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Three measures appear on Tuesday's ballot
Mormw County s Home-Owned
The Hrppner
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VOL 105 NO. 19
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Wednesday^May 13, 1987_____ Heppner 25»
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Two statewide measures and one
local measure will appear on next
Tuesday's bailor
Stale measure No I asks voters if
state officials should continue
challenges to federal selection of
high level nuclear waste dumps in
Oregon Measure No 2 would
authorize school districts that are
unable to pass a budget by
September to levy taxes equal to the
Iasi amount approved by voters This
“ «lets net" measure would prevent
school closures, its supponerx say
locally, the school district is ask
ing approval of S5.S70.dl7 one-year
operating levy
With the levy, property taxes will
increase $558.127 (7.3% )over last
year to S7.60d.Wd A three year
serial levy of $3*0.736 per year tap
prosed last yearl. the district's bond
ed debt payment, and lax base.
$884,808 also arc included in the
district's total tax asking, but do not
appear on the ballot because the
amounts have already been approx
ed A tax base automatically in
creases 6% each year, a serial less
slays the same This year's budget
includes the final payment lor the
November. 1975 bond issue and a
scheduled pay ment on the July 1978
bond issue
Hie school district s general fund
budget. $9.635.740 is $615.239
more than last year's budget of
$9.020.510
The estimated tax rale necessary
of the public land, would be closed
off to the general public, and reserv
ed for fee hunting
French said the bill, which in ef
fect will allow the Fish and Wildlife
Commission to issue wildlife
management licenses to private lan
downers, is not designed to exclude
the public from hunting, but instead
will increase wildlife herds
Some hunters said they realize a
private land owner has every right
to close off his property to the
public, but, they feel the game on the
private lands belongs to the public -
not the landowner
French stated that fee hunting is
already practiced on many private
lands, and that when ranchers
farmers establish fee hunting "they
arc not selling the animals, they arc
selling access.'*
Representative Ray French (right) speaks to group of hunters
in Heppner Saturday Left is Dean Robertson who presented
French with petition bearing 415 signatures in opposition to
hunting legislation
Hunters also fear that private Ian
downers will close oft roads that ac
cess public lands, thus keeping
hunters fn>m reaching public lands
They also fee! that in areas where
public land is adjacent to private, but
not separated by u fence, ranchers
would charge the public to hunt on
public lands
Game migrate during the year,
and hunters say animals that feed on
public lands may move to private
lands during hunting season, thus
providing the private landowner
profit.
"Game ranch owners can control
where game are," said Clackamas
County Representative l-arry Sows,
who is in opposition to the bill
"You can't guarantee a game ran
cher will only have game on his pro
perty that he fed during the year
Deer flock to private land during
hunting season." he said
"How can anyone take something
public and make a profit on it." said
Dean Robinson of Heppner. .i vocal
opponent of the legislation
From the private landowners'
point of view, questions were asked
By Avon Melhy
Failure of the city council to ap
prove the city planning commis
Sion’s rccommcndaiion to change
zoning to allow county use of the old
dental building was sublet for
discussion at Monday night's plan
mng commission meeting
“ I don't think they (council
members) understand they have
The bikers started at Beaverton
Honda about 4 30 a.m. Saturday and
left at 10 second intervals There
were a total of 712 bikes which came
through Heppner on Saturday
Chamber of Commerce Manager
Claudia Hughes and Heppner Mayor
Cara Costa were at the Heppner
checkpoint handing out a packet of
Heppner and Morrow County
brochures and welcoming each rider
who came through
Officials of the run take the
average time and average miles on
the run and those coming closest to
a pre determined time and mileage
will win " If you go too fast, you
will lose If you go to slow you will
lose," said one run official punching
check-in cards at die Heppner check
point, "so it is not really a race.”
The run is an annual event, and
last year the club went through
McKenzie Pass "It was snowing, so
this is much, much better." said one
ruler standing in front of the Bank
of Eastern Oregon eyeing a ther
mometer which read 85 degrees He
said about half the rulers dropped out
last year because of the bad weather
why landowners were expected to
foot the bill for deer and other
wildlife damage to agriculture
"I'm in favor of the hunters pay
ing a damage fee. but through the
licensing process," Robinson said
Ranchers are also concerned with
the damage hunters cause while driv
ing on private land, and the time it
takes to monitor hunters while they
arc on private property
Clin! Gray, a rancher from Monu
mcnt who has been in fee hunting
business since 1979, said that last
year 2 1 elk were taken from his pro
perty at a fee of $1,500 each
Gray, who has 59.000 acres, said
wildlife were easier on his property
than running cattle, and that fee hun
ting contributed to the local
economy
" la s t year we hired 11 men and
paid them $3,000 each That means
$13.000 went into the local
economy." he said
French also said the game
management bill would help local
economy, by providing more game,
which would bring more people in
to the area to hunt "! have fee hun
ting and some of the hunters shop
locally," said French
"The economy of Oregon is sup
ported by timber and agriculture
These resources arc not coming bac k
like it was before." French said
"Cukldschmidt
(Gov
Neil
Godschmidt) is going to promote
tourism and there is going to be more
and more pressure on land for hun
ting Hunting is being looked at as
a way to up-grade the economy of
Oregon," he said
"W e ’re here to stop something
like this that is going to kill hunting
as we know it to d ay ." said
Robinson
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Narcotics missing following break in
Craig Berleman (left) and Leyton Jump. M D from Tenino,
Washington were some of the motorcyclists who came through
Heppner Saturday during the annual Rose City Motorcycle run
Berleman and Dr Leyton left Portland about 5 a m They
are riding on Dr. Leyton's Kawasake 1300 with a sidecar
attached
Heppner Masons served 210 pco
pie at an all day pancake feed last
Saturday
"It was a very good turn out,” a
spokesperson said Quite a few
bikers coming through town as part
of the Rose City Motorcycle Club's
500-milc Road Rallyc stopped for a
meal Many said they didn't expect
such a friendly welcome; some said
they had never been through Hepp
ncr before but would come back
again later
One person left an extra donation
when he learned proceeds from the
breakfast would benefit special
education, the spokesperson said
Narcotics were missing from the
pharmacy at Murray's Drug store in
Heppner following an early Monday
morning burglary
The burglar apparently enteral the
store between 2-5 a m through a
glass door on Main Street after
breaking out both panes
"You could tell the person was
looking for specific things ami that
he knew what he wanted." Meg
Murray, owner of the store, said
We don't know yet if anything else
was missing, but we have checked
the lottery tickets and notified both
the State 1 iquor Control Commis
sion and the State Pharmacy Board,
she said
Heppner police said the incident
is
under investigation
Heppner man killed in Saturday crash
Sam Worley. 31. Heppner, was
killed Saturday evening when he was
thrown from his pickup on Willow
Creek Hwy six miles from
Heppner
Worley was headed toward his
home at Blake Ranch when his
pickup skidded and rolled in the
gravel on the right shoulder of a left
curve There are indications that he
was driving at an excessive speed.
