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Assistant Fire Chief Rusty Estes douses Tuesday morning grass fire The blaze occurred
on Aiken Street in Heppner near the Jim Bier and Vern Evans homes
Child bitten by dog
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VOL 105 NO 31
W ednesday, August 5, 1987
Heppner 25*
8 Pages
By Avon Melby
Residents soon n u t be asked
again whal they «alti done about
not much it could do about it State
law requires the city to have a
pound and he licensing animals
before it can destroy a dog that bites
A dog catcher is also required
City Attorney Bill Kuhn said he
told the police to pick up the dog and
hriitui*
bridge :ina!
and cross the highway has take it to the veterinary because the
been received I he mayor said the child s mother said it it turned out
city could not do that Only the stale the dog had rabies she would sue the
highway department can set speeds city Now the city has to pay a $75
on streets that are also stale hoarding fee lor the 10 days required
highways The city w ill contact the to see if an animal is rabid
A couple of years ago the city was
state and request a rev lew to sec if
going to build a dog pound, but the
the speed can he reduced there
Permission was granted for the expense was deleted from the budget
shuttle bus taking people to the coun hy (fie budget committee Since then
ty lair lo make a pickup in Iron! ol the city has continued to control ark
ing dogs hy asking neighbors to sign
the hotel on Main Street
a complaint at city hall On the
strength of the complaint an or-
f ‘a j r ^
r O i l t M k p l a n s dinancc allows the city to notify the
owner that his line w ill be $20 lor
American l egion and Auxiliary
the first complaint It graduates hy
w ill have a potluck at the Rilcv
$20 for each additional complaint
Munkcrs home Aug 8 at 6 p.m
Some lines o f over $HX) have been
Meat w ill he tumished Members
paid, and the owners usually see (fiat
are encouraged to attend because lair
the dog stops harking
booth and rodeo float w ill he
A biting dog can be destroyed on
discussed
order o f the health department, hut
the city has no authority to do so
In a lengthy discussion on the issue
Council members said they had at council Monday. Mayor Cara
never heard of a city doing it Sonic Costa said the city may have to
said it would he tar too expensive
rewrite some ordinances, ami also to
Others seemed to think the idea had sec il the city can gel a dog catcher
merit as a good public relations step
and pound approved and funded
Decision was to look into (he cost
Councilman Chuck Holt, who
and bring the suhjccl up ai the next brought the subject up, was ap
meeting
pointed to sec what kind o f costs
Key was at (he meeting because would he involved
the allowed 60 day permit for him
The city has not licensed dogs lor
to use city water was to he review
more than 30 years This is done hy
ed He was supposed to shpw the c i the county. When that agreement
ty he had met all county re
was reached the county had a dog
quirements under the county zoning pound operated by Sheriff C J D
ordinances, including a proper ac
Bauman, who also acted as dog cat
cess to his property
chcr. both for the city and county.
County Planner Deane Seeger was
The county still does the licensing,
unable to attend the meeting hut sent hut docs not have a pound or dog
.i letter stating Key had met all other catcher
requirements, and was expected to
have a reply from the Corps ol
Fngmeers granting a Corp permit
Bill Kuhn, city attorney, said he
had notified the Corps the city wants
to lake over the street now owned by
the Corps which serves that proper
Princess Rachel Flannagcn sub
ty He said it may lake lour months
mitted her resignation as a member
before the Corps goes through all the
ol the Morrow County Fair and
steps ncccsary before making any
Rodeo Court citing health and per
changes.
sonal reasons Court Director
In the meantime. Key is using the
Mickey Madison said her resignation
permit for access granted Bobbie
has been accepted and she w ill he
Angell hy the Corps on land adjacent
missed
m Key s
dogs in the city o f Heppner
A local child was bitten by a dog
recently and the city found there was
.
