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BESSIE WET2ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB - t. i- u a. y i u County voters turn thumbs down College budget wins The Blue Mountain Com munity College proposal for a levy of $1,858,367 to support a $3,318,707 operating budget, passed 4,646 to 3,902 in Tues day's election. The vote in Umatilla County was 4,187 in favor and 3,365 against. In Morrow County, the vote was 459 in favor and 537 against. By precinct in Morrow County: Boardman voted 130 - . - ' - - . - i ' - ; ' j- - W , :-" . .. . J T f V , " .'A . . . : .j - . . - rum--. if ' : n ' - .-4 -v. - . ft'' Vi'T: " i CM",- v-X Two persons escaped serious injury in this collision on Highway 74 west of Heppner Thursday evening, April 14. Car at right collided with the overturned truck. Impact at the truck gas tank spread gasoline across the road. Firemen cleaned up and a 930 log loader from Kinzua Corporation set the truck upright, cutting more than one hour from a traffic jam which completely bottled traffic for 45 minutes. (G-T Photo) Car truck smash injures two, stalls traffic rush A car-truck accident on Highway 74 near Heppner Thursday, April 14, sent two men to Pioneer Memorial Hospital and blocked traffic west out of Heppner the better part of an hour. The accident, involving a light station wagon, driven by Earl Dawson Bonner, 61, of Heppner, and a Pendleton Bottling Company truck, driv en by Donald Eugene Erick son, 35, 115 N.W. 6th, Pen dleton, took place about 5:15 p.m. one-half mile west of Heppner, during rush hour. According to State Police, John DuPont cuts Workmen Workmen started this week to dismantel the old Morrow County Jail in Heppner. The steel lock box which, along with door lock units, will be placed in the museum by the Morrow County Historical Society. The jail lock was patented in Sept. 15, 1874, and the cells were patented in 1878, both by yes, 32 no; Irrigon 77 yes, 55 no; lone 110 no, 65 yes; Lexington 87 no, 25 yes; Heppner 253 no, 162 yes. The race for director in Position 6 on the BMCC board went to Harman D. Springer of Hermiston. A complete tally of votes in both counties on the race for director was not available at press time. Springer took Morrow County. Barbara A. Wright of the Pendleton area was the sec ond highest vote gainer among four candidates in Morrow County. the Bonner station wagon was eastbound when it crossed into the westbound lane in front of the westbound truck. The truck crossed into the east bound lane and was struck on the right side as the station wagon returned to the east bound lane. The truck over turned in the eastbound lane and the station wagon came to rest in the westbound lane. Bonner was cited for driving while under the influence of intoxicants. He was fined $300 and $5.00 costs in Justice Court at Heppner Tuesday. Both drivers were taken to k id kwi r ! I, into holding cell erected in Heppner in 1902. dismantel B.J. Pauly & Brothers of St. Louis, Mo. The jail was erected in Heppner in 1902. The doors are 2-inch and inch flat bar. There were no welded seams in the entire jail. The jail may be renovated to meet modern plumbing and electrical standards. When complete, there will be two Morrow budget defeated (nixed) The Morrow County School District budget was defeated by an 80 vote margin. The school district budget com mittee is expected to meet before the end of this week to consider alternatives. Boardman and Irrigon vot ers favored the proposal, which called for a 1977-78 budget of $3,085,373, up $425,853 over the current year. the hospital. Erickson was treated for minor injuries and released. Bonner was treated for minor cuts and abrasions and kept overnight for ob servation. Trooper Victor L. Groshens said equipment provided by Kinzua Corporation put the truck back on its wheels and allowed the road to be cleared. No equipment large enough for the job was available locally. Traffic was blocked both ways for about 45 minutes or more as ambulance crews, firemen, ' police and ' others worked to clear the highway. t i 41 old jail general holding cells and a special cell for juvenile con finement. Television monitor ing system and other extras now required by law will be