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Candidate for U.S. Senate Gordon Smith made a stop in Heppner on Wednesday, Sept. 11. Smith en­
joyed lunch with seniors at the St. Patrick Senior Center, visited with area residents following the lun­
cheon and toured Heppner downtown businesses. Smith (r) is shown with Heppner Mayor Bob Jepsen
during a stop at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Smith confirmed he is against ballot measure 38. the
‘‘Clean Stream Initiative.”
Reception planned for Judge Robert Abrams
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VOL. 115
NO. 38
8 Pages Wednesday, September 18, 1996,
Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
A retirement reception for
Umatilla-Morrow Circuit Court
Judge Robert "B o b " Abrams
will be held Thursday, Sept. 26,
from 4-6 p.m. at All Saints
Episcopal Church in Heppner.
Judge Abrams has submitted
his resignation as Umatilla-
Morrow county circuit court
judge to Governor John Kit-
Plans underway for baseball, softball fields
Location map of proposed new fields in Heppner.
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Plans for two new Little
League fields, a play area and ■
park are underw ay
in
Heppner.
Little League President Ron
Bowman said that "every­
thing's a go" for the fields
which are to be located near
Pettyjohn Builder's, the Mini
Storage and the Pettyjohn Of­
fice Building near Riverside
Street.
Bowman said that they hope
to build one of the fields
American Softball Association
approved.
A meeting has been schedul­
ed to discuss plans for the fields
on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at the
Heppner High School library.
Bowman said the group is seek­
ing volunteers and donations to
fund the construction.
Health District
receives grant
The Morrow County Health
D istrict (M CHD) recently
received a grant of $1,000 for
emergency medical technician
(EMT) continuing education
from Northeastern Oregon
Area Health Education Center
(NOAHEC).
According to MCHD Emer­
gency Medical Services coor­
dinator, Carl Lauritsen, the
money wil be used to pay at­
tendance fees for various train­
ing programs broadcast via
Oregon's ED-NET. Lauritsen
said "These broadcasts are a
convenient way to access train­
ings because we'll receive live
interactive programming at two
locations in Morrow County. In
addition to convenience, local
training means less out-of-
pocket travel expenses for
EM Ts."
Lauritsen said he expects
more EMTs will be able to take
advantage of upcoming train­
ings than would otherwise be
possible. "This funding will
help us maintain and improve
our emergency medical re­
sponse skills and we appreciate
N EO A H EC 's e ff o r ts ," he
added.
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Judge Abrams was born in
Bellingham, WA, January 18,
1925. He graduated from Bell­
ingham High School in 1943,
received a bachelor's degree
from Stanford University in
1948; and his law degree from
the University of Oregon in
1952. He was admitted to the
Oregon State Bar in Sept. 1952.
He and his wife Marion have
been married for over 40 years
and have five grown children,
Mary, Elizabeth, Alice, Robert
and Francis, and four grand­
children.
Judge Abrams served eight
years as a district attorney in
Wheeler and Morrow counties
and around 20 years as a crimi­
nal defense attorney. He has
been a city attorney and at­
torney for the Morrow County
School District. He also practic­
ed civil law throughout his
career as an attorney. He had
a private practice in Heppner
for many years, first as a part­
ner with Phil Mahoney and
then with Bill Kuhn and Ann
Spicer. He sold the practice to
Kuhn and Spicer when he was
elected to the circuit court in
1984.
Judge Abrams has served on
numerous State Bar commit­
tees, including judicial admini­
stration, minor courts and traf­
fic courts, public attorneys,
local government and environ­
mental law and the adminis­
trative law committee. He also
served on the local Professional
Responsibility Committee for
Umatilla and Morrow counties,
a committee that reviews com­
plaints against attorneys.
He was one of the original
board members of the Blue
Mountain Community College,
served 12 years on the board
and was chairman of the board
for two terms. He assisted with
the development of eastern
Oregon community mental
health programs and for seven
years was on the Morrow
County Mental Health Clinic
Board. He was a member of the
Heppner Chamber of Com­
merce and the Heppner Eco­
nomic Development Corpora­
tion.
Bob and Marion Abrams
hosted AFS, Partners of the
Americas and LABO exchange
students over the years, and in­
ternational relations were a
family interest. Two of their
daughters were in the Peace
Corps and another was an ex-
hange student. He had also
been active in the Boy Scouts.
