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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
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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
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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
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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
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reaching the goal ot holding the line
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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
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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
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Compromise was key to health care issue
Morrow County Groin Growers»
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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
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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
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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
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