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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
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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.
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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
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THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1977
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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