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Thomas C. Huston
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KNUF field burning
To the editor
Field burning of grass stra« in the
Willamette Valley is a year round
concern as it should tie It is of great
concern to farmers, country real
dent* and city dwellelr* alike The
director of K I’ A. Region X. In
Seattle made this puzzling state
ment " the current standard* (of
air pollution average the air quality
concentration* over period* of 24
hour* and one year " This could be
taken to mean that if there is enough
smoke in one hour or one day to
smother u* all. then this, averaged
over the «hole year, should still
make It possible for us to breathe
And that typifies the kind of bureau
cratic non thinking that we have so
far endured, and we have had
t- N t I
Intelligent farm er* have come to
realize the millions and m illion*
spent in bureaucratic research and
development has produced lots of
research, but only in certain areas
There has been precious little in the
way of development No bureaucrat
ic agency is in a good position to
develop markets
in this rase, a
market for ryegrass straw in any
form The private sector is doing in a
flash, by contrast, what the clanking
bureaucracy has only seemed to be
doing for more than a decade
I doubt anyone w ill quarrel with
the fact that many youngsters at
<)SU have gained valuable training
in research techniques Such train
mg is expensive, but very important
But for residents of l tregon to tie told
to pin their clean air hopes on
research and words
only
from
K i‘A. l i l y or OEC and the like, is a
sad farce More especially when the
research is in such narrow confines
that even before it tx-gins we know
the likelihood of economic feasibility
I* lacking
Private research and private in
dustry are now engaged in produc
ing the results we need, straw
removal without burning or baling
development of markets for the
straw , once removed And thanks to
20th century Yankee in g e nu ity,
there are very promising experi
ments in the wings There are
experiments to sanitize the fields
with no smoke and with no after
effects Stay tuned
Folks outside the valley and in
Eastern ( iregon have also contended
with the blinding summer haze for
many year* DKQ has announced
that Oregon. Idaho and Washington
intend to jointly spend half a million
dollars this year to find the source
Of course most anyone in the valley
could answer that question in three
words open field burning The
smoke that rose from open field
burning of ryegrass straw many
miles away in the valley is now
descending upon you You drive with
lights on In broad daylight along the
Columbia, in the high country of
central Oregon, and in the Klamath
Falls area and beyond DKQ think*
throwing money at a problem auto
matically produces solutions What
we need is the development that
private industry is bringing about
Wise people are investing their
money there
Thousand* of persons close to the
source of this nuisance suffer miser
ably because of respiratory ana
pulmonary disorders, there arc
exorbianl medical bills and this is as
true for the young a* for the old
Merchants suffer grave losses of
business because of the smoke
Farmers compassionate enough to
realize this will tell you privately
that they are as anxious to see an
end to the problem as are all the rest
of us Field burning is extremely
dangerous and it is expensive Those
who burn must stay close to home in
because the order to burn can come
any moment. the order to douse the
flames, likewise And this in the
very height of our otherwise glorious
summer
The flap atxiut Dioxin in field fire
smoke is far from settled O'Connell
of DEQ said in the Albany "Demo
era! Herald." Thursday January
17. 19*5 " the extent of the problem
of toxic compounds in smoke is not
known
In the same article a
specialist in chemical toxicology
and agricultural chemistry at OSt
said " I would not describe any
chemical a* being non toxic " So
by encouraging seed growers to
burn, despite these facts, and put
toxic
chem icals
into
the
atmosphere we seem to have creal
ed a department that is detrimental
to environmental quality
"Tourism ” , according to Bussell
Sadler, in the "Oregonian. Mon
day. January 21, 1985 "is more than
just a means of survival " "The
lesson 'about the importance of
tourism in Oregon's economy' has
been lost on Oregonians who listen
only to the loud voices that merely
echo the sounds of their own
immediate self interest It should
not tie lost on the legislature as it
gropes for ways to restructure Ore
gon economy " You and I know what
tourists w ill do when they learn as
they w ill' atxiut Oregon's "summer
complaint" of smoky air Bill Tay
lor, Oregon stale travel director,
said in an article in the "Democratic
Herald." December 22. 19*4. " we
need tourists " I f we don't get that
extra tourism dollar, you're not
going to have a job "
An organization ha* been formed
to help bring an end to this unwel
come condition Working quietly to
link and expedite progress on objoc
lives, it calls itself KNUF F.nd
Noxious Unhealthy Fumes
For
those who still believe Oregon resi
dents are "sleeping dogs that will
roll over and play dead as the black
smoke engulfs them please remem
ber the old saw " the tail that wags
the dog " A miniscule segment of the
population (those who insist there is
no way to remove the straw from the
fields economically without burning
it)
wave that tail briskly every
summer The rest of us represent
the supposedly sleeping dog But all
the while this old dog has Ix-cri lying
with one eye deceptively closed
thinking, thinking, and seeing very
clearly, how things really are
Wise grass seed farmers are now
joining with this old dog in seeing the
marvelous opportunity to market a
product without making everyone
w ill or angry And. as (iranny used
to say: "There is none so blind as he
who w ill not see " Stay tuned
Yours, for air fit to breathe,
(Si Bill Johnson
enuf is KNUF
Comparing state cultures
To the editor,
My name is Shelley I ’erkins and
I'm a seventh grade student at Clyde
Jr H(j;h in Clyde. Ohio W'e are
studying com parative cultures
between d iffe re n t states and
countries and our hometown of
Hyde
I would really like to know what
It’s like to live in (iregon and was
hoping that perhaps some of your
readers would like to correspond
with me Could you print my letter in
your paper, so your readers might
possibly help me get an " A " on my
report’ Maybe I can also obtain
some pen pals my age I wrote to a
newspaper in Canada and I got a lot
of letters and a few pen pals I hope I
gel a lot from Oregon
Thanks very much for your tim e'
Yours Truly,
is) Shelley Perkins
439 Ames St
Clyde. Ohio
43410
Thomas C Huston 61 died Friday
morning. Feb 8, 19*5 at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital
lie was born in Heppner May 26.
