Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 14, 2009 - FIVE
Wind farm quarry & cement plant
Oregon East Symphony to
present season opening concert gets OK from planning commission
The Oregon East
Symphony will start its
2009-2010 concert season
with a very special “Fare
well to Kenneth Woods”
concert.
On Saturday, Oc
tober 24lh at 7:30pm in the
historic Vert Auditorium
(400 SW Dorion Avenue),
outgoing conductor and
music director Kenneth
Woods, will conduct the
Symphony for the last time.
World renowned pianist
James Dick will grace the
Vert stage to present Mo
zart’s Piano Concerto in
A Major # 23. Rounding
out the repertoire will be
Schumann’s’ Symphony #2
and a performance of Mo
zart’s’ Paris Symphony # 31
in D major. The concert is
sponsored by a grant from
the Kinsman Foundation of
Milwaukie.
This concert is a
celebration of the accom
plishments of Ken Woods
during his service as con
ductor and music director of
the Oregon East Symphony
from 2000 to 2009. After
relocating to Wales in 2003,
Woods maintained his con
nection to the symphony,
commuting across the At
lantic for concerts and other
events. Woods announced
his decision to pursue his
career in Europe in Octo
ber of 2008. “It wasn’t an
easy decision to make, or
to announce,” said Woods.
“1 ’ve genuinely loved every
concert and project we’ve
done throughout these nine
years, and I’ve made many
life-long friends here. But,
moving ahead is important
for all artists, and, much as
I’ll miss my friends in the
orchestra and the commu
nity, it’s time to move on
to new projects and new
challenges.”
The concert will be
followed by a reception for
Ken Woods where all sym
phony patrons are invited to
wish him well.
Tickets for the Sat
urday concert are $20/$ 16
for adults and $17/$ 13 for
seniors. Children, student
and family rates also avail
able. Tickets for both these
events are available through
the Oregon East Symphony
office (345 SW 4,h Street,
call (541) 276-0320, or
email info@ oregoneast-
symphony.org, Armchair
Books, or at the door.
OWGL to hold meeting
The Oregon Wheat
Growers League Market
ing Committee invites all
growers and interested per
sons to attend the Octo
ber Statewide Marketing
Education Series meeting
Thursday, October 15. The
meeting will be held via
video conference at loca
tions throughout the state to
provide the latest, pertinent
marketing information to
benefit all Oregon produc
ers.
This month, Dan
Steiner will present the lat
est supply and demand num
bers, and Darren Padget,
OWGL vice president will
cover current grain price
information.
Those planning to
attend are asked to RSVP
to the location you plan to
attend for the meeting to
confirm your attendance
and their participation on
the call.
Heppner football program
to host soup feed
The Heppner football program will be hosting
a soup feed tailgate party at the Heppner vs. Pilot Rock
game on Friday, October 16. Dinner w ill be served from
5 p.m. through halftime of the game. The cost will be $5
for soup, roll, dessert and drink.
Oregon wind farm could
be world’s largest
303-turbine Shepherds Flats once called
w orld’s largest ’
Editor s Note The following article ran in the
Portland Business Journal on Monday, July 2<V,
‘
The Mor
row County Plan
ning Commission
on September 29
approved a c e
ment batch plant
to be used in the
co n stru ctio n o f
the 303-turbine
Shepherds Flats
Wind Farm, once
touted as the big
gest wind farm in
the w orld, planned
for Morrow and
Gilliam Counties.
Construc
tion of the facil
ity was given the
okay by the state
on September 11 and the
construction company is
moving forward quickly on
the 909 megawatts facility.
Construction com
pany WI, Inc of Arlington
will operate the cem ent
plant on property owned by
Dana and Tonya Heideman
off Fourmile Canyon Road
near Morgan in Western
Morrow County.
At the same time
the commission approved
a quarry to supply rock for
the cement plant.
According to the
license the cement plant
will operate for no more
than 45 days. The quarry
is okayed to produce less
than 500,000 tons of rock
2008 .
and according to the con
struction company the w ind
facility development will
require 250 tons per hour
o f crushed rock, which
translates to about 10.5
trucks per hour utilizing
Fourm ile Canyon Road
and Palmateer Road. The
company is required repair
and maintain roads used in
construction of the facility.
The quarry will use
about 10 acres of ground for
the rock which will be made
into cement for the footings
of the large w ind tow ers and
for road construction on the
wind farm site.
The wind farm is
being developed by Life-
Line Development Group,
LLC of Sacramento, CA.
OWGL and OWC to
hold joint meeting
O re g o n W h eat
Grower’s League President
Jeff Newtson and OWC
Chair Chris Rauch invite
the grower community to
actively engage in the ac
tivities planned for October
19, beginning with Task
Force Recommendations
regarding the “Vision and
Next Steps for the Industry”
at 10:30 a.m., followed by
the lunch scheduled to be
gin at 11:30 a.m. The meet
ing will be held at Shilo Inn
in The Dalles.
S p e c ia l G u e s t
speakers during the lun
cheon will be: John Oades,
former director of the US
Wheat Associates office in
Portland, “The Future of
the Wheat Industry with
the Introduction o f Bio
technology”; Paulette Pyle,
Oregonians for Food and
Shelter; and Erica Hage-
dom, public affairs counsel,
“The Truth about the Tax
Packages Passed by the
Legislature.”
