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New flood plain maps good news for Willow Creek Valley ' it II I l i l i la l i I | | | i , it, jfil, ,j| Bessie Wetzel 1 Newspaper L ibrary University of Oregon Fugcne. OR •>''403 HEPPNER New flood plain maps such as this should be available in about a year imes VOL. 124 NO. 28 10 Pages Wednesday, July 13,2005 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon New wheel chair ramp installed at library Workers for J&G concrete install a wheel chair ramp at the Morrow County Library and Museum. Left to right are Alex Rystedt, Jim Jones, Mikel Cribbs and owner Frank Jones. J&G has been in business since 1998 and does concrete construction, concrete and asphalt grinding and removal, retaining walls, footings and other related work. Dinner Theatre at the Cemetery returns D inner T heatre at the C em etery retu rn s to Heppner on July 30. This y e a r’s pro d u ctio n , “The R oberts O pera H ouse Revue”, will begin at 6:30 p.m., and seating will again be limited to 100 guests. Proceeds from the event will go to the museum. The ev en in g w ill begin with a dinner menu from 1905. Available in 1905 was the c ate rin g service of the Palace Hotel, so the meal “will be catered by Mr. Metschen, Jr., of the Palace Hotel.” In 1905 Heppner. the opera house sat at Main and C en ter S treets. It and Roberts Hall were the two venues for cu ltu ral entertainment. Performers from as far aw ay as California included Heppner in th e ir to u rin g -sh o w schedules. Some of those performers, reported on the pages o f the “ G azette Times”, will return from the past w ith a v ariety o f selections for the pleasure of the July 30 guests. Popular at the turn of the century was recitation by renow ned e lo c u tio n ists, some of whom will join the R evue. They prided themselves on their dulcet tones and e x tra o rd in a ry abilities to memorize even long humorous, classical, and contem porary works. The R evue w ill include m usical co m p o sitio n s perform ed by a sm all orchestra, a visiting baritone, and a local soprano. Final arrangements are now being made for a visit of a thespian from the Seattle area, previously from Heppner. The backbone of the evening’s production will again be the local thespians w ho have d e lig h te d the cemetery audiences for three years. T ick ets fo r the d in n e r and th e a te r production are now on sale at the B ank o f E astern O regon in H eppner. Questions may be directed to C liff G reen at H eppner Hardware. Vacation Bible school July 18-22 V acation B ible School will be held at the H eppner S ev en th -d ay A d v en tist C h u rch , 560 M inor Street, July 18-22 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The theme is “Under the Sea”. All c h ild ren ages 4-12 are invited to attend; children ages 13 and up are invited to come and help with the school. Students will learn about “G o d ’s love from animals of the sea and with B ible s to rie s ,” said a spokesperson. Additionally, “We have some very special crafts planned and everyone will win a prize, with ways to earn extra prizes, like bringing a friend," said the spokesperson. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. The city of Heppner unveiled the new flood plain maps M onday night, and they are good news for many re sid en ts w ho now are req u ired to pay flood insurance. The F ederal Em ergency M anagem ent A ssociation (FEM A) has been studying and updating the whole W illow Creek Valley's (Heppner, lone and Lexington) Hood plains, and preliminary indications are that the size o f the flood plain will shrink in most places, some by as much as 65 percent. What this means is that some people with bank m ortgages on their homes will no longer be req u ired to carry flood insurance, which can range up into the $600 per year range. The reduced flood plain will also mean that building restrictions in many areas of the cities will be relax ed also and m ake development and building less costly, which will be good for development in the cities. New overhead p h o to s o f H ep p n er are available for viewing at city hall; however, the Final maps of the revised new flood plain will probably not be available for another year. The maps will also be posted on the internet at that time with overlays of the flood plain so that citizens will know exactly what property, homes and lots will be in or out of the flood plain. The maps were presented at the m onthly m eeting o f the council Monday night. In other business, the council received a letter signed by seven property owners on North Main and Campbell Way requesting that the city pave their street. It is now gravel and property owners asked that the city pay for the cost of paving. North Main and Campbell Way are not up to city standards, said outgoing city m an ag er Jerry Breazeale, and it is not city policy to maintain streets that are sub standard. It was suggested that the residents m ight form a local improvement district to have the street paved and then the city w ould take over m aintenance. The cost to Old Gazette-Times building will be burned down soon to make way for new fire department buildings Residents along North Main Street in Heppner have asked the city to pave the street The council pave was estim ate d at d iscu ssed a proposed around $7,000. franchise fee to be imposed In further action on the both Windwave and the council agreed to up the C enturytel for providing amount of free water it gives internet service in Heppner. to the Willow Creek Little It was reported that Nate League to w ater the two Arbogast of Windwave has lower fields by the swimming said Heppner would be the pool from the cu rren t only city in Oregon charging 400,000 per year to one franchise fees for internet million gallons, or 500.000 service. Windwave operates per field this year. Mike wireless and other internet Correa who maintains the services in several Oregon Fields for the Little League com m unities. Colum bia told the council he didn't Basin Electric pays a fee that think the 400 tho u san d is a percentage o f gross would get the job done and electrical sales in Heppner. “I he requested more. He said hope we are not on an island a new sprinkler system at the blazing new ta x ‘territory,” two Fields was very efficient council m em ber G eorge and there was no wasted Koffler said. water as in the past. The council heard The council also a rep o rt that there are heard from Fire Chief Rusty cu rre n tly four or five E stes who said he was vacancies at the St. Patrick’s getting ready to bum the old senior housing center in G azette-T im es b u ild in g H eppner. The H eppner “soon”. The Fire department Housing Authority, which obtained the old building, operates the center, found it which is next to the fire necessary to raise the rent department, in a trade for the recently and residents had former city hall building. 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