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Run or walk this Sunday
at the Rolling Hills Run
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Jerry Hollomon with Walk-Run t-hirU
on display at The Shoe Box.
It's not too late. Partici
pants may register at local
stores up until one o'clock
Sunday April 8, the starting
time for the Rolling Hills Run.
Both a 3.1 mile walk -run and a
J 2 mile run will " begin at
Heppner elementary school
and loop up and back along the
Heppner -Piolet Rock Highway
finishing at the Heppner City
Park. Walkers are encourag-
ed to enter as well as runners,
At Heppner City
Parents request fence
Several parents living
across from Hager Park in
Heppner, asked the city coun
cil Monday night that a fence
be built along Willow Creek
which flows through the park.
The parents are worried that
children playing in the park
may fall in the swifty flowing
creek and be drowned.
"I think Hager Park should
be fenced." said Marie Lane,
a nearby resident. "Either by
the corps i U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers), and if they don't
do it have the city council
conid'T it."
Lane said if a little kid gets
down in there to the creek and
has an accident, "then it will
be too late."
Mayor Cliff Green said he
would approach the Army
Corps of Engineers, which has
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There's still time to enter to win a Magna vox Stereo during
Western Heritage's 50th anniversary open house.
Just come to the Western Heritage office in Heppner and
place your entry. You could also be the winner of a stereo
cassette, with winners for these prizes drawn daily.
Open house lasts through this Friday, says Jackie Gentry,
manager.
Those who have already won cassettes include: Carolyn
Holt, Janice Smith, Ivy Welch, Dona Buchana and Geri
Martin.
Grand prize drawing for a Magnavox stereo will be held
Friday afternoon.
Morrow
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stressed a spokesperson lor
the walk run.
Area merchants have re
leased the list of door prizes to
be awarded in the grade scho
ol multi-purpose room at 2:45
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Morrow Co. Grain Growers -flashlight;
Del's Market six
pack of juice, V&G Tavern
V&G burger; LeBush Shop -shawl;
The Shoe Box four
pair running socks; Murray's
Council meeting
said it will fence property
upstream closer to Willow
Dam, and see if they might do
it.
Green said if the city were to
take on the project "it would
effect the budget."
Les Paustian, a council
member who has worked on
this year's budget says the
city is trying now to cut about
$85,000 to stay within a six
percent increase and avoid the
need for an election.
Jerry Healy. a parent who
lives across from the park,
said the people may want
more services, and accept a
budget outside the six percent
limit.
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Absorbing, Jr.; Hutch's
Helper personalized station
ery; Gardners Men's Wear -one
pair of socks, one pair of
shorts, two t -shirts, one hat;
The Country Rose - one tote
bag; Ron McDonald Chevrolet
- a gift certificate; Heppner
Bowl gift certificate; Farley
Motor Co. - a gift certificate;
Cal's Mobil - $7 of gasoline;
Les Schwab key chains;
R&W Drive-In, cheeseburger
basket; Heppner Auto Parts,
Inc. oil can spout; Kate's
Pizza one dozen doughnuts;
Central Market -10 lb. turkey.
A spokesperson for the
event reminds everyone that
trophies will be awarded to the
first male and female finisher
in the 10k. and to the oldest
man and woman overall fin
isher in the run. First, second
and third place ribbons also
will be awarded in each age
group.
The event is Jjeing sponsor
ed by the Morrow County
Education Association. Pro
ceeds from the run will benefit
the solar heating project for
the Heppner swimming pool.
For further information or ,
registration, contact Karen
Dubuque, Rolling Hills Run
Project, P.O. Box 652, Hep
pner, Oregon 97836.
at Hager
"You don't know if people
want to stay within the six
percent. They may want more
services. You haven't voted on
the budget yet," he said.
In other business, the coun
cil: -gave, the o k. to pursue an
agreement between the city
and the county to install a
sewer line which would hook
up the fairgrounds to the city
sewer system. The tentative
agreement would have the
cost split 50 - 50 between city
anf county.
-announced that there would
be a budget committee meet
ing April 16 at 7 p.m. at city
hall.
45 of county voters went to
polls last Tues.
A week ago Tuesday, March
27, in the special budget elect
ion, 1,817 or 45 percent of 4,010
registered voters in Morrow
County exercised their right to
vole.
The greatest percentage of
response was in the lone prec
incts with 59 percent of the
registered voters actually voting.
