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VOI- 101 NO, J TIICKSDAY, JULY 21, 1983
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HEPPNER, OREGON
Willow Creek Dam to be dedicated
School Board advised on public relations
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Heppner'n Willow Creek Dam wiJI le dedicated Saturday afternoon
Heppner's Willow ("reek
Dam will officially dHli
ciittMi in n ccnTixmy this
SaturdHV. July 23, t 1 p m
Tlf dedication, which is ifXT
to the puMic, will hp held t
HaRr Park n-ar the bise of
the dam.
The ceremony will start off
with a pieM-ntation of colors
ty the lleppm-r American le
Kion Post No, ftl. Judge Don
McElliKoU will Rive the wel
come and Heppiier Mayor
Cltff Creen will introduce
KueM Kp'akers,
Ofening remarks will be
eiven hy Brigadier General
James V. van Loban Sels,
commanding general, North
Pacific Division of the U.S.
Army Corp of Engineers.
U S Senator Mark Hatfield
will Rive the dedication ad
dress
The Heppner Legion Post
will close the ceremony with
the retirement of colors, and
the Corp of Engineers will
announce plans for tours of the
dam, to follow directly.
The Morrow County School
Board was given some advice
Monday night, on how to
improve public relations dur
ing budget elections.
Ron McDonald, a Heppner
businessman, came to the
board to protest what he sees
as "game playing" by the
district when it comes to the
budget.
McDonald said the district
I is losing credibility with the
voters because it is padding
the budget for the first elec
tion, and then cutting out fat
' for a second election if the
budget is defeated.
McDonald recommended
that the board lay out "a
bottom dollar budget" the
first time, and tell the public
specific programs that would
be eliminated if the budget
were to fail.
"Don't play games with the
budget, or the public,"
McDonald said. "Tell the vo
ters what is going to happen if
the budget fails."
McDonald recommended
that specific extra curricular
. activities be named as being
'.- cuir a budget fails. "I feel the
school boand members should
make it a hard choice to make
(for the voters)."
He said he worked during
the last election to have the
budget passed in Heppner,
and "felt betrayed" when the
distract cut funds and then
replaced them. "It didn't
make a bean's worth of dif
ference to the tax rate." he
said.
On other points. McDonald
said the board should make
sure the new superintendent
"has a proven track record in
dealing with different groups
of people."
(Present Superintendent
Matt Doherty has resigned,
effective January 1. 1983).
The district is very large
and there are many different
groups in the district, McDon
ald pointed out.
Representing the Heppner
Merchants. McDonald told the
board that employees of the
district should be urged to
shop locally, because it is local
businesses that pay the taxes
which support the schools.
In other business, the
board:
awarded bids for propane
' fuel for the next year to
Heppner Nor-Gas. The low bid
by Nor-Gas was 63 cents per
gallon. Next lowest bid was
from Cal-Gas of the Tri-Cities
for 68 cents per gallon.
elected Jerry McElligott
president of the board and Joe
Stevens vice-chairman for the
coming year.
accepted the low bid of
$11,701 for a 15-passenger van
from Myrick Chrysler Dodge,
Hermiston.
voted to reject all bids
received for a new superin
tendent's auto.
accepted resignations
from teachers Vince Wilson
and Miriam Munck. Jane
Rawlins announced she was
retiring.
appointed Marilyn Put
num and Barbara Hayes to the
budget committee.
granted a one-year leave
to Gordon Meyers, lone, for
him to go to school.
Now everyone can participate
'Heppner Daze' turns into
street market affair
Heppner's annual July
Sidewalk sale, "Heppner
Daze," has turned into a Sa
turday street market and
everyone can participate now.
The all-day event will be held
Saturday. July 30.
Main St. will be blocked off
from Central Market and the
Bank of Eastern Oregon to Les
Schwab's and First Interstate
Bank. No parking will be
allowed in the blocked off
area.
Several organizations and
clubs have announced that
they will have booths at the
sale. Individuals are invited to
come and sell their crafts or
other items.
Those interested, or those
who want mo information.
may call Andrea at Gardner's
Men's Wear, 676-9218.
