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Apr. 4
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for March 1.28 hundredths.
Total for March 1976, 1.35
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VOL. 94, NO. 14
Dave Moon named Irrigon-Echo administrator
Echo and Irrigon have their
first joint city administrator.
Dave Moon, current plann
ing director for Morrow Coun
ty, was selected last Thursday
from a field of 30 applicants.
He was hired by an unani
mous vote of the two city
councils.
Accidents injure two
in Morrow County
Two persons were injured in
separate accidents in the
Lexington vicinity Saturday
night.
Seriously injured Saturday
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Don Ball, lone, accepts gavel from Darrell Padberg, lone. Ball
was installed as exalted ruler of the Heppner Elks' Lodge No
358 in ceremonies Saturday night, April 2. Ball replaces Forrest
Burkenbine, Heppner, who continues to serve as a trustee.
Padberg, a past exalted ruler, led the public installation of
officers ceremony.
Elks' Lodge
A new slate of officers were
installed Saturday night, April
2, at the Heppner Elks' Lodge
No. 358. The installation
ceremony saw Don Ball of
lone take the gavel as exalted
ruler of the lodge for the
coming year.
Other new officers are Jerry
Anderson, esteemed leading
knight, Hank Pointer, esteem
ed loyal knight, Ed Gunder-
BOARDMAN-The women of the Tillicum Club
will be sponsoring an Easter egg hunt this Saturday,
April 9 at the city park. Four age groups infant to 3,
4-5, first-second grade and third-fourth grade will
search out 720 eggs starting at 9:30 a.m. Riverside High
School students will be on hand to help with the hunt.
Coal plant boosts
employment
Morrow County experienced
a marked increase in em
ployment levels during the
month of February, with a
jump of 380. The February
level of employment brought
the unemployment rate to 4.8
per cent, lowest in the state,
according to the Department
of Human Resources Employ
ment Division.
The February unemploy
ment rate of 4.8 per cent is
down from 6.3 per cent in
January and down 7.5 per cent
compared with February of
1975.
The Employment Division
said the Morrow County em
ployment increase was tied to
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Moon will serve as city
administrator on an alternat
ing basis between the two
communities, one of which is
located in Western Umatilla
County and the other in
Northeast Morrow County.
He'll spend three days in Echo
and two in Irrigon and then
night was Nellie Sanborn, 55,
of 350 So. Dunne, Stanfield.
According to investigating
officers, the Stanfield woman
was walking on Highway 74
installs new
son, Jr., esteemed lecturing
knight, Glen Ward, secretary,
Ed Dick, treasurer, Jim
Nelson, tiler, Dave Barnett,
esquire, Don Isom, chaplain,
Jim Lankford, inner guard,
and Ken Turner, organist.
Trustees are Gene Hall, Don
Cole and past exalted rulers
Everett Kiethly, Claude Gra
ham and Forrest Burkenbine.
Forrest Burkenbine, im-
a moderate gain in food pro
cessing and a major increase
in construction activities at
the PGE coal-fired plant near
Boardman.
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Erwin, Swanson elected
The Heppner Branch of the
American Association of Uni
versity Women elected two
officers for the coming year at
its April 2 meeting.
Inez Erwin, Heppner, was
elected vice-president and
Monica Swanson, lone, was
re-elected branch treasurer.
Two officers whose terms
carry on for the next year are
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reverse the schedule the
following week.
The position is being funded
through a $10,000 grant from
the federal Comprehensive
Employment Training Act
(CETA) and $2500 from each
community.
"This is only a trial posi
tion," Vernon Stewart, Irri
six miles northwest of Hep
pner when she was struck by a
pickup driven by Louie Eng of
Lexington.
Unconfirmed reports indi
cated that the woman and her
husband may have been col
lecting bottles from the road
way. As of Monday, the
Morrow County Sheriff's De
partment had not completed
interviews with all persons at
the scene.
The Sanborn woman was
reported in stable condition at
St. Anthony's Hospital in Pen
dleton Wednesday morning.
She sustained cuts and abra
sions as well as a fractured
knee and fractured arm.
In a second accident Satur
day, Jerry Rollins, 39, of lone,
was injured when his pickup
overturned between Lexing
ton and lone. He was taken to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner, admitted for obser
vation and released the fol
lowing day.
slate for 1977
mediate past exalted ruler of
the Heppner lodge, was pre
sented with a special plaque in
recognition of his service.
