EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 4,2009
Com m unity Bank
celebrates halloween
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Employees at Community Bank in Heppner celebrated hal
loween last week. -Contributed Photo
Electric Co-Op annual
meeting to be held
The annual dinner
meeting of Columbia Basin
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
is planned for Thursday,
November 5, at the Isobel
Edwards Hall in Fossil.
Registration starts
at 4:30 p.m. with dinner
served at 5:15 p.m. The an
nual meeting and election
o f directors will follow the
dinner.
Multiple door priz
es will be awarded and re
sults o f the annual 4,h grade
E lectrical S afety Poster
contest and the annual pho
tography contest will be
announced, with winning
entries on display. Again
this year will be a special
section o f door prizes de
voted just for youth when
accompanied to the meeting
by their parents. MP3 Play
ers, iTune Cards, and other
prizes for students will be
given out.
All m em bers are
welcome to come and learn
about their electric co-op.
Re-marking a special place - Columbia River Heritage Trail
Trail Maps and Eti
quette Guides installed to
mark the Morrow County
Columbia River Heritage
T rail in 2003 had s u c
cumbed w eather and w inds.
Morrow County G overn
ment had anticipated the
need to maintain trail sig
nage, and set aside funds
for maintenance.
L a s t A p r il, th e
Morrow County Historical
Society was authorized to
order and install replace
ment signage o f various
types. The first step was to
replace trail access maps,
along the trail in the Board-
man Marina Park, the west
boundary o f the Umatilla
National Wildlife Refuge;
Irrigon Marina Park; and
at the M orrow /U m atilla
County Line. Future signage
activities will be updating/
replacing Confidence and
Jurisdiction markers, and
Interpretive Signage
C o lu m b ia R iv er
Heritage Trail is a 12- mile
non-motorized, recreation
al, and educational trail on
the banks o f the C olum
bia River. The Colum bia
River has an extraordinary
influence on the Morrow
County way o f life. Its wa
ters guided Lewis & Clark
during their expedition,
power dams, feed crops,
support salmon and serve
Artifactory Craft Fair to be held
St. Patrick’s Senior
Center is sponsoring the
2009 Artifactory Craft Fair
on Saturday, N ovem ber
14, at the senior center in
Heppner
The hours are 9 .m.
to 4 p.m. and there is no
admission charge. Vendors
from Joseph, Pendleton,
Hermiston, Lexington, and
H ep p n er have rese rv ed
tables for this event.
The seniors will be
serving seafood chowder,
chicken noodle soup, Pol
ish sausages and hot dogs,
cinnamon rolls, coffee and
tea.
The community is
invited to attend.
St Patrick’s annual Mini
Carnival
to be held
St Patrick’s Parrish will be holding their annual mini
carnival on Sunday, November 8, from 12-1:30 p.m.
The carnival will feature a ducky pond, fishing hole,
cake
walk,
bingo, darts, hoops, prizes and more. John and Ann
Heppner Elementa communities.
Murray
have
donated a holiday basket as a prize for a raffle
“The HES student
ry School students collected
drawing
and
The
Holy Names Society is supplying a hotdog
944 pounds of canned food council challenged the stu
lunch.
The
high
school
Catechism students will man booths.
in October. All items were dents to collect food for
Tickets
and
lunch
prices
are kept at a family friendly rate so
those
less
fortunate,”
said
donated to the South Mor
everyone
can
enjoy.
Sue
Gibbs,
student
council
row Neighborhood Center
This is a family event and everyone is welcome.
and will be distributed to advisor. “And they really
HES helps families in need
the families in need in our came through.’
Sheriff's Report
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office reports han
dling the following busi
ness:
-MCSO deputy re
ported he was out with a
tan Chihuahua. The deputy
located the owner who said
she will license the dog and
keep it on the property.
-M C SO received
report that som eone was
dumping tires at a location
on Bom bing Range Rd.,
Wilson Lane in Boardman.
-M C SO received
a report o f a subject with
m ental d istress in H ep
pner.
