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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 24, 1980)
V E T 2 ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 07403 The Heppner Weather by Don Gilliam FTTIP. Tne...lnly IS XI.. .lulv (A Thtirs.. July 17 "rl.. July IN Sill., .lulv IS Sun., .lulv 2ft .Mon...lulv2l MM 85-50 83-47 85-49 MSI 8H-53 M-5K Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Vol. mno ji iimiy it n m t'txii II I'XI.I iii ri'M iitn;o ' BESSIE KcpitrtH ol rptionrtl wheal jii liirmrnt around Iho counlv School District hurt by revenue shortfalls . JieeMuw of revenue hort tails at the stale level, the Morrow County School Dis trict will most likelv lose ahout $T7.(Nio in income this year. District Superintendent Matthew Doherty wiy the hoard of directors was told Monday night. The money lost consisted of federal revenue sharing Cities, counties receive tax funds During the period January I through June 30. I9H0. the Slate Highway Division has distributed $10,314 817.00 in highway user tax funds to the incnrimraled cities of Oregon fur use in local road and street programs, it was announced recently by H Scott Coulter, state highway engineer, The city of Heppner receiv ed 12.2H7 84 while Hermiston received $('0.8C.0.15, La Stretcher donated to 2f f ! Thanks to the help and donation of local businesses and individuals, the emer gency medical team at Pio neer Memorial Hospital in Heppner has a new and more efficient stretcher for loading and unloading patients from . the ambulance. The new stretcher cost over $800 and was purchased en tirely with donations, says team member Betty Curnutt. Curnutt says the new harvests oMiliniM lo come in lKan culling the p.'isl wk. funds, which Ihe district had hoped wrmld be made up from ' Ihe slate general fund However, with the budget shortfall of an anticipated $2M million recently announced hv Ihe state, the district will likelv not receive any money other than basic school support this year. In other business before the school hoard at its meeting Monday in Irrigon. Ihe board Grande. $7W 447 :), and I'ma tilla. I2l.fi.-IM3. The allocation is based on the statutory 12 percent, and has already been distributed on a monthly basis It went to 241 incorporated cities in the state, whose combined popu lation now totals I.4C3.592 The funds come from the following sources: motor ve hicle registration and opera tor's license fees, gasoline tax. stretcher may be loaded and unloaded from the ambulance by one person instead of Ihe two or more which were required by Ihe old stretcher. "One person can load a 250 pound individual with this." she said. Donations for purchase of the stretcher came from many sources. The Heppner Ameri can Legion and Auxiliary, the VFW Aux.. both the Search and Rescue and the Search f f 1 I J I v L I Combine . ,; v.. ' ;. - '. . " vv. . '.. .- ' "- i - '. " ' V , . s - y v , ' ; r . K-: .'vK' "-.11. "5 ' .r.i- Merc six comhinos lim up in Hon H.ieuownod's nMT;iiim iiuuidc Line. ruHini' a ath 120 fool wide Tin' land hero is vieldini! 7 pln hushols per acre on a accented a hid from Kralman Stool Structures of Millon Krivwairr for construction of a 40 bv i fool metal bus barn to bo located at Bnardman Seven companies submitted bids and Kralman's of STI.nm was accepted In other action Ihe board adopted a new policy on banks to he used for district funds use fuel tax, motor carrier fees, and fines and penalties collected for violations of the size and weight statutes from citations issued by Highway Division weighmasters. The apportionment is based on the population of each city as determined by the Center for Population Research and Census. Portland State Uni- Continued Page 2 Hospital and Rescue Posseettes. and the lone American Legion Aux iliary all gave donations and services toward the purchase. Dwayne and the Plainsmen, a music group from Heppner. gave their services at a dance to raise money and many individuals donated. "We would like lo thank the public and businesses for support," Curnutt said. If - a - tion fV'" VtJST ' Therc are four full service,, hanks in Morrow Count vmnd according I" Dohortv. current district funds will be rotated on a venrlv basis between the hanks He said that next year the Bank of Eastern Orecon. Heppner. and the I'S Rank in Bnardman will house current district monev. and in 181 82 the 1st National. Heppner. and Inland Fmpire. Ronrdman. will have Ihe business Dohcrlv added that longer term district funds, such as certificates of deposit, will, in Ihe fiilure. be let out for bid- A face ! -i I'i'i'i ?! n rw . ' 1 2.' TJ",1T" "l " ' """" ' ' klMimiiv tmmm fip.raililWIU,LLNlll...i j;1..1 lJ'. J,1!1 LJ '.' "; J'i. u- J rt " " ' pmm mmm mi mmm mmmm& mmmmm .. I KJJ it'r '"v' ' '' '' "" ' SijrssrsXrf tsjts m . z t - - .... "Imimm mmm mmm m w mmm mm I . mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ' -iwhiw mm mm mmm wmm . ,---mm mmm mm, m m . y- - '" " ,t " ' " '- mmiM in tm M)mmtmJMtmm0m Oiie-luindred-twenty Heppner llih students from the classes of l:tl tlii iuiuh li:i pose In front of the school which is now Ihe junior by Justine YVeatherford The five classes of Heppner High graduates (1935-1939) and former fellow students and their mates and teachers will hold a reunion here the weekend after next. Saturday and Sunday. August 2 and 3. Co-chairmen for the gather ing are Kay Furlong Anderson C38 and I.a Verne VanMarter C:t8. Among the many who are assisting them are Bethel Blake Heinrichs C39). Ka thrvn Parker Hoskins '37. Kd Dick t'35). Ilene Kilkenny ''"' siunmrr f.illow with no imitation. The normal yield ) ,, r ' '" f.illnw is sa htishols per acre. ? 