THE
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Vol. 90, No. 45
Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Dec. 27, 1973
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Boardman may annex 40
Cecil Cooley, representing
Desert Magic, lnc.( asked the
city council at its meeting
Tuesday night for annexation
into the city ot 40 acres of
sugebrush land on the south
ern edge of Boardman at Main
Street and Wilson Road. He
said the initial use of the site
would be for mobile home
housing.
Cooley stated he plans to
take the annexation petition to
the planning commission Jan.
8. Then he hopes the commis
sion will have it before the city
council Jan. 22 with a recom
mendation for annexation.
Cooley said Desert Magic is
Irrigon
Plan ?o
By FRANCES ROSE WILSON
The laying of water lines on
Idaho Avenue and 4th Street
was completed this week.
The 1,000-foot extension is
the first step of a loop which
Back to DST on Jan. 6
The nation will go back on
Daylight Savings Time begin
ning Jan. 6 to conserve energy
during the current crisis.
Waterfowl hunters taking
advantage of the last weeks of
the season are reminded that
the time change will affect
legal shooting hours.
The shooting hours for
waterfowl Jan. 6 through 20
staying with the city's master
comprehensive plan for de
velopment and that a shopping
center is being planned in the
area near the site. He would
like to get construction under
way by Feb. 1, 1974.
In other action the council
accepted Councilman W.E.
Nelson's idea for the estab
lishment of a three-member
review board for construction
of buildings. His proposal is
aimed at multi-family housing
units and commercial build
ings. The board would give the
city some protection from
what Nelson termed "a mi
grant labor camp situation."
solve
will encircle and serve Ted
and Mary Wilson's proposed
Mobil Home Court and ad
jacent properties,
The project, which has
taken about a year from it's
first proposal, was delayed for
will open one hour later and
close one hour later than listed
in the 1973 upland game and
waterfowl regulations booklet
published by the Game Com
mission. The time change will have
an additional effect on Sauvie
Island waterfowl hunters. The
shooting has been stopped at
4 p.m. daily on the east and
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New Chamber of Commerce
President Jim Bier received
a gift from Santa; and, to
JUndaD. Peterson's amuse
ment, a kiss, too.
LITTLEST AN'GEL-Serenadlng Heppner with Christ
mai carols for the past nights were these youngsters,
front row from the left, Tami Corham and Todd
Gorham; second row from the left, Bonnie Arrington,
Linda Rogers, Vickie Smith and Becky Smith; third
row from the left, Greg Groshens and Lottie Laughlin.
Mayor Dewey West Jr.
appointed Jack McFadden,
Gene Trumbull and Bill Shar
key to membership on the
review board.
Mayor Dewey West Jr. and
Councilman W.E. Nelson sug
gested to the city council that
the addition of sturgeon in the
sewer lagoon along the Co
lumbia River would help
dispose of the city's sewage
waste. They made this sug
gestion following their recent
trip to Puerto Rico to the
National League of Cities
convention and Congress of
Mayors. The council is seri
ously considering an effort to
problem
water
some time while an engineer
ing study was made of
Irrigon 's current supply and
storage of water. The exten
sion was allowed since the city
is in the process of planning
for additional storage to meet
west side units. Beginning on
Jan. 6 through the end of the
season, shooting will stop at S
p.m.
So that no one will be upset
by the change, hunters are
reminded that shooting hours
will remain unchanged in rela
tion to sunset and sunrise, but
the times will be different on
the watches.
Jim Bier
is new CC
president
Jim Bier, principal of Hepp
ner High School, was elected
president of the Heppner
Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce at the organi
zation's regular meeting
Monday.
Harold Kerr was elected 1st
vice-president and Larry
Mills, 2nd vice-president. The
new board of directors include
Wallace Wolff, Jim Rogers,
Jim Bier, Larry Mills and
Dave Harrison.
Outgoing board members
are L.E. Dick, Dorothy Heard,
Bob Abrams, Dick Sargent,
Ray Boyce, Elaine George;
and Bier, Mills and Kerr.
Entertainment was pro
vided by Santa Claus (Avon
Melby ), who passed out candy
canes and then led the group
in singing Christmas carols.
Piano accompaniment was by
Juanita Carmichael.
At the next meeting of the
chamber, Herman Winter
will act as master of cere
monies for installation of the
new officers.
acres
plant some sturgeon in the
lagoon.
Boardman has a problem
now because it needs more
expansion of the sewer lagoon,
and the U.S. Corps of
Engineers will not permit ah
expansion of the three-acre
lagoon site or make available
other land for another lagoon.
The present lagoon was de
signed for a population of 500
and Boardman's population is
nearing that point.
It was said Tuesday night at
the council meeting that a
bunch of sturgeon feeding off
the bottom of the lagoon might
bring temporary emergency
relief in the crisis.
state back-up requirements.
New services are being re
quested almost every month
and it is imperative that
adequate storage facilities be
acquired to meet normal
growth, according to Mayor
Chester Wilson.
A proposed housing devel
opment has been stymied for a
year because water service is
not available to it. Additional
storage would not only assure
a supply for normal growth of
the city, but could accommo
date the initial S3 housing
units and the 60-unit apart
ment building which has been
proposed.
The developer has assured
the council that his backers
would be willing to advance a
part of the cost of storage and
pumping facilities.
A bond issue election has
been proposed to finance a
200,000 gallon storage reser
voir. This is expected to be
brought before the people of
the Irrigon Community soon
Wind
power
studied
Oregon State University's
"wind, power" research goes
into its third year this January
with the energy crisis adding
importance to research find
ings. The studies were launched
in December 1971 to deter
mine whether ocean winds
might be used as a cheap and
clean source of supplemental
electric power.
