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$3 million in city projects awaits petition gathering and voter outcome Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 By David Sykes Three million dol lars in funding from the State of Oregon for seven street and sidewalk projects in the city of Heppner has been put on hold pending the outcome of a petition drive, and if that is suc cessful, an election in No vember, the Heppner city council learned Monday night. Opponents o f the State of Oregon Transpor tation Bill SB 2001 that authorized the Heppner expenditure as part of many other state-wide funding projects, have begun col lecting signatures to put a repeal of the bill on the ballot for voter approval in the November general election. The opponents are against the tax and fees in creases that are part of the bill. The bill would increase car registration fees by $ 16 a year, increase title fee by $22, increase the cost of re placement and vanity plates and increase Oregon’s gas tax by six cents per gallon, from 24 cents per gallon to 30 cents in January, 2011, or after two straight quar ters of economic growth. The ballot title for the initiative that would require this bill and all future tax increases to be voted on by the people, was cleared by the Oregon Supreme Court March 25 and signature gathering to put the measure on the ballot in November started last month. Petitioners need slightly more than 110,000 signatures by July 2. The city received the unexpected $3 million for the projects in May, 2009 when state Represen tative Greg Smith, R-Hepp- ner, contacted DeMayo near the end of the legislative session about money that had become available after another city had turned it down. Heppner came up with projects in the 11th hour and was awarded funds for the following projects: 1. A rebuild of Bar- ratt Blvd, including a com plete reconstruction from the sub gradé up, including curbs, gutters, and a drain age system and sidewalks ($1.48 million) 2. Completion of Riverside Ave. consisting of installing curbs and gutters, installing sidewalk along the south east side and com pleting the installation of the storm drainage system (cost: $512,000). 3. Replacement and repair o f “Lover’s Lane” pedestrian bridge crossing Willow Creek behind the Bowling Alley, including replacement of superstruc ture and sidewalk approach es (cost: $149,570). 4. H eppner Ele- -See CITY COUNCIL/ Page SIX Heppner City Hall hosts history of Indian tribes display ___________ i____________________________________________________________________________________________ VOL 129 NO. 19 10 Pages Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Morrow County, Heppner Oregon Annual Fishing Derby to be held May 22 O regon D ep art ment of Fish and Wildlife along with Morrow County Parks are sponsoring the fifth annual fishing derby on Saturday May 22, at C utsforth Park Fishing Pond from 8:30-11 a.m. This free fishing derby is for children up to 14 years of age. The Elks Lodge #358 o f Heppner will provide lunch. Cutsforth Park is located 22 miles southeast o f Heppner on the Blue Mountain Scenic By-Way. O regon D ep art ment of Fish and Wildlife Department will have bait and tackle for this event, as well as some donor fish ing rods for kids that need them. ODFW, Umatilla District Fish Biologist and the Morrow County Parks Board is sponsoring this event. For more informa tion contact Betty Gray at Morrow County Public Works Department at 541- A display depicting the history of Indian tribes in Oregon is currently set up at Heppner City 989-8214 or by e-mail at Hall. The display, which is sponsored by the Oregon Historical Society, can be viewed through May 25. -Photo by Autumn Morgan bgray@co.morrow.or.us. South Morrow County Scholarship Trust announces recipients The South Morrow County Scholarship Trust announces the recipients of the 2010 scholarships in the amount o f $750 each. The recipients are Lane W right, Em ily T hom p son, Sarah Stillman, Eric Jepson, Alex Carlson, and Ashley Wolff. The six students were selected out of 22 ap plicants on the basis of aca demic achievement, chosen field o f study, financial need, school participation, degree of effort the student has made in seeking sources for college, and personal characteristics for success and school citizenship. Lane Wright is the son o f Tim and LeAnn Wright. He attends Hep pner High School and his interest is in the field of medicine. Lane plans on a tte n d ing Oregon State Hon Lane Wright ors College a n d a f te r four years will apply to a medical school where he will major in surgery. Lane is very active in school with varsity letters in football, and golf. He is a member of National Honor Society and student body treasurer in 2009 and 2010. Lane is very active in FFA, serving as chapter president and attended the National FFA Convention, State Conven tion, and FFA Leadership camps. Lane has partici pated in many com m u nity activities, serving on Cycle Oregon, MS Walk and helping with Bingo at the assisted living facil ity. He received awards for excellence