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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 16,2010 Morrow County Court weekly meeting held June is National Home The Morrow Coun the paving projects which tran sfer o f the resident. public hearing at the Port ty Court met on June 9 in include: Upper Rhea Creek Irrigon area - No unusual o f Morrow at 6 p.m. for the ownership Month Irrigon w ith Judge Tail- Road, Laurel Lane Road, calls. Boardman area - Re CAFO permit for the Inde man, Commissioner Grieb, and Commissioner Rea in attendance. Follow ing is a summary o f the meeting provided by Leann Rea. The court reviewed and approved the minutes from the June 2nd meeting. The court reviewed and approved account pay ables and payroll payables in the net total amount of $ 253,468.14. Road Report Weather Damage: The crew has finished haul ing gravel to the washouts along Baseline Lane, Clarks Canyon Road, Stock Drive Lane, Stock Drive Road, Fuller Canyon Road and the Lovgren Road. They are back working on Nichols Lane finishing up hauling rock to th o se w ashouts. When finished with Nich ols Lane, they will move to the Valby area to work on roads with w ashouts. Road Grading: The crew has graded M orter Lane, Board Creek Road, and ar eas of Sunflower Flat Road, Tupper Land and touch ups to other roads damaged in recent cloud bursts. M is cellaneous: The crew has finished cleaning up all of the mix piles from the pav ing projects and is continu ing with sign work around the county. The paint crew has painted center lines on Lexington Cemetery Road, Lexington Grange Road and the North end of Bombing Range Road. The crusher crew is continuing w ith m ain te n a n c e and g uard work on the crusher units. The crew has cleaned cul verts along Liberty School R oad, B ren n er C anyon Road and Morter Lane and will start working along R hea C reek Road from Ruggs Junction to Brenner C anyon today. P erm its: Reviewed and signed three approach perm its for the C athiness Wind Project, two on Fairview Road and one on Cecil Road. Bid Award: On the recommen dation o f the Road Dept, the Court awarded the bid for the belly dump trailer to Bruckners in the total amount of $31,450 deliv ered to Lexington. Sheriff’s Report M orrow C ou n ty Sheriff, Ken Matlack, pro vided the court with the following report: Heppner, lone, and Lexington areas - An arrest regarding the endangerment of a minor, o p e ra tin g a drug house and attempting to deliver marijuana; a wreck on Rhea Creek Road with injuries; several sightings of a cou gar near the fairgrounds; an incident at the Lakeview H eights resulting in the Music in the Parks continues June 21 sponded to a call regarding a missing w ind surfer on the Columbia River; responded to a report of a man lying in the road resulted in a charge o f property dam age and criminal mischief. Community Counseling Solutions Kimberly Lindsay, Director, provide the cou t w ith a report regarding the op eratio n s o f Lakeview Heights. Lindsay informed the court that they were no longer interested in pur chasing the Docken Build ing in Boardman. They are requesting the renewal of the current lease. The court agreed to the renewal and requested county council to prepare the necessary papers. Planning Department Re port Planning Director, Carla McLane updated the court on the following is sues: Stated that the TSP would need to be updated. The update w ill consist on reviewing and address ing the current list o f pro posed road projects with minor additions. McLane informed the court that the easement issues for Tower Road are almost resolved. Everything should be final ized in the next two to three m onths. M cL ane stated there was going to be a ~ pendence Dairy (located on Wilson Lane). The court conduct ed the following business: Reviewed and approved a request from the Heppner Daycare & Preschool for $4,000 from the c o u rt’s discretionary fund. Heard a report from ESD regard ing a new telephone system for all county offices was provided. The court will continue to research the proposal and make a deci sion later. Approved the follow ing purchase pre authorizations: Six com puters for the assesso r's office at a cost o f $8,387, four desktop computers for Judge Gray (Heppner Of fice), Judge Gray (Irrigon O ffice) and tw o for the sheriff’s office for a total of $4,936, a laptop computer for Judge Tallman at a cost o f $ 1,282 and a laptop com puter plus software for the public health department at a cost o f $ 1,807. Review ed and declined an offer o f $35,000 for the property in the Blake Ranch Addition. Various correspondences and upcoming meeting no tices were review ed and discussed. 