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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 25, 1986)
Ih c llr p p n r r l ì i i r t l r Iim e i, n r p p m i. Farewell potluck planned July 13 A farewell potluck pan*. will honor the Rev Floyd Wilks and family •< the Heppner Cit> Park I p m July 1J Everyone 1 » invited to attend Former manager of Heppner hank promoted Engagements July 13 will he the Rev Wilks lavi Sunday at the Heppner Nazarene Church He has been called to pastor the Move» Lake, Washington. Kenneth C Miller, a regional len ding officer with First Interstate Bank ot Oregon has been promoted to vice president His office is in the hank's Eastern Regain headejuarters at Rend M iller, who grew up in Eov.il, joined the hank in Portland in I4ft7 Alter advancing through several consumer lending fx.sitions, he was pron*Hed to assistant manager of the Pnncsillc branch in 147ft In 1478 he was pmmoted to manager of the hank's Heppner branch, and in 1482 he was assigned as a regional lending officer, the position he now holds Church of the Nazarene Parish lists summer worship schedule Hope Valbs Parish will begin Summer worship schedule June 24 Services at Hope will he at 8 a m and Valby at 10 a m Ruud's Hearing Aids Offering FREE Hearing Examination for NERVE DEAFNESS in Heppner Thursday, Ju n e 26 10 a m . tu I p .m . a t C n tn tv’s 676-9264 Call for an appointment County Agent’s Corner By Ff»d lund»n U 'iv a w Town of Lexington Sets 1986 Fire Season / The Lexington City Council has set the 1986 Fire . Season to commence on July 1 and w ill lx* in ef- < feet until further notice. W h ile the fire season is in effect no ofx*n fires w ill lx> permitted without a fire fx*rmit. Fire |x*rnuts may lx* obtained from the Fire Department. Con tact Bill Sheirbon (989-8526) or Charlie Sumner (989-8514) to apply for a permit. Burning w ill lx* permitted, without a fxvmit, if contained in a waste burner w ith an effective means of arresting sparks and fly ash. O il drums covered with metal screens w ill lx» acceptable for this purpose. The ordinance also require*, that lots lx> kept tree of tall weeds and other flamable waste or rubbish. The Fire Department w ill assist property owners in burning off lots upon request. The penalty for violation of this ordinance is a fine of not more than $25.00. Bill Sheirbon Fire Chief Town of Lexington 4 M cKin ney -H e eringa Elizabeth McKinney and Raymond Heeringa. both of Everson, W ashington announce their engagement and plans lor a September 21 wed ding in I ynden Washington The bride elect is the daughter of I eland and Grace Me Kinney of f air hanks. Alaska She attended Lynden High School. Blue Mountain Com munity College and the Cnisersity of Alaska. Fairbanks She is employed at Homstein Seafoods. Inc in Bellingham. Washington Pie bridegroom elect is the sent ol Ron Heeringa of Femdale. W ashington and Marie Heeringa of Lynden. Washington He attended Lynden Chris dan High School and is employed at Btslc's Ready M i* in Lynden. Washington Celebrate 50th anniversary1 A reception at St Patrick's Parish Hall July S from M p m will honor Edmond and Eleanor (¡only on their 50th wedding anniversary A ll friends arc cordially invited to attend The Cmntys were married July 4. 14 'ft at the Catholic Church in Beaverton They have tour children Rjy of Seattle, Virginia (F. V ) of I'kiah. Thomas ol Heppner. and ( harles ( IX>ugI of Newport News. Virginia The Gontys worked together at their Heppner Shoe Store until 147ft when the business was sold to Jerry and Joyce Hollomon Since their rctirrnx-nt. they have kept busy with Ed's appliance repair shop, garden mg. their mountain cabin, and E leanor's volunteering at the Neighborhood Center and with the special education class at Heppner t lemenlary School S0TVCE Cheatgrass or downy hromc l Rromus tec- lonim l is a persis tant pest in grain field s , causing severe yield losses in many cases For the last ftt) years. Oregon fanners have tried nuns cultural and chemical tnnosa lions to eliminate cheatgrass in wheat and barley fields The weed is a winter annual like wheat, and its life cycle closely parallels wheat fhis makes it very cl 1 1 tic ci It to control with cultural practices Compounds such as metrihuzin (Sencor or Lesone) have controlled cheatgrass well, hut have also in lured Ihc wheal crop badly Ibete is a new product called ethyl