BESSIE WETZEIL
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EUGENE OR 97403
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Six curs of a Union Pacific
freight train jumfK'd the
tracks ten miles north of lone
lust Wednesday night, Oct. 8,
spilling wood chips next to
Road closed despite petitions
4 Despite petitions including
over 150 signatures, the
Morrow County Court voted
last Wednesday to shut down a
portion of Martin Prairie
Hojid between Ditch and Rhea
Creeks.
The court said a portion of
the road was "a horrible mud
hole" and not on a dedicated
right of way, They closed a
two-mile section effective
immediately.
Harold Peck of Heppner had
presented two signed petitions
to the court asking that the
road be left open for hunting,
fishing and wood cutting
purposes.
He said with the closure
some people will now have to
drive 45 miles out of their way
to get to either side of Martin
Prairie.
The court left the possibility
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No injuries were reported in
the derailment, which toppled
three cars loaded with chips
on their sides. Three cars with
open, however, that the road
may be repaired and reofX'ned
some day.
"The road is not shut down
for good," said County Judge
Don McElligott. "We decided
against abandonment."
He said the County Road
Committee will meet later and
discuss the possibility of
asking the county for funds to
grade, gravel and add turn
outs to the road, and also put it
bark on the right of way.
McKlligolt said Don Briggs
of the road department has
estimated that repairs to
make the road driveable will
cost about $112,000.
"If Shorty (Peck) brings in
backing it (Martin Prairie
Road I will be included in the
five year (road) plan." he
added.
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cars derail near lone
lumber and veneer did not
overturn, according to a Union
Pacific spokesman.
Damage in the 8:45 p.m.
wreck was estimated at $5,00(1
The road will be closed,
effective Thursday, (kiolier .
from the Forest Service loun
dry on the south end of Martin
Prairie, through Martin Prai
rie, over Copple Butte to the
Forest Service (Mumdry on the
north side, alout two miles,
said McKlligolt.
Peck inquired why the road
could not be left open until
improvements were made.
"That road has gone through
that meadow for the past "5
years. I can't think that a year
or two would make any
difference."
Roth the Forest Service and
the state Fish and Game
Commission had recommen
ded that the road be closed.
Property owners there said
that traffic over the road was
causing soil erosion and pol
luting nearby Martin Creek
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closed
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to contents. $6,000 to train
cars, and an undetermined
amount of damage to the
tracks.
According to Union Pacific
Everett Harshman
arrested in Alaska
on dynamite theft
Floyd Kverett Harshman,
Lexington, wanted on a Mor
row County fugitive from
justice warrant, has been
arrested in Alaska, the Mor
row County District Attor
ney's office reports.
Harshman. 22, is being held
in the Fairbanks correctional
center under $200,000 bail. He
was arraigned Oct. 3, and his
next scheduled appearance is
Nov. 3. for service of
governor's warrant.
Harshman is wanted
a
in
Judge investigates
sludge Iiealth hazards
Morrow County Judge Don
McKlligolt traveled to Port
land last Tuesday and visited
with the head of the Public
Health Department over poss
ible health hazards associated
with a plan to barge sewage
sludge lo Morrow County from
Portland.
McKlligolt said he went to
Portland to find out if disease
could be transmitted in the
sludge, which, under one plan,
would be used as fertilizer and
spread on northern Morrow
County farm land.
McKlligolt said a Public
Health doctor told him the
county had more to fear with
heavy metals in the sludge
than disease.
Metals from some Portland
Fair Committee seeks members
The Morrow County Fair
Board is seeking people to
serve on the Fair Committee.
Anyone interested should
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the derailment was caused by
"a worn track on a curve."
Crews worked until Monday
afternoon before the line was
opened for use.
Morrow County for failure to
appear for his trial July 18 in
connection with the theft of
one-and-one-half tons of dyn
amite from a highway division
storage shed near Lexington
on Feb. 19.
Harshman had been char
ged with first degree theft in
the case.
When apprehended in Alas
ka. Harshman reportedly told
authorities his name was
Shawn Star.
industries are reportedly go
ing through the city's sewer
system.
Under the proposal, 80
million gallons of sludge per
year would be barged up the
Columbia to northern Morrow
County for treatment and
possible application to farm
land for use as fertilizer.
Heavy metals, such as
cadmium, can be carried in
the sludge and deposited in
plants, causing health prob
lems in humans who eat the
plants.
