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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 3,2009 - THREE Greenups receive first 2009 Yard of the Month award Morrow County Court Two Rivers Correctional By Kay Proctor weekly meeting held Facilities. He keeps the fire Receiving the first H eppner Garden C lu b ’s recognition of Yard of the Month in 2009 are Janet and Greg Greenup at 225 West Baltimore. Built in 1905 and known as the Gilliam house, the Greenups purchased their home from Jimmy and Patti Prock in 1977. After deciding they didn’t want to paint the exterior anymore, steel siding was put on. In addition, new sidewalks, a deck, new foundation, central air and heat, a seed ed lawn and underground sprinklers were all done that same year. D igging out un derneath the house for the foundation meant loading buckets of dirt and river rock on an old lawnmower base and pulling it out by hand. An antique medicine bottle and a Heidelberg beer can were found during the digging process. In 1981, Janet be gan work at Morrow Soil and Water Conservation where she is now m an ager. She emphasizes how important it is to not over fertilize, over water and to not “let weeds go.” Soil in their yard is “not that good” and Janet applies a fertilizer with iron. The UGS acti- Janet Greenup and her husband, Greg, were awarded the first Yard of the Month award for 2009. -Photo by Kay Proctor vate three times per week for only 20 minutes. Like all yards, there are weeds to contend with and she is dealing with yellow nut sedge right now. Low maintenance is important so annuals are in pots or hanging baskets and perennials, shrubs and ornamental grasses are in beds. These include peo nies, creeping phlox, ribbon grass, forsythias, snowball, rock daphne, cypress, po- tentilla and an exceptional planting o f chives from Greg’s grandmother, Peggy M oyer. Ja n e t’s favorite plant is her alliums and her favorite spot in the yard is a raised bed with pansies. Desert Rats Classic Car Club to host car/ motorcycle show Do you h av e a show car or m otorcycle you’re hiding in your ga rage? Now is the time to wax that beauty and proud ly display it for all to see at the 3rd annual Board- man Desert Rats Show and Shine. The D esert Rats Classic Car Club will host the Show on Saturday, July, 18, 2009 at the Boardman City Park, located between NW Boardman Avenue and Park Avenue. New to the show this year is the motorcycle category. The show kicks off at 9 a.m. and will run until 5 p.m. T here’ll be plenty of shade to display the vehicles and set out lawn chairs. A number of door prizes will be on hand for contestants and every one can enter to win terrific raffle items as well as 50/50 pots. Trophy awards will be given in six categories: Best o f Show, Custom , Classic, Hot Rod, Contem porary and Motorcycles. Judy’s Chuckwagon will be providing concessions, serving hamburgers, hot- dogs and cold drinks. Bring the whole family out for a day of music, food, prizes, and o f course, great cars and motorcycles. A portion of last years proceeds were given to area banks for their Caring Tree programs and to the Columbia River Harvesters Food Bank. Registration forms can be obtained by contact ing George Price at 541- 481-3217. The cost to enter your car is $ 10, before July 14 and $ 15 after July 14 and the day of the show. The D esert Rats C la ssic C ar C lub is a Boardman non-profit or ganization whose purpose is to promote interest in the sport of Classic Cars, Street Rodding, and Muscle Cars, with an emphasis on family and community ser vice. The club membership is made up of classic car enthusiasts who own pre- 1975, American made cars or trucks. They meet the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. Farmer’s market to open June 19 The Willow Creek Farmer’s Market will open on Friday, June 19, from 3-7 p.m. at City Park. The farmer’s market will be open on Fridays through September from 3-7 p.m. There is a $10 participation fee for vendors that will cover the entire season. For more information contact Margaret at 676- 5972 or Jan at 676-5150. Rocks and boul ders are an integral part o f the landscape, some brought in by family mem bers, some from under the house. An upright basalt column has been turned into a water fountain close by the shaded front porch. Trees are a pink flowering cherry, red leafed beech and two Norway maples. A vegetable garden grows in the back yard with a compost pile close by. A deserted brick lined dry well was discovered when investigating the begin nings of a sinking spot. Greg commutes to Umatilla for his work at wood stack going and has had up to 17 cords although back surgery has prevented him from adding to it for awhile. Stating that this is all “Janet’s yard,” he stayed away from photos and this interview wanting her to receive all the credit. B oth are H e p pner natives and raised four daughters in this kid friendly neighborhood; Amy Kollman, Sara Camp bell, Kathleen Albitre