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HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October21,2009 -FIV E EOU offers student success scholarship E astern O regon University is offering a new scholarship program avail able to returning students w ho have not been aw arded any prior merit based schol arships from EOU. Full-tim e under graduates who have com pleted 45 credit hours at EOU in the 2008-09 aca demic year while maintain ing a minimum o f a 3.0 cumulative GPA are eligible for awards ranging from $750 to $1,500. Smalley honored at Governors’ Gold Awards Banquet Scholarships are available on an annual basis and students who meet the criteria are invited to reap ply in the spring for a total of three years. A pplications are due by November 1 for the 2009-10 academic year. Forms are available online at www.eou.edu/fao/schol2. html or at the Financial Aid Office in Inlow Hall, Room 201 at EOU. For more information call (541) Pictured is Jillian Smalley with former overnor of Oregon, Vic Ativah. -Contributed Photo 962-3550. American Legion Auxiliary monthly meeting held The monthly meeting of the Ameri can Legion Auxiliary was recently held w ith a potluck, followed by a talk form the Girls State attendee. Each year the A uxiliary sponsors a girl who has completed her ju nior year. This year the attendee was Ashley Wolff. Wolff talked o f her week at Girls State, including meet ing girls from all over Ashlev Wolff the state; learning how government works; mak across the state where a ing, passing, or vetoing veteran can get gifts for bills; how to get measures their families for Christmas on the ballot for elections; free of charge supported by and many other interesting Auxiliary units all over the points about how the gov state. ernment works. The next meeting In other business will be November 10 at plans were made to have a 6:30 p.m. in the basement of bake sale at the Artifactory the Methodist church. It w ill and getting gifts ready and be the annual Thanksgiving taken to The Dalles Veter dinner potluck. All Legion ans Home for their Christ and Auxiliary members are mas gift shop. The gift shop welcome. is at all Veteran hospitals Jillia n Sm alley, granddaughter of John and Pat Edmundson, joined her coaches and her 12 Oregon team members, who rep resented Team USA at the Special Olympics World Winter Games last Febru ary in Idaho, to be honored at the 2009 G overnors’ Gold Awards Banquet at the Convention Center in Portland. The evening event included a dinner and auc tion to raise funds for Spe cial Olympics Oregon. Jil lian, as a cross-country skier on the Oregon Delegation o f Team USA, proudly paraded across the stage to receive the “Shriver Great ness Award” named for Special Olympics founder, Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Among the eight other Governors’ Gold Re cipients was the 1977 Port land Trail Blazers NBA Championship Team. Jillian was able to speak briefly to Bill Walton while her sister Jordan asked for his auto graph. Another high point of the evening was a visit by the mascots of Oregon State University and University of Oregon. Bennie Beaver and the Oregon Duck set aside rivalries to support this special event. Special Olympics provides sports competition to athletes with intellectual and physical disabilities throughout the year. Local athletes from Umatilla and Morrow County are cur rently involved in training for the Regional Bowling Competition that will occur at the Desert Lanes Bowl ing Alley in Hermiston on November 14. Funding local pro grams is the responsibility of the local council. To help support the expenses of the bowling session the local Special Olympics program is currently selling tickets to a spaghetti dinner that will be on November 7 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Catholic Parish Hall in Hermiston. Ticket cost is $5 ($3 for children 10 and under). Anyone interested in purchasing tickets or do nating to the local program can contact Kristi Smalley at: 541-567-1546. Morrow County Court weekly meeting held The Morrow Coun ty Court met on October 14 in Irrigon with Judge Tail- man, Commission Grieb and Commissioner Rea in attendance. Following is a summary of the meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court reviewed and approved accounts payable, payroll payable and voids for a total of $65,514.38. R e v ie w e d an d signed the Collective Bar gaining A greem ent be tween Morrow County and Morrow County Employees Local 2479, and Sub-Local 002 (general employees). Reviewed and signed the C o lle c tiv e B arg ain in g Agreement between Mor row County and Morrow County Road Department, Local 2479, American Fed eration o f State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO. Both agreements became effective on July 1, 2009 and will go through June 30,2012. The primary changes to the agreements was a 3% COLA and a change in the health insur ance increasing the deduct- ible from $300 to $1,000. There will also be the estab lishment of Health Savings Accounts for all covered individuals. The insurance change will not occur until January 1,2010. The COLA will be calculated retroac tive to July 1, 2009. There was also a change which will tie mileage reimburse ment to the IRS rate. The court reviewed and approved a “Certificate of Appropriation of F unds” for the extension services which stated that the county will transfer to the OSU Extension Serv ice $26,241 each quarter for a total dis tribution of $104,964. Reviewed and ap proved a couple of agree ments and contracts for the Emergency Management Department. R e v ie w e d and signed the IGA for the dis tribution of the community service fees from the Caith ness Shepherds Flat wind farm. Reviewed various correspondences and meet ing notices. M.C. Creative Arts and Crafts to sponsor watercolor class M orrow C ounty determined. The cost will Creative Arts and Crafts depend on the number of will be sponsoring a water- people signed up. The class color class on November must be paid for by October 13 and 14. Class hours will 31 and will be somewhere be six hours on Friday and between $32 and $50. To four hours on Saturday. sign up contact Sharon at Teaching the class will be 989-8496 or Betty at 676- Mary Corp who teaches at 5546. The October meet Blue Mountain Community ing will be held on October College. A list of colors and 22 at 1 p.m. at The Stable. items needed can