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TWO The Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday April 5, 1979 The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Volume of bills before Legislature is staggering L jf" ui i of the str to insta11 prtabU I-."?! Talking Pictures" equipment 4ktait. ., ..i.Ji,iI ll ' hacic HO vparc nan this week. Two years ago the Oregon Legislature was wallowing in its own paper and many observers feared that 59th Assembly would founder be fore it adjourned. It nearly did. Faced with the task of considering a record 2,812 legislative proposals, hard-pressed lawmakers deli berated for five months and had agreed to enact only about 300 bills. Weary and fearful that session would set an all-time record for length, an hercu lean effort succeeded in breaking the logjam of re maining legislation. Seven hundred measures were enacted in the final month, nearly 500 of those in the last 20 days. That session ground to a halt after 177 days three short of the record and succeeded in enacting 978 measures. Twenty of those bills a modern record were vetoed by then Gov. Bob Straub. And though no special session was convened to correct legisla tive errors, a session was deemed necessary last Sept ember in response to an initiative campaign by irate taxpayers. The burden of the law making process appeared more than a part time, citizen Legislature could reasonably carry. Pressure mounted for annual sessions in place of traditional biennial, odd-year meetings. And the likelihood that Salem would become the year-round home for profes sional full time Legislators seemed nearer than ever before. When the current session convened last January, con certed efforts were made to both ease the Legislature's workload and streamline the process. State Agencies were re quired to prefile their propo sals before the session start ed. House and Senate leader ship urged restraint upon the membership regarding intro duction of bills. And rules aimed at speeding the process were adopted in both cham bers. Senate Pres. Jason Boe said he hoped all bills from that chamber would be sent to the House of Representatives within 100 days. A Senate rule required all committees ex cept Ways & Means to report bills in their jurisdiction within 75 days of assignment. If a bill had subsequent referral to a second commit tee, the first committee was given 35 days for considera tion and the second committee the remaining 40 days. Bills failing to meet the deadline would be tabled automatically in committee. On the House side, all committees except Ways & Means, Judiciary and Reve nue had similar limits. Their bills had to be reported in 60 days. An additional 30 days were allowed for bills with subsequent referral to a second committee. Judiciary and Revenue got the full 90 days for their bills and again only Ways & Means was totally exempt. With the current session of the 60th Assembly into its 13th week (Monday, April 2, was the 85th day ) one would expect the legislative pace to quicken as a large volume of bills automatically died on prover bial committee tables. But as the 12th week came to a close, that wasn't happen ing. A total of 2,163 measures had been introduced 441 few er than had been proposed at the same time two years ago. Senate committees still were considering 787, had reported out 275 and tabled only 127. House committees still held 1,051 bills, had reported out 226 and tabled only 74. Altogether, both chambers had agreed to pass only 78 measures and Gov. Victor Atiyeh had signed 42. On the Senate side the 100-day goal to send all of the bills to the House appeared unattainable. And the Senate rule limiting committee con sideration looked more like a case of moving the goalposts whenever it suited a commit tee's fancy. A simple majority vote in a Senate committee can reactivate for 14 days a bill tabled automatically un der the new rule and the practice is increasing. It may be too early to tell how the new House rule is working because that cham ber got a later start than the Senate. The session's first week saw no bills assigned to committee because majority Democrats couldn't agree on a Speaker. And it was well into the second week before rules were adopted. So the 60-day, 90-day limits in House com mittees will only begin to surface in the immediate weeks ahead. Resurrecting an automati cally tabled bill in a House committee will be much more difficult than in the Senate, however. That exercise will take 31 votes on the House floor and reactivate a bill for only 10 days. Although deliberating on considerably fewer bills than last session at this point, the 60th Assembly so far is slightly behind last session's pace for enactment of meas ures. If a large number of bills is tabled automatically in committee one would expect speedier action on the remain der. But only time will tell. , . s - "lit mam .1.1 urn 'i iS'I JT I " 'm-m . '",: , , ., -finrr - n - 4',W i ... . ?zr- . jr Sifting f4 through the TIMES f Construction on the new Morgan Street Bridge is moving along rapidly with warm March temperatures. The Doug S. Coats construction company from Bend expects to have the bridge completed by the end of April. Approach-way paving will follow this summer. Governor's energy council moves questioned Editor: Governor Atiyeh's recent actions re garding the Energy Facility Siting Council threaten to destroy the Council's credibility. This seven member Council has been struggling for eighfyfears to decide whether or not to permit construction of the two Pebble