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VOL. 111
NO. 28
8 Pages Wednesday, July 15, 1992
Second session
swim lessons
begin
The second session of swimm
ing lessons for lone kids will
begin Tuesday, July 21 and con
tinue through July 31. Officials
say there was a great turnout for
the first session and they hope to
have another good session.
The cost is $15 and checks may
be made to the lone pool. Classes
and times being offered are as
follows: swimmers, 9-9:45 a.m.;
intermediates 10-10:45 a.m.; ad
vanced beginners 11-11:45 a.m.;
beginners noon-12:30 p.m.
Heppner kids interested in the
swimmers class may take it dur
ing the lone session since it is not
being offered during the Heppner
sessions.
Basic w ater safety and
emergency water safety classes
will also be offered. People of all
ages may take the basic water
safety class. To be eligible for-
the emergency water safety class
swimmers must have passed the
intermediate level of swimming
or take a skills test to prove their
abilities. It is prefered that they
have taken the basic class. There
will be a limit of 10 students per
class. Tentative dates for basic
water safety are July 25, 26 and
27. The emergency water safety
class will be August 1-3. Both
classes will be three hours each
day. Anyone interested in either
class should contact Jill Nelson at
the pool or call 989-8494; or
Shane Palmer. 422-7115. no later
than Thursday, July 23.
Lexington was one of many
stops on the Oregon Air Tour ‘92
which included Klamath Falls,
Bums, Caldwell and McCall,
Idaho, Enterprise, Pendleton,
Lexington and Hood River.
Most of the pilots on the tour
said that the weather had been
great until they neared Lexington.
Wind, poor visibility and the
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Heppner city council increases
city m anager’s salary
The Heppner City Council
voted at their July 13 meeting to
increase city manager Gary
Marks’ salary by $200 a month
to $34,680 annually.
The $2,400 yearly increase
comes in addition to a five-
percent cost-of-living increase
granted to city employees begin
ning July 1 for the 1992-93 fiscal
year.
Heppner mayor Kay Robinson
said that the raise follows Marks;
one-year job evaluation by the
council. “ We rated him quite
highly,” said Robinson. “ Marks
started work as city manager in
May of last year,” she said.
The pay raise, which was not
budgeted, will come out of the ci
ty ’s contingency fund, said
Marks.
Citing the financial hardships
created by Ballot Measure 5, the
city earlier eliminated one police
officer at $23,413; $25,923 for
operation of the Heppner city
pool; $15,229 for operation of the
Valarie and Rip Osterhuber with their 1954 refurbished plane.
city library and $5,000 for the
C ham ber
of
Com m erce
manager’s salary.
The pool has not been opened
this year because of a lack of fun
ding and structural problems. A
committee has been formed to
study the issue.
Citizens in an area which in
clude Boardman and Heppner,
but not Irrigon, Lexington or
lone, approved formation of a
> I4U.684 library district. District
board members and their at
torneys, however, failed to fulfill
a filing requirement, so the
district is unable to levy taxes for
the district until the 1993-94 fiscal
year. Morrow County stepped in
with $63,000 so that the libraries
in Heppner and Boardman will be
able to remain open.
The city approved a motel tax
which would be used for the
chamber manager’s salary. Tom
LaRusso, owner of the Nor
thwestern Motel in Heppner,
however, opposed the tax and
sponsored a referendum which
would repeal it. The referendum
will go before voters on Sept. 15.
He is in the process of sponsor
ing an initiative which would pro
hibit the council to enact any tax
without a vote of the people.
Heppner residents approved a
$390,000 10-year capital im
provement levy for the fire and
police departments and ad
ministration at city hall. The levy
will tund remodeling and an ad
dition to the fire hall in 1993 at
$100.000; a new pumper truck
this year at $165,000; a multi-
departmental car at $15,000 in
1999; a computer scanner at
$1,500, a dictation machine at
$300, a Fax at $500 a police
squad car at $14,400 in 1993;
and a calculator and phone at
$ 100 each for the city. The capital
levy will cost Heppner residents
an additional $2.47 per thousand
each year per assessed valuation.
Melon sales to aid pool project
threat of thunderstorms made fly
ing more difficult. Fifty planes
began the tour and 30 remained
with the tour on the last leg of the
journey.
Valarie and Rip Osterhuber of
Sun River spent two years
rebuilding and restoring their
1954 plane as closely to its
original
condition.
Rip
Osterhuber was a military pilot
State representative candidate visits Heppner
Mike Payne, Democratic can
didate for state representative,
said last week that economic
development for Eastern Oregon
will be the main theme of his
campaign.
Running for the spot left vacant
when incumbent Mike Nelson
decided not to run, Payne says in
creased tourism promotion, at
tracting secondary wood products
manufacturing and use of lottery
dollars is the way to stimulate the
economy in our part of the state.
Only 23 years old, Payne was
bom and raised in Baker and
worked for two sessions on
Nelson’s legislative staff.
A graduate of Baker High,
Payne went on to attend Eastern
Oregon State College, Oxford
University in England, and
received a B.A. from Duke
University.
