Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - THREE
Construction of Pacific Northwest
Motorsports Park moving forward
Construction o f Pa
cific Northwest Motorsports
Park (PNMP), Motorsports
Country Club, the first phase
in B o a rd m a n ’s p la n n ed
Speedway Activity District
d ev elo p m en t w ill m ove
forward at a brisk pace now
that the preliminary require
ments for construction at the
site have been met.
Behind the scenes,
Michael Runyon, A1A Di
rector o f Development and
David Allen, General Coun
sel have been working with
M orrow C ounty officials
to in co rp o rate the 2002
Decisions o f State Law and
Oregon State Senate Bills
1094 and 665 into the Mor
row County Code o f law.
A dopted w ithout appeal,
the legislation that approved
the development o f a mo
torsports activity district in
Boardman and the necessary
zoning changes on the acre
age for the development pro
vides the legal foundation
needed to begin construction
on the motorsports complex.
County officials also moved
forward on the approval o f a
50-year master plan for the
expansion o f the Boardman
Airport. Part o f the overall
vision plan for the motor
sports destination resort,
the plan received approval
from the Morrow County
Planning Commission and
moved through the County
Court hearing process with
out opposition. Now in the
midst o f a mandatory 21 -day
appeal period, the final de
cision on the airport plan is
expected in the second week
o f April.
In January and Feb
ruary, a number o f essential
pre-construction activities
were completed at the site
including: the rough layout
o f the club’s 6.0-plus mile
road course, geotechnical
soil analyses, and placement
o f the access service roads.
Surveyors complet
ed staking the preliminary
layout for all three con
necting road courses using
different colored flags every
100 feet to mark the course
centerline and elevations.
State mandated seismic test
ing and a geotechnical soil
investigation and analysis
were completed. Thirty-one
test pits and eight borings
were dug across the site to
provide a full analysis o f the
ground below the surface
o f the course area, and an
evaluation o f the seismic
activity in areas designated
for the six-story club house
and grandstand areas. Eight-
plus miles o f access service
roads, boarding the 1-84
freeway and Tower Road In
terchange Site were rough-
cut into the 1,482-acre site.
The next steps in
clude: a site visit by course
designers to walk the course,
evaluate track layout and
make adjustm ents to the
course as necessary, detailed
site development planning.
County Site Development
Review and developm ent
o f rough grading o f the site
access road system and road
course bid packages.
For more inform a
tio n ab o u t d ev elo p m en t
activities at Pacific North
w est M o to rsp o rts P ark,
contact B illie Jean M or
ris, Director o f Marketing
at 541/481-7000, bjm or-
ris@ pnwm otorsportspark.
c o m , w w w .p n w m o to r-
sportspark.com.
The Wiz of the
West - a fairy
tale with a twang
Bunny scramble
Children rushed to find Easter eggs last Saturday at the
annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Heppner Elks
Lodge. -Photo by David Sykes
BEO Bancorp declares quarterly
cash dividend
BEO Bancorp, parent company of Bank o f Eastern
Oregon, today announced that its Board o f Directors de
clared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share payable
on April 11,2008, to shareholders o f record on March 31,
2008. Annualized, this dividend is an increase o f 9.1 % from
the 2007 cash dividend payment of $0.55 per share.
This is the 23rd year in a row the Company has
paid cash dividends. This is the first time the organization
has paid a quarterly dividend. The board will continue to
review its dividend policy. Cash dividends, when and if
declared, will typically be paid in April, July, October, and
January. The Board will continue to review a wide range
o f indicators including operating results, retained earnings,
capital, and general market conditions in making decisions
on future dividends.
For further information on the Company or to ac
cess Internet banking, please visit our website at http://
www.beobank.com.
Boardman proclaims Arbor Week
D uring T u e sd ay ’s
meeting, the Boardman City
Council authorized a May-
oral Proclamation observing
April 6 through April 12
Arbor Week in the City o f
Boardman.
Arbor Day is Amer
ica’s National Tree Holiday,
the day we set aside to plant
cerem onial trees, educate
children and adults about
the importance o f trees, and
honor the im portant role
trees play in our daily lives.
