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BFSStE WETZELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER L I 0 EUGENE OR 97403 VOl 101 NO. 42 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1983 Local farmers receive crop insurance information t. I , 1 Paul Jeliiiek. assistant branch manager for Crop Hail Management of Spokane. Wash, addresses the group of farmers who attended a crop insurance seminar last Wednesday at the Willows Grange Hall in lone. Other speakers were Jack Knox, field actuarial for the Pacific Northwest for F.C.I. C. and Dr. Gene Nelson, Oregon State University extension farm man agement specialist. Lunch was served at noon by the ladies of the grange. Following the speakers' presentations, far- Court asked to reconsider increase in landfill fees By MARY ANN CERl'LLO Over a dozen people repre senting city governments in southern Morrow County met with Morrow County Court last Wednesday to request that the court reconsider an increase In the cities' landfill fees. The county landfill primar ily serves Heppner, Lexington and lone. Operating costs of $25,000 per year includes machinery rentals and the salaries of two employees. The county currently charges individuals $2 50 per pickup load to dump their garbage at the landfill outside Heppner. Heppner. Fee increases for lone have been estimated to Jump from $500 to $2,000. The city of Heppner is currently paying $4 per can with a $2 charge for each additional can. A 50 percent increase is expected if the county raises rates as planned. According to Judge Don McElligott, the county would like to recoup $19,000 out of the operating cost. "I doubt we'll ever see that much, but that's what we'd like to get," said McElligott. "I don't think we should allow the collector to dump for free when everyone else Is charged for a pickup load," Commissioner Warren McCoy told the group. The Heppner City Council recently agreed to pay Hep pner garbage collector Cliff Green's landfill fees for him. "Cliff Green isn't going to pay the fee. The people are just going to be charged more," added McCoy. "I feel I'm paying for the 6 Z7 it? --nnswp- try 1. huts wire able to use a computer to calculate the needed insurance coverage for their crops. Swanson Insurance and Blue Mt. Community College sponsored the seminar. Jim Swanson, owner of the lone insurance company, reported that many farmers ex pressed an interest in the seminar but were unable to attend. He said interested farmers who could not attend may stop by his office and use the computer program to determine insurance needs. trouble of not having to go up there and dump it," said Warren Plocharsky of Hep pner. "Cliff has a key (to the landfill), so there's no trouble for him. but I have to be sure that there's someone up there with a key." There are currently two county employees working at the landfill who are on duty Saturdays and Sundays. Dur ing the remainder of the week, the landfill is kept locked. A concern was voiced that if the cost of having garbage collected gets too high, people would begin dumping on pri vate kind or along county roads Costume contest to be Madness Sole Oct. 27 Heppner merchants are husy getting ready for a Moon light Madness Sale which will be held next Thursday, Oct. 27, from 7 to 9 pm. Most merchants will be dressed in a variety of costumes that day, and everyone is welcome to join in. Prizes will be awarded to the man, woman, boy and girl wearing the best costumes during the sale that evening. Prizes will be gift certificates. Those who want to enter the costume contest should regis ter at the Iebush Shoppe or Peterson's Jewelry by 5 p.m. the day of the sale. Entrants will be given information on where the judging will be held when they register. The Heppner Soroptimist Club will be selling caramel apples and popcorn and will be giving away free soda pop samples in front of Peterson's 11 il Morrow County's Home-Owned 16 PACES W1T- , .... -"-.WW WltWWj '- V . I ' 1 "' . ' ! - S J Judge McElligott proposed that a garbage fee be included with individual's water bills. According to McCoy, Roardman is already charg ing one dollar extra with the water bills for residents' gar bage collection. Representatives from lone told the court that in response to the proposed county landfill fee increase, the city of lone is looking at various garbage collection alternatives. According to Linda LaRue. mayor of lone, the community has been approached by .a Hermiston collection agency as well as a local couple, who Jewelry during the sale. Tickets will also be sold there for an afghan. The winning ticket will be drawn that evening. Proceeds will benefit the E.V. Blevins Fund. Local Scouts will hold a cake walk at Les Schwab Tire lone City Council tables garbage collection issue The lone City Council met October 4 and moved to table an issue concerning the city's