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Eric and Mamie Anderson 1996 Conservation Farmers BESSIE The 19% Morrow County Wheat League (MCWL) Con servation Farm of the Year has been awarded to Eric and Mar- nie Anderson of lone, accord ing to Geri Grieb, MCWL presi dent. The Anderson family has a strong tradition of stewardship to the land, said Grieb. In 1949, Eric's father, Frank Anderson of Heppner, was recognized as Morrow County Conservation Farm of the Year. In 1986, a brother, Charlie, of Heppner, was honored. Eric's brother Steve was recognized by Gil liam County in 1990. The Andersons' home place, consisting of 2,000 acres, was purchased in 1972 from Verner and Margaret Troedson. In 1991, Eric and Marnie bought 5,000 acres of dryland ground at Shutler Flat in Gilliam County. The Andersons' farm has a Ritzville silt loam soil type and is predominately under circle irrigation. There are diversion terraces and a series of man made dams in place in case of runoff. Infrared pictures are taken from time to time to check the water application. Any soil areas less than four feet in depth are put into grass. These grass areas and all fields are rogued to make sure every thing is clean on the farm. "A pest to us is anything that isn't supposed to be grown in that field," said Marnie. Maps are labeled to show where weeds are found. Having a clean farm is not only important to the Ander son's profit, it is essential to the success of their seed plant, growing of registered seed and being able to rent out circles to other producers or companies needing clean ground, said Grieb. After selling bulk seed right out of their fields for years, Eric and Marnie started their own WE7ZELL u OP ORE newspaper L I E U 3 E N E ü J QR 0 3 HEPPNER imes VOL. 115 NO. 20 16 Pages Wednesday, May 15, 1996, Morrow County Heppner, Oregon Heppner residents arrested in drug bust Boardman focus of Seven adults in the Heppner area were arrested in a drug raid Tuesday morning, May 14, following a five-month under cover investigation by the Blue Mountain Enforcement Nar cotics Team (BENT). Twenty police officers from BENT, the Heppner Police Departm ent, the Morrow County Sheriff's Department, the Oregon State Police and the Oregon National Guard issued criminal indictments and arrest warrants for 12 people. Officers met at he Morrow County Sheriff's Office before fanning out into the community in groups of four to five officers. Arrested in connection with the possession and sale of con trolled substances were: -Timothy Hoyt Sherwood, 39, Heppner, for alleged delivery of a controlled substance and criminal conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance; -Jason Alan Bathurst, 19, Heppner, alleged delivery of an imitation controlled substance; -Dennis Raymond Warren, 29, Heppner, alleged delivery of a controlled substance, cita tion to appear for possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a firearm; -James Lewis Klein, 55, Heppner, alleged delivery of a controlled substance; -Amy Jo Kowalski, 21, Hepp ner, two counts of alleged delivery of a controlled substance; -Michael Dean Lynch, 37, Heppner alleged delivery of a controlled substance; -Marla Jamees Anderson, 26, Heppner, citation to appear for three counts of endangering the welfare of a minor, frequen ting a place where controlled substances are used or sold; possession of a controlled substance (metham- phetamines); and possession of a controlled substance (more than oqfcnnnfia of marijuana). According to a news release, those arrested were put through a booking process, issued citations to appear on the charges and released. BENT consists of officers and deputies from law enforcement agencies in Morrow and Uma tilla counties, including officers from the Morrow County Sh eriff's Office (M CSO), Umatilla County Sheriff's Of fice (UCSO), Oregon State Police (OSP), Pendleton Police Department (PPD) and Her- miston Police Department (HPD). The task force is supervised by Detective Sergeant Larry Sample of the Morrow County Sheriff's Office and Sergeant Mike McCullough of the OSP office in Pendleton. BENT's Board of Directors include PPD Chief Ed Taber, HPD Chief An dy Anderson; OSP Lieutenant Bob Ewen, Pendleton; UCSO Sheriff Gordon Campbell; and MCSO Undersheriff Verlin Denton. A G 's investigation Pete Cogswell, with the Oregon State Attorney