The Heppner Swim Team
will have-a'dtrJi- tajik, and
plans are underway for more
fun. The names of people who
will brave the dunk tank seat
as well as more information
on the day's events will be
published next week.
Postal Service asked to
proceed with plans
Medical clinic purchase proposed Hansell to chair LuC.D.C
Heppner Postmaster Ken
Nairns said Monday that the
Postal Service will rebuild in
Heppner - in the same liga
tion on Main St. where the last
Pout Office was. The last Post
Office building burned down
along with several other busi
ness buildings in a May 4 fire.
The Post Office building was
leased to the Postal Service by
the Heppner Investors.
The U.S. Postal Service has
stipulated that they won't re
build there unless an alley
behind the Main SI location is
provided, und is owned by the
city. The Postal Service is also
requiring that there be enough
room for four Post Office
employees to park, and a
drive through from Main St. to
the alley Is created. The alley
is presently owned by business
owners and the Heppner Ma
sonic IxKlge.
In a letter sent to Dave
Sullivan, field engineer of the
Postal Service's Seattle,
Wash field office, Heppner
attorney Herman Winters, a
member of the investment
group, stated that the land
owners are willing to deed the
title to the city for a public
alley, and assured him that
there was enough room for
parking. He also wrote that
there was no opposition from
the Heppner Planning Com
mission to establishing a drive
through, and asked the Postal
Service to proceed with plan
ning a new building.
Nairns said he expects to
hear from Sullivan soon. He
also explained that the drive
through would be one way,
from Main St. to the alley.
KvMMtY ANN CKRUJ-O
The purchase of the medical
clinic on N. Thompson St. in
Heppner was proposed to
Morrow County Court by Dr.
Clare Konek last Wednesday.
The court requested the cli
nic'sappraised value from the
county assessor, Greg Sweek.
Sweek gave the sum of $75,347
for the building and $14,800 for
the land as of 1981 when it was
last appraised by the county.
Koznek told the court he was
not interested in the 1981
figures.
Sweek assured the court
that the assessed value of the
property for 1983 84 was ex
pected to drop, although he
was unable to give any
figures.
"Why don't you sit down and
figure out what you consider a
bonified offer and we'll look at
it." Judge Don McElligoti told
Koznek.
Koznek agreed to meet with
the court again to continue
discussing a possible pur
chase, as well as a new lease
agreement for the interim.
According to Mike Oths,
county counsel, the clinic
must be put up for public bid
before any sale is final.
In other business the county
court :
- learned that the district
fire marshall has labeled a
county -owned house on Quaid
Street in Heppner as a fire
liability and stated that it
should be burned down. Hep
pner Fire Chief Forre Bur
kenbine proposed that the
house be used as practice in a
fire school. Co. Court agreed
to look at the property before
making a final decision.
adopted the operating
bylaws for the county museum
in Heppner.
designated Oths to re
search costs for liability in
surance for the museum.
discussed the bylaws for
the North Morrow Medical
Clinic.
Labo-Lex Exchange
Program gets underway
Local cowboy wins $6,345 by
talcing 2 all-around titles
Morrow County is ready lor
the arrival of the Japanese
La bo Lex exchangees, and
two girls are ready to depart
for Japan
announced Birdine Tullis of
the Morrow Co. extension of fice,
Liz Curtis, La bo coordinator
for Morrow County, has noti
fied all host families that a bus
carrying their guest will ar
rive in Boardman at 12:30
p.m. on July26,and in Heppner
at 1:30 p.m. that same day.
Families in north Morrow will
greet their guests at the Dodge
City parking lot; those in the
Heppner area will meet the
bus at the city park. Ten
families will be on hand to
greet the arrivals. '
Knnbeile Wright of Hep
pner and Sheri Piper of Iex
ington will be on their way to
Jap;in this Thursday, July 21,
where they will be greeted by
Labo stuff and friends who
have visited in their homes
last year as part of the Labo
exchange.
The Labo exchange is car
ried out yearly between Japan
and the United States.
This year only 11 Ore
gon 4-ll'ers will travel to
Japan with a chaperone.
The 4 H'ers pay their own
expenses for the travel, but
spend their time in host family
homes. The Morrow 4-H Coun
cil subsidizes each in the
amount of $150 to help with
expenses of the trip, Tullis
said.