Springs Nuclear Plants (at an initial construction cost of over $3.5 billion.) To remove two members who have served on the Siting Council and its predecessor, the Nuclear and Thermal Energy Council, over eight years each, Public Officials U.S. Sen. Mark O. Hatfield Hiism'II Srmih' Dllicc Klrtu . WihiiiKlon. I(' -" 1 1 1 Member cil Appripri;il ions ('(immitliT. liilciMir (nminillcv. Rules Cnm liiillcc. .Hid Indiiiti Pnliry Heviru Coiniins Mini I'mll. mil other. Pioneer Couithoiise. Km HIT ."i.'n S U Morrison. IVtNinri. (ire H72H4 (ilione 11 ,.mi. U.S. Bob Sen. Packwood Dirkst'ii SeiiMlc ( llliee Hld! . VV;ishinylon. DC l'ii.Mii Meniher (il Kiniinec ('(immillec ;iikI ( omiiieree ( 'onimillec Piirlliinrl oHic-e. line N K ll(ilhirl;i . Km. 7(1(1 i P I) Box i. PorllaiKt. (Ire (I7JHR. phono 2:V.V1 U.S. Rep. Al Ullman, Of The Second District House (llliee Bldg . Washington. DC 2ii.il.) Member of Ways and Means Commit tee Salem olliee. 5:i Center St.. Km :l:i(l (P.O. Bo 247i. Salem. Ore 97:!OK. phone :W9-5724. Gov. Vic Atiyeh Slate Capitol. Salem. Ore 97310. phone :i7R-:sni(i. State Sen. Ken Jernstedt 'Morrou. (iilliam and other counties). Stale Capitol. Km SUIT. Salem. Ore. 97310. phone 37K HH.io State Sen. Robert Smith i vwicoier. (.rant and other counties). Stale Capitol. Km S323, Salem. Ore. 97310. phone 37H-K17I; State Rep. Bill Bellamy 'Ainrrow. (,1111am and other counties). Slate Capitol. Km H3M. Salem. Ore. 97310 phone 37H-KB.i3. State Rep. Max Simpson i Wheeler. Grant and other counties), Slate Capitol. Km. H4H1. Salem. Ore 97310, phone 378-K7K9. Persons wanting information on bills, hearings, and other doings of the Oregon Legislature may call, toll-free, 1-800-452-0290 ...have something to say? The Gazette-Times welcomes letters from readers on any subject of general interest.. .letters should be not more than 250 words OBITUARIES Tress W. McClintock destroys the purpose of allowing public citizens to decide this question free from political pressure. To remove two members now when the decision is about to be made, when those two members have expressed doubts about the wisdom of building another plant before safe, permanent waste disposal has been developed is like tampering with a jury. And it has the effect of stacking the deck, especially when two other members are being left on who have indicated strong favor for more nuclear plants. Those two, Chi Wong and Phil Schneider have served as long as two who are being tossed off. The Governor is destroying a process of fair government. If you agree, please write me at the State Capitol, write your legislator demanding the retention of Bill Luch and John Thorpe, write your newspaper, and write to the Governor. Thank You, Jan Wyers State Senator, District 6 Writer thanks clean-up crews Editor: I wish to publicly express my grateful thanks to the Columbia Basin Electric crew of Dale Adlard and helper with chipper, which last Saturday removed four years' accumulation of limbs and prunings in front of my place. It certainly improved the appearance of the street and relieved my worries of what to do with it. Irene Anhorn Heppner The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow OJTPA Oregon Nwipapar Alloc lO'ion mi w The Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES Morrow County's Award-Winning Weekly Newspaper U.S.P.S. 240-420 Published every Thursday and entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second-class postage paid at Heppner, Oregon $8.00 In Morrow, SUBSCRIPTION RATE Unatilla, Wheeler & Gilliam County; S 10.00 elsewhere GM Reed, Publisher Terry M Hager, General Manager Eileen Sahng, Office Manager Melissa Scott, Composition Justine Weatherford, local Columnist Delores Reed, Co-publisher Rick Steelhammer, News Editor Gayle Rush, Composition Cmdi Doherty, AdvertisingOffice Ron Jordan, Printer Tress W. McClintock. 75, Pendleton, formerly of Hep pner and Monmouth, died Wednesday, March 28, in Pendleton. Mr. McClintock was born Sept. 8. 1903, in Wasco, the son of William A. and Edith McClintock. He was a resident of Heppner for many years, where he owned and operated a blacksmith and machinery shop before moving to Mon mouth. He moved to Pendle ton from Monmouth in 1978. Funeral services were Sat urday, March 31. at the First Baptist Church, Monmouth, at 2 p.m. Interment was at Fircrest Cemetery, Mon mouth. Mr. McClintock was pre ceded in death by his wife, Bonnie, in 1968. He is survived by three sons; Gale A. McClintock, Pendleton; James McClintock. Umatilla; and Jay McClintock of Van couver, Wash.; two brothers, Frank, of Portland and Wil liam of Pendleton; four sis ters, Mrs. R.A. (May) Broth ers, Vancouver, Wash.; Mrs. Arthur (Irene) Dalzell. Cul ver; Mrs. George (Ada ) York, Condon; and Mrs. Elmer Sybil C. Bran Sybil C. Bran. 89, Heppner, died Sunday, April 1. in Heppner. She was born Nov. 13. 