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Carlson, Anhorn chosen as 1983's First Citizens
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Louis Carlson
Irene Anhorn of Heppner
and Louis Carlson of lone
were named as Morrow Coun
ty's First Citizens of 1983
during an annual Chamber of
Commerce banquet Tuesday
night. Jan X Dr. Wallace
Wolff presented the winners
with plaques
A third generation member
nf an outstanding Swedish
ranching family of the Valby
area. Louis Carlson has
brought many honors to his
family and to Morrow County.
His grandparents. Anders S.
and Sophia Carolina ( Carls
dot tor Carlson, came from
Spivey benefit nets $1,270
A benefit spaghetti dinner
and basketball game 1 eld in
lone last Wednesday netted
$1,270 for Nancy Spivey (
lone, reports Jim Swanson.
chairman of the benefit com
mittee. All proceeds will be
used to help offset Spivey's
medical costs
About 200 people attended
Heppner man makes inspection
trip to Latin America
Tad Miller. Heppner farmer
and a director on the U.S.
Wheat Associates Board, has
recently returned from a
market development inspec
tion trip in Latin America,
reports "Oregon Wheat," the
official publication of the Ore
gon Wheat Growers League.
Miller's trip included visiting
New angling
Angling regulation booklets
good for t84 and 1985 have
been shipped by the Oregon
Fish and Wildlife Department
to license agents all over
Oregon, the department has
announced. Any rule changes
reflected in the new booklet
took effect on January 1.
Anglers are urged by the
department to pick up a copy
of the new rules at a local
sporting goods store and keep
them handy for reference dur
ing the new year.
It was recommended by
department fishery staff this
year and accepted by the Fish
and Wildlife Commission that
angling regulations be adop
ted for a two-year period for
several reasons. Most rules do
not change from one year to
the next and many others
could just as easily apply to a
two-year period as one. The
fisheries staff is attempting to
THURSDAY. JANUARY 5. 1984
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Irene Anhorn
Sweden to the United States in
1HH0. Anders filed for his
homestead in the Gooseberry
area, one mile from where
Valby Lutheran Church would
be built.
Continuing on and enlarging
the Carlson Ranch were Louis'
parents Victor Leonard and
Julia Amanda Carlson, who
purchased the homestead
farm in 1934.
In 1950 at the Valby Church,
he married Betty Jeane
Graves, daughter of John W.
and Dorris (Wilcox) Graves.
The Carlsons are the parents
of Sandra Lou. Cheri Ann.
the event, which was orga
nized and sponsored by the
lone Lions Club; the lone
F.xlension Club, led by Debbie
Morgan: the Cardinal Club:
Willows Grange: the lone Aer
ican U-gion: and other lone
businesses and individuals.
The basketball game saw
Morrow County Grain
Growers' team edge out Bris-
Mexico. Panama, Columbia.
Chile. Peru and Ecuador, the
publication said.
According to the "Oregon
Wheat." Miller reported that
during the trip three areas of
concern affecting exports of
U S. wheat were investigated.
The concerns include the high
inflation rate of 60 to 70
rule books available
minimize frequent rule
changes where possible in
order to reduce confusion for
the angler.
But the main concern for the
shift to a two-year rules book
let was the savings in printing
costs, which might run as
much as $30,000, the depart
ment said. Those savings can
go into management pro
grams that more directly
benefit the fisheries resource.
Anglers can help minimize
those printing costs by pro
tecting their new copy of the
angling rules in a plastic bag
so it will last the two-year
period.
The 1984-85 rules follow the
new format introduced last
year which it was hoped would
be easier for anglers to under
stand and use. Apparently the
format change was successful
as most angler comments
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Morrow County's
PACES
Philip John and Clinton Rob
ert, all of whom are married.
In 1958 Louis and Betty
purchased the family farm
from his parents and moved
into the home built by his
grandparents in 1883. In 1980.
lwis. Betty and sons Philip
and Clinton formed 4C
Ranches. Inc. Management
became the key to the success
and a computer-printer was
added to the farm office.
Following the death of
Betty's father in 1974. they
purchased that ranch from
her mother. Dorris. Both
Louis and Betty have been
community leaders. Louis has
been a 4-H group leader for
many years, has been a pillar
of Valby Church, was county
father of the year and has
been president of the Oregon
Wheat league. As were his
forebears, he is dedicated to
the advancement of agricul
ture in Morrow County and the
Slate of Oregon.
