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tW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December The Official Newspaper of the City o f Heppner and the County o f Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S.P S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekl> and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Oregon under the Act of March 3. I87d. Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 147 W Willow Street t elephone (541)676-^228. Fax (541)676-9211. E-mail: gt(u heppner net or gt(u:rapidscrve net. Web site: www heppner net. Postmaster send address cnanges to the Heppner Gazette-l imes, P.O. Box 337, Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $24 in Morrow County, $18 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $30 else where. David S y k e s...............................................................................................................Publisher Katie W all...................................................................................................................... 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Court discusses land exchange and usage benefits At the Dec. 11 m eeting, the com m issioners discussed the benefits o f the land exchange and usage plans on Riverside Avenue to the museum and the pool. They approv ed proceeding with a lot-line adjustm ent and easem ent and cross-over agreem ent betw een the county and the Willow Creek Park District. The last culvert on the Juniper C anyon project w as to be installed on that day, with expectations o f the road’s being open for traffic by the end o f the w eek. The graders had w orked on Little Butter Creek, French, Piper Canyon, Pointer, Turner, Lovgren, and Valby Roads. In other business: -The Court approved two permits, one for access to Baker Lane and the other to Umatilla Electric for an overhead pow er line on Washington and Eighth Street. The commissioners also approved a rock-pit agreement with C liff Dougherty on Sandhollow. -The County has received a hangar-reconstruction grant for the airport. -The Court discussed the State’s inspection o f the dairy buildings at Three-Mile Farms and authorization o f occupancy. -The Court approved a contract between Behavioral Health and Cascade Behavioral Health for chemical dependency treatment referrals for ODS health plans. It approved a contract betw een Behavioral Health and Nancy Huddleston for respite care services. It also approved replacing the Behavioral Health fee scale in order to comply with state regulations. -The com m issioners heard an update on the status o f the appeals against the speedw ay project near Boardm an. A nd they learned o f a reim bursem ent o f the education expenses paid for an em ployee at an unaccredited university, and they made certain that policy now requires proof o f accreditation before approval o f future continuing-education agreements. -The Court continued a discussion with a landow ner who had subm itted a pipeline permit application. After clarifications o f several details, the Court agreed that the landowner has the right to locate in the right-of-way, subject to county specifications. -The Court read Carol M ichael’s letter o f resignation from co-chair o f the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial C ommittee. The Court read a letter from the M orrow Soil and Water Conservation District and appointed Ray G race as the county’s representative on the referenced working group, which addresses funding for equipment, CRP, stream rehabilitation, and other related projects. -The Court viewed the October S h e riff s Reserves Activity Report and heard a review o f the levels o f training they receive. They approved the use o f one departm ent car for the reserves. Actions for previous meetings included: Nov. 13: The com m issioners heard an update o f the Juniper Canyon project. Anson Wright Park had closed for the season on the previous Sunday. The com m issioners approved three road permits for