Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 28, 2002 - THREE
Heppner soccer season gets under way
By Debbie Harper
Local kids practice to get ready for soccer season
Local business team attends
Florida convention
More than 50 players are
sharpening their dribbling, passing
and fielding skills as the Heppner
soccer season gets under way.
There are four teams this year,
U12 (11-10 yrs), U10 (9-8 yrs),
U8 (7-6 yrs), and U6 (5-4 yrs).
Even though practice has already
started, the league is still looking
for interested kids who want to
run, play and leam soccer.
And no, it doesn’t mean
just boys.Nearly a fifth of the
players this year are girls.
“Team sm anship”, skill and
endurance are important assets in
soccer, so girls are at no
disadvantage playing on a co-ed
team.
The American Youth
Soccer Organization, of which the
Heppner league is a part,
emphasizes sportsmanship, open
registration and a fun, family
environment. Every player gets to
play and they all rotate positions,
developing their skills in all areas.
For more information or
to register, contact Darrell or Tina
Raver at 676-8710.
MSWCD prepares to
submit grant
application
Local people included in those attending convention
A local business team attended the Tri Digital E-Commerce
convention held at Orlando, Florida, July 24-28.
Thirty-three people, including many from the Heppner-
Lexington area, flew to the convention together and stayed at the
Swan Dolphin Hotel on the Disney World lot.
While there they heard motivational guest speaker, Bobby
Richardson, who was a second baseman and holds several World
.Series rings. Richardson, whose coach was Yogi Berra, played with
Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle. The team also visited Disney World
during their stay.
Health district board discusses
financial concerns
The Morrow County
Health District Board, at its
Monday night meeting, at Pioneer
M emorial Home Health in
Heppner, discussed ongoing
concerns about the district’s ailing
financial situation. The district lost
$32,164 in July.
“What happens when our
net worth becomes zero,” inquired
board member Ed Glenn. “At
some time we’re going to have to
face the music,” Glenn added.
“1 agree with Ed,” said
board Chair Larry Mills. “You
can’t keep spending the cash
down, but when I look back four
years ago.. .I’m optimistic.”
The
district
has
previously cut costs by trimming
em ployees
and
other
expenditures. It also improved on
its billing system and recovery of
monies owed the district and has
received designation as a critical
access hospital which will
increase
government
reimbursements.
CEO Victor Vander
Does, credited earlier for
dramatically slowing the district
losses, said that he plans to look
at pharmacy costs and hopes to
increase usage of the district’s
facilities, which include the
Irrigon Clinic, Pioneer Memorial
Clinic and Pioneer Memorial
Hospital. Vander Does said that
his marketing plan includes a
brochure for the district, changes
on district’s web site, and posting
of photos of the facilities on cable
television. He would also like to
see customer service training for
employees, district visibility at
Chamber and other community
meetings, presentations at area
clubs and organizations and
improving employee morale.
He and the board also
stressed the im portance of
retaining physicians and mid-level
providers, along with maintaining
regular hours and consistent
services at the facilities. Vander
Does said that the district has
employed a recruiter to hire a mid
level practitioner for the Irrigon
Clinic.
In other business, Vander
Does announced that the Willow
Creek Terrace assisted living
facility, which is nearing
completion, should be open by the
end of September. The district will
serve as administrators of the
facility.
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The Morrow Soil and
Water Conservation District and
the Water Resources Department
are preparing to submit a grant
application to the Oregon
Watershed Enhancement Board
for funding assistance to irrigators
in the Willow Creek Watershed,
which includes Willow Creek and
its tributaries. The grant, if funded,
would provide 75 percent cost
share for the purchase of
irrigation w ater measuring
devices. Participating landowners
would be required to provide 25
percent match, either cash or in-
kind.
Vern Church, w ater
master for the Willow Creek area,
explains that using a measuring
device at an irrigation water
diversion will allow for a fair way
to check water use, especially
during recent low water years.
Participation in this grant
process is voluntary and
interested landowners are asked
to contact Vern Church at (541)
384-4207 or Janet Greenup,
Morrow SWCD manager, at
(541) 676-5452 ext. 109 before
Tuesday, Sept. 10 to be included
in the grant application.
NE ACT meeting to
be held in Boardman
The N orth-East Area
Commission on Transportation
(NEACT) will hold their monthly
meeting on Thursday, Sept. 5, at
the Port of Morrow in Boardman
from 10 a.m .-2:30 p.m. The
meeting is open to the public.
The NEACT, comprised
of transportation stakeholders
from Morrow, Umatilla, Union,
Wallow and Baker counties, helps
identify
and
prioritize
transportation-related projects in
the five-county area. “ We
welcome the public to attend this
meeting to leam about the North-
East Area Comm ission on
Transportation and share their
comments
regarding
transportation issues,” said Judge
Terry Tallman. Judge Tallman is
one of three Morrow County
Commissioners and the vice-
chairman of the NEACT.
The meeting agenda
includes guest speakers from the
Oregon Trucking Association and
ODOT, and an update on
Morrow County projects. Time
has also been set aside early in
the meeting for public comments.
