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B ' S S I E 0 F V. : z L L OR' ? Vietnam vets honored at banquet Photo by Joyce Hughe» Vietnam Veterans received a standing ovation at the banquet Friday, Dec. 30 tended the banquet. In a discovered until after the ban V ietnam veteran s were honored at this year's annual touching ceremony Don Jr. quet: Ken Daggett 1962, John read a letter his brother had Cole 1964, Lester Dutcher and alumni banquet held Friday, Dec. 30, at the Heppner Elk's written from Vietnam the day Ken Jones among others. before he died. Richard and his Dick credits "som e tremen Club. wife flew from Alabama to at dous community support" for V ietnam v eteran s, both ensuring the success of the ban alumni and non-alumni living tend the ceremony. in the area, were dinner guests All the Vietnam veterans quet, especially Peterson's of the the Heppner High were recognized and presented Jewelers for engraving the pla a clock inscribed with the ques for the veterans, Country School Alumni Association. Special recognition went to words, "In gratitude for the Rose for making the corsages the family of David Clark, a price you paid for our liberty and boutonnieres and the 1966 HHS graduate who died and freedom". Those unable to Heppner Elk's Club. Dick said that honoring the in 1967 in combat in Vietnam. attend will be sent their clock. veteran s was The audience joined Rick V ietnam Gene Heliker and Tim Driscol, alumni and friends of Clark, Drake, accompanied by his something he has wanted to do presented the David Clark sister-in-law Carley Drake, in for years, because of the loss of ( Memorial to Heppner High singing a tearful "A m erica" some dear friends when he was j School Principal Steve Dicken and "America the Beautiful". young and because of his per Several names of Vietnam sonal involvement with the son and student body president Jenny Krein to be placed in a veteran s had not been veterans and the war. He adds case at Heppner High School. discovered until after press that Susie Ward, who helped A previous memorial had been time last Tuesday: Ed Howard chair the banquet, "got the ball 1962, Don Van Winkle 1963, r o l l i n g ' ' . lost. Around 136 people attended David Clark's parents, Don Mike Sweek 1965, William Clark and Louise Clark, both Maddern, Randy Sample and the banquet, which featured VOL 114_______ NO. 1________ 6 Pages Wednesday. January 4, 1995,________Morrow County Heppner, Oregon L aG rand e, w ere each M ichael D. B enge. Doug baron of beef. Ticket chairs presented a clock, symbolizing Drake's graduation year was Sonja and John McCabe said the time that has past since the listed in co rrectly. Drake that attendance was up, with Vietnam war. Clark's brothers, graduated in 1968. O ther around 108 attending last Don Jr. and Richard also at veterans' names were not year's banquet. Filing deadline for March election nears The filing deadline for three Morrow County School Board p osition s is rapidly ap proaching. The filing deadline for the March 28 election is January 26 for zones three, four and five. Zone three is the west third of the county and in cludes the city of lone; zone four includes the city of Hepp ner; and zone five is the nor theast corner of the county and includes most of Irrigon. All of the positions are four year terms beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1999. A reorganization of school district zones had been man dated by law earlier to more ac curately reflect population. According to the Morrow County Clerk's office, only one person, John Rietmann, has fil ed for a school board position. Rietmann, who is currently on the board, resides in and has filed for zone three. Molly Rill, who is also currently on the board and resides in zone three, had not filed for the posi tion as of press time Tuesday. No one had filed for the Irrigon or Heppner positions. Current board chair, Marcia Kemp, Lex ington, was left without a district to represent after the reorganization. Her current term will expire June 30 and she will be ineligible to run unless she moves to another district. Several school board ad visory positions are also up for election in March and have a Jan. 26 filing d ead lin e: Boardm an-Irrigon advisory committee positions two, three and five; Heppner-Lexington positions one, three and five; and Ione-Lexington positions one and five. Board positions for other en tities up for election in March include: Boardman Cemetery District; Boardman Rural Fire District, Boardman Park and Recreation District, Heppner Rural Fire District; Heppner