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The Heppner Gazette-Times , - M orrou.' C o u n t y ’s H o m e - O w n e d W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r \oi I« : NO M m i H S D U . JI I.v it. i9*t H «‘ p p ii«’ r. O n f i n j- M I1 (1,1V . Plant's at the tiedow n area o f the Lexington \ir p o r t The l.exington Airport is schedili e<l to receive .1 $500.000 grant for basic airport improvement, staff Senator Mark Hatfield s Washington member Craig Higgins of Oregon office announced Monday July 23 The grant is provided by aviation fuel taxes which are then allotted tw< k to air|»'t is which show the need and qualifications depending on the volume and the tv pi- of aircraft which an airport reports they re ceive money lo r im provem ents which are **" jiercent federally fin Lexington to celebrate Comity Centennial Sat. f 1 anced The five percent state and live percent local financing need not he cash hut may he in the form of serv e-e Morrow County Judge l»on McKI ligoit said that he was happy to get the news because attaining funds from the Basic Airport Improve mrnl Program is a project which he inherited in 1979 when he succeeded Judge Paul Jones The proposed use for the money is to build a 4 .xm runway, refurbish the taxiwavs install a glide angle ippioaih lighting system and (save (he tie down area When the project is completed, the airport will (a- able to accommodate utilitv class airplanes of the prop jet type said Judge McKlligott The county has already bought most of the property needed for the project with funds allotted by the tutu fiscal year budget revenue sharing funds A fly over easement has U-en obtained from Bill Nichols which means that he agrees not to build anything over 2 »x) ft high at the end of his property which would extend into the air space Pat Cutsforth donated IS 76 acres to the airport and an additional 9 5 acres ol rangeland at the west end of the runway and I 95 acres of wheatland is in the process of tiring acquired by corsteinnation concluded the judge Marine Board delays ruling The Oregon State Marine Hoard agreed at a meeting Tuesday, July IT that it was premature to proceed with the proposed rule change which would prohibit motorboats on Willow t'reek l-akc and restrict the lake's use to electric motors said director Paul IMnheflner The tmard decided to take no action at this time The Marine Hoard will be in Heppner sometime during late Aug ust or September to inspect the lake and observe the typos of use w hich it L a rry M ills , m anager. shows la w n in o w e r donated by M o rro w C o u n ty (»rain G rowers. Schedule of Events 1 p.m. . Balloons Ten balloons donated by the county will fie released Flach balloon will contain a note promoting the Morrow County Centennial with instructions that the note tie returned to the Morrow County Historical Society The person returning the ballunn from farthest away will receive .1 price 1 - 5 p.m. - Bingo at the l.( ).( ).K. IIa ll - Concessions at D e l’s M a rk e t Pop. popcorn and cotton candy w ill be for sale on the sidewalk in fr->nt o Del's Market _ - r lea Market - Dart Throwing at the C hevron Station 2 p.m. - Kids Games t.am rs will include a balloon relay, a three legged race a frog jumping contest 1 Bring your own frog», a peanut race and a coin hunt 2 - 6 : 3 0 p.m. * Chicken Dinner served at the I.O .O .F . H a ll 4 p.m. - Friendship Park Dedication 5 p.m. - Lawnmower Drawing donateti by M o rro w b o u n ty (»rain G row ers 9 p.m. ‘ Street Dance Two local hands will alternate providing music for dancers from an old wagon f receives Because of the lake's size and location, the board agreed with suggestions h> some local residents that the lake will probably not receive much use from out of town ers The Board also acknowledged a wide range of legitimate concerns from local citizens concerning the lake and want to allow an additional opportunity for citizens to have some input before the ruling is made East Heppner experienced power outage Mon. the sewer hookup to the Morrow A power outage Monday. July 23 County F'airgrounds dup up the main left most of the east part of Heppner underground line from the Heppner without electricity for about an hour substation which supplies the sec until a temporary hookup could be tion of Heppner east of Main street made onto a circuit which supplies After power was restored. Colum power to the west part of town, said bia Basin crews continued to work Columbia Basin F.lectnc Co-op Man until H p m repairing the under ager F red Toombs ground cable which had been distur The outage t>egan atout 3 p m tied, concluded Toombs when city county crews working on $12 million land sale recorded in N. Morrow sK F arms the big South Korean Corn pr-slucer located near Board man has sold its farmland to an Arab for a rejorted 112 million Ai 1 ording to county records the land was sold July 1) to Abdulla Taha Itakhsh of Juddah. Saudi Arabia Although the H mm acre farm was sold. SK will continue to raise crops there under a long term lease agree ment with the new owners, F'arm manager Joon Han Choi said Tues day SK raises feed corn which is shipped to South Korea via a loading terminal on the Columbia Kiver. at the Port of Morrow in Boardman Top of Willow Dam sealed laist Thursday, July 19. Dave Mowat construction from Bellevue Washington, brought a large crane to Heppner to help in placing the concrete seal on the top of Willow Creek Dam The seal, according to Herb Bess ey. Army Corps of Fingineers Pro ject Manager is