Persons interested in providing
public comment are encouraged
to notify the NEACT prior to the
meeting by calling Judge Tallman
at (541) 676-5624 or NEACT
Chairman Steve McClure at (541)
963-1001 to ensure enough time
to speak.
An Area Commission on
Transportation (ACT) is an
advisory body chartered by the
Oregon
Transportation
Commission to help address all
aspects of transportation with
prim ary focus on the state
transportation system. ACTS
play a key advisory role in the
development of the Statewide
Transportation Improvement
Program, w hich schedules funded
transportation projects.
Flood commemoration events
to be held in September
By Doris Brosnan
“An Evening at the
Cemetery” is intended to serve
two purposes on September 19.
Organizers of the event hope to
enhance participants’ knowledge
of what has been termed by some
newspapers as “Oregon’s most
tragic day,” June 14, 1903, the
day of the Heppner Flood. The
Flood Centennial Committee also
hopes the “evening of living
history” will prove a successful
fundraiser for a commemoration,
of the flood, planned for June
2003.
Many stories from that
tragic day exist, as do
descendents of those citizens who
lost their lives in the flood or lived
to tell their tales of irony or good
luck. Family historians and
newspaper accounts have
preserved that portion of
H eppner’s history, and the
committee hopes the September
19 evening will assist in the
dissemination of that information.
Featured at “An Evening
at the Cemetery” will be dramatic
portrayals of some of the victims
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes
Chamber Executive Director
Scattered clouds above
lend hope for rain over our dry
countryside. I suppose if I don’t
get my sun roof, which is stuck in
open position, fixed, that it will
pour buckets? Sometimes those
things seem to happen. Lack of
rain may explain the colors
beginning to change along the
rolling hills of Heppner.
With the change in colors,
the football/volleyball schedules
being circulated, the school
bulletin boards going up, comes a
focus toward fall activities. It’s
time for chamber volunteers to
“welcome hunters” as they drive
into town for gas and food. They
will be handed brochures with
hunting supply check lists, events
to come and places to shop,
including an invitation to return
again in the future or to start a
business in the Willow Creek
Valley.
The chamber and the
merchants will again be launching
a Harvest Scarecrow Contest
during the month of October. Pull
out those scarecrows from two
years ago or encourage
employees Tb create one or a
family. Categories are wide open,
just as long as they are friendly
and welcoming. Businesses are
encouraged to place them outside
and families around town may
place them in their yards. Those
who wish to be judged within the
city limits will need to fill out an
application and keep their
scarecrow in place from October
1 to October 31. Watch for more
inform ation, but start now
creating your masterpiece. Life
needs a mix of work and play.
Did you know there is a
committee working hard on the
June
14,
2003
Flood
Commemoration? It is still in the
planning stages, but ideas are
flowing, including giving people
whose relatives were involved in
the flood the opportunity to share
stories. The Cascadia Folk
Quartet will be on hand to perform
The Heppner Flood Song as well
as other turn-of-the-century
music. Mark your calendars now
and share your ideas for the
com m em oration... another
Heppner/Willow Creek Valley
happening.
Next week at chamber,
all entities report. Interested in
becoming a member? Join us for
lunch and see what we’re all
about. Chamber meets Tuesdays
at noon at John’s Other Place.
Thought for the week:
“You will forgive people more
easily when you end your need to
make them wrong.” - Brian
Koslow
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of the flood. In the telling of their
stories, they will share historic
information complementary to
knowledge of the June 14, 1903,
event. Guests will be served a box
dinner before participating in a
guided a tour of the cemetery’s
historic sections. During the tour,
they will leam about some of the
individuals at rest there and will
“meet” some “residents” who can
will them their stories of the flood.
A limited number o f
tickets for “An Evening at the
Cemetery” will be available.
Proceeds from the event will be
the first raised by the committee
to fund a monument in honor of
the
v ictim s
and
in
commemoration o f the 1903
flood. Ticket information and
reservations are available at the
Morrow County Museum, the
H ep p n er
C h am b er
of
Commerce office, and Klamath
First. The Flood Centennial
C om m ittee includes Robin
Krebs, Sharon Harrison, Kathryn
Hoskins, Pat Sweeney, Bob
Jepsen, Claudia Hughes, and
Doris Brosnan.
Ed Glenn runs
for Boardman
City Council
position
Promising “restraint in
spending taxpayers’ money,” Ed
Glenn has announced his
candidacy for Boardman City
Council.
“Boardman’s tax levy
has grown 10-fold in just the past
seven years. It’s long past time
to deliver the tax relief promised
as part of the Industrial Park
Annexation,” Glenn said.
Glenn, 61, has lived in
Boardman the past 25 years and
petitioned for the annexation that
he says brought more than $250
million in assessable property into
the city in 1995. Appointed to
Boardman’s budget committee
this year, Glenn was the only
com mittee member to vote
against the $1.2 million general
operating tax levy for 2002-03.
“While the city council
talks about yet more new taxes,
we have nearly a million dollars
cash in the bank with no real plan
for its use. Boardman recently
wrote a check for nearly a 100
percent cost over-run on an
estimated $500,000 development
for its new city hall,” Glenn said.
