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The Heppner
Morrow County
s Home Owned Newspaper
imes
VOL 105 NO 3
Wednesday. January 21. 1987
Heppner. Oregon 25*
10 Pages
Remodeling Heppner Hotel
considered viable investment
By A »on M rlby
The hoard o f director» o f Hank of
Eastern Oregon 1 » convinced
remodeling o f Heppner Hotel into a
Senior Citizen housing unit iv a
viable investment Rut some coun
cil men for the city o f Heppner still
have reservations
Gerald Pierson o f the hank told a
special meeting o f the council last
week the hoard nad approved a
$ 388.000 20-year loan at sis percent
interest, contingent on certain re
quirements being met
f-irst ol these requires th jt it he a
municipal loan, with the city taking
out the loan ' ‘ It has to he a city pro
ject for those rates to a p p ly ," Pier
son said Also the city must comply
with requirements set up by a tax
attorney
A Portland attorney is researching
to sec if a vote is required by the
people before die city can ask for the
loan
C ounty C le rk Barbara
Bloodswonh said it would he 34
days after the city sets the date
before a vote could be held
Heppner M ayor Cara Costa
reminded the council members that
the council had signed to receive the
$500.000 grant which has been ap
proved, last spring
Three council members express
ed concern about their liability, and
the possible later effects if popula
tion goes down and the units arc left
empty, at the regular council
meeting January 3 They were in at
tendance at the special meeting Also
taking part were representatives of
Columbia Basin Electric Co op,
Senior Citizens. Heppner Chamber,
and Heppner Economic IX velop
menl Corporation, which has been
a prime sponsor o f the project
Members ol the public participated
in the meeting
The idea of using the historic hotel
lor a retirement center came up
several years ago when a survey o f
the town showed older people were
leaving because thev could no longer
keep up their homes, and there is no
place for them to stay locally said ct
ty attorney Hill Kuhn Heppner
Economic Development nude a
study and found a grant was
available This is when the city sign
ed to he sponsor It takes a govern
mental agency to apply for such a
grant, individuals are not eligible,
Kuhn said in answer to a question o f
why interested business men had not
sponsored the project
When remodeled the building will
be virtuallv a new building. C liff
F ig u r e s
o n
Green, president ot HFOC noted
The type o f people who have paid
$100 deposits w ill keep it from
becoming a "revolving d o o r," he
said They are people who want to
stay, it w ill not be like a typical
apartment house
Three different inspectors have
looked over the hotel in the past lew
years, said Arnic Hednun. who with
his wife Rita, arc ow ters o f the
building " A ll three said it was as
solid as the day it was b u ilt," he add
ed The b u ild in g 's downtown
location on the main comer in town,
is ideal for Seniors, close to the drug
store, post office, groceries and
restaurants, said several seniors
To put minds at rest on viability
o f going ahead with the reconstruct
lion. Pierson said the reserve fund
will build up rapidly and the city will
have money left over after pay mg all
expenses each year It has to be con
sidcred an income producing thing
He also said if tears of some should
come true and 10 to 15 year* from
now. the hotel were in trouble. " I t
isn’t going to be something the city
w ill lose money on It could be taken
over by a private investor, the
balance against it would be smaller,
and the city could sell it's equity
Several spoke ol the advantages to
the city o f having the historic
building relumed to an attractive one
on Main street, and the need tor
drawing jveople here, and keeping
them here
" I feel we re closer to doing
something good for the community
than we've ever been," said Trcd
Toombs, manager o f Columbia
Basin Electric He said there wav a
need for places for people to stay
" I think the hotel project may just
be the key to keeping our hospital,
said Green “ It w ill bring people in
to Heppner When there arc more
dollars there arc more |obs. and
everybody benefits."
