County jail
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New laws forcing
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The ice crystal world of Wallowa Lake during the early
spring mirrors the snow-capped beauty of Eastern
Oregon's Wallowa Mountains. (Photo by Glenn
Morrison.)
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By LIZ CURTIS
The 1973 legislature passed
a package of guidelines gov
erning the operation of jails in
Oregon which will take effect
July 1, 1974.
The Morrow County jail,
constructed in 1902, probably
would not be allowed to
operate under the new guide
lines unless changes are
made.
In January, Morrow County
Judge Paul Jones took action
on the problem by appointing
a citizen advisory committee
to study the situation and
make recommendations to the
county court.
Sheriff John Mollahan and
Heppner Police Chief Dean
Gilman told committee mem
bers that the jail is used as a
temporary "lock-up" for adult
male prisoners. The jail
serves as a place to lodge
prisoners until they can be
transported by an officer to
the Umatilla County Jail in
Pendleton, or as a place to
hold an offender for a few
hours to let him "cool off."
Juvenile and female prison
ers cannot be lodged in the jail
because the facility does not
provide a place for such
prisoners to be removed from
sight and sound of adult male
prisoners as specified by law.
These prisoners are taken
directly to Pendleton. Prison
ers in the north end of the
county are usually taken to
Hermiston. Morrow County
pays $7.50 per day for each
prisoner lodged in a Umatilla
County jail facility.
On Feb. 12, Wayne Rutledge
and Robert Prinslow of the
Local Corrections Services
from Salem met with the
committee's representatives
in inspect the jail. Rutledge
returned to Heppner on Feb.
19 and reported his recom
mendations to the full com
mittee. Rutledge reported that the
present jail can remain in use
as a temporary "lock-up" for
adult male prisoners after
July 1, . 1974 if necessary
improvements are underway
to comply with the new law.
The report to the committee
states that the basic physical
improvements to the facility
should include the installation
of an exhaust fan, an emer
gency exit, a listening device,
protected lighting fixtures,
improved shower plumbing,
removal of the wooden table,
cabinet and sink from the
minimum security area, re
pair of the locking devices to
the maximum security cells,
removal of wooden trim and
frames on the larger windows
and installation of institution
al commode-sink units in
place of the conventional
home toliet type fixtures now
in the cells. The plastic
material now on the larger
windows need replacing with a
suitable unbreakable, trans
parent material.
The committee discussed
the need for an area in the
present jail for the booking of
prisoners. At present, ar
rested persons are brought
into the sheriff's office inside
the courthouse to be booked
and fingerprinted. Sheriff
Mollahan pointed out that the
presence of such persons
provides a hazard to other
people in the courthouse.
The new jail standards
specify that three meals a day
must be served inside the jail,
while the jail is occupied. The
current practice of taking
prisoners to a restaurant
downtown cannot be con
tinued. Committee Chairman Bill
Collins has appointed various
people to compile an estimate
of the cost of materials for the
proposed remodeling of the
jail and report their findings
at the next meeting of the
committee which is scheduled
for Monday, March 11.
Abrams
won't run
Heppner attorney Robert
Abrams has announced that
he will not run for re-election
to the board of directors for
Blue Mountain Community
College.
Abrams has served on the
board since its inception, a
period of more than 12 years.
He served as chairman of the
board for two one-year terms,
in 1969 and 1973.
"I feel that the board should
change, have some new
blood," Abrams said, "and I
think I've served my time."
The board was not set up on
a district representative
basis, but Abrams commented
that the citizens of Morrow
County could petition for a
board member if they wanted
one on the board.
"I hope someone will run for
the board from the area. We
really need a strong candidate
for the position."
Four students win
Elks scholarships
Four local high school
students have been selected
by the Heppner Elks Lodge
tB.P.OE.t as scholarship
winners for 1973.
Selected from Heppner High
School uere Dyrk Dunlap,
first award. Greg Davidson,
second award, and Kristi
Haguewood, first award in the
girl's division. From lone.
Joan McElligott placed sec
ond in the girls division.
Each year the Elks award
SI .000 locally to four winners.
First place winners receive
$300 scholarships and second
place winners receive schol
arships of $200.
The winners are chosen by a
panel committee which inter
views prospective scholar
ship winners and base the
awards on such qualifications
as scholastic ability, respon
sibility, activities and leader
ship both in and out of school,
and financial need.
This year's two winners
traveled to Condon Saturday
to compete in the district
scholarship contest. Had they
won there they would have
qualified to compete in the
national contest.
First place winner Dyrk
Dunlap is the son of Lynda
Dunlap of Heppner. Dyrk has
been active in sports during
his four years at Heppner
High School, participating in
football, basketball and base
ball. He is a member of
National Honor Society and H
Club at the high school. Dyrk
plans to attend Yakirna Valley
Community College where he
will major in civil engineer
ing. The other first place w inner.
Kristi Haguewood. has been
active in many activities and
, has received many aw ards for
her high school achievements.
She is the daughter of Hon and
Lynn Haguewood of Heppner
and attended all 12 years of
school at Heppner. Kristi 's
recent awards include being
selected as an Outstanding
Teenager of America for 1974.
Chapter Scholarship Award
lor the Heppner FFA chapter,
a winner in the Elks Leader
ship Contest and various 4-H
awards. She is president of the
Pep Club, vice-president of
Future Homemakers of A
merica, treasurer of Future
Farmers of America, secre
tary of National Honor So
ciety, and student body sec
retary. She accompanies the
choir and has been involved
with girls sports in high
school. Kristi plans on at
tending Pacific University in
the fall where she will major
in marine biology.
