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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1988)
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' / •* • • » . r» *- . ‘ ^ * • • L- -r * • -. * * * - » f • v r The Heppner ¿ À *. f. a *% * '* •• . >. • , • V * * w ' * ' -* >■ ^ Council votes to solicit bids for development of landfill . i* Morrow County’s Home-Owned Newspaper for $10.000. who instructed them that it was not feasible for the city to operate the lan dfill so action was again postponed According to Ken Hailey and councilman W ilbur Jackson, it is not feasible for the city to buy and main tain a caterpillar for the work at the imes a zette lan dfill Just purchasing the cat would use the money allocated and this does not include fuel and maintenance M ik e Jew ett o f H c rn u s to n Sanitary Disposal was approached by the council as to an alternative to expanding the landfill He said they were open to picking up the city gar huge and hauling it to Hemuston He also gave an alternative for the city to build a transfer station here which could be open one day per week and then hauled to Hemuston He said it is coming to this one day B ill Kuhn had talked to DEQ and " i t is my opinion, there is some give and take there, they can still be ta lk ed to over c o ffe e ." referring to the fact that he thinks they w ill work with the city on a solution to the pro blem o f keeping the lan dfill open another year M ayor Cara Costa went on the record saying that the taxpayers voted to O K the landfill opening o f Parcel B. three to one, and she recommended that "th e council get Parcel B operating and contract out the w ork " The Heppner C ity Council voted to solicit bids on the development and maintenance o f a second trench at the c ity la n d fill located at Blackhorxc Canyon A large crowd was moved from city hall to the fire h a ll. after w hich a much heated discussion followed regarding the closing o f the landfill in July A serial levy in June allocated funds for $45,000 per year for three yean operation of the lan dfill The levy was pavsed three to one in favor o f the levy The lan dfill was closed in July when the lan dfill met it's capacity The city was obligated at this time to get a one year condi tional permit from the Department o f Ensironmental Quality (DEQ) The council consulted an engineer Lexington airport to receive New teachers become acquainted with county re-surfaced runway VOL 106 NO 35 W ednesday. August 31, 1988 v Heppner 25« v 1 . —r, é * f jt a ja f £ The spaghetti feed held at the Hardman C om m unity H all last Saturday was a huge success, accor ding to a member o f the committee The mink bear was raffled o ff and the winner was Nclla B ritt o f Hepp ner Also raffled was a bed doll won by Anna Schwam n, Heppner, One hundred fifty to two hundred people attended the dinner w ith hingo follow ing T he Hardman committee is plan ning lor a donation auction to he held September 19 Items are wanted and they w ill take anything that is usable, it is needed by September 15 This w ill be followed by a Basket Social Ladies attending are asked to bring a basket lunch to he auctioned o ff F or m ore in fo rm a tio n c a ll 676 9815 or 468 2180 fhc Hardman Community Center is available to be rented for any social function Contact the phone num bers above fo r m ore inform ation I 1 m J X » f ■Ki f J m » am MmT»« Pno*> B» J New Morrow County Teachers were taken on a tour of Morrow County to see schools, in dustry and the mill operation last Wednesday They are back row L-R Sara Eurich, lone High School; Rod Benson, Michelle Warbur- ton, Heppner High School; Janme Allen. Stacie Briggs. Heppner Elementary. RaNae Bowling, Columbia Jr High, Ralph Werner. A C Houghton & Columbia Jr High Front row L-R Mark Atkinson, Marie Fuller, Riverside High School. Elisa Carlson. Jean- me Colton, Sam Boardman Elementary; Carol Uhler, Sam Boardman & A C Houghton Green returns from Lions sponsored trip to Australia An opportunity arose tor Kirsten Green this summer, vs hen the Hepp ner Lions C lub offered to sponsor her for a trip to Australia Kirsten graduated from high si hool this ve.u and was very excited about the pro spcct o f this trip Her first stop before going to Southern Australia was in Los A n ge les w here the exchange students from all over the United States met for an orientation before taking o ff on their great adventure Forty hi Kirs after leaving Heppner on June 24, Kirsten arrived in Adelaide where she was met by her host family Barry and Sandy Moore They spent two