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•' , . The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and 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. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $16 in Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Counties; $23 elsewhere. Joyce Hughes ............................................................ Office Manager, Typesetting April H ilton-Sykes................................................................................ News Editor Monique D ev in ............................................................................................... Bindery Penni K eersem aker......................................................................................... Printer Jean Ann T u rn e r............... Distribution David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publisher Letter to the Editor Post office provides gracious treatment go about our business, isn’t it refreshing to enjoy the gracious treatment we get at our Heppner Post Office. (s) A.K. Felt To the editor: When we sometimes find ourselves expecting less friendliness and courtesy as we Creative Arts Club to meet at Kate’s should bring any project that they are working on, arts, crafts, etc. to share with the group. Morrow County Creative Arts will meet Monday, January 24 at 1 p.m. at Kate’s Pizza in Hepp ner. Those planning to attend LIFE INSURANCE Don't be without it Contact P L O Y H A R Insurance 127 N. Main • Heppner, OR You are invited to a { wedding reception honoring Joe and Linda Halvorsenon Sunday, January 23, 1994 from 2 to 5 p.m. at the illow Grange Hall in lone, Oregon DAY 1 KATHLEEN SULLIVAN JCHNS WEIGHT WATCHERS DAY 14 KATHLEEN SULUVAN HAS LOST MORE THAN 8 LBS $11 That’s all it takes J M to get a Superstart It s wonderful news for p e o ple in a hurry to start losing weight. It’s the remarkable new Superstart program and you’ll find it only at Weight Watchers Former network an chor Kathleen Sullivan 'o , had this to say after just r ., one week on Superstart > "For me getting started has always been the hardest part of losing weight But with Su perstart, Weight Watchers has created an incredibly simple and easy to follow weight loss program that lets you see dra matic results quickly “After just a week I’ve lost more than five pounds But w hat’s really remarkable is that I did it eating terrific food, and plenty of it "And I’m not alone People w ho follow the program have lost an average of more than 5 lbs in just tw o weeks r ^ y ”1 can’t wait to see h ow much I’ve lost in my second w eek A n d there’s no ques tion for me that I’ll stick with Weight Watchers after I’ve com pleted Superstart I intend to reach my goal ' The tw o -w e e k Super- start program works If you want to see results quickly, then y o u ’ll love Superstart As Kathleen says, "What are you waiting for? Com e and d o Superstart with me. A n d if you join n o w you pay only $ 12 for your first w eek That’s what I call a Superstart " SMßMl W i L 1-800-651-6000 Hermiston Senior Center 435 West Orchard Mon. 6:30 p.m. Heppner Methodist Church 175 W. Church, Thurs., 6:30 p.m. Thts is Kathleen Sullivan s experience A » people vary, so does mdiv»c*jel weight loss maintenance and results Fee tor subsequent w««fcs *10 00 Offer good 1/1-94 1 W > 4 See receptio n* tor de tads Offer available *n participating areas only Cannot be combined with any other offer . 1993 WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL. INC , owner of the WEIGHT WATCHERS trademark from . " ■ 9 * Obituary Terrel L. Benge Terrel L. Benge, 83, of Hepp ner, died Saturday, January 15, 1994 at St. Anthony Hospital in Pendleton. Memorial services were held Wednesday, Jan. 19 at the Hepp ner Elks Lodge. Mr. Benge was born Dec. 10, 1910, at Lexington to Ralph and Ella Driskell Benge. He grew up in the area and graduated from Heppner High School and attend ed Oregon State University. On Dec. 7, 1947, he married Mary Reininger Wallace at Portland. He farmed on Social Ridge and Rhea Creek. He was a lifetime member of Heppner BPOE 358 and a past exalted ruler; he was also a lifetime member of A1 Kader Shrine Temple and the Heppner Chapter of Royal Arch Masons. Survivors include his wife, Mary at the home; daughters, Joan Hughes of Heppner and Lynn M arie M cD onald o f Omaha, Neb.; son, Michael of Washington, D.C.; sister, Luola Rehfield of Eugene; six grand children and Five great grand children. A son, Ralph, died earlier. Memorial contributions may be made to the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, or the Elks Eye Clinic, or a charity of choice, directly or through Sweeney Mortuary, PO Box 97, Heppner, OR 97836. Sweeney Mortuary, Heppner, is in charge of arrangements. Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriffs office in Heppner reports dispat ching the following business dur ing the past week: January 11: Morrow County deputy responded to the Irrigon area for a civil matter; Morrow County deputy took a report on a burglary that occured at Gerald Johnson’s residence, Rt. 2, Box 322, Irrigon. A 22 handgun and a VCR was reported missing. Amount of value was unknown; Morrow County deputy took a report from Frank W etzel, Boardman, concerning a stolen vehicle. The vehicle was located later abandoned in some trees near Canal Road; Morrow County Sheriffs of fice dispatched the Boardman am bulance to the Wilson Road Trailer Court for a juvenile with problems relating to a prior surgery. There was no transport. January 12: Morrow County deputy took a report of a traffic hazard involving potato trucks on Laurel Lane near the Port of Morrow. The problem was turn ed over to the road department; M orrow County deputy responded to the Irrigon area for a family disturbance; M orrow County deputy responded to 7th St., Irrigon, for a report of a prowler. Deputy was unable to locate anyone upon arrival; M orrow County deputy assisted the Boardman Police Dept with a report of a prowler on Boardman Avenue. Deputy was unable to locate prowler upon arrival. January 13: Morrow County deputy responded to an Irrigon residence to investigate a report of possible stolen property; Morrow County Sheriff s of fice dispatched the Heppner Fire Dept, to a Heppner residence for a flu fire. January 14: Morrow County Sheriff s office dispatched the Heppner Fire Dept to a residence inside Heppner for a flu fire; M orrow County deputy responded to Irrigon in regard to a problem that turned out to be a civil problem; Morrow County deputy in vestigated a report of vandalism being done by juveniles; M orrow County deputy responded to investigate a report of a fight in progress. Officers were unable to locate report, call was unfounded: Morrow County Sheriffs of fice dispatched the Boardman am bulance to the BP station for a woman with an unknown illness. Patient was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston. January 15: Morrow County deputy investigated a report of theft of services from the BP Sta- M M m M Éi tt0ÊHÊt tion in Boardman; M orrow County deputies responded to Irrigon for a report of a theft. Turned out to be a civil matter; M orrow County deputy assisted with a family disturbance in Irrigon. January 16: Morrow County deputy arrested Richard F. Hinz, 21, on a warrant for Failure to Appear on the charge of Driving While Suspended. Hinz was lodg ed at Benton County Jail; M orrow County deputy responded to Kunze Road in Boardman for a traffic problem; Morrow County Sheriffs of fice dispatched the Condon Rural Fire Dept to a haystack fire near Mayville; Morrow County deputy began investigating a theft of tools from the Boardman area. Amount of value was unknown; Morrow County Sheriffs of fice dispatched the Boardman am bulance to a Boardman residence for a woman with an unknown il lness. She was transported to Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston; Morrow County Sheriffs of fice dispatched the Heppner am bulance to a motor vehicle acci dent on Willow Creek Road. There was no transport. Victims had been transported by private vehicle; Morrow County deputy in vestigated the report of suspicious circumstances at an Irrigon residence. Deputy was unable to locate anything; M orrow County deputies assisted the Boardman Police Dept with a disturbance at a Boardman residence. January 17: Morrow County deputy did a drive by on a com plaint of loud music from the W est View D rive area, Boardman; Morrow County deputy ar rested Marelino Rivera-Lomeli, 37, Boardman, for Driving U nder the Influence o f Intoxicants; Wheat disease workshop set A workshop on “ Controlling Wheat Disease in Highly Erodi- ble Land” will be held January 27 at 1 p.m. at the Willows Grange in lone. The workshop is* sponsored by the Oregon State University Extension Service. Speakers will include Exten sion cereals specialist Russ Karow, Pendleton Experiement Station superintendent and plant pathologist Dick Smiley and Morrow-Gilliam crops agent Phil Nesse. Disease that will receive special attention are cephalosporium stripe, dryland and strawbreaker footrot, barley stripe rust, stripe rust, barley yellow dwarf virus, and take-all. Disease identifica tion and control will be emphasized. The session is expected to of fer three private applicator recer tification credits. For more infor m ation call Nesse at 503 676-9642 or 1-800-342-3664. 4 a tfflM M If you read the January edition of the Extension Newsletter, you know that the Morrow County Ex tension Advisory Council voted to pursue the formation of a county Extension Service District. This translates to “ We want out of the county budget.’’ The council states that they want “ stable funding for our program,” i.e., a tax base. Don’t be surprised if you see other departments or programs doing the same thing, especially if the levy fails. Popular programs want to distance themselves from unpopular programs. This brings me to a brief discussion of mandated services. In Oregon, the assessor, the treasurer, the sheriff, the surveyor, juvenile director, the clerk and the county commission are all mandated. The statutes also mandate that a Planning Director be appointed. All other county officials, i.e., accountant and road officials, etc., may be appointed and thus are not mandated. However, because of fuel and forest revenues which are directed to the road department by the state and federal governments, the road department for all practical purposes, is mandated, as are the child support officer, the emergency management director, the public health nurse, and veteran’s officer. Some of the statutorily-mandated programs also receive state and federal monies, such as the assessor and the treasurer, who are partly supported by the tax grant, the utility fund and the assessment tax This means that in the event of a total levy failure, these programs will nevertheless exist at some level, while others would be eliminated. For example, the sheriff would still be funded, but there might not be any money for deputies. Also, county support for the museum, the Neighborhood Centers, senior services. Soil and Water and others would entirely disappear. An interesting historical note came to light last week. It seems that back in 1897 there were a number of roads existing in the county that were viewed as public roads. This includes The Dalles Military Road, the Ditch Creek Road, the Ritter Road, the Copple Butte Road and several others. The Forest Service, which was created by the Organic Administration Act of 1897 wants those historic public roads to revert back to non-road status, and as a result got the Oregon Legislature to pass HB 2477, which stated that if Morrow County (and other counties) didn’t assert a claim to those roads by December 31, 1993, that the roads would revert to the Forest Service. Our alert county commissioners picked up on HB 2477 and made a claim. See the January 4, 1994 Morrow County minutes to get a complete list of the roads claimed. Remember a few weeks ago I spoke about the “ turf wars’’ per colating in the North end? Jack Palmer, Boardman city manager wants to annex the 240 million dollar worth of anticipated value that the gas-fired Co-Gen plant at Coyote Springs would bring to the tax rolls. He wants to do this for the benefit of the city of Board- man. This would make Boardman the richest city, per-capita in the state of Oregon. The fact that the site is within the urban growth boundary for Boardman makes this theoretically possible. Mr. Palmer is waving a carrot, which is Boardman’s potential water supp ly, in front of the folks at PGE. The Port of Morrow, and possibly the County, may go along with these plans if it would mean that they could get rid of their responsibility for the roads in that area, especially Columbia Avenue. We, the citizens of this county, need to stay on top of this very complex issue. There are some legal issues relating to strip annexation and the overall annexation agreement that could hurt people living in the other cities in the county and in the unincorporated areas of the county as well. We should urge our county and city officials to pursue this issue aggressively. A committee has been formed to examine the issue of County Home Rule. Four members were selected by the County Court, four additional members were selected by state legislators who repre sent Morrow County and the ninth member was selected by the com mittee itself. Rollie Marshall was elected chairman, with John Prag to serve as vice chairman. At this time, the committee is getting organized and doing some homework, preparing to address the issues that have generated notable public interest, such as restructuring county government. Eventually, public hearings will be held to allow comment, sug gestions and cirticisms from Morrow County citizens, so be ready. However, don’t be surprised if this turns out to be much ado about nothing. Over half of the citizens of the state of Oregon are now under “ Home Rule” charters, and in my experience, the quality of government is due primarily to the quality of the individuals oc cupying office rather than to the configuration of any particular system. Finally, an article which appeared in the East Oregonian last week which purported to describe the 1994-95 Morrow County budget was factually flawed. The fact is, the budget for the coming year is less than that which was approved by the voters last year._____ A roun d th e C ounty By Earl Woods, Jr. Correction We Sell Melvin Lyle “ Pinky” Allyn’s name was incorrectly spelled in last w eek’s obituary. The Gazette-Times regrets the error. Court Street Market Computer Paper Gazette-Times 676-9228 sssmam. ? 111 N. 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