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vol. 102 no.
Nearly $1,500 raised for Lexington
woman in benefit pool tourney
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Pool tournament finalist Matt Hughes (left), Bud Englert,
Josie Kindsfather, Chuck Marquardt, Bryce Powell and Rick
About $1,500 was ruised for
Debbie Sharp of Lexington
during a Calcutta pool tour
nament in Heppner last Sa
turday. Sharp, 27. was serious
ly injured in a December 13
accident and has been recei
ving medical treatment at St.
Mary Medical Center in Walla
Walla since then. The tourna
ntenle was sponsored by the
Heppner Elks Lodge, Buck-
num's Tavern, the Blackhorse
Tour of Kinzua sawmill
scheduled for Mar. 6
The Morrow County Private
Woodlands Association in co
cperation with Kinzua Corpo
ration will sponsor a lour of
the Kinzua sawmill in Hep
pner on March, announced
Maurice Mitchell, extension
area forester. All interested
individuals are asked to as
semble at the company office
at 1:30 p.m. for a short brie
fing prior to the tour.
This is an opportunity to
Farm programs signup
period extended
Secretary of Agriculture
John K. Block has extended
the sign-up period for 1984
cotton, feed grain, rice and
wheal programs by three
weeks, through March 16, an
nounced the Morrow Co. Agri
cultural Stabilization and
Conservation Service office.
Block . also said he has
changed summer fallow rules
so that the requirements
would be the same as they
were in 1983 and previous
programs. Prior to this action,
' acreage designated for the
1984 programs could not have
been land intended for sum
mer fallow in the current
year. Other provisions of the
1984 programs will remain
unchanged, he said.
Block said he took these
actions to clear away some of
the obstacles which made it
difficult for farmers to make
sound decisions about the
Morrow County's
s s paces Thursday, M.rch l. tm
Tavern and the Wagon Wheel.
Fifty-two players were auc
tioned off into 26 teams. Each
of the sponsors provided the
use of a table, and many
people donated food for the
event.
The team of Bud Englert
Bnd Uryce Powell came in
first. Chuck Marquardt and
Josie Kindsfather placed
second, Jasbo Gibbs and Kick
Smith took third and Mike
observe the mill in operation
and to become familiar with
recent innovations in the
sawmill industry. Also, the
cogenerating plant under
construction will provide
many points of interest, Mitc
chell said.
For safety purposes, those
attending the tour should
bring a hard hat. For those not
having one. a limited number
will be made available.
programs. Also, many far
mers have not been able to
finalize crop operating plans
including financing and lease
arrangements. Since produ
cers must sign a binding con
tract in the 1984 acreage re
duction programs, with liqui
dated damages for failure to
comply, they are reluctant to
sign up until their operating
plans are more complete, he
said.
"Both U.S.D.A. and private
sector analysts say that when
most farmers compare these
programs with they own ope
rating plans, thej(will find
participation is to their ad
vantage," Block said.
Block encouraged fanners
to avoid a last-minute rush to
U.S.D.A's Agricultural Stabi
lization and Conservation Ser
vices county offices so that
they can better serve each
farmer.
Smith pose with Debbie Sharp
Gibbs and Mike Doherty.
Doherty and Matt Hughes won
fourth place. Winnings of $150
for first place, $100 for second
and $50 for third were to be
divided between the two win
ners in each team. The prize
money came from $5 entry
fees that each participant in
the tournament paid.
A dinner was held that
evening at the Elks Lodge.
Debbie attended the dinner
County residents file for school board,
advisory comm. positions
Seven county residents have
filed a dec laration cf candida
cy for three vacant positions
on the Morrow County School
Board. Ten people are seeking
election to seven advisory
committee positions.
Vying for director of zone V,
a four year term are Robert
Ma honey and Prank Pearson,
both of Heppner.
Bryan Timms of Irrigon and
Dwayne Carroll, Rural Rt. 1,
Hermiston are running for
director of zone II, a four -year
term.
Running for director of zone
IV, also a four-year term, are
Pauline Winter of Heppner,
William James Doherty of
I,exington and Jack Strege of
Boardman.
