FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 31, 2002
PM*11»*« — C ourt discusses A irport L ayout Plan
Rose Powell Mills
Rose Powell Mills, 75, of
Irrigon died July 21,2002, at her
home. The funeral was held on
July 25 at the chapel at Bums
Mortuary in Hermiston with burial
at Desert Lawn M emorial
Cemetery in Irrigon.
Mrs. M ills was born
January 4, 1927, to William and
Julia M itchell Powell at
H enryetta, Oklahoma. She
married Robert "Bob” Mills on
September 29, 1948, at Tollison,
Arizona and the couple moved to
Irrigon in 1972.
She liked to bake cakes,
camp and cook as well as garden,
fish, sew and travel. She
especially loved spending time
with her grandchildren and great­
grandchildren. Bob,her husband
of 53 years, died in June.
Survivors include sons:
Ronald of Klamath Falls, Donald
of Hermiston, and Thomas and
Keith both of Phoenix, Arizona;
daughters Cheryl Moore of
Phoenix, Debbie Roberts of
Irrigon, and Elizabeth Dunn and
Marla Cabral both of Hermiston;
brother Oscar Powell of Buckeye,
Arizona; sisters Barbara Doherty
of Buckeye and Vivian Delk of
Phoenix; 21 grandchildren and 20
great-grandchildren.
Her parents and a great-
grandson also preceded her in
death. Burns M ortuary o f
Hermiston was in charge of the
arrangements.
Isabell K. Parry
Isabell K. Parry, 85, of
lone died July 22, 2002’, at Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston. A private family
memorial service will be held at a
later date. Mrs. Parry was
cremated.
Mrs. Parry was born
April 20, 1917, in Maine. She
came to lone eight years ago from
Gold Beach where she had lived
for 28 years. At Gold Beach, she
was employed by the U.S. Forest
Service for 12 years.
She loved to play bingo
and cards and to travel. Survivors
include a son, Del Parry of
Brookings; a daughter, Linda
H alvorsen o f lone; eight
grandchildren and one great-
granddaughter. Mrs. Parry was
preceded in death by her parents
and her husband, Delbert Parry.
Burns M ortuary of
Hermiston is in charge of the
arrangements.
SWCD, weed board
to meet
A regular board meeting of
the Morrow SWCD/Weed
Advisory Board will be held
Tuesday, Aug. 6, at 6 p.m. at the
Pettyjohn Office building
conference room in Heppner.
Agenda items and discussion
items include manager report,
director elections, BPA contract,
sub-basin planning, OWEB small
grants, landowner requests for
assistance, weed report and
agency reports.
The meeting is open to the
public and everyone is invited to
attend.
By Doris Brosnan
At the July 24 meeting of
the Morrow County Court, Public
Works Director Burke O ’Brien
and Planning Director Tamra
Mabbott appeared for the court’s
first public hearing on the
adoption of the Airport Layout
Plan. Mabbott presented the
required and related documents
and both offered testimony at the
hearing. Four Lexington residents
attended the meeting.
Mabbott reported that in
April, after extensive public input,
the Planning Commission had
recommended approval of the
plan. Comments in opposition to
the plan included concern by one
property owner who interpreted
certain information to mean that
she cannot sell property until the
county sells airport-related
holdings. Judge Terry Tallman,
Mabbott, and O'Brien clarified
that sale of the EFU property, as
well as its zoning, is not affected,
but development of buildings
above particular obstructive
elevations is when an air industrial
zone is involved. The landowner
remained concerned about the
county’s power over her property.
O’Brien noted that controls are
also placed on the airport to limit
effects on adjacent landowners.
Another landowner questioned
the plan’s effect on the Lexington
well and reservoir. Commissioner
Dan Brosnan explained that
Lexington plans to decommission
that well and drill a new well. He
also noted that the airport plan
does not involve moving anything
on the property. Tallman closed
the hearing and announced that
the second reading will be on
August 7 at 11 a.m.
O ’Brien reported work
on a system at the airport that will
enable emergency responders to
use the airport during inclement
weather. County Counsel Bill
Hanlon spoke to the court about
the airport lease, recommending
a five-year term for the contract.
Commissioner John Wenholz
noted that a new contract might
need to be drafted, as the present
one dates to 1997.
O ’Brien also reported
that Terrace Drive has been
barricaded and the conduit for the
fiber optic lines to the courthouse
have been installed. The crew had
been preparing the crusher site
near Ukiah, had paint striped on
Willow Creek, East and West
Baseline, Jordan Grade, McNab,
and Ione-Gooseberry Roads.
They continued resurfacing work
on Upper Rhea Creek Road.
O ’Brien also provided the court
with a report on the status of the
fair and the court approved more
contracts for that event.
