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Tidewater is proposing that a 600-acre landfill he built in Morrow County that could handle up to 2.500 tons of waste per day collected from communities along the Columbia Kiser The Morrow County Court last week approved a condition use per nut that would allow the landfill, however. I idewater must still gain approval for the project from the Department of Environmental Quality Committee ponders architect By Avon Melby Choosing an architect for remodeling Heppner Hotel into a Senior Citizen housing center has kept a committee busy this month Eighteen applications for the posi tion have been received, with six of those interested coming to town to look at the building A committee of council members and Senior Citizens, along with Trod Toombs of Columbia Basin Electric Co-op. are studying the resumes Five of the finalists were chosen this week, out of the IX applying A final meeting Thursday will determine which ones should come lor inter views The interviews are planned for next week, with the final choice to be made then The named architect will make final plans for the remodeling and it will probably be tour months before bid for construction can be let. ac cording to Bill Kuhn City Attorney. Kuhn is spearheading the remodel ing project for the City of Heppner Construction is to be funded by a stale grant of S5(M).(MM) and a loan the city w ill take out at a local bank Final cost is expected to be close to SI million Contracts with cities for waste disposal have not been signed, but Tidewater is presently talking with Clar* County and the Metropolitan Service District in Portland about providing disposal service Under the plan Tidewater would barge the waste up river to the Ron oi Morrow at Hoardman From there the garbage would be (rucked to the landfill site at Finley Buttes, approx imately 16 ac res south of Boardman off Bombing Range Road Life of the landfill would be ap proxirratcly 25 years and the dump wouid not accept toxic waste. Tidewater officials say Sunday fire devours grassland By Avon Melby Heppner volunteer firemen were called out to fight a fire on Rhea Creek Sunday The fire consumed several hundred acres of grassland and a small amount of wheat land Eire Chief Fornc Burkenbinc said the blaze was reported at 3 40 p m when Undcrshcriff Verlin Denton spotted smoke from six miles away and drove over to sec what was caus ing it He called the fire department in Heppner on his two-way radio Three trucks were sent out Burkenbinc said numerous ran chers responded with spray con tainers on pickup trucks Wind car ried the blaze up steep canyons where it was impossible to get at Fire was difficult to control in the rough terrain Wayne Seitz brought his spray plane from Sand Hollow and helped get it eventually under control, about 6 p m Burkenbinc said the fire probably started in what was a bam Neither ! t œ a c S i * v ■*-' >** ■ ■■ - .r--M 12 Pi Robert Jones nor his son Michael were home at the tunc ot the tire Burkenbinc said Robert Jones owns the land. Michael lives on it The barn shed was burned up but fire was kept from the house Firefighters were called back to the scene later Sunday for a-shor tunc * t ■ * -t w North Lexington Elevator Wheat yields may be best ever The county's harvest is well past the halfway mark, and the Grain Growers should have adequate storage for the crop Manager I arrs Mills said Monday Some grain is already being stored on the ground at North Lexington and space may be a hit tighter than we thought because per as re yicius may he the highest they've ever been, he said We're hearing some fantastic yields up to 70 hu acre wheat on dryland single summer tallow though most is in the 50 hu acre ranee Bariev yields are reported at 21 per acre or hettet Duality is good Just 10 years ago, the county average was 13 bushels of wheat per acre Recent fires and rain have caused some delays, hut another two weeks should about wind things up Prices seem to be holding about the same as last year, so even with the ground hid into the Conservation Reserve Program, the better crop should help farmers and the rest of the community , he said Fish hatchery dedicated By Joyce Hensley It all began in IK80 when two col lege students, Leslie and Bruce Shafer, camped along the Columbia River, about three miles west of Ir ngon. testing the ground water They found the water temperature was perfect for a fish hatchery From that beginning, the Irrigon FiXh Hatchery started taking shape The completed SX 5 million hat chcry was dedicated Saturday, with several visiting and local dignitaries giving short speeches to a standing room only crowd