Army Engineer Reviews Plans for Dam
Howard Hogan of the dams
and reservoir section of the
U. S. Army Corps of Eneineers,
Walla Walla district, reviewed
plans for the Willow Creek pro
wet In a talk before the Hcdd
ner Morrow county Chamber of
Commerce April 21.
He said that budget cuts for
Corps projects are expected this
year.
AVe don't know how much
we are going to end up with,"
he said. "Most of the reports
are In the rumor stage. We have
no definite information on cuts,
but we do know that we will
be short. We will analyze each
project separately for the best
use of the money."
Mayor Bill Collins, speaking
prior to llogan's talk, reported
on the city s planning towards
the Willow creek project.
He said that in 1964 the city
agreed to purchase 100 acre feet
or water annually tor municipal
and industrial use at a total
cost of $72,000 to be repaid ov
er a 50-year period.
Many Uses Seen
Mayor Collins said that this
water could be used for such
things as the cemetery, the high
school grounds, the rodeo
grounds, the grade school
grounds and the city park with
out making demands on the
city's supply from wells for do
mestic use.
He said he understood the
city's obligation on rights of way
for the project channel and re
location of utilities would total
about $10,500.
"We are going to try to budg
et S2000 to $3000 this year to
start a sinking fund for the
rights of way and utilities re
location," he said.
Hogan said that now that the
Willow Creek project is author
ized by Congress, the next step
is to do the pre-construction
planning, which establishes def
inite plans prior to construction.
It would take approximately
two years to do this planning,
but construction could be start
ed the third year. The dam
would take two years to build,
he said.
Reviewing the proposal for the
project, Hogan said that the
dam would be 155 feet high, and
it would be 1700 feet across the
top. It would require relocation
of 1.5 miles of the Willow Creek
road, .9 mile of the Balm Fork
road. 1.75 miles of the city's 8
inch water line, and a new city
reservoir.
Recreational development will
require local participation on
costs of 50 under an act re
cently passed, he said. Local in
terests must also administer,
operate and maintain the rec
reational areas.
In answer to a question, Ho
gain said that the Corps had
requested the "full capability"
on the prolect this year, about
$250,000. However, he said it
presents these requests on auth
orized projects as a matter of!
routine. It has done this for sev
eral years without receiving an
appropriation for pre-construction.
In answer to another question.
Joe Doetsch, who accompanied
Hogan and also of the dams and
reservoir section, said that max
imum pool of the lake would be
200 surface acres. This might
draw down as low as 90 sur
face acres after heavy Irrigation
use. By comparison, Bull Prairie
is 29 surface acres.
Pesldent Jerry Sweeney Intro
duced the speaker.
HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES. Thursday. May 1. 1969
County Seeks FAS (Funds
To Improve Willow Route
Recreation Planned
In the way of recreation, po
tential development would in
clude swimming, picnicking,
boating, camping, and construc
tion of boat launching ramps.
Hogan said that multi-purposes
of the dam include flood
control, irrigation, water quality
control, recreation, sports fish-
ing and wildlife and industrial
and municipal water supply.
Stream flow in the creek
channel through town would be
maintained at a level to take
" care of nuisance abatement.
It is figured that 21,000 fish
ing days and 750 duck huntin?
days would be included annual
ly in the recreational use of the
dam, among others.
Hogan pointed out the sites
for recreational developments
along the shores of the propos
ed lake, one going up Balm Fork
" and the other up the Willow
Crcpk side
He said that the life of the
dam is figured at 100 years. Its
total capacity would be 11,500
Morrow county court Is cur-
rentlv investigating the possi
bility of using Federal Aid Sec-
ondary highway funds, which
have accumulated to its credit,
for improving the Willow Creek
highway (74), County Judge
Paul Jones told directors of the
Heponer-Morrow county Cham
ber of Commerce on April 21.
He said that the county's ac
cumulated credit on the state
and federal funds could be as
much as $550,000. These are pro
vided on a matching basis for
county roads and bridge con
struction, but when used on
county roads, the county must
match the funds with 20 from
the local source.
The judge expressed the
thought that if the funds were
used on the state highway, the
county's matching would not be
required.
The State Highway Depart
ment administers the FAS
funds. The judge said that a
state highway engineer would
meet , with the county court on
Wednesday, May 7, to consider
the matter.
next year," Pierce said.
Director Ed Dick said that he
felt the county should plan for
funds in the future to surface
the Shaw Creek Grade to link
with the Western Route Road
when it is built from Ukiah to
wards Condon in the future.
Directors agreed to authorize
some funds for Judge Jones to
go to Washington, D. C, in the
interests of the Willow Creek
project in late May. Cong. Al
Ullman has requested that he
be there to help put the case
for the project to Congressional1
committees and other agencies.
Wranglers to See
Movies of Court;
Playday is Held
Straightening is Goal
Under the plan being consid
ered by the court, a large part
of the lunds would go
straightening and realigning
bad spots on the Willow Creek
highway to the junction with
Hiehwav I-80N. It would not go
far towards complete rebuilding
such as was done on three
miles from Heppner towards
Lexington several years ago.
This 3-mile project alone cost in
excess of $300,000,
The judge said that the plan
of taking accumulated FAS
funds to improve state high
wavs within a county is not
without precedent, since it was
done In Crook county some time
ago.
He said that the county court
would not look with favor on
using the entire $550,000 for this
purpose since it would want to
reserve some for needed county
road improvements. One such
need, he said, is to oil the Wil
low Creek road from the end of
the present surfaced road to
Cutsforth Park.
The judge said that if the
county used the FAS funds on
the highway to the norm xnere
mav be some possibility that it
would encourage the btate tiign
wav Department to do some
more badly needed work on its
own. --.
