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U OF ORE E * s i a p - R t I B E U Q E N E C a Q 7 4 2 3 The Heppner Gazette-Times M orrow C o u n ty '• H o m e-O w n e d W eekly N e w sp a p e r v o i. i n n o is H eppner, Oregon 25* W e d nesd ay , N o vem ber *. tws * More work needed to improve Co-op tells members of profit posted in 1985 grain exports, says broker Jon M auritz W'e need a c lo se r re la tio n s h ip between the g o v e rn m e n t and fa rm ers if we a re to im p ro v e the e x p o rt s itu a tio n ." a ve te ra n g ra in e x p o rte r told a g a th e rin g of M o rro w County G ra in (¡ro w e rs sh a re h o ld e rs Mon day n ig h t in H eppner Jan M a u ritz , fro m the F re n ch g ra in tra d in g fir m o f la iu is D re y fu s , says the g o v e rn m e n t needs to ex pand its g ra in su bsidy p ro g ra m overseas, e xpand c re d it p ro g ra m s and oppose c a rg o p re fe ra n c e law s, if it hopes to m ake the U S m ore c o m p e titiv e in g ra in sales overseas He also says that fa rm e rs need to lo w e r th e ir dockage in the wheat shipped, and " lic k the sm ut p ro b le m ," if they hop«'to sell m ore w heat abroad M a u ritz . a 25-year ve te ra n o f the g ra in e x p o rt business, was the m ain sp«‘u k e r at the M o rro w C ounty G ra in G ro w e rs A nnual M e e tin g held Mon day n ig h t a t the fa irg ro u n d s in Heppner To d ra m a tiz e the p lig h t o f g ra in e x p o rts. M a u ritz p o in ted out that fo u r out o f to e x p o rt e le v a to rs in the U n ite d States a re now shut dow n fo r la c k of business He cite s the s tron g d o lla r, d e c lin ing dem and and c o m p e titio n fro m o th e r c o u n trie s as the m a jo r reason, sa ying that m ost o f the t r o u b le have com e w ith in the past se ve ra l ye a rs " I n the 70s the e x p o rt business was g re a t, but now we have tw o to throe tim e s the c a p a c ity t sto ra g e i to m eet dem and. M a u ritz said " And it's not g e ttin g any b e tte r " "T h is y e a r we had a c a rry o v e r of fiv e and a q u a rte r m illio n tons of wheat. w h ich gave us a to ta l of l l m illio n tons " F o u r m illio n tons w ill beexp«>rtrd w h ich leaves us w ith six m illio n tons of w heat in storage by Ju ly 1986 M a u ritz said " I t 's a b u ye rs m a rk e t out (here B uyers w a n t p re m iu m w he a t, w ith out p a yin g p re m iu m p rice s and they 're g e ttin g it , " he says To co m b a t the p ro b le m and in crease sales to the A sia n co u n trie s, w h ich should be o u r m a jo r ta rg e ts, M a u ritz urg«*d fa rm e rs to "d o what ever you can do to tr y and m in im iz e dockage I know that It s im p ossible to e lim in a te dockage, but tr y to km x-k it down as m uch as possible and get the fo re ig n b u ye rs o ff m y back He also urg«>d fa rm e rs to get in touch w ith th e ir C ongressional rep rcse n ta tive s, and urge them to tr y and im p ro v e the e x p o rt c lim a te , m a in ly by e xp a n d in g the GSM c re d it p ro g ra m , in cre a sin g g ra in subsidies to c e rta in co u n trie s, and opp«>xing ca rg o p re fe re n ce law s w h ic h r«*quire a c e rta in p e rce n ta g e o f U S p ro ducts be shipped on the m o re expen sive A m e ric a n m e rc h a n t ships d m mg up the cost of o u r e xp o rts We should also a ll be opposed to p ro te c tio n is m , it w ill h u rt g ra in sale's," he said In o th e r business at the annual m e e tin g , Ned C la rk . T om C u rrin , Joe- M c E llig o tt and Stan K em p were elected to the c o o p tm ard of d irec tors L y le Heck was elected president of the co-op w ith John l^ d b e tte r elect ed vice pre sid e n t and C h a rlie An derson s e c re ta ry lu ir r y M ills was elected