T W O The llr p p a r r U l f U M l M l . H»p|M»er. O rrgaa. Wednesdav
February 26. IWt»
Wins state E lk s scholarship
•Utton II will be forwarded for
national competition where he will
be eligible to win additional scholar
ihip money depending on how hi*
brochure is rated. Swanson con
tinued National awards are pres
ented to first, second, and third
place candidates as well as addi
tional categories
McLaughlin is the son of Mr and
Mrs Bob V< l-aughlin of Hrppnrr
He is the third of five children A
senior at Heppner High School, he
has already been accepted for ent
ranee at Oregon State University
nest fall where he plans to major in
engineering
Many attend meeting to learn about new farm programs
About I6t) farmers, both from
irrigated and dryland farms, sonie
from Gilliam and Umatilla as well
as Morrow County, were at St
Patrick s Parish Hall last Friday to
hear about the new farm Program
"This year's program looks good,
said Fred Lundm. ag agent with the
Morrow County Extension Service,
"but each case is different and must
be evaluated A computer program
is available at the extension office
which help» farmers decide if they
want to participate in the program,
he says Th e program allows
farmers to compare participation in
the conservation reserve or acreage
C BEC to replace power line
O ui» McLaughlin
Chris McLaughlin, Heppner High
School, has now won first place in
the Oregon State Elks Scholarship
competition He has already won a
1700 award in local competlon and a
(5U) award for competition at the
district level At the state level. Jim
Swanson, local scholarship chair
person fbr the Elks, says that he has
won close to »3.000 The amount, he
explains is derived from interest In
the scholarship account, so the exact
amount varies
The application which M c-
l-aughlin prepared for local comp
etilion followed him through district
and slate interviews and comp-
The Colum bia Basin E le ctric
Other items discussed by the
rtio p — Board -oi Directors, at a_ board were the pending lawsuits
February 1». meeting, approved the"
from WPPSS and future power
replacement of the 60.000 volt power
requirements
line from the Bonneville Power
Administration source to the lone.
Lexington. Kuggs. Kin/ua and Hep
ner substation areas, reports co-op
Manager Fred Toombs
;
"We have known for some time
that the line was deteriorating be
By Justinr Weatherford
cause of its age Plans had been
This year is expected to be an
made earlier to replace the line in
extra big year for tourism in Oregon
the late lWKXi or early ltwoa This last
severe weather last winter with its as many travel through the state on
the way to E X P O 86 in Vancouver
extended power outages have shown
us that we cannot wait for the plan to B C The Oregon Travel Director
be executed because the line has Ed Remington, is urging all area of
the state to have plenty of up to-date
deteriorated far beyond our exp^c
brochures ready for distribution
tations. he continued
Remington s office has supplied
Arrangements have been made
for the necessary financing to ac Chambers of Commerce and Con
vention Bureaus with "Brochure
comodate replacement in 1987 Bids
will be awarede in the late fall of Guidelines" and with the request
that a minimum of loo be sent to
1986 and construction is expected to
Oregon Tourism Division's state
begin in the early spring of 1987
office plus 1.400 which that office
will distribute to state welcome
centers
The Tourism Division states that
Oregon * theme is now "Oregon
You're More Than Welcome", and
asks that this logo lie included on all
new brochures Their mailing even
includes a sheet of various sues and
arrangements of this logo to be cut
out for use on publications
The Heppner M orrow county
Chamber of Commerce has a com
mittee working diligently to have
new county brochures printed
during March These will conform in
sue and style to the state guidelines,
and will tie much like the six fold
brochures which were printed in
1981 and are now hard to find
It is planned to have IS.000 printed
at the cost of »3.736 (about 25 cents
each I. The 1981 printing of 12.000
cost of »4.000 'just under 35 cents
each' This year's new edition will
coat leas because moat of the thirt-
teen full-color pictures will not be
changed and because the high
quality paper and printing format
will be so like the earlier edition
Before 1981 the county govern
menl had various brochures pub
lished. the last of those was pro
duced in 1*76 while Paul Jones was
county judge Since then the Hep
pner Chamber of Commerce has
taken over this task and is much in
need of financial help with this
im portant project Most county
Chamber compiles new
county brochures
Yes Virginia,
There will be
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production programs tor a given
amount of acreage and crop to help
them decide if they want to parti
ripate in one program, both, or
neither Those who bring a blank
computer disk to the extension office
are welcome to copy the program,
he says
Many fa rm e rs had questions
about crop compliance and he said
that as of then it was still a part of
the program Crop history estab
lishes barley base and wheat base
for each grower and he may not
olant more than that base If he
decides to participate in the reserve
program, a farmer may not plant
that wheat producing area in barlev
Secretary of Agriculture John K
Block recently announced major
provisions of the 1 « » farm pro
grams in Washington. D C
Acreage reduction programs will
be in effect for wheat, com. oata.
barley, grain sorghum upland cot-
Let Coast to Coast
Help You be Ready
ts Fishing
v* Hardware
Automotive
^ Paint
^ Lawn <$ Garden
cities and some organisations and
industries are kindly contributing
funds It is hoped that the county will
provide at least one third of the cast,
as these brochures are labeled
"Morrow County" and the address
given on them is "Morrow County
and the Heppner Chamber of Com
m e rce ’.
