"POUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 16, 2002
Chamber Scarecrow contest ProPe rt>
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management
entries announced
workshop to be
held
Rhonda Breneman with fruit and veggie scarecrow at R&W Drive-In
Oct. 10 was the deadline
to get your scarecrow in the list
of entries to be judged. Awards
will be given for: “P eople’s
C hoice”, “ M ost U nique”,
“Biggest”, “Funniest”, “Smallest”
and
“M ost W elcom ing” .
Everyone will have a chance to
vote for “People’s Choice” during
the Merchant’s Starlight Sale.
Entries are: 1.) Bank of
Eastern O regon; 2.) M isty
Bennett; 3.) B ucknum ’s; 4.)
Jo h n ’s O ther Place; 5.)
Wheatland Insurance/VanMarter
& Kahl; 6.) U.S. Forest Service;
7.) Judie Laughlin; 8.) Barbara
M oore; 9.) M urray’s; 10.)
H eppner H ardw are;
11.)
Klam ath First; 12.) Blue
M ountain
Ceram ics
and
Porcelain; 13.) Oregon Trail
Library District and Morrow
County M useum; 14.) R&W
Drive-In; 15.) The Shoe Box; 16.)
G ard n er’s M en’s Wear; 17.)
Willow Creek Clinic; 18.) Artisan
Village; 19.) Wenberg Family; 20.)
Northwestern Motel; and 21.)
Central Red Apple
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The Morrow County
S h eriff’s Office will be
sponsoring a local property
managers and rental property
owners workshop on various
aspects of property management.
The workshop will be given by
Emily Cederleaf of the Multi-
Family Housing Program o f
Oregon. In addition. Code
Enforcem ent
and
Law
Enforcement officials from the
Morrow County Sheriff’s Office
as well as the Boardman City
Police Department will be in
attendance to provide information
on local issues, policies and
procedures.
Topics to be covered will
include Applicant Screening,
Rental Agreements, Ongoing
Management, Dealing with Drug
and other Criminal Activity, Crisis
Resolution, Neighborhood Watch
and the Role of the Police.
The
w orkshop
is
scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 2 at
Stokes Landing Senior Center in
Irrigon. Registration will begin at
8 a.m. The workshop will start at
8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m.
Registration fee is $30 which
includes all reference material as
well as a catered lunch and
refreshments.
A Spanish-speaking
interpreter will be available to
provide any assistance needed.
An RSVP is requested.
To confirm , or for more
information, contact Deputy Jeff
Lambier of the Morrow County
Sheriffs Office at (541) 676-5317.
lone woman inducted
to EOU Hall of Fame
Anne O ’Leary-Morter,
of lone, will be inducted along
w ith four others to Eastern
Oregon U niversity’s Hall o f
Fame. Morter was selected by
the EOU Hall o f Fame
Committee and will be inducted
during
the
U n iv ersity ’s
Homecoming festivities. A dessert
reception will be on Friday, Oct.
25, 7 p.m., in the Hoke Center,
Room 309, on the EOU campus.
Morter was on the EOU
cross country/track and field
team , for two seasons. She
finished fourth at the A1AW Cross
Country Championships and in
1982 qualified for the NAIA
Cross Country Nationals. And in
1982 qualified for the NAIA
Outdoor Championships in the
1,500- and 3,000-meter runs,
taking third in the 3,000.
Morter set a still-standing
school record of 10 minutes, 1.4
seconds, in the 3,000 meter. She
was also a tw o-tim e NAIA
District 2 Scholar athlete.
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Ray Grace
Republican
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Ray Grace first moved to
Heppner in 1973 and retired there
in 1995. He is the owner of RGA
Laser Services in Heppner.
G race is a
m em ber o f
the
Saint
P a t r i c k ’s
Catholic
C hurch in
Heppner and
the
Elks
Lodge. He
has served on
the board of
directors for
Columbia
Ray Grace
Basin Electric
Co-Op and has worldw ide
construction
m anagem ent
experience w orking with
engineers,
developers,
governm ental agencies and
owners.
Why would a voter select you
over your opponent?
I am not running against
any candidate. I am running for
the office.
If elected, what is the biggest
challenge facing you?