incorporated. Work on the jail is being done by MACC Builders of lone. John DuPont and Cliff Aldrich of MACC Builders in lone are doing the work. Boardman voters cast 134 ballots in favor of the budget and only 31 against. Irrigon cast 85 votes in favor and 49 against. In Heppner, lone and Lex ington, vote was heavy against the proposed budget. The unofficial totals in Hep pner were 268 against and 152 in favor. In lone, 105 were against the measure and 72 in favor. Lexington voters cast 93 votes against the budget and 23 votes in favor. The tally for the county was 546 against and 466 in favor. GAZETTE VOL. 94, NO. 16 New utility foreman finds plertty to do April 1, the City of Heppner got a new foreman, Don Pen ney, and along with Don, Morrow County gained four other new Penneys, his wife Ruth, their sons Donald and Bart and their small daughter Patricia. Although the Penney family came to Heppner, they are living at suburban Ruggs in the double-wide home beside the Wright Store. The boys attend Heppner Elementary School and Don spends long hours catching up with work for the City of Heppner. Ruth and Patricia have been some what more homebound, fol lowing the recent move. They came from New York State via Kennewick, Wash. Mosirdma.m LID pl&muv&d It will take a $273,500 payment to meet the cost of the proposed Boardman water line local improvement dis trict. That figure was reveal ed to the city council Tuesday night by city engineer Steve Anderson. Anderson gave a full report to the council concerning the project including property Blood drawing set Monday A blood drawing will be held at the Heppner Elks' Club from 2:30 until 6p.m. Monday, April 25. The goal of the drawing is to fill 115 pints needed to meet the Morrow County quota, according to sponsors of the drawing. Sponsors of the blood draw ing are the Soroptimist Club of Heppner and the Heppner Ministerial Association. Donor requirements include all healthy persons between the ages of 18 and 66. A person over 66 years of age may donate at the discretion of the medical director in charge and with written consent of the personal physician dated with in two weeks of the date of donation. Minor consent slips are no longer required and donors must weigh at least 110 pounds. Te ws Billings in In elections Tuesday, mem bers were elected to three Morrow County school district advisory committees. Con gests in the lone-Lexington district and the Irrigon-Board-man district were won by Paul Tews and Zoe Billings. In the lone-Lexington elec tion, Wilma Cheney won the Cecil position with 201 votes. Pat Wright won the Lexington . HEPPNER, OREGON Don says, "We like it here. It is quiet, the people are friend ly and our family enjoys fishing, hunting and camp ing." t . Don Penney finds plenty to do for the city. A big project now is fixing broken-down water meters. Don hurried to brighten the city park on Main Street before last weekend when many children hunted Easter eggs there. He per sonally saw to the painting of all the tables, the trash re cepticles and the playground equipment. Last week, when he had a school holiday, 13-year-old son Donald came to prune the rose bushes that border the park. description and anticipated cost per property owner. Some 800 to 900 acres will be involved in the LID. The 18-inch water line was initially proposed from the Ranney water collector sys tem, south across the I-eON freeway and into the Board man South development It was to be left open for hook up Eight weeks must elapse between donations. Donors are advised not to come to the drawing hungry and to avoid fatty foods. Persons should not become donors within six months after major surgery or receiving blood or blood products. Per sons receiving immunization Packwood office Senator Bob Packwood's mobile office is scheduled to visit 17 communities in 11 Eastern Oregon counties dur ing the week of April 25 to April 29. The stop in Heppner is scheduled Monday, April 25, at 3:30 p.m. Area residents are invited to present their comments and questions regarding Federal government matters to a staff position with 256 votes, both were unopposed. Paul Tews defeated Jerry McElligott for the lone posi tion. Tews gathered 193 votes to 86 