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P F S S 1 r. r V R E u N¿ H • • « E W vi r ET2 Va 1 r to F i R *s «• .* p to OR • 1 ¿ 7 -i The Heppner lli.it* Gazette-Times Tues , Wed . Thurs Fn . Sat . Sun . Mon , M o rro w C o u n t y 's H o m e -O w n e d W e e k ly N e w s p a p e r un. 1.3 NO u U -K II. 17. I W Heppner. Oregon » T M .n s 25' A p ril 9 A p ril 10 A p ril II A p ril 12 A p ril 13 A p ril 13 A p ril IS so 78 87 70 ■ 1 Tl 68 lo » 45 38 38 36 43 45 43 I’ rectp Ufi rain cloudy .33 rain Womit l>> ih r (lily ctf Heppner DEQ refuses approval of IHS septic system Kimberly Hughes (Left) with her mother, Claudia. Thirty-right Heppner High School senior girls and their mothers enjoyed the annual Soroptmnst luncheon last Wednesday at All Saints Kpiscopal parish hall An invocation by Don Shelton of hirst Christian Church began the afternoon Date und Margo Sinkrvitch entertained the group tilth a sing a long ol the theme song of the Women s Christian Temperance Union Sheridan Tarnasky spoke to the girls on the impor lance of hat ing flexible goals and always keeping the lines to home open Tile Smkevitehes closed the luncheon with Margo on the piano and Dave singing Shenandoah The l>epartmrnl of Knvironmen tal (Jualili DFq has refused to approte a recent Is installed septic system at lone High School, even though the system has tieen lunct toning without problems for the past six months, the Morrow County School Hoard was told Monday night John Cimmtvotti, of Kl Coyote Construction Company in Irrigon was contractor for the s e l l i l i ’ S )S tern, which replaced an ohi st stein that ties aliie moperuhlc last tear (Tinm iyotti told the schiMil tioard that I»’ has gone out of the way to satisfy the 11E (J. but has had nothing hut problems rh r DKQ said deficiencies in the $l9.ixx) system include untreated building pafM'r was installed instead of the required filter latiru tanks tin no' have watertight risers to the gr.Mind surface, screens in dosing lank appear to have a gap and hardware used to secure the screen In the lank is not non corrosive material as designated in plans C im m iyolli told the tmard the changes are unnecessary. and re quested that the board pav him the remaining $3,20*1 l>etng withheld on the contract Superintendent Doyle McCasItn advised the tioard after some dis cusiiion that DE(J must sign o ff the project before final payment can lie made, and hinted there muy be legal action over the protect This is rapidly becoming a legal matter and the more we discuss it in the open the more jeopardy we put the district in. he said The tmard took no action on Cimmivotii's request for payment In other business, the board learned there is a waterline break under the bus shop on Fair view in Heppner estimated cost to lix the break w ill be lietween $1 txxi and $1 2*XI agreed to let (lie county fair board use half the school district bus yard (or lin k in g during (air approved a field trip request from teachers Jan Sharp and l-arry fe ru llo to take 13 students to a writing festival in Eugene at the University of Oregon May .1 and 3 accepted the retirement letter Irnm l.»»»o time Heiinner Itigb Schiml teacher Edward Hiemstra effective M.t\ u IMS granted a one year leave of absence to teacher Harhara Stelam wlio plans to attend Portland Slate University lor one year taking clavses in counseling hired Tun lieatty as assistant tennis coach at Kiverside High Oregon State University, in co operation w'th the Morrow Counts Livestock Growers w ill hold an annual spring meeting at the Mor row County Fair Grounds in Hep pner at I 30 p m Saturday. April 27 Speakers w ill address Resource management with an emphasis on total resource coordination, which will apply to public as well as privately held land The follow ing speakers are scheduled Rich Wilburn a laing Creek area rancher who has implemented a watershed, forage, and timber im provement plan on his deeded land, w ill explain some rem arkable improvements he has achieved over the past 10 to 12 years Arleigh Isley of the () S U (Extension Agent (or (Irani County has done considerable work with total watershed management He will discuss the watershed and the influence of various c u ltu ra l practices on the overall effective ness of it in retaining water and producing forage Dan Guthrie, O S .l extension Splecialist for the Sea Grant Pro gram, is involved with the program for maintaining, improving and re establishing the salmon and steel head fisheries in the