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VOl 101 NO. 42 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20. 1983
Local farmers receive crop
insurance information
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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$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.
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