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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ball retires from K inzua after 42 years Vote for the ‘ Best B eard’ at the W ine
Tasting Thursday night
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Bill Kuhn
Doug Drake
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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