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County to present operating levy
before completing budget
By MARY ANA C'EHl'I.I.O
On March HO. Morrow Coun
ty will present (in operating
levy to the voters before the
budget process is completed,
it was announced at Morrow
County Court Wednesday,
January 27.
Since Ktnle law allows a
Kennedys honored at luncheon
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Tuesdav noon, February 2,
Rupert and Dorothy Kennedy
were honored guests at the
Heppner Morrow Chamber of
Commerce luncheon.
The Kennedys came to this
county in 1'.! when he took
full tune work with the Port of
Morrow, which he headed
until 1978. The couple recycled
the old Hoardman Railroad
Depot into a fascinating home
where 5.000 persons clime to
visit them. On Sunday, Janu
ary 24, a final parly was
attended there by u large
group of Kennedy friends. The
D.-Mit building was recently
purchased by the port to house
its office. Rupe and Dorothy
have purchased an older home
at Astoria and have been
busily packing their treasures
n that they can he settling on
Astoria's Grand Avenue by
February in.
The couple say they have
enjoyed having the thousands
visit their home and that they
know they "are leaving a lot of
fine friends in Morrow Coun
Fire causes rural home
minimal damage Sunday
A fire broke out at the Rruee
Wallis residence (the old
Monagle place! about four
miles from Heppner Sunday
night.
Heppner Fire Chief Forrie
ISurkenbine said the fire
started when the stove flue
Two arraigned in Morrow
County January 22
Morrow County Deputy Dis
trict Attorney Harold McLean
reported the following cases
handled at the Morrow County
Courthouse in Heppner:
- Robin Leon Rogers, 19 of
Kofirdman was indicted on
January 19. He was charged
with two counts of criminal
mistreatment.
Rogers was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty on January
22. He was released on his own
Morrow County's
NO. 5 THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 4. W2
budget levy to be voted on
before, during, or after the
budget process, county offi
cialN would like to delay
publishing the final budget
summaries until April or May
With stute finances confu
sed, figures for programs
supported by the state, such as
mental health, could be de
laved for months, explained
ty
At the urging of several
folks, Rue wrote out some of
the developmental activities
he has watched here. One of
the highlights of his writing
stated that the Port of Morrow
was formed and a tax base
funded in 11 at $3.uoo
annually by Judge Oscar
Peterson Peterson received
help from Herb West of the
Inland Waterways Association
and other fine Morrow people.
The Charter Commission,
appointed by the governor,
included Garland Swanson of
lone and Dewey West of
Hoardman, among others
Later, Oscar Peterson joined
the commission when he
finished his eight years as
county judge. The group
placed all of the tax base
money for five years into land
purchases for the port's 4.000 '
acre waterfront industrial
park. The Port of Morrow has
more waterfront land than all
the other port districts east of
Portland, and it was all paid
for by l(Ni5.
It has been Rtie's job in
state government to help work
at development in the eighteen
counties east of the Cascades.
He wanted to get where the
development ca pa bilit ies
were best , so bo left the state
in lttf'4 and was hired by the
Mid-Columbia Development
Corporation which is made up
of five ports under their
county courts. He helped the
Port Commission publicize the
waterfront park in HXiH in the
developmental brochure pub
lished and sent across the
nation and abroad.
During the 11170's 85.000
acres of pivot irrigation was
developed by private parties
and corporate farms without
one government dollar. The
Port Commission developed a
:i,"( acre food processing park
and potato storage facilities.
ignited the ceiling rafters.
Rurkenbinc said the fire,
which did minimal damage,
was almost out when the
firemen arrived.
. The fire chief said hImuiI 13
firemen responded.
recognizance pending; trial.
John Thomas Kindley, 22
of Hoardman was arraigned
on charges of criminal mis
treatment. No plea had been
entered as of Monday. Janu
ary 25.
Douglas Allen Grant, 33 of
lone, pleaded guilty last
Thursday to serving an alco
holic beverage to a minor.
Grant was fined $207 and
ordered to pay restitution for
lurv costs.
The Heppner
Home-Owned
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Judge Don McElligott.
According to Commissioner
Dode Krebs. the county bud
get might be more' likely to
pass if presented with other
levies.
Morrow County schools will
also be presenting an opera
ting levy to the voters on
March 30.
Morrow County became the
second largest producer of
potatoes and the eighth rank
ing in income per capita in the
US in 1976
"Although the north end of
Morrow County did attract
much development in the
1970's, somewhat amazingly it
lost at least four billion dollars
in energy plants to Pebble
Springs in Gilliam County,
thence to Hanford when the
bombers didn't get moved."
' Kennedy states.
It had been agreed by our
congressional delegation and
others that the Navy Bombing
Range would be moved to
Washington State to save
millions of gallons of energy.
