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T W O Th* H r ^ i n r r i . a i r t l r Tune». H rp p n rr O rrg u a . W r d n r td a t Marth i. I«M B ’gosh n Begorrah Court hears evidence regarding Justice Court It’s almost St. Patrick’s Da Plan* arr coming together (or the March 15-17 St P atrick '» Day O l e bration Koaella L in d s «) has been choaen to reign as queen of the festivities Also representing the Doherty fam ily. Sue Doherty will grand marshall the Saturday after none parade William Kill is still accepting appiicahona for the sheep shearing contest and says that unlesa he has a few more entries, the contest may have to be canceled for this year Kntrles for the sheep dog trials are continuing to come in with about 20 entries received so far Cash prizes will be offered in both events Parade chairman Bob Kahl says that it's still not loo late, he will be arccpVng m in e s until March 10 Ribbons and small cash prizes will be awarded in some categories Floats. Irish fam ily groups cars, bands Irish characters, clowns, and c o m ic s , p o litic a l, courts and querns. and civic organisations are all welcom e to enter, he says A bed race, a new event this year already has applicants ready to roll down Main Street warm ing up the crowd before the parade Skating, music and dancing, an art show a slide show, cake and food sales, a continental breakfast. Has qur lamb barbecue, radio broad cast, and many more events prom tse to fill the Irish holiday that you don't have to be Irish to enjoy Tom Smonton "points the town green" in preparation of Si Patrick s Day Judge returns from D.C. Morrow County Judge Don McEl- llgott is espected to return to Mor row County F'riday, March 7 from a week long National Association of Fix those chips before they crack! Mark can do it. Glass Price Deductible Thru March HOPS BODY SHOP Mark Hopkins Carl Christman Ted Davis system were discontinued, it would take at least a year before an order from the Chief Justice or the state legislature would make il possible for him to hold court at Irrigon. assuming they decided to g ive such an order The county would still be responsible for providing a court room and an office for a court secretary. but would not receive any revenues from district court See related story in the F'ebruary 12. 1986 (iarette Tim es ) Bill Kuhn expressed his concern for abolition of justice court because it would "severely handicap the police ugencies to rely on judges who reside in Hermiston and Pendleton Without Justice Court. he said, "the county would see an increase in both the S h eriffs and the District Attorney's budgets as they would have to increase travel time and expense to go to Pendleton and Hermiston for services they are now receiving from the Justice Court " Because access to a judge would be harder to obtain." he said. "1 would expect situations to arise when a crim inal defendant who should be detained is left on the streets I would expect charges would be dropped against crim inal defendants in certain situations be cause of unavailability of a judge '* The court pointed out that at this time, they are only collecting data concerning justice court The entire budget, not Just justice court is under scrutiny. Judge Don McEIli gott said, and if (he budget should be defeated in the March 25 election, many other aspects of the budget will be considered for reduction or omission * Out-of-town water users protest proposed rate increase Auto Glass Repair Auto Glass Replacement 20% OFF * 5 0 OFF Continuing in their investigation of Juafice Court in Morrow County, the County Court received letters from Bill Kuhn and Judge Ralph Currin at a Wednesday. F'eb 19 session During budget workshops the coun ty budget com mittee directed the court to conduct a study of the justice court system to determine if it provided a duplication of services and if the elimination of the justice court would save county taxpayers money Judge Currin told the court that he did not w ish to exprrss an opinion on the abolition of justice court, but did want the court to consider that his actions were limited by state laws Me currently serves as District Court Judgr at the county seat one day each week as directed by statute The law currently does not allow him to hold court at irngon. so if the Morrow Counlv Justice Court (Pitt Iron) Free . 