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VOL. 116_______ NO. 5______8 Pages Wednesday, January 29, 1997,_______Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Willow Creek Park District Survey
awards swimming pool bid planned in
The Willow Creek Park District
(WCPD) Board, at a special
meeting Jan 22, awarded the
swimming pool construction
contract to low bidder Waynco of
Spokane for a base bid of
$968,468
The contract is
expected to be finalized the first
week in February
The bid will include a basic six-
lane pool with a zero-depth fan
(which slopes out like a beach), a
bath house, waterslide. concrete
and landscaping
Apollo, Inc. of Walla Walla was
second low bidder with a base bid
of $987,600; Ramsay-Gerding
third at $1,030,383; and Tomco,
fourth, at $ 1,043,000.
WCPD Board member Skip
Matthews said that the board
expects to be around $60,0000
short of funds with the cost of the
pool and attorney's fees, but
expressed confidence that the
additional monies could be raised
He said that some additional
interest will acrue from the bond
monies before construction begins
and some of the work mav be able
to be done by volunteers to reduce
costs
Matthews said that
construction will begin as soon as
the frost goes out o f the ground
He said that in an ideal situation,
the pool could possibly be open as
early as June 15, but added that it
could be July or August before
completion
A four-lane pool was discussed
earlier, but Matthews said that
adding the additional two lanes
would be more cost effective and
would
increase
the
pool's
capability to draw swim teams to
competition in Heppner Bids also
included additional options not
included in the basic pool package
Wavco's optional ad ons for the
pool are as follows: therapy pool-
$55,409; building to house
therapy pool-$51,500; swamp
cooler-$2,454; lane markers-
$14,469; kiddie turtle slide-
$7,028; metal roof material-
$24,995, Willow1 Creek Park
District
signs-$3,C12;
deck
umbrellas-$8,699; and two special
filters-$20,475.
Reward offered
Section cut out of Wilkinsons' fence
Local rancher Dick Wilkinson
found a little surprise at his place
recently Someone cut whole
sections out of his fence at the log
corral next to the guard station at
Ditch Creek
Wilkinson surmises that the
fence was cut up for firewood by
snomobilers about the time o f the
recent high water
Wilkinson is offering a $100
reward for information leading to
the arrest and conviction of those
responsible
Shrove Tuesday supper, Feb. 11
HI Saints Episcopal Church will
Id its annual Shrove Tuesday
ncakc Supper on Tuesday, Feb
, from 5 to 7:30 p m at the All
Saints Parish Hall
Tickets are $2 75 for adults,
$ l .50 for students and $8 for a
family
Everyone is invited to attend
Heppner
A surprise drug search, complete
with police and drug sniffing dogs,
failed to turn up any drugs at
either Heppner or lone high
schools Thursday . Jan 23
Members of the Blue Mountain
Narcotics Enforcement Team
(BMNET) which included Morrow
County
Sheriffs
deputies,
Hermiston Police officers and
representatives from the Oregon
Corrections Department conducted
the search, along with dogs trained
to sniff out cocaine, heroin,
methamohetaminc and marijuana
At lone High School, students
were called to the gy m at 9 a m to
attend an assembly , the subject of
which had not been disclosed to
teachers, students or principal
Dick Allen
Heppner High
School's assembly was at 1 p m
that day When the students
assembled in the gym, Deputy
Steve Myren of the Morrow
County Sheriffs Department and a
member of BMNET told the
students that while he and two
other officers and their dogs were
presenting the program, other
officers and additional dogs were
searching lockers at the schools
At the conclusion o f the program packet of marijuana hidden under
HHS Principal Ron Anthony told a mat in the comer of the gy m
the assembly that the search would
MyTen told the students that since
either put and end to rumors of voters approved a hard-line stance
drugs at the school or would send against teenage criminals in
a message to students bringing passing Measure 11, automatic
drugs to school "We're not going jail time is mandatory for certain
to allow drugs in our school," crimes, such as robbery , assault!
