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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 1987)
Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper T h r H rp p n rr Lance Marvin (left). Ron Fonar and Lauri Hire look over one of Lance's drawings VOL 105 NO 14 Wednesday. April 8 1987 Oregon 25‘ 10 Pages Council says two cemetery hill residents mav have water now By Avon Melt»» Cily water will he av ailahk i.* both Ken Key anil Bobbie Angell on then property on cemetery hill Heppncr City council decided Monday The hookups can he nude immediately The decision ended an IS month »erics of meeting with hoth the cits council and city planning coimnis lion for Key. and meetings exten ding over more than lout sears lor Angell ll followed an hour long discus »Kin on how to allow the water with some members changing their minds betorr the Inal unanimous approval vole City attorney Hill Kuhn said re quirements of a partitioning permit should he met first hs Kes this followed a decision i "iith ago hs the council permitting the a iter hut Key found requirements had hccn added to the regular contract signed by presious out side the cits water users He would he required to put in streets, sidewalks, and complete pi. rung ol his two acre tract tor development He said he was not in tercsled in developing it now or at a later date, that he wanted onlv to live on his land He also noted he would he required to return to the . ty for a building permit if he dec nl ed later to build a home instead ot living in a mohil home on the acreage Councilman Wilbur Jack son said he did not see where allowing the water should depend on the other requirements In allowing the hookup tor Key immediately and tor Angell when she is ready the cits reserved the right to rewind the action at a later date on sufficient grounds It also said Kes has YU davs to turn in to ci ty hall the paper work the counts will require ol him to live on the land I red I undin Morrow Counts t c tension Agent, was granted a permit to keep lour sheep and 12 chickens on his proper!» at 170 Aiken street He said there were no objections troin neighbors Request to deposit in the Heppncr landfill at no charge by City ot I es ington on Salunlav April 2 '. was denied The i ny ot I cvington is has mg a clean up month Reason lor denial was given that (here is only tour months space left in the current tac iluy . and Heppner citizens arc go ing to he at additional espense in disposing of their own refuse and garbage soon A resolution to >u|>port the I eague ot ( >regim ( UK’ s and Stale Highway departm ents' request to the legislature on planning and fundmv roads was adopted It will he an IS vear plan with the first m years alreadv completed It calls tor hot ter roads in many areas of the state Roads coming into Heppncr arc on ly " la ir " to "poor", the report savs A contract with Anderson Pens A Associates tor technical assistance on the water system Uudy lor the city was approved The present distri bution system will he completely checked and tested, recommend* turns on tuturr needs will he supplied the city Charles Wisdom. 'HO Aiken street, asked about the city policy covering harking and running loose dogs He said he had notice ot a complaint on his dog harking j ih ! contended it was not as bothersome as nuns dogs he sees chasing cars in other parts of town and harking He was told complaints are signed by ob|Cvtuig neighbors, and lines are assessed beginning with S20 tor the first ottense and increasing for ad dmonal ones Permission to transfer funds were given Citv Administrator Marshall l ovgren as needed to meet certain Continued page 2 Artist earns trip to Chicago lan ce Marvin a sixth grader at Heppncr H cm cnurv Sch.s> ! has won a trip to the International Creative Arts I estival in Chicago He entered an original w a leri. 'lor painting in a contest sponsored hy the Center on Deafness j not ¡nolit organization which encouragi hear ing impaired children in ihc arts V banquet and awards presentation will culminate a weekend ot lesiivitii in eluding an international talent . .>n test and the plav Annie " w hu h the youth and his parents |V>n and Cathy Mars in will attend The contest was an excellent op portunilv tor Heppner arl teacher Ron Forrar, the young artist and interpreter l aurt Hire to work together in preparation for I arue s design tor a competitive work ol art Forrar said " A s we worked together h continued, "it became oh- ous ih.il l ance was developing a real sen sitivitv tor dealing with visual u " cepts He is one of those rare students who comes through the i t program with a natural undctsian ding tor visual expressionism in the line arts For the contest. I ancc tirst drew and then painted his picture using rclcrcncc materials Irom some ot th< impressionistic masters Mixing colors lor the painting wa contusing, the young aitist \a,., although he thought his work usl might win the contest understand what we see.