Agricultural Museum and mural dedicated
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Scenes of the mural at the Agricultural Museum depict farming in early Morrow County. The mural w as painted
by artist Robert Thomas with the assistance of his daughters.
VOL. 120
NO. 26
10 Pages
Wednesday, June 27,2001
Jack and Jill tourney set
The Willow Creek Country Club
golfers will have a Jack and Jill
mini-tournament on Friday, June
29, at 6 p.m.
The activity will involve male
and female couples playing in a
nine-hole modified couples type
of play with the format determined
by the committee in charge.
Prizes will be awarded for low
scores and special events.
The charge will be $3 per couple
for members and S10 per couple
for non-members.
Light snacks will be provided
by the committee in charge.
Hosts are Dave and Deborah
Kendrick, Mike and Barb Orwick
and Loren and Della Heideman.
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
News deadline
moved up for
Fourth
The news deadline for
the July 3 Gazette-Times will be
this Friday, June 30, at 5 p.m.
The advertising deadline
will be Monday, July 2, at noon.
The G-T staff wishes
everyone a safe and happy
Fourth of July holiday.
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“BIG-TIME MUSIC, SMALL-TOWN HOSPITALITY”
Honoring Our World War II Veterans
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Judge rules against Lewis and Lindsay
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TUESDAY, JULY 3rd
Annual 4th of July Golf Tournament at the willow creek county ciub
$30 per golfer. Contact Jim Swanson, 422-7410.
Music in the lone City Park: “WOOD” featuring Dustin Padberg,
Jeff Enyetich and Dave Anderson.
Plus, sample different treats from the food vendors at the park.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 4th
7:00 a.m
DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT FUN RUN starting at the lone School
Contact Dale Holland, 676-5034.
7:30 a.m.
10:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.
Muffins and Coffee in the park, sponsored by ICABO
Horseshoe Tournament Contact Monty Crum, 422-7286.
4th of July PARADE: “Q lj-“Time Music, Small- ‘Tourn J/oipltallty "
Grand Marshals: World War II Veterans
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Contact Chuck Nelson, 989-8148.
12 noon
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ALL DAY EVENTS plus food vendors in the park
Pie and Coffee in the Fire Hall, sponsored by the Catholic Ladies.
Children’s Games, Frog Jumping, Straw Money Pile (ages 3-8)
Dunk Tank from noon to 2 p.m. (Contact Theresa Hams, 422-7038),
Tricycle Races (Contact Terry Mewhinney, 422-7259), and Bingo
(Contact Harold Rletmann, 422-7472)
2:00 p.m.
Swimming at the lone Pool (there is a charge)
2:00 p.m.
SluQ 5 M u lic in th e P a rk , featuring... TOO LOOSE,
ROBBIE LAWS, TOO SLIM & THE TAILDRAGGERS,
and featuring SONNY RHODES
Dusk
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Music will stop prior to the fireworks
PLEASE NO DOGS! and PLEASE NO FIREWORKS IN THE PARK!
Blues Music Sponsored by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District
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Get a
Sale price good through July 7th
for only
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396
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Donors funding the mural at the new Agricultural Museum in Heppner were honored in a dedication ceremony
at the museum Tuesday. Pictured are (left to right): back-Dick Wilkinson, Ken Turner, Cliff Green. Millie Rauch.
Irv Rauch, Ken Grieb, Bill Jepsen. representing the Dobvns family. Bob Harrison, Carlisle Harrison and
Lawrence Harrison; and front-Virginia Wilkinson. Jean Ann Turner, Virginia Grieb, Carrie Grieb, holding baby
Claire, Geri Grieb and Al and Bev Wright. The Wilkinson, Turner, Green, Rauch, Dobyns. Harrison.Grieb and
Wright families, all prominent in the county's farming heritage, each donated S3.000 to fund painting of a section
of the mural.
An Oregon judge has
ruled in favor of the Morrow
County School District versus
two school board members
whose residency has come into
question.
Senior Judge Warner
V. Wasley ruled June 26 that
board members Bamey Lindsay
and Keith Lewis did not reside in
the school district zones from
which they were elected. His
action came after a hearing
requested by the board on June
19.