tre'asure'r At a sp e cia l ce re m o n y, re tir in g board membe-rs Gene M ajeske Kon Haguewood, I-a rry L in d sa y and G ary G rie b w ere presented w ith plaque's fo r a p p re c ia tio n of th e ir tim e spent in se rvice on the beiard Counterfiet bill passed locally W rig h t's C o u n try Store at Kuggs has re p o rte d re c e iv in g a c o u n te rfe it $20 b ill A spokesperson fo r the store said that a sta n ge r passed the b ill so m e tim e M onday and th a t area m erch a n ts should w a tch fo r irre g u la r b ills The M orrow County G ra in Grow ers co op post i d a *457.029 p ro fit fo r fisca l 1985. up *206.538 fro m the previous ye a r, shareholders were told M onday n ight The" increase«] p ro fits w ere p a r tia lly the re su lt of a (la y o ff on the H eppner g ra in e le va to r de'slroyed by fire , and also the r«*»ult of im p ro ve d p r o fita b ility in each d r p a rtm e n t of the co-op The g ra in d e p a rtm e n t showed a *137.627 gain in p ro fita b ility to *371. 712. and the fe rtiliz e r im p ro ve d its bottom line by *11.926 to $92 981 The fa rm supply d e p a rtm e n t lost money in fis c a l 1985 how ever its loss«*« were cut fro m *64.647 last ye a r to only *7 6«>4 th is ye a r Th«*se fig u re s w ere good news to shareholders, who g a the re d at the annual n u 'e tin g of the co op M onday night fo r roa st Iw ef d in n e r, spe-e-ch«** and of o ffic e rs fo r the co m ing y e a r < s«-e re la te d s to ry > Co-op a ccountant Steve Gres'n told m em b e rs that " th e re »«■ems to be a lot of darkne-ss o v e r a g ric u ltu re Ihe'se days, but I am here to te ll you about a b rig h t spot, and th a t's the M orrow County (¡ra in G ro w e rs " elections (¡ree-n rep o rte d that in the (ire v io u s y e a r t l . 282.000 had been true s led in p ro p e rty , p la n t am) equip n.ent in clu d in g $ 99 : 1 .uoo fo r Im pro ve m e n t to the lone e le v a to r and replacem ent ot the* H eppner e!e*\a In r G reen also pointed out that $47 noo had been paid out in patronage cre d its and *176 ono had been placed In the co-op's o p e ra tin g c a p ita l to im p ro ve p ro fita b ility Co-op general m an a g e r l-a rry M ills also addressee] the cro w d , and re p o rte d that the < 0 o p had ope'n«*«] a ne'W p a rts outlet in Was«-o that "g ive s the people of th a t area a nes tled serv ice and has also allow ed us to m ove some e q u ip m e n t in a new m a rk e t area " It was also repeirti'd th a t p atron age allo ca tio n s w ill be m ade to m em b e rs on the basis o f th e ir In d ivid u a l p a tronage of the Assoc la (ion as follow s G ra in D e p a rtm e n t 32 peroi'nt of h a n d lin g and storage Collet lev], fe rtiliz e r de-partm ent sev en pe'r- ent of sales The a llo ca tio n s w ill ta in the fo rm of non q u a lifie d notice's Sticker deadline extended The D e p a rtm e n t of F ish a m i W ild life held an em ergency me-eting M onday and extended the cow tag s tic k e r d eadline to F rid a y Nov K Those persons who re ce ive d a sue i c x slu l cow p e rm it notice m ust pur chase a tag s tic k e r and a tta c h it to th i'ir Roosevelt o r R ocky M l r ifle elk tag, said O D FW speike'sperson. Bob K re in A s tic k e r is the o n ly way to va lid a te a cow elk tag Tag s tic k r rs w ill tie a v a ila b le fro m ODFW personnel Thursday and F r id a y . Nov 7 and 8 o r fro m local license vendors F o r fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n , contact K re in . 