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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 21,2010 USDA extends sign-up for emergency assistance to eligible producers Lynn V oigt, E x ecutive Director o f USDA’s Farm Service Agency in O regon an n o u n c ed that USDA w ill accept late- filed applications for the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP) for losses that took place in c a le n d a r y ears 2008 and 2009. ELAP sign-up end ed on December 10, 2009, for 2008 lo sses and on February 1, 2010, for 2009 losses. However, because of changes to program eligibil ity provisions, FSA is now accepting late-filed appli cations for 2008 and 2009 livestock, honeybees, and/ or farm-raised fish losses through May 5, 2010. HES announces winners for Attendance Awards Combe, Jacee Currin, Kee For more informa tion or to apply for ELAP and other USDA Farm Ser vice Agency disaster assis Heppner Elem en tance programs, please visit tary School recently an your FSA county office or nounced Attendance Award www.fsa.usda.gov. recipients for perfect atten dance in the third quarter. Those students are: Kylie Boor, Kaden Combe, K endall Dowdy, Z ander 15 Gypsy Joker Motorcycle Fisher, ZaB rena M aster- Gang members flying col son, Chance McCormack, ors was investigated; a semi Joseph Sherm an, Bryan truck ran off of the road and Collins, Gracey DeLoach, Hayden Hyatt, Mikel Jaca, almost rolled. Jackson Lehm an, A ngel Parole and Probation Sheriff, K enneth Matthew, Madelyn Nichols, Matlack and Under Sheriff, D errick Sm ith, K enneth Steve Myren provided the Troxell, Suzanneah Cason, court with a cost report and Alison Cecil, Gavin Han proposed budget amounts na, Evan Kollm an, Kael for the county to assume Osmin, Nicole Propheter, the duties of managing the Cheyenne Shaw, Makayla Parole and Probation Pro Silvia, Cami VanArsdale, gram. The court requested C harles Cason, M adison more research be done re garding insurance matters. Morrow County Court weekly meeting held The Morrow Coun ty Court met on April 14 in Irrigon with Judge Tail- man, Commissioner Grieb, and Commissioner Rea in attendance. Follow ing is a summary of the meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court reviewed and approved the court min utes o f March 17 and 24. The minutes for the April 8 special meeting with the Court, the Port o f Morrow, the City o f Boardman and Portland General Electric representatives were also approved. The court reviewed and approved payroll pay ables, account payables and March retirement taxes in the net total amount of $172,367.42. North M orrow Vector Control Greg Barron, man ager o f North Morrow Vec tor Control D istrict, pro vided the court with infor mation regarding proposed plans to m anage possible West Nile Virus out breaks this summer and early fall. Barron explained that in order to spray for the mos quitoes on the USF WS Ref uge there must be a public health threat declared. The health department, and he will work very closely with the county court should the need arise to pursue this matter. It was decided that the court should send a let ter to the commissioners in Benton County Washington requested that they cooper ate with the treatment of the ing on this section. The infected mosquitoes. crew will also paint stripe Morrow County Health that section today. The pav Department ing and paint striping on S h e r re e S m ith , the Kilkenny section of the P ublic H ealth D irector, project will be completed requested permission from Thursday. the court to continue adver Miscellaneous tising for a full time nurse The crew finished and to hire a tem porary cleaning up and organiz nurse one day per w eek ing the L exington yard. until the full time position Everything in the yard and is filled. Smith stated that the equipm ent sheds has there has been some inter now been organized. Also est shown from new nurses performed regular repairs that will be graduating in and maintenance work on May or June. The court ap all trucks and paving equip proved this request. Smith ment so everything would inform ed the court th at be ready for the paving there was going to be a season. training event in Pendleton Sheriff’s Department June 10 titled “Social Dis S h e riff K enneth tancing” and that she would M atlack and Under Sher like to see county council, iff, Steve Myren provided Ryan Swinbumson, and one the court with a report for of the commissioners attend activities