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Flags were put up in Ileppner to honor National Unity Day.
President Carter proclaimed the day for the 50 hostages in
. Iran.
Old Glory displayed
to honor hostages
Heppner's Main Street dis
played scores of American
flags Tuesday to mark Na
tional Unity Day honoring the
American hostages in Iran.
Jim Latiner. member of the
American Legion post, said he
heard on a 'television news
program that President
Jimmy Carter had proclaimed
the day for Dec. 18. urging all
Americans to show the flag
''-?id churches to ring their
bells.
Launer said he urged mem
bers of the Legion and the
Veterans of Foreign Wars to
.bring the flags out from
storageand mount them in the
permanent brackets that have
been installed on downtown
buildings. The flags are usu
ally placed in the brackets on
holidays.
President Carter's procla
mation of National Unity Day
was the result of a joint
resolution passed by the U.S.
Senate and House of Repre
sentatives calling for the
observance.
More than 50 hostages have
been held in the American
Embassy in Tehran for more
than month.
Thousands of militants, fol
lowers of the Ayatollah Ruhol
lah Khomeini, have refused to
release the hostages until the
deposed Shah of Iran is
returned to face trial. The
Shah, who was in the United
States for surgery, is now in
Panama.
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Methodist minister Mike Sheridan is planning on ringing the
church bell everyday at noon until the hostages in Iran are
released.
Five members named
to chamber board
Five Heppner citizens were
named to the Heppner Cham
er of Commerce Board of
Directors Monday.
John Edmundson was
named to a one-year term and
John Van Winkle, John Maas.
Justine Weatherford and Don
McElligott were named to
two-year terms.
Judge McElligott tried to
withdraw his name but a
motion was made to pass all
the names unanimously and
it passed.
There will be no chamber
meeting Monday but there will
be one Dec. 31.
School board reconsiders
transportation bid
Port of Morrow commissioners decide
on firm to review waste-system plans
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use of a school bus to transport
the players and coaches but
the boosters will pay the
expenses.
The principals of the Mor
row County schools announced
their respective schedules for
the Christmas programs,
lone. Riverside and Heppner
High schools had their con
certs Tuesday but the Hepp
ner grade school concert is
today at 1 p.m. and A C.
Houghton grade school is
having its concert tonight at 7.
General contractor Bob
Smith reported to the board
about the progress being
made on the two new schools
being built in Boardman and
Irrigon.
Smith said painting is being
done at the Sam Boardman
Elementary school and the
only thing holding up the work
there is the ceramic tile work
and the arrival of the heating
units.
Smith said he expects the
building to be finished and
ready to open the first part of
March.
"They are way ahead of
schedule,," he said. "The
contract states the work
should be completed the first
of April. If everything goes
right, it could be done in
February."
Smith said the work is being
done remarkably fast and the
delay in the arrival of the
heating systems was caused
by a strike.
Superintendent Doherty
said the water and sewer work
is being done now and the
grading, leveling and land
scaping has been completed.
The building has carpet
throughout except for the
gym, in restrooms and in the
kitchen area.
The water line is still being
constructed at the Columbia
Jr. High. Smith said dry wall
texturing is being done now
and the school should be ready
to open March 10. The
contract deadline is March 15.
Smith said he was going to
withhold some money for the
$240,000 heating units for both
schools because of problems
he has had with the company.
He said he will complete the
payment when the systems
are in good running condition.
The school board approved
a mistake made in the
basketball scheduling at Ri
verside High School.
The board limits the number
of basketball games a team
can play in Morrow County to
20 contests. The league has a
limit of 22 games. The
Riverside athletic director
inadvertently scheduled 22
games not realizing the board
had limitations. The board
gave Riverside a verbal
reprimand but let the mistake
go unchanged.
Heppner High School princi
pal Jim Bier said he had a way
to cancel out one of River
side's games. "They play us
once so I think they should
have to forfeit that game,"
Bier jokingly said.
In a special meeting earlier
this month, the board decided
not to accept a bid from Mid
Columbia Bus Co. Inc. of
Condon. The bid was to take
over the busing of students in
north Morrow County.
The bid was for 12 buses at
$17,600 per bus each year for a
total of $211,000. The vote was
3-2 not to accept the bid.
