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VOL. 101 NO. 32 THURSDAY, AUGUST It, 1983
Thunderstorm causes
flooding, damage in
Ruggs area
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Water from storm swell Rhea Creek at Rugga
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Storm broke several trees, including this one across highway
A severe thunderstorm struck portions of south Morrow County Tuesday evening, causing
Hooding and some damage to property.
The Ruggs area reported thunder and Ice storms around 6:45 p.m. that broke several trees and
caused flooding of Rhea Creek.
Water washed debris onto the highway through Ruggs, and caused some flooding near the grain
elevator there.
Judy Wright of Ruggs said ice broke windows and destroyed her garden, and a tree fell on the
Harold Wright home.
In Lexington, residents reported hail the size of marbles falling at about the same time. Strong
winds and thunder and lightning also struck that area.
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Judge rules utilities not liable for
Columbia Basin Electric got
the best news the co-op has
had in a very long time
Tuesday morning when it
learned that Washington
Judge Joseph Coleman ruled
that C.B.E.C. and the other
utilities involved in the same
lawsuit were not liable for
bond debt on two unfinished
nuclear plants in Washington.
School board to learn
achievement test results
The regular August meeting
of the Morrow County School
District board will be held
August 15. 8 p m.. in the school
district office in Lexington.
The board will hear a report
on the district's general
achievement test results from
tests given this past year.
The board w ill also consider
4-H Horse Show to take
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By BIRIMNF. Tl'Ll.IS
Program Assistant
Morrow Co. Kxtenslon Service
The long awaited moment
for 4-H Horse Club members is
about to happen! Saturday,
August 13, bright and early in
the morning the action will
start! They will be trailering
and trucking in from all cor
ners of the county to test their
horsemanship skills against
those of their friends. The
show will begin at 9:30 a.m.
The judging contest will begin
at 8;30 a.m.
A full horse show including
judging contests, halter,
showmanship, western and
English equitation, trail class,
and colt classes will show off
the expertise of boys and girls
Heppner man participates
in internship program
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Ron Young
Ronald Young of Heppner is
presently participating in a
summer internship program
offered by the Production
Credit Associations (P C. A s)
of the Twelfth Farm Credit
District, reported Cary He
greberg of the Federal Inter
mediate Credit Bank.
Young will be entering his
senior year of study at Oregon ,
State University where he is
pursuing a degree in business.
This is the sixth year the
Willows Grange plans annual picnic
Willows Grange will hold
their annual picnic on Sunday,
August 14, 4 p.m., at the
grange hall in lone. A potluck
dinner will be served at 5 p.m.
Card games will follow the
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HEPPNER. OREGON
C.B.E.C. Office Manager
Jerry Healy said after Tues
day's ruling that all the parti
cipants in W.P.P.S.S. plants 4
and 5 have now been released
of any previous obligation of
bond debt on the two plants.
"There will definitely be
appeals and bond holder suits.
This isn't the er?d of it but it's a
step in the right direction."
the need for the development
of several policy statements in
the area of school closure,
hiring of personnel and the use
of non-certificated oaches.
In addition, the board will
consider a bid for an automo
bile and replacement of heat
ing units for Heppner High
School.
in fourth through 12th grades.
A wide variety of special
awards provided by local in
dividuals, groups and busi
nesses await those who claim
the honors.
Serving as volunteer super
intendent for the 4-H event is
Brian Timms of Irrigon, with
other 4-H Horse leaders shar
ing responsibility.
Four-H'ers eligible to attend
State Fair will be named at
the end of the day. The 4-H
Horse Show is the first event
of County Fair. There is no
charge to attend and the pub
lic is welcome to come out and
enjoy a top-rate horse show.
The 4-H Snack Shack will be
open at noon to provide cool
drinks and lunch.
internships have been avail
able with the Twelfth District
P.C.A.s. Young will spend 10
weeks as an intern, eight of
which will be spent at South
west Washington P.C.A. in
Chehalis and two weeks at the
Federal Intermediate Credit
Bank of Spokane.
