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u or ORE ti E W fi P A P R LID - G r , " n r o ? 1 C 3 VOL. IM NO. 41 Economic Dev. Comm. elects board of directors, seeks incorporation The Heppner Economic De velopment Committee met last Wednesday, Nov. 10, at R k W Drive-In in Heppner. Recommendations from the steering committee were heard, and a board of direc tors elected. The steering committee suggested that the committee form a non-profit corporation , called The Heppner Economic Development Corporation ' with a broad base of members and that a board of seven directors be elected. The directors' terms are to be three years each with stag gered terms. Initial term length will be determined by drawing lots.' ; Directors elected to the board were Fred Toombs, Jim Hayes, Ralph Limanen, Bob Abrams. Kent Goodyear, Charles Hutchinson (Hutch) and Helen Riehl. At a board meeting last Friday, mem bers elected Hayes as presi dent, Abrams as vice-president and Goodyear as secretary-treasurer. Hayes repor ted that the board would meet once a week and meet with other members of the group once a month. The board is presently working on estab lishing bylaws, he said. The directors will serve until a new board is elected in January at the group's first annual meeting. The date, time and location of the meet ing will be announced later. Herman Winter, Heppner attorney, drew up articles of Incorporation and the amend ed document was to be sent to the state corporation commis- Fire chief, assistant resign posts At the October meeting of the Lexington City Council, Assistant Fire Chief Gary Munkers resigned his post on the department effective Oc tober 14. Munkers had been a member of the fire depart ment for eight years and had served as assistant fire chief for all eight years, said the Lexington City Council. Munkers' resignation fol lows by one month Fire Chief Ed Baker's resignation which was also effective October 14. Baker had been a member of the Fire Department for 15 years, chief for 12 years, and was the town's only certified fire fighting instructor, the council reported. In announcing their resig nations, both men sighted continued criticism of their leadership at the scene of fires by local citizens as the reason for their resignations. Both reported being in charge of suppression efforts at recent fires where criticism of their efforts was particularly harsh. Both stated they were unwilling to continue in their positions with the continued criticism. In accepting the resigna tions, council members com mended Baker and Munkers for the time and service they had given the fire depart ment over the past several years. It was reported that the morale of the remaining fire department volunteers is low. THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18. 4 'I 'Id Jim Hayes sioner. Charles and Linda Hutchin son, who attended a confer ence in Lincoln City Nov. 4-5 on downtown development, were to give a report to the group on Wednesday, Nov. 17. The conference was jointly sponsored by the Oregon Downtown Development As sociation and the Oregon De partment of Transportation. Travel Information Section. The HeppnerMorrow Cham ber of Commerce provided $300 for the couple to attend. The purpose of the proposed corporation is to promote ec onomic development in Hep pner with secondary efforts toward development of the surrounding area. Anyone in terested in local economic development is invited to join. All members will be charged a one-time $100 assessment. Meetings of the entire group are now being held on an on call basis. Anyone wanting to attend the meetings may be placed on a calling list by contacting one of the board members. Council members expressed concern over the future of the cont. p. 4 Local Scout groups contribute to Christmas lighting project .JO Local Scout groups with Gone Hall presented o chock for $717 to llnda Hutchinson, secretary treaturer of the Heppner Merchants Committee. The funds will help offset costs of a Christmas lighting project, the Scouts raised the money selling tickets for o firewood raffle. Even though Heppner merchants are contributing funds to replace old Christmas light hookups downtown, and the. local Scout groups have donated $717 to the effort, it is possible that the lights may Tine IHIeppimeir Ji Morrow County's 1982 8 PAGES Bob Abrams Kent Goodyear f f l II - , . ; .;? -r f -i:;v Investigation of Ballot Measure results called for An investigation of voting results In eight Oregon coun ties, including Morrow, was called for recently by Oregon Taxpayers, the sponsors of Ballot Measure 3, the property tax limitation. Confusion about placement of the measure on the ballot resulted in tens of thousands of Oregonians being unable to find it and vote. "We are asking Secretary of State Norma Paulus to investi gate," Joe Hollman, state co not be lit In time for the Christmas Opening next weekend. Fred Toombs, manager of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op said needed parts for the new hookups . i A Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 25 Fred Toombs Ralph Limanen ordinator of Oregon Taxpay ers, sponsors of Measure 3, announced. Our office has been flooded with calls from people who lost their right to vote due to this confusion, Hollman re ported. He pointed out that 12 percent of the voters in Mar ion county did not vote on the measure more than twice the number in Multnomah County yet the Multnomah County vote overall was three times as large as Marion's. haven't been received. Toombs said the co-op has been in contact with the com pany several times and is hoping the parts will be sent soon. f "rw A i i. I 'Vv-., j. Mllh HEPPNER, OREGON Helen Riehl Charles Hutchinson Umatilla County voters tell us that Measure 3 was out of order that their ballot order ran Measure 1, Measure 2, Measure 4 with three cn the opposite page resulting in one voter in six in Umatilla County failing to vote on it compared with a normal two or three percent not voting over the state at large. Other counties with strangely high numbers of people failing to vote were Malheur, 23 percent; Morrow, Task Force to Morrow The Task Force on Battered Women in Umatilla County is expanding the service to in clude Morrow County, and volunteers are needed to as sist victims of