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The race track was long and fast. The cars
were ready, sporting graphite greased wheels
and flashy paint jobs.
Racers were excited as they watched the
preliminary action, waiting on the edge of
their seats for their turn to vie for the racing
title.
With the air of the Indianapolis 500 at hand,
Heppner Cub Scouts topped a month's work
with the racing action of the Pine Box Derby
last Friday evening.
Fourteen boys raced cars down the wooden
track before Nathan Lowe, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Lowe, Heppner, came away with
first place in the double elimination tourney.
Joe Taylor ended in second, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Taylor, Lexington.
Tom Limpo, son of Mr. and Mrs. Larry
McGillivary, was the winner of the car with
the best design. All three winners took home
trophies for their efforts.
The Cub Scouts were given a block of pine
wood, four wheels and as many nails when
they started their projects last month. The
work culminated with the racing at Heppner
Elementary School.
Cub Scouts who participated in the racing
were Marty Brannon, Dwayne Dollarhide,
Nathan Lowe, Joe Taylor, Todd Lindsay,
Marion McMillan, Kenneth Curtis, Greg
Anderson, Tom Limpo, Damon Wilson,
Ronnie Doherty, Shawn Hoyt, Ronnie Klaus
and Kevin Hughes.
Planning commission acts;
Irrigon workshop slated
Meeting Monday in Hep
pner, the Morrow County
Planning Commission took
action on three applications
and tabled two others.
The Commission denied the
application of L.W. Vail and
Co. seeking a permit to
operate a rock crusher and
asphalt plant in a farm zone at
WEATHER
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Fri.
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Sat.
Mar. 19 49 39
Sun.
Mar. 20 51 32
Mon.
Mar. 21 63 36
Tues.
Mar. 22 68 31
Measurable precipitation
thus far in March is 1.42
hundredths of an inch includ
ing .2 inches of snow on Mar.
17. Normal for March is 1.28
hundredths.
the west end of Kunze Road.
Zone and landowner objec
tions were considered.
The Commission also tabled
an application for a con
ditional use permit by Roy D.
Plant for a church in a farm
residential zone at Olson and
Wilson Road in Boardman.
The Commission seeks more
detailed plans of the proposed
Library
seeks labels
The food merchants in this
area who sell Sara Lee prod
ucts are telling customers that
any proof -of -purchase from a
Sara Lee baked product is
worth much to the local li
brary. The library has a long list of
books for young people, which
will be given to it if citizens
bring in the Sara Lee proofs.
The librarian has a Book
Brigade Box to collect the
product proofs.
This book offer will expire
on Apr. 30 so get those
product papers to the library
soon.
building and parking plans.
Also tabled was an appli
cation by Umatilla Ready-Mix
seeking to operate a concrete
batch plant in an industrial
zone near the freeway South
east of the Port of Morrow.
Ownership of the land was
reported in dispute.
Approval was given for a
40-foot set back from a county
road. Gary Grieb sought the
variance of 20 feet in the
location of a proposed farm
building near Lexington.
An application by Wayne
Hodson, of Boardman, to
change 20 acres one mile east
of Boardman on Wilson Road
from a Qualified Farm Zone to
Farm was approved by the
Commission and sent to the
County Court for considera
tion on Apr. 6.
The Morrow County Plan
ning Commission will conduct
a workshop session with the
Irrigon Planning Commission
and other Irrigon officials on
Mar. 28. Purpose of the
workshop is to assist Irrigon
with techniques for orderly
planning in the framework of
rapid growth.
THE
HEPPNER
GAZETTE-TIME
VOL. 94, NO. 12
HEPPNER, OREGON
THURSDAY. MARCH 24. 1977
10 PAGES
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Hospital seeks administrator;
moves with final expansion
The board of Morrow Coun
ty's Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital at Heppner voted Tues
day to hire a new hospital
administrator. The action
came at the request of
long-time hospital adminis
trator Ilene Wyman of Hep
pner. Board member Larry Mills
said the move was made at the
suggestion of Mrs. Wyman.
She felt that increasing de
mands of the hospital pro
gram and proposed expansion
required a new administrator,
Mills said.
Mills said the board praised
Mrs. Wyman for both her
service to the hospital and the
community. She is expected to
continue as administrator un
til a new administrator is
hired and then remain as
assistant administrator.
In other action, the board
considered new preliminary
drawings for proposed hos
pital expansion. The presen
tation was made by Bob
Ewell, Tri-County Health Ser
vice administrator.
Further review of the ex
pansion plans will be under
taken in a meeting scheduled
this Friday, 8 p.m., at the
hospital. The board expects to
approve the plans so that a
certificate of need and pre-
Boardman green light
Representatives from the
communities of Boardman
and Irrigon, along with doc
tors and the Morrow County
Court, have reached a work
ing agreement to seek de
velopment of a medical clinic
in Boardman.
