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.
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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
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was Lynnea Sar
the newly formed Oregon
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follows:
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;
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net was Lorrene
Health Authority will be
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giving a brief overview of
drive
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Pat
Dougherty.
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field
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Pat
Dougherty
and
Flight
C winners:
in Oregon and how federal
Nancy
Propheter.
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was
Laura Rog
reform impacts the work
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f
the
field
was
Ann
Elgin.
ers;
low
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was
Jacki All-
they were already doing
Least
Putts
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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.
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"Where Friends M eet”
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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.