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Briggs files suit against city in 1987
drowning of their son Robbie
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The Heppner
Morrow County’s Home Owned Newspaper
Hob and Stacie Hriggs have filed
a suit against the city o f Heppner
over the death o f th e ir son. Robbie,
on Vug 19, 1987, at «he Heppner
S w im m ing Pool
Ih e suit, tile d July 21. 1989,
c h a rg e s w r o n g fu l J e a th anJ
negligence against the city
The
H riggs. lo rm e rly o f Heppner and
n o * liv in g in W a ld p o rt, Ore . are
represented by Portland attornev J
Randolph P u k e tl P C The city is
represented by the la * fin n . Schulte.
Anderson. D cFranq. D ownes and
C arter. PC
I he case * ill be tried in c irc u it
court be .1 12 person |ury on A p ril
20 w ith Judge Richard Courson
presiding
Ih e Huggs are asking S2U0.UK)
for "reasonable c o m p e n s a t io n in
addition to money fo r loss o f the
azette
decedent s society, com panionship
and se rvice s." and money fo r the
"d ecedent's medical, hospital and
burial expenses
R ie Hriggs are charging that the
city was negligent in ta ilin g to use
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tw o tow ers prov tded along the sides
o f the pool, that the lifeguards ic
m ained in a seated position by the
edge o t the shallow end o f the
w hich provided lim ite d v is ib ility o f
various parts o f the pool, tailed to
retrain fro m unnecessary talk and
visitin g w ith spectators, engaged in
activities ihai dciracted fro m cons
lam survellancc o f the sw im m ers in
the
o l. tailed to prom ptly observe
the B riggs' son and rescue him when
he encountered trouble w hile sw im
m ing, tailed to adequatele divide the
responsibilities o f ihe lifeguards in
respect to w atching the pool at the
tim e th e ir son encountered d iflic u l
ty in the pool; tailed to clearly
designate and m ark d ivin g and ium
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ping safety ai cas ta d to jv >st rules
concerning diving .md lum ping in an
area where ihe ps..icd iules w ould be
cle a rlv v is ib le , m a in ta in e d the
lifeguard chair at the shallow end of
the pool in a dangerous condition in
that it was rusted s .it and w ould not
pivoi
making it dangerous lo i
liteguards to u.e,
.untamed both
lifeguard to w n s on the• same side o f
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t 1 léguai ds on duty ,al tfie tim e o t
Robbie B riggs'
w eie Randy
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Bi iggs to move the • i.il t i • Portland
was denied hv C irc u it Judge J I
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Fire destroys three businesses;
causes over $900,000 in damage
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Doug Holland of Ihe Morrow County Gram Growers shows
some of the door prizes to be given away this Saturday
th e M o rro w C o u n ty C ra in
G row ers w ill hold their annual
customer apprec i.ition day ihis Satur
day at the main o ffices and store in
Lexington
The day w ill start o il w ilh the
traditional free pancake ham and egg
break fast starting at 8 a in and set
ving u n til noon
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lo ts ot tree di»<i p ii/e s w ill tie
given away and there w ill In- lac
torv leprcsentatives tn*m nine com
[Xirnes on hand w ith displays and in
fo rm a tio ti In addition, die M o rro w
Co < attlcW om cn w d 1 servo silver
dollar sausage
Ih e public is invited to attend
custom er appreciation day
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C h a m b e r to meet at high school
Heppner Chamber ot Com m erce
members w ill return to school, lues
day. February 14 Ih e y w ill he
guests tor lunch in the Heppner High
S c h o o lf ateteua. follow ed bv an in
troduction to the high school's new
com puter lab In fo rm a tio n data ob
lamed lio m chamber members at
then te n -lit meeting w ill be led into
the computers to determine it tfiev re
suited to then current careers
H ig h School I ’ i in c ip .il Steve
D ickenson s .i v s he is rxc lied about
the new Career In fo rm a tio n Svstem
and the netw orking process It there
are iithers interested in tillin g «ml (he
questloii.ure before the Chamber
luncheon, contact Dickenson
