Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper
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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
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Orttacn and Roseann Baker sweep up the saw
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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
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