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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 15,2009 - THREE HES second graders visit county courthouse On May 29th, Hep pner Elem entary School second graders took a walk ing field trip to the Morrow County Courthouse. P a s s p o rts d e sig n ed by K aren W olff were stamped at each of fice they visited. Students were able to “vote” for their favorite treat in the county clerk’s office, discuss with Judge Terry Tallman and Commissioner Ken Grieb about their weekly meeting agendas, and wear special glasses to demonstrate the effects of alcohol and drugs in District Attorney Eliza beth Ballard’s group. Maps were viewed in the asses sor’s office, the vault and ledgers were shown to stu dents in the treasurer’s of fice, and circuit court shared their job duties with each group. Students were also able to sit in the jury boxes, the jury room, and viewing some historical records in the clerk’s office. Adults as well as students learned a great deal about the court house and our county offices. All agreed that the air condi tioning was a big plus on the day o f the field trip. Some groups of the On Friday, July 17, Eric H erm an M usic will be at the OTLD Heppner branch library at 4 p.m. w ith lots o f music, comedy and fun for kids and families. Eric Herman per form s concerts and pro gram s to kids across the co u n try . H is m usic has been heard nationally on PBS Kids, XM Radio and S irius and his video for “ The Elephant Song" is one o f the most popular of all children’s music videos with over 3 million views Top Photo: Heppner Elemen tary School second graders. Middle Photo: Pictured left to right are Keegan Gibbs, Zach Bredfield, Braden Linnell, Antonio Matthew, Leo Waite, and Dakota Howard. Bottom Photo: Zach Bredfield votes for his favorite treat on a ballot in the clerk's office. -Contributed Photos second graders continued their field trip to the city library to learn about the summer reading program, visited H o w e’s Pizza to see first-hand, how a pizza was made from basic flour to the delicious end of tast ing pepperoni pizza. But terflies that were hatched in the classroom were also released at the feed store. Large newly remodeled home in Heppner been watering, grading and rolling on the Sunflower Flat Road and East o f Mor phine Lane in preparation for the dust abatement to be applied July 1. Road Sweeping: The crew has finished sweeping on Wil low Creek Road, Coalmine Hill and Balm Fork Road, currently working on Sand Hallow Road. The July 8 road report is as follows: Myers Lane: Continue working on shoulder rock with a blade truck and broom . Depot Lane: Started on Depot Lane with road grader pull ing up shoulders to new asphalt. When completed on Myers Lane the truck will move to Depot Lane to finish up the shoulder work. Road Grading: Have been working on East o f Mor phine Lane, the 2128 Road, Sunflower Flat Road and Penland Lake Road. Cattle Guards: Removed a cattle guard on the 2128 road, installed cattle guards on the 2039 road and on Board Creek Road. Bridge and Culvert Work: In stalled gabion baskets to bridge approach on Mead ow Brook Road and a cattle guard on Clarks Canyon Road. Road Sweeping: Finished sweeping on Sand Hollow, Little Butter Creek and Big Butter Creek, con tinuing sweeping on Myers Lane in conjunction with the shoulder work. Dust Abatement: Finished with the dust abatement appli cation East o f M orphine Lane. K en M a tla c k , County Sheriff, reported on the follow ing: Stated that the contract for jail beds has expired and that he is working on some new language to reflect the cur rent practices, rather than renew the old co n tract; Reported on concerns with job titles and pay grades; Reported on having a prob lem with individuals camp ing on some of the islands in the Columbia River. All islands except Sand Island is off limits for a variety o f reasons; Reported on a problem with vandalism at the Irrigon Marina. L in d a S k e n d z e l introduced herself to the court and gave a brief re port on her recent training classes. Skendzel is the new V eteran’s A dm inistration person for the county, she is in the VA office two days a week and also works part time as an assistant for the court clerk in Irrigon office. She reported that