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ew hookups for sewer, water
face rate increase in Heppner
The Heppner City Council's
recent decision to more than
double the fees for new sewer
and water connections in the
city is an effort to at least
approach a break even point
on labor and materials costs,
according to Mayor Jerry
Sweeney.
The council voted to up the
connection fee for a standard
three-fourths inch water hook
up from $150 to $300 and
increase the sewer hookup fee
from $135 to $300. The in
creases are effective immedi
ately. Sweeney said the city has
been losing money on the
installations for a long time
but added that the council
had held off on the increases in
order to encourage new build
ing within the city.
While serving as city fore
man, Paul Sumner presented
the council with a detailed
breakdown of material and
labor costs required for instal
lation of a city water meter.
The analysis showed that even
by using minimum figures,
the city was losing money on
each installation.
In his report, Sumner said,
"The charges represented
here are bare minimums in
terms of labor and materials.
It would be safe to say that 99
out of 100 installations would
far exceed these charges in
one or both of the labor or
materials categories."
Sumner recommended the
council increase the fees to
$300 for water and $270 for
sewer. He added, "At these
prices there will still be
occasions when the city will
lose money but the average
will be more in line with the
actual costs incurred."
A check of the rates of
several cities in the surround
ing area shows that the new
fees are close to the going rate
for the connections. The City
of Pilot Rock has set its rates
at $250 for water connection
and $150 for sewer connection,
while the City of Boardman
charges $350 for each of the
services.
In Condon, the water con
nection fee is $150 and the
sewer connection fee is $300.
Both of the fees are currently
under discussion for increases
by the Condon City Council. In
Hermiston, the city charges
$200 for a sewer connection
and $250 plus a $15 deposit for
a water connection.
Pre-schooler clinics
for immunization
The Morrow County Health Department has scheduled
two imm unization clinics for pre-schoolers next week. Clinics
will be held Wednesday, Jan. 25, at the lone Grade School and
Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Heppner Grade School.
Both clinics are scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. and are
open to all preschool children in the area needing
immunizations.
'Nature's Glory' is theme
for 1978 Fair & Rodeo
Due to a complete lack of community response to the
"Pick a Theme" contest, Fair Committee members took it
upon themselves to get things going for the 1978 Morrow
County Fair.
"Nature's Glory" got the nod from the committee and
will serve as this year's theme.
"We just got the general idea and we will proceed from
there," said committee member Mildred Rauch.
Letters to the Editor
Women sell out. . .
Editor;
The IWY National Women's Conference held recently in
Houston reveals the feminist movement as a coalition of
special interest groups willing to support anything in order to
get their objectives accepted.
Women voted themselves the "right" to reject their
child-rearing duties and to turn them over to federally
funded child care and development centers. Women voted
themselves cradle-to-grave guarantees by the government in
true socialist tradition. Women voted to accept lesbianism as
a natural and acceptable lifestyle for themselves and for our
children.
Women referred to family units as consisting of only
women and children, totally ignoring men or mentioning
them only in the role of oppressor. Valuable aids and
objectives to improve opportunities for women were lost in
this morass of resolutions. The resolutions would drastically
change the values which have made the United States a
symbol of freedom and morality.
As an observer at the IWY Conference, I want to tell your
readers that in no way do the pro-ERA, pro-abortion,
pro-lesbian resolutions which were passed in Houston
represent the millions of people in the United States who have
taken a stand for decency and morality. The 18 Oregon
delegates who voted for these resolutions do not represent the
grass roots majority who had no idea that the state IWY
Conference was taking place at Willamette University early
in June.
The total number of delegates numbered just under 2,000.
On the other hand, 20,000 self-financed individuals came to
Houston to attend the Family Day Rally. They are the dfies
who truly represented us. I took with me to that rally over
3,000 petitions from Oregon residents relating to the issues,
and they were joined with some 300,000 petitions from all
sections of the United States which were sent to the President
and to the Congress in support of traditional values.
If the people of Tennessee could send 50 busloads of
people to the rally (plus 2 filled-to-capacity airplanes) then
the least we in Oregon can do is support the cause by sending
letters and mailgrams to the President. We are the
majority let us not be silent any longer.
May I suggest that you write immediately to President
Carter and to our six elected officials in Washington and tell
them that you reject this federally-funded farce and that the
IWY delegates do not in any way represent you.
Gabrielly T. Avery
Lake Oswego
THE
GAZETTE
TIMES
Published every Thursday and entered as second-class
matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon, under
the Act of March 3, 1879. Second-class postage paid at
Heppner, Oregon.
The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner
and the County of Morrow
G.M. Reed, Publisher Dolores Reed, Co-publisher
Terry M. Hager, Managing Editor
Jim Summers, News Editor
Eileen Saling, Office Manager
Elane Blanchet, Reporter
Gayle Rush, Composing Chloe Pearson, Composing
Justine Weatherford Local Columnist
Big Brother?. . .
. . ..EDITOR'S NOTE: The article referred to In Mr. Logan's
letter deals with ECOAC's recent decision to purchase its
present headquarters building in Pendleton rather than
continue with a rental arrangement. The building will be
purchased by Qunita Corp., which is made up of association
members, and it will then be leased to the association allow
ing for a more than 50 per cent increase in space available for
EC'OAC operations. The expansion is viewed by some as
another step on the road to regional government, the result
being an abrogation of local control.
