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New Year’s Baby arrives Beef giveaway begins Feb. 1
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Josefina ond Victor londeros with baby Jessica
Jeaaica le n d e r * » has won gifta
donated by local ifrr c h a n li to the
firat baby born at Pioneer Memorial
Hospital during 1966
Jessica was born at I SI a m
January IS to Jotefm a and Victor
1-andero» of Boardman She weigh
ed 7 lb» I ' y o z and was JO'i me he»
long She 11 the c o u p le t fir il baby
A i the "N e w Y e a r " baby. Jessica
will receive a
gift certificate from
Murray 's D ru g 'a 110 gift certificate
from Central Market, a SS gift
certificate from Case Furniture. tIO
cash from Kay Boyce Insurance, an
appropriate gift from Heppner Auto
I ’arts. a SS gift certificate from
Pettyy>hn Builder» Suppl) . a $lo gilt
certificate from Morrow County
(¡rain (¡row ers, a SS gift certificate
from Lexington Lumber Yard, a
case of baby food from Court St
M arket. a SS gift certificate from the
K 4 W Drive In. an engraved baby
cup Iro n IVterson's Jewelers, and a
SS gift certificate from the Shoe Box
Weather postpones 12^ Night ceremony
The January meeting of lone
(¡arden Club convened at the home
of Kenneth and la-ila Palm er with
Joyce Buchanan serving as co host
ess
At the business meeting, president
liOrrame laidd presented an altern;i
tive to the customary ceremonial
burning of the holiday greens, which
has been one of the club's projects
for many years It was started for
the purpose of keeping the discarded
Christmas trees from contributing
to the litter problem, as well as to
end the holiday season on a joyous
note, carols being sung and refresh
ments being enjoyed as the pile of
holiday greenery burns
This vear's scheduled ceremony
was postponed due to the slippery
footing, although the greens had
been collected at the usual Kietman
lot site Mrs l « d d contacted Chris
Karas, park ranger at The Dalles
Dam in answer to a request in the
“ East Oregonian” for trees to be
used as animal shelters at the
wildlife refuge near Irrigon
Hecuaae they already had enough
PAIN T
D O IT Yourself
Interior, Exterior
Special Applications
Brushes, Rollers &
Other Applicators
W e can help you
C o a s t to C o a s t
trees, the tree burning wa* retched
uled for Monday. Jan 13
The program (or the day by Kuth
McCabe »parked a lively discussion
of edible wild berries and ways lo
use them
She served samples of
huckleberry and blackberry jams
on warm biscuits
Among the edible wild berries
mentioned were blur elderberries
i red one» not recommended '. choke
c h e rrte *. xalal. s e r v ic e b erries,
Oregon grape, thimble berries, sal
mon berries and even sumac ber
ries
I* was noted that some wild
berris are poisonous and others not
■I all palatable
Mrs
McCabe
showed u pamphlet from the Kxten
sion office listing these and alio
containing recipes for using the
edible ones.
On the poisonous list were Western
y ew , nightsh ade, h o lly, false
Solomon's seal
On the not recommended list are
asparagus lily-of the valley, honey
sucklr. Dalmation toadflax and
others
Counseling service
opens Umatilla
Co. office
Consumer Credit Counseling Ser
vice of Cmatilla County, a non profit
community service, has opened Its
office lo serve the people of Eastern
Oregon
Individuals needing this service
may call 276 3*56 day or night
PARTS VALUE
OF THE MONTH
THE SALE
OF SALES
L e t Schwab T ir e C e n te r« in
Oregon Washington and Idaho will
be celebrating their 22nd Annual
Free Beef (¡iv e Away February I 28
For the past 22 year* the company
has been giving away free beef
certificate» with the purchase of new
and retread passenger and pick up
tirea This year 17 SO worth of free
beef will be given with the purchase
of two new passenger or pick up
tires or (our Les Schwab passenger
or pick-up tires IIS in free beef will
be given to customers buying a new
set of four passenger or pick-up
tirea
Throughout the Northwest the
T ire Centers will be giving each
customer the actual freshly wrap
ped free heel at the stores promoting
the theme. 'You re Not Just Coming
Home With New Tires - Y ou’re
Coming Home With Dinner " Free
beef will be promoted on television,
radio, and in newspapers as well as
local cook-offs and demonstrations
with the Cow Belles at all Les
Schwab Tire Centers
Mr Schwab stated, "It's our way of
beefing up the tire business in
Dept, of Ag announces new
conservation reserve program
M u lts r j of Agriculture John Block
racanUy aald farm ers may begin in
aarly March to volunteer highly
erodlble cropland lor entry into the
ConaervaUon Reserve Program , a
provision of th Food Security Act of
m
Highly erodlble land that enters
the Conservation Reserve Program
will be Ineligible for farming lor 10
jraars and must instead be planted
with permanant vegetative cover
"T h e Conservation Reserve is one
of the most Important provisions of
the IMS farm bill, said Block "The
program will go a long way toward
conserving Am erica's eroding farm
land for the future "
Up to <5 million acres may be
enrolled in the reserve during the
five-year period 2wni through two
The yearly program acreage goals
are at least five million for the 2986
crop year, 10 million or more each
year IW7 through 1989. and fi\ *
million or more for 1990. according
to Block
