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VOL 109 NO. 3_________ Wednesday, January 16, 1991__________ Heppner 35c __________8 Pages
Kirby Brumfield to speak at Town
and Country banquet Jan. 18
row’s Challenge,” this year’s event
is on target, said a Town and Coun
try organizer.
Friday’s luncheon panel will
discuss the impacts of Ballot
Measure 5 on the city, the county,
the schools, and on the state. The
panel is facilitated by Ron Daniels,
president of BMCC, and includes
County Judge Louis Carlson, city at
torney Bill Kuhn, assistant
superintendent of schools, Mike
Wsiaki, and deputy director of the
Oregon Department of Revenue, Jim
Manary.
Following the lunch Valerie
Johnson, chairman of the Oregon
Lands Coalition, will speak on
“ Real Environmentalists Don’t
Leave Out People.”
Commodity groups will meet
throughout the day. Tickets for the
banquet are available at Peterson’s
Jewelers, Van Matter and Kahl In
surance, Heppner Chamber of Com
merce, the Extension Office and
Morrow County Grain Growers.
Heppner Garbage Disposal Ser
vice owned by Cliff Green, Hepp
ner, was awarded the garbage haul
ing contract for the city of Heppner
at the city council meeting held Jan.
14.
Cliff Green has been associated
with Heppner Garbage Disposal for
the past 40 years, the last 18 of
which as owner. The council was
unanimous in its decision with
several members saying they believ
ed nothing warranted a change in
garbage service providers.
Heppner Disposal bid a residential
rate of $8.25 per month in pickup
charges for the first can of regular
household garbage and $4.50 a
month for each additional can.
The council rejected two other
bids received for the garbage haul
ing franchise—one from Denny
Nave, dba Nave Enterprises, and
one from Easy-Way Contracting,
Inc., Guy Patterson, owner, both in
Heppner.
Nave bid a monthly charge of $6 for
each can per month with a charge of
$3 for overfilled or overweight con
tainers for both residential and com
mercial service. A surcharge of 50
cents would be added for each can
not placed at curbside. Interest on
unpaid bills would be calculated at
18 percent. Special pickup charges
would be negotiated between
customer and collector. Items such
as tires and batteries would be charg
ed at Finley Butte rate plus $1 per
item.
Easy-Way Contracting, Inc. pro
posed monthly charges of $8.90 for
the first can for residential pickups
and $9.15 for commercial. Each ad
ditional container picked up weekly
would be an additional $6 per
month. Overfull containers would be
charged an additional $1 minimum.
A $3 charge per container would be
charged for solid waste not picked
up on a regular basis.
As per Heppner Disposal’s bid.ex-
tra items including lawn and garden
debris, will be charged an additional
$3 per 30 gallon equivalent, although
Photo by Mertyn Robinson
Heppner Mayor Cara Costa receives oath of office from ci ty
administrator Marshall Lovgren at city council meeting.
prices may vary depending on
bulkiness, location, and amount.
Disposal rates for passenger, motor
cycle trailer or off road tires will be
$6 or $9 on rim. Disposal rates for
truck tires will be $15 or $23 on rim.
Heppner Disposal will haul away a
refrigerator for $19; a stove for $16;
a washer or drier for $14; a water
heater for $ 11 and a console tv for
$14. According to the bid, the prices
for disposal of special items "are
based on disposal costs at Finley
Butte Landfill plus collection and
transportation costs. ” Special items
must be hauled separately from
regular loads and prices “ may be
higher or lower depending on how
many can be assembled at one time
to make up a load.”
Commercial rates will see a "38
percent increase over rates in effect
Oct. 1, 1990,” said Green. He said
that because commercial refuse
varies from “ business to business as
to type of material, weight, volume,
method of handling and storing and
frequency of removal,” it is “ im
possible to establish a uniform com
mercial rate structure in a small
market.”
Green said that curbside pickup
will not be required and rates will be
the same whether at curbside or
other reasonable placing.
According to G reen ’s bid,
overweight containers will be emp
tied the first time with no penalty,
but subsequent overweight cans
will be left and a note attached.
Over-filled containers will be emp
tied and charged for the extra, at a
minimum of $2.
Containers obviously containing
liquids or loose ashes will be left and
a note attached, said Green. Cans
containing hidden liquids or loose
ashes will be charged $2 extra.
Past due accounts of 30 days or
more will be assessed a service
charge of 1.75 per month.
In other business, the council:
* discussed a proposed ordinance
banning wild animals and licensing
certain dangerous animals within the
city;
* announced a budget committee
meeting on Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7
p.m.; and
* elected Rick Curtis council
chairman.
* Swearing in of mayor Cara Costa.
