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The O fficial Newspaper ot the C ily ot Heppner and the County o f Morrow i OHPA I he Heppner ^ . , >t- 'W G A Z E T T E -T IM E S M orrow C ounty's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper U S P S 740 420 P u M W ic il r » t r > H n l w s d a i and r n lr r r d a« w i h i 4 i U « m a u n at the h a t I H T k r al H r p f t n i i . O t t f i a under the S it <4 M a rc h ) , 1*74 S n u n d «la»* t».a a * r paid at ll t p i a m . t h t y i n . t KTV r at U T W n t W i l l » « S trrfi I r t r p h ia « , «0<| 47a »¿ H I «Sddrrsa i iM im u nK attons tu the tt rp p o rf t .a / r t lr tim e*. P ( ) . H »c 1.17, l l r p y tier. O rrg o ti 47*14. Sutn* rtp O ttm . l i t In M i t e r » « . Wheeler t .illtam and 4.rant ( ounltes; U ) elsewhere Joyce H u e he* .....................................................................IM Tk e M a n a e rr. I t p o e t I me I Malta Hall News M h n r M a rie Strulhers t.r a p h h t Ih Iia rlm in l I.a ll Papmeau ...................................................................................... t .r a p h h v I d Sales S h am «« Paullus ......................................... P r«««l g r a d in g . IhstrthulhMt David and April Sykes, Publishers Editorial . . Forest plan deadline is M arch 28 Í V - '. v i'f * • ; *■ • _r. r ;V . ¡U; iv r & ir * , ’ ' \ • * î » \ • - i ■ f ,v / * i f »V t * *• • vr • j :^ V ; » Marriage Licenses Notices The M orrow County C lerk’ s ot lice al lUw i oculiani»» Mi Ucpputu reports issuing the following mar rugc licenses during the past week F e licia n o F lo re z . 25, jru l M aricclla Keyes. 20, both of Boardman, Kenneth K Marshall. 84. o f Lex mgton and Beulah F Duncan, 80. o f Zillah. W A Hie District 7, Homo I xtenuon .meeting w ill he hold «March TO in Irrigon April 0. the Food Fair w ill ho hold in Hcrmiston al Thompson Hall T his w ill he replacing the Homemakers Day usually held in Morrow County the [intension Woman ot the Year award w ill he given at this time .? > > $6 C om * C o * * Coast to Coast Watarproofing Sealar ONE COAT *\t :t \ .< . Latex "Flat ■ {, » r*1* V J * ii * for their bureaucracy (over 50*3 of reforestation funds go to ad minisiralivc cost» at the local, super visor, regional, and national level) O f the taxpayer funds that did get to the forest, I mean plantation, nearly IKCIUNI) «as spent on plastic tub mg for browse control in the Hcpp ner district alone They should have built another building because I Ik and deer don't browse on dead trees (just examine the reforestation ahove the Western Route Road at Kelly Prairie). Soon there w ill not he any elk or doer or any other nuisance of wildlife to hamper the forest service plantation spending sprees Guess these w ildlife arc like us humans. Kd. just can't handle change I guess you're right what have our kids csei done for us'( Have they ever left us one thing’’ Who would want to live in Kastem ( Hegon anyway? It's tunc to get hac k to the city and let the pros clear out the overgrown trees and wildlife pests C o o k laird Jesus P S. Do grapes grow in a dry and hairen mountain desert ’ (s) Rev Stuart Dick Ixxm gton. Oregon resident sends a small creek«, affecting every human and animal in the area Our towns depend not only on rancher«, farmers and the timher industry for their livelihood, hut tourists, hunters and fishermen They w ill not conic if there is no longer anything here for them Wc have gotten akmg scry well all these years with selected timher harvest, taking only mature trees, leaving our forests intact for fuluc generations Please consider the future o f our area Sincerely, (s) Mike and Kilccn Saling Heppner Obituaries M ildred P. Ferrell Mildred P Ferrell. 71, died March 12 at the Wallowa County Nursing Home She was horn July *>. ld lh , in Montrose. Colorado and as a young girl moved to The Dalles where she gradutaed from high school She and her family moved to Kntcrprise in l*J60 which has been her permanent home since then She was a member o f St Patrick's Kpiscopol Church She served as ex ccutivc secretary to the county school superintendent between I ‘>65 and IV77, at which time she retired She is survived hy her husband. Robert K Ferrell o f Knierprise to whom she was married in |W4 I . two daugthers. Judith Fletcher, and Nan cy Ingram, both of Enterprise, her mother who is in the Columbia Basin Nursing Home in The Dalles, two brothers. Roy Hattcnhaucr o f Pendleton, and Dick Hattcnhaucr ol The Dalles She has fisc grand children all o f whom reside in Kntcrprise Interment o f Crcmains was in the I 0 . 