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Snow days return to Heppner Bessie t ie ts el l U o f 0 N e * 3 pa p e r L i b r a r y E u g e n e , OR 9 / 4 ) 3 VOL. 122 NO. 53 8 Pages Wednesday, December 31, 2003 Heppner Schools announce January schedule Students will have to part with their w inter break and return to school on M onday, Jan. 5. The HES Site Council will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 6, at 6:30 p.m . The HES Parent C lub will also m eet on Tuesday, at 7:30 p.m. T he H E S G e o g ra p h y B ee w ill be h eld on Thursday, Jan. 8 at 1 p.m. O n Monday, Jan. 12, the M orrow County School Board will meet at Sam Boardm an Elem entary at 7 p.m. HHS Site Council meets at 6 p.m., on Wednesday, Jan. 14. HHS Booster Club will also meet on Wednesday, at 7 p.m. The first sem ester ends on Thursday, Jan. 15. School will be closed on M onday, Jan. 19 for the M artin Luther King holiday, w hich m eans there will be school on Friday, Jan. 23. The Com m unity Education Com m ittee will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 7 p.m ., at HES. The m onth o f January is also peppered w ith num erous basketball gam es. M ake sure to get out and support our teams. St. Patrick’s Senior Center news “ M ay your year be m erry and b rig h t...” a w ish extended to the com m unity from St. Patrick’s Senior Center, which includes residents, volunteers, Board o f Directors and employees. The Center relates to the community in many quiet w ays and in m ore publicized w ays. It has becom e an increasingly important entity on which we depend. A special meeting for the Board o f Directors is called for Jan. 7 at 12 noon, in the C enter office. Planning for the annual meeting is the main item on the agenda. People w ho regularly attend the noon m eal are rem inded that they, who are over 60 years o f age, are voting m em bers at the annual m eeting. T hree one-year board members are being voted on at this annual meeting, scheduled for Jan. 21 at 12:15 p.m. Volunteers from St. Patrick's Catholic Parish will serve the first meal o f the N ew Year on Jan. 7. SWCD announces state conservation poster contest winner The annual M orrow C ounty conservation poster c o n te s t s p o n s o r e d by M o rro w S o il a n d W a te r C o n serv atio n D istrict w as held in M ay o f this year. The f ir s t p la c e p o s te r s w e re e n te r e d in th e O r e g o n A ssociation o f Conservation D i s t r i c t ’s c o n te s t in November. C assandra Feyder, a student at C olum bia M iddle S c h o o l in I r r ig o n , w a s selected as the state first place w inner in the fourth through sixth grade category. O n D e c . 18, an em ployee o f M orrow SW CD presented C assandra w ith a $ 1 0 0 s a v in g s b o n d fro m OA CD along with a certificate for her accom plishm ent. We are v e ry p ro u d to h a v e a student from M orrow County receive this honor, stated a d istrict sp okesperson. The p o ste r c o n te s t th em e w as “ Food for the Future.” “ It was a rem inder to the students o f the im portance o f having an am ple supply o f food for now and the future.” Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon WVSC starts the New Year T he W illow Valley Service C lub will begin its 2004 meetings with a business m eeting on Thursday, Jan. 8, from 12-1 p.m ., at J o h n ’s Place in Heppner. There will b e a n o host lunch. I n c lu d e d in th is m eeting will be election o f officers for 2004 and review and suggestions for meetings, f u n d r a is e r s a n d s e rv ic e projects. D u e s o f $ 2 4 a re payable at that time or via the m a il to P.O . B o x 102, H eppner, O R 97836. A nyone interested in W VSC is invited to attend this meeting. Kids and adults alike enjoyed the recent snow fall from Monday and Tuesday as they sled down a closed N eW Heppner Little League to hold meeting A number o f new laws go into effect Jan. 1 dealing w ith the crime o f driv ing under the influence o f intoxicants. The intent behind the new laws is to make the roads safer for the driv ing public. “These new laws will help reduce traffic fatalities and in ju r ie s ,” s a id G re tc h e n McKenzie, coordinator o f the O re g o n D e p a r tm e n t o f T ra n sp o rta tio n 's Im paired D river Program . “They give law enforcem ent, the courts, and drug and alcohol treatment professionals new tools to get the im paired drivers o ff the road and into treatm ent.” N ew s law s include the following: - S e n a te B ill 342 allows school district boards to request O D O T to suspend driving privileges fora