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VOL. 101 NO. 7
Burkenbine, Evans named as
county's First Citizens
Forrie H urken bine
Forrie Burkenbine of Hep
pner and Franclne Evans of
Irrigon were named First Citi
zens of Morrow County during
the annual Heppner-Morrow
County Chamber of Com
merce bnnquet Monday night.
Burkenbine was honored for
his many years on the Hep
pner Fire Department, and
Evans was given the honor for
hpr service to the people of
Morrow County through many
years with 411.
Burkenbine has served a
total of 28 years on the fire
department, the Inst 16 years
as fire chief.
Gravel agreement on
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Gilliam County has charged
that Morrow County took 8,000
yards of gravel over an agreed
amount, Morrow County Court
learned during their meeting
last Wednesday, Feb. 9. Gil
liam Co. now demands $25,000
in payment for the gravel,
stated Don Briggs, director of
the Public Works Department.
This would be the equivalent
of 8.000 yards of gravel at $3
per yard.
"1 can understand taking a
few hundred yards extra by
mistake, but there's no way
we could have taken 8,000"
said Briggs.
According to Briggs, the
truck drivers were ques
tioned, records were checked
and it was estimated that the
county has actually taken 300
yards under the agreed
amount. The gravel was ori
ginally huulcd from a pit near
Condon which was being
shared by the two counties.
Briggs was uncertain how
Gilliam County had measured
the gravel.
Cattle theft seminar slated
A special seminar on what
to do before, and after losing
cattle and other livestock will
be held Wednesday, Fob. 23,
7:30 p.m., at the fuirgrounds
in Heppner.
There have been reports of
cattle being lost during the
last several months, accord
ing to John P. Nordhelm,
Morrow County Extension
Service Agent.
Guest speakers will be Leo
Mitchell, Livestock Division,
Oregon Dept. of Agriculture;
Dick Baggerly, area brand
inspector-supervisor; Carl
Martin, senior trooper with
Oregon State Police; Terry
Springer, senior trooper,
Oregon State Police; and
Larry Fetseh, Morrow County
sheriff. They will discuss what
THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 17, 1983
Evans has devoted many
hours to the youth of the
county through 4 H, and has
served with many o'.iier
boards and groups.
Both were presented with a
plaque of appreciation by
Chamber Awards Chairman
Dr. Wallace Wolff.
About 80 people turned out
for the second annual banquet,
which featured Ron Daniels,
president of Blue Mountain
Community College, as the
featured speaker.
Daniels spoke on the ec
onomic future of Morrow
County, and said with a come
back in the housing industry
and continued development of
the Port of Morrow, the future
should be bright.
During the program, past
president of the Chamber, Bob
Harris, was presented with a
plaque for his service by this
year's President, David
Sykes.
Music for the banquet was
provided by the talented
husband-wife team of Mr, and ,
Mrs. Don Christensen.
Thirty-seven door prizes
were given away during the
evening. The winners were:
Briggs concluded by point
ing out that he originally
wanted to set up two separate
pit sites to avoid confusion,
but Gilliam County convinced
him to share the gravel pit
instead.
The court agreed to visit
Gilliam County Court In Con
don to discuss the matter.
In other business, Steve
Fairley and Lucille Schmidt of
Mon. closures
In observance of Washing
ton's birthday, all county
schools, the Heppner Neigh
borhood Center, local banks
and post offices will be closed
next Monday, Feb. 21. How
Heppner dogs
Several dog poisonings have
been reported in the Heppner
area during the past week.
The number of dogs who
have died is not certain,
however, city police say they
know of three.
Norene Veterinary Clinic
says one dog was treated for
strychnine poisoning over the
to do if ranchers are short This meeting is co-spon-some
livestock and what to do sored by the Morrow County
if something suspicious is Livestock Growers and the
seen, Nordhelm said. Morrow County Extension
Service.
