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Although the available
funds in the city budget and
rhe price tag on the proposed
Morgan Street bridge still
aren't even in the same
ballpark, a large portion of the
project could be financed
through various federal and
state grants.
From a federal off-system
road program, the city could
receive up to 78 per cent of a
maximum grant of $100,000
and City Engineer Steve
Anderson said Heppner is
eligible for the entire amount.
Also available is another
Forest receipts chopped
Although the amount is still
a substantial windfall, the
Morrow County Court last
week learned the county's
share of National Forest
receipts would be about
$72,000 less than the estimated
figure included in the up
coming budget.
Based on an estimate made
earlier in the year, the court
had already budgeted
$369,000 but has since been
given a revised estimate of
$296,578. The receipts are a
result of federal legislation
which funnels 25 per cent of all
National Forest Service es
timated revenue for timber
sales and land use charges
Pipes
Anyone missing about a half
nile of heavy gauge steel
pipe? If you are, you better
speak up or plan on making a
sizeable contribution to the
Morrow County treasury.
County Assessor Everett
Harshman has had his eye on
the two stack of pipe one
located on a Union Pacific
right-of-way in Boardman and
the other along a road near the
Boeing test site for quite
some time now.
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plan sputters
$25,000 through a state small
city allotment program,
bringing the total amount of
. aid at the city's disposal to
$103,000. The cost of the
project as originally designed
has been estimated between
$113,000 and $140,000.
Anderson is now attempting
to trim his first design to a
cost that the city can afford.
At last week's city council
meeting Anderson outlined
several areas where money
could possibly be saved
either by eliminating the work
or by having it performed by
back to the states for dispersal
to counties. Revenue esti
mates are based on the fiscal
year of October 1 to October 1
and dispersal, is made accord
ing to the number of Forest
Service acres contained in the
county.
Oregon's total share of the
allotment is set at more than
$74 million.
Under new legislation in
effect this year, purchasers'
credit for road construction
and reforestation fees have
been added to the previous
dispersal funds and each
county's share has been in
creased. Herb Rudolph, of the
Pendleton Forest Service of
for Christmas?
Last week he staked his
claim in the name of the
county and if the owner
doesn't come forth in the next
six months, Morrow County
will receive about a $29,000
Christmas present. That's the
estimated value of the 50-foot
long, 2'i-foot in diameter pipe
sections that have been on the
county tax record for at least
the past five years.
Although Harshman is look
ing for the rightful owner, he's
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city crews rather than com
pleted under a contract basis.
Anderson said approximat
ely $6,500 could be saved by
eliminating the contract pav
ing, $6,000 by cutting out the
base rock, $1,500 by dropping
the guardrail and $300 by
doing without a signing con
tract. "We could probably rede
sign it and save a few
dollars," Anderson said. "But
it is about as economical as I
can make it and there isn't a
lot of fat to start with."
fice, said the confusion crea
ted by the new dispersal
formula was probably the
reason for the earlier inflated
estimate.
According to federal law,
the 25 per cent given to the
states is earmarked for exclu
sive use by road departments
and school districts. Oregon
law stipulates that 75 per cent
of each county's share is
placed in the road fund and the
remaining 25 per cent is given
to the school district.
Morrow County is expected
to receive its share of receipts
about December 1.
not about to give away his find
to anyone who comes along.
First there is the matter of
proof of ownership and second
is the matter of some $2,500 in
back taxes.
You might detect a note of
confidence in Harshman's
decision to move the stack on
the railroad right-of-way to a
county storage area. He
seems to think the county's got
a new set of pipes.
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in Boardman
The ground has been broken
and an August 15 starting
construction date has been set
for a $130,000 medical clinic to
serve the Boardman area.
The medical clinic comes on
the heels of the recently
completed Boardman Dental
Clinic and is located on
adjacent property in the
Boardman South development
area. A target completion date
is set at 90 working days after
actual construction begins.