Mental Health Director
Kelly Sager and A ssistant
D irector Kimberly Lindsay
updated the court on the
Behavioral Health Department.
Sager reported that service to
Grant County has officially
ended. He continues to wait on
final information about HB 3024.
Lindsay offered a report on the
Friday Life Youth Program, which
ran from October 2001 to June
2002 and served 99 youth. She
considered the “ fun and
educational” program successful,
but it has been discontinued by the
state because not enough of those
served were rated as "high risk”
youth. Lindsay also noted that
some other counties have asked
how the Morrow County program
worked. Lindsay and Sager also
explained to the court "encounter
data,” which is the number of
actual encounters the agency has
with Oregon Health Plan clients.
Morrow County represents 5% of
covered individuals and has the
lowest “adverse incident and
hospitalization” rates. Sager
added his interpretation of the
data, that the department is doing
a good job and has expectations
o f clients’ recovering and no
longer needing services. Lindsay
noted, however, that the state is
considering less funding if
encounter data is low. Lindsay
also used a chart to show that
departm ent contacts with
individuals had increased from
100 in January 2000 to 500 in
January 2002, interpreted to mean
that the departm ent is
successfully creating innovative
programs. She reported that they
will be starting, on a trial basis, a
weekly meeting o f a daily
structure and support group. If no
improvement results, that element
will be discontinued. They are
also planning a door-to-door
approach for introducing the
department services to more
individuals.
Representatives of SCM
Consultants reported to the court
on the status of the chemical
incinerator, showing five
completed task reports and five
reports not yet completed. A
lengthy discussion of the several
tasks and plans and procedures
ensued, with several questions
from C om m issioner Dan
Brosnan.
A representative of
Morrow-Umatilla ESD joined
Em ergency
M anagement
D irector Casey Beard for a
discussion with the court on the
fiber optic project, providing a
conversion diagram , cost
breakdown for installation of fiber
to each county building, and
savings to be expected from the
conversion. The group discussed
the potential for use by the public
and the benefits to the county. The
point of presence (POP) will be
in Irrigon, with an effort at getting
a POP in Boardman. Installation
at the Emergency Operations
Center is nearing completion, with
August 30 targeted for “going
operational.” The court studied
the figures, discussed the
expenses and grant funding
possibilities, and approved
proceeding with the project that
w ill convert other county
buildings.
Beard also spoke with
Counsel Hanlon about some
wording in the contract for over
pressurization o f the Irrigon
elementary school.
Other actions of the court
included the following:
- appointment of Gary
Neal to the N ortheast Area
Commission on Transportation;
- selection of Heppner as
August 14 meeting site because
of the county fair;
- approval o f a grant
agreem ent with W ildhorse
Foundation for funds for
production and installation of four
interpretive panels on the
Heritage Trail;
- approval for an Oregon
State Police transmitter site for
the county paging system;
- approval of funds for
OSU Extension Service for 2002-
2003;
- approval, contingent
upon review and approval by the
Planning Department, o f the
issuance of industrial development
revenue bonds by the State of
Oregon to B eef N orthw est
Feeders.
D A 's Report
Morrow County District Attorney,
David C. Allen, has issued the
following report:
Rick L. Dungan plead
guilty to forgery 1 and was
sentenced to 18 months probation,
80 hours community service,
$1,139 in fines and other
conditions specified by the court.
Sheriffs Report
The Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office (MCSO) reports handling
the following business:
June 14: MCSO received a
report from Lexington o f
lightening striking and causing
fires at Blackhorse Canyon and
Piper Canyon.
-MCSO deputy cited
Warren Kenneth Tolle, 18, for
unreasonable sound amplification.
-MCSO received a call
from Boardman of a suspicious
person walking in the area.
-MCSO received a call
from Irrigon from a woman who
thought she had a bullet hole in
her truck.
-MCSO received a call
from the Boardman Marina that
two Rotw eilers are running
around.
-MCSO received a call
from lone that there are three
horses that have been running
loose for days. Caller believes
that the owners are out of town
and doesn’t know if anyone is
taking care of them.
-MCSO received a call
from Irrigon that a man was
choking his wife in front of their
children. The man is possibly high
on heroin and there are'possibly
drugs in the house.
“ MCSO received a report of a
car driving all over the road.
Another caller called about same
car saying that driver had turned
into Boardman rest area and hit a
pole. Julie Ann Scott, 40, was
cited for driving under the
influence of intoxicants.
-MCSO received a report of
horses out in lone.
Karen’s Korner
By Karen Masshoff
If you were injected with all the nicotine from one pack of
cigarettes, you’d die. When you think about it, without nicotine what
earthly reason would there be to smoke? Can’t you just picture sitting
around taking teaspoons of nail polish remover (acetone), slurping up
some Dibenz(a,h)anthraceneO, or inhaling a bottle of methane from
the swamp?
