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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 29, 2002 - THREE County court news By Doris Brosnan Judge Terry Tallm an opened the continuation o f the public hearing on the B A1C land- use appeal, at the May 15 county court m eeting, noting the submission by Joel Peterson of a sum m ary o f his previous testim ony. Planning Director Tamra M abbott reviewed her redraft o f the findings, noting some changes. She read comm ents e-m ailed by Steve H ultburg, attorney for the applicant, and responses to those by the c o u n ty ’s co n su ltin g attorney, Larry Epstein. The applicant agreed to proposed language in the corrected findings and to some further language changes proposed by Commissioner Dan Brosnan. After the hearing had ended, M abbott handed the commissioners a draft of minutes from the May 2 public hearing on the speedway and discussed with them the hearing that was to follow the next day in Irrigon. The commissioners then discussed some of the questions they would be seeking answers to at the hearing. Judge Tallman reported on his m eeting w ith H ealth Department staff and his work on that departm ent’s budget. The court discussed the possible m anagem ent o f both health departments by the director of Behavioral Health. Later in the m eeting, B ehavioral H ealth Director Kelly Sager agreed that such a combining of departments could w ork, as som e other counties are operating in this manner, and suggested need for fu rth er d iscussion o f the m anagem ent structure. Discussion ensued, with a general agreem ent that defin in g the mission of the Health Department is in order. Sager updated the court on department issues, beginning with a copy of an editorial noting that Morrow County is “among the top five in motivating adults to stay in treatment for alcohol and other drug abuse.” He noted that the departm ent is in full com pliance according to the O ffice o f Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Sager reported continued recru itin g effo rts for a new director in Grant County, with plans to screen nine applicants and schedule interviews. Sager noted the hiring of a new clinician for Grant County, explaining that the hiring creates a full staff. Sager then discussed HB 3024, w hich has created a quandary for the Mental Health Association, and which some directors see as an unfunded mandate. The court agreed with Sager that he not attempt to write a plan or pay to have a preliminary plan written for submittal under HB 3024. Sager reported a loss of some alcohol and drug funding and noted that he will not be signing an alcohol and drug funding amendment because he does not agree with it. Sager also reported that the Extension Agent’s office will be moving from the Gilliam and Bisbee Building on May 22, a move to which Behavioral Health contributed some funds. Sager requested permission to move into some vacated space and noted the need for som e new equipment. He reminded the court that an architect had looked at the rem odeling prospects at the Boardm an Annex, and Sager proposed seeking a community development block grant for the project. He ended his appearance with comments on a broadband video-conferencing project of Eastern Oregon Human Services Consortium. Surveyor Ron McKinnis reported to the court on a private surveying job he is performing for a subdivision, in which he found that deeds did not m atch his surveying findings. He discovered that the county had once paid landowners for a right of way but had not marked it completely with pins. The court informed him that he should, as county surveyor, set the remaining pins. Public Works Director Burke O ’Brien reported that the crew had finished patching County Line Road, Kunze, 8th S treet, Pole Line, and Homestead, and they were to finish M cNab on that day. O ’Brien said that the hydraulic upgrade on the chip spreader