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Thirty new hornet will be constructed in
Heppner, and some of them will be ready for
occupancy by Jan. 1. according to Bill Nelson,
vice president of S.N.K., Inc., the corporation
in charge of the project to be known as Valley
View Estates.
Approval of the city planning commission
and city council will be sought at the first
Monday meeting in August.
The project will also be presented to HUD
for approval so that purchasers of homes in
Valley View can be financed through FHA
and GI loan plans.
The homes will be constructed on 90 x
120-foot lots just east of the hospital. They will
be custom-built, with most of them containing
three bedrooms and two-car garages.
Construction will be of wood frame, one-story
high. According to Nelson, the homes will be
priced at $20,000 upward. There will be 150
models for owners to choose from, Nelson
said.
"I think Valley View Estates will signal a
new concept of living in Heppner," Nelson
pointed out. "Not only will it help meet the
demands for new housing because of new
industry, but it will go a long way toward
inducing other industry to locate here." He
also suggested that the town might take on a
new look, with owners upgrading their homes
and improving them, "to keep their property,
values up" if nothing else.
As soon as the city council gives
preliminary approval to the project, sewer
and water installation will begin.
S.N.K., Inc., is located in Hermiston.
President is Stan Schnell, Hermiston; vice
president, Bill Nelson, Boardman; and
secretary-treasurer, Ray Kalal, Hermiston.
The engineer for Valley View Estates is
Donald Staebler of Pendleton.
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Del Piper, owner of Del s Market, Lexington, and Len Ray Schwari, owner of the Court
Street Market, Heppner, show plans for their proposed supermarket complex to be built
here.
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Typical outdoor
Girl is princess
Patricia Hughes, 1G, Morrow
County Fair & Rodeo Princess,
was born in Morrow County,
and has lived here all of her life.
She resides about 3 miles
from Heppner on one of the
W.E. Hughes and Sons ranches.
The ranch in Heppner consists
of approximately 2.700 acres
and is only one of other ranches
owned by the Hughes. The
-Hughes work ranches total
27,000 acres.
Princess Patty attends
Heppner High School, and will
be a senior in the fall. She is a
member of the Honor Society
and was a member of the Pep
Club.
Patty at present has no plans
for the future, except that she
would like to stay home and
raise cattle.
Her many hobbies include
sewing, cooking, painting, and
reading, to name only a few. "I
like to work with my hands and
do creative things," said Pa
tricia. "Although I like to do all
of these things, I am not very
good at any of them," she
continued. But she is only 16,
and has spent her time doing a
variety of things, not specializ
ing in any one.
Princess Patty enjoys horse
back riding, and is presently
working with her part Arabian
colt, Sher. Sher is halter broke
and lets Patty's younger sisters,
Carolyn and Jennifer sit on
her. Another one of her likes is
the interest in the family pup,.
Poppy.
Patty is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Allen Hughes and
granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Ebb Hughes, Ukiah.
This Saturday evening a
dance honoring Princess Pa-
tricia will be held at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds. This is one
of the many dances in store for
Patty until July 22, when the
entire court travels to Elgin to
participate in the parade and
grand entry prior to the Elgin
Stampede.
The court will be honored at
the Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo, and will also participate
in the Pendleton Round-up in
September.
Patricia loves the wide open
spaces, the trees and mount
ains. This special love makes
driving the cattle with the P H
brand to the reserve each
summer a special treat for this
tvpical. outdoors girl. "
ENTRIES FOR SHRINE
PARADE SOUGHT
Participants are being sought
for the Shriners' annual parade
preceding the East-West All
Star Football Game, August 18,
in Baker, Oregon.
Local clubs, youth groups,
marching units, novelty groups,
and others are invited to
participate.
Prospective entrants should
register by contacting parade
chairman Carol Miller at 1950
Fifth Street in Baker or by
phone at 523-4235. Entries could
also be sent to the Baker
Chamber of Commerce.
- Parade starting time is 2 p.m.
July 31 is the deadline for
entry.
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Del Piper and Len Ray
Schwarz, Lexington and Hepp
ner store owners, will be owners
-operators of the new shopping
complex.
This Heppner Food City Store
will bp constructed of masonry
with wood beam ceilings. It is
xneeted to cost in excess of
Six building permits were
unanimously approved last
night by the Heppner Common
Council, among which was one
for a new $150,000 supermarket
for downtown Heppner.
The permit was granted to
Peter Young and Sons, building
contractors, Spokane, Wash.
TU nAf fortilitv will HA
1IIC new lawnij
located on Main Street where j $300,000 upon completion,
tfw. Haffer and Knox buildings As an indication of whs.- the
roll of more than $72,000 for
permanent and part time help.
The exact date for starting
construction has not been set,
but according to John C. Young,
builder, "the grand opening of
both the supermarket and the
Bank of Eastern Oregon's
addition will probably be held
about Christmas time.
The new complex, in addition
to being the latest in super
market styling, will have the
finest in refrigeration equip
ment. A full line of supermarket
items will be carried in the
store, along with a complete
line of soft and white goods
which will be supplied by the
United Retail Market Stores of
Spokane, Wash.
were situated. It will have 9,400
square feet of floor space and
parking for more than 50 cars.
new store will mean to the
economy of Heppner, its owners
have projected an annual pay-
Dndecisioin)
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PRINCESS
PATRICIA HUGHES
wn,hinrfnn n C Office of Economic Onnortunitv is rushinff to
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act before the end of the fiscal year on stalled applications for
funds, Cong. Al Ullman said today..
The OEO has parcelled out not more than $237,000 to several
Oregon agents, he said.
Because the status of OEO was in question until two recent court
decisions, numerous applications for funds have been stalled for
weeks.
