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P F S S I F W E T 2 -E L L U CF ORE n i: w s c "a i- f. ft l i n I U G L U t 0 K & 7 ; G 3 The Heppner vol.. UN NO. IB 20 more laid offbyKinsua Twenty employees in the planer section at the Kinzua Mill in Heppner were laid off late last week, according to General Manager Harry Ken nison The swing shift closed down because "there is not enough lumber to keep two shifts going ut this time," Kennison said "We have no idea when they will go hack to work hut we hope the shutdown is temporary." The planer is the finishing KirlMin of the plant. Since chips are in such demand. Kennison said more wood is j being used for chips so less needs to be processed through the planer to lie finished Kennison said low grade No. 3 and No. 4 wood is "dumped into chips" rather than fin ished into lumber. He said the lay-off is not just for a few weeks but the mill should know by .lulv where it stands. "We are in the dark alniut the market." he admitted "It is a struggle-getting worse everyday. We will try to keep running hut it is a day to day thing " Kennison said as more mills close down, chips for paper products ttecome more ararce Me said hinzua makes $f0 to $(( more mt thousand by turning low grade wood into chips rather than finish ing it into lumber. "Everyday I pat our sales ) Free legal advice available by phoning Tel-law Morrow County residents can now receive free, general legal information thanks to the efforts made by Heppner attorney Michael Sweeney. Sweeney is helping with cool dotation of Tel law. a f i - , '. Frank Johnston (left) and Hospital Administrator A.K. Felt. Anesthetist from Idaho comes to Heppner Pioneer Memorial Hospital has an anesthesiast and a director of nurses as of last Thursday. Frank Johnston, of Su perior, Mont., fills the position of head nurse vacated by Carmen Bjella a few months ago. Rosie Smith held the position on a temporary basis. Johnston is a graduate of Madison College in Tennesee. THURSDAY, MAY people on the back because they are doing an excellent job at finding the markets to sell our wood and keep us going." Kennison said. Hera use of the Kinzua shutdown in December and record high interest rates, the Oregon State Employment Division expects an unemploy ment rale of 8 4 percent in 1980 while 6 6 percent had been the forecast. The unemployment rale in the county in 1979 was 4 8 percent. According to a recent Forest Service news release, the Forest Service has developed a committee to research and implement a program by the end of May that will put unemployed wood products workers back on the Job. The release said there is a strong market for chips so the study is looking into the possibility of making more wood residues available in locations where they are needed lo sustain wood pro duct operations. Possibilities include: in creasing the number of tree thinning contracts in stands of smaller timber suitable for chipping: increasing the sal vage in tree thinning con tracts: and using large amounts of residue that under normal conditions are burned or left to rot because there is not a market series of tapes about legal problems that can be listened lo over the telephone. The r1 1ii(M library program is sponsored by the Oregon Stale Bar and paid for through Before his work at Superior, he was an anesthesiast at Jerome, Idaho. Mike Garrett had been the anesthesiast on a case-by-case basis at the hospital. "It is a new full-time position at the hospital in hopes that the hospital will begin lo have more surgery," Johnston said. Morrow County's Home H. IS0 l.ia Six right) sings to V rankrnsw-fn's I'oHieti." i Dome possible? Council discusses solar heat for pool Heppner City Council dis cussed the possibility of using Rolar heating to warm the city swimming pool at its meeting Monday. Konald Forrar, councilman, said it costs $2,800 to heat the pool during the summer attorney membership dues. It has been used successfully for the past 1 years in Portland, according to a bar news release. Interested persons may call the toll free number at 1 -Win-45 2-4776 and ask the Tel law operator for one of the tapes. Sprrific tapes must be named. A brochure listing the taes may be obtained by sending a self addressed stamped cnvelo to Tel law. Oregon State Bar. 117ti S.W. Madison. Portland. OH 972(r. The tapes are about eight major categories of law in cluding Family Law. You and Your Kstate, Heal Estate, Criminal Law, Senior Citizen Information, Bankruptcy and Credit. Lawyers and General Law. The program's hours are 10 a.m. lo ::!