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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, Apnl 8,2009 - FIVE Confirmation held St. William’s Morrow County Court Catholic Church weekly meeting held Back row (L-R): Fr. Gerry Condon, Zac Orem, Steven Holland, and Bishop Vasa. Front row (L-R): Rita McElligott, Emily Holland, Mary McElligott, and Jaqueline Juarez. -Contributed Photo Bishop Robert Vasa o f the Baker Diocese con firmed six students at St William’s Catholic Church in lone on Sunday, March 29. The confirmation rite followed two years o f study by the candidates, as well as participation in a retreat at St. Patrick’s in Heppner. The students were Zac Orem, Ste ven Holland, Mary McElligott. Emily Holland, Jaqueline Juarez, and Rita McElligott. The candidates each also completed over 10 hours o f community service. A reception sponsored by St. Wil liam’s Altar Society followed the confirmation mass. Fr. Gerry Condon is the pastor at St. William's. Boardman seeks grant for park and sports complex Friday morning the Boardman City Council met in special session to discuss a grant application for fund ing o f the city’s proposed park and sports complex. The approaching deadline for the application through the Oregon Parks and Rec reation Department’s Local Government Grant Program made it necessary for the special session. C ouncilors unani mously passed a resolution authorizing the grant ap plication. The proposed park and sports com plex w ill be located on city property north o f Mt. Adams Avenue The Kinzua Lunch group held their March lunch in Prineville. E aster D rink S pecials Peaches & Creme Italian Soda Coconut Creme Latte VO C rem e! YO S h ak es! YO S u n d a y s! Wedding, Tables R ile y B r e t t W igfht & A m a n d a D a w n M ile s S a tu rd a y , M a y 2 n d J a red D e a n E c U m a n & T risl l a K a y A d a m s S a tu rd a y , M a y Qth M egfan K a e B a ile y & K y le R ic k a r d S n o w S a tu rd a y , M a y 3 0 th S k e lle y K a th ry n R ie tm a n n & A d a m A s h le y M c C a h e % M umuj ' j Ditiuj S a tu rd a y , June 2 7 th 217 North Main • Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Heppner Lexington A lone » Pictured are: back row (L-R) Fr. Gerry C ondon, Austin Gutier rez, Jessy Wolford and Bishop Vasa; front row (L-R) Macy Gibbs. Carrie Hague wood, and Mariela Sanchez. Contributed Photo Bishop Robert Vasa, bishop o f Baker, conferred the Sacrament o f Confirmation on five students o f St. Patrick Parish. The students had studied for this sacrament since last September, attended a retreat, and performed charitable works. Following the ceremony, the St. Patrick Altar Soci ety had a reception for the students and their families. Gertrude L. McRae Trust Scholarship application available T he G e rtru d e L. McRae Scholarship Com mittee has announced that the 2009-2010 academ ic scholarship applications are available to graduates o f Grant County high schools. Graduates o f high school within Morrow' Wasco and Wheeler counties may also be considered for a scholar ship award if too fee (¡rant C ounty ap p licatio n s are received. Preference will be given to Grant County high school graduates who reside in Oregon and have com pleted one or more years of an accredited college. For an application and student criteria list con tact the McRae Scholarship Committee c/o Grant County Court, 201 S. Humboldt St., Suite 280, Canyon City, OR 97820 or call 541-575-0059. Fully completed application packets must be received by the Grant County Court of fice by July 15,2009. Essay winners received checks and certificates % Candy Party Items Easter Lilies FROZEN ♦ YOGURT has finished the sweeping in the Irrigon area and is now working in the Boardman area. The crew repaired or replaced numerous signs in the Irrigon area. The court approved and signed the ren ew al o f three five year rock pit agreements. The court approved th e In te rg o v e rn m e n ta l A greem ent for services, between the Sheriff’s Office and the City of Irrigon. The sheriff reported that there is a COPS Grant that may be available to rural areas. The grant would pay for the wages for a new officer for three years with the county being required to pay the office’s wages in year four. The court gave the sheriff approval to pursue the possi bility of obtaining the grant for one or two officers. The court received for their review a copy of the new Code Enforcement Ordinance. The court d i rected the County Planning Department to schedule the needed public hearing so the ordinance can be enacted. Commissioner Rea reported that the most re cent Water Policy Commit tee m eeting was held by teleconference on March 23. Reported that there is a proposal being submitted (SB740) which would sub ject all water right holders to pay an annual or biannual fee just because they have a water right. Commissioner Rea reported that she was the only one that spoke in opposition to the bill. and west o f Faler Road and will be comprised o f out door baseball, softball, and soccer fields, as well as a nature playground and walk ing trails. Other such sport complexes are in a “clover” shape with four ball fields around a centrally located restroom/concession area. The city is applying for $350,000 and plans for the sports com plex to be