-MCSO cited Rob
ert Carsten Von Borstel, 54,
for Violation o f the Basic
Rule, 79 mph in a 55 mph
zone.
-M C SO received
a call from a trooper with
W ashington State Patrol
who advised he got a call
from a victim o f a domes
tic dispute in Irrigon. The
victim left her m o th e r’s
house in K ennew ick and
the suspect follow ed her
and attempted to run her off
the road and was throwing
things at her vehicle.
-M C SO received
rep o rt o f four sp rin k ler
heads broken at the lone
Park.
-M C SO received
report from a school district
employee that she may have
left a window open at the
district office in Lexington.
She requested that a deputy
check it out.
-M C SO a rre ste d
Robert John McEwen, 44,
on a detention w arrant for
Parole Violation/Failure to
Obey Conditions o f Pro
bation. He was lodged at
Umatilla County Jail with
no bail.
-M CSO received
report from a Heppner sub
ject that the neighbor's dog
was always out and getting
into his yard on Union St.
in Heppner.
-M C S O , B o ard -
m an P o lice D epartm ent
received report that subjects
who were trespassed from
property in Boardman were
back at the place removing
items.
-M C SO received
re p o rt o f kid s h a n g in g
around the Irrigon skate
p ark and c a lle r did not
know what they were doing.
A deputy responded and ad
vised the kids weren't doing
anything wrong and could
rem ain at the park until
midnight.
-Boardman Police
D epartm ent received re
port o f a vehicle parked at
a location for at least two
weeks.
-BPD cited Michael
Earl Boodt, 44, for Viola
tion o f the Speed Limit, 55
mph in a 35 mph zone.
-BPD received re
port that a male and a fe
male were spotted together
at a specified location.
-Continued on P age TEN
Locations:
Boardman to host town hall
meeting for strategic plan
The Boardman City
Council will host a Strate
gic Plan Town Hall meeting
on Thursday, November 19,
at 6:30 pm at Boardman
City Hall. The purpose of
the meeting is to get input
from the public regarding
the C ity’s Draft Strategic
Plan, a copy o f which can
be view ed at B oardm an
City Hall.
In September, the
City Council held a day
long workshop to update
the C ity ’s Strategic Plan.
The last time the City re
view ed its Strategic Plan
was in 2005. With the help
o f the workshop’s facilita
tor, Paul Koch, city officials
were able to agree that the
completion o f South Main
Street was their #1 goal. In
all, 15 goals were identi
fied including econom ic
development, new housing,
a com m unity recreation
center, additional restau
rants, and the expansion of
Oregon Trail Boulevard to
the west.
Mayor Phillips in
vites the Citizens o f Board-
man to this very important
part of the City’s planning
process, which he believes
will take Boardman into the
future. He plans to bring the
com pleted Strategic Plan
before the council by the
end o f the year.
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Students at Heppner Elementary School built model rockets
last week to launch on Wednesday, October 28. Top photo:
Dave Fowler, technology teacher at Heppner High School,
works with an HES student as she readies to launch her
rocket. Top right photo: onlookers watch as students launch
their rockets. Bottom right photo: students wait their turn
to launch. -Photos by Megan Futter
UMESD announces workshops for parents of students with disabilities
T h e U m a tilla -
Morrow Education Serv ice
D istrict will sponsor and
host tw o free w orkshops
N o v e m b e r 16 aim ed at
helping parents o f children
with disabilities.
One o f these w ork-
shops - Are We There Yet?
M oving To and Through
Adulthood With a Disability
- will focus on how transi
tion is addressed in the IEP
It then covers the choice of
college, or employment and
T ra n sfe r S ta tio n H ours:
69900 F ro n tag e Ln, B oardm an.
57185 Hwy 74, Lexington.
9-00 - 4:00 S at. and Sun.
Transfer stations will take your
Computer monitors, desktop, laptops and
televisions for FREE.
By thinking a little about the products you choose, you
can promote recycling and make a big difference for the
environment and your future.
Transfer stations will take your
large furniture, water heaters, large
appliances, mattresses. FREE.
