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Stephen Lindstrom (left), Port of Umatilla manager, discusses log
loading operation at McNary Dam tcith Norman Pallus, log hauler
for Kinzua Corp., Heppner. Kinsua expects to unload about one
million board feet of lumber monthly at the port site and haul it to
its plant atlleppner.
GAZETTE-T
VOL. 94, NO. 25
M
asons invite public to
Worshipful Master Dick
Wilkinson and officers of
Heppner Masonic Lodge No.
69 are extending a special
invitation to residents of the
area to attend the 100th
Anniversary of the Lodge
Saturday, June 25. .
An evening dinner and
program starts at 6 p.m. in the
Heppner High School Cafetor
ium. The dinner will be a
no-host affair, catered by Jim
Rogers of the West of Willow
Restaurant.
Fair premium
books in mail
The 1977 Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Premium Books
were maiied last week to 4-H'ers, advertisers, the last two
year's exhibitors and interested persons.
If you didn't receive a book, you are advised to contact Liz
Curtis at 676-9454 or stop by the Extension Office in Heppner
or Irrigon.
This year's premuim book is dedicated to the memory of
Mary Lindsay who devoted countless hours of service to the
Morrow County Fair for more than 20 years.
Exhibitors are reminded all open class exibits will be
accepted on Monday, Aug. 22, at the Fairgrounds between 1
p.m. and 8 p.m.
Lebush slates
grand opening
Lebush Shoppe II, a clothing
store for women and girls, will
hold their grand opening in the
lower level of the Dodge City
Inn, Boardman, this Friday
and Saturday from 9 to 5 each
day.
Featuring a line of moder
ately priced, quality clothing,
Lebush offers a selection from
more than 20 famous-maker
brands.
Hal and Virginia' Whitaker,
owners of the Lebush Shoppes
in Heppner and Boardman,
said numerous prizes will be
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awarded grand opening custo
mers including merchandise
and gift certificates. Draw
ings will be held every hour
for door prizes.
The shop will carry the
same lines of junior, missy
and queen sizes as the
Heppner store, plus a line of
casual-sport shoes.
"We're very pleased with
the response we've had from
customers this past week and
the ladies seem to be happy to
have their own clothing store
in Boardman," said Mrs.
Whitaker.
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Wilkinson will open the
program at 7 p.m., which
features a reading of the
history of the Lodge by Harold
Becket, who compiled the
history. Each person atten
ding the dinner and program
will receive a copy of the
history and a deer skin
bookmark commemorating
the anniversary.
Keynote speaker for the
evening will be Joseph W.
Jarvis, Grand Master of
Masons in Oregon.
Burns
Don Burns, acting Mor
row County Planning Dir
ector for the past three
months will be leaving that
position effective July 1.
Burns, who has also
served as City Planner for
the cities of Heppner,
Lexington, lone and Irri
gon for the past ten
months, will assume the
position of Criminal Justice
Planner with the East
Central Oregon Assn. of
Counties.
With ECOAC, Burns will
be working in conjunction
with law enforcement agen
cies in determining prob
lem areas and monitoring
crime level activities. He
will also be working to
secure grants for various
programs including juv
enile facilities and boys'
ranches.
Burns will be working out
of ECOAC's office in Pen
dleton where he curently .
resides with his wife Mich
elle. Vacation of the planning
post will force the four
cities Burns has aided to
WEATHER
June 15-21
Hi-Lo
Wednesday 82-48
Thursday 82-46
Friday 88-50
Saturday 90-55
Sunday 88-56
Monday 82-57
Tuesday 82-54
A four-mile stretch of rutted
trail directly north of lone has
been stirring up much more
than dust in the past two
weeks.
The strip of land, located on
Boeing Coroporation-leased
property, has been the subject
of an extensive petition drive
directed at the Morrow County
Court. The petition asks that
the Court consider extending
Ella Road across Boeing land
to the Carty Reservoir gener
ating site making it accessible
to potential workers from the
south end. But Boeing
officials have emphatically
stated that the petitioners will
be facing formidible road
blocks. "We definetly oppose and
will continue to oppose any
access to the Boeing property
from the south end," Boeing
Agri-Industrial Vice President
Gene Norton told the Gazette
Times Tuesday.
"We don't want it open to
the public and have no
intention of changing our
position at this time," Norton
said.
Norton cited possible haz
ards to the public which could
result from Boeing's tests and
research in the area as the
reason for the firm stand. He
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Entertainment will be prov
ided by the Heppner High
School Swing Band with vocal
selections by Jim Ackley and
Shannon Kelly.
