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VOL 101. NO. 11 THURSDAY. AUGUST 4. 1983 Heppner couple frustrated with city-county red tape A local couple's frustration in dealing with county and city red tape boiled over Monday night at a Heppner City Coun cil meeting. Speaking out over their six month effort to move a house to the cemetery hill area near Heppner, Dan and Sandra Vanliew told of long delays, unanswered phone calls and "a runaround" between the city and the county planning departments. The couple bought the house from Terry Thompson, off a site which Is now underwater behind Willow Creek Dam, and had the house moved on the hill near the new Willow Creek Road. They began in January to work on obtaining the neces sary permits to hook up water, sewer and electricity to the house. The permits have been ob tained, but the city will not give water service to the house until the structure is okayed by the County Plan ning Commission. Monday riWayor Cliff Green' told the Vanliews he has not received the proper notifi cation from the county. "I'm getting tired of this runaround," said Sandra Van liew. She told the council she and her husband have been bounced back and forth be tween the county and the city for the past several months, with neither acknowledging responsibility for okaying the home. Blame for the long delay was laid mostly on County Planner Dean Seager. "Have you ever tried to get ahold of that man? "He is never in," said Sandra Van liew. Harold "Shorty" Peck of Heppner was with the Van liews and has apparently been helping them with the home. "That's the runaround we've been getting for the past six School dist. announces Sept. 6 opening date Schools In Morrow County School District will open on September 8 following Labor Day weekend. All school buses will run on regular routes and the school cafeteria will serve on the first day of school. Dismissal will be at 1:30 p.m. that day. Parents of new students are urged to contact local schools Former Co. -Cr. 'f- r.- .1 Harold McLean Former Morrow County Deputy District Attorney Harold McLean of Bend has been selected for Inclusion in ? 1 .- f 'ij H I k - "' Owners of home on Cemetery Hill are having hard months and I can't see any sense in it," he told the coun cil. "The house is there on the foundation and ready to go." Peck said he has had a hard time getting in touch with Seager. "I'll bet we called Irrigon (where the county planning office is located) 50 times, and that runs Into a lot of money." Peck said he has also visited with the county Judge on three occassions trying to get some action out of Seager. Seager had mailed a letter to Mayor Green; however, Green said It was not enough to allow the city to provide water to the Vanliews. "As far as I can tell, Dean Seager has not done his work, and now he's trying to cover his tracks with this letter." Contacted Tuesday morn fn order to receive pre regis tration information. New teachers report to the district on August 29 for or ientation. All teachers will return on August 30 to Septem ber 2 for inservice and prepar ation of classrooms. The last day of school for students will be June 6. deputy D.A. awarded the 1983 edition of "Outstand ing Young Men of America", announced Doug Blankenship, chairman of the board of advisors of the program. "The Outstanding Young Men of America Program recognizes the achievements and abilities of men between the ages of 21 and 30. These men are being honored for their outstanding civic and professional contribution to their communities, their states, and their nation," Blankenship said. These men were selected from nominations received from senators, congressmen, governors, mayors, state leg THi Iflppniir urn, Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 10 PACES --vf rj, it'll ' : ing. Seagar said the whole thing has been a "compound ing of misunderstandings." "We've been trying to tie up all the loose ends on this," said Seager, who added that the Vanliews did not have all the necessary paperwork done when making application for permit to the county. For all practical purposes, "This is really the city's baby," said Seagar, pointing out the property is within the urban growth boundary and therefore not the County Plan ning Commission's responsibi lity. "I'll take this to the Plan ning Commission next Mon day, but they won't take action, they'll tell me to just take care of it. It's an adminis trative matter," he said. "I'll take whatever adminis Polygraph By MARY ANN CERULLO In explaining the recent pur chase of a polygraph by Mor row County Court, Judge Don McElligott stated this week that should the licensed county polygrapher, Detective Swim team to The Heppner swim team will sponsor a Swim-a-thon Monday, August 15, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Heppner Swim- islators, university and col lege presidents and deans as well as various civic groups, including the United States Jaycees which also endorses the Outstanding Young Men of America program. The criteria for selection include a man's voluntary service to community, profes sional leadership, academic achievement, business ad vancement, cultural accomp lishments and civic and politi cal participation. McLean, along with other Outstanding Young Men throughout North America, will be featured In the annual awards publication. cz I LJL 25 t I time with city-county planm.i'JvV'artrnents trative action is necessary to satisfy the city," he said. "Normally the person mak ing application has to take care of all the paperwork, but I'm going to help them out and see that everything gets done," said Seager. Meanwhile the Vanliews were told to wait a little longer. "I'm getting tired of this runaround," said Sandra. In other business, the coun cil: - heard from Charlene Pap ineau, wife of city crew fore man Earl Papineau, who ask ed that the city keep its policy of giving compensatory time off to employees instead of overtime. Mrs. Papineau said the crew works harder and the city operates more efficiently when the crew receives comp time instead of overtime. purchase clarified Sergeant Verlin Denton, move from the area, he will buy back the lie detector at the purchase price of $4,125, minus $300 per year in deprec iation, instead of Denton pur chasing the machine at $300 