Phone: 541-989-9500
Fax: 541-989-8352
E -m aiL m cpublicw ork^co.m orrow .or.us
proxim ity to two Oregon
Trail routes; displacement/
d isru p tio n o f C olum bia
River communities due to
construction o f John Day
Dam ; and industrial/ag-
ricultural activities made
possible by development of
irrigated agriculture. This
trail connects communities;
expands transportation op
tions; enhances local and
natural history education
opportunities; and prov ides
a variety o f recreational and
wellness activities.
Visit the trail web
site: http://www.columbi-
arivertrail.org. for a print
able trail m ap and more
information.
HES students launch model rockets
Morrow County Public Works
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as a transportation corridor.
Colum bia River Heritage
Trail honors geological. Na
tive American, and pioneer
heritage, while increasing
understanding of the rivers
significance to agriculture
and food production.
This trail allow s
people to know and ex
perience the natural and
cultural heritage o f the Mid
Columbia River in Morrow
County. Hikers will travel
past reminders o f Ice Age
Bresse Floods from Lake
M isso u la; 10,000 years
o f native Am erican habi
tation; O ctober 19, 1805
camp site for the Lew is &
Clark Corps of Discovery;
career options. These could
include Social S ecurity
work incentive programs,
Vocational Rehabilitation
programs and the Ticket to
Work program. This work
shop will be held Nov. 16
from 1 -3 p.m. in the Juniper
Room at the UMESD.
The o ther w o rk
shop - Behavior and the
IEP: Supporting Students,
Understanding Systems -
focuses on how a child’s
behavior affects their learn
ing and the learning of other
children in the classroom.
The workshop will teach
parents the discipline pro
cess as it relates to students
on IEPs (Individual Educa
tional Plan), Functional Be
havioral Assessments and
writing positive behavioral
intervention plans as part of
the IEP. This workshop will
be held Nov. 16 from 6-8
p.m. in the Juniper Room
at the UMESD.
Both o f the work
shops are put on by the
O regon P arent T raining
and In fo rm atio n C enter
(Oregon PTI), which seeks
to educate and support par
ents, families and profes
sionals in building partner
ships that meet the needs
o f children and youth w ith
the full range of disabilities,
ages birth to 26.
An R SV P is r e
quired to attend either one
o f these free w orkshops
so that the proper amount
o f m aterials is available
to participants. To reserve
your spot, contact Robin
W ortm an, 541-886-9235
(toll-free: 1-888-505-2673)
or e-mail rwortman@orpti.
org. Request for translated
m aterials m ust be m ade
at least two weeks in ad
vance.
Oregon East Symphony presents a
world orchestral premiere concert
On Sunday, N o
vember 15, the Oregon East
Symphony will present the
world orchestral premiere
o f “ C y c lin g M usic" by
Spokane com poser W il
liam Berry. The afternoon
concert will be at 3:15 p.m.
in the Vert Auditorium, on
SW 4th and Dorian Street in
Pendleton. Cycling Music
will feature trumpet solo
ist James Smock, principal
trum pet player w ith the
Oregon East Symphony.
The first of five fi
nalists in our search for a
new conductor and m u
f
sic director. Maestro John
LoPiccolo o f Idaho Falls
will lead the orchestra in
this prem ier concert. The
OES Symphony will also
p re se n t D v o ra k 's S ym
phony #8 and a celebration
o f Symphonic Dances by
Edvard Grieg.
T ic k e ts for th is
perform ance are $16/$20
for adults and $ 13/$ 17 for
seniors. Children, student
and family rates are also
available. Tickets can be
purchased at the OES Of
fice. 345 SW 4,h Street.
Armchair Books. 39 S.W.
D orian Ave, by c a llin g
541-276-0320, via email at
w w w.oregoneastsymphony.
org, or at the door.
The O regon East
Symphony invites all our
patrons to participate in the
Music Director’s selection
process by attending the
concert and completing a
survey about their experi
ence.
The OES is look
ing forward to the first of
five audition concerts to
be held over 2009-2011 in
the search for a new music
director and conductor.