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IVSO - |lir H rppnrr Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, Tebruarv 11.19*1 Heppner man appointed County to pay neighborhood council $1300 mo to Port Commission G lM M -TillM l, Kent (»»Oscar Heppner. » is ap punted February 2 to fill a vacancy on the Port of Morrow Hoard of Commissioners Goodyear is the marketing manager for Ktnzua Corp and is chairman of the committee working to prevent abandonment of the fteppncr branch railroad He was appointed to fill the post lion vacated by Morrow County JosJ^te lawns Carlson's December M resignation Carlson resigned the position prior to his btng sworn in as |ud|te The commission appointed (¡midyear on the reconuncmlation of an ad hoc committee appointed last December to interview a|>plK.ints in ! ere sled in serving on the hoard of coiitmissn mers I he committee also recommend ed that the commission hold oil any appointment until alter the March election fhrcc commissioners larry find say. John linstow. and Matt Dohcr ty. said they felt obligated to Till the position because ol the lime and el lort spent by the ad hoc committee and the applicants Commissioner Hill Sharkey dissented, stating he opposed any ap pointmcnt until after the March l | election Because three positions es pire this year Sharkey said he tell it would be in the best interest ot the porl to wait and let the people dec ide who their representative would he ami appoint that |<ervm Sharkey caul he . >sulci see no reason to make Kent Goodyear an appointment so close to an elec lion II an appointee were not re elected he would only serve a lew months "I think it's a waste ol time ami energy." he said Fhrcc positions arc up for election this year they are currently held by larry land say. John Bristow lap pointed last year to replace I eroy Gardner). and Kent (»»»hear lap pointed Monday to replace I ouis Carlson) Commissioners elected in March will begin serving their terms this July According to Morrow County Clerk Barbara Bh»»lsworth. only I arry I imlsay has filed tor election to the porl Commission to date Fhe deadline to tile is f ebruarv 19 Heppner ( it> Council has owned land here lor 12 years, ami has lived in Heppner tor three years He is a retired leadman lor Kcynalds Metal at Inundate and has been active in Heppner Senior Cili/ens since u»>ving here He replaces Maivin lane who has mov ed from the city Hid of I I Yadow . auditor. Irom Portland, to audit the city b»>ks was accepted Ihe low price ol S2.MHI in a group ranging to \7 .KAt) was held over Irom the January meeting I he comic il members thought it was I imi low to take a chance on without checking out the company (iregor. which had done the city's auditing last year, but S4.HIIO, the same as last vear ( ity Administrator Mar shall lovgren had checked with other cities which had used ^ adow and tound his work satisfactory City Administrator Marshall I ovgren said an amount ol Vi24 had b en received lor the city lire depart merit, mostly from firemen's benefit held at Charlie’s Pizza Ibis was not addressed hv the budget committee Don’t Miss The Annual Customer Appreciation Day ★ FR E E ★ l*iin<*ak(v ltr«*nki‘nst D oo r P r iz e s 4 I Case 518 15 40 Oil 5 Farberware Coflee Urn 6 Toy Tractors And Many More Visit with Factory Representatives Kox km oim t-W vidinK S u p p lies ( enliirv Welding S f.u k X N o rris-I ituitte R ep air ll.tro lt! H ec.-A ir C o n d ilio n in u ( u lk in s I e.tkv l*i|>e-Irrigation Kev In d u stry -C lo th in g Saturday, February ( ene\ Seed S.f ..N.-C.K I*. UiiINmt M o n san to 8 a.m.-Noon 'Mutiny C W -ill 14 February II with recommendations for spccul handling il he considers it necessary to make the rock usable Anderson asked the Court to rcnienibr thjt w bn they are award ed sutc and federal grants to build bridges and roads they may chi»>sc to hire private firm to do i b w o rk In other business, the Court bard twin Assessor Greg Sweek that the Courthouse telephone system is not covered by a maintenance contract fhe contract from AIAI would cost S I p e r vear \fc c'vc b en on the system lor two scars and have nut needed maintenance mi tar Sweek sjid j Denis Huttham. Irrigon. did nor show up tor trial Tuesday morning in Circuit Court at Heppner His at- lorncv Mike Kilpatrick ot Ml Ver non. however, wav prevent A war ran t tor HufTham's arrest on charges of Theft I with bail set at SS0.000 has b en issued Morrow County District Attorney Jett Wallace said Additionally. he expects Huttham to b charged with I allure to Appear Huttham was first arrested December 12 in connection with an on going criminal enterprise which Lions Club president David Sykes (left), Carl Lauritsen. illcgedlv netted more than SKN).