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
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session o f methamphet-
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amine, a Class C felony,
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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
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conditions, and pay $673
in fines, fees and assess
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-Leslie Lee Thomp
son, 47, was convicted
of harassment, a Class B
misdemeanor, and was sen
tenced to 90 days incar
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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
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and your heart - to a child in
need. If you have an interest
in helping a child)ren) in
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need, consider attending the
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Foster and Adoptive Parent
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Chia Chiller
Serving Heppner, Lexington i lone
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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
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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.