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TH Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
' County of Morrow
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GAZETTE-TIMES
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U.S.P.& 240-00,
Published every Thursday and entered as second-class
matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the
Act of March 3. 1879. Second-class postage paid at
Heppner. Oregon.
Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503
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One small step
The Morrow County Court has taken a step
in the right direction in labeling 'A' and 4B'
levies . on the upcoming Morrow County
election ballots.
But we doubt that the step is big enough.
Many voters may not realize that passage
of a 'B' levy depends on passage of an A'
levy. And those that do - and feel strongly
about a B' levy issue - may be pressured into
voting for (or against) the 'A' levy to insure
passage (or failure) of that 'B' levy.
We still maintain separate issues should be
able to pass or fail on their own merits.
Aside from this major objection the county
budget levy of $1,927,583 outside the six
percent limitation with an estimated tax rate
of $3.32 per $1,000 assessed value is not that
unreasonable - YES on the 'A' ballot tax levy.
Likewise on the hospital budget levy of
$108,565 outside the six percent limitation
with an estimated tax rate of $.19 per $1,000 of
assessed value - YES on the 'B' hospital levy.
The three year road serial levy has been
reduced since the May election. At $4,966,653
outside the six percent limitation with an
estimated $2.85 per $1,000 of assessed value
the levy is a little easier to swallow - YES on
the three-year road serial levy.
Not included on a 'B' ballot in May but
included in the budget is authorization of
funds for employment of a building inspector,
a sheriff's transport deputy and purchase of a
sheriff's vehicle. The county's rapid growth
(in crime, as well at in building) indicates a
vote of - YES on the 'B' ballot additional
services levy. This levy of $40,778 outside the
six percent limitation calls for an estimated
tax rate of 7 cents per $1,000 of assessed
valuation.
HOSPITAL NOTES
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
in Heppner released the fol
lowing patients during the
past week:
Claytha Rene Devin, admit
ted June 14, discharged June
SHERIFF'S
REPORT
The Sheriff's Dept. at the
Morrow County Courthouse in
Heppner handled the following
calls during the past week:
On June 21, a Boardman
ambulance responded to a call
at the Miller residence on
Kunze Road, Boardman. A
man was reported to be
having heart pain.
Also on June 21. Jerry Peck,
of the Nomad Restaurant
reported a burglary. The
Boardman Police Dept. re
sponded to the call.
On June 19. U & I at
Boardman requested an am
bulance for a young man who
had passed out and was
reported to have had a
previous history of heart
problems. A Boardman ambu
lance responded to the call.
Also on June 19, Noel G.
Harshman. Jr., Heppner was
arrested by the Umatilla
Police Dept. on a Morrow
County 6th Justice Court
warrant for alleged failure to
appear arid allegedly driving
with a suspended license.
Harshman was also arrested
Heppner, Oregon, Thursday,
Lena Kelly. Heppner, ad
mitted June 15, discharged
June 22:
Edgar Olson, Heppner, ad
mitted June 16, discharged
June 18;
Sadie Parrish, Heppner,
i admitted June 9, discharged
June 17; and
Lois Mae Johnson, Heppner,
' admitted June 20. discharged
June 22.
i
l" by the Umatilla Police Dept.
on a Morrow County Circuit
Court warrant for alleged
delivery of a controlled sub
stance and alleged possession
of a controlled substance. The
subject was lodged at the
Umatilla City Jail.
In another June 19 incident,
a range fire was reported at
the Bombing Range, Board
man. The Navy requested
assistance to extinguish the
fire and the Boardman Fire
Dept. responded.
On June 18. Benny Ramar
iez, Irrigon, reported the theft
of a fuel tank and pipes. A
Morrow County Sheriff's de
puty responded to the call.
On June 17, Edward J.
Marick, Boardman, was ar
rested by a Morrow County
Sheriff's deputy on a Morrow
County 6th Justice Court
warrant for allegedly negotia
ting a bad check.
