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Governor Barbara Roberts has
appointed Earl R. Woods, Jr. as
Morrow County District At
torney. Woods will fill the vacan
cy created by the election of Jeff
Wallace, the current Morrow
County District Attorney, to the
Umatilla-Morrow District Court.
Woods will assume duties as DA
on Jan. 4 and will serve the re
maining two years on Wallace’s
four-year term.
Woods, 49, has been in private
practice with the firm of
Engelgau, Woods & Palmer in
Coquille for the past 12 years. He
served as district attorney for
Coos County from 1976 to 1980
and as assistant district attorney
prior to that. He has also been a
police officer. Woods received a
BA from Western Washington
State University in 1968, and a
Hospital plans
Wallace, Murgo to be sworn in
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VOL. 111 NO. 52 6 Pages Wednesday, December 30. 1992 Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Saskatchewan librarian to direct
Oregon Trail Library District
A Saskatchewan librarian, G.
Wendell Buck, has been hired as
library director for the Oregon
Trail Library District, which en
compasses both the Boardman
and Heppner libraries.
Buck, who has been employed
the past year as a technical ser
vices librarian for the Wapiti
Regional Library at Prince Albert
Saskatchewan, was bom in Med
ford and spent his high school
years at Portland. He and his wife
attended college at Walla Walla.
“ 1 feel like the move to Mor
row County is a homecoming
after living in Canada for 12 Vi
years and in Illinois a couple
years before that,” said Buck.
Buck received his bachelor of
arts with a major in English and
a minor in history at Walla Walla
College, in addition to completing
requirements for a Washington
state secondary education cer
tificate. He earned a master of
library and information studies
degree from the University of
Alberta at Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada.
Buck has been employed as an
“ original cataloger” at Parkland
Regional Library at Lacombe,
Alberta, a library technician at
Lacombe Com posite High
School; an assistant librarian at
Canadian Union College at Col
lege Heights, Alberta; and as
teacher-librarian at Broadview
Academy at LaFox, Illinois.
Buck and his wife, Judy, have
two children. Emily 11, who is
in the fifth grade, and Geoffrey,
six, who is in the first grade.
“ They're eager to move to
Oregon and get settled," com
mented Buck. He added that his
wife is a weaver and is “ looking
forward to discovering what
kinds of wool are grown in
Eastern Oregon.”
“ I am very impressed with the
work the library board, the
friends of the library groups and
other volunteers have done in get
ting the district going,” Buck
said. “ 1 am looking forward to
meeting and working with such
energetic and dedicated people.”
“ I chose librarianship as a
career because I am convinced of
the value of good library service
to the life of a community,” he
added. “ I think that Oregon Trail
has an excellent chance to make
a solid contribution to the quali
ty of life in Morrow County and
I am excited to have a part in that
contribution,” he added.
Gary Marks, Oregon Trail
Library Board vice president
commented.“ We held some pret-
Wendell Buck
ty high standards from the person
we were looking for to manage
the district. The board feels for
tunate to have found a true pro
fessional of Wendell's caliber. I
am personally very excited about
Wendell and feel the district can
expect first class library service
in the months and years to
come.”
The director’s office is tem
porarily located at the Boardman
library. Buck plans to be on the
job Monday, January 4.
Bank of Eastern Oregon Heppner
branch. The pictures are posted
on the bulletin board at the bank.
Construction proceeds at PMH clinic
A retaining wall has been
erected in preparation for con
struction at the Pioneer Memorial
C linic. Pioneer M em orial
Hospital administrator Kevin
Erich says that construction on
floor joists is expected by the end
of the week, weather permitting.
Nelsons receive farmer o f the year plaque
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County Courthouse.
The ceremonies mark the first
joint swearing in of two newly-
elected judges in memory in the
Sixth Judicial District. Senior
Judge William Wells will conduct
the swearing in at Pendleton.
Presiding Judge J.F. Olsen will
conduct the cerem onies at
Hermiston.
The public is invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served after
the ceremonies.
Coal Mine Hill reopened
Action by the Morrow county
Court last week officially reopen
ed m otorized traffic from
Cutsforth park to the top of Coal
Mine Hill. This decision was
made because of substantial
public request for vehicular ac
cess to the Umatilla National
Forest,
said
a
county
spokesperson.
In a conference with State
Police Officer, Carl Martin, and
the county court, a decision was
made that public safety was top
priority in winter recreation.
With this priority in mind the
county court and law enforcement
officials agreed to the following:
-Regular traffic permitted on
Coal Mine Hill;
-No winter maintenance from
Cutsforth Park and beyond;
-Snowmobiling allowed on
Coal Mine Hill as long as snow
conditions prevent vehicular traf
fic from reaching Forest Service
Road #21 in a routine manner;
-Signing will be posted at base
of Coal Mine Hill indicating no
winter road maintenance;
-All traffic, vehicular or recrea
tional should use extreme caution
during winter months where there
is a possibility of multiple use.
Drug case started in Morrow
Disabled hunt
County results in big bust
scheduled
The Morrow County Sheriffs firearm violations.
In addition to a search of the at Port
office, working as a member of
Eyler and Crelling residence
Lunch with Santa photos available
Lunch with Santa pictures are in.
Parents of children who had their
pictures taken with Santa may
pick up the photographs at the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital ad
ministrator Kevin Erich says that
the hospital has planned several
community activities for the com
ing year.
In January they plan on holding
a seminar on advance directives,
which give instructions to
families and health care profes
sionals as to a persons health care
desires if they are incapacitated
and unable to relate their wishes.
