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The Four-year old pre-school children
brought canned goods and gave them to the
Heppner Neighborhood Center director
Joyce Breeding last Thursday, Nov. 15. in
Photo by Joyce Hughes
order for them to use the canned goods as
part of the holiday baskets to be distributed.
Parents of the three and four-year old classes
donated the canned goods to the center.
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Fair and Rodeo
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Court to raffle
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VOL 108 NO. 47
Wednesday, November 21, 1990
Heppner
35c___ 8 Pages
Morrow Co. Strategic Plan developed
For the past eight months, com
munity leaders from throughout
Morrow County have been meeting
to discuss economic development.
The result has been the Morrow
County Strategic Plan.
The Morrow County Strategic
Plan is an economic development
plan for the county that encompasses
a vision of the future and a method
of getting there. ’’Without a plan,
there is no roadmap for progress,”
explained Gary Neal, manager of the
Port of Morrow and the moving
force behind the plan. “ Most
businesses these days have a
strategic plan. It only makes sense
for a county to have one as well.”
The plan was developed by
representatives from city and coun
ty governments, planning boards,
the school district, basic industries
within the county, and chambers of
commerce and businesses within
Morrow County. The Port of Mor
row was the sponsoring organiza
tion, and OSU Extension Service
provided training and guidance.
The Morrow County Strategic
Plan is divided into three chapters.
The chapters begin with an assess
ment of the current economic situa
tion and continue with a vision of
what the characteristics of the coun
ty’s economic situation would be in
twenty years’ time. The strengths,
weaknesses, opportunities, and
threats of each economic sector are
courage professionals-doctors,
examined in each chapter. Finally,
there is an action plan to accomplish teachers, etc.to locate in a rural area.
the “ vision” stated at the start of the “ If we can train local youth in the
professional jobs we need, and if we
chapter.
Chapter one focuses on the can make it economic for them to
resource related industries and return, we won’t have trouble attrac
potential new industries in the coun ting or retaining them,” says Neal.
ty. It recognizes both the existing Further suggested actions are a
agricultural industry as well as the stable funding source for schools and
timber industry. Value added food government, and local offices for
products is fully supported in the some of the state services now pro
strategy, recognizing die benefits of vided out of county.
Chapter Three deals with tourism
the Regional Strategy Program.
Actions suggested for continued and recreation. One of the strengths
natural resource development are an of the county is its natural resources,
updated county “ input/output” which already serve as a draw for
model to identify tax dollar, service many hunters and fishermen annual
dollar, and contract dollar leakage; ly. The Columbia River and the Blue
and continued expansion of the Mountains are natural advantages the
value-added agriculture industry. It county enjoys, and future develop
also encourages the promotion of ment of facilities will tend to attract
local processing of timber resources, more and varied visitors.
The actions suggested include
such as value-added lumber pro
ducts. All in all, there are sixteen development of facilities at Willow
suggested actions for resource Creek Dam, further development of
the Blue Mountain Recreational
related industries.
Chapter Two focuses on human Byway, an information center at
services, such as health, education, Boardman, and promotion of ac
and social services. While it is dif tivities, such as St. Patrick’s Day or
ficult to service a small,, rural the Watermelon Festival.
Copies of the Morrow County
population over a large area,
whether it is with schools or health Strategic Plan are available at the
care. Morrow County has certain ad Port of Morrow office in Boardman.
vantages of more urban areas. It has 481-7678, or at the OSU Extension
adequate to excellent schools, social office in Heppner, 676-9642. “ The
services,
and
a
hospital. plan was designed to be used by
county groups,” says Neal. “ It
Some of the actions suggested for
won’t do any good gathering dust on
human services are designed to en-
the shelves.”
Neighborhood Center director
Joyce Breeding says that around
2,250 pounds of food, about the
same as last year, was donated to the
center for holiday food baskets.
Breeding says that 57 families
have been signed up to receive the
baskets for Thanksgiving but it’s too
early to tell how many will be
distributed at Christmas time.
Cub Scouts and Christian Youth
organized the canned food drive.
Contests, Santa Clause to
mark Christmas opening
The Heppner merchants’ annual
Christmas opening will be this Fri
day and Saurday, Nov. 23 and 24.
Participating businesses will be
holding a guessing contest Friday
and Saturday in which shoppers may
guess the number of items in a jar.
The person guessing closest to the
number will win a prize.
