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ESD to appoint board if recall successful
According to the Morrow
County Clerk's Office, Morrow
County School Board members.
John Rietmann,
lone, Pat
McNamee, Irrigon, and John
Frederickson. Boardman have all
responded to a recall petition
naming them. Their response sets
the October 30 recall election in
motion.
They
had
until
September 26 to either respond
to the recall challenge or resign.
M CSD
A ssista n t
Superintendent Mike Keown said
that if the recall is successful,
Umatilla-Morrow ESD will be
required by law to appoint
replacements to till the recalled
positions until the next election
around a year and a half from
now because the school board
would then lack a quorum. The
board has seven members; four
are required for a quorum. If
Rietmann. Frederickson and
McNamee are recalled, only two
seated board members, John
Renfro, I exmgton, and Julie
Weikel,
Boardman,
would
remain.
The positions o f two
other board members, Keith
Lewis and Barney Lindsay, had
earlier been declared vacant by
the board because o f residency
issues.
A ruling on Linsday's
residency is expected to come
before a circuit court judge this
month. If the judge rules in favor
of the district and against
Lindsay before the election is
held, then the school board could
appoint someone to fill the
positions held by him and also
Keith Lewis because a quorum,
consisting of Renfro, Weikel,
Rietmann,
Frederickson and
McNamee, would still exist.
The Morrow County
Clerk's Office plans to mail the
ballots by Friday, October 12.
The out-of-state absentee ballots
will be mailed on October 5.
Voters must turn in their
ballots by 8 p.m. on Tuesday,
October 30, at the following
locations:
Heppner-Morrow
County Courthouse; Lexington-
Morrow
County
Road
Department Office; Ione-Bank of
Eastern Oregon until 4 p.m., lone
City Hall from 4-8 p.m.;
Boardman-Morrow
County
Behavioral
Health
Office;
Irrigon-Morrow county Annex
Building.
According to the clerk's
office, the election is expected to
cost between $4,000 and $7,000,
which must be paid in its entirety
by the Morrow County School
District.
HJH game update
The Heppncr Junior High
School volleyball and football
games with Pilot Rock scheduled
for Friday, October 12, have
been changed to Thursday,
October 11, at Heppner at 3 p.m.
The Heppner seventh-
grade volleyball tournament will
be held on Saturday. October 20,
beginning at 9 a.m. at lone.
The Heppner eighth-
grade tournament will also be
held on Saturday, October 20, at
9 a.m., but in Heppner.
Morrow County Heritage Day Oct. 14
Morrow County Heritage Day
will observe Oct. 19, the date when
Lewis and Clark, the Corps of
Discovery, Sacagawea, her husband
Charbonneau and their infant Pomp,
all visited and camped with native
people on a sandy island in the mid-
Columbia. The island, off shore from
present day Irrigon Marina Park,
is now under the waters of the
Columbia River.
The Third Annual Morrow County
Heritage Day will be held Sunday,
Oct. 14, at 2 p.m. at the Irrigon
Marina Park (Highway 730 to
Irrigon, north on 10th Street to the
Marina Park).
Numerous activities for the family
will be available, along with a chance
to see Jerry Igo, known to many as
Sgt. Gass, a member of the Corps
of Discovery, performing at 2:15
p.m. Also at this year's event will
be Cayuse Chief Jesse Jones with
his Cayuse Regalia, tepee display
and stories; Dick and Dot Hensley,
mountain man and woman; a quilt
display courtesy of Country
Loveables; an old fashioned pie
social; and old time games for all
o f the family to join in.
The Morrow County Columbia
River Heritage Trail will be featured
again this year. The Trail Committee
will unveil the official signs that will
be placed along the Heritage Trail.
The Heritage Trail is designed to
be a non-motonzed recreational trail
linking the communities of Imgon
and Boardman in phase one and
traveling from the Umatilla County'
line to the Gilliam County line in
phase two. Tamra Mabbott, Morrow
County Planning Director will host
tours of the proposed trail site near
the Irrigon Marina Park.
For more information about
Morrow County Heritage Day,
contact Donna Eppenbach at 922-
3197.
Heppner couple get two four points
A new escrow service
has been opened in Heppner.
Columbia Basin Escrow, owned
by Sylvia Sandford, opened on
September 10.
Columbia Basin Escrow
will offer "full escrow services
with all accommodations for all
real estate closings," says
Sandford. Services include sales
refinances, owner contracts and
collections services.
The office is located at
315 N.E. Chase m Heppner,
across the street from Napa Auto.
Office hours are 8:45 a.m. to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday.
However, says Sandford, "We
can be flexible, meeting people
after hours or when needed." The
office phone is 676-8220.
A local native, Sandford,
35, attended high school in lone
and then received her high school
diploma and an associate's
degree in journalism from Blue
Mountain Community College.
She received a bachelor of
s c ie n c e
d e g re e
in
communications from Eastern
Oregon University in 1987 and
then did a stint as Miss Rodeo
Oregon from 1988 to 1989. As
Miss Rodeo Oregon she traveled
extensively throughout the year
doing public relations and
attending a variety of events,
such as Special Olympics Rodeo.
"It was a lot of fun, but also a lot
of work," says Sandford.
Sandford got her first
taste o f court life in Morrow
County. At the age o f 13 she
became a pennant bearer for the
Morrow County Fair and Rodeo.