On June 15. a grasTfire was
reported onjhe Tower Road
exit 184 in" Boardman. The
Boardman Fire Dept. respc .
ded to the call.
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LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
See you at the
To the Eiditor:
First of all there is one
important ingredient in the
upcoming election, you the
voter.
It's your money the County
Court is spending. Your vote is
the purse string controller.
So let's all get out and vote.
First item to think about is the
'A' ballot no changes at all
according to the paper. How
come your budget committee
and the County Court can't
make headlines that would
read "Morrow County cuts
budget", like other municipal
ities and counties do? They
only add 'B' ballots.
The 'B' ballot for roads
failed. Again look at the list of
members on the road commit
tee and you still find the
biggest percentage live on
paved roads, and you can bet
your bottom dollar they are
only after one thing, you
guessed it.
A new .'B' ballot which
includes a constructional in
spector and parttime sheriff
help, etc., to cost $40,000 has
been added. The inspector
must be certified to a certain
level (structural, mobile
home, 'B' level mechanic). A
man doing this kind of work
for the State of Oregon in
Morrow County for the last
year brought in fees of only
$21,630.32. Hardly his upkeep.
The State of Oregon has to
still do the 'A' level inspec
tions. State of Oregon inspect
or's would still do the electri
cal and plumbing.
The other 'B' ballot was for
the hospital. It passed. The
appointed hospital board and
the court, if they don't already
know about this one, here
goes.
Sometime patients must be
moved outside our local area
to Portland, Tri-Cities, etc.
for treatment bv ambulance.
At the helm of such ambu
lance you may see the driver,
the administrator of Pioneer
Memoial Hospital. Salary
payed (24,420 to do his
administration job and asking
J27.594 in this budget. The
Road system
will help all
To the Editor:
I am taking this means to
ask the people of Morrow
County to vote in favor of the
County Budget and the Road
Levy, June 30.
While it is true that I do not
own any real property in
Morrow County, I have made
quite a commitment and
investment in this area and
anything I can do to help get
the farming and ranching
trade to stay in the Heppner,
Lexington and lone areas for
their shopping will help us all.
I believe that improving the
road system is one way to
accomplish this.
Yours truly,
Ron McDonald Chevrolet, Inc.
Ron McDonald, President
Cub Scout Day
Camp planned
Cub Scouts interested in
attending day camp must fill
out a day camp application
and health form and return it
Jo his den leader or to P.O.Box
1105. Umatilla. Ore. 97882 by
Tuesday. June 30.
Oregon Trail District will
have two day camps, at
McNary Wildlife Park July 28
- 31 and at Morrow County
Fairgrounds August 4 - 7. The
cost for the camp is $20 per
boy. but money making pro
jects are being planned to
lower the cost per participant,
said a spokesperson. The $20
fee includes a drink at lunch, a
camp T-shirt, insurance, a
wards and a camp patch.
Boys ages eight to 10 not
currently registered with Hit
Boy Scouts may attend Cub
Scout day camp if they send in
a camp application and money
in advance.
For more information call
676-9235 or 676-5533.
poles
hospital we need, but there
must be some local person
who would volunteer their
time and not the taxpayers'
money to do the job.
These are only a few of the
things the voter is not told
about. When it comes right
down to it. your vote was cast
once, cast it again to let your
feelings be known.
One thing vital to all the
people of the county is this.
"South Morrow County Sen
iors, threatened species."
Let me explain : TV tells of
the threatened species. Sen
ior Citizens, not being called
animals, are being threatened
in South Morrow County.
The senior citizen center,
(also known as the Neighbor
hood Center) is centrally
located in downtown Heppner,
used or available to the
seniors everyday of the week
(providing all but legal ser
vice) has been closed for
meals since March 4, 1981.
As life passes by (more
swiftly as seniors) it is not
totally the meals that bring
people together, but the loss of
loved ones, spouses, and
friends and need of compan
ionship in one form or another.
