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BESSIE WET2ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIB EUGENE OR 97403 (75 A .37 VOL. 101 NO. M THURSDAY, 8EPTEMBKR 22, 1883 Hardman Community Center officers, board members elected lm, W m f i ills 7 -.ft r 1I:jH!: v""' - 1 n Michoel Officers and board mem ber of the Hardman Com munity Center were elected during meeting September 18, and plans are underway for several activities in the small community. Zelma McDaniel, outgoing treasurer, chaired the meeting. New officers include Presi dent Ernest Allen, Vice-president Dallas McDaniel, Secre tary Rod Fulton and Treasur er Beverly Harris. Directors on the board are Duane Rankin, Nathan Mam mons, Jere Le Doux, Mike Stickney and Brian Sweeney. Upcoming community ac tivities Include a hunters' breakfast to be held each morning from September 30 Stickry (t), Rod Fullon, Eornl Allan, Ooby Hommom, Naihon Hammoni ond Jre le Down County Health Dept. to hold flu immunization clinics The Morrow County Health Department will be holding flu Immunization clinics at the Heppner Neighborhood Center on Monday. Sept. 26, 10 a.m. to noon; at the Irrigon county offices on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 1 to 4 p.m.: at Boardman City Hall On Tuesday, (Jet . 4, 1:30 to 4 p.m.; and at the lone Bank of Local wheat By HOB COSTA OSU Extension Agent Morrow County Morrow County wheat growers enjoyed the second highest average yields ever in 1983, but total wheat produc tion was the lowest in six years. The average wheat yield on dryland was 42 bushels per acre on 135,000 acres. The average yield for irrigated wheat was 90 bushels per acre on 15,000 acres. Total wheat production for Morrow County was seven million bushels. The number of acres plan ted to wheat in MorrowCounty was the lowest In 10 years as a result of U.S. D A. farm pro Eornei Allan, Ooby Hommom, throuRh OctotHT 31 beginning at 4 a m. The menu will include hotcakes, ham and eggs. Chili and doughnuts will also be available, and coffee will be free. Cost will be $3 for adults and $2 for children. Anyone wanting to help with the breakfast may contact Fulton. G76-5B59. It was also announced that aerobic dance classes will be held at the Hardman Com munity Hall on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 10 a.m. Diane Beckett will be instruct or. Cost will be 25 cents plus firewood. Fulton said. Anyone Interested may rail Beckett at 67B-5R.r8 Eastern Oregon Kitchen on Wednesday, Oct. 19. from 3 to 4 p m. The charge will be $3 Vac cine will also be available at all blood pressure c linics con ducted by the County Health Dept. thereafter, said Morrow Co. Health Nurse Pat Wright. The Oregon State Health Department recommends that yields up, production down grams. Many of the acres taken out of wheat were plan ted to barley. Barley was grown on 32,000 acres with an average yield of 52 bushels per acre. Most of the barley was Rrown on dry Soroptimists to hold rummage sale Sat. The Heppner Soroptimist Club's annual fall rummage sale will take place this Satur day, Sept. 24 at the fair grounds in Heppner. The doors will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Benefits from the sale are used for scholarship and citi zenship awards that are given each year by the club. The Heppirir Ji Morrow County's 10 PACKS Naihon Hammoni ond Jre It President Allen was asked to begin selecting an enter tainment committee to pro mote a possible Halloween dance at the hall. His appoint ments will be made at the next meeting on October 15. The group discussed having a flea market in the summer and Mammons was appointed chairman of that activity. Zelma McDaniel and Juan ita Carmichael received pints of plum Jam from the group in appreciation of the work they have done over the years. The jam was made from a plum tree in an old orchard in Hardman. The group's next meeting will be held October 15, 2 p.m.. the following groups of people are at high risk for serious illness from flu and recom mend they be immunized: people 65 years of age or older. People over 13 years of age who have a chronic illness, diabetes, anemia, cancer or an immunological disorder land with 29,000 acres. The yields of fall planted barley were excellent, but spring barley yields were mostly dis appointing due to late seeding and disease problems. Two citizenship awards are given to local high school seniors each December, and in the spring two scholarships are given to Morrow County high school seniors at gradua tion. The rummage sale Is the club's