On July 4. 1976. Irene Anita
(Beamer) Anhorn moved
back to Heppner from Jackson
County where she had lived
since her marriage in 1941.
Her husband. C.W. "Willie"
tow's Market 68-63. During
halftime. nine cakes were
drawn for and several spa
ghetti dinners were auctioned
off.
"We were overwhelmed,"
said Swanson. "Only could a
small community do some
thing like this."
percent, the lack of credit for
the countries toured, and the
tough competition in the
wheat market from Canada,
Australia and Argentina.
Miller was to give a full
report on the three-week trip
at an O.W.G.L. boards meet
ing on January 4.
have been favorable during
the past year. Angling regula
tions are admittedly complex
as they attempt to provide the
maximum amount of angling
possible while giving adequate
protection to species and runs
that need it.
While the Fish and Wildlife
Commission still has the
authority to make emergency
changes in angling rules with
in the two-year period if they
are necessary, commission
members have said they will
avoid changes if at all possi
ble. The 32-page booklet includes
all sport fishing regulations
except those for ocean salmon
which are set in the spring
each year. Rules for taking
shellfish and marine inverte
brates are also included.
All license fees remain
unchanged for 1984 and 85.
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Anhorn died in 1970. Their four
sons. William George, Jeffrey
Clare. Michael James. James
Beamer and their daughter
Catherine Irene, were then
adults, and Irene returned to
Heppner where her roots run
very deep and where she lives
in a home previously occupied
by her mother. Clara Reid
Beamer Gertson.
Since her return to Morrow
Co., Irene has again been
involved with the Christian
Church both in Heppner and
lexington. and she has volun
teered much time to the Hep
pner City Library and to the
Heppenr Neighborhood Cen
ter. She has assumed the
superintendency of the Small
Animal Division of the county
fair and has worked long, hard
hours there. She has continued
working with youth through
4-H groups, as she had long
done in Jackson County where
she was a teacher.
Each week she spends many
hours helping bring joy and
hope to the patients at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital and its"
nursing home where she con
ducts weekly bingo and crafts
Willow Creek Dam wins
engineering award
Willow Creek Dam has
received an engineering
award of merit from the U.S.
Army Crops of Engineers,
announced the Corps' public
affairs office in Walla Walla,
Wash.
The award of merit is the
second highest award presen
ted to Corps projects in the
Design and Environmental
Awards Program sponsored
each year by the Corps' Chief
of Engineers.
Each year, local Corps of
fices nominate projects for
awards in four categories:
engineering, architecture,
landscape architecture and
environmental. Willow Creek
Dam was one of three Corps
pro jects around the country to
County Fair & Rodeo Court, penant
bearers honored at luncheon
A luncheon honoring mem
bers of the 1984 Morrow Coun
ty Fair and Rodeo Corut and
their mothers kicked off the
first appearance of the official
group. The event, held at
Kate's Pizza and Pastry in
Heppner last Wednesday,
Dec. 28, was hosted by chape
rones Bobbie Angell, Mickey
Madison and Marcia Kemp.
Queen Sylvia Ladd of lone
and princesses Bridgett
Greenup and Shelley Stroeber
of Heppner welcomed their
' pennant bearers and their
mothers. They include Christy
Stroeber, Lori Cecil, Dyann
Brosnan, Bobbette Angell and
and Stacey Kennedy.
Christy Stroeber is a 13-year-old
seventh grader at
Heppner Junior High. She is
the daughter of Don and Jan
Stroeber and has been active
in 4-H and Wranglers for
several years.
Lori Cecil, 12, is the
youngest member of the
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HEPPNER. OREGON
and where she regularly is
pianist for the church servi
ces. She is a member of the
Degree of Honor Lodge.
Her years of civic activity
and work with youth in Jack
son County gave her a great
start toward gaining her way
into many hours of helpful
community service in Morrow
Co. where her maternal
grandparents. James and
Mary Reid, were well known
early residents of the county
and operators of Reids Mill.
Her parents. W.J. and Clara
Beamer Hater Gertson were
very active in the Heppenr
area. Her older sister, Mary
Goheen is also active here
now. being the current presi
dent of the Soroptimist Club.
