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V- u B F S S 1 E O F 0 R F. N E W £ •J G SPAPER F N F 0 R Elks Hoop winners announced V { F. T Z F. L l B 9 7 4 ' “' The Heppner Photo by Joyce Hughes Winners of the local Elks Hoop Shoot contest held in Heppner and lone February 2 are (l-r): Jenny Krein and Steve Allen 11-12 yr olds; Derek Gunderson and Annie Hisler 9-10 yr olds; Casey Ingrahm and Jeremy Rietmann 8 yr olds. Each year the Elks club sponsors a hoop shoot con test locally. Each participant must shoot 25 freethrows. The boy and girl in each age division making the most shots receives a trophy sponsored by the Elks Club and advances on to District in Hermiston on Feb. 16. From district the winners go to state in Corvallis. Eighty- nine boys and girls participated at the local contest held in Heppner and lone. Jenny Krein made 13. Steve Allen 21, Derek Gunderson 15, Annie Hisler 10, Casey Ingrahm 5 and Jeremy Rietmann 18. Nominations sought for 1991 conservation teacher award VOL 109 NO. 7__________ Wednesday, February 13, 1991__________ Heppner 35 * __________8 P a g es Ethanol seminar Feb. 25 in Boardman The newest bumper sticker in America pictures an Iraqi tank em bossed with the universal red cir cle/ slash symbol and the words “ No Thanks Iraq. I use ethanol.” A lot of America does use ethanol. Last year’s production in the U.S. was thought to he around 1.3 million gallons from some 400 million bushels of com. Production is predicted to double by 1993. If the projection holds true, it will replace at least 41 million barrels of im ported oil annually. With this in mind, the Oregon Wheat Growers League is planning an Ethanol Production Seminar on February 25, at the Dodge City Inn in Boardman. It will begin at 9 a.m. and conclude at 3:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided through a grant from the Morrow/Umatilla Counties Development Fund using Regional Strategy monies. “ We are bringing in several very good speakers,” said Paul Tews, chairman of the Economics and Finance Committee with the Wheat League. “ Our keynote speaker is Mr. Hadley Seeklander, a field representative with the American Coalition for Ethanol from Fargo, North Dakota. He will talk about the production aspects of ethanol and the co-products created.” Also on the agenda is Terry Ed- valson. director of the Regional .Ser vices Institute at Eastern Oregon State College who will address the economics of ethanol. Bill Friend, director of Production at the J.R. Simplot Company in Boise, will discuss their ethanol plants and how and why they are successful. The agenda also includes speakers from the Port of Morrow, Regional S trategies, and The O regon Development Group. “ The agenda is intended to be open forum,” says Paul Tews. “ We are hoping for a great deal o f au- dience/speaker discussions. We feel that most people who will attend will have a lot of questions to ask, and we want them to feel they can ask them.” W hile most o f the ethanol manufactured in the U.S. today Equipm ent m alfunction caused power outage An equipment malfunction caused a power outage in the Heppner area last Tuesday, Feb. 5 around 6:H) p.m. Columbia Basin Electric Manager Fred Toombs said that a fuse holder burned up under load and caused a chain reaction, which blew more fuses and necessitated shutting off the system for repairs. Toombs said the outage lasted around 15 minutes. MCGG holds appreciation day comes from com, that is by no means the only source. The Wheat League sees off grade soft white wheat as a possible ethanol source as well. Cull potatoes may also be used. An ethanol plant may fit very neat ly in the Port of Morrow, too, said a spokesperson. With the construc tion of a gas fired co-generation plant, there will be excess steam for use in the plant and there are feedlots nearby to use the feed byproduct, they said. And the ethanol can be marketed in Washington or Idaho, “ at least until Oregon gets a viable tax policy on ethanol fuels,” said Tews. Ethanol production plants seem to be successful in states with a tax system which supports ethanol use. Both irrigated and dryland growers may be interested in this seminar. For more information, or to pre-register, call the OSU Exten sion Service in Heppner at 676-9642. The seminar is limited to 100 persons, so interested persons should call early. By Anne Morter lone service station owner, Dave Barnett, was one of several concern ed operators interviewed for an ar ticle in the February 3 edition of The Sunday Oregonian. The article dealt with the difficulty rural service sta tion operators are having in comply ing with federal regulations concer ning underground fuel storage and the effects of those regulations. In a nutshell, federal regulations call for all service stations, regardless of size or volume to carry a $1,000,000 liability insurance policy by October 26, 1991 and to completely revamp their fuel storage systems by 1998, according to the Oregonian article. Implementation of their plan will be difficult and ex pensive, or impossible for small, low-volume stations. Barnett and other station operators are finding that companies willing to insure them are few and far between. New this year for the St. Patrick’s celebration will be the Wee Bit O’lreland Craft Market, run by the Heppner Soroptim ists. Only homemade craft items will be sold. To reserve a space contact Judie Laughlin 676-9663. All craft items will be located in the Soroptimist market area between the Shoe Box and the Post Office. The market will be open both Saturday and Sunday. Local groups with food conces sions should contact businesses to receive permission to set up on their property. Out-of-town concessions are required to pay $25 through the City of Heppner and should go to the City Hall to register. " I t’s not too soon to arrange for your location with just six weeks un til the St. Patrick's celebration,” said St. Pat’s co-chair Claudia