Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 24, 2010 - FIVE
“Justice in Frontier Oregon” Program scheduled in Heppner, Boardman
Just over 100 years
ago, many Oregon cities
held public executions with
men, women, and children
congregating to watch con
victed criminals hang from
gallows erected in local
fields.
A public program
titled "Justice in Frontier
Oregon, 1851-1905” will
be presented by the Oregon
Trail Library District at the
Boardman Branch Library
on Monday, April 5, at 6:30
p.m. and again on Tuesday,
April 6, at 6:30 p.m. at the
Heppner Branch Library.
Oregon historian
and author Diane Goeres-
Gardner will present a lively
hour program on the state’s
early public executions.
The program is free and
open to anyone interested in
the state’s colorful past.
“Even after it was
common for stockades to
hide an execution, thou
sands watched and waited
outside their walls,” Go-
eres-Gardner said. “ In a
state known for its peaceful
agrarian communities, such
events were accepted and
even celebrated.”
The names of many
persons involved in Or
egon’s early executions
now dot the state’s roads,
buildings, parks and his
tory, Goeres-Gardner said.
Her program will explore
changing attitudes and per
ceptions - from the 1850
hanging of Native Ameri
cans for the Whitman mas
sacre to 1905, when the
last execution in Oregon
outside of a state peniten
tiary took place.
A former presenter
for the Oregon Humanities
council, Goeres-Gardner
resides in Oakland, Oregon.
Her most recent book ex
plores early women crimi
nals of Oregon and newly-
released information from
her research will augment
her program in La Grande.
The program is
hosted by the Oregon Trail
Library D istrict and is
sponsored by Libraries of
Eastern Oregon (LEO) as
part of LEO’s ‘A Sense of
Place’ series of programs
in the arts, sciences and
humanities.
F u n d in g fo r A
Sense of Place has been
provided to LEO through
the Institute of Museum and
Library Services (IMLS),
our nation’s leading federal
agency in support of muse
ums and libraries.
For more informa
tion, contact library district
director Marsha Richmond
at 541-481-3365. Informa
tion about LEO is available
at librariesofeastemoregon.
org or leolibraries@gmail.
com. To learn more about
IMLS, please see imls.gov
on line.
Morrow County Court weekly meeting held
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on March 3 in
Heppner with Judge Tail-
man, Commissioner Grieb,
and Commissioner Rea in
attendance. Following is
a summary of the meeting
provided by Leann Rea.
The court reviewed
and approved the minutes
of February 24, 2010.
The court reviewed
and approved accounts
payable, retirement taxes,
and payroll in the net total
amount of $36,032.67.
Road Report
B om bing Range
Road: Finished installing
the guard railing along the
Bombing Range portion of
the project as well as added
a new end treatment for the
guard rail along Hwy 207
at the old Bombing Range
junction. On the afternoon
of February 26, the road
was opened back up for
traffic. Since then, some
areas were filled with left
over excavated material and
sloping of the banks where
the old section of Bombing
Range road was completed
and seeded to grass. Mulch
will be put out over the
grass seed where needed.
The Kilkenny Road portion
of the project was finished
as well as the new approach
into the North Lexington el
evators. All of the signs for
the Kilkenny Road portion
of the project will be put in
place by the end of the day.
Ella Road: As the Bombing
Range project was finished
the equipment was moved
to Ella Road. The crew will
begin working on the road
from Baker Lane to Immi
grant Lane. Road Grading:
Roads graded in the past
couple of weeks are as fol
lows: County Line Road,
Homestead Lane, Lindsay
Feedlot Road, Lunceford
Canyon Road, Stock Drive
Lane, Balm Fork Lane, Up
per Rhea Creek Road, Al
pine Lane, Doherty Road,
Melville Lane, Dry Fork
Road, Dalzell Road, Spring
Hallow, and touched up
Sanford Canyon and Shobe
Canyon Roads. Bid Awards:
On the recommendation of
the road Department the
court awarded the follow
ing bids: portable toilets to
CB’s Portable Restroom in
the amount of $1,687.50
per month and asphalt to
Granite Northwest Incor
porated at a cost of $53 per
ton at the plant or at a not to
exceed cost of $956,173.75
delivered to various proj
ects throughout the county.
Permits: A permit between
Umatilla Electric and the
county for the installation
o f an electric line along
Eastregaard Road was re
viewed and approved.