(NN) Failh Healy and Penme Miller collected tor hay that was never delivered Huttham was under con tract to deliver hay to the Irrigon Western Alfalfa plant He was arrested a second time December 22 when a (irand Jury I he Heppner I ions cluh has donated SI00 toward Ihe pun have ol a por returned an indictment charging him table defibrillator lor the Heppner ambulance with the c rime He pleaded Not |tie I M is arc planning several fund raising events because the total cost (¡inlty January I ' at his arraign ol the unit is C V n Donations may b made to any I MI ment Hail was originally set at The ambulance currently has to lake the defibrillator Irom the hospital SSI It) (MO but was reduced to VVtNN) emergency room tnot a portable until when they expect to have a heart pa on January 2 I Huttham then posted tient Ihe unit is used tor monitoring and stabilizing the heart b a t bail and was released we arc olt duty." Cowett said Chief Doug Kathbun said he did not like to sec officers in j bar llut they lose their effectiveness if they are drinking with others there ami the next night a fight starts that they have to go in to break up Ibe council decided tby could have a drink, but not within eight hours ot time they were to go on duly Cowett also said he felt there should b a minimum ot two hour pay when officers are called for backup or in any emergency w bn they are called to duty during time oil At present tby jre paid only tor fhe Counts Court last W ednesday l b lime thev put in He pointed out announced an immediate but short that thev are not paid when tby term plan to meet part of the serve in court Kathbun said It health care needs in the county would break ihe budget ” Cowell fhe plan which resulted from a was told to bring it up b lo re budget January ?s workshop with health lime next year b lo re any change care entities and the county court OHild b made provides tor no increase in layers ot Kathbun said this is the vear the government and holds the line on city is scheduled to b y a new police taxes car Ibe budget committee sug Health care has b en a much gested getting a state surplus, but the talked about, potentially divisive citv has alwavs bought locallv He issue in the counts since last ( k to b r asked lor direction Councilman when north county citizens filed a Jackvin was appointed to work with petition with the county court ask Kathbn to determine where the b st tng formation ol two health care buy could b made ami report back districts to the counc il North Morrow Medical Clinic Nurd mctnbr Sieve Rowe said the Sheriff’s Report petition was intended to draw alien non to the long neglected needs lor Die Morrow County Sheriffs Of medical cart in lb Board man and Ir •ice reports handling or dispatching rtgon areas I wo medical districts, the follow mg business during the he said was a concept which didn't sav we think we deserve Kti'i ot the past week February 2 a deputy investigated money, but was a vehicle prtvposcd a complaint ot an animal problem at to get our needs met Now we te sav tng we're willing to has k olt. but Hardnun I ehruary 2 deputies responded to we draw the line at increasing taxes a family disturbance in the l ex to meet out needs t rank Pearson of the Pioneer tngton area fhe disturbance was Hospital Board made it dear that the resolved upon then arrival hospital did not want to let capital During the week ol January 27 February 2. ihe Sheriffs Office expenditures such as repairing the assisted thr-e disabled motorists ri»»t. wait until a long term problem February ' a deputy investigated such as ma|or damage to the hospital a report ot a stolen boat front the building occurred Ihe Nurd, he said, is willing to li»>k at decreases area of the Port id Morrow Com plainant advised the Sheriffs ( >lticc in capital spending and negotiate a on February 4 that the Nut had been workable solution Steve Roweot the North Morrow found February ( the sheriffs office Medical Clinic Board said that since medical needs lor North Morrow dispatched the Heppner Fire Dept to a report of a lire at Ktn/ua Corp County residents had b en deferred tor such a long nut«.-. the hospital m Heppner February 4 a depute investigated should b willing to deter it' needs lor a short time until equity is reash a report ol Rape- I allegedly oceurr mg outside the Hoardnun Citv ed Meeting North end needs bv in limits Victim is a live year old creasing taxes won t work." he emphasized female luvemle. suspect ica 14 year Alter negotiating and apparently old male luvemle reaching a "Nvttom line tor each Continued page 6 side, thev were still SJO.tNN) Irom reaching the goal ot holding the line 92*w A i E lk s A n n u a l February 14 j<5nÉIIK;ÍIK) * • * W h e n g la ss b re a k s th e c ra c k s m a y m o v e fo s te r th a n 3 000 m ile s an h o u r T he VALENTINE GIFT THAT’S AS BEAUTIFUL AS YOUR LOVE. F ink J ewelry Roast FA>rk Roast Beet c* ^ \ Heppner Elks 358 « ; the clinic. the S4.UOO cost could b reflected in their budget thus reduc ing the c Itnic 's asking Ihe workshop also ottered ideas which require tune tor planning and could not he implemented in time tor this year’s budget process They suggested the technical team con sider using a physician advisor from Pioneer tor the north ambulance, us mg the doctoi at the North