Saying he would like to follow
the lead of Nelson, Payne is op
posed to the sales tax, and would
like to see instead a flat rate tax.
“ It’s less regressive than the sales
tax,” says Payne. He also pro
poses an increase in the corporate
tax to make up for revenue lost
from measure 5, the property tax
limitation recently passed by
voters.
“ I ’d advocate repealing
measure 5 ,” said Payne.“ Big
corporations got a huge windfall
from measure 5.” He says the
government can’t cut deep
enough to make up for revenue
lost.
On other issues Payne says he
is pro-choice on the abortion
issue, in favor of more equitable
distribution of money among
Oregon school districts, and in
favor of a two-term limitation on
Katie Bacon wins trip to Florida
Letting your kids watch Satur
day morning cartoons really does
pay off. At least it did for the Bill
and Marcy Bacon family of lone.
The Bacons’ won an expense-
paid trip for four to Universal
Studios at Orlando, Florida.
The Bacons’ daughter, Katie,
nine, sent in a reply to a contest
offered on Saturday morning
television. Her mother said that
she didn’t even think Katie’s let
ter would get there, much less
win them a trip. But, last week
Universal Studios called them up
and confirmed that Katie’s entry
was indeed a winner. And the
Bacons are thrilled. “ I’ve hard-
ly even been out of Eastern
Oregon,” commented Marcy.
The Bacons will leave from
Seattle, WA. Sept. 13 for a four-
day, three-night trip to Orlando.
The package includes airline
tickets, lodging, and two days of
passes to Universal Studios. Since
the Bacons have three children,
including Jake, 16 and Joe 13,
they will pay for the fifth airline
ticket themselves. Besides that,
all they have to pay for is their
meals. Since the Bacons have
relatives in Orlando, they plan on
staying another three days to take
in Disney World. Marcy said that
the trip is valued around $3,(XX).
4-H Fair pre-registration due
Julie and Kay Proctor show new fruit stand
In an effort to help out the
Heppner swimming pool project.
Green Feed store in Heppner,
which is now selling Tom Able
Farm produce, will donate one
cent for every pound of
watermelon sold.
“ We want to help out the
swimming pool project.” says
Kay Proctor, who. with her hus
band Mike, is owner of Green
Feed.
The city shut down the Hepp
ner Pool this year, citing budget
cuts and the deteriorating condi
tion of the pool.
Green Feed has watermelons
and cantaloupe in stock now, and
“ we’ll be receiving more produce
later,” said Proctor.
Submit articles
for Fair edition
The 1992 Morrow County Fair
and Rodeo special edition will be
published in the Heppner Gazette-
Times on August 12.
Anyone wishing to get their
special event or contest in the fair
tab should bring the information
in no later than July 29. Adver
tising deadline date is 5 p.m. Ju
ly 31
and then flew for United Airlines
until he retired two years ago.
The osterhubers say that they
have really enjoyed the tour. “ It’s
been great coming into the small
towns, meeting the people,” said
Valarie. “ That’s the neat part.”
They said the ride from Pendleton
to Lexington was the bumpiest so
far.”
Fair pre-registrations are due
July 24 at the Extension office or
at the Irrigon annex. However,
the fair premium books have not
been sent out and probably will
not be mailed before July 17.
“ This is beyond the control of the
Extension Office,” said an Ex
tension spokesperson. “ We do
not publish the Fair Premium
Book.”
A copy of the 1991 fair book
may be used to complete pre
registration. There will be a copy
available at the Heppner Exten
sion Office and at the Irrigon An
nex. 4-H members are encourag
ed to return fair pre-registrations
as soon as they receive the 1992
Fair Premium Book in the mail.
Youth will not be penalized for
the late return of registrations.
Registrations should be returned
as soon as possible, so classes and
contests may be organized.
Michael Payne
elected officials.“ We’d do better
with less career politicians,” he
said.
On the issue of gun control, his
response is simply, “ I have an A
rating with the NRA.”
Payne lives in Baker and has
worked as a computer program
mer for the U.S. Forest Service,
and as a forest fire fighter for an
interagency hotshot crew.
HHS classes ‘72,
‘82 plan reunion
Heppner High School classes
of 1972 and 1982 will be holding
class reunions July 18 and 19.
Both classes are large and
organizers expect a good turnout
for the weekend. Lots of former
teachers are expected to attend as
well as classmates from across
the country.
“ Taped Audio Unlimited” will
be the featured entertainment at
the Heppner Elks club. Disc
jockey Lon C. Martin will have
classic hits as well as modem
music with a video twist. There
will also be Karaoke singing.
Dancing begins at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday and the public is invited
to attend
Wagon donated to lone park
An old-fashioned wagon has
been donated to the lone city park
and plans are underway to display
it. Plans include purchasing
railroad ties to display the wagon
and help protect it from van
dalism caused by vehicles driv-
ing through the park.
Anyone wishing to donate to
the project may send their dona
tion to: Park Fund. Bank of
Eastern Oregon. lone. Ties may
be purchased for $10 each.
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