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i r,rcqJE WET-ELL U Of 0 P. E EUGENE OU 07403 Aforrotv County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper vol. 102. N0.21 Thursday, may 3i, ism Heppner, Oregon! Grand Market ! i At Central Market owners Mary Jean and Ernie McCabe (left) and Gail and Forrie Burkenbine stand In newly remodeled store ready for the grand opening starting this Wednesday, May 30. The remodeling project doubled the size of the store and will allow Central Market to carry more Items. "We've expanded in every department and will be offering more items at better prices," said Forrie Burkenbine. During the grand opening you can enter to win a 13" RCA color TV, $50 gift certificate, $25 gift certificate, free bag of groceries or many other great prizes. Check the 12 page blue and gold Insert, "The Family Grocer," in this week's paper for many specials on sale at Central Market. School board approves $5,000 for drain The Morrow County School Board met Monday, May 21 at Riverside High School In Boardman. A delegation from Lea Calvert's fifth grade at Heppner Elementary school presented "50 Nifty United States," a brief summary of a five-week social studies pro ject. After considerable discus sion, the board took action to allow a one credit increase In the total number of credits required for graduation from Morrow County schools. The board has adopted the sug gested one credit increase in math and one credit Increase in science, and a one credit reduction in elective courses. This changes will effect the students entering as freshmen this fall who will be graduat ing in 1988. The board also heard a report on the drain field prob lem at the lone schools. It had been hoped to put together a plan for a drain field which would benefit the schools as well as several other residents who are also experiencing problems with inadequate drain fields. The department of Enviornmental Quality in formed the board, however, that such a project would not be approved. Additional drain field is a non-budgeted item, bo the board approved an amount of up to $5,000 to correct the drainage problem. Currently, measurements are being taken of the flow, to see how many much drainage area will be required. In other business, the board: -canvassed the ballots for tax base election. -awarded contracts on bids received for services and sup plies to: 1) Benz-Air Co. of Portland, $21,558 for three heat pumps to be replaced at Heppner High School; 2) United Pipe and Supply Co. of Portland, for the mater Opening at Central continues to June 5 increases graduation requirements ; ials needed for a sprinkler system at three schools, lone, Irrigon, and Boardman; 3) Russell Oil Co. of Board man to Suply gasoline to the district for $1.0125 per gallon and diescl at $0,885 per gallon; 4) McCall Oil Co. of the Tri-Cities to supply heating oil at $31.60 per barrel; 5) Trl-Cltles Fence, of Tri Cities, $5,228 for fencing mat erials to be used at two schools In Irrigon; 6) Heppner Nor-C-as, 57-60 cents per gallon for propane depending on the distance the fuel is to be delivered away from the Heppner Nor-Gas plant; 7) Benz-Air. $3,800 for ther mostats and automatic valves which will keep the tempera ture regulated in the build ings; 8) M & R $13.95 sq.yd. for carpeting to be used at A.C. Houghton at Irrigon and at the district office at Lexington; and 9) Les Schwab of Heppner, recapped tire bid; Hermiston Tire Company, of Hermiston, new tire bid. hired classified employees of the district from the lone, Heppner and Lexington scho ols who had been reviewed by the respective advisory bo ards. Classified employees from the schools in the north end of the district will be Playday canceled The Wranglers Summer Series Playday scheduled for this Friday, June 1, has been canceled because of a conflict with the commencement ser vice at Heppner High School. A spokesperson for the Wran glers says that the next play day will be Friday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. l3 4 .1 field reviewed by their respective advisory boards and present ed the the school board for hiring next month. - heard the superintendent's report in which Doherty en couraged the board to read the detailed task force on educa tion report and to make re commendations to the state board of education. Doherty also advised the board that because of the system used to SiJ Plan to attend the IUCC Auction & Barbecue this Sat. I, I, "4.;. . ' VHMIW 1 M F1 - ' " "v Tracy Osterlund tries out one of the toys which will be on sale in the toy section of the Country Store at the lone