( til) Scouts plan bake sale
Central Market in full flames in Saturday’s early morninq fire that started at the Waqon Wheel Restaurant
A tire that started in the W agon
Wheel Restaurant in Heppner early
Saturday m orning swept through ad
jacent businesses, B ev's Bookkeep
ing and C entral M arket, causing
damage " i n excess o t $900,000
according to Heppner Fire Chief and
ow ner ot C entral M arket. Forrest
Burkenbine
B urkenbinc said that the fire
started around 4 a m Feb 5 He
said that Heppner, Lexington and
lone firem en battled the h la /e at the
Wagon Wheel for almost three hours
and believed to have it contained un
til tJie w md pic ked up and spread the
fire to the adjoining businesses
"O n c e it got to C e n tra l." said
Burkenbine. " i t was com pletely gut
ted in a h a lf hour " Power was out
in Heppner fo r about an hour as a
result o f the tire
A ccording to Burkenbine there
were su fficie n t fire trucks and man
pow er to fig h t the fire , but the w ind
prevailed In addition to 14 Heppner
firem en, seven firefighters from lone
and five fro m Lexington assisted
Burkenbine said the state fire mar
shal determ ined the cause o f the fire
to be a com pressor above a w alk in
cooler at the W agon W heel w hich
shorted out " U s u a lly a compressor
w o n 't do what it d id . " said Burkcn
bine " I t w ill kick a breaker It's
rare, but not u n c o m m o n ."
One person, firem an Dean Robin
son. was a d m itte d to Pioneer
M em orial H ospital and treated fo r
smoke inhalation B urkenbine said
(hat Robinson was released Saturday
evening
Burkenbine estimates that destruc
tion o f the three businesses w ill
d ire c tly affect 52 people. 17 o f
w hom were em ployed at C entral It
is estimated that C entral M arket
alone U>st $650.000 in the fire
"P e o p le w ho already use delivery
service w ill he taken care o f by
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C ourt St M a rk e t." sani Burkenbine
He said that someone tro n i either
C entral o r C o u rt St w ill d e live r the
groceries He said that people who
had been using loc ker space al Cen
tra i sh o u ld c o n ta c t th e ir ow n
ho m e o w n e r'» insurance firs i to
recover damages, but that C entral
does have some insurance coverage
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fo r those losses
Burkenbine was able to remove all
,ash receipts and charge account
statements and has all statements on
computer disc s He said that ( entrai
M arket s phone is still m operation
and anyone having questions mas
call r»7r> ‘*f>14 C entral and Bev's
Bookkeeping flave established an ot
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lice at Jim Farley M otors at 12b I
Mav \v e , and are open to accept
payments on statements "A n y o n e
w ith a credit balance may come in
and receive p a y m e n t." he added
Burkenbine' said that he w ill
rebuild the market "as «>m as possi
ble. bui i t ’ s going to take a w h ile "
In the m eantim e. " C o u r t Street
M arket) is attem pting to do their
very best and we re giving them all
o f ou r s u p p o rt," he said
B urkenbine said he must remove
tood debris to r sanitary reasons, but
he said the insurance company w ill
cover removal ot ihe building debris
" W e 'r e in s u re d ," he said " B u t not
near tu li o f coverage
B urkenbine owns the b u ild in g oc
cupied by B ev's Bookkeeping He
and lo rm c r C entral ow ner C lin t
M e d ia rn e . Portland, each ow n hall
o f the m arket building
Die B urkenbincs w ill s iili attend
a grocers' convention in M a u i,
H aw aii, and A ustralia, that they had
been planning for several months, he
said
Bev 's Bookkeeping was operated
by Beverly ( hinder son and the
Wagon Wheel < ate and I oungc was
ow ned hv I in k Rice
Ihe Heppner Chamber o t C om
merce Office located al It c v s lio n k
keeping has relocated its o ffic e to
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I oc. 1 1 Cub Scout t roups w ill hold
a bake sale Sat . Feb IO ai the
follow ing locations W o ll |V n Del s
M arket in Ix x m g to n . Bear Den
M ille r's M in i M art in Heppner.
W chelos H eppner H ig h Sih>«>l
Is games and Ihe Heppner Host
Market Report
I m e d a l . Fell.
Soft W hite
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