Sunday morning fire closes ODOT maintenance station
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HEPPNER
Damaged caused by a fire Fire consumes the < )DOT building in Heppner
at the O D O T H ep p n er
maintenance station, located
at 273 W. L inden Way,
Heppner. prompted officials
to close the building. No one
was hurt in the fire that
started Sunday around 5
a.m. Phone services at the
ODOT
H eppner
m aintenance station have
been im p acted . P ersons
needing to co n tac t the
H ep p n er O D O T crew
should call the O D O T Unidentified Heppner Fireman battles the blaze
D istrict 12 O ffice in
Pendleton at 541-276-1241.
Local fire departments
responded to the alarm early
Sunday
m orning and
e x tin g u ish e d the blaze,
which damaged part of the
structure and one ten-yard
ODOT truck. The cause of
the fire is currently under
investigation. The building
will rem ain closed until
further notice.
D istrict 12 m anager for
ODOT. George Ruby, said
Wednesday. December 20,2006 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
he was very pleased w ith the
good resp o n se from the
Heppner Fire Department.
imes
VOL. 125
NO. 51
10 Pages
High winds cause some damage in area
Daylight reveals damage done to snow plow
First annual alumni
football game planned
High winds last Thurday blew over this tree on a house at
605 NE Pioneer Drive near the Heppner hospital. The home
was formerly owned by David and Deborah Kendrick who
have moved from the area. The tree casued minor damage to
the home. Another tree across the street from this home also
was blow n down, hut caused no damage. Other w ind related
incidents were reports of water and debris in the road in
lone, and a man in Heppner reported to the sheriff depart
ment that he “found his neighbor's roof in his yard" (no ad
dress was given).
lone School robotics team third highest in contest
The lone School
Board, at its regular meeting
Monday night, was treated
to a demonstration by the
C ardinal R obotics Team,
who recently competed at a
robotics contest in Redmond
with good results. The team
scored second in project
presentation, fifth in robot
d esig n and ninth in
team w ork for the third
highest score out of 15 teams
competing.
A long w ith the
ro b o tic s d e m o n stratio n ,
stu d en t A lex C arlson
presented a report on soil
bonding
and
nano
technology. The project was
sp o n so red by the lone
Education Foundation and
the school district. Carlson
also w rote the gran t to
o b tain fu n d in g . Stacee
Halvorsen. Zac Orem. Adam
Collin. Steven Holland and
Evan
R ietm ann
demonstrated the robotics.
Also at the meeting.
S u p e rin ten d e n t
Bryn
Browning reported that the
district has met all standards
for public elementary and
sec o n d a ry sch o o ls as
required.
In other business, the
board:
-ap p ro v ed a cost
increase for an addition to
the school bus route, which
w ill run a p p ro x im a te ly
$ 5,000 per m onth. The
Plans for a first annual
alumni football game are in
the w orks. T he gam e is
scheduled for June Ì6. 2007.
Depending on the response,
tw o gam es are planned,
younger vs. younger, and
older vs. older. If there are
not enough players, a blue
vs. w hite gam e w ill be
played.
A fee o f $20 will he
charged for those w ishing to
participate. This fee w ill cov
er the use of facilities and
equipm ent, and a t-shirt.
There will be a small charge
at the gate that will be used
to purchase a trophy to be
passed on from year to year.
The remaining money will be
donated to the football pro
gram.
Teams will be announced
on Friday, June 15. 2007,
and a practice walkthrough
w ill be held. Participants are
asked to bring both jerseys
to this practice. If a player
does not have a jersey. Greg
Grant w ill allow use of prac-
tice jerseys for the game.
Anyone wishing to par
ticipate can send a check
made out to Jess Osmin and
th e ir t-
shirt size
to 58794
Balmfork
Rd.. Hep
pner. OR
97836 no
later than
Mav
I,
2 0 0 7 .
Al s o ,
please
send your Jess Osmin is
phone
or8anizt‘r
number, the year you gradu
ated. and the position you
played in school.
For more information
contact Jess Osmin at 541 -
676-9079. Anyone interest
ed in officiating the game or
working the chains is also
asked to call. Enough inter
est must be shown by Max I
or the game will have to be
called off.
addition is expected to cut sc^ool employees.
-learned that L S I)
down on the amount of time
continued
page J
students spend on the bus.
Transportation costs are 90
M CGG G REEN FEED S TO R E in H e p p n e r
percent reimbursable from
the state.
Happy Holidays from Green Feed and Seed!
-ap p ro v ed
staff
Store Hours through Dec. 23: Mon-Fri 8-5:30 / Sal 8-5
reco m m en d atio n s
for:
Brandi Heideman. lone High
December Specials:
School a ssistan t g irls '
b a sk e tb a ll co ach ; Jim
13MWZ Wranglers: $19.95
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boys' basketball coach; Lynn
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Dee Ramos. lone Middle
•thing
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School g irls' b asketball
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coach; Dick A llen. IMS
boys' basketball coach; and
Dennis Stefani. IHS boys'
head basketball coach.
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