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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1983)
BESS I E WET2ELL U OF ORE NEWSPAPER LIS EUGENE OR 97403 VOL. 10! NO. SI -z if v if il ir . - . -awsfets. .-;-' """ ; ? V 6 1 I - MMKMtMMu.. '' & fit I W I ' rf CmJi -a ; y-t n- , N '"-'; ,rLliiMr- Tficijcame with haste to see for tliemsekvs the miracle oj l Us birth. Bearing their most precious cjifts oj (joklfrankencense and myrrh, they entered the tiny tnanyer, and Lot. fjc Christ child lay there glowing. May you, too exult on tl)is I loly day! Blessings of the Season! County Court discusses problem Irrigon man allegedly fences off county property HyMAHYANNC ERl l.l.O WhtJt to do whon individuals fence off county property from th puMic was a problem discussed by Morrow County Court with District Attorney Richard MrWrney last Wednesday According to County Court, an Irrigon projM'rty owner, Ted Sampson, allegedly fenced over GO feet of a county right-of-way. The area is re portedly the only public ac cess to the Columbia River between Irrigon and Umatilla County Commissioner Warren McCoy told the court that Sampson was contacted about Benefit dinner, basketball game slated for lone woman A dinner and basketball game will be held at lone High School next Wednesday, Dec. 28. as h benefit for Nancy Spivey of lone. All proceeds will help to defray her medical costs. Sfiid a spokesperson for the event A spaghetti dinner with bread, tossed salad and homemade pie will In served form fi to 7 pin. in the cafeteria. The basketball (SSIE THURSDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1K3 the fence, but as of Wednes day, Dec. 14, he had not responded. McCoy also stated that Sampson had claimed that the 60 feet of property is not county land. McNerney agreed to write to Sampson giving him 30 days to take the fence down. In other business Morrow County Court: learned from McNerney that he was making applica tion to the state attorney general for funding of the Morrow County Victim Wit ness Assistance Program. authorized the release of $41, (MX) from Revenue Sharing for the Stokes Landing Senior Center of Irrigon and $3,600 game will begin at 7.:)0 p.m. in the high school gym. Cost for the dinner will be $3 for adults, $2 for students in first through sixth grade and $2 for pre-sehool children. Admission to the game will be a donation at the door. Bristow's Market and Mor row County Grain Growers' teams will take each other on, and at halftime, a cake draw Tlis inn Morrow County's Home 12 PAGES for the Boardman Day Care Center. learned that a proposal by James Lynch and Associates for historical research and nomination of the Morrow County Courthouse building for registration as a historical site was approved. approved a contract with Dobyns Pest Control, lone, to control weeds along county roads. The current contract expires at the end of Decem ber. received a financial re (Mrt of the county with Al Cauder and Nick Friend of Niemi, Holland and Scott Audit. ing will be sponsored by the lone Kxtension Club. The event is being spon sored by the lone Cardinal Club, the lone Kxtension Club, the lone American U'gion Post 95, the lone Lions Club, Willows Grange No. 672 and numerous lone residents and local businesses. Everyone is invited to attend. eppmieir r - Owned Weekly Newspaper ay Lexington council votes on proposed measure At a meeting last Tuesday. Dec. II. the Iexington City Council unanimously voted aeainst putting a proposed mIps tax measure on a March or Mav PW4 ballot, reports Linda Jones, citv recorder. A majority of the taxing dis tricts in the state must agree Natural gas co. plans to drill well near Heppner A natural gas company has applied with the Morrow County Planning Commission for a Conditional Use Permit to drill an exploratory well near Heppner. reports Mor row County Judge Don McEI ligott and Morrow Co. Planner Deane Seeger. Seeger says Oregon Natural Gas Develop ment Corp.. a subsidiary of Northwest Natural Gas Co.. Portland, wants to drill the lone residents want vote on garbage collection issue A petition asking the lone Citv Council to reconsider a recent agreement with Her miston Sanitary Disposal to begin service in that town has been signed and is being sent to the council, said a spokes person for the petition. Morrow County's ag up for 1983 By BOB COSTA Increased production and higher prices for potatoes, corn and barley pushed Mor row County's estimated