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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1966)
HORARY U OF 0 E V G C N E . Zone Plan Rea Crowd At City It win l)lllid an hearing, but the crowd was absent Tuesday night when the proposed city zoning ordlnnnco wan dint-united tit mo city Hall. No one cams to remonstrate, Mini no oni from the cltl.cnrv came to speak on Ix-half of the proposal. me hearing was limited to a discussion of the ordinance v the city council, with explon ittlim by Itlehnrd Ivey. consult nut lor lorncll, Howland, Hayes mid McrryflcliJ, cnglincrs who conducti'd tin' zoning study and ucvrioiM'd the plan. wniy otnern present were ( utility Judge Paul Jones, Weil Miermnn of the Goctte-Tlmes, Avon Mclhy of the Kust Orei'on- Inn, City Recorder Elaine f.corne, and W. ( Drlscoll, night dispatcher for the city. Representing the council were Mayor W. C. Roscwall, Harlan McCurdy, Jr.. chairman of the planning commlH.slon; Council man Hill Collin and Council man Carl Spauldlng. both mem ber of the com mission. ivey presented a base map mat nacl lieen drawn by the en clneem, together with a map of existing land use, anil a com prehensive plan of recommend ed jtonlng. He went over the zon ing ordinance which In Included In a bound booklet of 50 pages ami called attention to the pre llmlnary draft of a proposed subdivision ordinance. Zone 'Nicely Separated' "Actually your commercial, residential and Industrial areas aro nlcelv separated." Ivey said. "You don't have a lot of land left, though. Any new develop ment would probably take to the hillsides or spread out along the highways." Adoption of the zoning ordi nance Is ckc'ti-d to be accom plished at furthcoming council meetings. It sets tip zones, within the rltv limits, for residential, cen tral commercial, limited com mercial. Industrial and agricul tural areas, none of which would be retroactive. In other words, any existing non-conforming uses may continue so long as they remain In use In such areas without expansion or change. One of the principal reasons for developing the zoning plan Is the prospect that the Willow Creek dam and reservoir will be constructed with considerable Impact on the cltv. Obectiv LUtod Objectives of zoning, ns out lined in the comprehensive plan, are: 1. To maintain the gener ally well-ordered pattern of land uses that now characterize the city. 2. To protect llcppncr's resident Inl neighborhoods from encroachment by uses that con flict with residential values. 3. To maintain and strengthen the present business center by en couraging the upgrading of commercial properties and min imizing the spread of business development to areas now In residential and other uses. 4. To maintain n high standard with resitect to public services wa ter supply, sewerage, police and fire protection, sanitation, etc. 5. To set reasonable minimum standards for new construction, In the interest of public heultn, safety, convenience, and appear ance. ,,, . The ordinance will require residential lots to have an area of at least 7,000 squnre feet. Minimum width of a lot at the building site will be 70 feet, and at least 20 feet for both front unrl rear yards must be provid ed hetween the residence build ing and the lot lines. At least five feet must be provided for side yards. Accessory buildings may bo within five feet of the rear lot line. Trailer Provisions Made Standard trailer parks will be encouraged In the city, In com pliance with state standards; ac cording to the comprehensive plan, but until there Is an ade quaey of such parks, permits would be Issued for conditional use on Individual lots. "Mobile homes are becoming more common," says the com prehensive plan, "and cities need to provide for their loca tion. In Heppner, certain parts of the cltv aro better suited to the location of temporary dwell ings, and these locations are In dicated in the comprehensive plan. In the future each mobile home In the city should be con nected to the city sewer, to city water and so located and es tablished that It does not con stitute a nuisance with respect to neighboring properties." In tho area of commercial land use, the plan states, "Ma lor objectives of the plan aro to maintain and enhance Hopp tier's attraction as a regional commercial center and at the same time to provide a conven ient shopping center for Hepp ner residents . . . Pressures for outlying business locations that are associated with larger, fast er growing cities are not likely to occur In Heppner, although from time to time new business locations on the outskirts of the .city may be proposed. The plan ning commission will consider such proposals as they affect the 0 7403 public interest In the develop ment of a convenient downtown business center and In avoiding unnecessary conflicts between different type of land