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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August The Official Newspaper o f the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow Heppner G A Z E T T E -T IM E S U .S.P S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published week!) 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 Hilton-Svkes ................................................................................ News Editor Monique D evin............................................................................................... Bindery Penni K ecrsentaker......................................................................................... Printer Jean Ann T u rn e r..................................................................................... Distribution David and April Hilton-Sykes, Publisher Letter to the Editor JC Penney says no share. After reviewing this market, The following letter was writ I regret to inform you that JC ten to JoyceKay and Jerry Penny does not anticipate Hollomon from the J.C. Penney entering the area with a catalog C atalog Sales M erchant store operation at this time. I Program. can assure you, we continuous Dear Mr. and Mrs. Hollomon: ly monitor markets for prospec Thank you and your com tive expansion opportunities munities' interest in JC Penney and should Heppner meet the Independent Catalog Sales criteria in the future we would Merchant Program. take positive steps. I'm sure you are aware, there Again, thank you for your in are numerous business con terest in JC Penney Merchant siderations taken into account Program. w hen evaluating potential Best Regards, marketers for Catalog Sales (s) Brian D. MacPherson Merchant installation, not the Catalog Sales least of which is current market Expansion Manager Appreciates community support To The Editor: As this year's street repair and rebuilding work nears completion I wanted to take a moment to give my apprecia tion to the comunity for the tolerance and patience show n during these past weeks of in conveniences, d ust, dirt, obstructed driveways, and closed streets. Our reward will be new and improved streets that will serve the community for many years to come. After the asphalt crews are finished paving the streets, finish work will take place to back-fill curbs, restore proper ty access, and to undertake private paving work. So, if it appears the asphalt workers forgot to fix your driveway or perform some other type of work for you please be assured that they will return. Please also note that in most cases new street paving will be finished with new gravel shoulders to eliminate any "bum p offs" at the new edge of pavement. Again, the City appreciates the co m m u n ity 's su p p o rt shown during this summer of improvements. Sincerely, (s) Gary B. Marks Heppner City Manager Wonderful to be back To The Editor: Two months ago, we moved "hom e" to Heppner, after an absence of 26 years. Everyone we have encountered has made us feel truly welcome, people we knew before leaving so long ago and people we are just now having the pleasure to meet. Being back feels wondeful, and we know' it is because of such warm welcomes. (We have been embarrassed a few times by not recognizing a face we should remember, but we know you will forgive what time does to the memory, and faces). Please stop, three miles toward Pilot Rock, to say "h i". Dan will be the one on a trac tor, and Doris will be the one with a hammer or paint brush, probably, and we both will be delighted to have you stop, (s) Dan and Doris Brosnam World F rem irre Wa/t Disney Futures' Jackson ft rutene: doing Home the Adventures of Huck ft inn l Disney Channel Original Him Wit If Disnrx Futures' ,1 The M il key \ louve D o u b le B ell Alarm d o c k R e ic h c j ccrritKafc t»* get ,i I- R E E \ U k c x M n n c Ifc m b k Hell \b rm C iltuk pith vmif vhoitc ••#’ j nix -m onth Mih«H. option w» eh her /h u m rr I l/ntnzirtr nr Dimes .\tkentnrr > when you M ihsiribc to T h e D u n e ' < hannel Vim nunc call I- k < m i - m 4 7 -' nm ni ilurm u rhe free preview ,md inxtjll between V ig m t IS jnd Septem ber *». IM*M N e w M .lm n h c rv < * K The Whipping Roy Far Off Place V c < em ficafe ft* vk t u b FREE CONNECT f Channel Eueiyim cm Ime òtto Ck. 9 f&t Dòwcy August 25-29 Heppner T.V. Inc. 676-9663 Must call to keep. 17 , 1994 Pool issue a step closer to the ballot The Willow Creek Park District board voted to approve two motions that would clear the way for a swimming pool bond levy and operating levy to be put before the voters in November. The park district board ap proved a motion to give Gary Marks authority to work with Dick Roberts, bond attorney with Preston, Gates and Ellis, to form a bond resolution. The board intends to vote