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TWELVE The Heppner Gaiette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday. October 25, 1979
Snow-tire use okayed
after Nov. 1 in Oregon
The use of studded tires on
Oregon's highways for the
coming winter season will
become effective Nov. 1, H.
Scott Coulter, state highway
engineer, said today.
Under state law, studded
tires are permitted on Ore
gon's highways during the
period Nov. 1 through April 30
of the following year. Coulter
asked that users defer putting
the studded tires on their cars
until they are necessary due to
snow or ice because of the
damage they cause to bare
pavements.
Coulter said the use of
studded tires costs the High
way Division approximately
$1.5 million annually for
repairs to the system. The
effect of studded tires on
pavement markings results in
extreme damage, and occurs
at a time when these markings
are badly needed, he said.
The tires also crush the
reflectorized glass beads used
in pavement markings, there
by rendering them of little
value. The studs also dig ruts
in pavement which collect
water, and increase the poten
tial for hydroplaning.and
cause extensive splash and
spray during wet road condi
tions. Department of Transporta
tion cars again will not be
equipped with studded tires,
Coulter said.
The Transportation Com
mission has the authority to
lengthen or shorten the statu
tory period for the use of
studded tires if deemed necessary.
Justice Court
Violations from the office ol
Morrow County Justice of the
Peace Charlotte Gray were:
Steven Henry Griggs, 7740
S.E. 62nd in Portland, hunting
violation, $55 fine.
Larry Allen Derr, 23 Green
Valley Acres in Prineville,
hunting violation, $55 fine.
Glen Garret Gunter, 2118
S.E. Tonle in Gresham, hunt
ing violation, $55 fine.
Michael Richard Mutha,
P.O. Box 215 in Milkkald,
driving while under the influ
ence of intoxicants, $157 fine.
Robert Carron, 6805 S.E.
70th Ave. in Portland, hunting
violation, $24 fine.
Sheila Dianne Smythe, Box
563 W. 1st and Hemlock in
Arlington, driving while under
the influence of intoxicants,
$210 fine.
Robert Hazeltine, 6738 S.E.
70th in Portland, game viola
tion, $24 fine. ......
Stanford Eugene Dowdy, 3 life
Boardman Ave. in Boardman,
axle overload, $12 fine.
Paul Arien Carpenter, 2708
N.E. 92nd in Portland, hunting
in a prohibited area, $29 fine.
David Arias, 7555 NE.
Stanton in Portland, hunting
in a prohibited area, $29 fine.
Jerry Leeking, 545 Pioneer
Drive, P.O. Box 644 in
Heppner, speeding, $29 fine.
Mahlon Ben Couch, 2748 W.
Autler in Redmond, operators
license suspended, case dis
missed. Harold Robert Bergstrom,
Strawberry Road in Lexing
ton, over wide load, $12
suspended fine.
Robin Dickenson, P.O. Box 266
in Umatilla, hunting on an
other's enclosed land, $157
fine.
Paul Jay Knudson, 2245
N.W. 7th Place in Portland,
minor in possession, $34 fine.
Stephen Keith Anderson,
21601 S.E. Salmon in Gre
sham, minor in possession, $34
fine.
"Most of the violations were
game," Gray said. "All of last
year we had 77 game viola
tions and we have 68 already
this year."
SHERIFF'S OFFICE REPORT :
The following are cases
handled by the Morrow
County Sheriff's office this
past week:
Sergio J. Gutierrez, Locust
Trailer Court No. 32 in
Boardman, was arrested for
possession of less than one
ounce of marijuana. He will
appear Nov. 1 in Irrigon court.
Franklin Edmond Herrling,
Rt. 1 Box 33A in Boardman,
was cited for failing to yield in
a two-car accident with Alan
D. Roath, 515 Marua Layten in
Utah. Herrling was driving his
1974 GMC Sprint pickup and
on the road to the Navy
facility near Boardman when
he hit the 1974 Vega driven by
Roath. Minor injuries did
occur.
Gary Lee Dale, 700 Wilson
Road Apt. No. 2 in Boardman,
reported two Pioneer speak
ers worth $175 taken from his
1978 Ford Mustang car.
Columbia Basin representitive
gpeaks on conservation ideas
Homemakers attending a
recent lone Topic Club meet
ing learned how to heat their
houses and yet conserve
energy.
