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neppner uazene- limes, neppner, uregon vveanesaay August 22, 2001 - FIVE BEO first in commercial floats; United Methodist Commissioners discuss pressurized system By Doris Brosnan approval. Church takes sweepstakes At the August 15 meeting of the Assistant Morrow County Public mountain roads, and they rhe Bank of Eastern Oregon took first place in the commercial float entries for the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Parade held Saturday, August 18. Heppner United Methodist Church took first in the community float entries and was also judged the sweepstakes winner. Complete results are as follows: Commercial floats: first place Bank o f Eastern Oregon; second place Willow Creek Water Park and Heppner Day Care; third place Lexington Polaris; fourth place Get A-Maized. Community floats: first Heppner United Methodist Church; second Rock Saloon Antiques; third Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of Hermiston. Individual horse or mule and rider: first Sherron Woodside. Musical entries: first Pendleton Round-Up Mounted Band; second 4-H Mexican Folkloric Dance Group. Antique autos: first Bob and Sharon Harrison; second Kelly Sager; third Danielle Looslie; fourth John Wenholz and Terry Tallman. Steam engine tractors: first Raymond "Bud" Batty; second Richard Simpson. Courts and royalty: first Pendleton Happy Canyon Princesses; second Umatilla Sage Riders Court; third Pendleton Round-Up Court. Family nding group: first Molly Barrow and Corrine War of lone. Junior nding group: first Future Barrel Racers (Taighler and Ryan Dougherty, MaKenna Ramos, Jessica Hughes, Mary Rietmann and Makenzi Hughes). Senior nding group: first Umatilla Sage Riders. Others: first - horse and meadow brook cart, Nancy Miller and friends, lone; second - team and buggy, Bud and Virginia Reiman, Pendleton; third - team and antique carriage, Jack and Jo Meligan Heppner. Sweepstakes winner: Heppner United Methodist Church. Bank of Eastern Oregon float School Calendar Heppner High School has announced its September schedule of events as follows: Tuesday, Sept. 4: School begins, assembly at 8 a.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 5: Heppner Advisory Committee meeting, 6 p.m. in the cafeteria; Monday, Sept. 10: Morrow County School Board meeting, 7:30 p.m. at HHS; Tuesday. Sept. 11: volleyball at Condon, 5 p.m., JV football Mac- Hi at Heppner, 5 p.m.; Wednesday, Sept. 12: HHS Site Council meeting, 7 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 13: volleyball at Riverside, 5 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 14: Junior high football/ volleyball, Stanfield at Heppner, 2 p.m., VF Amity at Heppner. 7:30 p.m.; Monday, Sept. 17: "C" volleyball at Riverside, 6 p.m., JVF Umatilla at Umatilla, 6 p.m.; Tuesday, Sept, 18: School pictures; VB lone at Heppner, 5 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 20: Homecoming parade, 2:30 p.m., bonfire and rally, 8 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 21: Homecoming, JHF Columbia at Heppner, 2 p.m., VF Pilot Rock at Heppner, 7:30 p.m., Homecoming Dance, 10 p.m.-1 a.m.; Monday, Sept. 24: JVF Wahtonka at The Dalles, 6 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 27:volleyball at lone, 5 p.m.; Friday, Sept. 28: JHF Umatilla at Heppner, 2 p.m., VF Wahtonka at The Dalles, 7:30 p.m. Morrow County Commissioners, Bev Bridgewater, o f the West Extension Irrigation District, presented an illustration o f the pressurized system in Irrigon. Commissioner John Wenholz noted the need for individual authorization to install pressurized lines along individual county roads. Bridgewater reported work continuing on the 1997 project and pointed out locations of some related, proposed work. She said that the project will replace all open ditches with pressurized lines, and she explained the process for requesting lines. Wenholz noted that each project will need a separate permit and requested a map showing all existing lines, explaining that location of all utilities located in county easements are a priority for the county. Director of the Commission on Children and Families, Barbara Hayes, brought before the court the final RFP allocations and the grant agreement with the state for this fiscal year's funding. She explained changes in the preliminary recommendations. The court requested some specific, related information, approving the documents subject to county counsel Wedding Tables Amanda Gutierrez & Jeff Wilson Wedding: August 25, 2001 Staci Grabeel & Benjamin Harrison Wedding: August 25, 2001 at 4 p.m. First Christian Church, Hermiston Leanne Way & Joe Lindsay Wedding: August 25, 2001 Miwuuj'i D/uuj IN C. 217 North Main • Heppner • 676-9158 Serving Heppner, Lexington & lone Works Director Bob Naims reported that department's activity to the court: The crew finished paving on Little Buttercreek with reclaimed asphalt and moved to Basey and Sanford Canyon Road. I hey moved the crusher to Lexington for maintenance and repair, moved the pugmill to Clarks Canyon Pit. They are working on updating signs on Job fair meeting scheduled An inform ational meeting for local employers to discuss, review and finalize plans for the September 11 Job Fair in Heppner will be held at the Bank of Eastern Oregon Conference Room (back building) on Thursday, August 23, at 10 a.m. All interested employers that would like to participate in the fair are asked to attend. The event is sponsored by the Willow Creek Valley Econom ic D evelopm ent Committee and CAPECO. Health District schedules meeting The Morrow County Health District will hold their regular meeting on Monday. August 27. at 7 p.m. at the Pioneer Memorial Home Health conference room. Agenda items include the Boardman clinic building; and interim construction loan from the Bank of Eastern Oregon, boiler bids and an executive session. are working on Deadman Loop. Public works is investigating significant damage to Bombing Range Road. They have received a congratulatory letter from the DEQ for having exceeded the recycling requirement of seven percent by recycling 15 percent o f waste. Other actions of the court included the following: - approval of the purchase by public works of a used water truck and used Chevy Tahoe 4x4; - approval of the jail agreement renewal, with no increase in the rate, with Umatilla County for housing prisoners; - signing of the duplicate onginal agreement with ESD for a telecommunications upgrade; - approval of the Morrow County Behavioral Health contract with Resource Connections for fiscal intermediary services; - approval of a contract with Wheelers Communications for maintenance of the tone alert radio system infrastructure; - signing of two agreements with Comp View for the system integration upgrades for the Emergency Operations Center in Heppner and the Boardman Fire Center; - approval of the purchase of a small copy machine for use by the Veterans and Special Transportation offices; - approval of having the county personnel director communicate with a newly formed drug-testing company wishing to provide services to the county; - signing of an addendum to the agreement with SCM. DARRELL PADBERG MEMORIAL SERVICE A memorial service and dinner will be held on August 26th at 2 p.m. at the Port of Morrow Riverfront facility. Everyone is welcome to attend. A baby costs $785 m onth How much is your allowance? Brought to you by the Morrow County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition. For further information, contact the Morrow County Health Department at 541-676-5421 or contact the Morrow County Commission on Children and Families at 541-676-9675. G 2001 Campaign For Our Children, Inc.
