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The Heppner city council
Monday night withdrew it's
application to locate a youth
accountability or "boot camp" on
the outskirts of Heppner.
The withdrawal was made
because of large scale opposition
to siting the camp here.
Application to the locate the
camp in Heppner had been made
in Dec. of last year, however,
opponents of the camp gained
momentum last week when it
was learned the state siting
committee had chosen Heppner
as the final location, and it
looked like the camp would
actually be located here.
Opponents held a meeting at the
St.
Patrick's Church
last
Thursday where about 250
people against the camp
attended. At that time the group
claimed to have 480 signatures
on a petition against the camp.
A representative of the state
was at the meeting, however, he
only spoke briefly.
At that time the group was
urged to attend Monday night's
city council meeting in protest.
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VOL. 117
NO. 19
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Wednesday, May 13,1998
held May 21
Heppner High School spring
concert will be held Thursday,
May 21 at 7 p.m. at the high
school.
The junior high choir will sing
“The Rose” by Bette Midler;
“Close to You” by the Carpenters;
and “Breaking Up is Hard to Do”
and “Let it Be” by Paul
McCartney. A solo will be per­
formed by Mike Haugen and
Katie Garrett singing “It’s Your
Love” by Tim McGraw and Faith
Hill.
The high school choir will sing
“Shut de Do” an African folk
song; “It’s Hard to Say Goodbye”
by Boyz II Men; and “Nobody
Knows” by Kevin Sharp.
The two choirs will perform
the “Titantic” love theme “My
Heart Will Go On,” and “Chari­
ots Coming.”
The ju n io r high and high
school bands will be playing
“March for Freedom” by Hodges;
a clarinet solo by Daniel Jepsen
from “ Sonata in C m inor;”
“Majestia” by Seveanenger; a
trumpet solo by Matt Jepsen;
“Rock-a-My-Soul” a spiritual;
“March of the Kings Trumpeters”
by Lully; and “El Capitan” by
Sousa.
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Willow Creek Road construction status report
The U.S. Department of
Transportation, with Tidewater
Contractors,
Inc.,
prime
contractor has released the
following construction status
report on planned construction
activities for the week of
Monday, May 10:
Tidewater will continue the
clearing and grubbing operation,
working ahead on line from the
beginning of the project, which is
near the south limits of Cutsforth
Park, and continue working
towards the top of Coal Mine
Grade. Monday, May 10, the
Tidewater crew were to start
setting
the
detour
route
construction signs along the
Shaw Creek Road, which is the
scheduled detour route for this
construction season.
On Monday, May 18, Tidewater
plans to shut the Willow Creek
Road down for through traffic,
from Cutsforth Park to the end of
the project, which is immediately
south of FS Road 21, Penland
Lake Road. The road closure
will continue through the length
of the contract. The detour route
through the Shaw Creek Road
will be the main travel route
through the four comers to
Penland Lake and Ukiah.
Various pieces of survey,
logging
and
construction
equipment will be working along
the right of way, continuing on
Monday, May 10, will continue
through the week. Please be
aware of the work in the area.
Federal Highways asks the
public for their patience,
consideration and cooperation
during this construction season
and hopes that the work will be
completed with a minimum of
delays.
Contact Robert G. Toops,
Project Engineer, at (541) 676-
5904 in Heppner for additional
information. If you need to
contact Federal Highway by
mail, use the following address:
Federal Highway Administration,
General Delivery, Heppner,
Oregon 97836, Att: Robert G.
Toops.
The
Federal
Highway
Administration office is located
in the Umatilla National Forest
Service, in the Heppner Ranger
District, 117 South Main,
Heppner, Oregon 97836
Coil receives prestigious Elks award
Jay Coil of Heppner was
honored recently when he was
presented the Elks Distinguished
Citizen of the Year Award.
Coil received the award from
the Heppner Lodge #358 and the
Grand Lodge Benevolent and
Protective Order of the Elks. He
was presented the award by the
local Elks Exhalted Ruler Roger
Mortimore on Fisherman's night.
The award is not given very often
and requires that specific criteria
be met.
Coil was instrumental in
formation of the new softball
and baseball fields in Heppner,
Opinions sought
on health care
donating many hours of labor
towards construction, among
other community projects.
The award was signed by
Carlon M. O’Malley, Grand
Exhalted Ruler, James C.
Varenhorst, Grand Secretary,
Mortimore and Glen Ward,
BPOE #358 secretary.
"Health Decisions ’98", a
chance to speak out about health
care in Heppner, will be held
Thursday, May 21, from 6-7:30
p.m. at the Family Resource
Center in Heppner (county
buildings above Coast to Coast).
A light snack will be provided.
