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WETZEIL BESSIE U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE # 7 4 w J OR The Heppner Gazette-Times Tues Sat . March 16 Sun . March 17 Mon March 18 M o rro » County'» H o m e-O w n e d M eekly N ew spaper vai. i«3 No iz march 2o. i M Heppner. Onipm i» h « ¡ k s - > March 12 w«?d . M arcii 13 IW un M arch it F ri , March IS High im I’ rw ip 1 uw 54 57 61 60 65 64 64 28 29 31 31 34 34 31 Snow by tin* (lily of Heppner lone elementary students learn about county pioneers Amendment to allow electric motors on Lake Penland The Oregon State Marine Board has proposed an amendment to allow txiats propelled by electric motors of less tan 30 pounds thrust on Lake Fen land The current ruling states that no person shall operate a motorboat on larke Fenland Recent requests by individuals and the Oregon Depart ment of Fish and Wildlife, says Marine Hoard Director Faul IHin heffner indicate that allowing small electric motors on the lake w ill increase use tiy senior citizens with out harming the lake Feople who wish to express their views concerning the proposed amendment may write to Faul Donheffner, Director, State Marine Hoard. kxxi Market St N E No 505. Salem, OR 97310 In order for comments to tie considered at the next meeting of the Marine Board thev must tie received by A pril IS, IMS Food donations needed \ ’ • s 3 fi ¿$i The food drive in observance of Hunger Awareness Month continues throughout the month of March reminds a Neighborhood Center spokesperson Businesses in Heppner, Lexington, and lone are donating proceeds from coffee and designated other sales on given days until the end of the month The local markets have baskets conspicuously placed to • _ i receive donations ol canned goods All donations received from south Morrow County w ill remain in south Morrow County to bo used to stock the Emergency Food Cupboard at the Neighborhood Center and to help local families who are in need of assistance said the spokesperson Anyone who would like to make a donation directly to the center may do so by bringing it to the Neighlxir hiMxl Center or by calling 876 5873 County voters go to polls A A U W offers next Tuesday scholarship Morrow County voters w ill go to Lucile Rietm ann helps Becky W agenblast and Students at lone elem entary school have been busy learning about Morrow County history says Gazette Times correspondent and Morrow County Centennial chair man. Delpha Jones Among the student s projects. Jones reported seeing on a reoarfT visit to the school was a largo map of the t oiled si.lies peeled In ttw hallway with a host of covered wagons journeying to the west mast Eaiti studcQUWis a wagon and must read ¡^specified number of books to progress from station to station acroea the country Jones noted that two wagons had already readied ( iregon Yarn dolls whiiti duldren made John Doherty tie from scraps ol yarn were posted on the bulleting board to show what early pioneer children had to play ycith In learning about pioneers, third graders have made covered wagons and w ill learn to embroider Fifth graders w ill re enact the trip by Lewis and Clark and study about Sacajawea The first grade class has just completed making a class quill by hand as the pioneer women did Kacti child pieced two blinks tog^th er with the assistance of l.ucile Kietmann Ruth McCabe. I Hit Mai vorsen, Barbara Collin, Marlene Davison and class mothers I.utile Rietmann and lH>t Halvorsen set up a quilting frame at school and helped quilt students tie their quilt l*am Minster assisted the class in churning cream for butler Wayne and Vera Rietmann showed students how wheat is ground into flour The class then went to l.uclle Rietmann s house to bake bread Guests who spoke to all grades included Edith Matthews who told alxiut her experiences in teaching in a one room school and Ruth Met abe who told students about early home life and showed the kind of home appliances used in the past Fred and Helen Nelson talked atmut earj^. farming as it was done with horses and mules and demonstrated sewing wheat sacks Students in kindergarten through sixth grade w ill continue learning about pioneer life during the month of April and w ill have a program and open house April 23 to show the public what they have learned a (unit early life in Morrow County A field trip for all students in grades one through six is planned for April 3 to f ort Walla Walla where students w ill go on guided tours and hoar stories concerning our area's early history What a great job these teachers are doing to leach these students alxiut our early state history, munty and city and they should tie mngra dilated on this effort as much of this I'm sure is far beyond the call of duty as a teacher." concluded Jones the polls next Tuesday. March 2« and determine the fate of the schixil district budget, the county's oper ating budget, four candidates vying for one position on the school district board of directors and six candid all's competing for three positions on the county port iximmtssion A number of advisory committee posi tions and maintenance and fire protection district positions are also up for election Foils w ill be open R am to 8 p m at the Grange Hall m Boardman. the Neighborhoixi Center in Heppner, (Tty Hall in lone, the county office building in Irngon. and the school office building in (.exington See the Gazette Times' candidates forum and budget summaries on page four Applications for a $ urn scholarship offerrd by the Heppner lone branch of American Association of Untver sily Women w ill be accepted March 25 through April 30 Applicants must tx- women who have had on«' year of