Service, gasoline contracts
to be re-bid
The Heppner city council
decided Monday to re bid
gasoline and service contracts
for city-owned vehicles.
At the request of Vern Wil
son, owner of Vern's 76 Union
Station in Heppner, the coun
cil agreed to take bids on gas
and other services for the city
police car and other vehicles.
Wilson, who provides gas for
some city vehicles, said the
bid he gave about two years
ago is now too low and he is
only making "about two cents
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SnfktSelects
finalist
The Morrow County School
board has narrowed its list of
candidates for superintendent
down to one finalist, it was
reported Tuesday.
The board met with five
candidates March 25 and sel
ected one person, whom they
are now negotiating with.
"They expect to have an
annoucement by the middle of
next week," said present su
perintendent Matt Doherty.
"They are negotiating the
final details now."
Dohery will be retiring as
Morrow County superinten
dent at the end of this school
year.
Sheriff, area pastors
A pastor arrives at the scene
of an accident with a law
enforcement officer. This may
sound strange, but it is one of
the functions of the new chap
laincy program operating for
three weeks now through the
Morrow Co. Sheriff's Dep
artment. Morrow Co. Sheriff Roy
Drago first suggested the need K
for such a program to Minis
terial Association president,
the Rev. Ed Watts. The under
lying premise is that ministers
are better trained than law.
enforcement officers to handle
Park
heard in a letter from Co
lumbia Basin Electric Co-op
Manager Fred Toombs that
because of orders from the
slate workman's compensa
tion department, all street and
other signs presently attached
to utility poles in the city
would have to be removed.
The signs are apparently haz
ardous to linemen in the event
of a fall. Mayor Cliff Green
said he would contact Toombs
for more details. Toombs said
Tuesday the co-op estimated
three to four thousands signs
are attached to poles within
Columbia Basin's service dis
trict. Lexington claimed the next
highest turnout with 50 per
cent of its voters going to the
polls. Heppner-Hardman
combined precincts had a 46
percent turnout of registered
voters, Boardman 40 percent
and Irrigon had the smallest
percentage of voters, 39 per
cent voted.
per gallon."
He also asked that he be
allowed to bid on tires for city
vehicles.
"All I ask is that the city get
the best price on tires and
gas," he said.
Mayor Cliff Green appoint
ed council member Warren
Plocharsky, city attorney Bill
Kulin and Heppner Police
Chief Doug Rathbun to a
committee which will draw up
a new bid form.
"Make it fair to every
body," said Green.
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Council begins annexation process
The Heppner City Council
began the process Monday
night of annexing about 13
acres of private property lo
cated near the cemetery into
the city limits.
The property belongs to
Bobbie Angell, who requested
the annexation mainly so she
could have city water provid
ed to the property. Angell has
been to the city council sev
eral times, as well as to the
planning commission.
Her first attempts to have
city water provided to the
shaped property which bord
ers on the new county road.
some sorts of problems, such
as family disputes, death noti
fications, personal crises, and
trauma causing accidents.
Both Sheriff Drago and the
Rev. Watts report that their
own experience has been that
people sometimes take a dim
view of law enforcement of
ficers and are resentful to
, ward them because they are
considered threatening. ; The
presence of a pastor changes
attitudes because the clergy is
generally considered non
threatening, non-biased and
helpful.
Local businesses
Open house set April
Heppner Auto Parts, Inc.
and Heppner Cylinder Head
will be holding an open house
this Friday and Saturday
April 6 and 7 in their new
location at the old creamery
building announced Bob,
Aloha and Chris DeSpain,
owners of the two businesses.
A full schedule is planned;
beginning at 10 a.m. Friday,
donuts, cookies and punch will
be served. Later in the day,
from 3 - 6 p.m., hors d'oeuvres
and champagne punch will be
served also, Saturday morn
ing, April 7 will continue the
open house with donuts, cook
ies, punch and coffee. The
open house will culminate
with the door prize drawing at
11 a.m., Saturday.
The DeSpains encourage
everyone to come in and sign
up for the door prizes which
include a floor jack, a jack
stand, a battery charger, a
hydraulic jack, a " socket
set, a wrench set, an extension
cord, a "cab caddy" for a
pickup, a gas can and more.
Special guests on Friday
will be Tom Zagurski, general
manager of the Portland
NAPA distribution center and
Sandra Johnson, the NAPA
Distribution center represen
tative for the Heppner store.
NAPA helped design the new
store and also as a service,
provided the manpower nec
essary tiove inventory and
stock tne new shelves.