largest annual fundraiser. CD Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 25 at the hall. All interested persons are invited to attend, said Fulton. Meeting minutes will always be posted outside the hall, he added. County Court adopts amendment to Airport Hazard Zoning Ordinance By MARY ANN C'ERULLO Morrow County Court last Wednesday adopted as an emergency ordinance, an Air port Hazard Zoning Ordinance Amendment to Ordinance MCC2. Morrow County Counsel Mike Oths recommended that the court adopt the amend ment for runway restrictions on the l?xington Airport to qualify for a federal grant. Morrow County building inspector's hours announced On July 1. Morrow County initiated its first full-time Building Inspection and Zon ing Administration services as a branch of its Planning De partment. On July 15, the county hired Roger D. Con verse as its building official and zoning adminstrator. Converse, and his wife, Patty, and two daughters Cari and Mandi, come from Mehama and currently reside in the Irrigon area. Converse has had past experience with the City of Ashland and the Oregon State Highway Department and 16 years as a building contractor. He graduated from Cheme keta Community College in 1982 in Building Inspection services. He will maintain two Congressman's 'circuit rider' to hold meeting Mike Hanna, a "circuit rid er" for Congressman Bob Smith, wi1 hold a public town hall meeting on Monday, Oct ober 3, 1 to 2 p.m. at Heppner City Hall Council Chambers. "The public is urged to M. XA C Ml... JSL-J Vjf w r HEPPNER. OREGON Search for new school superintendent actively underway The search for a new super intendent of the Morrow County School District is ac tively underway, with the board of directors hearing a report Monday night from a committee in charge of find ing a replacement. Present Superintendent Matt Doherty informed the hoard earlier he intends to resign as soon as a replace ment can be found. According to the report Monday the district will ad vertise the position beginning lone considers contracting for garbage collection The lone City Council dis cussed the possibility of hav ing garbage collection service contracted with a Hermiston disposal company, reported Diarina Starr, city recorder. The City of lone owns its own garbage truck and presently the service is being handled through the city. However, Starr said, the service is not cost effective and must be subsidized. The county's application for the federal grant, which will come from taxes on aviation fuel, accompanies an $800,000 county master plan to im prove the county airport in Lexington. Morrow County Court began interviewing aviation en gineers last week to make the final detailed plan for con struction. Under the improved plan, offices in the county with the following hours: Lexington -Monday, Wednesday and Fri day from 8 to 10:30 a.m.; Irrigon Tuesday and Thurs day from 8 to 10:30 a.m. As inspections require a majority of time in the field, the staff has requested that appoint ments be made for those times that an individual can not be in the office during the prescrib ed hours. The following per mits may be obtained from the Morrow County Building De partment: building permits, mobile home setup and plumb ing hookup permits and mechanical permits. The new Planning Depart ment hours are as follows: Irrigon - Monday and Friday. Lexington Tuesday, Wednes attend and communicate their thoughts, Ideas, or problems to Mike, who will relay them to Congressman Bob Smith," said Leigh Johnson, district administrator. rac lift: Weather by the City of in November, with screening of applicants to begin in Feb ruary. The board has targeted April as the month to inter view final candidates and make a selection. Doherty has been superin tendent for the past nine years, he hasn't revealed his plans after resignation. The steering committee ap pointed to oversee superin tendent replacement is made up of Riverside High School Principal Dan Daltoso. Board A citizens' committee was appointed to study the matter and will give a recommenda tion to the council at a regular council meeting October 4 at 8v p.m. at city hall, Starr said. In other business, the coun cil: - heard a short presentation from Morrow County Sheriff Roy Drago who informed council members on the duties the present 2.520 ft. runway will serve as a taxi area. A new 4,355 ft. runway will accommodate larger planes. New fencing, improved taxi way surface and a parking area are also a part of the plan. In other business, the court: - moved to continue a public