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I »Hi K rvi.i s liv th«* 1.it> iif Heppner Heppner. * > regoli High 45 50 51 53 59 64 lo » 33 30 30 36 44 46 40 1‘r f i 20 01 March 198. inlal precipiation I 63 March 1964 precipitation 3 64 Norm.il precipitation lor March I I» It rather Morrow C o u n t y ' s H o m e - O w n e d Weekly N e w s p a p e r 2b 27 28 2« 30 31 I H eppner has new dog control law The city of Heppner hill a new do# control ordinance, and work i* pro grr*sing on building a pound (or the city The city council approx ed the nex» dog law at a meeting Monday mghl and city councilm em bers have heen buiy recently collecting donaliit m aterials «kith which to build a pound The city has received numerous com plaints about nuisance do|{s around town, and has decided to do som ething about it As soon as the city receives a supply of dog tags, dog owners in Heppner will be required to pur chase a yearly tag for either $10 or $4. depending on if the dog is spayed We a re checking on the price of the tags now said Mayor C ara Costa, "but we hope to have every thing going by no later than July I She said the city will build the new pound on property near the city sew er treatm ent plant, and expres sed a need for volunteer helpers to assist with construction of the pound "lad its know if you could help ." she said Fence and otner m aterials for the pound have been donated to the city The new dog law also spells out that the city will have an anim al control officer or dog catcher and he will be [»art of the city police staff The officer will have the authority to go onto private property to catch stray or v ic io u s anim als, wild c re a tu re s or anim als suspected of having rabies C oder the ordinance the dog call her max pick up any dog that is running at large in the city lim its I tie regulation applies lo all public plac es and to all p rivate property if the property does not have a fence adequate enough to contain the dog la-ashes are required for pexiple walking their dog When dogs are picked up the law [irox ides for a fine of $30 on the first offense for the owner lo get hack his anim al The second c a rrie s a fine of $40 and the third $60 Dugs can be put to sleep if not picked up within five days To obtain a tag owners will have to present proof that rabies vaccina lions a re up to date and Costa pointed out that the Inca! vet has agreed to hold a vaccinating clinic at a la trr date, and give the shots at a reduced rate In other business the council agreed to take c a re of w atering 12 planters the Heppner C ham ber of C om m erie will t»e placing on Main St in town The planters will la three fool high and contain flowers and a tree The planters which will bo placed on the sidewalk will tx- cared for by the Heppner C arden Club according to C ham ber I’resi dent Ifoug Smith who attended the m eeting and asked the city for assistance H eard from Jerry Healy, who lives on Hager St that property near his has a large accum ulation of junk amt he asked that the ritx do som ething atxiut It The city ag teed to w rite a letter to the property owner asking that the proper I v I n i ’lea nod up • Accepted tne resignation of c o u r. ilm e m b e r Hutch I.aughlin who said he did not have enough tune to do an adequate job on the council • heard a report that the new city weil is alm ost completed Minor grounds m aintenance around the well site and a few other minor prt>hlem.s is all that is left to com plete on the $131 Iff I project The well will I n - used .is a backup system lor the city and is financed through a f arm ers Home Admims t r a ’ioi bond issue There is approsi m atrix $!H in si left in the bond which can be used for other city w ater related projects • Agreed to lower the county's sew er fee at the fairgrounds from $ )|u lii $38. contingent on the county signing an easem ent tor the ritx sewer line on county -owned fair grounds property The county has objected to the $110 fee, and has not [»aid its bill for the past six months since the new sewer line was mstal led hooking the fairgrounds to the city system last fall Morrow County Fair <X Rodeo Court crowned III Saints Episcopal Church The Rev C Bruce S|x-neer of Bend will he officiating at F aster Worship to 30 a m Sunday The Rev Spencer was rector at All Saints \lro m 14.»« to 1966 He is now retired * Gail Hughes will be playing the organ ’ St. Fatrick s and St. William s Catholic Churches Rev Brian McGovern Mass of the latst Sup|x-r will tx-gin at 7 p m Thursday April 4 » Good Friday Liturgy will be at 7 p m April 5 ; F a ste r Vigil Mass will tx-gm Saturday. April 6 at 6 30 p m \ F a ste r m orning Mass will lx- at 9 a m only Sunday. April 7 at St ! I'atrii k i hurch in Heppner This m eans there will be no II a m m ass V There will be no Mass April 7 at St Williams Church in lone because m em bers have tx-»-n invited to attend F a s trr Vigil and Mass at St { P atrick 's Church in Heppner Hope - / alhy Lutheran Churches The Rev Rick Kvenson < on Maundy Thursday April 4 there will lx- a Seder feast al V'albv .