TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 9, 2002
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Health District
utilities, insurance and taxes, if
applicable.
-received a bill from Dr.
Robert Boss for a year-end bonus
and retirement benefits for Boss'
physician's assistant. The board
requested that Boss' submit
information on the PA's salary,
benefits and insurance prior to
board approval o f the expense.
-learned from Vander
Does
that
the
hospital
construction
is
nearing
completion and an open house is
tentatively being planned for
February.
-learned from Vander
Does that he planned to meet
with the contractor o f the assisted
living center Tuesday to finalize
plans for resuming construction.
-approved an updated
employee retirement plan with
Vander Does appointed as a
trustee for the 401A plan.
continued from page I
-set the board meeting
calendar for the coming year as
follows: Monday, January 28,
lone City Hall; February, March
25, Pioneer Memorial Home
Health
Office,
Heppner;
Monday, March 25, Boardman
Ambulance Hall; Monday, April
29, Lexington School District
Office; Tuesday, May 28, after
Memorial
Day,
Pioneer
Memorial Home Health Office,
Heppner; Monday, June 24,
Morrow County Annex Building,
Imgon; Monday, July 29, lone
City Hall; Monday, August 26,
Pioneer Memorial Home Health
Office; Monday, September 30,
Boardman Ambulance Hall;
Monday, October 28, Lexington
School District Office; Monday,
November 25, Pioneer Memorial
Home Health Office; Monday,
December 30, Morrow County
Annex Building, Irrigon. All
meetings are at 7 p.m.
Town & Country banquet
building o^Uie Morrow County
Courthouserand the coronation of
the Morrow County Fair and Oregon
Trail Pro-Rodeo Queen Salli
McElligott and Princesses Julie
Proctor and Gina Grant.
The Chamber of Commerce
awards honoring Man, Woman,
Business, Educator, Youth and
continued from page 1
Lifetime Achievement will be
presented, and some lucky person
will go home with the door prize,
compliments of Peterson's Jewelers.
Tickets for the annual pnme nb
dinner are $20 and are available at
Bank of Eastern Oregon, Klamath
First Federal, Murray Drugs and the
Heppner Chamber of Commerce.
Chamber luncheon Jan. 15
The Heppner Chamber of
Commerce will hold its annual
luncheon on Tuesday, Jan. 15, at
All Saints Episcopal Parish at 11:30
a.m. The luncheon will be catered
by Puddin' On The Ritz with music
by Joe and Leann Lindsay. Board
members, directors, and officers for
the coming year will be installed
and the annual "Hat's O ff' awards
will be presented.
Reservations should be made by
calling 676-5536, prior to Friday,
Jan. 11. Members are welcome to
bring guests.
New board members are Larry
Lutcher and Nancy Snider.
Continuing board members are
Darrell Raver, Dick Allen, Jerry
Breazeale, Victor Vander Does, Bert
Houweling, Dave Sykes and Cliff
Green. Barbara Hayes is treasurer.
Student representatives from
Heppner High School are Shelley
Rietmann and Julie Proctor.
Sharon Harrison will be moving
into the position of ex-officio after
serving as chamber president for
two years. Trish Sweeney will be
ending her term and turning over
the position o f secretary to "an
interested person".
O rd e r M ag n etic
D oor Signs H E R E
Heppner Gazette-Times
Weather Report
for the community
To the Editor and residents o f the
Heppner community:
The town meeting has taken place.
The specified committee is chosen
and their work soon begins. With
six others I am chosen to serve on
it.
I write to invite the entire
community to engage in the process
o f the work assigned to the
committee. My invitation is this:
For each of you who reads this letter,
and others who may hear about it,
to commit one-to-five minutes each
day. beginning now, to concentrate
on what you (one person) want
Heppner to be like in 25 years (2027)
and to continue this process through
the month of February, six or seven
weeks. I am asking you to jump over
the controversy o f the present
moment and consider what your
dearest dream for this community
is — to find words to describe it,
create phrases to make it more
concrete and sentences to
communicate. While I am suggesting
this exercise as a personal practice,
1 will encourage you, also, to share
with friends and neighbors, co
workers and colleagues, what you
are discovering about your hopes
for the future.
It is important not to quibble, with
yourself or others, over the difficulty
of the times and invent "what if,"
"yes but," and other devices which
can only impede imagination. I
believe mind and imagination, as
well as breath and heartbeat, are
precious gifts o f human life, to be
exercised in our everyday living.
Those of us on the committee pay
taxes, worry about our long-term
care, the education o f our children,
where the next loan payments are
coming from, perhaps the next meal.
Let the dream speak its truth without
any of these encumbrances. This
is a challenge with very high stakes.
However, I write this, representing
only myself, not the commit^e, at
this point.
I find the committee's assignment
especially significant because of the
season of the year: the dark of winter
and the completion o f Christmas
festivity and celebration. Those of
you who hear the liturgy o f the
Christmas story, from the words of
ancient prophets, communicated
through dreams and oracles, through
the announcements of the births of
two important people, through
strange visions of shepherds, and
wise men, foolishly following a star
and obeying a dream which tells
them to return by another route
quietly, have traveled through a
dream world which we are now
moving out of, but which
communicates messages of hope
in dire circumstances to all sorts of
people: Exiles in captivity whose
native land is occupied; pregnancy
and birth of a son to an old couple
beyond child bearing age; "Fear not!"
to a young woman whose pregnancy
is literally thrust upon her, and the
same message to her betrothed who
is about to abandon her; shepherds
who see lights in the sky and hear
angels singing; the travelers from
far off who see a message among
the stars and journey, not knowing.
