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Interest shown in rail purchase Morrow County s Home Owned Newspaper The Heppner I wo short line rail operators K m /u j < orp and \ v illamcnc \ allc> Railroad { ,> expressed interest in jxm. having ihc Heppner blanch line Jt .1 public heating last ITiurwIav ni^'bi ji the Morrow Counts ( \nir (house in Heppner l m*»n Pavlik current owner i»l ihe Heppner jik I Condon h rjik h line' announced in und December lhat u i » js pulling ihe lint-' up tro sjle with hr idee riehtv on the m jin Load limit placed on count) roads i mes azette VOL 105 NO 5 Wednesday. February 4. 1987 Heppner. Oregon 25* 8 Pages Fight Ion load limits have been posted on all county roods, koad Supers is*>r Don Hall annouiked I'uesdas Weather conditions hase made the hud limit necessary. Hall said lau d limits will be effective until further notice D k ' s will tv cn forced in an attempt to keep repair bills clown More health care dollars go North North M orrow Counts w ill rcccisc a substantial increase in health care dollars in I9K7. without raising u ses the Morrow County Court announced fuesday Health care spending has been a volatile and divisive issue in the counts since October when a petition was filed by North counts residents, who tell thes were not getting a lair share of health care uses asking lor two separate health care districts in the counts The issue was com plicated by a second petition filed by South counts residents asking lor a single district In response, the c Mints appointed an ad hoc committee composed ol citizens Irom each ot ihc county's five cities to studs the problem The Court scheduled public hearings to gather public opinion During the hearings a third option, to leave health care as it is. under Ihc lurisdiciton of the counts, was voiced I he ad hoc committee identified Mine immediate medical needs at the North Morrow Medical C lin k , such as a defibrillator and a solution warmer Purchase of those items has already been authorized Irom revenue sharing hinds in this year's budget. Morrow County Judge lamis Carlson said Health caie money for next year will he allocated as follows $91 (kit) to the North Morrow Medical Clinic. $75.0110 to the North Mor row Ambulance. $9.(XXI to the cits of Irrigon lor training and reim hursement for ambulance service from the City ol Umatilla, and team will begin work on a long range plan to inc luile protested capital c \ penditurcs. separation ol the nursing home and acute care al Pioneer Memorial Hospital and lo secure possible federal and stale grants tor capital improvements Heppner and Condon blanches." Kent G oodyear, k m i u j sales manager and chairman ol ihe Mor row Counts tail committee said yyc need lo see what our nest avenue is W c are spending kmzuu money to get the process started, he said because Ihe (jllroad is so important to the mill Ihe railroad is important to the m ill. Harry Kcnnison. general manager said, because we cannot Inic k c* t fis lently the long distances lo New Sork Georgia, or lesas W ithoul rail shipment, the impact on our lumber business will be tremendous I cannot even predict the impact but we need the rati ship $223.483 to Pioneer Memorial Hospital The hospital's u s asking is cul $115.000 from Iasi scar Hospital Administrator John Hcmpcl and the hoard agreed that Ihc hospital could not operate with this drastic a cut for a number of scars, but that ihes could "n u k e do" tor a scar while some inequities in North Morrow County arc corrected A new county wide advisors hoard with equal north south representation will replace the es istmg North Morrow Medical Clinic Hoard. Pioneer Memorial Hospital Hoard, and Hoardnun Ambulance Hoard July I fqual representation will »Mow no "swing sole" in the event ol a lie. the Court said he hoard will hase to negotiate its dll ferences and reach a compromise A member of Ihc Court will be ap pointed lo allend all meetings All health care budgets in the county will he grouped together on one ballot to be voted on separately from the county las levy, the court said In addition a technical advisors HEDC, Chamber to merge The Heppner Fconomic Develop ment Corporation voted last week to