1889. in Heppner, the daughter of James Monroe and Winifred Jeannette Holman Hager. In 1917, she was married to Hugh Bran and moved to Santa Ana, Calif., where she lived until the death of her husband in 1983. She then returned to Heppner and lived here ever since. Graveside funeral services (Mildred) Weizzel. Beaver Creek: ten grandchildren and nine nieces. Contributions may be made to the Oregon Heart Associa tion direct, or through the Folsom-Bishop Funeral Home. Pendleton. were held Wednesday, April 4, at 2 p.m.. at Heppner Masonic Cemetery, with the Rev. Steve Tollelson of the United Meth odist Church officiating. Sweeney Mortuary was in charge oi arrangements. Mrs. Bran is rnrvived by four sisters; Grace Storey, Chilliwack, B.C.; Edith Leach. Pendleton; Ruth McMurdo. Corvallis; and Marie Sims, La Grande; six nephews and seven nieces. Hospital Notes Patients admitted to Pio neer Memorial Hospital the past week and still receiving treatment are Evelyn Warren, Alta Cutsforth and Eddie Thorpe, all of Heppner. Patients admitted and later discharged the past week were C.R. McElligott, lone; Penny Miller and Hubert Wilson, both of Heppner. Greenfield Grange Favorable response to a recent demon stration of "talking" motion pictures at Heppner's Star Theater prompted the owner the Star to install portable "Paratone on a trial basis 50 years ago this week. Mr. Sigsbee-, owner of the Star, indicated he would buy permanently installed "talkie" equipment if attendance and comments continued to be favorable. The Gazette-Times was apparently favorably impressed with the new movie gear, calling it the "latest advancement in science," bringing "perfect tonal quality and marvelous reproduction of the voice to the otherwise silent drama." According to the Gazette-Times, "many of the favorite stage and screen stars, vaudeville head liners and revue leaders have been signed by Paratone and are making talking pictures at their big studio in Universal City, Calif." During the same week, Heppner's town baseball team was decked out in "brand spanking new uniforms," according to the G-T, for the 1929 season opener against lone at the rodeo grounds. The Gazette-Times reported that the "familiar blue trimmed in white has been replaced by grey with blue stripes, with 'Heppner' standing out in deep red and blue on the shirt fronts." Starting pitcher for Heppner in the opening game of Wheatland League play was Portland-transplant "Ducky" Drake, who shut out the Ionians 4-0, allowing only five hits. lone came close to scoring in the ninth inning, when Werner Rietmann tried to cross home plate while advancing from second on a single, only to be tagged out by Heppner catcher Clair La Mear. During the same week in 1929, young Joe Brosnan of Lena was knocked unconscious when his horse stumbled and fell. After being laid out cold for several hours, the Brosnan youth staggered to a nearby sheep camp and was brought to Morrow General Hospital, where it was determined that no serious damage was done. The G-T carried a rather unusual classified ad during this first April week 50 years ago: "Lost lower plate false teeth. Finder leave at this office." There may have been a story there, somewhere. For obvious reasons, the advertiser did not leave a name. Heppner began its on-again, off-again association with parking meters 30 years ago this week. City officials entered an agreement with a manufacturer of parking meters a pact that seemed too good to pass up. Under the terms of the agreement, the manufacturer was to install the meters at no cost to the city, and the city could use the meters for a year's time, to determine if they would be truly profitable. If the city chose not to keep the meters, they would be removed free by the manufacturer, and the city could keep half of the coins collected. Twenty-five years ago this week, Heppner's rumor mill was working over time, as the Gazette-Times duly noted: "Except for a couple of minor points, one of the best news stories of the year occured at 8:30 last Sunday evening in front of Heppner City Hall, when one man was reportedly shot dead and another seriously wounded in a major gun duel over a woman. "Local police and the sheriff were deluged Monday morning with requests for the names and details as the story spread around town practically before the shots had died out. Even the hospital staff reported receiving calls asking about the condition of the victim. "As far as the police were concerned, the minor points mentioned previously consisted only of the fact that nobody could find the body, the injured man, the woman, the gun, any evidence of the crime or anyone who had witnessed the shooting though everybody knew all about it. All were minor matters, though somewhat necessary to police bent on investigating a crime. "No one has yet definitely established the source of the story about the city's major crime wave, though the Gazette-Times' special secret operator uncovered one lead which could solve the problem. According to reports, a local businessman innocently gave out the gory details 'just to see how far the story would go.' "He should know by now. Parking meters popped back in the news 10 years ago this week, when Heppner City Council tabled action on a petition to oust the machines. The petition, signed by 32 persons, was presented by former councilman Harlan McCurdy Jr. McCurdy told the council that there was "an undercurrent of resentment" against the meters. Adding to the resent ment was the fact that dimes often failed to register when dropped in the machines, rooking drivers out of parking time. A bomb threat prompted the evacuation of Pioneer Memorial Hospital five years ago this week. A receDtionist at the hosnital received a telephone call about 4:30 p.m. chili feed Saturday from a man wh0 sounded as though he was trvinff to rlisptii: hie imipo Ui ctin - o o ii oiaicu limy that "a bomb is set to go off at seven o'clock," then hung up. Taking no chances, administrators ordered that the hospital's 27 patients be evacuated to St. Patrick's Parish Hall. Luckily. 7 o.m, ticked bv without incirlnnr Greenfield Grange, Board man, will have a chili feed and bingo party Saturday April 7. The supper will start at 6:30 p.m.; bingo will start at 7 p.m.