Pacific North west He w ill discuss the interaction of livestock and wildlife with steel head and salmon He w ill gear his presentation to the goals and policies of the Sea Grant Program Kids invited to special Story Hour Visiting the Heppner labrary this Thursday, w ill be an u p liftin g experience indeed for area young sters In celebration of National Library Week Heppner Librarians Bethel Heinrichs and Pat Thompson have organized a balloon release during story hour Thursday. April 18 Kach child attending w ill be able to release a balloon bearing his or her name and address Story hour will begin at ID in a m and will also feature stories, a craft and a treat Parents are requested to please call the library ahead to insure that each child w ill have a balloon AAUW meeting set A meeting of the Heppner lone branch of American Association of University Women will lie held this Thursday . April 18, at the home of Hetty Rtetmaim in I b m M r l e j Campbell is hostess Program for the evening w ill be "M oral Decisions in Health Crises Nominations for next year's of fleers w ill he made Everyone is invited to attend For car pooling information call April Hilton Sykes 676-9*3« Over the Tee Cup Ladies April 9 golf results are Willow Creek Country Club follow lajis Hunt gross, Sharon Harrison net, and Lucile Peck least putts Each speaker w ill take 20 to 30 minutes and a panel discussion will follow with a question and answer period This meeting w ill be especially beneficial for private land operators and w ill provide needed inputs into the role that water retention plays in the production of forage and the subsequent production of livestock and fish, says OSU Extension agent for Morrow County. Steve Campbell It w ill also provide insights into the policies and goals of the fisheries organizations This understanding is c ritic a l in protecting livestock interests and in working out a mutually beneficial solution to the grazing and water issue There w ill be no dinner or other activities scheduled in conjunction with this meeting Hoad project to be bid The Oregon Transportation Com mission has announced that it w ill receive bids Thursday. April II for 12 projects estimated to cost $6 5 million A Morrow County project calls for constructing an emulsified oil mat using state furnished aggregates I lie work is on the It", k Creek County lane section of the Heppner Spray Highway, south of Heppner Estimated cost of the project is in the llixi.ixxi to * 25 *). 0 txi range The project is to tie complet ed by Aug 31, 19B5 says the ODOT The Hoy Scout Troup661 will clean up the downtown City Park area and also help in repainting the garbage cans along the main streets of town The iiardcti i lub and 3 n will finish the Mint Park and plant flow ers in it and also at other locations around town Other activities which have lieen planned include painting the Elks Club building setting out planter boxes at Mi llunuld Chevrolet and putting large pots along Main Street with trees and flowers planted in connected with it, there were more acute care lieds than at Pioneer, so he is finding the patient use load only slightly smaller here He says that Hum and Assoc is a good company and he is happy to he working with them During his 20 years as a hospital administrator, he has been involved with situations where two hospitals have merged and where a county owned hospital has been leased by a for profit chain He sees his role at Pioneer, therefore, as helping the employees and the Hospital Hoard, to the extent which it is appropriate, to work through their current deci sion process Ik-pending on the outcome of that process, helping employees deal with the decision may lie important i Receive national Bob Smith Pioneer Memorial Hospital has a new administrator. Hob Smith, who has tieen administrator at the Gold Heach county hospital for the past three years Smith has recently joined Brim and Associates so he was available to fill the admimstra tor's position at the Heppner hospi tal when Byron Smith, former inter im administrator, was promoted toa regional manager position with the firm Hob Smith s contract as interim administrator ends June 30. so he is staying at the house owned by the hospital, he explains His wife. Hetty, has remained at their home in Gold Heach Smith says that Gold Heach is a small town like Heppner. so he feels very much at home here He is impressed with the friendly and helpful people from local businesses as well as hospital employees