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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 31,2011 County Court holds August 10 meeting Bank of Eastern Oregon announces following is Morr,ow County Commis Morrow County since 1976. winners of backpacks and school supplies provided The by Commissioner 1 (Left) lone winners Carter Eynetich and Kalvin Rietmann with lone BEO teller Josie Miller. (Right) Heppner winners Ty Boor and Cara Arbogast with Heppner BEO teller Amber Fritz. T ric ia R o llin s , branch manager at the Hep pner branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon, and Sharon Rietmann, branch manager at the lone branch of Bank of Eastern Oregon, drew the names of some lucky stu dents who won brand new backpacks filled to the top with new school supplies. Ty Boor and Cara Arbogast were the lucky winners in Heppner. Carter Eynetich and Kalvin Riet mann were the winners in lone. All branches of BEO are having similar draw ings, giving away back packs at each branch and/or donating the supplies they purchased and collected from staff and community to the school. “Bank of Eastern Oregon always looks for ward to making this an annual event. BEO appre ciates the donations and hopes you’ll join them in supporting the drive for school supplies next year, too,” said a bank spokes person. Columbia River Community Health holds barbecue tion of Community Health Centers, Community Health Center Week. Nearly 250 people were in attendance as the clinic staff cooked up hot dogs, hamburgers, and all the fixings. Devin Oil contrib uted several bags of ice to keep cold the soda donated by M ich ael’s C atering. C olum bia R iver Community Health Ser vices, Boardman, held their annual Com m unity A p preciation Barbecue on August 11. This is the seventh year CRCHS has held its community appreciation barbecue, in conjunction with the National Associa- Desert Springs Bottled Wa ter donated a water cooler and several bottles of water. Tienda El Sol II provided the cake decorated to mark the occasion. The food and drinks were served by the staff and health care pro viders of Columbia River Community Health Ser vices. Leann Rea. The Morrow County Court met on Au gust 10 in Irrigon with Judge Terry Tallman and Commissioner Ken Grieb in attendance. The court reviewed and approved the account payables and the July 2011 retirement taxes in the net amount of $224,691.83. Sheriff’s Report: Sheriff Ken Matlack pro vided and reviewed the monthly report for July and stated that there are currently 88 clients in the Parole and Probation (P&P) program . S h eriff Mat- lack reported that they are looking for a work crew supervisor for P&P. He also reported that $1,513 in su pervision fees had been col lected, adding that 45.1 per cent of the offenders have paid their supervision fees. There will be more pressure put on the offenders to pay their fees in a timely man ner. The sheriff reported that the Irrigon work crew brought in $631 and the south end crew brought in $500 for the month of June. On the recommenda tion of Undersheriff Steve Myren, the court declared a 2009 Dodge Charger with 92,500 miles as surplus and recommended the vehicle go to the state surplus for disposal. C om m ission on Children & Families: The court review ed and ap proved the funding recom mendations made by the Insurance requirement expected Students to represent for Crop Disaster Assistance Morrow County at statewide US DA Farm Ser advised to check with their vice Agency State Execu local Farm Service Agency spelling championship tive Director Lynn Voigi ad „ 4 i ____________ • Olivia Schmidt of Heppner and Ryan Ibarra o f B o ard m an w ill be r e p re s e n tin g M o rro w County this year at the Oregon Statewide Spelling Championship. The spelling cham pionship will once again take place at the Oregon State Fair in Salem on Saturday, September 3. A fter 33 years o f being directed by the O regon D epartm ent o f E d u catio n , th is y e a r ’s spelling championship will be sponsored by Oregon Spellers, an all-volunteer group funded solely by donations. The group was formed in 2009 in response to the ODE’s budget-driven decision to eliminate their state-level spelling contest. For more information, visit the Oregon Spellers’ website at http://oregonspellers. o rg . - r P ‘ J K t # ‘ ^ ' ' " ' ” (FSA) office for NAP dates and local crop insurance