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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
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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.
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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
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"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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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Work coming to a close on
main structure of dam
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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meanor.