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Heppner Fire Department greets new arrival, ushers out old ~ss/e iv IIII ""11,1 "ill ersity ct* l l !\i f-u,, Sene OR ° ‘ Or eHon ■‘‘Pa P e rU b 9?403 By Andrea Di Salvo The Heppner Fire Department greeted a new arrival last Friday, July 1. E n g in e 2 5 -5 3 3 takes both the place and the number of its predecessor, which the city purchased n iv , new in 1965. The previ- ous engine 533, which is now retired, will live on in parades and in the hearts of the firemen who used to drive it. The city secured a loan to buy the new $189,800 engine, which will be a structure engine used to battle building fires. It is the first new truck the city has bought since engine 25-532 arrived in 1994, but Heppner City Manager Da vid DeMayo says another truck will arrive later this summer. The next engine will be paid for with grant New engine 25-533 (L) sits side-by-side with it predecessor in front of the Heppner fire station at a “changing of the guard” on July 1. - Photo by Andrea Di Salvo monies, says DeMayo. “This is a big day Meanwhile, excite- for Heppner,” says Hep- ment is running high at the pner Rural Fire Protection fire station. District’s Steve Rhea. Cardiologist to have office hours in Heppner VOL. 130 NO. 27 8 Pages Wednesday, July 6,2011 lone celebrates 4th of July with a bang Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon F air’s coming soon The Morrow Coun ty Fair and Rodeo is August 17 through 20 this year. Those planning on partici pating can do several things to start preparing now. One way to get a jump-start on fair prepara tions is to pick up a premi um book to see the variety of categories available for entries. As always, exhibi tors are welcome to visit the fair office ahead of time and pick up a number and tags; office hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Wheat League is having a harvest picture contest. Contestants may enter two photos but only one will be judged. The contest is for adults only. They are also having their traditional Wheat League cake contest; the recipe is on page 53 of the premium book. Anyone interested in showcasing their cook ing skills will also want to check out the variety of canning and food contests in the book again this year. For those looking for opportunities to volun teer, the fair needs superin tendents in the Superkids (7-9 years old) and Com munity Booths categories, or they can volunteer to help a superintendent. Finally, the Open Class livestock deadline to reserve space and cages is August 4 this year. Books will soon be available in several loca tions. If you cannot find a book, please contact the fair office at 541-676-9474. Shed destroyed in fire H eppner ex p eri enced some unexpected fireworks over the weekend when a shed at 180 Gilmore caught fire. Fire ch ief Rusty Estes said the building was already burning when he arrived on the scene, but there were reports of a small explosion. The cause of the fire and explosion haven’t yet been investigated, but preliminary assessment is that flame from burning weeds probably spread to the shed and set fire to a lawnmower and gas can, which then exploded. As a precaution, Estes called for mutual aid from the lone fire depart ment, but he said fire crews quickly had the fire under control. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISE MENT DEADLINE: M O NDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. o f Arizona a n d a ls o worked de signing and developing d ru g s. He did research D a v i d L . work at Cor G u a r r a i a , nell and also M.D. w orked at The National Institutes of Health and the University of St. Louis. He and his wife, Caroline, have two chil dren, three and two years old. They reside in The D alles, where Guarraia enjoys bike riding, running and wind surfing. Guar raia says his wife enjoys dirt-bike riding and that they have ridden in the Mt. Hood area. lone School Board revisits NOAA issues monthly climate summary strict cell phone policy By April Sykes lone's annual Red, White and Blues celebration ended with a grand finale of fireworks on Monday night. See more photos on page six. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo A new cardiologist, David L. Guarraia, M.D., has begun taking patients at Pioneer Memorial Clinic. Guarraia is associated with Oregon Health Sciences University in The Dalles. Dr. Guarraia, 38, will be coming to Heppner once a moth to see patients. He has studied internal medicine at the University Intermountain ESD Superintendent Mark Mul- vihill told the lone School Board at their regular meet ing June 28 that he believed their cell phone policy was a little “heavy handed” and recom m ended that they modify their regulations. Mulvihill said that rather than employing such strict rules and strict punish ment for cell phone use in the school, the board should rather incorporate the de vices into the classrooms. He said that cell phones and smart phones are basi cally little computers that can be utilized as learning tools. Another aspect of the recommendation was that it is almost impossible to ban the use o f the ubiquitous devices. This was the first year that the lone com munity has had cell phone service. The board agreed to revisit the issue. At th e m eetin g the board held their bud get hearing and adopted the 2011-12 budget for $3,868,603. The board ap proved the 2011-12 budget as follows: general fund- $1,303,668 for instruc tion, up from $1,234,072 last year, and $995,983 for support services, up from $954,218, $45,000 in fund-to-fund transfers, with a $420,000 unappropriated