Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 16,2002 - FIVE
Highlights from Historical Society meeting
M orrow
C ounty
Historical Society held its annual
meeting Oct. 12 at the Willow’s
Grange Hall, in lone. A turkey
dinner was served followed by the
programs for the day.
Young fiddlers o f the
area presented musical numbers
led by teacher Peg W illis, o f
Pendleton. Members of the group
included: Kara Clay, Alex and
Julianne Carlson, Levi Carlson,
Kate and Sarah Kendrick, Luke
Young, Brian Holland and Kellee
Jones. These young musicians are
know n as “ S henanigans and
Friends.” Louis Carlson, Paul
Clay, and Matt Holland furnished
the rhythm section with a bass
fiddle and two guitars.
L aura Pryor, G illiam
County Judge, spoke to the group
about the wind tow ers being
erected in Gilliam and Morrow
counties. The towers will affect
the landowners in all the counties
on the Columbia Plateau. One
tower can furnish enough energy
for the town of Condon. Pryor
warned that any one considering
having a tower on their land should
consider all the options before
signing any contract. She said that
landowners should be sure to map
out in writing everything that they
want done or not done to their
land.
To use the energy from
the wind towers there must be
access to o th e r e le c trica l
facilities. Groups working with the
towers often request a three to
five year tax break in th e ir
“enterprise zone.”
Pryor informed that 500
m ore to w ers m ight soon be
erected in Morrow and Gilliam
counties.
Pryor also spoke about
changes that may be coming in
the grow ing o f w heat. These
changes will make a difference
in the way wheat producers grow
w heat. D ifferen t ty p es and
varieties o f wheat may start to be
the em phasis. These different
types will be planted on “good
land” and will be segregated at
the time o f harvest and will be
used for specific areas and uses.
Pryor explained that new
equipment would be needed to test
for specific qualities. She also
said that the farmers would need
to have local testing areas and be
able to react more quickly to
special situations. It is hoped that
new and different products will be
developed with the help of millers,
grain c o m p an ies, research
agencies, wheat farm co-ops, and
grain warehouses. Gilliam County
wheat producers are starting to
follow this new idea in wheat
production by encouraging the use
o f “white soft wheat” in breads.
A t the m eetin g , the
members of the Historical Society
also discussed their plan to put up
signs for the old school houses.
This project is scheduled to start
in November. Louis Carlson is in
charge o f the project, and looking
for volunteers.
The Historical Society
will also be giving $500 to each
cemetery, in Heppner, Lexington,
Irrigon, Boardman, and lone, to
help straighten the headstones.
Cardinal Booster Club meets
lone Cardinal Booster
Club met Oct. 7 at the lone High
S chool library. U nder old
b u sin e ss, club
m em bers
discussed building the trophy
case for the cafeteria hallway.
The drinking fountain still needs
to be moved. The student body
will donate $ 1,000 for the project.
Del LaRue will meet with Harold
Rietmann to design the case and
get an estimate on costs.
The club agreed to send
thank you notes to all businesses
that donated to the track project.
There will be a sign made and
d isp la y e d at the school to
recognize all individuals and
businesses that made donations.
L aR ue has receiv ed grant
a p p lic a tio n s from several
businesses. Debbie Radie will
look into applying for grants to
continue to raise money for the
tra c k
p rac tic e
area
improvements. The pole vault pit
does not m eet new national
safety standards and cannot be
used. The club is still waiting for
a bid to put the topcoat on the
track area.
Lea Schwab is making
a sign to place in the gym. They
will donate $1 for every varsity
basketball point scored this
season.
Officers for the 2002-03
year were elected as follows:
Debbie Radie-president; Barb
C o llin -v ic e p resid en t; Jeri
McElligott-secretary/treasurer;
and
D ebbie
M organ-
concessions/dinners coordinator.
Some of the signs in the
Manicurist joins Sunflower Junction crew
gym need repair work. Dean
Robinson will coordinate getting
the outside gym door painted.
The container the club
hoped to buy to store sports gear
was overpriced. Dennis Stefani
w ill c o n tin u e to look into
purchasing or binding a storage
unit.
The bike race organizers
paid the club for the potatoes used
in the dinner. The spring 2003
race is scheduled for May 2. Club
m em bers expressed concerns
about being available to help serve
the dinner with sporting events
taking place at that time. It was
agreed the moneymaker could be
turned over to elementary parents,
with the proceeds going toward
p u rch asin g now play g ro u n d
equipment.
Club members agreed to
have game days during basketball
season to honor businesses that
have supported lone schools.
