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Morrow County has trimmed
$100,000 from the $3,388,550
county operating levy which fail
ed by 29 votes on March 23. The
county will submit a $3,277,550
levy to the voters in May.
According to the county court,
the reduction is primarily the
result of ‘’higher year-end
revenues than anticipated at
budget time for the county road
fund and represents no reduction
in services to the taxpayers.”
“ If voters turn this down we’ll
have to start cutting at least
$100,000 from non-mandated
services,” said Morrow County
Judge Louis Carlson. Carlson
said non-mandated services in
clude such programs as the
Neighborhood Center, Senior
C enter, Extension Service,
predator control and the
watermaster.
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In other business the county
court approved a $10,000 transfer
from the general fund building
improvements to an expenditure
line for the Boardman gazebo
project. The monies had been ap
proved earlier for moving the
historical gazebo, but no expen
diture line existed to allow expen
diture of the funds.
The court approved a county
counsel budget of $12,742.85.
Six hundred dollars was transfer
red from the county court budget
for office supplies and mileage
and the balance was transferred
from the district attorney’s budget
for the deputy DA’s salary. The
deputy DA’s position was
eliminated when the county
counsel position was created.
Commissioner Ray French
reported that he and county
counsel Val Doherty developed a
procedure to award county lots in
Boardman. The first 10 to have
their names drawn will get their
choice of property lots in Board-
man. Those who submitted ap
plications but who did not get
drawn would have preference in
subsequent drawings, they said.
Those selected are required to
pay $645 when the contract on
the land is signed. The drawing
was set for Tuesday, April 6 at
9 a.m. at Boardman City Hall.
The court agreed to have the
county counsel research the legal
requirements to accept Estregaard
Estates Road in Boardman as a
county road.
Commissioner French reported
that the Pioneer Memorial Clinic
construction is on schedule and is
expected to be completed in
mid-May.
Voters approve Sagebrush Coalition ballot
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VOL. 112
NO. 14
8 Pages Wednesday, April 7, 1993
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
“ V oters in M orrow and
Malheur Counties gave a resoun
ding stamp of approval to their
‘One Senator Per County’ ballot
measures at the March 23 elec
tion,” said Gary Marks, project
director. Morrow County voters
passed the measure with an “ im
pressive” 77 percent voting in
favor, and the Malheur County
measure won overwhelmingly
with more than 85 percent of the
vote.
The ballot measures, which
were identical in both counties,
asked voters if they would ap
prove of developing a system of
government which would permit
each Oregon county to elect one
state senator. Currently, state
senators are elected to districts
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the higher we can elevate this
issue throughout Oregon. It’s
beginning to look like we might
have an old fashioned, grass roots
groundswell on our hands,”
Marks said. He said he was ask
ing citizens to tell their county
commissioners that they want the
chance to vote on the “ One
Senator per county” issue. He
also said he was looking for
cities, chambers of commerce, or
any other groups to endorse the
coalition’s efforts and then let him
know so that he can add their
names to the coalition’s endorse
ment list.
Marks said the Sagebrush
Coalition’s ultimate goal was to
bring the measure to a statewide
vote, probably through the in
itiative process. With vote totals
reaching 75 to 85 percent in favor
of the measure in rural counties,
only about 30 percent would need
to vote “ yes” in the Portland,
Salem and Eugene areas for the
measure to pass statewide.
“ I think people are starting to
realize that we just might have a
genuine shot at succeeding,”
Marks said.
M arks can be reached at
676-9650.
which are determined by popula
tion only. As a result, only four
of Oregon’s 30 senators represent
citizens who live in counties east
of the Cascades. Giving each
county one senator would result
in Oregon’s east and west sides
having 18 senators each. The idea
is patterned after a similar system
used in the U.S. Senate.
Marks, of Heppner, said he
was pleased with the overwhelm
ing support shown by the voters.
“ It’s not very often that you hear
of any measure gaining the kind
of support we saw from those two
counties,” Marks said. “ These
results have given us the first
glimpse at the kind of support I
think we’ll see all over rural
Oregon.”
Sagebrush Coalition co-chair
Dennis Maloney of Bend said
“ This is a good indication of how
people in rural Oregon are feel
ing about state government; the
state should take note.”
Marks said that the coalition
would now encourage other rural
counties to place the same
measure on their ballots. “ The
more counties that show over
whelming support for this idea.
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School students learned how to
animate their own films during an
animated film workshop taught
by Sharon Niemczyk from the
Northwest Film and Video
Center in Portland.