Cemetery District; Heppner Water Control District; Ione- Lexington Cemetery District; lone Rural Fire Protection D istrict; Irrigon Cem etery District; Irrigon Park District; Ir rigon Rural Fire D istrict; Oregon Trail Library District; Port of Morrow; and Willow Creek Park District. Gene Heliker (I) presents Louise Clark with a clock. Chris Brown waits to present Don Clark his clock. City code book simplifies ordinances Town & Country Coy Wednesday, Jan. 11, 1995 Heppner Elks Club ''Everyone welcome - Counfywide" 8:30 a m. Soil and W ater Conservation District Annual Meeting 10 a m. Small W oodlands Association Annual Meeting 11 a m. Rangeland Weed Management Seminar (recertification credits) Noon Luncheon $6, Chamber of Commerce ‘Hats O ff’ awards, Installation of Officers 1:30-3:30 p.m. Continuation of Rangeland Seminar 3:30-4:30 p.m. Farm/Ranch Recreation to Augment Income 4:30 p.m. Morrow County Livestock Growers Annual Meeting 6 p.m. Social Hour, Elks Club 7 p.m. Banquet and evening program, Elks club: guest speaker, Steve Amen, Oregon Field Guide/OPB; Cham ber of Commerce Annual Man, Woman, Educator, Business awards, Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen and Court coronation and award, gem drawing, com plim ents of Peterson’s Jewelers, Heppner. Gary Marks holds ordinance book Banquet tickets $15 available at Town & Country banquet Jan. 11 Tickets are now available for this year's Town and Country awards banquet to be held Wed., Jan. 11 at the Elks Club in Heppner. Tickets may be purchased for $15 each from Murray Drugs and Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner, MCGG in Lexington and Bank of Eastern Oregon in lone. Guest speaker for the ban quet will be Steve Amen, host of the Oregon Public Broad casting TV show "Oregon Field G u i d e " , which has won numerous awards. The Heppner Chamber of Commerce will honor its man, woman, business and educator of the year. The 1995 Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo queen and court will also be crowned. This year's steak dinner is complete with hors d'oeuvres and wine. The social hour begins at 6 p.m. with dinner following at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Main Street in "an y way that would stir up dust." People are also prohibited from borrowing the fire department's horses. The first ordinance on the books establishes the position of town marshal. This or di nance was also never repealed. Marks says that the council will study the new book and is expected to adopt the codifica tion in February. Once it is adopted, he says that he ex pects that half of everything enacted will be repealed. State and fed eral laws have superceded many city or dinances. Another bonus is that the codification can be up dated easily annually. The project was completed by Sterling Codifiers, Weiser, Idaho. Coordinating Council to meet Morrow County Grain Growers, Bank of Eastern Oregon Murray Drugs, and Heppner Chamber of Commerce Sponsors: Cargill, Bank of Eastern Oregon, First Interstate Bank, SWCD, Jordan Elevator, Morrow County Grain Growers, Pendleton Grain Growers, Oregon Wheat League, Morrow County Livestock Growers, PGE, Heppner Chamber of Commerce, Columbia Basin Electric Coop Gary Marks, the city has adopted over 500 ordinances since its incorporation in 1887. But, because the ordinances had not been codified, it was often difficult to find them. "W e've always lacked a good source of indexing," Marks said. The city attempted to up date the codification in 1940 and in 1978, but the city code books were never adopted. Marks says that problems have arisen when people came to ci ty hall looking for information about ordinances. "It would have taken hours and hours of research," said Marks. "It was a very large task for u s." Marks says that the new code book also allows the city to eliminate out-of-date and con flicting ordinances. For exam ple, noted Marks, it is still against the law to use horses on The city of Heppner has com pleted its codification process. All of the city ordinances and the city charter have now been compiled into one citv code book. According to city manager The first meeting of the year for the Heppner Coordinating Council will be Tuesday, Jan. 10 at 7:30 a.m. in the GEODC office. The purpose of the meeting will be goal setting for the council for 1995. Plans will be made for presenting and explaining the updated Heppner Strategic Plan to community papers. Calkins Parts Sale Call now and save $$ Dec. 1 through Jan. 31 Wasco & Lexington Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396
