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Heppner Garden Club members put the finishing touches on one of the 11 tables they prepared Monday after noon for Tuesday's state garden club meeting at St Patricks’ Catholic Parish Hall in Heppner a zette VOL 105 NO 39 Heppner 25c -C I Factfinder hears wage and insurance views lines Wednesday, September 30, 1987 . • •• - • • 8 Pages Both the county and road depart mem employees have • chance to ex plain their positions at an informal hearing today at the county road shop General deer season opens Saturday Road Department employee» have three year contract package, called been working without a contract for a 3% raise (approximately 25< since July I when last year’s contract per hour), for the first year, their negotiator Don Scott and Assoc expired Factfinder Roy Erickson of Salem reported will hear the county's and the road department's offers for wages and insurance The road department employees The Boeing Regulated Hunt Area, are asking for a 75c per hour raise with no cap on insurance coverage, located west of Boardman. will be the union negotiator Mike Persons enlarged for the upcoming upland game bird and waterfowl season. said Hu- county > hat otter, tor § Brad Bales of the Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife has announced Approximately 4.000 acres of Tag gates' agricultural lands will be add ed to the existing program to bring the total area available lo the hunting public to 11 .(XX) acres The re mainder of Taggarcs Farms ansi Car tv Reservoir will remain closed to all public access as it has been in previous years, he said Other changes on the Boeing area include additions of year-round regulations on vehicle use on por tions of Taggarcs Farms and areas south of the farm and Cany Rcser voir The public is welcome to hunt in these areas during authorized seasons (by permit only dunng pbea sanl and waterfowl season) but the majority of roads arc closed to vchi clc traffic Another important change this year is that public hunting of big game animals is prohibited in the hunting access portion of Taggarcs Farms Irom (Xtobcr 3-25 Complete regulations for all the regulated hunt areas in the Boardman area can be found in the 1987 game bird synopsis Questions may be ad dressed to Brad Bales, 567 0489. Hcrmiston Boeing regulated hunt expanded year was only fair The cast half of ing and can provide some excellent General deer season opens this for the first time hunting opportunities Permission to the Mt Ennly Unit will be limited Deer numbers in the Walla Walla. Saturday. Oct. 3. Heppner district hunt and the spread of noxious weed entry only for buck hunting Deer Ml Emily, and Uktah units are up wildlife biologist Glen Ward said a populations on private lands in the should be considered when hunting lot of yearling bucks are available for slightly from the past two years, he on private lands foothills of the county arc increas harvest this season because fawn said Adult buck carryover from last crop production and survival has been high. The bigger bucks are hidden in the timbered areas at higher elevations, he said Dry forests may make hun ting conditions poor unless some rain falls, he said No open fires arc permitted in the Heppner regulated hunt area, he said Hunters should stay on mam roads to prevent the spread of noxious weeds in grass and crop land, he continued, "Remember to get per mission from private landowners " Heppner. Fossil and Columbia Basin units should produce about the same number of bucks as I‘bib Deer are widely-scattered and in good physical condition. Yearling bucks will make up at least 85 percent of the total buck harvest. A few older bucks can be found at the higher elevations and in thick-timbered stands Most of the private land is open by pc muss ion only and hunters arc requested to travel on main roads to prevent the spread of noxious **» weeds, Jim Gladson of the Oregon Dept of Fish and Wildlife said Nearly all of Union county is clos ed to general hunting except the Sled Springs Unit between the town of Elgin and the Wallowa River The Starkey Unit and the Catherine Those who have moved, changed Flyers brought their planes over a test area at the airport Crcck/north Union County units Crop dusters from around Washington and Oregon had a their name, or become 18 years old should be excellent for those to release liquid and have the spray pattern checked by com chance to check out their spraying equipment Tuesday at the since the last election need lo register possessing limited entry buck per puter The pilot above had just landed his crop duster Lexington airport. with the County Clerk’s office mils. Fairly good populations exist before (Xtobcr 13 in order to vote at lower elevations in agricultural in the November election lands, but deer are lightly scattered The November election will be a at all elevations Antler growth has vote-by-mail, the clerk has announc been excellent ed Those who arc uncertain about Permit-entry hunting is in effect their voter registration status should for bucks in Keating. Pine Creek. The county planning commission land near Boardman which Boeing contact the Clerk’s office. 