lone Youth Group Burnside Service Trip happenings
3essie ¿'ataell
U of 0 Ne»spa;;ar L i b r a r y
Eugene, OR 974 J3
VOL. 121
NO. 43
10 Pages
Wednesday, October 23,2002
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Court grants five-year tax exemption to Oregon Ethanol
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A t the Oct. 16 m eeting
o f the M orrow C ounty Court,
Enterprise Zone M anager Greg
Sw eek and the com m issioners
c o n tin u e d d isc u ssio n o f the
request from Oregon Ethanol for
a sev en -y ear tax exem ption.
A f te r e x a m in in g th e m an y
com plexities o f the issue, the
Court agreed to allow a five-year
exemption, if the operation meets
the necessary employee numbers
and wages. They also agreed to
request payment by the company
during those years to support the
training o f personnel who must
learn m ethods o f com bating
alcohol-based fires.
R epresentatives o f the
B o a r d m a n K iw a n is C lu b
requested tippage fees to help
pay cost o f a H allow een party,
explaining that the first such party,
last year, was a success involving
500 children. They explained the
planned activities and the budget.
T hey noted zero events o f a
criminal or traffic nature last year
and said that the high school
board w orks on the party w ith
them . The C ourt approved a
contribution to the effort, which
also received support o f the chief
o f police last year.
Ju d g e Terry T allm an
reported that an employee o f the
Behavioral Health D epartm ent
took a course from a college that
claim ed to be accredited but
w hich, in fact, w as not. O ne
resulting problem results from the
policy that requires accreditation
in order for the em ployee to
receive an educational expense
reimbursement. County Counsel
Bill Hanlon, not in attendance,
will report on the m atter next
week.
E m e r g e n c y
M anagem ent D irector C asey
Beard showed the Court the bid
specifications designed for the
n e w sp a p e r a d v e rtise m e n t in
Red Apple honored by Morrow Co. DAT
(l-r) Morrow County Red C ross DAT volunteers Marily n Perkins and Midge
Michael present Bert Houweling, owner of Red Apple Market, with plaque.
A t th e R e d C ro s s
fundraiser held, O ct. 17, Red
A pple w as presented w ith a
p la q u e fo r s u p p o rtin g th e
M o rro w C o u n ty S e r v ic e
Delivery Area over the past two-
and-a-half years o f its existence.
M o rro w
C o u n ty
Disaster Action Team volunteer
M idge M ichael accepted the
aw ard on beh alf o f Red Apple,
as ow ner Bert H ouw eling was
unable to attend. M ichael later
d e liv e re d the aw ard to Red
Apple and Houweling.
J.R. Sim plot C om pany
o f H erm iston also received a
plaque.
The
R ed
C ro ss
fundraiser w as successful in
raising funds for the local DAT,
according to volunteers. The
money will help provide relief not
only for local em ergencies, but
also for education and training,
equipm ent and supplies, and
other items needed.
O ver 70 businesses and
individuals helped support the
f u n d ra is e r w ith fu n d s an d
m e rc h a n d is e fo r th e s ile n t
auction.
search o f computer software that
synchronizes their various radios.
B e a rd s a id he w o u ld be
discussing next fiscal year’s DEQ
budget for the incinerator with
that departm ent representative.
He ended his report by saying
that distribution o f pagers should
be alm ost com plete by the end
o f October.
E x e c u tiv e S e c re ta ry
Andrea Denton reported on the
research o f the pier diem issue for
federal expenses. Although a final
policy suggestion is not ready,
she noted that em ulating the
state’s m ethod w ould suffice. If
federal reim bursem ent to the
employee is less than actual costs,
the state pays the difference to
th e
e m p lo y e e .
If
th e
reimbursement is greater than the
actual costs, the em ployee pays
the state the difference.
U n a b le to atten d the
meeting. Public Works Director
B u rk e O ’B rien su b m itte d a
written report in which he noted
the status o f the Juniper Canyon
project. Most o f the culverts have
been installed, and the O D O T
representative visited the site and
was positive in his evaluation o f
the work.
C o m m is s io n e r D an
B rosnan reported to the Court,
asking that O ’Brien be informed,
th a t th e S o il a n d W a te r
C o n s e r v a tio n D is tr ic t h a s
pressed for attention to the matter
o f noncom pliance w ith w eed
plans.
Actions o f the Court:
- approval o f a permit to
C ascade Natural G as for a line
along Montana Lane in Irrigon;
- reappointment o f John
W enholz, M ike A rm ato, and
Butch Sm ith to the Board o f
Property Tax Appeals;
- a p p ro v a l o f an
agreement between the Children
and Families Commission and the
H e a lth D e p a rtm e n t fo r th e
Healthy Start grant;
a p p ro v a l
of
discretionary tippage fees for
o n e - f o u r th th e c o s t o f
c o u rth o u s e -c e n te n n ia l
commemorative lapel pins;
- a p p ro v a l o f an
a g re e m e n t fo r r e s p ite c a re
betw een the Behavioral Health
Department and Jennie Moyer.
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 RM.
lo n e Y o u th G ro u p
m e m b e rs a n d c h a p e r o n e s
traveled to Portland on O ct. 11
for a day o f s e rv ic e in the
Burnside area. The youth divided
into three groups, with everyone
visiting an agency they h a d n ’t
worked at before. A group went
to the Salvation A rm y H arbor
Light w here they helped in the
kitchen, cleaned the storage area,
and went on a tour o f the facilities.
