Court discusses CBEC’s wish to install gas and
fiber optic lines in railroad easement
At the Sept. 18 meeting
o f the Morrow County
Commissioners, Judge Terry
Tallman reported the interest of
Colum bia Basin Electric
Cooperative in installing a gas line
in the railroad easement, and
using the trench also for fiber
optic line. Planning director
Tamra Mabbott reported that the
planning commission had granted
a conditional-use permit last fall
for a gas line, which included, as
a last condition, written approval
from the Court. Discussion
focused on an easement earlier
granted to a communication
company
and
possible
complications to granting another
communication easement, as well
as complications to the placement
of other lines. County counsel Bill
Hanlon agreed to examine the
issues and report to the Court.
A representative o f
Greenstock Resources, Inc.,
spoke to the Court and other
county representatives about an
ethanol plant the company may be
interested in locating in Morrow
County. The company requested
information about enterprise-zone
tax abatement. The representative
offered information about his
company’s proprietary product,
improved technology, the U.S.
production o f ethanol, and
Congress’s plan for increased
production by the year 2012 for
economic
security
and
environmental reasons. In answer
to questions, he reported that
production is subsidized by the
federal government through the
exemption from federal tax and
that the subsidy is to sunset in
2007 unless it is extended to 2012.
He also reported that five other
states offer incentives to locate
there, but Oregon does not. The
commissioners explained the
county’s interest in resident
em ployees,
community
involvement, and support for
special bonding issues. Fire
protection was discussed, as were
plant emissions, transportation of
the ethanol and by-products, and
life expectancy of a facility.
The representative
explained that Morrow County is
a consideration on a “short list”
of possible locations. He said that
the plant would use natural gas.
which, along with electricity,
would require some additional
infrastructure. The Court agreed
to further discussion of the issue
in two weeks.
,
The Court reviewed a
draft letter to the State Trial Court
Administrator in support of an
additional circuit court judge
position for the sixth judicial
district. Executive secretary
Andrea Denton outlined the
efforts toward this goal by
presiding Circuit Court Judge Jeff
Wallace, the proposal to locate
said position full-time in Morrow
County, and the issues of office
space. The com missioners
discussed the many questions that
a new position raises.
A representative of the
Boardman
Development
Association spoke to the Court
about the tippage fees granted for
its Main Street Beautification of
Plaza Circle. She explained that
after eight months of development
work, the projected was halted the
previous week by the city council.
She requested permission to use
the balance of the granted funds
for moving and restoring a gazebo
from a rest area to a city-council
approved site in Boardman. The
Court approved the proposal.
Hanlon asked the Court
for instructions for the completion
of an agreement with Finley Butte
on the allocation and distribution
of fees from the Potlatch waste.
The commissioners agreed to
inform him after the opportunity
to examine notes from a meeting
with the FB manager.
Public works director
Burke O ’Brien reported that
Juniper Canyon drilling and
blasting is complete and the crew
is working on the west end
section. After the recent rain, they
bladed Alpine Road which is close
to the Juniper Canyon project.
Other gravel roads will be a
priority, O'Brien said, as soon as
more rain comes. They hope to
chip seal Coal Mine Hill the week
of September 23, using general
maintenance and office staff to
help so the essential equipment
and crew can continue work on
Juniper Canyon.
O ’Brien also reported
completion of the installation of
new supports under the Gilliam
and Bisbee Building. He reported
a request for an approach off
Willow Creek Road to the new
assisted living facility, and the
Court agreed to that. The
department has submitted a
formal request for the Financial
Aid for Municipalities Grant from
the Oregon Department of
Aviation, for the replacement
hangars.
O’Brien said that he and
assistant Karen Wolff will meet
with the State Parks Allocation
Committee in Burns on
September 20 for a report on the
land-acquisition status. He
explained to the Court his concern
that an adverse effect on the use
of Anson W'right Park during
hunting season will result from the
closure to hunting of several
thousand acres of land around the
park. He added that reservations
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at Cutsforth Park are strong this
year.
O ’Brien also reported
the interest by the Morrow
County Schools superintendent in
paving a driveway all the way
around the fairgrounds where the
school buses are traveling, as well
as a desire for a perpetual
easement. O’Brien said he would
speak to the Fair Board, and the
commissioners agreed to wait for
that board’s recommendation.
Other actions of the
Court include the following:
-approval
of the
purchase of two uninterruptible
power supply lines for the Irrigon
and Boardman annexes for the
phone systems during a power
outage;
-recom mendation of
Carolyn Proudy, Larry Mills,
Claudia Hughes, Bob Jepsen, and
Jerry Breazeale to the Cultural
Coalition;
-approval o f a road
approach permit for a landowner
on Idaho Street in Irrigon.