The biggest challenge to
county government in the coming
years will be to maintain an
operating budget. The rural tax
base is shrinking and increasing
compliance with federal and state
mandates is a bottomless hole. At
the same time, ongoing regulation
increases the difficulty o f
establishing a stable tax base by
increasing the cost and the tax
burden of doing business. County
government cannot change this
situation, but we must monitor it
carefully and react successfully
to it.
What major project would you
like to see accom plished?
What is your first priority?
I do not have any major
projects in mind. I would like to
see us operate inside our budget,
and enhance family wage jobs and
the tax basis with proper
development.
O utline your plan for
accommodating growth and
other challenges resulting
from the proposed Boardman
area racetrack?
As of now, the racetrack
is in an appeal process. Until the
Land Use Board makes a
decision it is out of the county’s
hands.
What is your plan for drawing
businesses/creating jobs in
South Morrow County?
This task will take some
re-thinking of standard economic
development practices. HEDC
sent 10,000 flyers into California
during the energy crisis, and has
a number of requests for further
inform ation. The net gain to
present is zero. South Morrow
County has one o f the lowest
electrical rates in the Northwest,
guaranteed until 2006; additionally
most of the Kinzua buildings are
available for minimal rental. The
cost of truck transport to and from
the 1-84 corridor to Heppner,
added to the lack o f available
labor force in the local area
obviously offset these benefits, or
some businesses would have
come. South Morrow County
must think “outside the box” to
bring in industry or business for
whom we can offer benefits not
cancelled out by factors over
which we currently have no
control.
Fundraiser for
Celita Strouse
Friends o f Celita and
Scott Strouse are sponsoring a
benefit baked potato and chili feed
for Celita on Friday, Oct. 25
starting at 5:30 p.m. before the
Heppner Mustang vs. Sherman
County football game. Celita is
receiving medical treatments in
Portland and Tri-Cities for health
problems.
Cooks at the Heppner
High School are m aking
cinnamon rolls and there will be
lots of hot cocoa and coffee for
ball gamers that need a warm up.
Cost is $5 per person or
$20 for family which will include
chili, potato, dessert and drink.
Chamber Chatter
By C laudia Hughes, Executive
Director
Barbara B.
Bloodsworth
Like the random falling
leaves outside the window, the
thoughts in this column will be a
Democrat
Barbara B. Bloodsworth variety of different colors. Seems
was bom in Morrow County. She our society has shifted from black
has worked for Morrow County and white to, not gray, rather an
interesting blend of many colors
since 1968.
and personalities.
She
was
Twenty-one harvest
Morrow
JÊÊ
scarecrow entries with a wide
County Clerk
range of sizes and personalities
for 22 years.
have been received from both
She also kept
Main Street and residential
the m inutes L
participants.
During the month,
for
the
■
celebrity scarecrows will be
County Court m
recognized as the most unique,
for 22 years.
r
biggest, funniest, smallest and the
Bloodsworth
most welcoming. Everyone will
is a member
Barbara
have
the opportunity to vote for
of
the Bloodsworth
“People’s
Choice” during the
Methodist
M erchants’ Starlight Sale on
Church, Willow Valley Creek
Club, Soroptimist, Morrow County Thursday, Oct. 24. Though too
late to be in the running, others
Historical Society, and the Farm
are encouraged aged to add to this
Museum.
event. The more the merrier.
Why would a voter select you
Traffic increases in
over your opponent?
Heppner during hunting season,
They would vote for me
over my opponent because I have which makes it an ideal time for
experience and have been a long the Chamber of Commerce to
kick off their non-dues income
term resident.
If elected, what is the biggest project, chances on a Remington
BLD 300 Winchester Rifle with
challenge facing you?
scope.
Tickets are $5 each or five
The biggest challenge is
for $20 and are available at some
getting the county budget
Chamber member businesses and
balanced.
from the Board o f Directors:
What major project would you
Larry Lutcher, Bert Houweling,
like to see accom plished?
David Sykes, Cliff Green, Barb
What is your first priority?
Hayes, Sharon Harrison, Darrel
I would like to see more
Raver, Victor Vander Does,
jobs for Morrow County.
