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I'» i off page one Heppner girl returns from national high school rodeo finals with numerous awards Senator Hatfield visits Heppner senator Mark Hatfield 'left 1 «peak» with 1 left lo rig ht' Judge I*on Mi Klligott M o rn » County (¡rain (¡rowers Manager Larry Mills laims Carlson arid Slat«' Keprt- senladve Kay French during llalfirld > visit lo Ht'itpner Monday afternoon llalfirld m rl with local residents lo discuss everything from farm export policies, lo llalfirld s rn ent victory in securing federal funds lo enlarge the lionnev ille lax ks Tills stale cannot exist on the tri-county economic base lla lfirld said when relering lo I he new look lie said the Portland metropolitan area cannot support the economic liealth of the »hole stall' and that the new lot k will open up h astern Oregon to development The lock could lx- the catalyst for a very important part of our economic future here in this state llalfirld said Hr (minted out that the new lm k w ill increase river traffic and open new markets for Northwest products "We're losing part of our export (of wheat > lo Australia. and this lock could make us more comprtative overseas and this has national implications n«t Just regional, he said Hatfield told the gathering many of them farmers. that congressmen and senators have trouble formula! ing an overall farm policy Imi a use of the diverse needs of the different commodities around the country He said Congress needs to hear from Imth the national wheal group and the Oregon wheat group when formulating policy to deal with the farmer s problems He also praised farmers for their contribution to balancing the foreign trade deficiet Me have a $i7u tuition trade deficiet and we would collapse without the farm export, hr said Voters consider city budget for third time Aug. 13 Next Tuesday August I I voters in the city of Heppner will consider for the third time u city o|>erating levy which has been reduced since its defeat June 21 by 7fi i> percent to t ut 515 The total proposed city budget, including the tax base now stands at $735.188 lo ut percent decrease (rum the proposed budget which voters defeated twice A city operating levy outside the tax base has not been necessary (or the past few years, but is necessary this year because of the lack ol available cash, spiraling costs of insurance, materials and supplies all necessary to the operaton and maintenance of the city Those who will be out of town for next Tuesday's election or who for some other reason will not tie able lo go to the (M ills are encouraged to send in now lor an absentee ballot Bequests for absentee I »allots must I m ' signed and taken or mailed lo the Morrow County Clerk's office at the Courthouse in Heppner Kaln measured at o2 inches July Jo at the Heppner weather station was the first precipitation to fall on the area since the I I inches of rain which fell June H The total July romfoll amount. n:i inches was still below the normal July precipitation of 31 inches July rains had little effect on the area grain harvest Slowed only briefly. most combines were started again by Mond.iy afternoon follow ing Sunday s shower, says I^irry Mills of Morrow County (¡rain (¡rowers July may have seemed like a "warmer than usual month but there were no days at the Heppner weather station with a recorded temperature of 100 degress or more, and only one seven day period. July 7-13 when high temperatures were 'JO degrees or higher July 5 with 99 degrees is the highest recorded temperature so far this summer Bringing home a saddle, a belt buckle, a lilack Hills (¡old ring made with a breakaway roper specially for finals winners by lainstnmis Jewelers a taxi scholarship a tea Ml scholarship a bronze statue of a breakaway roper, a bronze plaque, two round trip plane tickets to anywhere in the In ite d States, and a chance lo go to the Youth National Finals in Fr Worth. Texas. Trisha Mahoney describes her trip to the National High School Kodeo finals at Kaptd City. South Dakula as a lot of fun and says that although she was very nervous at the compel it ion she is pleased with her first place in breakaway roping After placing ninth in the first go and not placing at all in the second go. her average time gave her a seventh place going into the short go In the short she roped her calf in 4 4 set onds for a second place but her average brought her to the championship It's interesting she says that those who were silting with the fop places going into the short didn t place "It's easier when you re sitting down a ways because there's nothing to lose so there s not so much pressure " Although kept busy with morning and evening rodeo performances and volleyball in the afternnon. the dark haired, bright -eyed champion still found time to go to the (ire ) hound races a Brian Adams con cert Hear Country Cosmos where the gravity is mixed up and you sland on the wall, and to Keystone, a rebuilt ghost town Now the national breakaway roping champion isgetlmg ready for nex! week s Morrow County Kodeo and packing lo leave for Itoise State Trisha M ahoney and Cloud Niner Cniverslty where she will attend college this (all A 1985 Heppner High School Acting directors at MCMHS Since the resignation of Joe DeVito, director of Morrow County Mental lleallh Services Debbie McIntosh was Acting Director until the birth of ther baby last Saturday Kelly Sager is now serving as Acting Director with Bruce Karnes Medi cal Social Murker on call at all times Karnes who is in private practice in I ’endleton is a former director of the I nialill.i County Do/er makes cut in hillside for new roadbed on Willow Creek Road Preliminary stages ol construe (ion began in Itecember ol I9H4 on u section of Willow Creek Hoad begin nmg just below North Fork and continuing to Cutslorth I'ark Harsh weather -caused winter shut ilowns and unexpected drainage problems have pushed the expected October. I!