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Voter turnout slow
What's your Opinion?
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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
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Donald
G.W.
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Barbara
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Jannette
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Roy L. Drago
COUNTY SHERIFF
Earl.
COUNTY
Ray
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Irv Townsend
Warren
COUNTY
David H.
COUNTY SURVEYOR
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Abrams
Smallmon
V. Eppenbach
(Jerry) Peck
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Bloodsworth
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Marie Evans
unopposed
Margo Sherer unoppoMd
COUNTY TREASURER
D. Ming unopposed
SURVEYOR
French
H. McCoy unopposed
COMMISSIONER
Krurnbein
unopposed
County's Home -
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Question: "What kind of
turn-out have you seen so far
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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. Board mem
bers are Nona Grace, Ruby
Munkers and Theta Lowe.
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Owned Weekly Newspaper
25 Heppner, Oregon
Knapweed spraying
A loosely knit organization
of about 17 farmers and ran
chers in Morrow and Gilliam
Counties Monday, May 7,
accomplished the initial
spraying of 1,368 acre of ran
geland. 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,
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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.
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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.
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