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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 7,2011 Morrow County Court holds August 24 meeting The following is provided by Morrow County Commissioner Leann Rea. The Morrow County Court met on Au gust 24 in Boardman with Judge Terry Tallman and Commissioners Ken Grieb and Rea in attendance. The court reviewed and approved the minutes of August 10 and 17. The court also reviewed and approved the account pay ables in the net amount of $116,972.05. Public Hearing: Amend Comprehensive Plan to include a locally significant aggregate site: Morrow County Planning Director Carla McLane presented the staff report for the addition of a lo cally significant aggregate site located on the Rich Ruhl property approxi mately seven miles south of lone off Rhea Creek and Brenner Canyon Roads. There was no one in atten dance that testified for the hearing. After reviewing the information the court approved the amendment to the comprehensive plan and requested staff to pre pare an adoption ordinance for signatures at a future meeting. Public Hearing: Remand from Land Use Boa rd of Appeals (LUBA) re: the Invenergy Wind Noise Complaint: Coun ty Counsel Ryan Swin- bumson provided the court with background informa tion regarding the remand from LUBA. Swinbumson stated that since the hear ing regarding the noise complaint had been closed in January and the court’s responsibility was to an * swer the items remanded back to the court from LUBA, the court was un der no obligation to accept any additional testimony from any of the parties in attendance. The court then decided to not take any additional testimony and only address the items remanded by LUBA. Af ter lengthy discussions and points of clarification the court determined the fol lowing: -That the county would use the measure ment o f ambient (back ground noise) plus 10 dBA (a sound measurement) as an acceptable noise level “actual standard” for the operation of the facility. -At times the noise at some of the residences exceeded the “assumed standard” of 26 dBA ambi ent plus 10 dBA based on evidence in the record. -When using the “actual standard” the noise levels were not significant enough to warrant the can cellation of the conditional use permit (CUP) or any further action by the coun ty- -Because of bud get shortfalls, the State of Oregon de-funded the DEQ noise enforcement regulation in the 1990s. The county decided that since the state was not pro viding any enforcement due to budgetary shortfalls, the county would take the same position and would provide no enforcement. Contracts: The court reviewed and ap proved the following: a contract between the Mor row County Commission OPEN HOUSE ......... 90th Birthday Celebration for Barbara Struthers 2 - 4 pm - September 11, 2011 In the dining room at the St. Pat’s Senior Center. NO GIFTS PLEASE County road # 6 9 7 the Road Can yon Rd. the area from Upper Rhea Creek Rd. intersection to 1 mile North of the Matteson Butte schoolhouse. This portion of Road Can yon road had a closure extended to August 3 1 , 201 1. This portion o f road is now OPEN to motoristsand is passable and some construction will be taking place. Morrow Coun ty Road dept, would like to remind all motorists th a t maintenance practices include construc tion of new roadway and lying of culvert. Morrow County's goal is to provide a safe roadway. How ever, it is always up to the motorist to drive ac cording to conditions. Please use extreme cau tion and common sense. Questions or concerns may be addressed 5 4 1 -9 3 9 -9 5 0 0 . 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Board m an OR on Children and Families (CCF) and North Morrow Community Foundation Performing Arts Workshop Medley in the amount of $1,000; a contract be tween CCF and Domes tic Violence Services in the amount of $4,612; an interdepartmental agree ment (1A) between CCF and the Morrow County Public Health Department Healthy Start Program in the amount of $9,156; an 1A between CCF and the Morrow County Ju venile Department Client Specific Program in the amount of $2,000; an IA between CCF and the Mor row County Juvenile De partment Court Appointed Special Advocate Program in the amount of $14,549; and an IA between CCF and the Morrow County Juvenile Department Youth Investment Program in the amount of$ 12,500.00. The term of all contracts and IAs is from Sept. 1, 2011 through June 30, 2012. The court conduct ed the following business: The court reviewed and signed a grant agreement with Wildhorse Founda tion for a $4,400 grant to be used for the Morrow Co. Backpack Program conducted through the Morrow County Local Public Safety Coordinat ing Council. Reviewed misc. correspondences and dis cussed upcoming meet ings. Anyonewhowould like to be placed on the list to receive county minutes, may contact Karen Wolff a t (541)676-5620. Senior Center Memr i lone plays loses first pre-season game vs. Liberty Christian lone High School played its first pre-season game under the direction of new head coach, Stan Weiper, on Friday night, Sept. 2, at Hanford High School in Richland, WA, against Liberty Christian School. “It was a rough first game against a team that was 9-0 last year and has many good players. They had a good quar terback that was tough to cover, and a good running back that played well de fensively, too,” comment ed coach Weiper. “As the team ad justs to a new coach there were a few missed cues and some misfires,” Coach Weiper said. “Our goal was to play evenly with Liberty Christian in the second half and we did just that. I am looking forward to another tough game this week at Joseph, also a good team. We plan to improve dur ing our pre-season. We’ve only had a few practices together and several of our players were unable to at tend all the practices, due to working a longer than normal wheat harvest. #1 Senior Omar Juarez carrying in the I” TD of the season Those players should get some playing time this week. I have high hopes to be competitive in our league.” lone led the first quarter 8 to 6, with a touch down by Omar Juarez. Lib erty Christian got ahead o f lone during the second quarter with 32 points to lone’s 8. Both teams were scoreless during the third quarter and got only one touchdown in the fourth. The final score was lone, 22, and Liberty