Packwood replies to Kinzua employees
VOL 108 NO. 36_______ Wednesday, September S, 1990________ Heppner 25*_______ 6 Pages
On a 26-day tour o f Eastern
Oregon, Senator Bob Packwood
visited with mill workers at the Kin
zua Mill Corporation, Thursday
afternoon, August 26.
The impact of legislation and con
troversial environmental issues af
fecting the woods product industry
were on the minds o f Kinzua
employees as Packwood paused for
questions and comments.
Local mill employment has also
been affected as Kinzua recently cut
back to a 4-day work week because
of a slow-down in market sales,
manager Frank Pearson said. And he
stated that that decision was made to
avoid a complete shut-down.
“ The spotted owl issue is only the
tip o f the iceberg,” Packwood said.
Further action o f listing salmon
species as endangered could impact
all Eastern Oregon industries.
“ Wilderness areas with less foot
traffic have no management,”
Packwood said. Any action should
consider all the people affected, in
cluding lost revenue and jobs as well
as recreation and the environment.
The public generally sees pictures
o f clear-cut areas. And good adver
tising o f forest management would
give a truer picture o f forest use, he
said.
‘For example, the natural re
growth of the Tillimook bum area is
proof of re-generation of an area that
was clear-cut by fire.”
Log exporting, mining claims,
right-to-strike, federal deficit, the
health care system, social security
and the Iraq crisis were some o f the
subjects* that Packwood briefly
touched on as Kinzua workers plied
him with questions.
Packwood said that a national
health care program in the United
States, similar to that in Great Bri
tain, "will never happen.” But man
dated medical coverage for most
employees will be in effect by 1993,
he said.
Pearson commented that the
average length o f employment for
Kinzua workers was about 12 to 15
years. And to these workers who ex
pressed fears that the Social Securi
ty system would be bankrupt by the
time they retired, Packwood said the
system is capable o f building a
reserve that should reach $13 to $14
trillion by 2015. That reserve could
be jeopardized if it’s used to balance
Frank Pearson, left, visits with Senator Packwood on his visit
to Heppner last Thursday. Packwood answered a number of ques
tions put to him by Kinzua employees.
the federal deficit.
Packwood said he was not in favor
of increased taxation to balance the
national budget. And, he pointed
out, that national spending has ex
ceeded receipted revenues for the
past 40 years. There are so many
mandated federal programs that by
law, can’t be cut. That leaves very
little of the balance of the federal
budget that can receive across-the-
board cuts. And every department
lobbies to see that areas of special in
terest protected.
The right-to-strike must be writ
ten into employee-employer con
tracts in order to have that option,
Packwood said. In the case of the air
traffice controllers who went on
strike and were replaced with non
union employees, it was written in
that contract that they could not
strike and therefore, it was against
the law, Packwood said.
Mismanagement and poor judge
ment of loans caused the Savings and
Loans disaster and the government
is under obligation to pay back in
vestors. “ Small investors like your
Aunt Minnie, not the Donald
Trumps, put their life savings into
the system.” If the government were
to go out of the insurance business,
people might put their money in cof
fee cans and bankrupt our whole
system. Individuals or companies
needing business loans would no
longer be able to get financing, he
said.
When asked by Kinzua employee
Doug Dubuque what he thought
about the Iraq situation, Packwood
said that he thought that after a two-
month blockade to cut off food and
supplies, Saddam Hussein would be
more willing to negotiate. If he is
backed into a comer, he will pro
bably fight and is very likely to use
poison gas. “ We’re dealing with a
person with a mission, not the nor
mal mind that understands risks. We
will have to provide
We will have to provide a way for
him to save face, such as giving him
right to certain oil fields in Kuwait.”
As to the cost of maintaining U.S.
troups and equipment in Saudi
Arabia, we can do it if we think the
cost is worth out own vital interests,
Packwood concluded.
Hearing screening to be conducted Breakfast program
Kitty Bredemeier’s class show off big smiles on Tuesday, Sept. 4, the first day of
school in Morrow County.
WOSC Extends
invitations
to Alumni
Western Oregon State College has
invited all alumni who participated
in football, band and cheerleading
for its Alumni-Varsity Football
game. Sept. 8 at McArthur Sports
Field.
This year’s contest marks the fifth
renewal of the game, but the first at
which former band members and
cheerleaders will participate.
The game will begin at 1:30 p.m.
with a pizza feed following the con
test at approximately 5:30 p.m. Par
ticipants will be treated to hot dogs
and soft drinks immediately follow
ing the game.
Persons who attended Western
Oregon State College, Oregon Col
lege of Education and Oregon Nor
mal School are encouraged to call
the Alumni office, 838-8153, to ex
press their interest in participation.
Hamm Appointed Area Extension Agent
Philip Hamm has joined the staff
o f the Oregon State University Her-
miston Agricultural Research and
Extension Center as an area Exten
sion agent specializing in plant
pathology effective September 1.
