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Wednesday, February 28, l****)
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Hi'ppnrr 25*
8 Pages
Mustangs, Fillies advance to Regionals
The
Morrow
County
Neighborhood Counc il has said that
the Neighborhood Center will close
its doors April I because of funding
problems
The Neighborhood Center is a
non profit organization located in
Heppner which assists in providing
emergency food, shelter and gas,
and >*ther things for people in need
“ Payroll was always a problem,”
said Betty Tanner, former director
and now president o f the
Neighborhood Center hoard ol
directors
“ Wc
hope
that
somewhere, somehow we can get
money to stay open We leel it's
essential to the community ” Tanner
operated the center its first two years
as a volunteer, she said
I"he Neighborhood Center rcceis
ed SIO.(XX) from Morrow County
last year and also receives funding
tnrough FF.MA (Federal Fmergen
cy Management Agency), United
Way. CAPF.CO. the USDA Food
Program, ( begon Food Shares, area
churches fund raisers and private
donations
County funds, which the center
uses for rent, electricity, water, in
surance and supplies, have been cut
to $8,(XX) tor the nest fiscal year,
since another emergency aid group
way formed in North Morrow
County.
The newly formed Irrigon
Hoardman Fmcrgcncy Assistance
Center group will receive $ 5 .(KM) of
county funds, for a total of SI l.(XX)
for both groups, up from S 10.(XXI
last year
Morrow County Judge I-ouis
Carlson savs that the South Morrow
griuip was originally funded through
revenue sharing and after that was
discontinued the ctHinty stepped in
' The Center is a non profit
organization and has its own sepuralc
function completely apart from
county |unsdiction." lx- said, “ Mor
row County is one of the tew coun
ties thai \petkls lax dollars to >u|*port
this endeavor W ith this in mind, in
terfcrcncc by ihe County Coun in
the policy making or management ot
the center would be most map
propriale "
In this current fiscal year.” said
Carlson, "the Neighborhood Coun
cil is budgeted to receive $I0.(XK>
from Morrow County ITus amount
wav to help tuixl both ends o f the
county I he north end folks recent
ly fornx-d their own non profit
organization, the Irrigon Hoardman
Iinergency Assistance Center So.
as ot February I, I'M !, the south
end Neighborhood Council is retain
mg all of the funds from the coun
ty "
According to Neighborhood
CiMiix il treasurer Mike Vejraska. in
addition to the county money which
gix-s tor overhead, the center needs
approximately $12.(XX) for salary
and taxes for the center's only paid
employee the director ITiat position
is currently held by Nadine O'Brien
Vejruska said that funding for the
assistance programs fluctuates great
ly "F F M A gave us $b.8(X) last
year, and this year $3,500 "
“ They
(Irrig o n Hoardman
Fmergcncy Assistance l enter i only
operates mix- hours a week We
operate 40 hours a week They're
strictly for em ergencies only
emergency food. rent, gas We do
everything "
The Irrigon Hoardman Fmergen
cy Assistance Center is open
Tuesdays from 4 ,i m to 3 p m and
Thursday« from 9 a m to noon and
is operated on a volunteer basis Ac
cording to Ruth Adams, president ol
the hoard of directors, the center is
run completely by volunteer lx-lp aixl
provides emergency locxl. rental
assistance, energy assistance and
referrals
Ihe Irrigon Hoardman
center was formed in Oct 1989
Ihe Heppner Center also houses
Adult and Family Services<tormor
Iv welfare) I ixxl Stamp and GFD
(high school equivalency) programs,
according to Vcjraska
We can afford this month's
salary and next month's salary, but
after that I don't know.” he said
W e'rc m the business ot serv ice to
Ihe communitv. without these ser
vices, what would people do ’” Ve
jraska said that the south end
organization can stay open until next
year when considering budding ex
penses, “ but as tar as wages go
no ”
“ We've written grants till w c'ic
hlik- m the lace.” Ik- said ” They sav
you're not in the Portland area so
we can't help you
2 5 0 attend Blue and Gold Banquet
Heppner M ustangs claim their prizes The bracket board and
first place trophy at District
t>lo by Joyce H ugh«,
Ih e "Blu e and Gold" banquet for
cub scouts Pack hbl was held last
Tuesday night Feb 20 at the Hcpp
ner Flks
Over 250 people attended the an
nual banquet which celebrates the
birthday of the Cub Scouting, accor
ding to Cubmastcr Jeff Wallace
"O ne of the highlights of the
evening was a "F ellers Cake Raf
fie" which netted over S.VX) for pack
activities." says Wallace "People
really got into a bidding n x x x l."