The center meant to many a
friendly chat, a place to drop
in for a cup of coffee and to be
among friends.
The senior meals have been
moved to the Morrow County
Fair Grounds. As of today, no
meals have been served since
March 4, 1981.
Someone nas been hired
to the tune of $7000 out of the
revenue sharing funds to take
over the job.
The job well done by Pat and
totally appreciated by most
seniors had cost the taxpayer
$83 a month or less than $1000
a year. This job now has
become a $7,000 administra
tion item plus the inconven
ience to the senior citizens.
Thanks again Pat Brindle
and to her faithful staff at the
Neighborhood Center.
See you at the poles.
Thank you.
Merl Cantin
For a county building inspector
To the Editor:
The addition of a Morrow
County building inspector is a
good plan.
Many people are naturally
resistant to this idea because
they don't want more rules
and regulations. They feel that
the addition of an inspector
means adding one more office
to burden us with regulations.
It is important to realize that
we already have the require
ments for building inspection
in Morrow County by law.
Generally these inspections
and permits are handled by
the regional office of the
Department of Commerce or
the state office of that
department. All funds collect
ed within the county go to the
Department of Commerce.
This is a considerable amount
of money, much of which
would stay in the county if the
county had its own building
inspector and could be used to
fund the building inspector
program.
Estimates show that after
the first year a county
building inspector would pro
bably be self supporting. Not
to mention the convenience to
those people involved in the
building business. Under the
present plan, permits and
plans reviews are carried out
in the Pendleton or Salem
office. Delays are common,
not to mention the inconven
ience of traveling to the state
or regional office to unravel a
complex problem.
My own experience with the
construction of public build
ings as well as personal
building projects has revealed
how complex it is to acquire
permits and to get approval of
plan reviews. Delays are
frequent and frustrating. A
local building inspector can
assist both the experienced
and inexperience builder in
smoothing out this process.
If we can have the conven
Setting the record straight
To the Editor:
County governments can
increase the tax base by fi
porrrnt each year without n
vote: the so-called 6 percent
limitation. However. at
$390,069. Morrow County's tax
hnse is a dinosaur, a relic of
the past. The 6 percent
limitation has not kept up with
inflation rates of in - 15
percent nor rapid Increases in
population and industrial
growth. According to a 1980
report by the State of Oregon
Department of Human Re
sources. the population
growth rate in Morrow County
over the last ten years has
been one of the highest in the
U.S. and. from an industrial
standpoint. Morrow County is
one of the most dynamic and
fastest growing counties in the
state.
Funds over the 6 percent
limitation must be submitted
to voters on 'A' and 'B' ballots.
Morrow County taxpayers will
be asked to vote on an 'A'
ballot and three 'B' ballots . on
June 30. The 'A' ballot must
pass before any of the B
ballots can pass. If the 'A'
ballot passes, then any of the
'B' ballots that receive a
majority of "yes" votes will
also pass.
The 'A' ballot is for county
general operating funds, gen
eral school funds, and road
maintenance. The dollar
amount on the 'A' ballot was
not reduced from the May 19
proposal; however, this is to
the taxpayers' advantage. The
state sets a ceiling on the
dollar amount of the the 'A'
ballot for each county because
the state gives homeowners a
30 percent tax rebate on all
taxes collected under the 'A'
ballot. If a county needs funds
beyond the state's ceiling on
the 'A' ballot they must be
submitted on 'B' ballots where
tax credits are not available.
The 'B' ballot for the
three-year road serial lew
was cut more than 40 percent
from the May 19 proposal. Of
all road funds collected. 5 93
percent goes to the cities. The
road maintenance funds con
tained in the 'A' ballot would
allow for minimal mainten
ance of county roads, how
ever, without additional funds.
ience of a local inspector using
some of the money that would
normally leave the county to
go to Salem, it makes sense
that we should take advantage
of the situation by approving
the 'B' levy request for a
building inspector.