Colonel James Roycc. Com mandcr ol the Walla Walla District of the Army Corps of Engineers. Wally Steuke. Oregon Fish and Wildlife Service. Portland, and 7 * Rollic. Rousseau, assistant director of the Oregon Fish and Wildlife. Portland, agreed on the success of / the combined efforts of the Lower Snake River Plan, the Oregon Fish and W ildlife, budgeting and maintenance, atjd the Corps of Engineers, designing and overseeing f construction, to compensate for fish losses caused by four dams on the lower Snake River "The team effort is a success uk 3 V v '. day." said Steuke He challenged the agency's to continue working together in these kind ot programs Louis Carlson, Morrow C'ounty Judge, congratulated the team on a job well done, and urged for conn nuing cooperation for growth in the area The Irrigon Hatchery is fourth in pmductHin level in a group of 35 hat cheries operated by the Department . J * *. I pfwrfTi by Jr*v* • Of Fish and Wildlife A group of guests look for sturgeon in the showing pond at "Six years ago the fish runs were hitting bottom, but the last two years the Irrigon Fish Hatchery dedication Saturday there has been record steclhead run. Dam. then harged or trucked down The projected water needs for the according to * Bonneville Power the Columbia past the Bonneville hatchery was a 25.IMM) gallon a Dam where they are then returned minute flow, but because of unex Company, who have been keeping to the river " pected problems with sand, the two records over the last fifty years," Spring and Fall Chinook Salmon wells arc down, at times. 7,tMM) said Colonel Roycc arc also being reared iri the Irrigon gallons a minute according to Mike The hatchery rears 1.5 million hatchery, through cooperation of the Gribble the assistant manager smolt annually with a goal of 11 .(MX) Confederated Tribes of the l 'matilla Because of unacceptable bids this of those returning as adult fish Indian Reservation, to enhance the summer, the undertaking to find "This year there were 4.(XX) return salmon runs in the Umatilla River solutions to the well problems arc cd to the Grande Rhonde and Imnaha being postponed until next summer system River system." said Steuke A major problem that has according to Jerry Bauer. Fish Pro One reason for the increase in developed is with the output of the pagation Chief for Oregon Depart numbers of returning adult fish is the large wells, according to Ray Hill. ment of Fish and Wildlife. Portland help the smolt get in their journey "There should be enough wale" Superintendent of the Irrigon hat past the turbines in dams, to the chcry since IRH4 "The well's aren't for the basic program of steelhe ,d. ocean Colonel Roycc explained. producing as anticipated," he said but the extra load of spring arid fall "Fifteen million smolt have been Water was close to the critical stage chinratk may have to be discontinued caught and tagged at the Lower during the last hatching and rearing Granite Dam on the Snake River, the Continued page two cycle Little Goose Dam. and at McNary (¿rant would help county buy bus \rj # — Break In A burglar broke the front window of Murray's Drug Store sometime Sunday night. Drugs were the only items missing from the store. Heppner Police said The Mam Street store was last broken into in May; drugs were stolen at that time also Heppner Police are continuing the investigation. n* ; r -n mm ' .r r 7 MMM By Avon Melby Morrow County plans to apply tor a grant tor purchase ol a new bus tor use by Senior Citizens, the han dk.ipivd. and others under the Rural Transit Assistance program now be mg lunded by the state Judge Louis Carlson, along with Marsha Swcck, coordinator for Senior Citizens, are spearheading the effort I he grant lor purchase ot the buses is |(M) percent of the cost, Carlson said Cigarette lax money the county receives will provide 50 percent of the operation of the buses, and another grant the county is ap plying for will provide the remain ing 50 percent " I he program will not cost the county anything." Carlson said I wo buses have been in use in the county tor Seniors lor several years I he bus at Irrigon is quite new I he one at Heppner is old and needs to he replaced Under the new program the buses will become more of an all community facility the program in eludes the Dial a Bus program and Continued P 2 Weather Report by C<ty a* Happn f July 21 - 27 Migli Fow Prêt Tues Wed 1 lulls Fri Sal Sun Mon X5 6X X2 X6 X5 XX 85 60 4M 55 57 52 4M 4M 02 01 0 01 0 0 0 Market Report .*»vpi.r*v#o«» rrf ftv# M nr’OW) C o u n ty (V ».n Q 'cn»«'« I uesdav , July 2X Soli White Bariev Hard Red W inter Aug *2 X6 PIK Generic Certificates m i r - K m cash r — ■— ■ « •&’
