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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-
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.