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Two from lone file for judge
Don McElligoft
Two candidates have filed with (he
Morrow County Clerk's Office for
the position of Morrow County Jud
ge Judge Don McKlligolt whose
term expires in January. 1987 has
filed for re-election on the Democra
tic ticket Louis Carlson, chairman
of the Port of Morrow Board of
Commissioners, has filed on the
Republican ticket
Both candidates are lone area
wheat ranchers and both attended
lone High School McKlligolt. how
ever, graduated from high school in
Beaverton and went on to earn a
Bachelor of Arts degree in business
with a minor in philosophy from the
University of Portland in 1941
Carlson graduated from Oregon
State University
McKlligolt served two terms on
the lone School Board of which the
last year was on the county school
board after its reorganization, four
years on the lone Advisory Commit-
tee. two terms on the Morrow
County School Board, was appointed
to the office of county judge m 197»
by Governor Vic Atiyeh and was
elected in 1981 for a six year term
He is a member of the Oregon
Consortium which administers Job
Training Partnership funds in 27
rural counties, the Kastern Oregon
Computer Consortium which was
created to standardize record keep
ing in 10 eastern Oregon counties, is
chairman of District 6 of the Aaaoci-
ation of Oregon Counties, and is one
of five county commissioners on the
laical Officials Advisory Committee
to the Oregon State Dept of Trans
portation
McKlligolt is also a member of the
Wheat league, the Cattlemen s As
sociation. the Morrow County Live
stock Growers, Grange. National
Farm Organization. Klks. Catholic
Church. A S C committees, and the
Soil Conservation Service commit
tees
He and his wife Kunice have
eleven children ranging in age from
21 to 37
Presently Carlson is active in the
raising of wheat and cattle in the
lone Heppner area He is president
of a family owned corporation. 4-C
Ranches Inc Kxtra activities apart
from farming include intensive work
with the Oregon Wheat Growers
l-eague and served as its president
in 1982 During that same period of
time was on the board of directors of
the National Association of Wheat
Growers where he served as chair
man of the Transportation Commit
tee
Currently he is serving as sec
Treas . of the Columbia Improve
ment District
He is the public
member of its board of directors
The water district provides Colum
bia River water to center piviot
irrigation in north Morrow County
Louts Carlson
He is on the Board of directors of the
Pacific Northwest Malrrwaya Asso
elation, member of the Citizens
Advisory Committee to the Depart
men! of Knvironmental Quality,
Chairman of (hr Port of Morrow
Commission, member of the Morrow
County Kxlension Advisory Commit
tee. member of Klks Ixidge 358.
member of Willows Grange and is a
board member of Valby Lutheran
Church
Carlson has also served on the
lone schools advisory committee,
the Morrow County ASC committee
aa a 4 H H u h leader
He and hie,
wife. Betty, have four children. Phil
and Clint who reside in the area and
Sandra and Cheri who live in central
Oregon and in Northern California
Both boys are members of the farm
corporation and are employed by 4 C
Ranches
There is still time prior to the
March primary election for candi
dates to file for the office of judge
Britt named Environmental Logger
John Brill Logging Company was
also one of three Oregon Forest
Operators of the year seleetrd by the
Oregon State Dept of Forestry The
operator of the year award was
presented January I.
The crew of John Britt l ogging
Company, based in Lexington, was
awarded the IMS honors as Orrgon
Knvironmental Logger of the Year
January IS at the annual contention
of Associated Oregon Loggers John
Britt acrrplrd the award on behalf
of his crew and company from
Orrgon Forest Industries Council
Chairman Charlie Shotts
The a-
ward is presented Joinll» bv 04 It
and IO L
The winning crew is selected from
all the loggers operating on private
lands in the stale
Four regional
winners are selected by the Orrgon
Board of Forestry and then the state
winner is chosen by a five-member
panel consisting of the Chairman of
the Hoard of OF'll'. Chairman of the
Hoard of AOL. Director of the
Orrgon Department of environmen
tal Quality, Mate Forester, and
I’residrnl of the Orrgon Newspaper
I’ublishers Association
Hritt's operation on Kiniua t or
poralion lands near llrpp n rr was the
basis for the award Key practices
includrd minimiring damage to re
sidual trees, buffer protection and
use of temporary crossings on a
( lass I stream, ground skidding with
Gov. offices
close Feb. 3
Although February 3 may not be
marked aa a holiday on everyone'»
calendar, it 1 » a holiday for the City
of llrppnrr. anf for county, stale,
and federal offices which will be
dosed that day Schools and most
businesses will remain open as
usual
Peace and
disarmanent topics
of meeting
A meeting for anyone interested in
exploring peace issues has been
scheduled for Sunday. Feb 2, at 3
p m at the lone United Church of
Christ The meeting will include a
poiluck and fellowship time, as well
as a discussion of future organiza
tion and action Anyone who is
concerned about world peace and
nuclear desarmament is urged to
attend, or contact Jane Rawlins at
•7K453 or Cathy Barker at 422 7530
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consideration for toil protection and
stabilizing exposed soil during a
partial rut harvest
The award consists of gold susprn
ders for all members of the crew
that read. "Fnvironm enlal Logger
1985. " a check for 1500 for use
howrvrr (he crew sees fit. and a wall
plaque for Ihr company.