Umatilla Electric Cooperative. The commissioners approved the bid - fully financed by the State o f O regon Parks - on the property designated for theA TV Park. Nov. 27: The commissioners approved the purchase o f some office equipm ent for the Behavior Health, Health and A ccounting departments. They signed certificates o f appreciation for Fair Board m em bers Sheri Gregory and Alan Holmes. Cutsforth Park was also closed, during the previous week. They learned that the bid on the property had been accepted, and the process was moving into “phase tw o.” A rrangem ents had been m ade to rem ove the fir tree on the north side o f the courthouse because it died during the summer. The com m issioners received a w eekly report on the Juniper Canyon project. T hey approved eight perm its for various entities, for approaches and placing o f lines. The C ourt also read ten bids on the provision to the county o f fuels, oils, and lubricants. And it approved tw elve tax refunds. They learned o f the first paym ent by Colum bia River Processing for the school bond pursuant to the enterprise-zone agreem ent. The com m issioners accepted the em ployees' union proposal for the union to pay A ir Life insurance for part-tim e employees. They also approved an order authorizing exemption from com petitive bidding in procurem ent o f hardw are for the incident response information system because o f “sole source and emergency conditions." They approved Title II road and cabin im provem ent project for the N ortheast O regon Forest R esources A dvisory Com m ittee. They approved the Associate Planner's attendance at a planning seminar in Portland. They approved a replacement furnace at the m useum out o f building m aintenance funds. They approved changing the title o f “M ental Health Secretary” to “Office Support Specialist." They granted the tax collector authority to make refunds o f less than $500 without Court authorization, until further notice. Dec. 4: The Court aw arded the following bids: diesel, gas, antifreeze to M orrow County Grain G rowers; lubricants to Devin Oil; rodent control at the parks to Dobyns Pest Control. They noted that Dobyns is donating services for the 4-H building. A professional service has been asked to revJew the problem o f m oisture in the basement o f the courthouse. The Court appointed Stacy Miller to the Fair Board and re-appointed Mark Jones for another term. Consensus o f the com m issioners was to agree to proceed with a land exchange with the C ity o f Heppner on Riverside Avenue. 18 2002 , ________________________________ DA's Report Births Hannah Noel Palmer- a daughter, H annah Noel, was bom Nov. 20, 2002 at G ood Shepherd M edical C enter in Hermiston, to Jennifer and Jason Palmer o f Heppner. She weighed 8 pounds and 8 ounces. Her g ra n d p a re n ts are L oren and JoAnn Christenson o f Imbler and R oger and Shirley Palm er o f Heppner. Jordan Rose Rollis- a daughter, Jordan Rose, w as bom N ov. 25, 2002 at G ood Shepherd M edical C enter in Herm iston, to Crystal Lorraine a n d C h a rle s L ee R o llis o f Heppner. D eziree M onet Garza- a daughter, D eziree M onet, w as bom Dec. 2 ,2 0 0 2 at G o o d S h e p h e rd M e d ic a l Center in Hermiston, to Yavonne Elaine .1 imerson and Rafael Rene Garza, Jr., o f Irrigon. Shawn Howard B anks, Jr.- a so n , S h a w n Howard, was bom Dec. 3,2002 at G o o d S h e p h e rd M ed ical C enter in H erm iston, to Vicki Lynn and Shawn Howard Banks, Sr., o f Irrigon. Eric Patrick Prouty- a son, Eric Patrick, was bom Dec. 5, 2 0 0 2 at G o o d S h e p h e rd Medical Center in Hermiston, to Kalinn Ann VanGorder and Bart Emery Prouty, Jr., o f Boardman. Tax training and service to be offered AA RP and the IRS will be offering free tax preparation to local residents beginning Feb. 4 ,2 0 0 3 . This service is open to everyone. H eading the local area effort is Leann Rea o f Boardman. C urrently she is looking for volunteers to help w ith the tax prep aratio n . C lasses w ill be offered Jan. 20-24, 