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VOL. 117
NO. 31______ 8 Pages
Wednesday, August 5,1998_______Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
A Heppner man, Daniel Alan
Mathews, 43, is wanted by the
Blue Mountain Enforcement
Narcotics Team (BENT) after
BENT discovered over 50
marijuana plants, ranging in size
from a couple of inches to three
feet, at his residence at 220 W.
Willow Street in Heppner around
on Monday, August 3. A
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New minister arrives at United Methodist Church
She then attended Pemberton
Community College in New
Jersey where she received an
associate of arts degree in
psychology. She then enrolled at
Illinois State University where
she received a bachelor of
science degree in biology.
After graduation she, too, was
called into the ministry and went
to seminary at Starr King School
for the Ministry in Berkeley.
Strobel and Hunter are
interested in working with the
youth in the area, especially in
theater and the arts, and are
looking forward to talking to
people about the needs of the
community.
"The Heppner church
community
was
really
welcoming to us," said Craig.
"They've been so wonderful,"
added Monika. "They did so
much work in the house for us.
We really feel welcome."
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Clockwise: Craig Strobel, Monika Hunter, Dawn Hunter Strobel, Lauren
Strobel and Betsy Strobel
The Heppner United Church has
a new minister as of July 1.
New pastor Craig Strobel, 42,
his wife, Monika Hunter, 32, and
their baby daughter. Dawn
Hunter Strobel, eight months, are
in the process of settling in their
new home at the parsonage next
to the church. Craig's daughters,
Lauren, nine, and Betsy, 13,
Salem, were also on hand to visit
and enjoyed helping out with the
baby and moving-in chores.
Craig, who is originally from
Boise, graduated from Borah
High School in Boise. He
graduated from Willamette
University in 1980 with a
bachelor of science degree in
biology and a bachelor of
theater.
He attended seminary at Yale
Divinity School and then
transferred to the Pacific School
of Religion in Berkeley, CA,
where he received master of arts
and master of divinity degrees in
1986.
The Rev. Strobel served
United Methodist churches in a
joint pastorship at Sheridan and
Willamina in western Oregon for
five years. He then was pastor at
Jefferson, which is south of
Salem, for one year.
After that he attended graduate
school
at
the
Graduate
Theological Union at Berkeley.
In addition to serving as
minister at United Methodist in
Heppner, Craig will serve the
Fossil United Methodist Church
for the next several months. He
will also be working on his
doctorate dissertation
Monika is originally from
Illinois and attended Glenbard
North High School in north
Illinois. After high school she
joined the Army and was
stationed in South Korea. In
military intelligence, Monika
served in the Army from 1984 to
1988 when she was honorably
discharged as a sergeant.
District closed for fire season
A regulated closure in the
Central Oregon District of the
Oregon Department of Forestry
went into effect on July 31 for
land protected by ODF, including
the Pnneville-Sisters Unit, John
Day Unit and The Dalles Unit.
Activities that are prohibited
include: smoking, except in cars,
boats
and
other
certain
conditions; open fires, except at
certain designated locations; use
of wood burning devices; non-
mdustrial chain saw use; use of
motorized vehicles, except on
improved
roads;
use
of
fireworks, cutting, grinding and
welding of metal from 1-8 p.m.
Possession of fire fighting
equipment, an axe, a shovel and
one gallon of water or one
operating 2-1/2 pound or larger
fire extinguisher, except on state
and county roads, is required.
A" s-ounts o;
powevsion
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eor •foiled
substance an.I one count ot
manufacturing a
controlled
Sheriffs Office said that Nantz
will also probably face charges
of possession and manufacture of
a controlled substance.
Another man, Thomas Allen
Hamman, 32, was arrested at the
Mathews' residence for being a
felon in possession of a firearm.
He was cited and released, due to
lack of jail bed space, according
to the sheriffs office.
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both purchase existing, deteriorat
ing housing and renovate it, and
construct new homes.
Homebuyers will be required to
attend homeownership training
and will also have access to ser
vices such as budgeting, family
counseling and job training.
Homebuyers’ incomes will range
from 20-80 percent of the county’s
median income (from $7,560-
$30,240 per year for a family of
four). Most of the participants will
be first-time homebuyers. Con
struction of the homes began in
April 1998 and the 30 homes are
expected to be complete by Sept.
