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H l .1 "- i I (-".I - -fi-f V-T -4 . Morrow County's award winning newspaper. THE !GAZETTE-TIME VOL. 94 NO. 30 HEPPNER, OREGON THURSDAY. JULY Mr 1977 8 PAGES 15c Council appropriates revenue sharing funds The Heppner Budget Com mittee and City Council were Monday faced with the pleas ant task of finding a way to spend an unexpected $5,715 the result of state revenue sharing funds that were ap proved after the city budget had already been finalized. Acting on a motion initiated by committee member Larry " Mills, the council rapidly appropriated the windfall into six city categories that had been trimmed following two budget rejections by city voters. Columbia Basin names nominating committee Five committee members were recently selected to nominate candidates for the Board of Directors of Colum bia Basin Electric Coopera tive, according to Co-op Man ager Dave Harrison. The nominees will be placed on the ballot at the Annual Meeting of Co-op members to be held November 3, in Heppner. The nominating committee consisting of: Allen Anderson, District 1; Jack Reser, Dis trict 2; Elmer Palmer, Dis trict 5; Ed Dick, City of Heppner; and Len Haldorson, City of Condon, will select nominees from each of the five represented districts. The Co op consists of nine member districts with directors serv ing three-year staggered terms. A new position on the Board of Directors for the City of Heppner was created as a result of a by-law provision adopted at the Annual Meeting in 1975. Randall Peterson presently serves on Board position in addition to the one being created. The second director is being added due to the increasing number of members located in Heppner. At the time of the by-law change in 1975, there were 756 member accounts in Hep pner more than twice the TTTl lueamonca couiBie II u Wagon Wheel Cafe Lounge The Wagon Wheel Cafe & Lounge, owned and operated for the past nine years by Ron and Olivia Palmer, has been sold to Dick and Carol Rice, formerly of Redmond. The couple took over operation of the business last Wednesday. No changes in operations are planned for the restaurant although Rice is already doing some remodeling and redec orating. "Ron and Olivia have built a fine business by maintaining a friendly atmosphere, reason able prices and good food," said Rice, "We plan to keep it just that way." The new owners said a" western decor will be empha sized in their redecorating plans and remodeling will include some sections of the lounge and banquet room facilities. Appropriations include: $1,000, street paving oil; $1,000, street asphalt; $1,000, fire truck reserve fund; $600, to Police Department for hiring a senior patrolman; $1,000, water contingency fund; and $1,115, sewer con tingency fund. The committee and council both heard an appeal from representatives of the Hep pner Child Development Cen ter who asked for a portion of the revenue funds to help defray moving and rental expenses. After considering the appeal, both groups de number of accounts in any rural director district. Since some rural districts are now represented by two directors, Harrison said the second position for Heppner was needed. Other districts to be inclu ded in the November voting include: District 1 The territory located West of the Morrow Gilliam County line and North of the Township line dividing Townships 3 South and 4 South. The present incumbent on the Board is Floyd Ander son. District 2 The teritory located West of the Morrow- The duo is now a threesome. Since the early part of the month, Dr. Joe Diehl has been working with Drs. Carpenter and Gifford to provide area residents the luxury of choos ing among three different doctors at the Heppner Med ical Clinic. Diehl comes to Heppner from Pendleton where he has been in general practice for u The Wagon Wheel "happy hour and smorgasbord" a regular Friday evening event featuring a free buffet will be continued and live music will be provided every other Friday night. The restaurant business is new to the Rice family, although Carol has been employed as a cook with the Redmond school district. Dick, a veterinary technician, will supervise the lounge. Assisting in the family operation will be sons Law rence,17, and Lee,13, and daughter Kelly Jo,12. The family made it to Morrow County in time for one of their favorite pastimes, which is rodeo. Rice