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BESSIE WETZEL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 VOL. 101 NO. 44 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1M3 Heppner state representative Huymond French Raymond French, 56, of Heppner announced last Fri day his candidacy for Slate Representative of District 59. French, a Republican, is a Conferences scheduled at local schools Parent teachpr conferences .have tx'en scheduled at local grade schools for next week and those students whose parents are involved will not report for classes. Parents will meet with teachers at Heppner Elemen tary on Wednesday and Thursday, Nov. 9 and 10. Morrow Co. Grain Growers to hold annual meeting Morrow County Grain Growers will hold their annual stockholders meeting on Mon day, Nov 7. at the fairgrounds in Heppner. The meeting will liegin with a dinner at 6:30 p m . reports l.arry Mills, manager of the Iexington based eoopcrataivc. The program will feature Harvest Slates Cooperatives, the new regional cooperative that was formed with the merger of Norlh Pacific Grain Growers and the CJrain Ter minal Association Steve Burnet from Moid, one of the two directors who represent the Paeiafic Northwest on the Harvest States Board, will be the guest speaker. Burnet operates a wheat and cattle ranch in Sherman County and has long been associated with cooperatives, having served on the boards of Mideo and Norlh Pacific grain growers. The nominating committee has selected a slate of candi dates to be placed in nomina tion at the meeting for the positions of director and asso ciate director. The nominees for director include incum iM'tits Paul Hisler Jr.. Allen Hughes. Kenneth Nelson, Robert Stevens, and Charles Anderson. Jerry Dougherty and Alvin McCabe. The mem hership will vote for four candidates to serve three-year terms The nominees for associate 3 I man announces candidacy for The district includes Morrow, Grant. Baker and Crook coun ties. Students In kindergarten through sixth grade at lone Elementary won't have to attend school on November 8 because of conferences. Also, all county schools win be closed next Friday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans' Day. director are Dwight Bailey, Michael Bunch. William Doherty. Robert Heideman, Steve Hill. Scott Madison. Paul Proudfoot. Paul Taylor and Jim West. The member ship will be asked to vote five candidates for one-year terms. The chairman will ask for nominations from the floor at the meeting to give any member who wishes, the op portunity to nominate addi tional candidates. Mills ex plains. The board is currently con sidering the question of a limit on the number of terms a director may serve. The board currently consists of 12 mem bers of which four are elected each year to serve a three year term. The current board members' length of service ranges from two years to 19 years with the average length of service at 9 2 years. Mills figured. During the meeting the members will be asked to cast an advisory vote on the question: "Should there be a limit on the number of terms a Director may serve?" There will also be a place on the ballot for comments. The board will greatly appreciate member input on this issue as there are points to be made on both sides of this question, Mills said. The membership will also be asked to vote an amend ment to the bylaws dealing TBae MeppimeBr Morrow County's . 10 PACES lifelong resident of Morrow County and has operated a cattle, hay and wheat ranch ' for the last 35 years. He is presently past presi dent of the Oregon Cattle men's Association, elected to a two-year term as president in 1980. Prior to his presiden cy, he served as second vice president and then first vice president. He is also now serving as state legislative chairman of the Oregon Cat tlemen's Association. He is also a member of the National Cattlemen's Association and was a membership chairman for Oregon, as well as serving on the N.C.A. Board of Direc tors for two years. Other livestock association activi ties include membership in the Oregon Wheat Growers League and the National As sociation of Wheat Growers. In 1975. French was elected to the Pendleton Production Credit Association Board of Directors and he has served on that board continuously since that time, including terms as vice-chairman and chairman of the board, and as 120 drivers stopped in Friday traffic check A total of 120 drivers were stopped during a Drunk Driv ing Traffic Check conducted by Oregon State Police, the Morrow County Sheriff's De partment and Heppner City Police last Friday between 8 and 11:30 p.m., reports Carl Martin of the O S. P.. Heppner. The check was held in front of the Highway Department's Monday with the payment of Capital Reserve Certificates upon the death of the holder. The by laws currently call for