Gen eral's office in Salem has con firmed that his office is investi gating a matter concerning the city of Boardman. Cogswell said that the findings will be released when the investigation is complete. Cogswell would not release the names of the persons under investigation or the charges. Randy Martinac, an investi gator with the attorney general's office has been con ducting an investigation in the Boardman area since May 6. The focus of the investigation The second annual Italian concerns some alleged misuse Dinner, sponsored by the lone of publicly owned property and Lions Club, will be held Mon services. day, May 20, at Beecher's Cafe. Two seatings will be offered, at 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. The menu will include lasagna, spaghetti or manicotti, garlic bread, The lone High School pro salad, spumoni ice cream, cof duction of "T h e Skeleton fee or a soft drink and a com Walks" has been moved from plimentary glass of wine for Thursday, May 16 at 7 p.m. to adults. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 Monday, May 20 at 7 p.m. in for children 12 and under, and the lone High School cafeteria. preschoolers will be served Kelly Morgan will play Mrs. free. Eliza Hubbard and John Doher Reservations will be by ad ty is Dr. Harold Fersig. The cast vance ticket sales at Beecher's also includes Niki Sullivan as Cafe, Wheatland Insurance, Elaine Blair; Angie Ball, Mrs. Bank of Eastern Oregon Hepp Madge Embrey; Marie Tworek, ner and lone branches, or from Kathleen (Kinks) Embrey; any lone Lions Club member. Nova Rietmann, Bobby Em Proceeds will benefit com brey; Kara M iller, Anne munity projects. Rowell; Jim Raible, Bill Clayton; Beecher's owner Betty Gray Dawn Sheirbon, Ollie Hub donates the facilities and res bard; and Jessica Krebs, Mrs. taurant help. Jeff Wallace will Lilia Donahue. provide roaming accordion Crew members are Lela music. • Gribscov, Tori Odinet, Jennie Sullivan and Kate Tworek. lone High School play set M ay 20 Chris Dickenson of Heppner is one of seven athletes placed on the 19% All-Heart of Ameri ca Conference Baseball Team by Graceland College, Iowa. Dickenson received honorable mention. The Yellowjacket squad finished the season 14-36 and 5-17 in HAAC play. Chris is the son of Steve and Kathy Dickenson, Heppner. Legion, Auxiliary to meet May 20 Because of the Memorial Day holiday, the Legion and Aux iliary will meet Monday, May 20 in the Heppner Methodist Church basement. A potluck will begin at 6:30 p.m. The 1996-97 Auxiliary of ficers will be installed by Past President Mabel Heath. All members and veterans are welcome to attend. Arts and Crafts Club to meet The Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts Club will meet Wednesday, May 22 at 1 p.m. at the R & W Drive In in Hepp ner. The meeting will follow at 1:30 p.m. Members and guests are in vited to attend. too severe. "The real key ought to be production and profit ability and if you've got the production, that usually solves a vast majority of your conser vation problems," stated Eric. Both Eric and Marnie have strong ties to Oregon State University (OSU), having at tended there. They are strong believers in research and allow OSU to do plot work on their farm. Eric served as campaign chair for The Endowed Chair in Wheat Research at OSU, and was on the State Crop Certifica tion Board. Currently, Eric serves on the Wheat Commission. Marnie is a member of the E.R. Jackman Foundation Board, AG Win Certification Advisory Board and The Governor's Transpor tation Initiative Group. The Andersons are active in their community, All Saints Episco pal Church and the Oregon Wheat Growers League (OWGL). A farm tour and potluck bar becue will be held on Friday, June 7 at 4 p.m. on the Ander son farm. For more informa tion, contact the OWGL office, 276-7330, or Grieb, 989-8585. Voters go to the polls Tuesday Morrow County voters will go to the polls Tuesday, May 21, to decide the fate of coun ty. district and state candidates and constitutional amendments. Morrow County Clerk Bar bara Bloodsworth asks that write-in candidates write a let ter to her informing her of their write-in candidacy before the May 21 election. Bloodsworth says that write- in candidates should inform her if they plan to run for any office, even for precinct com mittee person. John Wenholz and David Burns, both