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Ree. district
meeting canceled
The Morrow County Unified
Recreation D istrict m eeting
scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 20
at Riverside High School in
Boardman was cancelled because
no business was scheduled to
come before the board.
The next m eeting w ill be
Thursday, Dec. 18.
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According to a chart published
Nov. 19 in "The Oregonian",
property taxpayers in the city of
Heppner have the highest tax rate
in the state.
Morrow County Assessor Greg
Sweek confirmed that Heppner
taxpayers fork out $28.13 per
thousand assessed valuation.
Taxpayers in the original city
of Boardman, according to
Sweek, pay $19.21 per thousand;
Boardman phased-m, annexed
area, which includes the port area
and the generating plant-$ 14.57
per thousand; Imgon, $17.70;
lone, $18.68; Lexington, $15.83;
and unincorporated areas in
Morrow County, ranging from
$12-$ 14 per thousand, depending
on which districts are applicable.
The city with the next highest
rate,
according
to
"The
Oregonian", is Huntington in
Baker County with $25.20. The
lowest is Cave Junction in
A meeting of the North Central
Oregon Regional Strategies,
staffed by the Greater Eastern
O re g o n
D e v e lo p m e n t
Corporation, will meet Friday,
Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the Service Creek Trading Post,
20 miles south of Fossil on
Hwy... 19.
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Josephine County with $9.21 per
thousand.
Rates for neighboring cities
include: Echo-$21.85, Athena-
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H elix -$ 1 7.44,
Hermiston-$ 19.89,
Milton-
Freewater-$16.96,
Pendleton-
$19.21, Pilot Rock-$ 16.02,
Stanfield-$ 17.87, Ukiah-$9.79,
Umatilla-$18.17 and Weston-
$16.74, all Umatilla County;
Fossil-$20.26, Mitchell-$ 17.46
and Spray-$21.42, all Wheeler
County; Arlington-$ 18.46 and
Condon-$ 19.72, both Gilliam
County; Grass Valley-$19.43,
Rufus-$ 18.57,
Moro-$23.83,
Wasco-$ 18.75, all Sherman
Day-$17 30,
County;
John
Prairie City-$ 18.78, Monument-
$16.72, Mount Vemon-$ 16.87,
Dayville-$ 13.69, Canyon City-
$19.77 and Long Creek-$ 16.27,
all Grant County; Dufur-$19.89,
The Dalles-$21.10, both Wasco
County
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VOL. 116
8 Pages
Wednesday, November 26,1997
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City logo repoured
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Youth
Group
members
gather food
for
the
Heppner Neighborhood center.
Allen’s home in about 45 min
utes. That has to be a record.”
Allen was responsible for help
ing her Sunday school class pass
out flyers promoting the food
drive. She also delivered the food
to the Heppner Neighborhood
Center where it will be used for
holiday baskets for the needy.
High school students collecting
food were Jake McElligott, Jenny
Sullivan, Kara Miller, Nathan
Rietmann, Brenda Burright, Niki
If judged by the number of
middle and high school students
who showed up to help, the an
nual food drive in lone was a
major success.
Twenty-five lone Youth Group
members and helpers gathered at
the United Church of Christ Nov.
8 to collect food in the lone area.
“I couldn’t believe the response,”
said youth group leader Jeri
McElligott. “We had all the food
collected and delivered to Jannie
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Sullivan, Katie Tworek, Jessica
Krebs, Lela G ribskov, Mark
McElligott, Erin Crowell, Nikki
M cElligott, Camie Burright,
Miranda McElligott, Adrienne
Swanson, Allison Halvorsen,
Charissa Gates, Korey Morgan,
Shelby Krebs, Jeremiah McElli
gott and William McElligott.
Middle school students helping
were Salli, Colin, Diana and
Natalie McElligott.
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Heppner Parade of Lights Dec. 4
The ’Messiah’ planned Dec. 19
The Arts Council of Morrow
County announces that "The
Punch Card
Winners drawn
Twenty five dollar gift
certificate winners in the first
week of the Heppner Christmas
Punch are as follows:
Chris Whalen won a $25 gift
certificate to Gardner's Men's
wear. Marlene Pointer won a gift
certificate to Les Schwab. Glo
Wright won a certificate to
Peterson's
Jewelers.
Joe
McElligott won a gift certificate
to Yaws, and Tom Gall won a
$25 gift certificate to Coast to
Coast. The winners can pick up
their gift certificates at the
businesses.