() pin. Monday through Friday and noon to 6 p.m. on weekends. It is closed holidays, Tel law tapes are from three to seven minutes in length and were written by members of the bar's Public Service and Information Committee and 6.100 Oregon lawyers. The tapes are straightforward, concise and easy lo under stand and have been carefully researched in order to help the layperson recognize legal problems and locate appropri ate legal counsel. 1 The Oregon State Bar's Tel law program is one of only 14 in the United States. - Owned Weekly Hi PAGES 2H Duanp Neiffer See ret lew n,i I in a scrne frow age I.) " months and the cost will probably increase to $5,000 a year with the new rate increases Forrar said the city can probably split the cost of obtaining solar heating 50-50 with the Department of Ener gy. Ideas include having a plastic dome over the top of the pool or using solar ray panels Cost would be from Sfi.iKHMo $25.(KHI "depending on bow fancy we want lo get," Forrar said. "In 10 years, we would not lose anymore than what we would spend on utilities," Forrar said "Solar is really catching on. With a cover, the pool might be able to be open most of the year. looking down the line, it may be the Ix-st way to go." No act ion w as taken but the council did encourage Forrar to continue researching the idea. Clifford Green (old the council that Richard I'atton. of the Corps of Engineers, overstepped his authority by telling the city that pari of the water project would not le a "betterment " The city now has lo make some "trade-offs." The coun cil agreed lo eliminate a Ixxisler pump from the system thai will not be needed anyway because the reservoir site is being changed. The council also agreed not lo have the Balm Fork system con nected Council members told the Corps that the city could not pay llie "betterment costs of $H6.ooo because the city water bond election had already Im'cii set for $430,000." By a 3 2 margin, Heppner City Council denied a request by Winn Crist for a variance to build a carport on his property at 260 S. Court St. in Heppner. The council overruled an earlier decision made by the Heppner City Planning Com mission allowing the variance. Elta Mae Ixivgren. 240 S. cr in , t J 11 li i . !-k 'iv Hi Newspaper CENTS the Heppner High School Court St. in Heppner, ap pealed the city commission's decision. She said the carport, as proposed, would be a "fire hazard because it would only le 13 fee! from my house to the carport." Crist (eslified that tree sap has ruined the paint job on his car so he needs a carport. He said he has a garage but it is loo narrow for the cars they build "nowadays." John Shaw, city planning commissioner, testified that Crist showed a need for the carport and the city would benefit because of the added value of his property on the tax rolls so the commission granted the variance. Councilman Ronald Forrar came up with a plan lo move the carport so it would not be as close to the Ixngren's properly. Crist said Forrar's plan would be satisfactory to him, builder Ken Fifield said he could build the carport there and lyovgren said she would withdraw her appeal if the , carport is built in the new location. Crist now must resubmit his request for a variance lo the city planning commission. The council recommended lo (Continued on Page 3) Sixth graders listen intently HEPPNER. OREGON County Court hearing pav L . J By Steven A. Powell Salaries for county officials, the $1.5 million county road budget, and the new Animal Control District fund were the main topics of discussion at the county budget hearing last week . County Court Judge Don McElligott explained the bud get to two persons at the hearing. He said the increase in salaries has met with a lot of criticism from community members. McElligott said a committee was formed to look into a salary scale comparing sala ries with other Oregon coun ties. The county budget com mittee found that salary schedule to be "too high" so Commissioner Dorothy Krebs 50 go outdoors for school Fifty sixth graders at Hepp ner Grade School took to the woods hist week as part of the Outdoor School at the Tupper Guard Station 40 miles south of Heppner. Sixteen Heppner High School students went along as counselors. Principal Don Cole and sixth grade teachers Nan Nelson and Brenda Wey gandt also were there. Gladys Van Winkle cooked for the troops. It is the eighth year that Morrow County schools have participated in the program. Irrigon students are there this week. Instructors and counselors began setting up camp April 26 but the youngsters did not arrive until about noon April 2H. The campers reported all kinds of weather including snow, rain and sunshine during their stay at the Forest Service camp. 