Joan McElligott has been an
honor student at lone high
school where she is currently
president of National Honor
Society and secretary of her
senior class. She is a member
ol lone's Pep Club, the school
paper staff and the Girls
Atheletic Association. Joan is
active in girl's sports at lone
where she participates in
basketball, volleyball and
tennis. For nine years she has
been active in 4-H including
the junior leadership pro
grams. On weekends she works at
Beecher's Cafe in lone. The
University of Portland is
Joan's planned college desti
nation where she hopes to
major in history. She is the
daughter of Don and Eunice
McElligott of lone.
Greg Davidson is involved
in school journalism at Hepp
ner High School where he is
editor of the yearbook and the
paper staff. Greg is president
of the National Honor Society,
Thespian Club and senior
class. His parents are Bob and
Mildred Davidson of Lexing
ton. Last year Greg was
selected to be listed in the
annual volume "Who's Who
Among Outstanding American
High School Students." This
year he was selected as an
Outstanding Teenager of
America for 1074, and was a
recent winner in the Elks
Leadership Contest. Greg
plans on attending Northwest
Business College in Portland
where he will take business
courses.
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Vol. 91, No. 2
Heppner, Ore., Thursday, Feb. 28, 1974
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Housing project
wins approval
A preliminary plat of Valley
View Estates, Kinzua Cor
poration's proposed housing
development, was accepted by
the Heppner City Planning
Commission, last Tuesday
night. The plat was accepted
with a variance for the
construction of 22 single unit
dwellings and six four-plexes,
to be built in the vicinity of
Pioneer Hospital.
The motion to accept the .
preliminary plat came after
one and one-half hours of
questioning directed to Ran
dal! Peterson, chairman of the
Planning Commission; Allan
Nistad, president of Kinzua
Corporation, who presented
the plans; and Donald Stae
bler, who engineered the
plans.
One of the first questions
asked Nistad was when he
planned to begin construction
on thesubdivision, should it be
approved. "The need for
housing in Heppner is now, not
in the future, Nistad replied.
Nistad continued, "If the
commission gives me the
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approval on these plans, I will
then be faced with a great
decision of going ahead with
the project, for at the present
time I don't have either a
contractor or a builder."
Although Peterson re
peatedly tried to explain to the
small group of interested
citizens present that many of
the questions they asked of the
commission would be dis
cussed at a future meeting,
the group would not be put off.
Where will the water
come from to supply the
subdivision?
What will be the size of the
paved area of the streets?
Will this project be subsi
dized by any city, county,
federal or government a
gency? What will happen to Gil
more Street with the added
traffic, and w ill the subdivider
be responsible for widening
Gilmore Street ?
Will any property along
Gilmore Street betaken by the
city if the street has to be
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Higher postal
rates due
Saturday
The federal government will
add its bit to inflation bv
boosting postal rates on Mar.
2 for all classes of mail.
First class mail goes to 10
cents, post cards to 8 cents and
air mail to 13 cents on
Saturday.
. .Second class matter, which
includes newspapers, will
have increased rates applied
at intervals over the next eight
years, with an immediate
increase of about II) per cent.
Parcel post, or fourth class,
will be increased on an
average of 6 per cent.
The new rates won't last
long. Another increase is
scheduled for July of this
year.
CC hears FFA
A girl's place
in agriculture
"Womens Lib has hit FFA,"
said Kristi Haguewood, as
she, Kyle Robinson and Barry
Munkers, all Future Farmers
of America students at Hepp
ner High School, addressed
the Chamber, of Commerce
Monday.
Kristi was introduced by her
advisor, Hal Whitaker.
"Girls are no longer just
cooking and taking care of the
home," Kristi said, "but they
are helping do a man's work,
such as patching fences,
welding, electrical work an
many other tasks to be done on
a farm."
"If a woman is capable of
doing some of the repair work
around a ranch, she can pitch
right in and do the job rather
than keep after her husband to
do it when he is busy with
other work."
Kristi became interested in
agriculture about three years
ago and enrolled in vocational
agriculture and shop skills.
At that time there were only
four girls in FFA. Today there
are 12 girls in the chapter, and
of the eight members of the
judging team five of them are
girls.
Kristi then introduced Kyle
Robinson, FFA president, who
was recently chosen as a State
Farmer.
Robinson described some of
the tests and paper work
required to qualify as a State
Farmer. "Only two per cent of
the membership can be
chosen as candidates for the
title, and only 85 FFA students
were chosen as State Farmers
from a total of 270 candidates."
"Not only was my livestock
checked," he said, but had to
be accounted for. The entire
ranch was gone over by State
Farmer representatives."
"Further testing included
my ability to do paper work,
such as math, and being able
to keep accurate records for
most of my livestock.
Although Robinson raises
beef, a complete knowledge of
most types of farming is
essential, including the uses of
various types of tractors,
knowledge of livestock di
seases and livestock farming;
and one has to earn at least
$500 during the year on his
project to qualify as a State
Farmer.
Barry Munkers, FFA judg
ing team member, told the
chamber of his and Robinson's
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Future Farmers Of America speaking before the
Chamber of Commerce Monday were, from the left,
Kyle Robinson, president, Kristi Haguewood, Treas
urer, and Barry Munkers, secretary.