The speaker was Rod Aho,
customer service representa
tive for the Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
He pointed out that probably
the greatest loss of energy in
the home is through electric
heat and hot water heaters
turned too high. If heat is to be
turned down, it is suggested
that one have higher humidity
(50 percent) and keep the feet
warm. The water heater can
be turned down as low as 130
degrees instead of 160 degrees
as many homemakers have it.
Of course, Aho added, most
' homes need to be checked for
proper insulation to conserve
fuel. There are tax credits and
refunds available for adding
means of conserving fuel.
" He stated that one of the
problems for Columbia Basin
is outages caused by users
adding electric heat that puts
a load on transformers. This
could be prevented if the
company is notified, and
servicemen will check to see if
heavier transformers are
needed and will replace them
without cost to the home
owner. The club met in the home of
Margaret Morgan and enter
tained members of the Book
worms at the Oct. 17 meeting.
Frances Carlson assisted the
hostess.
The librarian reported that
the library is now open
Tuesday and Thursday from
2:30 to 4:30 p.m. and, it is
hoped, soon on another day of
the week. Susan Vosburg is
the librarian. A number of
new books for children and
adults have been added.
Special guests for the day
included Justine Weatherford,
Frances Mitchell, Inez Erwin,
Marian Brosnan, Helen Cur
rin, Ella Smith, Margaret
Blake of Heppner and Virginia
Barker of Butte, Mont.
14,000 Oregonians unsure
of drinking water
More than 14,000 Oregonians
in 29 of the state's 36 counties
have no way of knowing
whether their drinking water
is safe to use, according to
information released this
summer by the Environmen
tal Protection Agency. A total
of 76 of the 890 community
drinking water systems
throughout the state have
failed to establish that the
water they provide meets
national standards for bac
teria and turbidity.
Those 76 systems are leav
ing their 14,000 customers in
the dark," declared Donald C.
Gipe, coordinator of EPA's
safe drinking water program
in Oregon. "Whether it's a
case of the water suppliers not
testing the water, or testing
the water but not reporting the
results, it adds up to the same
thing: their customers have
no assurances the water they
drink is free of contaminants
that can endanger their
health."
The city of Heppner tests its
water twice a month and
results are mailed to the
Environmental Protection
Agency. According to Gipe,
the cities of Lexington, lone
and Irrigon just began re
cently to send in samples to
the EPA so residents in those
areas can now be assured the
water is safe to drink.
Gipe said EPA's concern is
prompted by data developed
by both EPA and the State of
Oregon that Oregon has four
times as many waterborne
disease outbreaks as the
national average. "We don't
want to see any repeats of the
Crater Lake episode of 1975
or the Neskowin incident of
1978" Gipe added, in re
ferences to the outbreaks of
gastrointestinal upsets that
made hundreds of people ill
because of impure drinking
water. "Contaminated water
can make people sick, but
without taking samples and
analyzing them, it's impossi
ble to tell whether there are
impurities in the water or if
turbidity is interfering with
disinfection. People are enti
tled to know what's in the
water they drink."
Failure of a public water
system to test for bacteria and
turbidity at prescribed inter
vals, and to report the results
on schedule, is a violation of
the Safe Drinking Water Act of
1974. Under that law, all
community water systems
must report the results of
bacteria tests. For systems
that take their water from
surface water sources, there
is the additional requirement
that tests for turbidity be
reported as well. Noncompli
ance with these requirements
makes the water supplier
liable for both Federal en
forcement action and indivi
dual citizen suits.
STOP disposing of your garbage by
placing it on the City streets.
It is being scattered by wind and dogs.
Please do not litter.
Take pride in your city.
Earl Papineau
City Form an
Publk Notice
Public Notice
AN ORDINANCE PROHIBITING
ELECTRICAL UTILITIES FROM
PROVIDING SERVICES TO NEWLY
CONSTRUCTED BUILDINGS OR
NEWLY PLACED MOBILE HOMES
OR PREFABRICATED BUILDINGS
UNTIL THE UTILITY IS PROVIDED
A VALID ZONING PERMIT FOR
THE BUILDING, MOBILE HOME OR
PREFABRICATED BUILDING:
PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE
OF ZONING PERMIT COPIES.
