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I S 3 ! E V! F, T Z E I L U OF ORS I. Z V, 3 f ' A P K LID EUGENE OR 7403 Tlie Heppmeir .Iforrow vol. ioz no. it Thursday, may i7. i9M Voter turnout slow What's your Opinion? hlf; TO s: Theta Lowe of the N.W. Heppner precinct election board registers a vote during the May 15 primary election while Ruby Munken looks on. Morrow County Election Returns May 15, 1984 MORROW CO. SCHOOL TAX DASE INCREASE DMCC TAX DASE Robert David Gallaher John W. Jesse Himmelsbach unopposed STATE REPRESENTATIVE D1ST. 59 "5 Donald G.W. 1 Barbara a Jannette E (3 Roy L. Drago COUNTY SHERIFF Earl. COUNTY Ray eg' Irv Townsend Warren COUNTY David H. COUNTY SURVEYOR , Jl .'I If ! . Abrams Smallmon V. Eppenbach (Jerry) Peck mm Bloodsworth u2HB Marie Evans unopposed Margo Sherer unoppoMd COUNTY TREASURER D. Ming unopposed SURVEYOR French H. McCoy unopposed COMMISSIONER Krurnbein unopposed County's Home - io pages Question: "What kind of turn-out have you seen so far ..win. tm U I a. 1 E tion?" Kilt- !' ill. . f ll we uiinn us going rauier 1 slowly. We've been here since 8 o'clock this morning and voters" said the election board for the N.W. Heppner precinct at the museum at 12:30 Tuesday. 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This was the initial application in a projected five year herbicide program which will attempt not to eradicate but to control the spread of Premium Book ready for proofing The Morrow County Fair Premium Book will be eady to be proofed next week. All department superintendents are asked to come in to the Gazette-Times office Monday, May 21 to check over the information listed for their departments. diffuse knapweed in the upper Rock Creek drainage area. Diffuse knapweed is a prob lem primarily on rangeland, not cultivated ground. It is a competitive weed which not only adds toxins to the soil which weaken native bunch grass and shrubs but eventual ly will crowd the native plants from the land. Seeds may stay dormant in the soil for up to five years. The seeds are transported primarily by hun ters, fishermen, and off-road vehicles says Steve Campbell, Morrow County Extension agent. Wind and livestock also spread the seeds, but they are not considered the major long-distance movers. Camp bell says that knapweek has the potential to lower the productivity of rangeland by 80 to 90 percent, which, "if you are in the cattle business, can bankrupt you." Weather by the City of Heppner begun in Morrow County Pictured above : Carl Hagglund at helicopter, Bob VanSchoiack (left), Eric Hagglund, and Bob Stevens. Following two group meet ings a committee of Bob Van Schoiack, Pete McEIligott, Louis Carlson, John Camp, and Bob Stevens was selected to make the decisions about when and with what the knap weed would be sprayed. The committee worked closely with Morrow County Exten sion service and Oregon State University to develop a spray program. The committee decided to use a mixture of the chemicals 2-4D and Banvel for the first spraying because this was the safest mix available says Campbell. A low-volitle form of the chemical was used to prevent problems arising from possible drift. Carlson emphasizes that the program is self-supporting and the chemical mix used also had to be cost-effective. A special fund was set up to receive and disperse funds from the cooperating ranch ers. No government funds are involved in the project. He syas that the committee re ceived low bids on chemicals from local companies, some times right at cost. General Aircraft Services was selected to do the spraying. Mark Rietmann who spray ed 150 acres of rangeland on the ranch he manages for Don Anderson says that cost-wise it is advantageous "to stop the weed now at about $8 per acre before getting into a mess later and having to spend $16-20 or even $50 per acre if the weed should take over the whole range." Rangeland, he says, sells for $80-100 per acre. The Rock Creek drainage area is outside the major investation of the weed. Carl son says that the goal of the program is to hold the weed in the canyons and not let it spread over hillsides and into adjacent areas. Carlson continues that in addition to the herbicide pro gram begun by the co-operating ranchers, two other ap proaches are helpful in knap weed control: 1) Voters have already approved funds for a weed control officer who will have funds to locate knapweed and other noxious weed areas at the expense of taxpayers, and 2) to work with Oregon, Washington and Montana State Universities in an in depth research study on the weed itself: chemical control, (herbicide application,) bio logical control (beetles, flies, j j , Louis Carlson (left) and Bob spraying. View of helicopter spraying knapweed. etc. which feed on the plant), and by range management (re-seeding a range and not overgrazing the area). Has the spraying done any good? Rietmann says that they have sprayed their own land for three years and each time two weeks later there was another crop of knapweed. "You can't do anything on your own property," he says, "because if the neighbors don't control, too, you haven't got a chance against it." This application so far "has done a School Board to The regular May meeting of the Morrow County School Board will be held at River side High School in Boardman on May 21 at 8 p.m. announced a spokesperson for the school district. The Board will consider ad justments in the district grad uation requirements to in clude additional science and mathematics credits. - arj High Uw Precip Tues., May 8 65 .03 . Wed., May 9 , 61 40 Thuri., May 10 55 48 .07 Frt, May 11 73 Sat., May 12 70 45 Sun., May 13 78 44 Trace Mon., May 14 54 42 Trace photo by Stew Gmpbell rjnon by So Qjrpxi Stevens discuss the knapweed photo by 6ev umptoeli 2 4D and Banvel on diffuse really good job; every place we sprayed, we got a good kill, but if we get another half -inch of rain, we'll have another crop." "Everybody has been ready and more than willing to share in the co-ordinated effort- that's what has made the program work," said Carlson. And, Steve Campbell, has been the 'sparkplug' of the whole operation, the nucleas of the organization. He came into the area new and grasped the situation immediately." meet May 21 The Board will also consider awarding bids for fuel oil, gasoline, tires, heat pumps, sprinkler systems, propane, cyclone fencing, classroom computers and carpeting. In other business the Board will consider several person nel matters and hear a report on a sewer problem at lone High School. 1 lWxX' . :