Oregon State Police Trooper Carl
Martin said He was apparently
headed up the slight hill ami instead
of going left, around the curve, the
vehicle went straight It appears he
tned to get back on the road and
that's when the vehicle skidded H e.
was apparently thrown from the
pickup when it rolled twice on the
gravel shoulder The vehicle rolled
maybe two or three more times ami
as it went down a 20' bank before
coming lo rest in Willow Creek,
Martin continued
There were no passengers or im
mediate eye witnesses, he said, but
a driver who met the car moments
before the accident turned around
when he saw the dust ami another
driver arrived at the accident site
about the same time
Results of a blood test were not
known. Monday, he said, but reports
said Worley had been drinking
earlier m the day
Worlcv worked at the Heppner
Howl where he was intrumental in
organizing a Junior Bowling league
Loss of revenue sharing sparks motorcycle course selection
Although $4800 federal revenue
sharing may not seem like much to
a city the size of Portland, it can
make a real dent in some smaller
town's budgts
The motorcycle club's road rallye
is a revenue producer for the towns
along the route because hikers are
encouraged to stop for two meals
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Murrays front door
said successful
After reading an article in a
February issue of the Portland
Oregonian about Fossil's loss of
federal revenue sharing. I called
Mayor Buck Leckie and told him we
were going to come to his town.
Rose City Motorcycle Club's Road
Captain Dale Allin said,
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Pancake booth
Dave Zimmerman and Esther Thacker
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delegated planning to the planning
commission." City Attorney Hill
Kuhn said He mentioned that there
were several new members on the
council, and said he would try to ar
range time for them to "become bet
ter educated on what the planning
commission docs "
Several planners expressed fear
the county might change its plan to
nuke all the improvements in that
area because of the lack of adoption
of an ordinance alk»w ing the juvenile
department and justice court to
operate in that residential R I zone
The mental health office, also
located in the building now, is
covered through the pres khis condi
Motorcycles—lots of them—swing through Heppner
Dave Zimmerman and his friend
Esther Thacker both of Yakima take
a break at the checkpoint outside
Heppner during Saturday's Motor
cycle run.
The run started in Beaverton,
came up the Columbia Gorge,
through Heppner to Fossil and back
to Portland
Zimmerman says he goes on quite
a few of the runs, and enjoys the ex
citement of seeing new country He
A retired from Boeing Aircraft Co.
fcxl Esther is retired office manager
w a nursing home in Yakima
Zimmerman's bike, a Honda
Aspercadc. is equipped with CB
radio, tape deck and other options
It cost about $ 11 .(JOG he said
Zimmerman was bom in Grass
Valley, but he said it has been a long
time since he was in this area
Thacker also owns her own bike, a
Honda Silverwing This is the first
time she has riden as a passenger,
she said
The run was organized by the
Rose City Motorcycle Club of
Portland, and is a timed event with
prizes and awards
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City planners to attend
council meetings
Many questions still unanswered following meeting with French
Representative Ray French and
local hunters locked horns Saturday
over a game management bill, and
when it was over many questions
were still unanswered
French says the bill is not intend
ed to cut out the general public from
deer and elk hunting, and would ac
tually increase the amount of game
available
Local hunters aren't so sure,
however, and many said the propos
ed legislation would cause an in
crease in fee hunting in the county
and make hunting available only for
the wealthy.
The hunters arc concerned that
most of the private land, and some
lo collect the needed property taxes
is expected to he $9 16 per $1,000
of assessed property value
Budget information handouts arc
available at the district office and at
each school building
Specific questions about the
budget may be addressed to
McCaslm at the district office,
school hoard members or budget in
formation chaupersons Karen Pet
tigrew and George Koftler
and to rest. "W e don’t tell them
where to stop." he said, except at the
checkpoints where ihey get direc
tions to the next stop When they
begin the course, riders know only
that they will begin and end at
Beaverton Honda and dnve 500
miles in between.
Normally we select a course with
hills and curves that avoids
freeways, Allin said We strive to
show the participants «»me of the
country they may mu have seen
before as well as a challenging dnve
Wrecked pickup ready to be towed away
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