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P F S S I E WE T Z E L L U O F ORE NE WS P AP E R LI B E U G E N E OR 9 7 4 0 3 The Heppner Gazette-Times M orrow C o u n ty ’» H o m e-O w n ed W ee k ly N ew a p a p er voi, km n o . ri ________Heppner, Oregon 25* w«ta«d«y. July _2 iw»6_ Tue* Weather IO Pages WW Thur» Fn Sat Sun Mon. Goldschmidt makes Heppner visit Neil Goldschmidt came to Hepp ner Monday afternoon as part of a campaign swing through Eastern Oregon He visited with mill workers during a shift change at Krn- rua, talked with people on the street in downtown Heppner. visited with residents at a local tavern, answered questions for nearly an hour at the Gazette-Times office, and closed the day by speaking to nearly 50 voters at the Heppner F.lks Club He had begun his day in Milton Freewater disking in fields belong ing to his host. Bob Buchanan He spent the remainder of the morning flying over pan of the Umatilla Na tional Forest looking for a family of beaver and learning about waterways with Dave Childs At main, he spoke to the Pendleton Rotary Club The candidate still had plenty of energy and enthusiasm when he talk cd to voters after dinner in Heppner Words sometimes tumbled out over the top of each other as he spoke about campaign issues dunng the afternoon and evening The average Oregonian earns $1200 per year less than the average W ashingtonian, he said Attitude and competition are the issues If we can create jobs, the tax collected from the increased income will raise the tax base Half the school districts in the state, including Morrow Coun ty, do not have up-to-date tax bases He said as governor, he'd sec if there wasn't a way to convert pro perty tax relief to small homestead exemptions in districts which pass ed an updated tax base Districts which did not pass an updated tax base would not get the homestead exccmption This would both stabilize the amount of money for school districts and maimtain local control. He said he does not support the Oregon Education Association sales tax proposal From January 1985 to January 1986. the state of Oregon created 23.000 new jobs, he said During that same time period Washington state created 60.000 new jobs. Population-wise, there's no reason for that, he blurted "We need to tell businesses that we want them here and we want to help them Now. in stead of a partnership, we have an adversarial relationship between the state and new business There are fewer food processing plants in the Willamette valley now than there were 10 years ago." he asserted If we want food processing busineses which hire people and pay property tax. we have to provide incentives, ask them what they need and how we can help There’s nothing stopping key businesses from closing their tkxirx and relocating in Washington High tech industry is a good hixist to the economy, he said, but is not the answer for Oregon Agriculture, processing what we grow, and timber have been and will continue to be its saviors Federal Agenda. Research, and Marketing, comprise Goldschmidt's farm plan All real policy is made by the U S government and the state has adopted the view of accepting the act after it’s passed and reading it to the farmers Die state can and needs to play an advocacy role in farm policy with the federal government and we have no federal agenda The governor has the ability to combine with other governors and put pressure on the federal government If federal revenue sharing is withheld from the Extension Service, that would be a big bill for the state each year, he said The extension service at Oregon State University is the main source of Research and development of new strains of wheat Marketing what is produced means getting out in other countries and creating an international market "The whole marketing strategy for the state is a joke," he said Foreign trade relations arc created by in dustry. not government we can negotiate with the Thai government or the Japanese, but they don't real ly w ant to buy The pros need to help us " Industry went to Japan and rigged up an oven on the back of a truck, went out and created a pro duct people could see They created a market, he said Why arc we fussing around regulating timber on private lands, he asked, when 80*4 of the state's timber is on federal forest land'’ "It's time to get the economy cracking," he said "If we don't make the turn in 1986-87, we're not going to make it "Oregon does not have an economic plan, he said There have been five directors of the Dept, of Economic Development in the last nine years As mayor of Portland, he said, the first thing he did was to hire a tough economist Businesses which were closing their doors stayed and became profitable again He pointed out that a businessman in Pendleton had tried for a year to open a health food delicatessen There were no land-use issues to overcome, just county and state regulations LCDC isn't as big an issue on the other side of the mountains as it is here, he said In some areas of the stale it is actually working What we nccxl to remember is that it is a docu ment written to help us If it isn't working, we can change it "If you have a piece of land and you can't June 24 - 30 High low Preclp .0 55 91 00 90 52 00 55 90 00 58 »2 23 50 82 44 00 76 0 53 86 10:00 Big Parade down 11:00 11:30 From left, Neil Goldschmidt, chats with William Baker, Lowell Jones and Mickey Sharp during shift change at Kinzua trow wheal on it, you can't raise cat tle on it. and somebody wants to build a house on it but can't do so because of something a document says in Salem, then the plan is not working and we need to change it As governor. Goldschmidt said he would ask each of the 12 regions of the state to select the one thing that each needed his help with most Pie rule of fairness would apply, each region would get something before one region got two things "And together we'll get them done, one by one Rail branch lines arc in trouble all over the U S . he said "It's a chance to turn lemons into lemonade if we think about it Rather than a national railroad, operate a branch Farl Bowden. Boeing, assured Judge Don McFlligott and port Manager Bob Miller that Boeing intends to be a "gixxl neighbor” in Morrow Coun ty Boardman realtor John Prag (right) was among guests at the meeting County close to Boeing rezoning The County Court indicated last Wednesday that it is willing to re zone to industrial 4,(XX) acres near Boardman that is now farmland The Court took no action following the public hearing, however, saying it had to follow time-consuming legal procedures to insure the change or dinance would not be challenged or repealed "W e hope to have a decision by next Wednesday's County Court meeting." Judge Don McFlligott told Hoeing representatives follow ing their legal representative Richard Canadas‘s saying that Hoeing didn't understand the county s reluctance to adopt an ordinance Boeing has requested the zone change to build an antenna test range on the site where it now has a con ditional use permit and a temporary antenna The antenna range. Cana day slowed his speech and appeared to chouse his words carefully, "is a project conducted by Boeing Aerospace for a government client " The 4.