garbage collection service, according to Dianna Starr, city recorder. The issue will be considered after a proposal submitted by lone residents Jean and John Jepsen is re 4 4 J Weekly Newspaper 25 Columbia Basin announces AH classes of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op consu mers except street and secur ity lighting will see an in crease in their December bil ling after a rate increase takes affect November 1. The increase in consumers' rates is a result of a wholesale power increase of 22 percent from the Bonneville Power Administration. That in crease also goes into effect November 1. However, none of Four injured in Tues. crash Four people were injured in a Tuesday morning accident October 18 at the junction of Bombing Range Road and Highway 207, reported a spokesperson for the Morrow County Sheriff's Department. One of the drivers, Albert Jones. 74. along with his wife. Maude. 79. of Froest Grove. were transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Hep pner. Mr. Jones suffered facial injuries and his wife received general contusions, the sheriff's department spokesperson said. Driver of the other vehicle, Donald Body, 49, of Heppner, was transported to Pioneer are interested in taking over Ione's garbage truck and starting their own business. "The best thing I've heard is the idea of charging for gar gabe along with water bill," said Butch Laughlin of Hep pner. The meeting was closed by Judge McElligott. suggesting that two members from each city council meet again with exact facts and figures on their city's garbage collection. The group agreed to meet again Monday, Oct. 24, 1 p.m., at the county road office in Lexington. County Court continued with the following business. held at Moonlight Center and will also announce the names of three winners of a firewood drawing. Scouts have been selling tickets door to door for the three cords of wood. The Heppner Lions Club will show a movie for the kids at viewed, Starr said. At last month's council meeting, council members considered having garbage collection services contracted with a Hermiston disposal company since the city's ser vice is not cost effective and must be subsidized, she ex m1 lb HEPPNER. OREGON Columbia Basin's consumers' new rates will be that high. Residential and commercial consumers with under 30 K.W. of demand, which is measured total demand during any 30 minute period, explained co-op manager Fred Toombs, will see no change in customer charges. They will, however, see an increase in energy charges from .0445 cents per K.W. hour to .0495 cents per K.W. hour. Consumers using 500 K.W. hours per month will Memorial Hospital with facial injuries. A passenger in his vehicle. Kelly Barnett of Heppner. about 40 years old, was transported by Lifeguard III to St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. The three patients taken to Pioneer Memorial Hospital were treated and released. According to a St. Anthony Hospital spokesperson, Bar nett. who suffered a fractured leg. lacerations and internal injuries, was taken into sur gery and as of Tuesday evening, her condition serious. Mr. 'Jones was issued a citation for alleged Failure to Yield Right of Way. discussed a request by Stokes Landing Senior Center of Irrigon, Inc. for revenue sharing funds to help fund an Irrigon Senior Citizen Center. A revenue sharing meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 26, 10 a.m. in Irrigon. approved the reclassifi cation of a clerk position in the treasurer's office to the title of deputy treasurer and elimi nated a halftime position in the same office. deferred a public hearing on upgrading eight streets before turning them over to the city of Irrigon until Wed nesday, Oct. 26. Les Schwab for a nominal charge. Show time will be 7: 15 p.m. Anyone interested in setting up a booth at the sale may contact Bertha Sager at Le bush, 676-5561 for more infor mation. plained. In other business, Jim Swanson of Swanson In surance, lone, presented in formation to the council con cerning insurance for the city. Starr said the council decided to purchase insurance cover age from his company. s Weather by the City of see an increase of $2.50 in their billing. Those using 1,000 K.W. hours will pay an extra $5.00. and residential co-op mem bers using 2.000 K.W. hours will be charged $10 more. Consumers who fall into the general service demand cate gory with a demand of over 30 K.W., which is a small com mercial demand metered rate, Toombs said, will also see no increase in customer charges. They, too, will also see an Increase in energy School board to hold meeting on proposed The Morrow County School Board will hold a public hear ing Mon., November 21 for comment on a proposed four percent sales tax in Oregon. A recent special session of the Oregon Legislature for mulated the sales tax plan, but before the tax goes to