Businesses would be notified by
letter ahead o f time, and then
introduced and thanked at the
games.
The club has sweatshirts,
sport wraps and hats available for
sale at Sunflower Junction and
the Bank o f Eastern Oregon.
Sweatshirts can also be ordered
in any child or adult sizes.
There will be barbecued
ham burgers for sale at the
hom ecom ing gam e ag ain st
A rlington on Friday, Oct. 18.
Hamburgers with all the toppings
and a bag o f chips will sell for $3
each.
The next m eetin g o f
Cardinal Booster Club will be
Monday, Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at the
high school library.
Harvest Carnival at HES
Manicurist Betsy Arballo (right) with client Verna Mudie
Betsy Arballo o f Cecil
has joined the staff at Sunflower
Junction in Suite 300 of the new
building on Main Street in lone.
Arballo began offering manicures
there in August. The Sunflower
Junction crew also includes Shilo
Svetich, who operates the hair
salon, and Lynn Dee Ramos, who
operates the ice cream/espresso
shop. The store also includes
tanning and a gift shop.
A rballo offers acrylic
n a ils, silk and linen w raps,
pedicures, manicures and nail art,
both hand painted and decals.
A rb a llo , 38, has had her
manicurist license for 13 years.
She is available at Sunflower
Ju n ctio n T hursday th rough
Saturday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Call 422-7SUN (7786) for an
appointment.
Arballo, originally from
Orange County, California, where
she attended high school, moved
to Paisley for a w hile before
retu rn in g to C alifo rn ia. She
returned to Paisley in 1992 and
then moved to Cecil three years
ago. Her family includes her son,
A ustin, 16, a sophom ore and
football player at lone High
School, her daughter Shadee, 13,
an eighth grader in Paisley, and
her friend, James Vormie, who
works for Krebs Ranches as a
mechanic.
For an evening of family
fun, the HES Parent-Teacher
Club invites you to attend the
H arvest Carnival at H eppner
Elementary School. HES will be
decorated with an Autumn theme
and transformed from classrooms
to pumpkin patches. This annual
event is set for Thursday, Oct. 24
from 6 to 8 p.m.
There will be food and
gam es for all ages. The
concession ifeire will be “good old
carnival-type food” according to
a PTC spokesperson, and is to be
served in the cafeteria.
Games include the Pop
Toss, Basketball Hoop Shoot,
Plinko, Junk Food Walks (primary
and intermediate) and the ever-
popular Bingo, among others.
Ticket prices are very reasonable
to insure an “ inexpensive and
fun” evening for the whole family.
The Heppner Elementary
Parent-Teacher Club has been
very busy this year w ith the
carn iv al on the heels o f the
successful Scholastic Book Fair
in Septem ber. “O ur students
benefit in so many ways from the
support o f the Parent-Teacher
Club,” commented HES teacher
K aren S m ith -G riffith . The
meetings for PTC are held on the
first Monday o f the month at 7:30
p.m. in the school library.
Spa/Therapy pool available at
Willow Creek Water Park
W illow C reek W ater
Park has the Spa/Therapy pool in
working order and ready for the
surrounding communities to enjoy.
Hours are upon request
by calling Merry Brannon at 676-
5429 or 676-5752. Rates are
$2.50 per half hour or $12.50 an
hour, including up to 19 people
maximum capacity.
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The spa is currently being
used by an aerobic class on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-
6 p.m. and the first non-school
Friday o f the month by children
in homecare. At this time these
scheduled events will be the hours
you may not reserve. Come in and
enjoy a birthday party. Girl's Night
Out, or relieve those aching
muscles, and make use o f the
facility made just for you.
Marriage Licenses
O ct. 8: C aleb Wayne
McDaniel, 22, Heppner and Lela
Jean Gribskov, 22, Heppner; Ty
Allen Arbogast, 33, Heppner and
Kimberley Michelle George, 33,
Heppner.
