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The doors were still locked at
the Heppner District Forest
Service Budding Tuesday mor
ning as legislators continue
wrangling over the federal bud
get. Meanwhile, the federal
government shutdown drags
on.*
A call to the Heppner office
triggers a recording saying that
the office will be closed until
further notice "due to lack of
funding". Around 30 local
workers are affected by the
"furlough". The only Forest
Service employee believed to
be working in the area is a zone
law enforcement agent working
out of Ukiah.
The Heppner Ranger District
office closed December 20.
Select workers are only being
allowed into the office once a
week to water plants.
At this time Forest Service
workers are rot being granted
unemployment benefits be
cause they may be paid back
wages.
The District was not affected
by the previous budget dead
lock which shut down parts of
the government for six days.
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Town and Country Day set for Jan. 11
V0L. 115______NO. 1______6 Pages Wednesday, January 3. 1996,______Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Renovation Project will be the
topic of an open meeting at 1:45
p.m.. The meeting will be
facilitated by Malcolm John-
stone/Liveable Oregon and
Don Fine, Oregon Department
of Transportation project de
signer.
Also scheduled at 1:45
p.m.will be "Fish Screening for
Irrigation" with Adam Schu
macher, Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife screens pro
ject coordinator.
Following a short break,
"T he Influence of Shade on
Riparian Areas" will be pre
sented by Larry Larsen of Ore
gon State University. The two
agriculture sessions are spon
sored by the Wheat League,
Soil and Water Conservation
District, Morrow County
Livestock Growers and the
The tenth annual Town and
Country Day has been plann
ed for Thursday, January 11, at
the St. Patrick's Parish Hall in
Heppner.
The day will get underway
with the Soil and Water Con
servation District annual
meeting set for 10 a.m., follow
ed by a coffee break, sponsored
by the Bank of Eastern Oregon.
At 11 a.m. the Small Wood
lands Association will hold its
annual meeting.
An Italian luncheon will be
catered by Kate's Pizza at noon.
Luncheon speaker will be state
representative Lynn Lund-
quist. The Chamber of Com
merce will also hold their in
stallation and the annual Hats
Off award will be presented
during the luncheon.
The Heppner Main Street
HCC to meet
photo by Joyce Hughes
Small Woodlands Association.
A social hour will begin at 6
p.m. with live 12-string guitar
music provided by Malcolm
Johnstone. The prime rib din
ner, catered by Yaw's Restau
rant, is planned for 7 p.m. The
dinner will feature a gem door
prize donated by Peterson's
Jewelers, keynote speaker Sir
Trevor Phillipson, k.c.m.g., the
coronation of the Morrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo Queen and Court
and presentation of the annual
man, woman, business and
educator of the year awards.
Banquet tickets are available
at the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce office, the Bank of
Eastern Oregon in Heppner
and lone, Murray Drugs and
the Morrow County Grain
Growers in Lexington.
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Sir Trevor Phillipson to deliver address
The next meeting of the
Heppner Coordinating Council
will be Wednesday, Jan. 10 at
7:30 a.m. in the main confer
ence room of the Heppner
Ranger District office.
Sir Trevor Phillipson has a member of the British Coun
been described, by his good cil for International Trade and
friend Sir Clement Freud (yes, was a special advisor to
the illustrious grandson of Sig Margaret Thatcher on Soviet af
mund) as a"devoutly irrever fairs. He twice ran for Parlia
ent and rapscallious wag, who ment and was "twice outrun” .
Phillipson says he "loves the
as a child was incorrigible, and
Irish,
likes the French and con
By City of Heppner
is no less so as an adult."
siders the united States to be
This "incorrigible” adult is
For the month of December
God's greatest act of pro
scheduled to provide the
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keynote speech for the annual
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continues to live by his motto,
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The winning Alumni Tournament team of (l-R) Russell Britt, Doug Devin, Slater Mitchell, Bobby
Krein, Jacob Maben and Casey Pedro. The annual tournament was held in Heppne this
weekend. Tournament organizers say this might be the last year for the event. (More photos
and story on page 4)
Weather Report
December gets every type of weather
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clear some of the white stuff that fell in the area Dec. 28.
was 60 degrees, with a low of
45. High for Dec. 31 was 53,
with a low of 44. Dec. 9 and 10
saw the mercury rise to highs
of only 23, with lows of 16 and
19 respectively those days.
December weather came in
like a lamb and went out like
one too, but in between there
were a few pretty frosty days.
High temperature on Dec. 1
There was no snow for
Christmas, but an inch of s
fell on Dec. 28, with rain turn
ing to ice on the ground the
following day. It was foggy six
days out of the 31.
the Columbia Basin Electric
conference room.
In addition to the annual re
view and election of officers,
fund raising and grant applica
tions will be discussed.
The public is invited to
attend.
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