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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 4, 1975)
I' i f - i - ft i V I- . . THE GAZE Vol. 92, NO. Housing The Stale Housing Division announced today that it is accepting proposals for the financing of 600 units of multitamily housing The hou sing will be assisted through the use of the federal Section 8 housing lease assistance pay ments program and will be rented to lower Income Ore gomans. The Housing Division is seeking proposals for newly Hospital "I have always had a job thai retain ed a lot of responsi bility and I have always had to notify m employers of my whereabouts Now that I am retiring from the staff of Pioneer Memorial Hospital I plan on play ing a little." said Bob Uiwe Uiwe was Ihe first hospital employ ee hired and last Friday he turned in his last time card after working for oer 26 years. In !M9lnwe was working as a mechanic in Portland, when he was approached by mem bers of the county court. Thev f V ' t ' J BEGS IE VV ZTZELL U C F ORE K E '.V Z P A P P. LIH E'JGtKC Of; 07-103 : 1 I 4 ' 29 icnn. ni .V . I loans available for constructed and rehabilitated units statewide. In Morrow County, the Housing Division is advertising for proposals for the construction or reha bilitation of a total of two units. These units must be designed to Include three or more bedrooms for families Eligible tenants are indi viduals or families whose incomes do not exceed 80 per cent of the median income for employee asked him if he would consider taking over the duties at Ihe hospital They needed some one with experience in Ihe maintenance of Ihe hospital boilers. Before Ihe hospital was completed l-owe and his wife moved to Heppner He was Ihe first employe at Ihe hospital. For three months prior to Ihe completion of the hospital, Ixiwe worked an average of four hours per day learning about the various phases of construction. He worked with out any compensation. Before the hospital was - t pioneer ll.wpital administrator. Ilena Wyman prtwnU Bob Low with a token of appreciation as he retired from the hospital itaff Friday. Lowe completed 26 years of service, and was the first hospital employee IIII7I ' - . -Tf r- i -' ... ' - M i t t Heppner, OR, Sept. 4, 1975 families in the market area The individual or family will pay tteUcen 15 and 25 per cent ol their family income toward rent, and the Federal Govern ment will pay the difference between the family's contri bution and a fair market rent The Housing Division is 0erating the program with a small stale staff and is using local lenders to accept deve lopment proptsals The lend retires nflicially opened. June II. I'.t."(. Iowe had scrublx-d each and every tile in Ihe hospital and hauled all of the furniture from the depot to the various rooms. Lowe remarked. "If I duln t like the Job I would not have stayed on as long, but I enjoy making people happy." He mentioned thai he plan ned on retiring five years ago: however, the county court refused to accept his resigna tion. His plans for the future are indefinite, although he plans on doing some traveling and perhaps having a little fun. : r , ... - i I I . ' HI L " I MOKKOW COUNTY COURTHOUSE i Can you identify the year? rrn area its participating in Morrow County are Henjair.in Frank lin Federal Savings and Ian and U S National Hank. The participating lending institu tion will provide Ihe construc tion loans and the Housing Division will provide the permanent financing for the project, in addition to admini stering the federal Section 8 leased housing payments pro gram. Developers interested in Villaining more information should contact the Housing Division. IH'partment of Com merce, Iilxir and Industries Huildmg. Salem, OR 97310. telephone 378 4 U: Student numbers increase Morrow County schools opened Tuesday with a first day enrollment of 1.355 stu dents This is an increase of 91 students over last year's enrollment The largest increase in the schools was at the lone Klementary School in Ihe kindergarten class which in creased from 11 to 18 pupils for this semester. The kinder garten class at A C. Houghton, Irrigon, increased from 31 to 37 pupils while the Heppner kindergarten class increased to 42 students In both classes In the two 6th grade classes at Heppner Klementary School there are a total of 60 students enrolled. A C. Hou ghton has the largest single class enrollment with 38 Students. The total number of stud ents enrolled as of Ihe first day in the county are as follows: lone Flcmentary School, 91; lone High School. 99; AC. Houghton. 270, kindergarten through 6th grade; Riverside High School, 227. 