The Abrams were members
of All Saints Episcopal Church
in Heppner for many years
before they moved to Pendle­
ton. He served as chancelor
(legal advisor) for All Saints
and was also a licensed lay
reader.
He and his family enjoyed
backpacking and jogging and
he also mountain climbed with
the Mazamas, climbing all 16
major Northwest peaks.
Veterans' marker
inscription changed
Little League president Ron Bowman (I) with new ball field committee members Kim Gutierrez, Gail
Gutierrez, Rollie Marshall and Steve Rhea.
School board approves tech, expenditure
The Morrow County School Elementary School (HES) ed
Board, at its regular meeting assistant; Rita Britt, HES ed
Sept. 9 in Lexington, approv­ assistant; Susan Hisler, HHS
ed a request for a contingency assistant volleyball coach;
expenditure of up to $32,000 for Dawn Bradley, CMS assistant
new technology TI line costs. volleyball coach; Tom French,
The board also approved ad­ CMS assistant football coach;
-approved an attendance
ministrative and confidential
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variance
for Megan Proudfoot
employees' salary schedule
to
attend
Hermiston High
structure.
School;
In other business, the board:
-reappointed Jerry Healy and
-approved resignations from:
John
Edwards for an additional
Evelene Finley, Title I ed assis­
term
on the school district
tant at Sam Boardman Elemen­
budget
committee.
tary (SBE); Liz Phipps, assistant
custodian at Riverside High
School; Thad Killingbeck, assis­ Lexington Baptist to
tant football coach at Columbia
Middle School (CMS); and
Lexington Baptist Church,
Doug Howell, assistant CMS
160
" B " Street, will hold its an­
volleyball coach;
-approved maternity leave for nual Round-Up Sunday event
Vicky Broden, Heppner High this Sunday, Sept. 22.
Local musicians will be
School (HHS) Spanish teacher
featured for the morning wor-
for second semester;
-approved employment for: sip service beginning at 11 a.m.
Ron Anthony, HHS principal;
Bill DeBoard, CMS dean of Everyone who attends is en­
couraged to dress in western
students; Judith Yoder, CMS
style.
Title I ed assistant; Sally Mc-
Cready, CMS assistant custo­
dian; Angie Hanson, Heppner
Reception set
for local
doctors
A reception, welcoming Dr.
Bill Bitsas to the community
and honoring Heppner physi­
cian Dr. Ernie Atkins will be
held this Thursday, Sept. 19,
from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Home
Health office and Pioneer
Memorial Clinic. The public is
invited to attend.
hold "Round-Up"
A stew and biscuit feed will
immediately follow the service.
The wording of a veteran's
memorial marker to be placed
at the city of Heppner's 1903
Memorial Mini-Park has been
changed to include citizens of
all of Morrow County.
The memorial will now read,
"This memorial is dedicated as
a tribute to those Morrow
County citizens who lost their
lives in military service to the
United States of America. We
shall remember your sacrifice."
A fund raising drive for the
construction of a veteran's
memorial flagpole and marker
at the mini-park is now under­
way.
The memorial will include a
lighted flagpole that will fly the
stars and stripes in memory of
the 24 Morrow County citizens
who lost their lives in World
War I, World War II, Korea and
Viet Nam. A granite marker
will be installed at the base of
the flag, listing the names of
Morrow County's war dead.
Nearly $1,300 has already
been raised, but another $1,200
is needed by the end of
September. Memorial organiz­
ers are planning a dedication
ceremony on Veteran's Day,
Nov. 11, 1996.
For more information, con­
tact Heppner city manager
Gary Marks, 676-9618. Those
wishing to donate may send
checks to: City of Hepp-
ner/Vet's Memorial, P.O. Box
756, Heppner, OR 97836.
BM CC bond goes down in Morrow Co.
A bond measure which
would have funded construc­
tion at Blue Mountain Com­
munity College went down in
Morrow County, 1,416 no to
741 yes in a vote-by-mail elec­
tion Tuesday, Sept. 17.
CENEX OIL
Morrow County results are as
follows: Heppner-251 yes to
435 no; Lexington-67 yes to 114
no; Ione-95 yes to 129 no;
Hardman-10 yes to 8 no; Irri-
gon-163 yes to 422 no; and
Boardman-155 yes to 308 no.
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