Dean Robinson and Helen
C.B.E.C.
The Columbia Basin Elec
tric Co-op Board tentatively
approved a non-firm power
rate for irrigators at a meet
ing last Thursday, reports
C.B.E.C. Manager Fred
Toombs. Bonneville Power
Administration has offered to
cut irrigation rates in March
and April to help econimically
distressed farmers. The board
will submit their proposed
rule for UFA 's approval,
Toombs said.
Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
25' Heppner, Oregon
(center). Not pictured: Jasbo
and posed with the tourna
ment winners for a photo. She
has returned to Walla Walla
but will be able to come home
on weekends.
Anyone wanting to make a
donation to help pay medical
costs that her insurance
doesn't cover may contribute
to the Debbie Sharp Trust
Fund at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon in Heppner.
Riehl, both of Heppner, are
running for position no. cne on
the Heppner-lexington Advi
sory Committee, a three-year
term.
George Koffler of Heppner
has filed for position no. two, a
three-year term, on the
Heppner-Lexington Advisory
Committee. Koffler is running
unopposed.
Position no. seven on the
Heppner-Lexington Advisory
Committee is being sought by
Jean Brazell of Lexington. It
is also a three-year term. She
runs unopposed.
Julie Nelson of Lexington is
running for position no. four
on the lone Advisory Commit
board holds meeting
In other business Toombs
said the board:
discussed upcoming law
suits stemming from the
co-op's involvement in
W.P.P.S.S. The board learned
that the co-op's insurance car
rier, St. Paul Fire and Marine,
will cover defense costs.
Toombs expects it will be a
year before the case goes to
court.
discussed hiring an audi
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Proposed
The Morrow County School
District's proposed budget for
new year will be up five
percent, reports School Dis
trict Superintendent Matt
Doherty.
The budget will increase by
$306,546 for a total of
$7,697,678.
Doherty says the main rea
son for the increase is prima
rily more money for salaries.
Summer maintenance help
has been increased, teachers
received a .08 percent cost of
living increase, and adminis
trators a .07 percent. One
additional teacher has been
added at Columbia Junior
High, and some employees
have received salary incre
NewP.M.H.
administrator hired
The Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital Board has announced
that a new hospital adminis
trator has been hired. Albert
rl. "John" Ochsner III of.
Yuma, Arizona was to arrive
in Heppner this week and will
begin his position at the hospi
tal March 5, reports Renee
Siminoe, P.M.H. board
member.
Ochsner will replace inte
rim administrator Byron
Smith who has filled the posi
tion for the last three and
one-half months. Smith, who is
employed by Brim & Associ
ates, Inc. of Portland, a firm
specializing in the manage
ment of small and medium
sized hospitals, replaced A.K.
"Lucky" Felt.
Ochsner, 46, has been em-
tee, a three-year term. Nelson
also is running unopposed.
Mary Lou Carlson and Mary
Michael, both of Boardman,
are vying for position no. one
on the Boardman-Irrigon Ad
visory Committee, a three
year term.
Position no. four on the
Boardman-Irrigon Advisory
Committee is being sought by
Mary Lee Wilson and John
Wenholz, both of Irrigon. Po
sition no. four is a one-year
term.
George Kennedy of Irrigon
is running unopposed for posi
tion no. six, a three-year term
on the Boardman Irrigon Ad
visory Committee.
ting firm for the co-op. No
action was taken but the mat
ter will be continued at the
next board meeting, the
manager said.
elected to retain a nego
tiator for future use to repre
sent the co-op in negotiations
with the International Bro
therhood of Electrical Wor
kers Local 125. The negotiator,
from a Portland firm, was
hired for one year.
Weather
by the City of Heppner
school budget up 5 percent
ments for next year.
Employee benefits have
also been increased to take
care of anticipated higher
costs there, said Doherty.
Purchased services (such as
water, sewer, etc.) have been
increased slightly; however,
electricity is not expected to
be as much as anticipated.
This was "a bright spot," said
Doherty.