merge with the Heppner Chamber ol Commerce on a one year trial basis HJTX" was lormed in |9g t to pro mote economic development in the area, and has been separate from the Chamber o f Commerce I I H X ' president C liff Green, ow ner of the Coast to Coast store in Heppner. gave three reasons for the merger: We are duplicating our ef forts with the chamber, we hase clerical work that needs to be done that can he handled by the chamber s part tune paid manager, and the H F I X - is running out of money. Green said When H JTX ' w js formed a one time fee o f $100 was paid by members There have been no dues and no additional money coming in to the corporation since that time. Green pointed out " It will be a rough alliance .uni Cliff Green will he on a trial basis tor one year." Green told the gathered members ot H h iX ' at its annual meeting last .companymg problems with health care in the counts and beautify ing Wednesday at the l lks "W cexpcct a vacant lot in downtown Heppner to tuns non pretty much the way we Whal we have had lo spend most have in the past " he said ol our link- on during ihe past sear As pan of htc program Green is not bringing something in but went over what HI-'DC has as kc, ping whal we have <ireen vaid complished during I9H0 including He said projects still ahead lor lobbying the county court to keep the HHX irklude woik on ihe Si luslicc coun in south Morrow Court Patrick's Hotel renovation project t> . helping for the Willow Creek working lo secure another attorney Park District, working with the tor Heppner and continued work on Chamber of Commerce tourism assuring adequate health care in committee to put out a brochure, south Morrow ( ounis working on the health district ami as (prison lav limes and corrections pm grams are now managed as a disi sion of the IVpartmcnt ol Human Resources) and developing a classification sy stem for offenders which will help the Department of Corrections make incarceration devi sions and assign inmates, both juveniles and adults lo appropriale institutions To lac tinaie (he immediate pro hlem of overcrow ding. I fib I medium and minimum security beds will be added Mate-wide over the m-si two scars Some of these will be in Pa stern Oregon $ 1 ' million is being requested to add 'XX) minimum security beds in facilities around the Mate These new spaces would house chronic, low risk offenders, now held in ma simun securitv facilities ol ton .-d mu op $ • » *a ment W e cannot truck long distances efficiently We wcnild have to build a re load facility either at Hoardnun or Paws* which would add $2t)locvcrv $l(XX>o( iiui cost," he said Pie m ill operated a rail line from Kinzua lo Condon until the line deteriorated lo a jsoint that n was too esjx-nsive lo rejuir ll was cheaper to move Ihe plant to the railroad al ih.il poini. Kcnnison continued We have people on our stall now who know how lo rsm a railroad and we re taking a good look at the branch line " I t Kinzua is able lo jvurchuse the line, we would have losal control ol our own destine ll a short line operator should come in here and only stay five years and then abandon ihe fine, we would he in worse shajvc than we are now he concludes! UP Sales Manager Dick Jones rejiorted that should Ihe railroad receive a bid lor |ust one ol ihe bran ches such as the one l 'ondon Mayor I arry le a f rcjmrted the Condon Gram (¡rowers has submitted for the Condon branch, n would be assess ed on its individual merits allhough both branch lines had been ottered as j pac kage- i d Inuiiels Irom the Oregon IX-jx ot rransportation jaunted out that the cost to maintain the line must fa- con vide red aju n from the emotional ivsue ot losing a railroad in the area II only UX) carloads were ship|K-d annually, he said, the community would need to subsidize ihe railroad al a cost ol one hall million dollars A cost analv sis is m-c rssars tw » l " I f Ihe public invests a dollar in a railroad, thev should get a dollar's value from the |>uich.isc- Thc impact to county roads and stale highways would be a concern. Immcls continued it the railroad did not sell and UP tiled tor abandon mcnl o f ihc- line W c had a case where the DejX of I ransjiortaiion could have