Dve Port of Morrow took a chance
12 years ago. Judge lo u is Carlson
noted A long time member of the
Port commission. Carlson said the
work ot (he commission had resulted
in doubling the value ol the county .
going from $4 million to $H million,
"because we itvok a chance
He
said the county had good govern
ment. and rex real ion There is a need
for a retirement center "W e re on
the verge o f some wonderful
things." he predicted, "and all we
have to do is have the guts to go w ith
it ”
H t- jip m - r
Expected Gross Income ' f i g u r i n g j '
Annual Operating Expense 1 in c lu d e s
M o ld
• v a c jis v
$4 'n o
ra tc i
n u in t c n jn A c r e s e r v e w h ic h w i l l jv v u m u la le i
Net Operating Income
• h a n k lo a n w i l l he h S
l k - h t s e rv ic e
$ 7 0 .6 .3 2
fo r
lig u ic d j i * '
i l th e p r o je c t q u a lifie s )
Cash return first vear to sponsor
3 6 .0 1 2
$ 3 4 ,6 2 0
3 4 .1 8 2
$43 8
( W i l l h r la r g e r i f lo a n is b A 1
1 itrures arc h tfv x l on « re fu te d $ p ro je c tio n Actual coa I a * i l l r u t he d eterm in ed
u n til j co n tra cto r jg r r r s to h u ilJ it lo r the p ric e jn tic ip a tr d
EMT’s prepare for state exam
Emergency Medical technicians
have been meeting for classes at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Hepp
ner two nights each week since (K
toher 14 to prepare for the second
level EM T exams to be given in
Portland during March E M T s w ill
pay the cost o f the exams
Course
C o -o rd in a to r
C a rl
lauritsen. an EMT III. and Physi
cian Advisor Dr Curtis Thiessen
have worked together with course in
structors Sandi Hanna. Dr Clare
Ko/nek. Sheridan Tamasky. Marge
Kenny, and Vicky Birkhy A ll have
donated their time to leach the class
The hospital has donated a place for
the class to meet and the use ol its
equipment
EMT 11s must complete H2 class
hours beyond EMT 1 training and
must pass a stale exam to qualify to
use a heart monitor defibrillator to
care for people with cardiac arrest
Four EMT Is from the I'kiah
(Juick Response team. Clinton
Barber. Norma Barber. Helen
F ra n k lin , and Karen C o lla r.
Pendleton volunteer firefighter Dana
laing Botham, and Ihe following
local EMTs took the class Vickie
T u rre l. Faith H ealy. Delores
Mclakhlan Rill Sheirhon. Pcnnie
M iller, and laiuie Anne TfeSpain
"T he figures show this is a v iable
project." said Green We feel this
is one of many steps the community
needs to take to maintain and
develop the area It may be crucial
to the continued operation o f Pioneer
Memorial Hospital
Morrow County has a good
chance ot getting a boat motor and
trailer tor law enforcement on the
Columbia Rivet and Willow Creek
Lake Shenll Rov Drago told the
county court last I nday
"E v e been trsing tor four sears
now and this is 1 he closest we've
come the Sheriff said In addition
to the N sit the ( >regon Slate Marine
Boatd also would give the counts
$ 6.000 annually to help fund a law
enforcement program They would
"expect the counts to kick in 20 S
cash or $1501» and to hire someone
qualified to operate the boat and to
enforce boating regulations," he
said
The boat could also be used to aid
Search and Rescue teams, but the
funding is for enforcement, he cm
phasi/ed I he counts needs to get a
program started
The Court inspected the new ad
dition at the North Morrow \n n c\
in Irrigon and listed items still
needing to be brought up to
»(veilic.ition» Total cost ot the 7*0
sq ft addition and renxsleling in the
existing building was $41.214
Courthouse Annex is the name
chosen bv the Court tor the old den
lal clinic building in Heppner which
w ill be the new Justice Court
Juvenile Services and Mental
Health offices
In other business, the Court
accepted Marnie Anderson's
resignation from the Nonh Morrow
Medical Clinic Hoard The Court
w ill accejvt applications from those
interested in being appointed to the
board and a clock
board
approved sending the road super
discussed the comittcc appoint
visor to a bridge inspection
menl each commissioner would re
workshop and to a fleet administra
quest in the A ssoc o l Oregon
lion and management seminar
Counties
heaid from the county planner
set February 1 1 for a public hear
that a final dec istori w ill be made on
mg ol comments concerning the Fair
the siting ot a piojcsed listi hatchery
Hoard's wish to request lottery fund»
in Irrigon at a February I I 12
to build a new exhibit hall at the
meeting in Hoise. Idaho
fairgrounds