for the month o f this training. Sm ith also M arch. Follow ing is the shared information regard report for the Heppner, Lex ing a recent death cause by ington and lone area: M.I.P. Bacterial Meningitis. party with 12 youth receiv Road Report B o m bing R ange Road: The intersection was closed on Monday, April 12, for paving. As o f Wednes day morning the two lifts on the B om bing R ange Road and approxim ately two thirds of the first lift on the Kilkenny portion o f the project had been paved. W e d n e s d a y th e Strawberry Road junction and the two approaches on the Bombing Range piece of the project will be paved. This will complete the pav ing citations, including one arrest for DUII; a pickup going over a guard rail; an incident with an eight year old being injured in a tractor accident. Irrigon area: An assault involving four men in a local bar with pool cues being used as weapons; a short pursuit and recovery of a vehicle, but lost the sus pects. Boardman area: As sisted the Boardman Police regarding an assault with a knife involving three juve niles; an incident regarding "Good Luck at State" S tate S p e e c h a n d D ebate Western April Oregon 22 , 23 , 24 , University 2010 Sheriff's Report Juvenile Department Tom Meier, direc tor, provided the court with a quarterly report from his department. It appears the stats regarding incidents and referrals are comparable to last year’s numbers. Gang activities in the county were discussed. The court was surprise that some o f the problems are appearing in youth as young as 11 and 12 years of age. There was then a discussion regarding bullying. Meier assured the court that the schools have a zero tolerance policy for bullying. The court conduct ed the following business: The new document regard ing “Public Procurements for Goods or Services” was review ed. A correspondence regarding the need of some additional language was reviewed. County council, Ryan Sw inburnson, will incorporate these sugges tions into the document and bring back to the court at a later date. This new policy would impact the sheriff's departm ent, the road de partment, the health depart ment., the CSEPP program and any other department that may be using federal grant funding. M iscella neous correspondences and upcoming meeting notices were reviewed. If you would like to be placed on the list to receive county m inutes, c o n ta c t K aren W olff at (541)676-5620. - SEVEN The Morrow Coun ty Sheriff’s Office reports h a n d lin g the fo llo w in g business: D e c e m b e r 28: Morrow County Sheriff’s Office cited Pedro Lemus Arita, 35, for Driving 49 mph in a 35-mph zone and Driving While Suspended- violation. -M CSO received report o f icy roads and a request for sand and gravel in Boardman. -MCSO, Boardman Fire Department, Boardman Ambulance received report of a rollover motor vehicle accident and the vehicle in the median on 1-84. -M C S O g a v e a subject a verbal warning for speed considering the road conditions on 1-84. -M CSO received report o f a vehicle that slid off the road on 1-84. It was a non-injury. -M CSO received rep o rt o f a vehicle that slid off the road on Hwy. 730, Irrigon, but no one was around. The vehicle was gone when the deputy checked later. -M C SO received report o f a m otor hom e that rolled in the ditch on Hwy. 74, between lone and Lexington. -M CSO received request for inform ation about registering as a sex offender. A deputy had the gan Gibbs, Zavier Glover, Antonio Matthew, Cason Mitchell, Hunter Nichols, Jacob Owen, Daniela San chez, Leo W aite, Ethan A kers, C arson B rosnan, Patrick Burch, Kacie Gray, K ailtyn M artin, N ichole Shaw, Tarin Troxell, Sophie Grant, Nalani Stone, Becca Waddell, Clyde Britt, Kaden Lehman, Josh Dowdy, Tim G ould, C aden H edm an, Tim Ja ca , F a ith Jo n es, Rylee Kollman, Meranda Lemmon, Janice Munkers, Amanda Rea, Sean Wood- all, K olby C urrin, Onna DeLoach, Jessica Kemp- ken, Alyssa Palacios, Em ily Rea, Demitra Schmidt, Kyle Tompkins, and Daichi Walters. subject fill out the paper work. -M CSO received report that a w hite SUV rolled three times on 1-84. -MCSO, Boardman Fire Department received report o f a vehicle in the median on 1-84. -M CSO received report of span cables stolen from a circle in Board- man. -M CSO received report o f an 18-w heeler traveling east in the west bound lanes on 1-84. The semi had slid to be in the wrong direction. 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