“ Forrar He has confidence, because he said " I ancecan see things and can know i he is good at arl and s.iv\ so express what most people can't interpreter Hire said A ll is understand because he sees things • h ig I an do Mv brain has a Irom the inside I tell students it they lot ot an things in n ll has nothing ate drawing a horse or a tree to (o do wuh my being deal ta iu e become that liorsc or tree and then sign I Although his painting won to draw what they have become (he . % m ii;w-tit>• -ll he said he liked ik> 1 ancc has that sensitivity tor reality ing il better than he liked the finish m its abstract form Hi\ depth of ed work understanding is what sc|iaratrs the He likes to draw geometric sh.i|x-s cteative artist from someone who and people s t.iios, mostlv happy performs a craft," he said ones though sometimes mad laces, I orrai has been an art teacher in he .out iniied I >i aw mg is easier than Heppner schools Hire has been doing the water color He wants to I ancc's intcqirelcr lor live years do more walercolors He alsodraws with pen and ink pencil, chaicoal i ' chalks and likes lots ot color H:c londnesc tot geometric shapes pmh.ihlv stem from his math ahili tv I 'trat said 1 aticc ranks in the top 2U' I ot his math i lass a cl 1 1tic ult .lacs tor deal students (ienetall) a true genius who excels in one area Irrtgon and lone voting precinct will also he above as crave in ol hers names were switched above the col he said muni with the March 'I election ll> an sc h. is deaf, lan ce docs totals on die trout (sage ol last week s ' iv i limited vovahulary. Hire ex (■azettr I lines Ihe unotfic lal totals S' netimri tie w ill draw column was correct An abstract ol a picture to explain what he has done the votes changed some of the ov.r the weekend with suih detail numhcis slightly but did not ihangc that I teel like I was there ( Hhcr the election's outcome tunes I will trv to draw a picture to lone again led all prec me ts w ith a < '(’lain comething to him tie la c k s b4', voter turnout Combined the words tor and he will take the Heppnei Haidiiun precincts had a pencil out ot mv hand and complete ' l l turnout 4I'1 ot I exington the picture." she said voters cast ballots last Iucsduy Most ol us see things as they lollowed by 'h T of Hoardman I ti net ion and beyond (hat do not voters and 24‘v ot Irrnron voters Precinct names switched in last week's paper First graders learn woodworking skills First graders at lone have hern working in the school's wcxyl shop for the past two weeks measuring, sawing, sanding, drilling, and m l oring spec lal mother 's day projects The presents arc a surprise, so no one tell the first graders' mothers that their children arc nuking a tulip in a stand with a gesese beside it First graders rotate with other grade schcxdcrs at lone in two week shifts working at the shop I his is the fourth year of the program at lone, shop teacher Marv Peterson said He believes lone is ot >t ihc tew sclnxils in the state t otter this type of program tor grades K r. Ihe youthful woodworker don't always nuke gilts but vm times keep the project lor them -Ives Peterson said He selects different projects for each grade level s i ca. h child w ill he succ esstul aii'I .an Ink home a completed project Kin/u.i Corp in Heppner donates w .«..I ■ t the projects, he said Hy measuring the tulip sii its base. Peterson said tirst gi.clc t begin to recognize tra.tions tin ruler Fifth graders this vear sk. ■ h ed plans, including dimensions t "t a box with drawers, he said The kids retain a tiemerulous amount ot what Ihcv learn the tollowmg year, he .ontimicd I!" . remember the names ol the hand Icytls and the salelv rule Mai ■ P do during their c I. i s s I i i i k t.K in v . i i m Yith.i-Ri. t n.imi lake Me F.lligott Roseann Hak md Kara M Mact Childers '.u ai ts > i u. it' 1 J' ■ ■ v Orttacn and Roseann Baker sweep up the saw V From top left Jocv Grcison guides w i h x ! tor tulip leaves through the |ig saw while Peterson holds w i m h I steady Megan Proud tool i wearing safely glasses i mm entrates on the task ( hris Harms listens to piece of w.axl nuke noise while waiting his turn at the saw Roscann Maker watches Joe M ciham sawing at the nutre box First grade teacher Rem Rietnunn makes sure Christopher Stillman has all the necessarv pieces >
