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Council offers managers job to Vale man 11 il I ilm la I h 11 I mi ni li 1 il I 11 Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University o f Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 HEPPNER John Edmundson (left), Heppner Mayor Tim Van Cleave, Neva DeMayo and manager candidate David DeMayo at a reception held Saturday The Heppner city encourage the people who vacan cies at the S enior council Monday voted to have the problem to take Center. o ffer the city m anager care of it.” In other business position to David DeMayo, currently the city manager at the council heard a report Vale. DeMayo and his wife from M ills who said the N eva w ere in H eppner water project in Heppner is Saturday to meet the public, being wrapped up and the and talk to the city council. contractors will be tying up The H eppner The council has som e loose ends before Booster Club will hold its been advertising for a new leaving town. He said the dinner, auction and raffle on city manager following the pressure had to be adjusted Saturday, Oct. 15, at the re sig n atio n of Jerry in various parts of town. He Heppner Elks Club. Breazeale who left to take said the pressure goes up and The dinner will begin the manager’s job at Irrigon. then drops way down at at 6 p.m., and includes steak, D eM ayo, a different times. “I think we baked potato, salad, bread retired military man who has have the pressure situation and dessert, prepared by Lee been city manager of Vale for under control now,” he told A nsotegui, Mike Proctor the past four years, could not the council. Mills also said and crew. be reached T uesday for that the contractor would be The main auction c o n firm a tio n if he had back to add rein fo rcin g begins at 8 p.m., with Ken accep ted the jo b offer, under the Balm Fork Bridge G rieb presiding over the however, it is expected he next w eek. The c ity ’s auction. A silent auction will mainline now hangs under will. also be held with many items In other business the bridge. It previously was up for bid. underground Monday, the council once buried Dinner tickets may underneath Willow Creek again discussed the stray cat be purchased ahead of time problem in Heppner, and Lake. at Holloman's and Heppner The council heard H ardw are for $10 each. decided the problem was best dealt with by a private a report that new cooks are R affle tick ets may be being hired for the senior organization or group. purchased at H ollom on’s, “Maybe we need meal at the St. Patrick's H eppner H ardw are and C en ter every to consider generating some S en io r MCGG. Raffle tickets are 6 in terest from co ncerned Wednesday. There has been for $5, 15 for $ 10 and 40 for g ro u p s that w ould help criticism of the quality of the $ 20 . co n tro l the c a ts ,” meals lately, and attendance A complete list of co u n cilm em b e r G eorge at the luncheons has been auction and raffle items may falling. It was also reported be Koffler said. found on He proposed that that there are four apartment www.heppner.net. perhaps some group like the Humane Society could come up with and implement a plant to control the cats. The council has been discussing stray cats in Heppner at its last two council meetings. L ast m onth H eppner re sid en t John E dm undson w rote the co u n cil ask in g that something be done about the stray cat p roblem . This m onth it was Mary Jean McCabe who wrote to say, “Please, set up and enforce a cat ordinance. We have had a cat problem a lw a y s.” McCabe went on to say that the strays “urinate on our front porch and our glass sliding door.” She said she has had to cover her flower beds with chicken wire and that she and her husband have had to “clean up hunks of fur and cat hair from our porch and deck.” City officials did not deny there was a cat problem; however they did feel the city government was not equipped to solve the problem. “The individuals need to step up and work on Matthew Hams with huge buck Thirteen-year-old Matthew Hams of lone may take the problem,” said acting city the record book with his very first buck. The huge buck, m an ag er L arry M ills. "Government cannot be all with a 29-3/8" spread and a Gross Green score of 181 inches. th in g s to all p e o p le .” He shot the buck in the neck from 18 yards away C o u n cilm em b er Judy on October 3 in the Columbia Basin Unit. B uschke agreed. “I Booster Club auction this Saturday imes VOL. 124 NO. 41 8 Pages Wednesday, October 12,2005 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon B razell responds to recall; election set Sufficient signatures have been received and an election has been scheduled for N ovem ber 8 for Lexington voters to decide whether to recall Lexington C ouncil m em ber Jean Brazell. A ballot box will be placed at the L exington Road Department and will be available from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day. Ballots will be m ailed by O c to b er 21, according to the M orrow County Clerk’s Office. B ra z e ll's recall petitioner. Bob Taylor, had subm itted his reason for seeking a recall for Brazell, which was published in the O ct. 5 G azette-T im es. T aylor’s wife, Lexington City Council member Luella Taylor, and L ex in g to n Mayor John Edwards were recalled in a September 27 recall election. T hose th reaten ed with recall may either resign or submit a justification. B razell has e lected to respond with a justification as to why she should remain on the council as follows. “Doing what is best for the town by gathering in fo rm atio n through m eetin g s, co n tac ts and c o m m u n icatin g that information to councilors and tow n c itiz e n s for informed decision making has been my ultimate goal since becoming involved in town government in 1999. That year 1 was asked to help go through five years of accounting to find out what happened to Town funds and consequently was asked to stay on as R ecorder. Basically, it was found that expenses exceeded income and no cost increases had been done for several years and o th e r g o v ern m en t revenues had decreased. (A situation the Town may find itself in again.) I resigned that position because of a few bullies. “The ch eck s and balances of the accounting system have been greatly im p ro v ed . It tak es two council signatures to spend Town m oney so no one councilor can spend funds without at least one other’s consent. Expenditures of funds are ap p ro v ed at council meetings unless an emergency arises, at which tim e council m ajority is contacted for approval. “I urge citizens to come to council meetings and find out first hand what is happening or call town hall. Rumors and bullying can ruin a community.” Elementary food drive nets 1631 lbs Heppner Elementary third g r a d e class food drive winners with teacher Cara Osmin (back left) and volunteers Deirdre Allen and Jamie McCormack. The Neighborhood Center will be the recipient of 1631 lbs. of food donated by the children at Heppner Elem entary School. Cara O sm in’s third grade class g ath ered the m ost food weighing 362 lbs. Osmin’s th ird grade class has gathered the most food for the last two years. The Neighborhood C enter will be having an open h o u se, Saturday, O ctober 22, from 5-6:30 P-m. 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