Lifeguard helicopter hack in service
The Lifeguard helicopter am
balance wai in Heppner lhursday
for incpectHin by local medical per
•onnel Back in v ersce a week ago
S atu rd ay , the air am bulance
respond» to emergency call» within
a HX) mile radiuc of Pendleton To
Morrow County's Home-Owned Newspaper
contact the ambulance directly, call
I HU) 247-7740. for emergence
The Heppoer
transport to a hospital
E quipped sim ilarly to the
helicopter which crashed north of
184 near Pendleton last December,
the air ambulance has a few added
safety features including added
lights, a landing light so the tail mlor
is visible al night, and a radar
altimiter which gives the pilot an
audible signal when the terrain is too
clove to the helicopter
The crash snapped some realism
in all of us, Craig Manley. executive
director of lateguard said Ihe crew
is concerned with helping patients
and are suggesting safeguards to
make sure that everyone is very sate
The response to the sers ice s rural
1 0 P a g e s registration program hat been over
VOL 105 NO 9
Wednesday. March 4, 1987
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City landfill needs plan to meet DEQ requirements
By Avon Mrlhy
Changes will have to he made at
the city landfill City Attorney Rill
Kuhn told the city council the
IVpanmcnt of Environmental (>iali
ty I* ‘ gening adamant" on the need
to do something about engineering
the operation
The site on the hill above the golf
course was opened hy the county as
a landfill The county asked the c i
ty. which was having trouble with
D E y about its dump, to d ose the
dump and send refuse from the town
to the landfill so it would pay the
county to operate it Then the coun
ty operated it as an open trench type,
with periodic fill in the trenches it
never was, Kuhn said, operated as
a regular fill, compacting one layer
on top of another . as called for
when the county started it The coun
ty wanted out a few years ago and
the city took it over, using the same
method of filing
DEQ notified the city recently that
it had to be engineered ami plans
mask for an acceptable fill
E ngin eers Steve A nderson,
formerly employed by the city, and
Tenniion. a Portland firm, had been
contacted by Kuhn about costs Ap
parently about $2,000 would be
needed to make a short term plan
But it would cost about SlO.OtX) for
a long term plan Kuhn said there
was no assurance the plans made up
would be approved by DEy
Mayor Cara Costa appointed
Councilmcn Wilbur Jackson and
Rick Curtis to work with Kuhn in
deciding what would he the best
method o f meeting D F.y's re
quircments and to report nest month
The state has set aside a sum of
$300,000 to meet street and bridge
requirements mX covered in the State
Highway Division, in small cities.
Mayor Costa told the council She
asked permission to request an allot
ment of SIM.(XX) out of that fund,
for work on a bridge south of Court
street where a narrow, old bridge
needs replacement and the street
needs widening Approval hy the
council was unanimous
Deed to the former Church ot ( i d
building was presented the mayor by
Fire Chief F o m e Burkenhine The
building was recently purchased hy
tie firemen out of their own personal
money; no taxpayers funds were us
ed Burkenhine said the volunteer
firemen were putting on a new root,
repairing Ihe plumbing and healing
system, all at no cost to the city He
added the firemen from several
neighboring towns who attended the
tire school held here Sundas were
very envious of the large new
quarters the Heppner f ire Depart
ment will now enjoy
Mayor Costa announced (he city
police will naive from city hall to the
building nest door, which formerly
was a city library but has been the
meeting room for the fire department
for several years Ihe change will
give both city hall and police, as well
as the firemen more spacious
quarters
Request to keep seven chickens at
his home was mady hy Robert Ross,
a new resident He said neighbors
had said they had no objections A
permit was granted, but he was ad
vised complaints would mean it
would be revokes!
