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Although enrollment at coiHMy
»chooU has increased by 40 pupils
since the first day o f school, the
count at the end o f two weeks is still
down 11 from the same time last
year Most o f the decreased enroll
ment is at Boardman schools with
Riverside High enrollment o ff 38
and Sam Boardman Elementary
enrollment down 30
The decreased enrollment has sur
prised school officials who were es
peeling enrollment in the district's
schools to continue to increase,
especially at the north end o f the
county
Some decline in employment at
la m b Weston and Portland tieneral
Electric's coal fired plant in Board
man are hound to he influenc ing the
d e c lin in g e n ro llm e n t, S chool
Superintendent D oyle M cCaslin
said. “ Those are the only things I
know o f that could he influenc ing
It.”
Crow ding at Boardman and Ir
ngon schools prompted a study last
spring by a committee comprised o f
members from school board, ad
v is o ry
c o m m itte e ,
and
ad
mimstrators from throughout the
the county The committee recom
mended
b u ild in g
a d d itio n a l
classriwims and moving teachers to
the north end to handle the growing
number o f pupils in the north county
The school district architect has
been informed o f the current e n ro ll
ment figures. McCaslin said His
study is pnveeding and I suspect the
current enrollment figures w ill have
an effect on his building proposal
I'm not suggesting that the work
done by the population research
center at Portland State U niversity
is w rong, he said, because in the
long term, population may increase
as much as we anticipated We also
are depending o il the agriculture and
processing industries as well as POE
to bring in students
Enrollment at Irrigon schools has
increased by 22 at the elementary
schsxil and by tw o at the junior high
schtiol which is consistent w ith the
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inesday. September 16, 1987
By A vo n M elby
A time schedule for planning and
construction o f remodeling Heppner
Hotel into a Senior Citizen housing
complex and center was outlined at
Heppner C ity Council last week
M ax
K oeper
of
H anson,
Dunahaugh. Nicholsen. Portland ar
chilect firm , said the bids would he
let A p ril 4, 1488. w ith construction
to start A p ril 20 Completion date
was set at November 8
Design work w ill take until the
end o f January, and any changes re
quired w ill he worked out by the end
o f February Bids w ill be called
M arch 3.
Payment by the city is scheduled
to run between $ 73 .0 0 0 and
$76.000. B ill Kuhn, city attorney,
told the council. There w ill be a
$3.000 “ up fro n t” payment which
w ill come out o f the state grant the
city has been promised. Additional
payments w ill he made by percen
tage o f the work done on a coni mu
ing basis
Right now, and until about Nov
21. the architect is reviewing ideas
w ith the Senior Citizen and Council
building committee Application for
approval o f those plans w ill be
presented to the State Historical
Commission on October 22 w ith a
response expected by November 4
Kuhn said an agreement between
the city and Seniors for a 44-ycar
lease for the Senior Center, which
is to take up all the first fl«k>r except
fo r an entrance hall, has been work
ed out. The Seniors w ill manage
their portion ot (he building Ihe ci
ty/senkir committee wiIk meet once
a year to work out any problems
which might develop
Kuhn said the contract w ith the
Seniors w ill he drawn up and ready
lo r signatures mhw
Dav id Sykes asked the council lor
water to serve a day picnic and
swimming area now being developed
by W illo w Creek Park D istrict
There is a three inch mam through
the area Domestic water w ill he
needed tor sinks, toilets and irnga
tion. The D istrict has operating
funds and w ill pay commercial rates
to the city He said the location has
been changed fn m i south o f the
Balm Fork bridge because the water
in the lake itself was better quality
than the sue chosen earlier It w ill
be near the boating ramp but cut o ff
from it on a new access road I .and
scaping and trees w ill cut o ff wind
fo r picnickers and swimmers Plans
also call for a new fishing platform
and tra il fo r the handicapped, and a
new boat courtesy dock There w ill
be a new sandy beach installed, and
a sizable parking area Buoys and
Boardman
man will go
to trial
second time
Jon Thomas Starke, 36. B*»ard
man. w ill go to trial again on charges
o f Attempted Rape I. Assault IV .