During the seven years of
her second period of living in
Heppner. Irene has contribu
ted many more hours of vo
lunteer service to her com
munity than many persons
give during their entire life
times. Her generous contribu
tions of her knowledge and
skills and concern for human
ity; were Recognized by her
selection as this county's First
Woman Citizen of 1983.
earn an award of merit in the
engineering category this
year.
The annual awards program
is designed to recognize excel
lence in project design and
environmental achievement
at recently completed Corps
projects. The entries are
judged by a panel of profes
sional engineers from busi
ness, industry and education.
The judging was held in
Washington. D.C. in mid
December. Designed by the Corps'
Walla Walla District. Willow
Creek Dam is the first major
dam in the United States to be
constructed using roller-compacted
concrete. The dam was
dedicated in July. 1983.
group. The seventh grader at
Heppner is involved in 4-H and
Wranglers and is the daughter
of Ron and Linda Cecil.
Dyann Brosnan, a 16-year-old
sophomore at Heppner
High School was a pennant
bearer last year. She is active
in Wranglers and 4-H livestock
as well as cooking and sewing.
She is the daughter of Eddie
and Lorraine Brosnan.
Bobbette Angell, a 15-year-old
sophomore at Heppner
High School, has been a pen
nant bearer for the past two
years and is a member of
Wranglers. Her parents are
Larry and Bobbie Angell.
Stacey Kennedy is a fresh
man at Heppner High School
and has also been a pennant
bearer for two years. The
daughter of Larry and Ellen
Kennedy, she is active in 4-H
and Wranglers.
Chaperone Angell announ
ced the official uniforms will
be arriving this month and the
Weather
by the City of
'83 farm sales relatively
unchanged from 1982
By BOB COSTA
OSU Extension Agent
Morrow County
Despite large losses in the
sales of Oregon's two biggest
agricultural commodities,
cattle and wheat, the state's
1983 gross sales of farm and
ranch products remained
almost unchanged from last
year. Oreogn State University
reports.
The sale of grains, particu
larly white wheat, dropped $12
million from last year and
sales of cattle and calves were
down $64 million from the 1982
level. However, so many dif
ferent products are grown in
Oregon thast even though the
two leaders were down in
sales, enough other crops re
corded gains to even things
out.
Total gross sales of all Ore
gon agricultural commodities
in 1983 were $1.71 billion,
compared to $1.74 billion in
1982. . ......
Marion. Umatilla. Malheur,
Clackamas and Morrow coun
ties exceeded $100 million
each in farms sales in 1983.
Marion County was number
one with total gross sales of
$191.2 million. Of the five top
counties. Marion. Malheur
and Clackamas recorded
modest drops in total farm
products income from 1982
levels, while Umatilla and
Morrow were up 8.8 and 11.8
percent respectively.
Sales from all crops were
$1,118 billion, up four percent
from the 1982 figure. Sales for
all livestock and poultry
products were $594 million,
down 9.6 percent from last
year's level.
Grains dropped four percent
in total sales for 1983. Out
standing white wheat crops
over the last four years have
resulted in a large carryover
from year to year. The surplus
has kept prices down, and
making matters worse was
the excellent white wheat crop
in 1983. despite the fact that
colors will be lavendar with
plum hats, boots and gloves.
The pennant bearers will wear
lavendar blouses, plum pants
and black hats.
Angell also announced that
the queen's coronation will be
held Saturday, March 24, with
a dinner and dance. Calendars
were given out and dates of
rodeos, parades and appear
ances were filled in by the
girls.
Queen Sylvia presented
purple earrings to her prin
cesses and pennant bearers.
Thank you notes were given to
the court by Mickey Madison.
A decorated cake was served
concluding the luncheon.
Those attending the event
were Sylvia and Lorraine
Ladd; Shelley, Christy and
Jan Stroeber; Bridgett and
Janet Greenup; and Bobbie
and Bobbette Angell; Stacey
Kennedy; Lori and Linda
Cecil; and Dyann and Lor
raine Brosnan.
High Low Precip.
