TWO The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon. Thursday, November 29, I97!F
O'sgon Nawtpopa,
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The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
' County of Morrow
The Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
U.S.P.S. 240-420
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at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second-class postage paid at
Heppner. Oregon.
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Eileen Saling. Uffice Steve A. Powell, News Editor
Cheryle Greenup. Advertising. Chloe Pearson, Composition
Composition Betty Green, Office, Composition
Stable Economy
Morrow County has a distinction of sorts
in the Oregon Business Barometer, a
publication of the U.S. Bancorporation in
Portland. Whatever it means, Morrow is the
only one among the state's 36 counties to have
a current zero population growth.
The statistics are noted on an outline map
of the state. Oregon's overall growth is
pegged at 2 percent. The gains vary, county
by county, and Gilliam County is noted as
having a population loss of 4.8 percent. The
map shows a zero for Morrow, with neither
loss nor gain. (The "source" of the data is not
provided.)
Whatever the local significance, Morrow
County does seem stable economically.
Certainly in the north end there has been
business growth with construction work rela
ted to the Boardman coal-fired generating
plant and the greater use of irrigation in
farming. The County Planner's office
confirms that the county's gains in numbers
of people have been in the north end.
The current population is listed at 6,400,
based on a 1978 study by the Oregon Land
Conservation and Development Commission.
The 1977 population was 5,550, so there was a
definite gain in that period.
The Portland bank publication forecasts
a good year for agriculture, with a strong
export demand for domestic livestock and
crop products keeping farm prices an
average of 12 percent above 1978 levels. While
farm production costs keep rising, Oregon's
net farm income is expected to be higher than
last year's. This is sure to be reflected in
Morrow County.
The Heppner area has certainly been
stable without a great amount of construction
nor population influx. The city has no outlying
shopping malls, instead a well-established
Main Street and well-stocked retail establish
ments. New people may not be coming in, at
least not in great numbers, but the area is
holding its own.
Main Street Christmas
Once again Christmas has come to Main
Street in Heppner, with a beautiful, tall white
fir placed in a permanent hole in the
pavement in front of Case Furniture and the
hotel. Attractive lighted decorations adorn
the lamp posts, and Santa Claus himself
arrived last Friday in a Model T flivver and
handed out bags of candy and toy balloons to
the children.
He was a jolly Santa Claus, eminently
suited to the role he performed for the
youngsters who came with their parents to
see him. If Santa Claus is a myth, he certainly
seemed to be real to many believing eyes.
"Not believe in Santa Claus? You might
as well not believe in fairies" so declared an
editorial in the New York Sun more than 80
years ago in reply to an inquiry from Virginia
O'Hanlon asking, "Is there a Santa Claus?"
So those not affected by "the skepticism
of a skeptical age," and all of us, for that
matter, may take particular joy in the season
as exemplified here by the street decorations
and the many attractive window displays
arranged by Heppner's retail business
community.
As usual, it has taken many hands to
accomplish the details. Mayor Jerry Sweeney
said the city has provided the hole which
supports the tree. The hole is about eight
inches or so in diameter, and covered with a
steel cap throughout most of the year. There
is no need to drill a new one. Kinzua
Corporation helped provide the tree through
one of its logging contractors, John Britt. The
tree was felled in the Opal Butte area, 30 to 35
miles from Heppner, according to Richard
Graham, a timber cruiser for Kinzua. The
Sifting through the TI
The ninth annual convention
of the Rebekah Lodge was
held at the Masonic Hall in
lone. Sister Mary Swanson
was the presiding officer. The
Heppner Lodge had the most
members present with 136,
followed by lone with 119,
Lexington 59, Hardman 48
and Morgan nine.
Wm. R. Poulson, high school
principal, took over temporar
ily as the school superinten
dent in place of Superinten
dant Burgess, who resigned. A
number of educators were
visiting Heppner to apply for
the position but the school
board chose to delay making a
decision because Paulson was
doing a good job and they
wanted to pick the best man.
The annual Lodge of Sorrow
of the Benevolent Order of
Elks was commemorated by
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the Heppner Lodge at the local
lodge.
More than $2 million in
additional revenue was expec
ted to be collected by the State ,
of Oregon in 1930 as a result of
the one cent per gallon
increase in the state tax on
gasoline and distillate sales.
The total was expected to be
$7,052,054. The tax on gas was
going to be raised to four cents
a gallon.
The Heppner to Spray road
was still in the news as the
Lions were trying to get the
city of Bend interested in
helping with the road. The
Heppner men said if the road
is improved to Spray then it
would increase travel to Bend.
1954
Twenty-five years ago work
ers were putting up six 85-foot
poles to put the rodeo field
lights on. The Chamber of
Commerce raised the money
for the lights by selling bonds
and the light fixtures and
wiring was planned to be
added as soon as the poles
were erected.