uses." Parking Adequate The study reported that on street parking appear adequate during all but the busiest times, hut the ordinance also lists re quirements for off-street park ing In both residential and com mercial zones when develop ments may occur that would ov ertax on street parking. The plan states that the In dustrial area, which In zoned for the north side of town, Is well liH'ated. It provides for new In dustrial or reluted activities to be located In the area and res idential and business uses arc excluded. "This portion of the commu nity docs not provide a suit able environment for homes, nor In most cases is It a suitable location for retail business," the plan states. The Willow Creek project will result in "substantial physical changes" In the cltv and affords opportunity for Improvements, the plan pointed out. These In clude the landscaping and fur ther Improvement of the creek channel through the city, the development of recreation facil ities, and the placing of homes in location that take advant age of the lake. The Willow Cn-ek channel would be used as (Continued on page 8) Committee Fails Jo Allow Funds For Dam Project Appropriation committee of ("impress did not recommend funds for the Willow Creek nrolect In a bill approved for House action this week. Con gressman AI Ullman advised the Gazette-Times In a telegram received late last week. Coun ty Judge Paul Jones also re ceived a cupv of the telegram. "Crowing pressures for antl Inflation budget cuts have "imsed "S215 million Teductlon from last year's public works appropriation level," the wire laid. "Committee recommended $."16 million less than administra tion's 17 budget request. Will i-ontlnue to make every effort 'o obtain approval of funds by House and Senate. Am strongly supporting addition by Senate appropriations committee." A concerted effort had been made by Oregon's Congression al delegation to get the pre construction appropriation this year at the urging of local sup porters of the project, Including the Chamber of Commerce, but little hope had been held that It would be forthcoming this year, So. while some disappoint ment has been expressed upon receipt of the telegram here, In dications are that emphasis will be turned towards next year In seeking to obtain the appropriation. WEATHER By DON CILUAM OR dy; Lacking Hearing week of September 15-21 is as follows: HI Low Prec. Thursday 7ti 1X Friday 7S !! Saturday 82 48 Sunday 72 5-1 Monday 70 42 Tucsduy 80 45 Wednesday 80 51 Many Morrow County Students Head By HELEN SHERMAN According to reports of par ents and school administrators, over 85 per cent of last year's class of 52 graduates from Hepp ner High school are enrolling this year In colleges or voca tional schools to further their education. Several are entering military training. Some of the returning stu dents left early for rush week at state colleges, but the ma- iorltv took ud camnus residence the past week-end or late this week. Registration at state col leges was the last part of this week, with regular classroom schedules to start next week. Oregon State University at Corvallis claims this year's ma- orlty of freshmen from this area. Entering are Gayle Batty, Mike Bunch. Susan Drake, Trlsha Farley, Susan Lindstrom, Karen French, Dick Flaiz, Mark Murray, Tom Rawlins, Joan Stockard and Cherilyn Smouse. Returning for further study at OSU are Chris Brown, Margaret Marks. Shannon Mahoney, Le- ann Joynes, Patty Alsup, Wayne Evans, John wagenbiast, Eric Anderson, Mike Sweck, Lee Daggett and David Anderson. Astorians Urge Cooperation to Solve Cooperation Is the key to sol ution of fish and water pollu tion problems on the Columbia Itlver, said Russell Brlstow and George Kadlch, both of Astoria, represent I n g the commercial fishing Industry In a talk to the llcppncr-Morrow County Cham ber of Commerce Monday. Drlstow said that all groups need to unite to work towards alleviation of the problems, In cluding business people, com mercial fishermen, sports fish ermen, farmers and others. "Cooperation Is needed to solve such problems as pollu tion so there will be fish for all for many years to come," Brlstow said. He said that the commercial fishing Industry Is Important to 83rd Year THE dm ' T GAZETTE-TIM Heppner, Oregon 97836, Thursday, September Reception Set To Host Teachers "School Bells Rlngln' " Is the theme chosen to usher In a new year of acquaintanceship be twii'n teachers and parents of Heppner Elementary school stu dents at the reception Friday evening, September 23. Heppner Grade School PTA will serve as hosts for the re ception, beginning at 8:00 p.m., with several members working on committees, under the dir ection of Mrs. Clyde Allstott, president. Teachers will be escorted to the reception by parents of stu dents, and all guests will re ceive name tags at the