FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 2, 1992
The Official Newspaper of the
City of Heppner and the
County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
U S P S. 240-420
Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekl) tuid entered as second-class matter at the Post Office at Hepp
ner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Second class postage paid at Hepp
ner. Oregon. Office at 147 West Willow Street. Telephone (503) 676-9228.
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Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $15 in Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and
Grant Counties; $23 elsewhere.
Joyce H u g h e s............................................................Office Manager, Typesetting
April H ilton-Sykes...............................................................................News Editor
Mary Van B ibber................................................................. Graphics Department
Monique D e v in ..............................................................................................Bindery
Penni Keersemaker ........................................................................................ Printer
Jean Ann T u rn e r.................................................................................... Distribution
David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publishers
Justice Court
Report____
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the
following business during the past
week:
Jam es E dw ard Roy, 34,
Heppner-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a
55 mph zone, $35 fine;
Robert W ade Eastep, 32,
M onum ent-O pen C o n tain er,
whiskey, $65 fine; No Oregon
Operator’s License, $75 fine;
Possession of Falsely Applied for
Resident Hunting License, $230
fine;
Donald LeRoy Murphey, 30,
H e p p n e r-F a ilu re to N otify
Department of Motor Vehicle of
Address Change, $24 fine;
Kenneth Carl Wright, 46.
H e p p n e r-E x p ired
V ehicle
License, $55 fine;
Craig Wesley Holznagel, 24,
Beaverton-Failure to Wear Seat
Belt, passenger, $60 fine;
G ayle Scott N ear, 44,
Milwaukee-Permitting Unlawful
Heppner Elk’s Lodge #358
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Tualatin-Failure to Dim Aux
iliary Driving Lights, $25 fine;
P hilip G lenn B ach, 35,
Portland-Parking on Highway,
$24 fine;
G erald Ray A n g e ll, 41,
P rin e v ille -D riv in g W ithout
Headlights, $25 fine;
David Calvin Dockery, 28
M acdoel, C A .-N o T ra ile r
License, $25 fine;
Scott Allan Richardson, 32,
S p ray -D riv in g
W ithout
Headlights, $25 fine;
Thomas Charles McConnell,
29, Heppner-Aiding in Exceeding
Bag Limit on Antlerless Deer,
$45 fine;
Scott William Rigdon, 18,
Gresham-Minor In Possession,
$108 fine;
Frank Dee Halvorsen, 41,
Ione-Failure to Drive Right (cut
curve), $24 fine;
Russel Gene W eber, 35,
Hermiston-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a
55 mph zone, $35 fine.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Chamber Manager
Congratulations to the Heppner
Mustangs from the Chamber of
Commerce. W e’re proud of our
team, their parents, the coaches
and Heppner High School. This
is yet another positive way that
we ‘‘put Heppner on the m ap.”
Good work guys and best of luck
Saturday at 1:30 in Parker
Stadium, Corvallis.
Those who aren't able to travel
to Corvallis will have to “ turtfc
in” after they attend the annual
Christmas Artifactory at the Mor
row County Fairgrounds, spon
sored by the Soroptimist Club. A
great opportunity to Christmas
shop. Heppner stores will also be
open Sundays until Christmas to
give everyone the opportunity to
shop locally and still have time
for Christmas preparations at
home without the wear and tear
of travel.
December 13, children will
have the opportunity to have
Lunch with Santa at the Elks, a
picture on Santa’s knee and en
joy a video while their parents
shop. Check next week’s Gazette-
Times for the particulars.
Tuesday, Dec. 8, at 7 p.m. the
Bank of Eastern Oregon is the
location for the next Town and
Country planning meeting. It’s
time to nominate folks in Morrow'
County for the annual Chamber
aw ards. Recipients will be
honored January 13 during the
Town and Country banquet.
Next week’s chamber program
will be Mary Reamer, CAPECO;
and the option to sign on for the
“ one senator per county” idea.
Rem em ber, C ham ber meets
Wednesdays now.
Thought for the week: The dif
ference between perseverance
and obstinacy is that one comes
from a strong will and the other
from a strong won’t.
Road Plan
Needs
Reworked
One morning a week or so ago, a
cold blustery morning, I happened
across a crew working for the Port
of Morrow patching a chuckhole in
Columbia Boulevard. Their asphalt
was cold and they had to warm it with
a torch. They had the traffic blocked
off of one lane and with no flag man
it was a free-for-all scramble to pass
by.
The chuckhole was beat out of one
of the many road cuts made to pass
water, power, or sewer across the
boulevard as industry after industry has expanded over the years. This
particular crossing is right in the bottom of the lake that forms with
every tiny rain storm because of inadequate drainage.
And no wonder there’s a chuckhole. The county road counter tick
ed off 2500 vehicles per day past this point, in January when the traf
fic is the lightest. During potato harvest thousands and thousands of
tons of potatoes pass this point to storage. That is in addition to the
thousands of tons of onions, wheat, wood chips, logs and solid waste
that go by every day. And the several hundred passenger cars full of
workers.
Morrow County has a road plan, mapping out the major road pro
jects for the next four years. The plan is to spend about $1.5 million
every year on major projects. That’s more than $6 million for the four
year period. Another $2 million will be spent on maintenance work.
Of the total $75,000 is planned for Columbia Boulevard while $1.4
million will be spent on the south end of the Ione-G«x>seberry Road.
The road department has counted the vehicles there too: fewer than
100 vehicles per day, a lot fewer on the very south end. A study a
few years ago said it would take $2 million to rebuild Columbia
Boulevard to the standard it should be to carry the traffic it bears. The
road department says they don’t have two million. But when I pointed
out that the plan was to spend $1.4 million on Ione-Gooseberry, the
answer was “ But that is eight and a half miles.” Columbia Boulevard
is only two and a half.
