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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 28,1999 Report says city can deliver water to arena A report on the fair building indicated that the city of Heppner feels it can deliver required water to the Wilkinson Arena with its four-inch line but will set a flow meter to check. The flow requirements for the sprinkler system will be checked, as will the possibility of connecting to the six-inch line from the old ag building site. The Fair Board chairman estimates that another $5,500 will be needed for the water situation. A question of foregoing the vapor barrier - which a local builder secs as unnecessary and possibly an attraction for nesting birds - was discussed as a funding source, and the court stated an unwillingness to increase the loan to provide additional money. Road Report: The court agreed to a contract with 4-C Ranches for the Carlson quarry, needed for the Valby Road project, with the royalty to be taken in rock from the closer Hardman pit, rather than in payment. The public works director said that the Hellberg pit is necessary. The court approved the Road Department’s contracting with the US Fish and Wildlife Service to survey and spray some weeds for $1000. Crews are presently working on the Valby Road, blading at Blake Ranch and asphalt patching on a bridge. The director reminded the court that they will need to find a way to deal with cattle guards that pre date the 1994 cattle guard policy. A representative of the West Extension Irrigation District discussed the Canal Road, which was erroneously declared in 1958 a county road, which, "led the landowners to wrongly believe that they had legal access." She reported that the 'County Line Bridge" was burned, described the poor condition of the canal road, and requested that the county gravel, one time, from Peters Road to the McGuire property, over a mile, and then hold no future obligation for maintenance. The court agreed to a cooperative one-time maintenance project with the Irrigation District, identifying the road as the district’s road. The county assessor presented the court the 1999 Assessment and Taxation Grant Resolution, noting expenses and the differences between them and the figures in the budget. He further showed how the amount of the grant would be different if the resolution passes. The court approved the 1999 A&T Grant Document Resolution. The assessor also reported that according to a notice from the Oregon Economic Development Department, Morrow County is a chronically unemployed county. This status automatically terminates the county's agreement with the Greater Umatilla Enterprise Zone. The court will meet with the Port of Morrow to discuss an enterprise zone. A public hearing was opened for the amendment to the comprehensive plan to add the Hellberg/West Irrigon pit to the Goal 5 aggregate inventory. The planning director described the changes she made to the proposed ordinance and discussed with the court guidelines for the Goal 5 process for aggregate resources. The hearing continued with discussion of the complex situation, and the court agreed that more information is required before they make a decision. They continued the public hearing until May 19 at 10 a.m. The court discussed with representatives of the computer department some purchasing pre-authorization requests and approved those requests. They also agreed to allow Ed Struthers to exceed the comp time 80-hour limit for no more than one month, so that he can handle some upcoming additional work, and they encouraged the department to use some of the balance of this year's budget to hire a temp to do some work that Struthers will not be able to do. The court, with the county sheriff, discussed a proposed 911 position in the sheriffs office. The sheriff explained the need for additional help and his plan to redistribute some responsibilities. He said that an existing part-time dispatcher position can be expanded to cover the dispatch duties. The court approved the position. The court approved a request from the Public Health director to increase the department's Visa limit to $2000. They also approved increasing to $1000 the Visa limit for the special transportation buses. They approved an addendum to the Elesco contract to include the Kinzua Mill site. They tabled until next week the abandonment of easements to property the court sold to Tom Wolff, wanting to check on the electronic and telephone easement. They accepted the resignation of Gary Obcrg from the Fair Board and they appointed Judge Tallman to the advisory council for the Area Agency on Aging. TTie court discussed travel plans for the CSEPP National Conference in Salt Lake City on June 2 and 3, and they were reminded of meetings on April 22: with Innovative Emergency Management, the Umatilla County Commissioners and FEMA representatives, as well as one later in the day with a representative of the Governor's Community Solutions Team JV baseball team takes two By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustang JV baseball team improved their record to 4-0 this season by nip ping Pilot Rock, 4-3, on Saturday, April 24, and beating the Weston- McEwen TigerScots 8-2, on Mon day, April 26. Against the Rockets, the Mus tangs won a pitchers’ duel with the help of seven Ptlot Rock er rors. Stefan Matheny pitched a complete game, three-hitter, strik ing out nine and allowing no walks. Trailing 1 -0 in the bottom of the third, Matheny led off by beating out an infield hit and then stole second. Mark McEUigott bunted him over to third and scored as a pop fly hit by Zack Fabian was lost in the sun. Fabian moved over to third and Kelly Paullus reached first by beating out an infield hit. Josh Hill then doubled to score both Fabian and Paullus to give the Mustangs a 3-1 lead. The Rockets came back to tie the score with single runs in the fourth and fifth innings. Nick An thony reached first on a fly ball to right field that was dropped for an error; stole second and went to third on a single by McEUigott. Anthony then scored the go- ahead run on another pop fly in the infield that was lost in the sun. Matheny got the Rockets out one-two-three to get the win. McEUigott ended up going 3-3 and Hill 1-2 with the two RBI