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The Heppner M a r r h 18-24 Gazette-Times Weather M o r r o w C o u n t y ’» H o m e -O w n e d W eekly N ew e p a p er voiiMNo.ii wr<inr*<i«). March i* iw II l * » | | n Heppner, Oregon 25' l.a w 56 31 00 W ed 55 32 00 T h u rs 61 36 00 F ri 57 51 00 Sat 56 35 00 Sun 50 36 52 M on 55 50 00 by the City of Heppner Friendship runners needed Transfer of prisoners said legal Richard Glenn McCauley and John Krebs were not held illegally al the Benton County Jail, lays U S Magistrate William M Dale in a decuion if favor of the Morrow County S h eriff» Office and against plaintiff McCauley The plaintiff contended that he had been transferred against his will from his home at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem to a Jail at Kennewick. Washington, prior to his appearance al criminal proceedings in Morrow County , and that because he was not formally extradited, his rights were violated The magistrate said that the inter state agreement applies only to facilitate the transfer of a pretrial detainee from the state where he is housed to a different state where charges await him In the case of McCauley and Krebs, the stay at Benton County was not a "term of imprisonment" but merely a transfer of a duly convicted prison inmate from a jail in one state to a jail in another state which does not violate his right to due process A prison inmate has no justifiable expectation he will be incarcerated in any particular state McCauley was found guilty at a jury trial and Krebs pleaded guilty to the May 29. 1985 robbery of the lone Branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon The plaintiff still has the option of appealing the magistrate s decision Business Seminar set A special seminar will lie offiered in Hermiston during April for per sons contemplating starting a bus iness in the home by the Small Business Development Center of Blue Mountain Community College The seminar will feature four evening classes which will cover Feasibility Analysis. April 9 Basic Books and Records. April 16. Selling and Distribution Networks April 23 and Taxes and Reports. April 30 All sessions of The Momebased R ibbon cutting officially opens new building By Justine Weatherford On Thursday, March 20. between 1 and 6 p m., more than 80 friends were joined by two of her daughters and their families in honoring Fat Hr indie at the Heppner Neighbor hood Center where she w ill work her final day on Monday. March 31 Since word of her coming retirement was circulated. Fat has received many cards, letters and telephone calls which keep coming." The retirement party was arranged by Neola Mackey and other volunteers and friends of the center Fat Brindle began her work there when the center was formed in 1967 and will have been its coordinator for 18 years and 7 months She is leaving because of health problems which began when she severely in jured her back In a horse riding accident in 1957 She has suffered through many surgeries and con slant medical treatments through the years until she was finally pursuaded to give up her work this ■(Ming cincl Margaret Evans marks precinct books and Janice Cutsforth tears off ballot stubs 1-------- S * ------------------- y Yes Y»*s No X Yes S c h o o l D is t r ic t 218 94 P i o n e e r M e m o r i a l H o s p it a l $381,604 O p e r a t i n g L e v y 278 382 265 59 187 255 V4 86 222 732 200 79 168 70 No No 45 213 131 1 Yes ................. 148 127 $2,568,731 O p e r a t i n g L e v y T o ta ls Yes No $6,180,808 O p e r a t i n g L e v y M o r r o w C o u n ty / 7 X Yes No 123 118 Under Fat's leadership, the group of volunteers she enlisted and trained, have helped many hundreds of individuals and families who have y ' * 216 67 900 — y 151 814 210 $25,309 O p e r a t i n g L e v y 255 *School B o a r d D i r e c t o r - a t - l a r g e R e g i n a K . C o le s J o e M c E llig o t t B u r k e O 'B r i e n F ra n k P earso n 235 156 38 17 127 570 3 9 6 8 7 33 40 42 150 29 85 346 14 28 11 45 106 204 27 43 33 40 260 403 p o n e -L e x in g t o n A d v i s o r y S u e P r o u d fo o t P o s itio n N o . 1 _____ = _____ R ich ard L add 2,8 ^ -" 73 marriage and later decided to gain training in the field of Gerontology In 1973 she was given a significant adult training award by Soroptimist International which helped her fin ance classes at BMCC, Portland State and Eastern Oregon Slate As a result of her studies she qualified for a special certificate in Geront ology Fat's three daughters are Jacquelyn Myers who with her husband. Co Myers, USMC, and four children lives in San Francisco. Anne Neistadt, who with hustumd Barney and their three children lives in Pendleton, and Jennifer Wade and husband Ernie and their two children who live at Boardman The Neistadt and Wade families attended Fat's retirement party Future pluns for Fat Include more time for rest and recreation, which will undoubtedly be shared with her daughters and their families Fat says after 32 years of residence, Heppner is her home and she plans to stay right here Another Fat, Fat Scott, from Hines, nas neen nameo as inr new Neighborhood Center Coordinator She is moving to Heppner where she will share a home with her sister. Faye Seitz Fat Scott will work with Fat Brindle the first three days of the last full week of March and will take charge of the center on Tue sday, April I Soroptimists organize charter A follow up meeting was held Thursday. March 2t). concerning the proposed formation of a Soroptimist Hub in North Morrow County 27 persons were present at Irngon City No Hall. 17 of whom were prospective members Tile purpose of the meeting was to 1 select a name for the new club, elect charter officers, and set a charter date Because of the geographical lo cation of Boardmun and Irngon and the number of prospective