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. Letters to the Editor ~ The Heppner Gazette Times will print all letters to the Editor with the following criteria met: letters submitted to the newspaper will need to have the name of the sender along with a legible signature. We are also requesting that you prov ide your address and a phone number where you can be reached. The address and phone number will only be used for verification and will not be printed in the newspaper. Letters may not be libelous. The GT reserves the right to edit. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Congratulations Mustangs! Pictured is John Wambeke who will perform at the Irrigon Marina Park on Monday, June 21. -Contributedphoto The Music in the Parks series will continue on Monday, June 21, at Irrigon Marina Park at 7 p.m. John and Frazer Wambeke are not new com ers to Music in the Park. Lavelle Partlow introduced the Wambeke’s Homestead Quartet in 2000 for their first debut. With downhome music and humor o f original songs and some old time classics you will enjoy an evening to remember. These two wonderful musicians will have you singing and tapping your foot all night long. There will even be some Jazz thrown in to the mix. We hope you enjoy the Wambeke duo. Music in the Parks is funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District and PGE. The event is sponsored by North Morrow Community Foundation and Irrigon Watermelon Festival and is presented each year by MP5+. This last Spring 1 hajd the privilege o f working with the Heppner High School varsity baseball team ’s pitching staff. Not only was I excited with the talent of this group o f young men, I was also impressed by their work ethic and eagerness to excel on the mound. There was no doubt in my mind that these kids were “the real deal” and were going to have a great season. I would like to congratulate coaches Jim Kindle and Scott Coe in their first season coaching the Mustangs, who lead the team to second place finish in state. A feat of this nature is a challenge in itself for any veteran coach. To do.this in their first season must not go unnoticed. Job well done gentlemen. However, 1 would like to extend my deepest congratulations to the Mustangs who battled so gal lantly this season to earn such an honorable finish in the state playoffs. I hope you take this season’s hard work and determination and apply it to your future education, athletics and careers. Doing so will ensure success. Hold your heads high boys. 1 am very proud o f you and you should be proud o f yourselves. Scott White Mayville June is National you aren ’t surprised by Home ownership Month payment increases down and Bank o f Eastern Or the road. egon and the other nearly -Talk to your com 8,000 members o f munity bank before the In d ep en d en t you begin looking Community Bank for a home. Your e rs o f A m e r i c a community banker ( ICBA) continue can tell you what to help Americans current m ortgage in c o m m u n i t i e s rates are and help t h r o u g h o u t t he you understand country becom e, how that translates and remain, hom Melissa into monthly mort eowners each year Lindsay g ag e pa y me n t s . through the per This will help you sonal attention that only a shop for a home that fits local community bank can your budget and shows provide. sellers you are an educated “ C o m m u n i t y home buyer. banks take the extra steps -L earn as much necessary to give poten as you ca n a b o u t t he tial homebuyers the ser home-buying process. In vice and attention they addition to talking with need,” said Jim MacPhee, your community banker, ICBA chairman and CEO look for classes on home o f K alam azo o Count y buying and maintenance. State Bank in Schoolcraft, Some com m unity banks Michigan. “They can help offer seminars and there their customers evaluate are free online educational whether the time is right tools at www.hud.gov. for them to purchase a -Check with your home, determine the most local state, city, and county affordable m ortgage op government agencies for tions for their situation, special first-tim e home- and provide them with in buyer loan or grant pro formation to help the pro grams available to assist cess go more smoothly.” with down payment and ICBA and Bank closing costs. o f Eastern Oregon offer -O nce you have the following suggestions spoken