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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.
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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
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- 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
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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
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$500,000 awarded for Lexington Airport
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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
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