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BESSIE WETZELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER L I B E U G E N E OR Ö 7 4 0 3 The Heppner Gazette-Times M o r r o w C o u n t y ’a H o m e - O w n e d W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r voi. m so „ hkdnksim y . jvly it . im 5 H eppner, Oregon 25‘ ________ * PAGES 5 Z. Weather High Tur , July 9 99 Will . July 10 91 Thurs . July II »> Fri . July 12 9U Sal , July 13 to Sun . July 14 92 Mon . July 15 92 Low 57 55 5« 51 50 55 55 i*i«P h> the ( ' it> of Heppner Youthful workers contribute much to county’s grain harvest Christopher Rea unloods bank-out w agon Much work remains before rural fire district becomes a reality lone Kire Chief Harvey Childers and Assistant Chief Ashley McCabe have spent their spare time during the past several months trying to get a rural fire district on the fall ballott As they began working to form a district with lone at the center. McCabe says that they discovered that a rural fire district had been formed in 1952 which both Morrow County and the state of t ircgon say is still valid Thus far. with a list of property owners in the district, they have been trying to get a letter out stating their intentions to form a district ask for support, and recruit more people In order to get a measure on the ballot. McCabe explains, it will be necessary to form a hoard of direc tors and a budget committee to determine the amount of money needed to get the district started and to keep it operating For a rural district, it will lie necessary to purchase another fire truck The town currently has only one truck jnd it is not permitted to leave city limits More turn out gearhoots. coats, and pants, will also be needed for the additional volunteer firefighters milk'd Currently, says McCabe, four fire fighters in addition to himself and the thief attend the regular training sessions the first and third Wednes days of each month "Others show- up when the fire whistle blows, but they need to train regularly with the crew to be effective during an actual _ f.rc Three of the volunteers work outside of lone, so more help is needed for the city fire district, especially if a fire should occur during the day. or on weekends Both McCabe and Childers have current KMT certification and are able to handle other emergency situations as well as fires McCabe says that they believe a rural district would help the com munity because currently the only fire protection is provided by farm equipment and water which farmers keep on their trucks McCabe says that so far informal inquires indicate that people in the area support the idea although some say they want to reserve judgment until they see how it will effect their property taxes Indications are also that they will need a pumper truck for buildings and a tanker truck for brush fires McCabe points out that by the time a pumper truck could arrive at a fire ten miles or so from town, they might not be able to save the surrounding buildings We have been trying to recruit more firefighters says McCabe lie cau*<- they arc ihc also necessary (or th, ^ dutrtet We arc fortunate to have an excellent training associa tion in this area and anyone who would like to volunteer is urged to attend one of the regular training meetings or contact any of the volunteers, Childers Met abe, Tom tiates Dennis Thompson. Jim Boor and John Kk.xtrom Spray principal hired at lone Kichard Allen. 35, Spray, was Having done some under officially hired as the new principal at lone Schools at the Monday. July 15 school board meeting Allen, the board s first choice from among 37 applicants, will be "on the job" in lone on Monday, July 22 Allen and his wife Janie have two children, Steve, seven, and Kluabeth, four He has been the principal at Spray schools since 1979 Prior to that he taught grades six through eight. English reading, math, and P K at Kossil He also did some coaching during his five years there From 1972 to 1974, he taught grades five and six in the Salem school district graduate work at Faster Oregon State College. Allen received his Bachelor of Science degree in edu cation at Oregon College of Fduction in Monmouth in 1972 His Masters degree in education was awarded by Portland State University In 1982 Since that time, he has continued his education by doing some course work at the University of Oregon though not officially enrolled in a doctoral program Allen replaces Chuck Starr who. after serving nine years as principal of lone Schools, has recently been hired as Assistant Superintendent of Morrow County Schools Schools increased by 91 students last previous year, the school board was year, making it the highest number told Monday night Since 1973 the county has gained a of students enrolled in the history of total of 697 students, with 748 more in the district As of the last day of school 1,813 Hoardman and Irngon. 10 more in students were enrolled in the seven Heppner and 61 less in lone schools "There are three significant things about these figures." super intendent Doyle McCgsiin told the hoard He said the kindergartens ended the year higher than any other class, the ending enrollment in the district was higher than the begin mng. which is unusual, and "the enrollment is the highest this district has ever had.” McCaslin said with the higher kindergarten enrollment the school district will need to begin thinking about adding classroom space, “espec ially at the north end of the countyi " "We are about tilled up. particul arly at the elementary level," McCaslin told the board, and he said with a projected population increase in the county of 80 percent by the year 2000 . W'e are going to have to look at adding classes at the lower levels " In other business, the board elected Joe Stevens of Hoardman as chairman for the coming year Hr will replace Jerry McFlligotl. lone, who has served ax chairman for the past two years Stevens. 