The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Ore., Thursday, July 14, 1977 THREE
Lex council hikes fee
It was decided at the last
regular council meeting that
the new water hookup fee
must be increased from $150 to
$250 to cover increasing costs
of supplies and installation.
Truman Messenger
petitioned the city to vacate
all the portion of Water Street
lying between F Street and
Front Street. This was ap
proved by the council. He also,
along with the other individaul
lot owners, petitioned for the
vacation of the alley located in
Block 4, Penland's First
Addition. This was tabled until
next month's regular meeting
so that all interested and
involved individuals can at
tend. New water rates for apart
ment houses and trailer courts
were discussed and a policy
decided upon. Those involved
will receive letters of explanation.
Other routine business and
various complaints were act
ed upon. Youth vandalism has
become increasingly trouble
some about Lexington. It was
the consensus of the council
that some help shoud be
available from the county and
if the vandalism continues the
county court will be contacted.
Individuals reported that past
reports to the sheriff's depart
ment have not brought satis
factory results.
Fair booths available
The sign-up list is growing
for groups intending to staff
community booths at this
year's Morrow County Fair
and Fair Secretary Liz Curtis
said there is still room for
seven or eight more.
The theme of the booth
section will be "Happiness
Is," and sign-up is open to all
organizations in the county.
The display may employ the
theme to tell a story of the
community or the work of the
organization.
Booths scheduled so far will
be occupied by the Child
Development Center, Weed-
eaters 4-H Club, AAUW,
Heppner Garden Club, Mor
row County Historical Society,
Heppner Lions, Cub Scouts,
CowBelles and Heppner's Al
pha Theta Sorority.
Any group interested in
securing one of the 4x6 foot
, booths should contact Liz
Curtis at 676-9454.
Lex waits on sewer plans
Now that the impact study
and facility plan are on file
with the state Environmental
Quality Commission, the city
of Lexington can do little but
sit back and hope that pending
grants and applications for a
new sewer are soon approved.
The facility plan, financed
by Environmental Protection
Agency funds, was completed
two months ago by the J. Val
Toronto and Assoc. Inc. en
gineering firm of Pendleton.
Toronto said in some cases it
requires up to two years
following application before
requests are approved.
"Right now, Lexington is
186th on the EOC priority
list," Toronto said. "There are
about 300 applications on the
list but only about 70 will be
approved." He said Lexington
still has a chance for approval
this year but didn't rule out
the possibility of a one or two
year delay.
In addition to the EOC
priority list, Toronto and
Lexington officials must con
tend with federal agencies
that currently hold the city's
applications.
"We're trying to get mon
etary commitments from sev
eral government agencies,"
Toronto said. He listed' the
EPA and FHA as the main
sources of potential funding.
If all goes as planned, 75 per
cent of the treatment plant
and interceptor lines will be
financed with federal money.
Toronto said he is also looking
for financial assistance for the
collector line system.
Even if the grants come
through, the project could be
- set back by EOC's priority list
or conversely, a go-ahead
from EOC would be useless
without the federal money.
"It's all interwoven like a
spider's web," Toronto said.
"You pull on one end and it
upsets the other."
Regardless of the govern
mental maneuvering, a new
Lexington sewer system
would still have to win the
approval of city residents.
Toronto said that public hear
ings on the issue would begin
as soon as more definite
information becomes avail
able from the various agencies.
School board
from page 1
Board during its June meeting
included consideration of pro
posals for land purchases for a
new school site in the Irrigon
area. The board agreed to look
at the property in question
prior to its July meeting.
"If trends in population
continue as they have, there
will be a need for a new
building within five years.,"
Supt. Matt Doherty said...
"The board feels now is the
time to purchase because of
rising land prices and current
availability."
Doherty said the district's
long range planning commit
tee will consider the options if
the school is needed.
In other action, the board
agreed to look into the
possibility of re-working some
of the bus routes and will
consider substituting a full bus
run in the Clark's Canyon area
which is currently serviced by
a contract van route.
The board authorized in
stallation of a pump for the old
well at A.C. Houghton School
since Doherty said irrigation
water would probably not be
available after July.
Also, the board adopted a
calendar calling for July and
August meetings to begin at 9
p.m., September, March,
April, May and June meetings
to begin at 8 p.m. and all
others to begin at 7:30 p.m.
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- Friday was a big day In Heppner as merchants took their
fJH(l GtTt warea t0 the si(lewaIk for one of the biggest general
merchandise sales in Morrow County history. Part of the fun
flrl was provided by Don and Malcolm Mclnnes relatives of the
X" Murrays' who traveled here with a team and wagon and
provided rides for young and old alike.
Dentist locates
at Boardman
Boardman's new dentist,
Dr. Bryce Hill, will be moving
from Florence, Ore. to his new
north Morrow County resi
dence at the end of this week.
The city's 1,600 square foot
dental office building, which
will house Hill, is projected
for an Aug. 1 completion. It is
being constructed at the
Boardman South development
by Pacific Health Facilities, a
subsidiary of Furhman Devel
opment Co.
The structure is a desert
adobe style clinic. A medical
building, which is scheduled
to begin construction Aug. 1
next door to the dental
building, will be western
style. The entire commercial
area in the project is designed
in desert adobe and western
style architecture.
Hill will lease the dental
office with the option to buy.
He stated in a telephone
interview Tuesday that he
was planning to make Board
man his permanent residence.
Hill visited Heppner last
January in response to a
letter sent out by the Oregon
Dental Assn. when that city
was looking for a dentist. "I
stopped in Hermiston and was
talking to Dr. (John) Page and
he suggested that Boardman
needed a dentist."
Ideally, the 29-year-old Hill
feels he can treat 2,000
patients. He practices general
dentistry now at Florence
which has a population of
3,000 and five dentists.
Hill and his wife have three
pre school age children. He
said he is looking forward to
his new practice.
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accompanying story.
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