In the area of capital im
provements, the budget will
show a decrease of 2.5 per
cent. The budget committee
cut this amount down from an
original proposal showing a 20
percent increase. "
Doherty says the revenue
side of the budget "does not
ployed at the Yuma Regional
Medical Center, a 220 bed
acute care hospital, since 1979,
said Smith. Ochsner was asso
ciate administrator , at the
medical center, and since
April 1983 he has been acting
chief executive officer. Before
his employment at Yuma,
Ochsner was the senior re
search associate at the Oregon
Regional Primate Research
Center in Beaverton, where he
worked for 13 years.
He and his wife, Pat, a
native of Eugene, have a
13-year-old boy.
An open house to honor
Smith and Ochsner will be
held at the hospital on Mon
day, Mar. 5, from 2 to 4 p.m.,
Siminoe said. The public is
invited to attend the reception.
Child I.D. program
The Heppner Lions Club has
announced it will postpone the
date of a child identification
and finger printing project.
The project is being sponsored
in conjunction with the Hep-pner-Ione
Branch of the Ame
rican Association of Univesity
Women and the Heppner
Soroptimist Club.
The project is now being
organized by the clubs in
conjunction with the Eastern
Oregon Friends of Child Find.
Campfire
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Local Campfire boys and girls
Dads last Thursday at St. Patrick's Cathoalic Church parish hall in Heppner. A potluck dim
served, and the kids sang songs and put on skits for their dads.
The event is held each year in February as a Campfire project to honor fathers.
look as favorable this year."
"We expect to have less
money from carryover funds,
from prior year taxes and
from several of our smaller
sources that we had available
last year."
He says basic school support
funds from the state could
improve slightly next year,
however, the district will not
know the exact amount until
spring.
Overall, Doherty estimates
that the district will have
nearly $300,000 less income
from outside, sources (other
than local property tax) on
which to operate.
The total property tax
Congressman's circuit
rider coming to Heppner
Mike Hanna, circuit rider
for the Second District Con
gressman Bob Smith, will be
holding an open town hall
meeting on Tuesday, Mar. 6,
from 3 to 4 p.m. at Heppner
Snil Water
District Report inside
The "1983 Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District
Report," an eight page supplement, is included in this week's
issue of the Gazette-Times.
The district's annual meeting will be Tuesday, Mar. 6, 7:30
p.m., at the Lexington Grange Hall. Darrel Maxwell, area
extension agronomist of Pendleton, will be the featured
speaker. Maxwell will review the development of the STEEP
program and research efforts, will discuss straw distribution
behind combines and will give a slide presentation on
conservation tillage.
The public is invited to attend the meeting, meet the
directors and take part in the program.
At a Lions Club meeting on
February 23, Carol Hardie of
the Eastern Oregon Friends of
Child Find gave some advicer
regarding organization of the
project. Her recommendation,
which the club adopted, was to
wait until the project was
more organized and more
publicity given, explained
Lonny Watne of the Lions
Club. Therefore, the club de
cided to delay the project until
early April.
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Wed., Feb. 22 46 35 .01
Thurs., Feb. 23 47 38 .03
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Sat., Feb. 25 45 26
Sun., Feb. 26 49 30
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needed to balance the budget
next year will be $6,093,165.
This is a $515,506 or 9.2 percent
increase over the present local
property tax funding the
schools.
Of the local tax, $742,978 is
within the tax base, $533,773 is
used to pay off bonds, and the
remaining $4,816,414 will be
required from a special levy.
Based on an estimated dis
trict wide property evaluation
of $790 million, the tax rate
would be $7.71 per thousand
dollars. This is 55 cents more
than the current rate of $7.17.
Voters will go to the polls
March 26 for a countywide
election.
City Hall.
The public is urged to attend
and communicate their
thoughts, ideas and problems
to Hanna who will relay them
to Congressman Smith.
Conservation I
postponed
The club will announce the
date at the earliest possible
opportunity in all the news
media and will send notices of
the rescheduled date home
with elementary school stu
dents. "The Heppner Lions Club is
sorry for any inconvenience
this has caused, and promises
smooth operation of the
project when we get underway
in early April." Watne said.
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