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The Library University of Oregon Eugene, Or 97403 For ilicrofilm The Heppner VOLUME 94, NO. 36 , - i . I. -r J f f 1 s ' ' r 1 LenRay Schwarr turned over operations of Court Street Market this week to new owners Jack and Ruth Maben, formerly of Mojlala. Schwarz will continue to do custom meat cutting undei the business name of Court Street Mabens new owners of Court St. Jack and Ruth Maben have purchased Court Street Mar ket in Heppner, LenRay Schwarz, previous owner an nounced this week. , Court Street Market has been under Schwarz family ownership since 1946, first operated by LenRay's father, Leonard. Schwarz will con tinue to do custom meat cutting under the business name of Court Street Process ing in the plant located at the market. He will continue to Carty coal plant work is on schedule under cost estimates Construction at the Carty coal-fired power plant near Boar dm an is proceeding right on schedule at a little below the estimated cost, Portland General Electric Board Chair man Frank Warren told more than 100 local business, gover nment and community leaders at a meeting in Boardmen Tuesday. The massive power plant is now nearly 40 per cent complete, with electricity ge nerating turbines expected to roll for the first time in June of 1980. Warren said that already, some $220 million has been spent on the plant, now expected to have a final pricetag in the $500-525 million range. " ' About 1,000 workmen are currently employed at the facility, bringing home a weekly payroll totaling $300,- THURSDAY, '-IK Market cut case meats for the market as well. The new owners moved to Heppner from Mollalla where they operated a small cattle ranch and Maben worked for Crown Zellerbach in the woods. The couple have three grown children and five grandchildren. . Mrs. Maben said store hours and operations will remain the same. Locker beef and locker rentals are available through the market. 000. The PGE board chairman noted that he was "pleased with the way this area has absorbed the workers into the community" an occurance that does not often happen when such large scale projects are being built. Hearings on the proposed Pebble Springs nuclear power site are expected to wind up no later than early 1979, accord ing to Warren. Even if the hearings result in no setbacks to PGE, the board chairman said he expected that lawsuits would be -filed by parties opposed to the nuclear plant. The PGE official said he anticipated that construction at Pebble Springs would not be able to begin prior to some time in 1980. A meeting of PGE's board of directors was scheduled to take place in Boardman on Wednesday. Morrow SEPT. 7, 1978 , Is-e I . i i v ; - j V - I - ' ; I t "1 I" Processing. Court Street Market has been under Schwarz family ownership since 1946, first operated by LenRay's father, Leonard. Morrow ribbon at Oregon The Heppner-Morrow Coun ty Chamber of Commerce booth at the Oregon State Fair attracted a lot of interest, comments and awards this year. Break-ins, vandalism keep area lawmen occupied A vandalism spree and break-ins at two Morrow County schools cost property owners thousands of dollars during the past week. Spray paint wielding van dals marred buildings, side walks, bridge abutments, and streets in Heppner with ob scenities, anti-police and pro-drug slogans during the predawn hours last Friday. Hit hardest by the spray paint attack was Heppner City Hall, which had to be painted later in the day to cover up the obscene comments sprayed on its walls. A (olal of 13 locations within the city were marred in the spray paint spree, including the Willow Street Bridge, the rear of the Sears building and Bucknum's Tavern, and the Episcopal Church parking lot. Police arrested two men on criminal mischief charges in connection with the vandalism and have warrants on file for two others both adults. Michael R. Bushke, 19, of Heppner, was charged with five counts of criminal mis chief, with Tommy R. Ayers of Lexington facing one count. Ayers pleaded guilty to the charge in Heppner Justice Court. Bushke has not yet entered a plea. County's County booth wins ' Awards for the booth in cluded a blue ribbon for its division; a special award of $25 from First National Bank for the best booth in the section ; an Oregon State plate Sometime during the exten ded Labor Day weekend, thieves entered Heppner High School, making off with nearly $4,000 worth of musical equip ment, and A.C. Houghton Elementary in Irrigon, where several hundred dollars worth of office equipment was taken. Most of the more than $3,800 in equipment taken in the Heppner High break-in was owned by band director Jim Ackley. One of two electric guitars stolen was owned by Bennett to visit area this week Chuck Bennett, Democratic candidate for the District 55 legislative seat, will be in Morrow County Sept. 7-14, according to Michael J. Sweeney, Bennett's local campaign chairman. Sweeney said Bennett will concentrate on door-to-door campaigning throughout the county but will also make public appearances at the Boardman Harvest Festival and in Southern Morrow County. A public forum at which time residents can meet Bennett will be held Tuesday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m., West of Willow Restaurant. "We hope to have a large turnout at the public forum because Chuck Bennett has some important things to say about the issues that face the residents of Eastern Oregon," said Sweeney. Award-Winning Weekly Newspaper Candidates are needed to fill city g It should be a wide-open race for offices in Heppner City government this Novem ber, but so far, there are no racers. . Two 'out of three council members whose terms expire this year have announced that they will not seek re-election, and the third is uncertain. The mayor's position is also up for grabs this fall, but incumbent Jerry Sweeney has not yet decided whether or not to toss his hat in the ring and seek another two-year term. ', Council vacancy created by last month's resignation of Hubert Wilson remains unfil led, and will also be available during the November election. With three certain vacancies and one possible additional empty slot on the council, citizens interested in partici pating in local government now have a golden opportunity to do so. . . ., . . ., ... State Fair for booth scoring over 90 of 100 possible points in overall judging (a score of 97) ; and a trophy presented by the Com