Proposed ethanol plant discussed
At the C ounty C ourt
meeting of Oct. 9, Jim Daw ley of
O regon Ethanol spoke to the
co m m issio n ers about the
enterprise zone. He reported the
proposed salaries and work shifts
of the employees of the proposed
ethanol plant in the Boardman
area. Enterprise Zone Manager
Greg Sweek reminded Dawley of
the need to retain a minimum of
35 employees to avoid a back-
taxes situation. Boardman Fire
Chief Marc Rogelstad handed the
com m issio n ers a letter that
expresses concerns about the
enterprise zone, citing 2 'A years
o f the fire departm ent’s being
c a lled for several incidents
involving the three operating
plants now in the enterprise zone,
none o f which yet pay taxes. He
said he would like to see, for
future enterprise-zone plants,
payment of tax support to the fire
department. Sweek described the
d iffe re n c es am ong the zone
programs, and Dawley said he
would consider the fire support tax
idea, which could be added to the
agreement. Dawley said that his
company, if it does commit to a
plant at the Port, plans to break
ground before next summer and
hopes to be operational in the
summer of 2004, by 2005 at the
latest. He said negotiations over
som e d e ta ils w ith the Port
continue. He clarified that his
company is requesting a seven-
year tax abatement and a two or
three year phase-in, but Sweek
explained that no provision exists
for a partial abatement. The Court
agreed to discuss the matter and
contact Dawley in a few days.
S h e riff’s D eputy Je ff
Lambier described to the Court a
program the department will be
offering at Stokes Landing on
Nov. 2, to get property owners
and managers educated on how
to take care of their property to
avoid crim e problem s. He
explained that the program stems
from landlords’ complaints over
the past few m onths. The
program will cover maintenance
o f property, screen in g o f
applicants, drafting o f rental
a g re e m e n ts,
ongoing
m anagem ent, neighborhood*-
watch programs, warning signs of
drug activity, crisis resolution, and
the role of the police. Lambier,
who is volunteering his time for
the co u rse, req u e sted som e
funding from the Court to help
with lunch expenses at the eight-
hour co u rse, saying that he
wanted to keep a registration fee
for attendees as low as possible,
at $25. The C ourt voiced
appreciation for his work on the
project, but commissioners John
W enholz and Dan B rosnan
suggested raising the fee by $5 to
cover the lunch.
E m e r g e n c y
M anagem ent D irector Casey
Beard reported to the Court that
the school district had billed
CSEPP for a parking lot at the
new school in Irrigon. He further
explained that CSEPP had paid
for the previous one, torn out
during the project, and that CSEPP
has no funds for another one. He
also reported that he had not yet
found a vehicle to purchase for
the Irrig o n v o lu n te e r fire
department to use for monitoring,
but CSEPP now has a paging
system that works throughout
most of the Northwest and he has
acquired 100 paging units for key
personnel. Beard also requested
help from County Counsel in
developing a description of the
GPS system datab ase th at
Emergency Management needs,
now that the departm ent has
receiv ed fdnding for such a
system.
Beard told the Court that
advertising o f positions at the
chemical depot has begun. Staff
will be contracted through the
U m atilla-M orrow ESD, and
salaries will range from $28,000
to $36,000. Beard said he thought
personnel would be on duty early
in 2003. He handed the
com m issioners a draft o f an
addendum for automation to the
agreement between the County
and ESD for hazard analyst-
community liaison support.
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Beard also discussed a
per-diem issue with the Court,
noting that the federal government
will no longer require receipts
from employees who travel on
federally sponsored programs.
Those employees will, instead
receive direct deposits to their
accounts. Executive Secretary
A ndrea Denton review ed the
previous system in which the
employee provided the County
receipts and the County paid the
employee with funds received
from the federal governm ent.
Discussion led to the decision to
have Denton and A ccounting
Supervisor Tawny Miles develop
a per-diem policy.
The C ourt discussed
some procedural issues w ith
County Counsel Appointee David
Allen
Public Works Director
Burke O'Brien reported blading
in the Sandhollow, Road 21, and
Penland Lake areas. Completed
work included fog seal on Coal
Mine Hill Road, crushing for
ODOT at Ukiah, painting for
Baker County, and installation of
one of two culverts in the Juniper
Canyon project.
O ’Brien also reported on
the tour of Nature Conserv ancy
property the previous day, during
which he discussed w ith NC
representatives the need for the
agreement that would .guarantee
lone PGE employees ingress and
egress to the plant from Emigrant
Lane. He said he urged them to
speed their attorneys’ work on the
agreement.
Actions o f the Court:
- approval o f a permit for
Umatilla Electric to push a line
under and along Kunze Lane near
Miller Lane;
- approval o f the three-
year airport lease and airport
m anagem ent agreem ents with
John Boyer;
- extension, until the end
o f the fiscal year, to the Town of
Lexington’s use o f its tippage fee
award;
- app ro v al o f the
annexation o f territory into the
Heppner Fire Protection District,
w ith a modification of boundaries;
- approval o f a contract
for chemical dependency services
between the Behavioral Health
Department and Central Oregon
Independent Health Services,
Inc.;
- approval o f a respite-
care agreement w ith Sheila Piper
for the B ehavioral H ealth
Department.
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