family abuse. Deborah Cooley, director of the task force, said the agency recently received funding for a program in Morrow County from the state Domestic Vio lence Marriage Task Fund. The Task Force on Battered Women is a non-profit volun teer organization that pro vides victims of domestic vio lence in Umatilla and Morrow counties with 24-hour crisis counseling, safe homes for women and their children, advocacy, emergency food and transportation and public education. The crisis line phone number is 278-0241. Out of town callers may call col lect, Cooley said. The task force presently receives about 20 calls per month from Mor row and Umatilla county resi dents, she said. Local volunteers would pro vide advocacy, assist women in finding community resour ces to help them, provide or - f v i Next week's the start of Hrnpnrr merchants will hold their Christmas Opening on Safurdav. November 27. M.inv activities and bargain , features have been planned, as well as not just one. but two special appearances by the man from the North Pole. Each weekend from the opening on the 27th through Docember 18 will offer some thing different and special. The theme of this year's fes tivities is "Christmas in the Countrv. " and a store window decorating contest will add to the holiday spirit. The mer chants' windows are to be fudged by Heppner Elemen tarv students, and the winner will receive a $100 certificate from Hutch's Printing. To start off the opening, a Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be held down town around the community Christmas tree in front of Case Furniture at 4 p.m. The tree is to be donated by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Garrison. The blue spruce is over 24 ft. tall and has become too large for their yard on Baltimore St. in Hep pner. Christmas carols will start the ceremony, with the 3 21 percent; Grant, 12 percent; Crook, 8 percent; Wheeler, 8 -ercent; and Gackamas, 5 percent. A great many com plaints were received from Clackamas County about dif ficulty in finding the measure. "We will wait for a response from Mrs. Paulus' office be fore deciding how to move next to see that Oregon's voters . are fairly and fully protected in their right to vote," Hollman added. on Battered Women County find safe homes for victims and provide transportation, as to a medical or social service agency. Cooley stressed that volunteers would be reimbur sed for expenses. People who HltS Computer students place second at Two second-year computer science students from Hep pner High School placed second in a first Annual Husky Computer Contest held Satur day, Nov. 13, at Sherman High School at Moro. Pat Struthers and Robert McMillan, both juniors, com peted against teams from six other schools in the contest. The seven teams were presen ted the same five problems to solve with original programs within the two-hour time limit. Mountain View High School of Bend placed first. Heppner came in second and Crane High School placed third. Also participating were teams from lone High School, Pilot Rock High School, Sherman High School and Hood River Valley High School. Heppner computer teacher Ralph Schubothe said, "Pat Weather by the City of Heppner Christmas Opening just something big lighting of the tree to follow at dusk, said a spokesperson. On Friday and Saturday, many merchants will hold silent auctions in their stores. Each store will have several items to bid on. and the highest bids will take the merchandise. More details on special Past HHS greats to face Harlem Clowns The fabulous Harlem Gowns are to be in Heppner on Tuesday, Nov. 23 announ ced a Heppner High spokes person. They will be playing an exhibition game against a team composed of past Hep pner High School greats at 7 p.m. in the high school gym nasium. Prices for the game are: adults $3.50, students $2.50 and children under 10, $1. Crowds all over the world that have seen this wacky basketball team are unani mous in their opinion that Thanksgiving dinner to be served at All Saints A Thanksgiving dinner with turkey and all the trimmings will be served Thursday, Nov. 25. Thanksgiving Day, at All Saint's Episcopal Parish Hall at 1 p.m. Members of the church will be preparing the meal, and anyone who wants to join others for Thanksgiv ing dinner is welcome to attend. Hot spiced cider and other provide temporary homes for victims are reimbursed for food costs, she added. Coolley said the task force is also seeking groups and organizations who would like contest yJS Pot Struthers (L) and Robert McMillan typing a computer contest at Sherman High School and Robert did very well, especially considering the other schools were represen ted by three-member teams." This is the third year that courses in computer science have been offered at Heppner High Low Preclp Tues.. Nov. 9 37 23 .02 Wed.. Nov. 10 40 25 Thurs.. Nov. 11 49 26 Fri.. Nov. 12 53 32 Sat.. Nov. 13 43 18 Sun.. Nov. 14 39 20 Mon.. Nov. 15 45 29 features will be announced as they become available. Any individual, group or organization is welcome to set up a booth on Main Street during the Christmas Open ing. Those interested are asked to contact Marj Gard ner or Carolyn Cole. there is just nothing else in sports that equals them, the spokesperson said. They have been nicknamed the Court Jesters and the Clown Princes of Hoopdom. Their ball handling routines, lightning-like passes, behind-the-back handoffs, spontan eous buffoonery and even age old gags which somehow always seem new, never fail to keep the fans in an uproar. The proceeds from this at traction will go to the Heppner High School Uniform Fund. refreshments will be served before the meal, so people may come early if they wish. For those who can't leave their homes, dinner trays can be delivered. Those who plan to attend the dinner and those who would like a dinner tray are asked to contact Bob Abrams, 676-9789 or Theta Lowe, 676-9496, by Wednesday, Nov. 24. exnanding to schedule a guest speaker to discuss domestic violence. Anyone interested in being a volunteer or who would like to schedule a speaker is asked to contact Cooley at 276-3322. program at High School. Schubothe stated that the program is still in the ' developmental stage and probably will be for some time as the computer industry itself is constantly changing.