Anthony said in a terse statement sex abuse, kidnapping and
to the students, cautioning, "We manslaughter (such as drinking
may do this again.”
and driving resulting in a death)
Following the assembly M\ren committed by anyone 15 and over
told the Gazette-Times that while My ren also said that officers are
the dogs were "interested" in some also cracking down on M1P (minor
of the lockers at both schools, in possession) drinking, cigarettes
nothing was discovered and that and drugs He said that no longer
the dogs' interest did not would an officer, discovering a
necessarily indicate that drugs had minor in possession, just dump
been in the lockers Detective out the alcohol and give the kid a
Sergeant Larry Sample of the ride home
Morrow
County
Sheriffs
Officers on hand for the search,
Department and a member of the in addition to Myren. Sample and
BMNET confirmed that no drugs Harper, were Detective Jim
Littlefield and Sergeant Al
were discovered at the schools
At both assemblies, Morrow Buchanan with the Hermiston
County Sheriffs Deputy Terry Police Department, and Corporal
Harper staged an attack on Myren Parklyn Maine and Corporal
with Harper's German Shepherd Leonard Nessersmith with the
Department
of
police dog BAK
Hermiston Oregon
Corrections
Police Sergeant A1 Buchanan and
his > black
labrador.
let.
demonstrated a drug search with a
Residents of the city^ of Hepp­
ner will be asked to participate in a
door-to-door survey to be con­
ducted by Portland State Univer­
sity (PSU) between mid-January
and mid-February 1997.
The purpose of the survey is to
update government estimates of
family income by family size in the
city. Presently available income in­
formation is based on 1990 census
data and does not reflect local em­
ployment and other community
changes since 1990, said Heppner
City Manager Gary Marks.
Survey interviews will be done
by employees of the PSU Center
for Population Research and Cen­
sus and should take no more than
a minute to complete, said Marks.
There will be questions about the
number of residents of each house­
hold and the annual income of
household members in 1996. The
surveyors will contact a sample
group of households and will use a
random selection process.
PSU is working with the Oregon
Economic Development Dept.
(OEDD), on a project funded by a
grant from the U.S. Dept, of Agn-
culture-Forest Service to benefit
rural communities.
The purpose of the project is to
qualify communities for assistance
from the federally funded Commu­
nity Development Block Grant pro­
gram. Current income data for the
city prevents it from applying the
lone Elementary School holds their presidential inauguration
program for grants to help pay for
water system improvements and
lone Elementary School students Barrow. Go\
other community benefit projects.
John Kit/habcr- taken by the President and Vice
All information collected by the in kindergarten through fifth grade Curtis Thompson. Mrs Sharon President. c\eryonc was invited to
survey is confidential in accor­ celebrated U S history by holding Kitzhaber- Emily Key; Sen join in the inaugural ball Students
dance with federal and state law, a presidential inauguration at the Gordon Smith- Tyler Raiblc; Mrs performed The Grand March as an
and will be reported only in sum­ school for family and friends on Sharon Smith -Cyd Tullis. Sen opener The President and Vice
Ron Wyden- Tyler Key. Mrs President and their wives started
mary form. The city and the OEDD Friday, January 24
Biily
Gates
played
the
part
of
Laurie
Wyden-
Marrina the formal dancing
will receive a report showing gen­
Students
President
Bill
Clinton
and
Natalie
McMillion;
chaplains-
Gene
Ball enjoyed the dance and in\ ited their
eral characteristics for each city,
but they will not have access to McElligott acted as Mrs Hillary and Barbara Holland Master of parents and friends to join them in
Clinton John Collin was Vice ceremonies was Kasie Peterson ballroom dancing and in the
individual questionnaires.
President AI Gore and Meghan and the third and fourth grades
Macarcna
Questions about the project may
McCabe played Mrs Tipper Gore
acted as the color guard
Refreshments were served by
be directed to city officials or to
Other dignitaries attending the
The color guard presented the parents and teachers At least 100
any contact person with the agen­ event
were
Chief Justice
cies involved. For more informa­ Rehnquist-Tim Doherty, Justice American flag during a marching parents and friends came to share
tion, contact city of Heppner, Gary Ruth Bader Ginsburg- Sarah drill After the oath of office was in the festivities
Marks, 676-9618; PSU, Howard
Wmeberg, Ph.D., (503) 725-5157;
or OEDD, Lana Holman. (503)
986-0136.
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