has been a contestant in the local show in years past and both boys are members of the Western States Junior Rodeo Associa cided the extra money should go into existing city programs that had been cut rather than into new programs that had not previously received city financial support. "There are so many areas where we had to cut," Councilman Cliff Green said. "This $5,700 is just a drop in the bucket compared to what we need." Councilman Hubert Wilson agreed, saying, "We had to turn down both the library and the swimming pool and I can't see funding something new at this time". Gilliam County line and South of the Township line dividing Townships 3 South and 4 South. The present incumbent is Walt Jaeger. District 5 The territory located South of the Township line dividing Township 2 South and 3 South and East of the Morrow-Gilliam County line, and in Wheeler County the area East of the Range line between Range 24 East and 25 East. The present incumbent is Kenneth Wright City of Condon Paul Jaeger is the incumbent but has declined to run for re-election. Diehl joins 4 .V ? Dr. Joseph H. Diehl tion. Lawrence will represent Redmond High School next . month at the National High School Rodeo finals in Helena, Montana and is looking for ward to being a competitor here next year as a senior at Heppner High School. "Everyone in the family rides except me," said Mrs. Rice, "I do the cooking, sewing and cheering." The Palmers will continue to reside in Heppner but plan to do some traveling in the near future starting with a trip to Michigan to see their daughter and son-in-law. "We really leave the busi ness with mixed emotions, having made a good number of friends here," said Palmer, "but we know the restaurant is in good hands and we plan to stay around. The change from city life to the agriculture-oriented life of Eastern Oregon can be dra matic, to say the least, but when your home base happens to be the second largest city in Greece, the transition is even more extreme. Such is the case of Zoi Mchaeiidou, who is spending a few weeks in the area under PRYLE (Professional Rural Youth Exchange Program). Zoi arrived in the United States in late June for her initial plunge into the Ameri can culture and she is finding that things just aren't quite the same as they are in her Mediterranean homeland. After three days in Washing ton D.C., Zoi flew to Corvallis for a week and spent another week in Culver, viewing 4-H programs and rural activities. Since July 16 she has been staying with the Roger Pal mer family of Heppner and Monday she was acompanied by Shirley Palmer and Bir dine Tullis for a visit with Greater Heppner Chamber of Commerce. Zoi told the chamber members of several A rash of single-vehicle accidents last week left one youth dead and sent seven other persons to the hospital. Lawrence R. Vincent, 15, of Portland was killed Thursday evening when he apparently lost control of his vehicle on a clinic team the past six years. While in Pendleton, Diehl became acquainted with both Carpen ter and Gifford who were practicing medicine across town. "When the opening came up here, they told me about it and I took them up on their invitation," Diehl said Tues day. He added that he is looking forward to living in the iDiircnases New New owners of the Wagon Wheel Cafe & Lounge, Dick and Carol Rice, take a moment out of their schedule for a G-T photo. The couple took ownership and operation of the restaurant last week from former owners Ron and Olivia Palmer. Heppner? It's no Thessoloniki - ; ; :-. I I jk ' ' f , 'A i I ' . . 4 ' . . C l- , 4 I - 1 ..?: r s ': . ,V kl - Vvvsv. ;! 1 ;;. U I - - " - ' ' ? : (I I ;? ' " : ( , n .it it-' - n : j; Vi 1 v - i . . j? I . H f- tv- i . : . r r . ' i'-r K. y. ? r : h , if f ""m ' " - 1 - ," It's right here Accidents take dirt road on Ray Heimbigner's Circle E Ranch. The fiber glass roof of the International Terra was crushed when the vehicle left the road and rolled over one and a half times. A passenger, Scott Sherer, 16, of lone was also injured in the wreck. community and believes that Heppner will afford a "com fortable pace of life" for himself and his family. Joining Deihl in Heppner are his wife, Marilyn, and their three children Glenn, 17, Susan, 7, and Joey, 6. Marilyn is a former teacher and has indicated an interest in substi- Continued Page 3... owners In Zoi Mchaeiidou's native Greece, farmers