FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 25,2009
Morrow County Court weekly meeting held Heppner Elementary School Chess Mates compete
The Morrow County
Court met on February 11 at
the Morrow County Court
House in Heppner with
Judge Tallman, Commis
sioner Grieb and Commis
sioner Rea in attendance.
Following is a summary of
those meeting provided by
Leann Rea.
February 11:
-The court approved
accounts payable in the
amount of $580,119.50,
-The sheriff’s de
partment presented the court
with a report regarding the
“Parole and Probation” re
imbursements from the state.
There is a very complex
and complicated formula
that is used to determine
the amount the county will
receive. Currently Morrow
County contracts w ith Uma
tilla County for jail space for
these offenders as well as
treatment of the offenders.
Treatments provided include
counseling for alcohol and
drug abuse, anger manage
ment, and others as needed.
All agreed the number one
priority needs to be the safe
ty of our residents, and then
secondly the counseling and
treatment of the offenders.
After additional research
the court will decide how to
proceed with the parole and
probation offenders.
-The court reviewed
the written road report. De
pot Lane: Moved the equip
ment that was being used for
shoulder work along Upper
Rhea Creek Road to Depot
Lane on Monday (2/9).
On Tuesday (2/10) began
shoulder and ditch work
along both sides of the road
from Paterson Ferry Road to
the entrance into the Wagon
Wheel subdivision. Started
work on the Wagon Wheel
end with the county's exca
vator and a rented excavator.
This should cut the project
time in half. Decided to
begin this project now as
the rental rates are 31 % off
until the first of April. With
the two excavators working
together it is going to take
the entire crew, except for
the three grader operators.
Plans are to have the initial
preparation project finished
in three to four weeks, if the
weather cooperates.
Upper Rhea Creek
Road: Have finished with
sloping the banks and build
ing up the shoulders where
needed w ith the bank mate
rial. Will come back and
finish w ith the gravel on the
shoulders once the shoulder
work on Depot Lane is com
pleted.
Misc.: The crew has
been working on signs and
reflectors along Bombing
Range Road. All reflectors
in stock have been used, so
the project will be complet
ed when the new reflectors
arrive. The grader operators
are continuing with weed
burning in the mornings and
grading in the afternoons,
once the roads thaw out. The
Road Canyon bridge project
is on hold until the head wall
pilings are all in place.
-The Court opened
bids from Morrow County
Grain Growers, Mark Han
sen, Alligare, & Wilbur Ellis
for herbicides. Also opened
bids from Morrow County
Grain Growers, Hellar &
Sons, and Chevron (Devin
Oil) for diesel, unleaded
gasoline, aviation fuel and
lubricants. The road depart
ment will review the bids
to determine if the bids are
complete, and the math is
correct. The department will
then make a recommenda
tion to the court for the
awarding of the bids.
-Mike Slater from La
Grande and Buster Gibson
from Heppner, representa
tives from the Wildlife Ser-
vices reported to the court
that they are anticipating a
significant cut from their
state funding. They reported
they attempt to supplement
their budget by contracting
with different individuals
to assist them w ith predator
control. At the same time
they need to be available to
assist with dangerous animal
control. They wanted to give
the court a heads-up that as
budget time approaches they
will be asking the county
for additional funding this
year.
-The court awarded
a three year janitorial con
tract to Hermiston Cleaning
Services in the amount of
$8,400.00 per years with
a 10% discount, for this
year. It includes the clean
ing of carpets, windows,
blinds, etc. at twelve dif
ferent county sites. The bid
provided a cost break down
for each site.
-The planning de
partment updated the court
on several issues, including
the planning commission’s
decision to allow the plan
ning department to approve
the renewal of “hardship
dwelling permits” at the
counter rather than taking
them to the commission.
The court concurred with
the commission’s decision.
Other items of discussion
was the continuing work
on the updating of the Code
Enforcement Ordinance, the
department is continuing to
work with a number of enti
ties that have expressed an
interest in siting wind tower
farms, as well as the pos
sibility of creating a power
corridor for the siting of
power transmission lines.
-The Court reviewed
the proposed six month
work plan for the Umatilla
Basin Water Coalition and
gave their approval to be
provided to the Coalition at
the next scheduled meeting.
The Court reviewed the In
tergovernmental Agreement
between the County, the Port
of Morrow and the City of
Boardman.
in regional Chess for Success Tournament
Heppner Elementary
School Division II Chess for
Success players took second
place in a recent Chess for
Success tournament. Kel
lie Nelson garnered second
place for the eighth grade.
Division 1 players took first
place and Kai Arbogast was
first place for the fifth grade,
Rylee Kollman took second
place, Joe Jones took first
place for third graders and
Alex Lindsay took second
place.
The Division 1 team
also qualified to go to the
state tournament on March
13 and 14th in Portland. The
Division I team includes Kai
Arbogast, Joe Jones, Alex
Lindsay, Rylee Kollman,
Patrick Burch, and Cara
Arbogast.
Wayne Seitz, Dick
Jones, James Pappas, Cherry
Weber, Bridget Waite, Do
ris Brosnan, and Isabelle
Kramer were the dedicated
volunteers that worked with
Chess Mates this year.
In 1994, Frank Eise-
man formed Chess for Suc
cess, which now includes
52 schools and over 2,500
students. There are 23 Re
gional Chess for Success
Tournaments held and the
Heppner Elementary School Chess Mates recently competed in
the regional Chess for Success Tournament in Hermiston. Par
ticipants were: bottom row (L-R): Emily Pappas, Patrick Burch,
Alex Lindsay, Joe Jones, Cara Arbogast, and kai Arbogast. Top
row (L-R): Cade Arbogast, Rylee Rollman, kellie Nelson, Jessy
Wolford, Skyler Hawks, and Ross Cutsforth. - Contributed Photo
winners of the Regional
Tournaments qualify to play
in the Chess for Success
State Tournament. Last year
560 players qualified to play
in the two-day champion
ships held at the Convention
Center in Portland.
Chess for Success
is an educational program
that uses chess to teach chil
dren important skills neces
sary for success in school
and life. Chess instills in
children a sense of self-
confidence, patience, self-
control and responsibility.
The challenge of the game
stimulates critical thinking.
Children learn social skills,
sportsmanship, how to solve
problems, control anger and
learn from mistakes. They
also learn the important
connection between actions
and consequences and the
benefits of thinking before
acting.
There are three divi
sions for the Chess for Suc
cess Tournaments. Division
I is for students kindergarten
through fifth grade, Division
II is for sixth, seventh, and
eighth grades and Divi
sion II is for high school
students. Heppner took 13
students.
Creative Care Preschool takes field trip
lone’s Creative Care Preschool students, families and teachers Betty Rietmann and Karen Hol
land recently visited Skye and Penny Krebs' sheep operation. They were able to see hundreds of
new lambs and hold and bottle feed some of them. After the tour Penny Krebs served everyone
juice and frosted sheep shaped cookies. Parents and kids all enjoyed the morning trip. Contrib
uted Photo
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