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Final stages of Willow Creek Dam nearing completion KOI K-Th* Hrppnrr O u r tU T Im n . Hrppnrr Oregon. Ihurvdav. Jul> I I, i m i l alivi inside control building regulate flou site are on temporary assign ment here The Alfalfa Street bridge contract involves the removal of the old bridge and its replacement with a wider con Crete bridge After complr lion of the bridge in Septem tier, the Corps will reconstruct the portion of the Willow Creek channel which flows under the bridge to fit its span Willow Creek Dam above Heppner is nearing complr lion with only three contracts currently under the jurisdic lion of the Army Corps of Kngineerv who were respons ible for building the dam The only permanently assigned Corps member still with the dam is Project Kngineer Herb Bessey from the Walla Walla office Other corpsmen at the HEPPNER M U N IC IP A L | PO OL S W IM M IN G LESSONS I Jul> 10 to 2uth 1 \d\an« rd h rg in n m 9 4 5 to ID 3«) A.M I lltrK innrr* 1» 15 la It 15 \ M I IP rr b fK in n frt Mother« welcome) 11 ; 30 |o 12: IMI niMin 1 Jul) 21 to tugutt 3rd Swimmrr s and ad«anrrd «wimmert lln trr nirdlatr* AuKutt 7 to 17th Junior lifrtaving ISrnior IHrsa\ ing f *wt' l i « ni prr prrvoa \ \| 1 1 (5 \ M 1 Il «Mito It 15 A M I 9 IMI to II) IMI P M 1 III IMI til III 1, Il IMI lo 1 AQUATIC FITNESS S ta rtin g J u ly lO th ro u g h A u g Also included with this con tra d is the lands« aping pro ject below the dam which just h.ipjx ns to tie in the shape of a ball field says Bessey When the contract is completed the area will lie seeded and sodded with trees and shrubs planted around the e«lge of the park Although the I ki . i I ramp its elf is completed to a usable stage, the contra« t for the I kki I ramp also includes the con struction of a restroom and more landscaping around the area "People have sur«- la i n us mg the recreation ar«'u says liessey, ' I'm glad to s e e it Dave Mow at Construction has the «!•-< k treatment con tract which «alls for the final scaling of the top of the dam with a smooth surface so that nei-ded equipment « an l«e driv en onto th«‘ top of the dam, which will nol tie considered a road for public access Another project which must he completed before the dam is considered finished is con struction of a road which would pruvidr access to the north end of the dam for maintenance purposes The original proposal by the Corps was for a one lane gravel type road closed to public access which would run from upper Willow Creek road along the hillside and connect with a city street on hospital hill The city of Heppner w ithdrew an easement for construction of that road and the Corps alternate plan is for a road which w ill "zigzag up the side of the hill to the top of the dam Bessey predicts a busy sum mer for himself tiefore the turnover of the project from the Walla Walla district to the Portland district office is com pleted He has a H S in Civil Kngineermg from Idaho State I niversity and spends a g«K*l «leal of time che< king to s«*e that contractors stay on sche dole and that quality of the work is maintained Although Bessey will re main with the Walla Walla office the recommendation to k«*ep someone on permanent assignment for operation of the dam has tieen made to the Portland office An intake tan is suspended by cables from the small building on the top of the dam The intake taix ran be raised and lowered allowing the wa ter which goes through the spillway to come from any level of the p«Ki| tiehind the dam This allows some con trol over the water quality Ix'low the «lam Also from the top of the «lam. a telephone system is connected to a float contained in a pipe The float goes up aiuldown with the level of the jkhi I ami the telephone system allows the engineer to deter mine the ex at t height of the | hki I P llim atrly the sarne typeof system will monitor all the creeks near Hrppner and lx- hiMiked up to the master . 676 -5 0 34 676-M M H for info or registration Paula PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Heppner has building requirements that have to be met. Check at City Hall before you build, we will help you the best we can. This information is free of charge. A building placed incorrectly on a lot may cost you considerably more to correct. Marshall Lovgren, City Administrator f p TE S I 1 "5 R SERVICE | _ _ R RADIATO A O p e n S a tu rd a y G ilb e r t Lutes, 10 to 2 O w ner P ffO trtrv O u j V V 7 30 % discount PlixTianiky c o re s m stock fo r fo rd A C h«vy p ic k u p s 67 thru UNINSURED LOSS 1 y r. w a r r a n ty on th e a b o v e f 20% discount on tru c k a n d tr a c t o r cores. « * ULTRA S O N IC S O U N D -W A V E S (The only one in the Hermiston area» 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Mon. - Fri. % m ile S. o t U m a tilla S p e e d w a y Hermiston McNary Highway Hermiston 5 6 7 -6 8 2 4 home A businwis — otherwise, there was free time and unorganized dances until Vespers services around the campfire Vespers services were followed by refresh ments and bedtime about II 30 