FOUR The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday December 28, 1978
Atiyeh makes campaign stop;
Willow Creek Dam OK'd
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Vic Atiyeh was in Morrow
County early in August, dur
ing his successful campaign
for the governor's office. Stops
included a tour of trouble
plagued Pioneer Memorial
Hospital, a round of golf at
Willow Creek, and a speech to
county Republicans at the
home of his local campaign
manager, Don Peterson of
Valby.
Heppner Postmaster Hubert
Wilson resigned his post on the
city council early in the
month, following a misunder
standing over his suggestion
to give Vic Groshens Sr. $100
in city money for his help in
repairing the broken city
water line.
Following a mass public
meeting to air hospital prob
lems, a trimmed Pioneer
Memorial operating budget
passed on the second go
round. More than $43,000 was
pared from the original bud
get request. Voters also ap-
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tit'S was the year parking
meters left Heppner. Now
2-hour parking is enforced by
chalking tires and $2 fines.
proved the county operating
budget, by a 641-468 margin.
Not a dime was trimmed from
the original request, which
met a 513-513 deadlock at the
polls in June.
For the second time in the
year, bids came in too high to
replace the decrepit Morgan
Street Bridge, prompting the
city council to develop plans
for a scaled down version of
the span in order to keep costs
within the city's budget.
As the 1978 wheat harvest
moved into full swing in
August, dryland yields were
averaging about 31 bushels
per acre good for any year,
but particularly good in light
of the previous year's drought.
Senior citizens were in the
news in August, when Mr. and
Mrs. Adrian Bechdolt were
named King and Queen of the
Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo, and Dee and Geatta
Cox celebrated their 64th
wedding anniversary.
Initial funding to the tune of
$500,000 was approved by
Congress for the Willow Creek
Dam in mid-August, only to be
vetoed by President Carter,
then later approved. The
funding was earmarked for
final design planning, and
relocation work for re-routing
the Willow Creek highway and
moving a city water reservoir.
During the same week, Dr.
Joe Gifford notified county
officials that he was interested
in returning to Heppner to
re-establish his practice here.
The Morrow County Fair
was blessed with mostly good
weather, drawing thousands
to Heppner to view the
county's best in livestock,
home goods, crafts and cook
ing, and to rekindle old
friendships. Kyle Robinson
and Neil Beamer took the top ,
two places in the Morrow
County Rodeo.
Scott McEwen became one
of a select few during the
rodeo week, when he received
his Eagle Scout badge during
ceremoni es at the Heppner
Elks Club.
Feelings were mixed in the
community over whether to
grant wilderness status to six
large tracts of land in the
Heppner District of the Uma
tilla National Forest. The
wilderness proposals were
drafted by the Forest Service
as part of the Department of
Agriculture's RARE II pro
gram. Whether or not any of
the lands will become wilder
ness sites remains a question
mark.
'Family' business landmarks
change ownership here
. Two landmark business
establishments in Heppner
changed hands during Sept
ember. The Court Street
Market was turned over to
Jack and Ruth Maben of
Mollala by LenRay Schwarz.
Thomson Bros. Grocery, a
Main Street fixture since the
opening years of this century,
became the Heppner Family
Savings store following the
retirement of Jim and Madge
Thomson.
SimTag Farms near Board
man in September was cred
ited with producing the nat
ion's largest wheat crop ever
harvested by a single farm.
SimTag's winter wheat yield
totaled 1,082,000 bushels, aver
aging 104 bushels per acre on
10,405 acres carved out of the
semi-desert land and irrigated
with water pumped from the
Columbia River.
Downtown Heppner was
marred by dozens of spray
painted pro-drug and anti
police slogans in September.
City Hall had to be completely
repainted as a result of the
vandalism spree. Charged
with criminal mischief in the
spray paint attack were
Michael Buschke, 19, Randall
Jydstrup, 22, and Sheri
Rogers, 20, all of Heppner.
The three were later handed
jail sentences and ordered to
pay restitution to property
owners.
One of the Gazette-Times
most popular columns was
born with the start of football
season in September. Former
Crook County High grid stand
out Robb Rush managed to
hammer out commentary on
the local football scene in his
Bleacher Seats column while
serving as manager of the
Heppner Les Schwab Tire
Center.
Long-time Heppner Justice
of the Peace Dee Gribble
announced plans to retire her
post, and Charlotte Gray
became justice of the peace on
a pro-tem basis.
Morrow County farmers and ranchers shook off the effects of the 1977 drought and followed a
state-wide trend that showed a significant increase in gross income. Sales in Morrow County
topped $7-miIIion a 20 per cent increase while operating costs jumped 11 per cent.
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