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t.tr if RP9S1E VETZELL 0 OF ORE NEW3PAPER EUGENE OR The Heppner Weather , - , ' .... LI D '"'..'!' 07403 VOL. M NO. Research needed on Morrow County Judge Don McEIIigott saya he wants to see some more research done before he'll give his OK to a proposal that would see thous ands of gallons of sewage sludge dumped in Morrow County near Boardman each year. , Commenting this week after attending a special meeting July 22 in Boardman, McEIIi gott says he'a still not convinced dumping the waste here would be healthful or beneficial to the county. Under the proposal the city of Portland wants to barge 80 million gallons of sludge from its sewage system up the Columbia to a site near Boardman. The sludge would be dumped, with some treat ing, onto a large area of y; round. i have questions about the whole thing," McEIIigott said in an interview with the Gazette-Times Monday. "The cadmium content (of the sludge) is a little heavier than normal. Cadmium is the most dangerous of the heavy met als; it can hurt your kidneys." He also said he is worried about disease or virus which ""may "be transmitted along La Verne VanMarter, HI named to hospital board LaVerne VanMarter, III A twenty eight-year-old Heppner man, LaVerne Van Timberman joins Ullman campaign Allen Nistad, vice president of Kinzua Corporation in Heppner, has joined Timber Operators for Al Ullman, a committee for the re-election of the 2nd. District Congress man. "I am delighted to loin the campaign," Nistad said rec ently. "It is imperative that the voters of the 2nd. District understand the importance of keeping Al in Washington. "Al has worked hard for the families in Oregon whose livelihood depends on the health of the wood products Industry," he said. Nistad noted that much of the federal legislation import ant to the timber industry is handled by the Ways and Means Committee. "Al's chairmanship is vital to Ore gon. "A lot of people just don't realize that Al is one of only four members of Ways and Means who represent rural 21 with the sewage waste. "I don't know if there will be any viruses coming out of this (treatment process) into the ground water or not," he commented. Two separate private comp anies have bid with the city of Portland for disposal of the waste aludge, and both propo sals were presented by com pany officials at the meeting in Boardman. One proposal would have the sludge dumped at a $40 acre site east of Boardman within the Boeing Agri-industrial site boundaries. The sludge would be unloaded at Castle Rock on the Columbia. A perched bed covering 40 acres of land would handle the major portion of the aludge during the first five years of the twenty-year dumping pro ject. The perched bed is designed to separate the liquids from solids. The as phalt and cement lined bed would also provide biological treatment of the sludge. In addition to the treatment, a 100 acre agricultural exper iment station would be set up nearby to test for possible use of the sludge as a fertilizer. McEIIigott stated that be cause of the high levels of Marter, III, was recently appointed to the Pioneer Memorial Hospital Board of Directors. Van Marter replaces Frank Pearson who resigned after taking a job with Publisher's Paper in Portland. He served only several months on the board. Van Marter is a native of the Heppner area, and , except for four years spent away at school, has lived all his life here. A personal and safety direc tor for Kinzua Corp., Van Marter lives at 275 Main, Heppner. He was appointed to the hospital board at the board's last meeting July 15. districts. The other 32 all represent big cities. "We get legislation through Ways and Means because Al Ullman is chairman," he said. "It's that simple." Ullman said he was delight ed to have the help of Nistad. He said he has worked with him for years and that Nistad is a credit to the timber industry and to his commun ity. Nistad also said that his support of Ullman has not diminished even though he recently accepted a position as one of three Oregonians on a Denny Smith tax advisory group. Smith is Democrat Ullman 's Republican oppon ent for the Second Congres sional District. "I've always supported Al Ullman, he is a real friend of te timber Industry," said Nistad. Nistad said he has not contributed money to the Denny Smith campaign. Alcr U 1. ifcr I. Morrow County's THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1M0 metal In the sludge, which comes from industrial waste, the material may not be suitable as a fertilizer. "It all depends on the load (amount of concentration)." He stated that the main reason engineers are interest ed in dumping the waste in Morrow County is the high Ph rating of the soil. Cadmium and other heavy metals bond ; easily with this type of soil, he said. He also said that the Castle Rock unloading site will not require a large amount of pumping, thus keep costs for the city of Portland down. In a second study, also submitted to the city of Portland for consideration, the sludge waste would be stored at a site east of Boardman. The waste would be dried and bagged and sold for fertilizer. "There are some good aspects and some bad aspects to this (sludge dumping in the county," McEIIigott said. He said he and the county court plan to travel to Portland sometime in August to look over the waste facilities there. "We would like to get some independent analysis of this Nominating petitions due in to city soon Residents of Heppner who wish to run either for one of the four city council seats -or the mayor's chair, up for election this fall, are remind ed they must have their nominating petitions into the city clerk by 5 p.m. Tuesday, August 26. Of the four council positions up for election, one is a two yIi6!"1 "d threeare four, year terms. The mayor's term is for two years. The mayor's position is now r Heppner "youngsters" enjoy a a member of Circus U.S.A. which performances on Monday, July Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 10 PAGES county sludge (sludge dumping) data," he said. "We are exploring the possibility of getting an EPA grant to hire an independent consultant." McEIIigott added that, at present, there is no wajf Portland could legally dump1 the sludge in Morrow County without approval