A big truck on the Pendle-ton-Heppner
truck line left the
road between Lexington and
Butter Creek causing consi
derable damage to the freight,
which was scattered over a
wide area.
Bob Smith, a Boardman
service station attendant, was
slugged and then robbed after
two men tied him up. They
robbed about $76 from his till.
The Lions Club was sponsor
ing a Christmas Home Decor
ating Contest with three
valuable prizes to be given out
to winners. Originality,
beauty and harmony with the
Christmas theme were the
basis for picking the winners.
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Five years ago the Heppner
Neighborhood Center was ask
ing for help because the rising
food costs were making it
almost impossible to make the
senior citizen's meals. The
slate paid the center 60 cents a
meal but the meals were
costing about $1 to make, so
the center was asking for food
donations.
The City Council met to
decide on the parking in
Heppner on whether it would
be safe to have parallel
parking.
Dorothy Krebs of lone gave
a presentation to the Chamber
of Commerce about the sheep
raising practices on the large
Krebs Bros, ranch.
The town was getting ready
for a visit from Santa Claus
who was going to give out
candv at the city hall.
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Legislative Report from the Stale Capital
EXCLUSIVE to Oregon's Weekly Newspa
pers from Associated Oregon Industries.
Salem Scene
MS T. anrl nlannincr involves industrv
By Jack Zimmerman
Economics has been defined
as the management of scarce
resources.
That definition is particu
larly appropriate when discus
sing land-use planning in
Oregon. Management of land
within its borders likely will
be a key to this state's
economic future.
Under these circumstances,
it is obvious business and
industry have significant in
terests in the process cur
rently evolving statewide.
Generally regarded as the
most comprehensive in the
nation, Oregon's land-use
planning process is being
closely monitored by all
segments of the private sec
tor. And this watchdog func
tion becomes more significant
each day as local govern
ments struggle to meet a July
1, 1980 deadline for submission
of individual plans designed to
complete in jigsaw-puzzle fa
shion statewide regulations
for future land development
and use.
Stretching back into the
Sixties, Oregon's efforts to
regulate use of its lands got off
the ground with passage by
the legislature of Senate Bill
10 in 1969. That law called for
local governments to prepare
comprehensive plans for de
velopment within their boun
daries. But the statute provi
ded neither penalties nor
incentives for compliance.
Relative ineffectiveness of
SB 10 led in 1973 to passage of
SB 100, the current State Land
Use Planning Act. SB 100
created the Land Conserva
tion & Development Commis
sion and the Department of
Land Conservation and Devel
opment. Initial task of the commis
sion and its agency was to
establish goals for land use
planning a framework with
the force of law on which all
local governments would con
struct their comprehensive
plans. After 86 public meet
ings throughout the state, the
first 14 goals were adopted in
January 1975. The Willamette
Greenway goal and four
coastal goals were in place the
following year.
It then became the obliga
tion of the state's 36 counties
and 241 cities to draft land-use
plans that complied with
specifics of the statewide
goals. Each subsequent ses
sion of the Legislature ' in
Salem has provided funds for
both the work of LCDC, its
department and assistance to
local governments for comple
tion of their planning proces
ses. Next July's deadline evol
ved as a policy position as
funding and assistance were
made available to local gov
ernments. Associated Oregon Indus
tries and other organizations
participated with the legisla
ture during formulation of
both SB 10 and SB 100. That
same participation continued
throughout the goal adoption
process and these business
organizations early recog
nized the necessity to monitor
not only the local planning
processes but the adoption of
those plans at the state level
as well.
Four industry associations
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
About those trucks
Editor:
I was really surprised when
I saw the truck pictures on the
page (Gazette-Times,
15). They were the
Dempsey trucks. They hauled
all the rock to build most of the
roads in Morrow County. They
had camps in about every
section of the county. When
Lynn and I were married we
were on Heppner Hill. There
are many people left up there
who remember the trucks and
some even rode in them. After
front
Nov.
we were through, we took a
contract from The Dalles to
Biggs on the new highway in
1931. We had five Mack trucks
and two Chevrolet trucks on
that job. Our camp was by the
Deschutes where the new
bridge is now. That was our
last job as Mr. Dempsey
passed away and Lynn went to
other work.
Mrs. Blanche
Groshens Dempsey
4727 S.E. Lincoln Street
Portland. OR 97215
The Heppner Gazette-Times invites letters for
publication. They should concern matters of general interest.
They must be non-libelous in nature and in good taste.