a special latex and concrete blend which was mixed at the toe of the dam and lifted by one yard burketfull to the top of the dam where it was smoothed out over the surface The flat covering will make it possible for vehicles to have the access necessary fo monitor the dam Because daytime temperatures were too warm for the concrete High 98 93 88 •3 78 83 92 law 57 51 47 42 46 57 63 I ’ r r t ip Trace Trace b> the (!il\ of Heppner $500,000 awarded for Lexington Airport * Tues . July 17 Wed July 18 Thurs . July 19 F'ri . July 2 0 Sat . July 21 Sun . July 22 Mon . July 23 most of the work was done during Thursday and F riday night Next week, work is expected to begin on the access road to the right side of the dam which will be used by dam personnel, Bessey concluded Filing deadline set for Aug. 30 August 3n is the filing deadline for nominating petitions to four l-exing ton city offices which w ill be voted on in the November general election Petitions may he filed with Lex ington City Hall for a two year mayor position, two four year city council positions, and the four year city recorder's spot Open House to be held Mon., July 30 at Gazette-l imes G-T joins 100 yr club D a vid and A p ril Sykes hold the 100-year co m m em o ra tive plaque a w anitnl at last F rioay rid a y ’s s D IM *A convention. The Heppner Gazette Times be came a member of the Oregonian US) Year Club Friday, when publish er Dav id Sv kes was presented with a plaque by Donald J Sterling Jr . assistant to the publisher of The Oregonian The award is given to Oregon businesses reaching the 1UO year mark, anil the Gazette became the (With member of the club Sterling read a brief history of the paper during the presentation, which was made during a luncheon at the annual Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association convention in Rippling River Resort near Wei ches Oregon The Gaiette Times w as founded in Murch of liuti and has passisi through many owners heiore David and April Sykes hough! it in June o( HNM) Frizes awarded at ()fx*n House The Heppner Gazette Times will fa- celebrating its first loo years next Monday July 30 Publishers David and April Sykes encourage everyone to come by. have some refresh mrnts. and sign up for the free drawing .Anyone who comes into our office Monday may sign up for li n t worth of Irce printing or one of two free life time subscriptions to the Ca zette Times Hooks with photos of the Hcppncr F'tre of 1983 will he on sale for 50 cents, a reduction from the regular price of $1 25 Coffee, cake, and punch will la- served from 9 a m to 5 p m The drawing w ill la- at 5 p m G-T has m any owners during its 100 years Morrow County's official news paper has had many owners over the jvast 100 years, and although the county has had sev-.-ral newspapers ta-sides the Heppner (iazette Times over the years, the (iazette remains number one as far as newspapers are concerned tn this county The first issue of the "Heppner Gazette ' was published March 30. ItUU by J H Siine After several months in Heppner, Stine moved away and John W Hedington took over operation of the paper as editor and manager for the next five years By F'ebruary of HUM, another newspaper, the "T im es," was in operation with Homer Hallock as editor and the fight between the Gazettte and the Times was on Historic accounts state that Red ington accused Hallock and Augu.s tus Mallory, both notaries public, with charging homesteaders too much to locate land 'the Gazette offered to locate settlers for no charge» Hedington also inferred that Mallory had stolen a hog F'rom this, Hedington derived the slogan. "Heppner Gazette Hell on Hog Thieves and Hypocrites " To escape libel suits, the account noted. Red ington put out a small sheet entitled The Heppner Gizzard. Jr which was ' ground out whenever the mule press feels like it " The Times lasted only a few weeks In 1887, Hedington sold to the Rev Henry Hasmus The stepping out of Hedington was noted in 'The New York World” as he had become well known by large papers for his outspoken editorials Beforr the year was ever. Hasmus sold out to the Patterson Publishing Company and for many yi-.irs the paper was published by brothers Otis and Alva Patterson In IH98. Patterson moved to The Dalles and left the (iazette in charge of ( orleis Merritt until F'ebruary I9i»i when Hedington bought it hack Krdmg ton kept the paper about IH months and then sold out to F'red W.irnock and Fid Mitchell Two years later, Warnock purchased Mitchell's in lerest and ran the business until 1910 Meanwhile, the second ' The Hep pner Times had been established in November 1897 by E M Shutl •'hull was elected county sheriff in 1902 and sold the Times to A J flicks, who kept up competition with the Gazette Hicks ran the paper for 10 years, and then Shutt look over again During the time that Hedington was owner of the (iazette and Shutt had the Times, the two men once battled out their differences on Main St (See related story > In December 1910, Vawler t'raw ford, formerly of the Morrow County Record purchased the Gazette from Warm» k On F ebruary 16. 1912. Crawford eliminated competition between the two Heppner papers by purchasing the Times from Shutt and consolidated the papers into the Heppner (iazette Times However, in April 1914. the Heppner Herald was started by I, K Harlan former ly of Condon and lone and the G T was in competition once again After several Herald owners, S A Patttson took over until 1924 when a fire sapped his resources and he C o n tin u e d . Fa«!* 3