Sheriff’s Report
S h eriff M atlack
presented and reviewed
m onthly activity report
dated February 2010. He
then updated the court on
the Cain Lane property,
which was foreclosed on for
non-payment of property
taxes. A memo regarding
the CSEPP Pickup that was
purchased through Mor
row County Sheriffs Office
(MCSO) for the CSEPP
program was review ed.
The court requested Sheriff
Matlack deliver the 1997
Chevrolet three-quarter ton
pickup to the road Depart-
ment to determine the value
o f the vehicle. The road
Department will make the
decision as to whether the
vehicle should be sent to
the state surplus for auc
tion or transfer the vehicle
to the road Department for
their use.
Health Department
Sheree Smith, Pub
lic Health Director, pro
vided the court w ith a report
regarding the HINI Clinic
that was held at the rest
areas in the Boardman area.
The court authorized Smith
to advertise for the vacant
nurse position as a full time
position as opposed to the
0.8 position. The use of the
tele-language phone line
was discussed.
Public Hearing
A public hearing
regarding adding an ag
gregate site to the list of
significant aggregate sites
in the county was held. The
proposed site will produce
less than 500,000 tons of
aggregate. The request was
approved and the court
instructed the county plan
ner to amend the Compre
lone horticulture class take
field trip to Oregon coast
HHS Junior High Track Schedule
HHS Varsity Baseball Schedule
March 30 - Pendleton at home, 4 p.m.
April 2 - Grant Union at home, noon.
April 3 - at Bums (double header), 1 p.m.
April 6 - Weston McEwen at home, 4:30 p.m.
April 9 - at Dufur, 11 a.m.
April 10 - at Stanfield (double header), 11 a.m.
April 16 - Irrigon at home (double header), 11 a.m.
April 20 - at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m.
April 24 - at Weston McEwen (double header), 11 a.m.
April 27 - Stanfield at home, 4:30 p.m.
May 4 - at Irrigon, 4:30 p.m.
May 8 - Pilot Rock at home (double header), 11 a.m.
Dinner Specials
HHS JV Baseball Schedule
At John's Place starting Tuesday, March 30
Tuesday - Meatloaf Dinner
Wednesday - Fish Dinner
Thurs. -3 pc Fried Chicken Dinne
Friday - Prime Rib Dinner r
Saturday - Pork Loin
JOHN'S PUCE
MW im m illi
for the girls' division. The cheerleaders finished their season
with the Ewe-do-Bingo fundraiser during the St. Patrick’s
Celebration. The winner of Ewe-do-Bingo was David Jay Cox
of Hermiston. -Photo by Sandy Matthews
April 2 - at Umatilla (UMMSAA All League Opening),
noon.
April 8 - at Riverside, 3:30 p.m.
April 9 - at McLoughlin, 2 p.m.
April 16 - Heppner/Ione Invitational at home, 1 p.m.
April 23 - at Sunridge MS, 2 p.m.
April 30 - at Sunridge MS, 2 p.m.
May 7 - at Stanfield, 11 a.m.
Check Out These Great New
only $1
committee members. Dr.
Mike Flowers at OSU was
his primary professor.
Jepsen is a 2003
graduate of Heppner High
School and a 2007 graduate
of the University of Idaho
w ith degrees in anim al
science and Spanish. He is
the son of Bill and Nancy
Jepsen of lone.
Jepsen will be mov
ing to the Klamath Falls
area w here he has accepted
a position as an agronomist
with Gold Dust Farms.
HHS Varsity Track Schedule
Hair Expressions at 541-676-5271.
With adult purchase
only - Starts April 1
ase - kids menu on
Hours: 11:30 - 7:30 Tues. - Sat
8a.m. - 3p.m. Sun.
D a n ie l J e p s e n
successfully defended his
master’s thesis at Oregon
State University this past
Wednesday, March 17.
His m aster’s re
search project which in
cluded sites at Lexington,
Arlington, and Pendleton
was on “Nitrogen Manage
ment and Variety Selection
for Dryland Production of
Hard Red Winter Wheat in
Northeast Oregon.” Mor
row County Crops Exten
sion Agent Larry Lutcher
served as one of Jepsen’s
April 2 - at Mac-Hi, 11 a.m.
April 10 - at Riverside 12 p.m.
April 16- a t Stanfield 14 a.m.