2000 .
The AHP grant will help pay
construction costs and reduce the
principal on a permanent loan for
the project from BEO. Additional
sources for the $2.8 million project
include funds from the State of
Oregon’s Regional Strategy and
Housing Opportunity Assistance
Programs, the Gilliam County
Opportunity Grant Fund, county
property tax rebates, Community
Development Block Grant funds.
Rural Development 504 grants
and homebuyers sweat equity.
instruction. The cost is $30 with
each camper receiving a hat.
Registration forms are available
at Murray Drugs and Heppner
High School. Late registration
will be accepted.
For more information, call Les
Payne at 922-3294, Chuck
Matteson at 676-5250 or Kelly
Fox at 676-9078.
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DELTA PICKUP BOXES
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Heppner Police Chief Doug Rathbun (left) and Denton look over
plants growing in the back yard of the home in Heppner.
Football camp slated for Aug. 10-13
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The Federal Home Loan Bank
of Seattle (FHLBS) awarded a
$210,000 grant to Bank of East
ern Oregon (BEO) to help it fund
the purchase, rehabilitation or con
struction of 30 homes for lower-
income homebuyers in Gilliam
County,
announced James R.
logging contractor only, for the
Faulstich,
president and chief ex
removal of timber sale material.
ecutive
officer
of the FHLBS.
The FS 21 Road, Penland Lake
A private, wholesale bank, the
Road, intersection will remain
open
during
construction FHLBS is providing the grants
activities and will be controlled through its Affordable Housing
with flaggers.
Program (AHP), which offers tar
Willow Creek Road rçmains geted grants and reduced-rate
open, to local traffic only, to loans to help financial institutions
Cutsforth Park. The park will
remain open through the support community organizations
with the development of afford
construction season.
The Willow Creek road closure able housing.
BEO will use the .AHP grant
will continue through Oct. 9,
1998. The detour route through to help the Gilliam County Com
the Shaw Creek Road will be the munity Development Corporation
main travel route through to the (GCCDC) develop the housing as
four comers to Penland Lake and part of the Gilliam County Hous
Ukiah. Additional temporary ing Opportunity Program (HOP).
signs have been placed for Through HOP. homebuyers will
Penland Lake access.
either directly purchase their
Please observe the warning homes or utilize the lease-to-own
signs for the detour route and option which provides residents
barricades at both ends of the with time to build a down payment
construction zone. Please have a or a credit history. GCCDC will
safe summer and remember that
the barricaded road closures are
for the traveling public's safety.
For more information, contact
Robert G. Toops, project en
The Seventh Annual South
gineer, at 676-5904 in Heppner Morrow County Football Camp
for additional information.
will be held Monday through
Thursday, August 10-13.
The camp is for students grades
5-12 from any area school. It
Life booth at the Morrow County
will run from 5-8:30 p.m.
Fair. To purchase raffle tickets or
The coaching staff for Heppner
for more information, call 676-
High School, Junior High, and
Colt program will be providing
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Heppner Campus Life holds raffle
Heppner Campus Life, a com
munity-supported youth organiza
tion. is holding a raffle of a Mon
tana Silversmith jewelry set to
raise money toward the purchase
of a van to be used for trips and
events.
Tickets for the jewelry set,
which is being donated by Green
Feed and Seed, are now available
and will continue to be sold through
Saturday, Aug. 22, when the draw
ing will be held. Tickets are 50tf
each.
Also, everyone is invited to stop
by and check out the Campus
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Willow Creek Road report
The U.S. Dept, of Trans
portation lists its planned
construction activities on Willow
Creek Road for the week of
Monday, Aug. 3:
Tidewater will be continuing
with the cut slope excavation and
placing rock embankment with
materials from the cut slope,
working between the beginning
of the project and the end of the
project at Smith Ditch. They will
continue placing the new culvert
at Smith Ditch and have
excavated the ditch line for the
unnamed tributary. Tuesday they
started placing the new culvert in
the ditch.
The dust abatement was
completed on the Shaw Creek
Road detour route on Monday.
There should not be any
additional traffic hold up through
the completion of the project.
Willow Creek Road (Coal
Mine Grade) is closed to through
traffic from Cutsforth Park to the
intersection of Forest Service
roads 5320 and 53. This inter
section will remain open, to the
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