1923 son of Thomas and Marietta
'Phillips Huston
Izuring World War II he served
with the Navy After his return he
operated a sheep and wheat ranch
in the Kightmile and Burton Valley
areas He moved into Heppner in
1981
Huston was a member of the
Heppner BPOK 358
Surviving are daughter Claudia
Huston of Heppner son Thomas C
Huston III Heppner sisters Jane
Kawlins of Heppner and Jeanne
Dobbs of Kihei. Hawaii
Funeral services were held Mon
day Feb II at the Heppner Klks
Temple, with concluding service and
interment at the Heppner Masonic
( emetery
Those who wish may contribute to
the Tom Huston Memorial Fund For
the Needy, through the First Inter
state Bank Heppner branch
Sweeney Mortuary. Heppner was
in charge of arrangements
Sheriff’s Report
The Morrow County S heriff *
Office at the Morrow Co Courthouse
in Heppner reports handling or
dispatching the following business
during the past week
On February 4 the Heppner
Police Dept responded to a two
vehicle no injury accident on Main
Street
on F ebruary 6. a Heppner
ambulance responded to Les
Schwab Tire Center and transported
a male with an injury to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital
On F ebruary 8. the Morrow
County Sheriff s Office responded to
a one vehicle no injury accident on
Hwy 7:lo involvinv Richard A
Hruska. Koseburg
On February 9. the Heppner
Police Department arrested Ralph
T Marlatt 49 Heppner on a charge
of Driving Under the Influence of
Intoxicants He was released on his
own recognizance
Also on February 9, the Heppner
Police Dept responded to a two
vehicle no injury accident
Sifting
Morrow County Justice Court at
the Morrow County Courthouse in
Heppner reports handling the follow
mg cases during the past week
James Clifford Freeman, Cay use
No Operator's License $57 fine jnd
reimburse cost of jury trial
Stephen laroy l in e r Hermiston
Exceeding the Maximum Speed t>5
mph in a 55 mph zone (13 fine
Stephen Scott Dougherty Heppner
Violation of the Basic Rule 41 mph
in a 25 mph zone. CIO fine
John Wesley Ferrei, la-xington
Violation of the Basic Rule 4<> mph
in a 25 mph zone CIO fine
David Michael liage Heppner
Ih»orderly ( ondili t (287 fine all but
$107 suspended and Hi days in jail
suspended to one year probation
with no further violations of the law
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Hospital February 6 and discharged
from the hospital February 7
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and was still rrceivmg care at press
time Monday
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Senator Alike Thorne of Umatilla
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February II, I960
Heppner suffered its greatest fire
loss in several years Sunday night
when flames threatened to destroy
the Heppner Hotel Damage estim
ated at $12 non w a s caused liefore the
fire was controlled
(iovernor Mark Hatfield and Mor
row County officials reviewed at a
meeting Monday preliminary plans
for a I ini .(xxi acre space age indus
trial |iark on the Columbia River in
Morrow County
'Hardman residents made a con
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Ixiard meeting Monday night to win
approval lor the rcojicnitig of their
closed grade school but the board
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DIRECTORY
Hospital Notes
through the
February 13.1975
Heppner Mayor Cara Custa will
hold office hour* this Saturday
morning from 9 a m til noon at City
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Court
Report
Planning meeting date changed
The lone Flanning Commission
meeting has been postponed from
the regularly scheduled meeting
A story in last week s Carette
Times with the headline f ire Ex
tinguished contained incorrect in
formation The house where the fire
occurred was owned by Adelte I a
Trace whose name was misspel
led
She say* that the house is
rented by latrry Brodkorh not by
the person named in the story
The Carette Time* regrets the
error
J iL s tie e
D.G. ‘Jack’ Loyd
(ira ve sid e funeral for D (>
Jack laivd was at 2 p m Tuesday
at ulney Cemetery . Pendleton
Loyd. 76. died at his home in
Heppner
He was txirn Aug 14 19(18, at
Wallowa the son of lonnicand Allan
Finley ' laiyd
He was graduated from Fastern
Oregon State College in laH.rande
and tx-gan his te a ching career at
U kia h in the early I9:uis
lie later taught at Echo and John
Day before entering the armed
forces during World War II
Following m ilitary service le re
turned leaching He later moved to
Heppner wfieri’ he and his brother.
Tom. purchased and operated the
Nobles Saddle Shop
U y d was
manager ol the Turn \ l.um lumtier
yard in Heppner for several years
and later returned to teaching
working in the lone school until his
retirement in !97n
Loyd was a member of Heppner
BPOK cat and the All Saints Episco
pal Church in Heppner
A son Tun la n d Pendleton sur
vises
Friends who wish may contribute
to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital
fund
Sweeney Mortuary. Heppner. was
in charge of arrangements
Mayor sets Sat.
office hours
Correction
stood on the previous decision to
keep the school closed and transport
the students lo Heppner
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511 A e a rs Ago
February 14 1(35
( has W Harlow was named to fill
the two unexpired years of (iav M
Anderson who resigned as Morrow
County Clerk Barlow then appoint
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purchase of a power grader which
could lx- operated by one man lo be
used in keeping the streets in shape’
"Purchase of the machine was
endorsed by the council with the
belief that more adequate mainten
ancecan lx- done with it at less cost
than with the horse drawn equip
meni formerly used
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