in geom etry. language arts and the Gold Presidential Educa tion Award as well as many other awards. Emily Thompson is the daughter of Brian and Susan Thompson of Hep pner. She is considering U niversity Honors Col lege at OSU, L i n f i e 1 d C ollege or Pacific Uni versity. Em Emily ily will be Thompson studying pre-medicine and plans on becoming a doctor. She is a member of National Honor Society and has served as National Honor Society president and parliamentar ian, Heppner FFA Chapter president and secretary. She has been very involved in 4-H as well. She is a three sport participant and let tered in golf, basketball, academics and cheerlead ing. She was awarded out standing achievement in social studies, and Spanish III. Emily is very active in community events vol unteering at the Willow Creek Terrace A ssisted Living facility, participat ing in Mustang Mop-up, and helping with the Forest Service Firewood drive. Sarah Stillman is the daughter of Beryl and Susana Stillman of Lex ington. She attends lone C o m m u - nity School. Sarah plans on attending the Univer sity ofPuget Sound in Ta Sarah coma, WA. Stillman She is plan ning on majoring in history or communications. She is a member of the National H onor Society, serving as secretary. Sarah is a three sport participant and a member of a three mem ber group of violin players who meet once a week to practice and perform for the community when asked. % She is president of her class Alex is very interested in and a member of the speech medicine research and de and debate team. Sarah is velopment. active in community activi He has com ties, working on the school pleted writ- carnival, canned food drive,, i ing 121,122 coat drive youth track meet 123, college and SMART reading vol algebra, and unteer. psychology Eric Jepsen a t 2 0 1 , 2 0 1 tends lone C om m unity from Blue Alex Carlson High School and is the son Mo u n t a i n of William and E a s t and Nancy ern O regon U niversity. Jepsen. Eric He is a member o f the is consider Inland N orthw est Sym ing attending phony, Youth Violin Project W hitw orth as program creator, and U niversity teacher. He is active in in Spokane, 4-H and President o f the WA or East Eric Jepsen North Lexington Literary ern Oregon Society. Alex is a member University in La Grande. of National Honor Society, He wants to pursue a bach National Forensic League, elor’s and eventually a mas Yearbook and Spanish club. ter’s degree in elementary Alex was awarded excel education. He also enjoys lence in physic, excellence studying the Spanish lan in calculus, excellence in guage and plans to study advanced Spanish and Co abroad in order to become ca-Cola Regional scholar proficient in Spanish. His award. He is also active in real passion is flying and he community events and in has his private pilot license. his church. He would like to get ad Ashley Wolff at ditional flight training after tends Heppner High School college. Eric is a National and is the daughter o f Honor Society member, stu Thomas and dent body president and on Karen Wolff All-Northwest High School of Heppner. Honors Orchestra. He was She p lan s on the Heppner/Ione varsity on enrolling golf team, varsity football at O regon and a member of the Or State Uni egon East Symphony. Eric v e rs ity as is an active volunteer in a business Ashlev Wolff his community, active in m a n a g e his church and in 4-H. He ment major worked on the canned food and to explore the require drive, youth track meet, ments of double majoring SMART volunteer reader, in the Spanish language. organized and helped paint She is very involved in the football bleachers. future business Leaders of Alexander Carlson America since her freshman attends lone Community year, and has completed High School. He is the son of Clint and Sarah Carlson. Alex plans on attending Point Loma Nazarene Uni versity next year. His plans are to study biology-chem istry to then enter the field o f psychopharmacology. A L L NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. f and placed at the state level every year. She has been FBLA Chapter president, treasurer and FBLA student of the year. She is a member of National Honor Society and a member of the Tal ented and Gifted Program. Ashley is a varsity Track member. She was on the Knowledge Master Team, the Knowledge Bowl Team, and the Science Bowl Team. Ashley is very active in the community, her church, and 4-H. Ashley has studied AP English, AP calculus, AP biology, AP biology exten sion and AP government. The board o f di rectors o f the scholarship trust include Bill Rietmann, president; Ginger Bowman, vice-president; Del LaRue, treasurer; Sharon Harrison, secretary; Missy Cutsforth, Martha Munkers and Carri Grieb. The South Morrow County Scholarship Trust was established several years ago with the mission to grow funds to provide scholarships to graduating senior from Heppner and lone High schools and to eventually take the place of the Troedson Scholarship fund, which will be discon tinued in the year 2023. 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