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BESSIE V,' E T 2 E L L U OF ORE NEWS PAPER LIB E U 3 E N E OR 9 7 4 0 3 8 it ZSv . H VOL. 100 NO. 39 THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30. 1M2 School board hears auditors report School district in good financial condition The Morrow County School District board learned last Monday night that the district is in good financial condition. Brent Fife, district auditor, of Morrison and Fife, Certified Public Accountants of Pendle ton reviewed his report with the board. Fife also recom mended that the district move from a cash base to a modified accrual base sometime in the future. Matt Doherty, county school district superintendent, told the board of the possible ef fects to the district of Ballot Measure No. three. Doherty 7,000 hunters expected Deer season opens Saturday About 7.000 hunters are ex pected to move into the Hep pner District of the Umatilla National Forest when deer season begins this Saturday, said Glen Ward, Oregon De partment of Fish and Wildlife, Heppner. The department is h anticipating about 2,400 of the,, animals will be bagged, he said. Ward explained that the deer and elk are scattered throughout the area due to abundant forage and water instead of concentrating in CF Bike-A-Thon enthusiasm was high 3' t uWL' J I . .f tflsOT 4RtrfR :- (s :fi' O4- Seth Wilson, ooe 4, and Tommy Bruch, 7'i, boh of Heppner, flop long enough to have their picture taken during the CF Bike-A-Thon last Solordoy The weather may have been participating in the Cystic perfect but the turnout was Fibrosis Bike-A-Thon last small with only five children Saturday, Sept. 25. More mud sets workers back after Sat. rain Last Saturday. Sept. 25 another downpour hit parts of the southern end of Morrow County setting work crews back in their clean-up efforts after the (looding of Sept. 19. According to Morrow Coun ty Public Works director, Don Briggs, most of the recurring damage was mud washing down from Blackhorse and Khea Creek Canyons. Road crews were out working early Legion Aux. to hold hunters9 breakfast The American Legion Auxiliary Post No. 87 will hold an annual hunters' breakfast beginning Friday at Ron McDonald 's Chevrolet show room in Heppner. Breakfast will be served from 4 p.m. Morrow County's said Standard and Poors of New York is holoding the dis trict's bond rating until after the upcoming November elec tion. If Ballot Measure three passes, Doherty said, the bond rating will be lowered. The district currently has a class A rating. Doherty indicated to the board that it is necessary to review the district's insurance program to see if coverage is adequate and to determ ine the policy value. Board members Jerry McEUigott and Irvin Rauch will assist the superin tendent in his review. The board also learned from agricultural areas as they have in past years. The yearly crop of bucks (forked horns) is moderate due to fair to good production in 1981, he said. Also, spike bucks are legal this year, he added. - ."The best bet Is fairly close -to timber, and the larger bucks will be found in the higher elevations in thickets," he reported, and all animals are in excellent physical con dition. Chukar season also opens at r: .y - y 4 Monday. "Roads weren't totally Im passable this time. We'll have things pretty much under con trol by the end of the week," stated Briggs. Eight inches of mud had also washed up on the roud at Cutsforths Corner, but the state road crew was out working on it by Sunday, it was reported. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday, said Rita Hedman of the aux iliary. On the menu are ham, eggs, hotcakes and a beverage, all for $3. '-" . i The Heppner nnnnm H Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 8 PAGES Doherty that Union Pacific Railroad has received a judgment in its favor for overpayment of taxes. Mor row County will have to pay back aboaut $40,000. $25,000 from the school district's funds, as a result of the judgment, Doherty said, so the district will be short that amount in revenue. In regular business, the board: appointed a committee to review computer education within the district and to make a recommendation to the board concerning what amount be allotted for the Saturdny. Ward said they are also widely scattered because? of abundant food and water. Brood production was down aboul one-half in comparison to last year, but there is a good carry over of adult birds, he said. - Last week the 'department -released 760 male and female pheasants to supplement the native production, which was also low this year, said Ward. That season opens Saturday, Oct. 16. "The enthusiasm and gen erosity of the participants and their sponsors demonstrated a remarkable commitment to the cystic fibrosis cause." said Cathy Wilson. CF coordinator. "The people of Heppner can be proud of their efforts to help the many thousands of children in the United States whose lives are threatened by this tragic disease." she continued. The participants will receive CF t-shirts along with prizes from local merchants. The winners and prizes will be announced at a later date. DMV office to be closed Mon. The Heppner field office of the Department of Motor Vehicles will be closed Mon day. October 4, announced Gene Murty. office manager. Slippery road causes wreck A loaded propane truck, owned by Heppner Nor Gas, ran off Bombing Range Road onto an embankment and then flipped onto its side on the roadway last Friday morning. Driver of the truck, James M. Query, 26, of Lexington, lost control of the truck on a slippery section of road about 12 miles south of Highway 730. Query reportedly received minor injuries and was taken to Consolidated Good Shep herd Hospital in Hermiston where he was treated and released. The Boardman fire depart ment was notified but there were no leaks in the tank and the truck was driven back to Heppner from the scene. As of Tuesday, no estimate of the damage was available. TIMES - 25 HEPPNER. programs. appointed Gene Riet mann