0 F Cemetery in The Dalles llonier F. Robins 7*? ' . s ' J tL* i. '* è f . affect our watershed, dry ing up our -e r J xt .. . ' * # the forest service, created to preserve and protect our forest for our children, grandchildren and their descendants for all time, could come up with a plan like this This area has been settle for over too years there are a lot o f Ccnturv Farms here, and many third and founh generation residents The principal industries, agriculture and logging. ha\c always coexisted peaceably If this plan is implemented, it w ill SA VE y lê m-ê To the Fditor I cordially invite Kd Glenn. David Sykes. Judge Loui* Carlson, and the County Court, the May<»r and the Ci ly Council, the Port ot Morrow and interested citi/ens to view in the comfort o f your own homos " N a tional Forests for Nohody" airing Friday March 25 at 7 p m , Salur day March 26 at 10 a tti or Sunday March 27 at 7 K lp m The Lmatilla National Forest is one of twelve Na tional Forests in America being audited hy the General Accounting O f Lice because o f mismanagement hy the Forest tiers ice The National Forests o f America arc being clean, ut at taxpayer ex pense because o f reforestation kickbacks even when the plant., tions' aren't reforested Five recent timher sales in the Heppner District; B u ffa lo l.o d g cp o lc. Big Mac l-odgcpole. Chips Ahoy liidgcpnlc, Porter and Texas brought more money hack to the Forest Service than the sale sold for The Forest Service serves itself The more forest they can benevolently swindle from the municipal authorities representing the pe»*plc through clcarvuts, the more reforrvtation tax payer dollars they can appropriate MARCHI ■PAINT ■■'y TJ - airing March 25, 26, and 27 March 28 is deadline (or public comment on the very im portant, "Umatilla National Forest plan.” Not only will the plan spell out the use of the Umatilla Forest for the next 10 to 15 years, it will most likely set the tone for usage ot the forest lands and resources (or the next genera tion to come For these reasons it is important that we. the people who use the forest for recreation, water, grazing, and timber harvest, help make the decision on its future Writing a letter that you are in favor ot "more snowmobil- ¡ng", it you are an avid snowmobiler for instance, is a good Another concerned idea, but local people should do more Developed recently by letter a large group ot diverse persons, is the forest plan for "M ulti To the Fditor ple Use and Resource Conservation." The plan includes a wide The following letter has been sent variety of uses of the forest, and is actually a compromise work to the Forest Service supervisor o f ed out by the many different groups which use the forest (he Umatilla National Forest in Much thought and planning was put into the plan, and Pendleton several persons from the Heppner area served on the com Sir As concerned life time residents o f the Heppner area, we mittee which drafted it Not everyone will get all they want out of the torest. or the Multiple Use plan However, we (eel it best arc asking that the Forest Service represents the interests of our area, and the needs ot our com reconsider it's current proposed munities We urge support of the Multiple Use and Resource forest plan Our area is already semi- arid To schedule this forest for an Conservation plan, and urge local persons to support it over H45f clcarcut harvest is to sign All comments, whether on the multiple use plan, or any other a death warrant for the future o f the comments on forest usage, should be mailed to the following area address before March 28, 1988 Those who are apathetic relin At a time when wc arc warned at quish power to those who are not. every turn about the elimination of Mail comments to Mr James Lawrence Umatilla National forest creating vast desserts world Forest, 2517 SW Hailey Ave., Pendleton, OR 97801 wide, it staggers the mind that a David Sykes respected government agency like ‘i l ' > Touring the Oregon Coast “ National Forest for Nobody” __ Letters to the Editor ONE COAT___^ Sew TH* <Sam product» c arums Homer F Robins. 77, o f l ex ingtnn, died Saturday. March 12. 1‘JKK. at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner The funeral was Match 14 at I tried to write this column about tourism in a single installment hut ran out o f space It grew to a three part »cries hegining with this one about the Oregon Coast It that seems a little dis tant to the issues in Morrow County, lust slick around We ll get closer to home Kor many years my family ly has made | a pilgrimage to the Oregon usually during the winter cd like a good time because | By Kd Glenn were uncrowded and that' » when the I. L 4 both .»k, 1 1 1 "" ocean is most violent We liked Winter was also the time when our favorite motel offered o ff season rates and our favorite suite was most likely available on short notice OH season has its disadvantages too Many o f the shops arc closed for the season and I wonder what the clerks and owners arc working at during the winter Some o f the shops up and down the coast look like they ve been closed lor a lot longer than the season Some days the weather was so rainy that we just sat at the motel hay window and watched the ocean roar, and ate smoked salmon with my favorite beverage Several years ago. we discovered the price o f smoked salmon was about half in