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.