As an area Extension agent,
Hamm will work in Morrow and
Umatilla Counties. His office is in
the research and extension center in
Hermiston.
According to Fred Lundin. staff
chairman, OSU Extension serving
Morrow County, Hamm will help
conduct Extension education pro
grams designed to help area growers
diagnose and control plant diseases.
Hamm will also work with other
staff members and researchers in
design and delivery of educational
programs intended to help farmers
increase production and market
ability o f high value vegetable and
row crops, Lundin said.
Red Apple Open House
Prior to his assignment with the
OSU Extension Service, Hamm was
a research assistant in the OSU
Department o f Botany for several
years. He has studied and published
research papers on several types of
disease-causing fungi and has work
ed extensively on the isolation and
identification o f Phytophthora, a
disease-causing organism o f many
crops throughout the United States
and the world.
Hamm received his bachelor’s
degree in biology from Western
Oregon State College, Monmouth,
in 1974. He earned his master’s
degree in plant pathology at OSU in
1981.
He was selected with assistance of
a local advisory committee compris
ed o f growers adds Dawn Hawkins,
staff chair, Umatilla County. “ This
position adds unique experience
which compliments the current Ex
tension programs. With the emerge-
ing trend to increase production and
marketing o f fresh produce this posi
tion can assure quality for area
growers.”
The OSU Extension staff in Mor
row and Umatilla counties consist of
10 OSU faculty embers who serve
as Extension agents. They conduct
Extension education programs in
agriculture, home economics and
4-H youth development for the
citizens of their respective counties.
Singspiration
scheduled
for Sept. 9
Darlene Scroggins get a word of advice from the Central Red
Apple Market Chicken last week during the store’s Open House
in Heppner.
The first singspiration of the
year,sponsored by the South Mor
row County Ministerial Association,
will be held Sunday, September 9 at
7 p.m. at the Lexington Baptist
Church.
Everyone is invited to come and
enjoy singing and the fellowship that
is to follow.
The Umatilla Education Service
Cistrict (ESD) will be providing
hearing screening to public elemen
tary school students including all
kindergarten students, students in
grades one and three, new students
to the county and students referred
by parents, teachers or principals in
kindergarten through sixth grade.
These students will be screened on
Monday, Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. at Hepp
ner and lone elementary school.
The hearing screening is done by
the Umatilla ESD for public school
students o f Umatilla and Morrow
Counties. It is cooperatively spon-
sored by local school districts Ap
proximately 4000 children will be
seen.
Children who fail the initial
screening will be re-screened within
a three week period. If the follow
up screening indicates it, those
children will be referred for a hear
ing evaluation by the ESD
audiologist and medical follow-up at
a two day otology clinic at the ESD.
If you have any questions regar
ding the hearing screening program,
please contact your school principal,
or contact the Speech, Language and
Hearing department at the Umatilla
ESD, 276-6616. ext. 178.
on trial in Schools
The Morrow County schools are
testing a trial breakfast program for
grades kindergarten through 9th
grades. Breakfast is from 8:05 until
8:20 a.m. at a charge of $.50 or $.30
reduced price.
The school buses are running 15
minutes early this year to ac
comodate students wishing to take
advantage of this trial program.
School lunches have taken a price
increase for the 1990-91 year, accor
ding to a spokesperson from the
Heppner Elementary School office.
Grades 1-6 have increased from
$.60 to $.75, junior high students
from $.75 to $.1 and adults from
$1.25 to $1.50.
Ducks Unlimited Auction Friday
Meeting Cancelled
The Morrow County Medical
Board m eeting scheduled for
September 10 has been cancelled un
til further notice.
Market Report
Compliments of the Morrow County Gram Growers
Tuesday, September 4
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Jan.
We’re
numerous guns, a dartboard and a
duckboard.
There will be special auction items
for ladies only. Three guns will be
raffled for the kids (greenwings).
There are 300-400 items this year
compared to 200 last year.
"The auction is bigger and better
even than last year, if you didn’t
make it last year, make sure you do
this year” , says Rhea. ” We plan on
having a good time.”
Bariev
Sept.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
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Cindy Balzer holds one of the wildlife prints, which she framed
for the Ducks, Unlimited Auction to be held this Friday in
Heppner.
Ducks, Unlimited, will hold their
annual auction raffle this Friday,
September 7 beginning with a Social
Hour at 6 p.m. followed by dinner
at 7 p.m. The Auction/Raffle will
follow dinner.
The dinner is being prepared by
Frasu's Restaurant. Hermiston.
Verne Mobley is the Auctioneer and
Steve Rhea is the local area chair
man o f the event.
This year, a few of the items to be
raffled are 30 wildlife framed prints.
Soft 'M n te jj 07/3.10
$3.12/3.13
$3.15/3.16
$3.17/3.19
$3 20/3’21
$93/94
$96/97
$98/99
$100
99%
Weather Report
by City of Heppner
August 28
High
Tues.
85
Weds.
83
74
Thurs.
78
Fri.
78
Sat.
78
Sun.
80
Mon.
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