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Co-op, irrigators agree on 'compromise' rate increase
Negotiation between Col
umbia Basin Electric Co-op
and large Morrow County
irrigation farmers came to an
end last Friday with a
compromise rate increase.
The co-op and farmen have
been arguing for dome time
about how much rates should
Increase to the large irrigator.
All Columbia Basin electri
cal users will see an increase
of from 20.29 percent to 44 69
percent in their electric bills
for July, however, the irrigat
ors were successful in nego
tiating a 16.39 percent in
crease from the co-op.
The increases were said to
be necessary to raise $779,150
more in revenue so the co-op
may pay for higher power
costs from Bonneville and
increased operating expenses.
In the meeting Friday,
consultants for both the co-op
and the irrigators announced
that they had successfully
reached a compromise on a
long standing dispute on how
much of that increased rev
enue should come from large
irrigators, who use power to
pump their water, and from
other segments of co-op cus
tomers .
Morrow Co. schools to start Sept. 1
The first day of school for
Morrow County students this
year will tie September 1.
The early date represents a
departure from previous
years when students entered
school on the day following
Labor Day.
"The September 7 Labor
Day is the latest Labor Day of
the past decade, and would
have required that school be
carried on until Tuesday, June
8, in order to complete a full
school year," said a school
district spokesperson.
Students will be dismissed
at 1 p.m. on the first day;
buses will run and school
cafeterias will serve lunches.
Irrigon youth to
An Irrigon youth, Lerry
Wilson, son of Chester and
Frances Rose Wilson, will be
playing in the East West
Shrine football game to be
AFS student
The household of Donna
Bergstrom and her daughters,
Kelli and Cindi, now includes a
third high school girl, Hep
pner 's second American Field
Service student, Kristine Don
aldson from New South Wales,
Australia.
Eighteen-year-old Kristine
will spend her senior year at
Kelli Bergstrom (left),
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THURSDAY,
Under an original study
commissioned by the co-op,
the irrigators would have seen
42.89 percent jump in rates
this year; residential users
would have had a 35.24 percent
increase and small irrigators
would have had a 22.lt percent
increase.
After hiring their own con
sultant to study the plan,
however, large irrigators
were able to prove to the Basin
that their share of the increase
was unfair, and that the study
was inaccurate.
Under the compromise
reached last week, the large
irrigator will now pay 16 39
percent more for power;
residential users (who face
the largest increase of all
seven classes of users) will
hav a 44 69 percent increase;
and small irrigators will have
a 28.48 percent boost.
Other classes of users will
also face increases, according
to the compromise.
"I think the irrigators will
stand behind this reluctant
ly," said irrigation farmer
Marvin Padberg. "We still
think it's too high."
New students to the district
may register throughout the
summer at all of the district's
schools as offices are open
throughout the summer. Re
turning secondary students
are asked to register during
the week of August 24 through
August 28, except at Riverside
High School where students
will be registered on Septem
ber 1.
Returning elementary stu
dent! need not pre-register,
however, all who can are
urged to pay necessary school
feea early if possible in order
to avoid first day confusion,
said the spokesperson.
play in Shrine
held this Sat., Aug. 8 at Baker.
Wilson has been at Eastern
Oregon State College in La
Grande practicing for Satur
day's competition.
arrives from
Heppner High School where
Cindi, also 18, is a senior and
they will be graduated togeth
er next spring. Kelli, Hep
pner's outstanding swimmer
will begin her freshman year
there this fall.
Jerry Healy, president of
the Heppner Chapter of AFS,
says that last year, during the
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The irrigators were able to
convince the co-op to lower
their proposed rale increases
by pointing out several mis
takes the co-op's consultants
1940-45 HHS reunion hugely enjoyed
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Jim Barrett MCs 1940
By EILEEN SAI.ING
Approximately 175 alumni,
spouses, guests and former
faculty members attended the
classes of 1940 through 1945
Heppner High School reunion
Saturday night. Aug. 1. at the
Heppner Elks Club.
Co-chairmen of the event
were Jim Barratt. Corvallis.
and Walt Skuzeski of Yamhill.
Verdict 'not
After 55 minutes of delibera
tion, a Morrow County jury
returned Tuesday afternoon
with a verdict of "not guilty"
in the trial of a Boardman
man accused of attempting to
solicit the murder of a
Boardman policeman.