A standing ovation was
given to Glen Ward in recog
nition of his 20 years in the
post of secretary.
Reception
set for
Williams
There will be a program and
reception honoring Clifford
Williams, who will retire at
the end of the current school
year.
Williams taught in Echo
Schools for three years, in
Heppner a total of nine years,
and in lone for the past six
years.
The reception will be held in
the lone School Cafeteria,
beginning at 8 p.m., Thursday,
April 14, following a short
Cardinal Club meeting.
All parents, students and
friends are invited to attend.
Linda Johnson, Heppner,
president, and Karen Beck,
lone, secretary.
Several business matters
were discussed by the mem
bers. An important committee
report based on a thorough
study of south-Morrow con
sumers and grocery buying
was given by committee
chairman Anne Doherty.
THURSDAY,
gon mayor, reminded Moon
last Thursday. Should CETA
funds run out, the communi
ties would have to abandon
the position. Moon will not
have the power to hire and
fire the city employees he will
be supervising.
Firemen Forrest Burkenbine, chief, and Gordon Blackburn, display Heppner's new
mini-pumper fire truck. The $21,000 unit was purchased jointly by the city and the Rural t ire
Protection District. Similar units are gaining in popularity across the country, based on their
economy and speed of operation.
Boardman sewer
project $1.4 million
The city of Boardman will
receive a $1,415,440 grant
from the Environmental Pro
tection Agency (EPA) for
sewer improvements.
Senator Mark Hatfield and
Congressman Al Ullman said
in a joint statement that the
City budget defeated
by seven vote margin
By Tom Franks
By a margin of seven votes,
electors in Heppner defeated a
proposed city budget increase
of $46,445 outside the six per
cent limitation. The vote tally
was 136 to 129.
Several city councilmen
indicated they might not seek
to put the measure to a second
vote. The alternative is a cut
into personnel and services.
The general consensus is that
cuts will begin with the police
department and extend across
the entire range of city ser
vices. The election returns will be
canvassed tonight, Thursday,
April 7, at 7 p.m . Following the
canvass, the budget commit
tee will meet at 7:30 p.m. to
Egg hunt
The annual Elks' Eas
ter Egg Hunt will be
held Saturday, April 9.
10 a.m., for pre-schoolers
and school children
in grades one through
four, Don Ball, exalted
ruler, announced.
The hunts will take
place in three locations.
The pre-school hunt will
be at City Park near the
library. The hunt for
grades one and two will
be at the County Court
house. Grades three and
four will have their hunt
at the Junior High lower
field.
APRIL 7, 1977
Echo and Irrigon were
mainly interested in hiring a
city administrator to help
seek out and process grants.
Because of rapid growth in
their areas, the communities
also felt pressured to seek
assistance in their urban
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grant will help pay for the
construction of an interceptor
and non-discharge treatment
lagoon facility. The grant will
help pay for the final con
struction stage, as well as
reimburse the city for earlier
planning and design work.
consider what action will be
taken.
Heppner has voted no on tax
increases consistently during
the past two years.
The council, along with the
budget committee, sought an
increase in the levy of about 75
cents per $1,000 over last year.
The budget included a six per
cent salary increase for city
employees.
If a decision is made to trim
the budget further, it is ex
pected that cuts will come
from all services, including
police, recreation, street
maintenance, library, etc.,
with little or no change in
services essential to health,
basic administration and fire
protection.
Saturday
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HEPPNER.
planning efforts.
"The only real problem I
see working for the two
communities is geographic,"
Moon said. "A set schedule
may not fit the bill but it is
something to get used to and
adjust." His Echo office will
be at the city hall. In Irrigon
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"Adequate sewers are nec
essary for any economic
growth at Boardman as well
as improving the basic quality
of life," the two men said in
their statement. "This project
will create construction jobs
as it is being built while
providing a capital improve
ment after it is completed."
The program to obtain a
sewer grant has been on
going since September 1973.
Actual application to EPA
was made March 9, 1976.
Boardman residents cur
rently use a three million
gallon lagoon which was de
signed for a maximum of 500
people. A one million gallon
aeration lagoon was added in
1974. Boardman's current
population is in excess of 1000.
The grant will be for the
purchase and building of a
lagoon and irrigation-to-land
system. Treated sewer water
will be contracted to local
farmers for irrigation purpo
ses. "The new system is hoped
to be under construction by
July or August," said Jim
Thompson, city manager. It
will be capable of serving 4000
to 5000 people and will be
located two and one-half miles
east of Boardman next to the
existing Bonneville Power
substation.