Food Handler’s
Class offered
A Food Handler’s Class
will be offered by Blue Mountain
Community College and the State
Health Division on Tuesday, Oct.
1 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. at the
Heppner High School cafeteria.
A Food Handler’s card is
required by the State of Oregon
for all employees who handle or
prepare food in food service
facilities in Oregon. This includes
dishwashers, waiters, staff and
businesspersons. Additionally, the
card is also now required of all
daycare workers.
The cost of the class is a
$10 licensing fee, payable to the
State Health Department after
successful completion of the
written test. Registration will be
done at class.
For further information,
contact Anne Morter, BMCC
South
Morrow
County
coordinator, at 422-7040.
Advisory
Committee to meet
in Heppner
The Willow Creek Local
Advisory Committee for SB 1010
will meet Wednesday, Oct. 2, at
7 p.m. at the Pettyjohn Office
Building conference room in
Heppner. Agenda items include
review and possible acceptance
o f the updated Draft Willow
Creek
Water
Quality
M anagement Plan. If the
committee approves the plan, the
Oregon
Department
of
Agriculture will be requested to
go to rulemaking after which
public hearings on the contents of
the plan will be held.
The public is invited to
attend.____________________
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Obituaries
Josephine Healy Rands
Josephine Ellen Healy
Rands, 88, of Boardman, died
Monday, Sept. 16, 2002, at Life
Care Center o f Richland,
surrounded by her family.
A funeral mass and
celebration of life will be held
Friday, Sept. 27,2002, at 11 a.m.,
at Our Lady of Guadalupe
Catholic Church, E. Olson Road,
in Boardman.
Mrs. Rands was born
May 3, 1914, in Heppner, to
Michael and Mary (Hughes)
Healy. She was the third of seven
children. In the late 1920s she
moved with her family to
Boardman, where she resided for
the next 70 years. The last eight
years o f her life, she was a
resident of Richland Life Care.
She is survived by
daughters and sons-in-law, Mary'
Ann and Rudy Allemann,
Richland, Wash., and Nancy and
Don Renschler, East Wenatchee,
Wash.; grandchildren and
spouses, Linda and Steve Rivedal,
East Wenatchee, Wash., David
and Michelle Renschler, Bothell,
Wash., Bill and Julie Allemann,
Brier, Wash., Susan Allemann and
David Messner, Seattle, Wash.,
and Ginny Allemann and Jerry
Howe, Seattle, Wash.; and great
grandchildren, Molly, Emily, and
Libby Messner, Wyatt and
Catherine Allemann, and Jack
Renschler; brother and sister-in-
law, Mike and Lilli Healy of
Portland; sister, Geraldine
Gronquist of Pendleton; sister-in-
law, Jewell Healy of Beaverton;
and numerous nieces, nephews
and cousins.
Josephine was preceded
in death by her husband, R.B.
“Buster” Rands; her parents;
sisters, Mary Holmboe and Nora
Healy; and brothers, Tom Healy
and Pat Healy.
In lieu o f flowers,
memorials in her memory may be
designated for research to
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related
Disorders Inc., 919 North
M ichigan Ave. Suite 1100,
Chicago, 111. 60611-1676.
Joseph
Trubachik
Edward
Joseph
Edward
Trubachik, 81, formerly o f
Heppner, died Friday, Sept. 20,
2002, in Clackamas.
A celebration of his life
was held Tuesday, Sept. 24,2002,
at Bateman Carroll Funeral
Chapel in Gresham. Disposition
was by cremation.
Mr. Trubachik was bom
March 22, 1921, in Eileen, Wis.,
the son o f George and Anna
Trubachik. He was reared and
educated in Wisconsin. He joined
the Civilian Conservation Corps
at the age of 16. He moved to
Cleveland, Ohio, at the age of 18
and worked for Wamer/Swayze
as a machine operator and a lens
cutter.
He served in the U.S.
Army as a medic in the ETO
during WWII. Following the war,
he returned to Ohio and his
former job. He then moved to the
steel mills and worked as a
millwright.
On July 24, 1943 he
married Inez Misun in Moquah,
Wis. They moved to the Mosier/
Hood River area in 1955 where
he began his career as a
carpenter. They moved to
Portland in 1965 and he retired in
1982. The couple moved to
Heppner following his retirement
and had recently moved back to
East County.
Joseph is survived by his
wife of 58 years, Inez; daughters
and sons-in-laws, Rosemary and
Ted Plocki of Olympia, Wash., and
Georgi and Mark Avoles of Las
Vegas, Nevada; sons and
daughter-in-laws, David and Pam
Turbachik of Gresham, and Paul
and Susan Trubachik of Estacada;
sisters, Cagnes Comte of
Baraboo, Wis., and Margaret and
brother-in-law Jim Riley of Sun
Prairie, Wis.; 10 grandchildren;
five great-grandchildren; and
daughter-in-law, Kathy Trubachik
of Ashland, Wis.
