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Taco feed to benefit Roy Proctor lliliiliiililiillliiiiillilnill Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 ■yr ¡frEK 3 fejY ow p? J ct T t v , Heppner High School and Roy Proctor. A taco feed is set for Friday, October 7, at the Morrow County Fairgrounds in Heppner beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Mexican meal will begin before the Mus- tang/Stanfield game and continue until halftime or until the food is gone. The staffs of Heppner Elemen- 1 Heppner Elementary staff show their support for tary and Heppner High, in conjunction with the HES Parent-Teacher Club and HHS Booster Club, are sponsoring the dinner in support o f Roy Proctor, alumnus of both HES and HHS. Roy underwent his second bone marrow trans plant in Portland in August in his battle with Fanconi’s Anemia. “Please plan to at tend this event to enjoy two tacos with all o f the trimmings, rice, dessert, a drink and the good feeling of helping someone,” said a spokesperson. “ The cost of the dinner is $5 per person, but the good feelings are totally free.” Mayors & managers propose big changes in county government Group says, “times have changed” VOL. 130 NO. 38 8 Pages Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon ‘Village People’ entertain at HHS homecoming pep rally E «WW* |,e Tat m m *î C ~ " ' i s 753 The “Village People” HHS mothers (left to right) Teresa VanDoorn, Sandi Day, Ashli Gould, Lana Orr, Misty Bennett, Jymme Franzwa, Sariena Garrett and Shannon Boor surprise the Heppner High School students at their homecoming pep rally held October 22 after the noise parade. Photo by Sandy Matthews Bank of Eastern Oregon names Arietta Arnspiger lending manager for BEO Mortgage Division “We are pleased to announce Arietta Arnspiger has been named mortgage lending manager for BEO Mortgage Division,” said president and CEO, Jeff Bailey. Bailey continued, “Arietta has over 15 years o f mortgage lending ex perience and is ready to continue providing the ex cellent customer service our customers and associates are accustom ed to from BEO Mortgage Division.” A rn sp ig er co m mented, “I am excited by the opportunity that Bank of Eastern Oregon has pre sented to me. Rural mort gage lending poses unique challenges, so growing up in eastern Oregon helps me to understand the rural lending needs of our cus tomers. I am well versed in the entire real estate process, bringing knowl edge from time spent as a realtor, escrow officer and loan originator. The time I have spent in the mortgage industry and knowledge of the loan programs available gives me the experience necessary to help our cus tomers with their mortgage needs.” A r n s p i g e r wa s raised in lone, attended BMCC and spent time in the Port- 1 a n d a r e a where s h e raised h e r f a mi l y and be gan her career Arietta Arnspiger in the mortgage and real estate business. In 2007, she joined the BEO mortgage team. She has three grown daughters and a grown son. Her roots run deep in Mor row County as her great- great grandparents home steaded in the lone area and her uncle, Melvin Brady, was one o f the first em ployees at Gilliam County Bank in Arlington and later served as a director. BEO Mo r t g a g e p r o v i d e s full s e r v i c e m o r t g a g e l e n d i n g to c u s t o me r s t h r o u g h o u t eastern Oregon. BEO Bancorp is the holding company for Bank o f Eastern Oregon, which operates 12 branches and two loan production offices in nine eastern Or egon counties. Branches are located in Arlington, lone, Heppner, Condon, Irrigon, Boardman, Bums, John Day, Prairie City, Fos sil, Moro, and Enterprise; loan production offices are located in Hermiston and Ontario. Bank of Eastern O regon also operates a mortgage division and of fers brokerage services through BEO Financial Ser vices. The bank’s websi'e is www.beobank.com. The Heppner Gazette-Times wants to see pictures o f your trophy animals from this hunting season. Stop by to have your picture taken, drop off photos, or email them to editor@rapidserve. net. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEM ENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. By David Sykes The mayors and managers o f the county’s five cities say M orrow County’s form of govern ment is outdated and it is time for a change. Increasingly frustrated by what they say is a lack of representation of the cities in county gov ernment, the mayors and managers are proposing changing the city charter to have five elected county commissioners instead of the present three. A news release issued following one of its meetings says the group will form a committee made up of “two members from the communities of Hepp ner, Boardman and Irrigon, and one member from each o f the communities of Lex ington and lone.” They said the committee will draft a proposed charter changing the form of county govern ment to what some