PENALTIES AND PROCEDURES
ON VIOLATIONS.
ORDINANCE NO,
OR S Chapter
THE COUNTY COURT OF MORROW
COUNTY ORDAINS AS FOLLOWS
Section 1 SHORT TITLE
This ordinance shall be known as the
"Morrow County Utilities Ordinance"
and be so cited and pleaded.
Section? SEVERABILITY
It is hereby declared to be the inten
tion of the County Court that the sec
tions, paragraphs, sentences, clauses ,
and phrases of this ordinance are se
verable, and if any section, para
graph, sentence, clause or phrase of
this ordinance is declared unconstitu
tional or invalid by the valid judgment
or decree of a court o( competent juris
diction, such unconstitutionality or in
validity shall not effect any of the re
maining sections, paragraphs, sen
tences, clauses or phrases of this ordi
nance. Section 3 DEFINITIONS
(a) Building. A structure built for the
support, shelter or enclosure of per
sons, animals, chattels or property of
any kind.
(b) County Court. The member of the
County Court for Morrow County,
Oregon .
(c) Utility. Any public or private cor
poration Or company which supplies
the public or a group of individuals
with electrical powers.
(d) Service. Providing or attaching to
any newly constructed building or
newly placed mobile home or prefa
bricated building the initial line,
hookup or metering device to pro
vide electricity.
(e) Zoning Permit. A zoning permit is
' sued subject to the regulations as de
scribed in the Morrow County Zon
ing Ordinance.
Section4 PROVIDING SERVICES
WITHOUT A ZONING
PERMIT PROHIBITED
No utility shall provide any service to
any newly constructed building or
newly placed mobile home or prefab
ricated building outside the limits of
any incorporated city in Morrow
County until such utility has been fur
nished with a copy of the zoning permit
which has been issued for such newly
constructed building or newly placed
mobile home or prefabricated build
ing. Sections ISSUANCE OF COPIES
When a zoning permit is issued pursu
ant to the Morrow County Zoning Ordi
nance, the issuer shall furnish to the
successful applicant copies In an
amount sufficient for said applicant to
provide the utility with a copy.
Section PROCEDURE ON
VIOLATION
The procedure on violation of this ordi
nance shall be that procedure set out
in the Morrow County Zoning Ordi
nance, said remedies shall not exc'ude
any other remedies herein or other
wise provided.
Section? PENALTIES
Each violation of this ordinance shall
be punishable as provided in ORS Chap
ter 115 and the Morrow County Zoning
Ordinance.
Section EMERGENCY CLAUSE
Whereas this ordinance Is necessary
for the preservation of the peace,
health and safety for Morrow County
and its Inhabitants, an emergency It
hereby declared to exist and this ordi
nance shall be in full force and effect
on . , Wt.
A hearing pertaining to this ordinance
will be held Wed., Nov. 7 at the regular
meeting of the Morrow Co. Court at 10
a.m. ':,''
Publish Oct. it, 35, 1W9.
PUBLIC NOTICE
This is to notify eligible agencies
that funding is now available to start a
WIC Program in Morrow County. WIC
(The Special Supplemental Food Pro
gram for Women, Infants and Children)
is a nutrition program for pregnant
women, infants and children (to age 5).
It involves nutrition assessment, nutri
tion education, and a special food
package.
Agencies eligible to apply include
public or non profit health agencies and
human service agencies in the following
priority order:
1. A public or private nonprofit
health agency which can provide health
and administrative services.
2. A public or private non-profit
health or human service agency which
must enter into a written agreement
with another such agency for either
health or administrative services.
3. A public or private non profit
health agency which must enter into a
written agreement with a private
physician, to provide health services.
Guidelines for preparation of a grant
application are available through the
address listed below. Potential local
agencies should notify the Oregon State
Health Division of interest within 30
days. Write or call :
Betsy Clarke
WIC Program Manager
Oregon State Health Division
P.O. Box 231
Portland, OR 97207
229 5697
1 800-452-7813
Publish Oct. 25, 1979.