Program participants will receive
annual rental payments, the am
ounts depending on the bids per acre
and the number of acres under the 10
year contracts Participants also
will receive 50 percent of eligible
coats of establishing trees or grass
on the acreage placed in the reserve
Rental payments will compensate
farmers for retiring highly erodlble
cropland from crop production The
conservation payments will partly
reimburse farm ers for one half the
one time costa of establighing vege
tative cover
Rental payments will be made
annually as soon as practicable after
October I of each calendar year
Coat-sharing payments will be made
as soon as possible after individual
participants report their conserv
ation treatments are in place
The total amount of rental pay-
mants for any fiscal year may not
exceed (SO 000 or its equivalent, if
in kind payments are made There is
no payment limit on cost sharing (or
cover establishment
"F arm ers who decide to return
land to production during the 10-year
contract must repay the govern
ment, with Interest, all of its costs
for annual rental and for establish
tng co v e r." said Rolck "In the event
of national need, however, the Sec
retary of Agriculture may declare
that any farm er who wants to return
theland to production may do so
without penalty "
The sign up dates for the Conserv
ation Reserve Program are ex
oected to be announced soon
Farm ers interested in participating
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Country Club sets annual meeting
Willow Creek Country (Tub will
hold ita Annual Meeting at the
conference room of Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative at 7 30 p m on
Thursday. Feb 6
A carnival is coming to Heppner
The Heppner Parent i (Tub is spon
soring s carnival Friday. Feb 21
from 7-* p m at the Heppner Ele
m en tary School m ulti purpose
C ards
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An organizational meeting will be
held Thursday, Jan 30 at 7 30 p m
at the grade school
For more information contact
Marcia Kemp. Joan Records. April
Sykes, or La lia r Kindle
Panel discusses opportunities for
women in Morrow County
The American Association of Un
iversity Women will hear a panel
presentalion on "T h e future for
Young Women in Morrow C ounty."
Monday. January 27 at 6 p m
Some of the panelists will he Liz
Curtis who will speak from a coun
selor's point of view about what job
opportunities young women are
seeking
Julie Reynolds will talk about the
fem ale athlete. Nancy I^nkford will
address the forestry vocation and
give tips on how to gel to the top
Cara Costa will outline local political
opportunities
The presentation is
open to the public
An A A ( ' W business meeting
will precede the presentation at 7 30
Members need to bring their
Artifactory reports
Merchants Committee to meet Friday
The Heppner Merchants Commit
tee will meet at noon Friday. Jan 24
at Kate's Pizza and Pastry for a
no host luncheon and discussion of
plans for Heppner's St Patrick s
Day celebration Everyone is invit
ed to attend the meeting to help plan
the festivities
Newly installed president of the
Merchants. David Sykes, says that
merchants will also go over their
plans (or activities in the coming
year
Preparations underway for St. Pat’s Day
The St Patrick's Day com mittee
will meet Monday. Jan 27 at noon at
the Wagon Wheel Cafe banquet
room People who may be interest
ed in helping are urged to attend
Any donations to this event may be
sent lo Diana Ball. Box 727,-
Heppner. OR 97836
Creative Arts <$ Crafts to meet Jan. 27
Morrow County Creative Arta &
(Yalta will hold a January meeting
i t I p m Monday. Jan 27. in the
reading room at Heppner Public
Library
no «h o in response to a traffic ticket
The new law requires courts to send
DMV to notices for failure to appear
DMV then takes the appropriate
action, depending on whether the
driver has failed to appear previou
sly For m ajor offenses, however,
the action will remain the same as
now -driver license suspension
The (arm prorate law
This
allows a farm er already qualified
for farm plates in Oregon to choose
to prorate the registration so that
the farm vehicle can be driven in
other jurisdictions, especially Call
(ornia, without the need to get trip
permit* (California's entry into the
International Registration Plan pre
cipitated the need for this legislation
since the IR P does not recognize
farm plated vehicles i
Farm ers who choose to prorate
will need to pay lees based on the
loaded rather than the unloaded
weight and the registration will lie
(or calendar year
Also scheduled lo take effect next
month are most of the fee changes
approved by the legislatu re After
January I, a driver license or ID
card replacement will coat $8 $2
less than it does now The cost for a
replacement instruction permit also
will be $8 »5 more than at present
An onginal ID card will coat $12 12
more than the current fee
The
driser license reinstatement will be
$44 and the occupational or proha
tionary application lee $38 Both of
these figures are increases over the
currenty charges In addition, it will
cost $10 each year lo renew a
probationary license
tin the vehicle side, a duplicate
registration card, issued when an
owner loses a registration card or it
1 » mutilated or destroyed, will be $5
a replacement plate or sticker. $11.
