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Left to right County Commissioners Jerry Peck. Irv Rauch. Veterans Officer Donna Rietmann
and Judge Louis Carlson
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VOL 107 NO. 35
W ed n e sd a y, A ugust 30. I«WN
First
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M orrow Count) Veterans Ser
vices O fficer l>>nna Rietmann was
recently awarded a certificate for
completion o f 24 hours continuing
educational units o f training hv the
Oregon Veterans Services Division
The presentation was made hy the
County Court at its regular meeting
day of school for Morrow County
M o th e r I
on Wednesday. August 23 I his ser
lific u tio n marks a continuing e ffo rt
made h> Rietmann to provide the
best service possible to M o n o w .uni
t ii 11 tain Countv Veterans
Die Veterans Service O ffice is
located at the Courthouse in Hepp
ner O ffic e hours are K a m to 12
noon oui I to 5 n m M oinlav
Four injured in Saturday accident
A one car motor vehicle accident
occurred at I I 45 p m Saturday.
August 26. on W illow Creek Koad
S4>uth ot Heppner. in)uring all tour
o f the occupantv o f the vehicle. ac
cording io ihe M orrow County
S h e riff s report
Driver o f the car was Donna
Acock o f Heppner. along w ith her
three children A ll were thrown front
the vehicle
Two Heppner amhulances were
dispatched to ihe scene Ihe tvitients
were treated ai Pioneer M em orial
Hospital ami transported, one patient
to W alla W alla. Wa and the other
three were transported to U m versi
ty o f O regon H ealth Sciences
C enter, savs a spokesperson from
Pioneer M em orial Hospital I here
has been no update on th e ir
condition
Fhc S h e riffs Departm ent and a
member o f the Heppner Police
Department are investigating the
acc idem
Mail in ballots being sent out
Mail in ballots w ill be sent out to
the public Friday. September I for
the coming Morrow County School
District recall election and the City
o f Irrigon Special Operating l evy
Measure election in the amount of
$33.315 outside the tax base lor
operating purposes
The school ballot asks tor the
►'Kolo by Joyca Muflfi*»
Morning kindergarten students check in with Carol Goodyear on the first day of school School
started in Morrow County on Tuesday. August 29 with a full day of school and will continue
throughout the rest of the week. Schools will be closed for Labor Day and resume again on
Tuesday.
Is the Willow Creek Roller-
Compacted dam washing away
This is the question being address
cd in an independent study con
ducted by Oregon State University
The study commissioned hy the
Corps o f Kngineers w ill be revealed
to residents o f M orrow County at a
public hearing on Wednesday,
September 13. at 7 p m at the Hepp
ner Elementary School.
Cindy Hendrickson, represen
tativc o f the Corps o f Engineers, w ill
be bringing pcrvinnel from that
agency to discuss the results o f the
OSU study on the reliability o f the
co n cre te ,
ro lle r-c o m p a c te d
structure
Also, issues such as water quail
ty. pool elevations, recreation, and
potential irrigation reservoir w ill be
discussed
Recent press releases fro m
Portland and Eugene newspapers
have indicated that new information
is available that may shed some light
on the integrity o f the dam and the
C«»rps arc rep»*rtedlv withholding
that information until they can
review the OSU study and report to
the M orrow County residents
Also at issue, is the intent o f the
Corps to assist in the funding o f a
Re«, real tonal Vehicle Park at the dam
site Park D istrict officials have
made a form arrequesl to the Corps
for assistance in the amount o f
$150,000
Garden Bugs met
By Delpha Jones
The I^exington Garden Bugs met
recently at the home o f Phylis
Anders« <n A report was heard o f the
Garden o f the Month which went t<»
Jerry A Sue Baker They worked on
further plans for the 'Harvest D ay''
sale September 23 from f a m. to 4
p m where there w ill tse plants,
bulbs, produce and crafts for sale
Those present were fu e l I a Taylor,
L«»is A lly n . Kathy T cllcch ca ,
IXirothy Burcham, Marj K ill. Marie
Steagall and the hostess Next
meeting w ill be September 5 at the
Andersons
Seniors Sale a great success
County clerks
met in
Pendleton
County clerks and their staffs
gathered in Pendleton August 20 2 '
for a state convention.