There will be a new set of five
winners
next
week,
and
remember all punch cards go into
the final grand prize drawing of
$700 in gift certificates to be
given away Dec. 29.
Anyone can enter, just pick up
your punch card whenever you
shop at any of the participating
businesses, and for every five
dollars in purchases at any
participating business, get your
card punched.
Messiah", performed by the
Oregon East Symphony and
accompanied by the South
Morrow County Community
Choir, will be presented Friday,
Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m. at the old
Heppner Middle School.
The concert is funded by the
Morrow
County
Unified
Recreation District and the
Meyer Memorial Trust.
Anyone from north Morrow
County interested in riding to the
concert on the bus may call Joyce
Graff, 422-7191.
Treasurer implements investment policy
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Morrow County Treasurer
Gayle Gutierrez has announced
that she has implemented the first
investment policy for the county
in the county's history.
Gutierrez said she spent several
months researching, writing and
revising the policy before
submitting it to the Oregon Short
Term Fund Board for approval.
The board, which is part of the
State Treasury, commented that
the policy was "overall an
excellent policy".
The Morrow County Court
approved the policy at their Oct.
22 meeting.
Gutierrez commented that
writing the investment policy
was her major campaign promise
and invites everyone to stop by
her office for a copy of the
policy.
Gayle Gutierrez
SANTA’S HEADQUARTERS
GIFTS FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
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MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS
Lexington 989-8221
1 -800-452-7396
entries in the Heppner Parade of
Lights Thursday, Dec. 4.
If you would like to enter a
decorated vehicle or float just use
the entry form in this week's
paper and have your vehicle or
float at Green Feed store on the
evening of Dec. 4 at 5:30p.m.
The parade starts at 6p.m. and the
public is invited downtown to
view the parade. Anyone who
needs more information about
entering the parade may contact
A $200 first prize, $100
second prize and a $50 third
prize are being offered to the best
Waterpark
plans
temporary
closure
Willow Creek Waterpark will
close for the holiday season,
starting Monday, December 1,
until January 16 to allow for final
construction
and
winter
maintenance, according
to
Willow Creek Park District
Chairman Skip Matthews.
Mathews said that the inscribed
bricks to be installed at the pool
have arrived and will be installed
during that time. He added that a
substance will be put on the
floors to make them less slick.
Park district bookkeeper Sue
Baker said that the pool was
running somewhat short on funds
because of late property tax
monies and more start up costs
than anticipated. However, both
Baker and Matthews said that the
pool will be back up and running
by January 16 at which time a
new swimming season will be
underway.
A 1998 schedule, with prices
and procedures, is expected to be
available in mid-December.
Baker said that the pool's
electric bill of around $5,000 a
month was anticipated and is
considered "normal". Matthews
said that the waterpark hopes to
purchase, hopefully through a
grant, two covers for the pool-a
dirt cover for the winter at
around $8,000 which will help
preserve the pool's bottom and
an insulated blanket, between
$10-$ 12,000, to retain the heat,
thereby reducing electric costs.
Bob Kahl at Van Marter and
Kahl Insurance in Heppner.
Other activities also slated for
that day include: Santa Claus at
Murray's Drug from 3:30 to 5:30
(photos will be available); public
decoration of the city Christmas
Tree at 4:30p.m.; 6:30 p.m.
Christmas
tree
lighting
downtown as well as snacks
offered by local businesses, and
live Christmas music on the
street.
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Greenup, Heppner Water Control District, present a check for $2,500
to the Heppner High School Wildhorse Club, represented by HHS
senior Josh Roy.
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conjunction with the Corps of Engineers In keeping Willow Creek
clean and free of debris.
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A log truck tipped over and lost
its load Monday, Nov. 24, at 5:32
p.m. near the bowling alley in
Heppner. According to Heppner
Police Chief Doug Rathbun and
Mike Sweek, officer on the
scene, the reach on the truck's
trailer broke as it was making a
left turn onto Chase Street.
The truck driver, Walt Johnson
of Bend, was not injured in the
accident.
Police said that the logs were
transferred onto a loader from
Kinzua, the truck was tipped
back and the driver drove the
truck away following the
accident.
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Workers pour cement Tuesday for half of the city of Heppner logo on Main Street. The original west side
of the logo, at the intersection of Main and Willow streets, had to be demolished and repoured because
of substandard strength test results.
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