days in Adelaide and saw lots o f koala bears and kangaroos They then traveled to where she would be making her home fo r three and one h alf weeks. Robe. South Australia, which con ststs o f some 1200 people, except dunng the tourist season when it swells to 10,(KM) people Robe is a w ell-known tourist area on the coast and is geared for tourists w ith many hotels, motels and caravan parks, which are the same as R V parks in the U S Kirsten did a lot of body surfing while she was there Her host fam ily had students her age and they showed her the sights and entertain ed her July 20 she moved to N h ill. V ic toria. which is a state north, for another four weeks with Ken and Jean Schultz The Schultz fam ily lives on a sheep ranch Kirsten got to eat lots ot mutton while there as this is the main meat in Australia Every meal consisted ot mutton, always three vegetables, usually pumpkin, which is eaten as a squash, peas and carrots The language in Australia is English, but their slang is very d if ferent from ours here in the U S After only being in Australia for two days. Kirsten's host father asked her it she was "knocked u p '" ’ Kirsten was at first speechless until she learned that "knocked up” meant that he was inquiring if she was "tire d ” She was relieved to find out that he was not asking what she had assumed he was asking W hile in Australia. Kirsten was invited to Lion's Clubs and schools to explain what the Lion's Clubs in Oregon were about She learned that the Australians think the people in the United States arc " t e r r if ic " and that they love American T V and film s and think they arc "g re a t” . It was winter while Kirsten was in Australia and very much like our fall Kirsten noticed the styles arc very MCWCI) exhibits posters for Knapweed The M orrow County Weed Con tro l D istrict and Extension Service have come up with an educational p o ste r fo r M o rro w C o u n ty Knapweed Watch Over 60,000 acres o f M orrow County Rangeland are already in fested w ith diffuse and spotted knapweed The weed is spread p rim arily by vehicles This is the main reason for o ff mad vehicles to stay on roads A fter passing through a weed infested area, check your vehicle, remove and burn any plants that arc attached Report any plants sighted in national forr<a arras to the Heppner Forest Ranger It is illegal in Oregon and Washington to use herbicides to control knapweed on forest service or Bureau o f [.and Management property Knapw eed d estroys w ild life habitat Anyone that is interested in posting these free-of i harge posters, contact the M orrow County Weed C o n tro l D is tric t, 676 5452 o r 676 MM2 Councilman Gray was quoted as saying "th e landfill is possibly go ing to cost more, maybe not. we (the council) w ill come to you (the pexv pic) for this money and w ill expect you to help us " 8 Pages much tike they are here, however, clothing is very expensive For ex ample, a pair o f " 5 0 1 " )eans would cost about S7() The exchange on their money is 65c on the dollar Kids in Australia start working much earlier than kids in the U S One girl that Kirsten knew of. quit school at 15 years old to start work ing in a bank This is a very com mon practice there The income level in Australia seems to be mostly average or below Families arc wealthy if they have very large ranches and many cattle or sheep Kirsten says not many kids know o f the l.io n 's (Tub program Ap pile ants must he between the ages o f 16 and 20 years o f age There arc many programs such as Japan. New Zealand and A ustralia, among others Kirsten only had the expense o f her travel and spending money The rest was covered by the Lion's She would "d e fin ite ly do it again, it was a real experience " She is having a little trouble ad justing to life here again. She is hungry in the middle o f the night and makes midnight ranis on the kitchen, but is getting re adjusted Anyone interested in the Lion s program should contact the local Lion's Club for more information N ational Forest to the Forest Service Discussed a possible problem with the weed "T ansy R ag w ort". Bob Krem appeared before the Court at the C ourt's request to join tn the discussion. Instructed the Public W orks Department to re advertise for bids on county tires W ork on the resurfacing o f Run way 8-26 at the Lexington A irport is expected to pmcccd during the month o f September pending ap proval o f C iv il Rights requirements under the Federal Aeronautics Ad m inistration grant specifications Blue Mountain Paving Company o f Pendleton, is the apparent low