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Cub Scouts to conduct food
drive in Heppner Saturday
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Heppner Neighborhood Center Coordinator
Pat BrindJe (left) holds flier explaining a Cub
Scout Food drive that will take place this
Saturday in Heppner The filer! will be distribu
ted to Heppner homes on Thursday.
Cub Scouts Ryan Pence (right) and T.R. Riehl
show some cans of food they have already
Deputy D.A. seeks county
counsel position
By MARV ANN OERl'LLO
Harold McLean, deputy dis
trict attorney, came before
Morrow County Court Wed
nesday, Dec. 1 to discuss the
possibility of hiring him as
county counsel. The court had
previously learned that
McLean had recently received
a request from Richard
McNerney to resign as soon as
McNerney fills his position as
district attorney, January 1.
According to Commissioner
Dorothy Krebs, the position of
county counsel would be se
Annual meetings, Farm City Banquet
to be held Friday
By JUSTINE
WEATHER FORI!
An annual meeting of the
Morrow County Livestock
Growers will take place Fri-.
day, Dec. 10, in the upstairs
rooms of the Heppner Elks
Lodge. At noon the CowBelles
will gather at a no-host lun
cheon in the Elks diningroom.
They will hear guest speaker,
Polly Owen, a representative
of the National Livestock and
Meat Board, and will install
new county officers during
this annual meeting. Carleen
West is the outgoing president,
and Sue Evans will be instal
led as the new top officer.
State CowBelles President
Bernice MeGee of Riley will
be a special guest.
The livestock growers will
be addressed by Max Simp
son, state representative, con
cerning, legislative issues at 1
p.m. At 1:15, Jack Craig, IMC
regional sales manager will
speak on "Ralgro and Compu
dose." Dave Dukarat, Elanco
sales representative will
speak on "Uses of Rumeosin
NO. 4 THURSDAY. DECEMBER t. 1982
parate from the district at
torney's office, dropping one
of the D A. 's office's responsi
bilities. As of Monday, Dec. 6, the
court had not made a decision.
In other business Morrow
County Court received resig
nations to 13 county, city and
state posts from Commission
er Krebs.
County Court continued with
the following business:
discussed a proposal to
transfer county records onto
computer software. According
in cattle operations" at 2 p.m.
A coffee break, courtesy of the
Bank of Eastern Oregon, is
scheduled between 2:45 and 3
p.m.
At 4 p.m., Wayne Evans,
president of the county cattle
men, will preside at the an
nual business meeting and
election. At 5:30 p.m. an atti
tude adjustment hour will be
provided by the Northwest
PCA. Pendleton PCA and the
Federal Land Bank.
The Farm-City Banquet, a
beef lite broil and pork roast
buffet dinner will be served In
the Elks dining room at 7 p.m.
Tickets may be purchased at
the door for $7. Wayne Evans
will serve as M.C. during the
evening.
Three speakers have been
scheduled: Sam Dement,
president of the Oregon Cat
tlemen's Association; Polly
Owen of the National Live
stosck and Meat Board; and
Don Ostensoe, executive vice
president of the Oregon Cat
tlemen's Association. Special
entertainment will be by John
Doherty.
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received. Trish Sweeney (center) and Helen
Riehl are chairpersons for the project.
Scouts will go door to door between 10 a.m. and
12 noon eekinR donations of canned food for the
Neighborhood Center's Christmas basket
project.
to Judge Don McElligott,
Morrow County is one of five
out of 36 counties in the state
who are not on a computer
system.
received a resignation
from Cornet Green, Heppner,
of the County Planning Com
mission, effective December
31. The court stated that any
interested business person
would be welcome to apply for
Green's position,
approved that a second
court clerk position opening be
advertised. (See classifieds).
Morrow County's Livestock
Grower of the Year and the
county's Conservation Man of
the Year will be honored.
There will also be awards to
4 H and FFA livestock win
ners. The Heppner-Morrow
Chamber of Commerce will
give recognition to several
citizens who have made out
Local students named in
national publication
Three students from Mor
row County have been inclu
ded in the fifth annual edition
of "The National Dean's
List." said a spokesperson,
the largest recognition publi
cation honoring college stu
dents. The list is published by
Educational Communications,
Inc. of Lake Forest, 111.
Local students featured in
this year's edition are Dale W.
