Fishing crew brings home the salmon
for lone Education Foundation dinner
By David Sykes
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Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Ad firm discusses marketing campaign
with city council
Would promote tourism in Morrow County
By David Sykes
The owners of
a Pendleton advertising
company spent more than
an hour Monday discuss
ing with the Heppner City
Council a possible adver
tising campaign aimed at
attracting more tourism
dollars to Heppner, Lex
ington, lone, Boardman and
Irrigon.
Neither a spe
cific plan, nor the costs,
was laid out at the meet
ing, but both Katie Oblisk Katie Oblisk and JefT Wright, owners o f Artifxmedia of
and Jeff Wright, owners of Pendleton, talk to Heppner City Council Monday about a
Artifxmedia of Pendleton, proposed county-wide advertising campaign.
said they are working with
Boardman and Irrigon to cal advertising campaign lems the Heppner Housing
get the campaign off the could run anywhere from Authority is having with the
ground. The two said they $15,000 to $300,000.” If all St. Patrick’s Senior housing
had also talked with Lexing three cities in the county go in downtown Heppner.
H ead o f the
ton and lone, and although along, the cost will be split
Housing Authority, Judy
both those cities declined between them.
to help fund the program,
City Manager Buschke, said she was in
they would be included in Dave DeMayo said Hepp formed recently they owe
the advertising.
ner may be able to come up $10,832 in back manage
When asked what with $4,000 to $5,000 for ment fees to Cascade Man
the specifics and the cost the campaign. “Each year agement which the author
of the campaign would be, I underestimate how much ity has hired to run the
Wright said the cost would tax money we will receive. apartments.
The Housing Au
depend on what the cit But we will not know until
ies wanted accomplished November how much that thority pays Cascade $798
and the media purchased is going to be,” he told the per month in management
fees. In addition the Author
to do it. He added that his council.
company did not yet have a
Each city in the ity pays for onsite manager,
plan put together. “Actually county is different and each maintenance person, insur
wte are kind o f doing this has its own drawing point, ance and other fees. “We
backward,” Wright told the Wright told the council. are not broke,” Buschke as
council. He said normally He pointed out Irrigon’s sured the council, although
the cities would approach fish hatchery, Boardman’s she did say she is going to
the advertising agency, tell marina and Heppner’s OHV meet with a representative
them what they wanted, and Park, hunting and fishing of Cascade to try and work
out some of the problems.
the agency would come up opportunity.
There are 19
with a preliminary plan and
The co u n cil
the cost of implementing questioned if the campaign units in the apartment build
the campaign.
would bring new businesses ing and tenants pay an aver
Wright said that to Heppner, and Wright age of $444 per month rent.
if all the county’s cities go said it was aimed at tour There are currently four
in together they could “get ism. “Bring in the tourism units empty, but not because
more accomplished and get and the businesses will of a lack of potential rent
more bang for your buck.” follow ,” he said. Some ers. Because the city refi
He said Boardman and Irri council members brought nanced the remodeling of
gon had indicated they may up that Heppner does not the building using govern
go it alone if a county-wide have restaurants open on a ment Housing and Urban
all cities program could not consistent basis if visitors D evelopm ent money, if
be put together.
do come here. It was also potential renters have too
“ Irrig o n and discussed that although much money they are not
Boardman are waiting to the OHV Park does attract allowed to rent the apart
see what you are doing,” many visitors, getting them ments. Although Buschke
Wright said. He said the to spend money in Heppner said she did have three
interested renters that will
two cities will “do their is not always successful.
probably
be able to qualify
own th in g ” if H eppner
The council took
does not go along with the no action on the advertis for the income limits. “We
county-wide advertising ing promotion, however, took HUD money and for
approach.
Mayor Les Paustian said he 30 years we have to abide
On cost, Wright will be attending a county by HUD rules,” Buschke
said his company had not mayor meeting on Sept. 21 said.
In other housing
come up with a figure for at which time he will dis
the cam paign. “ We are cuss the issue with the other business, Buschke said the
heat pump at the apartments
waiting for you guys to mayors in the county.
come to us and say this is
In other business,
what we have to spend,” the council discussed man -See CITY COUNCIL
he said. He said a typi- agement and financial prob- page EIGHT
Another success
ful fishing trip means there
will be lots of good salmon
to eat at the lone Education
Foundation Fundraising
Dinner Sept. 24.
Marvin Padberg,
who each year arranges the
fishing trip to provide the
salmon, said there were
several local people fishing
this year including himself,
Gary Neal, Howard Mul
lins, Don Russel, Howard’s
son Bill Mullins, and Keith
Rea.
Padberg said they
go down each year and stay
at a friend’s beach house
near Warrenton where they
fish out of. He said the
group spent about three
weeks this year fishing.
