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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1993)
R F S S I E v; E U OF ORE ^ P o i A a r> r R Ethics complaint filed against Morrow County Judge Carlson ZELL L I S 5 7 4 Princess Sara continues tradition It’s been a busy summer for Princess Sara Greenup of the Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo, August 18-22. This 17 year old princess is the daughter of Greg and Janet Greenup, Heppner. She has three sisters Amy, Kelsey and Kathleen. Princess Sara is continuing a long-standing family tradition by becoming Morrow County royal ty. Her grandmother, aunts and cousins have been court members as well as her older sister, Amy, who was a 1991 princess. This year, Sara's younger sister Kathleen, is also learning the ropes by serving as a permanent pennant bearer for the court’s parade performances. Princess Sara Greenup Height: 5' 5 " Eyes: green Hair: light brown Parents: Greg and Janet Age: 17 year old senior, Activities: varsity volleyball, basketball, National Honor Society, student council, Wranglers, Outdoor Club, W ild Horse Club, Ewes R Us, Picture Perfect 4-H Photo by Joyce Hughes Graced with a fashion model figure, this pretty brunette is no stranger to fairs and rodeos. In the past she has captured the grand champion market lamb honor and her outstanding photographs have been entered at the Oregon State fair for several years. This is just part of her long rewarding 4-H participation, she says. She will again be competing this year with a market lamb. Horses and sports are high on Sara’s list of favorite activities. She has played basketball on the varsity team that fought their way to the state playoffs. As a senior at Heppner High School this year she has her sights set on playing on the winning State A basketball championship team. Along with being a National Honor Society achiever and a stu- dent council member, Sara also participates in the Wranglers Riding Club, the Outdoor club, the Wild Horse Club, Ewes R Us, and the Picture Perfect 4-H clubs. Her interest in animals has stimulated a desire to become a veterinarian, she says. That career leads to lots of hard work and long hours, however princess Sara is not afraid to tackle difficult jobs. Her summer work has been an outdoor ex perience with the Youth Conser vation Corps. Their job has been hacking out hiking trails adjacent to the Willow Creek lake, clean ing the established trail along the creek through town, cleaning up Main Street, scraping the old school house and many other was incorporated in 1979.” 5. The Morrow County Road 2. The Warfield access road Department has been very un work was completed when no cooperative in producing other repair work was being done documentation concerning this to county roads in the immediate project. vicinity. (A condition spelled out Carlson: “ I have no way of in the contract) knowing the response to Mr. Carlson: “ The crusher was McElligott’s request. All infor located within three miles of the mation is public and available to road in question. County trucks any citizen. In fact, I would have graveled the immediate roads in been happy to have given him or the area and also hauled crushed any citizen in depth details of the rock to roads beyond the ques agreement.” tioned site. The work was actual 6. There is a question on ly done at the discretion of the whether a mining permit from the public works department with no State of Oregon was ever obtain input from myself.” ed for the quarry site. 3. Work began on the access Carlson: “ Yes, the mining per road just prior to the end of the mit was obtained. The reclama last county fiscal year with the tion plan needed correction since third vote on a county budget still the public works director pending and a promise from the signature was on the wrong county court that no roads would signature line.” be repaired if said budget did not In the complaint McElligott pass as well as layoffs of 24 coun urged the ethics commission to ty employees. quickly investigate the matter, Carlson: “ Public works direc and said that “ people throughout tor Chuck Malcomb, informed the county have become aware of the crusher employees that if the this transgression and there seems levy failed, all crushing would to be a lot of people that are cease upon completion of the unhappy about this agreement, ‘Carlson quarry’ agreement. Part but are afraid to act against the of that agreement was to provide judge for various reasons." crushed rock in lieu of a cash There have been “ other rumors transaction. He also stated that and accusations” concerning maintenance work would con Carlson, “ but this latest item was tinue on all county roads with the a little to blatant,” McElligott exception of new construction said in his complaint. and paving should the levy fail.” On his part Carlson said, “ I 4. The equipment lavished on feel that there is much ‘ado about the construction of the Warfield nothing’. If such a question arises access road exceeded that used in regarding such allegation in the the normal and customary opera future, I would appreciate a more tions o f the county to repair the direct line of communication regular county roads. rather than referring it to a state Carlson: “ This conclusion is agency.” Mr. (Jim) McElligott’s and does For its part the ethics commis not reflect any fact since he is sion has 90 days for a preliminary neither an authority on county investigation. The preliminary road standards nor was aware of will determine if a full investiga the amount of rock placed on the tion is warranted. A full in vestigation could take up to four road.” months. City of Heppner receives $300 thousand for sewer project Heppner High School Princess Sara scrapes paint off the old schoolhouse at the park. One of her many summer obligations in addition to her court activities is her job with the Youth Conservation Corps. Work by county road crews on a private road owned by Morrow County Judge Louis Carlson, has resulted in a conflict of interest complaint being filed against Carlson with the State Ethics Commission. lone Rancher Jim McElligott filed the complaint July 23, alleg ing misconduct by Carlson after county crews placed gravel on a private road owned by one of Carlson’s corporations. Placing gravel on the private one half mile Warfield access road, located off county road 619 near the junction of highway 206, was compensation to Carlson for approximately 20,000 yards of rock taken by the county from a quarry located on 4-C ranches,a corporation owned by Carlson. The agreement to provide Carlson