The purpose of the award is to
raise the environmental awareness
of loggers and emphasize the role of
the (Irrgon korest I'rartires Act to
the crew mrmbers
Budget committee sets calendar
The Morrow County Budget Com
mittee met Friday. Jan 24 in the
County Court chambers of Morrow
County Courthouse in Heppner
Committee member Matt Doherty
was elected chairman by unanimous
ballot
Kldon Padberg and Terry
Thompson who unable to attend, are
other members of the committee
which also consists of County Judge
Don McKlligolt and commissioners
Irv Rauch and Je rry Peck
The committee adopted the budget
calendar and will meet February 4 7
and Frbtuaty IJ with the Hospital
Hoard, the Fair and Rodeo Board,
the Airport Hoard, and the various
county departments to review their
proposed budgets
The Revenue Sharing Committee
is scheduled to meet Friday morn
mg. Feb 7 to discuss disbursement
of revenue sharing funds
The
budget committee will resume its
meeting immediately afterwards
Final overview and approval of
the budget and certification of the
levy is expected Thursday. Febru
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Comet mania may only be a slight
aberration in southern Morrow
( (Mints at this time but evidente of
escalation is beginning to accumu
late
A small, but dedicated group of
comet watchers from lone lead by
Marv Peterson and I'rle r l.ongway-
Vince has been following the prog
ress of Halley's Cornel since early
November when it first became
visible with small telescopes and
binoculars
Another small group of star gaz
ers met with Fllvworth Mayer of
Hlue Mountain Community College
Monday, Jan 28 at Heppner High
School where he conducted a work
shop in observational astronomy.
Press releases from the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry in
Portland, the University of Orrgon's
Pine Mountain Observatory, and
l.oidendaleObservatory State Park,
are piling up on the news desk at the
Gazette-Time* office.
Kids are buzzing with questions
are searching out books with dram a
tic photos and detailed information
of the spectacular 1(18 passage of
Halley's comet
Halley's comet is unusually large
for the short period comets and
unlike a majority of comets Is visible
to the naked eye during a portion of
Ha orbit A nucleus af rock, water
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Both sides reject factfinder s report
Both the Morrow County School
Board and the Morrow County Kdu
ration Association have rejected the
report submitted by the factfinder
Gary Axon concerning collective
bargaining negotiations
School Superintendent Ihiyle Me
Caslm says that the hoard rejected
the report by a four to three vole at a
ypecial meeting Mondav night. Jan
27
Morrow County teachers rejected
the report by a 95 1 vote at a meeting
January 23 Bill Jacobson. Oregon
Kducation Association representa
live for the teachers says that they
considered Axon's findings a "poor
job. which presented a one sided
report and made it unacceptable to
the teachers "
Jack Liles who represents the
school board said that they consider
ed Axon's report a fairly good report
except that there were two areas
about which they were concerned
The report must be accepted or
rejected as a whole unit Collective
bargaining law prevents either side
from publicly discussing details of
the report until the Kmployment
Relations Board has ouhltshed the
Imjxtrtant St. Pats
Day meeting set
for next Friday
Anyone w ith ideas or plans for the
St Patrick's Day celebration in
Heppner this year, is urged to attend
an important meeting Friday. Feb ,
7, 12 noen at the Wagon Wheel
Restaurant in Heppner
Final times for various activities
during St Patrick's Day will tie
accepted at the meeting and used on
(Misters to be printed If your group
has something they would like to
have included on the (Mister, make
sure it is turned in prior to. or during
the meeting so it can lie included
If you have something to include
on the poster, or have questions
about St Patrick's Day be sure to
contact Jim Farley. David Sykes.