By Avon Melby
Higher temperature in water at the
municipal swimming pool is costing
the city more for the I *^H7 swinun
ing season the city council was told
Because parents complained about
cool water this spring the
temperature has been increased to
80-81
degrees
1 he higher
temperature creates a need lor more
purification to keep the water pure
It also is taking more oil to heat fire
water Added to the trouble is that
quite a few o f the pipes put in when
the pool * s solar heating system was
installed have had leaks and hud to
he replaced
A sum o f $2.000 was transferred
from the general fund contingency
to the pearl fund to pay the costs un
til the pool closes at the end o f
August
Request for city water for ir
rigating the courthouse lawn was
made by Phil Aikman. Morrow
County public works director He
said the water now being used from
the county reservoir was marking!
county vehicles with rust stains The
pump on the well was too old lor the
job, and was expensive to use. he
said The use was granted
Aikman reported work at (he
hospital area was about complete,
only paving in front o f the new
justice o f the peace office in the
county annex building and a screen
requested by neighbor Fred Toombs
remained Toombs had objected to
the screen the county was installing
Plans now arc to look into use ol
shrubbery
New liability insurance practice
was explained by Bob Kahl, agent
for the city's liability policy He said
a change made by new policy would
require additional premium if the ci
ty wanted lull coverage above the
present $3(X).(XX) one Since the in
surance hills for the city now arc
running $21.(XX) per year decision
was nol to have the additional
coverage
Public hearings on three ordinance
changes was held Adopted w ithout
opposition were Ordinance 469
which allows lh«/ city to set Inns
against property for unpaid sewer
and water hills, and Ordinance 470,
a 40-ycai old ordinance on
dangerous buildinvs The new ver
sion w ill provide tor clarification ot
notifying the property owner when
action is to he taken It also pros ides
for a $5<X) tine if compliance not
received
Public hearings were held on
Roark property at 680 Elder street,
and Ponsercllo property at 387 E
l inden Way Both have made efforts
to clean up their property since he
ing notified the city would take ac
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I iquor license applications were
approved tor Central Market. Court
Street Market. Heppner Howl.
Hucknum's tavern and C a l's
Lounge and Cate Animal permit to
keep live chickens and five rabbits
was approved for Irene An horn
A request that a pager he purchas
ed tor the city crew brought permis
sion to look into costs, w ith (he sub
jeet to conic up again next month
It was reported the wooden side
walk at the apartments owned hy
Hob and Myrna Johnson on Court
street has not been repaired as re
quired hv the city Citv Attorney Hill
Kuhn was instructed to notify them
again that it must he done The city
may do the work and hill them A
request that the city lower the speed
on the highway at the north end ot
town where children walk on a
tion. so additional lime w ill he
allowed, hut they w ill he adsised
they must cut or burn the dry high
grass on their property, or the city
w ill do so and 'iill them tor costs
C’al Sherman told the council he
had changed the name of his station
to Cal's Sers ice Center, and wanted
to replace the sign he has had there
for many years with another the
same si/e Under the new zoning or
dinanec. which sets si/e o f signs
allowed to proportion of size ot
building, he said he could not install
one nearly large enough for his pur
pose He was adsised to ask the
planning commissioners tor a
variance at the planning meeting next
Monday
John Skow. owner of the RV park
on Mam Street and of Northwestern
Motel said the RV Park was closed
and he wanted an adjustment on the
$71 sewer charge he received each
month from the city He claimed
By Avon Melby
since he wasn't renting spaces he
Possibility o f the city advertising
shouldn i he charged Council
members said the policy adopted «* •«» *»l\s was raised at city council
Monday night when Ken Key asked
recently required payment, whether
why the city o l Heppner did not
the rentals arc tilled, or vacant Alter
advertise the same as the county
extended objections were voiced.
d«»es
W ilbur Jackson, councilman, was
Key said he thought the public
appointed to meet with him and go
should know about the city'% expen
over the questions and make recoin
dilutes the same as it does about the
mcndations at next month's council
county s
meeting
Queen Cindy serious about her duties
Being Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo queen is a lot ot tun. hut a lot
o f responsibility. too. Queen Cindy
Davis said "Y o u have lo he serious
about it . "
And serious she is Queen ( indy
was a princess on the 1985 fair and
rodeo court during the- reign o f
Queen Bridget Greenup Since then
she said she decided to try out for
queen to fu lfill her enthusiasm
As queen. Cindy said she makes
more speeches than she did as a
princess, and now must he the one
to help the princesses know what lo
do
Parade days can he hectic, inc
queen admits She has to arrange for
time o ff from her fulltime job at
Central Market in Heppner. get up
at 4 a m to fix her hair and catch
and brush her horse sometimes with
her head still full o f curlers
Alter loading her official mount.
