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Election is July 29
New city charter
need explained
The revised city charter
which Heppner voters will be
asked to decide In an election
July 29 was explained to
Chamber of Commerce mem
bers Monday by City Attorney
Ruber! Abrams.
"The proposed charter is
based on a model charter used
by the League of Oregon
Cities." Abrams said. The
present charter has been in
effect since 1918 Its contents
are explicit and detailed
However, laws enacted by
successive legislatures and
rulings made by the courts
iiau' nullified many of the
provisions of the present
charter. Courts. Abrams
pointed out. have consistently
upheld that lengthy and detail
ed contents are no longer
required in city charters.
"According to the present
charter, many of the council's
actions could be questioned in
a court of law ." Abrams said.
Mathew Doherty
Superintendent
a native of lone
A native of Morrow County
has been named as the new
superintendent of the Morrow
County Schools.
Mathew Doherty, a 1945
graduate of lone High School
and currently assistant super
intendent of the Hermiston
Public Schools, was officially
hired to the Morrow County
position at a special meeting
of the school board in Hermis
ton Monday night.
Doherty has 22 years' exper
ience in the field of education.
He graduated from Eastern
Oregon College after which he
taught high school science and
did some coaching at Elgin for
four years. He holds both
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"We are simply trying to
legalize the council actions
now and in the future."
Some of the outmodeled
features of the present charter
have been pointed out in the
Gazette-Times on several oc
casions recently, one of which
is the listing of a laundry as an
"offensive occupation." An
other regulates the driving of
horses and cattle through the
city.
The proposed charter would
allow the council the power of
control through motions rath
er than by ordinances. This
would give the council power
to act and to react to changes
and conditions as they appear.
Abrams emphasized that
while the present charter is
outdated, its revision has
nothing to do with city
ordinances already enacted.
All existing ordinances will
stand and be enforced.
Adoption of the new charter
elementary and secondary
education degrees.
After teaching in Elgin.
Doherty returned to EOC to
earn his masters degree in
elementary school adminis
tration. For the next 15 years
he was an elementary school
. principal in the Herjniston
school district, during which
time he received his super
intendent's credentials from
the University of Oregon.
Doherty was then promoted
to administrative assistant of
the Hermiston Public Schools
and later to the position he
currently holds. His primary
areas of interest in that
position have been curriculum
development, special pro
Market plans okayed
Del Piper, Lexington, was
granted a zone change for a
three-acre parcel of land 1,500
feet from the city limits of
Heppner for construction of a
supermarket at a meeting of
the Morrow County Planning
Commission Monday night.
The site of the proposed
supermarket is on Highway
74.
The zone change was from
farm residential to commer
cial, and approved after Piper
presented detailed plans for
the project, including ingress
and egress from the highway.
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The waters of Willow C reek, meandering through this valley,
makes a peaceful setting at dusk.
will not affect city ordinances.
"We are not throwing out
everything that is old for the
sake of adding everything
new," Abrams said.
Copies of the proposed
revised city charter are avail
able at the city hall for voters
to inspect. Other copies are on
display at the post office,
Murray's Drug and other
business firms in town.
Voting will be from 8 a.m. to
8 a.m. A facsimile ballot is
published in this issue of the
Gazette-Times.
Randall Peterson invited
the public to a meeting on July
30 at the courthouse to help
formulate plans for Morrow
County's participation in the
nation's Bicentennial Cele
bration. Robert Lamb of Eastern
Oregon Farms is tentatively
scheduled to address the
Chamber of Commerce at
next Monday's meeting.
grams, attendance, transport
ation and cafeteria.-
Doherty and his wife, Doris,
have three children, Kathy,
19, Susan, 17, and Steve, 16.
His wife is a special reading
teacher in the Hermiston
School District.
Doherty was active in sports
as a student at lone High
School. He has continued his
interest in sports, and is an
avid sportsman. He terms
himself an "old car bug" with
several as yet unrestored cars
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The Dohertys hope to locate
somewhere in the north end of
Morrow County. He will begin
his duties in the Lexington
Office Aug. 1.
Harold S. Hadley, Irrigon,
requested a conditional use
permit to construct a 15-pad
trailer park for rental only. It
would be constructed near the
existing trailer park which
now contains nine pads. The
permit would change the
zoning from farm residential
to a mobile home park. It was
postponed until Aug. 26 when
Haley will present plans
showing the required setbacks
and off-street parking require
ments of the commission.
Hadley had failed to bring
the plans to the meeting.
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Rodeo Princess Patricia VanSchoiack
When Fair and Rodeo
Princess Patricia VanSch
oiack says "Come to the fair;
see what Morrow County kids
can do," she knows what she's
talking about, With the Bob
VanSchoiack family the Mor
row County Fair is a major
production.