During the afternoon Satur
day, the Lodge Hall, located
on Willow Street behind Gard
ner's Men's Wear, will be open
to the public for viewing.
"We wish to stress that this
is a community affair and
want to extend a warm
welcome to everyone," said
Wilkinson.
resigns
look elsewhere for assit
ance in planning. Burns
has been working with the
local planning commis
sions in compiling guide
lines for the citys' compre
hensive plans. The four
cities have been contrac
ting his services through
the county.
Joint
A little more than l'i
months after going to work as
joint city administrator for
the communities of Echo and
Irrigon, Dave Moon handed in
his resignation last Thursday.
He will officially leave the
position July 1.
Krolls plan July 5
opening for store
Bob and Phyllis Kroll of
Heppner announced this week
the opening of a new depart
ment store at 167 N. Main.
July 5 has been set as the
opening date.
The new Heppner business
will be called Kroll s Depart
ment Store and will feature a
basic line of ready-to-wear
clothing for men, women,
children, toddlers and infants.
The store will also carry a
said present tests involving jet
engines and solar energy are
not hazardous "from that
distance" but said plans make
it imeritive the area remain
restricted.
Currently, the only access to
the coal-fired generating plant
now under construction is the
Power Road from Boardman
which is strictly regulated by
a guard station.
"I have complete control of
access from the north and I'm
not interested in implement
ing the same guard situation
from the south the distance
from our base of operations is
too great," Norton said.
Petitions won't
help road
When asked about the cur
rent petition drive, Norton
said he was "tired of people
running around with petitins
trying to ram this road down
my throat because it isn't
going to work."
He expressed a willingness
to talk the issue over with the
interested parties but said no
one had approached him on
the subject.
As it stands, the County
lone sewer plan
first stage
lone is nearing the end of
the initial phase in a
three-step process ultimat
ely aimed at providing a
new sewer system for the
city.
Currently, the details are
beir.g handled by the Tenn
ieson Engineering Corp.,
and according to Tennieson
spokesman Donald Rhode,
the environmental impact
survey is completed and
ready for submittal to the
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the
Department of Environ
mental Quality (DEQ)
for final approval.
The next step for The
Dalles-based engineering
firm will be the overseeing
of federal grant applica
tions that would provide a
major portion of the finan
cing for the project.
The impact and feasibil
ity study already comp
leted by Tennieson is
estimated at a cost of
planning post
Burns said one option
would be for the cities to
enlist the services of
ECOAC planners where
pertinent information is
more readily available. All
four cities are now near the
completion of the inventory
stages of their comprehen
sive plans and will soon be
Mgr. Quits
"It was just that the
running back and forth be
tween the two communities
was getting to be too much for
me. There was never enough
time to really accomplish
anything for either city,"
Moon stated.
complete line ol domestics,
such as sheets and towels.
"We will open with pretty
much basic lines of clothing,
including some fashion mer
chandise," said Kroll, "but
we'd like to see what the
community wants from it's
department store and we will
then order stock accordingly.'
He added that a complete
size selection will be offered in
all departments.
Court, soon to be the recipient
of the petitions, is in a
virtually helpless position.
The disputed roadway is
located on private property
and therefore completely out
of the Court's jurisdiction.
Norton said that after a
similar petition drive last year
he was contacted by County
Judge Paul Jones but added
he never actually saw any
peititons and the issue was
soon dismissed.
'Til get a hold of D.O.
Nelson as soon as he takes
office and tell him the same
thing I told Jones," Norton
said. "The road area is
simply not available."
The property is now leased
from Boeing by Portland
General Electric which em
ploys 420 workers in the
construction phase of the
plant. Employment is expec
ted to increase to 800 by late
next year.
A PGE spokesman from the
corporation's Condon office
indicated that PGE "has very
little to say one way or the
other on the road."
"Everything is covered by
our lease with Boeing and its
not appropriate at this time
$6,80025 per cent of which
will be paid from city
funds. The remainder is
covered by an already
approved EPA grant.
Two major grants are
now pending for the bulk of
the sewer system finan
cing. One grant request, sub
mitted to EPA, would
cover 75 per cent of the est
imated $365,000 needed to
build the treatment fac
ility. Another grant is
pending with the Federal
Housing Administration
which would provide 50 per
cent financing for the
estimated $348,000 collec
tion system.
According to lone Mayor
Robert Drake, a city bond
election would be needed to
come up with the funds
necessary for the city's
portion.
Rhode said the city is
"looking at one year at
least before any definite
moving into drafting the
actual plans.
Replacing Burns will be
Dave Moon who will return
to his former position as
County Planning Director
after completing a three
month term of duty as the
joint City Administrator
for the cities of Echo and
Irrigon.