Holland II and Paula J. Pal
mer, both of Heppner, and
William P. Sharkey III, of
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Columbia Basin raises rates
At a Columbia Basin Elec
tric Co-op Board meeting last
Friday, directors agreed to
raise consumer rates Decem
ber 31. effective with the
December billing, announced
Fred Toombs, co-op manager.
The rate increase i to cover
the co-op's involvement in
Washington Public Power
Supply System's nuclear
plants 4 and 5.
The co-op, one of 88 interest
holding utilities, has a .00391
percent share in the now
abandoned plants. Of the total
$7 billion debt, Columbia
Basin Electric is to pay $27
million, which includes prin
cipal, interest and plant ter
mination costs, Toombs said.
The plants were terminated
last January after millions of
dollars in costs overruns.
Toombs said the board
agreed to the a. 5 cent per
kilowatt increase after re
ceiving a great deal of pres
sure from the Rural Electrifi
cation Administration, head
quaratered in Washington,
DC.
, Columbia Basin Electric .
has joined 16 other utilities in
a suit claiming they are not
responsible for the debt be
Annual lighting contest to
Get your Christmas decora
tions up. The annual Heppner
lighting contest will be held
soon and cash prizes will be
awarded.
There will be three catego
ries of lighting: best indoor
Agriculture
An Agriculture Day will be
held at lone schools next
Wednesday, Dec. 15, and
many topics for discussion are
planned.
Students will be placed into
groups according to grades
and then will be placed into
groups for discussion sessions.
Consultants for the special
standing community
butions during 1982.
contri
Special door prizes will also be
awarded.
After the evening's program
concludes, alwul 9 p.m., danc
ing will take place upstairs to
the music of "Firelight." The
public is invited to the dinner
and dance.
Boardman. All three are stu
dents at Eastern Oregon State
College at LaGrande.
Students are selected for
recognition by their deans or
by appearing on their school's
Dean's List. There are 77,000
students included in the cur
rent edition are from 2,000
colleges and universities na
tionwide and represent one
half of one percent of the more
than 8,000,000 college students
in the country.
HEPPNER, OREGON
cause the plants were not
completed and no energy will
be obtained from them.
Although the suit is presently
in progress, no ruling has yet
been handed down and bond
payments are to begin being
made January 25.
The reason the decision was
made to raise rates soon,
Toombs said, was to avoid a
much larger increase later on
in case the judge does not
reach a decision until after
January.
Funds from the forthcoming
increase, the manager said,
will be held in local interest
bearing accounts until the
co-op is ordered by law to
City of Heppner may have to pay
3,000 for water project
The Heppner city council
heard Monday night why the
city may have to pay $3,000 in
engineering fees on a water
entirely by a bone sale.
. City Engineer Scott Huff
told the council his firm had
and best outdoor lighted dis
play, and best unlighted dis
play. First prize in both indoor
and outdoor displays will re
ceive $30, second, $20 and
Day planned
day will be Ray French, beef
and hay; Henry Krebs, sheep;
Larry Lindsay, corporate
farms, irrigation, wheat and
other topics; Louis Carlson,
wheat; Eric Anderson, grass;
and Dick Graham, forest re
lated topics.
Fifty-three topics and or
1.5 participate in Heppner
Fifteen Heppner Elemen
tary School students raised a
total of $357 in an Easter Seal
Book-A-Thon. The event is
held each year to raise money
for the Easter Seal Society for
Crippled Children and Adults
of Oregon.
Children obtained sponsors
and then read as many books
as possible in a three-week
period.
The following students par
ticipated in the Book-A-thon:
second grader Amy Poorman ;
third graders Niki Krueger,
Kim Johnston and Nina Tuc
ker; fourth graders Josh
Krueger, Candy Harris, Tricia
Coe, Michelle Cameron and
Kerry Bruch; fifth graders
Kevin Tin ker, Jodee Ashbeck
and Kelly McLaughlin; sixth
graders Nancy Taylor and
Jennifer Tanner; and seventh
grader Kathleen Brazell.
All of the participating stu
dents received certificates.
Those who raised $30 or more
received a cap from the
society.
Tricia Coe, who raised the
most money ($143 50), recei
ved a BtMik-A-Thon T-shirt, a
quilted mountain vest and a
trophy for earning over $100,
as well as a certificate and
cap.
