Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 12, 1999 - THREE
H HS FFA holds awards dessert County Court
Twin city search deadline one month away
meets
The Heppner High School Knowles were named the 1998-
With approximately one month
99 Chapter Farmers and Kristi
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Chapter of the Future Farmers of
America held their annual dessert
on May 6 at the high school.
The following 1999-2000
Heppner FFA officers were
installed:
president-Stanley
Cutsforth, vice president-Katie
Sherritt, secretary-Corey Miller,
treasurer-Ann Shear, reporter-
Josh Hill and sentmel-Jeff
Cumn.
The 1998-99 Greenhand
awards went to Scott VanWinkle,
Brian Sweeney and Ann Shear.
Katie Sherritt and Brian
Worden was named the 1998-99
State Farmer.
HHS Principal Ron Anthony
received the Honorary Chapter
Farmer award.
Four students, Stanley
Cutsforth, Brian Knowles, Katie
Shemtt and Brian Sweeney, were
honored for planting trees for the
Morrow
County
Museum
Commission and two students,
Cutsforth and Sweeney, welded
and constructed the safety railing
for the HHS baseball field.
FFA advisor is Lynn
Harmonson.
Lynn Harmonson (left), Kristi Worden
Lynn Harmonson, Ron Anthony
Lynn Harmonson, Katie Sherrritt
The public works director
presented the following report at
the Morrow County Court
meeting on May 5:
-Illnesses have delayed work.
Replacement of the Valby bridge
with a multi-plate culvert will
cost about $ 100,000, compared
to $775.000 for a similar project
by the state. The questions
surrounding
improvements/
easements to California Avenue
will be further addressed at a
later date.
Plans exist to
reconvene
the
Airport
Commission.
The court heard an update on
the Docken Building; appointed
two additional members to the
Prevention Team and discussed
school
security;
approved
workmen's
comprehensive
insurance
coverage ■ for
volunteers of the "Down by the
River Side" clean-up project.
The court agreed to the sending
of a letter to the Army about
impact fees and discussed with
the planning director and the
director
of
Emergency
Management, the DEQ, Army,
Raytheon and other agencies'
most recent input on the depot
project.
The juvenile director reported
receiving five applications to
serve
on
the
Youth
Accountability
Board
and
described
what
the
responsibilities of the board will
be.
She also described the
scholarship program under
development.
The public health director
reported communicating with
. the Oregon Health Division
about health monitoring on and
around the Army depot. She
also reported numbers and
demographics of visits to date
for family planning services. In
response to her questions, the
court clarified that they support
a youth accountability board, not
a peer court and have
reservations about thé "Reward
and Remind Program". The
director noted some proposed
legislative changes concerning
authority of the Commission on
Children and Families over
programs administered by other
agencies, suggested support of
continued local control and
suggested scrutiny of the
proposed Healthy Start program.
In response to news that a
private operator of a domestic
violence shelter is looking for a
site in the west end of Umatilla
County or in Morrow County,
the court declined to donate
land.
The court voted - subject to
seeing that the scope of the work
is complete enough to be of
value-to contribute $500 from
discretionary
tippage
fees
toward a $2,500 demographic
survey of the labor force in
Willow Creek Valley, lone,
Heppner, OEDD, and the Port of
Morrow will also contribute to
this gathering of statistics by
Elesco.
The
planning
director
volunteered to compile a
checklist of responsibilities
regarding an Ione-Boardman
road easement agreement. The
court, though not willing to
commit
resources
toward
building the road and aware of
the question of feasibility
because of the sensitive ground
squirrel issue, agrees that an
easement
agreement
is
important.
TTie planning director noted
what she sees as a clear tie
between what the county's
impact aid is designed to be used
for and the governor's livability
initiative,
which
includes
housing, transportation, growth
management, and infrastructure
needs.
remaining before the June 17
deadline, no one has yet offered
an entry in the "Ga Baile"
Heppner’s twin city contest.
According to Doris Brosnan,
originator of the contest, some
people have been working on the
Internet and have ordered
reference materials through the
library, but finding the elusive
"twin city" for Heppner, they
say, is proving more difficult
than they had expected.