funded in phases. The next regularly scheduled m eeting o f the Boardman City Council is Tuesday, March 7, 2009 at Those attending were Bob and Mary Lee Britt and 7 p.m. at Boardman City John and Midge Geer from Fossil and grandsons Tren Hall. ton and Thad, Marilyn Garcia, from John Day; Bob and Lavonne Slinkard, from Heppner; OLand Jean Ann Adams and Bonnie Campbell, from Metlious; Montell McDon ald, from Condon; Gael (Windy) Liptak, from Prineville; Harold and Peggy Reed, Bob and Peggy Nelson, John and Rosemary Nelson, and Nancy Benson Christensen. The next lunch will be April 24 at Service Creek Lodge at 11:30. April nth is Easter! YOCREAM The Morrow County Court met on March 25 at the county courthouse with Judge Tallm an, C om m is sioner Grieb and Commis sioner Rea in attendance. Following is a summary of those meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court approved the minutes o f January 28, 2009. The court approved monthly accounts payable and payroll in the amount o f $62,218.60. The court signed an agreem ent for education between Oregon Health and Science University School o f N ursing and M orrow H ealth D epartm ent. This will allow the university to send student nurses to our area for hands on training. The road department provided the following re port: Road Canyon Bridge - The crew has formed and poured the concrete on both headwalls and three o f the four footings for the wing walls. They are now in the process o f tying rebar and forming up the last footing for the wing walls. Upper Rhea C reek Road - The crew has been working on extending some culverts and adding w idth to parts o f the road as needed. Have also been sloping some banks back and cleaning out ditch es for better sight distance on som e o f the corners. Road grading - Continuing with road grading as weather permits. Graders are work ing in the Dry Fork, Clarks Canyon and Alpine areas. Road sweeping - The crew Confirmation held at St. Patrick Parish Alumni sought for summer concert series The Inland Northwest Musicians Orchestra and Chorale is inviting anyone who has sung or played with them in the past to rejoin the group for the pops concerts scheduled for June 13 in Ukiah and June 14 at the Port of Morrow in Boardman. The group is celebrating its 10,h anniversary season in 2009. Rehearsals for the summer series will begin in late April. Interested musicians and singers can call Teresa Best at 289-4696 for more information. T ' m Estate By DAVID SYKES REALTOR THE “OPEN HOUSE” The “Open House” method o f selling a home is one o f the recent trends in real estate An “Open House” does just what the name suggests; it opens the house to the general public and. hopefully, gener ates an interested buyer. An “Open House” gives a real estate agency the oppor tunity to spotlight a particular property and it gives both the agency and the seller a chance to hear viewers' opinions to gether and to make adjust ments in the market strategy if necessary. “Open Houses” are usually held on either or both Saturday and Sunday afternoons. When a prop erty is first listed, it is also common to hold a "Brokers Open House" to give the area an opportunity to view the house. This minimiz es disturbances to the seller and the seller’s family. An “Open House” is a popu lar and effective means for marketing most residential properties. Our agency would certainly discuss the merits o f this type o f mar keting when selling your home. Property listings are available at h ' w ' h '. sykesrealestate. net 188 W. Willow • P.O. Box 337 • Heppner, OR 97836 (541) 676-9228 • Cell (541) 980-6674 Fax (541)676-9211 _________ E-mail: david@sykesrealestate.net Heppner High School students who placed first, second and third in the state for their essays recently received their checks and certificates. Pictured are (L-R) Conner Pappas, 3rd place, and Shane Smith, 1“ place. Not pictured was Zachariah Hintz, 2"d place. They were sponsored by the Heppner Garden Club. -Contributed Photo Justice Court Report Judge Charlotte Gray, Heppner Justice Court, has released the following report: -Raym ond D. Sinclair. 35, H erm iston, DUII diversion. -C lifford Joel Dougherty, 45, H eppner DUII diversion. -Steven E. Strahm , 55, lone, driving w hile suspended (misd.), $945 fine. -Justin W. Laurendeau, 29. Heppner, violation of the basic rule by going 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $113 fine. -Jan Antonin Vyhnal, 73, failure to use seatbelt, $76 fine. -Tara R. Ozment, 26, Milton-Freewater, violation o f the basic rule by going 75 mph in a 55 mph zone, $185. Land slide next to U.S. 395, drive with caution The Oregon Department o f Transportation is moni toring an 80-foot wide land slide adjacent to U.S. Highway 395 approximately 20 miles south of Pilot Rock. The slide is located at mile point 37.1 in the Battle Mountain area and has caused the down sloping hillside on the west side o f the highway to drop a dozen feet in some areas. It has not impacted the highway at this time. As a safety precaution ODOT has closed the southbound shoulder. Crews are monitoring the roadway and working on plans to stabilize the hillside before the highway is impacted. Motorists are adv ised to slow down and pay extra attention in this area until repairs to the hillside can be made.