The girls agreed that the ties! part of the workshop was meeting new friends and learning from other states It gave you a I mmisi to want to do more, said L’aula Several workshops were off erc<! throughout the conferen ce Both girls said that the workshop alMiut peer pres sure.alcohol and drugs pre sented by policemen from Nevada and California, the Nevada governor's wile and representatives from the Safe Ride program in the Reno Sparks area was the most interesting A program like Safe Ride is really good, hut It would I k - kind of hard to do SPOIL YOUR VACATION Make sure your recreational equipment & ^ vehicle insurance is up to date TURNER J ftls ftfu .' ns « ■ » L 'J V A N M ARIER m m & BRYANT M i C y à -ifo y 1*. --wiBgSSj INSURANCE I 8 7 KOSTM MAN STRUT M«PeN 4 « 0 * 1 0 0 « 4 IS 16 - ' * «se « Fare of dam u ith seepage marks shott ing OF THE M O N TH G ott TRASH CAN Corps engineer Herb liessey 32 GALLON 1332 (7 BOMj M od« « it r a of u n b r e a k a b le th ick plastic RIETMANN'S HARDWARE lone Construction of restroom is undencay near boatramp Kimberly Hughes DON'T LET AN 79 Have your radiator cleaned in minutes instead of hours! and Two Heppner 4 H'ers. l ’aula I’ locharsky and K im berly Hughes have recently return ed from a Western Region 4 II Leadership conference held at a 40 acre camp on Lake Tahoe near Stafeline, Nevada June 24 29 During the workshop, the girls report that their days tn-gan at 6 30 a m with a flag raising ceremony followed by breakfast at 7 15 which in eluded serving, cleanup and garbage picking up dutit-s Mornings included two work shops followed hy lunch at niMtn One afterniMin work shop w a s followed by free time each day during free time 4 H ers were able to play volleyball, go canoeing raft mg. or swimming Dinner at 6 p m was followed hy mixer games which were organized by different states each night Sometimes there w a s a key note speaker about 8 p m . on Ford & C h e vy p ic k u p cores M ost ' 6 year warranty in a small community they had 2541 volunteers It takes Ixith adults and students." said Kimberly Roth girls were impressed with the \ espers serv ices which they described as ser urns and not g«K>f off time With different stati-s in churge some of the \ 1-spors serv ices included singing and pro grams on friendship or pain otism Thi- 16 member ore lo n e P o o l Call A concern to many people has been the leakage of water through the walls of (he dam Although leakage can still he seen by the wet damp face of the dam and in the gallery < a tunnel which runs through the dam - the recently completed $2 m illion grouting project has reduced that leakage by 90 percent The leakage will continue to decrease through the years, says Bessey as minerals in the water cause a natural solidification of the dam wail Heppner 4-H ers attend Leadership Workshop Tuesdays «St Thursdays 6 to 7 a.m « M computer at the Morrow Coun ly Courthimxe The master computer would then analyze all the input data from the streams and sound the flood alarm if conditions are pre sent The area behind the dam is sufficient to handle 4.000 acre feet of water however, this means that between the nor mal 2.063 acre foot level of water an acre foot is an acre one foot deep behind the dam and the top of the spillway is «•nough area to handle the amount of water which would cause a "100 year flood, that is one the size shich devastat ed Heppner in 1903 For this reason Bessey says, the pi» sibility of w atrr ever spilling over the top of the spillway is extremely remote Should such a situation occur that water must bo held behind the dam above the normal pool level that probably what would occur is that after a few «lavs when the water levels in the creeks subsided the water would be allowed to go through the dam at a rate which would maintain a safe level in the creeks A control building at the base of the dam contains two larger pipes used in the spring and a smaller pipe, extending to a higher level in the pool which would be used during the summer These pipes connect the intake ( kix to the spillway IN THE ( IRC! IT ( i l l RT II I M il NT VI F OF OREGON I- (i|( T H E Cut N'T\ uL MORROW No 7424 INLAND EMPIRE BANK an Oregon Ranking Corporation. L’ laintiff, vs DAKRKI.l. <i T R IM R IL L , aka Darrell Gene Trumbull D fieri«- Trumbull and tiene Trumbull, and KATHLEEN M ITU MBt i L and AKER n \N i \l( W IV L l f E IN M R \N< K CO Defendants NOTICE OK S H E R IF F'S S \ l E O F REAL PROPERTY AND PERSONAL PROPER n By virtu«- of an execution lssii<-d out of the above entit led court in the subject cause on June 6. l-«84 pursuant to a judgment and a d«-cree ren dered May 14 19H4 and enter ed May 15 1984 in favor of the plaintiff and against Darrell (i Trumbull and Kathleen M Trumbull defendants wherein it was decreed that a certain mortgage and security agree ment held by plaintiff be foreclosed and that the real property subject to the mort gage lien and the personal property and "collateral per sonal property" to satisfy a judgment against Darrell G Trumbull and Kathleen M Trumbull, defendants, in the following sums, to wit 1 ' $184.656 48 principal. 