Oregon grants include $460,600 to Blue Mountain Economic
Development Council in Pendleton, which serves Morrow and
Umatilla Counties.
"It is incredible that the
people of Heppner haven't been
able to make up their minds in
eight years to the point where
they can say yes or no on a
project as vital to their lives and
property as the Willow Creek
Dam," Ernest V. Joiner, new
publisher of the Gazette-Times,
told a Chamber of Commerce
gathering Monday.
He was referring to the "less
than enthusiastic" response of
the public to the hearing held in
Heppner recently by the Corps
of Engineers to determine
Predators
hit sheep,
lambs
Spring totals of livestock,
wildlife and fowl destroyed by
predators continue to mount as
la'te findings on rangelands are
reported to theBureau of Sport
Fisheries and Wildlife.
In Wallowa County, an esti
mated 156 sheep and 650 lambs
had been killed prior to the
current May 13 to June9
reporting period and not dis
covered until recently. Also not
reported until now were losses
of 116 lambs, 11 calves and four
sheep in Harney, Klamath,
Linn, Malheur and Morrow
Counties.
Recorded as killed during the
current period were 245 lambs
and 116 turkeys with Crook and
Harney Counties each losing 32
lambs and Lane County losing
24 to head the list. Yamhill
County reported loss of 68
turkeys and Clackamas County
submitted proof of 29 turkeys
lost.
More than two thousand
Iambs and 1,103 turkeys have
been killed by predators during
the fiscal year, according to
bureau records. Kills of chick
ens total 830; sheep, 679; calves,
408; ducks. 232; and geese, 110.
residents' attitude toward con
struction of the dam.
Judge Paul Jones Had told the
group just before Joiner's
speech that the Corps had
expressed disappointment that
the 80 or more persons who
attended the hearing failed to
speak either for or against the
dam project. Judge Jones said
he, too, was disappointed that
more people failed to express
their sentiments.
Joiner, while wondering at
the lack of interest on the part of
local residents, put a great deal
of the responsibility for the
delay in construction on the
shoulders of Cong. Af Ullman
and Sen. Mark Hatfield, both of
whom had promised to push for
construction of the dam-but
evidently had not.
Herman Winter moved that
the chamber send a resolution
of endorsement of the dam to
the county court, Senators Bob
Packwood and Hatfield, and
Cong. Ullman. It was approved
without dissent.
O.W. Cutsforth, former
rancher said during discussion
of the resolution that he had
seen strong wells and even
springs dry up and die as the
water table continues to fall.
"This is coming closer and
closer to Heppner," he said, and
added that a dam on Willow
Creek would do a lot to bring up
the water level in area wells.
Joiner said that he and his
associate in the newspaper,
Ernie Ceresa, had excellent
credentials for criticizing the
slow progress of the dam.
"We have a $100,000 invest
ment in Heppner, and we have
no intention of seeing it swept
down Willow Creek-along with
you, your wives, and children.
We intend to bend every ear,
twist every arm, and even rap a
few skulls if there's a chance of
getting this project out of the
area of absurdity and into
reality," he concluded.
The city council adopted a
resolution Monday night which
reiterated the council's stand
favoring the Willow Creek flood
control project. Letters are to
be sent to the Corps of
Engineers, Senators Packwood
and Hatfield and Congressman
Ullman.
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This sketch of the Blackhorse disposal unit shows how it will
prevent unsightly conditions. There is a covered shed over a trench
to hold waste until it can be buried. It is large enough to hold a
week's accumulation. It is built in two halves for ease in moving to
the next trench location. The roof is sloped to protect against wind.
A doier comes once a week to push waste along the trench and
compact it. Cover soil is brought in and grass seed sown over all
exposed earth except that within the trench itself.. It will care for
the needs of the county for 10 years.
Mew disposal site approved
The Blackhorse site, between Lexington and the Lyle Cox place,
has been selected as the new solid waste disposal location, pending
approval of the Department of Environment Quality, July 18-19.
The action was taken at the June 26 meeting of the Morrow
County Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee, on
recommendation of John McDonald, consultant, Portland.
Heppner pays $60 a month for a man to operate its disposal site,
with him keeping any fees he collects. McDonald said no plan had
been worked out as to how the county and cities would operate the
new site. Mayor Jerry Sweeney said that the three mayors in the
southern cities had worked together on the problem before DEQ
came into the picture, and pointed out that the City of Heppner
levies taxes to run the present dump, about $1,500 a year.
According to Judge Paul Jones, Harry O'Donnell and members
of the County Budget Committee want to finance the new disposal
site from revenue sharing monies. Another possibility discussed
was formation of a solid waste control district.
It was estimated that it would cost each family in the south end of
the county about $12 a year for operation of the site. Judge Jones
put the amount of tax at 10 cents per $1,000 valuation if it were
collected along with the property tax.
As to how the landfill site should be financed, it was generally
agreed that revenue sharing money would be preferable for the
first year or two; then, if this were insufficient, a dump fee,
franchise fee or some other funding could be considered.
The new landfill site will probalby not be in operation untU the
first of the year. .'..
McDonald ana uel Smith, planning director, will talk to
landowners and residents near the Blackhorse site, owned by Elden
Padberg, to get their reaction. It was pointed out that there are
some shallow wells in that area with a depth of no more than 20 feet,
and they may face condemnation.
Present at the meeting were Judge Jones, Smith, Lois Allyn,
planning office secretary; Mayor Sweeney; Bob Drake, Mayor of
lone; Harold Kerr, county extension agent; Avon Melby, East
Or eg oman reporter; Dorris Graves, Chairman of the planning
commission; and Consultant John McDonald of Portland.