members present from both areas, the pos sibihty of two separate clubs was discussed 924 63 needed emergency food, clothing and encouragement during the years Each Christmas they have stimulated community assistance in seeing that needy county families were given special supplies and holiday cheer Fat Brindle tiegan and supervised a large number of special programs such as the Thursday Afternoon Crafts Group, the WIC (Women. Infants.and Children!, AFS (Adult and Family Services), GED (Gen eral Educational Developemenl), OFS (Oregon Food Share) and the USDA Food Program (the cheese give away > She carried on firewood gathering and distribution and the weatherization programs for a num her of years and has supervised the Fuel Assistance plan In 1985 she was responsible for organizing and bringing the Block Home system here She has lieen responsible for job training and counseling numbers of young people each summer • Handy Helpers) She has also assisted in making arrangements for various community groups, such as TOPS, to use the center for meetings Fat (Del-angei Brindle is a native of Spokane where she was graduated from Mary Cliff High School and were her two sisters still live She attended nursing school before her 886 / 365 481 92 / 837 96 C it y o f H e p p n e r M a r y L o u C a r ls o n Thirty five runners are needed April 26 from 7 a m to noon to each run one mile of the distance from Umatilla to Boardman to connect with other runners carrying friend ship letters from west coast towns Mayors of Boardman. Irngon and Heppner have said that they will send Friendship letters to the Expo The letters w ill he placed in a baton received from runners at Umatilla and continue along I 84 to a point west of Boardman where the run ners will deliver the letters to runners coming north on I S carry mg more letters from mayors and chambers of commerce to be deliv ered to the Expo Runners who would like to partici pate in the run may call either Boardman City Hall 481 9252 or Irngon City Hall 922 3047 and leave their names and telephone numbers Friendship Run Organizers Rick and Susan McNerny will return the call and make necessary arrange ments for the run Retirement party honors Center Co-ordinator Voters sign in March 25 Special / Election told the participants (hat it was appropriate that the "Extension Service is in the middle of all this because these organizations tS C .S , S W C D , A S.C.S , and Extension! have made us Without them the County could have been a desert " From left Norm Goetze Assoc Director of Extension, Morrow County Judge Don McElligott building owners Howard and Jo Pettyjohn, and Don Thompson state executive director of A S C S cut ribbon at the Grand Openings of the new office building Judge McElligott continued pg 2 Board member Garnett Huddleston iseated at left) registers voters of combined Heppner Hardman pre F r e e Ip H ig h Tues In an effort to allow all new prospective members a chance to voice their interests in this matter a final meeting has been set for Monday, March 31, at Dodge City Inn. Boardman at 7.30p.m Soroptimist International is the world's largest classified service organization of executive , profes sional. and business women Its members participate in a program of service benefiting their com munities. promoting high ethical standards of business, profession and other aspects of life and con tributing to international undent anding and umvenal friendship Comet watchers report sightings Comet watchers from both Hepp ner Hill and Jordan Butte report sighting the Halley's comet during the past week The comet appears as a faint blob near the horizon of the southeast skv Just to the left of the "teapot" handle in Sagittarius You have to know where to look and be at a high elevation without interfering light to find it, members of both groups report The lone group first tried to locate the comet during a November snow storm about midnight At first, "we weren't even sure it was the comet. it faded in and out and we thought it was because that was where the comet was supposed to be," said veteran comet watcher Deena Hams The tall has become brighter now, but is more diffuse as seen in last week's early morning sky If the head of the comet is at the center of the view of 7x54) binoculars, the tail will extend to the edge of the view ing area, said Feter Ixingway-Vince, one of the organizers of the lone group If is possible to see the comet with the naked eye. but you have to know where to |i«>k. he said It is much easier to find the comet with binoculars and then look for It without them “ It's been an experience of a lifetime, and I'm glad to have had a chance to see it," said Hams who is planning to accompany the group on Its next attempt to view the famous comet In late April It will be less bright by then, but we hope to have more people come see the comet not because of how bright it is (or isn't), but because of its historic value, and because it's a "neat thing to do," said Longway-Vince There are many other things to see in the sky also The group has observed nebula, constellations, meteors, and will observe the lunar eclipse on April 24 A group from Heppner met with clouds Tuesday morning, but man aged to just glimpse the comet Duane Neiffer. a spokesperson for the group said that he was surprised to see so many cars coming up the hill the next morning although they hadn't advertised that they would be Ihere They found the comet which he described as "not as bright as they expected.” but the group of close to 60 people ranging in age from three years on up was also treated to a look at Mars and Saturn's rings through a 12" tele scope belonging to Fat Strulhers whom Neiffer has dubbed the "A st ronomer Royal of Heppner " The comet will be closer on April II. but not any brighter, said Nelf- continued pg 2