live together in villages and travel daily to their land, she tells Chamber of Commerce members Monday. Living on a farm is one of many new experiences Zoi described as a member of the Professional Rural Youth Exchange program. toll Shawna E. Seitz, 16, Hep pner, was hospitalized after her vehicle left the road and turned over as she was returning home at approx imately 2 a.m. Sunday morn ing. As of Wednesday, she was listed in fair condition at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. The accident occurred six miles Northeast of Hwy. 74 on Stingel Canyon Road. Five persons were hospital ized Saturday night when the Fiat in which they were riding left Olex-McNab Road in Gilliam County about one mile from the Morrow County line. According to Oregon State Police, Martie L. McQuain, Hermiston, failed to negotiate a turn and the vehicle rolled onto its top. Taken to Pioneer Memorial Hospital along with McQuain were his wife, Sandra, Herm iston, and Brian S. Harris, Stan Carnine and Reed Had ley, all of Condon. WEATHER High Low Wed., July 20 89 55 Thu., July 21 89 58 Fri.,July22 93 55 Sat., July 23 95 57 Sun., July 24 88 65 Mon.,July25 93 59 Tue.,July26 94 61 f A Inside this week Princess Deborah... Morrow County Fair Court Princess Deborah is fea tured on Page 3... Kelli takes four... Kelli Bergstrom placed first among hundreds of swim mers last weekend. ..not once, but four times. ..Page Extension events... Birdine Tullis tells what's happening in the world of 4-H and home extension on Page 6... News f Tire drive to raise youth funds Have an old tire laying around that you've been meaning to get rid of? Set it out by the curb next Saturday, Aug. 6, and Willow Creek little leaguers and Heppner-Ione girls Softball players will gladly take it off your hands. The youth are collecting the used rubber to raise funds for Port elects Gardner Leroy Gardner, Heppner, was elected and seated as pres ident of the Port of Morrow at the Port meeting last Thurs day. Gardner, in his first full term on the Port after being selected to fill a vacated position, replaces Oscar Pet erson as president. Peterson is the newly elected secretary. Louis Carlson will serve as Port vice president for the 1977-78 year and Larry Lind Murray Judge D.O. Nelson last week announced the appointment of Mark Murray to the Board of Directors of the Tri-County Health Services Commission. Murray replaces Dr. Richard Carpenter as the Morrow County provider representa 7 arrested Seven persons, including four minors, were arrested early Sunday morning at Cutsforth Park following a disturbance that brought numerous complaints from nearby campers. Citations issued in Justice of her new experiences which included viewing her first baseball game and attending her first American wedding. She passed around photo albums with pictures of Greece and scenes from the American Farm School a crafts-oriented program in which she specializes in hand weaving rugs and tapestries Zoi said the hand-made crafts fetch a high price in the foreign markets because the intricate labor sometimes re quires up to two and a half months to complete a square meter of tapestry. When she gets back to her home of Thessaloniki a large port city Zoi will return to the American Farm School to teach the art of tapestry weaving. Before then, how ever, she has more U.S. stops including a week in Minnesota for a conference and training session with other PRYLE exchanges, a two month stay in Michigan and finally a visit to Washington D.C. for sight seeing and a stop at the Greek Embassy. notes their summer recreation pro grams. Les Schwab Tire Center Manager Robb Rush said his firm will pay the young people for each recap pable casing they bring in. Persons living in the rural areas that have old tires should call Harold Kerr's office and the casings will be picked up. The number is 676-9642. say is the new treasurer. LeRoy Gardner appointed tive. Carpenter's term had expired June 30. The Commission, which deals mainly with the disper sal of funds and management of government health-related programs, has entered its final year under a three-year federal grant. at park Court Monday included crim inal activity in drugs (Posses sion) of less than one ounce of marijuana), disorderly con duct, minors in possession and furnishing alcohol to minors. Those cited will appear in Justice Court on August 3. V