of Irrigon, will face off for the Democratic primary election for Morrow County Commissioner. "Whisker Bill" Marren is the Republican can didate for county commis sioner. A fourth candidate for county commissioner, Bill Dawkins, had planned a write- in candidacy, but withdrew because of a conflict concerning his railroad retirem ent. Margo Sherer, incumbent, Marie Key, both lone, and Gayle Gutierrez, Heppner, will all vie for Morrow County Treasurer, a non-partisan position. Three people, Garry Reynolds, Robert E. Ridgway and Daniel Hill, are on the ballot for Sixth District Circuit Court Judge, also a non partisan position. Rex Armstrong, Frank J. Yraguen and Ted Kulongoski The Heppner schools' spring are seeking one non-partisan music concert will be held position as Supreme Court Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. in Judge. the old junior high gym. All On the Democratic ticket, grades kindergarten through Kevin L. Mannix and Hardy the junior high-high school Myers are both seeking the music lab students, will be par state attorney general’s posi ticipating. "A variety of band, tion and Kevin M. Campbell ensemble and choral work will and Vern Cook will oppose be presented to make it an en each other for state senator 28th joyable evening," said teacher District. Three candidates, Pat Jean Brazell. ty Wehrli, Terry Drever Gee Italian dinner planned in lone Dickenson named all conference T revo r R h ea (left) of H e p p n er caught this 18 inch rainbow trout in W illow C reek on Friday, M ay 10. Fishing partner D arin Skaggs is pic tured right. Eric and M arn ie A nderson seed plant known as Anderson Seed Co. in 1980. In a typical fallow period, Roundup is applied, then the field is chisel plowed. This is followed by the rod weeder and skewtreader. Eric believes the skewtreader is important for moisture retention. "It is nearly an essential tool for max imum profitability," said Eric. In years of high residue, they will disc behind the combine and again in the spring. The Andersons have had dryland wheat yields as high as 92 bushels. Soil samples are taken to find out fertilization needs. The Andersons prefer to use dry fertilizer. Last year, Eric and his brothers purchased approx imately 2,000 tons and spread it on around 20,000 acres. The dry fertilizer is custom applied in the winter. "If we can't be seeded in moisture by Sept. 25, we start suffering in yield, especially once you get into October," Eric noted. Part of their man agement is that they do not seed dryland wheat after Oct. 1 because the yield penalty is School music concert May 28 and led Ferrioli, seek the Republican nomination for state senator 28th District. Michael Breeden and Bob Jen son are up against each other for the Democratic 57th District state representative. Paul Da mian Wells and Stan Ash are Republican Party candidates for secretary of state. On the national level, five Democratic candidates, Jerry Rust, Bill Dwyer, Anna Nevenich, Tom Bruggere and Harry Lonsdale, and five Republicans, Gordon Smith, Kirby Brumfield, Robert J. Fen ton, Jeff Lewis, and Lon Maben, are seeking the U.S. senator's position. Two, Mike Dugan and George E. Fuson, are Democratic candidates for U.S. Representative in Con gress 2nd District. Other can didates are unopposed. Voters will also decide the fate of three constitutional amendments. Number 23 in creases the minimum value in controversy required to obtain a jury trial; number 24 would require that initiative petition signatures be collected from each congressional district; and number 25 requires a three- fifths majority in legislature to pass revenue raising bills. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Morrow Coun ty polling places are as follows: Boardman 1-Greenfield Grange; Boardman 2-Lutheran Church; Hardman 3-Morrow County Courthouse; lone 4- Ione City Hall; Irrigon 5- North Morrow Annex; Ir rigon 6-Irrigon City Hall; Lex ington 7-Mormon Church; Heppner 8-St. Patrick's Senior Center; Heppner 9-Pettyjohn Building; Heppner 10-Morrow County Courthouse; Heppner 11-Heppner Ranger District Of fice (new forestry building). Editor’s note: see related story, "Candidates Forum". FIRE EXTINGUISHER SERVICE DAY WED. MAY 22 Bring in your Fire extinguishers for service. A qualified service man will be on hand. Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396