Diana Ball, or Bob Kahl
M C G G ' Annual
Meeting Feb. 8
The Morrow County Grain Grow
ers will hold their annual customer
appreciation day. Saturday, Feb 8
starling at fc a m
The day will start off with a free
pancake breakfast for everyone,
followed by demonstrations and dis
plays by equipment, chemical and
other dealers and suppliers
The Grain Growers will also be
holding an open house at its Wasco
Parts Outlet on Saturday. Feb IS
from 8 a m . to noon, to which
evervone is invited
report which it must do within five
days after its rejection
Jacobson indicated thul John
V ale, an assigned mediator from Ihe
slate conciliation service will return
to continue the negotiation process
Liles also says that more burguin
ing IS .-»brad
publish more information about op
portunitirs to view the comet as it
becomes available
\ special hot
line” at OMNI. 124-UOMFTl lists
up to-dale information on Ihr iiimel
its location and IlM SI sponsored
comet events
Those who wish to share their
experience viewing the comet in 1910
are invited to contact Sandy at Ihr
(•azeltr Times office. 178-8228. icau
lion. If you admit to srring Ihr comet
in 1910. also admit to being at least
7» years young )
We are also
interested in hearing if you plan to
observe the i omet again this spring,
and what your reaction is to that
experience
Burkenbine gets
shot at wheel
Forrie Burkenbine of Heppner will
have his "big chance" next W'ednes
day. when he goes to Salem to spin
the Oregon Lottery wheel
Burkenbine. who is co-owner of
Central Market in Heppner. won his
chance at the Jackpot with an entry
winner on the current scratch off
game of the Lottery
Burkenbine. who purchased his
ticket at Central Market, will win a
minimum of 18.000 in the Spin
Should further mediation not re
solve Ihe differences between the
tMiard and teachers, the teachers
may. with todays prior notice, tiegin
a strike no sooner than 30 days after
the factfinder s report Is published
li shed
Nelson resigns from board
At a special meeting Monday . Jan
27. the Morrow County School Board
accepted Keith Nelson s resignation
from an "at large position on the
board and declared the position
vacant
In resigning Nelson submitted the
following letter
To The Morrow County School Hoard
of Directors
I am leaving Morrow County to
attend sehiMil in I’ortland soon Since
I will no longer be a resident of the
county, please accept my resignu
lion from the school district tMiard of
directors effective January 31. 1988
It has tw-en a great experience to
serve on the tMiard and I thank the
tax payers of their confidence in my
ability to represent them The school
district has numerous problems
facing it in the coming years, but
with continued support from Ihe
people I'm sure these problems can
and will tie solved We have been
associated w ith all the tMiard mem
tiers as well as ihe many admin
istrators and teachers I'm con
vinced Morrow ( ounty has one of the
best schiMil systems in the state
I challenge more of the public to
become actively involved in their
school system I urge the public to
become informed on the issues and
to give their support to the people
serv ing on the school board
I wish you all the best of luck and
hope my resignation doesn't cause
too much of an inconvenience
Sincerely,
ts » Keith Nelson
The tMiard. hoping to fill the
position at its next regular meeting
February 17. 1988. is presently en
couraging interested candidates to
apply for the position by letter to the
district office Board policy requir
es each applicant to be interviewed
prior to an appointment
Candidates must tie registered
voters in the county in order to
qualify
The appointee will serve until
June 30. 1988 at which time a newly
elected member will he sealed
For more information call Doyle
McCusItn at the district office in
Lexington. 989 8202
County copes with vacancies
Morrow County has filled the
positions of county counsel and
building inspector on u temporary
basis since accepting resignations
from County Counsel Mike (Mbs on
January 17 and Building Inspector
Roger Converse on January 15
Services for county counsel have
been contracted by Ihe month with
Val Doherty, a Heppner attorney,
who is retained by the county on an
hourly tiasis as needed
Gary Kitchen, a former II imn I
River County building inspector, hus
been hired on a temporary purttime
basis to "clean up 50 incomplete
inspections, says Morrow County
Judge Don McKlligolt Kitchen is a
licensed, Class A inspector
The position of Public Works
Director is still being filled tempor
arily by Road Supervisor Don Ball
McKlligolt said that the county may
advertise the position ugum and
attempt to fill it before oiling season,
but they found that not enough
money had been budgeted lust year
to hire a qualified public works
director following Otto Burden's
June, 1985 resignation
Deputy County Clerk Claudine
Warren is retiring as of March I
The position has been advertised,
but. says McKlligolt. general prefer
ence is to fill It with somebody
alrrudy employed by the county
Plant Pathologist to
address farmers
ducing Quality Seed How and Why.
