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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, H eppner. Oregon W ednesday, September 16.IW7 Heppner takes on various responsibilities f • ■ * By Avon Melby City of Heppner will be rcsponsi- ble for the Corps' Little Ixague field, Heppner Day Care building, and a new minibus program, if grants arc approved and contracts finalized, the council decided at its September meeting Bob Ployhar of Heppner Little Ixague. asked the council to be the public agent to accept the field which has been prepared by the Corps of Kngincers along with the building of the dam The city had earlier agreed When completed two years ago the centcrficld was so high the pit cher could not sec the outfield The Corps has finally resurfaced the field, and Little Ixague is preparing it for nest year's play Little Ixague will plant the grass, dig the dugouls, and do all the preparation It will be responsible for watering and main taming the field The council said it Grass Seed From Pag e properly labeled, may be sent to the department for testing to verify that what is inside is what the label says it should be An Idaho seed wholesaler who was present at the meeting said that would accept the field as a city park Heppner Day Care. Inc wants to purchase the privately owned building where it meets Cmdee Henderson told the council there arc grants available and the group wants entity to sign for the grant The group has some Revenue Sharing to apply fur one but needs a public entity to sing for the grant The group has some Revenue Sharing funds but needs more money The Day Care board needs to know so it can apply for grant funds The coun cil decided to approve, but only if there is no cost to the city City At torney Bill Kuhn said if the city ap plies tor the grant the building will be owned by the city Morrow County recently con ducted a survey on the need of a bus service in South Morrow county Heppner Senior Citizens bus needs to be replaced and the court was an- 1 bec ause farmers complained the tags fell into the hopper and clogged their drills, some of his seed had been sold stamped with a lot number rather ill.in with a tag attached Dave Turner (second from left) and Bob Brown chatted with farm ers following seed law meeting at Heppner fairgrounds ticipating having one minibus serve both purposes, allowing the general public to have scheduled use of the minibus There is a fairly new bus serving Seniors in the north end of the county from Irrigon, and residents of Boardman and Imgon are on a bus line Mayor Cara Costa said the coun ty court has now decided it should not be in the bus business and wants the city to take over There are two grants available No action was taken by the coun cil City of LaCirande has such a pm gram and Morrow County Judge Louis Carlson. Planning Director Deane Seegcr. and one of the coun ty commissioners are going to LaCirande this week to sec how the program is working The council decided to send a member along to report back at its nest meeting without labels may still be tested at a laboratory, but the department of agriculture can take no action against a wholesaler Turner empahsi/cd that Oregon law only jpplies to seed sold in Oregon If a farmer buys seed out of state that is delivered here. Oregon law applies, but it he buys seed out-of state and carries it home, stale law offers no protection The farmer himself may be inviolation of state seed law, however, if he car ries noxious weeds into the state Other seed problems have surfac cd as well Some have planted their fields and hand no grass grow from the seed In addition, most who have planted C'RP grass have found vime cereal rye in the field, a particularly annoying problem to local farmers who have tried espcciallv hard for mans vears to eliminate rve in wheal fields F Joan R ecord s (left), Pat Edm undson. L aR ae Kindle. Cherry Webber, end Kay Proctor Apples for the Teachers Heppner Elementary Parents Club officers presented apples to the teachers at the elementars school last week At the club’» first meetme of the year. September 8. they elected officers and planned activities for the Heppner to post monthly bills By Avon Melby Where the money goes from city hall will be explained to the public in a list posted in Heppner city hall window each month, the council decided last week It will show how much was paid to whom But if you want to know what the money fought you will hasc to go inside and ask to sec the hills Ken Key had asked the council last month to publish the monthly hills as the county does its tinaric tal state men! It would include what was paid, to whom, and for what City Manager Marshall laivgrcn said he had found it would run from 523 to S2h |vr month for tfic advertisement funds to cover that expense had not been included in the current budget Saying she fell it was worth the OUT GOES SUMMER.. cost in public relations. Councilman Terri Denton said the cost should lie covered by transferring money Imm other funds The majority of 'he council felt a window display of the same sheet they receive would be sufficient Denton was the only council member voting against the window method Council members do not approve expenditures without knowing what the money goes for The bills are passed ariwnd on a clipped sheet for them to read before the motion to pay The subject of advertising the financial statement will be presented the budget committee when it meets early next winter. Mayor Cara Costa said Costa also said a newsletter from the city, explaining what is going on at city hall and what different depart ments are doing would soon be sent out with all water bills to residents The newsletter is to be made up by Council member Angie Pedro and Chamber Manager Claudia Hughes school year vJfficers arc laRae Kin dle. president. Joan Records, pro gram chairperson, and Kay Proctor, secretary-treasurer Activities for the coming year will include providing refreshments for the school's open house September 22; sponsoring an evening Hallo ween party with games, activities, and refreshm ents; providing refreshments for three sports awards hunqursts. purchasing pencils for Santa to give students at Christmas, planning and working at the annual school carnival; providing icecream treats for all students and teachers on the last day of school The Parents Club is purchasing a book for the school library in memory of sixth grade student Rob bie Briggs DMV office to close during strike Due to the pending strike by the Oregon Public Employees union, the Heppner Motor Vehicle office will be closed umtl an agreement has been reached The Hermiston and Pendleton of fices will remain open for essential business onlv Heppner planning commission approves remodeling request By Avon Melby Request to remodel and enlarge a building at 235 Chase street wjs made to Heppner Planning Commis sion Monday night Mark Hopkins said he was doing the work in August when the state building in spector told him he had to have a permit Die location is within the 100-ycar flood plain but this w ill rM affect the permit unless the remodeling will take more than 50 percent of the vost of the building Hie extension would not exceed the setback rules of H eppncr's zoning ordinance Hopkins was granted the permit Permission to construct a carport at 255 North Court street was re quested by Tom Huddleston He said neighbors had agreed It would he freestanding on four jxists and not at lachcd to a building, but placed over his driveway h will he of metal and he said il would be non glaring He was told to apply for a variance The request will be advertised and laken up at the planning meeting next month It there arc no objections he will receive the variance Planning Commission chairman Nancy I anktord said the 76 sign the conimisison had allowed to be erected at Cal's Service Center was a turning sign with a light in it The commission had not been told it would be turning, and there is a pro hibition on "moving lights"in the zoning ordinance on signs Because of the location and lack of residents in the area of Cal's Service Center it was decided to w rite Mr Sherman 1 T o s t i' p r o s s u r * ' zi a t . * 2 »» r «t <• s .v, y •«* V;' . . 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