Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Morrow County Court
weekly meetings held
lone students take four
day camping field trip
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on September
23 in Heppner with Judge
Tallman. Commission Grieb
and Commissioner Rea in
attendance. Following is
a summary of the meeting
provided by Leann Rea.
The court approved
the minutes of September 9
and September 15, 2009.
The court reviewed
and approved accounts pay
able. Open Class, 4-H and
FFA Premiums for a total of
$99,923.48.
Road Report
Morter Lane: The
application o f the dust
abatement/road stabiliza
tion product was completed
on September 9. Since this
is an experimental project,
the county w ill be monitor
ing the road condition over
the next few years.
Paint Striping: Fin
ished the paint striping for
Baker County on September
3. Started striping for Uma
tilla County on September
16 and should finish around
the first week of October.
When the Umatilla County
project is completed that
will finish up the paint strip
ing for this year.
C u tsfo rth Park:
Continuing with the pond
repairs at the park, as w ell
as replacing the retaining
wall and sidewalks for the
handi-cap access area to
the pond.
Miscellaneous: Re
paired alkali blowouts and
thin spots on Rietmann
Lane, Elmer Griffith Road,
Johnson Grade Road, Pip
er Canyon Road, Nichols
Lane, and Cutsforth Road.
The crew is currently work
ing in the Campbell Road
area.
R oad C an y o n
Road/Board Creek Road:
Finished hauling 1 '/C’ rock
on these roads and a short
piece of Toll Rock Road.
Now that we are done haul
ing over these roads the
crew is currently tight blad
ing and rolling them.
Awards
The court heard
that Bill Morris and Jay
Papineau attended the skills
demo competition in Rose-
burg last week. Jay Papineau
placed second in the Loader
and Grader competition,
and third in the Top Gun
event, this is only one place
away from an all expense
paid trip to Colorado for
the National Competition.
There were approximately
120 individuals competing
for these awards.
City of lone
Approved a request
from the city to purchase
some gravel for the road
work in the new Emert
Addition. The city will be
responsible for the loading,
hauling and weighing the
rock. This is not something
the county usually does, but
the city had exhausted other
sources, so the request was
granted with the statement
that this is a one time occur
rence. The rock will come
from the Brenner Canyon
Stock Pile Site.
GPS Work
The department is
continuing with the GPS
m apping project. When
completed all of the coun
ty roads, culverts, cattle
guards and road signage
will be denoted.
Paving
A contract has been
awarded to Crestline Pav
ing out of The Dal les for the
paving project (2.3 miles)
on Upper Rhea Creek Road.
This project is being paid
for w ith stimulus funds.
Permits
Approved applica
tion #139 for Rex Nielson
& Rhonda Hanby on Es-
tergaard Road. Approved
permit #DEGL for Matthew
& Doris Doherty to place a
pipe under the lone Board-
man Road.
Hazardous Waste Event
T he h o u s e h o ld
hazardous Waste Event held
Sept. 12,h and 13,h. There
were 36 participants at the
Lexington area site col
lecting a total of 7,916 lbs.
There were 26 participants
at the Boardman area site
collecting a total of 2,516
lbs. A household hazardous
Waste Event was also held
on May 9 at the Boardman
area site with 42 partici
pants, collecting a total of
4.73 tons. Some of the items
collected were pesticide
wastes, acids, ammonia,
paint, aerosols, flammable
liquids, corrosive liquids,
mercury etc. In 2007 a total
of 5.26 tons was collected
from 39 participants, in
2008 a total of 4.83 tons
was collected from 59 par
ticipants. In 2009 a total
of 9.94 tons was collected
from 104 participants.
The court conducted the
following business:
R e v ie w e d and
awarded to Blue M oun
tain Construction Services,
a contract for the camp
ground Restrooms/Shower
Project at the OHV Park.