676 9061 Lookout Mountain, Catherine heard comments but took no action leased for 99 years beginning in The November 3 ballot will con Creek. Sumpter and Starkey units concerning a zone change request 1963 tain an initiative meusure which, it In the Grant District mule deer Monday night approved, would require voter ap numbers are about 30 percent below Charles Gchley o f the Oregon A second public hearing is pros al of prospective landfill sites in management objectives Buck ratals, Dept, o f Veterans' Affairs presented scheduled lo iK-gm at 7 30 p in Oc Morrow County which receive gar however, have increased siightiy tober 19 at Boardman City Hall At a first-draft application to the bage originating outside the county from last year in the Murderers (hat hearing the planning commis commission Creek Unit Hunters are reminded Bob Miller, manager o f the Port sion expects to hear comments from that the Murderers Creek and Nor- o f Morrow said that he was in favor urn r ' Hoeing Corp. saying why they want thside units are open only to those o f changing the land to a space age 14.080 acres near Boardman chang that have drawn permits industnal zone. ed from an exclusive farm use zone Forest Supervisors for the Mule deer populations continue to Bill Doherty o f Lexington asked to space age industrial zone. Coun Umatilla. Malheur and Wallowa improve in the Wallowa District é I ty Planner Deane Scegcr said The that when Boeing made its final pro Whitman National Forests have Spring population estimates indicate commission will also accept public posal they consider his three im ga decided not to issue any open fire the deer herd at 86 percent of the tion ditches which border the pro comments at that time restrictions on the three forests for management objectives Seventy- Brent Lake, field representative posed space age industrial zone the upcoming hunting season unless two percent fawn survival was The IXpt o f Veterans Affairs, for the [.and Conservation and weather conditions change recorded over-winter, compared to owns most of the land bordering that Heppner Emergency Medical Technicians will sell tickets for a drawing Development board said Monday he significantly. Bob Yoder of the 64 percent in 1986 proposed for a space age industrial had been working with county plan Forest Service said TTie Hells Canyon Wilderness on the Barbie doll pictured above. Money from the ticket sale will be used zone Portland General Electric Coal toward the purchase of a portable defibrillator for the ambulance EMTs ning department staff and the The forests arc extremely dry Area and Snake River corridor are Department of Veterans’ Affairs on plant occupies some land south of the Hunters, woodcutters and other closed to general season hunters and Carl Lauritsen and Penmc Miller show Klara Kin/cr (right) how small the parcel and the Navy owns some land the zone change application Depart forest users arc asked to be careful are open to limited entry permit hun portable unit is The unit was borrowed for the day. to the cast o f it The doll will be on display at Hcppncr Bowl. Scars. Bristow Market. ment of Veterans' Affairs owns the when smoking or using a camp fire ting only. The Shamrock Road Management Area in East Sled Bunch Grass Saloon, Del’s Market. Garners Men's Wear. Murrays Drug. or warming fire fo ensure a safe and Springs will be in effect this season Central Market, Court St Market, Green Feed Store, and Coast to Coast pleasant trip over the next several weeks P ****?. N Register to vote before Oct. 13 Planning Commission to her more comments on proposed zone change Camp fires allowed in federal forests EMTs begin another fundraiser Wildlife refuges closed to hunting Hospital administrator says Board has not reached agreement with doctors I The Medical Board has submitted a proposal to the doctors who have asked for tune to consider the offer According to Wick, a story in last week's Gazette-Times incorrectly stated that a contract with the doc tors had been accepted by the medical board According to Hospital Ad ministrator Ernest Wick, no agree ment has yet been reached between Drs Jean and Ed Beretta and the Morrow County Medical Board The husband and wife team who have been practicing in North Carolina are not coming to Heppner October The Umatilla Cold Springs and McKay Creek National Wildlife Refuges in Oregon are closed to big game hunting According to Refuge Manager Morris LeFever there is some con fusion among hunters because the Oregon 1987 State Hunting Synop sis did not list these refuges as be ing closed The refuges are closed to all hun ting until October 17 when the w aterfowl season begins Possession of-nfles and other firearms is pro Continued page 2 M M H . v . . „ % ♦ m r I n s mm —3 m - I Open fires prohibited on State controlled lands Open fires arc prohibited on state controlled forest lands except in designated campgrounds areas, the Fossil office of the State Forestry iXpt said Tuesday The restriction may be lifted by the weekend, so a call to me rossit office may avoid confusion. At present cooking fires on ap^ proved stoves arc permitted, the department said Smoking is prohibited in timber and grass areas, except in vehicles. Weather Report »T C«y <K Camp fire caution urged Due to very dry conditions in the forest .Jim Lawrence. Forest Super visor for the Umatilla National Forest, strongly suggests that hunters vid other forest users be aware of the fire danger and he ex tremely cautious with warming fires and camp fires Forest users should be sure that any fire is dead out ' r. • * HfV» before leaving it. Many fall mornings are quite cold, but the woods arc still very dry If warming fires are allowed where you hunt, prepare your fire site by scraping away litter, duff and other burnable material within a ten foot Continued page 5 ‘I Non idustrial use of chain saws also in prohibited on state controlled lands, and firefighting equipment - shovel, ax. fire extinguisher is re quired. the office reported September 22 • 28 High 1 4 iw Prec. Tues *cd Thurs. 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