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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1983)
U OF ORE :; r.v:: r . r : r. lis E .' -j L I' v y - - VOL. ll NO. H TL'nAY. APRIL 7. IHK3 Local children turn out for - - . V O p ' .. ;' (1 f'' I 1 W . f -h i . Jn t ' f L ' "? Kidhlfcn (Jwnup, tme and a half, fuels a hug from the Kastrr Hunny at lht Easier Eng Hunt held in Heppner iast Saturday The hunt is sponsored annually by the Heppner Klks Iak(' Kath!c n is the daughter of Greg and Janet Greenup of Heppner. Runners The second annual Rolling Hills Run will hike place in Heppner Ihis Sunday, April 10, N'HinninK at 1 p m, Between ,'!.r)0 nnd 4(M) entrants are ex weted, said a run spokesper son Due to the increased num twr of registrants, there will ! a new course this year winch will begin at Heppner Elementary School, loop up iirvl hack along the Pilot Rock Highway, finishing at the City Park This w ill eliminate last year's bussing problem, she s.iifl There will be 3 1 and 6 2 mile runs The fun run is being spon sored by Heppner Elementary School and the Heppner I. ions Cluli. Proceeds will benefit a new Little league Park, said a spokesperson Applications for the run may still be picked up at the Heppner Elementary School, many Heppner businesses, or by contacting Hrenda Wey gandl at 'i7(i"fjiiri7. Late regis tration continues up to the day of the run between 1 1 a m. and 12 :to p m. Downtown merchants will have their businesses open for the run. Heppner Soroptunists will be vending hot dogs, coffee and soda pop Runners should dress pre pared for cool weather, the spokesperson said. For safety reasons, it is suggested that children and walkers line up at the back of group at the starting line. Rolling Hills Run T-shirts and certificates will be awarded to all finishers. Top finishers in each division will also receive trophies and rib bons. Local merchants will be sponsoring door prizes to be given away at a drawing to your marks... during the Awards Ceremony, which w ill begin at the park at 2:30 p.m. Each participant in the run will have his num-Ix-red tag entered in the draw ing said Brenda Weygandt, a spokesperson for the run. Following are the partici pating merchants and their prizes: Murray Rexall Drug Ben Gay, the Bank of Eastern Oregon - a lady's billfold, Kate's Kake Shop - one dozen doughnuts. Marcel Jones - $5 cash. Randy Lott - $10 Rift certificate, Hutch's Printing -a gift certificate for 250 sheets Obscene recordings under investigation A Pacific Northwest Bell representative has confirmed that several telephone num Imts. which when reached play obsene recordings, are being investigated by the company's Seattle, Wash, office It has been reported that manv local students have Phiiuiing Comm. A regular meeting of the Heppner City Planning Com mission, scheduled for April II. will not be held, reports Dick Bigelow, chairman. Hcdmans open Condon store Arnie and Rita Hedman have expanded their Case Furniture store to Condon. The Hedmans' son. Steve, will manage the store and Arnie and Steve will both provide services. The store, which was to open Monday, is located in the old Parmer-Harris Building on Main Street, and will carry The Heppmer Morrow County's Home-Owned 8 PAGES k 1 x ' ;v,. ' Mark Adelman, two, deciding which direction will be best hunting at the Easter Egg Hunt in Heppner. He is the son of Bob and Chris Adelman of Heppner. of stationery. Cole's House of Fashion and Posy Patch - a $10 gift certificate, Shoe Box - $5 gift certificate, Ron McDonald Chevrolet lube job, Morrow County Grain Growers - flash light set, Del's Market six pack of orange juice, Heppner Bowl 10 three-lines of bowl ing plus shoes. Sears two styrofoam cup holders, Cen tral Market two six-packs juice, R & W Drive-In - two cheeseburger baskets and soft drinks, Wagon Wheel Cafe -two sandwiches (special of the day) and Cal's Cafe two chicken dinners. obtained the numbers, some of which have a New York City area code. Susan Conrow of PNB's Pendleton office said calls to the numbers began about a month ago, and assures that the company is very well aware of the situation. meeting canceled The next regular meeting of the commission will be held May 9. carpeting, linoleum and coun ter tops, says Arnie. The outlet will be open Monday through Wednesday. The Hedmans, who have been in business over 22 years in Heppner, say future plans at the Condon outlet may include adding a wallpaper department and some other items. II J..C0 11 11 Weekly Newspaper 25' annual egg hunts am I r - - ... .: , 1 f Dam reservoir to be The reservoir at Willow Creek Dam will be drained in June so that grouting can be done to reduce seepage, says Dug Dugger. public affairs officer for the Walla Walla, Wash. District of the Corps of Engineers. Dugger said that the reser voir, which is now at an elevation of about 2,018 ft., will Apply soon for scholarship The Heppner-Ione branch of the American Association of University Women is encour aging all Morrow County women who are involved in a post high school educational program to apply soon for the annual A.A.U.S. scholarship. Deadline is Friday, April 15. Women may be any age, must come from Morrow County and must be involved in some line of continuing education to qualify for the scholarship, stated a spokes person. To receive a scholarship application, or for more in formation, call Zoe Watts at 676-9691. Kathy Williams, 676 5488. or Cathy Barker at 422-7530. Advisory Comm. to meet A Morrow County School District Advisory Committee meeting will be held Tuesday, April 12. 