2003 from 8 :3 0 a.m . to 4 p .m . a t th e H e rm isto n L ibrary. P erso n s interested in taking the class should RSVP by Jan. 10,2003. Residents from lone will be able to go to the lone City Hall, the first Tuesdays o f the m onths o f February, M arch and A p ril to h a v e th e ir ta x e s p r e p a r e d . R e s id e n ts fro m H eppner may go to the OSU Extension office, on Hwy 207, the second, third and fourth o f Tuesdays ofFebruary and March and the second Tuesday o f April. Magnetic Door Signs Order Yours Here Heppner Gazette- Times 676-9228 Michael A. Mullikin was found in violation o f probation allegations for Burglary in the F irs t D e g r e e . M u ll i k in ’s p r o b a tio n w a s c o n tin u e d / reinstated and he was sentenced to 90 days in jail. His probation was extended for a period o f six m o n th s fro m th e o r ig in a l expiration date. Edward Zonora Pallanes pled gui lty to C ontempt o f C ourt, a C la s s - U m is d e m e a n o r. Pallanes was sentenced to 90 suspended days in jail, 24 months bench probation, completion o f a misdemeanor alcohol package to be p ro v id e d by M o rro w C ounty Behavioral Health and pay $224 in fines. S tephen K. Pavletich pled guilty to Invasion o f Personal Privacy, a Class-A misdemeanor. Pavletich was sentenced to 180 suspended days in jail, 80 hours o f com m unity serv ice, w hich m ay be com pleted in G ra y ’s H arbor County, WA, and pay $874 in fines. Justice Court Report Jaso n S cott C o lco rd , 39, Pilot Rock, Truck Speed, 67/ 55, $127 fine. Matthew Byron Phillips, 32, H eppner, D riving W hile Suspended-infraction, Driving Uninsured, and Improper Use o f a Temporary Permit, $553 fine. Jared D. E ckm an 21, Lexington, VBR 74/55, $77 fine. Beryl Lynn Stillman, 48, Lexington, Taking a C ow Elk: Closed Season, $431 fine and one year probation. Julie M ichelle W enzel, 3 0 , H e p p n e r, N o D r i v e r ’s License, $77. M ark A ndrew W hite, 53, Heppner, Maintaining a Dog as a Public Nuisance, $69 fine. Edw ard M ason Shank, Jr., 46, Portland, V BR 70/55, $59 fine. Felicity Rosa Lovell, 19, Springfield, Open Container and M IP-alcohol, $ 132 fine. Gazette deadline change The new s deadline for th e D ec. 25 e d itio n o f th e Heppner Gazette-Tim es will be Friday, Dec. 20, at 5 p.m. The new s deadline for the Jan. 1, 2003 edition o f the paper will be Friday, Dec. 27, at 5 p.m. The office will be closed W e d n e s d a y , D e c . 25 a n d Thursday, Dec. 26, with regular hours resuming Friday, Dec. 27. And will be closed again, Jan. 1, 2 0 0 3 , w ith r e g u la r h o u rs resum ing Jan. 2,2003. Marriage Licenses Dec. 12: H e c to r Bustamante, 30, Hermiston and Letisia Jaime, 18, Hermiston. Umatilla Army Depot provides project updates Obituaries Melvin Dean Connor M elvin D ean Connor, A s o f D e c . 12, th e 63, o f H eppner, died Saturday, following updates have occurred D ec. 14, 2 0 0 2 , at St. M ary at the Umatilla Army Depot: M edical Center in Walla Walla, L iq u id I n c in e ra to r I WA. (LTC 1) Update: Funeral services will be -Oregon Departm ent o f held Friday, Dec. 2 0 ,2 0 0 2 at 1 Environm ental Q uality (D EQ ) p.m. at the U nited M ethodist and the Arm y U m atilla Project C h u rc h in H e p p n e r, w ith M anager authorized resum ing concluding service and burial to feeding liquid “surrogate” testing follow at H ep p n e r M asonic material (i.e., a degreaser and dry Cemetery. cleaning solution) to LIC 1 on H e was bom Nov. 14, Dec. 6. 