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
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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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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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to take ad vantage of the services ab ove or d esire m ore
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