received copies ol a document
approves! advertising for someone
prepared bv IVk-ing as a guideline
to fill a fulltime |oh m the C lerk’s
lor a pi"|*>sod lone Hoardnun road
office
authorized Deane Seeger to con
approved claims
nnuc negotiating with the Corps o f
approved advertising toi a ISiblic
Engineers for (Juesnel Park a
Works Director, a position which
primitive paik with access to the
has been vacant for over a year
Columbia River
held an executive session regar
approved (he following items tor
ding personnel
the No Morrow \ntk-x solid w i s h I
discussed plans for work on fudge's bench $ ll*th , three mini
Wilson Road in Hoardman with
blinds, steam cleaning and stretching
Road Supervisor Don Hall and carpet in the planner's office
County Planner Deane Seegct
approved a Slater Wheeler alarm
signed an agreement approved at
svstem lor the Courthouse Annex
the Januarv 7 meeting tor $1000
Die one lime cost ol the system is
emetgenev funding to the Morrow
less than $500
County Neighborhood Council
b<>ard for public use- The Court
decided to wait until the Council's
non profit corporation certification
is received before approving addi
lional funds
approved purchase o l the follow
mg furniture Hems for (tie new
Justice Courtroom at the ( 'ourthouse
Denis Hutlhain. 40. ol Irngon
Annex in Heppner Construction of
pleaded not guilts to c hatges of fust
a five inch platform lor the Judge's
bench, high back executive degree theft in Circuit Court January
chair $2'b. C S and Oregon Stale 12
Hutlham was indicted bv a Mor
flags with stands SzaI each, easel
row Countv Grand Jutv Iasi month
on charges ol I heft I a (.'las. C
telone . in which he alleged!» col
levied iik're than $ 100,000 dollars
from Western Mlalla liu
tor ha»
that was never delivered
Ihe thefts alledgedlv took place
between Mav l ‘<H' and December
|UH 6 while he was under contract to
deliver hav to the company
Huflliatn was first arrested bv
Oregon Stale Police after a month
long investigation He is accused ot
collecting over $ 100.000 over a ' I
month perktd by falsifying the
weight for hay that was never
delivered Hutlham was rearresled
two weeks later after a Grand Jury
indicted him in connection with the
case
A trial date h a s been set for
™ sm .
February 10 according to Morrow
Larry Mills
County D is tiic i Attorney Jeff
Heppner was also recognized by the
W allace
Chamber ol Commerce Farley has
l »nder < fregoli 1 aw . a con» iction
been in business in Heppner lor the
carries a maximum ol live ye.us in
past 40 vears. first as a Shell Oil
the state penitentiary and a line up
agent then a Pontiac dealer, a W il
to $ 100.000 dollars
ly 's Jeep dealer and also a dealer tor
Minsk GMC and Ford Motor Co
Irrigon man
pleads not guilt)
to theft
Chamber names outstanding citizens
tarry M ills and Jane Rawlins
were named Heppner's first citizens
last week during the annual Chamber
o f Commerce banquet
M ills was picked tor the honor
because o f his long link- support of
4 H and EE A activities, extension
pn'grams, agncultui.il education and
other youth adivities
Mills has also served as a member
o f the Pioneer Hospital Foundation
and most recently
was chairman
o f an ad hoc committee studying
health care in Morrow County
M ills has been manager o f the
Morrow County Grain Growers for
the pact 17 y ears and he and his wife
Hetty live in Heppner
M ills , who was master of
ceremonies lor the Chamber ban
quet, was presented the outstanding
citizen by Awards Chairman Dr
Wallace W o lff
Jane Rawlins wav chosen as first
citizen because of her involvmcnt in
the garden club, work with com
munity drama, and service to 4 If
and the fair
Jane Rawlins
\ tornar school teacher. Rawlins
has been involved with local garden
c lube lor the past 20 years She and
hci husband Hill live in Heppner
The first citizens awards are given
bv the chamber each year in honor
ot volunteer citizen involvement in
the community
Jun I arie» ot I arlev Motors in
Dr Wallace Wolff (left) congratulates Jim Farley
Former Heppner pastor advises
Don’t lose sight of objectives
John Maas, the colorful, former
minister of the I utheran Church in
Heppner came back to town last
Tuesday night, as featured speaker
at the annual Heppner Chamber of
Comnk-rce banquet
It's hard to remember you came
to drain Ihe swamp, when you are
up to your bottom in alligators,"
Maas told the gathered crowd of
chamber members and guests
Maas, who moved from Heppner
to be pastor ot a church in Princv illc.