Frank A. Morgan, 20, was
indicted by the Morrow
County Grand Jury on two
counts of trying to solicit the
murder of Tim Peck, a
Boardman policeman, by hav
ing another man kill Peck by
placing a pipe bomb in his
patrol car.
The man allegedly solicited
New South Wales
term of the chapter's founding
President Elaine George,
Heppner enjoyed its first
year-long foreign student, Jari
Alasuvanto from Imatra Fin
land, who lived with the Bob
and Marian Abrams family.
President Healy states that
a third student will be arriving
soon, a young man from the
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Cindi Bergetrom
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had made in the allocation of
distribution costs in the Col
umbia Basin system.
The irrigators, through their
consultants, R.W. Beck and
Associates of Seattle, said
- 45 reunion
Class representatives for
each year were as follows:
1940 - Bill and Shirley Wilson
Blake. Milwaukie: 1941 Mary
Eleanor Florence Oilman,
Heppner; 1942 - Lib Healy
Daggett. Heppner; 1943
Eunice Hiatt McElligott. lone,
and Kingsley Chapin Slyter,
Camas. Wash.: 1944 Merlyn
Kirk Robinson and Howard
Pettyjohn. Heppner: and 1945
guilty'
to kill Peck was an undercover
officer employed by the Mor
row County Sheriff's Dept.
The undercover officer had
been involved in a four-month-long
investigation into drug
activities in Morrow County in
February which resulted in
the arrest of 12 persons.
In another drug-related
case. I,add Kanyid. Board
man, was deemed "not guil
ty" by a Morrow County jury
Friday of the sale in March of
a controlled substance, ac
cording to Morrow County
District Attorney Ann Spicer.
Dominican Republic, who will
be joining the Dale Holland
household.
Morrow residents will be
learning more about Kristine
as she gets out among them.
Her father is a member of the
state police as are her
paternal uncles. Her mother's
family is sizable, providing
Kristine eight aunts and
uncles. Kristine has a younger
sister, 10, and a brother, 8.
Kristine and Cindi have not
had a chance to really get
acquainted until this week as
Cindi has been off in Michigan
attending the "I Dare You"
leadership camp with one
other student from Oregon.
Power outage Aug, 11
On Tuesday, August II, the
electricity will be off on the
main portion of Willow Creek
in order to change to a
different primary voltage,
according to a city spokesper
son. From approximately 8
a.m. until noon, the power will
be off from Tanorys up to
Cutsforth Park, inclusive of
Blakes' Ranch. Then at 12.30
p.m., the Blakes' Ranch only
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they were being charged
unfairly for distribution costs.
The compromise was not
arrived at without objections,
however.
"There won't be anv com
- Jean Turner Runnion. Pen
dleton and Ray French of
Heppner.
The event was well planned.
nt very smoothly and was
hugely enjoyed by the throng
in attendance.
After an excellent dinner,
prizes were given during the
program to those alumni with
five or more children and
those coming the farthest
New books available at library
Available now at the Hep
pner Public Library are IS
new children's books of the
"Cowboy Sam" series. Pur
chase of the books was made
possible by a donation from
the Vacation Bible School held
in Heppner in June.
Council meeting postponed
Because of lack of a
quorum, the Heppner City
Council Monday evening post
poned its meeting until Thurs
day, August 6.
Under consideration at that
time will be:
- a public hearing on an
amendment to the zoning
ordinance, which would allow
HHS players to
Heppner High School boys
turning out for football this
year will receive their equip
ment on Sunday, August 23,
head Coach John Sporseen has
announced.
Senior boys will be issued
equipment from 12 to 1:30;
juniors from 1:30 to 3,
sophomores from 3 to 4 : 30 and
freshmen from 4:30 to 6 p.m.,
Sporseen said.
There will also be a team
meeting Aug. 23 from 7 to 8:30
p.m. in Room 3 at the high
will be off for about four
hours.
During the morning portion
of the outage, all but one of the
city pumps will be off so it is
most imperative not to irri
gate that day in town so the
water reservoir can maintain
a sufficient amount of water.
Please make note of the power
outage that day.
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Sat., Aug. 1
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promise. You 11 just have to do
this all over again," said
small irrigator Dexter Miles. '
"You will hear from the other
classes (of users)," he stated.
by alumni
distance. Joe Hughes of Los
Angeles. Calif., edged out
Frances Wilkinson Oslund of
Denver. Colo, for that honor.
