FOURTEEN The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday March 15, 1979
O Irrigon
Francis Rase
Columbia View Fellowship
members held a potluck
dinner Sunday morning, fol
lowing the morning service
and annual business meeting.
The ladies enjoyed the conven
ience of the newly completed
kitchen with the large area of
counter space. At the business
meeting, the members voted
to retain Rev. John H. Kenney
and Rev. Gene Stith as interim
ministers. The ministers ro
tate, with Rev. Kenney
preaching the first and third
Sundays, and Rev. Stith
preaching the second and
fourth Sundays of the month.
Columbia View Fellowship
is an interdenominational
church made up of believers
from many different back
grounds, but with a common
goal of bringing people to a
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TAX LEVY OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUTIONAL LIMITATION
City ofVJIepner, Oregon
WednesdayIafch
In the
Mark a Cross (X) or
the word "YES" or
PROPOSAL
Shall the City of Heppner, Oregon be authorized to levy for the fiscal
year 1979-80, the sum of $60,656.00 outside of the 6 limitation set forth in
Section II, Article XI of the Oregon Constitution?
EXPLANATION OF BALLOT QUESTION
Currently the tax base of $46,612.00 is inadequate for the general
operation of the City. If the tax levy is approved, the operating budget to
be financed by local taxes for the fiscal year 1979-80 will be $63,294.00
greater than the operating budget financed by local taxes for the current
fiscal year.
The reasons for increasing the levy are: Two additional employees, plus
employment salaries, payroll taxes, spiraling costs of materials and
supplies, all necessary for the betterment of theoperationand maintenance
of the City of Heppner.
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SAMPLE BALLOT
WILLOW CREEK DAM
City of Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, March 28, 1979 from 8:00 A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
In the Heppner City Hall Building
Mark a Cross (X) or a Check Mark (s) in the voting square after
the word "YES" or after the word "NO" for the answer voted for
For an opinion whether or not you are in favor of Willow Creek Dam
EXPLANATION OF BALLOT QUESTION
Presently the City of Heppner is extremely vulnerable to floods. Are
you in favor of the Willow Creek Dam to reduce the Flood Plain level in the
City of Heppner, Oregon?
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personal relationship with
Jesus Christ. At the present
time, the church is actively
engaged in a building pro
gram. Currently, meetings
are conducted in the base
ment, but plans are made to
complete the sanctuary by
early summer.
The social committee of
Columbia View Fellowship
sponsored a sweethearts ban
quet the last of February. The
ham dinner was followed by a
musical program, with Mick
Tolar emceeing the evening.
Besides group singing, special
music was provided by Rick
Bateman, who played a trom
bone solo, and Vicki Gale who
sang several vocal numbers.
The ladies on the social
committee are Carol Tolar,
Marilyn Stewart, Karen Mc-
PUBLIC NOTICE
one of the Hoard Members
SAMPLE BALLOT
28, 1979 from 8:00
Heppner City Hall Building
a Check Mark () in the voting square after
after the word "NO" for the answer voted for
TAX LEVY
THE TAX LEVY
one of the Board Members
AM IN FAVOR OF THE
Call and Vera Cooley.
A new business, just recerif-'
ly begun, is being developed in
Irrigon. It should contribute
materially to the economy of
the city's commercial strata.
D.C. Sales is located at 110
lSt. on Highway 730, at the
west city limits, it is operated
by Don and Barbara Weivoda,
who moved to Irrigon two
years ago and built a home at
9th and Washington.
The couple presently has
about 25 vehicles on the lot,
ranging from a 1926 Dodge
coupe through a 1935 Chevy
coupe to various current
models. They anticipate fea
turing antique type cars as
they become available to
them.
The business will also be
expanded to include recrea
tional vehicles and trailers
and will range into farm
equipment and other saleable
merchandise that may be in
demand. A permanent sales
office will be constructed on
the site to replace the trailer
A.M. to 8:00 P.M.
YES
NO
DAM
presently being used for that
purpose.
The Weivodas came here
from Yakima, where they
operated a propane dealership
for several years. They were
also involved in a propane
dealership in Boise for two
years.
The Irrigon Lioness club
met at Margaret Jorgensen's
home on Thursday, March 8,
to play pinochle. There were
eight players. High was won
by Pat McKenzie, low by
Shirley Matthews. The pino
chle prize was taken by Myrna
Miller, five nines by Eunice
Weems.
The Lioness meet each
Thursday afternoon. Next
Thursday they meet at Isobel
Jonese Home.
Anita Davidson
to graduate
from Seattle U.