call “home rule” or five elected county commissioners. The charter would have to be passed by county voters in order to be enacted. “The process is expected to take many months and involve a great deal of pubic input before the draft charter is placed on the ballot,” the news release said. The relationship between the cities and the county has been increas ingly abrasive, with much of the adversity dating back to March of 2008 when the cities banded together to place an initiative on the ballot that would change the way some $1 million in Tip- page fees (money received from dumping fees at the large Finley Buttes Landfill in Mor row County). The cities felt they were not receiving enough o f the money. The cities in the county had banded to gether and placed a measure on the March 2008 ballot that would eventually redistribute 75 percent of the money from the county general fund to the cities. Voters defeated t ha t m e a s u r e h o w e v er, 753 yes to 1363 no. The latest squabble between row County met in Heppner Wednesday September 21 for their monthly meeting. The hot topic of the day was the proposal to change the way that county government is structured. The Mayors and Managers have become aware that the current government structure was established by general law with the Oregon Constitution. With the growth of the county population, bud get. and the complexity o f the situations that the county deals with, the Mayors/Managers believed that it was time for a change. “The present coun ty government structure was established with the Oregon State Constitution in 1859 under general law provisions. Times have changed and the needs and issues facing Mor row County are much different now than they were in 1858 when Morrow County was established. The M ayors/ Managers believe that there needs to be a more contem porary government structure with more than three members elected from the population. Counties that have updated their form o f governm ent from general law have usually settled on five commission ers to conduct their county’s business. Having more com missioners allow for a wider perspective o f interests and would allow for broader repre sentation of constituents. “The M ayors/ Managers of Morrow County discussed that changing the county government structure will be a difficult task and there are many questions that will need to be answered. The group consensus was to form a Charter Committee made up of two members from the com m unities o f H eppner, Boardman and Irrigon and one member from each of the communities o f Lexington and lone. This committee will be tasked with drafting a charter that can eventually be submit ted for a vote by the citizens of Morrow County. The pro cess is expected to take many months and involve a great deal o f public input before the draft charter is placed on “ The May the ballot. ors and M anagers o f Mor the cities and the county in volves state highway funds. The county has traditionally given money received from the states for use by the cit ies in their road funds. The county budget committee learned however, that it was not required to give that money and at first de cided to cut the distribution of those funds in half this year and maybe eliminate them altogether next year. After fierce protests from the cities, some o f which the allotment made up their entire road main tenance budget, the county compromised by adding another $50,000 to the cit ies’ share of the road funds next year, bringing the total to $227,500. Last year, the cities got $355,000. The cities were also upset that they were not told of the cuts and were in the process o f putting together their budgets when informed of the cuts. Morrow County Judge Terry Tallman said the cuts to the city are nec essary because the county is facing its own funding shortfalls and must come up with ways to save money in its own budget. Health insurance for county em ployees is going up by 10 percent, he said, and retire ment accounts and person nel also are growing more expensive — most county employees will get a three percent raise this year, a compromise in exchange for cuts to their health in surance program. And tax revenue is not rising as fast as the county’s expenses, Tallman said. The mayors and city managers in Mor row County hold monthly meetings and the decision to move forward with for mulating a new charter was finalized at their last meeting. The following is the entire press release ap proved for distribution by the group. News Release Mayor/Manager Meeting September 22, 2011 GREEN FEED A SEED IN HEPPNER C learance Sale! Cub Cade4 27 +on Log £pli++er Cob Cadet LTXI040 19 HP 42" Riding mower Reg. $179999 Reg. «164999 Sale «1549.99 Sale «1499.99 Fall C o lo r N ow In S to ck Asters - Mums Flowering Cabbage Kale Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed A Seed 242 W. Linden Way. 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