door. Planned as a social evening to get Bcqulnted, plans for a program will be held to a min imum, with Harlan McCurdy serving as master of ceremonies and Father Raymond Beord leading In the Invocation. The program will consist mostly of informal Introductions. Mrs. Forrest Burkenblnc, pub licity chairman for the PTA, re leased names of committee heads who have been working on the reception plans during the week. These include Mrs. Jim Prock, hosts and hostesses; Mrs. Lynn Pearson, Invitations; Mrs. Bob Jones, corsages; Mrs. Randy Lott, name tags; Mrs. Bill Johnson, refreshments; Mrs, Wallace Wolff and Miss Terry Llncecum, decorations. Walla Walla Firm Gets Duplex Job Keith Walker of Walla Walla, Wn., low bidder on the Job of constructing a duplex residence for the Morrow county school district at Board man, was awarded the contract by the board of directors of the district at a special meeting Monday night. Basic bid was $21,037 for the structure. The board also accept ed alternates that Included $200 for rough siding, $118 for Insu lated glass patio door and $100 for Insulation in the walls, mak ing the total $21,455. Fair Meeting Set President Ron Currin has call ed for a special meeting next Tuesday. Seotember 27. at 8:00 p.m. at the dormitory building at the Fair Grounds. Topic for discussion will be the past year's fair and how It can be Improved for the coming year. The public is encouraged to at tend. Second highest in number of entering freshmen is Eastern Oregon College of Education, La Grande. Starting their first year are Barbara Gribble, Jean Marie Healy, Judy Jones, Sandra Mc Donald, Theresa Munkers, Erna Winchester, Sh 1 r 1 e e Erwln Clark, Mike Pierce, David Clark and Bill Snyder. Those returning to EOC are Thomas Green, Bruce Thomson, Stuart Dick, Ron Jones, Tony Doherty, Patti Collins, Don Munkers, Ginny Moore, Jill Cline, LeRoy Gardner, and Jen nifer Brlndle. Several will enlov the added new facilities of Blue Mount ain Community College in Pen dleton. Enrolling for their first year are Paul Hisler, Ray Jones, Greg Johnston, Mike Kindle, Loru Lee Stotts, Simon Winters and Dean Lovgren. Entering for further training at BMCC are Ken and Judy Wright, Dale Van Blokland, Dan MeQuarrie, Frank Osmtn, Ron Becket, Mitch Ash beck, and Dale Vance. Those enrolling for the first year at the University of Ore gon in Eugene are Margaret Green, Brenda Young, Maureen the state and Is well worth pre serving. The fishermen have not only had problems with dam con struction, pollution and low wa ter but have had problems In their own Industry, Brlstow said, and the organization, "Salmon for All," was formed to work on these problems. But even with the construc tion of dams on the Columbia that meant losing 75 of the spawning area, there has actu ally been an Increase In the number of fish, Brlstow declar ed. Sllverslde salmon were giv en as an example. A pellet feeding program, de veloped by th State Fish Com mission, has proved very good, and 217,000 silvers were taken A I I; I; - i'limiiiMiii i n n i LL- n..... ii rtM, GENE FERGUSON, county commissioner and senior member of (Doc) Sherer, county roadmaster, with a bonus check lor $175 Friday in recognition of 30 years' service with the county road tation an commissioner waiter PTA Workers Due PTA workers from three coun ties will meet In Heppner Wed nesday, September 28, for a School of Instruction. Mrs. Jesse Herbert, first vice-president of the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers, and Mrs. L. J. Burns, bulletin editor, will con duct the session, which will be held in the Heppner High school cafetorium at 1 p.m. During the forenoon student leaders from high schools In the three counties have been invit ed to a special session on par liamentary procedure, to which PTA leaders are also welcome. This part of the program will start at 10 a.m. in the cafetor ium and will be supervised by Mrs. L. E. Dick, Jr., regional vice-president of the Oregon (ongress of Parents and Teach ers. All guests of the school may eat at the cafeteria at 12:15 for "sunt cnarges or 25 cents for students and 30 cents for adults. PTA units in Morrow, Gilli am, and Wheeler counties are organized as Midland Council, io wn' resignation oi Mrs. Doherty, Mark Brown and Tim Drlscoll. Returning as sopho mores or upper classmen are Jean Slewert, Jean Stockard, Carl Buuman. Bill Sherman, Dick Potter, Ray Nichols, Bill Cox, Martha Doherty, Doug An derson and Laura Lee Hudson. Three 1966 graduates will en ter the University of Portland. These are Shirley Norton, Jim Barclay and Theresa Monahan. Sheridan Wyman will enter Marylhurst College, Lake Os wego; Tim Tullis, Lewis and Clark College, Portland; Gene Heliker, Willamette University, Salem; David Matheny, Pacific Lutheran, Tacoma, Wn.; Ken Morgan, Oregon College of Ed