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Open limited hours... TT TT 7T K Volunteers save Library JULY4 ItENDBNCDA1 THE $m gazette-tim: vol. 94. NO. 26 Petitions gain names "We're getting more names on those petitions every day and we're getting more petitions out because the people are asking for them,. .they want to sign," Beecher Emert told the Gazette-Times Monday. Emert, an lone business man, started a petition cam , paign to open a four-mile stretch of road that would connect the Portland General Electric coal fired generating plant with lone, Lexington and Heppner via 'existing Ella Road. At present, all traffic to the Carty site including trafic from Southern Morrow Numerous persons were hon ored as Heppner Lodge No. 69 A.F. and A.M. publically ob served the 100th anniversary of its organization with a dinner and program at Heppner High School's cafetorium, Saturday night, June 25. Each person attending re ceived a copy of the 119-page history of the lodge written by its historian and long-time secretary Harold L. Becket, along with an commemorative deerskin bookmark bearing the Masonic insignia. After Heppner 's Worshipful Master Richard T. Wilkinson had welcomed everyone, the evening's master of ceremonies Robert C. Kelly introduced guests from the Grand Lodge of Oregon, from many local lodges in this state and neighboring states, and the program par ticipants and their wives who were seated at the head table. Several special presentations were made. The annual Hep pner Masonic Scholarship which is awarded to a senior boy who has proven outstanding was presented to Steve Mc Laughlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert McLaughlin of Franklin News PuM celeb DMV-back in town Representatives of the Motor Vehicles Division will be in Heppner July 13 at City Hall to conduct driver's license examinations and issue photo driver's licenses. Licensing services will also be provided at the Morrow County Fair on Aug. 23 and again at City Hall on Sept. 7. The hours for the City Hall visits will be 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ullman here July 6 Rep. Al Ullman, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, will be in Heppner Wednesday, July 6, for a no host luncheon beginning at noon at West of Willow restaurant. Ullman will be available to persons interested in discussing any government matters, according to Gail Gilmore, state office manager for Ullman. Ullman has been coming to Heppner for the past 20 years and js interested in meeting the constituents, particularly ft mi new to the area. ' Representatives of all Morrow County businesses are urged to attend the luncheon and meet with their representative in Washington. Area residents can take part in a fun-filled evening of fireworks Saturday, July 2 in lone. Again this year the American Legion Post No. 95 is sponsoring a fireworks display at the lone Memorial Field. The action starts at dusk although the Legion Auxiliary will have the Snack Shack and sparkler stand open before the fireworks start. Plan to attend.. .and if you're traveling this holiday weekend. ..make it a happy one, drive carefully. mm HEPPNER, OREGON county must enter the Agri Industrial Park of the Boeing Company from the Boardman area. A senior Boeing official con tacted by the Gazette-Times last week said the company opposes any access to the Agri-Industrial Park from the south. "We don't want it open to the public and have no intention of changing our position at this time," said Gene Norton, Boe ing Agri-Industrial vice-president. Norton also said the petitions ic9 Masons join in rating Hill. Steve was president of the studentbody, president of the Lettermen's Club, a member of the National Honor Society and of several other student groups at Heppner High. The official District Deptuy's apron used by Frank Sloan for 23 years was presented to the Heppner Lodge on behalf of his daughter Rachel Jackson, Stanfield. Frank Sloan, the son of E.G. Sloan, a very early member of Heppner lodge, began his lengthy and distin guished Masonic career here. Historian Becket was intro duced and told a little about the. writing and production of the lodge history. Three members Herman Winter, Robert Abrams and Dave Harrison then consecutively stepped to the microphone and gave high lights from three periods of this history. Winter began wigh the excitement of the early years; Abrams gave the most histor ically interesting events from the middle years, and Harrison concluded with a review of the modern years of the lodge's existence. The evening's final speaker was the Most Worshipful Grand notes THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1977 8 being collected would have no effect on Boeing's position. Emert responded to Boeing's statement this week with what he termed, "a stepped-up petit ion drive at the public request for the improvement of public lands". "We've got people from all over the county that feel the entire county should benefit from the development of public lands, which is what the Boeing industrial area is," said Emert. "After all," he continued, "Heppner is the county seat and lone and Lexington are noce centennial Master of Masons in Oregon, Joseph W. Jarvis of Elgin. After congratulating Heppner's members, he spoke out con cerning the necessity if involv ing young men in Masonic work. "Don't just initiate them give them responsibilities put them right to work." Nelson takes office Friday There .will be a changing of the "guard" Friday at the Morrow County Courthouse