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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1987)
. * mmmuaat ■ p p p rp vp * the M rpporr l . i ; r ( l r In n o . H cppm r. Oregon Wednesday, January 7, IMf7 . H \ | County crushes rock near Boardnian For 25 years. getting a piece o f the rock has been serious business to Rom MahNxt. and a rock solid business at that Last March. Morrow Counts con tracted with Mabhntt s company. United Crushing Consultants o f Pendleton to run the county's rock crusher For the past month. Mahbott has been crushing rock just west o f Tower Road in Hnardman faster than county crews can haul it o ff The county is stockpiling the crushed ruck on city property for use on couniy road projects this spring Tw o major projects scheduled for hits spring are the reconstru cts o f Wilv>n and Paul Smith rtwds. accor ding to County Commissioner G W “ Jerry" Peck The first phase of the reconstructkin. ditch digging, fence building, tree removal, ets . c«kild begin as earls as January Peck vakl The county turned the operation ewer to pnsHe enterprise in order to reduce operating costs, the Commit sion said Mahbott has reduced the cost o f operating the crusher more than 50% It cost the county $7 05 per cub«, yard to operate the crusher last year com pared to this sear's $3 50 per cubic yard, including maintenance In the first three weeks o f opera tk>n in North Morrow County. Mab hott produced nearly 15.000 tons of the h inch minus rock Mahbott is operating the crusher five days a week and is turning out 800 to *8*1 ton a day Morrow Cikints purchased the nick crusher in 1451 The counts has continually upgraded the equip ment through the years and invested 5176.1**) in I486 tor improvements and maintenance An iivciv icw ut M orn «» l ..urns \ n*c k c rusher Purchased in 1451, the count' ‘ invested in the equipment • I million dollars Alter two crushing'. the rink is vrecned lo sejvarate the V iik h minus Ur|t(r iiuicnal hc.kls lor the im past crusher lor a final c rushing County crews van barcls keep up with lorn Mah holt running the operation Three county dump ink ks equipped vs uh trailers haul the rock several link’ s Jails to a stoskjnlc site in Board man I'-ash trusk vsith a trailer holds about 2’ suhk yards ol aggregate Tom Mahbott keeps a continuous eye on the crusher's belts and eonvevors while the machine is in operation “ There's a lot o f things that can go w rong." says Mabhntt if a belt or conveyor gets jammed or if the feeder gels plugged the crusher must be shut down within seconds to avoid costly damages lo the machine Mabbot's son, Dave, who is also his business partner, physically inspect' the blind spots Mabhntt can t see from the control station M orrow County trio to prepare 'M iddle of Nowhere' ehili for cookoff Morrow Counts members ol the ''R e a l" Middle ot Nowhere Chili Clan. Mars "R eally Nowhere" Peterson, Petri "Almost Nowhere" l.o n g w jy V in ce. and Boh ''Sometimes Nowhere I Veter have qualified to compete in the Great Northwest Chili (\>ok <)lt January 17 at the I loyd Center Ked I ion Inn in Portland In preparation tor this culmars contest, the i Ian will took a sample hatch of the Real Middle ol Nowhere Chili at Heecher s Cafe in lone. Surnlay. January II The Real Middle of Nowhere Chili will he- re.kly lor tasting at b M) p m . but the Nowhere" Osm will start at ) p m F.veryonc is invited income watch (he show and sample the chili According to "Really Nowhere Peterson, the clan's vhiet chef, the Cook (lit should he loads ot tun l as h of the 20 teams chosen tor the Alcohol Servers Class Sunday, Jan. 11 Register at the Elks A hisht at < Aj» sales d o w n 9% RACES V ’ FRIDAY X T :i " U4lrr I a \ V\ 'A 5 Heppner Elks 358 '« "W h ere friends m eet" It m n a * » c a v is i salves a close second i527. 166 (II I ) Wheat sales were 514 million and hay and forage 54 million Agrkultural sales in the Counts hv commodity are listed below 14X6 Sales bv Couimodits 527.644.1**» Potatoes |4.650.(X*> W heal >J.|X6.