Morrow County will be
asked to earmark $25,000 in
revenue sharing funds toward
development of the clinic. This
sum would be in addition to
$25,000 set aside in last year's
budget for future development.
Present thinking calls for
the rotation of doctors be
tween Heppner and Boardman
and development of the clinic
by stages, to eventually in
clude laboratories as well as
emergency room facilities.
liminary cost figures can be
submitted to state agencies
next week.
The board also voted to
change its meeting date from
Tuesday mornings to Tuesday
nights. The board, beginning
in April, will meet at 8 p.m. on
the fourth Tuesday of every
month.
Mills said the board is also
expected to appoint a selection
committee Friday night in its
quest for a new administrator.
Details of the position and its
requirements will be made
known to the Oregon As
sociation of Hospitals among
others.
(Related story on page 2)
Board approves $3.4 million
budget for county schools
The Morrow County School
Board, meeting in Lexington
Monday night. Mar. 21, ap
proved a budget appropriation
of $3,416,881 including a tax
levy of $1,711,803 outside the
six per cent limitation.
The requested increase, to
go before voters on Apr. 19, is
perhaps the smallest increase
per thousand in recent years.
The increase is based on a
computation of cost to tax
payers of $9.21 per thousand
dollars of property valuation,
a .39 cent increase.
In other action, the board
tabled consideration of a
negotiated agreement for cer
tificated personnel for the
purpose of reviewing several
items prior to a final draft.
The final draft will be cir
culated to all teachers in the
district.
. The board reviewed a paper
on athletic program guide
lines relating to length of
seasons, philosophy and policy
of athletic programs within
the District. If adopted, the
proposal would eliminate
baseball from Morrow County
schools at the junior high
level.
Resignations were accepted
from two teachers. Clifford
Williams, 62, sixth grade
teacher at lone, submitted a
letter of resignation effective
at the end of the current year.
His letter was accepted.
A letter of appreciation was
directed from the board to
Williams.
The resignation of Rebecca
Randall, Heppner physical
education teacher, was ac
cepted. Miss Randall plans to
move to Ontario.
In other action, the board
approved a negotiated agree
ment with classified employ
ees and payment of bills
totaling $65,018.56. The bills
include $1,139.46 from bud
geted funds under government
assistance programs.
The board also:
.Approved a continuing re
solution for membership in the
Oregon State Athletic Associa-
lone wheat rancher
new ag board prexy
Milton Morgan, lone wheat
rancher, was elected chair
man of the State Board of
Agriculture by members of
the board during a two-day
meeting concluding Thursday,
Mar. 17, at Salem.
Morgan began his six-year
term on the board in January,
1975.
Leona Gilmour, Salem con
sumer representative on the
board, was elected vice chair
man. She is currently serving
her second term on the board,
which will expire in 1981.
Morgan succeeds Garland
Meador, Baker (a retired
Grant County rancher), and
Mrs. Gilmour was elected to
the office formerly held by
Morgan.
Terms of office are one
year.
Cowbelles observe 20th anniversary
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Morrow County Cowbelles will celebrate 20 years of work in beef production and promotion
this year. The 1957 slate of officers was comprised of, from left, Violet Swaggart, first vice
president; Shirley Rugg, third vice president; Emma White, president, deceased; Dorris
Graves, secretary-treasurer; and Norma French, second vice president.
Morrow County Cowbelles will celebrate the anniversary this Saturday, Mar. 26, with a
potluck dinner and dance at the American Legion Hall in Heppner beginning at 6:30 p.m. All
livestock producers and cattlemen are invited.
tion.
.Set three years as the term
of office for advisory commit
tee members.
.Authorized the superintend
ent to seek Title I funds of
approximately $35,000 for the
coming school year for use in
Irrigon, Boardman and lone.
Reports at the session
indicate that recently con
structed school buildings at
Boardman are close to final
acceptance from the contrac
tor. Final acceptance of the
shops at lone and Heppner,
and recent construction at
Irrigon, still require more
work before final acceptance
by the District.
Heppner
hires utility
foreman
The Heppner Common
Council in a special session
Tuesday night hired Donald J.
Penney of Kennewick, Wash.,
as city utilities foreman.
According to Mayor Jerry
Sweeney, the selection was
made from among eight ap
plications including three with
outstanding qualifications for
the job.
Penney, 33, is married and
the father of three children.
His work history includes
employment with the Depart
ment of Public Works for the
community of Saugerties,
New York, where he spent
four years maintaining sew
ers, parks, public streets and
water works.
For eight years, Penney was
employed as a foreman with
an Albany, N.Y., contracting
firm. He has also worked as a
laborer on road building and
pipeline projects and built
homes both with contractors
and as an independent con
tractor. According to the mayor,
Penney is familiar with a
variety of machinery as well
as electrical and plumbing
structure. The Council gave a
good deal of consideration to
the record of supervision
among the applicants.
The hiring follows the recent
resignation of Ralph Marlatt
as city utility foreman.