The Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, November 1, 1979-NINK
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Courthouse Cat9 brushing up to visitors
Visitors to the Morrow
County Courthouse in Heppner
should be warned not to be
surprised if they are standing
in the courthouse and they feel
something brush up against
their legs.
It is probably only "Madi
sonthe courthouse cat."
Not too many courthouses
''can boast of having their own
"watchcat" but Morrow
County can.
The cat actually belongs to
Judy Barber, who lives next to
the courthouse. But since Judy
and her husband Donald are at
work during the day, Madison
almost daily goes over to the
courthouse to have some
company.
The employees at the court
house have taken a liking to
Madison and they have adop
ted her, at least during the
day. . '
Judy Barber named the cat
Madison because she found
the cat while she was working
as a lookout on Madison Butte
about three years ago. Madi
son kept her company while
Barber was watching out for
fires.
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Madison grabs a quick "catnap" at the Sheriff's office next to the typewriter.
Police
Report
The following cases were
handled by the Morrow
County Sheriff's office for the
week ending Oct. 30.
Marvin R. Padberg, Rhea
Creek near lone, reported a
Winchester shotgun missing
from an unlocked garage. The
gun is valued at $300. v
Jerald Vogel, Box 45A Box18
Room No. 31-A at the PGE
man Camp in Boardman,
reported $150 missing from his
dresser. He said the thief
apparently picked the lock to
his apartment.
Edmundo Castro, P.O. Box
318 Tangent Drive in Browns
ville, was arrested in Morrow
County on a. warrant for
burglary from Dawson County
in Montana.
Justice j
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The following violations are
from the office of Charlotte
Gray, justice of the peace, for
the week ending Oct. 26.
Donald Glenn Thompson,
Rt. 2 Box 681 in Estacada
game violation $19 fine.
Timothy Edward Lentz, 206
S.E. 74th in Portland illegal
possession of a game animal
$210 fine.
Robert Scott Harris, 7965
19th St. in Bay City-hunting
violation $55 fine.
Michael James Harris, 9015
Bewley Creek Road in Tilla
mook hunting violation $55
fine.
Paul Robert Britt, Rt. 1 Box
240 Space No. 17 in Umatilla
axle overload $44 fine.
Laura May Medine, Rt. 1
Box 3696 in Heppner failure
to transfer title $24 fine.
Bernard Alexander Genot,
4719 N.E. 33rd in Portland
game violation $24 fine.
Julie Anne Smith, 2401 Haig
St. in Eugene speeding $29
fine.
James Elbert Fraser, P.O.
Box 628 in Pilot Rock-hunting
during closed season $55
fine.
Bruce A. Worth, 503 Karen
Place in White Bear Lake,
Minn. sDeeding $24 fine.
Donald Alvin Stevens, P.O.
Box 13123 in Portland hunt
ing violation $19 fine.
The best investment in
1965, 'if you could have
made it, would have been
an ounce of gold. That pre
cious metal is ten times
more precious today than
it was 14 years ago.
lone Lions reports poor
turnout for creek work
The lone Lions Club had a
poor turnout in its efforts to
clean out Willow Creek in
lone, according to Bill John
son, cleanup committee chair
man, and many of the people
who did help out are not the
ones who are going to benefit
from the work.
Johnson said that of the 16
people that worked on the
creek last weekend, probably
. half of them do not live in
downtown lone and therefore
their homes would not be
directly affected if there is a
flood. The group cleaned
brush out of the creek so water
will flow past lone and there
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will be less chance of a flood in
the town. Johnson said not too
many of the townspeople were
there.
Johnson said he would like
to thank all the workers who
spent about six hours in
volunteer work.
Participants in the clearing
efforts were Jim Wishart and
John Edmundson from Hepp
ner. From the lone area came
Joe McElligott, Rollo , Craw-, .
ford. Tim Arends, Ron Palma
teer, Bill Johnson, Wayne
Hams, Elmer Holtz, Chuck
Starr, Gordon Meyers, E.J.
Akers, Virgil Morgan, Frank
Halvorson and Bill Rietmann.