This construction is funded
through a county Opportu
nity Grant; Reviewed and
approved an extension of
time (December 31, 2010)
for an award to the Mor
row County Health District
through the Needs & Issues
process. The funds were
to be used for the reno
vations of the restrooms
at the Pioneer Memorial
Clinic in Heppner to make
them ADA accessible. The
District recently advertised
this project, but did not
receive any bids for the
project, thus the request;
Reviewed a progress report
for repairs and work to the
Morrow County Columbia
River Heritage Trail and
authorized the payment of
said repairs; Approved a
request from the sheriff's
departm ent to allow an
employee to “work out of
class” for approximately
four to six weeks; Approved
a request to allow the sher
iff’s department to exceed
the credit limit on their
credit card for a time not to
exceed 10 days. Due to the
recent search and rescue
efforts to locate the lost
fishermen in the Colum
bia River, the Department
incurred additional costs;
Reviewed and approved a
request to replace the four
batteries for the courthouse
back-up system; Appointed
Barb Huwe for one term
to the Irrigon Position and
Tom Wolff as a temporary
for the At Large Position for
the Needs and Issue Com
mittee; Reviewed the infor
mation provided by Asso
ciation of Oregon Counties
for protocol should the
county experience a HIN 1
epidemic; Miscellaneous
correspondences and no
tices of upcoming meeting
were reviewed.
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on September
30 in Heppner with Judge
Tallman, Commission Grieb
and Commissioner Rea in
attendance. Following is
a summary of the meeting
provided by Leann Rea.
The court approved
the minutes of September
23.
The court review ed
and approved accounts pay
able, pay roll payables, four
addition invoices for new
vehicles for the sheriff’s
office and one additional
invoice for a CDL physical
reimbursement for a total
amount of $ 174,743.96.
The court normally
does not meet on a fifth
Wednesday, however, de
cided to hold a special plan
ning meeting. The court
met with representatives
from the following depart
ments: District Attorney,
Commission on Children
& Families, Fair Board,
C ounty C lerk, Special
Transportation, Treasurer,
Veteran Department, Plan
ning Department, Public
Works, Assessor, Finance
Department and the Emer
gency Management Depart
ment. A meeting with the
other departments will be
scheduled as time allows.
The purpose of these meet
ings was to see if they had
any special needs in their
respective offices that the
court could or should ad
dress. Also requested that
they look ahead to see w hat
their needs and plans are
for the next five years. The
court felt the day was well
spent and want to thank
everyone for their partici
pation.
Permits
The following per
mits were reviewed and
approved on the recom
mendation of the Road De
partment; CenturyTel for a
road crossing in the area of
Bergstrom Road and Liber
ty School Road; Columbia
Basin for the installation
of an underground electric
line in the vicinity ofTumer
Road and Lovgren Road.
Road Department
Heard a report re
garding the repair work
being done at the Cutsforth
Pond. The design for an
overflow system has been
completed and installation
will occur as time allows.
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The n atu ral re
source and horticulture
classes o f Dale Holland
and Erin Fleideman took a
four day camping field trip
through the south central re
gion ofOregon Sept. 19-22.
The trip was made possible
by a grant from Dr. Michael
Cummings, the department
head of geology at Portland
State University.
“Even though we
had “class’ for 15 hours a
day and it w as exhausting,”
said sophomore Zac Orem.
“ I learned more on this
trip than I ever would in a
classroom!”
Students were able
to hike to the top of cinder
cone volcanoes, army-man
crawl to the end of caves
and explore the unique
geographical features of
Oregon. The group started
out from lone and traveling
through the John Day and
Burns area before finding
their way to Christmas Val
ley and investigate places
like Fort Rock, Crack in the
Ground and Glass Buttes.
The group of 27 students
and six chaperons were
hosted by North Lake High
School on one night for
showers and to sleep on
their gym floor. The group
also visited the lava cast
forest, lava caves, Paulina
Lake and Obsidian Flow.
At each stop stu
dents were responsible for
keeping a log of what they
learned and the geological
texture of the area and be
prepared with a full report
Top Photo: back row - Jeremy Coleman. Vanessa Zilliani. Kyle
Clause, Kevin LaKue, and Matt Hams. Middle row - Jordan
Peterson, Stefani Archer, Shannon Metcalf. Mary Rietmann.
and Sarah Stillman. Front row - Mary McF.lligott. Tyree Svet-
ich. and Makenna Ramos.
Bottom Photo: Members of the Natural Resource and Horti
culture class at lone High School enjoy the view from the top
of an obsidian How that occurred 12.000 years ago. The group
went on a four-day camping field trip with their teachers, Erin
Heideman and Dale Holland. -Contributed Photos
for a grade upon return.