vjx-nl $ UXI.OtX) to buy a railroad, bul Oregon laws tor s j k - i i ding gasoline laves strictly prohibit using ihe money for any purjsosc other than roads Rebuilding the road cost $1 million, lie said Rejiresentativcs from the I ast Central Oregon Association ot Counties, the Oregon IV j'l ol Agriculture, and the- Public l tililics Commission Rail Program all in dicated sujijvort lor shipjK'ls on both lines St. Patrick’s Day Claudia Hughes (left), Sue Evans and Judy Barber add finishing touch to dish before judging Winning recipes selected fiv e recipes were chosen Saturday o compete at the statewide Cow Belle beet cook oil I ebruars H t is al Cow He I lev prepared 20 recipes selected from over 175 en tries in ihe contest luich of the fisc winners will he mrtilied and given the opportunity to prepare his rec ipe lor judges February 21 at ihe "Now sou'rc cooking Show at ihe Memoria! Coliscum in Portland Ihere werc no Morrow County ami onls two Umanità Conniv en tries in thè contesi. CowHcllc puhlicity chairman Marlene Cum n said Mosi ot thè cntnes cairn- troni thè Portland and W illaim-tte Valley area, bui "they were womlcrful Ihere was so mikh Mas or added lo Ihe Ihm slrips of meal wuh spicy sanccs II s noi like we. ili I jstcrn Oregon, ciiok hect," Cum n said. " fhe recipe» werc grcal Heppner needs to linci its economic niche and get into it. says an economic development esperi with the slate ol Oregon Speaking lo the HI IX annual banquet laM Wcdncsdav Jeriv Reid wuh ihe Stale ol Oregon I eonomic Development Department said Heppner as wuh anv Town in Oregon, needs lo lake a look al its assets ami liabilities and linci a niche quickly keid urged the town lo put tocethcr a marketing plan to attract new business in ihe area lie caul a lull blown marketing plan could cosi up lo $ I ( M >.f M M ). hill said it could he done lor $ JO.lXX) lo $40. (XX) Keicl said me siale ol I Zregon bad recently done a mass mailing mio California looking tor prospective busim-sses that may warn lo move lo Oregon, “ and we gol some hot leads. " keid also urged Ihc- town lo keep looking for prospective new businesses, even when "the going gels rough " Il only lakes one new business in really turn things around, he pointed out. In addition Kc-id said established businesses should not be ignored, and he suggested at. appreciated day tor instance, could he held to show lm al sujijkin lor those who arc ojx-raiing here and contributing to ihe community kccipes werc |udgcd ori case of preparatalo, appearance originali!) , and lastc, by I iz Curtis ot Heppner. Diannc Hsrnc. thè homc economi»! lor ihe Oregon Hcef Council. Kathy Hendris of Alhcna.Joann koek of Moro, ami Hetts l-.hlcrs. food editor for thè I avi ( Jrcgonian Development expert addresses HEDC Jerry Reid Rep. French expl ains governor's crim inal justice plan There seems to he growing con cem about lack ot detention ol cnminals ami its effect onn the valets of Oregon citizens Oregon is cur rently rated as having the fifth highest crime rate in the nation said ki-p k . i \ I rcncfi 1 k D m J9l A recognized stale problem is wnh juvenile offenders who after repeal arrests on drug related charges con tinue to commit the same crime again Certainly alcohol and drug prevention and rchahililaiton pro grams arc needed to help the young people, but repeal offenders mud be detained and for these reasons I sup port the Governor’ s program to relieve overcrowding Governor Goldschmidt's plan to overhaul the criminal |usticc system calls for creation ol additional bed space to handle the immediate pro blem of overcrowding creating a new IX-parinieni o f Corrections The technical leant will include Mot row County Planner Deane Socger, Hoardnun Planning Dircc tor I arts Dalrymple. Hospital Ad mints!rator John Hempel. and Dr Stese Zielinski, phvsician al the North Morrow Medical Clinic line )oimng them UP is soliciting bkfs irom 70 shon line operators because it can no longer operate the line at a profit. Dick Jones, general sales nunager at the I P s Portland office told shijsjx-rs on h»:h lines I he l P is ottering the lines lor sale ■ •utrighl rather than for lease he sard Union contract restrictions on wages and duties