She was a princess in 1983 with
Queen Lottie Laughlin and then
became queen in her own right in
1984 with princesses Shelly
Stroeber and Bridget Greenup.
Sandford, grew up on a
ranch in lone and, after her father
died in 1989, helped run the
operation along with her mother,
Lorraine, and brother, Richard.
Shortly thereafter she
started her banking career in
Pendleton. From 1989-1991, she
worked in new accounts and
consumer lending at Western
Trails Federal Credit Union in
Pendleton.
From there she worked
for
Southwestern
Idaho's
Builders Association as director
o f their "Parade of Homes,"
which is similar to the Street of
Dreams
in
Oregon.
As
communications director she
selected the homes that were to
be featured, put together the
advertisement book and sold ads
for the event.
She then returned to live
in Oregon and began working for
Matheny
transferred to
Portland
Sylvia Sandford
Washington
Mutual
in
Kennewick, WA. In 1995, she
began working for Inland Empire
(Banner Bank) in their mortgage
division and from 1996-98 she
worked for the Bank o f Eastern
Oregon as mortgage processor.
She was employed as an escrow
officer with Amentitle in
Hermiston from 1998 until
taking a job with Pioneer Escrow
in Hermiston.
her
Sandford
and
husband,
Rick, have two
children, Lilly, 5-1/2, who
attends kindergarten at lone
Elementary, and Ivy, 1-1/2. The
Sandfords, who live in lone, have
pasture and a large menagerie,
which includes four horses and
various dogs and cats. Rick
Sandford, who is from Pendleton,
is employed with the Oregon
Highway Department. O f late,
however,
he
has
been
"moonlighting" in construction,
remodeling the house they
purchased into an attractive
office for Columbia Basin
Escrow. The building is shared
with Coppock
Surveying,
another new business for
Heppner.
"I'm looking forward to
working with all the realtors,"
said Sylvia, who added that she
can cover closings in Morrow
and Umatilla counties. She
invites people to stop by the
office, saying, "The coffee pot is
always on."
She also announces that
Cyde Estes was the winner of the
gift basket drawing held at
Columbia Basin Escrow’s open
house September 28.
Auction to include
variety of items
A television will be one of the many items to be auctioned off at the
Heppner Booster Club Steak Feed and Auction planned October 13.
Pictured is Shirley George of Lott'! Electric.
The annual Heppner
Booster Club Steak Feed and
D ave
M a th e n y , Auction will be held Saturday,
Lexington area man who was October 13, at the Heppner Elks
critically injured in a horse riding Club.
The auction will include
accident, has been transferred
bird
hunts,
Blazer tickets,
from St. Charles Medical Center
boots,
taxidermy
in Bend to Good Samaritan in hunting
services,
Seahawk
tickets,
a
Portland.
weekend
at
the
Oregon
Coast,
a
According
to
a
spokesperson, Matheny, who will jet boat trip, an Italian dinner.
be in the critical care unit, is Black Hills Gold jewelry,
golfing, Heppner High School
starting rehabilitation.
People may write to him game passes, a rifle, fishing trips.
in care of Good Samaritan
Medical Center, 1015 N.W.
22nd, Portland, OR 97212.
An account has been
An e-mail received by
established for the Matheny area government employees
family at the Bank o f Eastern warning o f a biological threat
Oregon.
sent through the mail has been
golf clubs, beef, meat processing,
a color TV, a stadium blanket
and a web page, among many
other items.
The New York steak
dinner,
including
salad,
homemade bread and homemade
desserts, begins at 6 p.m. Cost is
S10 each.
The
auction,
silent
auction and raffle will follow.
Tickets are available at
the Shoe Box and Heppner
Hardware.
Biological threat a
Historical Society
hoax
plans dinner, slide
show
Litter pickup set
The Heppner Chamber of
Commerce announces the next litter
pick up on Wednesday, Oct. 10, from
5-6 p.m.
Participants are asked to use litter
bags from Stop Oregon Litter and
Vandalism (SOLV) to collect any
litter along their part of the state
highway and deposit it next to the
nearest highway sign for collection
by Chamber of Commerce
volunteers. Hazardous items should
be marked with an orange flag.
Contact the pick up coordinator.
John Edmundson, 676-5177, for
orange flags.
determined to be a hoax.
The threat, concerning
the "Klingerman Virus", was
debunked
by
Connecticut
officials.
Park district to
meet
The Willow Creek Park
District will hold a meeting on
Tuesday, October 9, at 7 p.m. at
Heppner City Hall.
The agenda will include
a financial report and season
wTap-up.
The Historical Society
has planned a turkey dinner this
Sunday, October 7, at the
Lexington Grange Hall.
The meeting will begin
with dinner at 1 p.m., followed
by
a program by Glen
Kirkpatrick, secretary o f the
Oregon chapter of the Lewis and
Clark Trail Heritage Foundation,
who will show a slide show
depicting the points of interest
the Lewis and Clark expedition
saw on their trip down the river
in 1805.
Those attending the
dinner may bring a salad or a
dessert.
SEED PROTECTANTS
Growers - do you still have fall seed to treat? We carry a full line
of seed protectants, including Dividend XL and Vitavax RTU.
Give us a call at our Fertilizer Department, 422-7289.
Morrow County Grain Growers
Scott and Nikki Coe of Heppner show off their respective four-point bucks. Scott shot his in the
Columbia Basin Unit Tuesday and Nikki shot hers in the Heppner unit Sunday.
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