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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.
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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
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Local Scout groups contribute to
Christmas lighting project
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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
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Bob Abrams
Kent Goodyear
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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
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Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.