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
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His song “Black-
beard, Bluebeard, and Red-
beard” was voted Best Chil
dren’s Song by the interna
tional music organization
Just Plain Folks for their
2006 awards and his video
for “Snow Day” was shown
on Fox & Friends.
In 2007 and 2008,
Eric was presented with
ASCAP Plus awards for his
substantial contributions to
children’s music media.
The program is free
and open to everyone.
A&H grant funds elk habitat
improvement projects in Blue
Mountains region
Morrow County Court weekly meeting held
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on July 8 in
Irrigon with Judge Tallman
and Commissioner Rea in
attendance. Following is a
summary o f those meeting
provided by Leann Rea.
The court approved
the minutes o f June 24.
The court reviewed
and approved accounts pay
able, SAIF premium pre
payment, retirement taxes
and payroll in the amount
of $391,269.81.
The July 1 road re
port is as follows: Juniper
Lane: Finished paving for
the year, ended up with 1.3
miles yet to pave. Patched
pot holes and made shoul
der repairs on the balance
o f the road. Patched pot
holes on the Ione-Board-
man Road, Ella Road, and
in the Boardman areas on
C olum bia A venue, Rip-
pee Road and Root Lane.
Myers Lane: Added more
shoulder rock along M y
ers Lane where the recent
paving was done. Road
Grading: Cecil Road (re
paired washouts), Fairview
Lane (cleaned ditches and
repaired shoulders from
washout). Sunflower Flat
Road (prep work for dust
abatement), and Strawberry
Lane (repaired washouts).
Repaired alkali blowouts
on Alpine Lane, Grieb Lane
and Campbell Road. Con
ducted culvert cleaning on
Fairview Lane, Cecil Road,
Palmateer Road and Four-
mile Canyon Road. Dust
Abatement: The crew has
Summer reading and live music
to be held at Heppner library
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P ralines and
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$ 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-
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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-
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These students are
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