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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 1,2011 Storm causes road damage Court news Fishing derby a success County The Morrow Coun take to repair the road the Glen Ward measuring Dillon Howe’s Fish -Photo by Allen Anderson The sixth annual Youth Fishing Derby was held at Cutsforth Park on May 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Ninety-seven children registered for the event, which had three dif ferent age classes. The Pee Wee group was for ages zero to five. Landon Waddell caught the first fish, a 15” specimen. First prize in the group went to five-year-old Bill All- dritt, who caught a fish 17- y«” long. Second prize went to Jessie Bowles, age four, with a catch of 17-3/«”. Esa Chavis, Katie Hendericks and Sammy Hendericks each caught 16-'/^” fish. The Junior Class contained ages six to 10. Liam Nolan won first place with a \ 1 - V i " fish. Second place was a tie among Bryce Wonderly, Colby Daugh erty, Dominick Calvert and Liam Seberson, who each had 17-'/«” fish. Third place went to Cameron Crum, Kenna Troxell and Kenneth Troxell with 17” fish. The Senior Class included ages 11 to 14. First place went to Tristan Moses with a 17-'/i” fish. Kianna Duprie won second with a 17” fish. The smallest fish was a nine-incher caught by Matt Orem. Sponsors and part ners who .made the event possible include: Morrow bounty Parks, Oregon De partment of Fish and Wild life (ODFW), Elks Lodge 358, Pettyjohn’s Farm and Building Supply, Commu nity Bank, Bank of Eastern Oregon and AGC Enterpris- Bill Alldritt holds the prize for the largest fish overall, a whopping 17 and three- quarters inches. - Photo by Melanie Gates Josh Hendrichs and daugher Katie Hendrichs. -Photo by Allen Anderson Fishing derby sponsor and tool creators former Heppner residents One of the sponsors for the recently held fishing derby at Cutsforth Park, AGC Enterprises NW, LLC, is owned by former Heppner residents Andy Gorman and Steve Croce, the creators of the Retractable Tool Tether. 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Blue Mountain Investment Management LLC is not affiliated with Multi-Financial Securities Corp. 51353 Sunflower Flat Road, Heppner, OR 97836 ritatvan@multifin.com ty Court met on May 18, County Court has extended 2011 in Boardman with the seasonal road closure Judge Tallinan and Com through August 31, 2011. missioners Grieb and Rea The closure will be approxi mately four miles, from in attendance. The court reviewed the Madison Butte School and approved the minutes House to the Road Canyon for the May 11 meeting. Bridge on Rhea Creek. This They also reviewed and extended closure will allow approved the account pay the crew time to complete ables in the net amount of other scheduled projects and make plans on how best to $58,442.44. R oad R ep ort: complete the repairs. There May 5 to May 13. The crew are alternative routes avail hauled more gravel to the able and no property will Sunflower Flat Road; they be landlocked. Roads that then finished the section of were repaired are Baseline, the 21 Road to the County Beach, Kemp, Strawberry Line. The crew then started and Myers Lanes, Sand working on the section Hollow, Kenny, Black- between Hwy 207 to the horse Canyon, Bell Can Board Creek Road junction. yon, Dee Cox, Cutsforth, The paving patches have Juniper Canyon, Lunceford been completed and the last Canyon, Sanford Canyon, of the equipment has been Shobe Canyon, Upper Rhea moved to Cutsforth Park; Creek, Balm Fork, Blake when the prep work has Ranch and Willow Creek been completed, the crew Roads and Spur Loop. It will begin the chip sealing is apparent that all of the project on Willow Creek culvert repairs and cleaning Road. The pavement was that had been done earlier cut and two holes were dug minimized the amount of out on Sand Hollow Road damage in those areas. and one on Juniper Lane. Columbia River A sink hole on the Liberty Enterprise Zone (CREZ): School Road approximately Enterprise Zone Manager one half mile from the Rhea Carla McLane provided Creek Road junction was a brief overview of the repaired. The graders are requested expansion of the finished with the grading on enterprise zone boundaries the gravel roads except for to incorporate land at Three the higher elevation roads Mile Canyon Farms and that are still snow covered. additional land at the Port May 18 Report. On Satur of Morrow. The court then day May 14 a large thunder signed the resolution and storm passed over Morrow instructed that it be for County. The amount of warded to Business Oregon rain ranged from one to to complete the expansion four inches depending on request. the location. At 2 p.m. on C ontracts: The Saturday the 14th, Assistant court reviewed and signed a Public Works Director Bob grazing agreement between Nairns began inspecting the county and Horseshoe roads for areas where water Hereford Ranch, Inc. and might be overtopping road Triangle Ranches for graz ways, creating safety issues. ing rights in Grant County