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VOL 110 NO. 24
Wednesday, June 12, 1991
8 Pages
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Heppner Mayor Cara Costa may
be forced to step down from her
position as mayor because of
residency requirements, it was learn
ed at the Heppner City Council
meeting Monday evening June 10.
Costa will move out of the Hepp
ner City limits following her upcom
ing wedding June 21. City anomey
Bill Kuhn says he believes Costa will
have to step down and is unable to
vote in city elections. He said he is
researching the issue. Costa said that
she is willing to serve as mayor un
til the end of her term in December
1992 and the council has indicated
its support.
Also at the Monday evening
meeting new city administrator Gary
Marks was sworn in as Heppner ci
ty recorder, municipal judge and
budget officer.
In other business, the council:
* Approved a resolution adopting
a sewer-use charge system study as
the basis for city of Heppner sewer
use charges;
* Approved an ordinance
establishing sewer use charges;
* Approved an ordinance pro-
Mayor Cara Costa swears in new city recorder Gary Marks.
viding rates to be charged for water
service; and
* Held a public hearing adopting
the city of Heppner budget for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 1991.
New regulations call for a $50
security deposit required for hookup
azette Barbecue and tour held at Drake farm
imes
First Interstate bank makes changes
American Cancer Society, City of
Heppner Budget Committee and is
on the computer curriculum advisory
committee for the Morrow County
School District.
Manager of the new Hermiston
center will be Don Reay, Hermiston.
He has been with the bank since
1966 and was most recently manager
of the bank’s Eastern group. In ad
dition to Sager, he will be joined by
Robert Kennedy, Pendleton, Tom
Worstell, Hermiston and Dan Kuen-
zi, Pendleton, to provide commer
cial and agricultural lending
expertise.
New branch manager Jackie Allstottt (I) replaces Harley Sager
who transferred to Hermiston.
First Interstate Bank of Oregon
has announced a series of personnel
moves in conjunction with the
newly-opened Easten Business
Banking Center in Hermiston.
Harley Sager, Heppner branch
manager for the past eight years, will
transfer to the new center, located at
the Hermiston branch. Sager said
that he will continue to service
customers in the Heppner, Condon
and Fossil areas as well as spending
some time in the Field. He said he
and his wife, Bertha, will continue
to live in Lexington.
Sager began his career with the
bank in 1956 and has been manager
of the Heppner branch since 1983.
He assumes commercial lending re
sponsibilities in his new position. He
is active with the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce, the advisory board of
the Morrow County School District
and the Lexington Baptist Church.
Jackie Allstott will succeed Sager
as the manager of the Heppner
branch. She has been with the bank
since 1969. Active in the communi
ty, Allstott is a member of the Hepp
ner Econom ic
Developm ent
Corp., Soroptimist International,
Pool opens Sunday with free swim
The Heppner swimming pool will
open for the summer with a free
swim on Sunday, June 16 from 1 to
5 p.m.
Regular pool hours have changed
this year because of budget con
straints with recreational swim from
2:30 to 5:30 p.m ., lap swim from
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and evening
recreational swim from 7 to 8:30
p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays. The
pool will be open Mondays through
Fridays for lessons from 11 a.m. to
2:15 p.m. Weekend recreational
swims will be 1 to 5 p.m. The pool
will be closed Mondays except for
lessons.
The pool will be closed on July 4
and August 17 and 18 for rodeo
weekend. During fair week the pool
will be open for one session only
from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. The last day
of the season will be August 25.
Returning pool manager will be
Sarah Carlson, assisted by Michelle
Beck. Instructor guard is Shane
Palmer; lifeguards are Charlie
Rathbun and Donita Sharp; and
cashiers are Tiffany Harrison and
Lori Straley.
Individual and family season
tickets will remain the same as last
year ‘25. and *60 respectively. Dai
ly swim costs per session will be $1
and lessons are $15 per student per
class, up from $10 last year. Season
tickets may be purchased onlv at ci
ty hall. Lesson sign up and payment
will be at the pool.
Session I swim lessons will be held
June 17 to 28 with advanced begin
ners. pre-school, intermediates and
beginner I; session II from July 15
to 26 with beginner III, pre-school,
swimmers and beginner II; and ses
sion III from July 29 to Aug. 9 with
advanced swimmers, advanced
beginners, pre-school, intermediates
and beginner I.
Lifeguard training classes are
scheduled from June 17 to 28, week
days from 8 to 11 a.m.; and July 1
and 2 and July 8-12 from 8 a.m. to
noon. The classes are open for those
15 years and older. City treasurer
Rene Devin said that the city is hop
ing for a big turnout at the lifeguard
training sessions so that people may
prepare to become lifeguards the
following year, or be available as
substitutes.
New water heaters have been in
stalled, the pool has been painted in
side and out and new mats have been
placed in the showers, said Devin.
Irrigon youth dies
in auto accident
An Irrigon youth, Anthony T.
Boggs, 17, died following an
automobile accident at Big River
Farms (formerly SK Farms) 15
miles from Boardman.
Boggs was trapped in a vehicle
which had gone into a canal near
Homestead Road, east of Poleline.
Four males were transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital in
Hermiston.