bidder on the runway rehabilitation pmject Bids were opened at the M orniw County Courthouse on Tuesday, August 2.3 w ith Blue Mountain Paving the only bidder at $156,748 The project consists o f cleaning and preparation o f the existing run way surface, construct am ot a hot bituminous surface course overlay ami pavement markings Project Engineer. Terry Kessler o f M C2M H ill, C orvallis, estimated the total cost at $228.930. which left Blue Mountain Paving well under the estimate Judge Carlson commended fe rry Kessler o f C H 2M H ill on his coor dination o f the project In other business, the County Court; Jean Nelson, member o f the Historical Society requested the county's participation in cooperation with the state and other agencies to erect signs directing travelers to the Oregon T ra il. W ells Springs area Requested the Roadtnastcr to con tact Blue Mountain Paving fot a bid on an overlay for the fuel island at the le x in g to n A irport Made arrangements to meet with a representative o f the Federal Highway Adm inistration and land owners to discuss the Monument Sunflower Flats road project Appointed Gladys Hobbs ot Ir rigon to the Juvenile Services Commission Discussed transfer and exchange o f county roads w ithin the Um atilla 1st and 4th graders to he screened The M orro w C ounty School District w ill be- screening all first and fourth grades m the areas ot speech and language ( Khcr students involv cd in the sc reening are kindergarten siudents who tailed or did not attend the preschool screening clinic, all seventh grade students at Columbia Jr High Sc bool, transfers from other districts and parent teacher principal referrals Hearing screening for transfer students and referrals w ill also be administered to lone High School. Heppner High School. Col umbia Jr High School and Riverside High School Hearing screening lor all other schools w ill be conducted at a later date Elementary School Thursday Sept I; lone schools, Friday. Sept 2 in the m orning. Heppner High School Friday, Sept 2 afternoon; Sam Boardman Elem entary School, Iu c v la y , Sept 6 and Wednesday Sept 7. A C Houghton Elementary School, Thursday. Sept 8, Colum bia Junior High School, Friday. Sept 9; Riverside High School Monday, Sept 12 If you have any questions concer ning the screening, please call Carol Faith Peterson at the M orrow Coun t ) School District office. 989 1202 The screening w ill he conducted at the follow ing schools Heppner First day . • • 9 % • * *» * > *• * . » - " * '• s • „ S ' v , . : . ' •* « .. • ’ s 'A . . ; ♦ * " L r v •T V-. *'. j\5 „ • \ ' • v . .*» • : * • : * «• - * • «« • . . • 1 • ,* - I • »• : • . •• * * ; , • -* • • • *. L .» , « , .1. »* * • .- « • J O * « ' . ». 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V f '>• y OSP moves office The Heppner nranch of Oregon State Police have announced they w ill be located at the Pettyjohn Building, effective September I The office is for the use o f the two officers w orking out ot Heppner Phone calls to the State Police are still to be directed to the Pendleton number I 8(N>452 8150 for the game o ffice r or tra ffic officer "T h is w ill enable us to serve the com m unity b e tte r." says lairry Davidson. Station comma ruler - * A ' High 1 IIM Prw 5 A .0 94 9.3 5ft .0 90 0 52 H4 .0 54 88 57 0 XH .0 94 88 .0 45 - •• • . x . * y • / *t * ' Pfyrtri D* Joyf O Hugfsan 1 Students af Heppner Elementary school rush out the doors at the end of their first day t WHEN YOUR OLD CAR GIVES UP NEW OF astern (Oreaon AUTO .... )i>nr Mont's Helping Your Neighbors" LOANS $ See Us For Lowest Rates in Town Arlington • Heppner • lone combi A A F- •/ n rm e "• •' ^ v? *v ' X«- w ♦ , * • • •> > •» • *'.i v . * jfcf *«, • r . ' Weather Report 1 lire. Weds. 1 hurs. In Silt Sun. M m ♦ • *1 . The main concern o f the council was that they would not have the funds to maintain the lan dfill and all the "unknow n" costs that are pro jected to maintain it The overall opt mon o f the people at the meeting was to support keeping the la n d fill open and deal w ith the unknown costs as they arise Britt wins mink hear 1 ■ !i 1g V C ity Recorder. Marshall Lovgrcn was asked the financial report o f the lan dfill He replies! that the la n d fill costs around $12,000 per year to operate and the city has taken in equally as much, for the last tw o years The Chamber o f Commerce, represented by president Fred Lun- dm, offered their support to the council to "m aintain the landfill and nor give these jobs to Hemuston ** 0 V mumm mi 0 * i 9 « » * A * ( * V - ' T , - * - 1