1111111)1' the four nnnks ana Wos'i'm Horiloee Savings and I J:m In other district business the hoard reappointed Boh Ahrams as school district attorney, and reappointed Morrison Fife of Pendleton as district auditors In further action, the hoard accepted the resignations fo N.in Nelson. Heppner Ele mentary school. I.inda Mur ray. Heppner Junior High. Bob Kaltwasser. Riverside Hiuh in Boardman. and Ann Munkers. Irrigon Elementary school in the crowd I l.aughlin '35t. Irene Beamer Anhnrn '3fit. Beth Vance Bryant t'37. Howard Cleve land :tfi) and Floyd and lrena Wilson Jones ('351. Many more have assisted in Irving diligently to contact students and teachers who were at Ihe hih school during the years of 1935 through 1939 classes They have made preparation for several re union events for those who will attend On Saturday evening from 6 pm. on a ooHl hour and 57 Refugees to arrive Condon , h .lean filllian , New life. I'S A. has been notified that 57 refugees are at the staging area in Bangkok. Thailand, and will be arriving at the Condon refugee center within the next two weeks. Most of the new arrivals are Laotians, with only three small families of Hmongs. According to reports received at New Life, most of those coming will be single young men. The Iiotians are more educated than their Hmong How II hiinnuet will he held at the Heppner Elks Club. It is planned that dinner will be served at 7:30 Bill Barratt. now of Spokane, will come lo perform as master of cere monies. On Sunday morning be tween 10a.m. and noon, class members and their mates and children and grandchildren will enjoy more visiting at a brunch, also at the Elks Club. This event is being arranged hv Ihe children of the class-males. ICinzua seeks help to fund An offioial of Kinzua Corp. in Heppner asked Monday for the help of ihr Heppner Chiimher of rommerce in promolinc const nicl ion of an electrical eeneraline plant to pnwIiM-e electricity from wood wiisie. Kinzua General Manager H;irrv Kennison told the ch.-imher noon luncheon that hi company has been looking for help in construction of the plant for over six years. He asked that the chamher con-, I net various federal legisla tors and ask for help in the form of lax incentives or low cost loans for construction of the plant. Kennison said the plant would he an ciehl megawatt pl;in producing electricity from waste wood chipped in i lie woods and trucked to i own waste wood chipped in the woods and trucked to town. He said the plant would produce more than enough electricity for Kinua's opera tion, and that it would be economically feasible once the power plant was built. counterparts, an4 atJJew Life, thev will be taught English sand will be getting acquainted with the American way of life. While the Hmongs are very family oriented and prefer to spread out or working alone and adapt very well in agriculture-oriented jobs. Bud Buse. administrator at New Life, said that several ranchers have already con tacted him ahout employing a Ijiotinn family. "The Laotians are a very industrious people, and while we have had many can you identify? IK tml ; i K3 I J E W IS It high. The photo was carefully preserved by Madge Cop pock Thomson. Gold panning workshop set Overnight facilities are Because of a large number of inquiries. Eastern Oregon State College will offer a second gold panning workshop July 26 at its Wallowa Moun ain Field Station. I-ong-time gold miner Walt Graven will teach panning techniques and supervise in dividual practice along Eagle Creek. Tuition, which includes lunch at the field station, is $15 per person. plant Nobodv can convince me you can mine coal In Wyo mint? ship it nil the way to Bnardman. and bum it cheaper than 1 can go 35 miles up on Ihe hill and get wood to bum." he said. He tiaid other energy idea less efficient than burning wood waste have been funded and helped out by the federal governemtn. but that so far no one in government has shown any interest in wood waste around this area. Kennison said that Kinzua has already done a study on Ihe plant, concluding it would cost $12 lo $14 million to build. He said construction of the po ver plant would create 16 to 20 new jobs in the woods, chipping the wood, and 5 to 6 in the plant itself. "We've been trying to find a sound proposal for financing." he told the chamber. "But so far there has been no money or action." Following Kennison's talk, the chamber agreed to have the economic development committee discuss ways in which the chamber could help, and report back at the next chamber meeting. ..problems placingthje Hmpngs, because of their desire to be with other Hmongs. we feel there will be no problem in placing the Laotians in any job. anywhere." Buse said. Recent arrivals at the New life are Ron and Kathy Smith, who have spent 14 years in I .a os and have an under standing of the Laotians and their lifestyles. Their position on the staff will be as interpretors. The Smiths are the parents of four children. the students teacher, available at the field station for participants wishing to arrive Friday. There are free parking spaces for trailers and campers, or sleeping space and breadfast at the field station can be arranged for $5 per person. Information and registra tion details are available from EOSC Office of Continuing Education at 963-2171 ext. 208 or toll free at 1-800-452 8639. V
