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SIX- H e p p n e r G azette-T im es, H eppner, O reg on W e d ne sda y, M ay 11, 1994 Crushed Rock For Sale C o m p u te r P a p e r $ 0 0 9 5 2 0 lb. 9Vz x 11V2 minus 1” minus 3” base rock Green’s celebrate 10th anniversary Gazette-Times • 676-9228 C lean Fill M aterial C an be picked up at pit or we will deliver. Pit 6 V 2 miles up from mouth of Lower Rhea Creek, Brenner Canyon. Contact Roger Britt 676-5096 The Morrow County Sheriff's Employee's I Association would like to thank the voters in Morrow County for support. their I f the Morrow County Sheriff's Office is to [continue operating as it is we must have the con tinuing support of the voters. In 1993, we came j very close to losing the whole criminal/patrol division because voters failed to approve) budgets. Thankfully, in 1994, the county operating budget was passed, on the first ballot, by a large majority. The members of the Mor row County Sheriff's Association appreciate your | | support. W e now ask you to support the new tax base as it appears on the May ballot. The new tax] base would insure the citizenry of Morrow I County that their law enforcement (as well as) | other county services) w ill continue at the pre sent level. There w ill be no increase in tax burden. T h e current tax base dates to 1911 and because Morrow County is still operating on this level the yearly budget elections have become necessary. Passage of a new tax base w ill not increase the burden, to the tax payer, but it w ill eliminate the need for the yearly budget elec-j tions to fund county government. Passage of the new tax base wil insure that [Morrow County w ill never again have to face a loss of effective law enforcement. Please vote I for the new Morrow County tax base. Take a 386-acre plot of hilly, sandy ground with plenty of rocks that make it untillable. Add some sagebrush, bunch grass and cheat grass, but no water, except what nature provides. It might support a few cows for a short period depending on the season. To avoid paying property taxes on this type of land that doesn’t pencil out to have an economical return, one should consider giving or selling it to The Nature-Conservancy for a preserve. According to TNC, Lindsay Prairie in Morrow County is one of only three remaining protected remnants of bluebunch wheatgrass in the world. But it seems they have not done their homework by taking a look elsewhere on some of our ranches. Nature Conservancy ecologists believe that the Lindsay site was once dominated by big sagebrush, still prevalant in the dry canyon draws. However, grey rabbit brush and matchweed have become com mon, along with cheat grass, bunchgrass and some spikeweed, with wild rye along the perimeters of this preserve. Sounds rather like some other rangeland in the county. A tour of the Lindsay Prairie proved to be intriguing. I’m not bashing anyone’s interest in preservation of whatever. However the astronomical costs of over $100,000 to restore 6.2 acres to the natural state after the natural gas pipeline crossed this property is unreal. No wonder it cost around $1 million per mile to construct this pipeline. Hand-harvested and hand-planted grass plugs for this site certain ly provided lots of back-breaking jobs. Perhaps these workers were provided with union benefits in case of permanently bent spines or illnesses due to excessive exposure. Or, workers there could have suffered from attacks by pigmy rab bits or the spotted Washington ground squirrel that TNC believes might be rare and possibly endangered. Those dwarf rabbits are pro bably stunted in growth from having to travel long distances to water. And the white spots on those squirrels might be the result of not hiber nating soon enough. Burned animal hair can often turn white. TNC does work to maintain ecosystems and habitats where natural processes can continue undisturbed. With unlimited private funding, agriculture should take advantage of this “ natural process” . On large preserves, TNC does lease to private individuals some o f42,000 acres within Oregon’s TNC’s 51 preserves. Since farming and ranching is a time-honored ‘natural process’ agriculture could use a monetary hand-out to preserve ecosystems. Maybe they could even use some of that private funding to restore needed moisture, the lack of which is causing rangelands and crops to burn to a crisp. Without the use of chemicals, which TNC rules out because it might kill other plant species, we could even use some volunteer help when it comes to chopping thistles or pulling rye. Cliff and Cindy Green celebrate their 10th anniversary of owner ship of the Heppner Coast to Coast store last Friday. “ We appreciate your business and we plan on being here another 10 years,” said Cliff. A Teddy Bear’s picnic ■ Oregon Food Bank’s statewide network feed over 400,000 hungry people this year. The food you donate wiH be used in your community to help those who nee Approximately 14 children participated in a Teddy Bear’s picnic held at the park Tuesday morning May 10. The picnic was sponsored by the Heppner Public Library and featured stories, cookies and teddy bears and hats. Following the picnic children played in the playground area. it most. A full bag of groceries will provide a 3 to 5 day emergency food supply for two people, so please... FILL A BIG BAG OF FOOD AND DROP IT OFF AT ANY FIRST INTERSTATE BANK MAY 9 - MAY 27 PEN D LETO N , OREGON DIRECTIONS: East & W est. 1-84 Exit 193 a n d fo llo w a u c tio n signs. • I N S I D E • TERMS: P aym e nt in full A u c tio n d a y b y cash or g o o d c h e c k All item s are to b e p a id fo r p rio r to Tem oval fro m th e A u c tio n site. WARRANTIES: There a re no w a rrantie s e ith e r expressed or im p lie d . A ll item s are sold "As Is W here Is." There a re n o exce p tio n s. SUNDAY PARTIAL LISTING u SS LET'S B A G S ., H unger in orego N F irst Interstate Bank COUNT ME IN FOR A CASH DONATION. Please use my cash donation to distribute emergency food to hungry people in Oregon. Please make check payable to and mail to: Name. Address City___ Here is my check for J$ 2 5 O ak M urphy Bed. O ak pressback chairs. O ak 10 :0 5 A . M . d ra ftin g ta b le chair. Edison O ak phonograph. O ak • INSIDE • tre a d le sewing m achine. O cta go n screw cab ine t. O ak Morris chair w /leather, 3 Oak com m odes. Love seat fram e. A ntique exercise m achine. Scales. C arved lam p tab le, O ak desk. G ilbert reg ulator clock. W alnut school clock, 12' harvest tab le, O ak ta b le w / 4 chairs. W ardrobes, Roll to p desk, Display cases, Brass bed, 5 row the ater seats. A ntique dress forms. Fainting couch. Crocks, Music cab ine t, Radios. Leather settee & m atching chair. Ice cream chairs. Trampoline. Sheet music. 78 phonograph records. Phonographs. O ak bookcase, 48" antique ceiling fan. 2 antique book presses. G ranite w are. 48" C ircle P porcelain sign. A ntique drill press. Mannequins. C ounter to p cash reg ister, Rail road lanterns. W ood stoves. Griswold, Jars & bottles. Heisey, Fenton. Limoges. C ut glass. Picture frames. Sand stone grinders. Trucks. Baby stroller. W icker doll buggy. Doll c ra dle. Doll high chair. Doll cast iron bed. Cabinets. D rafting ta b le. Beer barrel dolly. Peddle tractors, Childs roll to p desk. Valley Beach Club pinball m achine. Spot Lite pin ball m achine. United 4 player Shuffle Alley Bowling, T obacco tins & Toys. Fairbanks & M aytag one cylin :t?tiO der engines. Bride's Basket, Pitcher w / 6 glasses signed Libby, plus other items to o numerous to m ention State Centerville Auction Group 2540 N E. Riverside Way Portland. OR 97211 J $ 5 0 Ü Other $ 't'i'pi (You' N e m o a tm s Logo H«r») W illa m rttr Industries. Inc. 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