48. has been on the hoard since 1982. is a personnel manager for Lam Weston in Hermiston. is married and has four children The board also elected Kandy Hughes as vice chairman In other action, the board learned that recently appointed assistant superintendent. Chuck Starr, does not have enough class room credits to qualify for a super intenedent's certificate Starr will apply for a "restricted" certificate until he is able to finish up the necessary classes. McCaslin said Starr was hire last month to replace John Fdmundson. who resigned as assistant superintendent -received resignations from teachers Stan Scott, elementary PK teacher at A C Houghton and Sam Hoardman. Curt Weiss, speech and language therapist in North Morrow County and Theresa Kudd. language arst teacher at Riverside High appointed Sue Proud fool to the district budget committee, replacing Gay Harshman learned that because of low water in the irrigation ditches at Irrigon, the school found it necessary to switch to more expensive city water It expectes io switch back to irrigation sometime this week hired the following teachers Cara Costa for one half year grade four at Heppner, Linda Dutrher, from Spray, for language arts at Heppner High, Barbara Hayes. Heppner. as librarian Heppner High. Robert Isted, Medford, for elementary band and chorus Joy Krein. Heppner for grade two at Heppner. Cheryl M(\utt. for special education at Sam Hoardman Elementary school, and lee Block for math and computer science at Heppner High Deirdre and John Hempel 1 harvest His wheat isn't ready, so one of his combines is also cutting in the field Keith estimates they should be done with the harvest at the first of next week with the help of my neighbor " Meanwhile down the road, work mg in a Morrow County Grain Growers elevator in l>exington, is Bill Kenny a local man who is in his third year running elevators during harvest One of the many seasonal workers hired during harvest by the co-op Kenny says it's hard work, but a good way to make money for col lege The son of Bill and Marge Kenny, he is a graduate of Oregon State University, and is presently a teach er at Albany high school “ It really helps out on expense a lot," he says of working in the harvest "You make quite a bit of money because of the overtime You reallv don i have min h me fm anvtiling else Ihougl Kill who works 14 hours a day six and seven days per week So far he s worked at the Me Nab Kuggs ami now the Lexington eleva tors, where his duties include weigh ing and unloading the truck- keep ing the records and testing and sampling the grain \ lot of shoveling too. he adds Hill, who got out of school in Albany on a Friday, and w.i- at the elevator to start work the next Monday, says he may use som« >1 the money he earns this summer to go back to college ami gel his masters degree W r Marvin Padberg (left) and Keith Rea direct the harvest cr <w More students enrolled than ever before Enrollment in Morrow County county schools, up from 1.722 the New administrator arrives John Hempel. 30. Idaho, and his wife Deirdre, have moved to Hepp ner where he assumed the duties of administrator of Pioneer Memorial Hospital Monday. July 15 He was a Navy hospital corpsman on duty with the Marine Corps and ran a hospital in Oklahoma prior to com ing to Heppner Both he and his wife have degrees from Idaho State University Hempel told the Chamber of Com merce Monday that he likes the northwest and that is "one reason we came here." He says that he had been "favorably impressed with Heppner and when it ithe admims After a year of standing idle the combines have starlet) up. the grain trucks are rolling to the fields, and the crop is coming in. as it s harvest time once again in Morrow County By far the busiest tune of the year, harvest means long hours, hard work and the combined efforts of many people to get the thousands of bushels of grain to market An example of this effort exists on the Keith and Judy Kea farm outside of lone It means that 15-year-old ton Gary is driving the big combine to harvest the grain, and 15 year-old Christopher is waiting nearby with the tractor, pulling a bank out wag on to pick up the grain It means that 23 year old Army Sergeant Craig Kea home on leave, Is also helping out with the harvest Directing traffic in the field over the CB radio is father Keith, who drives the big semi, hauling the rut grain to the family storage bins located on the farm Gary has been driving the com bine for three years now, and both he and Christopher are doing real well says their dad, who estimates their yield will be between 35 and 40 bushels of wheat, and one ton of barley per acre Meanwhile Judy listens in on the conversations in the fields, over her own CB radio, located in the kitchen of the family home overlooking the farm She's been planning the family meals for the w.ek. saving she doesn't feel right until the planning is complete Also there to help with the harvest is Judy’s brother, a school teacher from la Grande who has been down for five years now * On this day. neighbor Marvin Padbrrg is also working in the Itea trator s position > came open, we jumped at it We came from a small town and like small towns, he emphasized He says that it is much easier to work in a community which has the years, as Heppner has It's his wish, he says, to cut the amount of dependency on the tax base and for the long term, to make the hospital as free of tax support as possible Hempel describes Pioneer as a "good hospital with a good staff," and is confident that together they can provide quality health care to the community Joe Stevens Bill Kenny shovels wheat at M C.G G elevator m lexingt n Sue Robinson watches Bill Kenny record her load of'& arley Expected wheat crop down 20 % from 1984 Oregon farmers are expecting to harvest 52 8 million bushels of winter whe-at in 1985. 2<l percent less than 1984 according to the Oregon Crop and Livestock Kcporttng Service If realized, this will he the smallest winter wheat «rop since 1979 Planted acreage was oil nine percent I 03 million acres, of which 960 thousand acres are intended lor harvest as grain, nine percent fewer than a year earlier, eight bushels lews than last year's record yield brx-ause of drought conditions state wide Oregon's spring wheat acreage is up in 198.5 Ninety thousand .o res were planted 29 percent more than a year ago. while 31 p»'rcenl more or 85 thousand acre*, are intended (or harv«*st as grain Despite drought reduced yields Oregon's 198.5 harlev crop should lx- 10 perrenl more than the I9H-I < rop with a total of 19 I million bushels Sevenleen percent more M o . wxh acres were planted and 18 percent more (330,000) are intended lor harv«*st. for the largest acreage since the early 70s Yield* .ire expe«'led lo average 58 bushels per acre, down from 82 hii»h«-ls in 1984
