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.
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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
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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.