All 50 states celebrate Arbor
Day although the dates may
vary in keeping with the
local climate. At the fed
eral level, in 1970, President
Richard Nixon proclaimed
the last Friday in April as
National Arbor Day. Oregon
set aside an entire week to
honor trees. The Oregon Neighborhood Center cedar chest win
State Legislature has de ner announced
creed that the first full week
Regi Seitz purchased the winning ticket for the
o f April shall be designated
cedar chest that was raffled off by the Heppner Neighbor
as Arbor Week.
B oard m an ’s Proc hood Center during St. Patrick’s Celebration.
lamation urges citizens to
ob serv e A rb o r W eek by
planting one or more trees
lone Ambulance receives new
and by participating in one
or more programs that the
blood pressure machine
sponsors o f A rbor Week
may provide.
In other City busi
ness, Councilors approved a
Supplemental Budget Reso
lution for the 2007-2008
budget year.
The next meeting of
the Boardman City Council
will be Tuesday, April 1,
2008 at 7 p.m. at Boardman
City Hall.
Baby shower to be held at
Catholic Parish Hall
A baby shower will be held for Kathleen (Greenup)
Albitre on Sunday, March 30 at the Catholic Parish Hall
at 2 p.m.
Albitre is registered at Babies-R-Us and Target.
The shower is being given by Amy Kollman,
Kelsey Greenup, Sara Campbell, Susan Hisler, Annie
Weygandt, and Jaci Hughes.
Albitre gave birth to a son, Joseph Andrew, on
Tuesday, February 2.
Drama Club to tour NYC
The Heppner Drama Club will be touring New
York City March 27 through April 2.
The group o f 20, which includes five from the
Boardman Drama Club, will be attending three Broadway
shows. They will see Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, and
Spamalot. The group will also attend a medieval dinner
show in New Jersey, a dinner cruise, and will also attend a
workshop with the cast of Hairspray. On Monday, March
31, the group will be in the audience o f the Today Show.
The Drama Club will make a community presenta
tion o f their trip after their return.
Willow Creek Country Club Ladies Play begins
Tuesday, April 1 at 9 a.m. with breakfast and business
meeting. Best ball scramble will be held at 10 a.m. Inter
ested guests are welcome to attend.
The W illow C reek C ountry M en’s K ick-O ff
Breakfast will be held Sunday, April 6 at 8 a.m. with play
beginning at 9 a.m. For more information about this event
call Lorrene at 989-8209 or Bob at 676-5019.
The Willow Creek Country Club Work Day to
begin spring play w ill be Saturday, March 29 at 8:30 a.m.
Those working are asked to bring rakes, shovels, saws,
etc. Lunch will be provided.
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H EPPNER ELKS 358
Thursday, April 3rd-
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Rusty Estes (left) and Harvey Childers received an auto
matic blood pressure machine for the lone Ambulance. The
machine was purchased with donations from the McElligott
family of lone. -Photo by April Sykes
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Saturday, April 5th -
Installation o f (Officers
Frank Bettencourt, Auctioneer
| Roast Beef Dinner starts at I I a.m. ;
$6.00 per person
New York Steak and Oyster Dinner
No Host Cocktails from 5-6 p.m.
If you have items to donate, please contact:
Bill Wyatt (541) 468-2017
Installation at 4 p.m.
Betty Parkhurst (541) 468-2621
Zee Tankersley (541) 468-2182
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DA’s Report
M o rro w C o u n ty
District Attorney Elizabeth
Ballard has released the fol
lowing report:
-M indy M. David
son, 28, was convicted o f
burglary in the first degree,
a class A felony and was
sentenced to l8 0 days in
jail, two years post-prison
supervision, other numer
ous co n d itio n s, and pay
$474.08 in fines, fees and
assessments. Davidson was
also convicted of possession
o f a controlled substance
(cocaine) and was sentenced
to 30 days in jail, 30 days
probation, and other numer
ous conditions.
-Martin Cobain-Ale-
jandres, 40, was convicted
of attempting commit a class
C/unclassified felony-sexual
abuse 1, a class A misde
meanor and was sentenced
to 17 months in the Oregon
Department o f Corrections,
five years post-prison su
pervision, other numerous
conditions, and pay $488 in
fines, fees and assessments.