mercial Bank of Oregon for the booth best portraying the HHS student Scott McEwen. In addition to the guitars, a wide assortment of amplifying equipment, recording gear, and stereo components were ripped off in the heist. Police found a broken win dow at the opposite end of the school building from the band room, but were uncertain whether it was the site where thieves entered the school. Further details, on the Ir rigon break-ip were not im mediately available. Councilmen who have an nounced their intentions not to . seek re-election are Larry Mills and Bob Jones. Mills, who recently resigned his position on Pioneer Mem orial . Hospital's board of trustee's, cited business pres sures as manager of the Morrow County Grain Grow-. ers as the main reason for his departure from the Morrow council. "Besides, I think I've spent enough time on the council," he added. Jones.who is completing his second full term on the council, said that taking part on the city panel "has certainly been an experience for me," but stated that he definately will not run again. "I hope somebody does run," he added. " I think a person ought to try it once." Carolyn Cole, appointed to the council several months blue theme of the Oregon State Fair this year. Following the theme of "Fun is Working in Morrow County" the booth used a background of old boards and a focal point of a small barn, depicting the agricultural basis-of the county's economy ' with commodities decorating each side of the .booth. The barn window served as a screen where slides of deve lopments in the county were shown,, along with a taped narration. The slide show included irrigation and agri business developments in no rth Morrow; the wheat farm ing story; livestock and range . land; the c6al -fired plant; the timber industry, as well as involvement of people and recreational opportunities. In addition to the honors won by the Chamber booth, Morrow County again won the trophy presented by Pendle ton Grain Growers for the best exhibits of wheat and barley in the commercial grain div ision. FFA and 4-H members won many honors and awards, with the Lexington tole paint ers dominating the state exhibit again this year, bring ing home most of the purple ribbons. With record crowds attend ing the state fair this year, the . Morrow County story attract ed the interest of people from far and near. Many expressed amazement that a county rated in the state as number one in potato production, number two in wheal produc tion, number ten in livestock, and number four in overall farm income, had a population of only 5,500 friendly people. The booth was designed and built by County Extension agents Birdine Tullis and John Nordheim. Kate Evans staffed the booth to answer questions TWO SECTIONS 16 PAGES verainent ago to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of West of Willow operator Jimmy Rog ers, is also up for re-election this fall. "I've enjoyed taking part on the council." she said, "but I'm not sure that it's something I'd want to cont inue. When interviewed, Mrs. Cole indicated that she was leaning towards not pursuing another term on the council. ; The. two remaining city council members, Warren Plocharsky and Cliff Green, still have time remaining on Three council seats open in Lexington Three council positions will be up for election in Lexington when voters go to the polls on Nov. 7. , Two of the council positions are for four-year terms. The incumbant -councilmen who held the two posts, Ed Bakei nd Bill Smith, have arnioun- ed. that they will file for re-election. The thrd position Local BMC C classes are listed in mailer The Blue Mountain Com munity College mailer cont aining day and evening sche dules should now have reach ed every home in Morrow County. If you did not recieve the mailer, contact Nancy Brownfield, Coordinator, 676 5039 The evening schedule is listed in the back of the mailer. A pre- registration form is enclosed with instruc tions for registering for the courses of interest to you. There is one change in the schedule. The guitar class will be held on Tuesday evenings instead of Monday evenings as listed in the schedule. Nistad to chair panel on nuclear plaint sites Kinaua Corporation General Manager Allen Nistad will take on duties as chairman of the Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council, when the council convenes in Bend next week. Nistad is expected to be chairman when the council takes final action on one of the most significant decisions fac ed by the body whether or not to build the Pebble Springs nuclear power plant. The siting council, which has the power to make the decision on whether or not the massive nuclear plant should be built, is currently receiving testmony on whether or riot there is a definate need for the additional power the facility would Drovide. HEPPNER, OREGON posts their terms and do not face re-election decisions this year. Officials at City Hall said that thus far, no one has submitted petitions to be placed on the November ballot for either council seats for the mayor's position. Details on the nominating procedures for the positions in city government are available at City Hall. Oct. 6 is the deadline for meeting require ments in order to be placed on the ballot. up for election is to fill out the unexpired term of a council- .. man who resigned in July. The terms of all three will begin in January. Several persons are under consideration by the mayor and council to fill the vacancy until a new council member is elected. For further information concerning the Fall schedule please contact Mrs. Brown field. A class on upholstery, which was to have been taught locally under the supervision of Blue Mountain Community College, has been canceled due to the illness of the instructor. Anyone able to instruct a basic upholstery class is urged to contact Nancy Brownfield, BMCC's field representive at 676-5039. If an instructor can be located, the college hopes to hold a class on upholstering during winter or spring terms. Nistad has served on the siting council for two years. The final decision or whe ther or not to build the nuclear power plant at Pebble Springs is expected to be made by Spring of 1979. Weather HI LOW PRECIP Wed., Aug. 31 Thurs., Aug. 31 Fri.,Sept. 1 Sat., Sept. 2 Sun., Sept. 3 Mon.Sept. 4 Tues.,Sept.5 78 60 69 54 83 49 82 51 80 51 70 52 67 45 .13 August Precip 2.91 inches. ..a new record for the area. Normal Precip .38 inch 1977 Precio 1 16 -
