TEN The Gazette-Times. Heppner. Ore., Thursday, May 12, 1977
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The Crusher goes to work smashing car bodies and metal items at the old city dump. The 50,000
pound unit can develop HO tons of crushing pressure. The cleanup of the old city dump involved
about 10 days of work, not counting earlier work by volunteers. Heppner now uses the county
landfill. Also shown is a 950 articulating caterpillar wheel loader with crisp grapplers.
'The Crusher' cleans up in
Heppner at city request
"The Crusher" is in town!
The Crusher is soft spoken
Stuart Abrams of Beaverton,
Ore., and for the better part of
the past week, he and his crew
have been cleaning up the old
city dump in smashing style.
Central to the operation is a
50,000 pound hydraulic crush
er capable of 140 tons of
crushing pressure. Overall,
the work of crushing old auto
bodies, stoves, and other ap
pliances and metal at the old
city dump will involve 10 days
of work for The Crusher's
crew.
The move to clean up the old
dump was a voluntary move
by the city. City trash is now
going to the open county
landfill west of Heppner. The
permit on the present city
dump runs out in September
and the Department of En
vironmental Quality has put
the city on notice that the
permit won't be renewed.
In addition to work at the old
city dump, Abrams and his
crew have picked up about two
dozen car bodies from the
local area.
Abrams said the work of his
two crews is built on service
and repeat requests for en
vironmental cleanup. "We try
to base all our work on good
service. We try to work as a
team wherever we are called
for land site environmental
improvements," Abrams
said.
The hydraulic crusher used
in the Stuart Enterprises
operation is a car crusher.
Abrams has two at work right
now and employs eight people.
One crusher is at work in
Heppner, the other is at Cald
well, Ida.
"We need a minimum of 200
tons of scrap to make a job
economically feasible. The
material is shipped to a metal
shredder in Portland where it
is prepared and sold on the
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domestic and export market.
Most of the metal goes over
seas, to Japan in particular,
Abrams noted.
Abrams said business has
been somewhat slow and
prices for scrap have been
going down, as well as fluc
tuating daily, since he started
into the business more than
two years ago.
Part of his crew is com
prised of Larry Jones, cat
loader, Richard Jackson, in
charge of trucks, and Douglas
Jensen in charge of the
crusher now in Heppner. The
ground moving group is com
prised of Ralph Higgins, Bob
Johnson and Greg Kerr.
Another loader operator is
John Kiecher. All of the men
are from the Beaverton-New-burg
area.
Prior to entering business as
"The Crusher," Abrams
worked in a steel yard. He
grew up in Portland. Despite
the slowdown in business,
Abrams has continued to build
his equipment inventory to get
the job done. Two crushers,
three trucks and plans for
another, and a 950 articulating
caterpillar wheel loader with
crisp grapplers.
With the equipment, they
are able to crush 150 to 200
cars a day. Much work outside
of cleanup, such as that going
on in Heppner, is done in auto
junkyards. Abrams and his
crews now work throughout
Oregon, Washington and Ida
ho and are in the process of
developing some business in
California.
"I would like to get set up on
a regular basis to service the
Heppner area on schedule,"
Abrams said. He has been
talking with city officials
about returning at a future
date to remove metal trash
such as worn out washers,
dryers, refrigerators, stoves,
water heaters, car bodies, or
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parts of cars, worn out farm
equipment, etc.
Under discussion is an
arrangement whereby Hep
pner residents can take metal
items to a central location,
with notice to the city, and
expect The Crusher for their
swift removal.
"Our objective is to become
the most efficient crushing
business," Abrams said. His
image is enhanced by truck
CBEC investment
above average
The Oregon Rural Electric
Co-op Associations Annual
Tax Committee report for the
calendar year of 1976 has been
reviewed.
The total investment of the
Columbia Basin Electric Co
op of Heppner had reached
$8,182,678 as of Dec. 31. The
investment per consumer
member (on the average) has
now reached $2,169.32 com
pared to the average of the
ORECA systems of $2,075.88,
officials said.
The rate charged per kwh is
1.26 cents per kwh for Colum
bia Basin members compared
to 1.32 cents for the average.
Only 3 of the 13 other co-ops
had a lower rate of charge per
kwh for 1976.
The local co-op paid the
least cost per kwh to BPA of
any of the 14 co-ops in 1976.
Good capacitance, good load
balance, and good load factor
are keys in keeping the costs
of purchased power down.
Etinzua Sale
continues
2 more reers
O S-green 2x4 special farm
grade stud. Mixed specie
92" long $50 per unit
(240 pieces)
Heppner Mill
Sold by unit only
Sale ends .lay 20.
The Morrow County Grand
Jury in session Monday in
dicted Michael Olds, 34, on
charges of first degree kid
napping and unauthorized use
of a vehicle in connection with
the abduction of Mary Lindsay
of lone.
County planners study
permits, zone requests
The Morrow County Plan
ning Commission will meet
Monday, May 23, in Heppner,
to consider permits and zone
changes involving property in
Boardman, Lexington and
Irrigon. The session is sched
uled for the Morrow County
Courthouse at 7:30 p.m.