for McElligott. In the Irrigon-Boardman committee race, Zoe Billings received 171 votes to 111 votes for Karen Peck. Bob Byrd, running unopposed, received 266 votes. In the Heppner-Lexington Advisory Committee race, Jim Wishart took the Heppner position with 460 votes. Sharon Harrison won the Lexington position with 394 votes. Gale mm'' THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1977 Asked about hobbies, Don says he fancies scuba diving which he enjoyed in the At lantic Ocean and in the Great Lakes. Ruth's hobby is home making. Donald is interested in marine biology, and Bart collects rocks. Don says that both his sons seem to be mechanically in clined, which pleases him, as this is where his vocational interests have been. Don remarked that he was surprised that the people of Heppner seemed to show little interest in the management of their city, evidenced by the fact that so few of them turned out to vote in the recent city election. by private parties. That plan was altered to direct the line to an existing hookup at Kinkaid and S. Main streets. The 8000 feet of 12-inch and 18-inch pipe will cost each effected property owner $310. "That's about $110 more than we anticipat ed'state city manager Jim Thompson. "But we did add for smallpox, measles, Ger man measles, mumps, yellow fever, or Sabin oral polio, should not come in. Donors must be free of acute respiratory disease at the time of donation and diabetics controlled by diet alone should not donate. Other qualifications for don representative during the vis it. The scheduled time and location of the mobile office in Morrow County and neighbor ing Gilliam, Wheeler and Umatilla is as follows: Monday, April 25, 11 a.m. until noon, Condon City Hall; 1 p.m. until 2 p.m., Wheeler County Courthouse, Fossil; Hughes captured the second Heppner position with 429 votes. Port nod to Carlson In the contest for the Port of Morrow, it was Gene Allen 292, Louis Carlson 427, Mich ael Conley 301, Oscar Peterson 344. Carlson was the decided winner. He farms in the Eight Miles district. In the Heppner area Water HEPPWE IME 12 PAGES Don about 1000 feet of pipe to the line." Josephine Rands' property was eliminated from the dis trict by the council. Council opinion held that Mrs. Rands' property was already suffic iently serviced by city water. A June 7 public hearing will be held on the proposal at 7:30 p.m. in city hall. All property ors will be explained at the drawing. Donors with haz ardous occupations should not expect to return to work for at least 12 hours. These and other Red Cross standards will be observed in protecting the health of donors and providing a safe unit of blood for use in transfusions. to visit 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m., Heppner City Hall, 188 W. Willow. Tuesday, April 26, 8:30 a.m. until 10:00 a.m., corner of First and Main, Hermiston; 11 a.m. until 1 p.m., Union Pacific parking lot, Pendle ton; 1:30 p.m. until 2:30 p.m., Community Center, Pilot Rock. .. 1 s Control District election, Don aid Bennett gathered 1471 votes. Robert Laughlin re ceived 31 votes to capture the two slots on the ballot. One and two votes each were cast for Marcel Jones, Gordon Blackburn, Bud Marshall Dick Wilkenson, Al Osmin Don Evans, Jean Bennett Clyde Allstott, Jewell Hager ancfllaude Graham. There were no contests in any of the county cemetery and fire protection districts. 15 c Penney owners that are effected will be mailed a detailed report prior to the meeting. The LID will be funded through Bancroft bonds. The 10 year payment is expected to run around 5 per cent, according to Thompson. Jim Whitney, Whitney Trailer Court, Boardman, re quested that his court be hooked up to city water. Currently the city is leasing water from the I.M. Docken Desert Springs Estates Mo bile Park development. Whitney's hookup was ap proved contingent cm comple- (continued on page 12) Weather High Low Precip. Wed., Apr. 13 58 41 .02 Thurs., Apr. 14 58 26 Fri., Apr. 15 67 37 , Sat., Apr. 16 55 40 Sun., Apr. 17 54 25 . Mon., Apr. 18 54 29 Tues., Apr. 19 58 27 Precipitation through Tues day, April 19, .07 hundredths, about 1.25 hundredths of an inch below the norm for April to date in previous years. 3 A 1