Many door prizes were given,
among them Jantzen shirts
and sweaters, beef certifi
cates and cocktails and dinner ,
for two at the Flying M Ranch
out of Yamhill. Also, everyone
attending received a large
bucket (take-out chicken buc
ket ) heaped with comestibles -a
"junk food junkie's" delight.
Dancing to the "Sierra
Express" was enjoyed until 2
a.m.
Sunday morning. Aug. 2. a
no-host breakfast was served
by the Elks Club and enjoyed
by around 125 alumni and
guests who were still talking
non-stop.
Faculty attending were Nor
bert and Hester Peavy. Sacra
mento. Calif.; Ken and Betty
McKenzie. Crescent. Ore.;
Jean McElhinny Nelson and
Norman Nelson. Lexington:
Juanita Leathers Carmichael.
Rachel Forsythe Dick and Ed
Dick, and Lorena Wilson
Jones and Floyd Jones, all of
Heppner.
Tentative plans were discus
sed for another reunion in
1985.
New books of interest in the
adult library are: "How to
Build Your Own Log Home &
Cabin From Scratch," "How
to Build Your Own Wood
Frame House from Scratch,"
and "How to Repair Briggs
and Stratton Engines."
mobile homes as a conditional
use in city commercial zones.
opening of bids for the
purchase of a $430,000 promts
ory note for interim financing
of the city's portion of water
system improvements.
-determination of a fee for
development permit in the
flood plain.
get equipment
school, said the coach.
Information on physicals
and practice schedules will be
announced later.
Anyone with questions
should contact Coach Spor
seen. Men sentenced
Two Morrow County men
were sentenced July 23, by
U.S. Magistrate, Arthur Bar
rows, according to a Umatilla
National Forest news release.
On March 12, 1981, Dave
Russell, Boardman, plead
guilty to charges of damaging
government property and en
tering a government building
not open to the public. Rodney
Collins, Irrigon, plead guilty
to a charge of cutting timber
not authorized by a permit.
Russell was fined $150 for each
charge; Collins was fined (100
and required to pay $233.25
restitution.
The two were involved in a
post and pole sale near the
Ellis Guard Station, Ukiah
Ranger District, Umatilla
National Forest.
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Immunizations required
for school children
Students who will enter
kindergarten or first grade for
the first time will be required
to have completed immuniza
tiona before entering Morrow
County Schools, according to
Matt Doherty, superintendent.
Physical examinations are
not required this year, how
ever, a thorough physical is
recommended.
Immunization should in
clude D.P.T. (diptheria-per-tussis-tetanus).
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Lexington man
The condition of a Lexington
man, Virgil E. Douglas, who,
according to Morrow County
Sheriff Larry Fetsch. made an
attempt on his own life, is
stable, said a spokesperson at
Good Shepherd Hospital in
Hermiston.
Motion made for new trial
A motion for a new trial has
been made by Jose Mario
Mendoza Verduzco, Board
man, convicted of murder by a
Morrow-County jury July 15 in
the death of Antonio Delgadil
lo Guzman, according to
Morrow County District At
Morrow
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A new brochure featuring recreation, industry and facts
about Morrow County is now off the presses and available to
the public.
Sponsored by the Heppner-Morrow County Chamber of
Commerce and financed by donations from businesses,
individuals, and groups throughout the county, the brochure
gives readers full-color pictures and much information about
life in Morrow County.
Each incorporated city in the county has an individual
section listing facts about the community, and one section is
devoted to recreation. Another section lists important
weather, population and other facts.and the inside tells much
about the economic activities in the county.
The brochure was compiled by a Chamber of Commerce
committee headed by Justine Weatherford. Composition and
printing was handled by the Heppner Gazette-Times.
munization against mumps is
also recommended but not
required.
Free immunization clinics
will be offered by the Morrow
County Health Department. at
schools throughout the county.
Parents are encouraged to
watch their papers for an
nouncements of these clinics,
or contact the Morrow County
Health Office in Lexington,
989-8256.
said 'stable'
Douglas was transported to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in
Heppner Sunday night and
then transferred to Good
Shepherd. He had been em
ployed at the Montie Crum
Ranch.
torney Ann Spicer.
Spicer said that the judge is
expected to arrive at a
decision concerning the mo
tion sometime this week.
The victim (also of Board
man ) was shot and killed April
25 near a tavern in Boardman.
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