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BESSIE ?ET2ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 MB The Heppner rrPTTivrK? il iilviliC Downtown Heppner 7 to 9p.m, Friday, A pril 25 Morrow County's llome-Ownfd Weekly Newspaper VOL. 8 NO. IH THURSDAY. APRIL 24. 1980 20 CENTS 14 PAGES HEPPNER, OREGON liTT A j n n o Q ' ST X V M k ' VMtM: h Morrow ounlv Fair and Rodeo Qurrn Lori Fdwirds (lrft was crowned last Saturday at the coronation at the Lexington Grange (see story page K). She ii shown here with Bud Englert, who it donutinft the trophy to the all-around cowboy at the rodeo. Mother's Day walk to aid Dimes fund March of Dimes "Sufx-r-walk" from Hager F'ark in Heppner to Ix-xinRton and bark will take plate on Mother's Day. May II. It is open to all young people under 101, aceording to a March of Dimes brochure. Sponsor list slieels are available at local schools and at the Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner. Sponsors pledge a certain amount of money for every mile walked in the 20-mile course. Registration will be from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. with the actual Superwalk beginning after registration. Sponsor lists must be brought on the day of the walk March of Dimes officials will validate the list Royal court to rule prom The royal court for the Heppner High School Prom this Saturday at the local Elks Lodge was announced al an assembly last Wednesday. It will consist of Janice Sherman, Jackie Gentry and Kaedene Hollomon for the girls and Todd Sherer. Dan I Nix and Oris Zita for the 'boys. They are ail seniors and the court was selected by the junior class. The king and queen will be announced at the prom with the coronation planned for 10 p.m. "Mildstone" is the name of the band that will perform. The night will begin with the senior-junior banquet at 6:30 p.m. at the Catholic Parish Hall In Heppner. Mothers will prepare the meal. The entire school student body Is invited to the piui.. itself, which begins at 9 p.m. Cost to freshmen and sopho mores is 12 a couple with juniors and seniors getting in free. The theme of the prom is "Haven Knows." Deb Borgens is coordinating thts prom assisted by Steve Brownfield and class presi dent Lynn Dee Devin. "The public is invited to attend the coronation," Mi chelle Portmann, counselor, said. 'c: sc.. tffjr.c,-' v' , T -I ' ft 1 :, 'of : i . . .. .... .. , . i and give walkers a route checkpoint card and a walk number, Money collected from spon sors will he sent to the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Most of the money will go to the March of Dimes but a portion of it will Ih donated to the local American Field Service Chap ter The March of Dimes resear ches into the causes of birth defects. One of every 14 babies is born with a birth defect eqiiiilling more than 250. (MK) each year. The United States ranks l.rth in the world in preventing infant mortality. One of every 10 American families has a birth defective member. Ical merchants are donat ing prizes for the Superwalk. The grand prize, for the most money collected by an individual, is a ten speed bike. Prizes will also be given to the County to Morrow County Court is having a budget hearing April 30 in the county judge's office in the courthouse in Heppner beginning at 10 a.m. The purpose of the meeting is to discus with the general public next year's county budget that has been approved by the Morrow County Budget Committee. The increase in the ap proved budget compared to the 1979 budget is $382,474. Total personal services will increase $431,000, and total materials and supplies will increase $310,396 but total capital outlay will decrease $245,730 and the total of all other expenditures will de crease $113,192. Total budget approved by the committee is for $4,280,740. Voters adopted a budget of $3,898,266 for 1979. Anticipated revenues other than county property taxes ,are for $2,502,385, up $5,854 from this year's 1979-80 bud get. The amount needed to balance the budget is $1,778,355. The amount needed WPIfpiiuaJuuBWaaaa ...At , lt m. rtAm J second, third, fourth and fifth place individuals who bring in the most money. Prizes will also be given to the oldest man and woman walkers, youngest boy and girl walkers, class providing the most walkers per capita, largest participat ing family and the largest number of sponsors and run ners up. To be eligible for prizes, walkers must complete the full 20 miles and all pledges from sponsors must be re ceived by the Bank of Eastern Oregon by May 20. There will be a hotdog feed at Hager Park for everyone who finishes. Superwalk sponsors remind all participants that it is not a race but a walk. Walkers must stay on the side of the road. Water an other refreshments are available at checkpoints every two miles along the route. First aid supplies are hold budget hearing to balance the present budget was $1,401,735. The total portion of the budget that will require pro perty taxes and that voters w ill see on the A ballot ii the May 20 primary election is for $1,920,622. $377,798 more than what was needed for the present budget. Portions of the budget that are self supporting and there fore do not require any property taxes are the reve nue sharing, airport. Marrow County Fair and Rodeo, law library and mental health services. Revenue sharing is down almost $45,000 and the fair and airport budgets are down slightly. The law library budget has increased $100 to a total of $4,000 and mental health services budget will increase $38,747. General Roads Fund shows the largest increase in the budget from $889,000 to $1,511,581. Of that amount, $974,990 is required from property taxes. For the 1979-80 budget, $176,000 was required from property taxes for the roads. if; 1 also at the checkpoints. Wear comfortable walking shoes or boots with a thick pairof socks not tennis shoes or loafers. The Superwalk will go on rain or shine. Swim Team Carnival set during sale A Heppner Swim Team Carnival will take place dur ing the Heppner Merchants Moonlight Sale tomorrow night from 7 to 9. It will be at the Old Ford Building on Ihe Corner of Main and May streets. The Carnival will include a Country Store and homemade pies, cotton candy and coffee will be sold. There will also be a dunk tank and other games with prizes. The General Fund portion of .ne budget will increase about $42,000 but property taxpayers will pay less for it than last year because of more resour ces h'om other areas. Pioneer Memorial Hospi tal's budget will decrease mo,-e than $320,000 to $1,313,027. While taxpayers paid $460,089 for the hospital last year, they will pay $65,238 for the 1980-81 budget. Student hit by truck, suffers cuts, bruises Randy Osborn received cuts and bruises in an accident last Friday near Heppner High School in which he was hit by a pickup truck. The driver of the truck was Ronald A. Schwarz, another student at Heppner High School. Osborn, 14, was walking from school at 3:30 p.m. down the middle of the street, according to Heppner Police reports. Schwarz was driving a 1974 Ford when he tried to go COLUMBIA BASIN ACTION By Steven A. Powell Columbia Basin Electric Board of Directors established a rate for irrigators at a meeting last week. The board has been meeting with large and small irriga tors for the past two months in an attempt to compromise on , a rate increase. Since a compromise was not made and submitted to the board, it had to establish a rate in an effort to please CBEC irrigation customers. The new rate consists of a horsepower charge and an energy charge with the fixed Study supports Kinzua wood-waste power plant Construction of a wood-waste-fired electricity and steam co-generation plant in the Heppner area is feasible; and the cost of power from such a plant will be competi tive with new alternative sources of energy that will be available in the 1980s includ ing nuclear plants. Those findings are from a recent study done by the consulting firm of Schuchart and Associates of Seattle, according to a Bonneville Power Administration , anf- L nouncement made by Sterling Munro and Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative Manager Fred Toombs. The $45,000 study was co sponsored by Kinzua Corp., CBEC. BPA and the Electric Power Research Institute. "There is good news and bad news in the study,". Munro said. "The good news is that there is enough mill residue from Kinzua and other mills within a 100-mile radius of Heppner to support con struction of a six. 12 or 24 megawatt wood-burning elec tric and steam power plant that could be operational by 1983. "The bad news is that use of forest logging dash is unlikely as a fuel for such a plant because of the high cost of collecting, processing and transporting that kind of material." A six-megawatt plant would cost about $14.3 million to build and fuel from Kinzua would cost, in 1983, an average of $5 per two ton unit of mill residue. The plant would use about 48,400 of these units each year bringing fuel costs to about $260,000 per year. A 12-megawatt plant would cost about $26.5 million to build with fuel provided by Kinzua and other mills within a short hauling distance. The 1983 average cost of fuel would be about $7.30 per two ton unit and some 75,500 units would be needed each year at a cost of about $599,000. around Osborn by passing to the left. Osborn said in a statement that he heard a truck so he moved to the left side of the road. When he turned around, neither he nor the truck had time to dodge away, his statement reads. No citation was issued, according to Police Chief Dean Gilman. Osborn was released last weekend from Pioneer Memo rial Hospital. Irrigators9 rat adopted charges adopted in the first revised rate dropped but the horsepower charge increased. For one to four horsepower pumps, the charge is $26.75 per horsepower. For five to 40 horsepower, cost is $21.75 per horsepower. From 41 to 125 horsepower, the cost is $18.75 per horsepower. For 126 to 225 horsepower pumps, the cost is $15.75 per horsepower per year. For 226 to 500 horse power pumps, the cost is $13.75 per