Brosnans open 'Twice Upon A Time'
HEPPNER
imes
VOL. 113
NO. 48
6 Pages Wednesday, November 23, 1994
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
D e l's M ark e t severely dam aged
There's nothing like curling
up with a good book, especial
ly on a cold winter's night. A
new bookstore in Heppner will
give people that opportunity-
at a bargain price.
"Twice Upon a Time", a us
ed paperback bookstore, will
open at 178 W. Willow, next to
city hall, on Dec. 1. Hours will
be 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Books may
be traded or purchased.
The bookstore's title may
have a double meaning for the
new owners, Doris and Dan
Brosnan. Not only will the
books come around twice, but
so have the Brosnans.
The Brosnans are returning
to the Heppner area after an
absence of 26 years. Doris Mor
ris Brosnan was born and rais
ed in Heppner and Dan was
born in Pendleton and raised
on Buttercreek. Both graduated
from Heppner High School in
1961.
After graduation, Doris went
to College at Eastern Oregon
State College at LaGrande and
Dan joined the Air Force. The
year she graduated from col
lege, they were married. From
1966-68 they returned to Hepp
ner, where she taught school
and he worked at the mill and
attended Blue Mountain Com
munity College.
Then Dan got a job with the
Oregon State Police and the
couple moved to Newport.
They lived all around the state,
but most recently in Salem
where he was captain of the
Oregon State Game Division.
Doris substituted in the Salem
area and received her master's
degree in ed u catio n and
Dan and Doris Brosnan looking over some of their books.
language arts. She taught think we're just going to love
school for the last six years in i t." In ad d itio n to th eir
bookstore en terp rise, the
Salem.
When Dan retired in October Brosnans bought some acreage
of last year, the couple decid outside Heppner.
The couple has two children,
ed they wanted to return to
Damon,
26, who lives in Hepp
Heppner."W e arrived back in
ner
and
works for Brian
Heppner in June," said Doris.
"School was out the 16th and Thompson, and Darcie, 23, a
we moved here the 18th. I nurse who is a lieutenant with
the Air Force in Tucson, AZ.
Regional jail situation explored
Ladders and hoses cover burned market
Heavy water damages inside store
Del's Market in Lexington
was severely damaged in a fire
which broke out around 10
a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 16. The
store also doubles as the Lex
ington Post Office.
The Lexington fire truck
responded to the fire, which is
believed to have started in
upstairs wiring, in minutes,
said owner Phyllis Piper. Two
fire trucks from Heppner also
responded.
Piper, who owns the store
along with her husband, Del,
said that "the whole tow n"
seemed to help out. "It was
totally amazing how everybody
helps," she said.
Piper said that there are no
estimates of the damage as of
yet and their plans as to
whether to rebuild or not hinge
on insurance estimates. She
said that Del had worked at the
store for at least 33 years, first
as manager for Eileen and El-
don Padberg and then as own
er. " It's been our life. Our
home's here," added Piper.
Mail is being put out at the
store in a screened off area
from 8 to 10 a.m. There is no
window service.
Court to raffle Black Hills gold ring
The 1995 Morrow County
Fair and Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo court will once again be
raffling a Black Hills Gold ring.
This is one of the court's ma
jor money making projects and
helps to purchase their war
drobe and pay for other ex
penses associated with the
court duties.
Tickets may be purchased
from Queen Rondi Robinson or
Princesses Michelle Meakins
and Stefanie Skultety or at
Peterson's Jewelers, where the
ring is on display. Tickets sell
for $1 each or six for $5. The
date of the drawing has not
been set.
A meeting concerning a pro
posal for a regional jail, which
w ould service M orrow,
Gilliam, Wheeler, Wasco, Sher
man and Hood River counties,
,has been planned for Friday,
Dec. 2, at O 'C a lla h a n 's
R estaurant at the Dalles.
Registration is scheduled for
8:30 a.m.
Ray French, Morrow County
Commissioner and a member
of the ReJON (Regional Jail
Organizing Network Commit
tee), encourages local people to
attend the meeting and hopes
they will serve on committees
concerning the proposed jail.
French says that the jail situa
tion has become critical for
Morrow County. Up until now,
Morrow County has been able
to house prisoners at the Ben
ton County Jail in Kennewick,
WA. But the county has been
informed that the jail will no
longer take Morrow County
prisoners because of a lack of
beds.