“It’s time we welcomed
our visitors, respected our
residents, strengthened our
business community and served
our industries. And we can do all
that and cut taxes as well,” Glenn
claims. All it takes, he thinks, is
some fiscal responsibility and a
set of priorities.
Recently, the Boardman
City Council has discussed a
business license tax. a transient
room tax or a gasoline tax to
support a more pro-active
Chamber of Commerce. Glenn, a
past president of the Chamber
and its Outstanding Citizen of the
Year in 1995, is a strong proponent
o f an active Chamber. “But
adding new taxes to the very
people you hope to help, doesn't
make much sense to me,” he said.
Glenn, a former lawyer,
newspaper publisher and
winemaker, is now retired, but still
writes a feature article for the
North Morrow County Times
nearly every month. He is
married to Frances Glenn, a
teacher at Riverside High School
and they have two grown children,
both of whom graduated from
Riverside in Boardman. Glenn
serves on the Morrow County
Health District Board of
Directors, representing the City
of Boardman.
HHS football
schedule
changed
The Heppner-Wahtonka
football game, scheduled for Oct.
4, has been can c e lle d by
Wahtonka. The Wahtonka team
is canceling its varsity schedule.
An additional HHS game
with Vemonia has been set for
Friday, Sept. 6, in Heppner at 7
p.m.
OTPR results
released
Times and scores have
been released for the Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo held in Heppner
August 16-17.
Results are as follows:
All Around Cowboy:
Johnny Emmons.
Barrel Racing: first-
Maureen Crossley, 17.04;
second-Janet Cunningham, 17.17;
third-Debra Goff, 17.27; fourth-
Piper Levandoske, 17.37; fifth-
Patty Childers, 17.40; sixth-
Debbie Stahl, 17.46; seventh-
Renee Gossett, 17.47; eighth (a
tie)-Judi MacDonald and Kristin
Weaver, 17.59.
Bull Riding (#771 Shake
It Up): first-Vince Stanton, 84;
second-Clayton Graham, 76;
ground split $245.89 each.
Team Roping: first-Troy
Murray and Joseph Shawnego,
5.0; second-Devin Hayes and
Toby Mentzer, 5.4; third-Wade
Wheatley and Kyle Lockett, 5.8;
fourth-Matt Davis and Tommye
Flenniken, 6.0; fifth/sixth (a tie)-
Ricky Canton and Johnny
Emmons and Willy Hart and Dave
Inman, 6.2.
Saddle Bronc: first-
Donovan Biegler, 86; second Dan
Mortensen. 83; third-Bart Nichols,
81; fourth-Cody Wright, 79.
Steer Wrestling: first-
Chancey Gartner, 4.2; second-Sid
Steiner, 4.5; third-Frank
Thompson, 4.8; fourth-B.J.
Campbell, 4.9; fifth-Alex
Robertson, 5.0; sixth (a tie) Birch
Negaard and Les Shepperson,
5.1.
Calf Roping: first-Johnny
Emmons, 8.5; second-Mike
Beers, 8.6; third-Ricky Canton,
9.3; fourth-Chance Tinney, 9.4;
fifth/sixth (a tie)-Ryan Gallagher
and Steve Currin, 9.7.
Bareback: first-Bobby
Mote, 81; second-Clint Corey,
77; third-Jason Havens, 76;
fourth (a tie)-Grant Richie and
Sean Culver, 75.
Futurity auction to
be held in
Hermiston
The Oregon Trail
Appaloosa Club will feature their
annual Futurity and Stallion
Auction on Sept. 8, at 9 am. w ith
signup beginning at 8 a.m. The
show will be held at the Umatilla
County Fairgrounds in Hermiston.
The bidding will begin on the date
of our show, and will run until
Dec. 31.
There will be classes for
the futurity foals, and also, all
breed classes. The judge this year
is to be Karen Quinn from the Tri-
Cities.
The Fraternal Order .of
Eagles will sell breakfast
beginning at 7:30 a.m., and w ill be
at the grounds all day for lunches
and refreshments.
The club is interested in
obtaining new stallions to be
presented in their stallion booklet
for the year 2002.
The auction is for the
futurity in 2003. It is a way for
stallion owners to get recognition
for their animals, and a way to
have a new foal with generally
less cost.
The club does advertise
the stallions. The auction does not
pertain strictly to appaloosas, but
is for any breed of horse.
For anyone interested in
our show or the auction, please
contact: 541-567-3076; 541-567-
3531;
or
email
primrose@eoni.com.
Grant funds available
The Umatilla-W alla
Walla-Willow Creek OWEB
Small Grant Team announces the
availability of up to $10,000 in
small grants to priv ate landowners
for the purposes of enhancing
w atershed conditions to improve
water quality and quantity w hile
meeting the needs of all beneficial
uses; flood plain and upland
improvement and enhancement;
and
reducing
erosion,
sedimentation and nutrients.
Projects will also be considered
dealing with invasive plants and
noxious weeds.
Interested landowners
are requested to contact the
Morrow SWCD at 676-5452 ext.
109 for applications or further
information. The deadline for
submission of applications is the
week of Sept. 23.