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
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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...
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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
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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 &
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Basket, Pitcher w / 6
glasses signed
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