per month as earlier reported. The county sheriff will have sponor Swim .ning Pool. Following a Swim-a-thon at 6 p.m., a Fun Day and Challenge Meet that was scheduled for July 31 will be held. The July 31 meet was cancelled because of bad weather. Extension agent says Local harvest delayed should top last year's This year's wheat harvest, delayed by unusual rain and cool weather, is quite a bit behind schedule, compared to previous years, but there doesn't seem to be any quality problems, Morrow County Ex tension Agent Bob Costa says. He did report, however, that some farmers in the Hinton Creek and Eight Mile-Goose wi i "SEJ HEPPNER, OREGON ...y h - received notice the city's engineers, Baratt-Harris and Assoc., are closing down their Portland office and will no longer be the city engineers. The city will begin looking for a new firm immediately. - granted liquor license ap plication renewals to The Elks Lodge, Court Street Market and Bucknam's l"ern. - learned that the boiler at the city swimming pool burn ed up recently, but was told by Mayor Green the city has boiler Insurance. Cost of the damage was over $6,3G0, with a small part coming from the city. - scheduled a special meet ing August 28, 7 p.m., to consider hiring an engineer to handle the up-coming well drilling project.' two vehicles reconditioned in stead of making a new pur chase this year. This will save the cost of a new car plus the savings that will be made will make up the cost of the polygraph, concluded McElligott. - a - thon August 15 Anyone wishing to partici pate in the Swim-a-thon can pick up pledge sheets at the swimming pool. Sponsors will be asked to pledge an amount per lap swam with a maxi mum of 200 laps per swimmer berry areas have had some hail damage, some of it severe. The extension agent pre dicts that this year's yield will be better than last year's, but won't top 1981's record 47 bushels per acre on dryland and 95 bushels per acre on irrigated land. Last year's Weather by the City of Hcppncr Local business update Kate's Pizza & Pastry to open soon in Heppner JL Jeff and Kathy Maben of Heppner, owners of Kate's Cake Shop, plan to expand their business and reopen in a new location. The Mabens plan to move their bakery from 289 N. Main into the West of Willow build Hollomons to reopen soon Jerry and Joyce Hollomon, proprietors of Shoe Box, Talk-n-Tops and Jerry's Barber Shop, plan to open their new store soon, possibly by the end of this week. The Hollomons are present ly moving into the new store, which stands in the same Lightning causes grass fire Lightning was the cause of a grass fire between Heppner and Lexington last Saturday night that burned about 30 acres of pasture land. The fire broke out at about 11:30 p.m. on land owned by Gaude Graham, and leased by Dexter Miles. Fourteen members of the Heppner Fire Department turned out to fight the blaze, which took about three hours to contain, said Heppner Fire Chief Forrie Burkenbine. W.C.C.C. barbecue postponed The monthly family bar becue scheduled for this week end at Willow Creek Country Club has been postponed, an nounced a club spokesperson. The barbecue will be held Sunday, August 14. More details will be announ ced next week. or two hours of swimming. The money raised by the Swim-a-thon will go to the swim team to pay expenses such as coach's salary, awards, equipment, and other costs. but yield average was 34 bushels per acre on dryland and 86 bushels per acre of irrigated wheat. Costa said farmers in the south part of the county have quite a bit of crop left to harvest, while those in the north and central part of Morrow Co. are winding things up. High Lm Tues., July 26 80 55 Wed., July 27 81 59 Thurs., July 28 83 50 Fri., July 29 88 55 Sat., July 30 95 64 Sun., July 31 100 58 Mon., Aug. 1 93 53 Total precip. .70. Normal is ing, which for the past few months, has been occupied by Jerry and Joyce Hollomon. The Hollomons are presently moving their businesses Into their new store accross the street. The Mabens' business will location where their previous store burned down in a May 4 fire that also destroyed other business buildings on the Main St. block. The couple's three busines ses were housed temporarily in the vacant West of Willow building, across the street New city police officer enjoying life in Heppner V. -:yl 7 Ron Collins The newest addition to the Heppner City Police Force, who has been here only about two months, likes Heppner so well he plans to retire here. ' I really like the town and the people here," said officer Ron Collins. Collins, along with his wife, Bonnie, and their daughter, Laura, 20, moved to Heppner in May from Bend. The couple has three other children: Don ald, 26, of The Dalles; Theresa, 24, of Grandview, Wash.; and Ron Jr., Pope Air Force Base, North Carolina. After retiring from the Marine Corps in 1973, Collins lone man killed in accident A 19-year-old lone man was killed Friday morning when the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a pickup that was being backed up on Highway 74 near Lexington. James Michael Bilyeu was pronounced dead at the scene, near milepost 35 between lone and Lexington. Preda .02 .01 for July was 1.31. soon be known as Kate's Pizza and Pastry, Kathy Maben said Tuesday. They plan to open the bakery sometime next week, and the pizza par lor will "hopefully open the week after," she said. from their store. When the Hollomons have completed their move, Jeff and Kathy Maben, owners of Kate's Cake Shop, will move into the West of Willow building and open Kate's Pizza & Pastry. went to work with the Bend Police Reserves. Later he was employed by Deschutes County as a corrections officer before going into fulltime law enforcement with The Dalles Police Department in 1975. After working in security for a time in The Dalles, he went to Bend for a short period, and then on to Heppner. Collins, 47, said he and his wife like smaller towns and their friendly people. They enjoy camping and boating, and he said they plan to get involved in bowling this winter if time permits. The accident apparently oc curred when Michael Scott Balfe, 20, of Lexington, was backing up the 1966 Chevrolet he was driving to turn into a side road when, Bilyeu ran Into the vehicle. . Balfe was cited for alleged-' Illegal Backing Up.