The non-discharge system
is an attempt to meet the 1980
goals and guidelines of the
EPA, according to Thompson.
Those rules seek an abolition
of discharge into navigable
waters.
The Department of Envi
ronmental Quality (DEQ) will
contribute about $300,000 to
cover the local cost of the
project. Boardman will now
enter into negotiations with
DEQ over $40,000 in addition
al funds which the city had
expected to be included with
the grant.
"It's all a matter of inter
pretation of the EPA rules,"
explained Thompson.
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he'll work out of Morrow
County's new building.
Before beginning his new
job. Moon will have to be
unemployed for 15 days in
order to comply with CETA
requirements. Although the
position is funded for $15,000,
only $12,000 will go toward
his salary. The remaining
Lexington trio plan
Angus show journey
Three Lexington youngsters
are scheduled to take part in
the Western Regional Junior
Angus Heifer Show set for
May 1 in Reno, Nev. The three
junior members of the Amer-
New shop
open house
set Monday
Heppner High School
will be the scene of
activity Monday eve
ning, April 11.
At 7:30 p.m., inter
ested persons can meet
in the cafetorium and
hear Jim Ackley and
Company play music.
Following that, Morrow
County Superintendent
Matt Doherty will ex
plain the upcoming
school district budget.
An open house of the
new shop facilities at
the high school, com
plete with refresh
ments, will wind up the
evening.
Kinzua eyes
operation in
Kinzua Corporation expects
to resume normal operations
in its Heppner plywood section
in mid-May, following a layoff
initiated last week, it was
learned Tuesday.
Unconfirmed reports last
week indicated that some 50
persons were subject to layoff
in the plywood operation.
Wheat League slates
Lexington workshop
The Morrow County Wheat
League will have their annual
spring workshop beginning at
7 p.m. on May 4 in the
Lexington Grange Hall, Tom
my Martin, of Lexington,
county Wheat League presi
dent, said this week.
Martin said the evening
program will feature Don
Rydrych, weed research
agronomist, from the Pendle
ton Experiment Station. Ry
drych will speak on dryland
non-tillage and reduced tillage
wheat production. "This is the
year we could really use some
of these practices," Martin
noted.
"James Johnson, The Dal
les, chairman of the Oregon
WTieat League Safety, Con
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$3,000 will be used for expens
es. Moon is a graduate of
Hermiston High School and
Eastern Oregon State Col
lege. He received a bachelor
of science degree in commun
ity services. He has worked as
the Morrow County planning
director since 1974.
ican Angus Association, Julie,
Ken, and Geri Grieb, are
among 77 boys and girls from
eight states who have entered
102 Angus heifers in the show,
reports Lloyd D. Miller, ex
ecutive secretary of the Amer
ican Angus Association.
The show is the largest
Western Regional ever held. It
is well above last year's
record entry of 84 animals
from 59 young Angus breed
ers. Show judge will be Herald
Catlin from Yakima, Wash.
Interest is particularly high
in this year's show because
the Western National Futurity
has been designated the Na
tional Angus Show of 1977. A
large number of the junior
members have also entered
their heifers in the big
national event, a once in a
lifetime opportunity for many
of them.
The junior heifers must ar
rive in Reno by noon, Satur
day, April 30, and a special
party for all exhibitors is
planned. The show will be on
Sunday, May 1, with the com
bined Western National Futur
ity and National Angus Show
set for Monday and Tuesday,
May 2 and 3.
normal
May
A spokesman for Kinzua
said this week that "a layoff
was initiated last week in
volving the graveyard shift in
the plywood operation." The
number involved was not dis
closed. "Normal operation is ex
pected to resume when log
ging begins, approximately
May 15," the spokesman said.
servation and Health Commit
tee, will bring us up to date on
where we stand with the
Occupational Safety and
Health Act and what the
Wheat League is doing to deal
with OSHA. This presentation
will include what the farmer
has to look for in the future
concerning this state bureau,"
Martin said.
"Harold Kerr, Morrow
County agricultural agent,
will review the cost of wheat
production for the county last
year," Martin added.
"Refreshments will be
served after the meeting by
the Morrow County Wheat
hearts. We expect to have a
good turnout, as it should be a
very informative meeting,"
Martin said.