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Heppner Elementary teachers are smiling about their new DVD/VCR players, which were
purchased for each classroom by the HES Parents’ Club. Funds earned at the Spring
Fling were used to buy the new technology.
Mural artist to return to Heppner
Robert Walton from
Leavenworth, WA, will be
starting on the Mural of the
Heppner Railroad Depot and
sheep ranches of Morrow
County. This mural will tell
the history o f M orrow
County when sheep were the
main source of income and
a variety of different style
barns and houses will be
shown.
The railroad depot
w ill
show
a
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VOL. 123
NO. 36
8 Pages Wednesday, September 8. 2004
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
warehouse, plus a sack grain
warehouse. A painting of
Matteson wins Morrow County Calf Roping saddle how
the finished mural will
imes
look can be seen at the
M useum or the Bank of
Eastern Oregon.
Walton will paint at
least half of it and the Mural
Committee is trying to raise
enough funds to paint the
other half. Tax-deductible
donations can be made to the
Farm Foundation at P.O.
Box 515, H eppner, OR
97836.
Prints on canvas are
available with small prints
of the entire mural costing
$200; full-size prints are
$600; and half-size prints
are $495. Prints can also be
made showing any ranch or
ju st the R ailroad Depot.
Prints can be ordered by
contacting Betty M ills at
676-5546 or Sharon and
Bob Harrison at 989-8496.
This mural will be
35 feet high and 128 feet
long and will cover the
en tire wall o f the Ag
M useum on R iverside
Avenue. “Your donation of
any am ount will help us
finish this story of Morrow
County,” said a committee
member.
Electric Co-Op to test utility poles in area
C olum bia Basin
Electric Co-Op, and their
su b co n tracto rs, w ill be
conducting their annual pole
testing operation throughout
p;irts of the service territory
during the next two months.
Periodic testing of poles is
required by REA and RUS,
and helps reduce failure
rates and power outages.
C rew s
v isu ally
inspect each pole unit for
photo by Sandy Matthews
Six file for Heppner Council
and Mayor
Riding Club to
meet
Oktoberfest to be held in Heppner
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Wood Treating Company”
or “Columbia Basin Electric
Co-Op” signage. Crews will
be operating 4-w heelers
while traveling from pole to
pole along the power lines.
Any
com m ents,
concerns or questions about
the in sp ectio n crew s or
program may be made to
Slater Mitchell at (541 ) 676-
9146
or
cbecsdm@oregonvos.net.
Walden announces anti-drug money for
Umatilla and Morrow counties
2004 Amateur Calf Roping Champion Ryan Matteson (far left), with (L-R): the Morrow
U.S. Congressman
County Fair and Rodeo Court Queen Lexi Kennedy and Princesses Emily Bergstrom and
G
reg
W alden (R -O R )
Jessica Wainwright. Saddle sponsored by Kinzua Resources, LLC. (More Morrow County
announced
Friday, Sept. 3,
rodeo pictures page 3)
that $20,000 in federal drug
prevention assistance would
be given to Umatilla and
lone United Church Morrow counties through
of Christ is starting the fall the N ational M arijuana
season with a special day on Initiative. The investment
Three Heppner
Sept. 12. Worship will begin w ill
city councilor positions
fund
ad d itio n al
at 11 a.m., with coffee and in v estig atio n o f drug
and the
H eppner
co n v ersatio n a fte r the trafficking organizations in
mayoral position will be
service. Sunday School for the region.
on the Nov. 2 general
preschoolers through grade
election ballot.
The release of these
6 will begin at 9:45 a.m., funds follow s continued
R unning for
with a Parents Meeting at written requests and phone
m ayor
is
Tim
the
same time on the first calls from Walden. Oregon
VanCleave and Keith
day.
Lew is. The m ayoral
High
In ten sity
Drug
An A dult B ible Trafficking Area Director
position is a two-year
Keith Lewis-
Study at 9:30 a.m. and a Chuck Karl and the Blue
Tim VanCleave
term.
mayoral
Youth Class for grades 7 M ountain E nforcem ent
Running for city ma j??*!
..
. .
candidate
candidate
through
12 at 9:30 a.m. will Narcotics Team (BENT) to
c o u n cilo r po sitio n s,
begin
on
Sept. 19th. All are the Office of National Drug
which hold a four-year
welcome.
term are; Position # l-
Control Policy (ONDCP)
The church
is this year.
C y n th ia
D oherty;
located at Main and D Street
Position t f l - Warren C. K
-
Per
W alden’s
in
lone.
For
m ore request, ONDCP Deputy
Givens and Glenn D.
m
information, please call Rev. Director for State and Local
Baker; and Position #3- B j
m
Paul Clay at 422-7530.
Affairs Scott Burns joined
Kay Robinson.
him for a m eeting with
Editor's Note: Warren
BENT representatives in
C. Givens and Kay
Pendleton on Aug. 3. He
Robinson could not be Cynthia Doherty- Glenn D. Baker-
spent co n sid erab le time
reached
for city councilor
city councilor
gaining
Firsthand knowledge
photographs before candidate,
candidate,
The Reload Ridge of local drug problem and
publication deadline,
position #\
position #2
Riders Club will be meeting learning the needs of area
on Wednesday, Sept. 15 at 7
Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to I0 p.m., upstairs in the Elks
The F irst A nnual
p.m. in downtown Heppner. Lodge in Heppner.
Oktoberfest sponsored by
Ian Caldwell of the
To reserve a spot for
John and Nancy Gochnauer
a booth or table contact State Parks will be there to
will be held on Saturday,
discuss future club events.
Nancy at 676-5481.
IUCC begins fall
season
damage and bore a test hole
in the pole to inspect for
soundness. All poles in the
service
te rrito ry
are
in sp ected on a ten -y ear
rotation basis.
Specific areas to be
tested this fall include
Hinton Creek lines. Little
and Big Butter Creek lines,
and lines in the Gurdane
area. Vehicles should be
m arked w ith “ N ational
law enforcem ent. Burns’
visit came at the start of an
extensive 3000-mile road
trip
W alden
made
th ro u g h o u t the Second
District in August to meet
with residents on a variety
o f issues, his 2 1 3,h trip
betw een O regon and
W ashington D.C. since
election to the U.S. House of
Representatives.
“ I have been to
Umatilla County 22 times
since being elected in 1998
and I cannot think of a more
im portant visit than this
one," Walden said about his
m eeting w ith D eputy
Director Bums.
The investment will
be administered by BENT,
which consists of counter
drug personnel from the
O regon State Police,
Morrow County Sheriff’s
O ffice, U m atilla County
Sheriff’s Office. Pendleton
Police Department. Milton-
F reew ater
Police
D epartm ent
and
the
Confederated Tribes of the
U m atilla
Indian
Reservation. They will use
these funds in conjunction
with U.S. Forest Service and
B ureau
of
Land
Management personnel to
locate
and erad icate
marijuana operations and
gather intelligence about
drug organizations in the
area.
“Helping keep our
communities safe from the
scourge of illegal drugs is
one of our most profound
responsibilities as parents,
as public officials and as
c itiz e n s ,” said W alden.
“ U nfortunately, U m atilla
and Morrow counties, like
other communities across
Oregon, are home to drug
producers and dealers who
prey on our youth. It is only
through
co n tin u ed
coordination between law
enforcement, local leaders
and citizens that we will be
able to eliminate the threat
posed by these drugs.”
“ I am esp ecially
pleased with the attention
w e’ve received from the
Bush
A d m in istratio n ,
p a rtic u la rly
O N D CP
Director John Walters and
D eputy D irecto r Scott
Burns," Walden continued.
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