676-9986 or Glen W ard. 676 5230 Fair outlook for second season N u m be r of hun te rs was down 20 percent to 2.500 but n u m b e r of elk harvested d u rin g the fir s t elk season was up o ve r p re vio u s years, said Glen W ard of the O regon Dept of Fish and W ild life He a ttrib u te s this to good c a lf p ro d u ctio n w h ich allow ed h unters to h a rve st spikes th is year A few h u n te rs w ere able to take four or fiv e point tw o and a h a lf year old b u lls, said Bob K re in also of the O D FW A lot o f b u lls were taken in the1 lo w e r e le va tio ns F o r the m ost p a rt. W ard eontin ue*s. hun te rs w ere w e ll brh a ve d T h n 'e cows, tw o ca lve s and one buck were taken ille g a lly , but a ll. except one c o w , were sa lva g a ble and 800 lbs of m eat w ere donated to the senior citizens m ra ls ite and the Heppner Neighborhood ( e n ter W ard and K re in agree- th a t the outlook fo r the second season is la ir to good w ith a good n u m b e r of bulls a v a ila b le Most of the b u lls w ill tie- found in roadless, th ic k tim tie'r areas It m ay be d iffic u lt to kick them out of the* b ru s h ." said K re in Snow w ill help h unters a g re a t deal M any access roads a re m uddy and because of th e ir p o o r c o n d itio n w ill re q u ire fo u r wh«*el d riv e vehicles Prize pumpkins judged (It (» b ri 29 N o i em ber • lo w H igh 2» 50 Tu«*» 33 58 Wed 38 57 Thur» 50 62 E ri 45 64 Sat 44 87 Sun 32 67 Mon Weather l>\ the(!it\ of Heppner Fillies head for state The H eppner F illie s V o lle y b a ll team w ill head fo r the state Class A " V o lle y b a ll to u rn a m e n t at the C h ild s C enter on the U n iv e rs ity of P o rtla n d C am pus F rid a y , Nov 8 T h e ir fir s t gam e w ill be at I t a m F rid a y ag a in st L u th e ra n Should they w in the m a tc h , they w ill ad vance to the sem i fin a ls at D a r n .Saturday m o rn in g against the w in of the C row SI M a ry 's m atch >oyton ‘A Veteran Is C o rb e tt Corbett J Morlh Douglas "1 C ulver Zulver Sherm an C ounty Enterprise Enterprise Colton L o w e ll Low ell 6 46 p m S aturday Lutheran Lutheran A m ity 11 a m Friday Pine^ Eagle H ep^r H ep pn er Ham S aturday C row C row K ennedy B onanza S». M a ry s St M ary's Veterans Day closures told M orro w C ounty schools fe d e ra l, state, co u n ty and c ity o ffic e s , banks and se v e ra l local businesses have re p o rte d that they w ill lie d o s e d Monday Nov 11 fo r V eterans Businesses w in ch have announced th d l they w ill tie closed a re Green F«*ed, P e tty jo h n s B u ild in g Supply. M u r r a y 's D r u g . H e p p n e r A u lo P a rts , the Shoe Box. G a rd n e r's M en's W ear, P eterson's Jew elers and H eppner C y lin d e r Head G ro c e ry store» and several other local businesses w ill open lo r reg u la r business hours lone A m e ric a n Leg io n Posi 95 w ill la-gin V eterans Day observances at in ill a m M onday. N«iv I I at lone M e m o ria l F ie ld F o llo w in g p re se n ta tio n of the col ors and a m e m o ria l sp«'«'cb, cofl«'«' and doughnuts w ill tie served at the la-gion H a ll by the a u x ilia ry Its Justine W ra th rrfo rd should a lw a ys honor th e ir veterans and ta1 re m in d e d o f the tragedies of w a r on that e leventh day of the e leventh m onth In 19.18 a fe d e ra l law m ade the day a fe d era l h o lid a y, and in 1954 long a fte r the close of W orld W ar I I and a fte r subsequent c o n flic ts . Congress changed the nam e of the day to V eterans Day Th«' nam es of M o rro w County m en and wom en who served in the w a rs a fte r 1918 a rc not a ll known, but Anna Mae S tru g a ll says fiv e liv in g Veterans of the fir s t w o rld w a r. wh«i now have H eppner addresses, a re E a rl B lake I) E " S h o rty " Hudson. A lv in Jones. B ill Lowe a nd C olum bus P h illip s F o u r of these men w ere w ith the A m e ric a n forces B ill I .ow e se rve d w ith the C anadian Forces i Program to honor veterans Factfinding session moved to Boardman M orrow C ounty S uperintendent of Schools tto y le M cC aslin. rep o rts that the d is tric t has rece ive d notice Tom (.evak w ill b«' unable to serve as fa c tfin d e r in c o n tra c t negoti •R on» between the d is tric t board of education and the teachers Because the p re vio u sly announced tim e was not convenient fo r a ll p a rtie s, a new tim e . 