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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 28, 2004 St. Patrick’s Senior Center Sod laid at Heritage Plaza F L llR tS tT t ■ f HERITAGE PU** £ : ~ .... A crew from west Wind Nursery of llermiston lays sod at Heritage Plaza. Sod was laid at Heritage Plaza this last week in one of the final steps before the tentative ribbon cutting scheduled for May 28. Due to warm temperatures some of the sod died and turned brown while still rolled. After the sod was laid. West Wind Nursery of Hermiston said they would wait a week to 10 days to see how much of the sod would take and then replace any of the dead areas with new sod. They will also finish trimming the area. It is hoped that the grass will be green and mowed at least three times before the ribbon cutting, said Heppner Mayor Bob Jepsen. Other details to be finished include replacing the placer sign with a sign that says, “Welcome to Heppner” as well as planting flowers around the sign. Also, the Farm Foundation, along with help from Dave Fowler of Heppner High School, will be setting up a pumping system on the windmill so that it will operate, as it would have in the past. Many volunteers have already put many hours into this project and more are offering to mow and maintain the grounds, informed Jepsen. Volunteers will be able to checkout the city’s mower to help lighten the workload of the Heppner City Crew. The site of Heritage Plaza is in the city’s flood plain, thus no building can be done on the property. This made it a perfect area to turn into a plaza that everyone could enjoy, and would keep it from being an unusable area, said Jepsen. Most of the monies for the work and materials for the Plaza came by way of grants to the City. Those grants and funding came in part from: Oregon Army National Guard, O regon E conom ic and Community Development Department- Brownfields Fund, United State Forest Service, M orrow County Tippage Fees and Baker/ Morrow Regional Partnership. BEO names Chairman, Vice Chairman Ned C lark was elected Chairman of the Board for the Bapk of EhStern Oregon and B E O Bancorp at a r e c e n t meeting of the Board of Directors of Ned Clark the bank and holding company. C lark, a H eppner area resident joined the board in 1992 and is serving his second stint at Chairman. Clark is the manager and owner of Horseshoe H ereford Ranch, Inc., a century ¿¿yjugld f ‘a f'm sfluth-of Heppner He and his wife, Kathy, a n insirunoe agent for the Joel Peterson Simmons Financial Group, have four grown children. Joel Peterson was elected Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank Morrow SWCD regular meeting The Morrow SWCD/ Weed Advisory Board will hold their regular meeting on M ay 4 at 5 p.m. at the Pettyjohn Office Building in Heppner. The meeting agenda items and discussion items include: Manager report and agency reports. There is prospect of an executive session according to ORS 192.640(2). The meeting is open to the public. Marriage Licenses April 26: Jared Scot Thompson, 22, Echo and Sheryl Elaine Emmel, 21, Echo. W R I T E IN MEL PIPE R for JUSTICE OF THE PEACE Since my first ad in the April 7, 2004 Gazette- Times, I've had a $60 cash donation and a gift of a fax machine. I have received many encouraging phone calls. I am the only qualified person that has ever run against the incumbent. I have the education and ten years related experience with Grand Jury, Circuit Court and Justice Court. I had the occasion to cross- examine a witness in a civil case in the early 1980s and as a result of my cross examination, the judge found a verdict in favor of the plaintiff whom I helped represent. I have excellent communication skills. I can oper ate office equipment, keep records, a log book, and vehicle mileage and expense records. I am fair and just. My name will not be on your ballot. Please re member to write in MEL PIPER for JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. of Eastern Oregon and BEO Bancorp. Peterson, an lone native, was ¡elected to the board in 1993 . Peterson owns and operates Daily Bread Farms, Inc., near lone. He and his wife. Lea Mathieu Peterson, a teacher, are raising two boys on their family farm. “T hese two gentleman are veterans of the bank board, provide input on a wide range of topics, and are well qualified to lead the board’s efforts to maximize shareholder value and monitor the profitable operation of the bank,” said President and CEO George Koffler. BEO Bancorp is a holding company for Bank of E astern O regon, which operates 11 branches in six eastern Oregon counties. B ranches are located in Arlington, lone, Heppner, Condon. Irrigon, Boardman, Bums, John Day, Prairie City, Fossil and Moro. The Bank of Eastern Oregon also operates a mortgage division and offers brokerage services thru BEO Financial Services. Its website is www.beobank.com. Hope/Valby/All Saints Shared Ministry volunteers will be greeting the Wednesday noon meal participants on May 5 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The menu is not yet published. Ed B aker has announced a bus tour to Bickleton, WA, for May 6. Bird watchers, take note: on the way and through the heart of Horse Heaven Hills, many birdhouses have been placed to attract Western Bluebirds and other species. The tour will cross into Washington at Umatilla, to Roosevelt, to Bickleton; the return will be by way of Goldendale, to Biggs and back to Heppner. Lunch will be at the most convenient tow n along the ro a d ... p a sse n g ers’ choice. Bus departure time is 9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 6, at the Main Street entrance to the Center. There is a sign up sheet in the Center office. Approximate return time is between 3-4 p.m., the same day. A d ed icatio n and recognition ceremony for all Morrow County World War II veterans is planned for 12 noon on Monday, May 24, in the S en io r C enter. T his announcement comes from Ed Baker, Commander of the local American Legion Post. More