Jeep, a quarter horse appoloosa
gelding. Queen Cindy said she tries
to leave the house on time
It's more than worth the effort
though the gracious queen said,
when the little kids look at you like
you're somebody
None o f the early morning activi
ty is evident as the composed queen
rides the parade route, and grand en
try and visits with people in her
sparkling white suit Weekend
events are n»orc relaxed she said
She especially enjoyed Prmcvillc in
spite ot misplacing her gloves
The best part o f being on the court
is getting to meet lots ot people, the
pleasant queen said, lo tell them
about Morrow Counts and how
much tun it is to come to our lair and
rodeo
Cindy enjoys visiting with and
listening to people She likes to work
with kids especially her small
cousins who come to nde horses It's
cute to watch them start learning to
ride, she said
Queen Cindy, a 14-ycar Heppner
resident, moved here from Kinzua
She is the daughter o f Wayne and
Judy Davis and has one older sister.
Tina Rinshaw
She is a 1986 graduate of Hepp
ncr High School While still in
school, she was active in FFA
livestock, crop judging, and tractor
d riv in g , and garnered several
awards
Six years as a member of Two
Trackers 4 H Club, four years as a
member ol Wranglers Riding Club
and two years as a member ol bar
rcl club arc part of the hard work she
put into winning the 4 H All Around
Horsemanship award her last year in
competition
Riding and swimming are Queen
Cindy's hobbies She has competed
in hand laving and pole bending and
expects to find time lo run novice
barrels at the Sunday morning and
at the Morrow County rodeo
Queen Cindy has plans beyond the
lair and rodeo with a September I*)
wediting She and her fiance Mike
Hrosnan intend to live m Heppner
and Cindy w ill continue to work at
Central Market while taking night
and correspondence classes toward
her goal o f becoming a secretary or
bookkeeper
Fair and Rodeo goers should look
for Queen Cindy and say " H i "
She'll he more than glad lo visit and
to answer questions about the
various events
X
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Jim Barrett is reported in stable
condition at St Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton following a Thursday
morning logging accident above
Blake Ranch
Barrett was felling a tree when it
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Special parking offered seniors/
handicapped for school
fair bus and
rodeo
barn a lte r 4 :3 0
Parking w ill be scry limited at this
year's M o rro w County F a ir,
secretary Marlene C um n has an
nounccd Space on the Little league
Field w ill he used hy a carnival, and
therefore, w ill he unavailable for
parking
About 50 cars can he accom
modated at the parking lot ol
o f th
the
plctc distribution o f the power line
and until November I to remove the
old line, he continued, however, we
anticipate the contractor w ill finish
before that
Landifll closure
funds turned
over to city
By Avon Melby
City o f Heppner received $9,200
from Morrow County to close the
South Morrow County I andflll at a
special council meeting July 10
The money came from a state
grant the county was awarded when
it owned the landfill When Ihc coun
ly decided it could no longer operate
kicked hack and landed on his right jhc*facility the city took it over.
Expectation is (hat the landfill w ill
side He was taken by the Heppner
ambulance to Pendleton He is ex still meet the needs of the city for at
least another year, hut sections are
pecting a lengthy stay at St
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be filled and closed as used up.
Anthony
and the money w ill be spent for this
as well as the final closure
Victim stable after logging accident
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transmission line Ihc lone area w ill
not he effected by the outage
Bart and Assoc began the $1 5
m illion reconstruction o f the power
transmission line from Baseline
Road into Heppner last May
Patrons also experienced an 8 hour
outage Sunday. July 28 while crews
worked on the transmission lines
We are pleased that the contras
lor is so far ahead o f schedule and
certainly hope that this puts an end
to the unplanned had weather
outages we have experienced over
the last year. Toombs said fhc con
tractor has until Scptcmhcr I locom
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Fair and rodeo
princess resigns
Tuesday morning power outage planned
Connection with the new main
power line was made during Sun
day's 8 hour 15 minute power
outage. Columbia Basin Electric Co
op Manager Fred Toombs announc
cd Monday W’c can expect one
more major outage when the connec
tion to the Heppner substation is
made, and a few minor outages to
connect individual lines to the main
one. he said
Tuesday. Aug 11 from 5 7 a m .
customers in the Heppner. W illow
Creek. Ruggs. Lexington and Blakes
w ill be without power while Colum
bia Basin crews work on the new
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City to consider advertising its hills
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Warmer pool water costs city dollars
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and Sunday Seniors and handicap
ped persons who wish a special per
mit for those spots need to contact
Curnn at the fairgrounds. 676 9474
Only those cars pre registered
with ihc lair office w ill he allowed
in the school bus parking area
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