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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 15,2010 - THREE MCGG starts new ‘Fueling the Future’ program $1 donation to the schools for each fuel delivery Left Photo: Pictured are Heppner Elementary School students Kaden Combe, Sydney Wilson, Jorden Sweeney, Gavin Hanna, Dylan Rill, Jacee Currin, Madison Combe, Claire Grieb, Morgan Correa, Kane Sweeney, Logan Grieb, Kolby Currin, and Meranda Lemmon, along with Kami Combe and MCGG employees Doug Holland, Corey Sweeney, and Mike Correa. Right Photo: Pictured are lone Community School students Kevin LaRue, Steven Holland, Julie Carson, Jacqueline Juarez, Joe Doherty, Ann Rietmann, Bobali Peterson, Syd Stefani, Jake Heideman, Cameron Crum, Grace Ogden and Bryce Rollins, along with Principal Jerry Archer and MCGG employees Doug Holland. Corey Sweeney and Mike Correa. The logo was designed by Chrlene Houweling of Heppner. -Photos by David Sykes M orrow C ounty Grain Growers Inc. of Lex ington, Oregon has unveiled a new campaign to help support local schools. The employees of the company have a growing concern with the shortfall of fund ing for education and they have collaborated to come up with a promotion to do- nate money to the schools in the communities that the company serves. Look for the bright yellow “Fueling the Future” propane delivery truck serv ing your community and prom oting education in your local school. For each delivery stop in your com munity, Morrow County Grain Growers will donate $1 to the local school to help fund education for the kids in that community. M orrow C ounty Grain Growers Inc. is a farmer owned supply and marketing cooperative, es tablished in 1930. The com pany serves seven counties in North Central Oregon and K lickitat County in Washington. The compa ny is very diverse. The company operates seven grain elevators including a barge loading facility on the Columbia River. The retail side of the company includes two full service CaselH and Polaris sales, parts and service facilities. CITY COUNCIL -Continuedfrom Page ONE DeMayo to place a statue on an empty cement pad in the park. “We do intend to take action on your kind offer as Heppner area con tinues to be an important cultural area to our tribes,” Susan Sheoships of Tamast- slikt wrote in an email to the city last month. It was unclear at that time what kind of statue or monument would be placed there. M o n d a y so m e council members said they had heard from members of the public who ¡were op posed to putting the statue or monument in the park. The council also received a letter from Heppner resi dent Tom Wolff which read in part: “ I recently read where the City was con sidering the installation of a Native American Indian statue or honorary item on the cement blocks in the Heritage Plaza Park. Please do not al low this. Heppner and the Willow Creek Valley have a long and deep heritage of Irish culture and sheep influence, dating from be fore the tum-of-the-century. Let’s stick to that theme and marketing agenda. Let Pendleton have the blessings and influences o f the Native American culture. It was very rare and had little influence on Hep- p n er’s development. We don’t need to promote those issues here in Heppner. I urge you to vote against this concept / idea,” Wolff wrote. The council agreed and decided not to proceed with the planned Indian monument. H e a r d A u g u s t p o lic e report In other business the council heard the fol lowing report on police action in Heppner: A person was re ported as possibly being suicidal. A citizen reported a possible prowler outside, a residence. It was the caller’s neighbors walking around. There were eight juvenile complaints. A person reported a child screaming. It was de termined the child wanted a toy from another child. A child was playing inside a vehicle and knocked it into gear, causing it to roll out of a driveway. A small child was reported to be riding a bicycle in the roadway. A juvenile was warned to wear a helmet and to have a light on the bicycle at night. Juveniles at the library ran from a Deputy. A juvenile was being punished by parents, and called 911 to report the incident. It was determined to be legal pun ishment A citizen report ed receiving prank phone calls. A person reported being locked out of a resi dence by her boyfriend, and their child was inside the residence. A Deputy Homecoming Flowers I -Order by Thursday- P rink S pecials ! Large Red Velvet Latte • $3.00 Hot or Iced Wild Berry Chai $3.00 Hot or Iced Wedding Tables responded and determined it was a civil matter. A person reported a vacant rental had its front door forced open. Noth ing was missing from the residence. Traffic There were sixteen traffic stops resulting in five traffic citations. One motor vehicle crash was reported, which resulted in property dam age. One was unfounded and three resulted in minor property damage. A drunk driver was reported leaving a bar. The vehicle was not located. Code Enforcement Eighteen anim al complaints were reported. Seven animals were trans ported to Pet Rescue. Six barking dog com plaints were received. Thirteen code en forcement contacts were initiated, mostly concerning weeds, garbage and other debris. Theft Complaints A bicycle was re ported stolen, and later returned to the victim. Cash was reported to have been taken from a residence. Two ID theft cases were reported. A theft of fuel from the Chevron was reported. A b u sin ess was broken into and items were taken. All O ther Two different sus picious vehicle reports were investigated. One was re garding vehicles by the Dam and another regarding a vehicle at the park at the same time for a few con -Continuedfrom Page ONE propriated $25,000 in un secutive days. In other business the council decided not to pursue a plan to purchase advertising in the Orego nian Newspaper promoting the town. The purchase was found to be too expensive. More doggie bag stands The council learned that the city has set up four more doggie doo-doo bag stands around town. There had been complaints from the little league that the dog feces at the