which makes this a nice place to be " Although the hospital at Gold Heach did not have a nursing home R.H.S. maintains kA' ranking U n o rm z (it High I I aitlx lki<hiull M K fiir il Riverside School l in Hoard man w ill remain in the Dregon A athletic league for the next four years. High School Principal Dan Daltoso said Tuesday High school enrollment in the top three grades during spring term would have had to exceed 2tx) for the school to lie moved into the AA ranks said Daltoso. and figures show enrollment to be 182 During Winter term there was concern the school might top the 2UU cam paign PM H has new administrator Appreciation noted Several people were recipients this week of certificates of appreci alum announced the City of Repp ner They are Warren Plocharsky for 12 years of service on the City Council la’s Paustian for I 1 years service on the Council Joyce W inter lor three years service on the i ounctl Ron Forrar for over five years serv ice on the t ouncil Roliert l-aughlin for over six years service on the Council I-arry How man who served as Chairman and as a mem tier of the City Planning Commis sion. Mike Gray who served as Planning Commission member and John Shaw who served as a Planning Commission member A plaque will be presented to Clifford W Green at the next Council meeting for his service as Mayor 1981 Ihrough I9H3 and as a council member 1976 through 1980 Heppner High .School student I mm I v has offered to make a Wei come to Heppner" sign and clean up the area on the north end of town They w ill also help by making encouraging "(lean Up Heppner" signs to tie put up during the '— Z enrollment and be moved to A A, a move the school did not want The school currently competes in the same athletic league as Hepp ner Stanfield and other schools this size, and a move to AA would have meant extensive travel for sports events to compete against bigger high schools We had no aspirations or desires to go into A A Daltoso said academic award The National Secondary Edit* a turn ( 'ounctl announced recently that Dana and lama Reid have boon named Academic All Americans The NSEC has established the Academic A ll Am erican Scholar Award Program in order to offer deserved recognition to superior seniors who excel in the Academic disciplines The Ai adetnic A ll American Scholars must earn a 3 3 or lietter grade point average Only Scholars selec ted by a secondary school in s tru c to r, counselor, or other qualified sponsor are accept ed These scholars are also eligible for other awards given by the NSEC reports a council news release Dana and laina who attend Hep pner High were nominated for this National Award by Mike Royer, Career Ed teacher They w ill ap pear in the Academic All American Scholar Directory, which is publish ed nationally The Council selects Academic All American Scholars upon the exclu sive recommendations of teachers, coaches, counselors, and other qual died sponsors Once awarded, the students may be recognized by the NSEC for other honors continues the news release Dana and laina are the daughters of Raymond and Deena Reid Their grandparents are Roliert and Hazel Reid, also of Heppner, Oregon Seniors add to bldg. fund the building fund for the future Senior Center Pudding in Heppner gained otmut $5 isxi as a result of the efforts of the seniors busy day at the County fairgrounds on Saturday. April 13 Halm Harris, committee chairman, says that all the linai figures are not in yet. but the day was successful and Many thanks to the community for its sup|mit The moped motorbike which was raffle*! was won by Hob Jepsen Jr. high Choir to perform rtnrty four Heppner Júnior High choir sludents will xmg and perform at the Heppner Klementarv Mullí purpose room at 7 30 p ni Tliursday and Kriday, April 25 and 26 Cosí of admission each cvcning is $2 for udulls. $1 for grades five Ihrough 12. and MI cents for ages 12 and under Pri» eeds will lie used lo pinchase next y car s musical, saul musical ilirector Killv Hredemier Livestock grow er.s slate annual C le a n u p c a m p a ijjn to b e g in A p ril spring meeting \pril 27 laical service organizations met April II at the city hall in Heppner to brainstorm and to list possible arras in town which might benefit from cleanup efforts Ideas included picking up Ksr bwge sweeping Mam Street sidewalks, cleaning up the Citv Park areas In pulling weeds and trim m ing grass around fences, and finishing of the Mini Park tiehind Case Furniture As a result of the evening