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A search warrant executed on one
residence resulted in the seizure of a
large amount of illegal fireworks
some drugs and drug paraphernalia
Methamphetammes Speed marl
juana seeds opium poppies, and
cocaine were among the illegal
drugs which were seized Officers
report that the cocaine was cut to ho
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percent strength Normal strength
of the drug for street sale is 40
percent
James Henson was also cited by
Oregon State f’olice for possession of
Protected Animal Parts an Faglr
claw and an owl claw >
Charges are still pending on the
illegal fireworks
Septic tank problems at lone
schools could cost up to $19.1*10 to
have repaired the Morrow County
S hool Hoard was informed Monday
n.ghl
Meeting in Irrigon lor its regular
Julv meeting the board heard from
lone High School Principal Chuck
S • rr who said he recently received
set Aug. .30
Resurfacing
nearly complete
The Oregon State Highway Divi
sion has just completed an oil job on
the seven mile section of Willow
Creek Koad just northwest of Hep
pner The oil job tiegan last Tuesday
morning July to and was complet
•si except lor brooming by Thurs
day afternoon July 12 The broom
mg pro.ess involves sweeping the
loose ro. k from the edge of the
highway into the wheel tracks which
helps to make a tielter wearing
surface said Dar Brice District 12
office manager for the State High
way Division
The purpose of the oil job. he
continues is twolold first to restore
the seal on the road s surface which
increases its skid resistance, mak
mg it s.iler to drive on when wet. and
second to extend the life of the road
The striping crew he predicted
will repaint the center line and fog
line during the late summer or early
fall
Residents at nursing home enjoy picnic
Jesse Furlong 'left
re la x
m th e
sha de at
Marvel Jones, and Getta Cox
the Hospital Auxiliary sponsored
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the estimate from a Pendleton en
gineer
Starr said the septic system ap
patently stopped functioning during
the spring causing sewer backup at
faith the high school and grade
school
lie said the present septic lank
and drain field, which are located
across the street from the high
school near Willow Creek, are "pret
ty deep" and the increased rainfall
this spring has raised the water
table enough to stop the system from
draining
Starr said the High School tank
had to be pumped three limes last
spring, and the grade school twice
The I lepurtment of Knvironmen
tal Quality was informed of the
septic problem and has instructed
the district on how to put in a new
system
School board members were
shocked at the high price on the
engineer's estimate, and told school
administrators to explore other
ways to correct the system
Starr said the cost was only an
estimate hut that the engineer
recommended adding a l.ooo gallon
dosing tank two pumps and pressur
lied pipe to meet DF.Q standards
In other business, the board
hired the following teachers for the
coming school year
Debra Chris
tensen grade 2. and Karen Clough
grade I at Heppner Klem entary.
Sheila Gilmartln Needham art at
A C Houghton. Sam Hoar dm an Jay
Harman Industrial Arts at River
side Katherine Jurrich music at
Riverside and Sam Koardman. Da
vid I .arson grade 5 at A C Hough
ton Sharon Morris grade 3 at lone
Richard Sip.' Physical education
at Columbia Jr High and Terry
Starr grade 6 at Sam Hoardman
received resignations from
teachers Scott W ilson, sixth grade at
Sam Hoardman Caryn Schmidt,
speech A language Sam Hoardman
Jim Kowalkowski. PK and health,
Columbia Junior High and A C
Houghton and Bon tlrape. mdust
rial arts. Riverside High
heard a report from boardmem
tier* looking for replacement tiudget
committee members, that they are
not having much luck
heard a report and slide show
presentation from Hoardman phy
sciati Dr Sam I'obani about the
effects of drunk driv ing in Oregon
Pntianz showed graphic slides of
auto wrecks from drunk drivers, and
urged hoard members as parents
and responsible adults in the com
munity to work towards educating
the public on the ill effects of the
drunk driver
learned that district principals
will meet with new school super in
tondont Doyle MeCaslin on July 29
and 30 to lay dow n long range goals
for administrators, students and
other aspects of the "direction" of
the district
MeCaslin suggested
that the school hoard get together
for a similar session before the
August meeting
awarded u bid to purchase a 19HS
Chevrolet pickup from Sherrell