Very truly yours,
Matt Doherty
Rt.2
Irrigon, OR 97844
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the roads will continue to
deteriorate over the lone run.
The funnV provided in the road
aerial levy 'B' bullol would
allow for some badly needed
up-grnriine and improvement.
Good roads are critical, not
just for farmers, hut for
shopping and trading In Mor
row County business centers
as well.
The hospital levy on a 'R'
ballot will provide funds for
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
Nursing Home and the North
Morrow County Clinic Ser
vices. This measure is un
changed from the May 19
proposal.
On the third "B' ballot is a
proposal to provide a trans
port deputy to move prisoners
to and from the Inil in
Pendleton, to serve processes,
and to fill in as a relief deputy.
This new position will allow
the Sheriff's staff to concen
trate on other law enforce
ment activities. On the same
ballot is a proposal for funds to
hire a building inspector. This
measure will increase local
services through the Planning
Department and fees, which
are now going to the state,
should make this service self
sufficient.
If a taxpayer had a house
with a true cash value of
$40.(MN). the assessed value
would be 81 6 percent of that
value or $32,641). The I9R1-1R2
tax on this house for the
County General Fund at the
level provided by the "A' ballot
would be $130.24. However, the
30 percent tax credit from the
state would result in an actual
cost to the taxpayer of $HI 17.
Passage of the 'IV ballots
would result in a tax on this
same house of $6 20 for the
hospital. $93 1)2 for the road
serial levy, and $2 28 for the
transport deputy and building
inspector. Passage of the 'A'
ballot and all of the 'B' ballots
would result in a total 1981
19H2 tax bill for county
services of $186.89 for this
same house This figure
allows for the 3 percent
discount for November pay
mpn' Bob Costa
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Engagements
McCabe Diddle
Mr. and Mrs. Marlon Biddle, Heppner, announce the
engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter,
Sonja Rae, to John Edmond McCabe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest McCabe, Heppner.
An August B wedding has been planned at the United
Methodist Church. Heppner,
Road work
The Morrow County Public
Works Dept. has released the
following work report for the
past week.
Leveling and resealing six
miles of the Bomhing Range
Road has begun. The begin
ning of this project is located
approximately six miles north
of the Lexington-Fcho high
way. Weather permitted the
crew to work five ten -hour
days this past week, which,
according to the dept., exped
ited this project considerably.
Resenting of Lower Rhea
Creek Road has been com
pleted The shoulder reshap
ing on this project has been
hailed during the resealing
season but will continue this
fall
Roads hi ii ded were: Toll
Rock. Spring Hollow, Zinter
and Liberty Schoolhouse.
Crushed rock was spread
and bladed onto Baker-North
to Smith Road, Emma White
Road and Brenner Canyon
Road.
Oil rock has been stock piled
on the shoulders of Dick Smith
- McNabb West for future road
resealing.
The shop worked on No. 13
dump truck, pickups No. 2, 4, 6
and 7, did minor repairs on the
resealing equipment and other
daily- preventive maintenance.
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JUSTICE
COURT
Justice Court at the Morrow
County Courthouse in Heppner
handled the following cases
during the past week :
Andrew James Gorman.
P O. Box 6fi, Heppner, offen
sive littering from a motor
vehicle $16 fine:
Timothy C.eorge Wilkins.
P.O Box I. Dale, Ore., no
angling license - $fi suspended
fine:
Curtis Lynn Walsh. 330 E.
Cherry. Apt, D. Hermiston, no
angling license - $(i suspended
fine;
Edward Lawrence God
dard. P O Box fi. Gill. Colo .
switched license plates $55
fine: and
John William Hammel. Jr.,
mile post 34 on Higway 207.
P.O, Box Hfi, Spray, violation
of basic rule (54 miles per
hour in a 35 mph designated
speed! $: fine;
Clarence Ellis Austin. Box
3i:W Rt I. Heppner. studded
tires $ susM'rided fine.
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