Mayor Cara Costa reports that the follow ing commitments were made by groups attending the meeting Heppner Lion s Club, with tin- help of Guy VanArsdale. w ill clean up the burned out lot on Main Street Lions intend to put up a fence about III feet back from the sidewalk, gravel the area and build benches VanArsdale w ill bring in the gravel to help with the parking lot School learned that oral arguments in a school district lawsuit over owner ship of lami near A * Houghton in Irrignn. will l>e held in Pendleton on May 17 The district and an Irriguo resident arc in dispute over who owns a piece of property near the school An a ikied attraction at the even mgs performance will include a repeat display of artists hi the scfiiKilx " presented last month I know you d find attending w orthw hile The students have worked hard on both projects and the results are sujmt entertaining concluded Hredemier Homemakers 27 Day slated them The cement donated by Uma till.« Ready Mix and the trees and plants, donated by the Chamber of Commerce will la- watered by the i lly the Heppner Lion s Club has already agreed to paint the front of the Fire Station and listed City Hall as the next project A Poster Contest to help create an awareness to get momentum for the clean up. w ill I m - sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce The contest entries w ill be displayed during the week of April 27 through May 5 Schedule of Activities \p iii |7 m am ail people working to meet at the intersection of Main and Willow Streets for a rousing start April 27 28 Groups will work on their respective projects April 29 May 5 Heppner residents are encouraged to work at jetting their yards cleaned up lushes pruned weeds pulled, etc May 3 3 The county Landfill will I m - open, free to all Morrow County restaents May 5 5 p m The Heppner Morrow Chamber of Commerce will furnish refreshments for an Did Fashioned Ice Cream Social at the downtown l itv Park for all people helping w ith I he Clean Up Keaull (nation is a Neat ld*-M. concludes the Heppner mayor f All homemakers are invited to attend the Spring Homemaker's Day Thursday, April 25 at la-xington Grange Hall from Id a m to 2 p m The spring event is scheduled annually to complete the program year of Oregon Stale University Extension Homemaker Groups The days programs will include announ cement of Extension Women of the Near award, as well as special recognition of the study group that has contributed most in community service A no host luncheon w ill be prepart-d by the women of the (.exington Grange The afternoon program w ill lie devoted to creative ideas presented hy Mycall Osmtn of Heppner with emphasis on country folks arts made from Items often found around the home or farm Each person w ill also have an opportunity to make a small item, courtesy of supplies by Mycal Mistress of ceremonies w ill I m - Charlotte Carpenter. Chairperson of the Homemakers Adv isory Commit tee who extends a very special welcome to "Come at 10 a m (or visiting and getting reacquainted " Bid awarded for office space Judy Buschke, county executive director for the Morrow County A S C S office has ,innounc*-d that a bid for providing office space was awarded to I ’ettyjohn Builders Sup ply at a March 26 meeting of the county governing I mm I v for the A S T ST S and Extension Ser vice offices The new one story building w ill include 3,3tm so ft of office space for use by the three agencies and is expected to I m - ready (or occupancy by September I IN I The main reason for the move, explains Buschke is that the present Support second flmir location of the agencies falls to meet federal handicapped access requirements A S I S and S t ' S were required to advertise for space which would meet thus«- re quirem ents and because the agencies prefer to be located together, the OSU Extension office w ill also move to the new Im alion on property at the north end of Heppner I m -I ow Petty John s Builders Supply The offices are currently located over the Coast to Coast store in Heppner Li Anna Mae Steagall Heppner. holds bum tier sticker with slogan. " I t s your Life Guard i t ' " which won first place in a contest to promote the serial levy for LifeGuard helicopter service She and second place winner, Mae Hums. Pendleton received free helicopter rides and gold helicopter pins at a Thursday. April 3 ceremony The bumper slickers which Steagall designed are available for t l each by writing P O Box 1331, Pendleton. Oregon 97801