Let’s see now, eight and a half miles times 100 vehicles per day is
850 vehicle/miles/day. Divide that into $1.4 million and it will cost
$1,647 to build a road for each vehicle. On Columbia Boulevard the
same figures would be 2500 vehicles per day times 2.5 miles equals
6,250 vehicle/miles/day. Divided into $2 million Columbia Boulevard
would cost $320 for each vehicle. It should be clear how we would
want the county to spend our tax money. Unless, of course, we live
on the Ione-Gooseberry road.
The road plan is often attributed to the County Road Committee even
though it specifically says it was prepared by the road department.
Assuming the Road Committee did have some influence in setting the
priorities, that is no surprise. The committee of 21 is composed of 14
south county residents and seven north county residents. When some
question was raised about Columbia Boulevard, the committee scheduled
an on site inspection recently. Only two of the south county members
even bothered to show up.
One county commissioner has said that he thinks the potato plants
along Columbia Boulevard should bare part of the cost of rebuilding
that road. When asked if he felt the same way about the farmers along
the Ione-Gooseberry Road, he answered, “ Well, they pay property
taxes.” Does he believe that the potato plants do not? Does he believe
that the taxes paid by those farms can be even a small fraction of that
paid by Lamb-Weston, Oregon Potato, Inc., all the potato cellars, the
onion plant, the Tidewater terminal, the Longview Fibre/Kinzua chip
reload and the Finley Buttes land fill, all of whom use Columbia
Boulevard?
As I see it, the county road plan needs a new look. The old formula
of “ a mile of road is a mile of road” needs to be complicated by a
factor of 1: “ and how much traffic does it carry?” The county owns
two traffic counters. By simply putting them out and moving them every
two days and measuring each spot twice a year, we could measure the
traffic on every eight or nine miles of road throughout the whole county
by the end of 1993.
By using information readily available to us we could do the most
good for the most people with the least money. By not using that in
formation, we confirm that we have some other goal in mind.
Births
Kelsi
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Putman-a
daughter Kelsi Taylor was born
to Sandi and Jim Putman of
Longview, WA. on November
19, 1992. The baby weighed 7
lbs. 6 oz.
Grandparents are Pat Wright,
Lexington and Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Putman, St. Helens.
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Operation of Vehicle, $55 fine;
Daryl Allen Harrison, 37,
Albany-Exceeding the Maximum
Speed Limit, 65 mph in a 55 mph
zone, $55 fine;
C arol Renee P o rter, 25,
Madras-Exceeding the Maximum
Speed Limit, 65 mph in a 55 mph
zone, $55 fine;
R alph C. L angston, 58,
Clackamas-Allowing Operation
o f Unlicensed Vehicle. $24 fine;
Colleen Joyce Campbell, 55,
Hermiston-No Trailer License,
$25 fine;
Randell Bryan Vanderhoof, 29,
Beavercreek-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a
55 mph zone, $24 fine;
D onald Lee M oss, 54,
Monmouth-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a
55 mph zone, $35 fine;
Patrick Arnold Niemi, 29,
Lake Oswego-Failure to Validate
Elk Tag, $65 fine;
Arthur Francis Randall, 48,
Medford-Failure to Validate Big
Game Tag, $55 fine;
Yancey Steven Fall, 25,
Prineville-Disobeyed Stop Sign,
$31 fine;
Richard Wayne Coe, 51,
Gilchrist-Failure to Use Seat Belt,
$24 fine;
Jason Leslie T aylor, 24,
Wilsonville-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 67 mph in a
55 mph zone, $55 fine; Driving
While Suspended, $357 fine,
$200 fine suspended;
Tami Kay Rietmann, 31,
Heppner-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a
55 mph zone, $35 fine;
Lewis Leslie Emerson, 57,
Gresham -Operating ATV on
Road, $24 fine;
Walter Richard Chatfield, 45,
Boring-Failure to Validate Elk
Tag, $60 fine;
Marvin Robert Padberg, 48,
Ione-Exceeding the Maximum
Speed Limit, 71 mph in a 55 mph
zone, $55 fine;
Kelley O ’Brien Swarat, 24,
' Lexington-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 72 mph in a
55 mph zone, $55 fine;
Ron Grant Pearson, 49, Forest
Grove-Inadequate Rearview Mir
ror, $24 fine;
R ichard Edwin Lile, 51,
Portland-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a
55 mph zone, $35 fine;
Roy Richard Skinner, 43, Cen
tral Point-Failure to Validate Big
Game Tag, first season elk, $55
fine;
Jerrv D Leedv. 66. Springfield-
Careless Driving, $190 fine;
Karla Ann Waterland, 37,
Heppner-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 68 mph in a
55 mph zone, $55 fine;
C letus Jesse France, 60,
C lackam as-D riving W ithout
Headlights, $35 fine;
Robert Martin Pardue, 32,
Cascade Locks-Operating ATV
on a Public Highway, $24 fine.
Jam es E. B urgess, 46,
Weaverville-Taking Game Mam
mal Closed Season (buck deer),
$180;
Stacy Lee W ilson, 18,
Lexington-Exceeding the Max
imum Speed Limit, 65 mph in a
55 mph zone, $35 fine;
Bradley Thomas Cimmiyotti,
37, Lexington-Exceeding the
Maximum Speed Limit, 70 mph
in a 55 mph zone, $55 fine;
Joseph Clark Hanson, 29,
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