United Church of Christ Auction and Barbecue this Saturday, June 2 at the Grange Hall in lone. noon Co. Centennial begins with awards to 9 The Morrow County Histor ical Society is taking the lead ership celebrating this coun ty's 100 birthday which comes next year. Society members have worked this year on their first centennial project, the recognition of century farms. This project is carried out in coniunction with the Oregon Nearly 600 attend Pioneer Picnic Places were set for 500 persons; however an estimat ed 600 attended the 31st An nual Pioneer Memorial Picnic Sunday, May 27 at the Morrow County Fair pavilion hosted this year by the descendants of Catherine (Grant) Doherty. After the presentation of the national colors by the Amer ican Legion Post No. 87, Cliff Aldrich read the list of the county's war dead, Gene Riet mann blew taps, and Janet Runnion led the crowd in Tarnasky elected to CBEC board Columbia Basin Electric lAMrd of directors met Thurs day, May 24 and appointed Ed figure unemployment Insur ance, the amount the district pays will probably increase and the board may need to readjust it's budget. He furth er advised the board that the 1983-84 base teacher salary of $14,165 did not compare very favorably across the state and that at collective bargaining time, the board may have to consider adjustments there as well. 25 8 PAGES I i State Historical Society which , recognizes century farms I every five years. Nine county farms established before 1885 'were honored publicly at the : Morrow County Pioneer Pic ; nic on May 27. Jean Nelson, a director of the county society, explained : that to qualify for this honor a singing "God Bless America." Ben Doherty presented the j flag of the Republic of Ireland : and Janet Runnion sang "It's a Great Day for the Irish"; her mother Jean (Turner) Runnion was pianist for the day. Members of the host family seated at the head table were asked to rise and receive recognition. Pastor John Maas, of Hope and Valby Lutheran Church es, offered the invocation be fore emcee Joe McLaughlin Tarnasky to fill the position Created by Norm Rickert's death. Tarnasky will serve untU the CBEC annual meet ing in November when anoth er member will be elected to fill the final two years of Rickert's term. Tarnasky works in the forestry depart ment at Kinzua Corp. The board approved a write off of $9,000 in bad debts for the 1933-84 business year which represents One-fourth of one percent of the total reven ues for that period. Fred Toombs, general manager of The Rev. Cathy Barker says that committee people and chairmen are busy working at the Grange hall, preparing for the event. Weather by the City of Heppner member of the family of the original owner must have owned and operated the farm continuously for 100 years or more. Nelson and Barton Clark, another director, con tacted possible candidates and determined that nine farms met all historical society qual directed guests to fill their dinner plates from the potluck tables. After dinner Louis and Betty Carlson were introduced as the chairmen for the 1985 picnic which will be hosted by descendants of Swedish pion eers Anders S. Carlson and Sophia Carolina Carlson. Jean Nelson and Barton Clark, directors of the county historical society, presented plaques to members of the nine families whose farms have qualified for century CBEC says that this is a considerably low rate of bad debts since power bills rose 300-400 percent during the same time period. A report was also given to the board on non-firm irriga tion program which provided a $20,000 savings to irrigators. Part of the savings Toombs adds may have been because the rainy spring required less irrigation. Non-firm rates are special reduced rates which BPA has begun to encourage irrigators to use power earlier in the season when stream flows are higher. Tues., May 22 Wed., May 23 Thurs., May 24 Fri., May 25 Sat., May 26 Sun., May 27 Mon., May 28 100-yr. farms ifications for the award. The list includes : 1- Orian"Albert" Wright and his son Dean's upper Rhea Creek farm was established by Albert's great-grandfather, Albert Wright, in 1872. 