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CEOS I WC7ZELL lj OF ORE r- f r r E 'J G i: N I OR 0 7 4 0 3 Tins MsppDieir VOL. 100 NO. Heppner woman bags buck with 29 in. spread I"1--"1 "" niij.ij.ii.iiliilit, ii mi i juii.uiii a n hi i, w, ii , , I " v f ? f v v Si' L Not many hunters are as lucky at bagging their first deer as Lisa McCabe of Heppner. Site shot the three point buck last Saturday, the first day of the season, at 7:10 a.m., near Wilson Creek. The animal weighed 146 lbs. and had a rack spread of 29V Inches. McCabe said that the buck's head was sent off to be mounted. Lexington Airport to receive $25,229 Financial grants to four Oregon cities, including Lex ington, for airport planning and Improvement projects were approved September 29 by the Oregon Transportation Commission at its monthly meeting in Klamath Falls. Receiving planning grants totalling $58,229 will be Lex ington, Creswell and Heeds port. Baker will receive air port improvement grants Nuclear weapons freeze meeting slated Oct. 25 A public meeting on the nuclear weapons freeze (Bal lot Measure 5) will be held on Monday. Oct. 25, at 7:30 p.m., at the Heppner High School cafetorium. The film "The Last Epi demic, Medical Consequences of Nuclear War" will be shown Wash, man dies in auto Occident near Boardman A Kelso, Wash, man died Monday morning as a result of a one vehicle auto accident at mile post 167 on Interstate 84 near Boardman. Dead at the scene was Ken neth Ray Peck. Driver of the car, Terry Jones, 22, of Red mond Wash., was transpor ted to Consolidated Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermis- 41 THURSDAY. OCTOBER 14, 1982 .. ' J ',' ,-' - v"S4j , 1 V J in II totalling $990,337, said a com mission spokesperson. The Lexington Airport is to receive $22,706 from the Fed eral Government, $1,000 from state and $1,523 from local sources, for a total planning grn of f?V2?o The three planning projects are for updating airport layout plans and environmental im pact reports. Stephen Donnell. a civil de fense instructor from LaGrande, will be guest speaker. The meeting is sponsored by the Heppner-Ione branch of American Association of Uni versity Women and is open to the public free of charge. ton. Jones was reported in good condition Monday. The car reportedly strayed into the median strip, swerved back onto the road and rolled, ejecting Peck from the ve hicle. Boardman Police, Oregon State Police and a Boardman ambulance responded to the scene at about 3 a.m. Mono w Co un ty s II om 10 Columbia Basin, 16 others Columbia Basin Electric and Umatilla Electric co-ops, along with 15 other utilities, went to court Monday in a suit against the Washington Public Power Supply System (WPPSS) in Seattle. Wash., said Columbia Basin Manager Fred Toombs. King County Superior Court Judge Joseph Coleman is hearing the case. Ballot measure 3 discussed at A.O.C. meeting , county could By MARYANN CERULLO Last Tuesday, Oct. 6, members of Morrow County Court attended a regional meeting for the Association of Oregon Counties (A.O.C.) in. Fossil where they discussed the possible effects of Ballot Measure 3. Measure 3 is the tax limitation measure which, if passed, will bring true valu ations down to 1979 levels. The measure will be brought be fore the voters in November 2 election. Greg Sweek, Morrow Coun ty assessor, estimated that county funds would have toe be cut by 71 percent to ac commodate the 1979 valu ation. "It's a three way whammy," stated Co. Com missioner Dorothy Krebs, "It limits allowable revenue, limits the tax rate and limits assessed valuation. It's totally unrealistic. "Sixty percent of the tax money saved (by Measure 3) will go to corporations, 40 percent will go to home owners, 75 percent of the corporations' monies will be for national and international businesses, resulting in little benefit to the state taxpayer. All that money will leave Oregon," she continued. "It would put our county out of business," stated Commis sioner Warren McCoy on Measure 3, "It would limit the people the services they want. The state would allocate where we could spend. Let's say we had an influx in popu lation and needed a new school, we just couldn't do it. "Rural fire, cemetery, and park districts would be gone. Everything the people voted in and are willing to pay for will be wiped out," continued McCoy," It's being penny wise and pound foolish as far as I'm concerned." "It (Measure 3) hurts local government and local control by the voters, added Krebs, "If you have to lay off people, they move away and then you Heppner Planning