Hughes for young people, according to Doherty. Any teacher in a public or private school in the conservation district who puts emphasis on natural resource conservation as a regular part of the instruction is eligible for nomination. Nominations must be submitted to the local conservation district by March 1, 1991. Interested teachers can obtain additional information and nomination forms from the Mor row Soil and Water Conservation District at 676-5452. The awards program also honors conservation districts which have effectively stimulated or conducted conserva tion education programs. The awards program was initiated in 1974 by the National Association of Conservation Districts, a non profit, nongovernmental organiza tion representing nearly 3000 con servation districts in the United States and its territories. The pro gram is co-sponsored by ICI Americas Inc., Agricultural Pro ducts Division. St. Pat’s committee lone man dies to meet Feb. 20 A St. Patrick’s meeting for com mittee heads will be held Wednes day, February 20, at noon, at Kate’s Pizza. Distribution of brochures, finaliz ing plans and the visitors from Ireland will be topics of discussion. Barnett featured in Oregonian Craft Fair new to St. Pat’s weekend L-R: Kevin Bloodsworth, David Piper and Levi Geer enjoy a friendly chat and what they would do if they had a riding lawn mower, at the Morrow County Grain Growers appreciation breakfast Saturday, Feb. 9. Nominations are being accepted for the national conservation teacher of the year awards program by the Morrow Soil and Water Conserva tion District, according to Cindi Doherty, MSWCD inform a- tion/education coordinator. The competition is open to any full-time teacher working at the kindergarten through twelfth grade level who has developed an outstanding conserva tion education program. The National C onservation Teacher of the Year will receive $1000 in cash and an expense paid trip to Reno, Nevada, for the 1992 annual convention of the National Association o f C onservation Districts. The national second place winner will receive a $500 cash award and the first place regional winner in each of seven areas will receive $200. Awards are also presented in each state and U.S. territory. The awards program encourages development of creative learning ex periences in natural resource issues Operators who have found coverage face a yearly premium of $ 15,000 or more. Monitoring tanks for leaks and eventually replacing them with above ground models can easily reach $25,000, with cost becoming much higher if the tanks are leaking. All this spells disaster for many rural service stations, as well as to the people that rely on them for fuel. Barnett sees it as being much more than just a gas station owner’s pro blem. For one thing, the lower value of gas station property will cost local governments in rapidly shrinking tax revenues but a more devastating ef fect will be on the tourism industry, an industry that many Eastern Oregon counties were counting on to replace their lost timber revenue. Barnett figures that tourists will be less than anxious to leave the freeway if they don’t know where their next fill-up is coming from. The Environmental Protection Agency has pulled back for the mo ment. to study the effects of their regulations after hearing a barrage of strong complaints. According to the Oregonian, the report on their findings is due out in March But for Barnett and many others like him. they are playing a waiting game. “ I’m waiting to see if I can comply or if I just walk away,” he says. “ I don't disagree with the precautions but the law is so harsh, it destroys the person it is designed to protect,” of self inflicting injury An lone man, Lynn M. Murray, died Friday, Feb. 8, at his home, of an apparent self-inflicted injury, ac cording to Morrow County District Attorney Jeff Wallace. Murray, 41, was the son of the Sherman and Iona Murray. St. Patrick’s Day will kick off ear ly this year with a visit from 15 musicians, singers and dancers all the way from County Cork, Ireland. This will be their second visit to the states and Heppner is fortunate to have them Thursday, March 14, Fri day, March 15 and for a short time March 16 before they depart for Portland. The St. Patrick’s traditional group is eager to visit and share their talent and culture in this “ Irish” communi ty. “ Heppner will be a real contrast to Seattle and Portland, but we hope they will take home the best memories from here,” says Claudia Hughes, St. Patrick’s celebration co-chair. A set and step dance workshop will be given Thursday, March 14, for dancers of all ages and levels at the grade school multipurpose room. Spectators are welcome, but especially encouraged are groups who love to dance, the dance teams and "the little people” who can per form for our future Wee Bit ‘O Ireland celebrations. Friday night following Mrs. ‘O Leary’s stew feed, the Irish group will perform a celli/concert at 7:15 p.m. There will be a fee of $4 for adults and $2 for those 12 and under to help defray expenses. The St. Patrick’s Committee is looking for families to host these visitors while they are here and is also glad to share them on Friday for school visitations, etc, said Hughes. C ontact the Cham ber office 676-5536. School carnival well attended by Joyce 1 Chris Dickenson (front) helps manage the Cork Gun booth at the Carnival Saturday, Feb. 9 while Joe Bacon aims his gun to shoot. The Heppner Elementary Parents Club took in $1,400 at its carnival Sat , Feb. 9. Karla Waterland of the Parents Club said that although receipts were “ up a little bit from last year” ex- penses were up too. The carnival netted $725 after expenses. Chair for the event, which featured games and concessions was Kay Proctor. V IS A C A R D S Bank of Eastern Oregon ★ Low Annual Fee One More Reason to have our card B **$Zo&tem O reqon Arlington • H«ppn«r • Ion« “ «/ Your Independent Heme Owned ta n k "