6 p.m., at Heppner Elementary School. Two major items on the agenda include preliminary discussion of classified em ployees and extra duty as signments for certified em ployees, said Don Cole. Hep pner Elementary School principal. Ml. HEPPNER. OREGON Dylan Rea, IS months, finds what every child was looking for at the lone Easter Egg Hunt, which was sponsored Saturday by the lone Extension Club. Dylan is the son of Leroy and Knssie Rea of lone. 44 percent of voters turnout Morrow County Clerk Bar- County's registered voters bara Bloodsworth has repor- went to the polls last Tuesday, ted that 44 percent of Morrow be drained to an elevation of 2.000 ft. Grouting, pumping additional concrete into the dam structure to help stop seepage, will probably begin in May, he said, and will take about eight months to com plete. The reservoir is to be filled again next spring. Cost of the grouting process will be about $2 million, he said, and will be paid for City Council The Heppner City Council agreed Monday night to pro vide water to a lot outside the city limits near the new Wil low Creek Road. The lot is owned by Larry Angell, who plans to sell it for a housing site. The council discussed the request for sometime, review ing the possible future de velopment of the area and other services the city may be asked to provide there. The property is located on cemetery hill adjacent to the new Willow Creek Road, which was built as part of the Willow Creek Dam project. The council was reluctant to provide water, not only be cause the property was out side the city limits, but also because it has not been subdi vided. "People should check with us (the city) before they go and spend money on some thing like this." said Mayor Cliff Green (A house has apparently been moved onto the site). The council said providing water would be contingent on the site being approved by the planning commission. Weather by the City of phoo by Deeno Hani drained through contingency funds and other available funding within the Corps of Engineers. Dugger said, "You do not have an extraordinary amount of seepage. It is not anything out of the ordinary." He stressed that the "dam is still an effective flood barrier . . and will protect the city of Heppner." agrees to provide water to The council also moved not to provide water to any more homes outside the city limits until a specific policy on the practice is drawn up and adopted. In other business the council heard from a city resident who complained of vandalism of Area people greet new doctor f L m ); Dr. and Mrs. Clare Koznek receive a welcome from Marilee McDowell of Heppner (right) at an open house in their honor at Pioneer Memorial Hospital last Wednesday. Koznek, a Doctor of Osteteathy, from Sandy, plans to open a practice in Heppner next month. Tues. March 29 56 43 .10 Wed. March 30 56 38 .01 Thurs. March 31 56 33 Fri. April 1 5 33 37 Sat. April 2 48 33 .01 Sun. April 3 51 38 .01 Mon. April 4 53 .27 Total oreciD. Heppner normal is 1.19. 2 from HHS resign Resignations from two Hep pner High School employees and one Riverside High School teacher were accepted by the Morrow County School Dis trict Board at their March 21 meeting in Irrigon. Jan Terjeson. P.E. teacher at Heppner High School. Michele Portmann. counselor at HHS and Gail Horning, primary teacher at A.C. Houghton School. Irrigon, all presented resignations to the board, said Morrow County School District Superinten dent Matt Doherty. Also at the meeting, con tracts were awarded to Rolf Schubothe as assistant track coach at Heppner High School; to Ed Heimstra as assistant golf coach at Hep pner High School; and to Bruce Brownell as baseball coach at Columbia Jr. High at Irrigon. The board also decided not Sager, Fishburn win write-in campaigns Harley Sager of Lexington and Peggy Fishburn of Hep pner were successful with write-in campaigns for county school district advisory com mittee positions in last Tues day's election. Sager was elected to a three year term to Heppner-Lexing-ton Advisory Committee Posi tion No. 3 with 122 votes, reported Morrow County Clerk Barbara Bloodsworth. Some Heppner businesses to open Sunday Several Heppner businesses will be open this Sunday, April 10. in conjunction with the Rolling Hills Run. The run will begin at Hep his and neighbors' property by children using a walkway be hind his home. The council heard of broken windows and damaged cars caused by school children throwing rocks from an alley way used for a short cut. Mark Lovgren said he and High Low Precip for March was 2.85. to renew a contract for Lisa Nelson. librarian at Heppner Jr. High. Doherty said. In other business, the board: . developed a policy for part-time enrollment for stu dents who meet guidelines, school busses frrm Western Bus Sales of Gresham. The bid for a chassis for one bus went to Far West Truck Center of Eugene. The other two were awarded to Diesel Bus Service of Portland. a surplus pump was sold by the district to Glenn Moore of Boardman for $1,725. accepted an application for maternity leave from Jen nifer Byron of A.C. Houghton Elementary School, Irrigon. discussed the sale of some of the district's surplus equipment. Doherty said the sale will probably be held later this spring. Fishburn received 101 votes to assure her placement to Position No. 5 on the Heppner Lexington Advisory Commit tee. Marlene Currin also ran for position no. 5 on the committee. She received 37 votes. However, Bloodsworth said Currin also received votes for election to position No. 3 which she is not eligible to run for since she lives out of the residential boundries. pner Elementary School at 1 p.m. and will conclude at Heppner City Park with an awards ceremony a 1 2 : 30 p.m . (See related story). lot other home owners in the area wished to erect a fence to keep foot traffic out. Mayor Green appointed a committee to study what could be done about the problem. The alleyway is a city utility easement and runs from Barratt Blvd. to the hospital.