4 to was scheduled Another fa c tfin d e r. G a ry Axon, was sel«'ct«'d fro m the lis t of f a c t f in d e r s p ro v id e d by th e E m p lo y «9' R elations B oard The fa c tfin d in g session is now xchedul«*d fo r 4 Hi p m D ecem ber 2. at R ive rs id e High School Portland man to staff DMV Ron O stra n d e r 3*. P o rtla n d is the new e x a m in e r at the H eppner Iie p l of M o to r Vehicles o ffic e A graduate of S outhw estern T exas Slate I'm v e rs ify w ith a B a ch e lo r o f Science degree in e d u catio n . O stra n d e r has liv e d most of his life in the P o rtla n d area He has work«*d at the P o rtla n d and G resham office's o f the Dept of M oto r V ehicles and says that the H eppner o ffic e schedule w ill re m a in CLASS“A” VOLLEYBALL PLAYOFFS Post 95 to hold veterans observance ’ A m e ric a 's w a r ve te ra n s com e in a w id e v a rie ty o f size's, shape's and age's T h e ir c o lle c tiv e e xp e rie n ce spans tw o w o rld w a rs and se ve ra l foreign c o n flic ts They have fo llo w e d w a r mule's th ro u g h F la n d e rs F ie ld , dropped fro m la n d in g barge's onto the beaches of N o rm a n d y, faced the icy cold of P o rkch o p H ill and tru d g e d the ric e paddle's o f the M ekong D e lla B u t, reg a rd le ss of d iffe re n ce s in m ake u p and expedience a ll veterans share a com m on bond a b ro th e rho o d o f m e m o ry and h a rd won w isdom that helps define th e ir c h a ra c te r A ve te ra n is the fir s t m an up as the fla g passes by on the 4th of J u ly , and the last one down, fo r he has been a w itness to the blood and te a rs that m akes th is and a ll o th e r parade's possible A ve te ra n is a m an o f peace, soft spoken, slow to a n g e r q u ick to rea lize th a t those who ta lk m ost about g lo ry of w a r a re those who know least about its h o rro r He n e ve r jokes about w a r. he's been there, and s till secs on m e m o ry 's v iv id screen the wounded! and the d yin g , the w idow s and orphans he knows fir s t hand th a t no w a r is goeid and th a t the o n ly th in g w orse than w a r is s la v e ry He is frie n d to a ll race's of m an . b e g ru d g in g none he c a rrie s w ith h im the know lege th a t it is not the m an who is the enem y but enslavem en and false ideologies Those w hom he once faced across the h o stile b a ttle line's he now esteem s as his b ro th e rs A ve te ra n is at once p ro u d and h u m b le proud of the fa c t that in 2uo years no fo re ig n enem y has set foot on A m e ric a n so il, and h u m b le in the re a liz a tio n th a t m an y o f his co m ra d e s who helped h im m ake this lo fty a im a r e a lity , n e ve r re tu rn e d M ore than a n y th in g else, a ve te ra n loves freedom He can spend a whole a fte rn o o n doing n o thing ju s t because it suits h im . and ju st because he has paid the p ric e to do w h a t he w a n ts w ith his tim e He also la ke s a personal p rid e in the free d o m of o thers in men and w om en a tte n d in g the ch u rch of th e ir choice, in frie n d s v o tin g how they choose and in c h ild re n sleeping q u ie tly , w ith o u t fe a r to in te rru p t th e ir slu m b e r A ve te ra n is e ve ry m an g ro w n up a little ta lle r a person who understands the aw esom e p ric e o f life 's in ta g ib le s o f freedom , ju s tic e and d e m o cra