In February the hospital plans
a stop smoking program and in
March a hospital billing seminar
is scheduled to help patients
understand their hospital bills.
Other possible classes and
seminars throughout the year may
include a county wide CPR class,
a fund-raiser for the Heppner
swimming pool fund; a senior
fair; a stress management
seminar, a cholesterol level
screening, a diet seminar, sports
physicals, blood pressure checks
at the county fair, a weight con
trol program and a wellness
program.
A swearing in ceremony mark
ing the investiture of Jeff Wallace
and Rudy Murgo as district court
judges will be held January 4 at
2:30 p.m. at the Hermiston
District Court, 243-B East Main
Street in Hermiston.
There will also be a separate in
vestiture ceremony for both
judges-elect at 10 a m. on Mon
day, January 4 in Judge J.F.
Olsen’s courtroom in Pendleton.
The courtroom is located on the
second floor of the Umatilla
JD from the University of Oregon
School of Law in 1973.
Woods is currently a pro tem
hearings officer for the Coos
County Planning Department and
a major with the Oregon National
Guard. He has also served as a
volunteer fireman for the past 10
years.
Woods is married and has two
children.
4%
the Blue Mountain Drug Task
Force, was instrumental in a suc
cessful drug bust in Hermiston
“ and Umatilla on Dec. 14. The
case was initiated in Morrow
County.
The bust resulted in the seizure
of over 50 weapons, many of
which were illegal, fully
autom atic machine guns,
methamphetamines and drug
packaging equipment, over
$12.500 in cash, numerous cars,
motorcycles and a 48-foot cabin
cruiser.
Arrested as a result of the year
long investigation which involv
ed undercover drug purchases
and surveillance, were Terry E.
Eyler and Harriet A. “ Hattie”
Crelling, both of Rt. 2, Box 2131
#A, Hermiston. They were
charged with various drug and
search warrants were also serv
ed at the business, “ Misfits Crea
tions” , at 505 W illamette,
Umatilla and at the Umatilla
Marina on the 48-foot cabin
cruiser “ Rumrunner” .
Besides the Morrow County
Sheriffs Office, the Blue Moun
tain Drug Task force is made up
of officers from the Oregon State
Police, Umatilla County Sheriff s
Office, the Hermiston Police
Department and the Pendleton
Police Department. Also involv
ed in the investigation were the
D.E.A. State Local Task Force
at the Tri-Cities (which includes
the Washington State Patrol and
the Benton County Sheriff s of
fice), the A.T.F.. U.S. Marshall.
U.S. Customs, the 1RS and the
INS Border Patrol.
Port o f Morrow opens
bids for construction
A special disabled hunter day
will be conducted on Dec. 31 at
the Port of Morrow regulated
hunt area-north and south units.
Any person who posesses a
current Department of Motor
Vehicles disabled parking permit
and the corresponding piece of
picture identification is eligible to
hunt. Each disabled hunter may
take one hunting guest with him.
The check station for the north
unit is north of exit 165 off 1-84
on Columbia Avenue. The check
station for the south unit is Vi
mile south of exit 168 on Bomb
ing Range Road.
Check stations will be open 1 Vi
hours before and after shooting
time.
All established roads will be
considered open roads, but off
road driving will still be pro
hibited, said a Department of Fish
and Wildlife news release. All
other regulations pertaining to the
areas will still be in effect.
For more information contact:
Mark Kirsch. Oregon Depart
ment of Fish and Wildlife, 700
Wilson Rd. #B-1. Boardman, OR
97818, 481-2010.
The Port of Morrow opened
bids for the erection of a 34,000
square foot building for the air
port industrial park near Board-
man recently. Michael A. Becker
of LaGrande was the apparent
low bidder on the concrete work
and Par Construction is the ap
parent low bidder for the erection
of the building supplied by the
Port.
The Varco-Pruden building
was recently purchased and
removed from Paine Field near
Seattle, WA. It includes all struc
tural components, insulation,
sprinkler system and four
overhead doors. The building site
is off Tower Road, five miles
west of Boardman and the
building will front the Boardman
$44.657 to $101.500. Bids for the
building erection ranged from
$89,835 to $122,114. Port of
ficials are reviewing the bids
prior to awarding contracts.
The building will be the second
industrial building at the airport
site, purchased by the Port just
two years ago. and the first to be
constructed since that purchase.
“ This new facility will be an at
tractive addition to the airport
development,” said General
Manager Gary Neal. “ We expect
more of this kind of growth in the
future,” he added.
Neal is negotiating with a
potential occupant for the
building
as
construction
proceeds.
airport access road.
Becker was the lowest of seven
bidders for the concrete floor and
footing work ranging from
Transfer site to accept Christmas trees
The county transfer site at Lex
ington will accept used Christmas
Sharon Brace wins
Silversmith jewelry
Sharon Brace. Heppner, is the
winner of the Silversmith jewelry
set. donated by Green Feed and
Seed, to benefit the People for the
Pool.
The jewelry raised $175 which
will be added to the fund to build
a new pool in Heppner.
trees free of charge from Dec. 26
through January 10.
Bank of Eastern Oregon
A nnouncing.
Morrow County farmers Chuck and Lisa
Nelson, Lexington, were named the Oregon
Wheat Growers League conservation farmers
of the year at the Wheat Growers annual
meeting recently. The Nelsons were chosen
by a committee of last year's county winners,
who toured the state looking at farms of each
of this years winners. The Nelsons received
a plaque at the awards presentation. Pictured
are Chuck and Lisa Nelson, their two sons
and Chuck’s mother, Jean Nelson
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