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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
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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!
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