He was preceded in
death by his eldest son, Joe; by
his brothers, George, Steve and
John; by sisters, Mary and Annie;
and by a grandson, Scott.
The family suggests
memorials be made to the
American Cancer Society.
Bateman Carroll Funeral
Chapel of Gresham was in charge
of arrangements.
Ivan Eugean Dieter
Ivan Eugean Dieter, 80,
of Boardman, died Wednesday,
Sept. 18,2002, at his home.
The funeral was held
Monday, Sept. 23, 2002, at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints in Boardman with
burial following at Boardman’s
Riverview Cemetery.
He was bom March 21,
1922, at Cedar View, Utah, to
Eugean A. and Leona Margarete
Carruth Dieter.
On Sept. 17,1955, he and
his wife, Idella, were married at
Olympia, Wash. They had been
residents of Boardman for the
past 28 years.
Mr. Dieter enjoyed oil
painting, woodworking, fishing
and hunting.
He was a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-
day Saints.
Survivors include his
wife, Idella N. D ieter of
Boardman; sons, Loren Dieter
and Leroy Dieter, both of
Boardman; daughters, Kathleen
Dieter and Irene Dieter, both of
Boardman, and Laura Luttrell of
Olympia, Wash.; sisters,
Margarete Lina Clark of Aloha,
Melva Graham of Hillsboro, and
Ramona May Jepson of Sweet
Home; brothers, Delvin Dieter of
Rossevelt, Utah and Clarence
Dieter of Colorado Springs, Colo.;
nine grandchildren, Sandra Dieter,
Kevin Dieter, Robert Dieter,
Sasha Dieter, Travis Dieter, Justin
Dieter, Michael Luttrell and
Samuel Luttrell. He was preceded
in death by a son, Russell Dieter;
brothers, Monroe Dieter and Ray
Dieter; and by his parents,
Eugean A. Dieter and Leona
Margarete Dieter.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston was in charge of
arrangements.
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Site Council topics
At the lone Site Council
meeting, held Sept. 11, school wide
goals for this year were
discussed. Goals include:
improving the reading and math
scores so that 90 percent at levels
three, five, eight and 10 reach the
benchmarks;
improving
attendance (reminders to students
about policy, calls home when
absent, tracking of reasons for
absence, etc); and DIBBLES
testing for the elementary
children including K-2 and training
for secondary teachers on how to
use the results of the testing.
The district goal to
improve test results by five
percent from current scores was
also discussed.
There was additional
discussion about the various
testing—the tests work, who is
tested and how they are tracked.
It was also discussed whether
progress was made with the
students’ preparedness for the
benchmarks.
At the OSAA Cup
presentation, lone High School
received its third “Gold Cup,”
giving lone the honor of having
received each “Gold Cup'’ since
the start of its presentation. Peter
Weber from OSAA, along with
his wife, presented the award.
Other business included:
-discussion of some
needed repairs and cleanups.
-information
about
Measure 19 from school board
member John Rietmann, who
encouraged support o f the
measure;
-information about the
composition of advisory boards,
now to be known as the Local
School Committee, along with a
discussion on the duties of the
people on that committee, and
acknowledging of the fact that
each school would have three
parent representatives whose
children were in attendance at
that particular school;
-inform ation
about
attendance at lone High School,
which is 154, down two from last
year; and
-an announcement that
Brad Burfight was honored as
2002 alum special team player of
the week at Eastern Oregon
University.
Engagement
G r i b s k o v -
McDaniel
Lela Gribskov and Caleb
McDaniel, both of Heppner,
announce their engagement to be
married.
The bride-elect is the
daughter of Robert and Cathy
Gates of lone. She is a graduate
of lone High School. She is
currently attending Blue Mountain
Community College, as well as
being employed with the Morrow
County Health District.
The groom*elyCt is the
son of Scott and Joan McDaniel
of Heppner. He is a graduate of
Heppner High School. He was
formerly employed with the Co-
Gen plant in Heppner.
The couple plans an Oct.
12 wedding at Lincoln City
Congregational Church in Lincoln
City.
March set in
Boardman
The Domestic Violence
Services in Boardman is having
its 25th anniversary open house,
Thursday, Oct. 3, from 4 to 5:30
p.m., at 103 S.W. Kinkade Rd..
Boardman. The open house will
be followed by the second annual
March to End the Violence.
Marchers will assemble
at 103 SW Kinkade Rd., at 6
p.m., then march to Boardman
City Hall, where a candle light
ceremony will be held.
Anyone wanting more
information may contact the
Domestic Violence Services at
481-2832.
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