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Area citizens view dam model at
Modal of Willow Gawk Dam
Hv IlKI.PMA JON'FS
IjikI Thurnday the wnior
cilien bus transtKirled inter
ested citizens In Bonneville
where the group viewed the
working model of the Willow
Creek Dam soon to foe laiilt
Co. Health
By MARY ANN CFRI I.I.O
The Morrow County Health
Department stated in its May
report to County Court last
Wednesday that the depart
ment's Maternal and Child
Health Grant application has
been approved by the state.
The requested amount.
$7,748.00. was granted.
According to Pat Wright,
county health nurse, many
counties' applications were
Planners OK R V
park extension
Owners of a recreational
vehicle park in Heppner Rot
what they wanted, and a little
extra. Monday night at a
public hearing before the city
planning commission.
John and Ann Skow of
Heppner, owners of the North
western Motel and a new RV
park across the street, had
asked the planning commis
sion to raise the maximum
lime any one camper may
stay in their park, continuous
ly, from 20 days to 120.
The Skows contended Ihe
20-day limit was too short and
problems anticipated by the
planning commission when a
conditional use permit stipula
ting a 20-day limit was issued
had not developed.
The planning commission
agreed that the park had not
turned into a "lalnir camp" as
feared and said it would raise
the stay limit to 120 davs.
In addition, the planning
commission voted to allow
longer stays (if the Skows
apply to the city) an extra
provision the owners had not
sought .
"The longer stay limit is
justified because no one knew
Morrow County's
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THURSDAY, JUNE
(backround) ond town of Heppff (foreground) hown during
near Heppner
The model wait built of
cement with the dam across
Willow Creek and the creek
channel going through the citv
of Heppner. showing Irees.
homes, etc.
Superintendents then filled
Ihe dam. and showed the
Dept. grant approved
turned down this year because
of the states tight money
situation, but Morrow County
was granted theirs because so
much is accomplished.
In other business. Morrow
County Court heard a present
ation of the Juvenile Services
Commission Plan from Nancy
Moore, chairman.
The Juvenile Services Com
mission plan was developed to
curb juvenile delinquency and
to solve excessive unsupervis
ed leisure time of county
what kind of park the Skows
were going to run," said the
Skows' attorney, Joe Mc
Naught of Pendleton. "No one
knew there was going to be
demonstrated need for con
struction workers and others
for a place to stay longer than
20 days," he added.
The issue of the 20 day limit
came to a head several weeks
ago when out-of-town workers
building a new sawmill ad
dition al Kinzua were forced to
leave the park where they
were staying after 20 days,
even though work at the mill
was not completed.
"The way the park has been
kept up is very good and it has
been an asset to the commun
ity," said Heppner Mayor Cliff
Green, who, along with sever
al other townspeople, testified
at the Monday hearing in
favor of the increased stay
limit at the park.
The planning commission
said, however, that if com
plaints were received about
conditions at the park, the city
would not grant the Skows
permission for successive 120
day stays at the park.
Home-Owned
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group Ihe damage of a storm
Ihe likes of the early 1920 s.
The group heard reports on
how the dam will be construc
ted and estimated completion
time.
Those en joving a sack lunch
on the lour were Mr. and Mrs.
O W. Culsforth. Barton Clark.
youth. Judge Don McElligott
recently stated.
The plan includes the contin
uation of the Latch Key pro
gram in the Boardman area
where mothers work shifts in
the food processing plants, the
continuation of the recreation
program in the Heppner area
and the expansion of the
program in lone and the north
end
Debbie Sheirbon has been
named as recreation director
for South Morrow County and
Jepsen reappointed to
rural health care council
Suzanne Jepsen, Heppner,
has been reappointed by
Governor Vic Atiyeh to the
State Rural Health Coordinat
ing Council, a spokesperson
from the governor's office
announced Monday.
Jepsen began serving on the
14-member council when it
was first established in 1974 on
appointment by Governor
Atiyeh. She fills one of five
consumer positions on the
council. Her term begins July
1 and runs to June 30. 1983.
Duties of the council include
acting in an advisory capacity
for the office of rural health in
the State Health Planning and
Development Agency, assist
ing rural communities in
development of their heallh
care systems and coordinat
ing state-wide efforts affect
ing health care in rural areas,
according to the governor's
spokesperson.
Twelve of the council mem
bers have been appointed by
associations and agencies
specified by legislation.
Jepsen was nutrition pro
gram supervisor for the Area
Agency on Aging for Morrow.
JI iiJLYU
Weekly Newspaper
2 CKXTS
Bonneville
flood condihom
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Papineati.
Rena Marnuardl. Virginia
Peck. Marie Sleagall. Venice
Hendrickson. pelpha Jones.
Marshall I-nveren. Dennis
Papineati. Berl Slillman. Mr.
and Mrs Dick Wilkinson and
bus driver. IWl HalvorsM
Barbara Weatherall for North
Morrow County, stated Nancv
Moore. Jim Ackley resigned
his post as director for South
Morrow, effective June 30.
The Juvenile Services plan
was approved by the Court.
Business continued with
Floyd Wilks being appointed
to the Juvenile Services
Commission, effective im
mediately. This appointment
fills the spot left vacant by
Paul Sumner's resignation as
of Mav 27.
Wheeler. Gilliam. Grant and
Umatilla counties in 190. She
was also homemaker super
visor for Oregon Project
Independence for Morrow.
Wheeler and Gilliam counties
1977 80.
