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* • * r r # BESSIE WET2ELL U O F ORE NEWSPAPER L I B E L ' G E N E OR 9 7 4 0 3 ----------------------------- The Heppner Gazette-Times M o rro w C o u n t y a H o m e -O w n e d W eekly N ew spaper VOI. It] NO U Heppner.Oregon 25' h k d n e * o a y . alc . c i t Lexington runway problems raise concerns n 11 I t I’ AGKS f l L c » ~ ' y ’ I Tue Aug 6 7 * Weil . Aug 7 Thur . Aug 8 Fn , Aug '' > Sat . Aug 10 Sun , Aug 11 Mon . Aug 12 W eather High 89 73 71 80 72 82 85 low 11 43 44 48 44 51 45 pret|i 0 a 0 06 0 0 0 l>\ the ( !it> of Heppner Krebs receives 30 years for lone bank robbery The Morrow County District Attorney's office at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner reports handling the following busi ness during the past week An arraignment date of August IS was set for Allen Jeffrey Hadley. 26 Irrigon on a charge of Theft It Ivy N adine l.undgren. 22. Heppner. was pronounced guilty of Assault IV at an August 12 trial by } algo She was fined *150 and »••n't need to .10 days tn jail sus pended to one year probation w ith no furth'-r violation* of the Isw Projects completed for soh(x>l opening D .A . s Report John Krebs. 35. State Penitenti a ry. Salem was sentenced on August »b e fo r e the Honorable Judge Hict aril A iu rs on . 1 m u lt ( urt Judge. Pro Tern Krebs had entered a plea of guilty on June Jit r<H> to Robbery I and Possession of a Firearm by Inmate of u Penal Institution On the charge of Pos session of a Firearm by Inmate of a Penal Inslitution. he was sentenced to to years in the Oregon Slate Correctional Institution with a man datory minimum of five years On the charge of Robbery I. he was sentenced to 20 years in the Oregon Stale Correctional Institution with a mandatory minimum of 10 years The nidge also ruled that the »en fem es were to tie served consecu liv e ly rath er than con cu rren tly which means that Krebs will serve mandatory 15years before he will In eligible for parole on his 30 year sentence l*arh at the hi#h school M ainten ance c re w s and c o n tracted help are completing various projects at the district schools this sum m er, including con stru ction, irrigation and painting protects, reports D istrict Superintendent Visitors to this y ear's Morrow County F air and Rodeo may w ant to park Doyle McCaslin All is expected to ht the lots at Heppner High School and ride the free courtesy bus to the be rea d y fo r school opening fairgrounds Parking inside the fair grounds will tie leserved (or the September 3 handicapped for em ergency vehicles, and for those working directly At Heppner High School air locks wiih the fair and rodeo Parking outside the fairgrounds is very limited or vestibule entries are being instal The courtesy bus is free and w ill run every hour 10 a m 8 10 p m from led as an energy saver About half of the HHS [larking lot The bus will make three downtown stops at Water the grounds, including the football and Gale (by DeSpains '.a t Gale and Main i by McDonald Chevrolet), and practice field and the front lawns on Court Street in front of the Courthouse are now living automatically irri The downtown and high school parking is necessary this year because gated A new ' walkin' freezer will increased com m ercial and open class exhibits are expected and the be attached to the kitchen The high concurrent running of the fair and rodeo all generate more traffic gymnasium walls and most of the Remember the courtesy bus is free and ample parking is available at the trim will have new paint high school At Heppner Klementary school new paint will he visible in class rooms and on most of the outside trim and all of the gymnasium walla. Mel aslin continues New roofing on the holler room and shop building will not be visible but represents Past Morrow County Amateur parade *2.777 Calf Roping winners have been 1950 W () George. 11*51 Archie A( lone the underground irrigation invited to ride in this year s F air and M orcktoon 19M- Don O reen u o system was completed as the first Rodeo parade, .Saturday, Aug G ID53 F loy d J on es, 1954 Hob m aintenance crew p ro je ct A A saddle has been awarded the G atn m ell. 1955 H ow ard B ryan t, walk in " cooler in the kitchen has winner of this competition since 1950 1956 R R F u lle lo n , 1957 Don had a complete interior face lift when Heppner Lumber Company Kvans, 1958 Neil Reamer. 1959 New carpet will soon he installed in ikmateil the first one to encourage Rml Murray. I960 Ron ( urrin, three classrooms, and the high young cowboys to train to rupe 1'|*. I C harles Daly 196! Jim school shower and locker room will Even in IMO. cowboys had to own Farley, 1963 Rill Healy, 1964 Max have new tile In the bus yard is a their own horse and tie a resident of H eib erg . 