Morrow Medical Clinic as a weekend emergency doctor at Pioneer, and purchasing liability insurance tor all entities as a group From the moment it 's received to every single moment thereafter, fine tewelrv lets your loved one know exactly flow you lee) M u s ic t ri X Sal . on taxes Don I ppenbachol the clinic Nurd said that he supposed Irrigon could wait another vear b lore its needs were met Attitudes changed suddcnlv Both Pioneei Memorial Hospital Administrator John Hetnpcl and Pearson obiectcd bcause. thev said Irrigon should b the last to reduce its current request since it hud received the least over the years Negotiators quickly found items they could defer which would bring their total tax asking within the goal Pearson said the Hoard would do its best to pare another SMI.(Hill Irom the hospital budget I ppcnhach said NMMC "could possibly kick another VS .INN) out ol its budget sieve Rowe asked it county road crews could repair the driveway at A A IV I A i * C » c C a . 4 . ». A a * . * » * . » » 4 fheevijn • mooMsjfKé 3LLJ for Compromise was key to health care issue Morrow County Groin Growers» in t scheduled lor repair Kenovalionoi the Courthouse exterior was subslan tulle complete January I. Smith said the guarantee on the work will end one year from that dale heard the treasurer's cash ref»»rt tor Januarv from Treasurer Margo Sbrer discussed operation of Anson Wright and Cutstorlh parks with (iay Harshman who is currently under contrast to collect Ices, keep order haul garbage, and maintain Nah parks b ald from County Health Nursh Pat Wright that Dr 1. D Tibbies, Heppner. would no longer continue as ciHinty Health Officer She said Dr Clare Koznek of Heppner had indicated an interest in taking over ihe position BufTham a no- show at trial C r a b C o c k ta il t O to» '4* Commissioner Rauch said that although he was in tavor of reasonable maintenance contracts, he didn't consider thij one reasonable approved an outstanding payment ol SI V07I lor a nupping machine lor the assessor's office Die equip mcnl is installed and seems to b working. Sweek said training of personnel is complete appointed Cmdcc Henderson as backup person for (ireg Sweek to keep the county's computer svsiem running bard from Counts Architect Hob Smith that leaks in the Courthouse Money donated medical equipment From page i and the city should accept the dona lion and authorize its transfer to the lire department The action was approved He also said a budget hearing tor the city would b- held in June and the city should adopt the budget at that lime It is within the sis percent limitation and there will be no vole Request lor s|X'mltng S250 to build a rccoids room to hold city files in thcoldcity hall was approved City f oreman Dave \S inters said the old records were now in the same room with the legal ev idcnce material and it was getting li»> crowded Ibe con sinntion will cut sis leet oil the length ol the old city hall n»im City Police Officer Merle Cowett asked about the police policy which states officers cannot "habitually loiter or linger in a place where in toxicatmg liquor is served He said this was interpreted that he could not have a drink ol b e r and a sandwich in a public place in town with a friend on his day off “ Ibe city council is controlling our lives w bn 1 Homelite Super 2 16' bar w case 2 Rollaway Tool Chest 3 35000 BTU Space Heater The County Court voted to pay SI HN) each month tor the nett five months to the Morrow County \eighhorh<»»J Council rhecoum.il w ill use the monev to pay rent, utility bills, and other operational costs Hte Court has discussed other plans lor providing some funding to the service agency after it lost finan cing January 9 from the now bankrupt Blue Ml Development Corp but postponed action until the Ncighhorhi»»l Council received of ficial mil ice of mm profit corpora lion status ' We've served lour families with emergency food ami eight with emergency clothing in the last two weeks. Ncola Mac kev . prcsulem ot the council's board ol directors told the court Die first pan ol January. she said rumors that the Neighborh)»»! Center had closed kept people away fhe Ncighbirhi»»l Coum il iscon tinuing to operate with volunteer staffing because the executive board has not yet located funding to pay a co ordinator's salary Dtey arc however, planning fundraising events lall money from fundraisers must be used lor needy families ami not lor operating expenses, the coun c iI s by laws say . I and are working to continue getting government surplus cheese ami other com modules lor distribution f he Court asked Steve Anderson ol Anderson Perry I nginecring out ol I .it ¿ramie to draw samples ami do laboratory tests on bah piles ol roc k at the Hoeing rock crusher site ami report the results to the Court . n 6 / 6 9 'si “ If here friends meet " : . _ c . . . a . : . : . . . W hen Y< > i k F efj . inus A re F or R eal •I sVinher t 1 9f* trw»*ert Amrrw « In* Jewelers of A m e n a. 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