SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 14, 2009
A view from the hill
By Boris Brosnan
iff
The residents at
Willow Creek Terrace w ho
have youthful viewpoints
saw an opportunity for
some laughter and frivolity
on September 30, Chew ing
Gum Day, and only hesitat
ed briefly before popping
wads of bubble gum into
their mouths. More than
one playful person admit
ted to not chewing bubble
gum for many, many years,
since being teenagers, but
that didn't stop them from
working those jaws until
they were able to produce
somew hat pliable wads and
attempt to blow bubbles.
Amid lots of laughter some
bubbles did result, some as
big as about four inches in
diameter, proof again from
the Hill that there is no
age restrictions on fun for
the sake of fun. More than
one participant had sore
jaws later.
The next day, resi
dents were able to greet a
new neighbor. Vi Oliver
moved into an apartment
from her previous home
in Heppner and is surely
learning quickly about the
opportunities for light
hearted fun, as well as
educational, entertaining,
and inspirational activities
at the Terrace.
Fitting into those
categories this month have
been activities that cel-
ebrated Guardian Angel
Day and World Smile Day,
as well as Fire Prevention
Week and National Carry-
a-Tune Week, and favor
ites for obvious reasons,
National Angel Food Cake
Day and National Sausage
Pizza Day.
R e s id e n ts w ill
have more celebrations
through October that will
feature food, fun, serious
conversations, and fright.
National Face-Your-Fears
Day (13th), Grouch Day
( 15,h), Chocolate Cupcake
Day ( 18th), Evaluate-Your-
Life Day (19,h), Boston
Cream Pie Day (23rd) iden
tify a few of those. And the
Halloween month features
“Super Heroes” this year.
R e s id e n ts w ill
welcome pre-school chil
dren on the 27lh and invite
them to choose pumpkins
from the Terrace garden
that they can then paint.
The staff will dress as their
favorite heroes on Hal
loween. And many of the
residents will be eager to
welcome trick-or-treaters
that evening from 4 to 9.
Maybe the parlor will be
full of super heroes large
and small that evening,
so the ghouls and ghosts
might have a formidable
challenge to their spooki
ness. And a guarantee has
been issued: The Great
Pumpkin will appear! Ab
solutely a sure thing, guar
anteed.
The rest o f the
harvest from the garden
has been preserved for the
months ahead, and plans
are already in the making
for next year’s garden. The
garden has been a great ad
dition to life on the Hill, ac
cording to several staff and
residents. Many friends
and relatives have also
continued to share their
garden produce, so the Ter
race community thanks the
Meligans, Debbie Warren,
Bill Boyd, the Wunder-
lichs, the A1 Osmins, the
Gateses, and Daisy Collins.
And the baked goods that
Floss Watkins has brought
have complemented the
menus nicely.
A new addition to
the monthly picture at the
Terrace will be Mrs. Beth
Dickenson's Heppner High
School class that plans to
visit once a month, with
various activities in mind.
Something the residents
will look forward to.
They also look
forward to a special event
on the last day of October.
Dick and Virginia Wilkin
son will be celebrating
59 years of marriage, and
that is a success that the
residents view with admi
ration.
Morrow County proposes amending zoning ordinance
The M orrow
County Planning Com
mission has held the first
o f two public hearings
to consider amendments
to the M orrow County
Zoning Ordinance and the
second is scheduled for
Tuesday, October 27, at 7
p.m. The meeting will be
held at the Morrow County
School District Building
in Lexington in the board
room.
A c c o r d i n g to
Planning Director Carla
McLane, this will be the
second chance for Mor
row' County residents to
comment on the draft pro
visions.
The pr oposed
amendments affect Article
1, Introductory Provisions,
Article 2, Establishment
of
Zones, and Article
4, Supplem entary Pro
visions, Section 4.130,
Manufactured Home or
Recreational Ve
hicle Authorized as Tem
porary Residence for Care
of a Relative in Conjunc
tion with Existing Resi
dential Use. According to
McLane, changes to Or
egon State provisions and
requirem ents prompted
these amendments. How
ever, planning department
staff are also taking this
opportunity to correct any
inconsistencies and gram-
matical and typographical faced with removing hard
errors that may acciden ship dwellings, which are
tally have been introduced second dwellings placed
into the affected provisions on a piece o f property
over time.
to provide housing for a
The change will caregiver for a resident re
add definitions for the quiring close-at-hand care.
terms ‘tax lot’ and ‘parcel’ The ordinance currently re
to Article I; add the new quires that hardship dwell
zoning designations that ings be removed within
were approved earlier to 60 days after they are no
Article 2; and update the longer needed. The revised
language in Article 4, Sec ordinance would allow an
tion 4.130 to allow the additional 30 days, for a
planning director to make total of 90 days, to remove
permit renewal decisions a hardship dwelling. The
and to meet state require revision also aligns the or
ments for approving hard dinance more closely with
ship variances.
state requirements for ap
Associate Planner proving hardship dwellings
Lori Timmons explained in Exclusive Farm Use and
that adding definitions for Forest Use zones.
the terms ‘tax lot’ and ‘par
Building on the
cel’ to the ordinance will discussion from the Sep
eliminate confusion when tember 29 public hearing,
the terms are used in future the Planning C om m is
land-use actions.
sion looks forward to the
The c o u n t y is second hearing and addi
seeking to update Article 2 tional comment from the
primarily to include in the citizens of Morrow County.
