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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
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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
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5* $
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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