CALL FOR BIDS
Notice is hereby given to ail
interested parties that Morrow County
School District will receive sealed bids
until 2:00p.m. on Monday, November 19,
1979 for the transportation of public
school students who reside in the
attendance areas served by Riverside
High School and Sam Boardman
Elementary School in Boardman, and
Columbia Junior High School and A.C.
Houghton Elementary School in Irrigon.
Bids will be received at the Morrow
County School District Office, P.O. Box
368, Lexington, Oregon 97839
The proposal is to be mailed or
delivered in a sealed envelope plainly
marked "TRANSPORTATION BID".
Bids will be opened at 2:00 p m. at
the Morrow County District School
Oltice and will be considered by the
Board at the regular District Board
Meeting at Riverside High School in
Boardman at 7:30 p.m. on November 19,
1979.
Specifications may be obtained by
writing or calling Matthew Doherty,
Superintendent at the Morrow County
School District Office (503 ) 989 8123.
The School District reserves the
right to postpone consideration until a
later time or to reject any or all bids.
Matthew Doherty,
Superintendent
Morrow County School District
Publish Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 1979
Food stamps reforms made for Oregon
elderly and disabled recipients
Oregon's elderly and dis
abled food stamp recipients
will have their benefits in
creased two months earlier
than most of the rest of the
nation.
Food stamp reforms made
by Congress last April had an
adverse effect on the elderly
and disabled that Congress
had not intended. Since that
time Governor Atiyeh has
expressed his concern to
Congress and has continued to
work with them to restore
those lost benefits.
The new amendments,
which will increase benefits
for the elderly and disabled,
will go into effect nationwide
no later than January 2, 1980.
Oregon and Florida, however,
are putting the changes into
effect two months early.
Persons who are 60 years of
age or older or those who
receive Supplemental Secur
ity Income (SSI) or who
receive Social Security Dis
ability payments, will be able
to deduct actual medical
expenses which exceed $35 per
month; and a full deduction
for shelter costs exceeding 50
percent of their adjusted
income. These deductions are
computed as an offset against
income so that persons with
high shelter and medical
expenses will be able to get
more food stamps.
"The Adult and Family
Services Division has geared
up quickly to make these
changes early in light of
inflation on food and shelter
costs, not to mention the
increased costs of fuel this
winter," said Keith Putman,
administrator of the dividion.
"We're grateful to Governor
Atiyeh and to our Congres
sinal delegation for respond
ing to the financial plight of
the elderly and disabled."
Approximately 15,000 house
holds could be affected by
these changes.
Persons wanting more infor
mation may contact the local
Adult and Family Services
branch office or call toll free
1-800-452-7813, extension 3654.
In Heppner call 676-9121.
Petition drive to ban traps
A petition drive is being
launched to ban snare 'and
leghold traps in Oregon. The
effort is being organized by
Oregonians Against Trapping.
The petition, if enacted by
the voters of Oregon in
November of 1980, would ban
the sale and use of leghold
traps immediately, with the
exception of predator control
trapping. The petition pro
vides for a five-year phase out
of predator trapping. Also
included is a provision for the
temporary suspension of the
ban by the State Health
Division if human health and
safety is endangered, such as
in the case of a rabies
outbreak. Mouse, rat, gopher,
and live "box" traps are
exempted from the act.
During the 1978-79 trapping
season in Oregon, more than
80,000 animals were reported
trapped in the state.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
A public hearing will be held at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday,
Nov. 6, 1979 before the Lexington City Council
at the regularly scheduled Council meeting.
Subject of the hearing is an application by Joyce
West to annex 2.65 acres, Tax Lot 4501, located in T2 S,
R 25 EWM, Sec. 34 to the City of Lexington.
The public hearing will consider both the question
of annexation and amendment of the Lexington
Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
City of Lexington
by Lois M. Allyn, Recorder
Publish Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 1979.
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ATTENTION WATER USERS
Insulate your water meters for the winter months.
You may use gunny sacks, insulation, etc. Please do
not use sawdust or bark. If you have had frozen pipes in
the past, it advisable to let a faucet run at a fast drip
during extremely cold weather. You will be billed a
minimum until spring when the meters will be read
again. Thank you.
Earl Papineau,
Water Supt.
Publish Oct. 25, Nov. 1, 1979.
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