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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1989)
. * • fi ' A* “V •. * * r - #» . , • *• • : • . « m-mrnf 0 0* A ^ • v ;. ■* «T I v ^ ••• " v '* W*** O'«* • •«■•.. • , « . v - . . * . *. ; • '- • • .* . \ » „r • • City Council officers sworn in for 1989 | . 5 E S S t E W E T ! E 1 1 U OF ' * V ORE N .E ’A S* *P A P E R L I B EUGENE 9 7 4 0 3 OR I The Heppner Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper '1 V, % t ; • \ v Mayor Cara Costa, left, swears in the new council members at a recent council meeting Lett to right: Wilbur Jackson. David Gray, According to a report by the engineering firm o f Perry and Anderson o f LaGrandc. the city o f Heppner’ » thirty five year old sanitu lion plant ha» been confirmed in need o f renovation imes azette V O L 107 !NO. 2 Wednesday, Jarman» 11, I9R9 According to Mayor Cara C om a, the estimated coat o f thi» project 1 » $1,277.000 f P A ha», however, approved financing 55 percent o f the com and a community development granl would provide 22 *6 percent o f the remaining com » It will be r* Chuck Holt. Arme Hedman. Kay Robinson and Rick Curtis, necessary for the city to go out tor a bond tor approximately S2R5.000, added CoMa. saying the I P A fund» will no longer be available after this year The city council members for 19X9 were sworn into office and Wilbur Jackson was re elected coun cil chairman It was reported by the City Ad *« . j t* * I r two A T V vehicles to the city to he used tor parade jvatrols. city tnspec lions and search and rescue operations According to Hill kuhn. city at torncy, the Planning Commission w ill meet January 16 to consider re locating the S h eriff» office from it’ s present location at the courthouse. Handicapped access would he pro vided hy this move to a residential area A city /one change would he needed with a scries o f three public hearings mmistiator that the re location o f ci ty water lines above Heppner on the W illow Creek project is complete An anonvmius donor has ikmufcd H eppner 25* Ball retires from K inzua after 42 years Vote for the ‘ Best B eard’ at the W ine Tasting Thursday night kin : MILLS COMP) ' V - v t : — v *• - v, * • ” P * '« * * . . - * - - :, V ' ' V * V s • . V s-* W ; * • 1$ •• V ■* * *-•. * " • ... ' - • ■ V V , ' «1 ' r '! ' * \ i * •' T r r Fred Lundin Bill Kuhn Doug Drake ■» Photo by Joyc. Hugh*» Elvin Bell (L) and Paul Sumner (R) present a retirement gift to Leon Ball (center) for his 42 years of service for Kinzua Leon Ball o f Heppner. retired this last week front kin/ua Corp having worked there for 42 years .and 5 months He was given a watch for his years o f working there Leon started to work at the mill for O rville Smith who owned the plant in 1946 A few years later in 1955. the mill was sold to Hitchcock and Russell and Paul Koenig was the plant manager In 1955. Kin/ua Corp bought the plant and has operated and owned it since then Leon has seen a lot o f changes in the time he has been at Ktnzua Basically the whole plant has been rebuilt A plywood plant was add cd. which is no longer in operation A stud null was built and continues to run nights The sawmill is now computerized. The planer has been rebuilt although no major changes were made there, according to Hall He has worked as a certified grader for 21 years He also work ed in the sawmill for five years, ran the edger and drove hystcr the last 2 'A years Leon and his wife Jean, who has worked for Gardner's for the last eight years, have three sons Gary is married to the former Donna Hradley and has worked for the last 17 years at Rin/ua where he is a foreman Jay is married to Sharon (JJams) and lives in Hermiston and works for Umatilla Electric as a lineman Kandy, the youngest, just started this past May working at Kin/ua “ Working at kin/ua has provid ed a good living, it wav gi*xi steady w o rk ." according to Ball He has numerous plans for his "retirem en t" which include jum relaxing for a while Leon is very in forested in woodworking and has a shop in which he will spend a lot ot his time He likes to fish and hunt and hopes to do some traveling He and his w ife also have a mountain place on W illow Creek where they will he spending some time Morrow County's Third Annual T o w n & C o u n t r y H a y s January 9-13, 1989 Heppner, Oregon (A! Meetings Am Open to the Pubic) Monday 12:00 p.m. Tuesday 6:45 p.m. 12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday 2:00 p.m. 3:00 p.m. Thursday 