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Area socked in by icy fo
Partly cloudy skies greeted
some of the southern portion
of Morrow County for the first
time in three weeks Wed
nesday while electric com
pany crews continued to
remove ice from power lines
in the Condon area of Gilliam
County. Tuesday, more than
80 to 85 persons were at work
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VOL. 94, NO. 6
Neighborhood
The Neighborhood Center,
headquartered in Heppner, is
moving this week from the
Gilliam-Bisbee Building in
Heppner to the old Howell
Market location next door to
Community theatre
group planned for area
A meeting of persons inter
ested in forming a community
theatre group in Heppner has
been scheduled for 7 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 14, in Room 6 of
the high school.
Michele Portmann, high
school math instructor, said
that six plays will be reviewed
at the Monday meeting.
The six plays are in the field
of mystery and drama and
Drought to be discussed
at special growers meet
A special meeting for area
wheat growers is scheduled in
Pendleton Feb. 18 to answer
questions concerning the best
farm practices under present
conditions of dry weather and
droughts, the Oregon Wheat
Growers League reports.
The session is being planned
by Dr. Norm Goetze, Oregon
State University Extension
agronomist. He will provide
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Volunteer workers remodel the
81st annual celebration, stated
other civic activities.
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supporting Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op crews in the
area.
The continual fog coupled
with heavy ice buildup inter
rupted services of television,
telephone and power as fog
persisted for nearly three
weeks in portions of Morrow,
Gilliam and Wheeler counties.
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the Heppner City Hall.
The move came about due to
the purchase of the Gilliam
Bisbee Building by Dick Sar
gent of the Coast-to-Coast
Store in Heppner. Remodeling
were selected for review by a
group of Heppner residents
who have already shown
interest in building a com
munity theatre organization.
After review of the six
plays, people attending the
Monday session can take part
in selecting a play for pro
duction. Once a play has been se
lected, a date will be set for
information concerning steps
in handling summerfallow,
when to re-seed, when to
decide to let a stand go, and
best varieties for withstanding
unseasonable dry weather.
The meeting will be held
beginning at 9:30 a.m. in
Pendleton at the Indian Hills
or the Harvester. Final se
lection of the meeting location
is to be announced next week.
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upstairs part of the Heppner Elks' Lodge in preparation for the
for later this month. The big room will be used for lodge and
(Gazette-Times photo)
In Condon, schools were
closed and the Heppner based
Co-op moved to shake power
lines free. Four to five inches
of ice would build up on lines
in the space of one night.
Dave Harrison, Co-op man
ager, moved from the Hep
pner office to Condon to direct
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1977
Center finds new
for the new Coast-to-Coast
Store location is already
underway.
A major difficulty encoun
tered in the move centers
around the program of meals
tryouts.
Persons wishing further in
formal ion or those who wish to
participate in community
theatre, but will be unable to
attend the Feb. 14 meeting,
may call Michele Portmann
and register their names for
future involvement. The high
school number is 676-9138. The
Portmann residence number
is 676-5114.
The League noted that the
Pendleton Branch Experi
ment Station, which has been
keeping moisture records for
48 years, reports the lowest
year ever on their record. Dr.
Chuck Rohde, plant breeder,
said the previous low was four
inches from September into
early February. This year the
total at the station has been
only three inches for the same
period.
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the work of the various crews.
"This is the fourth time this
year for line shaking," Harri
son said. "Most say it is the
worst they have seen. Others
say something like this occur
red about 35 years ago." .
Users were without electric
service while power was
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for senior citizens supplied
from the Center in both Hep
pner and lone. Since the move
was not contemplated in time
for budget allowances, the
Center faces the need for
development of new kitchen
facilities to provide the four
meals it now serves each
week.
Pat Brindle, who directs
activities of the Center, said
kitchen development cost?
have been estimated at about
$2,500. Community response
has already come in the form
of several offers to help with
the task of moving and
promises of financial or other
assistance from St. Patrick's
Catholic Church, Heppner
Church of Christ and All
Saints' Episcopal Church.
Fair open Aug.
Dates for the 1977 Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo have
been finalized. This year's
open class Morrow County
Horse Show will be held
Sunday, Aug. 21, prior to the
official opening of the fair. All
, exhibits will be taken in on
Monday, Aug. 22. The fair
officially opens Tuesday, Aug.
23, with exhibits being re
leased Friday morning, Aug.
26. The first rodeo show will be
Friday evening. Rodeo shows
will be held on Saturday and
Sunday, Aug. 27 and 28.
The theme for this year's
fair and parade is "Happiness
Is."
One hundred eighty-three
volunteers attended the ap
preciation dinner sponsored
by the Fair Board at the West
of Willow restaurant, Satur
day evening, Jan. 29.
Three individuals were giv
en special recognition. Hazel
Bauman was honored with a
special plaque and a plant for
her years of service as the
caretaker of the fair buildings.
Leanne Rea was honored with
a plant for her contributions to
the fair committee. Don
Evans was presented with a
gift certificate for his years of
service on the rodeo com
mittee and continued help
with the rodeo.