7th through the 12th grade; Heppner Klementary School 451; Hep pner High School 217, 9th through the 12th grade. ttt TTnn V. JLMJCiS TV I i 1 i by city council The Heppner Common Cou ncil approved ordinance 395, and repealled ordinance 346, thereby entering into a fran chise agreement with the Heppner TV Inc. for a five year period. The ordinance was read and approved at the regular monthly meeting of the city council Tuesday night and takes effect Sept. 2, 1975. It is in compliance with all of the Federal Communications Commission regulations and ' will be in effect for a period of five years. An agreement between the City of Heppner and Cliff Green was renewed for a period of one year. Members of the common council felt the contract should be renewed for a one-year period only, because of the possibility of the city and county entering into an agreement for the proposed solid waste fill. City altorney Robert Ab rams told the common council that cities have the power to govern through ordinances. Many of their local problems, rather lhan depending on the stale statutes, as long as they do not violate the Constitution. He also staled that cities should exercise their powers and use it or they will 15c 'Drinking drivers" receive fines John Walker, Heppner. was arrested for driving while under the influence of intoxi cating liquor. Thursday by Heppner City Police. ' He appeared before Justice of the Peace Charles O'Con nor, Tuesday. and plead guilty to the charges. He was placed on proluiiion lo the court and his drivers license has been revoked. Larry Lee Hoffelmeyer was arrested by City Police for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Sunday. He apK'ared before Justice of the Peace Charles O'Connor and pled guilty to the charge. He was fined $305 and his drivers license was suspended lor 3d days. Charles Lee Straub. Prine v ille appeared in Justice Court Tuesday and pled guilty to driving while under the influ ence of intoxicating liquor and for driving with a suspended license. Justice of the Peace Charles O'Connor sentenced Straub to one year In jail, suspended and fined him $1,205 for driving while under the Influ ence of intoxicating liquor. He later suspended $700 of the fine. For driving with suspended license he was fined $505 and given six months in Jail. The jail sentence was suspended as was $350 of his fine. MOKKOW COUNTY l( KKASF.S $M.3S7.75 Morrow County Assessor Everett Harshman. reported the valuation for Morrow County has increased $66,357,075 for the fiscal year 1975-72. The present valuation of the county now stands at $193,110,455 for this fiscal year as compared lo $126,753,380 for the fiscal year 1974 75. The new increase in valua tion for the county will determine the mlllage rate for the county's taxes. After the new figures are compiled by the assessor's office they will be sent to the State Depart ment of Revenue. FRKK PASSK.S Senior Citizens M and older may pick up their passes to all games and school activities at the high school. chise approved I Fa!! eventually lose their identity. He suggested that the lib rary board submit any chan ges they may have to the city council for its approval, stat ing that any ordinance be tween the city and the library board is valid. There were no building permit applications, although some variance permits had been referred to the planning commission for its approval. These permits will be acted upon by the planning commis sion at its next meeting Sept. 17. then they will be referred back to the council. There appears to be a difference of opinion between Sladeli Construction Co. and Steve Anderson, city engineer, regarding the automatic con Irols for Ihe city's water system. The council favored allowing the city engineer to meet again with the contrac tor in an effort to resolve Ihe .differences. The Police report showed Ihe Heppner City Police had arrested five persons during the month of August for driving while under the influ ence of intoxicating liquor and had issued 51 traffic citations for the same period. Cite Attorney Robert Ab- ST'7 " fjm m V V '.O' v v t : ranis reported on his recent seminar in Salem as a repre senlative of the City of Heppner. He told the council they had better do something in updating their present com prehensive plan, as it is outdated. He also mentioned the city councils and the planning commissions zoning ordinances should be revised. Most small communities would like to have their com prehensive plans and their zoning ordinances updated, however, the cost is prohibi tive in most cases. The City of Heppner has applied for funds to bring their standards up to date, however, they have received no reply to their request . In other business lo come before the council: -Mayor Sweeney read a letter Irom Marion and Sharon Biddle praising Harve Haskell for his work as the swimming Harvest Festival this weekend 2 " '?zr" -- Kb - Ml. J Windy Allen streaks for home after completing her run in the barrel races Salurdax afternoon at the Morrow County Rodeo. 'K-Tf .:.. XI v i , I - ' V" ... 1 , '..-. w IVI Machau trus lo slay aboard Grubstake in the Morrow County Rodeo Bull Riding competition He was unsuccessful in his attempt. ' ... I V The action was fast and furious at the Morrow County Rodeo. Jack Yocum is Shown here riding One Punch Needless to say Jack did a good job staying aboard. pool manager during the past three months. -Mayor Sweeney reported that he had received com plaints regarding children riding their bicycles within the city without using proper caution. Mayor Sweeney re ported that this is a parental problem and unless the city licenses children's bicycles they cannot enforce the child ren's actions He also men tioned there is an ordinance prohibiting Ihe riding of bi cycles on the sidewalk on Main Street. Mayor Sweeney asked the council s opinion for opening the city council meetings w ith The f'iedge of Allegiance. He mentioned that many cities are opening their meetings with the Pledge to the Flag (luring Ihe Bicentennial y ear lo gain citizen input. The council voted in favor of the mayor's proposal. S t -r- I f -- - ----- f 10 BJffM1 y a 1 f 0 1
