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.
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Harold McLean
Former Morrow County
Deputy District Attorney
Harold McLean of Bend has
been selected for Inclusion in
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"' 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
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Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
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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.
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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
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- 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
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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
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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.
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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.