fxist high schixil education, have tx*en a resident of Morrow County, and plan on continuing their educa lion For applications or more informa lion contact AAl'W members Shir ley C am pbell 676 5201. Justine Weatherford 676 5504. or April Sykes 676 9939 Kinzua given marketing award Courtesy Car faces financial difficulties Heppner's Courtesy Car is suffer ing from a lack of sponsorship not from people who use the car hut from local businesses which cannot afford to help pay for the cost of providing gasoline and some re muneration for the drivers, says Buzz Lynch the car's owner Sixteen businesses now support the car each month but there are several which do not. and most benefit from people who are Iran» ported to their businesses by the Courtesy Car Buzz Lyndi of Cal's cafe and lanjnge owns the car. and provides insurance and mainlen ance on it Other businesses which support Courtesy car drivers Alton the car inilude Bonnie's Barber Shop Bud s l*ub. Bucknum s Wa gon Wheel Country Rose. Vinh s Chevron, the Elks laxlge, Case Furniture, Heppner Auto Farts. Murray 's Drug Store. D A L Auto Repair. Ray Boyce Insurance, Tur ner Van Marter and Bryant Insur ance. Green Feed, and Dr Koznek Money which the sponsors donate is used to buy gasoline and to pay the drivers not for any profit empha sizes Lynch, the only ones who make money are the drivers The car has become a community project s* carloads of people were given rides Saturday of St Patrick s weekend Drivers of the car. Alton Yarn el I Yarnell and Dorothy Scott and iHirothy Scott keep the car available 6 a m to 3 a m seven days a week Yarnell. says Lynch, is now managing the car and finding extra drivers when they are needed Mostly, say Lynch and Yarnell. the car has boon supported so far by donations from those who ride in it. but several people use the car without donations This is fine says Lynch, but if we want to maintain a courtesy car, the free rides should tie for the older people anil for those wtxi cannot afford to make a dona lion ' Yarnell says several indivi duals recently sent donations which are appreciated During the colder weather. Scott said the car was used a lot. mostly during the day by older people with out transportation She has taken people for early doctor appoint ments. driven children to school, delivered prescriptions, and taken people to the grocery store Sh« has driven many older women to the hairdresser and some people with injuries to the hospital Some of the people drive but need a ride while their car is in for repairs, some have lost driver's licenses which they can t renew The car is needed by older people says Lynch so they do "not have to depend on their family but can cell the car and do what they want when they want " I t ’s important that thev feel some independence Although the courtesy car is not Just a "b a r ca r." it is used by people not wanting to drive home after a party laical tavern owners support the car because it prov ides protec lion for the club and for the custom ers, says Dallas Harsm. manager of the Elks (Tub The Elks have sponsored their own courtesy car following all of their major functions for the last Hi II years he says, but they also support Lynch s Courtesy Car People seem more willing In use the car now than liefore citations for Driving t nder the Influence of Intoxicants became so expensive Now he says, the car is a necessary expense Also, if the option of a free ride is there, tavern owners can t be accused of indirectly causing an accident by serving liquor Frixif of the car's success wa* illustrated last New Year's Eve when no local arrests were made for Driving Coder the Influence of Intoxicants Premium book changes due All information and-or changes for the I9H5 Fair Premium B<xik should tie brought to the Gazette Times office as soon as possible Superin tendents and com m ittee people should note the changes in their departments and tie sure that the Gazette Tunes has these changes in time to include them in this year's premium book Theme selected for ‘85 fair The Morrow County Fair commit tee has selected "A live in IS" as the theme for this year's fair and rodeo August 14 18 The committee made plans for the year and discussed the possibility of a carnival at the fair with five adult and four kids rides the next meeting w ill be April R at the fairgrounds Kinzua Corp has been named the Pacific Northwest Forest Products Marketing F irm of the Year Kinzua Sales Manager Kent Goodyear received a commemorative plaque, handrorved by Oregon artist Art McKellips, at a loggers breakfast which opened the Pacific Sawmill Machinery Show at the Western Forestery Center The award, sponsored hv the Portland Chamber of Commerce and the Western Forestry Center, is presented each year to the Orrg.ai lirm which has given the greatest effort in expanding the lumber markets Goodyear explains that the sucress of a sawmill used to be determined by the amount of lumber it produced. "The more you prixluced. the better you were " Now it's not so much the amoung of production, but the ability to change to product to supply the markets which give returns Kinzua a "state of the art computerized sawmill has enabled a sales program to adapt to new markets that sustain premium over the open commodity market now dominated by Canadian lumber manufacturers." Goodyear says He and assistant sales manager. Bob lainkford. have emphasized two key ideas, quality and adaptability, in promoting Kinzua pr«>ducts in the markets of re manufacturing remodeling and do it yourself " I credit teamwork at Kinzua for this award. c»mclu«1ed («oodyear The plaque w ill be displayed on the lobby wall at Kinzua I »