Umatilla County has since
agreed to accept Morrow Coun
ty prisoners, but they can only
guarantee three or four beds.
As it stands now, Morrow,
Gilliam, Sherman and Wheeler
counties have no adult or
juvenile beds. Wasco County
has four juvenile beds, but no
adult beds. Hood River Coun
ty has 24 adult beds, but none
for juveniles. Sherman Coun
ty does have two adult holding
cells and Wasco has five adult
holding cells.
With the passage of Ballot
Measure 10, which specifies
that legislature cannot reduce
v o ter-ap p ro v ed sentences
without a two/thirds vote, and
ballot measure 11, which pro
vides mandatory sentences for
listed felonies for those 15 years
and up, officials anticipate an
increased need for jail space. In
addition, the counties have no
space for pre-trial inmates or
those sentenced for misde
meanors. According to French,
some warrants are not being
served because there is simply
no room to house prisoners.
The ReJON task force
estimates that the six-county
area will require 250 adult beds
and 50 juvenile beds. Morrow
County will need 25 adult beds
and three juvenile; Gilliam,
two adult and one juvenile;
Wheeler, one adult and one
juvenile; Sherman, 10 adult,
one juvenile; Hood River, 50
adult, 10 juvenile; and Wasco,
100 adult and 15 juvenile, with
another 62 adult beds and 19
juvenile beds recommended by
state corrections officials for
Dept, of Corrections inmates.
French said that a possibility
of placing the proposed facili
ty at Rufus is being explored.
He said that the site is ideal
because it is more or less cen
trally located in the six county
area and is freeway accessible.
He added that a proposed tele
communication system at the
jail may make it possible for
video arraignment. As it stands
now, officers must take time
away from other duties to
transport prisoners to and from
the jail and courthouse for
arraignment.
French says that there is a
possibility of obtaining funds
for the facility for both con
struction and operation at state
and federal levels.. The
possibility of a levy is also be
ing explored, said French, but
that would require legislation
because funding would be from
a six-county area. He said that
counties' contributions may de
pend on the number of beds
they each require. The counties
also have budgets for housing
prisoners which may be able to
be applied to operating ex
penses. French said that the
Morrow County Sheriff's Dept,
paid $144,000 to Benton Coun
ty last year for housing
prisoners.
The target date for opening
the jail is January of 1997. Ten
tative time lines include forma
tion of site specs in Dec. 1994;
identifying funding sources,
site proposals and hold public
hearings-Jan. 1995; site selec-
tion-April 1995; site acceptance-
May 1995; site studies-June
1995; RFPs put out for en
gineer-Aug. 1995; engineer on
board-Sept. 1995; documents
prepared for bid-Dec. 1995;
bids let-Jan. 1996; building
started, staff hired and trained-
March 1996.
Local members of the ReJON
Task Force, besides French, in
clude Morrow County Sheriff
Roy Drago and Morrow Coun
ty Judge Louis Carlson. Other
task force members are: judges,
Laura Pryor, Gilliam County,
Mike McArthur, Sherman,
John Mabrey, Wasco and Jean-
nie Burch, Wheeler; Sherman
County Justice Court Judge
Kate M artin; sheriffs, Joe
Wampler, Hood River, Paul
Barnett, Gilliam, Steve Oren-
dorff, Sherman, Art Labrousse,
Wasco and Otho Caldeara,
Wheeler; and Beverly Row
land, chair, Hood River Coun
ty Commissioner.
Committees are: Meetings-
Martin, chair, and Tom Me
Gowan, facilitator; Revenue
Sources-Pryor, chair, Mabrey,
French and Sherman County
Commissioner Bob Boynton;
Site Selection-Labrousse, chair,
Boynton, Caldeara, Barnett,
Drago, Wampler and Oren-
dorff; Local System Assess
ment-Professor Paul Paquette,
chair, former state represen
tative G"”g Waldem, rep.-elect
Bob Montgomery, Wheeler
County District Attorney Tom
Cutsforth, District Attorney
John Sewell and juvenile direc
tors Doug Finegan, Chris Nix
and Ed Schmidt; Application-
Capt. Steve Wadsworth, chair;
director Steve Anderson and
Capt. Carl Casey. The commit
tees will be enlarged to include
citizens and new committees
will be formed after the Dec. 2
meetings.
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