O utline your plan for Nancy Snider and Jerry
Breazeale. The drawing will be
accommodating growth and
held
during Town and Country in
other challenges resulting
January.
These non-dues projects
from the proposed Boardman
help
the
Chamber to do more
area racetrack?
marketing
and events for
Left unanswered
Heppner.
What is your plan for drawing
“Adopt-A-Hiway”
businesses/creating jobs in
volunteers continue to help keep
South Morrow County?
our streets and sidewalks looking
Left unanswered
good. It’s the first thing visitors
notice about Heppner and it
doesn’t happen by osmosis. It’s
volunteers regularly walking the
streets on “John’s clean-up days”,
individuals with community pride
M orrow County Red
bending
over and picking up litter,
Cross Disaster Services will be
and
dedicated
City employees.
holding its first annual Harvest
Smokers who graciously dispose
Moon Festival, with a 50s theme.
The festival will be on Oct. 17, of their butts somewhere other
than the gutter make a big
from 5:30 p.m. until midnight.
Dress attire will be 50s style, with difference. All those willing to
“stoop low” put Heppner on a
poodle skirts, peddle pushers,
pegged jeans, leather jackets, T- pedestal.
Doris Brosnan, Cyde
shirts, ponytails and bobby socks.
If you are not comfortable in Estes, Cara Osmin, and 1 attended
poodle skirts and bobby sock, you the Regards To Rural Conference
in Welches on Oct. 4-5. Some very
can come in casual attire.
worthwhile
sessions and speakers
The evening will begin at
were
offered,
which the
5:30 p.m. with a silent auction and
community
will
be
hearing
more
antique car show. A “People’s
Choice Award” will be given to a about in the weeks to come.
Particularly inspiring was the
car and driver at 7 p.m.
A banquet dinner will be dinner speaker, Stacy Allison, who
served at 7:30 p.m. and last until climbed Mt. Everest. She related
8:30 p.m. No alcohol will be her experiences to leadership
lessons, and excellent ones they
served. Contribution awards will
were.
be presented by Judge Terry
The Morrow County Red
Tallman to two business and two
individuals that have helped the Cross is working hard on their 50s
Morrow County Red Cross in the dance and auction to be held
last two and a half years. Casey Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Port of
Morrow. Benefits will assist
Beard will explain how the Red
Morrow
County. Roll up your
Cross fits into the CSEPP
sleeves,
grab
your poodle skirts,
emergency program.
Dancing will begin at 9 go kick up your heels and bid on
p.m. and go to midnight. Door an auction item you can’t live
prizes will also be awards during without.
Yes, a blend of colors,
the evening.
from harvest scarecrow s to
Many local businesses
and people have helped to cover climbing Mt. Everest. No
the cost of the night, as well as boredom allowed. Enjoy! Laugh!
Keep busy! Volunteer! And take
donating items for the auction.
a
walk through the leaves, while
Some of the items available with
you
watch them swirl about you.
be: a metal art piece; two Blazers
Life
in Heppner offers something
tickets; a knitted Christening outfit
for
all
seasons.
and blanket; and a wood art item.
Those interested may still donate
money for the event, or items for
the auction.
Funds raised are use to
help Morrow County residents
with:
w eather
related
em ergencies; house fires;
Heppner's new assisted
supplies; education and training;
living
center.
Willow Creek
and other necessary operating
Terrace,
has
a
new
web site.
equipment.
The
site
has
information
Those interested in
about
rates,
a
list
of
services, a
adding their classic or antique car
floor plan, a picture tour of the *
to the show can contact Helen
facility and other information.
Bliss at 922-5973. Set up for the
The web site address is
cars will begin at 5 p.m.
www.heppner.net/assitedliving or
There is no display cost it can be reached through the
for the car show and the silent
Heppner Home Page at
auction is free. Tickets for the www.heppner.net where there is
rest of the event will be sold at a link under the housing section.
$20 each.
The Heppner Gazette-
Those interested can call
Times developed the assisted
the American Red Cross at 922-
living web site.
1915.922-4307. and 922-6415 or
be reached my em ail at
We P rin t C o m p u ter l orm s
hmbliss@hotmail.com.
County Red Cross
fundraiser to be
held
Willow Creek
Terrace now
online
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