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Airport projects underway
by Doris Brosnan
In a b rie f, m orning
meeting of the Morrow County
C ourt
on
O ct.
2,
the
comm issioners heard a report
from public works executive
ssistant Karen Wolff. She updated
them on the airport projects,
including the repair of the center
stripe on the runway and the near-
finished “footprint” for the new
hangars. She also reported that
the two county parks had been
well used on the p revious
w eekend, and e lk -se aso n
rese rv atio n s w ere stro n g at
Bes3ie A'etzell
U o f J L e u a p a n e r Li~.ar*y
Eugane, Oft 9/4J3
C utsforth but slow at Anson
Wright. WolfTended her report by
n o tin g the first snow fall at
Cutsforth Park, on Monday, Sept.
30.
The
com m issioners
discussed the following topics
before having to adjourn in order
to reach a meeting in the north
end o f the county: the Enterprise
Zone with Assessor Greg Sweek;
the Finley Buttes pay ments to the
county with accounting clerk
Taw ney
M iles; $500,000
approved by the state to the
county from the sale o f B1AC
property; and the question of the
lone to celebrate homecoming
lone High School will
celebrate homecoming the week
of October 14-18. On Monday,
October 14, the JV volleyball
team will host the Heppner “C”
team at 6 p.m. On Tuesday,
O ctober 15, ev eryone is
encouraged to dress up for
“character day” and a pie-eating
contest will take place during the
lunch break. On Wednesday,
October 16, the dress for the day
will be “Trucker Day”, and a car
stuffing contest will be held
during lunch. Thursday, October
17, will feature “Cardinal Pride”
day and the Powder Puff Football
game will start promptly at 6
p.m ., w ith the M acho Man
Volleyball game beginning at 7
p.m. The evening will conclude
with the bonfire starting at 8 p.m.
The varsity volleyball
game will see lone taking on the
Arlington Honkers on Friday,
October 18, beginning at 5 p.m.
The varsity boys’ football game
will begin at 7 p.m. The evening
w ill conclude
w ith the
homecoming dance, featuring
music by Dan Bums, beginning at
10 p.m. and running until 12 a.m.
at the lone Legion Hall.
On the hom ecom ing
co urt this year are senior
princesses Caitlin Orem, Jaysi
Bennetto and Jamie VandenBrink;
senior princes Cody Bergstrom,
Til Tullis and Karl Morgan; junior
princess M egan E. M cCabe;
ju n io r P rince Paul N eiffer;
sophom ore princess A m anda
Emery; sophomore prince Austin
Arballo; freshman princess Ashly
G ram s; and freshm an prince
Kelly Thompson.
Beautification Commission to discuss
update the commission on the
BMX park
VOL. 121
NO. 41
8 Pages
Wednesday, October 9, 2002
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
lone Youth Group held fall
meeting
Sign-ups available
for Livestock
Compensation
Program
Sheena Christman tells about her trip to India
lone Youth Group Footstep Aw ards for Outstanding Service (2001-2002)
recipients (1-r): Natalie McFlligott, Caitlin Orem, Johnny Collin, Jamie
YandenBrink and Barbara Holland
lone Youth Group members gathered for a fall meeting at the
United Church of Christ on Sept. 19, The evening started with an
Italian soda and pizza dinner. lone High School senior Sheena
Christman spoke about her trip to India over the summer. Christman
spent several months teaching English in an orphanage and sightseeing.
She shared photos and souvenirs from the trip.
Youth group leaders Cathy Halvorsen and Jeri McElligott
passed out Footstep Awards. The awards are given every fall to
members who fully participated in the group the previous year. The
recipients helped with several projects, including the fall food drive,
selling and delivering Christmas trees, and making a trip to Burnside
to serve the poor. They were also involved in the group’s follow up
projects to the Burnside trip.
lone Youth Group members will be making a one-day service
trip to Burnside St. in Portland on Friday, Oct. 11. Along with serving
lunch at several agencies, they will be spending the afternoon working
at Central City Concerns.
