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An aerial view of Portland General Electric's Boardman Coal-Fired Plant complex
shows Carty Reservoir, developed by PGE and Boeing Agri-Industrial. The primary
function of the reservoir is for coolant water, and for its' contribution of pumping facilities
and pipeline from the Columbia, Boeing will get about 11,000 acre feet of irrigation water.
PGE, Boeing and Department of Fish & Wildlife officials will meet next Monday to talk over
public access and the recreational possibilities Carty Reservoir offers.
Public access , recreation
asked for Carty reservior
Public Access to Carty
Reservoir at Portland General
Electric's coal-fired plant
south of Boardman was a
main item of discussion as the
state Energy Facility Siting
Council met in Boardman
Tuesday.
The EFSC, which handles
all energy plant siting re
quests in Oregon, also heard a
report on the construction
status of the Boardman plant
and toured the site after lunch.
The Heppner-Morrow Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce
asked PGE and the EFSC to
"give strong consideration to
recreational uses of Carty
Reservoir, at such a time and
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in such a manner as those
recreational uses become
compatible with the primary
industrial uses of the reser
voir." The Chamber statement
also asked special considera
tion for waterfowl hunting,
which it felt, would help
mitigate the loss of waterfowl
hunting on the Columbia
River.
PGE's Doug Heider said the
utility would "support water
fowl hunting on the reservoir
after construction at the site is
completed."
Heider pointed out that PGE
does not own the land occupied
by the reservoir. The reser
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Monte Stookey wields his axe and gets in a little throwing practice at Kinzua Corporation's log yard
before he gets into competition this Saturday at the First Annual Heppner Spring Lumberjack Show.
Sponsored by the Morrow County Fair Committee with Kinzua Corporation's help, the show is
scheduled to begin at I p.m. Local and world champion contestants will compete in a number of
events. See story for more details.
voir site is under lease to
Boeing Agri-Industrial from
the State Department of
Veterans Affairs.
PGE and Boeing officials
will meet Friday to discuss
public access to Carty Reser
voir and on Monday PGE,
Boeing and Department of
Fish & Wildlife personnel will
discuss alternatives available
for recreation.
. In another matter before the
Council, Dorothy Kennedy,
representing the Port of
Morrow, read a 15-point state
ment that concluded with the
request that siting for a
nuclear plant be allowed at the
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Work began this week on the
Morrow County budget for
fiscal year 1978-79, as the
County Court and the Budget
Committee met for the first
time to 'start from scratch',
reviewing budget requests
from all departments of coun
ty operation.
The proposed budget stands
at $783,454 in its present form,
$122,879 over expected resour
ces in the next fiscal year.
These resources include
$327,509 in county taxes (tax
base plus six per cent) and
$366,068 in other sources.
The committee spent Tues
day going over each depart
ment's budget requests item
by item and plan another
meeting April 24 to finish the
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Committee trims $4300 from city budget;
library and swimming pool still funded
' The Heppner Budget Com
mittee took the knife to the
proposed city budget Thurs
day but could find only $4,300
to trim from the already
bare-bones document. After
making reductions in two
budget items and completely
eliminating another, the bud
get now stands at .36,759
outside the six per cent
limitation.
The City Council will meet
in special session Thursday
(today) at 8 p.m. in City Hall
to set a date for presenting the
budget to the voters.
Councilman Larry Mills set
the tone for last week's
meeting by saying there was
no way the budget was going
to get down to the six per cent
limitation, but "there are a
few places where a few bucks
can come out".
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preliminary review before
making any major decisions
on cuts or changes in the
proposed budget.
Judge D.O. Nelson told
Budget Committee members
they would have to decide
whether it would be necessary
to go beyond the six per cent
limitation and whether to ask
for a more realistic tax base in
the November election. He
said Morrow County voters
spent around $390,000 for
support of BMCC this year
while paying only $308,000 for
total county operation.
Nelson explained that the
county has been able to avoid
exceeding the six per cent
limitation in the past by
transferring revenue sharing
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Trorn there, the committee
agreed to cut $2,000 from the
$6,000 general government
contingency fund and $300
from the $550 budgeted for a
new electric typewriter in the
Library Department. Com
pletely axed was $2,000 bud
geted for new furniture in City
Hall.
The committee also placed
the city's anticipated $6,000
allotment from state revenue
sharing funds into the Street
Department paving fund.
Remaining in tact were
budget requests of $60,317 for
the Police Department, up
from the current year's
$52,498; $5,574 for the Fire
Department, down from this
year's $9,075; and the Swim
ming Pool budget of $7,240, the
majority of which should
come from gate receipts.
The Library Department
was left with a budget of
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at Saturday show
Saw dust and wood chips
will start flying this Saturday,
April 15, at 1 p.m. as the first
annual Heppner Spring Lum
berjack Show gets underway
at the Morrow County Fair
grounds. Forty-eight entries have
been received by the Fair
Committee including those
from champions throughout
the Northwest.
Local competitors signed up
for the contest include Mark
Greenup, entering the choker
and stock saw races; Monte
and Sharon Stookey in the
Jack and Jill crosscut race;
Monte and Mike Stookey in the
double bucking event; Monte
Stookey in the choker, axe
throwing and stock saw races;
and Dick Hoffman.
