Cleanup held on local ball fields
TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 27,1999
County Court discusses road maintenance
By Doris Brosnan
From the previous week's
business for the Morrow County
Court meeting, a clarification
was stressed: the county will
join
Benton
County,
Washington, in opposing the
Water Watch vs. Corps of
Engineers suit as an Amicus
Curiae Also, regarding the
Forest Service roads in the
Heppner district, the court
maintained ownership of the
three roads identified in the
minutes but offered to turn
ownership of two other roads
over to that agency with the
expectation that they will not be
closed.
Public Works Director Guy
Van Arsdale presented and the
court approved a flexible
maintenance contract with the
Port of Morrow for exchange of
certain work.
Van Arsdale reported work on
Balm Fork, Sanford Canyon,
Lunchford and Upper Rhea
Creek. Financing of the Clarks
Canyon quarry purchase was
discussed, and the next road tour
of the Road Committee was
scheduled for November 13 or
20
Van Arsdale reported the
status of a cattle guard project
and he informed the court that he
will discuss with county counsel
a question about the agreements
with subdivision owners. The
Public Works Department has
begun inspections of subdivision
roads and is developing forms to
give the planning department to
verify inspections and the
meeting of county standards.
A grant has been received for
fixing the sewer system at
Anson Wnght Park and the court
approved an agreement with a
property owner on whose
property the county needs to
work in order to fix some
drainage issues.
Behavioral Health Director
Gary Oberg reported on a
meeting with the director of the
State Mental Health Division
about the remodeling of the
Docken Building. He further
informed the court of his
concern about clinicians' on-call
response ability in such a large’
territory of Morrow and
Wheeler counties and his
temporary plan of having
volunteers for a second on-call
schedule.
The court asked some
questions about the department's
policies and agreed to contact
the union about the second on-
call rotation. Oberg reported
that Grant County is preparing
the contract with his department.
The court approved computer
manager Ed Struthers's request
for a replacement server in the
GIS office, which will also be
accessible to the justice court
and provide backup for the
shenffs and assessor's offices.
The court approved purchase of
a replacement PC for the
juvenile director.
Assessor Greg Sweek noted the
absence of a proper legal
description, necessary for
property tax statements, of two
leased properties. An attempt
will be made to determine the
property line without a costly
survey.
The court previewed a letter
about a regional partnership,
from Baker and Morrow county
courts to Governor Kitzhaber.
Emergency Management
Director Casey Beard addressed
the court about a CSEPP budget-
federal ly funded and passed to
the counties through the state-
problem that affects funding of
salaries for county employees,
travel and long-distance calls.
Beard detailed the situation and
reported that Director of
Finances Lisanne Curnn noted
that the state did not give the
county notice of the problem in
funding.
Beard also reported other
frustrations over the Oregon
Emergency
Management's
handling of the county's budget
and the federal funds and over
meetings postponed by OEM
personnel. The court approved to
provide a loan, if it becomes
necessary, out of the general
fund to pay the CSEPP
employees' salaries. They also
planned calls to OEM, going up
the chain of command, and to
Representative Walden.
Planning Director Tamra
Mabbott and County Counsel
Bill Hanlon updated the court on
the acquisition of the building
permit program.
Further
discussion questioned the state's
position on requiring the county
to hire the state inspector
displaced by the county's
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contracting with Boardman;
fulfillment of the needs of the
south county and input from
those mayors; the ability of the
full-time contractor in Boardman
to additionally service Morrow
County and the city of Umatilla;
the termination policy of the
agreement. Mabbott restated her
concerns about changing this
service provider and her being
instructed to prepare a letter
initiating the process, which
appears as a signal to Boardman
that the change will occur.
Answers to the many related
questions will be sought.
The court approved an
addendum to the real estate
agreement with Lee Docken.
Hanlon provided the court
copies of the annual litigation
report prepared for auditors and
offered the previously approved
contract for installation of a
heating and air conditioning
system in the Coast to Coast
section of the Gilliam and
Bisbee Building. He presented
and the court approved the sales
agreement on the purchase of the
Clarks Canyon Quarry.
The court briefly discussed
economic development services
with GEODC.
With Debbie Watson of
Umatilla Electric Cooperative,
the court discussed the coming
October 21 Regional Partnership
meeting during which the five
designated counties will be
putting together a prioritized list
of projects from all of the
counties. The court voiced
concern about an ultimatum
offered by the other three
counties to Baker and Morrow
counties, showing that Morrow
and Baker would not have full
participation in the regional
"partnership."
Watson
questioned whether the county
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would be left out of the list
entirely.
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Judge Terry Tallman reported
his request that the state’s
December 3 deadline for the
SCERT process be extended.