When Princess., Patricia,
with nine years of 4-H exper
ience to her credit, leads her
steer into the auction ring on
the Thursday night of fair
week, five other VanSchoiack
brothers and sisters will be
putting their animals up for
sale too. Brothers Bill. 16, and
Dan. 14. have a reputation of
providing strong competition
in the ring, as does their
sister. Younger sisters Kath
leen. 13. Marie. 12, and Anne,
11. aren't far behind. All are
active members of the Goose
berry Livestock Club.
Adding moral support from
the sidelines will be Mrs. Van
Schoiack. better known as
Kattie. accompanied by the
expert of the bunch, four-year
old brother Mike. Helping to
put on the auction will be their
father, Bob. who is also super
intendent of the swine barn at
Girl, 4, dies
Alisa Louise Halvorsen,
4-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Mark Halvorsen of
Hermiston, was fatally in
jured in an automobile ac
cident Friday evening at 6:45
o'clock on Westland Road.
Hermiston, three-quarters of
a mile west of the city.
She was the granddaughter
of Mr. and Mrs. James Farley
of Heppner.
Arrested at the scene of the
two-car accident was Ira
Andrew Nelson, 35, of Her
miston. He was charged with
manslaughter and driving
under the influence of liquor.
Driver of the car in which
the girl was killed was her
father, Mark. The mother,
Mrs. Tricia Ann Halvorsen.
and another daughter, Angie,
2, were in the vehicle at the
time of the crash, but they
escaped serious injury.
.Alisa was born April 5, 1970
in LaGrande, Ore.
Memorial services were
held July 22 at 11 a.m. in St.
Patrick's Church in Heppner,
with interment following at
Heppner Masonic Cemetery.
Survivors include her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mark
Halvorsen; a sister, Angie
Lynn; maternal grandpar
ents, Mr. and Mrs. James
Farley; and paternal grand
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis
Halvorsen.
Donations may be made to a
memorial scholarship fund in
Alisa's memory at the Bank
of Eastern Oregon.
In Heppner for the services
were Mrs. Norman Hoxsey,
Gresham; Mrs. Hershel
The search for another
doctor for Heppncr continues.
Members of the doctor and
hospital committee met at the
courthouse July 17 to hear
progress reports from Hospi
tal Administrator Ilene Wy
man and Morrow County
Judge Paul Jones.
Jones reported that a doctor
recruiter and a representative
of the Seventh-day Adventist
Foundation in Portland met
with the county court and
were taken on a tour of the
hospital, July 16. Jones told
the committee, "We contacted
the Seventh-day Adventist
Foundation in hope of ob
taining assistance in getting a
doctor to settle here. I feel we
will receive this assistance,
though they have some inves
tigating to do first."
The foundation operates
hospitals in Oregon, and in
particular leases a county
owned hospital in Tillamook.
The county court was told by
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he's top hand on the ranch
the fair.
' Wednesday night of fair
week Princess Patricia and
her sisters will participate in
the 4-H style show, Like any
good ranch girl, Patricia is as
much at home in the house
cooking and sewing as she is
outdoors with beef and sheep,
She has many blue ribbons
and awards to attest to her
skills. She has also been
awarded two trips to 4-H
Summer School in past years
and for two years has been
counselor at 4-H Camp at
Cutsforth Park.
Saturday's parade will not
be a new experience for the
VanSchoiack family, for it
has won first place in the
"Best Mounted Family
Group" in the parade several
times in past years. For two
years Patricia was a pennant
bearer for the court and last
year a permanent penant
bearer. When her daughter
rides at the head of the parade
this year a lot of memories
will run through Kattie Van
Schoiack's mind. She was a
member of the 1950 court and
queen of the 1952 rodeo.
When Patricia rides out in
in crash
Townsend and Mrs. Jim
Wiegend, Portland; Mrs.
Alyce Rea, San Francisco;
Susan Lindstrom, San Mateo,
Ca.; Joe Halvorsen, from
National Guard duty; Mr. and
Mrs. Leo Crabtree, Cecil;
Mrs. Carolyn McCabe and son
Jim of Moscow, Idaho; Mrs.
William Gelinas and daugh
ter, Alisa, of Caldwell, Idaho;
and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Crabtree of Tacoma, Wa.
Here Saturday night were
Mrs. Janet Balse and son,
Scott, from Anchorage,
Alaska.
Postal
pajtrons
increase
The postal service has had a
good growth in the Heppner
Lexington area, according to
Postmaster Hubert Wilson.
Rented boxes in the post
office at Heppner a year ago
numbered 554 as compared to
607 today; patrons receiving
mail on Star Route a year ago,
131, today, 200; boxes rented
at Lexington rural station a
year ago, 90, today, US;
patrons receiving mail on the
route out of Lexington a year
ago, 40. today 47; Heppner
post office has 35 families
receiving mail in general
delivery, Lexington has 10.