When completed, the clinic
will be staffed on a five-day
basis by one of the three
physicians currently working
TIMES
THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1977
Open house set
for Bank of EO
The Heppner office of the Bank of Eastern Oregon
"will celebrate 20 years of service to this community
Friday, August 12 between the hours of 10a.m. and 4:30
p.m.
In announcing the 20th Anniversary Open House,
Bank of EO President Gene Pierce extended an
invitation to the residents to come share in
refreshments and to register for several door prizes.
A special guessing contest will also be held and the
winner will be presented a special prize. Persons need
not be present to win either the guessing contest or the
door prizes.
The bank first opened in Heppner August 10, 1957 in
temporary quarters at Empire Machinery Company's
vacated building. Construction on a new facility was
started Sept. 10 and the $80,000 structure was occupied
on December 28 of that year.
Remodeling undertaken in 1974 nearly doubled the
floor space adding drive-in banking facilities,
conference rooms, additional office area and an
employees lounge area, representing a total
investment of $130,000.
Current officers of the bank include Howard Bryant,
chairman of the board of directors; Gene Pierce,
president and cashier; James H. Wishart, vice-president,
Heppner office; James F. Green, vice president
and manager, Arlington office; June Crowell, assistant
cashier and manager, lone office; Pat Gentry,
assistant cashier, Heppner office; W.R. Lande,
assistant cashier, Heppner office; Rodney Linnell,
assistant cashier, Arlington office.
Directors, in addition to Bryant, and Pierce are:
D.L. Lemon, A. David Childs and Kenneth Walters, all
of Arlington; Arthur A. Allen, Boardman; Roy W.
Lindstrom, lone; William G. Jaeger, Condon.
Other employees at the Heppner office include
Pauline Bier, Marge Eckman, Barbara Watkins,
Cheryl Ployhar, Judy Barber, Pam Mabe and Rhonda
Sargent.
lone water
project progresses
The drillers had to go down
675 feet to finish it, but the city
of lone now has its new well
and work is progressing
towards completion of the
entire water project hope
fully by sometime next month.
Last week the city council
initiated emergency situation
proceedings which will allow a
bypass of several weeks of bid
advertisements for the well,
pump, motor and electrical
work. lone Mayor Robert
Drake said the contract bids
will be sought as soon as the
engineering specifications are
made available to the city. He
said the information may be
ready by the next council
in the Heppner Medical Clinic.
Drs. Diehl, Carpenter and
Gifford will each rotate at the
new clinic on a one or two day
a week session.
The 2,300 square foot clinic
is being financed through a
joint venture by Morrow
County, the Cal-Am Land
Development Co., Inc. and
Pacific Health Facitities, a
Fuhrmann Development Co.
affiliate.
The county is contributing
$55,000 from federal revenue
sharing funds to the clinic and
will maintain a 50 per cent
interest in the project.
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meeting, August 11.
City crews are nearing
completion of the pipe laying
phase and sections of the
system are being activated as
they are completed to provide
fire hydrant service to areas
that previously had none.
The new well has been
tested at l,05O gallons per
minute and Drake said he
expected it to be outfittled
with a pump capable of an 800
gallon per minute capacity. It
is located on the Henry Krebs
property, a few hundred feet
east of the city limits, and
replaces the city's old 142-foot
well that is on the verge of
going dry.
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Thumbs down for
usiness license
More than 30 Heppner
business people gathered at
their regular monthly meeting
last Friday and without ex
ception voiced disapproval
with the city council's propo
sal to institute a business
license.
Members of the merchants
committee were also expected
to appear at a special city
council meeting Wednesday,
Aug, Aug. 10.
Heppner Mayor Jerry
Sweeney attended last Fri
day's meeting and told the
group he was interested in
hearing their views but would
rather let city attorney Bob
Abrams or Bill Kuhn answer
questions about the proposed
ordinance at the group's
September meeting.
Sweeney said the purpose of
the ordinance was to raise
Co-op board nominated
Nine persons have been
nominated for five positions
on the Columbia Basin Elec
tric Cooperative board of
directors. Elmer Palmer,
chairman of the nominating
committee announced this
week.
