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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 27,2011 County Court news Heppner students named Ford Scholars The fo llo w in g is striping can be completed. pervisor for the Parole and provided by Commissioner The sweeping will be fin Probation Program from a ished today and the painting part-time to a full time posi Leann Rea. The Morrow Coun ty Court met on July 6,2011 in Heppner with Commis sioners Grieb and Rea in attendance. The court reviewed and approved the account payables, payroll payables and one final payroll pay able in the net amount of $156,776.46. R oad R e p o r t: The crew finished helping ODOT on a pave-patching project on the Heppner/ Spray highw ay on June 22. The county provided a paver and two men, as well as a truck and pup trailer to haul hot mix. The bot tom 700 feet of the Blake Ranch Road between the last two cattle guards was paved to prevent rocks from being pushed out onto the Willow Creek Road. This project took 218.61 tons of asphalt to complete. An ap proach where Shaw Grade Road meets Willow Creek road was also paved. It took 98.15 tons of asphalt to complete. Base rock was hauled along sections of Sand Hallow Road to build up the shoulders and fill in deep ditches that had been eroded from flood waters. Rock from a pit at the top of Sand Hallow was used for this project. This project will continue as time al lows. On Balm Fork Road the ditch line was excavated and the material was used to widen the road and build a couple of water bars to help with future water issues. The road graders have been working on grading the last o f the mountain roads. They have finished the east of Morphine Lane (21 Road) from HWY 207 to Tupper Lane, and the sec tion of the Sunflower Flat Road (22 Road) from the junction south to the county line, Ditch Creek Road (21 Road) from Coalmine Hill to the Ritter Road (2104 Road) and the Ritter Road from the Ditch Creek Road out to the end of the gravel. They are currently working on Tupper Lane and the Penland Lake Road. The sweeper is currently doing the final sweeping of Wil low Creek Road so the paint should be done next week. Dave Pranger has been working on the paint truck to get it ready for the paint striping projects. The paint was delivered on July 5. The crew continues hauling gravel to some of the roads that were damaged by the flood w aters. Yesterday the Dee Cox Road was returned to two lanes. Cur rently the crew is working on Blackhorse Canyon and Fuller Canyon Roads. Once these roads are completed, most of the roads will be in decent shape, except Road Canyon Road, which is still officially closed. At the Lexington Airport the crew has been working on extending the western end o f the parallel taxi-way another 700 feet so the lo cal operator can continue operating from there while the main runway is under construction. Jack Robin son and Sons from Bend was awarded the contract for the reconstruction proj ect and is scheduled to start the project on July 11. The crusher is set up at the Halverson Pit and will start crushing some time next week. Sheriff’s Report: Boardman Area: A roll over on 1-84 with five in dividuals in the vehicle; assisted the Boardman Fire Dept, with a semi truck fire; vehicle accident on Tower Road; assisted with a disturbance involving four Hispanic males fight ing with knives. Irrigon Area: Responded to an animal complaint regard ing an injured bird at the Wildlife Refuge. Lexing ton Area: Responded to a request from the Seattle Flight Service regarding a lost airplane. Heppner Area: Responded to vari ous reports o f flooding along the Willow Creek Valley. Mountains: Partici pated in a search and rescue for an overdue Forest Ser vice employee; responded to various animal reports including one involving a cougar near Blake’s Ranch. The court heard a request to increase the work crew su SWCD STAFF tion. The proposal indicated that no additional county funds would be needed, as the program charges would cover the increases. The court also heard a request to hire an additional indi vidual to provide additional traffic enforcement, primar ily on State Highways. The court decided to take the both matters under consid eration and make a decision at a future date. C ontracts: R e viewed and signed an IGA between the county and the Oregon Dept, of Revenue for map maintenance and related activities. Reviewed and signed an IGA for the strategic investment pro gram (SIP) regarding the distribution of community service fees for Portland General Electric’s proposed Carty Plant. The co u rt c o n ducted the following busi ness: Reviewed and took no action for the renewal of the liquor licenses for the Willow Run Golf Course, thus allowing the licenses to autom atically renew. Reviewed and approved a liquor licenses applica tion for the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo A ssociation. Reviewed and approved a request from the lone Little League to change the use of a needs and issue award. The change will allow the funds to be used for the pur chase of two new bleachers at the rate of $ 1,162 per set and to update the dugout and some new fencing. Reviewed and approved an order designating the Heppner Gazette-Times as the “publication of record” for the publication o f fore closure notices. Reviewed and signed various other agreements. R eview