agents for insurance dates. Ad hoc disaster programs enacted prior to the 2008 Farm Bill have his torically had a requirement to obtain multi-peril crop insurance or Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage on individual crops. Recent disaster programs like the Supplemental Revenue As sistance Program (SURE) created in the 2008 Farm Bill require crop insurance coverage or participation in NAP for all crops on the farm. For more informa tion on disaster assistance and insurance requirements, visit www.fsa.usda.gov and see D isaster A ssistance Programs. David Walker o f KAVL TV News will be em ceeing the statew ide spelling contest this year. He will pronounce each word, use it in a sentence and then interview the contestants while judges score the test papers. The O reg o n Statewide Spelling Cham pionship is not an oral spelling bee but rather a written contest, all spellers in the same Division will receive the same words. It is not affiliated with the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Students compete at the elem entary, mi ddle and high school levels. First, second, and third place winners will receive U.S. Savings Bonds. The audience is also invited to test their skill by spelling the contest words along with the students. Following are the results for the August 23 play day at the Willow Creek Country Club: Low gross of the field: Pat Edmundson. Low net o f the field: Virginia Grant. Least putts of the field: Jan Paustian. Low gross: Flight A-Corol Mitchell; Flight B-Lorene Montgomery; Flight C- Betty Carlson. Low net: Flight B-Bemice Lott; Flight C-Laura Rogers. Least putts: Flight B-Ann Elgin; Flight C-Luvilla Son- stegard. Long drive: Flight A-Corol Mitchell; Flight B-Ann Elgin; Flight C-Betty Carlson. K.P.: Pat Edmundson. Chip-ins: Jan Paustian, #14. Over the Tee Cup We will be closed Labor Day Monday, September 5 W edding Tabli fes Skanna K. Rietmann <& Mickaël J. Sallee S a tu relay, S e p te m b e r i o t i 7 Marcy Mill er & Jimmy Walton S a tu r d a y , O c to b e r 22nA Black Forest Mocha $3.25 Blueberry Spritzer $2.25 'ft M umoij ' j D juuj . 217 North Main S t. Heppner • Phone 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 \ gerving Morrow, Wheeler i Gilliam counties Since 1959 I vises farmers and ranchers to anticipate that the next set of agricultural disaster assistance programs will likely include an insurance requirement for eligibility. “With crop coverage clos ing dates fast approaching, producers can anticipate that the next set of disas ter programs enacted by Congress will require that crop insurance or NAP be purchased on all crops on the farm,” said Lynn Voigt, state executive director for the Farm Service Agency in Oregon. August 31 is the 2012 sales closing date for several Oregon crops for both NAP and multi-peril crop insurance applications. Other crops for 2012 have later application and sales closing dates. Farmers are sion on Children & Fami lies for the 2011-2012. The funding recommendation covered 11 different areas of services. Contracts: The court review ed and ap proved grant funding for a project entitled “Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant” in the amount of $2,015.71 quarterly, ef fective Oct. 1,2011, through Sept. 30, 2012. The court accepted the donation o f a permanent easement from Dave Molony; -reviewed and ap proved an agreement with Joseph Bradshaw to per form necessary services for indigent defense counsel in both delinquency and dependency matters at a rate of $75 per hour with a maximum o f $750 per ap pointment; -reviewed and ap proved an agreement for service between Morrow County Emergency Man agement and J.L. Brandt Electric, Inc., amending the previous agreement; -reviewed and ap prove a resolution in the matter o f acknowledging Morrow County’s Policy for procurement of goods and services. U m atilla C oun ty H ousing A uthority: Umatilla County Housing Authority D irector Stan Stradley and Deputy Direc tor Don Skeen stated their agency has been operating since 1949 and serving Town of Lexington receives $20 thousand Wildhorse Foundation grant The Town of Lexington has received notice that the Wildhorse Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to the town’s fire garage project, reports town recorder Dee Burch. The old garage needs to be tom down as part of a larger FEMA grant project to