is complete, and the crusher jaw unit would be ready by the end of the week for crushing operations the following week. Rock screening was to be completed on May 16. O ’Brien also observed that having two people working on w eed spraying has m ade an excellent difference. Other actions of the court include the following: - agreem ent to the extension o f 90 days for a resolution to a property owner working on getting an agreement with a neighbor over a piece of Act of Congress land; - approval o f a day o f w ork on softw are by the personnel consultant; review o f Joel Peterson's letter for the record on the BAIC land use appeal and agreem ent w ith his recommendation to add language to the Transportation System Plan; - approval of allowing Boardman Parks two loads of reject rock; - approval of agreements for the Juniper Canyon Road realignment project and the Rhea Creek Brenner Bridge project. Magnetic Door Signs Order Yours Here ' Heppner Gazette- Times 676-9228 Heart to Heart HHS students honored at awards dessert Heppner High School held its awards dessert Monday, May 20. The following awards were presented: President’s Outstanding Educational Excellence awards: Jonathan B ennett, Shelley Rietmann, Bradley Bowman, Paula Spicerkuhn, Sam Van Liew, Brian Rust, Meghan Bailey, and Jesse Gutierrez. President’s Outstanding Academic Achievement awards: Stefan Matheny, Julie Proctor, Jodie C arlson and C odi Rosecrans. Oregon Scholar/Athlete aw ards: Jonathan B ennett, Shelley Rietmann, Brad Bow man, Paula Spicerkuhn, Sam Van Liew, Meghan Bailey, Brian Rust, Jesse G utierrez, and Jodie Carlson. Oregon Association of Secondary School Administrators Students of Merit Honor Team: Business: Genia Grant, Fine Arts Visual: Sibbea Jones, Computer Science: Brad Bowman, Foreign L anguage Spanish: Jesse Gutierrez, Home Economics: Ashley Ward, Performing Arts: Jody M addern, Mathematics: Josh Lankford, Physical Educa- tion/Health: Tanner Britt, Social Studies: Jon Bennett, Science: Sam Van Liew, and Language Arts: Shelley Rietmann 4.0 all three quarters: Jon Bennett, Shelley Rietmann, M arcy M iller, and Shanna Rietmann Am erican Citizenship Awards: Tyler H enderson, Daniel Jepsen, Stefan Matheny, Doug Orwick, Jon Bennett, Brad Bowman, Leland Rill, Brian Rust, Kyle Huddleston, Kevin Drake, Dan Basile, Blake Allstott, Claire Anderson, Meghan Bailey, Brett Barber, Jodie Carlson, Dawn DeBoer, Ashley Collette, Sibbea Jones, Lacey Matteson, Marcy Miller, Courtney Nelson, Kyle Carlson, Sam Van Liew, Julie Proctor, Shelley Rietmann, Codi Rosecrans, Brooke Rust, Tammy Smith, Paula Spicerkuhn, Ashley Ward, Nicole Wilson, Madison Bailey, Emily Bergstrom, Chelsea Britt, Kylee Disque, Blair Keithly, Cara Kennedy, Elizabeth Orwick, Shanna Rietmann, Jessica Wain- wright, and Terra Wilson. Senior Drama: Julie Proctor, Sam uel Van Liew, Leland Rill, Paula Spicerkuhn, Molly Turrell, Jody, Maddern, and Angela Moore. Wendy Appleton’s Mu sic Awards: Danielle Prindle: Choir, District VI Choir, Featured Soloist; Darren Van Cleave: Dis trict VI Honor Band, Mid Colum bia Honor Band, District VI Solo Contest (first alternate to state). Pep Band; Luke Murray: Mid Colum bia Honor Band; Jody Maddern: District VI Honor Band, Mid Columbia Honor Band, Pep Band. John Flaherty's Awards: Excellence in Social Studies tenth grade: Blake Allstott, Chantea Macaulay, Luke Murray, and Courtney Nelson. Les Payne’s Awards: excellence in Government and Economics: Jon Bennett, Jodie Carlson, Clementine Guyot, Paula Spicerkuhn, Sam Van Liew, Brad Bowman, Kelsey Greenup, Jesse Gutierrez, Shelley Rietmann, Brian Rust, Stefan Matheny, Molly Turrell, and Meghan Bailey. Excellence in Social Studies ninth grade: Madison Bailey, Kylee Disque, Liz Orwick, Shanna Rietmann, Blair Keithly, Cara Kennedy, Josh Lankford, and Jes sica Wainwright. Linda D u tch er’s Awards: excellence in eleventh grade Language Arts: Doug Orwick, Daniel