Neither council has had
time to meet on this recent
development. No regular
meeting is slated before Moon
is scheduled to leave. Mayors
of both communities are cur
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A grand opening has been
scheduled for July 8-9 to
coincide with Heppner mer
chants Sidewalk Sales Day
July 8. Details of Kroll's
grand opening will be announ
ced at a later date.
The 2,500 square-foot store
is fully carpeted and finished
in dark wood paneling and
off-white with a shingle val
ance encompassing part of the
display area.
for me to say if we (PGE)
would back the road or not,"
he said, adding that a road
from the south "would not do
us any good at this time."
More than a few people in
the lone area, however, are of
the opinion that the road
would do them some good.
"I'd like to see it," said lone
businessman Gene Rietmann.
"It's not going to turn lone
into a metropolis overnight,
but as far as providing goods
and services, the city is
capable."
Presently, the $30,000 per
day payroll generated at the
Carty site is channeled almost
exclusively back to the Board
man area. Only a handful of
workers make the round trip
to the plant from the south
end. Rather than make the
45-mile circuit to Boardman
on paved roads, the workers
take short cuts across the
restricted area on unimproved
dirt paths a practice that
Norton is well aware of.
He said he would have to
resort to digging ditches
across the paths "if it comes
to that."
One of the lone workers at
the plant said the road would
probably bring more people
into lone, "not necessarily to
construction begins," and
added that without approv
al of the two grants there is
virtually no way the sys
tem would be completed.
"The EPA has a list of
priorities for its grants and
although Ione's grant will
be approved eventually, I
can't say if it will come
through this year," Rhode
said.
Water
again
City Foreman Don Penney
has asked Heppner residents
to limit lawn and garden
watering during the current
two-month critical use period.
News
Sidewalk sale set
Heppner merchants are busy marking down merchan
dise in preparation for thier annual Sidewalk Sales Day,
scheduled for Friday, July 8.
Randall Peterson, chairman of the merchants'
committee, said most of the stores in downtown Heppner
would be participating in the one-day event that offers
"very special prices" on regular merchandise.
Peterson also invited any group or organization that
wishes to set up a sidewalk display of craft or food items
for sale to contact him at Peterson's Jewelers, 676-9200.
Nelson in July 1
Del win O. Nelson, newly appointed County Judge, will
take
the oath of office during ceremonies Friday, July 1 at the
Morrow County Courthouse.
Ed Sullivan, legal counsel for Gov. Bob Straub, will
administer the oath at 11:30 a.m.
Nelson was appointed by Gov. Straub to fill the
unexpired term of retiring Judge Paul Jones last week.
The public is invited to attend the ceremonies and
Nelson will be at the Courthouse during the day to greet
visitors. Coffee and cookies will be served throughout the
day.
Burning ban on
Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine announced that a burning
ban for area residents goes into effect immediately.
"Due to the extremely dry conditions and recent fires
we must enforce the city's statutes that prohibit burning
in anything but state approved incinerators," said
Burkenbine.
The Fire Chief noted that burning barrels do not fit into
the "approved" burning device category, whether or not
they have a cover.
"Persons should understand that if a fire gets started
from their burning, they are responsible for all costs in
putting the fire out, plus damage," said Burkenbine.
Burning while the ban is in effect is also punishable by a
fine and the Fire Chief noted that the ban would be
enforced, beginning immediately.
live but just because it would
be more convenient."
"I work with the people out
there and most are quality
people, I don't think they
would detract from the town
at all," he said.
lone Planning Commission
Chairman Fred Martin said
the road would probably have
"the greatest effect on lone,
no doubt, but of course the
effect would also extend
through Lexington and Hep
pner." Others do not look as
favorably on the possibility of
having a direct link to the
burdgeoning industrial area,
but for now the question
appears moot.
Harold Sherer of the County
Road Department offered a
summation for the present
when he said, "there's nothing
the county can do, it can't
condemn right-of-way on a
road on private property or
government property for that
matter."
"The chances of anything
happening in the near future
aren't too bright," Sherer
said.
"If they (Boeing) don't want
the road, it's not going to be
built by a handful of citizens
hollering," he added.
pas
"Ione's sewer situation is
not a real serious problem
now and more immediate
concerns of other cities
might be approved before
this one," Rhode said.
The sewer project will be
included on the agenda of a
special city council meet
ing set for June 28at 8 p.m.,
in lone City Hall.
cutback
asked
Peak demands are now plac
ing overloads on the five city
well pumps and Penney is now
left without a standby pump
for use in case of a breakdown.
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