The project is conducted by
Oregon Health Decisions, a
Portland-based,
non-profit
agency "dedicated to giving
people a voice in their health
care". The project is sponsored
by the office for Oregon Health
Plan Policy and Research and
funded with grants from the
Robert Wood Johnson and Ford
Foundations.
For more information, call
Oregon Health Decisions at 1-
800-245-4805.
Jay Coil
Duck's
Public trail system a possibility Unlimited
Morrow County, with Tourism Commission indicates
assistance from the Rivers, Trails "walking, cycling, photography banquet set
and wildlife viewing to be the
and Conservation Assistance
Program, a division of the
National Park Service, is
exploring
opportunities
to
develop a public trail system
along the entire northern edge of
Morrow County.
The county, TRCA staff and a
group of county stakeholders
recently met to share ideas about
the proposed trail system.
During the meeting, several
themes were identified for the
trail,
including
recreation,
education,
cultural
(Native
American), historic (Lewis &
Clark
trail
route),
linear
park/greenway, wildlife and
alternative transportation.
The meetings to date have been
informal and the county court
now seeks the appointment of a
formal
Trail
Advisory
Committee. It is anticipated that
the advisory committee will
work with county and RTCA
staff to develop a concept plan
for the trail. The duration for the
committee will be approximately
one year, with the possibility of
extending to the next phase of the
project, the feasibility study.
Research from the Oregon
most popular Pacific Northwest
visitor activities," said Carol
Michael, chair of the Morrow
County Tourism Committee.
Michael says she believes that
developing a public trail system
along the Columbia River will
draw more visitors off 1-84 and
encourage longer visits in
Morrow County. "I hope the trail
will be ready for upcoming
Lewis and Clark festivities," says
Michael
The cities of Boardman and
Irrigon and the Port of Morrow
are also involved in the project.
Don Eppenbach, mayor of
Irrigon said, "The idea of a trail
with histone and nature elements
has been under consideration for
a long time - since 1986. The
time is ripe."
Morrow County is looking for
additional volunteers to serve on
the
new
Trail
Advisory
Committee.
Persons
or
representatives from groups or
clubs interested in serving on the
committee are encouraged to
contact the Morrow County
Planning Department at 922-
4624 by May 31.
The annual Ducks Unlimited
banquet will be held in Heppner
this Friday, May 15 beginning at
6p.m. at the Heppner Elks Lodge.
Steve Rhea, organizer of the
event, said it should be a lot of
fun this year with raffles, games
and of course an auction to raise
money for the good causes of
Ducks Unlimited. A prime rib
dinner will be served at 7p.m.
and tickets are S15 adults and
$10 per child.
Rhea urged everyone to come
and that kids were welcome.
Special dinner and raffle ticket
packages will be available for
early sales before the dinner.
Day Care to
hold open house
An open house for the Heppner
Day Care-Umatilla Co. Headstart
program will be held this
Thursday, May 14, from 3-5 p.m.
at Heppner Day Care.
Prior to Monday's meeting,
however, the council agreed to
drop Heppner's application.
"We are today withdrawing our
application for this camp because
of the devastating division it is
causing in our community,"
Mayor Bob Jepsen said in a
prepared statement to the large
crowd that had to be moved to
the senior center across the
street. "We hope now we can get
on with the work of making
Heppner a unified town again."
John Kilkenny, who opposed
the camp from the very
beginning spoke at the council
meeting, and pledged that
$50,000 would be raised to help
with a proposed assisted living
center for Heppner.
The boot camp would have
brought economic development
to Heppner through its payroll
and workers moving here.
Gayle Hughes said the assisted
living center is far from a reality
for Heppner and suggested that
the money be given to the pool
instead, which she said is in need
of financial help.
Judge Louis Carlson, who had
pushed hard for the youth camp,
was not in attendance at the
Monday council meeting.
Primary election set for May 19
The biennial primary election
will be held at the polls on
Tuesday, May 19.
Morrow County polling places
are as follows:
-Precinct #1 North Boardman
and Precinct #2 South Boardman
will vote at the Greenfield
Grange;
-Precinct #3 Hardman, #8
Northeast Heppner, #9 Northwest
Heppner, #10 Southeast Heppner
and #11 Southwest Heppner will
vote at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds;
-Precinct #4 lone will vote at
the lone City Hall;
-Precinct # 7 Lexington will
vote at the Mormon Church;
Precinct # 5 North Irrigon and
#6 South Irrigon will vote at
Stokes Landing Senior Center.
Non-partisan candidates
include: incumbent Earl R.
