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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 11, 1989)
T W O • H rppnrr ( .tt/rttr-1 im rv llrp p o rr. Orrgon W rdnrvU v, January I I , IW9 i- Murray’s named ‘Business Burkenbineu^ of the Year’ > > iM 1 ■ *. i.. • * * •; - ■’ • í <• “ [ F% - é i * ' * '• St. Pat's committee starts making plans * < *• 1 . * « * • * • * ‘ . . * Rod and Meg Murray were honored as business people of the year at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday Pointing out their contribution to the community through run ning a successful drug store for 30 years in Heppner. awards chairman Wallace Wolff said the Murrays were a great asset to the community Meg was also recognized for her work on starting the hotel renovation project on Mam Street. The Murrays started their business career in Heppner 30 years ago when they purchased Humphrey's Drug Store * ■.*» ' • » Diana Ball at 676-9228 We need people who will help with the St Patrick’» Day Celebra tion Anyone wiling to help or has ideas about the celebration is welcome to come to our nest meeting." said chairman David Sykes The nest meeting is scheduled for Thursday. January 19 at (he Helen sion Conference room at 7 p m Everyone is welcome The Si Patrick'* Committee mcl tlm week at kale's to gather material and make plans for this year's celebration There has been a good response to the Irish flags that are to be made for display on Main Street Families in terested in having a flag made, con tact Gwen Mealy The deadline for the St Patrick * week end calendar is February I . To confirm dates and times contact Gerald Pierson swears in new Chamber of Commerce Presi dent Forne Burkenbine at the chamber luncheon Tuesday Burkenbme replaces 1988 president Fred Lundm Lundm cited the new doctors in town, combating bad publicity on Willow Creek Dam, the hotel project and increased chamber membership as positive projects the Heppner Chamber assisted in in 1988 Named to the board of directors during the meeting were Bob Kahl, Don Boyce and Cliff Green Leadership is topic of SWCD Park project runs into difficulties over funds annual meeting Unshaken by delays in develop designed due to a planned I3V4 foot Gregory Tillson. state coordinator of the Family Communitv Leader ship (FCL) program at Oregon State U niversity , at O regon State speaker at the Soil and Water Con servation District annual meeting Friday The meeting starts at 10 a m at the EJks club and the public is invited Tillson will speak on general pnn ciples of leadership and on the role of the director in a conservation district He will focus on leadership concepts a* it impacts a local district Tillson has been with the OSU Ex tension Service since 1970. serving •I m r ' J - .« M .C .G .G .’s ¿C&CA r ' NOW IS THE TIME TO BUY! ’.* * R**v i * * * f V • • ;*v -¡ ,/T i. / ♦ SAVE 40 % ALL SPRAY PAINTS •snotrr (■■•-- T « *t ¿V ment of recreational facilities at the ■s an area agent in the Deschutes, Willow Creek Dam site, a dedicated Cmok and Jefferson counties for two group o f Morrow County workers year*, and in Manon. Polk and continue to pursue establishment of Yamhill counties for eight more as an overnight camping facility a community development specialist This site, planned for the west He has served for the past eight years bank, adjacent to the Balm Fork as FCL coordinator at Corvallis tributary, is the third phase o f con-i Tillson is a native of Oregon, struction sought by the Willow Park growing up in Corvallis He revets District ed hi* bachelor's and master’s With a proposed budget of degrees from OSU. $252.