McElligott also traveled to
Reno, Nev over the weekend
to visit a sludge plant sup
posedly similar to that pro
posed for Morrow County.
contact Dorothy Estberg, 676
5159, or Marlene Gray. 676
5395 by next Thursday. Oct. 23.
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by Don Gilliam
HEPPNER, OREGON
Spicer succeeds Doherty
Annetta Spicer, assistant
Morrow County District At
torney, has been appointed to
the district attorney's posit
ion, it was announced Monday
by a spokesperson from the
office of Governor Vic Atiyeh.
"I'm relieved that it (the
appointment) is over," said
Spicer, "so we can get back to
business. The case load is
picking up rapidly."
Spicer, 29, who has been
assistant DA since October
1979, will take over the DA's
duties Nov. 5 when present DA
Dennis Doherty's resignation
becomes effective.
"I'm pleased and excited for
her," said Doherty. "I know
she drew support from people
in the justice system, and I
hope everyone will get behind
her and support her.
Doherty and his family are
planning to move to Hermis
ton where he is establishing a
private law practice.
Commenting on Spicer's
appointment, Shirley Wood
row, special assistant for the
governor's appointments,
said. "Ann Spicer had good
credentials, good community
support, and understands the
office. She had popular sup
port from people in the county
- farmers, lawyers, policemen .
from both parties." "Putting
all this together, Spicer was
the best candidate for the
job."
Woodrow said that although
they look at young lawyers
throughout Oregon, "we al
most always give a higher
priority to someone who is
living in the county."
Also seeking the position
were Heppner attorney, Mike
Sweeney, and Boardman at
torney, F.E. "Ed" Glenn. "All
New pastor assumes duties
at Church of the Nazarene
The Reverend Floyd Wilks,
his wife, Sharon, and their
family arrived in Heppner last
Tuesday from Spokane, Wash.
The Reverend Wilks will be
assuming the duties of pastor
at the Heppner Church of the
Nazarene.
This will be Pastor Wilks
first full-time assignment. He
served as associate pastor at
the Crestline Church of the
Nazarene in Spokane, has
worked with teenagers for
eight years, and has been
involved in many district
church activities.
The Reverend and Mrs.
Wilks and their children, Tim,
13. Jenni, 6, and Jodi, 4'2, will
be living in the Church of the
Nazarene parsonage near
Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
The family is expecting a new
baby in November.
"We're looking forward to
living in a small town," said
Lexington council appoints Messenger
The Lexington City Council
last Tuesday night appointed
Truman Messenger, Lexing
ton, to represent the Neigh
borhood Center on the Morrow
County Advisory Council.
In other business the council
adopted a flood-area man
agement ordinance, which
will allow people in town to
continue to purchase Federal
Department of Housing and
Urban Development sponsor
ed flood insurance. The insur
ance is carried through pri
vate agents.
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New District Attorney
candidates were qualified,"
added Woodrow.
Spicer received her law
degree in 1977 from the
Northwest School of Law at
Lewis and Clark College,
Portland, and her B,A. in 1972
at Portland State. She also
studied at Allegheny College
in Meadville, Pa.
Spicer's professional exper
ience includes serving as a
legal intern at the public
defender's office for Clark
County, at Vancouver Wash.,
from Sept. 76 to June 77. She
has also been a consultant to
the East Central Oregon
Association of Counties in the
area of land use. Spicer was
also a special education tea
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Reverend Floyd WCu
Pastor Wilks. Although their
most recent experience was in
The council also discussed
plans for replacement of an
old waterline on 'C Srreet.
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Annetta Spicer
cher for Clackamas County
Intermediate Education Dis
trict at Lake Oswego from
1972-74.
A spokesperson from the
Governor's office said that of
the $29,604 annual salary
Spicer will earn as DA, .the
state contributes $23,808 and
the county pays the remaining
$5,796.
If Spicer wants to retain the
district attorney's position,
she will have to run for
nomination and election in
1982, said the governor's
spokesperson.
Spicer lives in Heppner with
her husband. Bill Kuhn, a
partner in the law firm,
Abrams & Kuhn, and their
two-vear old son, Phillip.
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a large city, Pastor Wilks said
that he grew up on a tarm
. north of Spokane.
The line has one leak now and
it is feared that others may
develop later.