move critical services out of the flood way. “These funds will go a long way in getting the project out of the planning stages and into construction,” said Burch. Morrow SWCD Board meeting to be held The M orrow SWCD Board will meet on Tuesday, September 6, at 6 p.m. in the USDA building, 430 W Linden Way in Hep pner. The regular meeting agenda includes the June 7, 2011 meeting/treasurer’s re port, the 2010-2011 budget vs. actual report, a written staff report, ODA Grant ap plication material, OWEB grant applications, the 2011 OACD annual meeting, an There are better locations to dispose of paint than a landfill. Recycling your old paint free, m nimple and nomething that everyone can do More importantly, protecting our environment is something we should all want to do. That's why the PaintCaro program was created to make it easy for everyone to recycle and properly dispose of every can of unused paint Dispon* of FRISK of chargw a t then* locations North and South Transfer stations. 69900 Frontage Ln. Boardman. OR NRCS agreement update, and partnership reports. M eetings o f the Morrow SWCD are open to the public. The meeting location is accessible to persons with disabilities. A request for an interpreter for the hearing impaired or for other accommodations for persons with disabilities should be made at least 48 hours before the meeting to: Janet Greenup, 541-676- 5452 X I09. First Fridays Friends of Jesus program to begin The First Fridays Friends o f Jesus program, presented by All Saints Episcopal Church and Hope Lutheran Church in Heppner returns on Friday, September 2, at All Saints Episcopal Church. The program is held every first Friday of each month during the The Garden Club potluck has been changed school year from 8 a.m. to Monday, Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. at the St. Patrick Senior to noon. All children ages four to sixth grade are Center. invited for a morning of Bible stories, games, crafts Morrow County Public Works and songs. Snacks and W> W H w y 7 i .r o .R o * 42* Islin g to n . O R 97*3» lunch are included. *41-9*99600 b This free program Garden Club potluck changed They recently learned that there is no intergovern mental agreement (IGA) authorizing them to serve Morrow Co. residents. An IGA will be developed for the commissioners’ consid eration. The court conduct ed the following business: The court approved pre senting one lunch certificate at the 4-H Snack Shack to each of the Fair Board mem bers as a token o f appre ciation for all of their hard work. The court reviewed a draft of the new Morrow County, Oregon Aggregate M aterial Depletion Fee. The court approved a tax refund to Cascade Spe cialties in the following amounts: 2007-08 year in the amount of $1,094.92; 2008-09 year in the amount of $944.51; 2009-10 year in the amount of $823.98; and 2010-11 year in the amount of $682.62. The court reviewed a letter from Pablo R. Flores offering to purchase six vacant lots in Irrigon for the sum o f $500 for each lot. After checking market value and foreclo sure policies, it was decided to decline the offer as the amount did not meet the minimum offer threshold. The court reviewed miscel laneous correspondences and discussed upcoming meetings. Anyone who would like to be placed on the list to receive county minutes may contact Karen Wolff at (541)676-5620. is sponsored by the by the shared ministry of All Saints Episcopal Church and Hope Lutheran Church. All sessions are held at All Saints, comer of Church and Gale streets in Heppner. “The teachers are ready for another year of Bible stories, activities and games,” said a church spokesperson. For more information, to register or arrange a ride for your child, call the shared ministry office at 676- 9970. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. If Y O U have a fam ily m em ber who suffers from gambling addiction, Y O U can also receive F R E E treat m ent even if the g am bler is not receiving treatm ent. If you are a resident of M orrow County and you wish to take ad van tag e of the services ab ove or desire m ore information. P lease call any of the following num bers to set up a LO C A L appointm ent or just to talk: Bobby Harris @ 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5 Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) ® 541-676-9161 O R 1 -8 7 7 -6 9 5 -4 6 4 8 (1 -8 8 8 -M Y L IM IT ) !