Anita Davidson, aI975
graduate of Heppner High
School, haeompleted studies
fora-"3.A. in Community
Services from Seattle Univer
sity. She attended school a
year each at Whitman College
and the University of Oregon
before completing her degree
at Seattle University. She is
a member of Alpha Sigma Nu,
the national Jesuit Honor
Society, and will formally
graduate Summa Cum Laude
in ceremonies this June.
Anita is presently employed
by King County Parks Special
Services in work with the
developmen tally disabled.
Anita is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Davidson,
who recently moved from
Lexington to Boardman.
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Bad highways a statewide
following winter of 1978-79
Unusual freezing and thaw
ing, heavy rains, and flooding
have all combined to deal
Oregon's aging highway sys
tem a severe blow this winter,
according to Fred Klaboe,
director of the Oregon Depart
ment of Transportation.
Weather conditions have
resulted in innumerable pot
holes in road surfaces across
the state. Highway Division
road crews are working, in
some cases around the clock,
to repair the damage and keep
the highways open to traffic,
Klaboe said.
The situation is extremely
bad this year, Klaboe sai
because early thawing oTdeep
frozen grounds-heavy rains,
and flooding have all com
bijiedto deal the highway
"sytem a major blow. It has
been particularly bad in
central Oregon, where it has
been necessary to place load
limits on some of the roads for
the first time since 1968.
"It is still too early to place
a price tag on the damage
right now," Klaboe said,
"because more severe dam
age could occur if we exper
ience the usual heavy rains of
March and April, in addition
to quick thaw. Roughly, we
are looking at several million
dollars, money not readily
available."
The Highway Division has
warned of the deteriorating
condition of its highways for
several years, emphasizing
the "alligatoring" that was
appearing. Alligatoring is tiny
cracks that appear in the road
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surface, the first signs of
deterioration of a highway,
that may be imerceptible to
the human eye. Alligatoring
permits water to seep beneath
the road surface, and even
tually results in road breakup.
Potholes are one of the
major signs of road breakup to
the average motorist. They
are caused primarily by a
freeze thaw and water intru
sion of the road surface.
Highways are built like
sandwich. The top"layer
varies in depJWfom 5 to 24 or
morejnehes. It is normally
cerrTposed of asphalt, cement,
rock aggregate or other mat
erials to form a solid surface.
The road is usually built on a
solid subgrade that is dry and
smooth.
During the summer, the
various layers of the surface
can withstand heavy loads
without noticeable movement
up and down unless the
particular area has been
subjected to very heavy
amounts of moisture.
During the winter months,
the sub-base becomes frozen
solid, which is fine as long as
the roadway stays frozen. The
problems emerge during the
spring thaws, lasting normal
ly from February to May. As
the frozen sub-base thaws, the
frost line moves downward.
Between this line and the
fairly thin highway surface, a
moist mass of flexible earth,
mud, gravel and other mater
ial appears.
In most cases, the average
vehicle can drive on the
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roadway without appreciable
damage to the surface. In the
case of heavy trucks, the
flexible thawing mass bet
ween the pavement and the
frost line can not support the
weight and pavement breakup
occurs. This is what has
happened in central
Interstate highways and
many of the-more recently
constructed arterials have
hicker sub-bases and over-
lavs. Thev can withstand
better the rigors of a bad
winter. Unfortunately, Klaboe
said, the department does not
have the money to build all
roads to these standards.
Many roads on the highway
system were turned over to
the state by the counties in the
1920s, were poor at the time,
and have not been improved
since, except for an infrequent
overlay, he said.
To properly repair a pothole
requires several steps, Robert
Schroeder, assistant state
highway engineer mainten
ance branch, said. The hole
must first be cleaned and
smoothed out. Next, the sides
must be made vertical. The
hole then must be coated with
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problem
liquid asphalt and new paving
material put into it. Finally, it
.must be rolled. Schroeder said
a major problem has-been
finding weatherconditions
which permitiJfoper patching.
many cases, merely
repairing the potholes is not
the answer, Schroeder said. A
complete rebuilding of the
highway is often necessary.
He cited a section of the
Lexington-Echo Highway,
which has experienced ex
treme difficulties this winter,
as an example. The road has a
thin asphalt mat and base. To
put it in proper shape,
approximately 10 miles of the
roadway should be removed,
and replaced, at a cost of
approximately $500,000 per
mile, or $5 million.
Schroeder said the depart
ment does not have this kind of.
money. Estimated cost to
resurface one mile of a normal
two-lane highway, without any
other work is $200,000. Many
highways across the state
need this treatment to prevent
winter breakup, but the
money is simply not available,
Schroeder said.
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Published March 15, 1979