The directorships will be
voted on at CBEC'S annual
meeting November 3 at the
Morrow County Fairgrounds
in Heppner.
Former Heppner Mayor Bill
Collins was the only nominee
for the Heppner district.
Zone 1 nominees include
incumbent Floyd Anderson
and Earl Weatherford. This
area encompasses the rural
area north of Condon in
Gilliam County.
In Zone 2, the rural area of
Southern Gilliam County,
Walter Jaeger is the incum
bent and Ed Bates is this
jjear's nominee.
I For the City of Condon, Fred
Greiner and Bob Eaton were
nominated. Incumbent Paul
Jaeger has declined nomina
tion. Weather
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Thu.,Aug.4 93 63
Fri.,Aug.5 87 59
Sat., Aug. 6 90 55
Sun., Aug. 7 91 55
Mon.,Aug.8 58
Tue.,Aug.9 91 57
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Boardman Medical
Clinic, which will be staffed by Heppner Drs. Carpenter,
Gifford and Diehl, took place Tuesday. Turning the first
shovel of ceremonial dirt are, from left, Morrow County
udge D.O. Nelson, Boardman Mayor Jerry Peck and
Cal-Am Development representative Phill Bailey.
revenue that would be used for
police and fire protection and
to help control business grow
th within the city.
"The intent of the ordinance
is to have it work for you, not
against you," said Sweeney,
"It's not intended to interfere
with your business."
The annual license fee
suggested at a previous city
council meeting was $12 for
each business.
Several merchants ques
tioned the feasibility of draw
ing up an ordinance that would
generate an approximate $800
a year, considering the cost of
paying the city attorney to
word the ordinance, publish it
and enforce it.
"It appears to be a tool with
which the city can start
levying another tax on the
businesses," said one mer
chant. Zone. 5 nominees are in
cumbent Kenneth Wright and
Harold Peck. This zone in
cludes Southern Morrow
county.
Additional nominations will
be accepted up to 15 days prior
'Innocent,
Michael A. Olds, charged
with the murder of 75-year old
lone widow Mary Lindsay last
April, pleaded innocent to
those charges last Friday
before Malheur Circuit Court
Judge Frank Yraguen.
j Represented by Ontario,
Ore., attorneys Douglas
Combs and William Tharp, a
plea of innocent by reason on
mental disease or defect was
entered.
The attorneys also filed
motions to have the charges
Booths, exhibits due
Organizations planning a
community booth at the Mor
row County Fair can begin
construction and decoration
on August 16 and must have
their booths completed by the
evening of August 22. Also on
the 22nd, all exhibits will be
"I'd be glad to donate $25 if
you'll skip the license and
legislation," another said.
Nearly all of the business
people present objected to the
vague manner in which the
rough draft of the ordinance
was worded.
Sweeney told the group the
ordinance was in the initial
drafting stage only and that
before it could be passed,
public hearings would be held
and the complete ordinance
would be published in the
Gazette-Times.
"I'll say this," said Sween
ey, "if you stick together on
this thing like you are now, I'd
say the ordinance would never
become a reality."
To make sure, Heppner
merchants are soliciting sig
natures on a petition asking
the council to abandon the
idea of a business license.
to the November 3 meeting.
Nominations should be made
in writing, including the zone
or district, and must bear the
signatures
mem bers.
of at least 15
9 says Olds
dismissed because Olds had
already been convicted of
murdering Steven Schmerer,
a College Place, Wash., man
just last month. Olds murder
ed Schmerer just days before
the body of Mrs. Lindsay was
found in Malheur County and
during the same flight from
authorities that led Olds to
Pennsylvannia where he was
arrested.
As of Tuesday afternoon
Judge Yraguen had not ruled
on any of the defense motions.
accepted between 1 and 8 p.m.
at the Fairgrounds.
If anyone in the Heppner
area has not yet received a
premium book, they can be
picked up at Kroll's. Dept.
Store or at the Coast-to . Coast
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