During the last few years many
letters have come addressed to the
Chamber of Commerce requesting
information about this county The
cities, the county office* and now the
North Morrow Chamber of Com
merce also receive requests for
information, and they will find sup
plies of the new brochure* very
convenient to mall
Contributions to help with the
expense of producing the 1986 bro
chures may be mailed to Box 78*.
Heppner. OR. 97836
Fire causes
minor damage
An early Monday morning fire left
m ainly smoke damage at Les
Schwab Tire Service in Heppner An
apparent malfunction of the oil
furnace caused the building to fill
with smoke causing only minor
damage, said Assistant Fire Chief
Rusty Estes
Twenty firemen and three trucks
responded to the 5 a m alarm
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TOTAL HARDWARE
106 K May Ave.
676-9961
TURN ON THE WATER
Improvements for the crusher are
rxpreted to decrease from (26.000
this year to » 10.000 next year
Building improvements at the coun
ly shop were budgeted at ta.tXMi last
year and for this year none are
expected
Bridge contract matching funds
for repair of bridges is down from
last year s estimate A line Hem of
»35.000 is listed for a new bridge on
Quaid Street should one be needed
for access to the proposed senior
center
Fair A Rodeo fund
The Fair and Rodeo Fund Is
divided into five sections Revenues
included in the administrative sec
lion are expected to be up 3 27
percent from this year
Racing
commission funds remained the
same, but the money received from
the county fair commission rating
WITH M.C.G.G. IRRIGATION SYSTEM!
&
ssas up liom SK1.000 to (14.000
Personal srrvtres show the re
moval of a c a rrla k rr's valary from
thr budget but II listed as other
services' which Is transferred lo (he
general fund P a ri of caretaker Kd
Strulhers salary Is also transferred
from the motor pool fund into the
general fund A part-tim e secretary
Is also rem oved from thr budget,
and the secretary Is increased to
Include both parttim e positions
PLUMBING
SUPPLIES
Morrow County
Grain Growers
INC
350 Moin Str#«t Lexington, Oregon 97839
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Phone 989-6221
1-800-452-7396
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wheat producers whose harvested
acres do not exceed 65 percent of
their farm ’s wheat base may be
eligible for diversion payments on
an acreage equal to an additional 10
percent of their wheat base." the
ASUS official said
As with pervious acreage reduc
tton programs, for 1986 haying and
grating on acreage conservation
rev-serve land will be permitted at
the request of individual State ASC
committees However, haying and
grazing are prohibited during the
five principal growing months
To conserve eroding cropland and
help adjust the production of surplus
agricultural commodities, the Sec
retary of Agriculture has announced
a new Conservation Reverve Pro
gram The program is designed to
convert highly erodible cropland to
permanent vegetative cover for 10
years, according to Judy Buschke.
County Executive Director, of the
County budget
We’re here to help you
Coast to Coast
Morrow County Agricultural Stabil
ton and nee. according to Judy
■ration and Conservation Service
Buschke. County Executive Director
Cropland classified as highly
of the Morrow County Agricultural
erodible is defined as land in capab
Stabilization and Conservation Ser
ility Classes ll-V eroding at higher
vice "The program* are designed to
curtail the burdensome supplies of than triple the soil loss tolerance.or
land in capability classes V I-V U I
the commodities Buachke said
Program requirements call for a For retiring such land from crop
2S percent reduction of wheat and production. Buschkr said farmers
upland cotton acres. 20 percent for will receive annual rental pay menu,
based on a bid. of up to 150.00) per
feed grains. and a 35 percent redu
year in cash or commodities, and
etion in rice acres Included in the
one half the expenses of establishing
announced wheat and feed grain
the permanent vegetative cover on
acreage reduction programs is a 2 5
the land
percent paid in-kind land diversion
"Rental payment* will be ma>Je
provision, according to Buachke
annually as soon as possible a f er
' T o be eligible for loans and
October I of each calendar y e a r,"
target price protection, farmers
said Buschke "Cost-sharing p a y
must sign up and comply with
ments will he made as soon as
program requirements " She said
possible after individual p o rt)-
program signup will be March 3
cipants report the approved conser
through April 11
vation treatment is completed
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The target price for 1986 wheat
She said farmers who dec.de tn
will he H 38 prr bushel the same as
return land to production duri ng the
last year Feed grain program par
10 year contract period mast repay
ticipants will be eligible for target
the government, «nth interest, all of
prices of »3 03 prr bushel for corn.