double. The TigerScots took a 1 -0 lead in the top of the first, but the Mus tangs came back to take a 2-1 lead. Travis Bellamy reached base on a fielder’s choice, got to sec ond on a passed ball and scored on Cory B ennetto’s single. Bennetto moved to third on passed balls and scored on a Paullus single. The Mustangs tacked on an other run in the second as Matheny singled, stole second and scored on a McEUigott triple. Weston-McEwen narrowed the lead to 3-2, but the Mustangs scored another run of their own as Bennetto bounced the ball over the fence in right field for a ground rule double and went to third, then scored on wild pitches. The Mustangs put the game away in the fourth as Anthony led off with a double, went to third on a passed ball and scored as Hill reached first on an error. Matheny reached on a bunt single and McEUigott doubled to scored both runs. McEUigott later scored as Bennetto reached on a fielder’s choice. Bellamy pitched a complete game, four-hitter, striking out nine and allowing just three walks. McEUigott ended up 2-4 with a double and triple, and three RBIs. Bennetto went 2-3 with two doubles and two runs scored. Fabian, Anthony and Cody Bellamy each doubled as the Mus tangs banged out nine hits for the game. The JVs’ next game ii a double- header against Riverside here on Thursday, April 39, starting at 3:30 p.m. Statistics: Pilot Rock at Heppner Pilot Rock: 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 3 7 Heppner 0 0 3 0 0 1 * 4 6 2 Black and Johnson; Stefan Matheny and Kelly Paullus W-Matheny, L-Black. 26-Josh Hill. HR-none. Weston-McEwen at Heppner Weston-McEwen: 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 4 Heppner 2 1 1 4 0 0 x 8 9 3 Jorgenson and Petrine; Travis Bellamy and Paullus W-Bellamy, L-Jorgenson. 2B-Cory Bennetto (2), Mark McEUigott, Nick Anthony, Zack Fabian and Cody Bellamy 3B-McElligott HR-none SWCD Board to meet A regular board meeting of the Morrow SWCDAVeed Advisory Board will be held Tuesday, May 4 at 6:30 p.m. at the Chris Rauch place on Bombing Range Road. Agenda items include: current -status on Conservation Reserve Program, Environmental Quality Incentive Program update, manager's report, weed report, agency reports and other business. The meeting is open to the public. lone women's team defeats Umatilla; men fall On Saturday, Apnl'24, the lone tennis teams hosted Umatilla. The lone men fell 2-4, while the women defeated Umatilla 4-3. In singles, Jeremy Rietmann easily defeated Bill McCorkle, 8-0. Rietmann started the match with the upper edge on his opponent and never let up throughout the entire match. Adam McCabe fell to Chans’e Page 6-8. McCabe finished off the first game with an ace serve. He then lost the second game but came back and claimed the third game. McCabe also had a huge return of serve in game six, tying the score, 3-8. In game nine McCabe started the game off with an ace serve and then lured his opponent to the net and hit the ball past him and down the line to bring the score to 6-3. Page then claimed the following five games to take the win. Colin McEUigott displayed great hustle and good placement of shots before falling to David Sanchez, 5-8. McEUigott served up an ace in game four and also put away a shot at mid court in the same game. McEUigott hit a shot on the baseline and then chipped a shot over the net to win the point in game six. Sanchez had an explosive serve in game seven that Colin handled extremely well, surprising not only himself but Sanchez as well and he won the point. Jeremiah McEUigott posted another win for the boys, defeating Jack Hess in a marathon match 9- 7. Jeremiah used his diligent patience to map a lead of 4-1 before his opponent finally settled in to bring the score to 5-5. The elder McEUigott persevered to take the win. Jessica Krebs fell to Ashley Lee, 3-8. Krebs brought her opponent to deuce several games keeping them match tight throughout; she did a nice job of hitting short shots and bringing her opponent in for the lob. Ton Odinet was overpowered by Rachel Swanson, 5-8, Tori had many long rallies with her opponent. Odinet hit a serve receive down the right hand side in game seven Swanson, covered the court extremely well, but Odinet was able to put away a forehand shot in game nine that Swanson was unable to get to. Molly Barrow defeated Patty Mendoza, 8-2. Barrow served up an ace in game two and, by displaying her remarkable forehand, had no problem putting away her Umatilla opponent. Jennifer Thompson haunted Hanna Baker, defeating her 8-2. Thompson kept her serves consistent and did a noteworthy job of placing shots in the open spots. Adam McCabe and Jeremy Rietmann made a valiant effort before falling to Bob Routson and Brian Morris, 4-8. McCabe and Rietmann were down 4-0 but Umatilla double faulted in game 5 to grant the lone team their first win of the match. Molly Barrow sizes up her Umatilla opponent Rietmann was fierce at the net while McCabe displayed hustle at the baseline. Rietmann aced the first serve in game six, followed by an overhead slam by McCabe to claim the next game. In game 8, Rietmann put the ball away with a monster forehand and McCabe followed up with another ace serve to end that game with a win. Colin and Jeremiah McEUigott fought a tough match with Paul Valle and Adrian Palomino before losing, 2-8. Colin hit a serve return down left hand alley while Jeremiah ‘wowed his opponents with good net play, hitting the ball at their feet and making pick up shots difficult. Both McElligotts bore the "never say die" attitude and hustled on the court the entire match. Amellia Peck and Niki Sullivan were conquered by Rachel Swanson and Mayra Robledo, 5- 8. Peck and Sullivan were down 0-3 before they were able to post their first win. Sullivan hit a shot down the middle in game eight and Peck hit an awesome forehand to the deep right comer to even the score at 4-4. Katie Tworek and Rose Baker won the battle against Trista White and Karlyn Masters, 8-5. Katie was fierce at the net and Rose aced a serve in game 10 to bring the score to 7-4. Shelby Krebs and Allison Halvorsen defeated Lindsay Dahl in and Chelsea Kik, 8-0. Both Halvorsen and Krebs are credited with consistent serving and net play. 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