Paul Hisler was elected
chairman of the Fair Board
for 1977. He will assume his
duties at the Board's meeting,
Monday, Feb. 14, at the West
of Willow restaurant, at 7:30
p.m.
Membership and committee
assignments have been com
pleted by the Rodeo Commit
turned off to allow ice removal
from the lines. Others in
isolated areas experienced up
to three days without power
due to broken power lines.
Harrison said the bulk of the
work was expected to be
completed by Wednesday. The
situation has been such that
the lines required ice removal
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Shop work has been volun
teered by members of the
Heppner High School shop
class under Ed Hiemstra.
Kinzua Mill has offered to
donate necessary lumber.
Other activities affected by
the move include meetings of
the Area Agency on the Aging,
project council meetings, and
visitation of the Social Secur
ity representative. These ac
tivities will also operate from
the new Center location.
Both the GED, high school
equivalency program, and the
Adult Basif Education pro
gram, toward a high school
diploma, are carried on at the
Neighborhood Center.
The Neighborhood Center
has been located on the ground
floor of the Gilliam-Bisbee
Building for ten years.
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County fair dates finalized
tee for the 1977 show. Bob
Mahoney is chairman of the
group. Bob Montgomery is
vice chairman and livestock
director. Secretary of the
group is Dennis Doherty. The
other directors are Stan
Kemp, court; Merlin Hughes,
prizes and concessions; Lyle
Vxliy
The Heppner City Council in
session Tuesday night con
sidered a petition from citi
zens regarding pedestrian
traffic on Gilmore Street,
ironed out further details on a
20-year franchise agreement
with the electric cooperative,
and approved the application
of funds for the purchase of a
mini-pumper fire truck for use
lone voters asked
to OK $100,000 bond
Legal voters in lone will be
asked Feb. 28 to authorize the
sale of $100,000 in bonds to
procure funds for improve
ment, reconstruction and ex
tension of the city water
supply system.
The polling place for the
election will be at the lone City
Hall and the polls will be open
every other day in the Condon
area.
According to Pendleton
forecasters, the lifting of fog
experienced in some areas
Wednesday may only be
temporary as the high pres
sure system associated with
the fog conditions is relatively
static.
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Icy fog, called hor frost, is pretty, but a time consuming nuisance. Columbia Basin Electric
Cooperative units have been cleaning lines to save a power outage during the last few days
throughout the area. (Gazette-Times photo)
Lowe and John Gochnauer,
tickets and parking; Lee Pad
berg, grounds; Bob Van
Schoiack, barns and races;
Susie French, publicity; and
Max Hellberg and Lee Ansote
gui. The Fair Committee is pre
paring the premium book for
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by the city and the rural fire
board.
The Council accepted a
petition from more than two
dozen residents who seek a
solution to the pedestrian
traffic problem on property
below Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital. Part of the problem
expressed by residents is
from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. on
Monday, Feb. 28.
Passage of the measure to
allow the sale of lone water
improvement bonds will not
only allow for improvement,
reconstruction and extension
of the water system, but will
provide adequate and more
equitable distribution of wa
ter, according to city officials.
WEATHER
High-Low
Wed., Feb. 2 30 25
Thurs.,Feb. 3 29 24
Fri.,Feb.4 33 25
Sat., Feb. 5 30 26
Sun., Feb. 6 32 27
Mon.,Feb.7 31 26
Tues.,Feb.8 34 28
No measurable precipitation.
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print. Almost all superin
tendents have been selected
by the committee for the fair,
but if there is anyone else who
would be interested in being a
superintendent or who would
like to help with the fair, they
are asked to contact fair
secretary Liz Curtis.
continual traffic of school
children and young adults
across private property in the
area. The Council is inves
tigating several possible solu
tions to the problem.
In other action, the Council
and representatives from the
Columbia Basin Electric Co
op moved closer to agreement
The lone City Council adopt
ed the resolution calling for
the water improvement bond
issue Monday by unanimous
vote, according to Mayor
Robert Drake.
Clerks for the election will
be Margaret Morgan, chair
man, Edith Matthews, Laurel
Cannon and Helen McCabe.
Chairman of the Fair Com
mittee is D O. Nelson. Vice
chairman of the group is Mike
Conley and Delpha Jones is
secretary. Other members of
the committee are Dick Sar
gent, Phyllis Piper, Alvin
McCabe, Millie Rauch, John
Mollahan and Marv Clarkson.
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on details of a 20-year REA
Franchise Ordinance which
faces final approval late this
month.
A low bid of $1,037 was
accepted from Lott's Electric
for updating and additions to
electrical wiring at the city
hall and shop. The Council
also approved an application
for grant money to continue a
city-county service and as
sistance agreement for land
use planning in the amount of
$5,710.
It was reported that a
budget committee meeting
will be held Feb. 22 with an
eye to presenting a final city
budget by Mar. 1.
The Council approved pur
chase of a 1975 model fire
truck. The city will put up half
of $24,000 to purchase the
mini-pumper and related ex
tra equipment. The unit is a
quick response rig. Half of its
cost will be paid by the rural
fire board.
The city also completed
annexation of property near
the high school. The parcel
includes about 31 acres.
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