Also on hand during both
days of the celebration will be
the full-time employees of the
auto parts store, Ted Toll who
has worked there for 11 years,
Ron Bowman who has been
with the store four and one
half years, and the DeSpains.
Bob and Aloha DeSpain
bought Heppner Auto Parts in
the building next to Central
Weather
by the City of Heppner
the cemetery, Larry Mills
property, and the Corps of
Engineers road at the top of
cemetery hill, was not well
received by the council.
After several months of
talking to the city Angell
decided to apply for annexa
tion. Monday the council discuss
ed annexation of the property
and the future development of
the cemetery hill area.
"Is it good for the city, and
does it fit with the city's
comprehensive plan?" Mayor
Cliff Green asked the council.
Pointing to other areas a-
cooperate to serve community
The program is set up on a
voluntary basis with one lic
ensed minister on call through
the sheriff's department for a
period of one week. There is
also another pastor on call as
backup in case the first is
unavailable. Volunteers rotate
their service. Other law en
forcement agencies also have
access to the pastor on call
through the sheriff's depart-"
ment.
John Cahill, a representa
tive from the Vernonia, Ore
gon, chaplaincy program met
with 11 area ministers and
Sheriff Drago last Wednesday,
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The crew at Heppner Auto Parts, Inc. who will be on hand during the two day open house this
weekend: Ron Bowman; Aloha and Bob DeSpain, owners; and Ted Toll. 1
Market from Pete and Mary
McMurtry in January 1971 and
have continued the business
with a major change in 1983
when a computer was added
for bookkeeping and total in
ventory control. Before buy
ing the store, the DeSpains
lived in Arlington and had the
Franz bread route. They have
three children, Robert Lee
who lives in Brownsville, Ore.,
with his family; Chris, who
has the cylinder head shop;
and Merry, who is in high
school in Heppner.
Chris DeSpain opened the
Heppner Cylinder Head shop
in January 1977 in the old
location of Heppner Auto
Parts, Inc. With the move he
gained 1,000 sq. ft. for his
business. "We should be more
organized and catergorized
here than in our old shop," he
says.
Post office announces new
Ken Nairns, U.S. Post
master in Heppner 'has an
round Heppner that have been
developed and not added to the
city, Green said annexation
may be a favorable idea.
"To some extent we're go
ing the way of bigger cities.
People are moving to the
suburds. Fifty percent of the
business owners on main
street don't even live within
the city limits," he said.
Green pointed to Blackhorse
Canyon, Heppner Condon
Highway and other areas de
veloped near the city which
are not in the city limits.
"That's (Cemetery Hill) an
attractive area," said coun-
March 28 to discuss some of
the successes of the program
there and to help them get the
program going in this area. He
said that their law enforce
ment agencies have noted of
ficers have not left the law
enforcement profession be
cause of traumatic events in
which they have been involv
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Additional training in emer
gency procedures, weapons,
operation of the radio emer
gency medical training will be
available for the pastors, re
ports the Rev. Watts, but he
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He designed his own shop
after visiting several large
machine shops and studying
how things went through the
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Chris DeSpain with the seat and guide machine which
installs seats and guides in integral cast heads at Heppner
Cylinder Head.
nounced that the post office
will no longer be open until 5
pm Saturdays.
High Low Precip.
Tues., March 27 56 38 ' -W
Wed., March 28 53 34 37
Thur., March 29 53 31
Fri March 30 55 37 03
Sat., March 31 53 34 02
Sun., April l 56 34 01
Mon., April 2 57 34
Total precipitation for
March was 3.64 inches. Nor
mal for March is 1.19 inches.
cilmember Les Paustian,
"people are going to want to
live there. It's near a road and
that's important to some
people."
A public hearing on the
proposed annexation will be
held at the next city council
meeting May 7, at 8 p.m. The
hearing will start the process
for annexation which will also
have to be approved by the
city planning commission.
The council also discussed
the possibility of annexing a
larger area on cemetery hill to
accommodate possible future
growth there.
stresses that Sheriff Drago
intends to use the Chaplaincy
program primarily in the
areas of their pastorial exper
tise so as to prevent conflicts
and possible problems with
confidentiality in shared
cases.
The Rev. Watts says that
"Part of our roll as pastors is
to help the community and the
chaplaincy program enables
us to minister to members of
the community other than our
congregations in a different
way than in the past."
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of the shop and then through
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