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Wastech president finds no
opposition to landfill siting
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The president o f Wastech Ins . the
company that would operate a pro
{»sesl landfill in Morrow County,
said last week that he has not en
countered any opposition to siting
the dump here.
Wayne Trcwhm. Waatech's presi
dent, was in Morrow County to at
tend to public hearings regarding the
location o f a landfill at Finley But
tes north o f Lexington
If established, the dump would
take residential and commercial gar
bage from communities located on
the Columbia Kiser
Trewhitt said that Wastcvh is a
family-owned business based in San
Francisco that has operated similar
landfills in other communities
around the west
He said his lather started Wastech
in 1933 and the company handled
Morrow County's Home-Owned Newspaper
Thr Heppner
azette
VOL 105 NQ._18
Wednesday. May 6. 1987
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Heppner 25*
waste disposal for the city ot San
Fransisco for 50 years
Ihe company also operated the St
John's landfill for fisc years and a
landfill in Sparks. Ncsada. tor 15
years, as well as others in the west
The proposed site in Morrow
County is located about lb miles
south o f Hoardman one mile oft
Bombing Range road on property
presently owned by Is lin g to n
farmer Larry Lindsay
Under the proposal the garbage
would be barged up the riser by
Tidewater Barge C o ., ot I-loaded at
the Port o f Morrow unloading dock.
and trucked to the landfill Ih e gar
bage would be sealed incontaincrs
until it reached the site. Trewhitt
said
10 Pages
Swimming pool water too cool, parents tell Heppner council
By Avon .Mflhy
Operation o f Heppner s municipal
swimming pool will be discussed at
a meeting at city hall Thursday at 3
p m with council members and
representatives o f the public work
ing on the problem
The meeting was set by Mayor
Cara Costa at Monday night coun
cil meeting, in response to citizen's
efforts to have some changes made
for the upcoming season
V ic k i
B irk b y ,
sayin g
she
represented a large group o f parents,
asked that the water temperature be
kept warmer than the 68 ° it occas-
sionally was last scar She said 98 6
degrees is body temperature and
much lower was not healthy for the
kids She mentioned the several
times last year when she had tried to
work with the lifeguards about that
and said there had been no changes
She also said there was broken
glass on (he sidewalks at the pool,
and the restrooms were not kept
clean The floor o f the pool was slip
pery from not being kept clean She
said kids were not watched closely
enough by the lifeguards.
She blamed the lack o f utilization
o f the pool in recent years to the
possible cold water keeping kids
away
She also thought there should be
some adult supervision at the pool.
Counc ilman Bob Ployhar said the
same problems had been going on
for the last four years He wanted a
citizen's committee formed to ad
dress the problem
Marcia Anderson also complain
ed about the low temperature o f the
water, and the small amount o f time
allowed for lessons, particularly for
the beginners She said the lifeguards
do not cover the pool every night as
they arc supposed to to keep the
warm water from getting so cold
The mayor and a representative o f
the city crew will also take part in
the scheduled meeting
On request Marsha Sweek was
assured the Blue Mountain Com
nninits C ollege sponsored swimm
ing use o f the pool would be allow
ed the same rates as last year
Permit to keep 200 pheasants in
fully covered cages was granted
Chuck Holt It w ill be rescinded if
complaints from neighbors arc
received at city hall
Request o f the county for repair o f
the museum city library roof was
tabled for further information The
county pays two thirds and the city
one third for upkeep of the building
C ity
A d m in istra to r
M arshall
Disgrcn said (he building had a new
roof five years ago The Council said
it wanted to know more about the
ci*st before authorizing the repair
On Lovgren's request a resolution
that allows each user on the same
service line to be- billed lor sewer
J
and water use was approved
A sum o f $200 transfer to the
supply section o f the police budget
from another unspent account was
authorized
Police C h ief Doug
Rathbun said the cost o f mov ing the
police department into the new sec
tion o f city hall ran more than
expected
City ordinances 462 through 466.
all pertaining to the requirements
created in the updating o f the city's
Comprehensive Plan, were adopted
The council voted to continue
operating under State Workman’ s
Compensât Kin rather than going w ith
some other cities into a private in
surance carrier.