- tx-ginning .it 6 in p m Bring a flower to help decorate your table At 12 noon on Good Friday there will lx- a Community Worship at the Cnited Methodist Church F a ste r Sunday services will begin al Valby with an 8 a m Worship v followed by breakfast at 9 a m At Hope Lutheran the breakfast will be at 3 9 « » am with F a ste r Worship al II a m An F aster egg hunt is to follow \ al 12 main queen* Dimple C rabtree M unker- Nharon Cutsforth Slookey. Katie Campbell Van Schoiack and Colleen Kilkenny Greenup Traditional silver bell buckles were presented to the royalty The Rev Susan West queen s buckle donated by the First ; Maundy Ihursdav worship April 4 at the l nited Methodist Church will Interstate Hank of Oregon was . Ix-gin with an inspirational film entitled "In K em ebrance" p re s e n te d by M an ag er H arley A sat rifu ed m eal will follow Reople are asked to bring finger food and Sager Princess Sheila received her < m e a t l e s s hot dishes and their own table service The film will begin ■ bu -kle from Jackie Gentry on tx-half y at 6 p m of the Western H eritage Federal y Following the meal will I n - a solemn service of Holy Communion Savings and l.oan branch in Hep on Good Friday th rre will be an Ecum enical Community service prior Princess Stacey's buckle was -’ beginning at noon at the church pr ser edby Lonny Walne from the » F a s t e r Sunday service will ' >- at 10 30a m with special music and the H.fhn of ¡.astern Oregon Glenn ychildren participating Cooper of Glenn Cooper Trucking presented Princess Bobette with her buckle and received a warm kiss in Floyd W ilks pastor return M C G rossm iller read the nam es * F a ste r Services will bo held Sunday. April 7 with the following of the F air Hoard members, of the > At 6 a m . a Community Sunrise Service at Heppner High School at t « 30 a m F a ste r B reakfast, at the Nazarene Church, at 10 3U a m ( F air Com m ittee, and of the Rod«» Comm ittee and those who were ' Worship S erv ice, at 5 p m A'outh G roup M eeting. at 6 oo p m Sing and / present stood and were applauded (N Share G rossm iller concluded the pru gram with a talk on the evolution of rodeos in K astern Oregon, weaving Jay Rowley, pastor f in some personal m em ories and a ‘ F aster Sunday services w ill t>egin with the Community Sunrise Service , few am using stories and saying that ( at Heppner High School. 6 a m An F a ste r breakfast will tie serv ed at 7 30 \ these events have become more a m at the church Sunday School will lx- at 9 45 a m and the F a ste r ^ expensive and are needing financial Morning Service will be at II a m An evening F aster Service and Bible » sp o n so rsh ip from th e ir com Study will be held at 7 p in , inumties The coronation evening was well attended and surely has the County Rev Cathy Barker F air and Rodeo season off to fine Worship will begin at 7 30 p m Maundy Thursday , April 4 and will [ start include Holy Communion and the Office of Tenebrae F a ste r Sunday. April 7, breakfast will lx- served from « 30 9 a m Worship will foliow at 10» m There will be no Sunday Schixil but child f care will lie provided < / nitetl Methodist Church \ Heppner Church of the Nazarene left 'o - ghi Priruevsev Sheilo Se >• Stacey Kei - ed»,Cm dy Dovi», Sobbolle Angeli ond Queen Budget! G 'een up Its .11 M I N I VVI A T IIF R F O H D Morrow County’s f a i r and Rode«» roy al court w as officially installed at a delightful dinner and program on Saturday evening. March 30. in the Heppner Klks laxlge Curley D rake played piano selections as people assem bled There w ere many m om ents of joy and pride as the fixe I9K5 I’ennant B earers led the royal procession of princesses and the queen lo the front of the room w here each pretty young lady w as introduced and Queen Bridget! G reenup was appropriately crowned by her cousin. WU i Queen ladtie I.aughlin The welcome speech was given by llodco C om m ittee Vice C hairm an Jim Hayes and the evenings m aster of cerem onies rodeo announcer Jak e (irossm iller handled the intro duct ions The fixe [N-nnant h earers who wore grey jeans, red blouses and black hats are Angie Ashbeck. Nam x Hailey l.ori Cecil, Sheila Coe , Bl lea Hie I " m- es ses who wore red dress suit» with gr.ix blouses and gray hat» are Bobette Angell Cindy Davis. Stacey Kennedy and Sheila Seiler Queen Bridget! stood out in a light sand colored suit and hat and a red blouse, she gave a gracious accept ance speech Kach m em ber of the royal group introduced her parents and told a little about herself K sprcially hon ored was Morrow C ounty’s second rodeo queen Kva R.idtx-rg Griffith who received a standing ovation The princesses and the queen were each presen I iif a leather serupe by C ourt D ire c to r H urke O 'B rie n Micky Madison aw ard s director gave each girl a leather breast collar Two new collars added this year w ere gifts of her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Hoskins These c o lla rs m e m o ria liz e four p ast Friends hip liaptist of Lexington lone United Church of Christ County Court discusses possible action after levy defeat Morrow County Court m et Tues day m orning April 2 in a special work session to discuss possible action following the March 26 defeat of the County O perating Levy The Court proposed the following [Missible reasons for the lev y ’s fail ure lack of support from ru ral voters, a larger percentage of whom stayed away from the polls than in past elections s m a lle r p e rc e n ta g e of " y e s votes from lone than in previous years. levy w as defeated in lleppner, the most populated precinct. m em bers of the court had heard several people express dissatisfac lion with services provided by the hospital and the budget w asn't adequately supported by the county The Court rejected the possibility of subm itting the budget for voters to approve each sep arate fund rath er