Jepsen, Lacey M atteson, Tyler H enderson, Nicole Wilson, Connor Kilkenny, and Ashley Ward. Language Arts eleven Student o f the Year: Marcy Miller. Val Campbell’s Awards: excellence in Language Arts Nine: Blair Keithley. Excellence in Spanish III/IV: Jesse Gutierrez and Michael McCabe. Excel lence in Spanish II: Jon Bennett. Excellence in Spanish I: Daniel Jepson. Lea Mathieu’s Awards: excellence in Language Arts IV: M eghan Bailey, C lem entine Guyot, Sibbea Jones, Jon Bennett, Sam uel Van Liew, Paula Spicerkuhn and Shelley Rietmann. Excellence in Sopho m ore L anguage A rts: Luke Murray. Luke C asad y ’s M ath Awards: Outstanding Mathemat ics Achievement in Integrated I: Blake Allstott, Cara Kennedy, and Josh L ankford. O utstanding Mathematics Achievement in In tegrated II: Luke Murray, Marcy, Miller, and Shanna Rietmann. O utstanding M athem atics Achievement in Integrated III: Tyler H enderson, Lacey M atteson, and Doug Orwick. O utstanding M athem atics Achievement in PreCalculus: Jon Bennett and Shelley Rietmann. K aren B eck ’s M ath Awards: Outstanding Achieve ment in Mathematics: Madison Bailey, Blair Keithly, Jessica Wainwright, Elizabeth Orwick, K ylee D isque, and Kyle Huddleston. Spelling Contest Awards; District Division III: third place Jesse Gutierrez; fifth place Daniel Jepsen; and eighth place Brooke Rust Jason Palmer’s Science Awards: Most Enthusiastic about Science: Shelley Rietmann and Matt Young. Chemistry: Out standing Understanding of Con cepts: Doug Orwick. Senior Chemistry Awards: Jon Bennett, Sam Van Liew, Shelley Rietmann, and Paula Spicerkuhn. Physical Science: Excellent Design of a Bridge: Francisco Escalante and Matt Young. Excellent Design of a Catapult: Jon Cain and Brian Smith. Excellence in Physical Science: Blake Allstott, Blair Keithly, Courtney Nelson, and Kiel Naims. Most Improved in Physical Science: Tyler Boyer. Steve Brownfield’s Sci ence Awards: O utstanding Achievement in Biology I: Madi son Bailey, Shanna Rietmann, Josh Lankford and Jessica Wainwright. Outstanding Achievement In Bi ology II: Tyler Henderson, Luke Murray. Outstanding Achieve ment in Field Biology III: Daniel Jepsen, Lacey M atteson, Sam Van Liew and Shelley Rietmann. Walt Pilgrim’s Business Awards: Word Processing I: Shanna R ietm ann, D anielle P rindle, and Cara Kennedy. Word Processing II: Genia Grant and Nicole Wilson. Accounting II: Jonathan Bennett, Jessica Gutierrez, Marcy Miller, Samuel Van Liew, and Nicole Wilson. Dave Fowler’s Technol ogy Awards: Outstanding Effort: Dawn DeBoer and Jessica Bash. Outstanding Technology Educa tion Student: Madison Bailey. Most Improved Technology Stu dent: Brandon Seitz. Outstand ing Projects: Brian Rust and Molly Turrell. Tom Shear’s Art Awards: Outstanding Achievement in Art: Kelsey Greenup and Clementine Guyot.______________________ Robert D Roten, 0 .0 . W - T T C ' EYE HEALTH and VISION CARE / /nX V ft” 7 128 W e s t W illo w • H e p p n e r T u e s d a y s b y a p p o in tm e n t 6 7 6 -9 4 6 5 Serving H eppn er sin ce M i Golfers go to State Six members of the high school golf team w ent to state this month. Golfers Brad Bowman, Jon Bennett, Kevin Drake, Doug Orwick, Tyler Boyer and Darren Skaggs went to Woodbum. May 13-14, to compete in the State competition. They played on the OGA golf course in Tuquilla. Kevin Drake placed fourth individually and they placed fifth as a team. Country club ladies hold playday The Willow Creek Country Club ladies held a playday on May 14. Results are as follows: Low gross of the field-Sheri Stahl. Low net of the field-Joyce Dinkins. Least putts of the field-Missy Cutsforth. F light A: low g ross-P at Edmundson; low net-Karen Th om pson; least p u tts-L u v illa Sonstegard; KP-Jan Paustian. Flight B: low gross-Betty C hristm an; low net-L orrene Montgomery; least putts-Bemice Lott and Betty Carlson; KP- Bemice Lott. Flight C: low gross-K im H ouw eling; low net-L oa