Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 1,2011
A View from the Hill
By Doris Brosnan
Willow Creek Ter
race residents and staff
viewed the “Mustang Mop
Up” as a positive sign that
spring truly is here. By
“mopping up” the weeds
from the garden spot and
flowerbeds, and the dirt
from the windows and the
facility’s van, the H ep
pner High School students
and advisors left the Ter
race looking spiffy and
the T errace-ites feeling
optimistic.
Velma “G ranny”
Felt watched some o f the
work in the garden from
near the front windows in
the entryway and noted that
watching the kids work so
hard made her heart feel
good...good because she
didn’t have to do it! Bud
Batty offered some input
as he stood near the rows
that will soon produce po
tatoes; not only did the
Mustangs weed the garden
area, but they also planted
many rows of vegetables
that Velma, Bud and their
neighbors will appreciate at
their tables this summer.
Residents will also
appreciate the plants that
the women’s bible-study
group gave them recent
ly, as the plants and new
blooms enhance the newly
clean flowerbeds.
A variety of home-
baked cookies awaited the
workers for break-time on
Thursday morning. Lois
Allyn thought that the cook
ies looked so good, she
zipped outside and joined
the weed-pullers, sure to be
included as a worker later.
L ois en jo y e d a
birthday on May 9, cel
ebrating her 83rd year of
living and learning. She has
now joined neighbors who
must wait another year be
fore selecting their birthday
dinners and desserts on the
Hill. Dean Gilman joined
those ranks, also, after cel
ebrating his special day last
month.
T h is w e e k , on
Wednesday, May 25 the
community will celebrate
at a “sending o ff’ party for
Virginia Greib. This will be
a “first” at the Terrace, for
Virginia is the first person to
use the respite-care services
for an extended time— one
month—while recovering
from surgery and undergo
ing physical therapy. Man
ager George Naims says
that providing the respite
care for someone working
toward rehabilitation, with
a plan to return home, was a
great opportunity and expe
rience for the Terrace staff.
Virginia and her spunky
nature will be missed.
Also missed great
ly at the Terrace is Dorothy
Odell, who passed away
on April 26, more than two
years after moving into
the community. Dorothy
was a positive force to
everyone around her, right
up to the very day she left
an enormous void behind.
Residents, staff and family
remembered Dorothy fond
ly at a memorial service at
the Terrace on May 7.
After two years of
life in Heppner, another
neighbor, Mary Lou Wilson,
has moved back to her pre
vious location, LaGrande.
But, expected in early June,
Billie Kroske will bring
her unique personality to
Heppner from Redmond.
Locating at the Terrace will
mean being closer to her
son, Gary, in IiTigon, and
her granddaughter, Hep-
pnerite Sandy Day.
Living at the Ter
race in June will surely
include several days o f
special celebrations and
commemorations, as each
month does seem to fill up
with those. May has held
several significant obser
vances, including Firefight
ers Day, Cinco de Mayo,
National Day o f Prayer,
Mothers Day, Purple-for-
Peace Day and U.S. Armed
Forces Day.
May has also held
opportunities to recognize
the amusing, trivial and
silly, as it did on National
Hug Day, Limerick Day,
Apple Pie Day, D ance-
Like-a-Chicken Day, Fairy
Godmothers Day, Back
yard Gam es Week, and
Lucky Penny Day. The
month will end with the
poignant opportunity to
discuss loved ones, as the
residents and staff observe
Memorial Day, a day that
may be viewed by the resi
dents differently from how
it is viewed by the later two
generations.
County Court news
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on May 4 in
Heppner with Judge Tail-
man and Commissioners
Grieb and Rea in atten
dance.
The court reviewed
and approved the minutes
for the April 27 meeting.
They also reviewed and,
after removing an inap
propriate charge, approved
the account payables in
the net total am ount o f
$104,345.94.
Road Report: The
crew has finished work on
the McNab bridge project.
The hot mix plant is up and
running for the season, so
they dug out and patched
the pavement on both ends
of the bridge, also placed
new signs and conducted
general clean up chores.
The crew then dug out and
patched the culvert crossing
that was added to Baseline
Lane near the Lexington
Grange Road intersection.
The crew then moved to
Tower Road and did some
hand patching on numer
ous pot holes. The crew
has finished building the
stockpile sites along Wil
low Creek Road, hauled all
of the chip rock and choke
material (sand) to those
sites, crack sealed the upper
end of the road as needed,
and are currently sweeping
the roadway. Next week
they will do some pave
patching as needed to com
plete the prep work before
they start chip sealing on
May 16. The crusher crew
will finish crushing all of
the chip rock at the Skin
ner Creek pit by the end
of this week. The crusher
crew will then move to the
Halvorson pit. The graders
are working on the last of
the county’s gravel roads;
they are working hard to get
finished up before we start
Check o u t o u r
g r a d u a tio n g ift ite m s
our summer preservation
work. Due to all the rain,
it has been a tough spring
to grade roads, they have
had to go back and hit sev
eral areas multiple times.
Currently there are several
trucks hauling rock to the
Sunflower Flat Road, where
they are fixing several soft
spots and adding gravel as
needed to other sections
o f the road. Permits: On
the recommendation of the
Road Dept, the following
permits were reviewed and
signed: Permit # 167 to Jose
Pena for an approach road
onto Wilson Lane near Paul
Smith Road in the Board-
man area and Permit #168
to Bert Houweling for an
approach road onto Dee
Cox Road 1.4 miles up from
Hwy 74 in the Heppner area.