than a total levy proposal Reasons cited by the Com m issioners Irx Rauch and Jerry Reck were that som etim es a levy would bo defeated just because it had tieen divided and that the hospital portion of the levy would probably suffer Before resubm itting the budget lexx to the voters in the May 21 election the Court will meet with various com m ittees representing the taxing funds in the hudgrt Work in progress on MCGG elevator O ther Road D istricts, the percen (age of county tax money allocated to cities for road n-|»air. and the county school fund $236,16« of the county budget paid directlv to the school district, a re two funds which cannot he cut. Budget Officer lai Rayne How man explained The other five taxing funds the county general fund, the fair and rodeo fund the hospital fund North Morrow Medical Clinic, and the G eneral Road D epartm ent fund will be considered for possible budget cuts The budget also contains 14 non taxing funds Although the G eneral Fund in eludes services which a re not m an datory by law the Court felt that the money allocated to the Weed Dist n e t. the blow control district, the Walei M aster, the Soil and W ater Conservation Service, the Museum, the F air and Rodeo, and the Kxten sion Service should not I n - decreased at this tim e The Court set next Tuesday . April 4 for a workshop discussion with the balance of the budget com m ittee and with representatives of the fair and rodeo board, the hospital board, and the road departm ent The i ourt also decided that after a new levy is proposed they will accept help of volunteers, three of whom have already contacted the court, to publicize the levy and the need lor everyone lo vole The Court will also provide budget facts should volunteers wish to sponsor a (Iyer supporting the budget tu rn o u t with 49 percent of .160 registered voters H oardm an's pre etnet had 42 percent out of 1,097 possible voters and Heppner had 1,429 people registered with 40 per cent voting Irngon was listed with a 31 percent voter turn-out with 1,229 registered lone egg hunt slated for Sat. The lone Extension Club will he sponsoring an F a ste r Kgg Hunt Saturday. A p ril6 at 10 a m T heclub recom m ends being there prior to 10 a m as the hunt will s ta rt prom ptly on time Children in k indergarten through I ! The Rev Rob Reiber Sabbath School will lx- held at 9 a m Saturday. April 6 At II a m A church services will include I>r and Mrs Harold Huber giving a slide; presentation on their recent trip to the Holy la n d HHS senior recognized in state writing contest ¡ ft 40% of county voters took action in March 26 election A 40 percent turnout in Morrow County for the M arch 2t»election was figured by the Morrow County Clerk this week lone precinct had the largest turn-out with 57 percent of 452 registered voters m arking their ballots la*xington had the second highest Workmen a re m aking progress on the new Morrow County (¡rain (»rowers grain storage elevator located in Heppner The elevator, which is located on Rixersid»- St will have two 75,0(10 bushel storage bins, and is expected to be com pleted around June 1. according to Larry Mills, general m anag er of the co-op The new elevator will replace an older one which was destroyed by (ire last y ear 7 th-l)ay Adventist V 0 first grade and children in second through third grade will be split in groups and a re to m eet at lone City Hark Children ages one through four years a re to m eet at St W illiam's Catholic Church Egg hunt sot in He ppner Sat. The Heppner Klks will lx- sponsor mg their annual Heppner F a ste r Fgg Hunt on Saturday April >, beginning at lo a m I’reschoolers a re asked lo meet at 'hi- county museum park, first ami second g raders at the courthouse lawn, and third and fourth g raders at the elem entary school plav ground O rganizers for die event invite all voungsters to take pait and to have fun K im b erly Hughes Heppner High School senior Kim berly Hughes has received honor able mention in the editorial cate gory of the I9K.» Oregon High School Writing and Rhotogruphy Contest, sponsored by the Oregon Rress Women reports a HHS xpokfs|N-r son Hughes, editor of the llehisch. was one of two students lo receive honorable mention behind the first, second and third place w inners with her editorial " 'Dur Town Im age Tarnished in the Dec 21, 1964 issue of the llehisch She was competing against students from all Oregon high schools and was one of just two students from a Class "A " school lo receive mention in any category Rlacing ahead of Hughes in the e d ito ria l ca te g o ry w as H e a th e r Wvxe of Sherwood High School, Cheryl ('ole of Beaverton High Schixil and H eather Wisner of Cor valli» High School \ isitor set for Story Hour All children a re invited lo come meet thi- special guest and hear a story T reats will bo provided A special visitor will tx- at story hour this Thursday April 4 from Id 30 lo II a m Chamber donates to Courtesy Car The Heppner Morrow C ham ber of C onim en e voted T uesday to donate $25 pot month tow ard ojx-ralion of the Courtesy Car T h ecar I» used togive people rides downtown and lo their hom es, but has lx-en having financial difficili lie* lalelv Class of ‘7.5 to organize The Heppner High School class of 1975 will tx- holding an organization al m eeting lor a lo year party on Wednesday April R ial 7 » p m at the Flks laxlge All class m ates are urged to attend For m ore inform a lion «untaci Joyce Hughes at 676 3HI8 or 464 «412