while the training was very informa tive, it also made her aware o f how much more training is needed. Elizabeth Ballard, D .A . and P atty M aness spoke with the court regard ing security issues for the D.A.’s office and the Circuit Court office. Ms Ballard is to follow up with county council to determ ine the best was to proceed tow ards im proving the safety o f those two offices. The court conduct ed the following business: Reviewed a drawing o f the proposed sewer construc tion crossing on W illow Creek Road; Approved the expenditure o f $1,855 to replace and repair signage for the C olum bia R iver Heritage Trail; Approved a resolution for an Interfund Loan from the G en eral Fund to the CSEPP Fund in the amount o f $60,000; Approved an O rder Des ignating Newspaper (Hep pner Gazette) as the official paper for publishing fore closure list for the M or 50 % Off selected You have to see this home inside. Complete ly remodeled including new kitchen counters, corpeting and d com pletely redone base ment. 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The court reviewed and approved accounts pay able, SAIF premium pre payment, retirement taxes and payroll in the amount of $391,269.81. The July 1 road re port is as follows: Juniper Lane: Finished paving for the year, ended up with 1.3 miles yet to pave. Patched pot holes and made shoul der repairs on the balance o f the road. Patched pot holes on the Ione-Board- man Road, Ella Road, and in the Boardman areas on C olum bia A venue, Rip- pee Road and Root Lane. Myers Lane: Added more shoulder rock along M y ers Lane where the recent paving was done. Road Grading: Cecil Road (re paired washouts), Fairview Lane (cleaned ditches and repaired shoulders from washout). Sunflower Flat Road (prep work for dust abatement), and Strawberry Lane (repaired washouts). Repaired alkali blowouts on Alpine Lane, Grieb Lane and Campbell Road. Con ducted culvert cleaning on Fairview Lane, Cecil Road, Palmateer Road and Four- mile Canyon Road. Dust Abatement: The crew has Summer reading and live music to be held at Heppner library YanKee candies and jewelry Inquire at front counter Kona M ocha Frappe 16 oz. $3.00 P ralines and Crem e 16 oz. $ 2.25 W edding T ables M a d iso n B a ile y & Je re m y R o se n k a lm yon (Baker and W allowa counties) - W ild lif e h a b i tat improvement on Dow Ranches property (Crook County) -Juniper control to enhance big game habitat in Murderers Creek Basin (Grant County) -W ildlife h ab itat im provem ent on K astor R anch p ro p e rty (C ro o k County) -W ild life fo rag e enhancem ent in O w sley Canyon (Union County) -Prescribed fire to im prove habitat in Trail Creek/Stickes area (Baker County) -N o x io u s w e e d co n tro l in the W allow a Canyonlands (Wallowa and Union counties) -Prescribed fire to im prove w ildlife habitat in W oodtick/Burnt River (Baker County) The A&H Program is funded by a $2 surcharge on hunting licenses. Funds raised by the program are distributed through grants to individual and corporate landowners, hunter orga nizations, and others for cooperative wildlife habitat im provem ent and hunter access projects throughout the state. For information on the A&H Program call pro gram staff at 503-947-6087 or visit the web site at www. dfw.state.or.us/AH/. Carlson to compete in Miss International 2009 sity (OHSU). Her research in the vascular surgery de partment has recently been accepted for pub lication later this year. She also holds a position on the Carlson Alumni Association graduated as vale executive council dictorian from Grant for OHSU, and en High school in Port joys event planning land. She has earned Jessica for the university’s a bachelor’s degree Carlson a lu m n i and s tu in biology from the dents. honors co lleg e at Carlson enjoys be Portland State University and a m aster’s degree in ing involved with the school biology also at Portland o f medicine and has helped State University. She has organize such events as the conducted research with the annual phonathon. head and Naval M edical Research neck cancer screening day, Center in collaboration w ith holiday adopt a family, and the National Institutes of m edical specialty speed dating. She has previously Health in Bethesda, MD. In 2005, Carlson served on the board of di held