However, the Navy didn't get
moved, and PGE had to be
satisfied with a $525,000,000
coal -fired energy plant at
Curly Reservoir in 1976. Navy
bombers are not allowed to
operate where nuclear plants
are sited.
Kennedy fort-casts that all
the business that could have
been attracted to Morrow
County in the past will be
coming here in the future,
such as several more energy
plants, another lOO.OOO acres
of irrigation and industrial
development of great magni
tude "after the inflation
breaks and the environmen
talists decide we really will
need more energy, better
livability and more jobs for
our young."
Presently citizens are being
told that Morrow County is
among a number of counties in
the state that have acceptable
types of plans for development
and land usage. It is being
pointed out that the foresight
of the first port manager.
Rupert Kennedy, of Judge
Oscar Peterson and the
original port commissioners
has been of great value to the
whole area.
Federal Land Bank Assoc.
slates stockholders meeting
The annual stockholders
meeting of the Federal Land
Bank Association of Pendleton
w ill be held Feb. 18, announ
ced Robin A. Fletcher, man
ager of the association. A
luncheon will open the meet
ing at 12 noon at the Red Lion
Motor Inn.
A highlight of this year's
meeting will be a report on the
association's progress and
accomplishments during the
past year. The scheduled
Former Heppner
A former Heppner man.
Darrell Blake, has been
named manager of SAIF
Corporation's Clackamas Dis
trict. The district provides
workers' compensation insur
ance to about 4,200 employers
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Chamber 1
slates
banquet
By Jl'STINE
WEATHEREORD
Monday evening. March 8. .
the Heppner-Morrow Cham
ber of Commerce will host its
first annual banquet at the
Heppner Elks Lodge. Every
one is invited to attend and a
special invitation is extended
to the business people of the
five county communities and
the agri-business folks.
Chamber President R W.
(Bob! Harris and Vice-President
Ron McDonald have
helped the banquet commit
tee: Justine Weatherford, the
Rev. Ed Watts. Doug Smith.
Avon Melby and Mary Go
heen. with plans for the
coming occasion.
A social time will begin at
6:30 p.m.. a turkey and ham
dinner will follow at 7 p.m. and
the program is slated to start
about 8 pm. The evening's'
speaker will be Oregon State
Director of the Economic
Development Commission " .
John Groupe, whose home
base is LaGrande.
Invitations will be presented
to the mayors of each com
munity and business people of
Boardrnan and Irrigon are
encouraged to come to this
banquet, as one of President
Harris's goals for this year is
to work toward a closer
relationship between the peo
ple of the south and north
reaches of the county.
Planning Com.
to meet Mon.
Heppner City Planning
Commission will meet Mon
day, February 8 at the
Heppner City Hall, a study
session will begin at 7:30p.m..
followed by a regular session
at 8 p.m., announced Dick
Bigelow.
Warren Phx-harsky is City
Council representative for the
month of February.
A variance application to
allow a 24' x 30' pole type
metal building on the property
at 340 '2 South Hill Street will
be considered. Applicant is
William L. Sowell.
program also includes the
election of two directors and
a nominating committee, and
a report from the board of
directors on important actions
taken since last year's stock
holders meeting, said a
spokesperson .
Directors of the Federal
Land Bank Association of
Pendleton are Richard Wil
kinson and Edwin Miller of
Heppner; Royal Raymond.
Helix; Bill Etter. Pilot Rock:
man named SAIF
in Clackamas and Multnomah
counties. Blake supervises a
staff of 12. including claims,
insurance, safety and health,
and nursing personnel.
SAIF Corporation is Ore
gon's largest writer of work
HEPPNER, OREGON
1,000 Friends of Oregon rep. visits Heppner
One Thousand Friends of
Oregon is not against growth
in the state, only unplanned
growth, a representative of
the group said in Heppner last
week.
Taking a swing through
Eastern Oregon on a recruit
ing and public relations drive,
Portland Attorney Robert
Liberty, who works for 1.000
Friends, tried to dispel some
of the images Oregonians
have of his group.
' People think 1.000 Friends
of Oregon is some kind of left
wing environmental group,
but we're not," emphasized
Liberty, who is one of four
attorneys employed by l.OOO
Friends.
He said the group, which has
2.300 members, is not against
growth in the state, only
unplanned growth.
First Citizens of 1981
contest gets underway
By Jl'STINE
WEATHERFORD
The Honors and Awards
Committee of the Heppner
Morrow Chamber of Com
merce is eager to have county
organizations and individuals
turn in the names of persons
whom they consider worthy of
being named First Citizens of
1981.
MCGG to hold
Appreciation Day
The Morrow County Grain
Growers will hold its annual
Customer Appreciation Day
next Saturday, Feb. 13.