Comm. to meet Monday, Oct. 11 The Heppner City Planning Commission will meet Mon day, Oct. 11, at Heppner City Hall, announced chairman Dick Bigelow. A study session will begin at 7:30 p.m. with a regular session beginning at 8 p.m. City council representa tive for October is Joyce Winter. On the agenda is: a Conditional Use Permit to allow a' mobile home at 560 North Minor on tax lots 2900 e-Owned Weekly Ne wspaper PAGES 25 The two co-ops were among 88 utilities in Washington and Oregon who were involved in the construction of two nu clear plants, WPPSS 4 and 5, for power, it was earlier thought that the Northwest would need. Construction on the two projects was halted after millions of dollars in cost over-runs. WPPSS wants the 88 participating utilities topay lose many services hurt the local merchants." According to Sweek, the county would be looking at a 40 percent cut in staff with a cut in working hours, should Measure 3 pass. "We will also probably have to have a sales tax to offset the measure which will hurt the poor," said Krebs. "Any benefits made by Measure 3 won't affect the renter. Many renters happen to be low income. And those services which now help the low income will be the first to go," stated a courthouse spokesperson. The court received a list of services provided by the county at the regional A.O.C. meeting which would either be cut back drastically or drop ped completely to pay for mandatory services, should the measure pass. Mandatory services for the county include county court, the district attorney's office, Justice court, the tax office, the sheriff's department, the clerk's office and the assessor's office. The threatened ser vices include: bailiffs for circuit, district and county courts. court reporter for circuit court. -deputy district attorney county law library secretary to county court insurance and other bene fits covering county officers and employees. compensation provided by the county for employees in jured on the job. extension offices. planning director and the Planning Commission. upkeep on all county for ests, parks and recreational areas. upkeep on the county courthouse and annex. highway and waterway improvements. Department of Economic Development. -county library and mu seum. road supervisor and-or director of the Public Works and 2901 Looneys Addition, One. The lots now contain the Seventh-day Adventist Church, a gymnasium and parking area, Bigelow said. The applicant is Pastor Dan Reiber. a variance application to allow a utility outbuilding at 585 East Hager on lot 1,000, block three, of Morrow's Addition. The applicants are John and Debra Nordhiem. I 1 heppner, Oregon the projects' debt. However, participants are stating that they are not liable for the debt since the projects were not completed and energy will not be obtained from them. Eleven utilities in Oregon were relieved of their alleged debt to the supply system after Circuit Court Judge George J. Woodrich reported ly ruled that the 11 utilities Dept. plus ail deputies and assistants. equipment for the road department. county funds for the medical-health clinic. (County Public Health Dept.) Juvenile Services Com mission and the Juvenile Ser vices Department. county funds for the mental health clinic. operation of the county hospital and nursing home. - funds for water conserva- - tion and flood control. county horticulture Wheat Growers League fall meeting to be held Nov. 12 By BOB COSTA OSU Extension Agent For Morrow County Mark your calendars for the Morrow County Wheat Grow ers League (O.W.G.L.) fall meeting and banquet to be held on November 12 at the Elks Lodge in Heppner. Star ting off the day will be a noon luncheon sponsored by the league for members partici pating in the afternoon meet HHS students Students at Heppner High School are busy this week with many activities to celebrate Homecoming Week. On Monday, students worked from 3:30 to about 9 p.m. decorating the halls of the school. Tuesday was "Hat Day," with students and faculty sporting a variety of hats, and a Powder Puff football game was held Tuesday evening. Boys on the Powder puff court are seniors Tom Huston, Jeff Orr and Mike Currin and juniors Eric Thompson and Sid Kennedy. These court members will also serve as escorts to the girls selected to the Homecoming Court at the game Friday night. Wednesday was "Rock Around the Clock - 1950s Day," seeing students dress in fash ions that were popular in that decade. Thursday is "Punk Rock Day." A tug-of-war will be held at 12:30 p.m., a sock hop is scheduled for 12 : 45 p m . and a