The (heme of the banquet was
Mardi G ras" and it began with a
mardi gras parade, led by the Tiger
Cubs in a dragon costume The
parade snaked around the tables ad
ding to a festive atmosphere
The featured speaker was long
tunc Scout storyteller. I rv Williams
of He ho Williams gave a humorous
talk on “ Trigs" a cross between pigs
and trouts, and demonstrated the
squeal shot gun propelled fishing
pole which he invented to catch
them
Many awards were presented in
eluding advancement awards tor the
Bobcats and a quality unit award
presented by District Chairman,
Robert l-hmann
The Heppner girls ill play Grant
Union at 1 30 p m Fri . March 2,
at the Class A State Regional basket
hall tournament at the Pendleton Ar
mory At .1 p m the Heppner boss
will play the Grant Union boys
Divers of both games will be out of
the tournament At 7 p m Weston
M«. I wen girls will play Imhler girls
At 8 30 p m Riverside boys will
play Imhler boys The winners will
go to the state tournament nest week
at Pendleton
On Saturday at 7 p m winner of
the girls Heppner Grant Union game-
will play the loser ot the Weston
Mil-wen Imhler game At 8 10
p m , the winner of the boys Hcpp
ner Grant Union game will play the
loser of the Imhler Riverside game
Winners ot these games will advance
to the state tournament
Ticket prices for the Heppner
games will be St for students and $4
tor adults for each session
Morrow County Judge laiuis
Carlson has announced that a public
meeting has been scheduled ai the
Riverside High School auditorium
on March 11 at 7 p in to get public
input on the subject of Workers’
Compensation Most recently, the
State Accident Insurance Fund
(SA IF) has cancelled numerous
small business policies and has
denied high risk business coverage
to compensate for extended losses in
the SAIF reserve fund
This public meeting is being spon
sored by the Morrow County In
tcrgovernmental Coalition which is
composed o f all governments,
school*, business, and special
districts in Morrow County The
purpose of the coalition is to bring
to the publics attention the nx>st
pressing issues of the day so that ai
curate
inform ation
may
be
disseminated to the residents of the
county and region
Because of the wide spread con
cem and interest in the subject of
workers compensation, several poo
pic have been inv ited to sit on a panel
tt> discuss the answer questions about
this subject This panel will consist
of Sian long, director of SAIF Cor
poration; representative Mike
Nelson. 59th District, field represen
t.itivc for U S
Senator Hob
Packwood. Russ Hcimark. partner.
Wheatland Insurance Center. Inc,
Cal Hacklcr, council representative.
•Xnx-ric.in Federation of State, Coun
tv & Municipal I mployecs Al l
C lo , Carl Frederick, asvxiation of
Oregon Industries larry Row of
Corey. Hvler. Row lorenzenA Ho
je m . A ttorn eys, will act as
facilitator
Koch of the panelists will have
10 15 minutes each to speak on the
subject of workers compensation
After everyone has spoken, the puncl
will accept questions from the
audience
This forum will he held at the
Riverside High School auditorium
instead of the lone City Hall where
it was originally scheduled A
special invitation is extended to all
individuals and business firms in
Morrow. Umatilla and Gilliam
counties
Two juveniles charged in poweroutage
Panel to discuss workers comp
Hearings set on county budget
Residents of Morrow County will
he able to scrutinize the Morrow
County budget and levy during the
coming weeks at Irrigon City Hall.
March 6 .u ' v m . Heppner
Elementary School. March V p m
ICABO noon luncheon, March 7,
and the Heppner Chamber of Com
mcrce mx»n luncheon, Tuesday,
March 13.