1965 C o rn e ll G reen . new J.ixx) gallon diesel tank Morrow County 12 months or longer 1966 Bob S te a g a ll, 1967 Hob At Sain Hoardman Klementary to enter competition The amateur Fet.xch, 1966 Tom Marlin. 1969 the last unfinished classroom w ill tie calf roping event has always been J erry D ou gh erty, 1970 M ark completed with carpeting and cab competitive said a rodevi spokes Murray. 1971 Monte Kvans, 1972— inel installation In addition the person Matt Murray, 1971 Mike Partlow. shower and dressing rooms will The IVH5 Amateur Calf Roping 1974 K y le R obinson, 1975 Ken sport new floor surfacing and half champion will win the 35th saddle Belcher, 1976 Jerry Gentry, 1977 walls to contain water in the shower donate»! for this event by Kinzua Dick Hoffman. 1978 Tun Daly, area, improving safety in that area Corp (form erly Heppner Lumber 1979 B lair P h ilip p i. 1980 J oed y At Riverside High School the large Co i M a rla tt, 1981 C liff D ou gh erty, vestibule area and library are gel Watch for the following amateur 1982 Jack M c G u ire , 1983 M ik e ting new. lighter blue carpeting, and c a lf roping cham pions in the Currin and 1984 Pat Schwarz most of the main halls and ceilings Saturday m orn in g M ain Street are being painted The underground irrig a tio n system at R iv e rs id e received the finishing touches this summer Yet to come is a back up G H Pierson, President of the boiler for the healing system Oregon has t>een named Manager of Bank of Kastern Oregon, reports A ( ’ Houghton Klementary School that branch Mrs Anderson m oved that James Wishart. who served as has new carpet in the hand room, a to the Arlington area at the age of Manager of the Arlington Branch of new J.Oiio gallon diesel tank in the five She attended the Arlington the Bank of Kastern Oregon has bus yard, and a new doorway fire sc fu ails and graduated from high been named Senior la>an O fficer and escape in the day care center Yet to school there She joined the Bank in is firing transferred to the bank's come is a replacement for one of the 1973 and in 1978 was named A sms main office in Heppner burners in the heating system tant Cashier In I9HJ she w as elected Wishart began his banking career Columbia Junior High School has Assistant V ice President and named in 1950 with the First National Bank a redesigned band room, an ex Assistant Manager of the Arlington of Oregon in Hood R iver and served ponded reading room and a rede Branch Mrs A Person is active in in a number of different branches signed special education room to community and banking affairs (or them He joined the Bank of house a computer lab She p resen tly s e rv e s as the Kastern Oregon in Heppner in 1975 Other projects for the fall include C om m ission er o f the P ort of where he worked until I960 when he installing several ceiling fans to Arlington and is a member of the was transferred to the Arlington improve the efficiency of the heating C n iled M ethodist Church in Branch as manager systems and the overhaul of num A rlin gton w h ere she r e g u la r ly Wishart and his w J r Cam. have erous steam traps for the same serves as organist and pianist She four children and six Mandrhildren purpose, concludes the superin is a memtier and past group pre The Wishart’s will be m oving to tendent anient of the Am erican Aasocialion Heppner as soon as housing can tie of Bank Women serving Gilliam. obtained Union, Morrow and t inatilla coun Pierson reports further that Mrs lies in Kuslern Oregon Mrs Shirley Anderson, form erly A sms Anderson has thrive children and said Toombs C H K C crews were tant Manager in the Arlington three grandchildren then able to cut the top off of the Branch of the Bank of Kastern damaged pole, put new insulators up and return service to the Heppner area Some customers in the lonto and Sand Hollow areas had power restored as soon as 45 minutes after men) with Cmatilla County to lodge The Jailing of Morrow County the original outage because service prisoners at *45 per day That jail prisoners may become lesa of a was switched through a different has had no room for Morrow County problem for county law enforcement substation Customers within the prisoners since April, 1985 llenligs agencies according to Morrow Coun city of Heppner, however, were County has agreed to lodge pnso ty Sheriff Roy Drago Benton County without electricity from II 51 a m ners for *38 per day Jail in Kennewick. Washington, has until 2 10 p m Some people wiK) should have gone agreed to accept Morrow ( ounty to Jail in the past haven’t, according prisoners to Drago. heca'jsc oi the difficulty in The Benton county facility can housing them "N ow they will be house 109 prisoners "Sheriff Rupp, going to Jail " Benton County, has welcomed us and anticipates no spare problem s." *ai<J Ucago County Judge Don M cKlllgott Deputy Sheriff Vcrlin Watch for Sidewalk Sal«* Denton and Shenfl l i n g o toured the the Potato Processing Plant facility last week The has Hoardman Assistant F ire chief everything for prisoners and there Morrow ( ounty F air and Rodeo Milt Reynolds reported no injuries will be no doubling In the cells, goers won't want to miss the many were suffered according to Drago Benton county bargains which merchants will offer A total of 27 fire fighters were also has a detention place for from 9 a m 6 p m Friday. August involved A foam extinguishing unit women 16 in downtown Heppner was sent by the P (J K Coal Fired Morrow county averages eight Watch for the ads in the Plant but it was not needed prisoners a day and has had at many Gazette Times to know just where The fire began at 5 30 p m . as 17 a day tn the last year you want to go first then ride the Sunday, and was extinguished at Prisoners have been lodged as far courtesy bus downtown from the fair 7 50 p tn No work stoppage away as St Helens In Columbia grounds, drive, walk, or run down resulted < "iinty town, but don't miss the Sidewalk Morrow county has had an agree Ride free bus to fairgrounds From lei' Judge ttxt McEHigot, G e n e Orwick. Tom knesoo, Corol New Le«jh Johnson Commissioner Ir* Bauch, RUger Bixhw, and Tom Robertson Blue Mountain Asphalt Company will be asked to broom and sweep their paving job at Lexington Air port as a result of a meeting held at the a irp o rt M onday ufternoon attended by Morrow County Judge Don M cKlllgott. County Kngineer Dave Krumhein. Federal Aviation A ssociation re p re s e n ta tiv e C arol N ew ; Oregon Aeronautics Division re p re s e n ta tiv e s Tom R ob ertson , Roger Ritchey and Joe Holden. Airport com m ittee member C K P e c k . Field Director for Senator Mark Hatfield. Thomas Imeson L eigh Johnson, a d m in is tra tiv e assistant to C ongressm an Bob Smith, and several area pilots “ The c o u n ty ," said Judge M cKlllgott "considers the runway unsatisfactory because the pave men! is raveling with pieces of gravel coming loose from the sur face Area pilots have been con cerned that the loose gravel will fly up and dam age airplane propel lors " An independent testing firm. Northern Kngineers and Testing, was called in to review the surface, he says Their report to the county indicated that the condition of the runway was probably the result of the wrong formula used in mixing the macadam pavement The e n g in e e r's reco m m en d atio n , he said, was for two layers of a different type of asphalt or a 2" layer of paving over the existing surface M cKlllgott said that the county preferred the later alterna live because it would prove more satisfactory and cheaper in the lung run Funding for the Lexington airport runway is from a Koo.ooo grant provided by aviation fuel taxes allotted back to airports Senator H a tfie ld 's W ashington o ffic e announced that the airport had received the grant on July 23 1984 At the M on day, August 12 m eetin g h o w e v er, F A A R ep re sentative Carol New emphasized that the F A A recommended that the county g ive the surface a chance to settle down properly " She advised the county to call the contractor back to "broom and com pact" the surface properly A macadam pavement i layers of compacted small stones bound to gether with asphalt i requires com pasting with a rubber tire roller and sweeping once a week for a couple of months and once a month after that for the first year, at least I t ’ s n ecessa ry to g iv e the macadam a chance to age and see how it works, she continued, similar surfaces have been proved accept able on airports in Montana where extrem e hot and cold weather temperature changes are sim ilar to this area Those surfaces are not sealed An asphalt overlay at this point could cause "slippage and bleeding which would still not be satisfactory, she claimed Originally, she said, the problem which the county is experiencing with the runway was probably caused by using the w rong grade of asphalt in the m ixtu re which resulted in a sticky surface At that time, the county was adv ised to let it sit and cure Now. it is cured, so we are changing from problem to pro blem what the runway needs now is brooming and rolling "R ollin g and compacting may help the surface tem porarily." Guy Van Arsdale of Van Arsdale Con struct