and Kelsey Greenup. Now five grandchildren enjoy their kid friendly yard. Pets Bit- sy, Gracie and Lucky prove the yard is pet friendly and wild birds like the feed set out for them, too. Janet has “always loved to make things grow” and remembers doing seri ous gardening as a child. Being practical, she finds a home for any plants divided or removed. She states that the yard is “never quite done and there is always one more thing to do.” It seems that she has done a lot already. Yard of the Month recogni tion is co-sponsored by the City of Heppner, MCGG- Green Feed, Windwave- Heppner TV and the Hep pner Garden Club. Field trip offered to view Potamus Fuels Reduction Project Area The Heppner Rang er District of the Umatilla National Forest will host a public field trip to the Penland Lake Wildland- Urban Interface (WUI) and Potamus Fuels Reduction Project Area on Monday June 8. The field trip is part o f the collaborative effort for the upcoming as sessment to identify fuels reduction and forest stand density projects. In 2001, the Mor row County Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) identified the Pen- land Lake Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) area as a priority for fuels reduction projects to lessen the impact of wildfire on lives, prop erty, and the landscape. The purpose of the trip is to generate discus sion on topics including defensible space strategies, evacuation routes, broader landscape level treatment design, and other resource interests. A variety of stops are planned on the field trip including past mechanical fuels treatment, hazardous fuel breaks, and prescribed fire. “I’m looking for ward to getting out on the ground and receiving feed back from our group o f collaborators and the public on management options for the Potamus Project Area,” said Tom Mafera, district ranger. In order to coordi nate transportation, please RSVP to Brian Spradlin at (541)676-2127 or (bsprad- lin@fs.fed.us) by June 3. The group will leave the Heppner Ranger District office on June 8, at 9 a.m. or you can meet-up with the group at Penland Lake Cam pground at 10 a.m. Participants should pack a lunch and be prepared to walk short distances by wearing long pants, sturdy footwear and appropriate clothing for the weather. The tour will end at 3 p.m. and participants can expect to be back to the Heppner District Office by 4 p.m. For more informa tion about the field trip, please contact Brian Sprad lin (Fuels Specialist) at the Heppner Ranger District (541)676-2127. Shower to be held for Hughes9 baby Grabriana was bom A baby show er for Trent and Christianne on May 4. Everyone is invited H ughes’ baby, Gabriana Grace Hughes, will be held to attend. on Sunday, June 7, at 3 p.m. at the Heppner Christian Church. M orrow C ounty District Attorney Elizabeth % Ballard has released the fol lowing report: -Terrell Lee Rea, 43, was convicted of pos During Celebrate Heppner session o f methamphet- carets, money holders « # . ■ Friday, June 12th, 9-5 pm amine, a Class C felony, lte™ a. leas, <,rc and was sentenced to 18 months supervised proba Gift delivery to Heppner High SchoolFrea ,haved ice a" day! tion, complete 40 hours of community service, other available on Saturday, June 6th m conditions, and pay $673 in fines, fees and assess WATCH FOR ANNIVERSARY m m m J959-2009 ments. SPECIALS & PRIZES J -Leslie Lee Thomp son, 47, was convicted of harassment, a Class B misdemeanor, and was sen tenced to 90 days incar R obert R ay m o n d A sbbecb ceration with 90 days sus & J e n n if e r M a rie B ru s b ia pended. 12 months bench probation, com plete 20 S a tu r d a y , J u n e 2 0 th hours o f community ser A d a m A sb ley M c C a b e & S b e lle y K a tb ry n R ie tm a n n Open your home - S a tu r d a y , Ju n e 2 7 th and your heart - to a child in need. If you have an interest in helping a child)ren) in Prink Specials need, consider attending the Cookies & Creme Mocha lvt North Main . Heppner • Phone S7E-91M • Fiori) E 76 -M 2 S Foster and Adoptive Parent I Chia Chiller Serving Heppner, Lexington i lone rS 5 o% OUrSOtH Wadding, Tables Bass & Muss make great sifts vice, other conditions, and pay $755 in fines, fees and assessments. - P a u l Wi l l i a m Hays, 36, was convicted of harassment, a Class B misdemeanor, and was sen tenced to 90 days incar ceration with 90 days sus pended, 24 months bench probation, other conditions, and pay $913 in fines, fees and assessments. -Roberto Navarro Medina, 43, was convict ed of harassment, a Class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days in carceration with 90 days suspended, 18 months bench probation, com plete 20 hours of community ser vice, other conditions, and pay $133 in fines, fees and assessments. -Everado Sanchez Jiminez, 36, was convicted o f disorderly conduct in the second degree, a Class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days incar ceration with 80 days sus pended, 24 months bench probation, com plete 