Seriously, over the years the cigarette has become a highly
engineered nicotine-delivery device. At one point, tobacco researchers
realized that much of the nicotine wasn’t being released from the leaf
as it was being burned (and therefore not inhaled). They then began
adding substances such as ammonia, which increases the pH, or makes
it more alkaline, and thus more readily vaporized by the intense heat
of the burning cigarette. The average smoker in the United States
takes in one to two milligrams of vaporized nicotine per cigarette.
In the quest for a “safer” cigarette, ironically, taking the toxins out
of cigarette smoke has turned out to be a technological and political
challenge. First, tobacco companies have had to be cautious and not
imply that past or present products have been or are unsafe. Actually,
any research o f this nature has made industry lawyers very
uncomfortable so such activity has, until recently, been quite guarded.
Technically, the biggest problem has been maintaining the taste
and smoking sensations that smokers crave - so far no company has
got it quite right. As they proceeded with their experiments, British
American, for example discovered their smoke condensate was more
harmful than previously sampled. Other research has focused on the
removal or lowering o f four types of carcinogenic compounds:
nitrosamines, perhaps the most deadly of the cancer-causing agents;
aldehydes, formed by the burning of sugars and cellulose in tobacco;
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH’s), which form in the cigarette
behind the burning tip; and traces of heavy metals present in tobacco
as a result of fertilizers used on the plant.
Perhaps you’ve heard of “Eclipse” or “Accord.” I will finish this
series next time with the tobacco industry’s high-tech efforts to keep
us smoking.
Before you know it, the Fair and Rodeo will be upon us and I am
looking forward to being there with the Health Department, Aug. 13-
18.1 always enjoy meeting folks. Be on the lookout for some special
events to take place at our table.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller in Irrigon that
someone had stolen his car within
the last half hour.
-MCSO received a call
asking them to attempt contact
with an lone resident. Residence
was called and individual’s father
advised that the individual had
been lying underneath a car for
two days. MCSO attempted re­
contact with no results. Later
found that individual was fine.
-MCSO received a call
from Irrigon that someone had
misused the caller’s calling card.
-MCSO received a call
saying that someone had stole
from caller’s yard sale.
-MCSO received a call
from lone that someone had run
a car through the caller’s yard and
took out his fence. Later called
back and said that it was his dad
and MCSO could disregard.
-MCSO received a call
from Boardman that caller’s ex-
wife had picked up their son
without notifying him as stipulated
on custody papers.
-MCSO received a call
from Irrigon that there was a fight
in progress at Bake’s Restaurant
and Lounge in Irrigon.
-MCSO received a call
from Irrigon reporting loud music
for the last half hour.
-MCSO received a call
from Irrigon of suspicious
activity at a nearby vacant
house. Juveniles were driving
on the lawn and chasing another
juvenile.
June 17:
MCSO,
Heppner Ambulance, Lexington
Ambulance received a report of
a Lexington man suffering from
severe edema and vomiting.
Subject was transported to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
-MCSO received a
report from Irrigon that three
county owned vehicles had
slashed tires.
-MCSO received a
report of a fire in Boardman.
-MCSO deputy was
flagged down by citizen who says
his vehicle was broken into in
Irrigon.
-MCSO received a
report from Heppner that
someone attempted to use the
caller’s Social Security Number.
-MCSO received a
report of a hazardous vehicle on
Bombing Range Road. The door
was open, no one was around,
there were no keys in the car and
it was partially blocking the
roadway. The owner was en
route and the vehicle was out of
gas.
-MCSO received a
request from Boardman for
assistance with a cow that had a
fence stuck on her neck.
-MCSO received a
request from Irrigon for contact
regarding an ongoing dispute with
the caller’s neighbor.
-MCSO received a
request from Irrigon regarding a
tool that was taken.
-MCSO received a
complaint from Boardman that the
neighbor’s dog had been barking
all night.
-MCSO deputy cited
Sandra Dieter, 21, for violation of
the basic rule, 68/55.
-MCSO deputy cited
Keri Taylor, 20, for violation of the
basic rule, 67/45.
-MCSO received a
report of an audible alarm at
Riverside High School. Building
was found to be secure.
, -MCSO received an
anonymous report of a possible
drunk or reckless driver that
almost struck caller’s w ife’s
truck.
-MCSO received a call
from Irrigon that a man had fallen
on the outside steps. There was
no bleeding but pain in the right
leg. Man was transported to Good
Shepherd Hospital.
-MCSO received a
report from Heppner that
someone had been assaulted.
Curtis Ray Perkins, 31, was
arrested for domestic assault IV.
He was lodged at the Umatilla
County Jail with bail at $7,500.
He was also arrested for driving
under the influence of intoxicants,
$ 10,000 bail and failure to appear/
no anglers license, $8,700.
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