hearing October 12 at 9 a.m. on the upgrading of eight streets before turning them day and Thursday. The main planning office in Lexington now provides full map files and survey files with duplica tion facilities for map copies. Files will be maintained on Brownfield joins Swanson Insurance office in lone r jjmwwttKttWtttt f -" , ... J Nancy Brownfield trys out new Nancy Brownfield of Hep pner has recently joined the office of Swanson Insurance in lone, owned and operated by Jim and Monica Swanson. Brownfield, who is also the Tues.. Sept. 13 79 44 Wed., Sept. H 74 44 Thurs..Sept. 15 ' 82 43 Fri.. Sept. 16, 75 41 Sat., Sept. 17 66 44 Sun.. Sept. 18 53 35 Mon.. Sept. 19 57 , 32 Heppner members Pauline Winter and Joe Stevens, and A.C, Hough ton Principal Mick Tolar. The committee indicated in its report it would use a committee of nine to screen the applications received by the district. The screening group would include three advisory board members, three school board members, two school adminis trators and one teacher, with all areas of the county to be equally represented. The screening committee will be of the sheriff's department and services the department has been providing for the county. . - was, introduced to Roger . Converse, the county's new building inspector by County Planner Deane Seeger. Seeger described the planner's and building inspector's duties to the council and what services are offered for the city. over to the city of Irrigon. - adopted a resolution amending the county person nel policy, changing the retire ment age from 60 to 70. - discussed the possibility of hooking up a two-way radio with the Cutsforth Park at tendant's office for emergen cy purposes. - approved the court min utes for the Sept. 7 meeting as corrected. each of the five city's plan ning, zoning, mapping, flood control boundaries and flood way maps. In addition, the county supplies the following state applications as a con computer at Swanson Insurance. local coordinator for Blue Mountain Community College, is working as office manager in the insurance office on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Her office hours for High Low Prfcip .42 appointed in December. The board of directors will interview and select the new superintendent from five or six finalists for the job. In other business, the board: - heard a report from Mor rison & Fife, the district audit ors. The auditor said the dis trict is in good financial shape, showing a surplus balance in the general fund last year of $1,088,928. The money was carried over into the present budget year as a tax offset. Most of the money was earned interest from a large tax payment from Portland Gen eral Electric last year, said Superintendent Doherty. "You received more and spent less than you thought," said auditor Brent Fife. "This is a credit to your administra tion. They didn't spend it down as I have seen done in other places." - appointed board members Jean Bennett, Pauline Winter and Randy Hughes to htad up - 1 the district's negotiating team with the classified employees this year. - adopted a budget calendar similar to last year, which places the budget election on March 27. 1984. - voted to hire new personnel Helen Flanagan a counselor at Heppner High. and Caryn Schmidt as a speech patholo gist for north Morrow County. - gave extra duty contracts to Del LaRue of lone for head track coach and athletic direc tor. Roberta Tye, Columbia Jr. High as asst. volleyball coach. - voted to hire an aid for first grade at Sam Boardman Ele mentary School, because of overcrowding. - heard a report that the district's enrollment after the first week of school was down to 1707. Last year's enrollment was 1714. venience for the public: Department of Environmental Quality permit applications (septic tank), electrical per mit applications and plumbing permit applications. BMCC are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and from 1 to 4 p.m. In December she will re ceive an associates degree in business administration from BMCC. She plans to become a licensed insurance agent this winter, probably in February. Swanson Insurance recently installed a new computer which Brownfield will be us- ing. One of the computer's uses will be to determine how much crop insurance farmers need, she said. Thiss will be demonstrated at a Crop Insur ance Seminar October 12 in lone. More details about the seminar will be announced next week. After obtaining her license, Brownfield will be ab)e to sell insurance for V company, which is a full st. . ce agency.