with the gravel, crew and equipment to place it, was spell ed out in an April 7 contract bet ween M orrow County and Carlson. The contract was sign ed by Morrow County Commis sioners Den McElligott and Ray French. Carlson also signed the contract, not as county official, but as landowner. In the ethics commission com plaint Jim McElligott listed six reasons the deal should be in vestigated for alleged conflict o f interest. Following are the six reasons and Carlson’s response to each: Reason 1. The property for which the agreement is made is owned by a corporation, not an individual. Louis Carlson is or has been a member/owner of that corporation. Carlson: “ It is true that I am not only a member of the 4-C cor poration but am president and principle stockholder. Almost everyone in Morrow County is aware of this since the 4-C Ranch chores. Memorable events this summer include many pre-dawn hours getting ready to go to parades, she says. But she credits her grandparents Bill and Pat Gentry, with providing stalls and early hours of feeding the horses so they are ready to load up for these trips. And court parents have given up many weekends to go with the court and help get the court and their horses ready for parades and appearances, she says. The overnight trip to Chief Joseph Days was a first, princess Sara says. Though the weather was cool, they also visited Wallowa Lake. And after ex periencing more than one grand entry in arenas with slick sur faces, Sara is looking forward to the grand entries at Heppner in side the new arena. Sara’s court mount this year is a four-year old quarter horse, “ Blaze” , that she has trained herself. “ He’s getting better all the tim e,” Sara says, as run-ins were new to him and he was em- barrasingly slow at first. While the court has been on the road most every weekend, they have developed a camaraderie and become a close-knit group. Sara says. As ambassadors for their own fair and rodeo, they are looking forward to handing out rodeo awards, the grand entries and presenting ribbons to fair winners, Sara added. The city of Heppner has been awarded $300,000 from the Oregon Economic Development Department (OEDD) Special Public Works Fund (SPWF), OEDD director Bill Scott an nounced Tuesday. The lottery-funded financial assistance will enable the city to initiate and com plete im provements to the municipal wastewater treatment facilities. The improvements are required by the Departm ent of En vironmental Quality in accor dance with the federal and state Clean Water acts. “ The im provem ents and renovation of the municipal wastewater facilities will provide the city with the capacity to at- the trickling filter, digester and other system components, and it will finance construction of a clarifier bypass for future repair and maintenance purposes. This work will completely rebuild the wastewater treatment plant. The project also includes development of a split-flow spray irrigation system for the summer disposal of waste effluent to ensure com pliance with stream discharge requirements. The Special Public Works Fund, created by the legislature, uses lottery dollars to finance the construction of publicly owned infrastructure such as roads, docks, water and sewer systems that are needed by industry to ex pand or locate in Oregon, thus creating new jobs. Koffler named Bank of Eastern Oregon president Eastern Oregon effective July 1, according to the bank’s board of directors. Koffler has been with the bank since 1979, serving in a variety of lending and administrative positions. Koffler was raised in Echo and graduated from Echo High School. He received degrees from Blue Mountain Communi ty College and Western Oregon State College. After teaching in Salem and Heppner for five years, he tum- ed to the banking scene. Koffler managed several branches of Fred Meyer Savings and Loan before returning to Heppner. Koffler is a graduate of the Na tional Compliance School, the Northwest Intermediate Banking School, Western Agricultural Credit School and Pacific Coast Banking School. Koffler and his wife, Debbie, who is employed at Morrow County Grain Growers, have two sons, Rick 17, and Brian 14. Sports physicals scheduled Aug. 11 George Koffler E. George Koffler has been named president and chief ex ecutive officer of the Bank of Football camp to begin Aug. 9 Football camp for junior high and high school boys from Hepp ner, Lexington and lone will be held August 9-13 at the Heppner High School field from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Those interested may register at the high school office any time or call coach Greg Grant, tract new business and industry. The project will also serve the needs of expanding business. The Port of Morrow is working with the city and Kinzua Corporation to develop a 20-acre industrial park that will require city sewer service to realize its full poten tial,” said Yvonne Addington, OEDD’s Community Develop ment Section manager. The award will enable the city to proceed with an estimated $1,802,000 in improvements that were delayed by substantial changes in the project. The Special Public Works Fund award includes a loan of $150,000 and a grant o f $150,000. The money will pay for repairs on existing clarifiers, 676-5257. A $20 fee includes a T-shirt. Students in the seventh and 10th grades or seventh and ninth in lone who are turning out for sports are reminded of the sports physical scheduled for Wednesday. August 11 at Pioneer Memorial Clinic. Sports physicals for Heppner and lone students will be offered free o f charge at Pioneer Memorial Clinic on Wednesday, August 11. Drs. Ed and Jeanne Berretta and Physicians Assistant Marc Goodboy will conduct the physicals. Physicals for the girls will be from 5-7 p.m. and boys’ from 7-9 p.m. Sports physicals are required in the lone school system for students entering the sixth and 10th grades and in the Heppner schools for students entering the seventh and 10th grades. The physicals are also required for all new students planning to par ticipate in sports during the 93-94 school year. A personal health history form which includes a parent or guar dian’s signature is mandatory and must be brought to the clinic at the time of the physical. These forms may be picked up at the lone and Heppner schools and Pioneer Memorial Hospital. If students are unable to attend the scheduled physicals they must make an appointment with their private physician for a physical exam prior to their participation in any sports activity. For any questions or concerns, contact Sheridan Tamasky at Pioneer M emorial H ospital 676-9133.