Portland so wc stop there on our way down Kach trip inc luded a drive down to Newport to cat clam chowder al Mo s That's the thing to do on the coast Was I surprised to find a brand o f canned clam chowder available in local grocery stores that s every hit as good as Mo's and a whole kx cheaper Recently, we discovered Trinidad Bay on the California Coast that's just .is picturesque as any spot on the Oregon Coust Wc had a wonderful time on the San Juan Islands in the Puget Sound Friday Harbor was about like the string of shops at Depot Bay hut much classier, not so hurried and much more enjoyable Wc even bought a few things there that were not grossly overpriced Bottom line, even visiting the Oregon Coast is a seasonal thing, let's face it. most folks vacation in the summer, and competition is steep Both California and Washington have coastlines just as nice Next week l.rascnworth. Washington AS I 4 SEE IT ‘ T - 'i Sweeney Mortuary in Heppner with burial at the Irxin g to n Cemetery Robins was born May 26. IdlO , at Yacolt, Wash . von o f Tobias and I the-1 Allen Robins He graduated from high school at Dayton. Wash Robins worked on mad eonstruc- tioiyis a commercial fisherman, and in the timber industry He retired from J H Baxter Preserv ing Plar.t al Ihe Dalles, where he had worked lor 17 years He had been a resident of L exington since Id72 On A pril *>. I*JM. he married Pauline Pfennig at Kyle, Wash Survivors inlcude his wife, al the home. sons. Clark o f M cM innville, Marc ol Umatilla. Ron o f Athena, and Dennis ol Redmond. Wash.; stepdaughters. Lucile Wade o f lap- wai. Idaho and Alice Ihinn o f Hood River, sister. Lcaolla lx ’ ighty o f Dayton. W’ash ; 12 grandchildren and two great grandchildren 4-H News Cook'll Delight By Tina Kemp, reporter W’e are a new 4-H cooking club (Kir name is Cook'n Delight The leader is Marcia Kemp The new o f ficers are president Tina Kemp, vice president Heather Ripple, secretary Dam H ill At our first meeting we learned how to measure, and learned about kitchen safety and nutrition We made from scratch homemade m uf fins. they included blueberry and ap pie Our next meeting is March 31 the Heppner Police Department reports handling the follow ing business during the past week March 14 10 30 a m -Funeral I scori. X 16 p m Civil Matter. 8 25 p m Dog Complaint March 16 2: 31 a m Dog Com plaint. 5:23 p m False Alarm March 17 I 50 a m request o f licer for Security Check March 18 I 58 a ill request o f ficer lor Security Check, I I 20 p in citation issued for Failure to Drive Right March Id 3 iW a m.-citation issued for Violation ot the Basic Rule 40 mph in a 25 mph /one. 8 02 p m Noise Complaint, d 03 p m assist Morrow County Sheriffs IV pt. 11 M p pi citation issued for Disorderly Conduct, citation issued tor Disorderly Conduct March 20 b 02 p m C ivil Mat ter. 7 20 p m False Alarm. 7 5d p m Motorist Assist, d 27 p m.- Noise Complaint 6.99 Two Trackers By Kondi Robinson, reporter The 4 H Two Trackers Horse Club had a bake sale March I d ear mng V>4 which w ill he used tor members hard hats The Tw o Trackers wish to thank buyers and supporters which made this sale a success. A riding meeting w ill he held M arch 27 at 2 p m at the fairgrounds m it e T S jr x # C «od *•*#«•' SV» éêOOf fcj Round Steak * l 8*, S to . » ^ L | o n r l S t r e e t H a r ic o t CHECK OUR EVERYDAY LOW PRICES WHERE YOUR DOLLAR MAKES MORE CENTS ....... Latex Fíat W al Faint Pioneer Memorial Hospital ir Heppner reports admitting and discharging the following patients during the past week Archie Cox, Fossil-adm itted March d; discharged March 10 Hom er Robins, L e xin g to n - admitted March 10; discharged March II Am brose C hapin. Heppncr- admitted March 10; discharged March 11 Martha King. Heppner admitted March 14, discharged «March 15. Patients still receiving care as o f press time were: My ron Huston. Heppner admitted March 10 lo ts Hunt, Lexington-admitted March 20; Fthel Bowers. Heppner admitted March 20. Heppner Police Report ’tv rantproxfwc *% mood d o th PMH Notes Volvvotu Cheese Liafjih Betty Crocker Burger Helpers •1 * • « . . , Keg 5 1 7 5 Beet Soft Touch Acrylic Latax Flat Ena mal Paint Soft Touch Latax Flat Wall Paint 8.99 Cotone« we.per«««»«eepol >e»«ie>-t •«to —— «iene ’•>■»> ma» -«er « Ove. HOP c a ta n 1 O toir |» « 0 4 0 4 4 inn, • <421 11.99 Wkerer«e otor'ee) a te . e««mei , «,«- - • « » ie r i O » . «ee< le » , .w e r , « < <00 c a e n T u to r S S O » ."» 4 07 7 » K>« mmmt Bottom Round Roast Latax Wall Primar Saalar m _ Cantaloupe* 4 5 *, r * ..* K S * 9.99 w*»«r «ito« im i »usi ...... ■— JC** ^ s rrR » . * «H ' VVWorn Fam.lv far j j i . Vbur LocsIlyOwnod. Hstionslty-Krtown TOTAL HARDWARE Sfora Heppner V* ■ m o b m « • i ■ r£"vC»reen Beans JS 676-9961 Rog 55* JennieT ) Turkey Hindquarters Ground Beef arrots Prices 4 ® * ,h A Avocados ( m 1 5 * ,, 15*, f4 r good Mar. 24th. - 28th. O P E N 7 DAYS A W E E K - 7 A M - 6 P M . 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