Truckers' strike didn't
affect local grocers
A trucker's strike that las
ted about two weeks and
ended last week didn't have
much, if any affect on local
grocers.
Central Market and Court
St. Market in Heppner and
Del's Market In Lexington
reported having no problems
receiving freight during the
strike.
S & J Market said they had
no problems receiving freight,
Morrow County's
8 PACKS
Velma Felt. Ray French,
Eunice McElligott, Doug
Smith, Christy Lovgren, Jim
Hayes. Mary E. Gilman, Mary
Forrester, Barbara Hayes, R.
W. Lindstrom, Harriet Pier
son. Bob Lowe, Joyce Winter,
Justine Weatherford, Millie
Rauch. Ralph Limanen, Cindy
Green, Nina Denton, Arnold
Mclby. Marian Abrams. Vir
ginia Rosewall, Gail Burken
bine. Cliff Green. Mike For
rester, Irvin Rauch, Theta
Lowe. A.K. Felt. Mari Gor
danier. Joan McDonald, Bob
Abrams. Eleanor Gonty, Vern
Evans. Italy Tatone. Bob Har
ris. Francine Evans
the rocks
Inland Machinery, Yakima,
Wash., came before the court
to discuss printing a feature
story on Morrow County in the
company's consumer maga
zine "Newscenter." The story
would include the county's
usage of Inland Machinery's
equipment, explained Fairley.
The story is expected to
come out in the April May
issue.
announced
ever, grocery stores in Hep
pner, Lexington and lone will
remain open. Murray Rexall
Drug in Heppner will also be
open Monday.
poisoned
weekend.
"We stayed up all night with
it and it pulled through," said
owner Jim Norene. City Police
Chief Dean Gillman says it's a
difficult crime to prove. "You
almost have !o see them give
the meat to the dog, take it and
have it analyzed."
in Heppner
but produce prices went up
during the strike, Scott Adkis
son. owner of S & J, said the
prices are now coming back
down.
Bristow's Market in lone
also reported having no trou
ble receiving freight at the
store; however, owner John
Bristow said Associated Gro
cers had reported having
some difficulty getting freight
at their Yakima, Wash, outlet.
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Columbia Basin drops W.P.P.S.S. increase
Columbia Basin Electric
Co-op directors have agreed to
stop charging consumers a 1.1
cent per kilowatt hour in
crease which was levied in
December and January to
cover the co-op's involvement
in two Washington Public
Power Supply nuclear plants.
The board also decided at a
meeting last Thursday not to
file for Chapter 11 reorganiza
Heppner Physician search intensifies
South Morrow County resi
dents will not be left with only
one doctor to serve the area
after one of Heppner's two
practicing physicians leaves
the first part of April. Accord
ing to Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital Administrator A.K.
"Lucky" Felt, a search to
locate another doctor in
Heppner began in August
when Dr. E.J. McCoy left last
August, and the effort intensi
fied when it was learned that
Dr. Joseph Gifford would be
leaving his practice in Hep-
pner. . . ,.
Frit said the search com-
mittee has been contacted by,
and has made contacts with a
large number of physicians,
and one, a 48-year-old general
practitioner from California,
has shown an interest in re
locating in Heppner. Felt said
the California doctor's wife is
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Four-year-old Heather Ripple (left) and her
sister Joanna, 10, enjoy pancake breakfast
during Morrow County Grain Growers Customer
Appreciation Day Saturday. They are the
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. John Ripple of
Lexington.
About 700 people were served a free pancake
breakfast during the appreciation day, which
also featured door prizes and displays by
Log truck week injures
2, blocks traffic
A log truck accident on
Saturday, Feb. 5 caused minor
injuries to the driver and a
passenger and partially
blocked traffic for nearly
three hours at milepost It on
Highway 207 near Hardman,
according to Oregon State
Police Trooper Carl Martin of
Heppner.
Martin said the load of logs
on the truck apparently shif
ted as the truck rounded a
corner, causing it to roll over
on the highway.
