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W ednesday^A pril 13^1988
Heppner 2 5 *_____ 10 Pages
Kindsfather is Conservation Man of
the Year for 1987
Operating Engineers l.ocal #701
was in Heppner at the city dump last
week doing some work for the city
They dug a trench tor Heppner as an
em ergency measure u n til an
engineering study is completed by
the city Operating Engineers laical
# 701 is heavy and light equipment
operators
Three men were here, a super
visor and two apprentices The ap
prentices arc truining in Bojrdnuin
under the supervision o f Butch
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Winters. City crew, inspect the city landfill.
field Over 60% o f the graduates o f
this school, enter into supervisory
work They have had approximate
ly 80 people who have gone through
Shockman The school has been in
operation just over a year.
There arc 15 to 20 apprentices tn
the program at one time, learning
mechanics, welding and a working
knowledge o f a dozer, hackhoe,
loader, scraper and blade Also re
quired are one hour o f classroom
work per day. and two days o f First
aid and CPR Before an apprentice
can take the test to be a journeyman,
he must complete 144 hours per year
o f instruction, with WXX) hours in the
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this program from November
through March o f this year.
Operating Engineers has also done
work lor the Port o f Morrow They
dug a 20 foot well, with only fuel lor
pay This is also the agreement with
Heppner They are allowed to do this
em ergency
assistance
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municipalities with no funding.
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Bob and Josie Kindsfather shown with disc drills and pad of the 12 miles of terraces they
put in to win Conservation Man of the Year.
Bob Kindsfather with his wife.
Josic, farm 2400 acres o f his own
land plus another 1355 acres he
leases The farm is located between
1500' and 2500' elevation in a 12
inch rainfall area near Lexington in
M orrow County The soils are
predominantly Valby silt loam with
from 12 to 20 percent slopes The
farm is quite hilly and the silt loams
are difficult to prevent from eroding
Bob and Josie moved to Oregon
from Montana in 197V. selling a cat
tic ranch in Livingston He has no
regrets, saying " I like the climate
here ”
Since 1979. Bob has put in 12
miles o f terraces in one field, and
upgraded terraces in others He has
initiated a program o f minimum
tillage to leave crop residue on the
surface for erosion control Though
he still discs occasionally, it's only
in fields with high residue and after
wet years He disced one field this
year, and is not happy with the
results. “ The worst things you can
do is disc here" , he says
Bob's usual practice is to spray
weeds in the spring with Roundup
and then chisel plow He then
rodweeds two or three times as
needed to control weeds and to set
a moisture line This combination o f
chemical fallow and cultivation re
tains both soil moisture and surface
residue
At seeding time. Bob uses Inter
national 55<X) disc drills on a seven
inch base to seed with He seeds in
mid-October, and tccls he gets bet
ter emergence with the disc drills
than with a deep furrow type He has
HXX) acres seeded to Stephens wheat
this year, dusting it in last fall, and
w ill seed lot*) acres this fall tor next
year There arc 1400 acres in the
conservation Reserve Program
Bob is not afraid to try new techni
ques He built a no-till d rill a few
years ago. but was not satisfied with
it " I t was build on a too light
fram e", he says Asked if he has
plans to no-till in the future, he says
no. but continues to look at new
technology
Bob is a conservation minded
farmer who understands that sue
cevsful and economic farming de
pend not only on good yields today,
hut on long term husbandry resulting
in good yields tomorrow His suc
cess is dependent on efficient use o f
available resources, a good fertility
and residue program, and weed con
trol Bob and Josie Kindsfather are
excellent examples o f farming for
the future
Currin
Medical board has new member Invitational
is April 24
Dick Wilkinson was appointed on
March 23 to take the place o f Trank
Pearson on the Morrow County
Medical Board Trank resigned due
to personal reasons, it was announc
ed by the County Court Dick w ill
complete Trank's term which runs
three more years
Dick has served on the Columbia
Lasin Board o f Directors for 23
years. Federal l.and Bank Board for
21 years, was a Charter member of
the Rural Fire District, is a member
o f the Elk's Masons and Shriners
Dick says he would “ like to see
uniform medical awareness on a
county-wide scale and stabilization
o f doctor and ambulance serv ices in
the county "
After attending his first meeting.
Dick said the members o f the
medical board appear to be " th rifty
minded "
He is looking forward to serv ing
on the board and says he w ill do his
best to serve the county in this
capacity
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Dick Wilkinson
Engineering firm chosen for
landfill study
CH2M H ill o f Portland has been
choaen as the engineering firm to do
a study o f the development o f the c i
ty landfill. I f the study proves feasi
ble, the approximately $10.OCX) cost
o f another trench to be dug at the
tiae, will be placed before the voters
in June Heppner must make plans
to ship it's garbage to another land
fill or dig another trench
The council voted to procure a
five-year lease agreement with Dail
Turner for further use o f the site if
additional development is approved
The first annual C urrin Ranches
Invitational calf roping and steer
wrestling w ill be held A pril 24 in
Heppner The events w ill begin at 9
a m sharp
Ken Hansen buckles w ill go to the
average winners o f each event A
horse blanket donated by Green Feed
and Seed. Pettyjohn's Lumber and
the Bank o f Eastern Oregon w ill go
to the best horse
Calf roping for four head and the
finals is a $150 entry fee, with a $50
deposit Steer wrestling for two head
and the finals is a $70 entry fee and
a $25 deposit Send deposits to Cur
nn Invitational. P O Box 1084.
