Council offers managers job to Vale man
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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
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NO. 41
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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. E veryone in the
com m unity is invited to
attend.
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