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Boardman Mayor Jerry Peck receives First
Citizen award from Dr. Wallace Wolff
Iioardman Mayor Jerry
Feck and Thetu Lowe of
Mfppner were chonen firs!
citizens of Morrow County
Monday during a Chum Iter of
Commerce banquet nt the
Elks Lodn
Honored for their work in
public service nnd concern for
their communities, both I'eck
and Liwe were presented with
certificates from Ir. Wallace
Wolff of the Chamber.
Oscar Peterson, a long-time
St. Pat's Day celebration
promises fun for everyone
Will the oldest, shortest,
most red-faced, stingiest,
crookedest Irishman in Mor
row County, that was born in
the County of Donegal and
drives either a Chevrolet or
International please step for
ward. You are the winner of
$.")(). (Mi and a crooked two by
four.
It is unlikely the same
Irishman will win all of these
and other prizes lieing offered
during Heppner's St. Patrick's
Day celebration March 17. but
there will be plenty of fun for
everyone.
Census Bureau to gather
data in Morrow Count
The U.S. Hureau of the
Census will conduct a regular
survey on employment and
unemployment in Morrow Co
during the week of March 15 -20,
according to Leo C.
Schilling, director of the
bureau's regional office in
Seattle in a recent news
release from the U.S. Depart
ment of Commerce.
In addition to the usual
questions on current employ
ment, the March survey will
include others concerning the
work experience, income and
place of residence of house
hold members last year nnd
whether they have moved
since March 19B1.
Households in Morrow Co.
ore part of the sample of 71 ,000
across the country scientifi
PGG to hold
The annual membership
meeting of Pendleton Grain
Growers, Inc., will be held
Saturday, March 20, at the
Pendleton Memorial Armory.
The meeting will include a
no-host cocktail hour from 6 to
7 p.m.. followed by a buffet
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Morrow County's
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county resident who recently
died was also honored. A
certificate noting his many
years of service to the people
of Morrow County was pre
sented to his son. Don Peter
son. Theta liwe is a long-time
resident of the county whose
many volunteer activities in
clude 25 years as a 4 11 leader,
many years as a department
suerintendent at the fair,
secretary of Morrow County
Senior Citizens Advisory Com
The day's activities will
include a radio talk show to be
hosted out of the Farley Motor
showroom, from it) to II a.m.,
a real live leprechaun at Ron
McDonald Chevrolet, music
by the Heppner Junior High
band and various sales and
specials by Heppner Mer
chants. Also on tap for St. Patrick's
Day is a stew feed at St.
Patrick's Catholic Church
starting at p.m.. and a
breakfast at the Klks Club
from 1 1 a in to 12 noon
cally selected to represent a
cross section of all U.S.
households.
The monthly survey is
conducted for the U.S. Depart
ment of Labor and provides a
coiilimous record of activity in
the labor force. The January
survey indicated that of the
1011. ! million men and women
in the civilian labor force, 99.6
million were employed. The
nation's unemployment rate
was 8.5 percent, down from 8.8
percent in December.
Information supplied by
individuals participating in
the survey is kept strictly
confidential by law and the
results are used only to
compile statistical totals, the
news release concluded. 30
annual meeting Mar. 20
dinner for members and their
guests. The business meeting
will follow with the 1981
financial report and reports
from President Bill Utter and
PGG General Manager Don
Cook, said a PGG spokesper
son. Terms of a! -large directors
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Don Peterson accepts
father Oscar Peterson
mittee, she is a volunteer at
the Heppner Neighborhood
Center, president of the Epis
copal Church Women, mana
ged the "lonely hearts'
Thanksgiving dinners for
many years and other activi
ties. Jerry Peck, who was hon
ored as the county's first male
citizen, was named for his
work as long-time mayor of
Boardman; he was also presi
dent of the Boardman Com
mercial Club, served eight
Six Irish families who set
tled in Morrow County many
years ago will be receiving
special recognition this St.
Patrick's Day.
For those who wish to look
their Irish best, hats will be
sold for $1.25 at many of the
businesses around town.
Also for those coming down
town, there will be free
parking behind the Les
Schwab Tire store while you
enjoy the festivities.
Lc Schwab
manager
transfered
The manager of Lrs Schwab
Tire Center in Heppner, Kevin
Kountree, has been transfer
red to a store in Corvallis.
Kountree, who has been
with Les Schwab in Heppner
for five years, come in as
assistant manager and was
later promoted to manager.
Road closure
announced
The lower end of Rhea
Creek Road at Jordan, will be
closed for bridge repair from
7::i0 a.m. to 4 : 30 p.m. Wed
nesday. March 17, said Don
Briggs of the Public Works
Dept.