faculty pep assembly for 3 p.m. Students will decorate for the homecoming dance at by the in court with WPPSS lacked authority to pay their share of the debt. Toombs said Monday "My only comment is that it would bolster our case. That judge's (Woodrich's) decision hope fully would have some in fluence on the Washington judge's decision." Columbia Basin Electric holds a .00391 percent share in the abandoned plants, which inspector. funds for the control of noxious weeds. funds to provide predator control. According to Commissioner Krebs, Morrow County's operating levy for 1982 is $2,900,000. If Measure 3 passes, she estimated that the county would have $1,880,000 to work with. "This is the most poorly written initiative in the state of Oregon that I've ever seen," stated Judge Don McEUigott. ings, which will begin at 1 p.m. This year, each committee will respond to five questions developed at the Oregon Wheat Growers League symposium in September. Door prizes will be awarded. A social hour, hosted by the Morrow County Wheat Grow ers League, will begin at 5; 30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The Morrow County Grain Growers League, will busy during t,- r V mmmm i photo by Jon Mtchaf The Heppner High School Homecoming Court from left to rights junior Sarah Forrar, seniors Judi Ward, Ann. Murray and Linda Englert and junior Carta Miles 5:30 p.m. and later enjoy an ice cream feed at 7:30 p.m. Friday is "Blue and Gold Day." A pep assembly is scheduled for. 3 p.m., with a Downtown Parade and pep assembly to follow at 4 p.m. Weather City of Heppner means the co-op will have to pay 1.45 million annually for the next 35 years unless the judge -rules in the utilities' favor. Columbia Basic Electric rate payers will see an in crease in October billing, but Toombs said the increase is not to cover the two WPPSS plants, but rather to meet a wholesale power rate increase Flood? Heppner residents were awakened at 12:31 a.m. last Friday when the flood siren at the swimming pool started wailing. A possible short cir cuit in the warning system, caused by a build up of moist ure in a probable crack in the line was blamed for the false alarm, said Heppner Fire Chief, Forrest Burkenbine. Burkenbine, along with sev eral firefighters, Mayor Cliff Green and Bill Gentry of Columbia Basin Electric, were at the scene to try to shut tr. siren off. . Al" about 12:5tf"a."m.; Bur kenbine was able to shut off begin at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:30 p.m. The Morrow County Grain Growers and the Mor row County Wheat Growers League will sponsor a portion of the meal to keep the cost to $3 per plate. Chuck Nelson, County Wheat Growers League president, will preside. Former Morrow County Ex tension Agent Harold Kerr will be the speaker for the evening. Kerr has recently Homecoming The Mustangs will face Lyle, Wash, at 8 p.m. at the Heppner Fairgrounds for the homecoming game battle. The homecoming queen will be crowned at half-time. Seniors on the court are Anne Hlgfc Low Precis 65 47 1 . 62 38 .01 Tues., Oct. 5 Wed., Oct. Thurs., Oct. 7 Fit, Oct. 8 Sat., Oct. 9 Sun., Oct 10 , Mon., Oct. 11 M 43 .15 54 47 .04 59 34 .01 61 36 61 36 from the Bonneville Power Administration. If the utilities lose the suit, a retail rate increase of 1.255 cents per kildwatt hour will go into effect to pay the WPPSS debt, the manager said. Toombs said the co-op will be updated on the trial by the utilities' legal representative, the Helsell Firm of Seattle. the switch at the top of the power pole that connected the siren. On Thursday, .15 inches of rain fell on the town and when the siren sounded, many resi dents wondered if Shobe Can yon was flooding. The Morrow County sheriff's office at the courthouse in Heppner repor ted receiving a flood of calls, inquiring about the reason for the alarm. Burkenbine said there was no way to determine where in the line the crack is. The entire warning - system will probably be changed some time this spring, he said. accepted a position as associ ate director of the OSU Exten sion Service after his most recent assignment as exten sion agent for Wasco County. The fall meeting is a time for grass roots action by members of the Oregon Wheat Growers League. The O.W.G.L. provides political representation, market devel opment, research and educa tional programs in behalf of Oregon wheat growers. week Murray, Judi Ward and Linda Englert. Junior court mem bers are Carta Miles and Sarah Forrar. After the game, a home-' coming dance will be held from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