Chevrolet. Hernuston. for $7.266 35
Other bidders were Pendleton Ford
Mercury lancoln, $7,7:15, Kohrmnnn
Motor Co $7 4 19 12 Myrick Chrys
ler Dodge $ 7 . .">95. and Myrick Chry
sler I H>dge (second bidi $7,396
elected Jerry McFlligott. lone,
to a second year as Imard chairper
son and Joe Stevens, Hoardman. two
a second term us vice-chairperson
P*cm c Monday July 16 ReneeSimmor islanding) was
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rmbet who helped plan the event
County Courthouse may receive national recognition
The Morrow County Courthouse
will receive national recognition for
it's architectural significance if
plans for a nomination of the build
ing to the National register of
Historic Places continue to prog
ress
The National Register of Historic
Places is the official list of the
Nation s cultural resources worthy
of preservation
lasting in the
National Register makes property
owners eligible to tie considered
lor Federal grants in aid lor historic
preservation through State Pro
grams lasting also provides protec
tion through comment by the Advis
ory Council on Historic Preservation
on the effect of federally financed ,
assisted or licensed undertakings
on historic properties
All nominations to the National
Register are made by the Slate
through the appropriate State His
tone Preservation officer Federal
agencies may also nominate proper
ties under their jurisdiction or con
trol through designated Federal
Representatives
The National Register is maintain
ed hy the National Park Service,
I S Department of the Interior
under authority of the National
Historic Preservation Act of 1966 It
is a list containing districts, sites,
archeological sites buildings struc
lures and objects of national, state
and local significance
The National Register is a mech
unixm which ensures that existing
Interim pastor arrives at Hope-Valby parish
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The Rev Hans Nordmark his
wife. Kathy, and 15 year old son
Chris have arrived at the Hop«' Val
by parish where the Rev Nordmark
will serve during the interim be
tween the Rev John Maas and the
hiring tiv the congregations of anoth
er permanent pastor
He earned hts Bachelor of Arts in
pre theology at the University of
Saskatoon Saskatchewan Canada
then attended I.other Seminary also
in Saskatoon He has served on the
staff of Camrose Lutheran College
Camrose \llierta has spent five
years on the road working for the
Canadian Bible Society, and has
served churches in Canada North
Dakota Gold Beach and Madras
Two vears ago he took a sabbatical
year after serving the parish at
Council hears request for water service
The Heppner City Council met
Monday. July 16 for a regular
meeting rescheduled because a quo
rum was not present on Monday,
July 2. the normal first Monday
meeting dale
The following business was con
ducted reports Marshall Lovgren.
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l»> the ( iitx of Heppner
Filing deadline
Filing deadline for nominating
petitions is August to for Heppner
City Mayor s office and for four city
council spots
The two year city mayor position
is currently held by Cliff Green
tine of the city council positions is
a two-year term held by appointee
Cara Costa since Joyce Winter's
resignation
One of the four year positions has
been vacant since Ron Forarr's
resignation in May The other two
four year positions are currently
held by council members Warren
Plocharskv and la-s Paustian
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School board shocked at cost
to repair septic system
Major narcotics investigation
brings arrest of 3 Heppner men
As the result of an undercover
narcotics investigation in the Hep
poor area by the Morrow County
Sheriff's Office. Oregon State Po
lice Morrow County District Attor
ney s Office and Heppner Police
Department, three people were ar
rested on Grand Jury Indictments
The investigation has been on
going for the last several months
Arrested in Heppner and the sur
rounding area were
James Kay Steelman. 29. two
counts of Delivery of a controlled
subst.inre and Criminal Conspiracy
to deliver a controlled substance
one count of delivery of a controlled
substance
Total bail is set at
$15.000
James Clarence Henson. 20. two
counts ol delivery ol a controlled
substance and Criminal Conspiracy
to deliver a controlled substance
Bail set at $10.000
Nathan Kay Hammons. 30. two
counts of delivery of a controlled
substance and Criminal Conspiracy
to deliver a controlled substance
Hail set at $ 10.000
All three were arrested Friday.