said the situation with agriculture in
the past several years is that many
tarnk-rs and ranchers have forgot
ten that you came to drain the
Grade School discipline policy challenged
supervise the child Discipline must
A Hoardnun parent and principal
be consistent she said, the sank- tor
came to an agreement following
much discussion at Monday night s all c h ild re n , and cannot be
School Hoard meeting about the negotiated individually with each
discipline ol a student
pirent We have a d isc ipline polk y .
School Sujvt Doyle McCaslinex
and il we don't follow it. there’s no
plained that Ron Huy was contesting ik-ed to have one
the disc ipline policy at Sam Hoard
Ihe school scurrent policy, lolar
nun Elementary School as it related explained, is a revision ot previous
to his third grade son
similar plans that she uik ! her stall
Hray said he had been notified that have worked out "As a stall we
as a result ot his win's behavior,
struggled with the idea of being con
the boy. would serve a half day in
sistent W e trv not to treat one child
school suspension Hray did not differently than another for the same
question his son's guilt and said that offense."
he had disciplined him at honk- " I
Previously, a child serving in
told the school he also should be sctuxil suspension were given work
disciplined at sch<«>l I ’m not saying
to do. she said, and that didn't work
"d o n 't discipline him
I am saying out loo well bee ause he would finish
that if you put him in a room, give before his time was up and he wound
him some homework or something
up sitting there doing nothing
to d o ." he said " I think it's my
anyway 1 nder the current plan we
parental right to point out that the can give the child work to do or not
same discipline doesni work tor all
give him work "W e decided not to
kids and that it's not fair tor this boy
because the results are not pleasant,
to be put in a room with nothing to not something a child would enjoy
do IXiyle McCaslin told ilk- that he Yet it is not considered cruel and
was not sure I have rights as a parent unusual punishment, she said
as far as disc ipline o f kids at school
" I t was not my understanding that
is concerned ”
the Hoard needed to approve the
Bray 'x son has been diagnosed discipline policy for each school I
borderline hyperactive and his understiskl that as part o f my job to
parents have elected not to treat the develop a policy and maintain
condition with medication, the long discipline at my school," Tolar
term effects o f which are unknown
noted
The school's policy for in school
Boardmcmber Mary lam Carlson,
suspension. Principal Susan Tolar
Hoardman. asked Supt McCaslin
explained, is to put the child in a why he had told Hray that his paren
room next to her office, alone, with tal rights did not enter into the
nothing to do She and her xecrctarv
situation
McCaslin said that the board has
almost abvlute authority to nuke
rules concerning conduct at school
According to Hoard policy, each
principal is directly responsible to
ihe superintendent tor the conduct of
students at his school Ihe Hoard has
the power to regulate the schools, he
said There are all kinds of Okies ot
conduct, but all cannot be enforced
at the same link- he said
Board Vice Chairman Jerry
Me I lligott asked Tolar it it were
possible that Bray's son be given
some work to do while he is scrv ing
the in school suspension and still be
within Ihe policy set bv the school
" I l sounds to me like the greatest
contention is whether he has work or
not From the discussion, it sounds
like Ihe policy is not solid, but that
the kid could be given work ”
(iivin g him work is a deviation
from Ihe plan because of a specific
behavior problem for a special case,
she sakl "T h a t I can live with
I may he asked to justify that devu
tion later down Ihe road, hut 1 am
confident fhaf 1 can explain the
reasoning behind if
Hray agreed lhal as long as his son
were given vnmcfhing lo d o , ihe in
vchikil suspension was an ap
propriate punishment
John
swamp
Maas urged local people not to
lose sight ol their objectives, to stu k
together lor the betterment o f the
community, and to help out those
who tiave had hard luck
$ou are a good town, Maas
said, "and il sou remember those
three things, you're going to be all
right "
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