
scheduled for October 22 at St.
Patrick's Catholic Parish Hall
In Heppenr.
Entry forms may be picked
up at any OSU Extension
office in Oregon, or by calling
Mrs. McCabe at 422-7194.
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TSie Mmppmew
Morrow County's
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a new little league field at the base of Willow
Creek Dam, Krein said. Chain link fence
material has been purchased with proceeds from
a microwave oven raffle, he added.
Next year's run has been set for Sunday, April
8, Curtis announced.
Sidewalk Sale set
This year's sidewalk sale.
"Heppner Daze." has been set
for Saturday, July 30. and
plans are underway for a full
dav of fun.
More plans about the event
will be announced as they
become available.
Heppner golfer moves into
big competition
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Charlie Itawlins
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lleppner's outstanding gol
fer. Charles Rawlins, who
works at the Paradise Valley
Golf Club's pro shop in North
Phoenix, Arizona, has had
several golfing successes re
cently. He is now qualified as one of
the four from the 141 who tried
in the Southwestern U.S. to go
to play in the U.S. National
Public Links Championship
at Coltsneck, New Jersey,
from July 11 to 16. This will be
Charlie's first participation in
a U.S. Golf Association na
tional contest, and participa
ting in it will qualify him to
also play in the Harding Cup
competition this year.
Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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Nominations open for
Nominations are now open
for the Oregon Farm Family
of the Year award, announced
Dalton Hobbs executive vice
president of the Agri-Business
Council of Oregon. Presented
jointly by the Agri-Business
Council and the Oregon State
Fair, this annual award hon
ors an Oregon farm family for
strong family involvement .
and achievement in produc
tion agriculture. The first
family to be awarded this
honor was last year's recip
ient, the Larry Kaseberg
family of Wasco.
This year's family will be
presented in ceremonies on
the main stage at the State
Fair this summer. Deadline
for nominations is August 15.
Selection is drawn from the
Oregon farm family which
best represents five factors:
strong family involvement in
all areas of farm manage
ment, innovation in family
All groups and organiza
tions are invited to participate
with booths, demonstrations
or displays. Anyone interested
may contact Andrea Morti
more at Gardner's Men's
Wear in Heppner.
TV ' ' f ,
3.
cnarlie, who for several
years was Oregon's left-handed
champion, now holds that
title for the state of Arizona.
He won this honor at Tucson's
National Golf Course. He did
not try for the Oregon title
again this year.
He gained his qualification
for the National PUblic Links
Championship in the regional
competition held at the Papa
go Park Golf Club in Phoenix.
If he can make it, he is
interested in coming to Taco
ma, Wash., immediately after
the Public Links play in New
Jersey to compete in the Na
tional Ief t -Handed champion
ship. He sent the facts about his
winnings and qualifying for
the national tournaments to
his parents, Jane and Bill
Rawlins of Heppner.
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HEPPNER. OREGON
farm operations, utilization of
modern agricultural tech
niques and methods, active
community involvement, and
leadership in agricultural
County
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The Morrow County 4-H delegates to OSU 4-H Summer
Week posd during their busy week on campus in Corvallis
June 13 through 18.
Front row, left to right: Gibb Evans, Irrigon; Mike
Ammons, Boardman; Cindy Stroeber, Heppner; Paula
Heatherly, Heppner.
WJHJ
By BOB COSTA
OSU Extension Agent
Morrow County
A large group of area far
mers attended the Conserva
tion Man of the Year Tour at
the Bunch's Last Straw Ranch
last Tuesday, June 28.
Al Bunch and his wife, Bet
ty, operate the Last Straw
Ranch with their son, Mike,
and daughter-in law, Trade.
The Last Straw Ranch in
cludes fields on Bunker Hill
Road, in Clark's Canyon and
near Hardman.
The farming practices that
earned them the conservation
title include strip cropping,
terracing and stubble mulch
tillage.
The home place fields on
Bunker Hill Road are protec
ted from erosion by strip
cropping, terracing and stub
ble mulch tillage.
The home place fields on
Bunker Hill Road are protec
ted from erosion by strip
cropping and 65.870 feet of
level terraces. The Clark's
Canyon fields contain 90,655
feet of graded terraces. Bunch
prefers the level terraces be
cause thev hold more water in
Weather
by the City of
Oregon Farm Family
organizations.
"Agriculture has become
the state's leading industry
and it is the family farm that
is the backbone and basic unit
of agricultural production. We
4-H'ers spend
Af Bunch (R) and his
the field where it can be saved
for use by the crop.
Tillage practices are done to
leave enough crop residue on
the soil surface to help protect
against erosion.
The stubble was left stand
ing over the winter. This
spring, a chemical fallow her
bicide was used to kill cheat
grass and volunteer, and re
duce the need for tillage. The
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1 fj : " n V
Tues.. June 28 82 56 .12
Wed.. June 29 69 47 .10
Thurs.. June 30 73 53 .23
Fri.. July 1 68 45 .15
Sat.. July 2 65 47 .01
Sun.. July 3 77 47
Mon.. July 4 85 54
Heppner
Total precipitation for June was 1.63"
is 1.12".
want to call attention to and
honor these families." said
Hobbs.
Nomination forms are
available form all county ex
busy week
Middle row, left to right: Marion McMillan, Lexington;
Noella Rill, Heppner; Steve Miller, Heppner; Jan Evans, 4-H
leader and chaperone, Irrigon.
Back row, left to right: Chris McLaughlin, Heppner;
Kimberle Wright, Heppner;' Jason Palmer, Heppner; and
Diann Morter, 4-H ambassador of lone.
ervation Man
son, Mike
first tillage was a shallow
disking. Bunch would like to
give up the disk because it is
destructive to soil structure,
but the disk's ability to break
sod and large clods is often
necessary. Next, the summer
fallow fields were chiseled
with sweeps with a tine har
row attached. The fields will
be rodweedejj. as necessary to
High Lm Precff
normal
of the Year
tension offices, many feed and
implement dealers and the
Agri-Business Council offices,
1437 S.W. Columbia St., Port
land, Oregon. 97201.
at OSU
t v ,
lOUT
control weeds.
The Bunches are experi
menting in one field to find out
the minimum number of til
lage operations they can rea
sonably get by with.
With concern for the future,
the Bunch family has made
notable efforts to protect their
farmland from the loss of
precious top soil.