July 13 in the Heppner area and are
currently being held at the Umatilla
County Jail in Pendleton
The
investigation is continuing and fur
(her arrests are expected, said a
spokesperson from the Sheriff's O f
fice
The investigation is leading
outside the countv
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Tues . July 10
Wed . July 11
Thurs July 12
F n . July 13
Sat . July 14
Sun July 15
Mon . July 16
High
Bobbie Angell requested water
service at her property on the hill
near the cemetery She had request
ed the service before and been
refused by the City With the new
city well, five additional hookups
will be available for property adja
cent to that purchased by the city
from Peter Lennon Angell reouoxt
ed one of those five hookups
A
committee w ill study the matter and
report back to the Council
Sid Knopp requested an animal
permit The Chief of Police was to
evaluate the property for which it
was requested and report back to the
council
An animal permit renewal was
granted to Duane Neiffer
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Madras for 12 years Since then, he
has served an interimcy at a church
in Tacoma He says that when the
right opportunity and the right
church extends a call he will again
accept a Church, but at this time. I
<ton i know where and when that will
he "
The Rev Nordmark says that so
far the most exciting part of his
ministry was the five years he was
with the < anadian Bible Society He
worked with all denominations and
cays it afforded him a broader
lee per understanding of the Church
which broadened him to accept and
to understand a wide variety of
people and a wide variety of expres
smns of faith
The work a pastor does is similar
lo what a lot of other people do. but
ihere is always one difference, a
pastor is motivated by the Gospel,
the Good News Anyone who would
go into the ministry for any other
reason than a sense of Divine call is
crazy. he says
The only legiti
macy of ministry is ministering to
people on the basis of the Gospel
His role in the Lutheran Parish
here he explains is basically to act
as a bridge filling the gap until
another pastor is called His initial
impression of Heppner and south
Morrow County is that the “ people
are open and friendly, trusting
cultural and historic
resources
which may lx- affected by federally
licensed or funded projects are
considered In the federal planning
prixess The Register, therefore, is
one tool in a planning prix'ess which
attempts to take into account such
resources prior to expenditure of
federal tax dollars or the issuance of
federal licenses which will change
the I ik al environment Simply pul.
listing in the National Register is
federal recognition that a property
possesses cultural and historic val
ucs which should tie considered
worthy of preservation
With the aid of a grant from the
State Historic Preservation Office,
the Morrow County Commission has
enlisted the services of a Pendleton
architectural firm, James Lynch
and Asscxiates. to research the style
and construction of the Courthouse
and prepare a nomination to the
National Registrr said a spokrsper
son for the firm
A prominent Oregon architect.
Fdgar La/arus. designed the Court
house in 1902 Mr l^uarus is most
well known for his design of the
Crown Point Vista House in the
Columbia Gorge, although many of
his buildings are quite noteworthy
The eighty one year old building
was completed just three months
liefore the disastrous Willow t reek
FU kh I of 1903 It was onr of only a
few Heppner buildings that com
pletely escaped damage from the
raging water
Research into the history of the
Courthouse tiegan last month with
the architects visiting Heppner for
two days, photographing the build
mg and gathering information from
numerous l<xal citizens
They re
port a need for the citizens of
Heppner and Morrow County to
assist with the research effort
Specific needs are old photographs
of the interior of the Courthouse,
prior to thr I94<ls. photos of the
exterior north and east sides prior to
1940 and any photographs of the
building under construction in
19U2 03
Should your family photo albums
contain any photographs, as men
honed alxive. you are encouraged to
call Jumrs Lynch and Assix-iates.
AIA in Prndlrlon collect, at 276-
K62.V to describe your photos If they
are selected for Inclusion in the
National Register nomination, they
will be carefully handled, copied and
returned to you by insured mail
assures a spokesperson for the firm
Anyone providing photographs
that are used will receive credit in
the nomination for their assistance
Dance to honor
Princess Bridgett
Princess Hridgett Greenup's Ro
deo Dance has been rescheduled for
this Friday. July 20 9 p m to 1 a m
at the Morrow County Fair Pavilion
Music will tie provided by the band
"Citadel featuring Bridget!'* cous
in Matt Greenup Cost will he $3 jier
person
This dance will tie the last in thr
series leading up to rodeo weekend
when two nights of music and
darning will be provided August 17
and Ik The rixleo is a non profit
production and the dances provide
an extended promotion of the fair
and rodeo
“ The previous two
dances together have been able to
pay for themselves and that it the
most that we hope for,” says dance
director I>nn Christensen "all ages
are welcome to attend ’