as retiring Judge Paul Jones steps down and his successor, D.O. Nelson, takes the oath of office. Ceremonies will take place at 11:30 a.m. July 1 with Ed Sullivan, legal counsel for Governor Bub Siraub, admin istering the oath. Sidewalk Sale gains momentum Groups and organizations interested in participating in the Heppner Merchants' Sidewalk Sale Bazaar should contact Randall PLeterson of Peterson's Jewelers before Friday, so they can be included in next week's Gazette-Times. Slated for Friday, July 8, the Sidewalk Bazaar is an annual feature promotion of downtown Heppner merchants designed to give customers extraordinary buys on regular, in-store merchandise. Peterson said most Heppner stores will be on the sidewalks with their wares next Friday and outside groups and organizations that would like space on Main Street are welcome to set up a stand after contacting him. Irrigon zoning 'big mistake' Approximately 100 Irrigon residents stonewalled Mor row County Planning Director Don Burns' attempt to rezone 4200 acres southwest of the city from its current one-acre plots back to five and 20 acre farming plots, during a plan ning commission hearing June 27. HEPPNEM PAGES 15 c places for workers to live if they want to... we're just working for the betterment of the county as a whole." Boeing leases the 100,000 acre site from the State of Oregon. In turn, Boeing leases property to PGE for the Carty plant and a large portion of the area is under cultivation by Sim Tag' through the use ot circle irrigation. Emert said when sufficient signatures are gathered they will be presented to the Morrow County Court along with a formal request to have the road constructed. The nearly 200 who attended the festivities sat at ' tables dec orated with Masonic symbolism depicted in blue on white by the Rainbow Girls of the lone Assembly and their Mother Advisor Dot Halvorsen. The public is invited to attend the ceremonies and Nelson will be on hand throughout the day to greet visitors. Refreshments will be served to visitors. Nelson was appointed by Gov. Straub to fill the judgeship after Jones announced last t month that he would retire from the position. An entire 7500 acre section was changed from the five and 20 acre status to one-acre plots in an April 1974 zoning move. A 2500 acre section of that property was excluded (Cont. on Page Five) At its June meeting, Wednes day evening, the 22nd, the Heppner Library Board of Directors completed plans for library reorganization which became necessary because of the defeat of the city budget. Chairman Ed Struthers and board members Pauline Win ter, Myrna Johnson and Mary Pat Lande agreed to accept Amanda Duvall's offer to fund the library for 10 hours per week during the July 1, 1977 to June 30, 1978 year while they work toward the implementa tion of a library district. It was agreed that the current librarian, Justine Weatherford, is to work 10 hours instead of the 20 she has worked in the year City water system fire reserve City officials met in special session Monday to clear the air concerning the operation of the city water system and to determine if recently called for watering restrictions were ac tually necessary. The confusion began two weeks ago when City Foreman Don Penney issued a request for voluntary watering restrictions without first consulting the city council. Since that time ques tions have been raised concern ing the adequacy of the city's water system financed in 1973 by a $450,000 bond issue. City Engineer Steve Ander son, who had a major hand in the design and installation of the system, attended the session to answer questions concerning water operations. Anderson, now working out of LaGrande, said the system was basically what he had wanted although some shortcuts had to be made and some improvements de layed because of the city's ever-present budget problems. "Other improvements are still needed but the budget gets in the way," Anderson said. "This is not a common water system it's a system that doesn't receive alot of attention unless something goes wrong," he said. Penney, in his less than three months on the job, has been getting a rude introduction to the intricacies of the system running into several pump failures and line breaks. "I've seen alot of neglect problems in the system," Pen ney said. "It can work better than it does." Regarding his request for watering restrictions, Penney said he was"merely asking for a little conservation help from the people because we can't pump anymore than we are right now with what we're working with". He said the request was mainly an insurance move to provide a constant capacity in case of a major fire need. St ore opens July 5 Kroll's Department Store a new business on Heppner's Main Street will open its doors to the public Tuesday, July 5, according to owners Bob and Phyllis Kroll. A Grand Opening has been scheduled for July 8-9 to coincide with the Heppner Merchants' Sidewalk Sale Ba zaar next Friday. The 2,500-square foot store has been completly redecorated inside and will feature depart ments for men, women, child ren, toddlers and infants, and a domestics section for the home. "We are planning to open with a basic line of clothing, includ ing fashion merchandise," said Mrs. Kroll, "but we're really interested in finding out the 'wants and needs' of our locan people so we can stock a store exclusively for them". Mrs. Kroll added that a complete size selection will be carried in all departments. The Krolls' returned to Hep pner recently after three years in