The youth group will be selling Christmas trees again this year
as a fund raiser.
HHS cheerleaders to hold service auction
The H eppner High
School cheerleaders are holding
a serv ice auction, Friday, Oct. 11,
during halftime at the Weston-
M cEwen football gam e. The
game is set to start at 7 p.m.
The g irls w ill be
auctioned o ff to provide the
w inner w ith an eig h t-h o u r
workday. A mystery person will
also be auctioned.
The M orrow C ounty
Farm Service Agency is taking
sign-ups for the L iv esto ck
Compensation Program for cattle,
sheep, goats and buffalo who
have been impacted by severe
drought conditions and have very
limited risk management tools
available. Livestock producers in
co u n ties th at have rec e iv e d
primary disaster designation due
to drought in 2001 and/or 2002 are
eligible. A pproxim ately $752
million nationwide is being made
available for this program that will
assist livestock producers in those
areas m ost a ffe c te d by the
drought.
In the immediate area.
Morrow and Gilliam counties are
eligible for this program because
o f their drought designation for
the past two years. U m atilla
County will be eligible far this
program soon.
Producers will certify the
number o f eligible animals owned
as o f June 9, 2002. The animals
must have been owned for 90
days or more before and/or after
June 1, 2002. Payment will be
determined by multiplying the
number o f eligible animals by the
resp e c tiv e
paym ent rate.
C urrently there has been no
deadline for signup announced.
Payments should be available
shortly after a producer signs up.
Call or stop by the Farm
S ervice A gency O ffice in
Heppner for more information or
to sign up.
Scholarship
available for
students interested
in livestock
S tu d en ts
pursu in g
c a re e rs in a g ric u ltu re are
enco u rag ed to apply for
sch o la rsh ip s sp o n so red by
Agriliance, Land O ’ Lakes Feed
and C roplan G enetics. High
school seniors from throughout
the country who will enroll in a
two- or four-year agronomy or
livestock curriculum in the fall of
2003 are eligible to apply. Fifty
$1,000 sc h o la rsh ip s w ill be
awarded.
continued page two
ALL NEW S AND A D V ER TISEM EN T DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
The re g u la r m onthly
meeting o f the City o f Heppner
Beautification Commission will be
held at 8 a.m. on Thursday, Oct.
10 .
Staff reports on ongoing
city activities will be given by:
public w orks d ire c to r C raig
C anham , city m anager Jerry
B reazeale and M ayor Bob
Jepsen. A lso , G arden C lub
P resident C huck B ailey will
club’s various projects.
The m ain item o f
discussion will be proposals for a
vegetative screen o f trees and
shrubs between the BMX facility
and the street at Hager Park. Bill
Ewing, a local forestry education
specialist, will be at the meeting
to share his ideas about how to
accom plish an e ffectiv e and
attractive separation between
Hager St. and the BMX park.
HHS cheerleaders have spirit
HHS varsity cheerleaders (left to right): Liz Orwick, Tylynn Smith and
Sara Barrow
Power Athletics in late June at
The H eppner H igh
Lewis and Clark University,
S chool c h e erle a d in g squad,
This award is voted on by
represented by Tylynn Smith and
the
campers
and given to a team
Sara Barrow , won the spirit
who
shows
“true
team spirit and
aw ard and sp irit stick at a
comradeship”.
cheerleading camp, hosted by
Greg Smith named “Outstanding
Freshman Legislator ss
S tate R e p re se n tativ e
Greg Smith was recently named
“ O u tsta n d in g
F reshm an
Legislator” by the Oregon Rural
H ealth A sso c ia tio n w hich
represents clinics, hospitals and
h ealth care p ro fe ssio n a ls
throughout rural Oregon.
“As a freshman member
of the legislature. Representative
Greg Smith has taken a sincere
interest in the well being o f small
rural clinics,” said Ed Patterson
o f the Oregon Rural Health Care
A ssociation. “ Rep. Smith has
been active and outspoken in
support of the smallest and most
fragile health care prov iders.”