Editor; . '
The East Oregonian Dec. 27, 1977 records a belated
Christmas present for the counties that was newsworthy. The
East Central Oregon Association of Counties has bought, in
effect, a new Court House at 920 S.W. Frazier Street in
Pendleton for $100,000.
Wheeler, Gilliam, Morrow, and Umatilla counties will
have surplus Court Houses. Can these buildings be used for
rest homes, historical societies, or museums?
This Regional Government change may come as a
surprise to may, especially to those who believe in a
referendum. This is another movement that can be traced to
the Commitee of Economic Development. It is all spelled out
in their book, "Organization of Local Governments".
Economy and efficiency is the excuse. The motivation, or
carrot on the stick, is federal money.
It is difficult to understand how our taxes can be run
through a federal bureaucracy and returned to the original
source more efficiently than money that is taxed and used in
the immediate county.
Of course, if the bureaucracy uses up more money than
needed, the national debt will make it up. We are told to not
worry about the national debt as we owe it to ourselves. Who
gets the interest on the national debt? Not ourselves.
Are you confused? Don't worry about it. Television will
continue to carry all the serials and sports. They will take
your mind off the problem. It's like whistling as we pass the
graveyard.
Are the County Courts fostering their own finish?
Gene Logan
Arlington
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First steps were taken toward the creation of Penland
Lake this week in 19(18. County Judge Paul Jones announced
the approval by the Oregon State Game Commission for the
purchase of Penland and Kelly Prairie sites for development
of fish impoundments.
A reservoir at Kelly Prairie was planned to consist of 490
surface acres, while Penland was planned to be 150 surface
acres. Kelly Prairie later proved to be unsatisfactory as a
reservoir site, but today Penland Lake is a very popular
recreation area near Arbuckle Mountain.
The how overcrowded Riverside High School building
was under construction ten years ago, with builders racing
against time to complete the structure by an April 1 deadline.
Four out of five requests made by a county teachers'
committee under the chairmanship of Vi Lanham were
turned down by the Morrow County School District this week
in 1968, including one which would have increased the base
salary for district teachers from $5,800 to $6,200 per year.
Two Morrow County football stars were chosen this week
20 years ago to play in the next fall's East-West All-Star
Shrine football game in Pendleton. Len Ray Schwartz,
Heppner High School senior, was selected to play at a tackle
spot while Robert Parson of Irrigon High School was slated
for a backfield position.
An announcement by the State Department of Motor
Vehicles this week in 1958 revealed that Morrow County had
attained a unique distinction: it was the only county in
Oregon to get through 1957 without a single traffic fatality.
Joann Brosnan earned the honor of being the Betty
Crocker of Tomorrow in Heppner High School 20 years ago.
Residents of Heppner, especially new families looking
for a place to live, are aware of the acute housing shortage in
Heppner. Reading an editorial printed in the Gazette-Times
this week 30 years ago, might elicit a comment of "So what
else is new?":
"Mark Twain's famous weather observation could easily 4
be applied to the housing situation in Heppner everybody
knows there is a housing shortage but no one does anything
about it....
"No doubt the high price for building materials and the
unprecedented wage scale is deterring many people from
building homes. This is true in relation to investment
building, and with good cause, for it is too great a risk to build
a home, that in accordance with present price levels, should
bring from $75 to $100 a month which would drop to a level of
from $35 to $50, or even lower, if deflation sets in. Yet people
must have housing and something should be done about it.
The fact is that people are paying high rent for 'just a place to
live in' cannot be denied, here as elsewhere... Lack of housing
has kept numerous pelple from locating here, some of them
interested in business enterprises, and it is safe to say that an
effort to meet the situation would bring new people here..."
It seems the only difference between the situation then
and now is that people in 1948 did not take an ever-increasirg
inflation rate for granted.
Plans for a big ball in Hardman were announced this
week 40 years ago. The event was planned to celebrate
President Franklin Roosevelt's birthday and to raise money
in response to his birthday appeal to create a National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.
How often have modern day shoppers wished for the
chance to go back in time for just one day to take advantage
of prices offered in the 'old days'?
How about this sale at Heppner's Penney's store in 1938:
"Clearing: boys' dress pants, $1 a pair, broken sizes; boys'
pre-shrunk overalls, 50c a pair; dish cloths, 3c each; sheets,
81x99, 59c; 70x80 part wool single blankets, 90c; all wool
skirts, $1; men's canvas gloves, 5c a pair; undies, 2 for 25c;
boys' blue chambry shirts, 29c; terry towels, 7c; and on and
on.
Here is another "so what's new" item, published in the
Gazette-Times this week in 1928: "The cattlemen had a hard
time of its during the last seven years and most of them went
broke. Herds were depleted to such an extent there is now a
shortage of beef and prices rise. In reality, however, beef
prices are not high when food value is considered. Any
attempt at this time to use propoganda with a view to beating
down prices would be a mistake. Unless people can make
some money at cattle raising they are not going to continue in
that business..."
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Thursday, January 19, 1978 Tuesday, January 24, 1978
Regular Lodge 8.00 p.m. Senior Citizens Dinner 4:30
$500 Drawing
Dinner Drawing
Friday, January 20, 1978
Happy Hour
Dinner 6-8:30 p.m.
Music by Ackley
Saturday, January 21, 1978
Dinner 6-8:30 p.m.
Music by Shady Oak from
Portland ($1 cover charge)
Elks and out-of-town guests only.
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Senior Citizens Dinner 4:30 .
Pinochle 7:30 j
Boy Scouts 7:30
Thursday, January 26, 1978 I
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