Norah Agnes Hogue
Norah Agnes Hogue, 91,
Heppner, died in Pioneer
Memorial Hospital Monday,
Oct. 29.
She was born Jan. 31, 1888 in
Springtown, Ark., the daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. John
Brannon. and had been a
resident of the area since she
was sixteen years of age.
Mrs. Hogue was a member
of the First Christian Church
of Heppner. Funeral services
will be conducted today,
(Thursday). Nov. 1, at 1 p.m.
at the Sweeney Mortuary
Chapel, with the Rev. Edwin
Sikes officiating.
Sacred selections will be
played by Betty Marquardt.
Concluding services and
interment will be at the
Hardman Cemetery.
Casket bearers are Arthur
Stefani. Jerry Stefani. Dennis
Stefani, Bobby Grabill, Jeff
Turner and Roland Berg
strom. Mrs. Hogue is survived by a
daughter, Cecil Stefani of
lone; a son, Earl Hogue of
Heppner; two grandchildren,
four great-grandchildren and
two great-great-grandchildren.
Her husband, Tilman
Hogue. preceded her in death
in 1964. as did a daughter,
Reba Grabill in 1957.
"There is so much food over
there and they spoil her so bad
that we can't keep her home,"
Barber said. "She likes it
there because they baby her
and there are a lot of people
around."
Barber said she does not
worry about Madison when
she is at the courthouse.
Madison did run away a few
years ago for about six months
but she did return and she was
pregnant. Barber said. The
only other time she has turned
up missing was about a month
ago.
"She was gone for about a
week when officer (Donald)
McGee found her in Board
man," Barber said. "Someone
had to have taken her. Maybe
someone in the courthouse got
tired of her."
Barber said even though
Madison likes to be around
Court says
'no' to road
petitions
In Morrow County Court last
week in Irrigon, Commission
ers Dorothy Krebs and War
ren G. McCoy and newly
appointed Judge Don McElli
gott denied a petition for a
way of necessity and denied a
petition for a road closure.
Jacob A. and Harriett Mar
dis, Dwayne E. and Jessie C.
Christman, Beverly Norton,
Henry and June Wolff, Robert
and Pauline Shaw, Robert and
Sally Diehl. Vernon L. and
Fay Rank. John Winget and
Clarence Gandy petitioned for
a way of necessity and it was
denied because a circuit court
had ruled that the persons
were in an illegal subdivision.
A way of necessity cannot be
granted to an illegal subdivi
sion according to Oregon
Senate Bill 769.
The court also denied the
petition to close county road
number 307 called Toll Rock
Road. The court toured the
road, the roadmaster investi
gated the matter and a public
hearing was held. The court
found that the road has no
evidence of off-road damage
caused by its use, it has no
evidence of knapweed infesta
tion and no evidence that
users of the road were
presented to any undue dan
ger because of its condition.
On the contrary, the court
found the road to be a
convenient link between two
public roads and that it
continues to benefit the com
munity by remaining open.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
A public heal ing will be held at 8:00 p.m., Tuesday,
Nov. fi, 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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Madison visits the planning office where food is kept for her.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE
A public hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m., Tuesday,
November 12, 1979 before the Morrow County Planning
Commission, in the North Morrow County Annex in
Irrigon, Oregon.
Subject of the hearing is an application by Joyce
West to annex 2.65 acres. Tax Lot 4501, located in T2 S,
R25 EWM, Sec. 34, to the City of Lexington.
The public hearing will consider both the question of
annexation and amendment of the County and
Lexington Comprehensive Land Use Plan.
Dorris Graves. Chairman
Morrow County Planning Comm.
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people, she does not like to be
petted.
Madison can often be found
in the Planning office and the
Sheriff's office. According to
County Planning Director
Deane Seager, Madison has
been coming to the courthouse
regularly for about a year.
"She loves the juror's box
but the circuit court judges do
not like her in there when the
court is going on," Seager
said. "When she was being
potty trained, she used to have
to wear diapers. Madison was
mad after she was swiped a
few weeks ago so she did a bad
thing in the tax collector's
office so I don't think they like
her too much in there."
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