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tqf-a-g ..yt -up - BESS I E WETZELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LID EUGENE' OR 9 7 4 0 3 S A TT n 1 TT1 TTIS Pi M V A TT it tn vk I-, i m a i a f ii i t z. . n ! n n k ti n sr t MOlNllLiilbrM JI SAJLJili IP Milium T Merchants open from 7-9 p.m. with loads of bargains Heppner merchants are gearing up for their annual Moonlight Madness Sale scheduled for Friday night from 7 to 9 p.m. Merchants Committee Chairman Randall Peterson said stores will close at their regular times and open again for the special two-hour sale at 7 p.m. Participating in the sale are Cole's House of Fashion, the Lebush Shoppe, Kroll's Department Store, The Shoe Box, Judy's Fabrics and Macrame, Peterson's Jewelers, Murray's Drugs, Gardner's Men's Wear, Coast-to-Coast and Case Furniture. City budget vote is Tuesday, May 2 Heppner residents will be asked to approve a $38,689 special levy next Tuesday, May 2. The City Hall polling place will be open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The special levy monies will be used to balance the city budget for 1978-79 which calls for a stronger city utility crew for maintenance and operation of city services. Funding of the swim pool and library are also included. Frank Anderson on port commission Frank Anderson, Heppner, has been selected to fill a vacancy on the Port of Morrow Commission left by the resignation of long-time Port member Oscar Peterson last month. Anderson will serve one year of Peterson's remaining term before coming up for election in the 1979 general election. A thrid generation resident of Morrow County, Anderson lives with his wife Kathleen on their wheat and cattle ranch near Ruggs. He said he is looking forward to working with the other Port Commissioners and called the Port organization a "positive part of Morrow County". Heppner planners meet next Tuesday The Heppner Planning Commission will meet Tuesday, May 2, at 8 p.m. in the City Hall. The following items will be considered: A variance permit for setback requirements to build a carport on the property at 520 W. Morgan. Applicant is Merritt Gray. An application for a zone change from Industrial (M) to Central Commercial (CO for Tax Lot 1400 Block 2 Lot 2 Mt. Vernon Addition. This is immediately north of Pettyjohn's Farm & Builders Supply, Inc. on the Heppner Lexington Highway. To be divided and sold for retail businesses. Applicants are Jo & Howard Pettyjohn. A variance for lot size and a Conditional Use permit to . place a mobile home on the property at 339 W. Linden Way. Lot is approximately 6500 sq. ft. instead of required 7000. Applicant is James R. Rollis. lone schools have concert set tonight The public is invited to attend tonight's (Thursday) annual Spring Concert of the bands and chorus of lone schools. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the lone High School cafeteria and there is no admission charge. Included will be a variety of selections performed by the grade school band, junior high band, high school band and high school chorus. AH of the groups are under the direction of George Russell. Community Art Show coming to Heppner Artists and craftsmen of all ages are invited to participate in a School and Community Art Show Friday, May 12, 7-9 p.m., in the multipurpose room at Heppner Elementary School. Ribbons awards and gift certificates will be presented in several categories including painting, sculpture, ceramics, crafts and printmaking. Entries will be judged on over-all quality and not on the age of the artist. Artwork and crafts can be dropped off at the grade school office between Thursday, May 4, and Monday, May 8, and picked up Monday, May 22. Each person is limited to two entries, which should include name, address and phone number. Gift certificates for the competition are being offered by Murrays Drug and Coast-to-Coast. Ron Forrar, an organizer of the art show, urges all artists and craftsmen in the community to participate in the event. I SoLsif VOL. 96 NO. 17 m . "V. D.A. violates The Morrow County Budget Committee and County Court sat through their second long session Monday listening to explanations of budget re quests from county depart ment heads. The session ended with no decisions made on any requests and a third meeting to complete the preliminary budget review is scheduled to take place tomor row (Friday) at 10 a.m. in the courthouse. With the proposed budget changing shape as new and changed department budgets are presented to the Budget Committee, Judge D.O. Nel son commented, "We simply won't know what the actual budget will look like until the preliminary work is done and the decisions made on every item requested in the budget." Among those appearing be fore the committee on Monday l:'Jkik.. A. . V ii Hull.- . dm iaMt-mi.mmlMtmmm-rt,immmmli I i in ilfi City administration will be discussed Restructuring city govern ment to provide a city administrator position for managing general operations will be up for discussion Monday by the Heppner City Council. The Council will meet at 8 p.m. in city hall for their regular monthly meeting. Bill Kuhn of the city attorney's office has drafted what he calls a "fairly standard" ordinance outlining the duties and responsibilites of a city administrator. Kuhn was asked to draft the document after councilman Larry Mills brought up the subject last month and sug gested the Council review the ordinance governing the city administrator for the City of Boardman. Mills stressed that the change to a city administrator AZETTE-TIME ffl 4U HEPPNER, OREGON ,0 5 '3-F'rue... County budget cuts will follow was District Attorney Dennis Doherty who submitted a new, budget request, totaling $37,000 as compared to his previous request of $15,593 ($14,563 is budgeted for the current fiscal year). The new budget included $12,000 for a deputy D A. Doherty said his new propo sal would "move the D.A.'s office into the 20th century", pointing out that of 12 Eastern Oregon counties with a full time D.A., Morrow County falls at the bottom of the list, under Lake County which had $23,000 allocated during the present fiscal year. In a letter written to the Budget Committee, Doherty explained his new request, and the reasons behind it, in detail. "The budget proposal which I am making at this time differs from all my previous form of government would not require the creation of a new employe position, it would just require a shuffling of present positions. The