the payment to the original holder of Capital Reserve Certifi cates of the amount of the certificates up to $1,000. with the maximum amount that may be paid in one year in benefits of $10,000. The proposed amendment would delete the term original holder, thereby allowing any holder of certificates to be eligible for the death benefit and increase the amount pay able up to $3,000 per individual claim with the maximum amount of claims that may be paid in any one year set at $30.0ttt. Free babysitting will be provided in the dormitory next to the pavilion. Property tax payments due soon Property tax payments are due in the Morrow County tax collector's office by next Tuesday, November 15. L. II III Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 25 a member of the executive committee. French was recognized by the Withycombe Club, an or ganization of agricultural stu dents of Oregon State Univer sity, with an honorary mem bership to their club. This is an annual award, given to someone who has provided service and leadership to Ore gon agriculture. In stating his reasons for seeking election. French re marked. "When Max Simp son, the present incumbent, announced he would not be a candidate for this position, I felt we needed someone who can ably represent this mostly rural district in the Legisla ture. With my experience in agriculture, and as lifelong resident of Morrow County, I also feel I have at least a working knowledge of the timber industry and the rural environment. With this ex perience. I feel I can ably represent District 59 in the State Legislature." t French and his wife, Norma, have three children and six grandchildren. maintenance shop, across from Green Feed in Heppner. One driver was arrested for driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants and more were cited for other charges, Mar tin said. The traffic checks are au thorized by the U.S. Supreme Court. Moro man to speaker at meeting Oregon State Steve'Burnet Steve Burnet. 42. of Moro, will address those in atten dance at the Morrow County Grain Growers' annual stock holders meeting November 7 at the fairgrounds in Heppner. His topic of discussion will be "Harvest States Cooperative Your Regional Co-op." Burnet who graduated from Reserve table space now for Dec. Artifactory There are still tables left for Artifactory, reported a spokesperson for the Heppner Ione Branch of the American Association of University Women, who sponsor the an nual event. "But hurry, dead line is November 4," she said. The 12th annual Artifactory is set for Saturday, Dec. 3, at the Morrow County fair 14 1 HEPPNER. OREGON Four directors to be annual meeting Columbia Basin Electric Co-op will hold its 39th annual meeting next Thursday, Nov. 10. at the fairground's pavilion1 ; in Heppner. Registration will begin at 5 p.m., followed by dinner at 6 p.m. A business meeting is scheduled to start at 7 p.m. During the meeting, four directors will be elected to the co-op's board. The four candidates nominated are all running unopposed for three year terms. Seeking re-election to Rural Zone 5 is Kenneth Wright of Ruggs. Wright. 37, has been a director in the co-op board for nine years and has served as secretary-treasurer for the past three hears. He is a cat tle, sheep and buffalo rancher. He and his wife. Judy, have three children. Wright is a member of the Oregon Sheep Growers, the Oregon Hay Growers Association, of the Oregon Cattlemen's Associa tion, the Masons, of the Rhea rteek :an?. v handles,. Grange Insurance for this area and is the Oregon Direc tor for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Associa tion. Wright says he is seeking re-election because, "I think the co-op needs some directors that know how affairs have been handled in the past, and I want to run for another term of office." When asked if he feels any changes need to be made in ' the co-op, he answered, "No, we have done all the changing we can do, we can Just imple ment things we're doing right be featured Oregon State University in 1963 with a degree in Agricul tural Economics, is one of two directors who represent the Pacific Northwest on the Har vest States Board. He is also chairman of the Sherman County Planning Commission and is a director of the Sher man County Soil and Water Conservation District. He is a member of the Midco Grain Growers, of the Oregon Wheat Growers' League, of the Ore gon Cattlemen's Association and is a member of the opera ting board of the Wheat League Junior Livestock Show. He is a former vice president of the North Pacific Grain Growers. Inc. and past president of Midco Grain Growers. He and his wife have two children, and raise wheat, barley and cattle on 3.500 acres near Moro, grounds in Heppner. Reservations have been taken for such displays as dough art, Christmas baked goods, paintings, handmade jewelry, handcrafted toys and much more. To reserve table space, call Carol Helphinstine at 676-9439 or Joan Records at 676-5260 between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. 