One suggestion is to work with
local librarians, who have
experience with
research.
Another suggestion is to talk
with school staff. A check on
the Internet, using Ireland +
small towns, has produced some
site
and search
engine
suggestions: "The Swift Guide
to Ireland" (swift.kema.ie);
i s i s . i e/ al t er nat i ve-ire land
(includes
a
site
that
alphabetically lists Irish towns);
altavista.com/cgi-bin;
iol.ie/@scover/ietowns; cork-
Charity McElligott 1A
VB coach of the year
their peers.
McElligott will be honored for
her achievement at the 1998-99
Oregon Coaches Association
Awards Banquet which will be
held at the Len Casanova Center
in Eugene bn May 29.
McElligott had received this
honor once before in 1994, the
last time she and her team won
the
state
volleyball
championship.
ITALIAN DINNER
M on day, M a y 1 7th a t Beecher ’s C afe, lone
5:30 and 7:30 p.m. seating
Adults-$8; 12 years &under-$4; preschool-free
Charity McElligott
lone High School volleyball
coach Charity McElligott has
been named Oregon Coach Of
the Year for 1A volleyball.
Fifty Oregon coaches have
been named Coach of the Year
for their respective sports and
classification for the 1998-99
year. These coaches have all
earned this honor by their
"outstanding achievements and
coaching performances."
The coaches were selected
through the sports committee of
the Oregon Athletic Coaches
Association and voted on by
Reservations by advance ticket sales, please
Lasagna, Spaghetti a n d Chicken Cacciatore
Garlic Bread, Salad, Dessert, Coffee or S o ft D rink
C om plim entary Glass o f W ine fo r adults
Tickets available at Beecher’s Cafe, Wheatland Insurance,
Heppner & lone Bank of EO, or any lone Lion.
S p o n s o r e d b y th e lo n e L io n s C lu b
SENIORS!
Heppner
and
HES
kindergarten
registration set
Heppner Elementary School
will have kindergarten visitation
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on
Thursday. May 20.
Children should plan on staying
for lunch. Lunch is available at a
cost of $ 1.50 each. (The cost was
incorrectly printed as $1.75 in
last week's Gazette.)
A parent meeting will be held
from 12:30-1 p.m.
Parents should bring a birth
certificate,
Social
Security
number and immunization record
for their child.
Call Heppner Elementary, 676-
9128, to sign up.
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SIGN UP NOW!
For the Graduation Gift Registry
H eppner and lone Seniors, p u t your graduation
gift ideas in our gift registry. Everyone will know
just what you want. Sign up n o w at
Murray Drugs!
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Jack and Jill
set at WCCC
Willow Creek Country Club
golfers will hold a Jack and Jill
mini-tournament on Friday, May
14 at 6 p.m.
Play will involve men and
women in a nine-hole modified
couples-type of play with the for
mat determined by the committee
in charge. Prizes will be awarded
for low scores and special events.
The charge will be $3 per couple
for members and $ 10 per couple
for non-members.
Light snacks will be provided
by the committee in charge.
Hosts of the event are Bob and
George Naims, Jeff and Missy
Cutsforth and Clyde and Jackie
Allstott.
For
each of these suggestions,
however, someone has probably
found equally helpful Internet
tools.
Entries should be turned in at
Twice upon a time..., next to city
hall, by June 17. Whoever first
enters the name of the winning
Irish community, selected by the
Heppner City Council, will win
$75.
"This June 17 deadline will
allow time for the council's
selection, contact with the
representatives of that Irish
community and set-up of the
cooperative relationship before
the July 30 "Celebrate Heppner"
event," said Brosnan. Should
the chosen community decline
Heppner's invitation, time would
still allow contact(s) with an
alternative
community
(communities) for a "twin.”
Should this occur, the person
who first submitted the name of
the eventual "twin-city" will
receive $50.
The simple rules of the contest
are available at Twice upon a
time... and at the businesses that
display the "Ga Baile" Contest
posters.
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