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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
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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
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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
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