agri cultural income upward in 1983. The estimated 1983 gross farm income for the county is $105,681,000. up 12 percent from last year. Favorable weather resulted in good yields and quality for the major irrigated crops in Morrow County. Climatic ex tremes across the nation in cluding the drought in the north-central and midwestern states and excess rains in California resulted in higher prices for corn, hay, potatoes and barley. Wheat acreage was the lowest in 10 years, primarily as a result of U.S. D A. farm programs. The average wheat yield for Morrow County was 47 bushels per acre on 155,000 acres for a total wheat produc tion of 7.3 million bushels. Dryland wheat farms prdo duced 77 percent of all wheat grown in the county. Barley was planted on many of the dryland acres taken out of wheat production for farm programs. Barley was grown on 33.000 acres in 1983 copared with 19,200 acres in 1982. Livestock sales were down 4 5 percent from last year. Gross sales for livestock were: cattle, $22,332,000; swine, $130,000; sheep, $750,000; and other livestock, $939,000. The Simplot Feedlot near Boardman accounted for nearly half of all gross cattle HEPPNER. OREGON o put the measure on the ballot before it can be done. In other business, the coun cil passed a resolution stating the council's dissatisfaction with the Morrow County Court's decision to raise rates at the county landfill. Jones said well on the Jerry Doherty property, eight and one-half miles east of Keppner. A joint meeting between the Heppner City Planning Com mission and the County Plan ning Commission is tentative ly set for early in January, and the permit application may be considered then. See ger said. The company has already applied for a permit At a council meeting De cember 6. the council agreed to enter into a franchise agreement with the Hermis ton company to begin service in lone in January. Previous ly, the city collected residents' garbage and used a city- sales In the county. These figures are gross cattle sales in the county. These figures are gross sales and not net income to farmers and ranchers. In 1983, the increase in prices paid by farmers for equipment and Local couple honored at retirement party :- - j ; 'rK "V: V. 'I ' ' MM Mil. Mr. anil Mrs. Gene Gene and Fay Pierce of Heppner were honored at a retirment party at the Bank of Easern Oregon in Heppner last Friday afternoon. A holi day open house was also held at the bank. Family members, friends and many local busi ness people dropped in to enjoy refreshments and wish the couple well. Mr. Pierce, who retired as bank president and a member of the bank's board, started as manager and vice-president when the bank opened 26 years Weather New C.B.E.C. director resigns The Columbia Basin Elec tric Co-op Board learned at a meeting last Thursday that Russell Erickson of Condon, elected to the co-op's board last, month, is resigning, re ports C.B.E.C. Manager Fred Toombs. Toombs said Erick son's reasons for leaving the board were personal, and he was advised to do so by his from the State Department of Geology and Mineral Indus tries and the application is ready to be approved, he said. However, the planning com mission must approve a Con ditional Use Permit before the state will approve its permit, Seeger explained. If the per mit is granted, the company may begin drilling right away, he added. owned truck; however it was not cost effective, the council said. The petition, which has been signed by about 90 people, the spokesperson said, asks that the council put the issue before a vote of lone residents. income supplies was greater than the increase in prices received by farmers for their products. According to a 1979 study, agricultural production ac counts for 37 percent of all business activity in Morrow County. Pierce ago. The Gilliam County Bank of Arlington opened a Heppner branch and the name was changed to the Bank of East ern Oregon, Pierce explained. Then, in 1959, the lone branch of the bank was opened. The Pierces say they plan to continue living in Heppner, but will do some traveling. Soon they will be leaving for California, and they plan to return in March. Gerald Pierson is the chief executive officer of the bank. High Low Precip Snow on Ground Tiies.. Dec. 13 48 40 .25 Wed.. Dec. 14 43 32 .23 Thurs.. Dec. 15 44 21 Fog ' ;Fri.. Dec. 16 29 19 'Sat.. Dec. 17 26 20 .12meItl"snow snow .'Sun.. Dec. 18 24 19 Tracel"snow pMon.. Dec. 19 23 7 .13 