the title o f Miss Or rectors for Portland Metro egon USA, and competed Performing Arts, and has in the Miss USA pageant in seven years o f extensive Baltimore, MD sponsored volunteer work with Cas by D on ald T rum p. She cade AIDS project. She has had the honor o f singing performed in professional the National Anthem at a theater and musical theater Baltimore Orioles game as as an actress, singer and well as a Portland Trailblaz- dancer. Carlson has had an ers game. Carlson is current extensive modeling career ly is a third year medical in both print and runway student and the president of fashion. She is currently be the class of 2 0 11 at Oregon ing featured in an article in Health and Science Univer the OHSU Alumni Associa Je ssic a C a rlso n , daughter o f Fred Carlson o f Heppner, was recently crow ned Miss Or egon International 2009. tion’s Bridges magazine. Jessica is thrilled to hold the title o f M iss Oregon International 2009. During her year, she plans to continue her platform work: prom oting cardio vascular health in women. As heart disease is the num ber one cause o f death in women, she will continue her education and outreach projects, including w ork with the Am erican Heart A ssociation, OHSU, and other organizations around her community. Research has been and continues to be a large part o f Carlson’s life. She will also continue to aid in fundraising efforts, to continue research that can save the lives o f heart attack and stroke victims, and provide support to their family and friends. C a rls o n w ill be competing for the title o f Miss International 2009 in Chicago on July 25. You can vote for her online at www. miss-international.us (click on “the contestants” ). To le a r n m o re about Jessica visit her blog at http://ww w.jessicacarl- son m isso reg o n .b lo g sp o t. com ICES searching for host families S a tu rd a y, A u g u st 2Q tli ^ Ml W M 'A DilUfl INC 17 North Main • Happnar • Phona 67S-9158 • Floral 676 - 942 « Happnar• Serving Heppner Lexington A lone row County Tax Collector; Reviewed and authorized Judge Tallm an to sign a letter appointing Commu nity Counseling Solutions (CCS) to be the financial assistant administrator for services provide by CCS; Authorized an agreement betw een the county and RSVP o f Eastern Oregon; R eview ed and approved a S tra te g ic In v e stm e n t Program (SIP) agreement betw een the county and Shepherds Flat Wind Farm; H eard a report from the Planning D epartm ent re garding a new water master for the Condon office and a report on the Envenergy Dedication Ceremony. The court was re m inded o f the Port/C ity (Boardman)/County meet ing scheduled for later in the day, also discussed other upcoming events. N ine e lk h ab itat improvement projects fund ed by a $100,000 Access and Habitat grant awarded to the Blue Mountains Elk Initiative are now underway on both private and public lands in seven counties in O regon’s Blue Mountains region. In addition to the $ 1 0 0 ,0 0 0 p ro v id e d by A&H, matching funds from over 20 project cooperators will total nearly $2 million. The funds will be used to improve 13,619 acres of elk habitat among these nine projects. T he 1 9 -m illio n - acre Blue Mountains region o f Oregon and Washington harbors one o f the world’s largest elk populations, es timated at more than 55,000 animals. “ Elk are im p o r tant to the Blue Mountains region— ecologically, eco nomically and culturally,” said ODFW Wildlife Habi tat Biologist Jon Paustian. “This y e a r’s projects in clude a range o f elk habitat im provem ents including weed control, juniper cut ting, prescribed fire, native shrub planting, and water development.” The projects are: -C o n tin u ed n o x ious weed control along the North Fork John Day River (Umatilla, Grant, and Mor row counties) -C ontrol o f rush skeleton weed in Hells Can- International Cul tural Exchange Services (IC ES) has openings for host families for exchange students for Heppner and lone Schools. These students are English speaking students A nyone w ish in g who wish to come to the to become a host family or United States to spend part to pick up an information or all o f the school year packet on an available ex a tte n d in g an A m erican change student can contact school. Linda Corbin at 676-5270.