List of Established Zones At the conclusion of the
the zoning designations ap second Planning Commis
proved by the county in the sion hearings, the Planning
last few years. These zones Commission can choose to
are the “Resource Related hold a third public hearing
Industrial Zone (RR1),” or forward the amendments
“Tourist Commercial Zone to the County Court for
(TC),” “ Rural Light In final adoption. The County
dustrial Zone (RLI),” and Court hearing is tentatively
“Speedway Limited Use scheduled for December
Overlay Zone (SO).”
2009.
Section 4.130 of
Copies of the staff
Article 4 is being revised to report for the proposed
ease the burden on families amendments and copies of
draft amendments will be
available at the Planning
Department.
For more infor
mation, please contact the
Morrow County Planning
Department at 541-922-
4624 or 541-676-9061 ex
tension 5503 or send an e-
mail message to mcurry@
co.morrow.or.us.
IONE ^
CARDINAL BOOSTER CLUB
Date: Saturday, October 24,2009
Location: lone Legion Hall
No host social hour: 4:00 pm
Dinner served: 5:00 pm
Cost: $10 per person
The 1st annual hall of fame dinner will see inductees
from 1922 to 1960-A total of 51 inductees
Come help celebrate this wonderful
event and honor our hall of fame
Please RSVP dinner reservations to
Betty Gray (541) 422-7335 by October 2 0,2009
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Wolff, Meyer
named Commend
ed Students
Ashley Wolff and
Julia Meyer o f Heppner
High School were recently
named Commended Stu
dents in the 2010 National
M erit Scholarship Pro
gram.
Commended Stu
dents placed among the top
five percent of more than
1.5 million students who
entered the 2010 competi
tion by taking the 2008
Preliminary SAT/National
Merit Scholarship Qualify
ing Test (PSAT/NMSQT).
HHS class of 1999 to hold reunion
Pictured are member* of the Heppner High School class of 1999: First row (L-R) - Christy
Kenny, Shane Matheny, Brooke Boyer-Kates, Derek Gunderson, Jaci Hughes, and Sarah
Monahan. Second row (L-R)-Travis Winters, Heather Davis Hendricks, Sarah Greif Skroch,
Audra Bunch Huntington, Brooke Sweeney, Jill Barber-Greenup, and David Bates. Third
row (L-R) - Royal Robinson, Janelle Healy, Kristi Worden-McNamee, Kathleen Greenup-
Albitre, Travis Judd, and Dusty Rollis. Fourth row (L-R) - Bias Elguezabal, Riley Tingue,
Julie Watkins, Casey Evans, Jessica Maben-Roy, Bobbie Rankin-Bates, Brian Knowles, Tim
Dickenson, and Jared Eckman. -Contributed Photo
The Heppner High School class of 1999 will hold its 10 year class reunion on
Saturday, November 7, at 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge.
A steak dinner will be served. The cost is $25 per person and kids are free.
Weather permitting, possible options of bow ling or golfing w ill be available
earlier in the day on November 7.
Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP and send a check to Janelle Healy
at 645 Hager Street, Heppner, OR 97836 by October 25.
For more information contact Jaci Hughes at hughesjaci@yahoo.com.
Morrow County Court weekly meeting held
The M orrow
County Court met on Oc
tober 7 in Heppner with
Judge Tallman, Commis
sion Grieb and Commis
sioner Rea in attendance.
Following is a summary
of the meeting provided by
Leann Rea.
The court r e
viewed and approved ac
counts payable and 4-H
photography prem ium s
for a total of $201,962.51.
Also reviewed the pooled
cash report provided by the
treasurer.
Health D epart
ment: Heard a status report
regarding the H INI (swine
flu). Statistics from Uma
tilla and Morrow Counties
and the State of Oregon
for the regular flu and the
H1N1 flu were reviewed.
R oad D e p a r t
ment: The crew has been
working on the Spring Hol
low Road between Rhea
Creek Road and Toll Rock
Road. The road needed to
be shaped, as it has been
cut down for several years
and was below ground
level, causing w ater to
stand in the road way. The
crew is putting rock on the
top to raise the grade. This
road is not a high priority.
However, it does serve a
couple of ranches who haul
cattle into pasture each
spring. Hopefully, this will
improve the condition of
the road enough to make it
more serviceable.
G r a d in g : T he
crew is grading the 21
Road, the Blake Ranch
Road, Rhea C reek and
Sanford Road as well as in
the Alpine area.