horsepower and for pumps larger than 500 horse power, the cost is $11.75 per horsepower per year. The largest plant, 24 mega watts, could cost $40 million to build and a portion of its fuel would have to be hauled from mills within a 100-mile radius of Heppner bringing that cost to $17 per two ton unit. About 128.000 of the units would be needed yearly bringing the fuel costs to more than $2.2 million per yearS? "In all cases, the first year cost of producing power wold range from 43 to 51 mills per kilowatt-hour depending on . Jhe size of the plant, distance the fuel is hauled and methods of financing," CBEC Manager Toombs said. "The study concludes that those generating costs will permit marketing of the energy as long as there is adequate fuel within a reason able distance of the plant," he added. Toombs said the study recommends two sites for construction of a plant. "The first site is immedi ately north of the mill's existing steam generating plant and is recommended for a six-megawatt power house." Toombs said. "Although the site has limitations, it is very near the fuel source." He added that the second site is an 11 -acre area east of Highway 207 across from the plywood plant. "It would do the job for either the 12 megawatt or 24 megawatt plant," Toombs said. "It is not located in the flood plain and will accomo date the much larger fuel piles necessary for the larger plants." Toombs indicated the deci sion on whether to go ahead with any of the options for the plant is under consideration by Kinzua Corp. Concerned students and faculty Osborn after Friday's accident. ; The energy cost is $.0095 per kilowatt-hour for all irrigation customers. Billing will be monthly. If a pump is used at any time during a calendar year, the Auto crash fatal to 2 Kasey James Bloodsworth and his unborn sister, Karissa Joy Bloodsworth, were killed in an automobile accident last Friday morning. The accident occurred two miles east of Echo when Carlita Bloodsworth, formerly of Lexington and now of 4311 S.W. Kirk in Pendleton, colli ded almost head on with Luella Taylor, 49. of Lexing ton. According to Oregon State Police reports, Bloodsworth was heading toward Echo and Taylor toward the freeway. Reports state that neither driver apparently had time to brake as there were no skid Denny Smith Morrow County supporters of Dennis Smith, who is seeking the Republican nomi nation for Congress in Oregon'- Second District, - wilLv host the candidate Saturday at . the Heppner Elks Lodge dining room from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Smith expects to be the GOP challenger to Congressman Al Ullman, D-Ore., in the Novem ber general election. The district that Ullman has represented in Washington for 23 years covers eastern Ore gon and parts of the Willa mette Valley. In addition to Smith, local and regional Republican can didates will attend the no-host luncheon, according to local Cross-arm snaps, causes power outage About 70 percent of Colum bia Basin customers were out of service last Thursday when there was a break in the main transmission line. A cross arm that supports the main transmission line coming to south Morrow County from Bonneville Power broke while Columbia Basin employees were work ing on the line. The wire dropped onto conductors, according to Co lumbia Basin Manager Fred Toombs, so the system was 3 JbT at Heppner High School gather it . . ' - .- s r " 5 . - - - "W . . a nnual" horsepower charge will apply. The previous rate that had caused discontent among small irrigation users had an (Coo tinned on page 3) marks on the highway. Impact was estimated at 50 miles per hour. Bloodsworth is listed in stable condition at Pendleton Community Hospital. As of early Tuesday morn ing, Taylor was still listed in "serious" condition at St. Vincent Hospital in Portland. She is in the intensive care unit with multiple injuries, according to a hospital spokes man. Graveside services took place for the two children Monday in Lexington. Kasey Bloodsworth would have been one-year-old June 25. visit due committee people. The public is invited to meet them. Smith, 42. is a native of Ontario, Ore., and for the past M year has lived. m Salem He and his wife Kathleen have six children. He is the chairman of Eagle Newspapers, Inc., a chain of 16 community newspapers in Oregon and Washington. Pre viously he had been a pilot for the U.S. Air Force and Pan American World Airways. His father was the late Elmo Smith, a newspaper publisher and one-time governor of Oregon. Dennis Smith is active in civic and business associations in the Salem area. shut down before more da.n age was done and the cross arm was repaired. The break occurred four miles north of lone and all customers south to Ruggs who are served by that main line were out of electricity for about two hours. "It was the main line that feeds us," Toombs said. "It was a rotted pole that split in half. In 20 years in business, I have never seen a break that way. The pole usually splits lengthwise with the grakj around the injured Kaady '