Those planning to
attend are asked to RSVP
your attendance to the lun
cheon so appropriate ar
rangements with the host
facility for meals and ad
equate meeting space can
be made. RSVPs should be
directed to the OWGL Of
fice a t (541)276-7330.
The Oregon Wheat
Growers League Commit
tees will meet directly fol
lowing lunch to discuss
current issues facing wheat
producers and recommend
action to be taken by the
Board.
For more informa
tion contact the OWGL
at (541) 276-7330 or the
OWC at (503) 229-6665.
The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council
gave its approval of the site of a w ind farm billed to
be the largest in the world.
The Shepherd's Flat Wind Farm, which
would span Gilliam and Morrow counties in north-
central Oregon, is proposed to have 303 wind
turbines with a peak capacity of 909 megawatts —
instantly doubling the state's current wind-generated
capacity of 889 megawatts, making it one of the
largest wind farms in the country .
“This is a tremendous day for renewable
energy in Oregon,” Michael Grainey, director of
the Oregon Department of Energy, said in a news
release. The project is being developed by Caithness
Shepherds Flat, LLC of Sacramento, Calif., which
says Shepherds Flat will be the largest single wind
farm in the world. Currently, the largest operating
wind farm in the United States is Horse Hollow in
Texas at 736 MW.
The Shepherd’s Flat project area is be
tween highways 19 and 74 on privately owned
land, about five miles southeast of Arlington. The
power output of the facility would enter the Fed
eral Columbia River Transmission System through
Bonneville Power Administration’s Slatt Substation.
Other renewable energy projects currently under
review by the Oregon Department of Energy include
the 400 MW Golden Hills Wind Farm in Sherman
County and the 143 MW Newberry Geothermal
Project in Deschutes County.
SCHOOL DISTRICT
sures is surtax on families
making $250,000 or more
a year or individuals mak
ing $125,000 or more. The
other is a corporate income
tax. Burrows said the dis
trict could lose a million
dollars if those referendums
are passed. He also said that
PERS (public employee
retirement) costs for the dis
trict could go up six percent
next year and another six
percent the following year.
Also at the meeting,
the board heard a presenta
tion on replacing the aging
and inefficient heating and
air conditioning system and
installing an ADA elevator
at Riverside High School
in Boardman. Mitch Crowe
with Absolute Engineering
told the board that costs for
a new system are estimated
in the $1.6 million range.
He said that his company is
exploring obtaining grants
and stimulus monies to help
offset some of the costs.
In other business,
the board:
-viewed a presenta
tion from Umatilla-Morrow
ESD by Eric Yolger on “El-
luminate” “an alternative
delivery learning program”
which could facilitate inter
active on-line courses.
-heard a presenta
tion by Jacque Johnson,
Sam Boardman Elementary
School principal, on the
school’s emphasis on Eng
lish language learning in all
aspects of the curriculum.
-approved revised
policy concerning criminal
records checks and fin-
Irrigon Chamber to hold luncheon
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monthly luncheon October 14 at 12 p.m. at Stokes Landing
Senior Center in Irrigon.
This month’s speaker will be one of the Morrow
County commissioners.
The cost of lunch is $6 and will be provided by
Donna Eppenbach and her staff.
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-received the fol
lowing attendance report as
of October 1: A.C. Hough
ton Elem entary (grades
k in d e rg a rte n th ro u g h
three)-265; Heppner El
ementary School (grades
K-six)-196; Heppner Jr./
Sr. High School (grades
seven-12)-224; Irrigon El
ementary School (grades
four-six)-198; Irrigon Jr./
Sr. High School (grades
seven-12)-336; Riverside
Jr./Sr. High School (grades
seven-12)-428; Sam Board-
man Elementary (grades
K-three)-324; Windy River
Elementary School (grades
four-six)-218; Morrow Ed
ucation Center (Morrow'
County School D istrict
students)-21; MEC (Uma
tilla School District )-49; for
a total of 2259.
-accepted the fol
lowing resignations: Wendy
Cannin, HHS business and
math teacher and Heppner
Junior High School head
volleyball coach; Martha
Carmona, SBE four-hour
assistant cook; Eric Keller,
IJSH assistant wrestling
coach; David Norton, HJH
head football coach; Dawn
Callow, RJH head track
coach; Kyle C arpenter,
RHS assistant baseball
coach.
-approved the fol-
lowing employment: Matt
Caldwell, HHS math and
business teacher temporary
contract.
-approved the fol
low ing extra duty contracts:
Madison Rosenbalm, HJH
.6 time assistant volley
ball coach; Megan Asun
cion, RJH .7 time assis
tant volley ball coach; Vem
Gumbert IJH head football
coach; Jason Dunten, IJSH
head wrestling coach.
-heard the follow
ing announcements: Oregon
School Board Association
fall regional meeting. Blue
Mountain Community Col
lege, October 29, 6 p.m.;
next board meeting. Mor
row Education Center, No
vember 9, 7 p.m.; Veteran's
Day holiday, November 11 ;
OSBA convention, Port
land. N ovem ber 12-15;
Thanksgiving holiday. No
vember 26, 27.
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