(XX) acres will he surrounded by a security fence and patrolled by line so it works for you, or get vomebixly to operate die branch line If freight is pulled from the railroad and put on highways, it's bound to have an effect, cause damage If we're going to put money in the highway anyway to repair damage, why not put it in the front end " Prisons are the single most dangerous problem in the state, next to preventing the federal government from creating a national nuclear waste dump at Hanford, he said "W e’re dumping dangerouv people on the streets that corrections pro pic say should not be there, but they are " The state with bond exemp lions, can borrow money to build a prison cheaper than private enter prise If criminal justice were work ing the way it should, we would not need so many police officers "They're picking up the same peo ple over and over again, because there's not enough prison space." On top of that, he said, we're doing nothing about drugs and alcohol, . and we have to defeat the marijuana initiative that would allow people to raise their own for private consumption There are simple things we can do to help the state, he said such as keeping (rack of foreign students who attend slate universities Most return to positions in government in their home country and could be helpful to Oregon business people trying to create foreign markets People coming into the Portland airport see displays from national corporations, but sec nothing of Oregon industry Oregon prixlucts and tourist attractions need promi nent advertising to interest people new to the area A sign written in Chinese with a telephone number a non English speaking Chinese cixild call to get information in his native language would also be a bixist. and it wouldn't be all that expensive A way to move people anxind the state, someone hooking a flight to Portland from Atlanta. Georgia, should at the same time, be able to make reserva tions for a salmon fishing trip out of Astoria "If we want to change things, we have to work at it Goldschmidt is not going to be sent to Salem to fix it We have to work together." he said 12:30 1:30 2:00 2:30 3:00 4:00 4:30 5:00 5:15 5:45 6:30 to 0:30 Kinzua accepts wage cut Flipped on the corner A crane belonging to Shockman Bros construction of Hermision. overturned at Cut.xiorth corners out side of Lexington Tuesday after noon, causing some damage to the highway, and extensive damage to the crane No one was injured in the wreck Apparently the crane took the cor ner to fast and tipped over, gousint \ 0 0m . * 4$ y lone 4th UM HG •1 Ml» I of July tRUlxjM schedule ri Please turn to pajje 7 out several deep holes in the pave ment Morrow County Sheriff deputies were on the scene directing traffic, and Sheriff Roy Drago said highway crews had been called out to fix die damage to the road The accident, which occured around 3 p m . caused fuel to spill on the roadway, and before using 1 two tractors from nearby Pal Cutsforth farm to pull the wrecked crane aside, blocked both lanes of traffic The tractors continued to pull on the overturned crane, but pixir trac tion and the excessive weight of the machine prevented them from pull ing the vehicle completely off the highway Kinzua employees voted to accept a $1 75 per hour across the board wage cut, said Flwayne Bergstrom, business agent and financial secretary for the Heppner union members Members voted to accept the two- year contract by a narrow margin, he said Eighty-five of the 99 lix.al members cast ballots in last Friday’s election The two-year contract also does away with all bonuses and with one- week of active paid vacation, he said Three holidays will no longer be paid, but workers can still lake off the day after Thanksgiving, the day before Christmas and the day after New Year's without pay. if they choose "W e probably had more argument over the flexible work week than the money issues." he said, because that will allow the management to renegotiate work schedules to omit some overtime 7:00 to 9.00 Market Report C w w x i of »«• Mnr.o» CstfW , O m * grommi* Tues.. July I Soft White July »2 86/»2 73 Aug •2 73 Sept •2 74/»2 75 Oct •2 77/»2 79 Dec •2 82/»2 83 Barley July/Aug •71 Aug •73 Sept •72 3:15 >r Dusk Main Street Kids chalk draw ing contest on Main Street sidewalks, Horseshoe tour nament sign-up Food booths open, Flea Market begins, Dunk tank open, Military Fly-by sometime during the day. Model T and pony cart rides through-out the day Horseshoe Tourney begins, Frog-jumping contests (frogs will be available) Sack races, Three-legged races. Bean-bag races, Straw- money pile for preschool only lone Pool opens. FREE swimming until 5:00 p.m., Shoe kicking contest Cow-chip toss on the football field. Historical Tour of lone lone dance-team exhibition, Fire Department relay, Entertainment Watermelon eating contest Watermelon seed spitting contest, Historical Tour of lone Water balloon toss Fire Department Tug-of-War Bed race Bar-B-Qued Chicken Dinner by Cardinal Club at the high school: Adults-$500, Ages 6 to 12-$2.50, 5 and under-$1 00; hot dogs available - 1/4 chicken, col eslaw, French bread, baked beans and ice cream bars Entertainment and softball game at the football field (bring your mitt - everyone welcome to play) BIG FIREWORKS at the football field 10:00 Street Dance on Main Street after the Fireworks
