FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, August 10,2011
County court news
The following is provided
by Commissioner Leann
Rea.
July 13
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on July 13 in
Irrigon with Judge Tallman
and Commissioners Grieb
and Rea in attendance.
The court reviewed
and approved the account
payables and retirem ent
taxes in the net amount of
$302,622.96.
Road Report: The
court review ed and, on
the recom m endation o f
the Morrow County Pub
lic Works Dept., awarded
the bid for environmental
cleanups to Eastern Oregon
Environmental Recovery
(EOER) of Pendleton. The
court then reviewed and
approved a five year per-
sonal/professional services
contract with EOER.
P lanning Dept.
Update: Planning Director
Carla McLane provided the
court with an update regard
ing the traffic issues con
nected to the Speedway and
how it is affecting planning
requirements as well as a
review o f the taxing district
ordinance; Reported on the
county’s status regarding
the Carty Lateral’s place
ment; Provided ar pdate
on conversations with the
Navy regarding a variety
of ongoing issues; Informed
the court that ZeaChem had
made a request to the USDA
for some possible fund
ing; Provided an update on
activities surrounding the
close-out at the Army Depot
(LRA report); Discussed
the July planning commis
sion agenda; and discussed
a possible request for an
energy development fee.
C om m ission on
Children & Families: Di
rector Kim Camine provid
ed the court with an update
and the latest news she had
regarding the state funding
program . The court re
viewed and approved an in
tergovernmental agreement
(IGA) for the Healthy Start
program with an expiration
date of June 30, 2013.
Veterans Q uar
terly R eport: D irector
Linda Skendzel provided
the court with a quarterly
update showing that she
had conducted 39 in-office
interview s and one out-
of-office interview, with a
recovery of $5,573 for our
local veterans.
C ontracts: The
court reviewed and signed a
contract between the county
and Tony Navarro for the
juvenile crime prevention
plan as provided for un
der the Youth Investment
Services and for the wrap
around services program at
the rate of $21.22 per hour.
Both contracts began on
July 1, 2011 and will ex
pire on June 30, 2012. The
court reviewed and signed a
contract between the county
and Karen Cooley to act as
a court appointed special
advocate (CASA) at the
rate o f $31.25 per hour
with a maximum o f 288
hours. The contract com
mences July 1, 2011 and
goes thru October 31,2011
and then March 1, 2012
thru June 30, 2012. The
court reviewed and signed
a detention agreement be
tween Morrow County and
Walla Walla County for
services at the Juvenile
Justice Center for youth
up to age 18 at the rate of
$140 per day per bed. Re
viewed and signed an IGA
between the county and the
state of Oregon through its
Oregon Youth Authority to
work together to prevent
and reduce juvenile crime.
Reviewed and approved the
following contracts related
to the Morrow County Fair
& Oregon Trail Pro Ro
deo: Exhibit Space: Bank
of Eastern Oregon (bank
ing products & services),
Morrow Co. Public Works
(waste management info.,
park info., road info. &
airport info.), Heidi Justus-
Koehler (foster & adop
tion program info.), USDA
Forest Service (Heppner
Ranger District info.), Mor
row County C hronicles
(2011 Chronicles), Corian
der Pereo (Scentsy warm
ers, travel tins, etc.). Ser
vice Contracts: Andrew
and Donna Sherman, litter
patrol service and cleaning
o f 4-H annex, dance hall,
pavilion and restroom s;
Heppner Day Care, gate
w orkers; N eil Poulsen,
Open Class photography
and booths judge; Ellen
Weber, 4-H horse judge;
Darcy Timmons,4-H quick
and easy ground beef con
test, measuring contest and
presentations judge; Carol
Mills, Open Class needle-
Chamber lunch
meeting
work, quilts and clothing
judge; Jessica Langley,
4-H food exhibits and food
preparation; Tim Hooper,
4-H/FFA swine conforma
tion and swine showman
ship; Charlene Hadden, 4-H
Fashion Revue & clothing
construction; Sally For
ster, 4-H dog; Jean Col
lins, Open Class creative
writing; Lenora Bringman,
Open Class foods and can
ning; Willie Bovard, 4-H/
FFA b eef conform ation
and b eef showm anship;
Paul Beagle, Open Class
kids, superkids and juniors;
John Bagglion, 4-H/FFA
sheep conformation and
sheep showmanship, 4-H/
FFA goat conform ation
and showmanship. Conces
sion Agreement: Ron and
Judy Peters (shaved ice, ice
cream and pickles, etc.) En
tertainment Agreement:
Rock n ’ Roll Cowboys,
Friday, August 19, 10 p.m.
to 2 a.m.; Adam the Great
(strolling and stage shows
four times each day.)