3 ") s$ " r Weather by the City of now. He says he feels the high cost of power is one of the co-op's biggest problems at the present time. "High power costs mean low revenue for our local co-op. Another prob lem is state and federal bureaucrats constantly changing rules and regula tions required of the co-op, and problems with the W.P.P.S.S. fiasco." He added, "We (the co-op) have very excellent employ ees, management and staff people. I think our local co-op is being run as efficiently as it can be. Fred Greiner, 55, of Condon, is seeking re-election to Con don City Zone 6. Greiner, a retired insurance agent, has been a director on C.B.E.C.'s board for six years. He and his wife. Eva Lou, have two children. Greiner has served on the Condon City Council for 12 years, is past president of the Condon Chamber of Com- Cardinal Club plans evening of food & fun for families I - V j V Nancy Miller, president of the I' .' merchants for the dob's upcoming fund-roiser. An evening of food and entertainment for the entire family is slated for this Sun day. November 6. Beginning at 4 p.m., at the lone High School cafeteria a turkey din ner with all the trimmings will be served along with hot dogs available on request for children. Dinner prices are $4 for adults. $2.50 for students, pre-school are served for free. The purchase of dinner tickets Marketing Seminar to be held next Tuesday A Marketing Seminar spon sored by the Morrow Co. Wheat Growers and Darl Kleinbach of Olex will be held next Tuesday, Nov. 8, 7.30 p.m.. at St. Patrick's Catholic Parish Hall in Heppner. The seminar will cover wheat, barley, cattle and corn marketing, reports Mark Mil ler, president of the wheat Hie weather report was not available at presstime Hcppncr elected at merce and was secretary of the Condon Elks Lodge for 22 years. Greiner says he is running because, "I would like to devote one more term to the board." He says he doesn't feel any changes are needed within the co-op at the present time because, "Things are really running pretty smoothly right now and I think we're (the board) pointed in the right direction." Like Wright. Greiner fels the high cost of power is one of the co-op's most important problems. "Trying to keep the rates down so people can pay them and the co-op can keep operating" is a big problem for the co-op, he said. A new candidate to the board is Russell Eric k son. 54, of condon. He is seeking elec tion to Rural Zone 2. Erickson is a farmer-rancher, and he and his wife. Marva, have '"""V.. C " v Cardinal Club, shows some of allow the holders to be eligible for door prizes, which will be drawn during the evening. Morrow and Umatilla County merchants have donated a wide selection of items rang ing from clothing to tools and tovs. At 5 p.m. entertainment will begin with the showing of a free feature movie filmed in Eastern Oregon, a cake walk. and the opening of the casino growers. Guest speaker will be Tony Dirks of Marketing Services, Inc.. Ritzville, Wash. He is to discuss the many factors in volving Pacific Northwest markets, including local sup ply and demand, foreign sup ply and demand, monetary policy, timing marketing and government programs, Miller said. C.B.E.C.'sN three children. Rural Zone 2 is currently being served by Walter Jaeger, his term is expiring. Erickson is a member of hte Gilliam County Wheat League, the Condon Baptist Church, vice-chairman of the Gilliam County Soil Conser vation Service and is past president of the Gilliam Coun ty Farm Bureau. Norman Rickert, is a new candidate fcr Heppner City ' Zone 8. No information from ' Rickert was available at presstime. Present director , for this zone is Bill Col.sns, whose term is expiring. Ballots and other informa tion pertaining to the election and the annual meeting were mailed last week to coop members. Baiiofs must have the co-op member's name on the outside of the envelope ani be received by November 9 to be counted the prizes donated by room where gamesters will be given free tokens which can be used in playing poker, 21, Lew and other games of chance. The evening will close with a free auction of more donated items from area businesses with bidders using the script won in the casino room. The event is being spon sored by the lone Cardinal Club and proceeds will benefit the club's budget. Heppner Swim Team Parents to meet The Heppner Swim Team Parents will meet Thursday, Nov. 3, at 7:30 p.m. at the home of the Gary and Nancy Bruch in Heppner. Anyone knowing a child who may be interested in partici pating on the team is asked to contact Gary or Nancy Bruch at 676 9420, or Sheridan Tar nasky, 676-5059, or 676-5133. - - - i
