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Photo by Joyce Hughes
VOL 110 NO. 21
Wednesday, May 22, 1991J
8 Pages___Morrow County Heppner, O regon
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lone High School Class of 1931 holds reunion
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Photo by Joyce Hughes
Class of 1931 front row left to right: Veda
Eubanks Brenner, Margaret Crawford
Morgan, Geneva Pettyjohn Palmer, Helen
Smouse Martin.
Back row: Louis Buschke, Milton Morgan,
Barton Clark, Norman Swanson, John
Eubanks.
By Anne Morter
The lone High School Class of
1931 met for its 60th anniversary last
Wednesday, May 15. at Beecher's
Cafe. Nine of the 11 living class
members were in attendance.
Class members present were.
Geneva Pettyjohn Palmer. Helen
Smouse Martin, Veda Eubanks
B renner, M argaret C raw ford
Morgan. Milton morgan, John
Eubanks. Louis Buschke. Norman
Swanson, and Barton Clark.
The majority of the class of 1931
still live in the area but Veda Bren
ner came from Madras, Norman
Swanson from Portland and Helen
Sparks to speak at picnic
Many folks certainly agree that the
recent conflict “ Desert Storm"
brought out the greatest surge of
patriotism for the good old U S A.
since World War II. Every business
flew the flag, yellow ribbons were
on shrubbery, servicemen’s names
were posted in prominent places and
printers were busy making signs say
ing “ We support our troops”
While all of this was going on
many were wondering about the role
of the U.S. Army Ammunition
Depot in North Morrow County.
Were they actually shipping out
bombs, rockets, ammunition and
other weapons into the Persian Gulf.’
While most citizens are aware of
the ominous presence of the Umatilla
Army Depot, few know much about
what really happens behind those
barbed wire enclosures, and are
there actually bombs and ammuni
tion in those 1001 igloos-and further
more, just what is in the infamous
“ K Block"? Are there really
chemical agents similar to those that
our troops were prepared for in the
desert storm war?
These and many other questions
will be answered at the Pioneer
Memorial Picnic to be held this Sun
day May 26. at the Morrow County
Fair Grounds. Lt. Col. Larry
Sparks, commander of the Umatilla
Army Depot will be the guest
speaker. Col. Sparks will give a
20-minute presentation on informa
tion that has not been previously
available to the public. In addition
to the previously classified informa
tion, Col. Sparks will be discussing
the realignment of the depot, the in
cineration program for chemical
agents stored at the facility and other
subjects not previously discussed
because of security reasons.
This will be an excellent oppor
tunity for local citizens to appreciate
the role of the army depot since this
may be the last chance to hear the
commander since he has been
reassigned to another base in July.
Sparks will make his presentation
shortly after 1 p.m. in the Fair
Pavilion Sunday afternoon May 26.
The Lexington Grange is this years
host for the Pioneer Memorial Day
picnic. A ham dinner will be
featured and proceeds will be used
for the grange activities. Tickets are
$5 for adults and $3 for children
Everyone is invited to attend to
become better informed and to pay
special tribute to those who served
in the Persian Culf and to remember
those comrades in arms that never
returned from the battlefieds on our
behalf.
Greenup wins Schwab pig
Greg Greenup of Heppner won the
Les Schwab "Hog Wild Days" pig
on display at the Heppner Les
Schwab store.
Greenup guessed closest to the
pig's weight of 223.9 pounds.
Martin came from Moro. Two
classmates, Virgil Ested of San
Diego and Ordie Farrens of Boise,
weie unable to attend.
After a prime rib dinner, a class
meeting and a photo session, friends
from the area were invited to
reminisce and visit.
Newly elected officers for the associated
student body of Heppner High for the
1991-’92 school year are: Front row L-R:
Donita Sharp, secretary; Nina Tucker, presi-
dent; Alecia Tarnasky, Vice president. Back
row-Austin Coiner, publicity; Scott Coe,
business manager and Kim Johnston,
treasurer.
City sewer
rates raise School budget rejected
proposed
Sewer rates for many residences
and businesses in Heppner may go
up by 3>percent, city officials an
nounced recently.
The increase is necessary to com
ply with a 1989 Environmental Pro
tection Agency grant stipulating the
city sewer system be self supporting,
according to city officials. In the past
the sewer fund has taken money
from the general fund for operation
If the new fee schedule is adopted,
most residents will see their monthly
bill increase from $15 to $19.80.