The court conduct
ed the following business:
The court meet with Ir
rigon city manager Gerald
Breazeale and discussed the
city’s interest in working on
the part of the Heritage Trail
that is within the area of Ir
rigon. The court informed
Breazeale that they had
no problem with the city
working on the trail, but all
proposals will need to be
approved by the court and
no money is to be commit
ted without prior approval
of the court.
R eview ed misc.
correspondences and dis
cussed upcom ing m eet
ings.
July 20
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on July 20,
2011 in Boardman with
Judge Tallman and Com
missioners Grieb and Rea
in attendance.
The court reviewed
and approved the account
payables, end of fiscal year
payroll, payroll payables,
additional payroll for some
late time sheets and a final
payroll in the net amount of
$209,875.69.
R oad R ep o rt:
The crew completed haul
ing gravel and grading the
washouts on Blackhorse
Canyon and Fuller Canyon
roads. They also finished
grading Sunflow er Flat
Road from Highway 207
to the junction of the 21
Road, as well as Tupper
Lane and the Penland Lake
Road. There has been a 1.4
mile stretch of Sunflower
Flat Road that has been
graded, watered and rolled
in preparation o f putting
the dust abatement mate
rial down for this summer.
The repairs to Road Canyon
Road should be completed
by the end of August. The
paving of the intersection of
the Lexington Grange Road
and Baseline Lane has been
com pleted. The project
took a total of 112.80 tons
of hot mix. The crew has
been pave patching along
Balm Fork Road. The paint
striping crew has been out
painting roads, with the
center line and the fog lines
on W illow Creek Road
being finished. They also
painted the center line on
Jordan Grade Road, West
Baseline Land and Dee Cox
Road. The 700-foot parallel
taxi-way at the Lexington
Airport has been completed
and dust abatem ent has
been put down.
J u v en ile D ep t.
Quarterly Update: Direc
tor Tom Meier provided the
court with the statistics for
April 1 through June 30,
2011 (the fourth quarter).
The fourth quarter appeared
to be very active, with 42
referrals. The numbers of
referrals for the other quar
ters were 27, 23 and 30.
Wind Economic
Impact Report: OSU Ex
tension Community Econo
mist Bruce Sortee provided
the court a report on how
the wind towers may impact
future farming practices.
He did not see any negative
financial impacts to farming
practices in the foreseeable
future.
The court conduct
ed the following business:
Reviewed and signed a
non-disclosure agreement
with PGE regarding loca
tion of proposed transmis
sion lines.
R eview ed m isc.
correspondences and dis
cussed upcom ing m eet
ings.
If you would like
to be placed on the list to
receive county minutes,
please contact Karen Wolff
at 541-676-5620.
Rolling Hills Chorus
at Music in the Parks
The Chamber lunch will be held Thursday, Au
gust 11 at noon at the Heppner City Hall.
The guest speaker Diane Childs, identify theft
program outreach coordinator from the Oregon Depart
ment of Consumer and Business Services. Diane will talk
about the Oregon Identity Theft Protection Act.
The cost o f the lunch is $9; Howe’s About Pizza
will be catering. Those planning to attend are asked to
RSVP by Wednesday morning of each week. Call the
chamber for more details at 541-676-5536.
F ree rodeo tickets
WITH PURCHASE
OF $20 OR MORE
o f W r a n g ler
PRODUCTS
Wtanq)er
BRAND
Ticket good for one entry for
performance of your choice!
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo or
Morrow County Rodeo
Morrow County Grain Growers
Green Feed & Seed
242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office)
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The Rolling Hills Chorus will perform it’s a cappella harmony
at Music in the Parks on August 15. -Photograph by E J Lilley
Photographers, Harwich Port, MA
The Rolling Hills
Chorus (Sweet Adelines)
will perform for Music
in the Parks on Monday,
August 15 at 7 p.m. at the
Boardman Marina Park.
Rolling Hills Cho
rus is affiliated with North
Pacific Region 13 of Sweet
Adelines International, a
worldwide organization of
women singers committed
to advancing the musical art
form of four-part a cappella
harmony in the barbershop
style through education and
performance. The chorus
is community-based and
centered in the Tri-Cities,
with members hailing from
the lower Yakima Valley,
Tri-Cities, Ritzville and
Hermiston. They perform
for com m unity events,
charitable organizations
and private functions, as
well as producing annual
shows.