On a typical day, the cara
van could make up to nine
stops. Additionally, students
got the chance to camp and
for some a first experience
at doing so. Students were
grouped and each group
was responsible for their
own coolers of food, tent,
sleeping bags and so on.
It was an exclusive oppor
tunity for students to gain
hands-on experience o f
the beauty and matchless
scenery of our state.
Group chaperons
included Virgil Morgan,
Keith Rea, Deacon Heide
man and Joe Orem. Eric
Orem provided the use of
his enclosed snowmobile
trailer that packed all the
gear. The group is consid
ering a trip this spring as
well.
HES announces September Students of the Month
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Heppner Elementary School recently announced the September Students of the Month. The
character trait for the month was Respect. Kindergarten - Mark Adams and Gracie Orem;
I'1-Jackson Lehman and Madelyn Nichols; 2"d- Jason Rea and Kami Holtz; 3rd - Gibson Mc-
Curry and Jacee Currin; 4,k - Coby Dougherty and Morgan Correa; 5,h - Caden Hedman and
Emily Cecil: and 6lk - Ryan Smith and Emily Rea. Contributed Photo
Missoula Children’s Theatre coming to lone
The Missoula Chil
dren’s Theatre, the nation’s
largest touring children’s
theatre, will be putting on
an original production of
The Princess and the Pea
at lone Community School
during the last week of
October. Auditions for the
production, funded by the
Morrow County Recreation
District and coordinated
through the Friends of the
Heppner Library, are open
to all lone and Heppner
Schools’ students, K-12.
Auditions will be held on
Monday, October 26, be
ginning at 3:45 p.m., with
a 3 p.m. Halloween perfor
mance slated on October
31.
The Monday audi
tions w ill be held in the lone
School Cafeteria, lasting
from 3:45 until 5:45, upon
whence time casting will
be immediate. The first
tw o-hour rehearsal will
commence directly. There
will be two shifts of two-
hour rehearsals Tuesday-
Thursday, with the first shift
running from 3:45-5:45 and
the second shift running
from 6:15-8:15. Individual
cast members will only be
asked to attend one shift
per night, and a snack w ill
be provided for the children
during the 5:45-6:4 5 break.
Friday’s rehearsals will
take place between 10 a.m.
and 2:30 p.m., and a final
rehearsal will take place
on Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. w ith a curtain
time of 3, which w ill be free
and open to the public.
Among the roles to
be cast are the Princess, the
Pea. King and Queen Size
of Riverdom, Storm King
and Queen of Glacierdom.
the Prince, the mischievous
Jack Frost, the citizens of
Riverdom and Glacierdom.
the Dust Bunnies, and some
wannabe Princesses, not to
mention some meddling
leprechauns. All lone and
Heppner students, K-12,
are encouraged to audition.
No advance preparation is
necessary . Assistant Direc
tors will also be cast to aid
in rehearsals throughout
the week and to take on
essential backstage respon
sibilities.
T h e M is s o u la
Children's Theatre touring
productions are complete
with costum es, scenery,
props, and makeup. All
that the community needs
to provide is willing and
enthusiastic student-actors
and actresses.
For more informa
tion, contact Becky Wagen-
blast at 422-7131.
Heppner Christian Church to host Gendron as guest speaker
Heppner Christian
Church invites the com
munity to hear speaker
Mike Gendron on Sunday,
October 18, at 9:30 and
10:45 a.m.
G endron is the
founder o f Proclaim ing
Gospel Ministries which
was established in 1991 to
serve and glorify the Lord
Jesus Christ by equipping
and encouraging Christians
to proclaim the Gospel
clearly, faithfully and ef
fectively. The ministry also
exposes the fatal errors
o f Roman C atholicism .
Islam and apostate Chris
tianity, along with other
faith movements such as
the emerging church, pur
pose driven church and the
church growth movement.
Gendron has taught the
students and faculty at The
M aster’s Seminary. Dal
las Theological Seminary.
Moody Bible and Tyndale
Theological Seminary. He
is the author of Preparing
Catholics for Eternity as
well as other works. Since
graduating from Dallas
Theological Seminary in
1991, he has conducted
short-term mission trips
and taught in hundreds of
churches throughout the
world.