In the darkest of times these stories
ask us to believe there is hope as
real even more real, than our fears.
I am asking o f you to listen to
your hopes during this short penod
o f time to support an appointed
committee as it does its work; in
other words, to dream dreams... your
dreams, not mine.
Those o f you who know me
realize that I am comfortable with
biblical images. Keep this one,
written by the prophet Joel in a dire
time, close to your hearts, during
these next few weeks.
The Lord said," Later, I will give
my Spirit to every one. Your sons
and daughters will prophesy. Your
old men will dream dreams, And
your young men will see visions.
In those days I will even give my
Spirit to my servants, Both men and
women." (contemporary version)
(s) Grace E. Drake
Heppner
group insurance
B v D o ris B ro s n a n
on the completion of projects in the
At the January 2 meeting of the community. He recommended that
Morrow County Commissioners, they talk to the asphalt contractor,
budget officer Lisanne Currm and who should "make it right."
accounting supervisor Tawny Miles
County Extension agent Bill
reported that Principal Financial Broderick met with the court to
Group, the company that carries the discuss his department needs for
county's long-term disability group office space and his attempts to
insurance, has "gone public." As acquire
additional
space.
a policy holder, the county owns Commissioner Dan Brosnan
some common stock, but as a public suggested that the court wait until
agency, the county is not allowed after the special legislative session
to own stock so must sell it. The to take action on any possible move
commissioners authorized the sale for Extension because o f the
of the shares, with the revenue to uncertainty o f funding for some
become included in the budget departments, but the court agreed
process.
to look at rental and utilities cost
Former County Judge Louis estimates for a proposed new location
Carlson asked about the status of while waiting.
the Valby Road project, which he
The court discussed with planning
said was "looking real good." He director Tamra Mabbott and Port
expressed concern, however, that o f Morrow representative Ron
the intersection with Carlson Lane McKinnis a proposed agreement
could cause an accident. He with Kittelson and Associates for
suggested knocking down the bank a traffic impact analysis for the
to gain better visibility.
proposed Oregon Motor Speedway.
Mayor of lone Betty Gray, and With approval o f counsel Bill
lone city clerk Cindi Doherty Hanlon, the court approved the
discussed with the court the city's agreement.
request for additional funds to
Judge Terry Tallman opened and
complete the pedestrian/bike-path read the one bid on herbicides. Public
project, to which the court had works director Burke O'Brien and
previously allocated funds. She weed manager Dave Pranger will
explained that the project went over review the bid to assure compliance
budget because the bill for asphalt with the specifications.
came in for considerably more than
Other actions o f the court:
the verbal estimate.
- proclamation of the Year 2002
Commissioner John Wenholz as the "Year of the Courthouse
explained that the discretionary fund Centennial";
is not intended to cover projects' cost
- approval of retrofitting a pickup
overruns. He reviewed awards to with a flatbed and a weed spray unit;
lone since 1998 to demonstrate the
- approval o f a permit to
county's support of the lone projects . CenturyTel to locate a line along
and commended Gray and Doherty Road 810.
CHANGE OF HOURS for A rtisan Village
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1583 acre ranch near Heppner.
Includes four bedroom, three bath
home with office and game room,
sports court, 20-stall horse barn,
tack/wash room, large shop,
corrals, holding pens, two ponds,
dog kennels and much more.
Great deer and bird hunting.
Owner will carry contract.
pleasing competition (unlike flat
track ovals proposed elsewhere in
the area). At the very least,
motorcycle aerobatics might draw
ESPN Television coverage.
For those that hope to someday
see ATVs made street legal, I would
suggest that they are already' available
in a slightly altered form-military
style jeeps equipped with a roll bar.
(s) Dick McElligott
lone
$ 565,000
LinnBenton
releases honor roll
The following local students at
Linn-Benton Community College
in Eugene earned a grade point
average of 3.50 or higher for 12 or
more graded credits during the 2001
fall term: Kristen Marshall, Heppner;
and Mana Elisa Garcilazo, Imgon.
Q u ars
O re g o n R anch
Motorcycle aerobatics
might draw ESPN
To the Editor:
I have received many comments
on my recent letter concerning ATV
racing in Heppner. Some would
object to a few hours inconvenience
from closed streets — an
understandable objection. However,
with planning, it could be worked
out. Others have said if the goal of
this project is economic gain to
Heppner, it would draw people to
Heppner, not through Heppner. This
could bring business to Mam Street
and a few afternoons of excitement.
Some former high school students
tell me that the suggested course
has already been tested and found
safe at speeds higher than ATVs
can presently attain. They further
state that this course would make
an excellent motorcycle race course.
Airborne motorcycles on Water
Street would provide exciting, crowd
C iX iM tC S
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For The Calendar Wear 2001
Me Received From The Community,...
Food Donations Collected:....................................................................... 8422.6 pounds
Clothing Donations Received:........................................................valued at $22,386.50
Volunteer Man Hours Contributed:.......................... 1380.75 hours valued at $8974.88
(minimum wage calculation)
Me Ffet These Needs Mithin The Community...
Distribution of Food:..................................................................................... 9861 pounds
Housing Needs (electricity, propane, rent & water/sewer):............................ $4,746.13
Personal Needs (emergency petrol and prescriptions):..................................$5,843.96
Thanksgiving Food Boxes:.................................................48 boxes serving 111 people
(collecting, packaging & distribution)
Christmas Food Boxes & G ifts:......................................... 60 boxes serving 150 people
(gathering, packaging & distribution)
W e lift our hearts and sing praises for living in com m unities of caring people,
for together w e make a great team & it really takes teamwork to make things happen.
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