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Morrow County's llome-Ownfd Weekly Newspaper
VOL. 8 NO. IH
THURSDAY. APRIL 24. 1980
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14 PAGES
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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at Heppner High School gather
it
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a nnual" horsepower charge
will apply.
The previous rate that had
caused discontent among
small irrigation users had an
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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
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