Rolling Hills Cho
rus is a group of real wom
en, singing real harmony
and having real fun today.
Their mission is, “Through
friendship and commitment
to musical excellence, we
create an atmosphere o f
respect, excitement and har
mony to enrich our chorus,
ourselves and our commu
nities.”
Music in the Parks
is presented by the Morrow
County Unified Recreation
District and Portland Gen
eral Electric.
lone 4-H participates
in fair cleanup
lone 4-H members (back to front) Austin Morter, Jake Heide-
man, Paul Taylor, Tyler Carter, Austin Carter, Aaron Srnythe
and Donald McElligott. - Photo by Erin Heideman
The lone community 4-H club participated in the
annual Morrow County Fair clean-up day on Saturday,
August 6. All 11 members of the club were present and
worked to use bark dust donated by Green Feed and flow
ers from Glenda Taylor to prepare the flower beds around
the stage and pavilion.
This is the first year for lone 4-H; it’s open to
any student 10 years and older who would like to show
a livestock animal.
“It’s been a great year and we’ve had a lot of sup
port,” said club leader Erin Heideman. “The unique thing
about our club is that we welcome all the major livestock
groups. I’m very proud of these kids and am anxious to
watch them in the show ring.”
Countdown to fair
By Oskar Peterson
The lone commu
nity 4-H club held their
final meeting before the
Morrow County Fair on
August 7 at 5 p.m. at lone
H igh S ch o o l. P re se n t
were: Aaron Srnythe, Aus
tin Carter, Austin Morter,
Donald McElligott, Han
nah Padberg, Jenna Taylor,
Kylie M cElligott, Mary
McElligott, Oskar Peterson,
Rita McElligot and Tyler
Carter.
E rin H eid em an
gave the 4-H m em bers
a crash course on the re
quired livestock judging at
fair. Meanwhile, members’
mothers discussed the fair
schedule, packing list and
buyers’ luncheon. They
were also reminded about
gifts for the livestock buy
ers.
E v e ry o n e th e n
met together in the library
and visited about details
and scheduling. Heideman
stressed teamwork and mu
tual support.
The public is in
vited to attend the fair live
stock auction at 1 p.m. on
Saturday, August 27.
Blood donors needed
for summer supply
The American Red
Cross Blood Services, Pa
cific Northw est Region,
is urging blood donors to
take time out of their busy
schedules to roll up their
sleeves and donate blood.
The Red Cross would like
to strengthen blood inven
tories to be prepared to meet
any additional blood needs
over the final holiday week
end of the summer.
With only a few
weeks before the start of
the school season, the Red
Cross urges all current and
eligible new donors who
have not given blood this
summer to help combat the
Region’s shortage by donat
ing blood.
B lood p ro d u c ts
are routinely transfused to
those with cancer and other
diseases, premature babies,
organ transplant recipients.
and accident and trauma
victims. Volunteer blood
donors are the prim ary
source o f blood used for
transfusions, and the blood
must be there before it is
needed in order to save
lives.
Any healthy per
son age 16 (with signed
parental consent) or older
and weighing at least 110
pounds may be eligible to
donate blood. Valid iden
tification is required for all
blood donations.
The Red Cross will
be holding a blood drive
August 22 from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. at St Patrick’s
Senior Center in Hepp
ner. All eligible donors are
asked to stop by or schedule
an appointment to donate
blood by calling 1-800-
RED CROSS or visiting
redcrossblood.org.
An invitation to the
library
Friends of the Heppner Library will be meeting
at the library from noon to 1 p.m. on Monday, August 15
for their monthly meeting.
The library is usually closed on Mondays, but
Friends o f the Heppner Library would like to invite area
residents to come to the meeting, see what the Friends
have done for the library and hear about upcoming projects
planned for the benefit o f the library and community.
Friends of the Heppner Library is also asking
people to add their names to the list of volunteers to help
occasionally with fundraising and miscellaneous activities
that will be held throughout the coming year.
The farmer’s market book sale will be at the
fairgrounds on Friday, August 19 with the other market
vendors. Everyone is invited to come by and visit there,
too.
Win a flower
arrangement at fair
Rose Crum will be demonstrating
the art o f flower arrangement at the fair
grounds on Wednesday, August 17 from
5:30 to 7 p.m.
Those present for the demonstra
tion will have the chance to win one of
Rose Crum
Crum's many arrangements.
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