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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
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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
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Dec. 1 through Jan. 31
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1-800-452-7396