ending fund balance; special revenue funds-$392,019 for instruction, $46,574 in sup port services, $117,154 for enterprise and community services and $62,230 for contingences; debt ser vice fund-$255,975 bond payment; capital projects fund-$224,400; and hous ing fund-$5,600. Resources include $2,244,651 in re sources other than property taxes and $520,000 in prop erty taxes. The board imposed taxes at the rate of $4.0342 per thousand of assessed value for operations and in the amount of $178,759 for bonds. The board also ac cepted the resignation of long-tim e teacher Barb Collin and agreed to her request to retire as of June 1 but continue to finish her contract through the end of August and work part-time through the 2011 -12 school year. Mulvihill and Princi pal Jerry Archer said that creating a job-share posi tion would enable Collin, who is in her 34,h year of teacher, to go to part-time. In other business, the board; - a p p r o v e d th e 2011-12 meeting schedule with meetings held on the fourth Tuesday of the month with some modifications: the July meeting would be changed from July 26 to July 19, the third Tues day, rather than the fourth Tuesday because o f the Eastern Oregon Executive Summit set for July 26; the December meeting changed to Tuesday, December 13, due to the Christmas holi day; the March meeting changed to Tuesday, March 20, due to the holiday; the work session meeting start time changed from 3 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. for the school year, with the regular board meeting start time changed from 4 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Meeting dates are as fol lows: July 19, August, 23, September 27, October 25, November 22, December 13, January 24, February 28, March 20, April 24, May 22 and June 26. -received the dis trict’s financial update for May and through June 23. The district: has collected $234,086 in basic school support, including the final payment for the 2009-2010 fiscal year totaling $59,031 and $14,022 in property taxes; is expected to receive around $52,000 from the M orrow County School D istrict’s education for SPED children; learned that three general fund cost cen ters will end the year over budget; received $ 15,329 in federal REAP Title grants According to pre liminary data received by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Pendleton, tem peratures at Heppner aver aged colder than normal during the month of June. The average tem perature was 59.9 degrees, 2.8 degrees below normal. High temperatures averaged 72.2 degrees, which was 4.8 degrees below normal. The highest was 88 degrees on June 23. Low temperatures averaged 47.7 degrees, 0.8 degrees below normal. The lowest was 40 degrees, on the 3rd. Precipitation to taled 2.02 inches during June, which was 0.94 inch es above normal. Measur able precipitation of at least .01 inch was received on 8 days. The heaviest, 1.16 inches, was reported on June 2. Precipitation this year has reached 11.83 inches, 3.60 inches above normal. Since October, the water year precipitation at Heppner has been 17.75 inches, which is 5.73 inches above normal. The outlook for July from NOAA’s climate prediction center calls for near-normal temperatures and near-normal precipita tion. Normal highs for Hep pner during July are 85.7 degrees and normal lows are 52.8 degrees. The 30- year normal precipitation is 0.35 inches. The Nat i o n al Weather Service is an office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra tion, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department. Police seek information on ram shooting M orrow County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $500 reward for information regarding the shooting of a Suffolk ram near Boardman early on June 25. On Saturday, June 25, the MCSO received a report that Jerry Carr’s Suf folk ram had been shot on Wilson Road near Board- man. The six-year-old ram, “ Buddy,” had been shot sometime early that Saturday morning, possibly from Wilson Road. Buddy was a family pet as well as a registered Suffolk breed ing ram. Jerry Carr and his wife, who had owned the ram for a little more than -See IONE SCHOOL a year, told the police that Buddy was friendly and would approach anyone who went near his pen. In lig h t o f the shooting, the MCSO en courages everyone to be aware of the risk to animals and property when shooting from roadways. Animal owners and the public are asked to report any suspi cious activities to the sher iff’s office. The sheriff’s office is offering the $500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons involved in Buddy’s shoot ing. Those with information regarding the case can con tact Deputy Scott Carter at 541-676-5317. BOARD/PAGE FOUR Get your articles in for special Fair Edition If you have an event or activity going on during this year’s Morrow County Fair and Rodeo, you will want to get an article into the Heppner Gazette’s Special Fair & Rodeo edition. The Fair &Rodeo is August 17-20 and the special edition will be published August 3. The deadline for news articles, photos is July 15. People may also want to publicize their event with an advertisement, the advertisement deadline is July 22. Submit your articles or advertisements by email to david@rapidserve.net, mail them to PO Box 337, Heppner, OR 97836 or drop them by our office at 188 W. Willow. Fax number is 541 -676-9211. sale now BUY A WELDER & On $ 449.00 GET A FREE CART ONLY ONE LEFT! Forney 120V/130 Amp 130 FI: Forney Cat. No M o r r o w C o u n t y G r a in G r o w e r s Lexingtor^89^22^^^U800-452-739^^»m n^jqii2niM Oi»JtM rwrt<it^tww«ejM jj^