voters, it must be approved by 51 per cent of the public bodies in the state. The Legislature stipulated that a public hearing must be Grass Control Seminar to be held Tuesday in Heppner By BOB COSTA OSU Extension Agent Morrow County A seminar for wheat grow ers on the control of problem grassy weeds will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the fairgrounds in Heppner. The program is pre sented by the Morrow County office of the OSU Extension Service. Everyone is wel come. The program will feature a research update on cheat grass and goatgrass by Don Rydrych of the Columbia Basin Ag Research Center. Tom Whitson, OSU Extension Weed Control specialist, will give a representation on weed identification and will discuss which herbicides are effective on each weed. Dennis Wilson will talk about the use of Lexone (Sencor) for cheat grass control and other new products. Russ Canon will discuss the use of Round-up in rope wicks for rye control and the use of Fargo for wild oats. Matt Ehlhardt will talk about Hoelon for wild oats and for pre-plant control of cheat- Make it with Wool contest to be held here Saturday The District 11 Make It Yourself With Wool contest will be held in Heppner this Saturday, Oct. 22, at St. Pat rick's Catholic Parish Hall. A public fashion show will begin at 1;30 pm. Models will be judged prior to the fashion show, with the results to be announced during the show. Models from Morrow, Gil Tues.. Oct. 11 Wed.. Oct. 12 Thurs., Oct. 13 Fri.. Oct. 14 Sat.. Oct. 15 Sun.. Oct. 16 Mon., Oct. 17 Heppner rate increases charges though, from .0180 cents per K.W. hour to .0215 cents per K.W. hour. Irrigators' monthly service charges will remain the same, but energy charges will in crease from .0185 cents per K.W. hour to .0225 cents per K.W. hour. The rate increase for this class is 10.14 percent, but varies according to usage. Toombs said. The co-op's one industrial customer will pay an in creased demand charge; from held before the governing bodies vote on whether to put the tax on the ballot. In addition to the school board, other local bodies which will decide on the issue are the county court, and local city councils. Some school board mem bers were not pleased with the legislature's methods. "I think they are passing the buck to make us look bad," said Board Chairman Jerry McElligott. "If we vote yes. it grass. A representative of ORTHO will discuss the use of Paraquat for treating a rye infested wheat field and Bill Miller will discuss the use of Treflan for pre-plant cheat grass control. Grassy weeds cost Oregon wheat growers millions of dol New deputy joins Co. Sheriff a Department 1 Mark Calbick liam. Wheeler and Umatilla counties are to compete for awards as well as the oppor tunity to go on to the state competition. Home 6ewers and knitters from 10 years of age are invited to participate in the national contest and model their creations, said a contest spokesperson. A spe cial division in district 11 is for adult sewers ages 21 and over. High Low Preclp 67 39 63 42 60 42 57 32 59 32 58 41 56 34 .01 .03 w J $4 per K.W. hour, to $4 80 per K.W. hour. That customer will also pay an increased energy charge: from .0139 cents per K.W. hour, to .0165 cents per K.W. hour. Monthly street and security lighting costs will not increase because the old mercury vapor lights were replaced with new high pressure so dium lights, which use only one-half the energy as the old ones, Toombs explained. public sales tax looks like we are in favor of it, and we might not be." "I don't think you. have much to be concerned with." district lawyer Bob Abrams told the board, "The sales tax was only defeated by some thing like 80 percent the last time it was voted on." The hearing to take public comment will be held at 7 p.m.. previous to the board's regular meeting, at lone High School November 21. ' lars each year. Grasses are generally difficult to control in cereal crops because they are closely related and often have similar life cycles and growth habits to wheat and barley. Contact the Morrow County office of the OSU Extension Service in Heppner for more information. Mark Calbick has joined the Morrow County Sheriff's De partment as a new deputy. Calbick. 30, replaced Greg Tulius who left to join the Oregon State Police in New port. Calbick started his du ties with the Sheriff's Depart ment October 1. Calbick worked with the Montana Highway Patrol for four years and then with the Wasco County Sheriff's De partment as a deputy for two years prior to coming to Mor row County. He and his wife, Addie, are living in lone. While the adults do not go on to state or national contests, they do receive awards locally, she explained. For complete guidelines, an application form, or help for sewing woolen fabrics, call Ruth McCabe, 422-7194, or stop by the Morrow County exten sion office in Heppner. i 1 I