city budget which will be voted on Tuesday includes an allow ance of $1,500 to be added to the salary of the city employe given the position of city administrator, should the Council decide to make the change. According to the ordinance, the administrator would be responsible for attending all meetings of the Council, Council committees and Plan ning Commission and for keeping the Council advised of the affairs and needs of the city. The administrator would supervise and control all nonelective city employes and have the power to transfer employes to different depart Rf t "( proposals in that is is pre pared from an entirely differ ent perspective. It is definitely not prepared out of deference to the unwritten political and fiscal rule of the county which I will refer to as the "Three-F Rule". That "rule" is that is is foolish, futile and fatal to suggest new programs, incur new costs or otherwise risk arousing the wrath of the property taxpayers. "I like property taxpayers and am not unaware of, nor unsympathetic to their con cerns, for I am one myself, and the son of two others and the grandson of four others, etc. ..I believe. ..that if voters and taxpayers perceive a local governmental function as needed, and as a true service, they will support is and wish it to be funded..." Doherty said that he often received criticism for not ments for most efficient operation. Further, the administrator would act as purchasing agent for all city departments and would be responsible for preparing the general operat ing budget to be submitted to the budget committee. The administrator would be appointed by" the mayor and subject to aproval by the Council. Weather by Don Gilliam Hi Low Pre. Wed., April 19 64 36 Thurs., Apr. 20 54 36 .04 Fri., Apr. 21 58 31 Sat., Apr. 22 55 30 .12 Sun., Apr. 23 60 30 Mon., Apr. 24 64 42 Tues.,Apr. 25 59 49 .08 THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1978 i 11 llMl requests still comin Friday meeting doing enough as far as such duties as prosecuting crimi nals and handling juvenile cases, and admitted such criticism had merit. He con tinued in his letter: "It seems a matter of elementary fair ness that if judgement is to be passed on any public official on the basis of whether or not be has or has not accom plished his job, then'he ought to be furnished the means to do his job. ..In any event my present budget proposal is prepared as representing my judgement as to what is the least which will provide basic public service and avoid plain and simple neglect to duty..." In addition to the deputy district attorney position, Do herty requested a full-time secretary and part-time clerk to add to his staff and additional budgeting for office Natural resources win oe discussed at open public meeting Tuesday The problems, trends and needs of natural resources in Morrow County will be ap praised and discussed at a public meeting Tuesday, May 2, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Riverside High School, Board man. The public meeting is co sponsored by the Morrow Soil and Water Conservation Dis trict and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Soil Conser vation Service, in accordance with the requirements of the Resources Conservation Act signed by President Carter last November. The law requires public participation and involvement in setting the needs and goals for soil and water conservation. Under the Resources Con 14 PAGES Is time to change When it's "t o bells" Sunday morn in ir. it u ill actually be 3 a.m. vv ith is yea r's routing of Daylight Savings Time. Ralph Marlatt, custodian at the Courthouse in Heppner, made a dry run to the belfrv this eek to check on the four-sided clock's mechanism prior to Saturday niirhl. Clocks should be turned ahead one hour to be in compliance with pst. equipment, supplies and publi cations and legal references. Hospital Board chairman Fred Martin, members Larry Mills and Dick Sargent, and Pioneer Memorial Hospital administrator Bob Byrnes, submitted a request of $167,153 to the county to balance their operating budget of $1,093,419. Hospital resources were esti mated at $926,266. One decision the Budget Committee faces is whether to include the hospital request in the general budget or to call for a special election for a three-year serial levy to finance the county's share of hospital operation as has been done in the past. Harold Kerr discussed his budget request of $34,833 with the committee for the Exten sion Service, showing an increase of slightly over $2,000 from the current budget. servation Act, USDA is re quired to appraise the natural resources on all private land, develop a five-year program to meet the needs, and evaluate the progress each year. The information provi ded by individuals and resource-related groups at the public meeting will be used to help develop the first five-year program. Included in the appraisal will be a determination of the quality and quantity of soil, water and related resources, such as wildlife habitat, as well as the ability of these resources to meet current and future demands. Also consi dered will be changes in resource conditions because of rtast uses, the costs and 20c Planner Dave Moon, re auested $67,300 for the nlan- ning office down $9,000 from this fiscal year. On Friday the Budget Com mittee and the County Court plans to review the budgets for the County Clerk, Juvenile Office and non-departmental items, as well as discussing Revenue Sharing allocations. Members must also meet with the negotiators for union workers in the road depart ment and sheriff's office. "We don't want to add up the budget requests until we talk to all departments," Judge Nelson said. "No deci sions on any budget items have been made yet." He added, "Hopefully, all review work will be finished on Friday and we'll schedule another meeting as soon as possible. We have to get this show on the road. 11 1 benefits of alternative soil and water conservation practices, and the effects of alternative irrigation techniques on con servation and the environ ment. The public meeting provides the opportunity for residents to help direct USDA's natural resource conservation pro gram. Attendance and partici pation is encouraged. For those unable to attend the Boardman meeting, the ap praisal information can be reviewed at the Soil Conserva tion Service office in the Gilliam-Bisbee building, Heppner. Further information can be obtained by contacting Dick McEUigott, chairman of the Morrow SWCD.
