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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1973)
Plannlnrc Commission a ..-1 t i . 4 Iquq cbongos proposed v y re County Juvenile Drug increase "Drugs are on the increase in Morrow County," according to Carolyn Davis, Morrow County Juvenile Director, who spoke to the Heppner-Morrow Chamber of Commerce Mon day. "Morrow County has a very serious 'minor in possession' problem", she pointed out. "And lowering the drinking age would aggravate this problem further." ' "So far this year we have had 90 juvenile cases and last year for the entire year we had only 86." she added. Many Juveniles arrested, gas theft Two juveniles. 14 and 17 vears of age, were cited by Heppner City Police at 1:30 a.m. Monday morning for stealing gas from a parked car near Chase St. The youths had in their possession six five-gallon con tainers which they informed officers they had also stolen. According to reports, the two youths planned to run away from home and needed the gas for their trip. They planned to fill the tank of their car. then fill all the containers with gas from various parked cars, and drive to Washington. Parker The March of Dimes National Foundation is the recipient of a $20,000 grant from the Trannie B. Parker estate. The Morrow County chapter, under the chairman ship of Donna Bergstrom. received $7,500 of the grant, the percentage due the county in which the grant was made The local board members will meet in the near future to decide allocation of the funds. Board members include Mrs. Bergstrom; Pat Gentrv. Count v treasurer: Carolyn Cole, Mother s March county chairman: Cindy Green, coin collectors and school cards chairman; and Sheree Mahoney. mailer chairman Area Mother's March chairmen are Dim MiEwen. appears to be wearing a witch's hat. Actually, he is engaged In painting a Heppner merchant's window for Halloween. Winner of the Halloween "art contest" receives a small gift. Director: use on of these cases included runa ways, MIPs, and a variety of arrests." The director suggested that educating the community, parents and children is a good way to prevent more crime. Morrow County has an added asset in educating the community. "The Morrow County Juve nile Advisory Committee, made up of students and community members, meet twice a month to discuss problems in the community," said Miss Davis. This year the Advisory Committee conducted the Drug Awareness Session' in October and the Responsible Adulthood Conference, held last week. Both these educa tion programs were held in Heppner and in Boardman. The Drug Awareness session was aimed at introducing drugs to parents. The Respon sible Adulthood Conference allowed high school juniors and seniors, with parental permission, to attend discus sion sessions on topics con cerning adulthood. The director discussed her job as juvenile director and probation officer and counse lor. "This department is not only a court for hearing cases but is also a counseling center," pointed out Carolyn Davis. "I feel students need a sounding board just to express their feelings. In Morrow County I tackle a lot of family problems." esate gives $20,000 here "In addition the Morrow County Juvenile Department is fortunate in having agencies such as the police, sheriff, schools, attorneys, and com munity organizations cooper ating in these programs," she said. Concluding her talk. Miss Davis said there is a real need for foster homes in Morrow County. These include emer gency, short term and long term homes. Football banquet Nov. 14 Heppner High School's foot ball team will be honored at a banquet, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 7 p.m., in the high school cafetorium, according to Dean Naffziger. athletic director. Football awards will be presented. The banquet is open to the public for a $2 per person charge. Advanced tickets must be purchased by Friday. Nov. 9. in order for prepara tions to be made. Tickets will be on sale at Peterson's Jewelers. Bank of Eastern Oregon. First National Bank and the high school. Leice Martin. Heppner; Jan White. lone; and Mary Lou Daltoso. Boardman and. Irrigon. This year's Mother's March is slated for the third week in January. Mrs. Mahoney's committee is preparing mailers for this year's campaign. Mrs. Bergstrom and Carolyn Cole, Heppner, represented Morrow County at a two-day regional northwest convention of the March of Dimes at the Olympic Hotel. Seattle. Mrs. Parker, a former Lexington resident w ho died last year in Portland, was the widow of a former Lexington businessman. Mrs. Parker continued her close ties to Lexington and Morrow County even after moving to Portland The Morrow County Plan ning Commission will meet at 8p.m., Tuesday, Nov. S, at the court house In Heppner, ac cording to George D. Smith, planning director. The meeting was set a day later than scheduled because of the annual meeting of Morrow County Grain Grow ers which is scheduled for Nov. 5. The following matters will be considered: 1. Public hearing on appli cation of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Christiansen, Irrigon, for zone change from "Farm" to "Farm Residential." Because of court decisions against spot zoning, it has been proposed that all of the NE'4 of Sec. 25, T5N, R 26 E. outside of the Irrigon city limits, be changed to "Farm Residential." The area is south of Hwy. 730 and adjoins the Irrigon city limits west and south of the city. 2. Public hearing on zone change from "Industrial" to "Farm" and a Conditional Use Permit application on the S'2 of sec. 22, T4N, R24E. The Boeing Company proposes to build 10 to 20 housing units, which will be used by either their own farm laborers or their lessees, but not rented to the general public. The con struction will be south of the Tower Road interchange on THE Lake Penland Corp. Nnrr&ijiarities' The promised "investiga tion" of Judge Paul Jones, connection with the Lake Penland Corp. took a different turn Friday with the arrival of William M. Brown, Supervisor of District Planning, Local Government Relations Divi sion, and Jack Jones of the Oregon State Real Estate Commission. Meeting at the judge's chamber at 9 a.m., Brown set the tone of the gathering: "This is a fact-finding mission, nothing else." Present were the two offi cials representing Gov. Tom McCall, Judge Jones, L.E. Dick, president, and Harry O'Donnell, current and past presidents of Lake Penland Corp. Present as observers were County Assessor Joyce Bergstrom and Ernie Ceresa, representing the Gazette Times. The informal discussion was triggered by a KGW-TV, Portland, newscast on Oct. 22, prepared by reporters James N. Compton and Jerry Schnei der, that attempted to estab lish that there had been "wrong-doing" in the conduct of the Lake Penland Corp. Tn creating the recreational area near Heppner known as Lake Penland. The broadcast prompted Gov. McCall to ask that Judge Jones withdraw as an ap Hwy. 80. and immediately south of the present buildings, on approximately 20 acres of . the half section. 