C obain-A lenjandres was
also convicted o f another
count o f attempting to com
mit a class C/unclassified
felo n y -sex u al abuse 1, a
class A m isdemeanor and
was sentenced to 13 months
in the Oregon Department
o f Corrections, Five years
p o st-p riso n su p erv isio n ,
other numerous conditions
and pay $488 in fines, fees
and assessments.
-M ic h a e l S tev en
Moore, 25, was convicted of
assault in the fourth degree,
a class A misdemeanor and
w as sentenced to 180 days in
jail with 165 days suspended
and 15 days credit for time
served, two year bench pro
bation, complete 40 hours
o f community service, other
num erous conditions and
pay$ 1,413 in fines, fees and
assessments.
GT News Deadline
Mondays at 5 p.m.
This Saturday,
March 29, at Sam Boardman
Elementary School, 301 W.
W ilson Lane, Boardm an,
follow your friends from
the Land o f Oz through the
wild, Wild West o f yester
year - but with a tw ist...
or should we say a twister?
Join M issoula C hildren’s
Theatre and Boardman and
Irrigon students as they per
form in the original musical
production o f The Wiz of
the West.
A local cast will per
form the roles of: Dotty,
Mooch, Scared Crow, Tin
horn, Lionel and Hawknose
Halley, mean and nasty the
worst o f the lot. Other fea
tured roles are: Dr. Ozzy, the
wonderful wizard o f pioneer
potions and tail-tale tonics;
Top D og’s bunch o f bad
barkin’, back b itin ’ bow
wows including Mad Dog
and Bad Dog. To complete
the ensemble, students will
appear as: Coyotes, Munch
Kin, Buzzards and Taran
tulas.
The Wiz of the West
will be offered at a 3 p.m.
matinee, and a 7 p.m. eve
ning perform ance at Sam
Boardman Elementary.
T ickets $2.00 for
adults and $ 1.00 for students
are available at the door.
Doors close 5 minutes be
fore performance begins.
North Morrow
Co mmu n i t y F o u n d atio n
presents the Missoula Chil
d ren ’s Theatre in Board-
man as a Spring Break Art
ist in Residency Support
from : B oardm an H ealth
Mart P harm acy; B oard-
man Foods, Inc; Wheatland
Insurance Center, Inc; Co
lumbia River Processing,
Inc; Gladys Hobbs; Kathy
and Randy Yates; Kathy and
Gary Neal; Susan and Don
Russell; Main Street Shell;
John and Rose Sebastian;
Daltoso Family; Daltoso/
Wilcox Family; Doug and
Jane Pope; Boardman Tree
Farm. LLC; J and D Elec
tric, Inc; Triple A Truck
ing LLC; Alex’s Transport,
LLC; M & M Accounting
Service; Umatilla Chem i
cal Agent Disposal Facility;
Community Women’s Club
Boardman Senior Citizens;
Umatilla Electric Coopera
tive; Banner Bank; Irrigon
Watermelon Festival, Inc.;
and Greenfield Grange #579
p ro v id es this w eek long
workshop free to Boardman
and Irrigon youth.
For more inform a
tion, call Mary Lou D al
toso 541 -481 -4761. A down-
hom e, country telling o f
every c o w p o k e ’s fa v o r
ite yam ...A w , Auntie Em,
there’s no place like home
on the range.
Wrangler’s Rid
ing Club to start
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The Wrangler's Rid
ing Club will start on Sun
day, April 6 beginning at
noon with a potluck lunch.
The club will meet for four
Sundays at the fairgrounds.
The Wrangler's Rid
ing Club will be starting
early this year because o f
scheduling conflicts at the
fairgrounds.
For more informa
tion contact Kyle Robin
son at 676-9014 or Angie
Hughes at 676-9909.
Correction
Last week Doris Brosnan's story about the Lep
rechaun Run inadvertently omitted Catherine
McElligott, HHS track team, and Cody Orr, the
HJH track team as helpers with the event.