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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
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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
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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
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