The entry deadline for local
contestants interested in com
peting for the trophy for best
Morrow County lumberjack
has been held open through
Friday, and entries should be
money to the general fund as
an indirect tax offset, a
practice which has subse
quently reduced the amount of
revenue sharing money paid
to the county each year.
The largest budget increase
request reviewed by the
Budget Committee this week
came from the Sheriff's Office
which asked for $196,117 as
compared to its current
$125,027 budget. Sheriff Larry
Fetsch said he needs two more
deputies to add to his present
three-deputy staff in order to
have at least one patrolman on
duty in the county at all times.
Besides salary, the addition
would include two more vehi
cles, equipped with radio
equipment.
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$7,019, after receiving no
funds from the city for the
current year.
Even with the addition of the
revenue sharing funds, the
Street Department budget of
$34,350 is still well below the
current budgeted amount of
$55,070. The cut was made,
despite the addition of an
employe, because no actual
paving is planned for the
coming year and general fund
transfers were reduced.
An additional employe in the
Water Utility Department
helped jump its budget re
quest up to $76,600 from the
current year's $69,200.
The 10 per cent pay raise for
city employes was also left in
tact and Mills commented on
the increase by saying the city
"has to stay competitive" in
the job market, adding that
"right now we're forced into a
directed to Gary Grieb or
Monte Stookey.
Master of ceremonies at the
eight-event show will be Willie
Schlegel ; while DickSargeant,
Ken Grieb, Stan Kemp and
Alvin McCabe will act as
official timers. Sharon Stoo
key will serve as secretary.
At noon the Fair Committee
will begin serving hambur
gers, homemade stew, hot
dogs and homemade pie. Beer
will be available at a conces
sion stand manned by the lone
American Legion, and the
Heppner Lion's Club will sell
popcorn and cotton candy.
Dr. L.D. Tibbies, medical
attendants and a first-aid
wagon will be on hand at the
show in case of accident.
Admission to the Morrow
County Fair Committee spon
sored show will be $2.50 for
adults and $1.25 for children 12
and under.
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Fetsch also asked for an
additional communications
clerk and two more vehicles to
replace those with high mile
age readings.
The County Court requested
an increase from $25,171 to
$44,997, the major part going
for salaries of County Com
missioners formerly paid out
of the Road Department
budget, and to cover increases
in the cost of supplies,
The Courthouse budget re
quest reflects the hiring of a
full-time janitor, increasing
from $9,190 to $15,590. -
Nelson said the increase in
budget requests in each de
partment also includes a six
per cent salary increase for all
county employes and addi
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game of catchup". Last year
the 10 per cent raise proposal
was cut to six per cent after
the second budget defeat.
Committee Chairman Howard
Bryant said he justified the
increase by looking at it as an
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lone plans cleanup week
The City of lone is planning a city-wide Clean-up Week
from Sunday, April 23, through Saturday, April 28. All
lone residents are encouraged to do their part in making the
city a more attractive place to live by sprucing up outside
living areas.
Pick-up service for rubbish materials will be provided on
Friday and Saturday of Clean-up Week and residents are
asked to put the rubbish in a convenient place.
Board to meet April 17
The regular April meeting of the Morrow County School
Board is scheduled for Monday, April 17, beginning at 8 p.m.
in the A.C. Houghton Elementary library.
The Board agenda will include consideration of the
District's school calendar for tiie coming year, the approval
of skill and career competencies for graduation, a policy on
transfer students and athletic eligibility and a request from
Heppner High Band for a tour of schools on the Oregon coast.
The Board is also expected to establish the conditions of
sale for the district-owned teacherage in Boardman.
BMCC sets new election
After a narrow 37-vote defeat in the April 4 election, the
Blue Mountain Community College board of education has
set May 23 as the date to again bring the college levy before
the voters of Morrow and Umatilla counties.
The board will reconvene the budget committee prior to
the election date to review the proposed operating budget and
determine what changes, if any, should be made before
resubmitting the levy to the voters.
Harshmans recovering
Noel Harshman, injured in a one-vehicle accident near
Hardman last week, is now convalescing at the home of his
father, Gay Harshman, on Willow Creek.
Gay said his son, suffering a broken jaw and a damaged
eye nerve, is doing fine but travels to Walla Walla every two
days to be examined by his doctor.
Debbie Harshman, also injured in the accident, is
expected to remain a patient in Pioneer Memorial Hospital
for another four to six weeks to recover from a broken pelvis.
tional costs for such items as
supplies because of the infla
tion rate.
He emphasized that the
budget planning process is
presently at its very first
stage and present requests
don't necessarily reflect what
the final budget will actually
look like. "By the next time we
meet, we'll have a better idea
of the total picture," Nelson
said. He added that the
preliminary budget is in his
office for anyone interested in
looking it over.
Gary Grieb was elected
chairman of the Budget Com
mittee on Tuesday, replacing
Harry O'Donnell who declined
to be renominated. Dan
Creamer of Irrigon was intro
duced as a new member of the
committee.
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8 per cent raise over the
two-year period.
In reviewing the total bud
get picture, Bryant hit the nail
on the head by saying, "the six
per cent limitation is no longer
a reality".
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