ed m isc. correspondences, employ ment statistics, upcoming retirem ent reception for finance director Fred Carl son and discussed other upcoming meetings. If you would like to be placed on the list to receive county minutes, please contact Karen Wolff at 541-676-5620. Heppner graduates Joe Armato and Devin Rob inson were am ong the 103 Oregon students se le c te d by T he F o rd Family Joe Armato Foundation as new Ford Scholars this year. A r mato plans to attend the U niversity o f O regon in the fall Devio Robinson of 2011 and pursue a de gree in busi ness economics. Robinson is plan ning a degree in agricultural engineering, and will begin studies at Oregon State Uni versity this fall. Both young men are 2011 graduates of Hep pner High School. This year’s Oregon Ford Scholars were chosen from 4,615 applicants. The renewable scholarship cov ers 90 percent ($ 1,000 min i m u m 's , 000 maximum) o f each student’s unmet financial needs for college each academic year, with first-year student awards averaging $6,910. Eligibility criteria include financial need and merit qualifications. In ad dition, scholars must attend an accredited nonprofit Joe Armato and Devin Robinson pose with their Ford Scholar ship awards this past weekend at the Ford Foundation awards ceremony. -Contributedphoto college in Oregon and be pursuing a bachelor’s de gree full time. Kenneth W. Ford built his business, Rose- burg Forest Products Co., from a one-man operation in the 1930s into one of the West Coast’s largest wood products m anufacturers. He established The Ford Family Foundation in 1957, after the business had ex perienced several decades of growth. Kenneth W. Ford established the scholarship program to help students who would find it difficult to obtain a college degree w ithout financial assis tance. Other scholarship programs supported by the foundation include the Ford Opportunity Scholarship Program, the Ford ReStart Scholarship Program, and The Ford Family Founda tion Scholarship Program for Sons and Daughters of Employees o f Roseburg Forest Products Co. Free sports physicals at Morrow County clinics M orrow C ounty Health District again will be sponsoring free sports physicals for all Morrow County students during the month of August. The free physicals will be offered at Pioneer Memorial Clinic in Heppner and Irrigon Medi cal Clinic. P io n ee r M em o rial Clinic will see girls on Tuesday, August 9 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Boys will be seen on Wednesday, August 10 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. If students are unable to come on the appropriate day des ignated for bpys or girls, they can be seen on the other sport physical day. No appointment is needed at Pioneer Memorial Clinic. Irrigon M edical Clinic will see students bn Thursday, August 11 from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Students will also be seen on both Thursday, August 18 and Thursday, August 25 from 9 a.m. to noon and from 1:30 to 5 p.m. Appointments aré needed at Irrigon Medical Clinic and can be made by calling 541-922-5880. Parents are remind ed that they must complete a questionnaire and sign the examination form be fore the physical can be perform ed. Exam forms are available at the clinics. There will be a $30 charge for sports exams scheduled outside o f the free dates listed above. Second chance for Over the Tee Cup military ambulance Eleven ladies turned out on July 19 for a day of -Continued from PAGE play at Willow Creek Country Club. Low gross of the field ONE still in northwest Washing was held by Corol Mitchell; low net was taken by Karen sprayer. “ H opefully [this job] is not just sitting in an office, but getting out and providing technical assis tance to landowners who want to build better bird and mule deer habitats,” says Gelineau. Gelineau is on his own in Morrow County for now, with a girlfriend in Lewiston and his parents and the rest of his family ton. He has plenty to keep him busy, though, with fish ing and hunting—both bow and gun— high on his list of hobbies. He also enjoys welding, fabricating and woodworking. After only three weeks in Heppner, though, he says he hasn’t had time to think about entering any of his projects in the fair. “I’m not quite that settled in yet,” he says. Thompson and least putts went to Pat Edmundson. For flight A, Eva Kilkenny had low gross and Pat Edmundson had KP. On flight B, Lynnea Sargent had low gross, Pat Dougherty took low net and Lorrene Montgomery had least putts. In flight C, Jackie Allstott held low gross, Luvilla Sonstegard had low net and Betty Carlson had the least putts. Suzenne Jepsen had a chip-in and Jackie Allstott had the long putt. Corol Mitchell, Lynnea Sargent and This 1953 Dodge military ambulance, refurbished by Don Mc- Jackie Allstott all participated in a special event. Community lunch menu Callister of Heppner, is shown in a parade in Sheridan, WY last year. McCallister bought the vehicle—which was painted orange and not in working condition—for $400. After he re furbished the motor and gave it a new paint job, a war surplus dealer bought the vehicle for $2,000. -Contributedphoto Nazarene and Seventh-Day Adventist church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, August 3 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. 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