Naims found this to be true for $3,793.02 and in Mor at Myers Lane and sections row County for $4,900 of Baseline Road. Naims per year, both at the OHV called out two grader opera Park. tors and one other employee Health Dept.: Di to address the most serious rector Sheree Smith pro problems. They worked vided the court with a quar until midnight and resolved terly update of activities. the most serious problems. Smith discussed the Health On Sunday the 15,h two Department’s request to grader operators worked a purchase a 2011 Chevrolet ten hour shift to correct and Impala in the amount of clean up the remaining mud $19,352.70. The Dept, lost issues. At this time all of a vehicle that was totaled as the major roads were pass the result of an accident in able and safe to travel. On February. The request was Monday the more remote approved. Smith discussed roads and locations were Umatilla Electric Com inspected. Some problems pany’s (UEC) scheduled were located on the Blake power outage and UEC’s Ranch Road where a cul cooperation in providing a vert had plugged, creating backup generator to protect an area of erosion that al the vaccines in the refrig lowed the creek to jump its erator at the Boardman banks and wash up to the office. Smith stated that side of the road. These re the Healthy Communities pairs were made that morn (CHIP) grant will be end ing. Another set of culverts ing June 30, 2011. Smith on the approach into the stated that the coordination Wilkerson quarry was also between all of the health partially plugged and this entities has been great and problem was resolved in expressed an interest in the afternoon. The Upper continuing to work with the Rhea Creek Road suf other partners. fered the loss of a 60’ long The court conduct 4’ diameter culvert when it ed the following business: was washed downstream The court reviewed and approximately 150 feet. On awarded the Lexington Tuesday May 17 the crew Airport Improvement Pro winched the culvert back gram (AIP) Project for run up stream and the culvert way rehabilitation to Jack was then reinstalled and the Robinson & Sons, Inc. for road was made passable. $1,892,742. The total cost Four other culverts on Up of this project is $ 1,978,805 per Rhea Creek Road were with the entire project fund cleared of debris so they ed with grant dollars. The would be able to handle court reviewed and ap future water flows. The proved the purchase of a remaining repairs were new air conditioner unit for completed on May 18. the Boardman Health Dept, Willow Creek Road had building with the amount some minor damages that not to exceed $5,000. The were found on the 17th and court authorized Hal Berg repaired on the 18lh. The strom to operate the tractor graders have been going at the Morrow County Fair over areas as they dry out, grounds. The court learned in an attempt to clean up the that Nancy Anderson re remaining mud and wash cently resigned from the ing issues. Road Canyon Morrow County Commis Road #697 suffered an ex sion on Children and Fami tensive amount of damage lies, creating a vacancy in a three mile length. It will that will need to be filled take a great deal of time and when a replacement can be manpower to reopen this found. Reviewed misc. cor road to traffic. Due to the respondences and discussed limited use of this road and upcoming meetings. the amount of time it will The recent rain storm caused some damage on area county roads. One particular road that will need attention will be county road #697, the Road Canyon road, from the Upper Rhea Creek Road inter section to one mile north of the Matteson Butte schoolhouse. This portion of Road Canyon will have a closure extended to August 31, 2011. The Morrow County road department would like to remind all motorists that maintenance practices include construction o f new road way and laying o f culvert. The combination of practices used at each site may vary to accommodate the differ ent climate, traffic and storm conditions encountered. M orrow C o u n ty ’s goal is to provide a safe road way. However, it is always up to the motorist to drive accord ing to conditions. Please use extreme caution and common sense. They will do their best and would appreciate your patience. For your convenience the road department would like to direct your attention to towing services in the area, if needed: Lexington Auto Body, 541-989-8565 and Looslie Auto Body, 541-256-0067. Again, the road de partment encourages everyone to be prepared and be safe. Questions or concerns may be addressed 541-989-9500. Recent rains have caused damanger to some of the county roads. Such as this on Road Canyon. y©U 9TQ iD^iteci After years and years Tom is finally getting out of school! Please join us as we help Tom Shear celebrate his retirement! Drop in Anytime! Wednesday, June 8, 2011 4:00-8:00 pm Deacon and Erin Heideman’s 265 West 3rd Street lone, OR 97843 Hosted by lone Community School Staff Regrets only to Cathy at 541.422.7131 or cathv.mccabe@ione.k12.or.us V__________________________ _____ )
