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THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1978 HEPPNER, OREGON TWO SECTIONS-16 PAGES
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Campaign emphasis on his
rural background and Eastern
Oregon roots paid off for
Republican Bill Bellamy, who
appeared certain Wednesday
afternoon to become District
55's new representative in the
Oregon Legislature.
With roughly three-fourths
of District 55's votes tab
ulated, Bellamy was leading
Democratic contender Chuck
Bennett of Gates by a margin
of 6,786 to 5,615.
Bellamy, a vo-ag instructor
in Jefferson County, who has
lived in east-of-the-Cascades
farming communities virtual
ly all his life, polled heaviest
in Eastern Oregon. The Culver
Republican received about
twice the voles of Bennett in
eastern District 5a counties,
including Morrow, where he
drew 1,352 votes to Bennett's
744.
Both Bennett and Bellamy
were familiar figures in Mor
row County, where each
candidate made frequent ap
pearances during the course
of the campaign. Bennett, a
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Morrow voters follow
statewide trends
Fire destroys family home
former newsman from Gates
in Marion County's Santiam
Valley, unseated incumbent
Jack Sumner of Heppner in
the May primary to become
the Democratic candidate.
Bennett appeared to be
carrying the western portion
of District 55, but not by the
substantial margins that Bel
lamy carried the eastern
section.
Most of the votes that
remained to be tabulated were
from oils in the western end
of the district. However, when
contacted Wednesday morn
ing, Bennett conceded that he
didn't expect Bellamy's lead
to disappear. ,
"I don't expect the trent to
end," Bennett said. "I'll
probably call Bill pretty soon
to give my congratulations.
Maybe a miracle will happen,
but I don't really expect it."
"Being from west of the
mountains was really tough to
overcome," said Bennett,
allowing that he may have
underestimated the appeal
that a local, rural candidate
appears to have with Eastern
Oregon voters. "I think that
perhaps I was too straight
forward on the issues that I
told too much, and didn't
present an emotional appeal.
After all, the issues are just
one part of a campaign."
"Bill ran a realy effective
campaign, and he worked
hard," Bennett continued.
"And he had a really superb
campaign manager in Joanne
Holcomb...I'll let Bill put
together a record in the next
two years, studywhat I did
right and wrong, and take him
on again."
Reached during a noon
break from his shop class at
Culver High School, Bellamy
conceded that his rural back
ground was the key to his
apparent victory. "Chuck
may have made points on
certain key issues in the
district, but he didn't have the
background to really under
stand them and follow them
through," he said. Also adding
to his-success was "a very
organized, very active cam
paign" on his behalf, Bellamy
stated.
The victor-apparent stated
that his first step as District 55
Representative will be to
select a group of 200 persons
representing a cross-section of
the district, who will provide
him with "instant input" on
constituents' feelings regard
ing legislative issues during
his tenure in the House.
Bellamy, who lost by less
than 500 votes to Jack Sumner
in the representative's race
two years ago, stated that the
day after election "feels much
better this time around."
In other election news,
Morrow County voters basic
ally followed statewide trends
for Oregon candidates and
ballot issues.
Morrow Countians cast 1,287
votes for Vic Atiyeh in the
governor's race, compared
with 839 for Democratic
incumbent Bob Straub. Mark
Hatfield received 1.023 votes
to 719 for Vern Cook in the U.S.
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Heppner:
ping pong
capital of
the world
Come Saturday, Nov. 18 at 5
p.m . , Heppner will play host to
the Professional World
Champion Table Tennis
Match between teams repre
senting Haiti and Thailand.
The efforts of Heppner Elks
Club members and Club
Manager Jackie Jensen are
responsible for bringing the
extravaganza to Morrow
County's capital city. In
addition to Saturday's table
tennis match, the Club has
scheduled a Hawaiian Luau
for Friday night, featuring a
show by the dancing group
Tiki Lights, as well as
authentic food and drink.
The Heppner High School
gymnasium will be the site of
the table tennis match where
seating for more than 1,600
people will be arranged.
Choice reserve seats will go
for a cool $25 per seat; Dress
Circle seating is $15 per
person and General Admis
sion will be $8.50.
Jensen, who expects a full
house for the world champion
ship match, said profits from
the event will be used by the
Heppner Lodge for improving
facilities.
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Heppner Elks Club Manager
Jackie Jensen
sees ping pong balls 24-hours a day
as the Professional World Champ
ionship match nears. The event
will take place at the Heppner
High School Gym Saturday, Nov.
18 at 5 p.m.
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Benefit
slated
Fire destroyed the home of Donnie and Gail
Papineau early Tuesday morning, taking
everything the family had. The fire started
while the family slept about 1:30 a.m.