(*Kl Hay A Forage Other Crops 4,2 36,000 60.716,000 All Crops 27.l66.om C aille A Calves u r ÎO O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O C O O C O O O C DONT PLAY GAM ES )&S<w Frpsh 15 19 * 5 9 *, 4 9 *. Bulk Carrots G reen Cabbage Cauliflower Red Deli« m us Apples I rrsh Whole Crab Charmin Bathroom Tissue 12 roll pack * h>rk ( hops * Assorted < nr Beef Round Steak 1 ” • I 4*, W estern fa m ily \lacaroni & Cheese Dinner n to i \ t e r n Fam ily T h in Slit t i l v^.ieh Meat ¿v> ot Prices Good January 8-12 3 3 * l° ° * l'° Open 7 days a npek, 7 a m. to 6 p m. Court Street Market 111 N M coooooocoor jb u Court Heppner ■■‘.e «" . v v «s v ' S fr t: 676-9643 Cook Otl will present a skit based on its theme Pie Nowhere Clan bases its theme on the advantages o f living in the “ real“ middle o f nowhere Die Clan will decorate its booth, lucky number I ' , at the Cook ( >tt with the flora, hunch grass ami sage, ol Morrow County, and will per lonn its skit at 2 1 N p m . Januars 17 I he < ire.it Northwest ( hilt ( 'ook < >!t is sponsored by the < begun Heel Council First, second, and third place prizes will be awarded by lodges jrul to people s choice win ners Chili will Ik- judged on taste, red color, consistency, aroma and a fte r ta s te Proceeds from Cook O il ad misison and tastes sold to the public at the Cook Otl will go to the W ashington Park Zoo Starting time for the Cik>k Olt January 17 is II a m V- f * 9 * « . * * » . * * •_ * « Marv "Really Nowhere Peterson (left) “ Almost Nowhere" Longway-Vince prepare to make chil From page 1 ( Xhcr Animal Products 2.238,1**) Ml I ivcttock » 1.404 *» All Crops A I iscsitK'k'*).120.I**» I he above data was assembled hy Stanley Sides I 'tension I conottnsl in coopcratkin with the Counts I s tension Olficc. and the AS( S Four vehicles collide near Kin/ua tw o people were treated at Pioneer Memo!lal Hi n Hi pp ner following a three i.u tiuck pile ujv last Wednesday .ittemoon Art W arren. driver o f a Pickup rolls, injures four A pickup driven hv Hulvnda Hager went over the bank and rolled last Thursday afternnon The driver ap parently lost control on an tes curse near the Blake Ranch above Hepp ner The Morrow County Sheriff's ( Jfficc reports that the accident is still nd no , il.iimns inulei investigati hase yet been issued Hager and her j'.iss •ngers Julie W ilde. John I errell. and Yvette Cowell were ill t.iki I to Pioneer Memorial Hospital I •Mowing the accident Hager and Farrell were still patients there Monday Volkswagen, and landa Conk In driver o f ti station wagon, were take to the hospital I a >g truck drivi Cary I>av is and Don Ball. driver ol a pickup were not minted in If accident I he log truik apparently w, jvarked near the km/ua mill win the vehicles collided the road w. ics and it was snowing, the Sheriff O lficc rc|<orts All of the velini« sustained some damage II Sheriff's < »Mice is still investigati! the accident, no citations had lx-i issued I uesdav To All Morrow County Voters W p recognize th.it for many of us these are very tliffit ult timt*s economi< «il ly. This situation makes it more important than ever th.tt we all pull together to support our communities. One of the first questions asked Jjy people and industry that an* interested in l<x atmg in the ( ounty is alx>ut the quality of the school system and other lot al government services. We are now at an extremely critical crossroads in the future of our school system and the wrong turn w ill h.tve a long lasting adverse affect on the entire area. We recognize that there are different es of opinion on school operations but now is the time to lay those different es to the side anti supjx>rt the budget and then take the opportunity to get involved in the system anti make your differences known. Please join us January U in casting a pt>sitive vote for the future of Morrow Counts Remember, we are the tines th.it have ft> support our c ounty, no one else w ill do it for us. ___ The Employees anti Directors of ( ounty Crain Growers *» -f , -V *