“I'm honored to receive
this aw ard.” said Rep. Smith.
“ Rural Oregon is dear to my
heart. It's my home, and I have
worked hard to make sure that the
people o f rural Oregon are not
forgotten.”
Faced with a budget cut
o f $1.2 m illion for safety net
clinics in the fifth special session
last month. Rep. Smith succeeded
in d e d ic a tin g funds to the
Certified Rural Health Clinics,
according to a news release. The
funding was originally part of the
legislature’s 2001-03 budget, but
had not been released by the
Department o f Human Serv ices
(DHS). Because of Rep. Smith’s
work, DHS must release those
funds by January 1. 2003. the
release said.
“It’s sad that I had to use
the force of legislation to release
funds that were already supposed
to have gone to our rural clinics,”
said Sm ith. "H ow ever, I was
proud to do so. Oregon’s rural
clinics are already struggling to
provide critical care to tens o f
thousands o f Oregonians.
easem ent along the previous
railroad line with District Attorney
Dave Allen.
Actions of the Court:
-after a public hearing,
the approval of the annexation for
the Heppner Rural Fire District,
with another hearing date to be
set;
-approval of one deed for
railroad property to an owner of
adjacent property and the sale of
the rem aining 11.12 acres o f
railroad property to another owner
of contiguous property;
-approval o f a contract
w ith David A llen for county
counsel work.
Heppner walking
tour to be held
Mitchell Nelson Group, a
c o n su ltin g firm se le c te d to
develop
a
D ow ntow n
Development Plan for Heppner,
will host a community walking
tour through downtown Heppner
on Tuesday, Oct. 15. The tour is
being coordinated to collect input
and know ledge from the
com m unity on plans for
H e p p n e r’s dow ntow n area.
Persons interested in participating
are requested to m eet at the
F orest S ervice C onference
Room, 117 N. Main Street, at 3:30
p.m. From there, the group will
be leaving for an informational
walk through o f the downtown
area.
The walking tour marks
the first meeting in an eight-month
study.
The purpose o f the
Downtown Development Plan
Project is to update and integrate
the H eppner T ra n sp o rtatio n
System Plan (TSP) with recent
planning efforts. The objective of
the City of Heppner, along with
the O regon D epartm ent o f
Transportation, is to update the
TSP and complete revisions to the
existing city code to implement the
Downtown Development Plan.
The pro ject w ill explore
a lte rn a tiv e s for dev elo p in g
downtown side streets and plans
for enhancing co n n ectio n s
between downtown areas and
adjacent parks and neighborhoods.
Incorporating these ideas into the
TSP will also be reviewed, as well
as plans for a possible greenway
along
the
cre e k
and
recommendations for downtown
parking. The city will amend its
TSP to apply highway segment
designations, as appropriate; and
to foster compact development
patterns along the highway within
the urban growth boundary.
rhe project w ill complete
the efforts that have been started
within the community. City staff
and v o lu n te e rs have been
exploring these issues and have
been working to locate businesses
into the downtown area. One
component of the project is to
dev elop a downtown commercial
zone that will protect the historic
character of the downtown, while
at the sam e tim e encourage
economic dev elopment. Another
is to enhance the pedestrian
linkages between the downtown
and the rest o f the community.
C om m unity m em bers
are encouraged to share their
ideas about the downtown area,
parking and the connection from
the
dow ntow n
to
the
neighborhood areas.
Those unable to attend
but would like to share ideas are
asked to contact the project
manager, Joyce Jackson, by mail,
phone or email at Mitchell Nelson
Group, 71 SW Oak Street Suite
100, Portland, Oregon 97204;
phone (503) 944-2158 and email
jljfumngi.com.
Voting ballots to be
mailed out
Ballots for the Nov. 5
elections w ill be mailed out Friday.
Oct. 18. The last day to register
for voting is Tuesday, Oct. 15.
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