Heppner Idol
W orld W ar II Vet finally
Talent Show set recieves m edals
for Celebrate
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VOL 124
NO. 24
10 Pages
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Do you sing, dance,
play and instrument'7 Maybe
you have a magic act or like
to do stand-up Been waiting
for someone to ‘discover’
your talent and offer you the
big bucks9
Sign up for the first
Heppner Idol Talent Show
during part o f the Celebrate
Heppner weekend July 29.
There will be hamburgers in
the park, followed by the Pie
Baking contest, interspersed
with local talent
All ages
are
w elcom e
W atch
for
additional information in the
Heppner Gazette-Times and
on Channel 3. Sign-up forms
will be av ailab le at the
Heppner Chamber office
For more information, call
the Chamber office, 676- Clarence Baker with WWI I medals he just received
Clarence E. Baker o f struction Batallion This
5536, or Nancy Snider, 676-
Heppner, OR, recieved a sur spring marks the 59th anni
9113.
prise this past Memorial day versary o f his honorary dis
Lex Grange
weekend After a private charge from the Navy.
family church service Sun
Due to the vast number
annual picnic
day morning, held at his o f troops coming home dur
childhood home, Clarence's ing that time, many WWI I
slated
children and grandchildren vets did not recieve their
T he
annual presented him with 6 Navy medals.
Medals received include
Lexington Grange picnic has Medals
the
European / North Afri
He
had
waited
a
long
been planned for Sunday,
time
to
receive
these
deco
can
campaign
medal and the
June 26, at Cutsforth Park
rations Clarence served in World War II victory medal
beginning after church
World
War II from 1942-
His family and friends
Everyone is invited
1946
He
fought
with
the
Us
wish
to honor him, and thank
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon to attend
Navy "SeaBees" 45th Con him his service.
Water project ‘on budget and on schedule’
The Heppner City water
project is going well and is
about “50 percent done”, the
contract engineer told the
H ep p n er C ity C ouncil
Monday night
Bill Ferguson o f Ace
Consulting, who represents
the city on monitoring the
water project, said Riverside
and Heppner Highway areas
are done, and Water street
“almost”.
“It’s going smooth and if
you hear anything contrary
to this it is ju st rum or,”
Ferguson told the council
John N u tter, project
superintendent with Moore
Excavation, the contractor
doing the project, echoed
Ferguson’s comments. “We
are on course for finishing on
schedule,” N utter told the
council. ‘We are on budget
and on schedule,” he added
He said the mainlines
should all be installed around
town by end o f July and by
the end o f September the
bridge connections should be
done Part of the project calls
for rerouting the city’s lines
from the w ater reservoirs
from under Willow Creek
Lake to attaching under the
Balm Fork Bridge
N utter also said that if
people have questions about
the project they shouldn’t
hesitate to ask the guys
working around town They
would be happy to answer
any questions, he said He
also said there would, o f
course, be water shut offs at
homes as they crews work
around town, and if anyone
needs water during the shut
off, the crew would be happy
to deliver some if asked
Parks and the old pool
In other business the council
discussed what to do with
the old sw im m ing pool
located at the bottom o f
Chase Street in Heppner
The pool is dilapidated and
an eyesore and planning
commission member Dave
Fowler showed the council
several options that have
been discussed for the pool
location, including a mini
park or basketball court. A
public meeting will be held
Thursday, June 16, at 7p m
at city hall to discuss uses of
the old pool site
Also the council reviewed
letters from two residents
living near H ag er Park
William and Barbara West
and Jerry Healy both signed
a letter asking that the city
c o n sid e r th e fo llow ing
im provem en ts to H ager
Park;
1.
Install a centrally
located drinking fountain.
2.
E rect a sign with
guidelines to using the park
Keep the closure hour at 9
p m and add a request for
park users to clean up after
their pets
3.
Make a landscaping
strip along the west end of
Hager Street to separate the
park activities from the street
traffic. Hopefully, this would
keep balls and other play
equipment from going into
the street It would also
encourage users to not park
up and down the street but
to drive and enter the park
through the parking lots.
4
The present parking
areas are ad eq u ate to
accommodate use To add
parking would take away
from the limited amount of
green space now in short
supply. H ow ever, the
parking areas do need to be
upgraded Now they appear
as roadside turnouts Maybe
a sign is needed to delineate
the parking areas or a small
border constructed around
the parkin g areas New
gravel and leveling would
help
Even th o u g h the
predominate use o f the park
is by foot traffic and bicycles,
signs and a border would
encourage drivers to use the
parking areas and keep them
from parking on the narrow
street
“We appreciate the added
attention H ager Park has
received the last few years
City crews and others have
consistently irrigated and
mowed the grass and plated
and trimmed the trees It has
made quite a difference This
is going to be a beautiful
park after the renovation of
the west end is complete.
Please keep us informed o f
your future plans for the
park. At this tim e, we
believe the plans for the west
end o f the park are for the
existing irrig atio n to be
extended to this area and for
the area to be leveled with
fill d irt, and planted to
grass,” the letter said Bill
Ewing, who lives across the
street from the park, wrote
the letter.
The council also discussed
the fill dirt that is being
trucked into the park. Fill
dirt from the city w ater
project is being dumped at
the west end o f the park to
be used to later plant grass.
However, it was pointed out
that some o f the most recent
dirt is alkaline and contains
rocks and is not the best
grass growing dirt. The city
crew said they w ould
monitor the fill better
W ater losses down over
Workers for Moore Excavation, the company putting in the city's new water system, get
ready to place new water line on Gale Street in Heppner. Bill Ferguson of Ace
Consulting, •who represents the city on monitoring the water project, said Monday the
project is on budget and on schedule.
40%
The council reviewed a
water report that showed the
c ity ’s w ater losses were
down from 76 percent in
January 2004 to 34 73
percent in May o f this year
The city has been working to
shut down leaks and put all
users on meters to cut water
losses
In January o f 2004 the city
pumped 18,344,100 gallons
o f water from its wells but
A public hearing Thursday night will address what to do with the old pool site in
only 4,400,668 was billed
Heppner.
out for a loss o f 13,943,432
gallons
In May 2005 the city
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pumped 8,582,800 gallons
and billed 5,601,646 for a
loss o f only 2,981,154 City
PHOENIX
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