Greg Vollmer. 4 oundation Seed and
Kon I ook. OSI Seed Certification;
2 38 p in Making "Cents" of Maxi
mum 5 leid. Kuss Karow. 4:»trn»lon
Agronomist. J.io p m ( 'including
Rrmarks by 4 red Lundin and Jim
Mui pItV. ost 4:»tension Agents
There will be a demonstration of
an indent cleaner cleaning goat-
grass from wheal seed at lunch
which will be catered locally and
will cost approximately 85
More infoimation Is available at
Ihe Morrow I uunly k xlension Off
ice. 678 9812
The comet is coming...
ice, and frozen gases, warms as it
approaches the sun and part of Ihe
flnr mile which a hall becomes a
visible coma
Available sources predict that the
comet will not be as spectarular
during its 1985 Mi passagr around Ihr
sun as it was on its 1910 approach;
nevertheless It will be visible for
those who know where to look
Since the comet disappeared from
view as its orbit look it behind the
sun early last week, the next five to
six weeks provide some lime for the
rest of us to begin getting excited
and making preparations to view
this "once in a lifetime" phenomen
on.
Moyer recommrnls that those who
are serious about viewing Ihe comet
check astronomy magazines (or rur
rent star charts and dalrs and times
for better viewing
Any current
issue of "Sky and Telescope" or
"Astronom y" should also provide
titles of books, places to order
mrmorabilia. and other valuable
information about the comet, he
says. Hr has also offrrrd to return
to llrpp n rr later in Ihr spring to
conduct another class, where stud
ents actually get a chance to locale
and view the comet.
Watch the Gazelle-Times for more
information about local groups for
ming to watch or to celebrate the
return of Comet Halley. We will
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Chamber begins
biLsy year
Paul Koepsell
Paul Knepsell, OHI 4 xlrnviiMi
Plant Pathologist, will address
wheat farmers Thursday. February
4. at Ihe 4'air i.rounds in ( ondon
D r Koepsell is part of an annual
program presented by Ihe 4 »tension
Service to update wheal growers in
Morrow and Gilliam County. The
wheat seminar is being hosted this
year In Gilliam County, but will
return to Heppner In 1987
The agenda for the seminar Is as
follows: 8:38 a m -Registration, 9
a m Wheat Growth Model with Koa
Rlrkmaa. ONU Agronomist. 19: IS
a m ’.Strategies far Root Health by
Jim Cook, lia m -Need Treatments
by Paul Koepsell. Kxlension Pathol
ogist; II : 45 a m -8 T K F P What Is It?
Don Wyaorkl. F.xtensioa Noils Spe
cialist. Nson-lanek; 1:38 p.m -Pro
Members of the Heppner Morrow
Chamber of Commerce liegan a
tills V 198*1
Their new officers presided at the
first meeting after their installation
on January 21 President Hirdinr
Tullis called for order with the
suggestion that everyone begin now
to "think green" as SI Patrick s
weekend celebration will come
"vainer than we expect."
Committee assignments
were
passed out and Ihe chairmen were
asked to call the mrmbers of their
committees together soon to make
plans as they will be expected to
have reports ready to present to Ihe
whole membership
Two new members were Inlroduc
ed State Representative Kay mond
French and Klks Manager rxoei u
Harshman
A new practice was begun in
cooperation with the pastors of the
South Morrow Ministerial Associa
lion Kach of the first four Tuesday
noons of each month, a visiting
pastor will meet with the chamber
and give the day s invocation The
Ministerial Association is in charge
of arranging scheduling