which nuke up spec ific | o h s add cost lot nu|or car riers that shoit line operator» do not hase Kinzua Corp has hired an economic consultant to help them colled data ncsessars to determine (he teasihilits of pure having the line W c want to see the formation of a shipivrs committee between the temporary leave Adding additional space lo nu-el ihe problem of overcrowding is a necessary step, said French however we need continued funding loi alternative programs such as monitoring low risk of tenders in their homes, assignment of some in mates to work crews through Public Works Deparnk-nt and providing mental health scrv ices In addition lo bringing these new facilities on line $2 5 million is planned to improve the- stale's en forvcmenl capabilities The stale s crime laboratories, linger printing operation aikl narcotics enforcement all will receive funds French said Spec dis plans and a more detail ed budget are -still under develop mcnl vet the nett two sears will sec a greal deal ot c hange in the corn's ti -ns oca - ri*ss thf si.iii* Boardman lends support The Hoardnun -sorlh Morrow Chamber o f Comm erce voted unanimously to send a letter lo the slate in support of ihc Heppner Chamber o f Commerce's efforts lo help secure funds tor the develop meni ot W illow Creek I akc Park on the outskirts ol Heppner A Willow Creek Park District has been form ed but as yet has no las base or opciatmg tunds Ihe district is asking tor a $?IIH (XX) tt-der.il grant Irom the Siale Department of I ransjsirt.ilion. Parks and Rec real ion Division County Budget calendar set f he Morrow County Hudgct coni mittcc will aim to keep the county hudgc-l within (he las limitation, bul will judge each departmental request on its mcnl ralhci than making an arbitrary $ S '0 .(IX ) cul before es amimng the budget document, ihc committee said Friday at their first meeting Morrow County Judge l.ouis Carlson will present the hudgel message al the committee's next meeting Friday. Feb b Additional hudgel workshops arc scheduled lor February 9. 1(1 and 12 A Revenue Sharing workshop will begin al 9 a m Thursdav morning Feb 5 The total budget has come in less than Iasi year. Hudgct Ottuc-i liiRayne Bowman rc-jvorted to the committee last year s budget was lower than the vear before, she said Judge Carlson (minted out that although the budget is dropping, revenues arc also decreasing, bul al a taster rale County Assessor Greg Swcck rcjmrted that ihe county’s valuation is also expected to decrease ihc current value is $X7N million, but it is cxficvtcd to come in at $XtX) million nest year, he said The budget committee could lake a risk that the value would not decrease, hut taxes would still he raised accor ding to the tax rate Ihev set. not ac Continued page 2 plans take shape Ihe Hcjipticr St Patrick’s Day committee met Monday to make- plans tor the ujxommg event Members of the bed race commit tee werc present, and rcjvortcd that there are 12 14 teams es pressing interest in entering Ray Harika al Cal's restaurant in Jtejij' ner is chairman ol ihe committee Anyone interested hi entering (lie race may contact him lor more details William Rill announced that in ail dition lo ihe annual sheep dog trials. Ihere will be- a spinning and wcav mg demonstration al the fairgrounds by the Spinners and Weaver (¡uilil Mam Street will be blocked to traffic and jiarking this year to make Mam slrret activities easier lo see Irom (he sidewalk Huttons for Si Patricks day should be ready lor sale by next week, rejiorted Diana Hall Any uhlicKln.il or group interested in jiarlicijialing in Si Patrick's Day with Ihktlhs or nintirv making ac tivitics is urged to contact the Gazcltc I imes immediately to have (he activity included on ihe Sr Patrick v Day jiosicr already Weather Report b» C*y aß »«•in»«»' - Ti-hriiarv High low Rain |.m u a i v ’ H 40 50 52 49 53 4X iq Wed Piurs 1 m Sal Sun \|. m Tues to IX 39 31 43 35 32 .1 13 0 0 ,0 i)b 19 03 Market Report 1 implement* * <t-m Uurmu <*•>' ( Tuesday, f ritm arv .1 Soli While- Jcb March April May June New Crop *3 *3 •3 14 *3 M 02 2 »2 KS »2 »2 II 13 11 97 XI 7S Harley March 'Xh New crop *W> Hard Red Winter Ordinaries Jan MI X ) PIK Cash paid Fri lOtSW9