The day starts off with a
free pancake breakfast at 9
a.m. Factory representatives
will be on hand for discus-
Mustangg win
two more!
See p. 4 & 5
for sports
details
Frank Tubbs, Adams; Rotxrt
Peterson. lone: Don Hawkins
of Pendleton.
The Association makes long
term loans to farmers and
ranchers in Umatilla and
Morrow counties. There are
two field offices, one in
Hermiston. . open every Wed
nesday and one in Heppner.
open the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month.
The association is entirely
owned by the members it
serves.
manager
ers' compensation insurance,
with headquarters in Salem
and 15 district offices
throughout the state. A public
corporation, it insures ap
proximately 40.000 Oregon
employers.
Weather
By City of Heppner , , . , ,
' ' High Low Precip
Mon.. Jan. 25 47 35 trace Total January precipitation
Tues.. Jan. 26 50 34 was 1.03. Normal is 1.41.
Wed.. Jan. 27 4(5 30 January 1981 precipitation
Thurs.. Jan. 28 43 33 was 1.34.
Fri.. Jan. 29 50 37
Sat . Jan. 30 55 35' 30
Sun.. Jan. 31 45 32 .03
Mon.. Feb. 1 44 40 .04
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Robert Liberty
An independent group fund
ed through private business
donations. Liberty says 1.000
Friends reviews all county
comprehensive plans turned
Organizations and indivi
duals should get the names of
their nominees to committee
Chairman Dr. Wallace Wolff
or to committee members Ray
Boyce or Don McElligott very
soon so that the committee
can determine the outstanding
man and woman who will be
honored at the chamber's
"Pot of Gold" banquet on
March 8.
sions. and new farm equip
ment will also be set up for
inspection.
Customer Appreciation Day
will be held at the Morrow
County Grain Growers head
offices in Lexington, and is
open to everyone.
Heppner Post Office
houses new bench
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A new bench was placed in the Heppner Post Office lobby as a combined effort of the Heppner
Chapter of Future Farmers of America and the Heppner Lion's Club.
The Lion's Club donated all needed materials for the bench and HHS junior, Marty Britt
constructed it.
Pictured from left to right are John Stevens, HHS junior who assisted Britt with construction,
Roger Records, FFA instructor, Britt and Lion George Koffler.
into the Land Conservation
and Development Commis
sion, for compliance with state
land use laws.
If the group feels something
is wrong, it will go to
court something it has done
loo times already. "We're a
land use watch dog group." he
said.
Liberty said 1.000 Friends is
presently watching the Wil
lamette Valley closely be
cause of phenomenal growth
in that area of the state.
But it has also reviewed
Morrow County's comprehen
sive land use plan, and
recommended it not be ac
cepted by LCDC.
"Morrow County's plan has
some policies that are strong
on agricultural land protec
tion, but the standards for
land development in farm
AAUW offers scholarship
to Morrow County women
By MARY ANN CERULLO
The Heppner - lone branch
of the American Association of
University Women is offering
a scholarship to a qualifying
Morrow County woman. This
is the fourth year the award
has been offered.
The scholarship is intended
to serve women of the general
community rather than those
graduating from high school.
Requirements for consider
ation are that she be a Morrow
County woman already invol
ved in a course of study. She
may be at a college, profes
sional or trade school with a
minimum of one year of study
behind her.
Because the AAUW treas
ury was able to support it, last
year two women were each
awarded with a $200 scholar
ship. They were Patti Lott
Mohn, Monmouth, and Luella
said
Liberty.
He said 1.000 Friends has
also criticized the county plan
for "vague" definition of lot
size. "But I don't think
Morrow County's plan has any
more criticism than anyone
else's." he pointed out. ,
"Planning is designed not to
thwart growth but to make it
more efficient." he said. "We
actually recommend to the
city of Salem that it have more
industrial land included in its
plan." he said.
Liberty .came to Heppner
after a stop in Pendleton. He
met with county commission
ers Dorothy Krebs and Don
McElligott before going on to
the Morrow County Chamber
of Commerce weekly luncheon
where he was the featured
speaker.
Taylor of Lexington.
Mohn, a Heppner High
School graduate, is currently
attending Western Oregon
State College working on a
bachelor of science degree in
psychology.
Taylor was scheduled to
graduate last July from
BMCC with an associate
degree in nursing. She was
intending to continue her
studies to become a registered
nurse.
It is AAUW's hope that the
club will be able to award two
scholarships again this year.
Scholarship applications
may be obtained by calling
Bonnie Templeman, 676-5187;
Mary McCoy. 676-5129; or
Mary Ann Cerullo, 676-9635.
AAUW asks that the appli
cations be submitted to:
AAUW Scholarship, P.O. Box
1053, Heppner, OR 97836, by
February 28.
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