Bill Flatt said because the
vote was so close, he felt some
of the board members might
have some questions about the
company he could answer that
may persuade them to change
their minds.
Flatt said he has been in the
business for 28 years and has
operations in five counties. He
said many types of arrange
ments could be made to make
the cost cheaper for the
county. He said the company
could lease equipment from
the county instead of supply
ing all of its own new
equipment.
Flatt also discussed the
possibility of building a main
tenance shop in Irrigon so Mid
Columbia could work on its
buses in Umatilla and Morrow
County from the same shop.
Because of all the different
options that could be made,
(he board decided to reconsi
der the Mid Columbia bid on
the basis that a plan be
developed so the bid will be
less than the original $211,000
bid.
i in miumiI board approved
the hiring of Debra Morgan
and Terra Adams at Heppner
High School, Stuart Croghan
at Heppner Jr. High. Robert
Ceton at Sam Boardman
Elementary and Edwin John
son at Columbia Jr. High.
The Board also discussed,
but no action was taken, on the
upcoming budget proposals.
Barbara Bloodsworth
apppointed by court
as new county clerk
In about two weeks, the Port
of Morrow commissioners
should recieve word on whe
ther or not work can continue
on the proposed potato proces
sing plant solid waste separa
tion stystem
At the meeting Dec. Ki. the
port commissioners decided to
have Michner and Associates
review port manager Buddy
Toadvin's plans for the sys
tem. It will cost the port
$10,000 plus any inspection
during the construction phase
at $29 an hour plus expen
ses. The reason for the review is
because Gourmet Foods
threatened a law suit two
Barbara Bloodsworth of
Heppner was appointed as the
new county clerk last week by
the Morrow County Court.
Mrs. Bloodsworth will re
place the retiring Sadie Par
rish. She will officially be
come county clerk Jan. 1. 1980.
Mrs. Parrish has served as
the county clerk for 34 years
and Mrs. Bloodsworth has
been the deputy to the county
clerk for the last 10 years.
Mrs. Bloodsworth's appoin
ted term will expire Jan. 1,
1981.
She has been deputy clerk
since November of 19fi9 and
worked before that at the
assessor's office for a year.
She was born and raised in
Morrow County.
Mrs. Bloodsworth said she
filed to run for the office last
month when Mrs. Parrish told
her this was going to be her
last term and she was not
going to run again. When Mrs.
Parrish announced her early
resignation, Mrs. Bloodsworth
was the obvious person to take
her place, court officials said.
Barbara Bloodsworth
months ago if a review was not
made.
Two other bids were made
to review the plans. One was
by CH2M Hill and the other by
Advanced Engineer Consul
tants. Michner and Associates will
review four specifics in the
plan. They will check the solid
waste separation, analyze the
existing pipeline, inspect the
construction of the pipeline
and the overall management
of the program.
In other port news, the
commissioners agreed to
lease 25 acres of port land to
Harbor Timber Co. and 16.72
acres to Olympic Western.
The two companies will oper
ate a log handling and chip
plant.
The land is being leased for
$800 an acre for the first five
years with the price increas
ing according to a formula to
be worked out later. The lease
is for five years with three
five-year options.
The lease becomes effective
Jan. 1, 1980 and the companies
have already started to clear
land and construct rough
roads into the property, which
is east of Messner Pond.
A Union Pacific Railroad
representative made an offer
for $750 an acre to buy some
other port land.
The railroad wants to widen
its right of way to put another
main line in from Boardman
to Hinkle. They are asking for
21.13 acres but they have
agreed to take less if at all
possible and will not take
more.
The port did not accept the
offer but referred it to the
property committee where the
price will be negotiated and
the problem of an access will
be discussed. '
The railroad will take away
an access to a Sabre Farms
storage shed so Port Attorney
Samuel Tucker is going to put
into any agreement that some
kind of bridge overpass must
be built by the railroad to give
access to the Sabre Farms
property.
The port also decided to
borrow $100,000 from the Bank
of Eastern Oregon to cover
some port checks. The port
had deposited some checks
that were returned, marked
"insufficient funds" so they
need to borrow some money.
The port is contacting the
party whose checks bounced.
The port requested $125,000
in a grant to extend Marine
Drive but received $30,500.
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