Driver of the truck, Deane
HEPPNER, OREGON
tion under the bankruptcy
code until the outcome of a
suit the utility is involved in is
known.
The co-op's debt from the
two abandoned plants totals
$27 million, and Columbia
Basin, along with 87 other
utilities, have filed suits
claiming they are not respon
sible for the debt since the
plants were not completed and
a physician's assistant and
they plan to visit Heppner
later this month. Another pos
sibility is a physician in his
60's from Colorado, he said.
The Oregon Department of
Rural Health was to be in
Heppner on Wednesday, Feb.
16 to determine if the area can
be designated as medically
under served, in which case
incentives are offered for doc
tors to relocate to this area.
Felt said he is positive it will
be.
If this happens, doctors can
set up privnt practices in the
designa tea area" a rid receive
relief on federal education
loans.
Felt said funds were raised
several years ago for recruit
ing physicians and the re
sources are available for this
pt eject.
The hospital administrator
said if a doctor has not been
breakfast
factory representatives.
"We had a real good turnout," said Dick
Sargent of the Grain Growers.
Winners of the door prizes were: Tom Pointer,
Randy Thurmond, Burl Watternburger, Jr.,
Floyd Borman, Shirley Conner, Martha King,
Lincoln Nash, Roland Bergs trom, Dustin Alford,
Phil Kuhn and Dara Miller.
Graves, 46, formerly of Hep
pner and presently of Lewis
ton. Idaho, and his son, Kenny,
15. of Heppner, received mi
nor injuries, Martin said.
Guy Van Arsdale of Van
Arsdale Construction, Hep
pner, removed the logs and
cleaned the highway, Martin
said
The truck, which received
moderate damage, the trooper
said, was towed to Pendleton.
Martin saids Graves was
cited for alleged Careless
Driving.
by the City
no power will be available for
use from them. Toombs and
board members feel optimis
tic about the suit, which is
being tried in Seattle, Wash.
Toombs also said it will prob
ably be several months before
the outcome is known.
The funds levied in Decem
ber and January from the
increase, which are being held
in escrow accounts, will be
located permanently to Hep
pner by the time Gifford
leaves, a doctor would be
hired on a flat fee basis from a
physicians' registry. Felt ex
plained that the physicians'
registry allows physicians to
be hired on a temporary basis
instead of setting up perman
ent practices.
The option is costly, Felt
said.
"This is not to be confused
with temporary coverage," he
said. "We'll make every effort
to have someone on line when
Gifford leaves, otherwise we
' wilt have a doctor on a week
by week basis."
The Heppner Economic De
velopment Corporation has
also become involved in the
situation.
"The Heppner Economic
Development Corporation has
been working for several
months as a neutral entity
at M.C.G.G.
Science Fair,
Open House
slated in lone
lone Elementary School will
hold a Science Fair-Open
House on Thursday, Feb. 24,
immediately following the
Cardinal Club meeting. The
Cardinal Club meeting is to
begin at 7 p.m. in the school
cafeteria and the science fair
open house will follow at 7:30
p.m.
Grades kindergarten
through eight will have sci
ence projects on display and
students in grades five
through eight will have their
projects judged.
Refreshments will be served
in the elementary building.
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of Heppner
refunded to consumers,
Toombs said, although it
hasn't yet been decided how
the refund will be handled.
Toombs said a decision on
handling the $150,000 refund
will be made in March.
A residential consumer us
ing an average amount of 1,140
kilowatt hours per month will
see a decrease of $12.54 in his
bill with the 1.1 cent per
toward stabilization of the
medical services in the area,"
said Jim Hayes, corporation
board president. Hayes said
the corporation is concerned
since a good hospital with
physicians on staff is vital
individually and economically
to the community.
Gifford will leave just eight
years after his arrival in
Heppner. He reportedly will
set up a practice in Prairie
City.