«icompletion date ahead to sometime in I98»i latpez Construction a minority contractor from Salem Itogun clear ing the right of way and staking the highway last fall Originally allotted 12 .lot) ixxi by a lederal government grant, the project has recently received another $850.000 The federal grant is a result of 1991 legislation for logging roads, says Morrow County Judge Don McElligoll For 80 years the grants were used by the state until 1981 legislation reverted the grants to counties as originally intended To quality lor the grant, a road must meet the following criteria it must tie a school bus and mail route, must have people liv mg along it and it must be used to i arry logs from a federal forest to a null town The increased grant and extended completion dale were necessary because of the large amounts of valcanic ash which are saturated with water deep under the original road !>ed It has been necessary, explains the Judge to place culverts under the road with more frequency than originally planned and to put a perforated pipe covered with a mesh fabric to increase drainage under most of the length of the new section of road Mhcn finished, however, the new road should prove much superior to the old one, the Judge concluded, eliminating the need lo shut it down during spring thaw breakups in the mad surface Mental Health program He comes lo Heppner one day each week for consulatations. office work and appointments with clients The county 's mental health txiard is currently accepting and rev icw mg applications for a new mental health director who could possibly In' in the Heppner office by the first of October Inking pride in their work Boys improve more than county parks Rain only slows harvest Completion of federally funded road project pushed into 1986 graduate and Honor Scholar, she is the daughter of Boh and Sheri Mahoney of Heppner 1 1 Summer I ’urks Project members kneeling trom left Shannon Taylor. 14. Koardman Chad Wvnn. 14 Boardinan Project Director David Burns Mascot Teak More than a tool bridge fire places, horseshoe pits ami nature trails are under construction at Morrow County's parks this sum tiler Buildings and pl.iv ground ei(ui(>liient might lie receiving a new exterior but while sanding scrap ing and coating exteriors in bright new colors, the youngsters have built within themselves a new sense of self esteem and pride in a job well done M ith co operation of Ihrce govern ment agencies, six I mivs and an instruc tor are living and working in the county s \nson M right and Cutslorth parks for two five wi-ek sessions Morrow County isprovid ing the projects and materials the Fast Central Oregon Assoc iation of ('unties joti training program through the federal Job Ti .lining and Placement Ad is providing minimum wage. 11 2> pci hum for the boys and the Juvenile Services Commission is providing the salary lor their instructor The hoys are providing the enthusiasm and the muscle to get the projects done Their instructor David Burns is providing the know how . 1 'he supervision nixess.irv to; .n ice leen age I miv s Beginning the second week in June at \nson Mright P.uk the six Pack" camped out in a tent Isirrow ed from the Heppner Boy Scout TriMipiikl They painted learned to mix and (stur concrete and with the help of their instructor d e sig n . d and tiuill a fiMithridge across |(< h k Creek Morrow t ounty Judge Ib n Mi Klligott s ( m i ulatcs that this may In* the first time some ol these t»os have had a chance to do something which thev can he proud of Some of them had never used a hammer or other hand tools prior to the Summer Parks Project " I think every fireplace at \naon M right has some hodv s initials on it The project is voluntarv rbe Judge explains Sonic of >ht s it- have restitution p.iv m i n t s .-rdoied by Juvenile Court and 'hi s- tto> agree to pav SI per hour ol Iheir wages Inward their hill But thev I 5* $ ‘‘ ‘M Back row from left Travis I’ayne 15 Irngon (¡Ion Akers 15. Koardman [twain Lewiston. 17. Heppner Willy latng. 18. Irngon are tree to quit the project at any time and "it they don't want to work, the county has the right to send them home Me started with six boys, two didn I work out so Iwo more replaced them It lisiks like about a 75 percent success rate he continues Once the restitution payments are paid, the entire wage is paid directly to the boys There is one exception At the beginning of the summer the Itoys voted to hoard themselves explains Burns, so each Monday they pur chase I imm I (or the week and divide the bill An interesting evolution has taken place The first two weeks they tmught whatever looked gistd and now they have become heller shoppers eliminating the non essen toils from their grocery list A! Anson Mright since thev were camping out Burns emphasized a lot of ouhhHir cookery and wildei ness skills more than al Cutslorth where the