5:30 p.m. 10:00 a.m. Friday 10:30 a.in. 12:00 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 1:30 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. * Merchants Committce/St Patrick's Day Committee. Kate's Pizza South M orrow Toastmasters Club Kate's Pizza Heppner Area Chamber o f Commerce Installation o f Officers A Business Awards Annual Luncheon Elks Club $4 (X) W illow Creek Park District Board Meeting Elks Club Port Elks Pori Elks o f M orrow Booth Club o f Morrow Board o f Directors Meeting Club Wine Tasting, Hosted by Heppner Soroptimists’ Club Beard Growing Contest Winner Announced Heppner Jazz Band on Stage. Elks Club Soil A Water Conservation Dili. Annual Meeting Greg Ttllson. OSU Coordinator Heppner F.lks Small Woodlands Annual Meeting Elks Club Lunch ($5) with panel discussion o f “ Our Future in Morrow County" by teen representatives o f Morrow County Schools Elks Club Livestock Grower» Annual Meeting Elks Club Wheat Growers leagu e Meeting. Elks Club CattlcWomcn Annual Meeting Elks Club Happy Hour (Courtesy o f Farm Credit Services). Elks Club Prime Rib Dinner ($11) Guest Speaker Mick Delaney. "T h e Future: It Ain't What It Used To Be". Presentation of Man A Woman of the Year. Coronation of the Fair A Rodeo Queen and Citizen7Educator Award Elks Club f V Steve Rhea A highlight o f his year » Town and Country Week. "O u r County, Our Future. Our K id s" will he the youth panel at mam Friday at the F.lks Teens representing Riverside, lone and Heppner High Schools will pre sent a panel discussion on issues o f concern to them Facilitator will he Charles Adel, drug and alcohol supervisor for Morrow County anil mental health specialist The student panel members were given their choice o f a variety o f topics such as what jo b oppor- tunnies would encourage youth to re main in Morrow County, sugges lions for out o f school recreation, what changes could he made to nuke future more attractive and issues o f personal concern The audience will he able to participate Dus is an opportunity to hear (rom our young adults who are our future club Friday luncheon to feature youth panel Parents to make carnival plans T e a c h e r negotiations reach crisis stage similar experience “ Even though inflation is currently 4 2% the school hoard continues to propose a ()% wage iik reuse for the I9XX xu sctiml ye a r." said McElligotl The si hoot hoard has also propos cd freezing the district provided in suramc at the 1987 XX level “ A 0% raise plus an increase in our out ot pocket payment ot insurance premiums equals a reduction in our take home pay.” McF.lligott said Negotiations have been going on for over 13 months The teachers' contract expired June 30, I9KX.and teachers have been working with«nit a contract since then No further talks have been scheduled Contract talks between Morrow County teachers ami the Morrow County School Board have reached the crisis stage, according to Maureen McF.lligott. president ot the M orrow County Education Association Contract talks broke down after the school hoard refused to move from their proposal o f a wage in crease. "T h e teachers arc frustrated and outraged." said M iFlligott "T h e school hoard has said they have money in the budget to pros uic a fair wage, hut they refuse to offer a fair wage increase " Morrow County teachers currently arc earn ing about $3,000 a year less than 76% o f teachers in Oregon with Story Hour Storyteller tor this Thursday's Story 11 me at the Heppner Public I ihrury will he Dehhie Royer tell mg about “ Friends Story time begins at 10 K) a in and all children arc welcome Market Report C <H I * * M nr»r»w C ou n ty ( V * n ( kow w S M o n d a », Jan. 9 Soft While »5 o i *5.01 *S 02 Barley •III T *112 T 99% New Crop »4 20 *4 15 July August delivery »4.10 » N r LOWEST LOAN RATES IN TOWN if w > • * . New Car Loans v ■ • V ' j f ' J J R JZ ^ a K s te ,OF ~= — n U rn 7 U t re qo APR Check Here Before You Buy! Arlington • Heppner • lone „•’ « V f . : * ' f * * • • * ‘ *4 . _ » •/ Member FDIC - T * ■ v Ynur H> *nu O w fin l IniirprnJcnt fittnk , 's r Z C g L ü t t f " s • JF. ~ ' * I 0 . 5 % j • J v ' 7 r »- The Parents club will hold a meeting Wednesday. January 11,7 p tti at the grade school cafeteria This is an important meeting and there is lots o f business to take care o f in planning tor the carnival to he held February 11 Anyone interested in helping in any way please he there or contact Joyce Hughes, president . ! 3 David Sykes George Koffler .r.‘ A i