Charles Belts. John Madison
and (ierald Terjeson expire at
the meeting. Nominees for the
three at -large positions are
Charles Betts, Lewis Key,
John Madison, Jim Moon,
Lowell Saylor, Gerald Terje
son and Bill Ferguson.
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cliosen as county's first citizens
award for his late
years on the Morrow County
School Board and has been on
other county committees and
boards.
The twelve doorprizes dona
ted for the drawing at the
conclusion of the banquet and
their lucky winners were:
copies of the Chamber's book
"Homesteads and Heritages" "
to Clifford Green and Henry
Krebs: gift certificates for
three pounds of bulk ice cream
given by Heppner Bowl went
Lexington Grange to sponsor
informative panel discussion
Members of the Lexington
Grange will sponsor an in
formative panel discussion.
Monday. March 22. 7:30 p.m.
at the Lexington Grange Hall.
Morrow County School Su
perintendent Matt Doherty
and possibly other members
of the school board will be
available to explain the pro
posed 1982 -83 school budget, to
be presented to the voters in a
Columbia Basin advises on
bogus tree trimming
If you are approached by a
tree trimming contractor
wanting to trim tree limbs
away from power lines. Co
lumbia Basin Electric Co-op
officials advise that you con
tact them first.
A man in the Condon Fossil
area has reportedly been
District Court
Lewis Wayne Ball. 43 of
Portland entered a three year
diversion agreement March 3
after being indicted Nov. 9.
1981 for Criminal Non Support
in Morrow County Circuit
Court, said Morrow County
Deputy District Attorney Har
old McLean.
Under the agreement, he is
to make a scheduled series of
payments toward his support
arrearage. Further proceed
ings were stopped for the
period of diversion and crimi
nal charges will be dismissed
at the end of three years if Ball
complies with the conditions
of the diversion agreement.
John Walter Wells Jr. of
Waverly, Ohio was sentenced
March 5 in Morrow County
Circuit Court after being
arrested November 2. 1981 and
indicted for Burglary in the
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Theta Lowe also received Morrow's First
Citizen award
to Ray Michael and to Mrs.
Ray Michael: personalized
stationery from Hutch's
Printing was awarded to Earl
Pryor: brass Pendleton
Round-Up belt buckles given
by the Western Heritage
Savings and Loan were pre
sented to Merlin Hughes and
to Matt Doherty: Harriet
Hall's ticket number gained
her an electric cookie, canape
and candy maker given by the
Morrow County Grain Grow
March 30 election. The pro
posed budget shows a 13.5
percent increase over this
year's budget, from $6,063,734
to $7,135,691.
Morrow County Judge Don
McElligott and possibly other
county representatives are
also scheduled to appear at
the meeting to explain the
proposed county budget, also
to be presented to the voters
March 30. The county's voters
telling residents he has been
hired by Columbia Basin to
trim tree limbs away from
power lines and then charging
them for the services. Colum
bia Basin office manager
Jerry Healy said the man has
not been hired by the co-op
and is in no way affiliated with
it. Healy said Columbia Basin
Action
First Degree. Wells was also
indicted Nov. 9. 1981 for Theft
in the First Degree by
Deception. He pleaded guilty
to Theft in the First Degree
and Burglary in the Second
Degree. A charge of Theft in
the Second Degree was dis
missed, said McLean.
Wells was sentenced to
custody of the Oregon State
Corrections Division - suspen
ded, was placed on probation
for three years on the theft
charge and two years on the
burglary charge. 120 days in
the Umatilla County Jail with
credit given for time pre
viously served, must pay a
$250 fine for burglary, make
$350 restitution to Morrow
County for court appointed
attorney's fees and must
make $100 restitution to theft
victim, McLean said.
Weather
by The City
ers: Mrs. Clifford Green won
the quilted comforter, also
given by Western Heritage
Savings and Loan: Pete
McMurty gained the Myrtle
wood bowl donated by Peter
son's Jewelry: Lillian Boyce
won a crystal vase given by
Murray Drug Co.; and the
. final price, a table garden in a
round pottery container from
Cole's House of Fashion and
Posey Patch, went to Mrs.
Merlin Hughes.
will be asked to approve an
operating levy outside the six
percent limitation. Morrow
County's current tax base is
$367,990 and has been un
changed since 1940. A new
proposed tax base is in the
process of being established.
A discussion is also planned
concerning the proposed
building of a county jail, said a
grange spokesperson.
does its own tree trimming
when tree limbs are apt to
cause problems with the lines.
Co-op manager Fred
Toombs said Columbia Basin
will not be responsible for any
charges paid by consumers to
unauthorized persons claim
ing to work for the co-op.