to your community for home buyers: bank and know what you - K n o w all t he can afford, stop by real sources and am ounts o f estate open houses to see your monthly income and w hat’s available in your know your budget, includ price range. ing how much you spend -Know your on rent, utilities, entertain rights. Learn how the Fair ment, clothing, food, and Housing Act protects you. transportation. http://w w w .hud.gov/of- -G ather and o r fices/fheo/FHLaws/your- ganize paperw ork, such rights.cfm. as pay stubs, W-2 forms, “Potential home- tax returns, and bank and buyers should visit their investment statements. local community bank to -Check your cred learn what their mortgage it report and bring it to options are,” said Melissa your comrriunity banker. Lindsay, M ortgage Man Credit reporting agencies ager and Vice President for m ust give you one free Bank of Eastern Oregon. report annually. Access “Not only are community your credit at w w w .ftc. banks like Bank of Eastern gov/freereports. Oregon interested in help -Work with your ing home buyers purchase community banker to fig a hom e, they also want ure out how much you to help borrowers find a can borrow and whi ch mortgage they can afford mortgage product is right and afford to keep.” for you. Your community For m ore infor banker will carefully ex mation about ICBA, visit plain the mortgage options www.icba.org. To find out o f each mortgage product more about BEO Bancorp available, including rate and Bank o f Eastern Or a d ju stm e n ts, fees, and egon, visit www.beobank. o th er loan featu res, so com. HHS valedictorians and salutatorian celebrate end of school Ladies Play Day results Chamber lunch meeting speakers announced S h elley M cC abe will be giving a brief report on Pioneer Memorial Phys ical Therapy at this week's chamber lunch meeting to be held on Thursday, June 17, at noon at H eppner C ity H all. A lso, Jerem y Vandehey, community en gagement coordinator for Ladies Play Day and long drive was Corol was held on Tuesday, June Mitchell. 8, at the W illow C reek Flight B winners: Country Club. Results are low gross was Lynnea Sar the newly formed Oregon as follows: gent ; low net was Lorrene Health Authority will be June 8 M o n tg o m ery ; and long giving a brief overview of drive was Pat Dougherty. Low gross o f the the work on health reform field was Pat Dougherty and Flight C winners: in Oregon and how federal Nancy Propheter. Low net low gross was Laura Rog reform impacts the work o f the field was Ann Elgin. ers; low net was Jacki All- they were already doing Least Putts o f the Field was stott; least putts was Luvilla and where they are in the Betty Carlson. Sonstegard; and long drive process. F l i g h t A w i n was Laura Rogers. ners: low gross was Karen C h i p - i n s : P a t Pictured left to right are Heppner High School valedictorians T hom pson; low net was Dougherty on #18. F.mily Thompson and Lane Wright, and salutatorian Ashley a three-w ay tie between, A nine-hole invi Wolff. -Contributed Photo Jan Paustian, Eva Ki l k tational tournament will be enny, and Corol Mitchell; held on Sunday, June 20. HEPPNER ELKS 358 6 7 6 -9 1 8 1 "Where Friends M eet” I 42 N o r th M a in Annual Father's Pay Picnic & 2nd Annual Kenny Turner Memorial Horseshoe Tournament lone Legion Auxiliary League hosts luncheon for school staff CUT5FORTH PARK • JUNE 20TH Horseshoe Tournarnent will start promptly at 1 pm. There.will be games and activities for children and adults. WCCC to host Junior Golf Willow Creek Country Club will be host ing Junior G olf June 21- 24. Students age 7-16 are invited to attend. Cost o f the ju n io r g o lf is $20 payable to Willow Creek Country Club. R egistration will begin M onday, June 21, at 8 a.m. at Willow Creek. Sessions will be: ages 7-10, 9-10 a.m. and ages 11 - 16, 10-11 a.m. M onday, Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday’s classes will be ages 7-10, 3-4 p.m. and ages 11-16, 4-5 p.m. F or i nf or ma t i on c o n t a c t G r e g Gr a n t at 541-676-5257 or 509-528- 3134. BoardmaiTs 2010 Fall Quilt Show planned The ladiex of the lone Legion Auxiliary League hoxted an end of the year luncheon for the xtaff at lone Community School. Pictured left-right are Sheryl Parrott, Nancy Anderxon. Pat Pettyjohn. Becky Kietmann. Ina Peterxon and Irene Holtz. -Contributed Photo Boardman’s 2010 Fall Quilt Show will be Sep tember 24 and 25 at the Boardman Senior Center. Details of the show will soon be available. The show is sponsored by Boardman Quilt Group.