Woods and David C. Allen for
Morrow
County
District
Attorney;
-incumbent Charlotte Gray and
Rod Osgood for Morrow County
Justice of the Peace;
- Jack Roberts and Mike Fahey
for Commissioner of the Bureau
of Labor and Industries;
-16 candidates for the
superintendent
of
public
instruction-John Pershall. Bema
O'Ree-Rogers Plummer, Alan
Demeurers. Ron Adams. Michael
Jeffrey Verhulst, Jack B. Bray,
Stann Bunn, Margaret Carter,
Vem Cook, Wayne L. Fanno,
Sam Oakland, Jim Howard, Mike
Humphreys,
Carol
Simila-
Dickenson, Spencer Schock and
Colin Karr-Morse;
-five candidates for Judge of the
Supreme Court Position #7-
James Rice, William Riggs, Jim
Westwood, Victor Hoffer and
Bob Tieman;
-Judge of the Court of Appeals-
Edward Warren and Janice
Jackson;
-Non-partisan candidates Jeff
Wallace for Judge of the Circuit
Court 6th District; Rudy Murgo,
Judge of the Circuit Court
Position # 3; Carl Byers, Judge
of the Oregon Tax Court; Mary
Deits. Judge of theCourt of
Appeals Position # 9; and
W.Michael "Mick" Gillette will
all run unopposed.
The non-partisan ballot also
includes a state measure referred
to the people which would
amend the constitution to
eliminate the 50 percent voter
turnout required for passing
certain property tax measures.
Democrat candidates include:
-John Mollahan and Douglas
Rathbun for Morrow County
Judge;
-Leann Rea is running
unopposed for Morrow County
Commissioner;
-Ron Wyden and John Sweeney
for U.S. senator;
-U.S. representative in
Congress, 2nd District-Ellen
Wedum, Kevin M. Campbell and
Jim Gilbertson;
-Govemor-Paul Damian
Wells, Dave Foley and John
Kitzhaber;
-State representative 57th
District
candidate
David
Mitzimberg
and
state
representative candidate for 59th
district Sue Greer are both
running unopposed.
No one filed for the Democratic
precinct committee person, male
or female.
On the Republican side:
-five candidates have filed for
Morrow County Judge-Rollie
Marshall, Bill Doherty, Guy Van
Arsdale, Terry Tallman and
Keith Lewis;
-two have filed for Morrow
County
Commissioner-Patty
Wehrli and Dan Brosnan;
-State Representative for 59th
District-Tan Hermens and Lynn
Lundquist;
-U.S. Senator-Valentine
Christian,
John
Michael
Fitzpatrick and John Lim;
-U.S. Representative in
Congress 2nd Distnct-Perry
Atkinson, Greg Walden, John D.
Newkirk and Wes Cooley;
-Govemor-Jeffrey Brady,
Walter Huss, Bill Sizemore and
Bill Spidal;
-State Representative 57th
District Vem Kube is running
unopposed;
No one filed for Republican
precinct committee person, male
or female.
The city of lone residents will
decide whether or not a new
charter will be adopted for the
city. The existing charter was
adopted in 1973 and changes
have made some provisions of
that charter obsolete.
Boardman residents will
decide the fate of two fire
protection measures They will
ask those in the Boardman Rural
Fire Protection District whether
or not to annex the city of
Boardman to the Boardman
RFPD and those in the city
whether or not to annex the city
to the Boardman RFPD.
A candidate's forum featuring
county candidates, appears in this
week's Gazette-Times.
Shrub steppe
wildlife program
Burrowing owls, sagebrush
lizards, Swainson's hawks and
Washington ground squirrels are
all wildlife species that have
adapted to the unique conditions
of the native shrub steppe
ecosystem.
Everyone is invited to learn
about these animals and more at
the slide lecture "Columbia Basin
Shrub Steppe Wildlife" presented
by Russ Morgan at 7 p.m. on
Tiiursday, May 21, at the
McNary Dam Visitor Center
Theater in Umatilla.
Morgan, Heppner, a wildlife
biologist for ODFW, has been
working in the mid-Columbia
basin for eight years. He and
other researchers have just
finished a three-year study of
wildlife
ecology
on
the
Boardman Bombing Range, an
area which contains some of best
reserves of shrub steppe in the
Pacific Northwest.
This program is the last in the
five-part speaker senes "Natural
History of the Mid-Columbia"
sponsored bv the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Army Corps of
Engineers and Blue Mountain
Community College.
The program is free and open to
the public. For more information
call 541-922-3232.
HHS, HJHS sports
Fire Extinguisher Service Day
dessert, May 26
Wednesday, May 20th
The Heppner High School and
Junior High sports dessert for
grades 7-12 will be held on
Tuesday, May 26, at 7 p.m. at the
school.
The sports dessert was
changed from May 18.
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