The internship offers stu
dents an opportunity to define
career goats through on-the-job
training and provides an
orientation to the Farm Credit
System, Hegreberg said.
The F.I.C.B. of Spokane is
part of the member-owned
national Farm Credit System.
P.C.A.s obtain loanable funds
from the F.I.C.B. and provide
financing and financially re
lated services to farmers,
ranchers and commercial
fishermen. The F.I.C.B. ob
tains funds through the sale of
bonds to private investors.
According to Hegreberg, in
1982, the 30 P.C.A.s in Wash
ington, Oregon, Idaho and
Montana provided $3 billion to
area producers.
dinner, and children will be
able to go swimming, said a
grange spokesperson.
All grangers and their
friends are invited to attend.
Weather
by the City of
Healy stated.
Columbia Basin, along with
87 other Northwest utilities,
entered into an agreement in
1976 to finance Washington
Public Power Supply System
nuclear plants 4 and 5. Colum
bia Basin agreed to the project
to obtain power that Bonne
ville Power Administration
Chamber of Commerce hosts
Japanese Labo guests
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Japanese exchange students under the Labo program were guests of the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce Tuesday at noon.
The students are staying with host families in Morrow and Umatilla counties.
The students arrived July 26 and will stay one month.
New Tri-County Mental Health
completes recruiting
By MARY ANN CERl'LLO
Recruiting has been com
pleted for the new Tri-County
Mental Health program, re
ported the director of Morrow
County Mental Health Dept.,
Dr. Terry Templeman, to
Morrow County Court last
Wednesday.
Debra Mcintosh of Fuller
ton, Calif, will be working out
of Boardman as a school
consultant. The Wheeler-Gilliam
position with an office in
Condon has been filled by
Kelly Sager of Lexington,
Templeman told the court.
Public invited to take part in
'Burn to Learn' session
A house in Heppner that is
owned by the county will be
burned down in a District 12-A
Burn to Learn session this
Sunday and the public is invi
ted to participate, says Hep
pner Fire Chief Forrie Bur
kenbine. Those who wish to take part
in the project must attend
classroom instruction which
will be held Sunday at 9 a m.
at the old city library building
next to city hall. No one with a
beard will be allowed to take
part, Burkenbine said.
After lunch, the house, at 590
N. Elder St., will be burned.
Instructors from Condon,
Tues . Aug. 2
Wed.. Aug. 3
Thurs.. Aug. 4
Fri.. Aug. 5
Sat.. Aug. 6
Sun.. Aug. 7
Mon.. Aug. 8
Heppner
W.P.P.S.S.
then said would be needed.
After millions of dollars in
cost over runs, however, the
plants were terminated in
January 1982.
Many of the participants,
including Columbia Basin,
filed suits claiming they
weren't liable for the debt
since the plants were not
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Another recruitment re
cently conducted by Morrow
County was hiring Roger Con
verse as Morrow County
Building Inspector.
According to Deene Seager,
county planner, Converse
began his job July 15. He is
scheduled to work Monday
and Tuesday at the Lexington
office and will be at the
Irrigon annex Wednesday
through Friday. Converse is
originally from western Ore
gon. In other business, the court
signed a resolution and a
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This county-owned house at 590
burned down in a 'Burn to Learn'
Hermiston and Milton-Free-
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bond debt
completed and no energy will
be obtained from them.
The ruling came almost two
years from when Columbia
Basin first filed suit, in Octo
ber 1981.
"The legal battle isn't over
yet . . , out it certainly looks
good at this point," said Co-op
Manager Fred Toombs.
three-year lease agreement on
the Heppner Medical Clinic
with Dr. Clare Koznek. The
agreement was drawn up by
the court to read that the lease
for the clinic will be 4n per
month through 1983. In 1984 it
will increase to $600 per month
and will raise again to $700 in
1985.
The Morrow County Pioneer
Hospital Board recommended
the lease agreement to the
court. Koznek has 30 days to
sign the agreement, or refuse
it. stated Judge Don McElli
gott N. Elder Si. in Heppner will be
session Sunday .
Umatilla counties as well as
those in Morrow County will
"Burn to Learn."
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