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THE
!GAZETTE-TIME
VOL. 94 NO. 30
HEPPNER, OREGON
THURSDAY. JULY Mr 1977
8 PAGES
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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