Christian, 46. Individual sta tistics: Rushing: Micah Stillman 17-110; Evan Ri- etmann 11-74; August Pe terson 3-17; and Zac Orem 9-45, TD. Passing: Zac Orem 3-15-1,53 yards, 2 TD. Receiving: Evan Rietmann 1-24, TD; Omar Juarez 1-15, TD; Micah Stillman 1-14. L et’s Take Brain Injuries Out o f Play M O R R O W CO UNTY HEALTH DISTRICT d r E x ce lle n c e in H e a l t h c a r e E d i t o r ' s note: the following article was submitted by The Morrow County> Health District. The harm caused by concussions is coming under greater scrutiny in recent years. A concussion is diagnosed if an injury causes a temporary change in brain function, which can range from confusion to loss of consciousness after an injury. These days, con cussions are receiving more attention because of the complications they can cause. They are no longer considered to be benign injuries that are a rite of passage in high school sports. They are especially common in football and hockey, where the head is often used as a weapon or a target. The most common concern is the damage that is done to the brain by repeated concussions. Even a single concussion is harmful, but when there are multiple concussions, the damage can increase exponentially. Doctors do not have a good way to mea sure the harm done by a single concussion or from subsequent concussions, nor do they have a good way to predict who will have the problems. Some studies show that genetics may play a role. In one study, carriers o f a certain gene were found to have the most damage from concussions. More studies need to be done to determine who is the most susceptible to the harm from concus sions and who, if anyone, is spared from the compli cations. Concussions are most common in contact sports such as football. Sta tistics show that 10-20% of high school football play ers have a concussion dur ing the season, making it a very important problem. Many athletes have more than one per season. Un fortunately, no one knows how many concussions is too many, so safe standards cannot be determined yet. The most severe complication o f concus sions is called the second concussion syndrome. This is when there are two or more concussions in a short period of time, such as one month or so. With the second concussion, the person has a severe neuro logical collapse. The athlete can have what appears to be a minor head injury and con tinues to play, and sudden ly, he drops to the ground with a sudden and fatal swelling o f the brain or brain stem. The swelling occurs so quickly that the athlete develops unequal pupils and similar serious findings within minutes. These neurologi cal emergencies are very difficult to treat. They are nearly always fatal. The only cure is prevention. This means that an athlete must abstain from sports and activities where he may have further head injuries for at least one month, the commonly recognized period of high risk. Many doctors be lieve that three or four life time concussions should be a maximum number be fore an athlete is disquali fied from high risk sports. This is especially true if each concussion becomes increasingly severe or if it takes less and less trauma to cause a concussion. Having a headache is a sensitive marker that can indicate swelling in the brain. If a headache is present after a concussion or head injury, the athlete should not go back into a game or resume the sport until cleared by his doctor. Since it is common for an athlete to minimize the symptoms in order to play, evaluation by a quali fied person on the sideline is important in recording the severity of symptoms at the time of injury and determining when it is safe to return to sports. .... The menus for the Senior Mealsites for Sep tember are: Wednesday, Sept. 7: Sweet and sour chicken, fried rice, Chinese veggies, fruit juice, egg rolls and fortune cookies. Wednesday, Sept. 14: Build your own baked potato with chili, cheese, sour cream, bacon bits, sauteed onions, broccoli, green salad, spiced pears, rolls and brownies. Wednesday, Sept. 21: Beef Stroganoff, green beans, fruit cocktail, hot rolls and strawberry short cake. Wednesday, Sept. 28: Pork chops, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas and carrots, applesauce, hot rolls and lemon bars. Milk is served at each meal. A suggest ed donation is $3.50 per meal. Menus are subject to change. The mealsite cal endar is as follows: Sep tember 7-St. Patrick’s Par ish; September 14-United Methodist Church; Sep Heppner High School plans Over the Tee tember 21-Church of the Cup Nazarene and the Seventh- open house Heppner High School will be holding an open day Adventist Church; Results for the Au September 28-Hope Lu house on Tuesday, September 13, from 6:30-8 p.m. Parents are invited to meet teachers, tour the fa gust 30 play day at the Wil theran, Valby Lutheran and cility, and enjoy refreshments. low Creek Country Club All Saints Episcopal. Students may also pick up their 2010/11 HHS are as follows: yearbooks in Mr. Rosenbalm’s room during this time. Low gross of the field-Pat Edmundson-40. Deadline h r M arriage Licenses Low net of the The Morrow County Clerk’s office has re field-Darcee Mitchell-20. a ll news and leased the following report of marriage licenses is Least putts of the advertising- sued: field-Corol Mitchell-13. August 25: Matthew Reed Short, 25, Pendle Low gross-Virgin Monday a t 5:00 ton, and Amanda Rachel Kennedy, 21, Pendleton. ia Grant, Pat Dougherty, September 2: Brandon Robert Wedding, 26, Luvilla Sonstegard. Heppner, and Anna Marie Conklin, 23, Heppner. Low net-Eva Kilk enny, Ann Elgin. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, Least putts-Loa help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. Heideman, Lorrene Mont gomery. If Y O U have a family m em b er w ho suffers from gam bling addiction. Y O U can also receive F R E E treat Long drive-Corol m ent even if the g am b ler is not receiving treatm ent. Mitchell, Ann Elgin. If you are a resident of M orrow County and you wish K.P.- Ann Elgin. to take ad vantage of the services ab ove or d esire m ore ^njoy dinner al The Office Tull i & Grill in downtown lone. 1 Always the freshest ingredients 541-422-7454. Open everyday but Tuesday_______ j I 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 ) Heppner Gazette-Times 541-676-9228 david@rapidserve.net \