Students participating in the
artist-in-residence workshop were
Travis Wilhelm, Jonas Healy,
Josie Proctor. Dan Lightle, Adam
Doherty, Caleb McDaniel, Josh
Coiner, Jim Schlaich. Ben Mar
vin, Amber Rollis, Shannon Ben
jamin and Brent Gunderson.
During this workshop, the
students were divided into three
groups. From a variety of sub
jects these students wrote and
narrated a story plot. Miniature
clay figures that they designed
were modeled after themselves to
become the story characters. Two
groups focused on stories that
found successful cures for
diseases. The third group chose
to change history by using a time
machine to ensure that a large
portion of the nation’s land re
mained in Indian ownership.
These stories were put on film
using a series of rapid movements
of clay figures in a labor-intensive
production. Videos will be made
from these film strips that will be
shown at art festivals or school
assemblies.
“ It’s great to see kids work up
to their potential with creative im
aginations,” Niemczyk said. “ It
gives them an ‘I can do anything’
attitude and who knows, maybe
some of these students will help
find the cures for cancer or
AIDS,” she said.
Eight years ago, the local ar
tists’ guild helped fund art-in
residency programs. Since then it
has become a proven enhance
ment and has been included in the
art department budget, according
to Heppner art instructor Ron
Forrar.
“ It’s the icing on the cake,”
Forrar said. It creates another
dimension for students and helps
to give new ideas to local instruc
tors. A deeper understanding of
the arts enhances anyone's life
and it exposes students to poten
tial career opportunities.
The artist-in-residency pro
gram has been a big asset. For
rar said. Former students have
gone on to become graphic and
fashion design artists. And
numerous art awards have been
earned by students at both state
and national levels.
Niemczyk said she grew up in
a small town in Ohio that was
much like Heppner. Her artistic
ability was inherited from her
mother. Drawing portraits of
people was her way of earning
spending money during her
school years, she said. But add
ed that her chosen art career was
a result of seeing the animated
film, ‘Fantasia’.
Animation is a highly com
petitive field, but Portland is at
the top in the animated film pro
duction industry, she said.
Niemczyk began working and
studying at the film center after
receiving her bachelor’s degree
from Portland State University.
lone community council meets
By Anne Morter
The lone Community Coor
dinating Council held its first
public meeting April 1 to receive
input on the distribution of the
lone share of the Finley Buttes
Landfill licensing fees. Some of
the ideas mentioned included ci
ty street repair, city reservoir roof
repair, additional hours of opera
tion for the library, a fire hydrant
for the Emert Addition, and
repairs to the swimming pool
ladders.
lone, which in this case refers
to the entire lone voting area, has
been awarded a share of the
Finley Buttes licensing fees by the
county court. Ideas submitted to
the Community Coordinating
Council must benefit the entire
lone community.
Applications will be available
at the next public meeting which
will be held April 19 at 7:30 p.m.
at the lone City Hall.
Completed applications must
be submitted to the council by
May 14. The council will then
review, prioritize and select on or
before June 30. when the funds
become available.
The Rev. G race Drake,
organizer of the Neighborhood
Center Summer Project last year,
will be recognized for her con
tribution to area children at a
Portland Trail Blazer game on
April 18.
When it became apparent that
the Heppner swimming pool
would not open, because of struc
tural and financial problems,
Drake organized a summer pro
gram which provided crafts, pro
jects, instruction field trips and
lunch for area kids. Seventy
children enrolled in the program,
with around 45 attending daily.
Selected as a “ Community
Superstar” Drake was one of 10
selected in the state to receive the
Budweiser/Blazer award for her
community service.
In addition to tickets to the
Blazer-San Antonio game, Drake
will be a guest at the Red Lion
in Portland and will receive $500
for the charity of her choice, the
Neighborhood Center children’s
summer program, of course.
Grace will be able to take one
“ significant other” to the game
and has selected her 16 year-old
grandson Nathan Ferguson of
Ontario.
Grace was nominated for the
award by the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce. Grace has in
dicated that the children’s pro
gram will be held again this year.
Local areas plan Easter egg hunts
Easter egg hunts are schedul
ed at Heppner and lone this Satur
day, April 10 at 10 a.m.
The Easter egg hunt in Hepp
ner is sponsored by the Elks
Club. Preschool and kindergarten
children will hunt at the Heppner
City Park, next to the library and
museum. First and second
graders will hunt at the Elemen
tary School lower field and third
and fourth graders at Hager Park
near the dam.
The lone egg hunt for children
through the fourth grade will be
held at the lone City Park and St.
Williams Catholic Church. The
lone Easter egg hunt is sponsored
by the Extension Club.
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