boys have the use of the 4 If building and kitchen The boys work from T a m 4 p m with an hour for lunch After they re through working Burns leaches them to identify trees, lie knots first aid survival skills takes them fishing at Prnland Lake. swimming at Millow Creek Dam or invents trivial contests lo keep them busy During last Wednesday afternoon's rain storm in the mountains, they matched wits al a not so serious Cribhage game Burns was the head of a coinmun ily and schinils project in Pendleton for 10 years The city funded the project in the schools, he explains, so in the summer the schools returned serv ices to the city He has also worked as a counselor al the Homestead Youth Lodge and is currently working as a carpenter in the Irngon area teaching night classes at Blue Mountain Commun ity College , In addition to learning basic car peritry skills and how to use hand tools the boys have learned how to work together .»s a team They come on Mondav morning and camp until Friday afternoon when the return home lor the weekend Kverybody shares in the work even al meal time Thev trade oil each week three ciMtks and three dishwashers A long list ol duties (or each job is posted which eliminates arguments and a "that s not my job attitude They re a nice hunch of guys says Burns I have to keep after them but they do a giMtd job for their age and experience They tiave nev er been in the work force and had not before hail the experience of having to hurry to get a job done or to know when it s done right I keep telling them that this is something they will need to know because they will Ite watched the rest of Iheir working years to see if the job is O K KCOAC also provided a three hour seminar on job applications com plele with a mock interview lo help the hoys build skills which will enable them to get a job in the future This summer has Ix-en trial and error Judge McF.lligotl explains, but if no problems develop, the county will continue it next summer The I mivs are helping to install a septic tank at Cutsforth Park lor the new camping area on a three acre plot donated to the county Ity D M Cutsforth on the condition that the. county improve it The area will have III trailer spaces and 10 lent spaces Between now and the August 2.1 end of the summer s project. most of the work at Cutsforth Park project should tie completed Still to In- done is a Hood gate at the extended culvert near the bridge at the park entrance The fish (Mind, now drained, will In- cleaned out and receive a new drainage system, and a bulkhead for kids and handicapped persons to fish from The pond which tiad silted full and failed lo su|t|Mir( fish life suit e the chemical spill in the area two years ago, will tie dug to new H depth w ith a ti' inlet The county wishes to continue the project next summer and is expect ing a $9.1X10 federal grant in Oclutier which will lie used to restore the tisti pond at Arison Wright Park and to make other improvements there The materials for this summer s project were purchased from money provided by a $ 2 .>,(«xi federal grant Alsu next summer, the county h o p e s to have a forester mark the diseased trees in the (tarks so that the youthful workers can thin the trees and underbrush in the hack areas of the (tarks making them more usable for families and kids And with a little cooperation and a lot of imagination, who knows what else mighl tie possible Western Heritage merges with Benj. Franklin Savings and Ix>an The boariis of directors of The Benj Franklin Federal Sav ings and l-ztan Association or Portland and Western heritage Federal Savings and latan Association of Pendleton have agreed in principle to merge the associations with the assistance of the Federal Sav ings and latan Insurance Corp and the Federal Home latan Hank The joint announcement was made by (i Dale Weight chairman o( the board and chiel executive officer of The Ben) Franklin and Bober t M Beese president and chief executive officer of Mestern Heritage Founded in 1934 Mestern Heritage has assets o( $177 million with $132 million in savings accounts and $110 million in mortgage loans Meight said the merger would be tteneficial to the market area served by Mestern Heritage as it will bring the resources of a $4 billion institu lion lo the various communities These include Heppner. Milton Freewater. Redmond. Hermiston, The Dalles, and Pendleton Weight said the Western Heritage hoard ol d im tors will be retained as in advisory board to The Benj Franklin and that Beese will con tinue with the Association In addition to the traditional thrift industry products of savings chock mg \ ISA credit, consumer and home loans Western Heritage offers trust services and a brokerage business It also operates lending offices in I he slates of Washington Idaho. Texas and Wyoming The Benj F ran klin cu rren tly operates 79 offices in the states of Oregon Washington. Idaho, and l tah In addition Wi-slern Heritage operates seven offices in Central and Kaslrrn Oregon The merger is effective August I, 1995 D am age estim ate revised All hut two of the eight letters removed from the sign on lone High School last week were recovered from a portion of Willow Creek How ing (tasl the school, reports Principal Dick Allen An earlier knan radneng 1« t o currxaSfy* sd5* mated amount of $25o Allen says that the Morrow Coanty Sheriff's Office is( continuing its investigation of the incident