ucation, Monmouth, and Steve Warren, Ricks College, Rexburg, Idaho. Leslie Meador will start her first year at Northwest Christian college, Eugene. Entering his junior year there will be Dick Struckmeler. Three girls are training at Pa cific School of Beauty, Portland. These are Janis Baker, Dianne SChaffitz and Rogenia Wilson. Lee Grissom is training at Pen dleton Beauty school. Karla Luciani is a student at by sports fishermen off the mouth of the Columbia In 1965. In the same year, glllnetters took 232,000 silvers In the river, and the commercial troll land ings were 45 million pounds, greatest total since VJQS. At the present time water is low and oxygen content Is down. Problem Is to keep It high enough for fish life to survive. Industrial waste was blamed by the men for much of the pollution of the river, and they told of their efforts to obtain cooperation, particularly from pulp mills, to stop dumping of solid wastes Into the river. 'The Sanitary Authority doesn't have enough encourage ment fro.n the public to take a firm stan.t," Bristow said. "We 22, 1966 'w";m i ? s -.li Hayes (leit), rcrs. snerer ana For School Here Lovena Palmer, president, a short business meeting will be held during the afternoon ses sion to elect her replacement. Mrs. Herbert and Mrs. Burns will instruct and enthuse offi cers and committees, and will answer questions concerning lo cal problems and procedures. They will be in Grant county and Baker on September 29 and 30 for Schools of Instruction while Mrs. Dick will go to Cul ver and Bend on September 29 to conduct instruction for PTA workers In those areas. Four Cheerleaders Elected at School Four Heppner Elementary school girls were elected as cheerleaders for the Heppner Ponies during the 1966-67 sea son, Principal Alan Martin an nounces. They are Patty Luci ani, Denise Bloodsworth, Julie Ayres and Susan French. The regular grade school foot ball season opened with a game between Heppner and lone at 2 p.m. Thursday (today). for College Bassist School of Fashion in Portland. Cindy Smith has been ac cepted into the Women's Mar ine Corps. David Grey left this month for U. S. Marine train ing. Among returning college stu dents are Don Majeske, Pacific University, Forest Grove; Shan Applegate, Carroll College, Hel ena, Mont.; Dean Robinson, Treasure Valley Community col lege, Ontario; Mike Warren, Brigham Young University, Salt Lake City; Ginger Springer, Ore gon College of Education, Mon mouth, and Marti Dixon, Asbury College. Wilmore, Ky. Steve Peck expects to enter military service soon. Recent Heppner High gradu ates who are reported to be among those now serving ' ffilrSweheduleS the armed forces are Doug Du-1 n x""r h" f, wK buque, Larry Heath, Jay Ball, I one i loss and lone tie, .both take Greg Pierce, John Pfeiffer, Har-, to the roa- this week-end. old Grey, Dick Clark, Bill ! Coach Gordon Meyers' Card Weatherford, Aaron Smith, Mike 'nals go to Mt. Vernon to play Smith, Dick Springer, Fred an afternoon contest Friday, Harnden, Larry Monagle, An- while Coach Ed Hlemstra's Mus thony Crooke. Gary Van Blok-tang squad has a Saturday land, Gary Struthers, Dan Mc- Bride, Jim Farra, Sherill Mc Donald and Dennis Doherty. Fish and River Problems feel I new Industries should eo 'clean'." in clean They spoke of a lagoon sys tem used by the mill at Camas to hold wastes during a period of oxidation before discharging the effluent Into the river. A new mill at Wauna is not going to dump water directly Into the Columbia but will take most of the solids out. However, the rest will be dumped, Brlstow said, by spraying through a system of dispersal nozzles. He does not believe this will be effective In pollution control. "We hear so much of all the bad things happening to our re sources on the river," Radich said, "but little about the fine work of the very fine agencies working hard to repair damages Number 30 2PPNER 10 cents i r 4 - 4 -A the county court presents Harold in a ceremony at the courthouse department Watching the presen county juage Paul Jones, Ceremony Honors Harold Sherer On Long Service Harold (Doc) Sherer's 30 years of service in the county road department was recognized with a ceremony and presentation at the county courthouse Friday. A bonus check for $175 was given to him by the county court in appreciation of his work, and he and Mrs. Sherer are now on their first full fledged vacation during his long tenure with the county. Sherer was a road department employee until his appointment as county roadmaster by Gar net Barratt, county judge at the time, some 14 years ago. Until this week he had never had a full vacation, although on various occasions he has taken three days off at a time. Last fall, upon the insistence of the county court, he took time off to attend the association of Oregon Counties meeting. With his wife, Beulah, and