Coast and off-shore sites
continue to show promise for
the future, studies indicate,
because of their exposure to
strong and steady winds that
sweep in off the ocean. But the
Columbia River Gorge has
become a prime possibility1
also, according to Dr. E.
Wendell Hewson, chairman of
the university's Department
of Atmospheric Sciences.
A third-year grant of $46,800
has been received to continue
research in both the gorge and
on the coast. Sponsors are the
Central Lincoln, Tillamook,
Clatskanie and Northern
Wasco Peoples Utility Districts.
poboiHy
Denver
, Roger Doherty, Lane Coun
cil of Governments (L-COG)
coordinator of programs for
the aged and former Heppner
resident, has accepted the
position of executive director
of the Commission on Aging in
Denver, Colo.
'Doherty, who has been at
L-COG for the past one-and-one-half
years, will leave next
week.
sIn resigning, Doherty noted
that there have been strong
advances made in services to
the elderly in Lane County
over the past year. He
congratulated members of the
L-COG-Lane County Citizens
Advisory Committee on Aging
for their work. He said that
this area was one of the first to
develop a comprehensive plan
for services to the elderly. He
also indicated that several
programs in that plan already
Corporate officials from this area
A former Condon man, Dan
F. LaRue, has been elected to
the board of directors of
Landsystems, Inc., Portland
based landscape and irriga
tion contractors, Stanley C.
Lintner, president, reports.
LaRue is a 1966 graduate of
Condon High School. He at
tended the University of
Oregon for one year, where he
was a member of the fresh
man baseball team. He grad
uated from the University of
Idaho in 1970, with a degree in ,
physical chemistry, and was a
, ir.ember - of- Sigma Alpha -Epsilon
fraternity and played
varsity baseball. LaRue is a
1973 graduate of Lewis and
Clark Law School and is now
associated with Frank Ierulli
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position
have been inaugurated, citing
the meals for the elderly
program as a major example.
Doherty, in his new role, will
be responsible for the opera
tion of the 15-member Denver
Commission on Aging which is
an independent public body
that advises the mayor and
council about all matters
concercing the aged. Doner
ty's appointment as executive
director was made by Denver
Mayor William B. McNichols.
Doherty is a native of
Heppner. He attended Hepp
ner High School and received
a bachelor's degree from the
University of Oregon in 1965.
Prior to returning to Eugene
in 1971 as director of the
Senior Opportunities and Ser
vices, he was with the
National Council on Aging in
New York and Washington,
DC, for three years.
and Gary Bullock, attorneys-at-law.
Their office is in the
Standard Plaza Building,
Portland. LaRue is legal
counsel for the corporation.
He is the sone of Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd LaRue, Condon.
Elected to the board also
was Everett L. Holbrook,
C.L.U., Eugene. Re-elected to
the board were S.C. Lintner,
J.L. Lintner and Douglas A.
Anderson, all of Beaverton.
The same directors serve on
the board of Pacific Land
scape Contractors, Ltd., a
Sister corporation. v-
Anderson is a 1965 graduate
of Heppner High School, and is
a principal and treasurer in
the corporation. He is married
to the former Karla Luciani,
gts&n dlSiHiHffiiife
City crackdown
on speeders
The Heppner City Police
Department has been busy
cracking down on speedsters
within city limits the past few
weeks.
The crackdown was started
In an effort to slow motorists
down during the holidays and
to prevent accidents.
Arrested for speeding Dec.
19 was Monte Gene Sipp, 28,
Baker, doing 55 In 35 mile per
hour zone. Bail has been set at
$27.
Walter Eugene Drake, 51,
Elgin, was cited for speeding
along Highway 74, Dec. 20.
Bail was set at $27.
Alvin Bruce Clement, 30,
Heppner, was arrested Dec.
23, speeding, 65 miles per hour
in 35 mile per hour zone; bail
set at $53.
Also arrested Dec. 23 was
David Ralph Noble, 19, Lex
ington, speeding, 65 miles per
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Luciani, Butter Creek.
Anderson recently an
nounced the single largest
sub-contract in the firm's two
and one-half year history.
Landsystems, Inc. has been
Student dies in crash
Christian J. Hunt, 23, 4055
SE Madison, Portland, Ore.,
was fatally injured in a
one-car accident Saturday
morning when his vehicle
crashed into a 10-inch metal
sign post at the Boardman
exist on Highway 1-80.
Hunt, a student at Moscow,
Idaho, was on his way home
for the holidays, when he
hour in a 35 mile per hour
zone; bail set at $53.
Roger Lee Paullus, 20,
Heppner, was cited by City
police at Center and Main
Streets for operating a vehicle
with unnecessary vehicle
noise (exhaust). Paullus is to
appear Jan. 9 in Municipal
Court. Bail was set at $17.
FIREMEN' BALL
. 'A SUCCESS'
More than 100 persons
turned out for the first annual
Firemen's Ball at Boardman
Saturday night, and Jerry
Donovan, president of the
Boardman Volunteer Fire
men's Assn., said the affair
was successful enough to
make it an annual affair.
The ball was held at the
Grange Hall, with music
furnished by the Howard
band.
awarded a $325,000 landscape
and irrigation sub-contract
under Jelco, Inc., a Salt Lake
City, Utah, firm, general
contractor on the Durham
Wastewater Treatment Plant,
Durham, Ore.
apparently fell asleep at the
wheel of his car and hit the
post.
Hunt was taken, to Good
Shepherd Hospital, , Hertni
ston, where he was pro
nounced dead on arrival.
Funeral arrangements are
pending at the Burns Funeral
Home, Hermiston.
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