Cruz-ln to be held during St. Pat’s festivities
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Leprechaun spotting- playing with a Cru/-ln entry
The fifth annual St.
Paddy’s Cruz-ln will take
place on Saturday, March 19
as part of the 23rd annual St
P a tric k ’s c eleb ratio n in
Heppner
Vehicles will start
assem bling from 10:30-
11 45 a m at the Northwest
entrance to Heppner (at the
former Kinzua millsite) on
Hwy. 74/207.
The C ru z -ln will
begin at noon sharp and
proceed through downtown
H eppner and into their
parking area for display. The
St Patrick’s Parade will
follow this at 1 p m
Following the St
Patrick’s parade, the vehicles
will be on display on Willow
Street, both side o f Main
Street, for ju d g in g and
viewing
Dash plaques will be
awarded to all participants as
well as aw ard s for the
L e p re c h a u n ’s
C hoice-
Mustang Award (best Ford
Mustang entry) and Judge’s
Choice.
For
fu rth er
inform ation,
c o n tac t
Heppner Chamber office at
(541) 676-5536; P O Box
1232, Heppner, OR 97836;
or Dick Sargent at (541)
676-9621 Applications for
Cruz-ln and St. Patrick’s
w eekend agenda can be
viewed at www.heppner.net
Portland company low bidder on
city water project
VOL. 124
NO. 7
10 Pages
Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Beautification Commission honors Gary Wight
City o f H ep p n er’s
Beautification Commission
Chairperson Chuck Bailey
recen tly
p resen ted
a
certificate o f recognition to
Gary Wight o f H eppner
Wight is being recognized
for his a ch iev em en t in
creating a safer environment
in the co m m u n ity by
volunteering his time and
energy
to
clearing
downtown sidewalks after
snowfalls
The Beautification
Commission was created in
1999 by the Heppner City
Council to educate, advise,
p ro m o te and recognize
(L-R): Jeri and Gary Wight, along with Beautification
a ttra c tiv e en v iro n m en ts
Commission Chairperson Chuck Bailey.
within the city limits
lone Booster Club recognizes businesses
(L-R): Cheerleader Kim Morris, Kacie Peterson and Kylee Svetich, representing Sunflower
Junction, Cheerleader Missy Baker, Cheerleader Paige Armstrong and Debbie Morgan,
representing Heideman Farms. their support o f lone Sw eeney M ortuary, Les
On Jan 29, the lone
Booster Club recognized
Sunflower Junction and
Heideman Farms at the
home basketball game for
Gazette opened
on President’s
Day
The
H eppner
Gazette office will be open
on President's Day, Monday,
Feb 21 The deadline for
new s
items
or
advertisements is Monday at
5 pm
activities and athletics
Schwab, Gazette Times and
On Feb 4, Morrow B oardm an Foods, were
C ounty Grain G ro w ers, honored
lone Legion to hold bingo, poker
fundraiser
A Bingo and Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Fundraiser will
be held on Sunday, March 6 from 4-10 p m at the lone
American Legion Hall Sub sandwiches, salads, relishes and
beverages will be served Everyone is welcome
For the bingo players, play is 25 cents per card, per
game For the poker players, buy-in is $40 Poker players
are also asked to register between 3-3:45 p m
So if your game is bingo or Texas poker, or you
just want to stop in, visit and have a sub sandwich or salad,
do come
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
Moore Excavation
o f Portland was low bidder
for the City o f Heppner’s
$2.5 million water project,
the city council was told
Monday night
M oore
bid
$2,535,918 on a project that
will see many o f the city’s
w a ter lines dug up and
replaced The bid was
$240,000 over budget so
some parts o f the project
may have to be cut, city
manager Jerry Breazeale
told the council
C harles M ackey,
senior estimator and project
m anager at M oore, said
Tuesday his company had
not been “officially” notified
they were awarded the bid,
but when written notice was
received it would probably
be four to six weeks before
workers began arriving in
Heppner Mackey said the
company will probably bring
“ 10 to 12” employees at one
time to work on the project
and that the company may
hire some local people “We
want to advertise locally and
maybe supplement our crew
with two to three locals
depending on how the work
goes,” he said
M ackey
said
to w n sp eo p le should see
mostly front-end loaders and
other smaller excavating
equipm ent around tow n
during the project, unless
they run into some heavy
rock and then larger
equipment would be brought
in He said there would also
be some specialty equipment
needed to hang pipe under
the Willow Creek Bridge by
the lake Currently the city
water line goes under the
lake and the project calls for
stringing that line under the
bridge
Moore Excavating
has been in business since
1953 and according to its
website employees about
125 people
“ We specialize in
sewer,
water,
road,
apartment, shopping center
and subdivision projects
Our extensive experience
also includes restoration
p ro je c ts such as pipe
bursting, pipe lining and
emergency repair work,” the
website states
M ackey said the
company has done some
water work projects for the
cities o f M anzanita and
Oregon City.
The contract calls
for the entire project to be
completed in 300 days and
Breazeale warned that there
would be inconveniences for
people with blocked streets,
dirt and mud
Sheriff contract
In other business, the
council talked about the
contract between the sheriff
department and the City of
Heppner for police services.
M orrow C o u n ty ’s
newly elected Sheriff' Ken
Matlack has told the city he
wishes to change some
aspects o f the co n tract,
which lays out how and at
what cost the sh eriff's
departm ent will provide
police
p ro tectio n
to
Heppner
At
a
police
commission meeting Jan 27,
M atlack said his main
concern was the requirement
that the three officers
assigned to co v er the
Heppner area, do not get the
same experience officers get
in the north end of the county
w here the crime rate is
higher
With
more
ex perience,
deputies
appreciate being part of the
community, but for the most
part younger officers do not
understand the mentality of
w o rk in g in a small
community. This makes it
difficult to fill positions, he
told the commission On the
positive side, in rural
sheriff's departments the
people are familiar with the
people in the community,
Matlack added
“ I think what the
sheriffis looking for is more
flexibility,” council member
Glenn Baker, who is a
member o f the city police
commission, told the council
Monday. “It comes down to
how much leeway you want
him to have ”
The
police
commission will meet again
on Feb 24 at 8 a m at City
Hall to discuss the contract
further
Restroom at Hager Park
The
council
discussed the possibility of
building at re stro o m at
H ager Park
C ouncil
m em bers
said
John
Edm undson had been
co n tactin g resid en ts on
Hager Street to talk about a
proposed restroom that may
also serve the little league
field on the other side o f the
street at the east end o f
Hager Park He has also
taken some steps to apply for
a grant to build the
restrooms.
No firm plans have
yet been made about where
to place the restroom ,
how ever. Public Works
Director Bruce Nelson said
the restroom would probably
look like the one at the city
park on Main Street “We are
working with the neighbors
so they all know what is
going on,” said Mayor Tim
Van Cleave
O ther business
In other business, the
council:
-accepted
the
resignation o f JoyceKay
Holloman from the city
budget committee
-okayed the closure
o f W illow Street on
Saturday, March 19 for the
St Patrick’s Day Cruz-ln
-renew ed a city
permit
for
E lizabeth
Pettibone to keep 10 head of
horses at 710 H eppner/
Spray highway (inside the
city limits).
-ordered the clean up
o f property at 165 Linden
Way, which has appliances,
garbage and non-operable
vehicles on the site
-heard a report from
Public Works D irecto r
Nelson that tests on paint
buried at the city storage
yard proved it was not toxic
and would be disposed o f at
Hermiston Landfill for about
$8
-heard from City
Manager Breazeale that the
preliminary reports from a
new flood plain study looked
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