Judge Wasley said that
the school board did not have the
authority to declare an election
invalid, but added that the
"Morrow County School Board
has no choice but to declare their
(Lindsay’s and Lewis') offices
vacant."
Lindsay and Lewis'
attorneys said at the June 19
hearing that they would not abide
by the judge's decision and
planned to take the issue to
circuit court.
In a statement to the
Gazette on Tuesday, Lindsay
commented,
"We
are
disappointed by the action of the
board hearings officer. We
expected both to follow' the law
and to prevent the majority from
removing their dissenting
colleagues from office We did.
and do, not believe that this
power exists for the Board We
will take all appropriate actions
to reverese this action and give
the voters of Morrow County the
Board members they elected.”
School Superintendent
Bruce Anderson declined to
comment on the issue, and Lewis
could not be reached for
comment.
The board could choose
to declare the two positions
vacant at their next meeting this
Thursday. June 28. or could defer
the matter.
Judge Wasley said that
although there was "room for
improvement in the language"
describing Zone 4, from which
Lewis was elected, it was clear
that Lewis' residence at 440
Terrace Drive in Heppner was
outside Zone 4.
Judge Wasley said that
Lindsay, who lives in the
Lexington area, is a resident of
Zone 2 and not Zone 6 from
which he was elected and now
serves.
In his decision
concerning Lindsay, Judge
Wasley stated, "Actions often
speak louder than words. In this
case, Mr. Lindsay has lived too
long in Zone 2 for that location
not to be considered his legal
residence He has lived at his
grandmother's former residence
since 1997. It is critical that he
has done extensive remodeling of
that residence, and he has
advanced the costs of that
remodeling. It is hard to believe
that he, his wife and two children
would return to a manufactured
home on Lindsay Feedlot Lane,
which now is occupied by
another person. If Mr. Lindsay
were allowed to continue to
represent Zone 6 on the School
Board, it would be a mockery of
the zoning system established
years ago by the District. It
would also disrupt the pattern of
representation and be unfair to
the citizens of Zone 6 who would
not have a representative on the
board from that zone "
The residency issue came
under review by the district when
it received an anonymous letter
charging that Lindsay did not
live within Zone 6. but actually
resided within Zone 2.
Upon investigation of
residences of the remaining
board members, the district
discovered that Lewis did not
live in Zone 4, but actually Zone
6.
Lindsay has served on
the board for six years and
Lewis, two. An earlier
investigation determined that
Lindsay lived in Zone 6.
Recall petitions for three
other board members, Gary
Frederickson. Boardman, Pat
McNamee, Imgon, and John
Rietmann, lone, were initiated by
Mike Armato, Heppner, and
Marcia Kemp, Lexington,
following the board’s decision to
seek an independent judge's
decision concerning the matter.
With the term of long-time board
member Dwayne Carroll, Imgon
area, concluding June 30, only
one member of the current board
remains unchallenged. Board
member Julie Weikel, Boardman.
is legally protected from recall,
since she has not yet served six
months on the board.
John Renfro, Lexington,
defeated Carroll in the last
election and will assume a
position on the board in July.
While the board decries
the "north-south" issue, people in
the south Morrow County
community have spectulated that
Renfro may tip the board toward
a more sympathetic view of
South Morrow County.
Armato told the Gazette
earlier that while the residency
issue precipitated the recall
effort, disatisfaction with the
board and Superintendent Bruce
Anderson began after the board
voted to cut teachers, mainly
from south-end schools, to
balance the district's budget
Schools in Heppner and lone
have shown a downward trend in
student population, while the
student population in north end
schools in Imgon and Boardman
have shown general growth.
A
review
of
superintendent Bruce Anderson's
performance began in executive
session at Monday's board
meeting at Riverside High
School in Boardman The board
took no action concerning
Anderson, however, and
continued his review until July 9
By that time, Carroll will have
left the board and Renfro will
have assumed office
The board also did not
conclude their regular meeting
Monday and will continue that
meeting to this Thursday, June
28. at 7 p.m at Riverside High
School