Heppner cow hoy Hon Currin
has won two all around titles
during the past two weeks.
The first win came at the
Emerald Empire Kodeo held
in Eugene July 9 and 10. The
second came July 17 at the
Salinas. Calif. Rodeo, which is
ranked as one of the top 10
Professional Kodeo Cowboys'
Assoc. rodeos in total payoff.
Currin won the steer wrest
ling average and placed third
in team roping with Dave
Eareinman of Rufus at Eu
gene, and came home with
$2,045.
At Salinas he took third in
the steer wrestling average
(on four head) and placed
twice in calf roping with two
third place wins. There he
received $4,300, a hand tooled
trophy saddle and a silver
trophy.
This week Currin is at Salt
Lake City. Utah and will com
pete in the Cheyenne Frontier
Days in Cheyenne, Wyo. July
23 through 31. Here cowboys
compete for more than
$370,000 in prize money, the
most of any P. RCA. regular
season P. RCA. rodeo.
Fair & Rodeo Parade entry
forms available
Entry forms for the Morrow
County Fair and Rodeo Pa
rade are now available and
everyone is invited to partici
pate, says Harley Sager, pa
rade chairman.
All individuals, businesses,
clubs and organizations may
enter.
Sager says entrants may
want to feature this year's fair
theme: "New Ideas from Old
Trails," but it isn't necessary.
He said he anticipates a large
number of out-of-area entries,
and hopes that many local
people will participate.
Entries will be judged just
before the parade starts, the
morning of August 27. Cash
prizes and ribbons will be
awarded.
To obtain an entry form,
contact Sager at First Inter
state Bank in Heppner,
676-9163. He asks that they be
returned by August 20 so he
will know how many entries to
expect, but late entries will
still be accepted, he said.
The seven-member Land
Conservation and Develop
ment Commission (L.C.D.C.)
elected new member Stafford
Hansell of Boardman, to be its
chairman for the next year
last Friday. Hansell succeeds
D. Lorin Jacobs of Medford in
thst position, according to
Eldon Hout of L.C.D.C.
Although a relative new
comer to the commission,
Hanst.l is no stranger to Ore
gon's comprehensive land use
planning program, which re
quires all cities and counties
in the state to develop plans
meeting the Statewide Plan
ning Goals.
Last year Hansell chaired
Governor Atiyeh's blue-ribbon
Task Force on Land Use in
Oregon, the group whose
recommendations for stream
lining the program the gover
nor introduced in the 1983
Legislature in House Bill 2295.
That bill, the major land
planning reform bill of the
session, has passed in both
1 houses of the Legislature and
now needs only the governor's
signature to become law.
In appointing Hansell to the
commission earlier this year,
the governor cited Hansen's
long and distinguished career
in state government. Since
serving in the State House of
Representatives for 17 years,
the last eight of them as
co-chairman of the Joint Ways
& Means Committee, Hansell
has been continuously active
in a variety of state executive
positions and on state and
national boards and commis
sions. Hansen's election to the
L.C.D.C. chairmanship is ex
pected to set a pragmatic,
no-nonsense tone for the
commission's reviews of the
city and county comprehen-
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New l.CD.C. Chairman Stafford Hanse witn Governor Vic
Atiyeh as Clyde Hamstreet, another new member, looks on.
sive plans which the state has
not yet acknowledged, Hout
said.
"Commissioner Hansell is
one of the most seasoned and
best connected veterans of
Oregon politics," commented
James F. Ross, director of the
Department of Land Conser
vation and Development.
"He's known for a direct, open
approach to the resolution of
policy disagreements. I don't
forsee him letting the com
mission or the department
start to relax now that we're
entering the final phase of the
comprehensive plan acknow
ledgement process," Ross
said.
Anne Squier of Portland will
continue to serve as the com
mission's vice-chairperson for
the next year, having been
re-elected to that position on
Friday.
Other members of the
commission are Tom Walsh,
Portland; Jon D. Dowers,
North Bend; J. Roger Hamlin,
Corvallis; and Clyde A. Ham
street, Newport.