“The fishing was good,
the weather was good, a
little bit of wind but not too
bad,” Padberg said. He said
they caught all Chinooks,
with the biggest being
around 30 lbs.
In preparing
the fish, Padberg s a y s '
they first bleed out the
fish and put them on ice
right away. “We then fil
let the fish and vacuum
seal and flash freeze the
fillets and that keeps them
fresh and ready,” he said.
When ready for cooking,
the fish are prepared with
their secret recipe which
includes maple syrup, Pad
berg reveals. The fish are
then cooked on soaked
G ary N ea l sh o w s a nice
Chinook Salmon he caught
at Buoy 10 out o f Warrenton.
T h e fish is one o f m any
which will be served at the
lone Foundation fundraising
dinner Sept 24.
cedar planks which cook
both sides and “caramelize
real nice,” he says. It takes
about 8-10 grills to cook
the fish for serving at the
Foundation Dinner.
The lone Educa
tion Foundation Fundrais
ing Dinner and Auction
will be held on Saturday,
September 24, at the lone
American Legion Hall...
Social hour will begin at 6
p.m., with dinner to follow
at 7 p.m.
Ticket prices are
as follows: children six
and under-free; children
seven to 12 years-$ 10; and
adults-$25.
The dinner menu
includes: prime rib, salmon,
salad, baked potato, bread
Howard Mullins adds to the
catch for the Foundation
dinner.
and dessert. Two drinks are
included with meal (beer,
wine, soft drinks).
Tickets are avail
able at Bank of Eastern
Oregon or may be reserved
by calling 541 422-7435.
The evening will
include a live auction and
raffle items and musical
performances by the lone
Community School Music
Department.
Representative Greg Smith announces
campaign for re-election
Rep. Greg Smith
(R-Heppner) has announced
his campaign for re-elec
tion to the Oregon House
o f Representatives. Rep.
Smith, seeking his seventh
term, said he’ll continue
to focus on improving the
economy, creating jobs, and
continuing to give Eastern
Oregon a strong voice in
Salem.
“It’s an honor to
represent the citizens o f
District 57 in the Oregon
House of Representatives,”
Rep. Smith said. “I’m run
ning for re-election because
Eastern Oregon’s future is
at stake. I’m proud of the
things we’ve been able to
accomplish for our region,
and I remain committed to
putting people back to work
in our rural communities.” ers who’ve been affected by
Rep. Smith, a long wolf depredation.
Rep. Smith’s vot
time member of the budget-
w riting Joint Ways and ing record recently earned
Means Committee, says him a 100 percent score on
bills promoting job creation
he’ll work to build
and econom ic
on acc o m p lish
growth, accord
m ents from the
ing to the Or
2011 session. This
egon Prosperity
year he secured
Project, a coali
funding for critical
tion
o f Oregon
economic develop
businesses
and
ment projects in
trade
asso
cia
Eastern Oregon,
tions.
p ro v id e d lo n g
Rep. Greg Smith
T h is
term tax relief for
a
c
c
o
m
p
lis h
loggers and wheat
ment
was
preceded
by
Rep.
farmers, and protected criti
Sm
ith’s
2009
voting
re
cal economic development
incentives for rural com cord where he was named,
munities. He has also made “ Cham pion for Oregon
progress on several Eastern
-See SMITH page
Oregon priorities, including
THREE
establishing a new compen
sation fund for local ranch-
Town Hall meeting to feature citizen’s
constitutional rights
Public Invited to hear about individual liberties and
their relationship to government power
By David Sykes
A town hall meet
ing to discuss the US Con
stitution, its foundations,
history and interpretation
over the last 200 years, will
be held in Heppner Wednes
day, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m. at
city hall.
Leading the dis
cussion will be professor
o f Constitutional law Jim
Huffman, who has been on
the faculty of Lewis and
Clark College since 1973
and served as dean there
for nine years. Huffman
was also the Republican
candidate for US Senate
in 2010.
Prior to the Hepp
ner town hall Huffman will
give a presentation on the ernments on the other.”
He also says he
Constitution to
will address cur
both the lone and
rent
issues in the
Heppner junior
news,
“particular
and senior high
ly
the
scope
of the
schools.
commerce
clause
D ur
pow er and the
ing the town hall
constitutionality
Huffman says he
o f the new health
will give particu
care legislation
lar emphasis to
and the scope of
“individual liber
ties and their re Jim Huffman,con federal executive
lationship to gov stitutional scholar power.”
The
ernment power, and fo rm er US
to the separation Senate candidate, town hall is spon
o f powers at the will present a pro sored by the Wil
federal level and gram on the US low C reek Tea
Constitution Sept
Party P atriots.
the division o f 21.
The program is
powers between
free, the public
the federal gov
ernment on the one hand is invited and refreshments
and state and local gov- will be served.
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