little league field beneath the dam was getting so bad ki^s were stepping in* it White pldy- ing. The city put one of the stands at the field in hopes of cutting down on the problem. There was also one placed on Main Street near the Post Office, and one by Heppner Fam ily Foods. Heppner has an ordinance requiring people to clean up after their dogs on public property. Volunteer needed The council is ask ing for a volunteer to serve on a recently established co m m ittee to im prove health care in the county. The group is made up of local health care pro viders and local govern ment, com m unity orga nizations and businesses. The group’s goal is to im prove health and increase access to care for resi dents in Morrow County. The council was asked by Andrea Fletcher to come up with a committee mem ber to serve. Anyone that is interested should contact city hall or council member Cindi Doherty. Community Lunch Menu Nazarene/7,h Day Adventist members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, September 22, at St. Pat rick’s Senior Center. The menu will include chicken cas serole, green salad, sliced peaches, hot rolls, and apple crisp. Marriage Licenses Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers has re leased the following report as of August 31: -September 9: Aaron Dean McCormick, 21, Hep pner and Ashley Micheala Zimmerman, 22, Heppner. B u rn sicle S a t u r d a y , S e p t e m b e r 1 8 th ^ MuMuj'i D juu ) 217 North Main • Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Hmppnet Lexington A lone its employees and the vol unteer work they do in the communities they live in. The company has always been a good neighbor in each community it serves, annually donating over $30,000 for activities such as 4H, FFA, school athlet ics, little league and other youth sports activities. PROFICIENCY PROGRAM D a n i e l l e M e D o w e ll B rian two full service Agronomy facilities, a farm supply store, Feed Store, Napa Auto Parts, bulk fuel and heating oil, and propane sales, equipment, and ser vice. The company pro vides employment to 65 employees in its trade area. The company is proud of F a l l C r o p I n s u r a n c e M e e t in g To Discuss Changes for Crop Year 2011 Th ursday, S e p te m b e r 2 3 r d , 7 :0 0 pm lo n e G ra n g e H all 5 4 1 -4 2 2 -7 4 1 0 reasons may be appealed by the board and appeals should be directed to the superintendent’s office and will be acted upon at the next regular board meeting after their receipt. The superintendent told the board that enroll ment is down around 35 students this year compared to last, with the majority, around 25 students, down from H eppner Schools. Enrollment, as of Septem ber 7, is as follows: Hep pner Junior/Senior High School (grades seven-12)- 215, Heppner Elementary School (grades kindergar ten-six)-183, A.C. Hough ton Elementary School, Ir- rigon (grades K-three)-251, Irrigon Junior/Senior High School (seven-12)-331, Ir rigon Elementary School (four-six)-219. Riverside Junior Senior High School, Boardman (seven-12)-409, Sam Boardman Elementary (K-three)-305, Windy Riv er Elementary, Boardman (four-six)-222. Morrow Education Center-Morrow County School D istrict students-39, M EC-other students-16, total-2190. The attendance on September 7 was down 73 students from the enrollment as follows: HHS-212,HES- 179, ACH-243, IJSHS- 310, IES-217, RJSHS-395, SBE-291, WRE-215, MEC- MCSD-39, MEC-other-16, total-2117. In other business, the board: -agreed by consen sus to direct the superinten dent to have a resolution drawn up by the district’s lawyer to eliminate Com munity Education Commit tees due to lack of interest and a lack o f candidates for election. “I think it has run its course," said board member Thad Killingbeck. “I don’t believe there's a real function for these com mittees." Burrows said that the site councils, in place at each school and with elected representatives, in essence replace the need for the committees. Burrows also said that CEC elections had cost the district around $1,000 each time, but that amount was expected to go up substantially. -accepted and ap anticipated revenues for the Title 1C Migrant Program. -accepted and ap propriated an additional $25,620 from the State of Oregon University System for instruction and staff de velopment at Irrigon High School for the GEAR Up Program. -approved the fol lowing em ployment ac tion: resignations-Minerva D eLoera, RHS English Language Learner program assistant, Ivan Dike, IJH assistant football coach, Joy Hearn, IJSHS ed assistant, IJH head volleyball coach, IJSHS assistant girls’ bas ketball coach; employment- Autumn Morgan, district office half-time fiscal ser- vices/administration, Tim Beatty, IJSHS temporary science contract for teacher on parental leave, Ashley Smith, SBE kindergarten teacher, Gloria Schmidt, RHS ELL ed assistant, re placing Minerva DeLoera, Mary Kay Holmquist, WRE assistant cook, replacing Alicia Hearn; transfer/pro- m otion-Bonnie M atlack from SBE assistant cook to WRE head cook, temporary one-year position for em ployee on approved leave; extra duty contracts-Stormy Botefuhr, IJH assistant vol leyball coach, Jessica Le hmann, IJSH head soccer coach, Jeremy Rosenbalm, HHS head boys’ basket ball coach, HHS half-time assistant football coach, Cheryl Costello/M aribel Torres, RHS rally advisors, Cindy Ayala, RHS girls’ soccer coach, Randal Ol sen. RHS assistant football coach, Clair Costello, RHS assistant football coach. Dieter Waite, HHS assistant volleyball coach, Stefanie Sweeney, HJHS assistant boys' basketball coach. -heard the follow ing announcements: Ore gon School Board Associa tion fall regional meeting. Blue Mountain Commu nity College, Pendleton, 6 p.m., September 28; next board m eeting, SBE, 7 p.m., October 11; OSBA fall convention. Portland, November 11-14. -held an executive session for the purpose of discussing negotiations. M.C. Community Health Improvement Partnership to meet The Morrow County Community Health Im provement Partnership will convene on October 5 from 10 a.m.- 12 p.m. in Heppner. Lunch will be provided and transportation assistance can be arranged.