'Students learned about science, nature and social problems of how to live with each other." Cole said. "They were responsible for the flag, setting the table, checking weather instruments and other duties." The students had six hours a day of actual classroom-type learning with two hours of instruction in science and one hour in recreation in the morning and afternoon. Youngsters learned ar chery, riflery, hiking, tool craft and knot tying along with & during a nature discussion. Hi Low Pre. Wprtlhpr Tup.. April 29 58 40 rfUttWIW Wed . April 30 59 34 by Don G7am Thurs..MayI 75 45 Fri..May2 70 54 Sat.. May 3 74 40 April Precipitation. Sun. May 4 84 45 Normal-1.27 Mon.,May5 79 52 .03 April 1979-2.61 .cjcdiiff out Bares CD scale studies built a salary scale comparing work responsibilities in each county office with salaries in the private sector ideally arid officials in other eastern Oregon counties. A step scale was formed to standardize the pay scale. Each office now has brackets and employees are awarded with raises for longevity rather than merit. "Everyone had at least an 11 4 percent raise while the cost of living is 14.8 percent." McElligott said. "My salary probably took the biggest jump but I'm not going to complain." The average raise for non elected officials will be 16.5 percent. With elected officials included, the increase will be about 20 percent. '3 Students in the Outdoor School-go fishing. such all-time favorite games like "kick the can" and "Chinese tag." Counselors were given nick names like "Pesky," "Tip py." "Flash," "Poncho," "Snooks" and "Weasle." Students learned how to build a fire without matches and they made fishing poles. Kim Wright was the only person to catch a fish during their short fising trip and she did it with her homemade pole. The sixth graders had to keep a journal of each day, clean up cabins for inspections and gather firewood. "If you keep them busy, you have no problems," Cole said. The campers were up at 7 a.m. with reveille and the long day ended with a campfire and taps at 9: 15 p.m. The sixth May 20 voting Polling places for the May 20 Primary Election will be: Boardnian Greenfield Grange. Ilardman I.O.O.F. Build ing. lone City Hall. Irrigon North Morrow Of fice Building. Lexington City Hall. N.E. Heppner Precinct Old City Library Building. N.W. Heppner Precinct Li brary. S.E. Heppner Precinct Up stairs at the County Court house. S.W. Heppner Precinct- In the budget going to the voters, the assessor, eounty clerk, sheriff and treasurer will receive $19,618. The assessor now has a salary of $14,594. the clerk and the sheriff $15,695 and the trea surer $11,326 (although that position will combine with the tax collector position for the new salary.) The County Judge salary will increase from $17,028 to $25,000. The Roadmastesr (now the Public Works Direc tor) will increase from $16,559 to $24,960. The two commis sioners will split $20,435. up from $18,244. and the County Planner will get $16,102. up from $14,513. The Justice of the Peace in Heppner will get (Continued on Page 16) 1 graders had a quiet time in the afternoon for a half hour and Cole said about 70 percent of them used that time for a quick nap. Dennis Kochelmier, grade school teacher, taught classes on weather study and Jim Superior of the Forest Serv ice taught classes on reading maps and compasses. Bill Meyers, of the Soil and Conservation District, taught a class on soil. Other classes were about .wildlife, plants, water and survival. Cole said the high school counselor positions are very competitive with 29 applying and 16 selected. They are trained for a month, one day a week. "They have a lot of responsi bility at the camp," Cole said. "It teaches them leadership.!' polls named County Judge's Office at the County Courthouse. Persons may register to vote at the county clerk's office at the courthouse up to 7:59 p.m. May 20 as long as the person can be done voting by 8 p.m. according to clerk Bar bara Bloodsworth. Absentee ballots must be sent into the clerk's office by 8 p.m. May 20 to be counted. Bloodsworth said handi capped or other persons who desire aid in getting to a polling place may call the county clerk's office to re quest assistance.