Weather
by the City of
make payments to WPPSS. If
the co-op is not required to pay
the supply system, the funds
will be returned to consumers
either in the form of reduced
rates or in cash. Toombs
stressed that the revenue will
not be used for any other
purpose.
In October, an Oregon judge
ruled that 11 Oregon utilities,
involved in a similar suit, are
not responsible for paying
costs of the plants. Toombs
said earlier that he hopes the
Oregon judge's ruling will
bolster the suit Columbia Ba
sin is named in.
In other news, the manager
run up fees working on the
city's new water system over
and above the amount allowed
for under a bond sale last year
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Consequently, the city may
have to pick up the excess bill
with money from the general
be held soon
third, $10.
Best unlighted display will
receive $20.
Judging will be held Sunday,
Dec. 19, so have your decora
tions ready.
at lone
questions for discussion are on
the program , and each student
will be responsible for writing
a summary of his or her
individual research and dis
cussion observation.
Members of the community
are invited to attend, said a
school spokesperson.
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Nancy Taylor (left), Tricia Coe and Jodee
Ashbeck are this year's winners in an Easter
Seal Book-A-Thon at Heppner Elementary
School. All three received certificates, and caps
For participating in the
Book-A-Thon this year the
school library was given an
Tues., Nov. 30 49 35 .01
Wed., Dec. 1 43 32
Thurs., Dec. 2 55 39 .03
Fri., Dec. 3 59 40 .02
Sat., Dec. 4 47 32 .02
Sun., Dec. 5 40 33 .36
Mon., Dec. 6 40 28 .07
Total precipitation for November was .24
inches. Total precipitation for November 1981.
was 1.77 in. Normal is 1.49 in.
Heppner
to cover WPPSS
reported that the board:
approved a $5.4 million
budget for 1983 which includes
almost $1.9 million in whole
sale purchased power and
$1.25 million in WPPSS debt.
The budget also includes a
capital expenditure budget of
approximately $122,000 and
plant expenditures of $750,000
with the balance of the budget
consisting of taxes, opera
tions, maintenance and debt
service costs.
reviewed a proposed in
surance policy for the upcom
ing year which would include
liability and property damage
insurance. Also considered
was catastrophy insurance
fund.
Huff said McGrew Inc., con
tractor on the water project,
had told engineers it could
fin'; H the project, wh'ch Se
cluded placement of new wa
ter mains in the city, within 10
weeks. Huff said the project
actually took over 17 weeks to
complete, causing more en
gineering time for inspection
of the work, and more fees.
-' The city still has about
$148,000 left over from the
water project bond sale, how
ever, Farmers Home Admin
istration, which bought the
bonds and oversees the pro
ject, will not allow any more to
be spent on engineering fees.
"I would like to be able to
say that we (Barret-Harris)
will split the difference with
the city, but I can't," said
Huff.
He said he would have to
talk to his boss at the engi
neering firm before any deci
sion is made.
Huff said his firm did tell the
city at the beginning no money
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for raising over $30. Tricia Coe also received a
trophy, a quilted mountain vest and a Book-A-Thon
T-shirt.
autographed copy of Beverly
Cleary's new book "Ralph S.
Mouse." Miss Cleary is this
High ( Low Preclp
which would cover damages
from ice storms and other
natural conditions. The propo
sal was rejected by the board
because of the extreme cost of
the coverage.
agreed to replace the
co-op's existing auditing Arm
because of unsatisfactory ser
vice. A new firm has not yet
been named.
approved board members
Harold Rietmann and Bob
Lankford to work with an
irrigation committe that, has
been formed in the area in an
attempt to coordinate the ef
forts of the irrigators with the
co-op.
from the general fund would
have to be spent on the water
project. "We want to continue
to do business with Heppner,
ard w irs'l f!Rt this to be 8
black eye." Huff told the
council.
In other business, the coun
cil: accepted a state grant of
$223 earmarked for expenses
at the library.
accepted the resignation
of John Canaday, Heppner,
from the Blue Mountain Eco
nomic Development Commis
sion. Canaday said he was
leaving the area. The council
appointed Zoe Watts, Hep
pner, to fill the spot.
voted to pay damage
claims from homeowners in
the cemetery hill area be
cause of a water line break in
April. The Corps, of Engineers
has indicated to the city it will
reimburse the money. The
water line broke during con
struction of the city's new
water system.
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