A nother group helped deliver
meals to senior citizen shut-ins
through the Loaves and Fishes
organization. They also served a
meal on site and helped with the
Bingo gam es afterw ards. The
third group helped set up and
serve lunch at the Blanchet House
soup kitchen.
The ham served for lunch
at Blanchet House cam e from
pigs raised at the Blanchet Farm.
The farm, which is on 60 acres
near Carlton, has 600 chickens,
pigs, beehives and a vegetable
plot that last y ear produced
250,000 pounds o f produce for
the soup kitchen. Dormitories on
the farm site house 15 women and
37 m en w ho are hom eless or
re c o v e rin g fro m s u b s ta n c e
abuse.
John DeZell, frequent
Heppner St. Patrick’s Day visitor
and m em ber o f the board o f
Blanchet House, was visiting the
soup kitchen w hen the lone
g ro u p a rriv e d . A ls o , M ik e
Collins, 1971 lone High School
graduate and now a teacher at
C entral Catholic High School,
was there supervising a group o f
his students doing vo lu n teer
work.
Youth group m em bers
spent the afternoon at C entral
City Concern’s Second Chance
Store on N ortheast Broadway.
They w atched an introductory
video explaining the focus o f the
agency. The agency’s mission is
to provide pathw ays to self-
s u ff ic ie n c y th ro u g h a c tiv e
in te rv en tio n in p o v e rty and
hom elessness. They believe in
order for a person to successfully
achieve self-sufficiency they must
not only have access to housing,
su p p o rt
s e r v ic e s
and
em ploym ent opportunities, but
also m ust be building positive
relationships with those who have
had com m on experiences and
can offer support. Their programs
include the H ooper Inebriate
Em ergency Response Service
and D etox Sobering Program ,
the four to seven day Subacute
P ro g ra m , th e L e tty O w e n s
C enter for treatm ent and care
services for pregnant or parenting
w om en, the O ld Town Clinic
providing primary health care to
the people o f Burnside, a Parole
T ransition P rogram , and the
Portland Alternative Health Care
O utpatient C linic. They also
p rovide m entoring, business
lo n e Y outh
a t Second C h a n c e second h a n d sto re
Je n n y G riffith , Ashly G ra m s and A bbv Key at B lanchet House
soup kitchen
M eg h an M c C a b e a t L oaves a n d Fishes
pair o f socks. Those socks were
e n te rp rise o p p o rtu n itie s and
taken to O utreach M inistry o f
housing. The lone group spent a
Burnside.
couple o f hours sorting in the
M aking the trip from
clothing room and shopping at the
lone w ere Tracy G riffith. Karl
second hand store.
M organ, Jaysi Bennetto, Cayle
A s in past years, the
K rebs, C aitlin O rem , Jam ie
group d id n 't travel to Burnside
VandenBrink. Diana McElligott.
empty-handed. Donations were
A n d rew R ie tm a n n , N a ta lie
m ad e to v a rio u s a g e n c ie s .
M cElligott, Emily Key, M egan
C lothing donations from Janet
M cCabe, Johnny Collin, Paul
H o lla n d w e re ta k e n to the
Neiffer, M eghan M cCabe, Sara
Salvation Army. L oaves and
Peck, Barbara H olland, Jenny
Fishes received four cases o f G riffith, Abby Key and Ashly
shav ing cream. Shelly Key, lone
G ram s. Adults superv ising the
pool m anager, sponsored two
youth w ere D ale and K aren
pool parties over the summ er,
H o lla n d , C a th y H a lv o rs e n ,
w ith admission costing one new
Debbie Morgan. Shelly Key and
Jeri McElligott.
HHS to hold Veteran’s Day ceremony
Heppner High School is
celebrating V eteran’s Day by
honoring all local veterans. The
c e re m o n y w ill be h e ld on
Thursday, Nov. 7, at 11:15 a.m.
in the high school gym.
Invitations have been
sent to all local veterans. If you
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Halloween
Drive
a lete n m , „ d djd ni)I
an inv itation. call Heppner High
School at 676-9138, betw een 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. Be sure to leave
your name, rank ofduty, and vour
mailing address so an inv itation
can be sent.
Light Parade to be held Dec. 5
H eppner’s sixth annual Parade
o f Lights is planned for Dec. 5 at
6p.m. in downtown Heppner.
Businesses and indiv ¡duals are
inv ited to enter the light parade
and w in cash prizes for first,
second and th ird p laces. A
special Kris Kringle award will
be presented for fourth place.
Line-up for entrants will be at
G reen Feed and Seed at 5p.m.
Dec. 5.
Entry form s are available at
th e H e p p n e r C h a m b e r o f
C om m erce. Bank o f Eastern
Oregon and Central Market.
Spring forward, fall
back
Oct. 27 m arks the end
o f Daylight Sav ings Time. D on’t
forget to change your clocks
back an hour.
Food
lo n e Y o u th G ro u p
m em b e rs w ill be sw e e p in g
through lone and the surrounding
a re a on T h u rsd a y , O c t. 31
collecting nonperishable food
items. The collected food will be
d o n a te d to th e H e p p n e r
N eighborhood C enter to help
prov ide holiday baskets to those
in need. T he y o u th w ill be
k n o c k in g on d o o r s fro m
ap p ro x im ately 6-7 p.m . that
ev ening. Any one w ho w ill not he
hom e, or those living in the
country and w anting to m ake
donations, arc asked to take their
food to Laurel C annon's hom e
in lone, w here the food will be
collected to take to Heppner.
For m ore inform ation, call Jeri
M cElligott at 422-7257.
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