At stake is a total tax increase tor
fiscal year 1990 91 in the amount ot
$.17.243 This increase tor the new
tax year is the result of a b percent
increase allowed by law over last
year's tax base last year's tax base!
amounted to $021.770
The amount that Morrow County
residents will be voting on at the
March mail-in ballot will he identical
to last year's one year special levy
of 5 1 .8 1 8 .11h Ihe total tax rate, in
cluding the medical portion, will be
5 s 02 I,(XX) of property valuation
This tax rate is an estimate only, has
ed on the best information from the
county assessor The $5 h2 1.000
valuation would amount to $224 80
on a $40.(XX) home, according to a
county spokesperson
There will be a short presentation
on these dates along with charts
depicting labor trends m Morrow
County, where the taxes arc
generated, where the taxes are spent,
and the general condition of
agriculture and the wmxl prixlucts
industry in Morrow County Judge
Carlson will be the presenter, and
will be available, along with with
i*thcr officials to answer questions
from the public
Two 17 year old juveniles have
been charged with first degree
criminal misc hief as a result of an in
cident in mid-1 unitary in which a
Bonneville Power Administration
(HPA) transm ission line was
damaged
According to Morrow County
District Attorney Jeff Wallace, the
juveniles arc charged with shooting
insulators on a pole o f the main
HPA power I me at Juniper Canyon
on January 14 Two days later, ram
created a short in the power line
which caused a four-hour power
milage in South Morrow County aixl
part of Gilliam County
According to W allace, the incident
cost HPA and Columbia Basin l dec
Inc Coop approximately $2.(XX)to
repair the damages to utility proper
ty "In addition." says Wallace,
" th e four hour power outage
resulted in a li>ss to Kinzua Corpora
lion, because o f down time,* the
Morrow County School District.
Morrow County and other govern
ment offices and all other private and
public employers "
“ Emergency services, such as 9 1 1
and Pioneer Memorial Hospital had
to rely on auxiliary power during
that tim e," says Wallace "W c
could have had a real life threatening
Cardinals played
first state patrie
The lone Cardinals girls state
basketball tournament started Wed ,
Fch 28 at I 10 p m at Baker High
School The lady Cards played Jor
dan Valley Winner of that game will
play again Friday. March 2 at I H)
p m The lover will play Thurs
March I at 9 a m
situation it our back up jvower had
tailed,”
"Columbia Basin and HPA are
always concerned about this type of
incident," says Columbia Basin
manager Fred Toombs, "because of
the danger involved to individuals
who could be killed or seriously in
jured by falling power lines It one
o f these kids had been hit by falling
lines, it could have caused serious in
jury or even death
Sin ce both individuals arc
juveniles, the cases will be handled
through juvenile court It they are
found guilty there, they could be
held liable tor the resulting damages
Parents o f juveniles can also be
held liable tor the acts of their
children up to $5,(XXI per v Klim, ac
cording to Wallace "In certain
cases, the juvenile court has the
authority to release the names of the
luvenilcs to the victims, who can
then pursue collection in civil court
against both the juveniles and their
parents "
“ Wc arc very thankful ih.it no one
was injured in this incident," says
Wallace "However, there was a
large financial loss as a result o f the
shmiting arxl power outage It was
a thoughtless act which we hope to
prevent in the future
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Wes Haines (r) turns his cake he made over to Ernest Wick
who bought it for $14 in the Cub Scouts auction
“ We wanted to give special
recognition to the many people who
have helped l\n k bbl during (he past
year." says Wallace, "including the
Heppner Flks The I Iks have spon
sored the Pack for many years aikl
have provided a meeting place and
much nxiral support
I xaltcd Ruler David Hanna was
intonimeli along wuh It-.klmg kiuglii
Jim Bloodswnrth Alvo ptesent were
Heppner Mayor ( .ira < osta. Imlge
Iamis Carlson. Ray I rendi I mns
president Steve Rhea. I inda Sliaw
and a number ol past teadiers
l.ach Dcn pertormcd a skit al
temptmg lo match thè inventiveness
ol thè mam sjx-akei
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child abuse cases
Morrow County law enforcement
and child protective agencies have
scheduled a March training seminar
on the investigation and prosecution
of child abuse cases
According to Morrow County
District Attorney Jeff Wallace, the
training seminar will be- held March
b 7, at the Dodge City Restaurant in
Hoardman Ihe seminar will begin
at 10 a m on March 0 and go
through noon on March 7
“ T his sem inar is designed
primarily to help I jw enforcement
and other agencies directly mvolv
ed in the investigation and prosecu
lion of child sexual and physical
abuse to better deal with these sen
sitivc case’s ," says Wallace
The I‘»80 legislature directed the
district attorney ot each county to
establish an interagency team to
coordinate the investigation and
prosecution of child abuse The
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" ( >ne of the things that the legista
lion mandates is increased naming
to help police, protective set vices
workers and others to fn-ttei coor
dittate their efforts." savs Wallace
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direction," he added
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County has the highest rate of child
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