TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 16,2011
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
H eppner
Christensen to speak at
Chamber lunch meeting
Arbuckle Nordic Club
holds weekend outing
This week’s Chamber lunch will be hosted by
Willow Creek Valley Economic Development Group
(WCVEDG) and will incorporate their annual meeting
and guest speaker Kurt Christensen from Renewable Ag
Energy. The meeting will be held at noon on Thursday,
February 17, in the Senior Center dining room.
Christensen will give a status update of the
purchase and operation of the Power Plant at the South
Morrow County Industrial Park (old mill site).
This week’s meal will be free and will be catered
by Sweet Productions.
Anyone planning to attend Chamber lunch meet
ings is asked to RSVP by Wednesday morning of each
week so seating and meals can be accommodated.
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Elks Annual to be held Feb. 19
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Bank of Eastern Oregon
offers scholarships
Bank o f Eastern
Oregon will again offer 20
$500 Agriculture/Business
scholarships for graduating
seniors in Heppner, lone,
Arlington, Condon, Board-
man, Irrigon, Spray, Fossil,
Burns, Crane, John Day,
Monument, Long Creek,
D ayville, Moro, Prairie
City, Enterprise, Wallowa,
and Joseph,” announced
Jeff Bailey, president and
CEO of Bank of Eastern
Oregon.
This marks the 19th
year the bank is sponsor
ing the $500 scholarships
to students. “Through the
years we have aw arded
approximately $76,000 in
scholarships. We are proud
of our graduates and pleased
to continue offering the
scholarships to the talented
and deserving recipients in
our market area,” continued
Bailey.
A pplicants must
plan to enroll in college in
either agriculture or busi
ness. Selection will be based
on scholarship, leadership,
and citizenship.
Applications can
be picked up from school
counselors or at a branch
of Bank of Eastern Oregon
or by going online and
downloading the applica
tion at www.beobank.com
(Community Commitment
link). The deadline to sub
mit applications is May 2,
2011 .
The Heppner BPOE #358 will hold their Elks
The Arbuckle Nordic Club had seven skiers for this past week
end. About five inches of snow came earlier in the week but Annual on February 19. The theme for the 114th Elks
it has settled and some has melted. After skiing last weekend Annual will be Hollywood Bash.
on ice and crust, the group stayed off the roads and trails and
The day’s events will begin with ladies tea and
set their own trail through forest openings and along ridge
social
at
3 p.m., lodge at 3 p.m., and dinner will be held
tops. There is no scheduled ski trip for next weekend due to
at
6:30
p.m.
Dinner will be roasted pork loin. Music and
the holiday. Regular skiers who have not paid the $5 family
membership are asked to bring it on February 26. - Contrib dancing will follow at 9 p.m. featuring Travelin’ Jones.
Dress for the evening will be Hollywood Bling Attire.
uted Photo
He showed us the money
AARP Defensive Driving
Course to be held
The Hope Lutheran, All Saints Episcopal, United Methodist,
Baptist churches ecumenical youth group recently took part in
a “Souper Bowl of Caring” outreach project and gathered cans
of soup for the Heppner Neighborhood Center. The group ap
preciates the employees of the Bank of Eastern Oregon for their
generous contributions. Pictured (L-R) are Tessa Gould, Ali
Lovgren, Joslynn Troxel, Larissa Gray, Brett Harrison, Drew
Brannon, Axel Lofgren, and Taylor Gould. Sitting in front are
Tom Gould and Robanai Disque. - Photo by April Sykes
The boots are back for St. Patrick’s
Celebration weekend
cc Household Hazardous
Waste Event
Morrow County will be hosting another
Household Hazardous Waste event FREE of
charge to County residents
Saturday April 23, 2011
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Lexington Road Dept.
365 W. Hwy 74, Lexington, OR
Accepted during the event;
Used oil (containers less than 25 gallons) O il filters, Spent Antifreeze,
Automotive batteries, Alkaline & rechargeable batteries, Propane Tanks
(smaller than 25 gal.) O il based point, Paint thinners and solvents, Roof
and asphalt patch, Adhesives, glues and contad cement, Caulks sealers
a passport. The employer
ended up loaning the ob
ligor money so he could
pay his arrears and release
the passport. LaSt Friday
the obligor walked into the
DCS Capital City Business
Center office with a pay
ment of more than $9,000 in
cash. Arrears paid, passport
released and off to work.
Debbie Peck has
worked as the support en
forcement employee at the
Morrow County District
Attorney Office for almost
three years and is a valu
able asset to this office and
the community. Debbie’s
work is showing the state
that small counties can
effectively handle a child
support program. This pay
ment is the direct result of
an effective enforcement
policy at the federal and
local level.
CITY COUNCIL
paid for the fuel.
All other-
MCSO assisted an
outside law enforcement
agency with an investiga
tion.
MCSO received a
call regarding a domestic
dispute. It was determined
to be a verbal altercation.
A deputy inves
tigated harassing phone
calls.
MCSO received a
report of a M1P party. It was
unfounded.
MCSO received a
report of child toys being
shot with a BB gun.
MCSO received a
report of a disoriented fe
male. The female was not
located.
An intoxicated per
son entered a residence
when the resident opened
the door. The person w as'
removed the residence.
People w ere re
ported be living in a van at
the Mountain Glen Apart
ments. The occupant was
arrested on an outstanding
warrant.
A person was con
tacted regarding urinating
in a parking lot.
A citizen called and
reported a company had
called stating they were
going to put siding on the
caller’s residence. Resi
dent refused the service,
and they showed up at the
residence to put up the sid
ing. A deputy responded
and contacted the company,
who was advised they were
not going to do anything
without permission.