Chamber installs officers
Valerie Johnson to
speak Friday afternoon
Kirby Brumfield
Kirby Brumfield will be the din
ner speaker at the Town and Coun
try Days banquet Friday, January
18. His topic is “ What They Didn’t
Tell Me In Scappose". Brumfield,
speaker, author and filmmaker,
grew up on a Sauvie Island dairy
farm, and brings a high level of en
thusiasm about agriculture to the
Town and Country event.
Brumfield has produced over 30
commercial and educational films,
won numerous national awards, and
wrote two books on the early days
of wheat farming. He currently
works for Portland General Electric
as an energy information specialist.
The banquet caps a fifth annual
Town and Country Days with a wide
variety of activities and speakers.
With a theme of “ Meeting Tomor
"Real Environmentalists Don’t
Leave Out People” is the topic of
Valerie Johnson’s talk during Town
and Country Days in Heppner. As
chairman of the Oregon Lands
Coalition, Ms. Johnson speaks for
43 organizations and over 61,000
families in Oregon on land use
issues. Her talk is sponsored by the
Morrow County Cattlewomen’s
Association and is scheduled for
1:30p.m. on Friday, January 18, at
the Elks Lodge in Heppner.
The Oregon Lands Coalition
(OLC) was founded barely a year
and and a half ago by natural
resource-based industries. It is a
grass roots organization whose mis
sion is to heighten public awareness
of the need for balance of resource
protection and resource production.
Members include the Oregon Cat
tlemen’s Association, the Oregon
Sheep Growers Association, the
Oregon Cattlewomen’s Association
and the Oregon Women for
Agriculture.
Johnson is a fifth-generation
Oregonian with roots in both timber
and agriculture. She joined the OLC
after 16 years in the timber industry,
and has been a gust on CNN’s
Crossfire and OPBS’s “ Clearcut in
Crisis.”
Johnson’s talk follows a luncheon
panel discussion on the impacts of
Ballot Measure 5 on the city, the
county, the schools and on the state.
Also on the agenda for the day are
meetings of the Livestock Growers,
the Soil and Water Conservation
District, the Small Woodland
Owners and the Wheat Growers
League. A prime rib dinner is
scheduled following a hosted
cocktail hour in the evening. For
more information please call the
Heppner Chamber of Commerce.
1991 Chamber of Commerce officers install
ed at the noon chamber meeting Tuesday,
Jan. 15 are back row l-r: Roger Williams,
director; Bob Kahl, president; Hank Dennis,
director. Front row. LoRayne Bowman, first
vice president; Meg Murray, director.
“ Meeting Tomorrow’s Challenge”
Morrow County’s Fifth Annual
TOWN AND COUNTRY DAYS
January 15-18, 1991
Heppner, Oregon
All meetings are at the Elks and are open to the public.
Jan. 15
12:00 p.m.
Heppner Chamber of Commerce Installation of Officers Lunch $5.
Thurs. Jan. 17
5:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Wine Tasting Event $2.50
Wayne Philen, Oregon Beef Council, sponsored by the Oregon
Cattlewomen.
Jan. 18
10:00 a.m.
Small Woodlands Annual Business Meeting.
S.W .C.D. Annual Business Meeting.
Small Woodlands and S.W.C.D. meeting with Tim Keith, Oregon Depart
ment of Forestry and Arleigh Isley, Wallowa County Extension Agent
Luncheon Panel Discussion $5. Impacts of Measure 5 on state, county.
city and school budgets.
Valerie Johnson, Oregon Lands Coalition, sponsored by the Oregon
Cattlewomen.
Livestock Growers Animal Health Meeting.
Wheat Growers League Meeting.
Cocktails hosted.
Prime Rib Dinner Banquet, $15. Kirby Brumfield, guest speaker. “ What
They Didn’t Tell Me in Scappoose"
Citizen of the Year Awards.
C oronation o f 1991 F air and Rodeo Queen and C ourt.
Gem drawing - Gem donated by Peterson’s Jewelers.
Tues.
Fri.
10:30 a.m.
12:00 p.m.
1:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m.
Banquet tickets are on sale at Morrow County Grain Growers, Morrow
County Extension Service. Heppner Chamber of Commerce, Petersons’
Jewelers. Van Marter &. Kahl Insurance and Bristow s Market.______
Burkenbines, Mabens share ‘Hats Off Award’
The Heppner Chamber of Com
merce annual “ Hats O ff' award was
presented to Jack and Ruth Maben
and Gail and Forrie Burkenbine at
the chamber's luncheon.
The Mabens, owners of Court
Street Market, and the Burkenbines.
owners of Central Market, were
honored for their cooperation and
community spirit, said Chamber
manager Caludia Hughes.
The Burkenbines rebuilt their store
this summer after it was destroyed
in a fire February 3. The Mabens
extended their business to ac
comodate the townspeople while
Central Market was in the process
of rebuilding.
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