of the county court. But he seemed to feel that the dumping may event ually proceed with or without the county's approval. j "The first thing we have to do is find out if either of these systems has any merit," ha said. "If we were to accept their (Portland's) deal, the county would have to be reimbursed and have a posi tive check on the operation. We would have to be able to monitor it." McEIIigott did not say how much the county would de mand from Portland if the sludge project went ahead, but he did say there are plans to charge for the dumping. "I have some figures kicking around in my head," he said. But, he said the first thing is to determine if the dumping project is good or bad for Morrow County. "What the long term affects are, I do' , know," he concluded. ' held by Jerry Sweeney; the four-year council seats are held by Cliff Green (council president), Warren Plochar sky and Ronald Forrar. The two year position on the council is presently vacant, however, a replacement is expected to be named at the next council meeting. The person appointed to serve on the two year term may run for election in November. There is no fee for filing for election. A W...give me a J id, : ride on Peggy, the elephant, stopped in Heppner for two 28. ii .r i i . m m hi IME 20 CENTS "l. 1 ' i Largest amount Proposed Unloading x"" ' L--y Facility (I J T--. Castle Rock v'C x Ti i! , ! I 1 Land H II I Applies- , U.S. Navy "i J I tlon j, Bombing Range I Sabre Farms r I r storage I Facility t I f f " Sim-Tag Fanns ! La9n j j , ' V ' lessee) l ll I Mj., rv Lj i V1-. f D- 1 County schools to receive tip28i)54i9A52, Morrow County schools will receive 128,549.72 in earnings from investments of the Com mon School Fund, State Treasurer Clay Myers an nounced recently. "That amount is by far the largest in the county's his tory," Myers said. The Common School Fund is administered by the State Land Board, whose members are Governor Victor Atiyeh, Secretary of State Norma P:ulus and Myers. The State Treasury invests nearly all the funds, and earnings are distributed annu ally by the Division of State Lands. "Our Common School Fund break, fellas The circus, which packed the stands at the Morrow County Fairgrounds, was sponsored by the Heppner Lions Club. HEPPNER, dnimping says I S S"V. j Boeing Agri-Industrial Site Boundary I m mm mm m mm m mm mm m mm mmm m mm m mm m mm mm m mi Proposed Unloading in history earnings multiplied nearly 6H times over the last ten years, equalling $11.98 for each student aged person in Oregon," Myers stated. "Because inflation contin ues to be a heavy burden, substantially higher invest ment earnings are more important than ever," accord ing to Myers, "and the money also helps to offset depend ence on property taxes." The basis of the Common School Fund is the land grant at the time of statehood by the federal government to Oregon of two sections out of each township for the use of the common schools. Money from the sale and lease of these by Don Gilliam The weather report was not available this week since Don Gilliam has been admitted to Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Best wishes to Don for a apeedy recovery from the Gazette-Timet staff: OREGON L .......A Facility-Castle Rock lands, from navigable water ways of the State, &n$ from abandoned and escheated per sonal property, forms the principal of the Common School Fund. This distribution to school districts is in addition to the Basic School Support from the State General Fund. Former Heppner A 27-year-old former Hep pner man, Gordon Lewis Cecil, was arrested by the Heppner police last Thursday, July 24, and charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and assualt. Police say Cecil was causing a disturbance at Cal's Res taurant in Heppner at about 11:50 p.m. City police re sponded and then asked for assistance from the Morrow County Sheriff's department. Police said Cecil is a former resident of Heppner, but that Ullman slates Heppner stop Oregon Congressman Al Ullman will conduct a public meeting in Heppner on August 9 and has invited all residents of the area to attend. The 7 p.m. meeting will be held on the back lawn of the Morrow County Courthouse, following a 6 p.m. picnic to which everyone is invited. At 4:30 p.m. Congressman Ull Currin meets sig A former Heppner resident who now lives in Pendleton has announced his candidacy for the newly formed Umatilla-Morrow County District Judge position presently held by John Smallmon. Ralph Currin, who graduat ed from Heppner High School in 1934, and then moved to Pendleton to practice law in 1949, says he has gathered enough signatures to have his name placed on the ballot in November. Currin will be running against at least one other candidate, Smallmon, who judge The distribution, depending on population, ranges from a low of $6,661.61 to Wheeler County, with a 560 population between ages of ' four and twenty, and - Multnomah County's $1,587,720.70, with 133,470 youth in that age category, based on Portland State University's official esti mates. man arrested they did not know Cecil's present address. In other police news, the Sheriff's Department reports that John Coen, Irrigon, reported his motorcycle mis sing Sunday, July 27, at 11:12 a.m. The motorcycle was a 1979 Suzuki DS 100. The Sheriff's Department also reports that a truck overturned on Highway 74, milepost 42, on July 25 at 4:09 p.m. The Oregon State Police responded to the accident. man will be at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital open house. Ullman will make brief remarks about recent Con gressional activity, then answer questions from the audience. Heppner is one of a number of stops Ullman has scheduled on his two-week tour of the 2nd Congressional District. requirement announced last week that he also gathered the necessary signatures to have his name on the ballot. Smallmon was appointed to the newly formed court by the governor in July. "Morrow County has been good to me and my family," ' Currin told the Gazette-Times Monday, "and I want to give Morrow County the service it deserves." "I think I have the welfare of Morrow County in mind," he added, "in excess of that of Mr. Smallmon." Currin, who was district attorney for Morrow County in 1949, practiced law in Pendle ton until 1978.