metrihuzin ( Tycor or Siegel which holds promise as a prccmcrgcnce or poslcmergence herbicide, and wheat seems to have very good tolerance to it In a study done hs Don Rydrych. weed scientist jt the Oregon State l'niversify Xgncultui.il Field Station al Pendleton, ethyl mctrthu/in com pared with metrihuzin to evaluate crop in)ury - d weed response Metrihuzin reduced yield on snull wheat (3-leaf) esccpt at low rales of application ( 12 Ih acre) Ethyl mciribuzin was sale on snull wheal regardless of chemical talc Cheatgrass control was excellent with chtyl metrihuzin when it was applied hclore the weeds had one to two tilers S iik c treatments on well tillered cheatgrass resulted in poor control, spring applications are not as ellectisc 17m new herbicide is also actise on hnudlcat weeds such as fiddlcncck (tarwcedl, false lias, blue mustard, tumble mustard, and prickly lettuce, and it has some con trol over annual rye and goalgruss It is not yet registered lor use by the Environmental Protection Agen cy Mobay (Tycor) and Du Pont (Siege) will both he marketing (his product, and. as yet. have not dec id cd on a price Registration is es fiectcd by nest spring, and (armors should hasc use ol the product in 1487 I his research hreakthrixigh means that farmers will hase effective cheatgrass control with good crop safety in winter wheat next year Ion Pickup •Air Conditioning «4-speed Heavy Duty Chassis *2 tanks Morrow 4-H’ers attend Summer Week * 1 5 0 0 * ° Bon 676-9108 McDonald! Ten M o rro w 4 H 'e rs arc discovering the challenges of change as they attend the annual ( Hegon 4 H Summer Week at Oregon Stale University in Corvallis Members traveled by bus, with 4 H'ers from Gilliam Wheeler, and Sherman counties joining them enroutc Chaperone for the four county group is Jim Murphy. Gilliam County Agent All older 4 H'ers had earlier chosen classes they will attend, vary mg from "rap sessions" or leader ship and interpersonal relationship to horse classes and other vixaiional skills Attending from Morrow County are Shanna Evans. Irrigon; Judy Jcpsen. Rondi Tewv. Linda Mortcr. Amy W’agenhlavt. lone. Kathleen Brazell, Islin g to n , and Angie Cur rin, Kelly and Shannon M ilu u gh lm . and Nance Wright all o f Heppner Scholarship costs for Summer Week delegates are provided by local businesses, groups, and individuals If you'd like-, wc* can talk seed |iisl afxiut any month of the vear Because we supply fuel for land prep fertilizer to make the sets! grow insecticides and herbicides to give if the U-st chain e to exi el And we supply Ihr seed Not just any setxl hut v e d malt hed In you r area and your spe cific ne ed y Let us h e lp you m your plans for The Morrow Co Ay A y * * CHEVROLET r Main Now on HEPPNER T.V. INC. C ABLE Ch. 18 19 20 21 - CNN (news) - WGN (Chicago) - The Discovery Channel - Arts & Entertainment These c h.innels are in the mid-hand and your television set must lx* cable ready or a converter box is nettled to be purchased to receive these channels. Cal the HTV Office: 676-9663 for details ORDERS ARE BEING TAKEN NOW N o extra monthly service charge is required. K * **—~4V* ■’- - d V » * — - A - . * - 14 M • JV «*- * j V — C onservation Reserve Program or The Acreage Reduction Programs. We don’t figure we can |usf show up once a vear and take vour order We re going to live with that v e d from the time you order right through harvest S i il h<ul betta tie g o o d |ust like all the other services tti.it go with it Whatever your seed needs Wheatgrass Small (¡rain Fescues Forage i l Alfalfa Dryland Pasture Mix Stop in soon and let us take care of your seed needs and we art* n<*v b o o k in g orders for your CRP and ARP Programs. Thr KfTuUdnn And rrmrdv tj>| »Mr hir «*1 Ihr UbH .»Itaw f»nl tu km ia part ol ihr terms «4 <*ik* f f ij g . ih» custom»! Phone 989-822) i ) 800 452 7396 r o *o» M7 lit L aiM O to n O ia g o n v ? u * RELDAN 4E Handling & Proper Application at Willow’s Grange Hall Wednesday, June 25 at 6:60 p.m. Itie I ompanv M o rro w County Grain G row ers PKKi: TRAINING SEMINAR o 'i'. we can't afford to offer you anything tint the t>est Knowing you and your needs it’s all p irt of taking care of the country s business your business! T a k i n g c a r e o e THE COUNTRYS BUSINESS. Gustafson and Tri-River Chemical SEMINAR HOSTED BV: ■ •M orrow County Grain Growers • Dobyns fVst Control •Pettyjohn's O il Company </V—