Rebuilding Awaited
When the 3-mile section was
rebuilt, it was understood that
the highway, which retains
most of its original construction
of more than 40 years ago, would
acre feet and 1300 acre feet be rebuiit in similar sections,
would be allowed for providing
for flash floods.
Hogan said that the city, in
agreeing to take a share of the
water, doesn't have to pay for
it until it starts using it. How
ever, it must be paid within a
50-year period. The first 10 years
is free of interest, but thereaf
ter interest must be paid. ,
Corps Maintains Channel
This project is different from
many in that the Corps has
agreed to maintain and oper
ate the channel. Usually this is
a local responsibility, Hogan
said.
but nothing more has been
done.
"It looks as if we are not go
ing to get any more improve
ment on it this year," the judge
said.
Director Gene Pierce said that
one contestant at the week-end
Cow Cutting contest, who came
from southern Oregon, declared
that the 40 miles from the inter
state highway to Heppner was
"longer" than the rst of his
entire trip. The man was pulling
a trailer wtih two horses and
battled the twisting highway.
"He said he wouldn't be back
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Monthly meeting of the
Heppner Wranglers Riding club
will be Tuesday, May b, at the
fairgrounds building, starting at
b:uu p.m.
Special feature of the program
will be the showing of home
movies by Mike Matthews of
lone. Films will be shown of
various activities of the 1968
Rodeo Court, and their travels
of the past summer, during the
reign of tjueen Berniece Matth
ews.
Next regular Spring Playday
is announced for Sunday, May
i.8. mere win be no playday
events on May 11, in observance
or Mothers Day.
Results of the Wraneler Plav-
day races on Sunday, April 27.
were as ionows:
Barrel Racing Six years and
under: Tonv Currin. 27.9: Jana
Steagall, 29.6: Jo Lvnn Dalv.
34.0; Mary Brock, 34.9. Ages 7-9:
uinay Dougherty. 21.2: Janice
Healy, 21.3; David Steagall, 21.9;
Ron Currin, 22.1. Ages 10-12:
Lisa Collins, 21.0; Mark Mech
am, 21.9: Marv Healv. 24.1: Cin
dy Brock, 25.0. Ages 13-17: Mar
cia Jones, 18.2; Patti Healy,
18.8: Sherri Brock. 19.0: Marv
Adair, 19.2. Ages 18 and over:
uail Malcom, 18.1: Beverlv
Steagall. 19.0: Cliff Adair. 19.4:
Kite Healy,, 20.8.
role Bending Six vears and
under: Tony Currin, 34.0; Jana
Steagall, 37.4: Jo Lvnn Dalv.
45.5; Mary Brock, 51.3. Ages 7-
uavid ateagall. 26.4: Janice
Healy, 57.3: Krvnn Robinson.
28.2; Cindy Dougherty, 28.9. Ag
es 10-12: Mark Mecham, 28.2;
Lisa Collins, 28.7; Mary Healy,
30.5; Michelle Evans, 32.0. Ages
o-i; aneri urocK, zd.u; Kyle
Robinson, 25.2; Sherry Kemp
and Becky Fulleton (tie). 25.8.
Ages 18 and over, Beverly Stea
gall, 24.2; Pat Doushertv. 26.4:
Cliff Adair. 26.5: Kite ' Healv.
27.0
Figure 8 Stake Race Six
years and under: Jana Steagall,
11.5; Jo Lynn Daly, 14.1; Mary
Brock, 14.4: Tonv Currin. 15.2.
Ages 7-9: Janice Healv. 9.3: Da
vid Steagall, 9.4; Maureen Healy,
9.5; Ron Currin, 11.6. Ages 10
12: Lisa Collins. 9.9: Marv
Healy, 10.4; Mark Mecham, 10.7;
Mary Ann Greenup, 10.9. Ages
13-17; Patti Healy, 8.3; Kyle
Robinson, 8.4; Sherri O'Brien
and Becky Fulleton (tie), 8.6.
Ages 18 and over: Roice Fulle
ton, 8.7; Beverly Steagall and
Merlyn Robinson (tie), 9.1; Cliff
Adair and Kite Healy (tie), 9.2.
Ring Race Ages 7-9: Janice
Healy, 17.5: David Steaeall. 19.0:
Ron Currin and Maureen Healy
hk;, Ages iu-12: usa Col
lins, 16.3; Mark Mecham and
Mary Healy (tie), 18.3; Mary
Ann Greenup, 19.1. Ages 13-17:
Craig Munkers, 12.8; 'Barry
Munkers, 13.2; Becky Doherty,
13.5; Susan Healy and Marcia
Jones (tie), 13.9. Ages 18 and
over: Jerry Dougherty, 13.3; Ken
Howard, 14.9; Glen Mecham and
Pat O'Brien (tie), 15.0.
Graduation Days
Near for Seniors
It won't be' Ion it until ,-,-im
meneempnf- tim fn
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Morrow county high schools.
Heppner High school gradual
ion will be on Sunday afternoon
may 25. at 2:3D in tho hih
school rvmnasinm Thio
ior me nrst time, commence
ment and baccalaureate pro
grams at the school will be
combined into one. it is an
nounced.
Commencement at Riverside
High school, Boardman, will be
on Friday, May 23, at 8 p.m.
At lone High school, the grad
uation Will b on Tnesrlav Mav
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27, at 8 p-m.
Baccalaureate for Rivers i d e
seniors will be Sunday, May 18,
at 7 p.m. in the Boardman Com
munity church, and for lone, the
baccalaureate will be Sunday,
May 25, at 7 p.m.
Last day of school for all stu
dents, hrrth hich and plpmpn.
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