be ob On the agenda will be the tained by calling Sharon watercolor class and fall sale. There will be two Harrison at 989-8496. Thos planning to choices for dates for the attend are asked to sign up sale. Those planning to sell econom ic developm ent, strategic plan and to visit as soon as possible so that items are asked to attend the new housing, a community schools to get ideas from the final class cost can be meeting. recreation center, additional the students. Once in place, restaurants, and the expan the city intends to review sion of Oregon Trail Bou the Plan periodically and The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office reports levard to the west. Another measure its progress. Mayor Phillips said handling the following business: goal in the strategic plan is the adoption of an Inter he was “very pleased where August 1: -MCSO report of a dog barking all change Area Management w e’ve gotten as a governing received report of a single day in Irrigon. The caller Plan, which the city council body to make productive vehicle parked sideways in asked a deputy to check on approved last month and is decisions for our city”. He the slow lane, blocking in it because of the heat. feels the workshop was a awaiting state approval. -MCSO received Boardman. The strategic plan huge step to put the city on -MCSO received report of a possible restrain in its entirety will be made the right track. The mayor report of a large w ater leak ing order violation in Hep available for public viewing intends to bring the strate at the boat launch area pner. A deputy responded at city hall. In the coming gic plan before the council at Willow Creek Lake in and made contact with the months the city plans to for approval by the end of male who advised he was Heppner. host town hall meetings to the year. -MCSO received camping. get community input on the -MCSO arrested report that two subjects had Heriberto Pinto Ramirez, an accidental meeting in Ir 30, on an Irrigon Justice rigon without incident and For further infor- at 922-2361 or e-mail me at went their separate ways. Court warrant for Failure mation contact Amy Sandy aesandy@hotmail.com -MCSO deputy re to Pay Fine/Driving While ported someone flagged Suspended. He was cited him down to speak with him and released with $648 bail. on theft issues. -MCSO received -MCSO received report o f a possible fire report that a subject driv . Community Counseling Solutions Developmen around Ruggs or H ard ing to Irrigon caused four tal Disabilities Services will be hosting a free workshop man. vehicles to get off the road on “Behavior and the IEP: Supporting Students, Under -MCSO deputy re standing Systems" on Thursday, November 12, from and then he pulled into an ported he made contact with address. 6-8 p.m. at Heppner High School. Oregon Training and a male subject for a field -MCSO received Information Center will be conducting the workshop. interview. report of a gas line cut on The workshop is open to the public. Attendees -MCSO received will learn about the discipline process as it relates to a motor home that was in report of several vehicles at storage in Heppner and the students on IEPs, Functional Behavioral Assessments the Irrigon Marina. caller wanted the deputy to and writing positive behavioral intervention plans as -MCSO received contact his mother who was part of the IEP. report that Oregon State Po in town attempting to move To ensure enough materials will be available, lice arrested Mark A. Mills. the motor home. those planning to attend are asked to register by calling 35, on an Irrigon Justice -MCSO received Barb Orwick at 676-9161 or email to barbara orwick@ report that the Irrigon annex Court warrant for DUII. He class.oregonvos.net. fuel pumps were no longer was lodged at Grant County Jail with $6,000 bail. working. -Boardman Police -MCSO received report from a caller that Department officer adv ised people were going to get a he came up on a group of boat, however the ow ner of juveniles and they all took the boat had been arrested, off running. He was un- -MCSO received able to locate any of the report o f a com m ercial juveniles. -BPD received re burglar alarm at a Heppner port from a subject that his business. son was not home at 1:53 -MCSO deputy ad vised he assisted lost citi a.m. and he was out looking zens before the Boardman/ for him. Saturday, O c to b e r 3 1 s t -BPD cited Rogelio Portland junction. .M Ramirez Gutierrez, 43, for -MCSO received From 9 p.m . - 2 : 3 0 a.m report of a verbal dispute D riving U ninsured and in a vehicle. A deputy made Careless Driving. Prizes for Best Costumes contact; the subjects were -BPD cited Higinio okay and returned to the Garcia Mercado, 32, for TAYLOR’S RESTAURANT vehicle. Driv ing While Suspended. -Continued on Page EIGHT I0 N E • 4 22 -98 00 -MCSO received Boardman plans for future development Boardman is open for business; that’s the mes sage the city would like to convey. Boardman Mayor Chet Phillips organized a day-long w orkshop last month to bring the council and staff together to create a current working strategic plan. The idea was bom from state and federal stim ulus funds being distributed to public entities in East ern Oregon last August. Mayor Phillips wants the city to be ready when fund ing opportunities presents themselves. He said he has “made it his personal agen da to bring more housing and amenities to Boardman to help our city grow”. The last time the city reviewed its strategic plan was in 2005. Mayor Phillips felt it was time to prioritize the city’s goals and to provide a great foun dation for accomplishing those goals. With the help of the workshop’s facilita tor, Paul Koch, city officials were able to agree that the completion of South Main Street was their number one goal. In all, 15 goals were identified including Sheriff’s Report Support group for parents of disabled children started in Irrigon Irrigon is starting a support group for parents of disabled children. The first monthly meeting of the support group will be held October 26 at Irrigon Jr/Sr High School from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. The m eetin g is open to all Morrow and Umatilla County residents. An abundance of informa tion will be available, the group will be scheduling trainings, and a representa tive from Morrow County Behavioral Health is ex- pected to attend as well. 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