Also being considered by the
hospital board, is a proposal to
hire St. Vincent Hospital of
Portland to act as a consulting
service for the hospital.
Felt said representatiaves
from the Portland hospital
visited Pioneer Memorial
eariier this month and re
viewed the hospital's opera
tion and problems. If an
agreement is reached between
the two hospitals, St. Vincent
would provide Pioneer Mem
orial with help needed in any
area. The representataives
are to return soon and explain
to the board what areas they
feel they can be of assistance
in. and how much the service
will cost.
Felt said a hospital in Burns
has been using the service for
about one year and seems
very pleased with it. It has
also shown to be cost effective
there. Felt said.
HHS senior named to
Shrine team
Wesley Marlatt Jr., son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Marlatt
Sr. of Heppner, has been
named to participate in the
31st annual East-West Shrine
Football Game to be held in
Baker, Saturday, Aug. 13,
announced Les Payne, head
football coach at Heppner
High School.
Marlatt's selection caps an
outstanding football career at
HHS where he has lettered for
four years and has been
named to the Columbia Basin
Conference All-Star Team for
two consecutive years as an
offensive and defensive
tackle.
Not only has Marlatt excel
led on the gridiron for the
Mustangs, but he is also an
outstanding student. He has
acquired a 3.84 grade point
average in seven semesters at
Heppner High School and is
currently ranked on top of his
senior class academically,
Payne said. Marlatt's future
plans include attending Brig
ham Young University next
fall, majoring in science.
The East-West Shrine Game
is an annual benefit sponsored
by the Shrine Clubs of Eastern
Oregon with the net proceeds
going to the Shriner's Hospital
for crippled children in Portland.
kilowatt increase dropped,
Toombs explained.
Reorganizing the co-op's
debts under Chapter 11 was an
option presented to the board
by Seattle attorney Jerry
Shulkin, who specializes in the
practice, at the board's Jan
uary meeting. Shulkin said
that by filing for a Chapter 11
the co-op could reduce its $27
million debt to a maximum of
four to five million dollars,
unless the 88 utilities involved
in the suit are not held respon
sible for the debt.
Toombs said that dropping
the increase to cover the
plants would not put the co-op
in immediate financial dan
ger, problems could arise,
however, if a ruling in the suit
is not favorable to the co-op. If
the co-op does lose the suit, the
. board may reconsider filing
for a Chapter 11.
Orcas Power and Light, San
Juan Islands. Wash., has al
ready filed for a Chapter 11,
claiming its consumers can't
pay the debt. Shulkin told the
board at their January meet
ing that a Chapter 11 reorgan-
ization has not len filed by an
electrical utility since the De
pression, and advised the
board to watch what happens
with Orcas Power and Light.
Toombs hopes that since the
increase has been dropped
that consumers will use more
electricity. Co-op revenue has
dropped since 1981 from a
reduction in power consump
tion by consumers.
Directors on the co-op's
board have agreed to a re
commendation from a recent
ly formed irrigation commit
tee to install demand meters
on irrigation pumps over 50
horsepower. New rates for
irrigators were also discussed
by the board but no action was
taken. The board is to discuss
the issue at their next meeting
February 24.
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Wesley Marlatt Jr.
The two 24-player squads
are made up of outstanding
class AA. A and B senior
football players from around
the state of Oregon. Other
area players named to the
team are Steve Bittinger, Ar
lington; Tim Eastman, Wes-ton-McEwen;
Andy Bjaze
vich. Riverside (Boardman);
and Carlton Pease, Mac-Hi.
This represents the seventh
consecutive year a football
player from Heppner High
School has been selected and
marks the 23rd time in 31
years Heppner has so been
represented. In 1955. Ralph
Marlatt, Wes' uncle, played in
the classic. John Murray was
the Mustang pick last year.
Marlatt will report to a
two-week extensive training
session in La Grande, July 31,
in preparation for the game.