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VOL. 121
NO. 46
10 Pages
Wednesday, November 13, 2002
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Cecil windmill project to offer new opportunities
Bv Katie Wall
A new project, offering
new jobs to the area is on the
horizon. LifeLine Energy, Inc., is
in the process o f creating the
“Shepherds Flat Wind Farm,” a
project that will be putting an
estim ated 510 w indm ills in
Morrow and Gilliam counties.
The M orrow County site is
located near Cecil, and the
separate Gilliam County site lies
northwest o f the Morrow Co.
site extending north towards the
Columbia River.
According to Patricia
P ilz, v ic e p re sid e n t o f
development for LifeLine, it is to
soon to g iv e out d e ta ile d
in fo rm a tio n but g en era l
information is available.
Even though the number
510 is circulating around as the
total number o f windmills to go
up in G illiam and M orrow
counties, the actual number is not
as important as the total rated
cap acity o f the w in d m ills,
informed Pilz. Currently, three
sizes o f windmills are being
looked at, 1.8 megawatts, 2.0
megawatts, and 2.5 megawatts.
The company is looking for the
project to be between 750-1500
megawatts. Pilz said the wide
range in number comes from the
d iffere n ce in the w indm ill
megaw att size.
Right now LifeLine is
looking at two options: take the
time at the state level, possibly a
year or more, to get the permits
and other necessary leg work
done for the larger 750-1500
megawatts project; or pursue a
100 megawatt project that would
be dealt with at the county level
now, and pursue the larger
project later. Due to the level o f
excitement the initial project has
g e n e ra te d ,
L ifeL in e
is
considering the smaller project
because it feasibly could be in the
construction stage by mid-2003
and in production by the end o f
2003, according to Pilz. At this
time, however, no decision has
been made.
This project is not only
important for the energy it would
create, but also for the jobs that
would stem from it. According to
Pilz, the company is estimating
that with the larger project, some
200 jo b s w ould be created
during the construction phase and
about 30-40 permanent full-time
jobs after construction. Pilz also
said that the company sees this
project as “highly local” and said
jobs would be filled by local
people. Some of the jobs would
req u ire sp ecialized sk illed
workers, but other jobs would
not require as much training.
These jobs include positions such
as security personnel, truck
driv ing, and regular mechanics.
“It is a great starting opportunity
to learn the industry,” added Pilz.
Each windmill's height is
about 255 feet. The rotator
(windmill arm) diameter is about
260 feet. The environmental
effects o f this project have also
been studied as to the four-
season land and wildlife impacts.
As an example, Pilz said that the
Gilliam Co. site has about 15,000
acres, which is currently used for
sheep grazing half of the year, and
when the lull project is completed
o n ly 200 a c re s w ill hold
permanent structures and roads.
Pilz added that some impact
w o u ld be seen d u rin g
construction but that once the
construction was completed, it
would be safe for the sheep to
graze right up to the base o f the
windmills. Overall, the land will
increase its productivity, while still
maintaining its original use, she
said.
HCMF adding
Community
members invited international flair
to decorate trees to Thanksgiving
Alvin Liu manager of the
“ C h ristm a s at the
Courthouse" a special community
event to be held Saturday, Dec.
7, at 7 p.m . w ill be th e
conclusion the Morrow County
Courthouse 100th Anniversary
c e le b ra tio n . The H ep p n er
Chamber o f Commerce invites
ev e ry o n e , c o u n ty w id e , to
decorate a tree for the auction to
be held.
The evening will offer
music, refreshments, tours, and
the opportunity to bid on trees.
A plaque will be presented to the
organization or indiv idual whose
tree is voted “favorite” by the
people in attendance.
Nine artificial trees will
be decorated for the event and
w ill be placed in assigned
Courthouse offices during the first
week o f December. Proceeds
from the tree auction will go to
help with projects in Heppner,
such as community Christmas
decorations, hanging baskets,
etc.
T h o se w ish in g to
decorate a tree need to respond
to the Heppner Cham ber by
Nov. 15. You can reach the
Cham ber at P.O. Box 1232,
H eppner. OR 97836, or by
calling 676-5536.
N o rth w e ste rn M otel and
member o f Heppner Christian
M issionary Fellow ship, has
invited some of his international
friends to come and share in the
community-wide Thanksgiving
Dinner.
“Once again it is time for
all o f us to get together giv ing
th a n k s to G od fo r the
abundances He’s given to us.
Thanksgiving gives us a chance
to share the values of family and
love,” commented Liu. He and
his friends will be providing the
entertainment for the dinner.
“ Rem ember to invite
your families, friends, neighbors,
and others to share and enjoy this
wonderful meal with us," added
Liu
The community-wide
Thanksgiving Dinner will be
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday,
Nov. 28, at 1 p .m ., at the
Episcopal Church parish hall.
Mustangs off to
quarterfinals
The Heppner Mustangs
will play the Dayton Pirates,
Saturday, Nov. 16, at 1 p.m., in
Dayton. The number two ranked
Pirates defeated Harrisburg 21 -
6 in their first round game on
Friday night. Bracket Page 4.
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
At a sp ecial school
R em em b ran ce C erem o n y
honoring veterans, veteran
Robert E. Kelly, was presented
an honorary diploma by HHS
assistant principal Dick Allen and
Morrow County School Board
member Larry Mills.