on that reso lu tio n at th e ir next meeting, Wednesday, Aug. 24. If the district board approves the resolution, they will put a $975,000 bond levy for pool construction and a three-year operating levy at $36,000 per year before the voters of the Willow Creek Park District in November. The district consists of south Morrow County and includes the cities of Heppner, lone and Lexington. The park board has agreed that it will tie the passage of the construction bond levy with the operating levy, because a pool cannot function without operating funds and vice versa. Pool Commission member Mark Pointer stressed that an operating levy is necessary because income generated from pool use is not enough to keep it running. "The point we want to m ake," Pointer told the Gazette Tuesday night, "is that the pool cannot support itself. It has to be subsidized." Marks estimates that the previous pool brought in around $5,000 during the three-month season and required another $25,000 in city monies to operate. The ci ty cut funds to operate the pool because of ballot measure 5 budget cuts and the pool's deteriorating condition. The district also agreed to work with David Ulbricht, bond underwriter with Strand, Atkinson, Williams and York of Portland. Ulbricht has worked as underwriter for several Mor row County bonds, including those for the Boardman Parks and Recreation District, the ci ty of Heppner and the Port of Morrow. Marks, who volunteered to work as pool project coor dinator, stressed that he is volunteering his time and is not being paid or working on the project as H e p p n er city manager. Arts & Crafts to meet The Morrow County Creative Arts Club has planned a meeting for Tuesday, Aug. 23, at 1 p.m. at Kates. D uring the m eeting the English cottage class will exhiit their paintings and members will discuss fair. Volkswalking meeting held A meeting held last week to consider forming a Heppner volkswalk club resulted in a decision not to form a club at this time. However, an ad hoc group of Heppner Chamber of Com merce members did decide to facilitate establishment of a designated volkswalking route in Heppner. The volkswalking route will be used for both an annual volkswalk event as was held during the St. Patrick's celebra tion in 1992 and also for a year- round volkswalk event. A year-round volkswalk event involves covering a designated route at any time during the year which suits the convenience of the participant. V olksw alking is n o n com petitive, recreational aerobic exercise. Participation is open to anyone and does not require membership in an organized volkssport club. Heppner Chamber members involved include: Gail and Forrie Burkenbine (Central Market), Delanne Ferguson (U.S. Forest Service), Mike McGuire (U.S. Postal Service) and John Edmundson. Those interested in learning more about volkswalking may con tact any of these individuals for more information. The park district has not yet approved a site for the pool. An ad hoc committee, the Pool Commission, however, has recommended Hager Park as the first choice for a pool site on the basis of a pool feasibility study commissioned earlier. Walt Pilgrim, who lives near the park, appeared at a park district meeting Wednesday, Aug. 10, in opposition to the Hager Park site. Pilgrim said he was not against a pool, but did not want it in his neighborhood because of traffic and noise concerns. The Pool Commission had reviewed several sites, in cluding the Morrow County Fairgrounds, Heppner High School, the former pool site and the Lexington ball park, prior to recommending the Hager Park site. They said that the fair site was opposed by fair and rodeo officials because the Fairgrounds Master Plan would not allow room for the pool ac cess and parking; concerns were raised over the dangers of children walking up the hill to the high school site because of traffic; and the Lexington site, which was the number two selection, would encounter sewer problems. If the Lex ington site was chosen, a holding tank would have to be built for the water discharged from the pool to allow for dissipation of the chlorine before discharging in the sep tic system. Transportation to and from the Lexington site from the major population area in Heppner could also be a pro blem. The former pool site was not selected because it could not meet code and could subse quently face legal problems. Selection of the former pool site would also create an additional expense of demolishing the former pool. Flood plain and flood way regulations created problems for other suggested sites. The Heppner City Coun cil has indicated that it would make the Hager Park land available upon passage of the bond issue. The pool option favored by the Pool Commission would in clude a zero depth pool, which