April 17 - at Cascade, 11:30 a.m.
April 23 - at Umatilla 1 p.m.
April 24 - at Hermiston (JV), 10 a.m.
April 27 - Heppner/Ione Invitational at home, 4 p.m.
April 30 - Mustang Invitational at home, 12 p.m.
May 8 - at Riverside, 11 a.m.
May 15 - BMC District Tract at Stanfield, 11 a.m.
Tamara Lobdell, Massage
Therapist, is coming to town Wednesday,
March 31st and Thursday, April 1st at Hair
Expressions and will be offering a 10% “get
to know her” discount. Her charges are $50/
hour and $30/half hour; athletic discounts
available. Appointments available both days
from 9 am to 7pm.
To schedule an appointment, call
Tamara Lobdell at: (503) 806-4727 Of
Thursday Is Kids Night
All Kids 12 A Under Eat for
Pictured are Daniel Jepsen (left) and Larry Lutcher at OSU
at Jepsen's Master's Thesis Defense Seminar. - Contributed
Photo
hensive Plan Map to show
this site.
The court conduct
ed the following business:
A number of contracts be
tween the county and the
various fire departments
were reviewed and signed.
An extension of the agree
ment regarding the Reuse
Authority for the Army
Depot was reviewed and
signed. The court heard
from Gerald Breazeale, HHS cheerleaders collect trophy
Irrigon City Manager, re and finish season with fundraiser
garding the city’s request
to obtain a seat on the Lo
cal Reuse Authority (LRA)
Board. The court advised
Breazeale that this was a
decision that would need
to be made by the LRA
Board. However, the county
representatives would re
quest that the matter be put
on the agenda for the next
LRA meeting. M iscella
neous correspondences and
notices for meetings were
reviewed.
If you would like
to be placed on the list to
receive county minutes,
The Heppner High School cheerleaders recently won the
please contact Karen Wolff halftime performance competition at the 2A State Basketball
at (541 >676-5620.
Tournament. The cheerleading team also received a trophy
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(all trimmings Included)
Local student earns master's
degree in crop science
Student* in the horticulture cla** at lone Community School
recently took a field trip to the Oregon Coast. Top Photo: Over
looking the Pacific Ocean at one of Oregon State University's
C 02 research sites are lone High School greenhouse class
members Jordan Braun (seated). Shannon Metcalfe (kneel
ing). Back Boss L-R Darla Vandever (chaperon) Adam Collin.
Mary McF.lligott. Mary Rietmann. Micah Stillman. Zac Orem.
Jeremy Coleman. Steven Holland, Jordan Peterson and F.rin
Heideman (teacher). Middle Photo: Members of the horticul
ture class at Yaquina Bay. Front Ross L-R: Shannon Metcalfe,
Mary Rietmann. Jordan Peterson and Zac Orem. Back Row
L-R: Micah Stillman. Jordan Braun. Adam Collin. Jeremy
Coleman. Steven Holland and Mary McF.lligott. Bottom Photo:
Touring the Hatfield Science and Marine Center standing L-R:
Micah Stillman. Jordan Peterson. Mary McF.lligott, Steven
Holland. Zac Orem and chaperon Darla Vandever. Shannon
Metcalfe and Jeremy Coleman seated. -Contributed Photos
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March 29 - at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m.
April 2 - Grant Union at home, 10 a.m. & 2:30 p.m.
April 8 - at Umatilla, 4 p.m.
April 12 - Pilot Rock at home. 4:30 p.m.
April 15 - at Stanfield, 4:30 p.m.
April 19 - Umatilla at home, 4:30 p.m.
April 23 - Stanfield at home, 10 a.m.
April 26 - Pendleton at home 4:30 p.m.
April 29 - Umatilla at home, 4:30 p.m.
HHS Varsity Softball Schedule
March 26 - Union Tournament. TBA
March 27 - Union Tournament, TBA.
April 3 - Grant Union at home (double header), 11 a.m.
April 6 - Weston McEwen at home, 4:30 p.m.
April 10- a t Stanfield, 11 a.m.
April 13 - at Umatilla (double header), 4 p.m.
April 16 - Irrigon at home, 11 a.m.
April 20 - at Pilot Rock, 4:30 p.m.
HHS JV Softball Schedule
March 29 - Riverside at home (two five-inning games),
3 p.m.
April 15 - at Riverside (double header). 3:30 p.m.