Kelly chose at age 18 to
quit school and join the Navy. He
served his country as a Navy Sea
Bee. The Navy offered two
school credits for signing up, yet
Kelly needed four credits to
graduate. It was decided that
after raising a family and working
for years as a truck driver and
rancher that Kelly had earned his
last two credits.
HHS stu d e n ts K yle
Huddleston, Linsey Mitchell, and
Blair Keithley orchestrated the
remembrance ceremony as part
o f a leadership class.
The ceremony opened
with the Color Guard entrance
and the HHS band played "The
Gallant Marine,” and “SSB."
Mrs. Osmin's third grade
class presented a song and a
Larry Mills presenting honorary diploma to Robert E. Kelly
Buchanan, Jerry Hamer, Keith
Lewis, Don McEiligott, Frank
Denton, Roger Schoonover, and
Keith Brudevold; those not in
attendance included: Gary Ball,
Don Bennett, Delbert Dungan,
Lester Grasser. George Griffith,
G eorge G u tie rre z, M elvin
Hammons, Edward Hiemstra,
J.D. Hudson, Carl Martin, Roger
Mortimore, Jane Richards, Gary
R ichards, A1 Riney, A lbert
Wright, and Marlin Donahoe.
Also in attendance was
Bill Lowe, age 102, a WWI
Canadian Army veteran. Low e
served in WWI during 1914-
1915.
The ceremony closed
with the singing o f Taps, the
exiting o f the Color Guard, and
the HHS band ended w ith
“America the Beautiful.”
The w ords ofTaps: "Day
is done, gone the sun. from the
lakes, from the hills, from the sky.
All is well, safely rest, God is
nigh." The veterans w ho served
and those military men and
women w ho currently serv e will
always be remembered.
group of sixth graders presented
a poem.
A roll call of the veterans
was read. The veterans honored
included: in attendance: Billy
A dam s, A rnold A p p leto n ,
Edward Baker, Grace Baker,
Leon Ball, Clarence Baker, Cecil
Barlow, Raymond Batty, Dale
Conklin, Francis Connor, Nelson
Connor, Bob DeSpain, L.E.
Dick, Earl Fishbum, Raymond
French, Billy Gentry, Eddie
Gunderson, Francis Herbert,
Dean Hunt, Wilbur Jackson, Earl
Jenks, Robert E. Kelly, Randy
Lott, Ernie McCabe, Tad Miller,
Rod Murray, Charles Nelson,
James Norene, George Norris,
Kenneth Norris, James Pappas,
C.K. Peck, Stephan Peck, Irvin
Rauch, Robert Reaney, John
R enfro, C reston Robinson,
G eo rg e S te a g a ll, M ichael
Sweek, David Sykes, Robert
Taylor, Glen Ward, Mark White,
Dick Wilkinson, James Wishart.
Loren Woodside, Dave Zachary,
Betty Jean Brown, Clarence
Veteran’s Day annual observance held
Bob Taylor raises the American flag at the Heppner Veteran's Day observance
The City of Heppner held a Veteran's Day observ ance, Monday, Nov. 11, at the Heppner
Memorial Park.
The observance lasted an hour and included the flag raising, singing, remembrance stories, the
reading of the names on the memorial monument and the recital ofTaps. The time ended w ith a fly-over
at noon.
General Election vote results for Morrow County
Election results from
Morrow County for the Nov. 5,
2002 general election vote.
Please remember these are only
the num bers from Morrow
County.
Governor; Kevin L.
Mannix- 1701; Tom Cox- 133;
and Ted Kulongoski- 985.
U.S. Senator: Lon
Mabon- 54; Bill Bradbury- 644;
Gordon H. Smith- 2106; and
Dan Fitzgerald- 57.
U.S. Representative-
Dist. 2: Mike Wood- 59; Greg
W alden 214 8 ; and P eter
Buckley- 602.
State Representative-
Dist. 57: Greg Sm ith-1826; and
Elizabeth Scheeler- 983.
Oregon Tax C ourt
Judge: Henry C. Breithaupt-
1720.
MC Commissioner-
Pos. 2: Ray Grace- 1550; and
Barbara Bloodsworth- 1260.
Soil
&
W ater
Conservation Dist.- Zone 1:
Pat Suter- 586; and Joe Taylor
1598.
Soil
&
W ater
Conservation Dist.- Zone 4:
Brian D oherty-1923.
Soil
&
W ater
Conservation Dist.- Zone 5:
Judy Barber- 1978
Boardman
City
Councilor (Elect 3): Ed Glenn-
213; Curtis J. Mosman-53; Pam
Neal- 146; William (Bill) C.
Brown- 94; T. Michael Tallman-
224; Gene Allen- 97; and Don
Vandev enter- 122.
Heppner City Mayor:
Bob Jepsen- 365.
H eppner
City
Councilor-Pos. 1: Cynthia R.
Doherty- 385.
Heppner
City
Councilor- Pos. 2: Marian F.
Murchison- 381.
H eppner
City
C ouncilor- Pos. 4: Tim
VanCleave- 428.
H eppner
City
Councilor-Pos. 5: Thomas F.
Wolff-433.
H eppner
City
Councilor- Pos. 6: No Declared
Candidates.
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