Patterson, Washington where he was farm manager for Sandpiper Land Company. Prior to that Kroll spent three years here farming with his father-in-law, D.O. Nelson. The Krolls' have two children, Brian, 8, and Kimberley, 6. just ended. She will help train volunteer workers who will conduct library matters during the following hours: Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 1 to 5 p.m., Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and possibly on Saturday after noons from 2 to 4 p.m. During July and August the library will not be open on Sunday after noons. Rachel Harnett, the museum curator, has volunte ered to help at that time if emergencies arise. After several weeks of train ing and practice under Mrs. Weatherford's guidance, the volunteer crews will assume the responsibility of serving library "I'm not saying anyone is going to run out of water, I just want to maintain adequate reserves for our fire needs," he said. Penney said his watering request was not "really a matter of rationing, it's a matter of not having everyone use all their water at the same Groundwater hearings held for area farms A hydrologic geologist with the state Water Resources Department testified Tuesday morning during the hearing on the proposed critical groundwater designation for the Ordnance area that ac cording to December read ings, some wells in the Ordnance area have been rising and that the rate of decline in other wells has slowed down. William McCall presented water level measurements for 46 wells in the Ordnance area with each well showing a small decline or rise. Fourteen of the 46 wells showed in creases. Nearly 50 people showed up for the Tuesday morning hearing, but only a handful testified. The hearing was the second one on the proposed critical groundwater designation for Ordnance. The Water Resources De partment conducted hearings on the Ordnance and Butter It's not straight yet Dad f Q'-0ms" 1 1 v Ul"u "l,m l,-u-mml rf.-".'' "' t s - 1 ! Vi . y - r ' ' f; i ' x5" : '"' ' "" t 5' l - frK I-. ' I r-.. A ) patrons during the 10 hours of operation. Mrs. Weatherford will then work at professional matters during eight hours when the library is not open to the public. She will continue to help Monday mornings' from 9:30 until 11:30 a.m. during the children's story hours. It is possible that after the summer story hours end, the librarian will again serve the public for two hours on Sunday afternoons. On Monday afternoon of this week the folowing persons met with volunteer coordinator Mary Pat Lande and the librarian for a training session : Paula and Bethel Heinrich, questiona time". He cited peak demands in the evening when most people engage in lawn watering, meal preperation and dishwashing as the time when the fire reserve drops lowest. Penney has asked that res idents on the east side of Main Street water on even days and Creek areas in February 1976 and declared both to be critical groundwater sources. A group of Butter Creek farmers filed a suit to get the order overturned and last January the Oregon Court of Appeals reversed the Water Resources Department. The court ruled that prop erty owners were notified of the hearing by regular mail instead of through certified or registered mail as required by the Administrative Proce dures Act. Even though the court's ruling only applied to the Butter Creek area, the Water Resources Department decid ed to rehear the Ordnance proposal as well. Following Tuesday's hear ing, Chris Wheeler, deputy director of the Water Re sources Department said, "we will try to enter an order as soon as we possibly can.. .bas ed on the evidence we have." The state is also proposing water curtailments and Brian Kroll thought his dad. Bob, was a little slow in getting up a sign for the family's new department store so he made one for the door himself. Now if he could just get dad to hang it straight. Sister Kimberley questions her mom, Phyllis, as to when the store will really be open. July 5 is the date Heppner will have a new department store.' Kenneth and Elaine Miller, Jean Ann Turner, Theta Lowe, Carol Helphinstine, and Betty Spaulding. Others who have volunteered to help but didn't make this session were: Ramona Marshall, Adelle LaTrace, Faye Ruhl and Mar garet Hammons. Mrs. Lande said, "The re sponse from community vol unteers is very pleasing and exciting and it is anticipated that library programs will greatly benefit." The library will be closed from 9:30 p.m., June 30 until 1 p.m., July 6. There will be no story hour for the week of July 4. OK ; those on the west side water on odd days. He said he would like to see the arrangement continue until a safer fire fighting level can be maintained. He is currently hampered by a non-functioning altitude valve control in one of the reservoirs which he hopes to have repaired this week. metering of wells to deter mine water usuage. An irriga tion season of, from March 10 to Oct. 15, would also be imposed. Ordnance area farmer Jed die Aylett testified that an extra 15 days at the start of the irrigation season and 15 days at the end would better serve the farmers. Tyler Hansell, another Ord nance area farmer, told the hearing of the County Line Water Improvement Dis trict's $150,000 water re charging project The County Line Water Improvement Dis trict, which was started in October by 10 Ordnance area property owners, involves 4,890 acres of land in Umatilla and neighboring Morrow County. The district is named for the county line that is located immediately west of Ordnance. ble 1 .' vi?