Cutsforth Pond:
This project is almost com
plete. Currently the crew is
building the main overflow
system. This should take
care of the pond’s needs
with limited or no main
tenance in the future. The
crew hopes to be able to
have this pond finished
and full by spring so the
pond can be stocked with
fish and be back in service
for fishermen next summer.
Cutsforth Park was full
the first weekend of deer
season. There are 11 new
campsites in the Van Win
kle Section of the park. The
crew began working on this
project 10 years ago. The
sites are now ready for use.
HHS Volleyball
Schedule
Oct. 15 - Irrigon at home
(A/B/C), 6 p.m.
(Jet. 17 - 4-way Union/Ent.
at Stanfield (A/B/C), noon
Oct. 22 - at Pilot Rock
(A/B/C), 6 p.m.
Oct. 24 - 4-way WM/Elgin
at Elgin (A), noon
Oct. 27 - Stanfield at home
(A/B/C), 6 p.m.
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Will continue attempting
to secure some funding
to get power and water to
these sites though grant
sources. Until that can be
achieved these new sites
will be dry camp sites. In
dividuals are beginning to
use the new cabins. These
are a welcome addition to
the park.
B u n k e r Hi l l
Road: The crew will be
starting some work with re
claim asphalt, w eather per
mitting, in the next week or
so. The Bunker Hill road
from Clarks Canyon to
the top at the intersection
of Meadow Brook Road
is the planned work area.
This section of the road is
fairly steep and is hard to
maintain as a gravel road.
Sheriff’s Depart
ment: Heppner, lone and
Lexington areas - Five hour
search for an individual that
was thought to be suicidal.
Subject located in Penland
Lake area. Responded to
a single vehicle roli over
where an individual was
entrapped in vehicle. Mul
tiple agencies responded.
Irrigon area - Responded
to a complaint at the Skate
Park, a burglary and home
intrusion, and a boat with a
motor that would not start
and was stuck in the Co
lumbia River. A Good Sa
maritan towed the boat to
the Irrigon Marina. Board-
man area - Received a call
from Deschutes County
regarding a female being
held by a male with a gun
to her head. This call turned
out to be a false alarm. The
female was delusional and
had been drinking. Located
and assisted a boater back
to land. A call was received
from a woman regarding a
possible suicide. Located
and arrested the potential
suicidal victim in the Lex
ington area for possession
of a firearm and carrying a
concealed weapon. A call
was received regarding a
two vehicle accident on
Three Mile Road. Power
lines were down, but still
activated. Several agencies
responded to the accident.
The court was told that
there has been a lot of inter
est shown from the ad on
Ebay for the used Dodge
Charger. Once this vehicle
is sold, the court will need
to decide what type o f
vehicle to purchase for the
car pool with the proceeds
from the sale. The court au
thorized a $3,000 increase
to the Visa Credit Line for
the Sheriff’s Department.
Planning Depart
ment: The court reviewed
information regarding the
Cascade Crossing Trans
m ission Project. There
will be an open house held
on November 10 from 4
to 8 p.m. at the Port o f
Morrow in Boardman to
discuss routing options.
The court approved and
Intergovernmental Agree
ment (IGA) between the
State of Oregon, acting by
and through its Department
o f Energy and Morrow
County. This IGA will al
low for reimbursement of
county expenses related to
the site of various energy
related projects i.e. Idaho
Power, Saddle Butte, and
Carty Project. The IGA
covers the time frame of
July 1, 2009 to June 30,
2011. Reviewed and ap
proved a grant application
from the Department of
Land Conservation and
Development for various
projects in the Planning
Office.
City of Heppner:
The mayor and city man
ager along with several
business people from the
city spoke with the court
regarding the property on
May Street. They were
requesting that the county
provide some assistance
with some the work that
needs to be done to create
a parking lot for the use
o f the city and overflow
parking for the county.
The court asked that the
city do some more research
regarding the acquisition of
the property, the condition
o f the materials that will
need to be removed and
come back to the court
with their findings. The
reservoir #4 was also dis
cussed. The city is propos
ing to sell the reservoir.
However, the reservoir is
located on county prop
erty. The county assessor,
county surveyor and plan
ning director w ill meet and
research various matters
regarding this matter.
Reviewed various
correspondences and meet
ing notices.
HHS Football Schedule
Oct. 16 - Pilot Rock at Home, 7 p.m.
Oct. 23 - Irrigon at Home, 7 p.m.
Oct. 30 - Weston McEwen at Athena, 7 p.m.
lone High School Football Schedule
Oct. 16-Arlington at lone, 7 p.m.
Oct. 23 - Nixyaawii at lone, 7 p.m.
Oct. 30 - Echo at lone, 7 p.m.
lone Volleyball Schedule
Oct. 16 - Arlington (V/J V) at home, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 17 -(V /JV ) in Echo, 1 p.m.
Oct. 24 - Dufur Tournament (V) in Dufur, 9 a.m.
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