A 1946 graduate of Pendle
ton High School, she studied at
Oregon State University
194648. She has also taken
part in continuing education
workships at Blue Mountain
Community College. Pendle
ton, at Portland Community
College and through the East
Central Oregon Association of
Counties.
Fair Book to
accompany
June 18 G-T
The Morrow County Fair
Premium Book will accom
pany next week's Gazette
Times as a special insert.
The book will be in a
newspaper tabloid form this
vear.
HF.PPNER. OREGON
School board shelves
cut back on district teachers
- The Morrow County School
Board shelved a plan last
Wednesday which would have
cut back the number of
teachers in the district by five,
and combined several grades
into single classrooms.
Under the plan, which is
part of district policy so far
not enforced, when enrollment
in the district drops below a
certain level, teaching posi
tions should be eliminated to
reflect the change.
"We are overstaffed now
based on projected enrollment
for next year." Superintend
ent Matt Doherlv told Ihe
board of directors al the
special meeting.
He said enrollment projec
tions for 1981-82 show 1.726
students to be enrolled in all
the district's schools. This
would be a drop of over 100
students over this year.' he
pointed out.
'We have to show our
taxpayers that when we lose
enrollment we do something
about it." Doherlv said
He laid out a plan to the
board that would eliminate
four teacher positions. no
teachers would have been
fired but emptv positions
would be left unfilled and
combine classes in several
schools.
A C. Houghton would have
on class eliminated and a
second and third grade com
bined: Sam Boardman would
hav one class dropped and a
fifth and sixth grade combin
ed: lone would have one class
eliminated through enmhining
a third and fourth grade: and
Heppner would have one class
closed through combination of
fifth and sixth grades.'
Doherlv said the moves
would save the district
$105,000 next year.
The school board decided
not to follow through on its
own policy of teacher staffing
relative to enrollment, how
ever, mainly because of op
position to the policy voiced at
the meeting.
"Most of us think there are
other places to cut the budget,
and to keep Ihe teachers we
have." said George Koffler of
Heppner. "If I wanted my kids
to go to a school with 29 kids in
a class I would move to
Hermiston. Pendleton or Port
land. I want my kids to go to a
class with 15 to 20 kids. I want
the numbers low. and I'm
willing to pay for them." he
told the board.
Sawmill tour
Fri., June 19
A businessman's tour of a
small log sawmill recently
installed at Kinzua Corp. in
Heppner will be held Friday.
June 19.
The tour, which will begin at
1:30 p.m.. is open to all
businessmen in Morrow
County who wish to view the
new addition to Kinzua's
woods products manufactur
ing plant.
A story in last week's
Gazette-Times incorrectly
listed the date of the tour.
Tup. ..June 2
Wed.. June 3
Ttiurs. . .Inn 4
Fri ..lime 5
Sat. June 6
Sun., June 7
Man.. June 8
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"Wp would prefer to see
balancing of the budget anv
way besides cutting staff."
said Chuck Starr, principal at
lone. He said a baseball coach
and baseball trips have bpen
cut from the budget at lone
next year to save monev.
"We would rather see cuts
in extra-curricular activities
than in basic education." said
Donna Felsch of lone.
Around 10 people came to
the meeting to protest the
proposed staff cuts.
After the board decided not
to follow Ihe staffing guide
lines set up and passpd hv thp
hoard itself in 1977. Dohertv
was asked what he planned to
do.
"I am going to tell the
principals to bo ahead and
hire Ihe teachers ifor next
vr;iri." he said
In other business at the
Balloons, Bible verses
uplift Pentecost Sunday
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plan to
meeting the board decided to
take $121,979 in excess school
district revenue from this
year, and include it in next
year's budget as "rih carry
over. "
Doherty said Ihe money,
which came in because of
belter than expected collec
tions on prior year's faxes,
could he used in this years
budget, or used in cash
carry-over next year as a tax
offset.
He recommended the mon
ey to be carried over. "I-el's
treat this as lax payer money
and use it as such, giving it
back by not levying as much
taxes next year."
He urgpd the board not to
use Ihe money to make up for
an expected shortfall of
$130,000 in stale school support
this year. "In my opinion that
would bp robbing Peter to pay
Paul." he said.
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Even Sunday morning rain couldn't dampen the uplift
created by the release of 99 helium balloons by the Sunday
school classes of the United Methodist Church in Heppner on
June 7.
Twenty-five children in preschool through sixth grade
classes at the church memorized a Bible verse for each
balloon released in celebration of Pentecost Sunday, the
birthday of the church. Each balloon held a piece of paper
containing Ihe verse memorized, the child's name, and the
church name and address.
Preschool children memorized the Lord's Prayer;
kindergarten through third grade classes memorized a set of
verses; and fourth through sixth grade classes memorized
another set.
Two children in the K-3 group each memorized 10 verses
and one child in the 4-6 group memorized around 30, said a
Sunday school teacher.
Beware of over-the-phone
gales
says county DA
. Morrow County District At
torney Ann Spicer cautions
citizens to beware of over-the-phone
aluminum siding sales
people who have been catling
phone numbers in the Heppner
area.
Spicer said one caller, a
woman, says she represents
United Slates Aluminum, that
the company has already
completed jobs in the area,
and that the company is listed
with the Better Business
Bureau. Ihe State Corpora
lions Commission and the
Chamber of Commerce. Upon
checking. Spicer said that
none of these organizations
had heard of that siding
company.
Spicer. suspecting a scam,
says that workmen in a
dishonest operation may de
mand prepayment, do a shod
. dy job or none at all and then
leave town.
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