IHS students
available for
work Mar. 19
The lone High School stu
dent body will be having a
work day on Friday, March 19.
to raise funds for student body
projects. Students will be
contracting with people in the
community and surrounding
areas to work for six hours
that day at a minimum rate of
$3 per hour.
Those students who secure
contracts will be excused from
regular classes. All other
students will be expected to
attend school as usual, said a
school spokesperson.
People interested in hiring a
student for that day should
contact the high school office,
422-7131.
of Heppner
'Time to grab bootstraps
Oregon's economy is not in
very good shape. "And it's
time we grabbed ourselves by
the bootstraps and did some
thing about it."
That was the message from
Earl Pryor, Condon wheat
farmer and member of the
State Commission of Eco
nomic Development, in ad
dressing a Chamber of Com
merce banquet Monday night
in Heppner.
Pryor says Oregon's econ
omy is over-dependant on the
timber industry and it is now
necessary to diversity if the
state hopes to remain healthy.
In addressing the first
annual "Pot of Gold" banquet.
Pryor laid out several steps
the Economic Development
Commission is taking to
improve Oregon's economy.
He said a new fund, the
Oregon Equity Fund, has been
established to attract private
capital for investment in
small industries. The money
would be used for small
companies unable to raise
funds through commercial
banks, said Pryor.
"It will make long-term
loans not necessarily backed
by collateral. It would work in
the gray area of firms with
high risk, but the potential for
profit." he said.
Pryor also said that $250,000
County awards shop bid
to Portland contractors
By MARY ANN CERl'LLO
Morrow County Court
awarded the bid for the new
county maintenance shop to
William Lonigan Associates of
Portland last Wednesday,
March 3.
Lonigan Associates was the
lowest of seven bids at $92,750.
The highest bid was $110,155.
According to Don Briggs,
director of Public Works,
construction for the metal
shop is to be completed in
June of this year. The site for
the shop will be on five acres
of land in Lexington which
was donated to the county last
year by Virginia Rosewall, in
memory of her husband,
Clarence.
Lonigan and Associates also
made a bid of $11,600 to
complete the interior of the
6.720 square foot shop, but
Briggs said the court would
seek local contractors to finish
the job.
Howard Pettyjohn was
awarded the bid for plumbing
at a total of $1,826. The high
Lexington Gty Council meets
Lexington City Council held
a regular monthly meeting
Tuesday. March 2. The council
conducted the following busi
ness: an amendment was read
and approved to change the'
city's water ordinance.
lone City Council meets
lone City Council met Tues
day. March 2 for a regular
monthly meeting. The follow
ing business was conducted:
- the council approved a
zoning permit request from
Roy Taylor Jr., to place a
mobile home at Second and
Cherry streets.
- denied a zoning permit
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has been approved to "market
Oregon." or sell the state to
industries wishing to locate
here.
He also pointed to plans for
an expansion survey of exist
ing industries, more work in
improving tourism (the
state's number three indus
try), and more work in
improving the educational
system in Oregon to provide
trained people for new indust
try which may come into the
state.
Pryor also hit on the federal
government, and the prob
lems that have been caused in
the agricultural industry.
"Agricultural prices won't
be much better in the near
future." he said. Especially
with the "intrusion" of gov
ernment into the market;
especially the foreign mar
kets. "It's been a vicious cycle.
We produce more so we can
take home less." Pryor said of
the agricultural industry.
On Oregon's economy as a
whole. Pryor seemed to agree
with a bank economist, whom
he quoted as predicting that
the state's outlook won't
improve until the second half
of 1982.
"We're all going to suffer.
We're going to have some pain
before it gets better." Pryor
said.
bid totaled at $3,750.
In other business the court:
scheduled to meet Wed
nesday, March 10 at 1:30 p.m.
with members of the budget
and revenue sharing commit
tees to prepare a new tax base
to present to the voters March
30" The proposed tax base
must be submitted to the
county clerk by March 18.
agreed to allow the
Morrow County Search and
Rescue Posse use of Cutsforth
Park for a one night training
workshop.
accepted City-County In
surance Services as the coun
ty's insurance carrier. The
court's action is expected to
save the county more than
$8,000 on its $30,000 insurance
bill.
heard the February
minutes.
heard the Road Report
from Don Briggs.
announced that the state
is currently working on state
highway 74, widening the road
and taking out approximately
twelve curves between Lex
ington and lone.
held a hearing and agreed
to consult an attorney on
whether to vacate North
Street and to determine the
right-of-way on F Street.
agreed to change the
council's meeting night to the
first Wednesday of each
month.
request from Elmer Holtz to
establish a used car dealer
ship at his residence on
Second Street.
- agreed to hire two high
school girls in conjunction
with the Student Work Day on
March 19 to clean the city hall
building, (see related story.)