Two applications from Orlin
Kloepper of Pendleton will be
considered. Kloepper has ap
plied for a zone change from
farm residential to commer
cial on property at Irrigon.
A second application for a
conditional use permit, on the
same property, seeks approv
al of a drinking establishment
in the proposed commercial
zone.
Robert Duncan of Lexington
cabs white pin stripped over
red. The custom pin striping is
done by Daniel Donace of
Portland.
And you guessed it, "The
Crusher," the big central
piece of equipment, is made in
Texas.
Heppner doesn't take a
second place as the crisp
grapplers on the 950 sheel
loader were the development
of a Heppner resident .
Losses in getting the power
from BPA to the consumer
member were low again in
1976 at 18 per cent less than the
average of other systems in
the state.
"Electric" margins as a
percentage of revenue were
nearly the highest at 13.62 per
cent compared to 13.65 per
cent at neighboring Wasco
Electric Co-op.
Columbia Basin did not
show much gain in new ser
vices added in 1976. Only
Columbia Power Co-op added
less new services for the year.
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Olds is scheduled to be
arraigned in Umatilla County
Circuit Court Thursday, May
12. He is accused of the
murder of a College Place,
Wash., cab driver in Umatilla
County.
In other action, the grand
seeks a zone change from
qualified farm to farm on ap
proximately 10 acres.
Earl Trudeau of Boardman
Sheriff's Possee
helps bike-a-thon
The Morrow County Sher
iff's Search and Rescue Posse
has agreed to help with the
E.S.A. Million Dollar Bike
Ride to be held June 4. The
Sheriff's Posse will act as
patrol to help persons who
cannot complete the entire 20
miles' ride from Ruggs to
lone.
The posse will also warn
motorists of approaching
cyclists, helping to make the
ride a safe one. The bike-a-thon
will begin at 9 a.m. at
Ruggs.
Alpha Theta officers, spon
sors of the event, said they are
glad to have the support of the
posse in undertaking their
first bike ride to benefit St.
Jude's Children's Research
Hospital.
Alpha Theta of Heppner also
announced that their sister
chapter at lone will act as
co-sponsors of the bike ride.
R & W Drive-In will be
giving a coupon, good for one
free drink, to each participant
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jury returned an indictment of
rape in the first degree
against Sam Consiglio, 25, of
St. Clair Shores, Mich., in
connection with an alleged
rape along the freeway in
Morrow County near Patter
son Ferry Road.
seeks a conditional use permit
to establish multi-family resi
dences in what is now a farm
zone.
in the ride. There will also be
prizes given to the oldest
cyclist, youngest cyclist, larg
est family group and the
person turning in the most
money by June 15.
All persons turning in their
sponsor sheets and money by
June 15 will be eligible for a
prize. The winner will be
determined on June 16 by lot.
St Jude's is a research
hospital for catastrophic
childhood diseases. While it is
most noted for its achieve
ments in the field of leukemia,
there is also research being
done on the influenza virus.
Lisa Wasson
visits parents
Lisa Wasson, who is at
tending Columbia Basin Col
lege at Pasco, was in Heppner
Monday to visit her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Cuts-forth.
Consiglio is charged with
the rape of a 29-year-old
Arlington woman who was
hitchhiking from Pendleton to
Arlington on the evening of
Thursday, Feb. 24.
The grand jury also re
Lexington council meets
The Lexington City Council has scheduled a meeting at 8
p.m. Tuesday, May 17.
According to Lois M. Allyn, recorder, the purpose of the
meeting is to work on the budget for 1977-1978.
lone council Wednesday
A special meeting of the lone City Council has been called
for Wednesday, May 25, 8 p.m., to consider passage of an
ordinance which would provide for the abatement of building
nuisances, Elizabeth Ernst, recorder, reports. The public
session will be held at City Hall in lone.
Keene IHS president
Stuart Keene has been elected president of the student
body at lone High School for the coming year. He heads a
slate of officers including Brian Rietmann, vice president; ;
Jan Peterson, secretary; and Michelle McElligott, assistant
secretary. '
Cheerleaders elected this week are Natalie Tews, Carole
McElligott, Kim Cofenas and Darci Rea.
Elks Calendar
Thursday, May 12
Lodge, 8 p.m.
Initiation
Ladies' Night
Mother's Day Observance
Dinner, 6:30 p.m.
Friday, May 13
Happy Hour, 5-7 p.m.
Saturday, May 14
Dinner, 6:30 p.m.
Live Music
Elks & out-of-town
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turned an indictment of thefi
in the first degree againsl
Larry Gross of Boardman.
Gross is charged in connection
with an alleged theft of casil
from a Boardman service station.
News Briefs
Tuesday, May 17
Senior Citizens, 4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 18
Senior Citizens, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 19
Regular Lodge, 8 p.m.
Fisherman's Night
Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
Men Only
guests only
Heppner, Oregon!
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