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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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._____
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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.
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