melt 3 '.4" snow council. The board will now appoint someone to fill Erickson 's position until next year's an nual election in November. Also during the meeting, the board discussed recent action by Federal Judge Richard M. Bilby. who two weeks ago released directors of utility boards (including C.B.E.C.'s 1976 board of obligation from a suit filed by Chemical Bank of New York. Only directors who were not members of a parti cipants' committee ( a com mittee made up of representa tives of the 88 utilities involved in the W.P.P.S.S. plants) or were not directors of the W.P.P.S.S. board, were re lieved. The suit stemmed from the co-op's involvement in two now abandoned nuclear plants in Washington State. A Wash ington judge ruled earlier this year that the utilities involved were not liable for bond debt on the plants, and bond hold ers, including Chemical Bank, filed suit. However. Toombs said of the, new development in the case, the directors could pos sibly be called back into Ihe suit, or could be named in another suit. The directors involved, who were on C.B.E.C.'s board in 1976 when the co-op entered into an agreement for power Lighting Contest winners selected Winners of a Christmas Lighting Contest, sponsored by the Heppner-Morrow Chamber of Commerce, were selected Sunday night. Winners of the indoor cate gory are: first place - the Marshall Lovgrens, second place - the Jim Lankfords and third place - Martha Doherty. Concerned parents meet about teen alcohol use A group of local parents concerned about the use of alcohol by teenagers met with law enforcement officials from the state, county and city on December 14, reports a spokesperson for the group. New owner to expand Heppner business By JUSTINE WEATHERFORD Last September Lois John son and Curtis Lynch opened a clothing and accessory resale shop in the building long occu pied by accountant Carl Spaulding on Heppner's Main Street. On January 1,. 1984, Sharon Brace will become the proprietor of that business and will have expanded it to in clude other lines. It will re open on Tuesday, January 3, thus probably becoming Hep penr's first new business of new year. The shop will be called "Sharon's Bottom Drawer." Brace will continue to re-sell good clothing and accessories for family members. She will also offer a supply of hand from the plants, are: Van Rietmann of Condon; Randall Peterson. Heppner; Floyd Anderson. Arlington; alt Jae ger and Paul Jeager. both of Condon: Dick Krebs. Arling ton: Dick Wilkinson and El mer Palmer. Heppner: Ken Smouse. lone; Paul Tews, lone: Ken Wright, Ruggs; and Herb Wright. Fossil. The board also agreed to a proposal concerning liability insurance for board members, managers and the co-op. The proposal, which was submit ted by St. Paul Fire and marine Insurance Co.. inclu ding defense costs. The amount is unchanged from the present policy, however the company asked that a ceiling be put on that amount. Toombs said the board agreed because otherwise, the cover age would be dropped, and no other company would carry insurance for the co-op. In other business, the board adopted a 1984 budget of $3,909,000 which includes capi tal investments of $350,000 for new line construction and re placement as .well as other costs; a general plant expen diture of about $101,000; and sufficient funds for wholesale power costs from Bonneville Power Administration, the manager explained. Those winning the best out door display are: first - Glen Wards, second - the Don Keni sons and third - the Chuck Moellers. The first place winners re ceive a $30 award, second place winners are awarded $20. and $10 awards go to third place winners. Another meeting will be held by the group on Wednes day, Dec. 28 at 7 p.m. at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner. Everyone interested is invited to attend. craft and art items, such as materials used for maerame. Sharon says she expects to stock helpful books for various home arts and crafts, also. Brace, who is quite well known here, came to Heppner 14 years ago. She grew up in California where she returned to spend Thanksgiving with her parents recently . For the last several months she has been doing the bookkeeping for the "Bottom Drawer." The new shop will be open daily Tuesdays through Sat urdays from 10 a m. until 5 p.m. Sharon expects to be going to Portland rather often over weekends and she will do much of her buying of arts and crafts items there on Mondays.