Heppner. OR 97836 They must be
postmarked by A p ril 15. No
refunds.
Saturday. A pril 23. there w ill be
a cowboy auction at the Heppner
Elks lodge with cocktails at 7 p m
There w ill be concession stands on
the grounds
laicals expected to compete are
Ron Currin. Tony Currin, Mike
C um n, Steve C urrin, S k J Britt,
Many Britt. Dick Hoffman. Jerry
Gen*ry, C liff Doheny, Kyle Robin
son. Pat Schwarz. Shane Crossley,
Neal Beamcr and John Sloan
The Umatilla Army Depot has the
responsibility o f destroying chemical
agents such as mustard and nerve
gas They have until 1994 to com
plete this process, which includes
building an incinerator, so this can
be done locally. No date has been
set, says Rome) Brooks
Romcy Brooks, of Schneider,
which specializes in Emergency
Planning and Management Services,
o f Harrisburg. Penn , was asked to
help update a plan for the Army
Depot in regard to this project This
is a bi county plan for Umatilla and
Morrow County Morrow County
was vefy supportive of this plan and
meetings with key figures in the
county were set up to begin the ci*»r
dination o f this plan Die first phase
o f this plan w ill he submitted to the
Army Depot by the end o f May " A
prc-comprchensivc plan needs to be
in place before the incinerator can be
b u ilt," says Brooks
The "Immediate Response Zone”
for which this plan was made, is a
10 kilometer zone around the Army
Depot, and also includes the city of
Irngon The city o f Irngon is im
plementing a plan that w ill co
ordinate with this emergency plan
The City o f Irngon Fire District has
divided the city into lour quadrants
Each residence w ill he given a lour
"H azard specific appendices" with
the in formal
they
to adapt and
use for their individual areas These
areas are all
by
CountyCourt in the Heppner area
To the extent possible, the M or
row County Emergency Operations
Plan describes the actions to be taken
by Morrow County government o f
fic ia ls in concert w ith it's
municipalities and private organiza
tions who have agrred to assist Mor
row County in protecting the citizens
dunng a disaster This plan spells out
(he emergency organization and
functional responsibilities that nor
mally arc operational during an
emergency
In the event o f fullout. the govern
ment believes each local government
should rely on it's own capabilities
and resources for up to a period o f
two weeks In the event o f a
chemical accident at the U S Army
Deport, the U S Army would assist
Morrow County in it’s responsive
activities, as specified in the plan ap
pendiccs which relate to the Army
Depot
" B y the end o f May, Schneider
Engineering w ill present the
phase of the emergency plan to the
Umatilla Artny D epot," says M r
Brooks
digit number to replace their ad
dresses This w ill be the identifica
tion the tire district uses to locate an
emergency situation, in place o f the
address
South Morrow County w ill benefit
from this plan in the respect that it
w ill be implemented in the north end
o f the county, but the south end w ill
benefit in
the fact that the
hospital, schools, and sheriffs o f
fice, county court and others w ill
have access to this information and
be able to apply it This w ill be very
helpful in the event o f any natural
disaster that may occur, such as
Hooding and fire, or war caused
disaster such as a nuclear attack or
fallout This plan points out the
needs o f our community such as
emergency response vehicles,
preparedness o f doctors and EM T
upgrading Dus plan w ill work in
the event ol any natural disaster.
The State o f Oregon requires an
Kin
emergency response plan to be in
place by October 1988 Morrow
County actually began working on
an emergency plan 14 years ago and
was just completing their plan when
the incinerator plan came up in
association with the Umatilla Army
Depot
Under this new plan, any agency
involved in the planning, received
Debbie Royer w ill be the
storyteller this Thursday, beginning
at 10 30 a m at the Heppner Public
Library The theme lor this week's
story is "H e lp e r's in our T o w n ".
awaiting sentencing
Kurt also plead guilty to Criminal
Mischief in the First Degree and,
Waste o f a Game mammal in con
nection with a November 1987 in c i
dent at the Irngon W ildlife Refuge
He was also sentenced to three years
in the Oregon State Penitentiary on
that charge, to be served concurrent
ly with the robbery jail sentence He
was further ordered to make restitu
tion to the victim, Frcdcnckson
Farms, in the amount o f $3,415, and
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senior citizens apartment complex
and senior center
A 99 year lease w ill be signed
with the Senior Citizens hoard for
use o f the first floor o f the building
as a place to conduct senwir func
lions The operational costs w ill he
based on an hourly usage
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Bids opened for hotel project
A pril 14 is the day bids w ill be
opened for contractors seeking the
$1 m illion dollar Heppner Hotel
remodeling project
Max Koepcr, project architect,
met with interested bidders recently
to review the specifics o f the project
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first
Kate receives three year
sentence
A 20-year old Irrigon man was
sentenced to three years in the
Oregon State Penitentiary and
ordered to pay the victim 's rcstitu
tion, by Morrow County Circuit
Judge Pro-Tem Ralph Currin on
A pril 11
K urt Cate received the ja il
sentence following his guilty plea in
two separate 1987 incidents Kurt
plead guilty to Robbery in the Third
Degree for his involvement in a
June, 1987 incident
His tw in
brother Kent Cate, was also con
victed o l robbery and assault arising
out o f that incident, and is presently
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