Wilson said a few boxes are
still for rent at Heppner and
Lexington offices.
the two representatives that
the foundation would not
. consider leasing Pioneer
Memorial Hospital unless the
citizens of the county made a
specific request to the founda
tion for such consideration.
Only after such an invitation
would foundation personnel
make a comprehensive feasi
bility study of the area served
by the hospital to determine
the advisability of leasing the
hospital in Heppner.
Representatives of the Na
tional Health Service Corps
and Oregon State Medical
Board will meet Thursday
morning with Judge Jones.
Mrs. Wyman. local doctors,
hospital board and members
of the committee. Judge
Andrew Leckie of Wheeler
County and Gilliam County
Judge James Burns have been
invited to the meeting. The
corps assigns doctors to areas
in "critical" need. Purpose of
Heppner, Ore., Thursday, July 25, 1974
the grand entry of the Hep
pner Rodeo, her father will be
busy behind the scenes. Bob is
he Wrangler representative
on the Rodeo Board, He has
been president of the Junior
Rodeo the past two years. The
entire family belongs to the
Wranglers. Patricia rides in
barrel racing, steer dobing
and goat tieing events.
This princess is a very
active, all-around ranch girl
with a great love for outdoor
life, horses and cows. She says
she would enjoy living on a
ranch just like the one her
parents operate on Rock
Creek.
The VanSchoiack 's run a
cow-calf operation which won
Bob the honor of Morrow
County's 1972 Cattleman of the
Year. Because Patricia is the
oldest, she rates as "top
hand." For the past three
years she has held down the
job of head rider for cattle on
her father's forest allotment.
She hauls her horse 35 miles to
the mountains and rides
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the meeting is to determine if
Heppner qualifies for this
program.
Mrs. Wyman reported to the
committee that she has been
in contact with two doctors
who are interested in coming
to Heppner and hoped to be in
contact with a third soon. She
thought she would have ans
wers from these men within
the next 10 days. Dr. Don
Blanchard. who was to have
visited Heppner earlier in
July, telephoned Mrs. Wyman
to tell her that he had received
a year's fellowship, but would
be interested in Heppner at
the end of the year of study.
Committee members dis
cussed the idea of subsidizing
student in medical school. The
plan discussed was for the
community to loan a. student
the $10,000 needed for two
years of schooling with the
condition that if that student
would practice in Heppner, a
certain percentage would be
several times a week. A
younger brother or sister
usually goes along to help,
This fall, although she will be
a general studies student at
Blue Mountain Community
College, she will again take
time out to come home and
help with the fall round-up.
When Patricia isn't in the
mountains, she is running the
hay baler (which she really
enjoys), moving irrigation
pipes, running to town for feed
and parts, taking sick animals
to the vet or taking the rest of
the kids swimming.
When she needs to unwind
she saddles up "Charlie" and
takes little brother Mike for a
long ride, or listens to country
western music, reads or bakes
up a batch of banana bread.
A 1974 graduate of Heppner
High School, Patricia esp
especially active on the an
nual staff the last two years.
Good memories of high school
days w ill include annual staff
conferences in Portland and
Eugene. Her favorite subjects
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Charlie Horse. 4-year-old Mike and his sister, Patricia
VanSchoiack, getting ready for the day's chores.
subtracted from the total to be
paid back to the community.
As the loan was repaid that
money would be placed in a
fund to be used to subsidize
another medical student.
Thus, as doctors moved away
from the community, new
ones would be available to
succeed them.
Hospital board and commit
tee members would like to
knowthe opinions of the public
concerning the matters put to
them and discussed. Hospital
board members are Harriet
Evans, chairman; John Pfeif
fer. Hazel Mahoney. Leroy
Gardner and Nona Soweli.
Working with the committee
are Dr. Wallace Wolff. Dr.
L.D. Tibbies. Mrs. Wyman
and Jones. Other members of
the committee are Liz Curtis.
Jim Bier. Don Cole. Mark
Murray, Ada Shiffer. Pat
Wright, Orville Cutsforth and
Nonda Sunday.
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were math and business
courses, but she found photo
graphy exciting. She was a
member of the Rodeo Club
and Associated Girls and has
been on the drill team and a
class officer. She is also a
member of St. Patrick's
Catholic Church.
"Patricia's heart and herit
age are in the land," says her
mother. Her mother's parents
(the late Pat Campbells)
arrived from Ireland in 1917
and settled in the Lonerock
Valley. About the same time
the VanSchoiack family was
ranching near Heppner. They
had moved to the county from
the Williamette Valley.
Come August Princess Pat
ricia VanSchoiack will wel
come Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo goers from astride
her sorrel gelding. "Ivan."
In the meantime, she invites
everyone to attend Saturday
night's dance and have a good
time dancing to the music of
the Country Revue from
Condon.
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