The city also raised the sewer fee
from $6 to $15 in 1989. using the
money to pay for voter approved
bonds, which financed im
provements to the city sewer system.
The EPA grant was part of that
improvement financing package, and
now city officials say the EPA re
quires the city's sewer department be
self supporting.
City attorney Bill Kuhn stated
earlier the increase is necessary
because of the effects of Ballot
Measure five, which cuts back the
amount of property taxes the city is
to receive.
G-T to close for
Memorial Day
The Gazette-Times office will be
closed Monday, May 27, for
Memorial Day.
News deadline for the May 29
Gazette-Times is Friday. May 24. at
5 p.m. Ad deadline is Tuesday. May
28, at noon.
and lone.
The district’s present tax base is
$1,053,928, and provides less than
10 percent of the district’s operating
money, according to school officials.
The vote, which was conducted
through mail-in ballot, produced 51
percent voter participation.
Voters rejected a new tax base for
Morrow County schools Tuesday,
by a margin of 971 yes to 1118 no.
The tax base, which would have
given schools $9,086,618 to spend
without a vote of the people, was
turned down in Heppner, Lexington
and Irrigon. It passed in Boardman
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Cogeneration plant
moves closer at port
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existing sources.
“ Lower cost steam will entice
new industry to the area and improve
the competitive position of the ex
isting food processing operations,”
Neal said. “ The new industry this
project attracts ultimately could pro
vide 1.000 new jobs in our area,”
he added.
Zanot and Neal also said the
ports industrial park is an ideal loca
tion as it is close to major natural
gas pipelines and electrical transmis
sion lines.
Filing of a notice of intent is the
first step in working with the Oregon
Department of Energy (ODOE) to
obtain a site certificate from EFSC.
Following an application for a site
certificate, ODOE and EFSC will
examine all aspects of the project and
hold public hearings.
The project could be in operation
as early as 1994, and will cost more
than $200 million to build.
Powerlink is the wholly-owned in
dependent energy subsidiary of
Portland General Corp.
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The Port of M orrow and
Powerlink Corp. have filed a notice
of intent with the Oregon Energy
Facility Siting Council seeking ap
proval to build a cogeneration pro
ject in North Central Oregon.
Fueled by natural gas, the
cogeneration project will be built at
the Port of Morrow Industrial Park
near Boardman. It will provide
250.000 to 500.000 pounds per hour
of steam to existing food processing
operations and future businesses.
In addition, the plant will generate
300.000 kilowatts to 500.000
kilowatts of electricity for sale to
consumers in the Pacific Northwest.
"This is the right project, at the
right location, at the right time.”
said John R. Zanot, Powerlink presi
dent. "The project will produce
steam at an extremely competitive
rate and provide a reliable source of
electricity for the Pacific Nor
thwest;"
Gary Neal. manager of the Port of
Morrow, says he expects industrial
steam from the cogeneration project
will cost 20 percent less than from
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Baccalaureate
services set
Baccalaureate services will be
Tuesday, May 28 for both lone and
Heppner High School graduating
seniors. The services are sponsored
by the South Morrow County
Ministerial Association.
The lone High School service will
begin at 7 p.m. at the lone United
Church of Christ. Pastor Glenn
Anderson of the Lexington Baptist
Church will serve as worship leader
and Pastor Isa Brown of lone United
Church of Christ will be the
preacher. A reception will follow the
service in the church parlors of the
lone United Church of Christ.
Heppner High school bac
calaureate service will be held at the
St Patrick’s Catholic church begin
ning at 7:30 p.m Father Gerald
Condon of St. Patrick’s will give the
welcome. Pastor Gerry Etchison,
United Methodist Church and Pastor
Larry Benjamin, Nazarenc church
will give the opening and benedic
tion prayers respectively. Special
music will be provided by Kathy
Hire and Pastor Tim VanCleave of
Christian Life Center and by the
Heppner High choir under the direc
tion of Bob Isted. Preachers will be
Pastor Larry Zumwalt of the Church
of God and Pastor Stan Hoobing of
Hope'Lutheran Church. Both have
seniors graduating this year. A
reception will follow in parish hall
of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church.
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Photo by Joyce Hugh#«
These first graders from
Pat Edmundson's class get a first hand look at how a printing
press operates during a recent tour of the Heppner Gazette-Times newspaper. Press operator
Penni Keersemaker tells the kids how things work Barbara Collins’ third grade class from
lone also visited the G-T for a tour this week.
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