1939, at Heppner, to A lbert and -Surrogate feed activities M ary M organ Connor. He was resum ed Sunday and continued raised at H eppner and attended this week. local schools, graduating from - P r e p a r a t io n s a re Heppner High School in 1957. underw ay for the first o f tw o H e e n te re d th e U .S . c o n s e c u tiv e e ig h t- h o u r 90 Army on the Buddy System with percent or greater feed rate tests. his brother, Nelson Connor. The -Two high-tem perature two were stationed at Karlsruhe, m in i-b u rn s are sch ed u led to G erm any for tw o years, and at follow. The mini-bums, which run Fort Lawton, near Seattle for six for approximately four hours, will m onths. He w as discharged in test m etal em ission levels. The April 1961. first mini-bum will be at a half teed In 1962, he m a rrie d rate to dem onstrate the furnace Shirley M. Nash at Heppner. is working properly. The second He w orked at Kinzua m ini-bum will gear up to the 90 Lumber until a back injury forced percent or greater feed rate. him into semi-disability. In 1979, Other Testing Continues: he went to work at Farley Motor -Testing activities are C om pany as a parts m anager. c o n tin u in g on th e L IC 2, He worked there until J im Farley D eactivation Furnace System retired in 1990. He w as also (D F S ), M etal Parts F urnace declared totally disabled at that (M PF), Brine R eduction A rea time. (BRA) and processing lines. A lthough disabled, he -T h e D F S k iln a n d q u ic k ly le a rn e d to be c h ie f afterburner are up to operating laundrym an and house cleaner, temperature. according to the family. He never Related Information: found him self wanting to be the -T h e a c tu a l s ta te - dinner cook but was m ore than required surrogate trial bum s for willing to do dishes immediately each furnace take place after following a meal. He was always “ s h a k e d o w n ” te s ts h a v e willing to lend a helping hand. confirm ed furnace param eters He enjoyed his wife and established in the perm it have fa m ily a n d e n jo y e d c a rs , been met. w oodw orking, jigsaw puzzles -S urrogate trial bum , and his dog, Buddy. testing on the fa c ility ’s four H e w as an a sso c ia te furnaces will continue into 2003. member o f the United Methodist -T h e s a m e te s tin g Church in Heppner. process will be repeated with Survivors include his chemical warfare agent for each wife, Shirley C onnor o f Heppner; furnace and related systems. daughters, D eann Stookey o f GASP HI Litigation: Beaverton and Penny Tandy o f J -T h e tr ia l h a s b e e n La Grande; sons, G reg C onnor , suspended until March 2003 due o f Pendleton and Eric Connor o f to the ju d g e ’s schedule. Redmond, WA; six grandchildren Employment: a n d o n e s te p - g r a n d c h ild ; . -WDC employment is at b ro th e rs, N e lso n C o n n o r o f 625. E xpected w ork force for H eppner, M organ C o n n o r o f agent operations is approximately G resham and G ary C onnor o f 750 employees. Springfield; and sisters, Colleen - U m a tilla C h e m ic a l W illiams o f Aloha and Darien^ Depot (U M CD ) em ploym ent is Drake o f Fairfield, CA. He was at 247. Expected work force for preceded in death by his parents agent operations is approximately and a brother, Keith. 325. M emorial contributions For a d d itio n a l may be made to St. Mary Cancer information, contact: Center, P.O. Box 1477, W alla -M ary A B inder or Jim Walla, WA 99362. Hackett, UM CD Public Affairs Sw eeney M ortuary o f Office, (541 ) 564-5312 or (541 ) H e p p n e r is in c h a r g e o f 564-5418. arrangements. -O utreach O ffice, 190 E. M ain, Hermiston, (541) 564- Sharlet Fraters 9339. Sharlet Fraters, 81, o f -P re-recorded updates P o c a te llo p assed aw ay, on public toll-free inform ation Thursday, Dec. 12, 2002, at a line, 1-888-866-5928. local rehab following an illness. Fraters was b om , Dec. 2 7 ,1 9 2 0 , in Bend, to A nna and Fred G allagher. She m arried C harley Fraters Dec. 21,1937. F r a te r s m o v e d to Pocatello in 1957. She served as an Avon representative for 13 years and also loved hunting, fishing and traveling. Fraters is survived by her sons; Tony, Bob and John o f % fTQ Pocatello; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Her husband, parents, two sons, two b rothers, o n e sister and one grandson preceded her in death. Graveside services were held M onday, Dec. 16,2002 at the family plot in Heppner. Arrangements are in the c a re o f D o w n a rd H a n s e n Funeral Home. 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