Santa will also be making his year
ly visit to Heppner on Saturday. He
will arrive by firetruck downtown at
1 p.m. and will then go to the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center where he
will be available to visit with area
children.
Monies available for transportation
Over two million three hundred
thousand dollars are available in
Oregon for senior ami handicapped
transportation. This message was
conveyed to Judge Carlson last week
by Joni Reid, field representative of
the Public Transit Division, state of
Oregon.
This amount of money is derived
from the special transportation fund
which is the recipient of a tax put on
the sale of cigarettes in the state of
Oregon. These are discretionary
funds that can be applied for by the
governing body of Morrow County.
Part of the criteria for application
of the grant fund is to solicit input
from the public that will be served
both in the Willow Creek valley and
in North Morrow. Possible projects
that may be funded are garage space
for the senior buses that were recent
ly pUfv!;U»cJ, additional smal',
economical cars that could serve as
pickup service for seniors or han
dicapped who live in the outlying
areas or perhaps an economy vehi
cle to serve as a modified taxi ser
vice for those who five in any of
Morrow County's towns.
“ Before the grant application can
be completed, public input must be
solicited,” said a county spokesper
son. “ We encourage those in our
communities that see a need that is
not now being cared for to contact
Judge Carlson at the Morrow Coun
ty Courthouse so that those needs
can be incorporated into the applica
tion.”
Central Market returns to regular hours
Central Market in Heppner will
return to its regular hours beginning
Monday,Nov. 26, said owner Gail
Burkenbine.
Hours will be 8 a m. to 7 p.m.
Monday through Friday and 10 a m.
to 5 p.m. Sunday.
License
information
restricted
Bob Kahl and chamber of commerce pres. Cliff Green show
worn decorations.
Bob Kahl of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce says that Christmas
lights for the downtown area have
been ordered and are expected to ar
rive any time. Kahl said that enough
garland was ordered to redo all of
the decorations and nine or 10
candles have been ordered so that old
ones may be replaced.
Kahl said that the old Christmas
lights had been purchased from The
Dalles around 1970 and they were
believed to be around 15 to 20 years
old then.
The new candles are made out of
red garland with white garland for
a “ drip” effect and gold garland for
flame and interlaced with lights. The
old candles were made of red plastic
with white plastic drip effect.
Once the lights arrive Kahl said
that people will be needed to strip off
the old garland and to clean and
repair the frames and the light strings
so that they can be put up on Main
Street.
Shirley Connor (I) and Debbie Harper display a few of their
hand crafted items to be sold at the annual Artifactory Dec.
1. Shirley will be selling dogs made of yarn, decorated fans
and canned goods One of the items Debbie will be selling is
dough art cinnamon bears.
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The Morrow County Fair and
Rodeo Court has begun their fifth
annual raffle of a Blackhills Gold
ring. The winner will be drawn at
the Town and Country Banquet
January 18. 1991.
Tickets are on sale for $1 each
from the court members or from
Wayne and Judy Davis or Alvin and
Julie Ashbeck. The ring is on display
at Peterson’s Jewelers.
The annual Christmas Artifactory
is again scheduled for Saturday.
Dec. 1 at the Morrow County
fairgrounds from 10 a m to 3 p.m.
Artifactory is a craft fair spon
sored by Heppner Soroptimist Inter
national. Tables are rented to in
dividuals who wish to sell their
handmade crafts or homebaked
goods. A variety of items are
available this year by many local
people and people from as far away
as the Tri-Cities and Meacham.
There are still a few table spaces left
to reserve.
Mr. and Mrs. Santa will be on
hand from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. with
photographs taken by an elf. Lunch
will be available and will include
cinnamon rolls, hot dogs, chili, bak
ed potatoes and some homemade
pies.
“ Artifactory is a good time to buy
special Christmas gifts and eat and
visit with friends,” said a Sorop
timist spokesperson.
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Compliments of the Morrow County Grain Growers
Soft
Nov.
Dec
Jan.
Jodee Ashbeck
Artifactory offers handmade crafts
Decorations to get overhaul
The Sheriffs office has received
numerous requests for both driver’s
license and vehicle registration infor
mation from citizens of Morrow
County. Most of this information is
requested for trespassing hunters and
personal use. The sheriff s office, by
law. cannot give this information to
any person or agency other than law
enforcement or for criminal justice
purposes only. This type of request
can be made through the department
of motor vehicles for a minimal fee.
The Sheriff s office regrets any in
convenience this may cause.
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ring
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