40 hours of community ser vice, other conditions, and pay $563 in fines, fees and assessments. -Jorge Mendoza, 45, was convicted of ha rassment, a Class B misde meanor, and was sentenced to 90 days incarceration with 90 days suspended, two years bench probation, other conditions, and pay $663 in fines, fees and as sessments. Foster and Adoptive Parent Classes to be held ^ M umuj ' ì Duuj » Oregon International Mo tor Speedway, LLC and instructed county council to draft a letter confirming the court’s acceptance of the letters as commitments; Re viewed and signed an IGA with The Oregon Depart ment of Revenue for map m aintenance; Reviewed and approved an amend ment to an IGA regarding Building Codes; Reviewed an activity report for the OHV Campground; Heard a report from the sheriff’s office regarding the pro posed contract with Uma tilla County to administer the Parole and Probation program; Heard a report from Planning D irector McLane regarding the re cent LRA meeting that she had attended. The court heard the second reading of the “Code Enforcement Ordi nance Amendment”. There was no public testimony regarding the changes, so the court adopted the code as presented. The court conduct ed two public hearings. The first hearing was for the Transportation System Plan Update, the Port of Morrow had made one addition to the plan after the planning commission forwarded the plan to the court with a recom m endation to ap prove. The court reviewed the addition and adopted the changes as presented. The other was for the Space Age Industrial Use Zone Amendment. There was no public testimony on this item, so the court adopted the changes. Jean Palm ateer, Special Transportation Pro gram manager, provided the court with an overview as to how the Special Transporta tion Program is financed and for what purposes the buses may be used. Pal mateer also informed the court that the county should consider hiring a part time driver rather than depend solely on volunteers. The court was informed that there are two possible chan nels for funding. Currently the county is only access ing one line of funding. Therefore, the bus is only available for seniors or for persons with disabilities. There is a possibility that the county could pursue the other line of funding and expand the service to accommodate more users. This is something that will be discussed later. Also learned that to increase funding for this program the governor is proposing a .025 cent increase in ciga rette tax. DA’s Report Graduation Week! Free (id wrapping * * * * * * The Morrow Coun ty Court met on May 20 in Boardman with Judge Tail- man, Commissioner Grieb and Commissioner Rea in attendance. Following is a summary of those meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court approved the minutes of February 25, March 18, and May 13. The court reviewed and approved accounts payable and payroll in the amount of $60,684.41. The Road Depart ment provided the follow ing report: Depot Lane - The crew started pav ing on Monday, May 11, which was a week later than planned, but the weather was not cooperating. The paving project has gone very well. So far the crew has put down 5,750 tons of hot mix at a cost of just over $330,500 for the hot mix. Once all of the paving is completed the crew will go back and finish the shoul der work and approaches with gravel, and then paint stripes. Myers Lane - The crew is moving the equip ment from Depot Lane to Myers Lane so they can start paving the 5.6 miles from Little Butter Creek Junction to Sand Hallow Road. The crew will start this paving project after the Memorial Day holi day. Permits - Reviewed and signed a permit with CenturyTel on Ella Road and an approach permit from Baarstad’s General Contracting for an approach onto Willow Creek Road for the new Mental Health Fa cility across from the Wil low Creek Terrace Assisted Living facility. Opened bids for a low boy trailer and a truck to pull the trailer. Only one bid was received. On the Road Department’s recommendation the court accepted the bid submitted by Ted Britt Logging for a 2006 low boy trailer in the amount of $60,000 and for a 2008 Kenworth truck with 4,280 miles on it for $115,000. The court conduct ed the following business: Reviewed a request from the City of Irrigon for an extension of their Needs and Issues award, with the remaining funds in the amount of $ 1,440 to be used to pave the entrance to the recycling center. The court approved the request, with the condition that all funds be used no later than De cember 31,2009 and no ad ditional extension allowed; Signed a Subdivision Plat; Approved the appointment of Nancy Gorham to the Fair Board; Reviewed race commitment letters from t Foundations Classes being offered at the Boardman DHS Office on June 19 and 20, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. This is a free class. Register I by calling 541-481-9482, ext. 224. You can help give a child) ren) a chance for a brighter future.