676-5435 lone- Lex Area Call Carl evenings 352 linden W ay 422-7571 Counties annual legislative confer once at Washington D C where he has been as an official delegate from the state of Oregon The conference. sa> s County Com missmner Jerry Perk is concerned with all legislative matters which effect county governments including the espected decrease of revenue sharing and the attempt at balanc ing the federal budget through im plementation of the Gramm Kud man a d Counties from across the nation, says Peck, have donated *60.000 for lobby ing efforts to return some 'tar geted revenue sharing" funds to distressed areas .Nome counties may still receive almost no money Not only revenue sharing, but other types of funding as forest receipts may he effected resulting in fewer dollars trickling tiack to local law enforcement and health ser vices Some of these services are mandated, he continues, and the original effect of revenue sharing was to offset the cost of the mandat ed services to local taxpayers Although national deficit spending needs to be stabilized, a balance between national defense and hu man services has to be arrived at because the county simply could not afford to maintain the present level of services if all the money had to be raised from local taxes, he conclud ed By AVON MFII.BV Out of town water users packed city hall at Monday night 's Meppner City council meeting Howard Pettyjohn said they wanted the facts on the proposed increase in water rates for them He said when he put in city water 25 years ago he hired the necessary work paid for the pipe, turned it over to the city, and still pays his own maintenance Commercial rate of 110 75 mini mum is charged all 24 outside city hookups He indicated that differen re was bringing extra income to the city, and wanted to know why out of town users were being accused of not paying their share Several others in the group joined him in stating they did not get to vote on city action, such as increasing their water rates, adding some of them owned property in the city on which they had to pay taxes Bonded indebtedness of the city on upgrading water lines is not retired from city water bills, but by taxes paid along with the approved budget each year Amount of payment this year is *71.737, Marshall Lovgrcn said A small amount of money collec ted on water bills is put into a reserve fund to be used toward indebtedness payment, in case of emergency only Mayor Cara Costa asked a com mittee to study and update a two year old record of how Housing project (Questions concerning the remodel uig of the lleppner Hotel have come up during the past week, said Meg Murray, local chairperson for the project P re applications are now necessary to determine prospective use of the facility before the Elderly Housing F'inance Program can ap prove a *600.000 loan needed to complete the project Pre applications can be delivered sealed to Heppner City Hall if desired and they can be filed while still sealed and will be later given over to the I'm atilla County Housing Authority which will oversee the operation of the completed project Applications will be considered in the order received If. at first, an applicant finds it inconvenient to move into the facility, his name will stay on the waiting list for three notifications before it is removed The facility will contain 21 one bedroom units, two studio apart ments. two guest rooms, a lounge, a community room, and a lobby area There will be laundry far ill ties on each floor F'ach unit will have a kitchen There will also be an elevator, which is required by law Parking will be in the rear of the building P re applications are available at Heppner City Hall. Case F'urmture Store, and Murray Drugs in lleppn er heart surgery Morrow County Commissioner Irv Rauch is reported to he out of intensive care and doing very well following coronary bypass surgery last F'riday at St Vincent's hospital in Portland Rauch had gone into the hospital Thursday for a procedure expected to clear blockage from three arter les Two arteries were cleared, but during the procedure, a blood clot formed and the third artery collap sed necessitating the bypass sur gery, said a spokesperson for the county court He is expected to be released from the hospital this F'riday and to spend about three weeks at home recuper ating before returning to his regular activities 989 8221 la .in g S c n Oragnn 1 8 0 0 4 5 3 739 6 f i t 39 Where the customer is the company Guests for the day were member.», of Bookworms of Heppner including Justine Weatherford. Sylvia Me D an iels. H elen C urrin, Pau lin e Hughes. Marian Brosnan. F'lorence G reen . M adge Thom son, and Kathry n Hoskins Other guests were Irene Swanson and Kathy Morter School Lunch M enu Heppner High School Monday. March 10 - franks -n- Iinked beans, salad, cinnamon rolls, and milk Tuesday . March II • potatoes and gravy, rolls, salad, fruit, and milk Wednesday, March 12 burritos, hot vegetable, fruit, cookie, and milk T h u rsd ay. M arch 13 • cooks choice F'riday, March 14 soup and sandwich and milk Request absentee ballots Absentee ballots are now avail able at the Morrow County Clerk's office for the March 25 special election Anyone who is registered to vote may request an absentee ballot if he has reason to believe that he will be unable for any reason to vote at the election The application for an absentee ballot may be made no more than 66 days before the election except in the case of physically handicapped persons whose application is good for absentee ballots in every election during the year which the applies lion was made An application must be in writing and signed by the applicant The signature, says Morrow County Clerk Barbara Bloodsworth is need ed to com pare with the