Paint: Public Works Man
agement Assistant, Sandi
Putman informed the court
that she has been working
with Paint Care Inc. for the
county to become a part of
the Oregon Paint Recycling
Program. This would allow
Morrow County residents
to take paint (in its original
container) to the transfer
stations for free disposal.
Public Hearing:
A public hearing regarding
the possibility of establish
ing the lone Library District
was held. The court re
viewed the information pro
vided by the applicants and
then took testimony from
Lisa Rietmann on behalf of
the lone Topic Club, Betty
Gray and Bobbi Childers
all speaking in favor of the
formation. There was no
testimony in opposition of
the requested formation.
The court then approved the
formation of the district and
requested that the necessary
documents be prepared for
signatures.
Sheriff’s Report:
lone community 4-H livestock
meets and discusses project
Marcia Anderson
focused on their needs for
success.”
Anderson and her
husband were foster parents
to two girls, both of whom
they adopted and raised
in addition to their own
daughter. The couple lives
on their acreage outside
Boardman.
By Oskar Peterson
The lone Commu
nity 4-H Livestock Club
held their third meeting on
May 15 from 4 p.m. to 5
p.m. at the lone Commu
nity Church. The meeting
was called to order by club
leader Erin Heideman. Club
members present were Aus
tin Carter, Hannah Padberg,
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the animal group banners
was decided after much
discussion as a bake sale on
July 1. The club then began
discussing fair information
such as when to be there,
what to wear, and cleaning
and feeding duties.
There w ill be a
weigh-in on June 5. The
club's next meeting will be
on June 12 at Mrs. Heide
man's home, the purpose of
which will be to fill record
books.
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Oskar Peterson and Tyler
Carter.
The first item of
business was to discuss the
community service project.
The service project had
been decided as a clean-up
day at the lone cemetery
from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on
Sunday, May 22. The club
then discussed a date for
filling in record books and
then learned helpful infor
mation about raising and
training their pigs.
A fundraiser for
Hunters Education
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recommendation that the
loan be approved with a
seven year payback at 6.5%
interest. After reviewing all
of the information, the loan
was approved with the rec
ommended conditions.
GOEDC Update:
Ms. Drugge provided the
court with information on
the three Equity Fund loans,
stating that all loans are cur
rent and with the approval
of today’s application the
loans are being used by a
diverse group of businesses,
including medical, tourism,
retail and manufacturing.
Ms Drugge then discussed
the availability of $40,000
revolving fund program for
repairs to Morrow County
home owners in the low and
moderate income range for
siding installation, painting,
heating system upgrades
and electrical system repair.
Providing the program is
funded, a household of one
would have a maximum
income limit o f $28,950
with graduating steps up to
a household of six having
an income limit of $48,000.
These are no-interest loans
that must have adequate
collateral and meet other
requirements o f the pro
gram.
The court conduct
ed the following business:
Approved a resolution allo
cating National Forest Re
lated Safety-Net payments
allocating 15% for projects
under Title II and Title
III, 12 percent for projects
under Title II and 3% for
projects und Title III. The
court then reviewed corre
spondences and upcoming
meeting notices.
If you would like
to be placed on the list to
receive County minutes,
please contact Karen Wolff
at (541)676-5620.
Pictured are the first 10 of many more flags to be raised each year at the High
View Cemetery in memory of veterans from lone who have given their lives in
defense of our country.
Each memorial flag is personalized and each flag displayed will be the official
flag of the United States at the time of the individual’s death. The lone Legion
Post is responsible for this project and will continue the effort into the future.
John and Linda Bristow of lone commented on the project, saying how much
they appreciate the legion members for their “thoughtfulness and efforts to
ward making this memorial possible”.
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Sheriff Ken Matlack pro
vided the court with the
April activity report. The
following information was
reported: In the Boardman
area there was a call regard
ing a boat taking on water,
an injury rollover at the
end of Paterson Ferry Road
and an assist for the Board-
man Police Dept, for a
51-year-old male suffering
with mental issues. In the
Irrigon Area a 16-year-old
male ran a pickup into the
Columbia River, resulting
in the death of a dog that
was in the pickup canopy,
made an arrest for a sex
crime involving children,
a vehicle pursuit resulting
in an arrest and a vehicle
ran into the back of the Ir
rigon Annex. The Sheriff
reported that Parole and
Probation (P&P) program
collected $3,114.00 for the
month of April. The num
ber o f individuals in the
P&P program continues to
increase. The increase will
result in additional funds
coming from the state to
assist with the financing of
the program.
C ounty C lerk ’s
Report: Morrow County
Clerk, Bobbi Childers re
ported an issue regarding
the recording of Consent
to Participate documents.
There appears to be some
glitches in the way the
documents are processed.
After some discussion it
was decided that more re
search needed to be done to
see how the issue is handled
in other counties.
Equity Fund: The
Greater Eastern Oregon
Development Corporation
(GOEDC) Executive Direc
tor, Melissa Drugge present
ed a loan request for Kevin
Chick DBA Miller Manu
facturing in the amount of
$85,000. GOEDC made a
lone Legion raises flags in memory of veterans
Morrow county DHS agent
receives state award
Marcia Anderson,
with Department of Human
Services covering Morrow
and Umatilla counties, was
recently nominated for the
DHS worker o f the year
award. Anderson received
her award at the DPSST
Public Safety Academy in
Salem on May 24.
A cco rd in g to a
release by the DHS, the
award was a reflection of
Anderson’s hard work and
dedication to her job. In a
nomination letter by Mor
row County Victim Assis
tance Director Deona Siex,
Anderson was called “the
backbone of the Boardman
DHS office.” The letter
went on to state that “Mar
cia shows compassion and
empathy to the children
that she encounters and is
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