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By Andrea Di Salvo
The Heppner Fire
Department greeted a new
arrival last Friday, July 1.
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takes both the place and the
number of its predecessor,
which the city purchased
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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.
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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.
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