details will be published later. D istric t and state commanders have been invited to attend. M onitors from CAPECO completed their survey and inspection of our k itch e n -d in in g room operation. The St. Patrick’s kitchen crew was given e x ce lle n t m arks in all categories and one cautionary note co n cern in g the dishwasher thermostat. The Board has taken immediate action. Heppner Garden Club to hold plant exchange MC Health District communities-Heppner and lone-would support a levy. All board members ultimately agreed to put a levy up for a vote.) Mills said that if Dr. Boss retires and the migrant project does not go through, the district would probably hire another medical provider for the Boardman area. The migrant clinic would provide medical, dental, mental health and substance abuse services and would serve the general population, not just migrant/ seasonal workers. V ander D oes, however, told Carlson and the board that he believes the migrant clinic in Boardman has little chance o f federal approval. He said he learned that the scope of the federal migrant health care project was drastically reduced by federal authorities from 200 such projects nationwide to only 13 nationwide, which dram atically reduces the chances of approval for the Boardman project. Vander D oes com m ented at the meeting that he attributes the reduction to the “ B ush” administration. Also at the Monday night m eeting, the board unanim ously accepted a $6,615,774 proposed budget for the 2004-05 fiscal year. The proposed budget is down from $7,161,946 adopted for 2003-04. Of that $6 million- plus 2004-05 budget, only $551,639 would come from taxes (after compression and estimated uncollectible taxes are deducted). The proposed 2004- 05 $ 6 ,6 1 5 ,7 7 4 budget includes: Pioneer Memorial H o sp ital, H eppner- $2,692,819; Home Health and H o sp ice-$ 4 4 9 ,6 4 3 ; Nursing home-$0; Boardman Ambulance-$76,797; Irrigon Ambulance-$32,090; Pioneer Memorial Clinic, Heppner- $588,750; Boardman Clinic and contracted services- $142,800; Irrigon Clinic- $201,770; County Emergency M edical Services (other)- $10,800; Revenue deductions and bad d eb t-$ 7 3 4 ,6 3 4 ; C o n tin g en cy fund- continued from page l $ 1 ,1 9 9 ,7 6 2 ; C ap ital purchases-$280,(X)0; Capital lease principal reduction- $105,000; Long term debt principal reduction-$50,909; and Ending fund balance available for operations- $50,000. 2004-05 proposed revenues include: Hospital- $2,735,905; Home Health and H o sp ic e -$ 4 2 9 ,3 0 1 ; Nursing home-$0; Boardman Ambulance-$ 117,341; Irrigon Ambulance-$71,512; Pioneer Memorial Clinic-$528,560; Boardman Clinic-$0; Irrigon C lin ic -$ 2 5 0 ,2 4 3 ; O ther revenue-$97,464; Donations and grants-$45,000; Interest incom e-$24,000; Capital leases-$260,000; Operating and capital loans-$0; Net working capital-$ 1,454,809; Previously levied taxes- $50,000. Total resources except taxes am ount to $ 6 ,0 6 4 ,1 3 5 , w ith taxes req u ired e stim ated at $551,639. In other business the board: -learn ed that A FSC M E, the h o sp ital e m p lo y e e s’ co lle ctiv e bargaining group, has agreed to extend the current elective bargaining agreement by one year. The board indicated to Vander Does that they would like to convey th eir appreciation to the union for “graciously” approving the extension with no increases. * -learned that Pioneer Memorial Clinic had 439 patients in March with 26 of those new patients and an additional 53 patients seen by a nurse; Irrigon Clinic had 221 patients with 40 new patients and 65 additional patients seen by a nurse; Pioneer Memorial Hospital had 20 inpatient ad m issio n s; H eppner Ambulance had 15 total runs; Boardman Ambulance had 20 runs and Irrigon Ambulance had 9 runs. -req u ested that Morrow County Sheriff Verlin D enton attend the next m eeting to d iscu ss the $ 1 4,000 the s h e riff’s department has requested from the health district for 911 services. The Heppner Garden Club will be hosting their annual Plant E x ch an g e, Saturday, May 1, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., at St. Patrick’s Senior Center in Heppner. You do not need to WCCC Ladies’ Playday results bring plants to get plants. Joyce Dinkins has a Those who wish to bring plants F o u rteen ladies should have them in plastic gathered in rainy, windy KP. A lso, be on the containers or sacks. conditions at Willow Creek lookout for more information Country Club on Tuesday, Farm April 20 for their Ladies’ about the 18-Hole Visitation on Tuesday, June 1. Playday. Foundation Pat Edmundson took Births low gross of the field; Donna appoints new Morgan took low net of the board member field and Jan Paustian took Keilah Rebecca Mossman- a daughter, Keilah Rebecca, Jim Mayes has been least putts of the field. was bom April 18, 2004, at appointed as the new board In flight A, Betty m em ber fo r the Farm Christman took low gross; Good Shepherd M edical F o u n d atio n . The Farm Virginia Grant took low net Center in Hermiston, to Marti Foundation is the governing and Edmundson took long and K evin M ossm an o f Boardman. body of the Morrow County drive. Museum and Ag Center. In flight B, Lynnea Jace Ryan Coe- a son, Jace Sargent took low gross; Ryan, was born April 20, 2004, to Nikki and Scott Coe Luvilla Sonstegard took low o f H eppner. Jace was 9 net; Lorrene Montgomery pounds 2 ounces and 20-‘/2 took least p u tts; and inches long. He joins brother. Sonstegard took long drive. Demonstrates a steadfast adherence to high professional & moral standards in both In flight C, Jackie Drew. Maternal grandparents his legal career, and as a: Allstott took low gross; Pat are Pat and Trish Sweeney of P aternal Dougherty took low net; and H eppner. • Former Legislative Aide. grandparents are Jan Coe of Bernice Lott took least putts • Member of various public service groups, including Heppner and Tim Coe of and long drive. Umatilla County Planning Commission, United Way, Fossil. 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