2- Raymond and Norma French manage the farm east of Little butter Creek home- farm recognition (see related story). Traditional picnic prizes were awarded to the oldest person present, Marvel Jones, to the youngest person, a 3-months-old baby from Con don, and to Mr. and Mrs. Dan McLaughlin from New York State who were determined to have come farther than a visitor from Hawaii. The eight rows of dinner tables were decorated with Irish flags made by Jerry Doherty and with an assort ment of Iris blooms which were contributed by Dr. W. Wolff and arranged by mem bers of the Heppner Garden Club. Members of the Hep pner Soropti-r.ist Internation al were in charge of registra tion which began at 10:30 a.m., and the Heppner-Mor-row County Chamber of Com merce contributed picnic priz es. Several organizations loaned furniture and equip ment and groups of Doherty family members and volun teers set up the tables before the event and returned bor rowed things afterwards. Martha J. Doherty and her aunt Helen (Doherty) Dyer as Co-chairmen headed the var ious family committees re sponsible for this year's very successful picnic. ICABO reports many projects underway Approximately 25 people were present at the noon meeting of the lone Commun ity and Agri-Business Organ ization Wednesday, May 23, reported the organization sec retary, Tanna Padberg. A committee reported that the property and housing in ventory is expected to be finished by the June 6 meeting and will be ready to be posted at the school, post office and bank. It is hoped that the inventory will let people know what is available for rent, for sale, and for development in and around the lone area. Ruth McCabe of the Morrow County Historical Society en couraged the organization to join other county groups in preparing for the county cen tennial which will be celebrat ed now through February, 1985. John Brlstow agreed to draft a letter which would be sent to Louis Carlson, presi dent of the Morrow County Port Commission. The letter will ask the port's help by encouraging them to negotiate with Boeing to allow traffic across land owned by that company. Bristow reports that the Morrow Co. Chamber of Commerce, and the mayors of Heppner, lone and Lexing ton have also been encouraged to write letters to the Port Commission. High Low Prec. 7 40 .50 60 42 61 36 61 46 67 a 72 40 82 41 steaded by Jesse and Matha-. bel Hamer, Ray's great-great-grandparents, in 1873. 3- In 1875 the Irishman Jeremiah Brosnan began farming on Little Butter Creek. That farm is now operated by his grandson Jerry, great-grandson Eddie and Eddie's sons. 4- Anson Wright homestead ed the land on McKinny Creek in 1881 that is presently farm ed by Tami (Anderson) and Mark Rietmann. Tami is the great-granddaughter of Anson and the granddaughter of Mil dred (Mrs. Walter) Wright. 5- In 1882 Paul Rietmann of Swiss ancestory homesteaded land northeast of lone present ly farmed by Wayne and Vera Lou Rietmann. 6- Bill and Kathryn Healy are farming land his Irish grandparents Michael and Mary (Doherty) Kenny home steaded in 1883 west of little Butter Creek. 7- Louis and Betty (Graves) Carlson, along with their sons, operate the Anders S. Carlson farm established in 1883 by Louis' Swedish grandparents in the Gooseberry-Valby area. 8- In 1884 John Lindsay Kincaid homesteaded the farm now operated by his great-grandson Lindsay and wife Diana (Wright) Kincaid west of lone. 9- Merlyn (Kirk) and Don Robinson are farming land which Mifflin Jay Devin, Mer lyn's grandfather, homestead ed in 1884 in the Sandhollow area. Directors Nelson and Clark presented the plaques from the Morrow County Historical Society to representatives of the nine century farm fami lies. They encouraged a rep resentative from each family to attend the Oregon State Historical Society's recogni tion ceremony next year. . A committee of 20-25 volun teers headed by Eric Ander son reported that plans were progressing for the cleanup days slated for June 8-9 at which time it is hoped to tear down seme of the older, unus ed buildings on Main Street. Dave Barnett has already begun razing two of the unus able buildings (See story in the May 24 issue of the Gazette-Times). Anderson says that the property owners of some of the other buildings have "agreed in principle" to allow the organization to tear the old buildings down, but he says that signed releases from them will be obtained before the actual work begins. Farm trucks with hoists, a bulldozer, loaders, and a dump site have been donated for the project. Another committee has volun teered to prepare a lunch for the volunteer workers. "Dave Barnett deserves the credit for starting the idea," continues Anderson. It is hoped that many positive things will come from the project, and that it will stimu late othe residents to improve their property. The object, however, is to get more resi dences in lone. We are "trying to promote and make people aware of the liveability of lone. We are promoting lone as a bedroom community (for those who work in the northern industial area of the vuintv " 't 1