21 IS perc«*nt interi*st per annum on said $184.656 48 from May 6 1981 until paid. «31 $602 541 for foreclosure report 4 $ lll 5o for court costs. gon delegation was in charge of the serv ice the last evening The 16-member Oregon dele gallon was in charge of the service the last evening Other events of the confer ence included a ’ our of Virgin la City and Carson City ending at the governor's mansion for a barbecue a Hawuan t.uau. and the last evening a cruise on latke Tahoe w ith a dance on hoard the boat for all 157 4 II ers at the conference < S• $1588 50 for attorney's fees. 6 1 $2 490 for 1979 1980 real properly taxes paid, (7) Id percent interest per annum on said $2.490 from December 19, 1963 until date of d«*cree. t e May 14. 1984 in the sum of $100 28 I w ill on Tuesday. July 24. 1984 at 10 00 o'clock A M at .14X1 N F. Olson Road. Board man. Oregon, the location of the personal property and real property. sell at public auction subject to redemption as to the r«‘al property as provid«*d by law i to the htghes bidder for cash, all of the interest the a bo ve nam ed d e fe n d a n ts, Darrell (i Trumbull and Ka thleen M Trumbull had on January 27. 1981, the dat of the mortgage and all the interest which the said defendants had thereafter in the following descrilK-d real property Tract A Commencing at the one quarter corner common to Sections 9 and to. Township 4 North Range 25 East. W M thence South 89 degree 57'40 West along the East West cen ter of section line of Section 9. Township 4 North, Range 25 East. W M , a distance of 20 00 leel. to the W«-st right of way line of Olson Road Ihence continuing South 89 degrees 57 '40 West along the Fast West center of section line, a distance of 210 000 feel, thence North 00 de grees 55'15' West, a distance of 191 00 feet to the true point of beginning of this desenp tion, Thence continuing North 00 d«*gree* 5515" West, s dis tance of 162 00 feet, thence South 76 degrees 07'52" ATTEN TIO N FA RM ERS! PREMIUM GRADE MALATHION LIQUID & BUFFER «MALATHION 6% DUST I ’ro lo cl y o u r new fa rm stored ¿¡rain fro m iiiHert d am a g e with M alath io n liq u id a n d diiHt.Get long -term in se rt co n tro l for about a jM’im v p er bunhel. PETTYJOHN O IL A N D CHEMICAL CO M PANIES 4 2 2 -7 5 1 1 Fast, a distance of 216 34 feet, to the said West right of way line of Olson Road, thence along said West ri ght o f way line of Olson Ho ad South 00 degr«-es 55'15" East a distance of llooo feet thence South 88 de grees 53 40" West a distan ce of 210 oo f«-et. to the true point of beginning for this des cription All being in the Co unty of Morrow . State of Or egon Containing 0 66 acres Tract B Commencing at the one quarter corner common to Sections 9 and 10, Township 4 North Range 25 East. W M thence South 89 degr«-es 57 441 West along the East West center of seciont line of Section 9 Township 4 North Range 25 East W M , a dist ance of 20 oo fe t. to the W est right-of-way line of Olson Road, thence continuing So uth 89 degrees 57'40" West a long said Fast W«-st center of section line a distance of 210 00 feet thence North 00 degrees 55T5" W«rsl, a dis tance of 353 00 feet to the true point of beginning for this dtKwription Thence continuing North 00 degrex-s 55T5' West, a dts tance of 102 09 leet. thence North 89 degrees 57'40" East a distance of 210 00 feet, to the said West right of way line of Olson Road. thence a long said West right of way line of Olson Road South 00 degrexrs 55'15" East, a dis tance of 150 18 feet, thence North 76 degrees 07 52" West, a distance of 216 34 feet, to the true point of be ginning All being in the Co unty of Morrow, State of Or Containing o 64) acres egon IONE and all of the interest the above named defendants had on January 27. 1981. the date of the security agreement, and all the interest which said defendants had thereafter in the following descritK-d p«-r sonal property and "collateral personal property" located on the said real property ta i All buildings, including doors, partitions. el«*ctric al components and insula tion. «t> > Eight 25' x 30' Butler steel buildings ic > Four 24' x 30' Butler sti-el buildings, di Ten 8 x8 wooden barns. *ei All fixturi-s on said real property, if i All rents and receivables from said personal pro pe rly, • g > All leasehold interxrst to said real property, h i All Cyclone fencing. and it l All electrical panels All of defendants Darrell G Trumbull and Kathleen M Trum bulls interest in that real property described as "Tract A ", along with all personal property thereon and said personal property collat eral on said real property, shall be sold first and as a unit Then if the proceexls from that sale are not satisfac tory to satisfy the judgments awarded herein, that real pro perty described as "Tract B" along with all personal prop erly thereon and said collater a! personal property on said real property shall be sold second Dated this llth day of June. 1984 Roy Drago Morrow County Sheriff Published June 21, 28. July 5, 12. 1984