and Burglary I, M orro w County
D istrict Attorney Jeff Wallace said
Tuesday
A new trial date w ill be set by the
presiding judge o f the circu it court,
the district attorney -.aid Staikc was
tned earlier (his month on the same
charges, hut the tria l resulted in a
hung ju ry , so it's as i f no trial had
taken place. W r had the options o f
trying the case again or dismissing
the charges, he said
Heppner 25«
rope w ill keep boats away from the
swim m ing area Dicre w ill be im
provement to the existing road, and
a connection to the paved boat ramp
10 Pages
His request was granted
Water cost per month for the RV
park on M ain Street was reduced to
$18 Owner John Skow said it had
t
actually no usage and he was on
ly keeping five spaces open for
hunters or con*ruction workers who
might come in I f the business picks
Away they Go
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Commissioner Jerry Peck helps Tony
Beckett tie a message to « balloon to be
-van released during ceremonies honoring the
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bicentennial of the U S Constitution Tues
day Commissioners and students from
Heppner Elementary school planted a red
maple on the back lawn of the Courthouse
i before releasing the balloons
Commissioner Peck read the preamble to
the constitution, County Clerk Barbara
Bloodsworth read a summary of the articles
of constitution, and Commissioner Irv Rauch
presented a history of the writing of the con
stitution to Heppner Elementary Student
Body President Nina Tucker County Judge
Louis Carlson read a proclamation honoring
the 200 years of the Constitution
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Boeing plans to expand
space park near Boardman
By A vo n M elby
Boeing Co has applied for a rone
change on land south o f a space
research park established by the
company last year near Boardman
An additional 14.300acres would be
included, allowing testing o f a vane
ty o f exotic space hardware
M orrow County Planning Com
mission w ill act on the application at
a regular meeting September 28 at
November 1988 set for completion of hotel project
VOL 105 NO 37
d is tric t's expectations An increase
of
students at lone since this time
last year also came as a surprise
Crow ding conditions have not
changed much in spite o f the
decreased
e n ro llm e n t.
the
superintendent continued
I f the
decline continues, which we don’t
think it w ill, the crowding w ill
decrease, he said No changes in
d iitric t staffing are foreseen at this
point
up and more people arc using the
facility water use w ill he rt-lsscssed.
Liquor licenses for Heppner Elks
C lub. Bud s Pub. Kate's Pizza and
Wagon Wheel Calc were approved.
Councilman W ilb ur Jackson said
he had cable for handiails and other
material for rebuilding the foot
bridge across W illow Creek near the
RV park, and work w ill get under
w ay soon He also reported the date
for I own C ou ntry observance has
been set and the banquet w ill be
January 13
Police C hict Doug Rathbun said
he needed $2,000 to pay for over
lin k ' Overtime piled up when only
two officers were on duty for two
months because the third officer was
injured He said, in answer to a
question, that actual cost due now is
$700 overtime, hut that would leave
no more money fo r overtime fo r the
officers in the future Overtime was
IV ) hours already, he said Coun
cilman lo rn Denton said $720
should cover the cost anti the depart
iik-iii would |iisi have to double up
in scheduling its tunc some way so
it could get by without further o ve r
time Ihe council voted to transfer
enough iik*ney from the general fund
to cover the already run up overtime
A list o f several landowners who
have not cleaned up their property
was read and City Manager Marshall
Lovgren was instructed to w rite let
ters demanding they do so o r the ci
iv would do it and h ill them
City Foreman Dave W inters ask
ed to he allowed to purchase a two-
way radio for his department, stating
it should cost about $600 to $400
He was told to get one at the best
price he could find
Ihe council was told the hospital
has asked the city to remove its
alarm for the float devise in Shobe
Canyon which automatically goes o ff
in event o f flik id Council members
said ihe device belongs to the Corps
o f Engineers, was placed there by
ihe Corps . and is the c ity 's only
warning for fltkkling in Shohe Ca
nyon Councilman Denton said she
would call the hospital and tell them
about the problem
7 30 p m in the schtkil hoard rik»m
o f die Irv in g to n School O ffice
building
Deane Seeger. M orrow County
Planning Director, said he was not
aware o f plans the company has lo r
use o f the expanded site He said it
is not required that explicit use be
revealed in order to obtain a zone
change However, a story on the
front page of the Portland Oregonian
last week quoted Elizabeth Warman
as saying ihe tract may ultimately he
used for the development o f transat
iikisphenc planes, space chamber,
lasers, missiles and other high tech
"hardware Warman is public affairs
manager for the Boeing Commercial
Airplane C o., a subsidiary o f ihe
aerospace firm at Seattle
Boeing leased 46,000 acres from
the state on a 44 year lease in the
early 1460s At that tim e, the com
pany was planning o r f»nlding and
testing aerospace hardware wheih
could be shipped down the Colum
bia River and cast to Florida I hose
plans did not develop, but the tract
was known as Boeing's Space Age
Park Much o f the lund eventually
returned to agriculture w ith cattle
and com raised on it Some has been
sub leased to farmers
Las y ear the company built u laser
research complex on 6.000 acres n
had zoned as «pace research, just
south o f I 84 W ork has been under
way there for sonic time I he com
plex is under tight security, is fenc
ed. and cloved to the public
Seeger said the location o f the
Boeing land is such that nothing it
would he doing (here would affect
the possible locution o l a supercon
ducting super collider proposed by
the slate The N avy's 47,000 acre
bombing range is between the tw o
locations Anyw ay, the proposed
super collider would only come in
to M orrow County about eight miles
on the east side
" I can't see adverse e ffe c ts ."