Preferably, letters should be typed, double-spaced, on one
side of the sheet of paper only. Letters of diverse viewpoints
may be published and their appearance in these columns
does not necessarily reflect the opinions of this newspaper.
tree was delivered atop a loaded, snow-covered
logging truck. Crews from Columbia
Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc., erected the
tree as they did the street decorations. This is
community cooperation at its best, of which
Heppner may be proud.
With December approaching, let the
spirit of Christmas reign!
joined together late in 1978 to
organize the Oregon Business
Planning Council. In addition
to AOI and its forestry arm,
the Oregon Forest Industries
Council, those associations
are the Oregon Columbia
Chapter, Associated General
Contractors, Oregon Associa
tion of REALTORS and Ore
gon State Home Builders
Association.
Ech shared interests that
could be significantly influ
enced by local comprehensive
plans developed by cities and
counties. In most cases those
interests were at least compa
tible, if not identical. OBPC
was conceived expressly to
participate on a professional
level in the LCDC's plan
review and acknowledgment
process.
OBPC consists of two pro
fessional planners and a
forestry specialist who review
all comprehensive plans as
those plans are submitted to
LCDC. It is OBPC's responsi
bility to make certain those
plans comply with specific
terms of the statewide goals.
It prepares comments and
testifies before LCDC in order
to make certain all plans
adequately reflect the con
cerns of business and indus
try. To date, OBPC staff has
reviewed 75 city plans and all
or portions of plans for 25
counties. Its efforts are well
received by LCDC and its staff
and in a large majority of
cases, LCDC has concurred
with OBPC's recommenda
tions. In order to remain a
credible force in the plan
review process. OBPC has
famliarized itself with each
local jurisdiction's unique cir
cumstances. And this dili
gency has paid off by identify
ing major problems during its
review procudure.
So far the bulk of these have
involved lack of forest land
inventories, encroachment of
rural residential uses on
highly productive forest lands,
inadequate attention to min
eral and aggregate resources
and treatment of industrial
lands.
These issues and others
have been raised and challen
ged successfully by OBPC.
As of October this year,
LCDC has acknowledged
plans for only 46 cities and 4
counties. A total of 227 plans
must be submitted for ac
knowledgment by the LCDC
deadline next July.
According to OBPC, it
appears the plan review
process will extend through
December of 1980. It bases this
projection on the fact LCDC so
far has rejected 70 percent of
all plans submitted and it
appears safe to assume that
up to 50 plans won't be
submitted before the July
deadline. LCDC staff so far
has been processing only 12 to
15 plans a month and at that
rate will take at least 18
months to review the remain
ing 227 plans.
Meanwhile, the work of
OBPC and LCDC stand as
another example of the part
nership efforts by Oregon's
public and private sectors to
make certain the state's land
base serves all interests
involved in producing a heal
thy economic future.
Editor's
Notebook
Oregon Democrats will cele
brate in Portland Friday 25
years of being the majority
political party in the state.
The occasion will be the
Wayne Morse Banquet and
President Jimmy Carter had
planned to fly out from
Washington. DC. to be the
speaker.
Now." of course, the Presi
dent is sticking close to the
White House, or Camp David,
as the Iranian crisis mounts.
Who will speak at the Wayne
Morse banquet, then"'
A call to Beth Glascock,
executive secretary of the
Oregon Democratic Party in
Salem, reveals that First lady
Hosalyn Carter may be the
speaker or perhaps Vice
President Walter Mondale.
"Nobody's talking about an
alternative." Glascock said
"Yes. we're in touch con
!iintlv with the White House
Vi have an impression that
K.wahn or Mmulale miuhl
come.
All of these telephone c alls
were on Tuesday, as the
Heppner Gazette-Times pre
pared to go to press.
State senator to
announce plans
State Sen. John Powell.
D-Halsey. said he will an
nounce his 1980 political plans
at a series of news confer
ences on Dec. 3. Powell has
been considering the races for
state treasurer, secretary of
state and the U.S. Senate.
Powell. 31. was first elected
to the Oregon State Senate in
1974. He was 26: the youngest
member ever elected to the
State Senate. Powell was
re-elected to a four-year term
in 1(17!!
In liiTH Powell was named
"One of five outstanding
vnung men of Oregon" by the
( ti-ei'Dii ,la voces
Winter survival seminar
to be held Dec. 11
A seminar on winter survi
val will be held Dec. 11 at the
Western Forestry Center in
Portland. Co-sponsored by the
Center and the Boy Scouts of
America, instruction will be
given by Jack Samper, a
member of the Mazamas and
mountaineering advisor for
the Explorer Scouts.
Vital information for anyone
involved in outdoor activities
and recreation during the
winter months will be provi
ded, including choosing pro
per clothing and equipment,
building snow caves and other
shelters, avoiding hypother
mia, and other life-saving
skills.
The seminar in Forest Hall
will be from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.
There will be an admission
charge.
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