is gradually sloped much like a beach, a slide, a bath house with a meeting room and a small indoor therapy pool, which may be operated year round. The zero-depth pool would accommodate the han dicapped and the therapy pool could be used for seniors, physical therapy and various classes. While these options cost extra, they may also open the way for special grants that a basic pool would not qualify for. The total estimated cost for this option would be $1.2 Births Jared Paul Gorham-a son Jared Paul was born to Nancy and Kerry Gorham on June 27, 1994 at Grand Ronde Hospital in La Grande. The baby weigh ed 6 lbs. 8 oz. Grandparents are Dwight and Janell Bailey, Heppner and Merrill and Diana Gorham, Summerville. Great grandparents are Paul and Nadine Bailey, Hermiston, Ralph and Helen MeLean, Elgin and Dorothy Gorham, Tri Cities, WA. Nayeli Calvillo-a daughter Nayeli was born to Roselia and Sabino Calvillo of Boardman on July 22, 1994 at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Her miston. The baby weighed 7 lb. 12 oz. Francisco Javier Nunez-a son Francisco Javier was born to Maria and Javier Ncmez of Ir- rigon on July 27, 1994 at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. The baby weigh ed 9 lbs. 12 oz. C helsi M organ M eads-a daughter Chelsi Morgan, was born to Roxanne Poulin and Justin Meads of Boardman on July 27, 1994 at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Her miston. The baby weighed 8 lbs. 4 oz. K aitlin M ary K olka-a daughter Kaitlin Mary was born to Robin and Dean Kolka, of Miles City, Mont, on August 3, 1994. The baby weighed 7 lbs. 4 Vi oz. G ra n d p a re n ts are Jan Bothum of Pendleton, Jim Bothum of Prineville and Cecil and Delores Kolka, of Volborg, MT. Great grandparents are Mary and Ralph Beamer, Heppner. Justice Court Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Heppner reports handling the following business during the past week: Sally Jo M addern, 38, Heppner-lmpeding Traffic, $57 fine; Robert Lewis Stravens, 34, Heppner-Exceeding the Max- imuim Speed Limit, 71 mph in a 55 mph zone, $95 fine; Jeffrey B otefuhr, 18, Heppner-Criminal Mischief III, , $422 fine, 30 days in jail, $100 and jail sentences suspended with one year probation with • no further violation of law ex cluding minor traffic, contact Morrow County Mental Health for anger management counsel ing, contact Morrow County Road Dept, by Aug. 12 to deter mine amount of restitution and make restitution. John McCabe, H eppner- Maintaining a Dog as a Public Nuisance, $43 fine; Ivy Lundgren, H eppner- Negotiating a Bad Check, $655 fine, 90 days in jail, $300 and jail sentence suspended with one year probation with no fur ther violation of the law ex cluding minor traffic. Billee June O w en, 40, lexington-Exceeding the Max imum Speed Limit, 73 mph in a 55 mph zone, $95 fine; Geneva Mathews, Heppner- Permitting Dog to Run At Large, $42 fine. Come Meet Barbecue set at Country Club The Willow Creek Country Club will have a family barbecue on Sunday August, 21 at 4 p.m. Each family will bring their own meat to barbecue. Those whose names begin with "A " through " I " should bring dessert; "J" through " Z " are asked to bring salad. Hosts will be Bob and George N airns, Gary and M artha M unkers, Duck and Ann Lusher, and John and Kelly Boyer. million, but the commission recommended and the board voted to ask only $975 thou sand from the voters. They decided to seek grants, gifts and volunteer labor for the re maining $225 and, if it could not raised, scale down the pool plan to a more basic option. Estimated cost for the 20-year construction bond levy would be around 38 cents per thou sand. A homeowner with a $100,000 home would pay around a year; a businessman with a $500,000 business would pay around $190 a year; and a rancher with a $1,000,000 ranch would pay around $380 a year. Wes Cooley (Running for U.S. Congress) at the Morrow County Fair from Noon to 3 pm Saturday August 20, 1994 Court Street Market 111 N. Court Heppner 676-9643 G RO CERIES - M E A T S - PRODUCE Prices good Aug. 17th - 23rd W e st e r n F a m ily 11 oz. B o n e le s s T o p S irlo in Steak W e st e r n F a m ily 4 6 o z B o n e In R ib e y e S teak 3 lb W e st e r n F a m ily VI* oz. $ 4 5 0 M M a c a r o n i & C h e e se tor 99$ W e st e r n F a m ily 8 oz B o n e le s s Pork C h o p s S1 S9„ ^ 3 9 9 ib D ill P ick les 8 1 % L e a n G ro u n d B eef C hubs 9 9 $ ea ^ 2 9 9 ib T o a ste r P astry $ l 29ea 9 2 9 9 ib W a ffle C re m es W e st e r n F a m ily Frozen 2 lb C a u liflo w e r 5 9 $ n 99$ T a to r T o ts W e st e r n F a m ily 16 oz. C a n ta lo u p e 29$ ib S a ltin e C rack ers ---- - — 8 9 $ ea —---- W e st e r n F a m ily Fabric 2 0 ct. S e e d le s s G r e e n G ra p es -— T9$ » S o ftn er S h eets 8 9 $ ea