The lone Site Council held its
October meeting on Oct. 13 with
Morrow County School
Superintendent Bruce Anderson
as a guest.
Chair Arlynda Gates reviewed
several items that had been
discussed last year to bring new
members up to speed on some
ongoing discussions.
This year will mark the first
year that the academic letter will
be awarded. Students earning
the award for the first semester
will receive it during the spring
awards ceremony, while students
earning it for the second
semester will receive their letter
next fall. Also. Anne Morter
summarized the role of the site
council in approving staff
development money.
lone Schools Principal Dick
Allen presented some ideas for
the reading portion of the action
plan that is being formulated as
part of the school improvement
plan. Most of the, activities are
centered around the teaching
» staff being; trained in methods of
teaching reading and scoring
tests.
Math improvement is the other
side of the school improvement
plan. Allen reported that he will
get input from the staff and
report back at the Novembei
meeting.
An idea from last year, a
student-run cable access TV
station, was discussed again. Jim
Swanson had originally brought
the idea to the Site Council after
hearing about a similar program
in Arlington. It was noted that
with money being tight, it may
be difficult to get it off the
ground. However, grant funds
may be available if enough
interest is found. Debbie Radie
expressed
interest
in
volunteering to help with the
program.
Anne Morter reported that she
had done some legwork on
tippage fee money for the
operation of the lone swimming
pool. If a suitable project could
be found, it would be possible to
either get on the SCERT list or
circumvent the SCERT process
altogether, she reported John
Rietmann reported that he had
been working with the Willow
Creek Park District on the same
problem.
The Positive School Action
Committees were discussed. The
general feeling from Allen is
that the program did not work
well at the lone High School
level and only marginally well at
the middle school level.
Barb Peterson reported that
some ideas do work at the
middle school and she plans to
continue. The Very Important
Pupil (VIP) program has been
restarted at the grade school
level with good results,
John Rietmann presented the
council with information on
charter schools and reported that
several issues, like funding and
transportation, would make the
idea less likely to work in lone.
New business before the
council included: lone school
has its own web page at
www.ione.morrow.kl2.or.us; a
discussion concerning the
inclusion of a student
representative on the Site
Council; and the Lions Club has
money available for area
students with sight and hearing
problems.
The next meeting of the lone
Nov. 10, at 5 p.m. at lone High
School.
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Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the fol
lowing business:
Earl R. Woods, 56, Heppner-
Buming without a Permit, $69
fine;
Roland J. Dubois, 51, Pendle
ton-Illegal Possession of Buck
Deer, $152 fine;
Calvin Leroy Hortzell, 18,
Redmond-Violation of the Basic
Rule, 75 mph in a 55 mph zone,
$72 fine;
Kenneth Roy Johnston, 40,
Spray-Driving while License Sus
pended, Driving Uninsured, $464
fine, Possession of Less than One
Oz. Marijuana, $591 fine;
Ronald Bowman, Heppner-
• Maintaining a Dog as a Public
Nuisance, $43 fine;
Richard Ellis Pettyjohn, 44-
DUII, $1293 fine, 180 days in jail,
$300 and jail sentence suspended
with two years probation with no
further violation of law, complete
alcohol education program, 80
hours community service;
Tami Ritchie, 34, Hermiston-
Cnmmal Possession of Rented
Property, $726 fine plus restitution,
180 days in jail, $450 and jail sen
tence suspended with three years
probation with no further violation
of law;
John Sargent, 22, Heppner-
Contributing to the Sexual Delin
quency of a Minor, Endangering
the Welfare of a Minor, $ 1126 fine,
180 days in jail, $500 and jail sen
tence suspended with two years
probation with no further violation
of law and complete counseling
with Morrow County Behavioral
Health.
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photo by Sandi Day
A cleanup day at the local ball fields was held recently. The Shad Hisler field was cleaned up by the Day
family. Kilkenny field was picked up by the Kim Gutierrez family, and the majors field was spruced up by
the Dennis Peck family.
"Women in
Investing"
scheduled Nov.3
A one-night seminar entitled
Women In Investing is
scheduled for Wednesday, Nov.
3, from 6-9 p.m. at the Morrow
County School District Office in
Lexington.
This class, taught by Anda Kay
Zastro, will cover some of the
basics of investing from a
woman's point of view (although
anyone is welcome). The cost of
the class is $10 and pre
registration is required.
For more information or to
reserve your spot in the class,
contact Anne Morter, BMCC
coordinator for South Morrow
County at 422-7040.
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District will holt} a regular board
meeting on Monday, November
1, beginning at 7 p.m. at the
school district office in
Lexington.
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and ambulance reports,
September/October hospital
statistics, CEO goals and
objectives, a CEO report and an
executive session.
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