of lone to serve as a budget committee member for the district. heard a report from Michele Portmann. counselor at Heppner High School on the advisor-advisee program at the school. In the program, each student is assigned to a teacher so each will have a personal advisor. accepted bids from Myrick Chrysler Dodge of Hermiston for two 15-passen-ger vans at a cost of $11,088 each. agreed to accept bids for Road banner new addition to Main St. iiTRAKillT J2f nag 3 3!;;;3t; .si.. ? I ' m r i large banner over Main St. will Creek Road. Last Monday, Sept. 27 a bright blue and orange banner became a new addition to Heppner's Main Street. The biinner, reading "Wil low Creek Road - Straight Ahead" has been erected in time for those out of town hunters who may not realize that the old Willow Creek Road has a dam across it. After a number of com New business opens in Heppner Tuesday Kathy Maben displays the few business opened Tuesday. Kate's Cake shop and Mabens' Furniture opened for business Tuesday in Heppner. Owned and operated by Kathy and Jeff Maben of Heppner, the businesses are located in a building at 289 Main St. The business phone number is 676-5210. The cake shop will offer OREGON an intermediate and compact automobile. discussed the need for an appraisal of the district's pro perty. No action was taken! approved the budget calendar for 1983-84 with two significant dates being Janu ary 3. when the first meeting of the budget committee will be held, and the school budget election on Marcy 29. An executive session was also held Monday night so the board could receive an update on a personnel matter related to a discrimination charge. No action was taken. -AHEAD. 14 II i ; U if help hunters find Willow plaints that trucks were going up where the old Willow Creek Road ends and disturbing res idents, the city of Heppner decided to take action. According to Marshal Lov gren, City Recorder, the ban ner cost the city $25 for material. City crew member, Roger Ehrmantraut painted the words in his free time, and Tom's TV hung the sign up. cokes she hod left after the cakes, pies, raised and cake doughnuts, maple bars and other pastries as more equip ment arrives. Mrs. Maben will begin baking daily at 4 a.m. and is also taking custom cake orders. Furniture for sale includes dining sets, gun cabinets, rocking chairs, desks and bedroom sets. Weather M 77 C7v Work coming to a close on main structure of dam Wr I'll y ... Work on the main structure of the Willow Creek Dam is coming to a close. Placement of roller compacted concrete, of which the dam is made, was completed Monday, though a conventional cement "cap" is yet to be placed on the dam. . Workmen will be leaving the project now, says Information Officer Leif Erickson of the Corps, of Engineers, and there will be no more night Truck proves more weight than bridge can handle if V rlt-wU 'Hi v f.r . ; . ..'Y : 1 . t. ;. a l. ;' lit' it - ;-av'--r-'; -:' i!t f ., . i . ft jit t t .-. . - A truck load of building materials proved too much weight for a wooden bridge outside Heppner Monday evening, as the beams broke sending the truck into Shobe Creek. The truck is owned by Pettyjohn's Farm and Builders Supply of Heppner. "Those beams were getting pretty old, so I guess it was a matter of time," said owner Jo Pettyjohn. The bridge crosses Shobe Canyon in front of the Pettyjohns' home on the Heppner-Condon Highway. Tuesday morning, friends were out with trucks and equipment to unload and pull out the truck. Consumer Protection Dept. says Watch out for talent searchers A joint consumer alert has been issued by Oregon's De partments of Justice and Edu cation following numerous statewide inqueries about the business practices of a south ern California company. Five Star Productions. Consumers, primarily re cent high school graduates or current 12th grade students, report receiving postcards in the mail which describe the firm as a television production company looking for "new faces" to possibly appear in commercials and motion pic tures. There is a $10 "process ing fee" reouested. Presently, several 1982 graduates of Heppner High School have reported receiv ing postcards. Tues. Sept. 21 Wed.. Sept. 22 Thurs.. Sept. 23 of Heppnet Fn.sept.24 Sat.. Sept. 25 Sun.. Sept. 26 Mon.. Sept. 27 "I to my knowledge have not heard that any students at the high school have gotten any (Five Star Production mater ials). No one has said anything to me," said Michele Port mann. Heppner High School counselor, "But I don't have any idea what they would have received in their private mail. It would probably be a good idea to warn them against it." It is not known at this time how many Oregonians have received the promotional postcards. The materials are currently being reported in California, Washington, Idaho and Montana. Students and high school graduates who have received Five. Star Productions post cartl are requested to send High Low Preclp 65 70 75 72 68 58 60 44 46 56 50 42 40 49 .12 .01 .04 a4 work, he added. Grass seeding, grading, work on the water outlet, and work on the spillway, as well as a baseball diamond below the dam, is yet to be done, said Erickson. "We are very appreciative of the people here putting up with our work, noise and dust," said Erickson, who will be leaving to return to the head office in Walla Walla, Wash. j. either the originals or copies to: Oregon Department of Justice, Consumer Protection and Services Section, Justice Building, Salem, OR 97310. Industry representatives contacted in Los Angeles have no knowledge of Five Star Productions and indicate that this type of advance fee pro motion is contrary to regular industry practices. New talent is not sought in this manner. In addition, California state officials confirm that Five Star Productions is not licen sed as required under estab lished labor codes. An activ investigation is underway f California into the busine practices of Five Star Prod tions for possible violation the labor code which is cl l" fied as a criminal nr ie- meanor.