A person reported
that a threatening message
was left on their answering
machine.
A person reported
one or two juveniles ran
through his yard. Some
juveniles were contacted
and denied going through
the caller's yard.
A juvenile was ar
rested by a MCSO Deputy
for probation violation and
the juvenile was lodged at
NORCOR.
Two juveniles were
issued citations for curfew
violation
There will be an AARP Defensive Driving Course
on March 4 and 5 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Heppner
Senior Center.
To sign up visit the Heppner Senior Center. For
more information contact Ron Dowse at 541-575-4268
or 541 -792-0587. The cost is $ 12 for AARP member with
cards and $14 for non members. The instructor will be 4.
The em ployer of
Ron Dowse.
a father-obligor was with
Ecumenical youth group take part holding child support from
his paychecks but not mak
in “Souper Bowl of Caring”
ing the payments on a regu
lar basis, and arrears were
owed on the case since
2006.
Enforcement Of
ficer Debbie Peck from the
Morrow County DA’s Child
Support office had taken
enforcem ent action as a
result of the delinquency,
including passport denial.
Things recently came to
a head when the obligor
had to travel out the coun
try for work and needed
MCGG makes donation
to lone Schools
Craig Holland of Morrow County Grain Growers (left) pre
sented lone Community School Principal Jerry Archer (right)
with a check for the months of September through December
2010 in the amount of $502. The donation came from their
“Fueling the Future Program.” MCGG donates $1 for every
propane fill. MCGG also matched the concession earnings for
the games played on February 12. Serving in concessions was
the Paris Club members Joe Doherty, TJ Patton, Daniel Holtz,
and Oskar Peterson. Photo by Paula Emmel
Editor s Note: The follow-
ing article was sent to the
G azette-Tim es fro m the
Morrow County District At
torney s office. The article
was published in the Or
egon Department o f Justice
Weekly Memo on February
The Welly Toss,
also known as Throw the
Boot will again be played
this year during the annual
St. Patrick’s Celebration in
Heppner.
The location is the
same, at Willow and Main.
Play for teams will be from
10-12:30, with the champi
onships at 3:30 p.m. Indi
vidual play is from 1:30-3
p.m. with the championship
round to begin at 3.
Team competition
has been added to this year’s
event and all families, mer
chants, clubs, churches,
friends, etc. are welcome
to play. Each team will be
asked to pay a registration
fee of $5 to offset cost of
materials and prizes for
the games. A team con
sists o f four players and
the competition will take
about 15 minutes. As in
the individual competition,
each team member will
have three tries to throw as
far as they can. The three
teams with the top over-all
scores will compete for the
championship.
Individual kids will
compete based on age -
adults will be divided by
m ale and fem ale. Each
player gets three throws.
The Championship round
will include the top three
throwers in each bracket.
P riz e s w ill be
awarded to the cham pi
onship teams and to the
in d ividual com petition
winners. All those in the
championships will win a
Leprechaun.
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
If Y O U h a v e a fam ily m e m b e r 'w h o su ffe rs from
g a m b lin g ad d ictio n , Y O U c a n a ls o re c e iv e F R E E treat
m e n t e v e n if the g a m b le r is not re c e iv in g treatm ent.
If y o u a re a re sid e n t o f M o r r o w C o u n t y a n d y o u w is h
to ta k e a d v a n t a g e o f the s e r v ic e s a b o v e o r d e s ire m o re
inform ation. P le a s e call a n y o f the fo llo w in g n u m b e r s
to s e t u p .a L O C A L a p p o in tm e n t o r ju st to talk:
B o b b y H a r ris @ 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5
Com m unity C oun seling Solutions ( C C S ) @ 541-676-9161
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Traffic-
There were four
traffic stops, one resulted
in a citation.
A ju v e n ile was
warned about not wearing
a bicycle helmet.
Code Enforcement-
Eight animal complaints
were reported, resulting in
one citation; one dog was
transported to Pet Rescue;
four found dogs were re
ported; two residences had
unlicensed vehicles, and
were warned; two noise
complaints were received
from apartments.
Theft Complaints-
A juvenile was ar
rested for burglary.
An attempted bur
glary was reported.
A deputy inves
tigated possible theft o f
Social Security checks. It
was determined no crime
was committed.
A person reported a
theft of a credit card, which
occurred in Montana. The
person was referred to the
authorities in Montana.
A cell phone
was stolen from the high
school.
A person reported
a theft of Gatorade. It was
determined the caller’s son
gave perm ission for the
people to take it.
A credit card was
taken from inside of a resi
dence, and used.
A person reported a
theft of camping equipment
over the past three or four
months.
MCSO received a
report o f a fuel drive-off
from the Chevron station.
The driver returned and
and joint compounds, Lawn and garden chemicals and fertilizers, Pool
chemicals, Household cleaners (including bleach, ammonia, furniture
polish, toilet bowl cleaners, carpet shampoos) Sludge (soil contami
nated with oil smaller than 25 gal. containers) Mercury thermometers,
Florescent lamps, All types of aerosol cans, Used cooking oil, Road
flares, PCB ballasts, Organic peroxides (hardening agents)
Items not accepted:
Empty containers, ammunition, explosives,
biological waste, radioadive waste
Morrow County Public Works
mcpublicwork@co.morrow.or.us
PO. Box 4 2 8
Lexington, OR. 9 7 8 3 9
5 4 1 -9 8 9 -9 5 0 0
LITTLE I LEAGUE I REGISTRATION
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F ebruary 1 5 th s - 7 pm
F ebruary 16 th & 17 th s - e pm
Neighborhood Center
Boys ages 5-12 6c Girls ages 5-16 are eligible to play
Please bring 3 proofs of residency & birth certificate
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