lU costs for annual rental a nd for
»2 88 for sorghum. 12 6u for barley
establishing cover In the '¿vent of
and ( I 60 p rr bushel for oats Loan
national need however, the Secre
rale* per bushel are wheat. »2 40
tary of Agriculture may do< lore that
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¿hum *1 82 barlev
any farmer who wants to return the
»1 56. rye (1 63 and oats f 99 Rice
land to production may do -io without
and upland cotton loan rates will be
penally
announced later. Buschkr said
"U S D A will retire only the moat
Under the 1986 programs, partici highly erodible land unde r the Con
pating producers who plant at least
servation Reserve
P r o g ra m ,"
50 percent of thieir permitted acre
Buschke said
A p p ro xim a te ly
age to a program crop and plant the
I (XI9.800 acres of Oregon cropland
remaining permitted acreage to a
are eligible for the prog ram
non program crop, other than soy
Farmers who are interested in the
beans or extra long staple cotton, or
program should contact the Morrow
devotes such area to conservation
i * ■ ( ) AM S ( iffice
uses, will be eligible to receive
Signup for the p rig ra m is March
deficiency payments of »2 percent of
3 14
the permitted acreage
Winter
Capital outlay for buildings and
structures is listed at »3.(MM), and for
bridge repair. » 6.000 is transferred
lo the rood fund (» 30,000 of county
matching funds are also budgeted
lor repair of the motor pool bridge 1
Sewer renovation is near comple
lion but still included in the budget
at »3.500
The second section, the fair, shows
revenues the same as last year from
gate receipts with the addition of
horse show and some miscellaneous
revenues, for an increase of 45
percent Expenses are basically the
same as last year with a decrease in
the cost of ribbons and buttons from
tt.500roII.ixxi Premium books will
be printed differently this year with
the fair committee expected to sell
advertising to pay printing costs,
the item is listed as a tio.ooo
expense
Section three, the rodeo, list«
revenues from gate receipts, con
cessions, jackpot fees, dances, and
donations
Rodeo revenues are
expected to be down 47 percent from
23.400 last year to an expected
12.200
Rodeo expenses are also
down Last year »400 was budget for
programs, no money is budgeted
this year
Dance expenses were
budgeted at »3.(NX) Iasi year, but this
year are expected lo be in ly »1.6IX)
The total budget for the queen and
court is »2.(XX). » 1.500 for uniforms
and lierra. »2011 for the queen's
luncheon, and »2 ini for chaperone
Section five gives the horse show a
separate budget detail with rev
enues from open class entry fees and
general donations
Trophies and
awards are the main expenses
I
Receive state
farmer degrees
Alex Lindsay z.nd Noella Rill of the
Heppner F F A Chapter will receive
their state farm er degrees at the
state F F A Convention in Corvallis
They will be umong 120 of the top
F F A m em ben in the stale to receive
this award
In order to earn this degree the
candidates must complete an exam
and application and they are inter
viewed twice Only the top three
percent of the state membership
may be awarded the state farmer
degree in any year
Candida les are judged in the areas
of agricultural knowledge, work
experience in agriculture, and lead
ership
From poge 1
M wcellaneouB fund»
Other taxing funds in the county
budget include the County School
Fuad the other Read Districts
Fund, the North Morrow Medical
(lim e Fund, and the North Morrow
Ambulance Fund
The county school fund is man
dated by Oregon state law
Each
county has lo turn over a certain
percentage of property taxes it
levies to the county school district
Other Hoad Districts Fund is the
mandated portion of the lax levy
which is turned over to city rood
districts
The North Morrow Medical Clime
Fund is almost S25.00U higher than
Iasi year The increase is chiefly
due lo the increased operating time
of the clinic, and the requested tax
monies remain the same while the
projected income has almost doub
led. said Don Eppenliach. chairman
of the medical clinic board of
directors
The clinic has seen a
couple of slow months, but the
patient load has never been less than
13 patients per day
What we are
seeing is a delay in payment
Mr
have almost »26.(XMi in outstanding
billings to Welfare and Worker's
Compensation The total billing so
tar this year is almost $65.0(M). the
funds w-iil be collected, he conclud
ed. but a portion will fall into the
next fiscal vear
The North Morrow Ambulande'
Fund has budgeted a capital outluy
for four pagers at a cost of HQtf
apiece, there is a current shor'ajgi
of pagers Five lightweight jackohi
and dual chains are Included in the
request for capital expenditures j»g
well as a »300 telephone answering
m achine which the a m h u la nre
lioard hopes will improve public
relations and collections
The;;
ambulance fund also had budgeted
»5 1100 1 double last year's amount 1 to
be transferred to the Ambulance
Reserve Fund which is a holding
fund for money to purchase a new
ambulance sometime in the futurh-
Non-taxing airport fund
The non taxing airport fund has a
revenue of »16.400 transferred in
from the general fund which is the
county's matching amount for a
tlM.(HN) federal grunt which is pay.-
ing for the airport renovation pro
ject
The beginning fund halance
and the income from airport and
hangar rents balance the budget
with a $6.i«Ni allowance for hangar.*-''
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