cy H is m o tto is to liv e and let liv e But if he had to. if he had to chose between s e rv itu d e and c o n flic t, the ve te ra n w ould once again answ er a c a ll of d u ty Bec ause above a ll above a ll else a ve te ra n is an A m e ric a n 'C o p y rig h t 19*4 B o n n e v ille M edia C o m m u n ica tio n s. R e p rin te d fro m "T h e A m e ric a n Legion M ag a zin e " A consolation rou n d fo r the losing team s in the L u th e ra n H eppner and (>«>«*-St M a ry 's m atches w ill lie pla ye d at 8 30 a m S a tu rda y The w inning m atch w ill begin at 6.45 p m S a tu rda y T ic k e t p rices are *3 fo r a d u lts and (2 fo r students per session o r *15 for a d u lts and *10 fo r students fo r a ll-to u rn a m e n t gam es 1985 _____ Day P h illip Telle'chea. rig h t, poses w ith his p rize w in n in g p u m p k in in the Hank of E a ste rn O regon H a llo wee*n Ja ck-o 1-antern contest Area m e rch a n ts judged the p u m p kin s and a w arded the fo llo w in g place** F irs t and second grade firs t p la c e 1‘ h il l i p T e lle c h e a , second place B re n t G underson, th ird and fo u rth grade fir s t place J e rra d W icklu m l. second place A lccia T ar n a sky. fifth and s ix th grade firs t place-G iselle Schoonover, second place A J T a rn a sky P re c lp 0 03 0 0 0 0 19 the same Wednesday, N ovem ber 211 and the th ird Wednesday of each m onth the H eppner o ffic e w ill be clns«*d w h ile he goes to the Fossil o ffice and he is on c a ll to re lie v e pe'rsonnel at the H e rm is lo n o ffice O stra n d e r says that he lik e d Heppner th«' firs t day he was here, not because i t ’s s m a ll but b e ia u se the town has class People have made- me feel w elcom e here E ve ryo n e is encouraged lo come lo a p ro g ra m a rra n g e d lo honor the veterans of the A rm e d F orces on Sunday, Nov 10 at II a m in the Heppner C hurch of Th«' Nazarene P astor F lo y d W ilk s asked Anna Mae SU-agall to help h im in a rra n g mg th is spe cia l se rvice The veterans of th is co u n ty and th e ir fa m ilie s w ill ta- honored guests and m em b e rs of the A m e ric a n Legion w ill p a r t ic ip a t e Rev LeRoy W o rne ll w ill assist w ith the m usic The firs t W o rld W ar ended in 191» w ith the sig n in g of the Tr<-aty of V e rs a ille s on Nov I I T ha t date tM'came know n as A rm is tic e Day in 1919 w h e n P re s id e n t W oodrow W ilson p ro c la im e d that A m e rica n s I«inai business reports theft Coast to Coast Store in H eppner re p o rte d a th e ft of m oney fro m the d«'«k at the sto re Tu«'sday m o rn in g Heppner Poll« «• C h ie f Ib iu g R athhun says that the th«'ft is under in v e s ti g a lio n , but that police have no susfK'cts at th is tim e Hazardous Waste Permit upplieation available for public inspection The I m a ttila lb -po t A c tiv ity is a p p ly in g tor a new hazardous waste storag«- p e r m it fr o m th e I s E n v iro n m e n ta l P ro te c tio n Agency and 'h e O regon D e p a rtm e n t of E n v iro n m e n ta l (Quality Th«- (le rm it a pplies lo storage of ig n i'a lile and r e a c tiv e wasies. spent solvent, small m u n itio n s M 55 chemical ro c k e t« a n d w a s te s w ith h ig h m etals content A d d itio n a lly , the p e r m it a p p lu a 'in n re q u e s ts an e x e m p tio n lo r a m u n itio n s in n n c r a 'o r T h e E n v ir o n m e n t a l P r o te c tio n Agency and D e p a rtm e n t of E n v iro n m e n ta l Q u a lity a n tic ip a te a le n g th y review prtK «-ss. c u rre n tly scheduli-d to last th ro u g h 1986 The agencies are s o lic itin g p u b lic re v ie w and c o m m e n t on the p e rm it a p p lic a tio n d u rin g th«1 review process Copies of the p e rm it a p p lic a tio n Continued Page 5