The accident is still under in
vestigation according to the Morrow
County Sheriffs department.
for city services, up from $25; and
shortening the time sapn between
nonpayment and water shutoff from
three to two months. City treasurer
Rene Devin said the changes will
reduce the money lost on delinquent
bills.
Pam Zwei (R) talks to farmers during tour. Zwei is plant breeder
at Columbia Basin Ag research center.
The Morrow County Conservation
Farm of the Year tour was held last
Friday, June 7, ending with a
barbecue dinner. The Doug Drake
farm, this year’s winner of the
coveted award, hosted over 125
guests for barbecued steak and a tour
of the farm.
The Conservation Farm of the
Year is selected each year by the
Oregon Wheat Growers League,
with help from the Soil Conservation
Service, the SWCD, the extension
office and last year’s winner. Each
wheat growing county selects a
county conservation winner and then
a state winner is selected from
among them. The state conservation
winner is announced at the annual
OWGL convention.
Drake was selected for the honor
for many reasons, according to Fred
Lundin, OSU Extension agent.
Drake has constructed many miles of
new, level terraces and grass water
ways in order to control erosion. He
has begun a practice of subsoiling his
farm to encourage water infiltration
instead of runoff. He has also been
a member of the Morrow County
Agricultural Stabilization and Con
servation Committee for over nine
years. “ Doug and Carley Drake
have earned the honor of Conserva
tion Farm of the Year,” said
Lundin.
Police use seized car for drug ed
The Morrow County Sheriffs
Department is challenging area kids
with a DARE - Drug Abuse
Resistance Education.
The program, designed to teach
children drug resistance skills, is a
17-week classroom program
scheduled to begin this fall in Mor
row County schools.
Started eight years ago by the Los
Angeles Police Department, as a
joint program with the Los Angeles
Unified School District, the DARE
program “ recognized the need for a
comprehensive long-term educa
tional approach to prevent substance
abuse among children.” The pro
gram initially focused on elementary
school children, but has since
become a comprehensive program
for students in grades K through 12.
The program will begin in sixth
grade classrooms throughout Mor
row County.
“ This program addresses both
drugs and alcohol,” said DARE in
structor and M orrow County
Sheriffs deputy Steven Myren.
“ One of our problems in this coun
ty is the high use of alcohol.”
Myren stresses that the program
provides information to kids and
deals with the kids honestly, instead
of just telling them to "just say no.”
The program also uses high school
role models—high school kids who
have stayed off drugs and alcohol,get
good grades, but are still popular
with other kids-to come into the
schools to assist with the program.
DARE’s success depends on a part
nership among kids, parents,
teachers and law enforcement.
“ DARE goes far beyond tradi
tional drug abuse programs. Typical
ly these programs emphasize drug
identification and the harmful effects
of drugs and alcohol. They warn
children not to use these substances,
but don’t teach them how to resist
the pressures to try them. DARE
gives children skills to recognize and
resist the subtle and overt pressures
that cause them to experiment with
drugs and alcohol,” said a DARE
news release. The program will pro
vide students with information on
alcohol and drugs, teach students to
say “ no" to drugs, while providing
an alternative, teach students
decision-making skills and the con
sequences of their behavior and will
build students’ self esteem while
teaching them how to resist peer
pressure. “ The system is “ pro-
Deputy Steve Myren displays DARE car to be used in drug program
active” said Myren, "rather than
reactive.”
According to Myren, the program
is already in effect in Hermiston and
Pendleton and, once in place, has
received “ no negative comments.”
“ It’s an excellent program,” said
Undersheriff Verlin Denton. “ This
will be the most effective program
they’ve come up with. ’ ’ added Mor
row County Sheriff Roy Drago.
Myren will spend around a quarter
of his time on the DARE program,
but will still cover Sheriffs Dept,
calls.
He has been with the Sheriffs
Department for almost two years and
has been in law enforcement for
about five years.
Myren logged 80 hours of intense
training at the Oregon Police
Academy by Los Angeles Police
Dept, staff. Instruction included
public speaking, teaching techniques
and classroom management.
Myren will not be alone in his
visits to county schools, he will be
accompanied by a pretty impressive-
looking black Camaro, seized from
a Morrow County drug dealer.
Myren says that every item on the
car was either donated or paid for by
donations. "This car is a billboard
that advertises to drug dealers, ‘hey,
I could lose my car’,” said Myren.
“ The car is a real draw for kids.”
Myren says that donations or money
earned by sales to the public are not
for profit, but to be recycled back in
to the drug prevention program to
help turn a DARE into a success
story for local kids.
G-T offers
mailed
recycled paper Ballots
Ballots for a Morrow County
The Heppner Gazette-Times has
added recycled paper to their paper
stock in the printing department.
“ We want people to know we do
have recycled paper available,” says
G-T owner David Sykes. “ There’s
more concern for the environment
now, and we have the paper to meet
those concerns.”
School Distrcit operating levy of
$359,197 outside the tax base have
been mailed to Morrow County
voters. A school tax base increase of
$8,032,690 was defeated by Morrow
County voters on May 21.
The mail-in ballots must be receiv
ed by the county by 8 p.m Tuesday,
June 25.
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