Mr. and Mrs. Marion Palmer, Sherer left Sunday afternoon on a trip to Springfield, Mo. They planned to visit Noah Pettyjohn, father of Mrs. Sherer and Mrs. Palmer, in Springfield and ex pect to return by the middle of next week. At the courthouse ceremony Friday, cookies, coffee and pie were served while officials and employees extended congratula tions. Sherer has served the county the longest of any non-elective employee. Sheriff C. J. D. Bau man, an elected official, has the record for continuous sher iff, having been in office since January 1, 1929. Mustangs, Cards Slate Games Away Heppner High and lone High football teams, whose records evening date at Hermiston with the Bulldog Jayvees, starting at 8 p.m. ES ii 1 mulirfc-nj tain. done by the ravages of civiliza tion. These agencies are doing a tremendous job." He told of the development of spawning channels as one example. This has proved to be very successful. As to the commercial indus try, he said, "We are agents for those who do not or cannot catch the fish." He said that the sports and commercial fishermen should work together instead of fight ing each other. In a question and answer per iod, Bristow said that he felt industry was the biggest factor in the pollution problem, al- (Continued on page 8) Petitions to Seek To Form County Parks District Petitions calling for the form ing of a county parks district, exclusive of those already form ed at Irrigon and Boardman, are expected to be circulated soon as a result of a meeting held Monday night in the courthouse. A number of persons were called from various groups to meet with the parks commis sion to gain their opinion on the matter, which was first pro posed some months ago. It was decided that time Is too limited to get the matter before the public on the Novem ber 8 ballot, but a show of hands among the 20 persons present indicated that they were in favor of forming the district whenever it is feasible ' to do so. Orville Cutsforth, parks chair man, presided and said that the district Is necessary as a vehic le for obtaining matching funds from the state and federal gov ernments for park purposes. He suggested that budget of the district be kept at a mini mum with proceeds going to such projects as that at Swale Creek, the Anson Wright park and Cutsforth park develop ment. Considerable discussion cen tered around the possibility of including Arbuckle Mountain Ski development in the district with ideas pro and con being expressed. Cutsforth said that he was opposed to the inclus ion at this time. To form a district, petitions must be circulated to obtain the names of 200 freeholders, ask ing the county court to form the district An election must then be called and directors elected if the district approved. Directors set the budget at the first of June. To be included, cities must pass resolutions indicating that they wish to be a part of the district. Winter pointed out. At the meeting were Chair man Cutsforth, Roy Lindstrom, Vern Russell, Kenneth Lamb and Mrs. Walter Wright, all of the parks commission; County Judge Paul Jones; Commission ers Walter Hayes and Gene Fer guson; District Attorney Her man Winter, Ken Peck, Barney Malcom, Marion Green, Glen Ward, Gene Orwick, Wes Sher man, Bob Henry, LeRoy Gard ner, Harley Young, Jack Van Winkle and Jerry Sweeney. Signal Lights Now are Blinkers Traffic signal light at the crosswalk between the Heppner Elementary and Heppner Junior High schools has been changed to a blinker from the alternat ing red and green signal, Prin cipal Alan Martin announces. Cars approaching from either direction will notice a flashing red, which means that they must stop and then may pro ceed when the crosswalk is clear. Children going between the schools will face a flashing green signal, which gives them the right to cross while traffic is stopped. Martin said he felt the change was advisable to prevent waits both" on the part of the vehic ular traffic and on the part of the pupils. Motorists' patience is tried when they must wait for the signal's full cycle when no one is in sight, and child ren who must wait when no cars are coming get pretty cold on chilly days. The principal stresses, how ever, that cars approaching the crosswalk during school hours, or at other times when the blinker light Is in operation, must come to a full stop and may proceed only when the crosswalk Is clear. Pettyjohn's Sponsor Big Buck Contest Pettyjohn's Farm and Builders Supply will sponsor a Big Buck contest for the forthcom ing deer season, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Pettyjohn, owners, an nounce. First prize In the contest is a .300 Winchester rifle and sec ond prize is a .22 Remington rifle. Contestants need only to buy a box of ammunition, sign their names and return a card with the weight of the deer they bag.