Henderson; least putts-Barbara Gilbert; KP-Kathy Cutsforth. Chip in: Loa Henderson. Birdie: Sheri Stahl and Jan Paustian. Long putt: Missy Cutsforth. Special play: Sheri Stahl-A; B etty C hristm an-B ; Joyce Dinkins-C. A playday was also held May 21. Results are as follows: Low gross o f the field-Dana Reid and Pat Edmundson. Low net of the field-Carole Hamilton. Least putts of the field-Karen Bishop and Corol Mitchell. Flight A: low gross-Sheri Stahl; low net-Virginia Grant; least putts-Luvilla Sonstegard. Flight B: low gross-Betty C hristm an; low n et-L orrene Montgomery. Flight C: low gross-Jackie Allstott; low net-Loa Henderson; least putts-Maude Hughes. Special play, skills challenge: first Pat Edm undson, second Jackie Allstott. Betty Christman, Virginia Grant and Shari Stahl. OSU to hold commencement ceremonies More than 3,700 Oregon State University students will receive diplomas at two separate commencement ceremonies on Sunday, June 16, at R eser Stadium in Corvallis. S tudents receiving master's and doctoral degrees w ill go through commencement during the morning ceremony, from 9 to 10:30 a.m . U ndergraduate stu d en ts w ill receive th eir diplomas from 2 to 4 p.m. This is one o f O S U ’s largest graduating classes, a result o f spiraling enrollment num bers th at have seen the university’s student body grow from 13,777 in 1996 to more than 18,000 this year. OSU P resident Paul R isser and other univ ersity officials will present the degrees, and R isser w ill address the undergraduates. Special awards will be presented to two individuals. OSU students receiving diplom as from local regions include: Boardm an: R obert A nthony B ates. B achelor of Science. Magna Cum Laude. C onstruction E ngineering M anagem ent; Roxanna De la C ruz, B achelor o f Science, Sociology; Kristi K'Lynn Mason, Honors B achelor o f Science, Cum Laude, Animal Sciences; Glen Keith Moultrie, Bachelor of S cience, E lectrical and Electronics Engineering. H eppner: D aniel Howard Burnside, Bachelor of Science, Housing Studies; Joshua Ray Coiner, Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, R angeland Resources, Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude, Crop Science and Soil Science. lone: Kelly Joseph M organ. B achelor o f Science. Agricultural Business Management. Irrigon: Robert Jason Brow n, H onors B achelor o f Science, M agna Cum Laude, Biochemistry and Biophysics; Roberto Hernadez G arcilazo, B achelor o f A rts, B usiness Administration. Schools release June calendar Heppner Elementary School: -Monday, June 3: Site Council, 6:30 p.m.; Parent Club, 7 p.m. -Tuesday. June 4. Awards Night. 7 p.m. -Wednesday, June 5: School Picnic; Student Body Assembly, 1 p.m.; Advisory Committee Meeting. 7 p.m. -Thursday, June 6: Last day of school for students -Monday, June 10: School Board Meeting. RHS. 7:30 p.m. Heppner High School: -Monday, June 3: Jr. High Academic Awards, 6:30 p.m. -Last day of school for students lone Schools: -Wednesday, June 5: semester exam schedule -Thursday. June 6: last day of school; semester exam schedule -Tuesday. June 11: pool opens, 2 p.m. -Wednesday, June 12: report cards ready at HS office. 8 a.m. -Friday. June 14-Sunday, June 16: summer league basketball tournament -Friday. June 21-Saturday, June 22: Columbia Plateau stage race DA's Report Garden Club meeting coming up The Garden Club w ill Morrow County District hold its next meeting on June 3 Attorney, David C. Allen, has at 7 p.m. at St Patrick's Senior released the following report: Center. The hosts w ill be Peggy -Christopher W. Lyons , Connor and Jeanette Padburg. plead guilty to driving while The program will include a film suspended and was fined S374; with discussion and an update plead guilty to possessing a on the basket project. The controlled substance-meth and was placed on probation for 18 annual trip to Portland Gardens months and fined $974. will also be discussed.