Bill Kuhn, city council, reported
Port o f M orrow Engineer Brian
Johnson had looked at the city land
Till and made suggestions which
should keep it in operation with
DEQ approval He said the county
had money to close the landfill and
since some work needs to be done
on filling originally made when the
county operated the site, some o f that
money should be available to the c i
ty There is a problem o f seepage
from the county s filling, and the city
must now recover that sect Kin to
meet D EQ specifications He said
the landfill should last about tw o
more years, with changes made in
operation, but planning for a future
site should be made
Rolling Hills Run will be spon
sored by EM Ts this year. Mayor
Cara Costa said They have asked
for permission to use the city park
as starting place
Paper work involved with starting
the hotel project o f converting it to
a retirement home and Senior
Citizens Center is going along. Kuhn
reported He said by the end o f May
he expected to huse calls out for ar
chitects. and funding for the city’ s
portion o f the cost settled There is
a lot o f interest on the part o f ar
chitects. he said ' i am getting three
or four calls per day on it.”
Zone change for county annex held up
trials near the hospital where the fill
By A von Melby
is presently located, and (3 ) a drain
Though the city planning commis
be placed in the lower lot and tied
sion last month approved the coun
into the storm drain The county w as
tv's use o f the former dental clinic
to enlarge the drainage capacity if
on hospital hill for offices for the
necessary to absorb additional run
Justice Court and the county luvenile
o ff from the parking lot paving The
services, the city council decided not
Conditional Use was also condition
to approve changing the city zoning
ed to the council approving the zone
regulations to accommodate the
change, allowing justice court and
change
juvenile services in that R I rcsklen
Monday night both Mr and Mrs
Hal area The county was also in
Fred Toombs were at the council
strvictcd to return to the planners
meeting and stated they wanted to be
with report on work done in 9 0 days
sure all changes outlined by the court
Council Monday said it wanted the
would be met Mr Toombs said the
county planner to meet with it and
county seemed to he proceeding with
explain exactly what was planned in
correcting the numerous items in
the area Action on the zone change
eluded in objections he had filed
was held over
against the county's application for
a conditional use o f the property But
he added he wanted to notify the ci
ty he would not lift his protest until
all work was completed He said he
was requesting a periodic review ol
the county 's use in his neighborhood
because the county had not lived up
There's still lime to win your
to its prcvKius committments. He favorite mom a quarter carat dia
said he would lift his objections on mond valued at $300
ly "w hen everything is intact, and
Once again Heppner businesses
plans arc completed ”
are sponsoring a special Mother's
At the time the planning commis Day drawing for the diamond to be
sion approved the conditional use given away Saturday to some lucky
County Planner Deane Secgcr told person
the planners he had met with
Enter between now and May 9 at
Toombs, and another neighbor, Ron any o f the follow ing businesses
Forrar. and told them ot plans the Murray's Drug. Central Market.
counts had to clean the area, and ad Peterson's Jewelry . Gardner's Mens
dress their complaints Seegcr said Wear. Shoe Box/Talk 'n Tops.
Coast to Coast, R A W , Case Fur
they were satisfied
niturc. and Charlie's Pizza
The planning commissam appros
ed the conditional use permit on con
N o purchase is n ecessary,
ditions that 1 1 ) the counts meet all however, you must be 18 years or
requirements in the proposed plan. older to enter
Enter now and win mom a
( 2 i that the county make an overflow
parking lot for the Justice Court diamond
Diamond
contest
continues
Lovgrcn reported city well No 7
it now on line and will have a pump
hookup w n , to expand the city's
water source for the summer
Kuhn was asked to draw up an or
duiancc to change the city’ s water
line sue requirement The state on
ly requires three inch line in its code,
the city is requiring larger and at
least one new home is alreads hook
ed up with Ihe stale approved size
lo vg rcn said l)F (J had notified
the city a lot o f filtration was getting
into the sewer line He said the city,
some time ago. looked into placing
a smaller line inside the present
system, but did not do the work
because o f the expense involved
" W e will have to be doing ii soon,”
he stated
He said there would be some pro
blems with paper and other materials
blowing around when the garbage is
dumped, however, he said, a fence
would be erected and the garbage
would be covered with six inches o f
soil every day.
The Department o f Environmen
tal (Quality and the county planning
commission need to approve the pro
jest before any dumping can begin
to begin drilling holes at the site soon
to test lor dirt and rock formations
"W astech plans to spend about
S 100.000 on the site.” he said
Trewhitt emphasized that there
will be no pest. rats, etc., problem
at the landfill He said once the waste
is covered, it is not what rodents like
to eat
He also said that the landfill would
be open for use by the public, a con
sideration. he pointed out, with the
high cost of opening and operating
a dump for cities in Morrow County
" W e ’ ve been in this business a
long time, and we know what we are
d o in g ,”
T rew h itt said about
Wastch's ahilits to run a landfill
Although no tuiKtablc has been
established for locating the landfill.