signature on the voter registration card Absen tee ballot requests must be received by the Clerk's office not later than 8 Doctor of Optometry M o rro w County Grain G ro w e rs « 350 M o m V rw o t Bob (Tapp, instructor in the drama department at Blue Mount ain Community College, was guest speaker at the lone Topic Club on Wednesday . F'eb 26 at the home of Monica Sw anson He spoke about "H ow Tea Ire Happnes" giving a comprehensive story of the production of a play The Community Theatre is supported by HMCC in the amount of *2.700 which is about the amount needed to put on one play each year The remainder of the financing comes from ticket sales He thanked area residents for their support by attendance The community enters into play pro duction by furnishing actors and through the "working" board of community persons As a usual thing each board member has some specific responsibility for produc tion such as lights, costumes, dir ecting. props, sets, etc The produc tion of a play requires six weeks of rehearsals and about 12.600 man hours of work J e n y McFTIigolt also was present and discussed the School Budget and encouraged everyone to vote on March 25 Robert D. Rolen. O.D. Tough, dependable CENEX batteries that do the job again and again. Check ’em out NOW during the CENEX Spring Battery Sale. be donated by Morrow County Grain Growers, Heppner Lions Club, and Kinrua Corporation. Council woman Georgia Rathbun reported P ro p e r ty ow n ers along Court Street where a wooden sidewalk is in use will be advised to keep It in repair, council members decided Marbin Lane said two boards were missing in one section and were a danger He said a lot of school kids use the walk Harry Nash was granted request to get an animal permit to keep 13 cows and 25 chickens on his 13-acre I at 495 W Water Street Appointment of Avon Melby and Chloe Pearson to the City Planning commission was made by Mayor Cara Costa Permission to attend a water management school in LaGrande was given the city foreman Police th ie f Doug Kathhun was instructed to keep the recently purchased second police car in the garage when it was not on em ergency use, and to explain to the rest of the force that if they used their own cars to go on police calls they would be responsi ble under their own insurance Closure of West Street to all parking was ordered at Chief Rath- bun's request He said the street was too narrow for traffic to flow if cars were parked on either side of the two block long street, and that property owners on the street had requested it. Club hears how theater happens applications available Commissioner has Start this Spring with CENEX Batteries. much those inside the city were paying into this, and com pare how much those outside were contnbut ing Action on setting any increase will be held over to next month, she said Jerry Rood, one of the outside city users said "W e want to pay our fair share on the bonded indebtedness " Tuesday morning Ixivgren said the city's total bonded indebtedness is currently *651,704 on bonds ap proved for water system upgrading The tax rate on this bonded indebt wlneas for city residents, he said, would be approxim ately *2 71 per tl.ono of appraised value John Skow , owner of the RV park on Main Street, said he was being charged for 14 spaces minimum water rates, was paying *70 per month even when almost none were rented He connected a rental he ow ns in the same lot to the same line so it would serve a beauty shop, and said he was being billed twice for that amount of water Councilmen Doug I-ow e a nd Chuck Holt w ere appointed to look into the matter Charge for peddlers and door to door salesmen was increased from the present *100 per year to *150, and lowered from *25 per day to *20 The action was in response to a request last month from Sue Walker. L e x ington. who is putting in a steak and sea food route in the area Funds for a new fool bridge between Main and Court Street will Professional Services: • < kruiar health and vision analysis e D lflflM t l and fitting of «oft and r»f id gat permeable contact lenses e Soil contact lenses for persons having astigmatism • lhagnoaia and administration of Vision Theragv • iHapmsing 4 •pfhalrrm lenses and adjustment of frames e Optical and other vision a*ds for the partially sighted • Vision examinations for preschool children Tuesday«. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Heppner Hotel 186 N Main 676-9465 Or Call Collect 567 1837 for # Aoot p m the day of the election Bloodsworth says that the voting booth is set up in the Clerk's office and anyone who expects to be out of town March 25 may come in and vote or request an absentee ballot Comet returns to Oregon skies Special hours are now in effect at the Goldendale observatory through March Regular visiting hours are F'riday 7-* p m . Saturday 1-5 p m and 7 9 p m and Sunday 1-5 p m F^xtended hours w hich Include viewing H alley's comet when it is visible arr Wednesday through $un day from II p m until dawn the following morning Halley » comet now rises at 4 30 a m