student w ho has been suspended or expelled at least tw ice for using, deliv erin g or being u n d e r th e in f lu e n c e o f c o n tro lle d s u b s ta n c e s on school property or at a school event. This aligns with a similar law regarding alcohol. The goal is to act as a deterrent for habitual drug abase by minors and to get them into ev aluation or treatm ent early on, before th e y d e v e lo p a lif e lo n g a d d ic tio n and cau se them selves serious physical damage. - S e n a te B ill 3 4 8 allows a fine o f up to $ 10,000 if a person is conv icted o f DUII and has a passenger under 18-years-old who is at least three years younger than the driver. T he goal is to protect child passengers from death or injury cau sed by family members or others who The H eppner Little L eag u e w ill be h o ld in g a m onthly m eeting, Tuesday, Ja n . 6, at 7 p .m ., at th e H e p p n e r N e ig h b o r h o o d Center. Those interested in little league are invited to attend. Morrow County receives funds for emergency food and shelter aid S e n a to r s G o rd o n S m ith ( R - O R ) a n d R on W yden (D -O R ) announced today that Oregon will receive g rants to taling $2,571,031 from the U.S. D epartm ent o f H om eland Security (D H S) Em ergency Food and Shelter (EFS) Program to supplement food, shelter, rent, m ortgage and utility assistance programs for O re g o n ia n s w ith n o n disaster related emergencies. O f the $2.5 m illion. M orrow County will receive $9122. “ F e d e ra l re lie f working in concert with local charities is the best way to aide O regonians w ho face som e s e r io u s a n d u n e x p e c te d hardship,” said Sm ith. “ The im portance o f helping out a neighbor isn’t lost in Oregon and these funds are welcomed with enthusiasm.” “ W ith these funds, local aid and social serv ice agencies will be able to direct m o n ey w h ere th e need is greatest and where funds will count the m ost," said Wyden. “These grants are a great start at putting m oney into local hands to aid Oregonians.” ta k e e ffe c t J an> X off Water Street T he E FS N a tio n a l Board, chaired by the D H S’s F e d e ra l E m e rg e n c y M anagem ent A gency (FE M A ) and com posed o f representatives from national charities and relieforganization which provide supplem ental fu n d in g to sh e lte rs , so u p kitchens, food banks, rent, mortgage and utility assistance programs. In each jurisdiction f u n d e d , a lo c a l b o a rd advertises the availability to the f u n d s , e s ta b lis h e s lo c a l priorities, selects local non p r o f it a n d g o v e r n m e n t a g e n c ie s to r e c e iv e supplem ental funding and monitors program compliance. Ttie local board’s composition m ir ro r s th e E F S N a tio n B o a rd , w ith a lo c a l gov ernment official selected by m em bers o f the local board replacing FEM A as the chair. j j u j j are under the influence o f intoxicants. - S e n a te B ill 421 elevates crim inally negligent homicide and manslaughter in the second degree if caused by a driver under the influence o f intoxicants. With the elevation ofcriminally negligent homicide to a Class B felony, the state w ill be a b le to c o n tin u e requiring three years o f post prison supervision a fte r a defendant is released from incarceration. -H o u s e B ill 2 8 8 5 r e q u ir e s a p e rm a n e n t rev ocation o f driving priv ileges for the third conv iction o f a m isdem eanor DUII. The bill affords stricter and earlier c o n s e q u e n c e s fo r re p e a t offenders. It allows the courts to protect the public by taking repeat offenders o ff the road sooner. -H o u s e B ill 2 9 0 0 subjects a person w ho refuses to take a breath test to a fine o f betw een $500 and $1000 in a d d itio n to a n y o th e r consequences prescribed by law. It gives law enforcement, th e c o u rts and tre a tm e n t professionals another way to continued page 2 lone Little League to meet The lone Little League w ill be meeting on Wednesday, J a n . 7 a t 7 p .m ., a t th e Windmill Café in lone. The meeting agenda is to organize for the 2004 and d is c u s s le a g u e o f f ic e r s . Anyone interested in helping out for the 2(K>4 year is inv ited to attend the meeting. ALL OF US AT MC66 WISH YOU A HAPPY NEW YEAR! We w ill be closed Thursday, January 1st ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. M o r r o w C o u n ty G r a in G ro w e r s Lexington 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 • 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 fo r farm equipment, visit our web tit* at www mcov.net