Seeger said “ Anything that Boeing
docs on that land would only ini
prove the economy o f M orrow
County "
To develop
disaster plan
County emergency personnel met
in Boardman Monday night to begin
developing a county-wide plan o f ac
lion to follow if a major disuster
should occur Accidents involving
hazardous materials are the prim ary
concern Boardman Assistant Eire
C hicl M ilt Reynolds is in churge o f
drafting the plan which w ill involve
all city and county police and lire
departments in the whole county
The plan required by the Depart
ment o f Environmental (Quality,
must he completed by October,
I ‘>88
Farmers learn they must identify impure seed beore it’s planted
Local fanners have been left
holding the hug fu ll o f weeds—
because some grass seed planted on
CRP ground has come up infested
w ith noxious weeds There's not
much they can do about it either ex
cept fight the weeds
Heppner rancher Paul Brown was
only one o f nearly 60 local farmers
and ranchers who showed up at a
m ee ting last F rid a y at the
fairgrounds Farmers explained pro
blems they have had w ith seed pur
chased for planting on Conservation
Reserve Program acres
Brown planted 360 acres o f pubes
cent wheat grass last March Now
that the grass is waist high, so arc
the Yellow Starthistlc Brown has
lived his life on the same Heppner
farm He called M orrow County
Weed Supervisor Jim VanW inklc to
help identify the weed because he
had never seen it before The weed
must have been in the seed because
it's growing in the same furrow as
the grass planted beside it. he said
Yellow St.irthistle is an “ A' ' list
weed in M orro w County which
means that landowners are respoti
sihle fo r its eradication Those who
refuse to control “ A " list or noxkius
weeds may he cited I f a landowner
chooses to ignore a citation for
failure to control an ” A ” list weed,
the weed supervisor has authority to
spray the weeds, or to hire it done
at the landowner's expense
Brown and his w ife Betty have
been combing their field for the
weed They arc digging it out by the
nkits. storing it in plastic hags; and
hauling it hack to the ham He in
tends to burn the weeds when they
dry T hey're d iffic u lt to hum , hut
Brown thinks that by incinerating
them in a barrel the flames w ill get
hot enough to consume the stalks
Another problem presented by the
weed is that the seed pods dry and
send out chutes sim ilar to those o f
a dandelion
Because Yellow Starthistlc is listed
on the state's noxious weed list as
w ell as M orro w C ounty's, Bob
Brown, program supervisor for
Noxious Weed C ontrol fo r Oregon
said state law docs give farmers
some protection The law stales that
there is no tolerance fo r noxious
weed seeds in grass seed The pro
blcm . County Weed Supervisor Jim
Van W inkle points out. is (hat the lab
only tests 130 grams o f seed for nox
ious weed seeds “ Just because a
sample tests clean does not always
mean that there are no weed seeds
there.” he said.
In adiition. not all o f the seed
farmers received was what they paid
fo r. Brow n, and some o f his
neighbors purchased Pubescent
Wheat (Jrass lo r $2 4(1 per pound
Yet his field is nearly h alf Tall
Wheat Grass which sells for $1 pet
jsiuiul The rik it system o f the
pubescent variety spreads faster and
sends up shtkits for quicker ground
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more moisture than the pubescent
creating another problem for dryland
farmers.
Seed dealers faced a sudden de
mand for grass seed that was so great
that there were inadequate sources o f
pure seed, a wholesaler pointed out
From the Oregon Department o f
Agriculture. Dave Turner, assistant
administrator o f the Com m odity In
spcction D ivision, told farmers that
the truth in labeling law was the
main protection they had against get
ting something other than what they
purchased. “ I f a label says 100%
peanuts, the hag must not contain
kum quats." he said He warned
farmers not to buy seed without a tag
attached stating what kind o f seed
was inside Unopened bags o f seed.
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