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Tues., Dec. 27 25 6 11 614 "
Wed.. Dec. 28 21 5 10 6"
Thurs.. Dec. 29 28 18 "2 Trace
Fri.. Dec. 30 44 27 Trace
Sat.. Dec. 31 48 15 ' Trace
Sun.. Jan. 1 40 15 ce Trace
Mon.. Jan. 2 56 33 04 .Trace
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Heppner is 1.42.
Total for the
many acres were taken out of
wheat production through the
federal government's P.I.K.
program. Another negative
factor was the current
strength of the dollar in com
parison to foreign currencies,
which hurt U.S. exports.
Cattle and calves dropped 18
percent from the 1982 level.
This happened because the
Oregon cattle industry is cur
rently in the down swing of tis
production cycle, says Stan
Miles. OSU Extension Service
economist.
"Cattle numbers are down
now because of a surplus of
red meat on the market, re
sulting in low prices to produ
cers." said Miles. "When this
happens, producers cut back
their herds. In the next part of
the cycle, red meat quantities
on the market will begin to
Heppner man stricken
in Arizona.
By JUSTINE
WEATHERFORD
Early on Tuesday morning,
Jan. 3, Bill and Jane Rawlins
of Heppner flew from Port
land to Phoenix, Arizona to the
bedside of their youngest son,
Charles "Charlie" who is in a
large hospital there suffering
from a very sudden and se
vere brain hemorrhage. Seve
ral physicians, including a
neurosurgeon, are working
with him as he is partially
paralyzed and is unable to
speak.
Rawlins talked with his par
ents by telephone several
times during the recent holi
days. They had a happy chat
on Christmas Day, and he
called them the evening of
January 1 to wish them
"Happy New Year" and to say
how he had enjoyed that day
so much. He had gone hunting
wild pigs with friends in the
area nearbv his Scottsdale
Electricity consumption
up sharply during Dec.
December's cold and icy
weather caused a significant
increase in local electricity
consumption but caused no
damage to power lines, re
ports Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op Manager Fred Toombs.
Although Toombs did not
know yet the exact amount of
electricity used last month, he
Lovgren leaves Western
Heritage this week
Christy Lovgren, manager
of Western Heritage Federal
Savings and Loan Association
in Heppner, will be leaving the
bank to accept employment at
Morrow County Grain Grow
ers. Lovgren, who has been
with the bank for almost five
years, has been manager of
the Heppner branch for the
past tJhreejears, Her last day
will be this Thursday, Jan. 5.
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year was 18.52; normal is 12.96.
shrink, causing prices to go up
and in turn encouraging pro
ducers to rebuild their herds,"
Miles said.
Field crops registered the
largest increase with gross
sales up 16.3 percent. Im
proved prices for potatoes
and onions made a major
impact. Onion sales alone
were up 82 percent from the
1982 level. Hay and silage
sales gained 13.5 percent and
specialty crops (nurseries,
greenhouses, bulbs. Christ
mas trees, farm forestry)
were up 13.2 percent.
Vegetable crops changed
little from 1982. Tree fruits
and nuts were down 2.7 per
cent, led by a drop of more
than 50 percent in the filbert
crop. Grass and legume seed
sales fell 11.9 percent.
residence and employment at
a large country club.
The afternoon of January 2,
Jane received a call from one
of Charlie's co-workers telling
her that he had been taken to
the Scottsdale hospital. Then
the first doctor called her,
after a preliminary examina
tion had been made, and said
that they were moving him by
airlift to a large hospital in
Phoenix where a neurosur
geon would be ready to try to
help him.
The Rawlinses left Heppner
during the night for Portland
to fly to Arizona. Their eldest
son. Tom. will stay at their
home until they return. Fam
ily members, friends and
neighbors are praying for
Charlie and his parents. When
there is more news, the Raw
lins will telephone Tom.
Charlie, who grew up and
attended schools in Heppner,
is well known in this area for
his golfing ability and
achievements.
did say that consumption was
definitely up over last Decem
ber. Additional employees were
hired to scrape ice from power
lines from December 18 to 23,
and as a result there were
some power outages, but the
lines were not damaged, the
manager reported.
She begins work at M.C.G.G.
on Monday, Jan. 9.
Replacing Lovgren as bank
manager will be Jackie Gen
try of Pendleton. Gentry, who
has been working at the main
branch in Pendleton, started
in Heppner on Wednesday of
this week. She grew up and
attended school in Heppner
before moving to Pendleton.