Irewhilt said he hoped to have ap
plication into the county by May,
"but the DEQ takes 9 little longer ”
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The amount voters will see on the
May 19 ballot- u one-year school
operating levy- will be S5.87U.917.
With the levy, property taxes will m
crease $558,127 (7 351) over last
year to $7,609.‘*>9 A three-sear
serial levy o f $366.736 per year (ap
proved last year), the district s bond
cd debt payment, and tax base also
are included in the district's total tax
asking, but do not appear on the
ballot because the amounts have
already been approved A tax base
automatically increases 6 % each
year, a serial levy stays the same
This year's budget inc ludes the final
payment for the November, 1975
bond issue and a scheduled payment
on the July, 1978 bond issue The
le v y '» needed to balance next year's
budget
The school district s general tund
budget. $9,635.749 a balance of
revenues and expenses is $615,239
more than last year's budget o f
$9,020.51«
The estimated tax rate necessary
to collect the needed property taxes
is expected to be $9 16 per $1 .(XX)
o f assessed property value It's im
portant to remember that the rate is
an estimate, based on an expected
decrease in the county s total assess
ed value. School Superintendent
Doyle McCaslin said At this time
last year, we estimated the tax rate
at $9 66 and Ihe actual rate came in
at $8 01 W e can surely hope for a
similar situation this year. but. he
cautioned, this may be the year that
the tax rate comes in at (he estimated
amount
Increases in the budget can he
found in wages and benefits,
McCaslin said because of negotiated
wage increases, a serious increase
(almost double) in the state industrial
accident rale and increase (10 1551)
in medical insurance premiums
Wage and benefit increases were
negotiated in good faith by the hoard
and obviously must be honored, he
said Die board hus no control over
insurance rate increases
The board and budget committee
are holding the line on staff m
creases " W e 'r e not ¡aiding any new
staff positions next year. ' the
superintendent said All building
principals have been instructed to
look lor more efficient ways to use
current staff, he said
All that we re getting new capital
outlay
is classroom computers and
some rcpIaeciiK'nt copy machines,
he said Computers were taken out
o l the budget last year because we
had used some federal money and
were ahead of schedule in buying
computers for classroom use. he
said, but without buying them this
year, the district will tall behind its
schedule The new copy machines
will replace those whuh would pro
hably not last through another year's
use
They were scheduled for
replacement last year, hut were cut
from the budget, he said
" I t 's a very tight budget.” the
superintendent continued. " I t has
been scrutinized by both the school
board and the budget committee It
w ill have us close to the bone in our
ability to maintain a standard cduca
I Kina I program " I t was the board's
decision.” he said, " t o maintain
educational and co curricular pro
grams although it means having to
let some o f hte maintenance projects
wait I don't feel good about it, but
the board did beet up maintenance
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a little in older to patch leaky roots.
but not enough to allow major
repairs o f the tvpe needed Water
damage is the sort o f thing that
mushrooms it let go. and we will
need to do soiik catching up in roof
repair.” he said
W e will also need to do souk cat
ching up in cquipitKnt repair and
purchase, he said
Tea ch ers,
especially in the sciences, have re
quested, and been denied, some
types o f equipment necessary tor a
modem program preparing students
lor college and work force
I he superintendent said the district
mas be able to accomplish some o f
the catching up the follow ing year
when he expects salary and benefit
increases to level off The current in
creases were necessary, he said,
bcacusc Morrow County was offer
ing salaries below those offered
around the state Negotiated salary
settlements coming in now leave
Morrow County very competitive
statewide, he said Teachers salary
negotiations will not start until O c
tober. so we won't know for sure un
til later, he said
Budget information handouts arc
available at the district office and at
each school building
S pecific questions about the
budget may be addressed to
McCaslin at the district office,
school board iiKinbcrs. budget com
mittee members or budget informa
lion chairpersons Karen Pettigrew
and George K offlcr
Rep. French to
discuss proposed
hunting legislation
Saturday
Rep Raymond French will be in
Heppner this Saturday to hold a
lownhall meeting on bills recently in
troduced to the stale legislature that
many I i h . i I hunters feel will restrict
hunting on private land, and
establish fee hunting in many areas
French will iiKCt with concerned
citizens Saturday May 9, at 10 a m
at the multipurpose room o f the
Heppner grade school building
Everyone is invited to attend
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Meat loaf Makers
Mrs Betty Christman. Cook manager of the
Heppner Elementary Schools, helps first
graders prepare meatloaf for the school
lunch. This culminates a recent nutrition unit
covering nutritious snacks, breakfasts, lun
ches and dinners The unit included filmstrips
and several hands-on experiences
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