A new program of assisting cities
in setting goals is starting. Mayor
Costa said, and announced she
would like to set it up for Heppner
An outside expert would meet with
city officials, employees, the plann
ning commission, and the budget
committee She said it it were done
10 acres at airport
will be bid in CRP
Fire chief Burkenbme presents deed to Mayor Cara
Costa
soon it would be at no cost to the ci
ty . but later was going to cost money
and expenses for those giving Ihe
goal setting sessions Council
members agreed it might be a good
program tor the c its and she is to try
to get it sc heduled this month
Request to set up a concession on
the vacant lot on Main Street bet
ween the Shoe Box and the post of
flee has been made by Noel Har
shman. City Manager Marshall
lo v g trn said The lot is privately
owned, and the city has no permits
for such an operation He will be
told to work it out with the properly
owner The request was only for the
three day celebration of Si I'airick'v
Day on Match I «, 14 and 1$
3 delegation of city officials Irom
Heppner's sister city f-slacada will
join local city offu ials in a group to
march in the Saturday paiade in the
celebration, Mayor Costa said She
asked councilmcn who were not
E s> a* other thing-, lhal day to join
(lie official delegation
Heppner Council hears
W ater hookup still problem on Cemetery hill
By Avon Melby
Problems in obtaining water
hookup al his trailer home above the
cemetery outside the city limits
brought Key Key to Mondjy x coun
cil meeting
Alter a more than 12 month at
tempt to meet requirements of the ci
ty to obtain the water he said he
thought it wax settled last month
when councilmcn decided to change
their policy, and allow hookups
But when I k - got ready lor the scr
vice he found new requirements hail
been added to the contract he was to
sign with the i its
He wanted to know why. ami wh.it
he could do He said it would now
cost him "fifty thousand dollars" to
put in streets with curbing and
sidewalks and he could not do lhal
City Attorney Hill Kuhn said two
requirements had been added to Ihe
regular water contract, for (he
original Bobbie Angcll property He
caul with the large amount ol land
involved, and it not being loc ated on
a sirecl. they were necessary because
if streets were not put in now "the
city will be hasing to pay for them"
for ocher ho u rs which will eventual
ly be located there
Both Angcll ami Key said they did
not plan on selling any other plots,
but wanted only to live on their own
land
The city planning commission,
meeting one week later than last
month's council meeting, agreed to
semi a letter to the city requesting
thdt the water not be connected. but
the letter had not been received Ibc
planners said they did not want the
hookup until all requirements ot the
urban growth boumtjry location had
been met
At the time permission was
granted for Key to place his trailer
on ihe land he went in hy meeting
county requirements, hut mil city
ones The county ami the city have
a joint management agreement on
Pasco band plans St. Pat’s visit
A versatile entertainment hand. Night Train, from
Pasco will march in the St Patrick's Day Parade in
Heppner and will perform Saturday night dunng St
Patrick ! Day weekend at the Heppner Elk! Club
The Band used to celebrate St Patrick's Day in
Spokane hut dec ided to come to Heppner this year after
they learned Heppner has the real Irish festival, said
Ken Turner, an organi/er for the annual event
The hand features Denny Mahn on the frums and
vocals. Alan Brower and Jack Nolan on has.», and Boh
Thielen on sax. calrinet. percussion and vocal
Five year old Kristi Worden of Heppner tried on a headset in the new
I iteguaid ,ur ambulance with the help of crew member Susan Eit/patrick,
K N
pie in outlying areas may register
Because fog is difficult to predict
their local ion noting possible clear
in this area and sometimes can ap
mgs where the helicopter could land
[>eaf suddenly, we will avoid taking
They can also register the name of flights where the possibility of sud
their family doctor and necessary den log might exist, he said ALI
medications lor heart patients or pilots ate instrument trained and will
others who might need emergency keep their skills current, but what
care “ It makes out response faster
[Ksiplc don't seem to understand is
We lls over each designated landing that the helicopter is only licensed
site during the daytime so that if we lor llighl where ihe pilot has visible
should be called out at night, we ground references, so we will try to
know what is there.' Manley said
avoid (lights where we might fly in
We will only land at pte arranged
to
h'g. and need to use an instrument
sites al night."
approach, Manley concluded
The arnual St Partick'» Day will he held in Hcpp
ner on t-riday. Saturday and Sunday, March I V 14,
and 1$
Dink for the green coffee cans in local businesses.
Turner says, and make a donation to the celebration
Public support is necessary to keep the event going
Donations for Ihe event may also he mailed to Turner
or to Dianne Ball. Rudy Bergstrom, or Jerry
HoHomnn
Lucky r inher buttons commemorating the fifth an
nual Heppner St Patrick's day celehratKin are on sale
at local stores for $2
use ol Heppner'x city urban growth
boundary
Ihe council said ii tell he should
n re t Ihe requirement sset by Ihe ci
ly, but wanted to know why they
were so strict Consensus was a land
owners should be allowed to use his
land, mil hold it for high priced
home building Staling there is
nothing here to bring in people who
would want to build expensive
homes. Councilman Bob Ployhar
said he felt the city should entourage
those people who want to live here
to do so
Noting "Y ou still have our per
mission lor water " Mayor Costa
told Key to return to the city plan
ners next week and ask for a
s ariancc to the contrac t requirement