(810. this twelve acre parcel of The Soil and Water Conservation land would he convcrtcxl into twenty District annual meeting will also in two camping spaces, complimented clude watershed. CRP report, nox by landscaping and restrooms with ious w eeds and district showers. accomplishments Funding for this paijcct was ap^ plied for through a grant application to the Federal Laind and Conserva tion Fund But recently, while a grant of $71.000 was approved for overnight campsite development, the park district placed ninth out of fif ty applicants, which was below the available funds Resources from FLCF. derived from offshore oil drilling, have dwindled and the Willow Creek Park District may only receive a portion o f the amount asked from residual funds. "Money may dribble in. but it won't be possible to develop the site for 1989," said Park chairman Ken Turner, who explained that there have been many set backs in the p ark 's three stage recreational Flat Wall Paint development plans ¡Formulated tor an elegant Starling in the fail of 1986. a «smooth washable finish, last $25,000 grant from the State Marine- ing for years Board provided funds for floating boat docks However, the docks could not be installed until March 1987, due to delays in obtaining a shore lease from the Corp of Engineers G al. The second stage of development was also delayed when the $15.000 grant for the day park came in sixth place, with available money allocated for the top five projects Too. this park area had to he re M id -W in te r P a in t S ale! V.* i ’ ♦ . * * **’ *r ’ 4 V » ,♦ •'*» » * . '* • * \ |< * V i.v í ; : v <* '• s Chamber Manager Claudia Hughes presents Ken Turner of Heppner the "Hats O ff” award’Tuesday for his many hours of work on the Willow Creek Park Turner said although the project has at times been frustrating, he has enjoyed working on it He also pointed to Bert Corbin, project manager, saying if not for red tape and bureaucratic delay. "Bert would have had the darn thing built by now". Turner has been chairman of the Willow Creek Park District since its formation r.\¿ i > 40 % Point o ff *10 1 /lM « Cenex Spray Paint; for wood or mefal. In terio r/ exterio r, non -toxic and lead free. 13 oz. Assorted colors. « L i Il'M M I One Coat Latex Semi-gloss Enamel Our Best Interior Flat Enamel A premium one coat, scrubbable. wall and woodwork enamel Formu lated to provide the elegance of a flat and durability of a semi gloss ! 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"It's been ten times as much work as 1 anticipated." said Turner, who jokingly added that while Corbin and Dick Turrell have been busy work ing on the tables, his major contribu tion seemed to be largely vocal And meanwhile the efforts of the Board, consisting of Turner, Pat Sweeney. Amie Hedman, Gale Gray and Judy Rea. aided by advisor Meg Murray, continue to research for the means to develop what they consider will be an esthetic and economic- asset to the communitv The Morrow County Wheat Ixague President Lyle Peck, would like to invite members to a meeting to be held at the Flks club. Fridav. January 13 at 1 30 p m Die agenda will include the ap pointment of a secretary lor this meeting, appointment of all commit tee chairmen, decide on a time and place tor MCWL spring meeting, general discussion of OWGL issues and the executive committee will work on new membership aravelle by BULOVA Time for School. Tim e for g? -: Caravelle. VMrtan» s* s i L,. Morrow County Grain Growers ¿SS« ^ > rr ¿TV** >'»- *1 0 ™ A r y ik Lo «1 *1 0 ™ Receiving $18.4(8) n residual money for this project, a dedicated work force completed day park con struction in September 1988. which was also delayed by summer drought conditions Turner credits project manager Bert Corbin and Don Barber of HZ Way Construction for their donated construction skills and equipment, along w ith many other business and individual donations to realize this goal with only minimal funds that did not meet the budget Also, Columbia Basin Electric helped with the installation of securi ty lighting and underground sprinklers, along w ith Jan Boctcher of West winds Nursery, Hermiston, who donated landscape designing, said Turner And he added that the engineering help from the Pori of Morrow as well as grant writing by Kevin Cooper of E C O A C. in Pendleton were responsible for lay ing a foundation tor the work that the district has accomplished MCWL meeting is this Friday C ^ increase in the water level by the corp. um g<*ikm M m « 4 tw t WX*» «• S» k** tlwwci 1 « ->««•> waw nnuni Out C'yuf* |74 M Time to look at our new Caravel le Collection You'll lind smart, contemporary styling and Caravelle Quartz accuracy to keep students on time for classes or dates. -V s > ll Hugged enough to take school's hard knocks. 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