3. Recommend new defini tion of "public utilities" under Sections 3.020 ( 7). 3.070 ( 9), and 3.120 (7) of the Zoning Ordinance, (continued from last meeting.) 4. Discussion of SB 100 and other new laws; reports on land use meetings to explain these laws, which were spon sored by the Extension Ser vice, (some items; perform ance bonds, building inspect ors, fees, definition of "same profession.") 1 Recommend minimum set-back from street right-of-way in "Industrial" zone, (none is required now.) 6. Should the planning commission require that they be notified of change of ownership or leasing of land on which a conditional use permit has been issued? 7. Decide on a time limit for development, or substantial progress towards develop ment, of land on which a conditional use permit has been issued. 8. Discussion of minimum lot size in "Farm" zone, now five acres. Since there is no land zoned "Exclusive Farm", the 20-acre limit in that zoning designation has not been applied. Heppner, . O pointee of the newly created Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission to which he would have been sworn in as a member last Wednesday in Salem. Judge Jones refused to withdraw, and demanded that an investigation of his "in volvement" with Lake Pen land Corporation be com pleted. This is a resume of the 2' 2-hour meeting: Judge Jones on his involve ment with the corporation "The question has been raised by KGW-TV as to my involve ment. I have had no active involvement in Penland Lake Corp., except as that of a contributor to the corporation. I have in my pocket the cancelled checks that I gave to Mr. Cutsforth, and that is the sum total of my involvement." Subsequent conversations between the Salem officials produced no other involve ment in the corporation by Jones. Waste accepted A group of 16 citizens met Tuesday evening at the Mor row County court house to ap prove the first draft of a final, report on the solid waste issue. The 30-page report, present ed by John K. McDonald of Clark & Goff , Engineers, drew requests for changes by both city and county officials present . The cost of paving the road to the Turner site w as discuss ed, as were methods of trans porting waste and the question of who should supervise the disposal project, the city or the county. The Turner site is located near Heppner. There are pro posed sites for Boardman and Irrigon to handle the increas ed populat wn projected for the next 10 vears. Boardman is mm mm i , . .m. . Ore., Thursday November 1, 1973 ' As to the beginning of the Lake Penland project-Prior to development of Lake Pen land, representatives of the State Fish & Game Commis sion looked at every proposed site in the Blue Mountain area that lay in Morrow County, with the thought that it (the lake) should be owned and operated by the Game Com mission and the Forest Ser vice. The Forest Service made the initial plans for Kelly Prairie, a mile or two north of Penland, only to find the ground unsatisfactory for a dam. . Around coffee tables in Heppner local businessmen decided that money for the project could be raised within the community. Harry O'Donnell: "We Parted out paying $250 di rectly to Mr. (Orville) Cuts forth with the understanding that he was to do some investigation, preliminary en gineering work, and study the (Continued on page 3 ) expected to grow from 504 to 1.000 or 3.000 in this period. Heppner's population is ex pected to double. Mayor Jerry Sweeney said Heppner would like to receive the revenue from operation of the waste site, but the city is faced with a water bond issue and cannot afford the added expense. Harold Kerr moved that the county develop the site and turn it over to a private fran chise operator who would work under supervision of the city governments of Heppner, Lexington and lone. His motion was approved. The group also accepted the first draft of the final report, with revisions to be made in the final draft. site ....... ' t T .' 1 J2 Diane Holland, Junior High student, displays her talent as she begins on her window painting project for Halloween. The merchants agreed to let the students paint their w indows as long as they used water based paints. Air Force veteran floing to Thailand Staff Sergeant John' Wal lace, son of Mrs. Colleen Padb'erg, Heppner, is enjoying a leave of absence from the Air Force before returning to active duty in Thailand. Wallace has spent the past 12 years in the Air Force, enlisting soon after his grad uation from Heppner High School in 1961. He has visited over 9(1 foreign countries and was stationed in Panama and Germany prior to his leave. Next month Wallace will leave for the Philippines for a week's survival training, then fly to Thailand, where he will assume his duties as flight engineer on one of the Air Force's new gunships. The crew of a gunship consists of 14 men, all spe cialists, consisting of two pilots, table navigator, flight engineer who operates a blacked out cockpit standing up behind the pilot, calling the bank angle when the pilot has his head in the gunsights; three navigator sensor opera tors and a fire control officer, all located in an enclosed Staff Sargeant John Wallace. 12-jear Air Korce Hrraa from Heppner. reteited another medal recently from bis C ommanding Officer hile stationed in (.rrman. t ' IT! i.j 15 cents room called the "booth." The gunship flew its first mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail. It picked up six trucks, and in less than 15 minutes all six trucks were left burning. The gunship is a heavily armed C-130 cargo plane, armed with machine guns, cannons and 105-MM howitzer in the tail section. According to Wallace, the 14-man team "gets so close that it's almost as though they were married to each other. During the flight, before you can ask a question, it's done. At times they sound like a bunch of clowns all talking on three separate interphone sys tems, all coordinating their actions." Sgt. Wallace has over 3,000 hours in the air aboard the gunship. "It's the only place where a pilot, usually a Colonel, can join his team for a beer in either the Officers Club or the Non-Commis-sioned Officers Club. Rank makes very little difference in the crew of a gunship." I