ion, argued, but after the runway is opened, airplane traffic will make it worse New insisted that the asphalt will toughen up inside It's soft now. and needs to harden and cure It's not thick, it will settle down." Roger G Ritchey of (he Oregon Aeronautics Division reported that "since 1969 a surface like this at the Prospect Airport has been working fine Tom Robertson also of the Aeronautics Division pointed out that the division is responsible for maintenance of 37 airports and the new surface at Lexington "looks better than others" he has seen C K Peck o f the Lexington Airport Committee responded that when comparing the new surface to those at Hermiston and the older Lexing ton runways, he doesn't "like this one at all " New responded that the county should not have accepted the hitu minous surface bid if they knew what it was. and there is so much hard feeling against it here M cKlllgott argued that the F AA had recommended the macadam p avin g to the county New responded that the F A A had recom m en d ed if based on the county's available funds and the engineer's request for something hrtter than hot m u which wouldn't crack Robertson pointed out that einulsi fied asphalt is more flexible than hot asphalt which sets up too hard New qualified, other options were available to the county "We (the FAA i would like to get you a s a tis fa c to ry su rfa ce " she said again pointing out that brooming and c o m p actin g could not be avoided "What if we do broom and com pact," McKlllgott asked, "and next summer we re still not happy with It? fa n we get a letter from you or your boss stating that you will come back and take care of the problem ’ Our problem is that what you say today nobody will bark up tumor row " "W e 're not going to disappear Kverybody in that office (K A A i know what's happening here Our intent is not to pull out Our intent is to give you everything you wanted in one p ro ject," New asserted There's always going to be some rock Other airports seem to be willing to put up with some loose rock, but that doesn't seem to be the case here L e igh Jonnson. a d m in is tra tiv e assistant to Bob Smith summarized that the county had two options. I) calling the contractor back to broom and compact the auiface to speri fication. or 2) to overlay another layer of macadam over the surface " I f the overlay will make them 'M orrow County» happy, then this may be the way to go New advised Johnson that the county's option was to bring the contractor back to compact the surface to the engineer s specifi cations If this doesn t result a satisfactory surface then the option is to use a sand seal or overlay " I f the county brings the conlrac tor back and maintains the surface for one year and it goes to pieces, and your office 'the F A A ) is not back here to make the job right. Bob Smith's office will be right behind them (th e c o u n t y )," Johnson threatened "The most the F A A can do is amend the original grant by 10 percent," New qualified "That amount is controlled by legislation however, we have gone back five years aftrr the macadam was laid and overlaid the su rface," she assured Johnson and the county The runway should be usable. New concluded, as soon as the contractor has finished bringing it up to specifi cations, and the runway is painted and marked It will be necessary to post signs which alert pilots to the loose rock so that they will take off easier and not at full throttle City budget passes 212 yea 114 no A 33% lurnout of Heppner voters passed the proposed city budget levy by a vote of 212 "yes1' to 114 "no" in the Tuesday, Aug. 14 special levy election Calf ropers to ride in parade Wishart returns to Heppner Weather blamed for outage Lightening from a recent storm apparently cracked an fem lator on the main power line conktpg into Heppner. and when moistunNram* air last Saturday morning cam e in contact with the insulator, it caused leakage which started a power pole on fir e , says C olum bia Basin K le c tric C o o p M an a ger Kred Toombs C B K C crews and the Heppner Ktre Dept were able to gel the fire out quickly because a customer saw the fire and reported It immediately. Sunday fire causes minimal damage at Boardman potato processing plant C A I Group Inc suffered an estimated *75.000 too.ooo damage from a fire on August II, 1985 B oardm an K ire D epartm ent responded with three fire units Irrigon Kire Department with two units and Cm atilia F ire Department with one unit also responded as backups reports the Morrow County ■Sheriff's O ffice The fire was confined to a hydra ulic fluid control unit on the roof of Benton Co. to take prisoners