Tuesday. Mrs. Papineau happened to wake
and go downstairs which was filled with
smoke; she and her husband removed the
children from the upstairs bedrooms and
minutes later the entire house was engulfed in
flames. A benefit shower for the family will
be held Tuesday, Nov. 14 at the IOOF hall in
Lexington. Clothing is desperately needed for
the family: girls sizes 4 and 7, boy's size 18
months, mens wear in 32-pants and size 16
shirts and womens size 11-12. The benefit will
start at 1:30 p.m.
Miller succeeds Lowe at First National
First National Bank of
Oregon named Kenneth Miller
to suceed Lyle Lowe as
manager of the Heppner
branch. Lowe was promoted
to assistant regional credit
administrator at the Portland
based headquarters for the 28
- First National branches east
of the Cascades.
Miller comes to Heppner
-from Prineville, where he was
assistant manager. He started
with First National at Port
land in 1967, and had been at
Prineville for the past two and
a half years. He is a graduate
of Wheeler County High
School in Fossil, and an
alumnus of Eastern Oregon
College.
Lowe was manager at
Heppner for two and a half
years. Virtually all his career
with First National has been
in southern and eastern Ore
gon. He was at Medford, Bend
and John Day before going to
the Sherman County branch in
Moro as manager in 1975. He
was named manager at Hep
pner Jn May, 1976. He is, a..
graduate of Bend High School
and Columbia Christian Col
lege in Portland .
Date High Low
Wed., Nov. 1 50 25
Thu., Nov. 2 63 29
Fri., Nov. 3 71 47
Sat., Nov. 4 65 32
Sun., Nov. 5 50 24
Mon., Nov. 6 61 28
Tue., Nov. 7 75 40
.03
No tiling nrm on JHieppner,
Lexington flood plains
Army Corps of Engineers
flood plain studies show that
the recently funded Willow
Creek dam would "reduce the
flood plain and flood depth
substantially" in Heppner, but
still allow "some shallow
flooding along Willow Creek"
below the confluence of Shobe
and Hinton creeks.
The remarks on the new
and incomplete Corps
hydrology .study of Heppner
were made Monday by Ron
Barrett, chief of the Corps'
flood plain section for the
Walla Walla District, during a
meeting of the Morrow County
Intergovernmental Council in
Boardman.
The new flood plain study
for Heppner as well as for
lone and Lexington is being
done in order for the cities to
comply with requirements for
receiving federal flood insur
ance benefits.
Ione's recently completed
flood plain survey shows that
nearly the entire city lies
within either flood plain or
floodway designated areas.
Any future building would be
prohibited in the floodway
designated areas. New con
struction could be performed
in the flood plain areas, only if
structures are elevated above
a theoretic flood crest level
and floodproofing building
practices are used.
Barrett's comments on the
flood plain situation in Hep
pner are tentative, since final
analysis for Heppner and
Lexington are not yet com
plete. Barrett said the dead
line for their completion is
April of 1979, but pledged that
an effort will be made to finish
them sooner, hopefully by the
end of this month.
After flood plain findings for
lone were made public last
month, officials in Heppner
and Ixington expressed
fears that their towns would
face equally restrictive de
signations. A map showing the extent of
the "shallow flooding along
Willow Creek" in Heppner
mentioned by Barrett has not
yet been completed. Barrett
did present a nearly complet
ed map for Lexington during
Monday's meeting, which
tentatively places land within
roughly 200 feet along Willow
Creek and Blackhorse Canyon
inside either flood plain or
floodway designated areas.
Most of the Willow Creek
flood plain in Lexington is
currently unoccupied pasture
land, with the Blackhorse
Canyon flood plain posing the
bigger threat to residential
and business property.
Theoretic flood depths for
the cities are calculated on the
basis of a "hundred year
flood" the worst flood likely
to occur within the next
century. Barrett said the
Willow Creek dam would
"reduce (the) Willow Creek
100-year flood discharge by
more than one-half" in Lex
ington, but not affect the
100-year flood area in lone.
Runoff from a "100-year
flood" would come mainly
from Rhea Creek, Rietmann
and Lorraine Canyons, and
other tributaries downstream
from the dam, according to
Barrett.
In Heppner, the theoretic
100-year flood would dis
charge 3,600 cubic feet per
second (cfs) of water from
Shobe Canyon into Willow
Creek, which has a channel
capacity of 1,300 cfs. The 2,300
cfs overflow path would make
up most of flood plain and
floodway areas yet to be
mapped for the city.
In previous meetings with
Corps of Engineers officials,
"you told us that the Willow
Creek Dam would virtually
eliminate the flood plain in
Heppner," Morrow County
Judge D.O. Nelson told Bar
rett. "The people of Heppner
will be up in arms if your
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