Clerks discussed several ad
mimstrative changes made by the
Oregon legislature More than two
h«>urs devoted to legislative commit
tee rcp«>rls
The agenda als«> includes rcp«>rts
on vote by mail an«l election of
officers
EO E d ito r M ik e F o rre s te r
answered questions from the group
and talked about reporting elections
and results
Several computer vendors were at
the convention, displaying graphics
voting and election systems
A basque barbecue was held in the
l.e l'er Buck Room at the Round l p
grounds and an annual banquet was
held at the Red Lion
Dean Eouquette Sr gave up the
prcsulency to first vice president
Barbara Bloodsworth o f Morrow
recall of It ili Doherty Position So
6. D ire cto r at large and M arcia
Kem p. Position No 4, Lexington
“ The mail in ballots must be
returned to the County C le rk ’ s o f
lice no Liter than ft p m Tuesday,
September 1 4 .'' says County C lerk
Barbara Hloodsw orth
Soccer program begins
The S«>uth M orrow Soccer pro
gram w ill begin Sept 6 at the I ex
ington fie ld ac ross fro m the vch«H»l
district adm inistration o ffic e A ll
youth 7 12 years old can participate
E jch player must lx- insure«) w ith , k
cidenl insurance or purchase the 24
hour accidental insurance fro m the
se hool district " .user forms w ill he
given to the participants at the tirsi
m eeting
P ractices w ill be on
Wednesdays and Thursdays 4 to
5 t() p m Heppner partie pants can
rule the bus to le x in g to n after school
as l««ng as seating i- available An ac
tivity bus w ill return the youth to the
Heppner Elementary School bv
5 45 lone participants can take a
school bus to le x in g to n and parents
w ill have to provide return trunspor
tation to lone Coaches and assistants
arc s till needed Due to lac k o t sup
p«irt the participation w ith the Her
miston S<xcer league has been
postponed For fu rl her inform ation
call Stuart D ick. W » *450
Gazette closed for
Lahor I)a \
The Heppner Gazette lim e s w ill
he closed Monday September 4 for
the observance o f la b o r Day
News deadline is this Friday at 5
p m Ihe .ul de.hllmc w ill remain die
sarne. classifieds Fuc-sdav noon and
ad display I uesdav. 5 p m
Ih e paper w ill come out as usual
on Wednesday next week
Cancer Society presents award
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Christie Jellum (left) of the American Cancer Society Tuesday
presented Joyce Ffughes, Lexington with a certificate of apprecia
tion for her help with the recent Jail A Bail held in Heppner
Hughes organized the fund raising event which netted over $5 000
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d a v, Septembei 5, m<on at the Hepp
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A community picnic, sponsored
hy the Heppner Economic Develop
ment Corp (HEDC’ ). w ill be held
Sunday. Sept 10 at I p m at the
M orrow County f airgrounds in
Heppner
“ It’s a chance f»»r people to get re
acquainted with the co m m un ity,''
says Ann Spicer o f H E IX '
Spicer says 17 local orgam/attoa^
w ill be on hand to answer questions
and meet the public
The picnic w ill be potluck. and
those with last names a m should
bring a main dish l^ist names begin
nmg n r should bring a salad or
«Jcsert. Spicer says Everyone should
bring their own table settings There
w ill also be games for the kids, she
said
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Garden d u b meets
Thirty five o f 36 counties were
represented when the Oregon
Association o f County Clerks met
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Heppnet Booster C lub w ill have a
special guest at their meeting l ues
dav September ' beginning at 7
p m Jay 1 tile ry, new Heppner High
School fix 'th a ll co a d i w ill attend
Ih e meeting w ill bo held at I’ loyhar
Insurance conference room
On the agenda lo r the mooting is
the election ot o ltic o rs . planning of
the year's agenda and m aking plans
lo r Reno night
New memheis are encouraged and
invited to attend this meeting and
help support all o f the Heppner H igh
School activities I his is not lust a
booster clu b lo r sjvorts. but all c lubs
and activ itics at the high sc hool Join
and support the kids
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Many people were on hand last Friday and Saturday for the
Senior Center rummage sale
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H E D C plans picnic
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Veterans troni ( ìillia m CcHinty aie
also being seised tro n i ihis o tlic e
Ih is is done through a contract K t
ween the tw o counties Eoi more in
form ation contact Donna Rietmann,
Court Street. Heppner. < >R *Z7g.36oi
phone 67f> ‘X ltil
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