s o the hookup could he made
The Morrow Counts Court last
Wednesday approved bidding land al
the Irvington airport into the Con
sersation Reserve Program The
It) at res is ciiiienllv seeded to grass
I he court recommended a hid price
ot $ 4 ' pet acre
Ihe c o m t also approved return
mending a lO 't me tease in the
aim milt ot j > i is a(i-ls owned lannlaml
which in.iv he hul into (lie CKP
( intently 2«rt ot quality mg erodi
hie cmpLtnd nuv he bul into the con
vers alum program ''kip Mathews ot
the -\giicultuial Stabilization and
Conservation Sci vice told the Court
that Ihe f »tension Service and Soil
Conservation Service ice online nilexl
a Itl'f increase, and that about hall
Ihe aiea farmeis favored il
In other business dining ihe past
iwo weeks, ihe counts court
heatd Irom Ken linnet and his
attorney Dennis Doherty. Bill
Reynolds Engineers, and I- 1 it/ and
Janice Cutsfoith and then attorney
John Kottkamp regarding a pipeline
Turner proposes to huild near a
county ro.ul
The court heard
Culstorth's reasons lor objec ting to
the pipeline No ilei isiou was nude
regarding an easement on county
right ol way
heard a request from Don Fppen
bach tor funds in the IVK8 live al year
for a last response vehicle Inc .tied in
Irrigon
agreed to look al the possibility
ol taking S «.mm from revenue shar
ing lor purc hase of an additional '(>
leet of property lor the Irrigon Eire
District
accepted the resignations of the
entire team of Health Transition
Board members
learned lhal the North Morrow
Medical Clinic cash How is running
very low Ihe Court instructed that
a letter be written to the North Mor
tow Medical Clinic Board to warn
them of the low cash balance in ttseir
bind lhal is putting the operation in
jeopardy
approved depositing the county's
portion of funds lor restoration of the
C ecil bridge with the State
I rcasurer
heard that Dr Ko/nck agrees) to
assume the position of Medical
lleallh Officer effective July I
accepted deeds fur right of way
properly along Wilson Ruud Iron)
Jackson and Shirley Sheadel and
from Robert Hale
discussed a contract for future
crushed tuck at the county's ruck
dustier with Tom Mabbolt and
David Mabboti
received a Idler from City of
Heppner regarding ihe city's landfill
set (he salary at $36,000 for the
Public Works Director position
requested that the Oregon Dept
of Transportation place three coun
ty budges on a stale bridge replace
ment program Valby Road bridge
at lig h t mile crossing, Spring
Hollow bridge on Rhea Creek, and
Slaughter House hiulge on Willow
Creek
Hospital board nom inates Pearson
Bs As on M rlhy
At a meeting last week Pioneer
Memorial Hospital Board nominated
Trank Pearson to Ihe i ounty court to
verse on the county health hoard
now being organized by the court
Pearson, who has served six years
on the hospital board, said his
employer. Kinzua Ciirp , has an in
lerrsl in promoting heallh care on an
equitable basis in both the north and
south ends r t the county Kinzua has
a mill com, lex here and a loading
dock at Hoardman. with intentions of
expanding the o p era tio n at
Boardman
County fo m m i- isoncr Irvin
Rauch attended the hospital meeting
and said the court wanted a rccom
inendation for appointment from the
hospital, hut that the court wanted to
get away Irom "political" appoint
ments He said the court did not in
lend to have representatives of each
health service on the board, but of
the general public
People familiar with health sets ice
should he on the new hoard, the
hospital hoard agreed "If there are
not some members of the health set
vice groups on that board, it will
never w ork." slated Pioneer Board
member Jack Stregc
Raui i said the court expected to
appoint an eight member hoard car
ly in Marc h to administer health ser
vices and detcrtiunc requirements of
the local hospital and ambulant c w r
vice. Tri County Health. Boardman
Clinic, and ambulances in other
• ommunities. as necessary
The ac tion is a resn't of a petition
from pexiple in R< ardman and Ir
ngon to a'low creation of a health
district .n the north end ol the loun
tv sotlH-s would receive more licjllh
care tor their tax money I lie-s said
they were paving lor die hospital
here ami not hcneliling from it That
drew another pctiiH>M from the south
Morrow people asking one disirul
be formed, taking health care aw.iy
Irom jurisilK lion ol the county court.
F ,t administered hy one hoard
After town meetings, ami rccom
inendation ol a survey hoard, the
court decided it would not create a
district to administer licallh i are I mii
would keep it under the court
The new medical budget i alls lor
Rhea joins TV MR
iiriMilv mi
greatly
im ir.iNTtl
leased rtnrniliturrs
expenditures in 1 the
north end recognizing inequities in
the past
Ihe 'nospital board discussed the
[v sihilitv of adding the hospital
payroll to the court computer and
having it pani by the vourt The
county court thought that might
save money It will he looked in to
but no decision was made
Weather Report
by Cm, of h
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Wed
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Sal
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lutai precipitation lor February
wax 1 1 2 "
Market Report
mm Morrow County ( lr * n fknw w t
Steve Rhea
Steve Rhea of the Turner Van
Martrt and Hrsant Insurance Com
pans st iff has .vcntly conflicted ex
animations and is now a licensed
agent witb the firm
Rhea and his wife, Molly, have
two children. Trevor, almost two.
and Macy. five A lifetime Heppner
rcxidcnl. Rhea farmed for eight years
hefore joining the staff at the in
xurance agensv
I in-vila». M arch .«
Soft White
*« I6'*3 17
March
*3 IX
April
«2 xv «3 01
May
«2 V2 »2 XV
June
‘ 2 XV t2 82
July
•2 XI
August
Barley
*86
M.uch April
»77
July Aug
Hard Red Winter
»« OX
Ordinaries
PIK
Cash
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