not including the plate manufactur
ing lee a VIN inspection. $3. and a
plate transfer, $6 Businesses lice
nsed by DMV. including all vehicle
dealers, also will pay higher lees
beginning next year
Another change also will take
effect January I that did not require
new legislation, only approval of
DMV » 1985 87 budget It will mean
that drivers 50 and over who are
scheduled to renew at a DM V field
office will be given the standard
A Block Home meeting Is sched
uled for Thursday, Jan 30. at 7 30
p m at the Neighborhood Center
W eek
Those attending need to bring a
sack lunch
The program will be a film on
Vincent VanClogh
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vision »r r eon tng test as psrf of the
renewal process
Vision screening will be done once
every eight years since Oregon
drivers need to renew in person on
an eight year basis
An arm y of other changes will be
inplemented with the new code, but
most will not have m ajor impact on
division procedures or most high
way users and motorists
Yet to
come, however, is the m ajor driver
related program improvement of
the 1985 session-classified driver
licenses That law will take effect
October I next year and put Oregon
in step with most other states in
testing drivers in the types of
vehicles they plan to drive
Bob Ployhar
Insurance
C h in e se N o o d le s
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The meeting will include discus
sion of the budget and plans for up
coming events
All members are encouraged to
attend
Parents Club sponsors carnival
Block Home
meeting slated
Permanent Vacation
Fun
M o n , 27
Oregon will have a new vehicle
code January I and with it will come
many new laws, approved by the
1983 legislatu re, which change that
code
A Motor Vehicles Division news
-release lists the following laws
which take effect January 1
The odometer tampering and re
porting law
It requires owners to
report odometer readings and rela
ted information when motor vehicles
registrations are renewed and when
a tllle is transferred to a new owner
It also creates several new criminal
offenses for tampering with odo
meters, rem oving repair notices, or
providing false odometer informs
tion to the Motor Vehicles Division
on odometer readings
An all terrain vehicle law
It
requires owners of ATVs to title and
register the units whether they are
used on private or public lands It
also establishes a safety education
program for young operators and
require ATV operators lo have
either a driver license or an ATV
opeartor permit, or at least be
accompanied by someone who has
an ATV perm il or driver license
The lale penally transfer fee
This new law will require DMV lo
impose a penalty fee if owners do not
transfer titles within the 30 days
required hy law It will add a f 25 fee
if the transfer occurs alter the 30(h
day and a $50 penalty lee if the
transfer occurs more than 60 days
after the purchase date
The "coercive procedures" law
Actually, there are two laws -one to
allow DMV to enter into agreement
with other states lo deny license
renewal, cancel or suspend drivers
who (ail to respond to traffic tickets
issued while driving in another
state, and the other to authorize
DMV lo refuse to renew, cancel or
suspend a driver lor non appearance
on traffic tickets issued in Oregon to
Oregon drivers Currently. DMV is
requnred to suspend if a court sends
a notice that a driver has been a
OFFICE CLOSED
FEB. 15
* AUTOMOTIVE * CHEMICAL * MACHINERY
Community Calendar
Oregon gets new vehicle code
Or. E.K. SchaffItz
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E lk s
In the program should contact their
local office of USDA's Agricultural
S tab ilizatio n and C onservation
Service
Bolci said other USDA agencies
slso will administer the program
Technicians from USDA's Soil Con
servation Service will help farmers
determine if their land is elegible
the Extension Service will lead
public information and education
efforts, and the Forest Service will
coordinate and provide technical
assistance for tree planting
State and local agencies also will
lend assistance, he said State fo r
estry agencies will help prepare and
approve tree planting plans State
wildlife agency representatives will
serve on the conservation review
groups to recommend and assist in
determining the cover practice spe
ctflcationa necessary for wildlife
enhancement
Stale conservation
agencies will recommend and assist
with erosion control requirements
Local conservation districts will
approve all plans
Notice
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GRAIN GROWERS
M io n »
February and at the same time
supporting our Northwest beef in
dustry Many of my first customers
• ere farm ers and ranchers In fact,
their loyalty over the years helped
our growth and our free beef promo
tion was our way of saying thanks
It's been a good deal for all of our
customers We don t raise our prices
to cover the cost, it's a bonafide
savings Many of our customers wait
until February to buy their tires just
to gel the tree beet We gave away
1172.IIS in free beef last year and we
expect that figure to reach $2(J0 ooo
this year "
l-es Schwab T ire Centers was
started in 1952 by Les Schwab in
Prm eville The first store was a dirt
floor O K Tire Shop specializing in
retreading
Today the company
operates the renters from its Brine
ville Distribution Center with a
complete supermarket selection of
tires, wheels and batteries along
with complete alignment, brakes an
shocks service barked with warran
ties in writing honored at any of its
160 locations
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