SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, September 28,2011
Morrow County Court
holds Sept. 14 meeting
Heppner “concrete award” topic at
transportation committee meeting
The North East Area
Commission on Transporta
tion (NEACT) will hold its
next meeting on October 6
from 9 a m. to noon at the
Oregon Department o f Trans
portation (ODOT) Region 5
Headquarters, located at 3012
Island Avenue, La Grande,
Oregon. The Heppner “con
crete award” slide show is on
the agenda.
The N E A C T ,
comprised o f transportation
stakeholders from Morrow,
Um atilla, Union, W allowa
and Baker counties, and the
Confederated Tribes o f the
Umatilla Indian Reservation,
helps identify and prioritize
transportation-related projects
in the five-county area. The
meeting location is accessible
to persons with disabilities,
per the Americans with Dis
abilities Act. The general pub
lic is invited to attend.
On the agenda are the
following key topics: General
updates on O regon Trans
portation C om m ission and
current O D O T p ro jects;
B yw ays C om m ittee, Tran
sit, League o f Oregon Cities
/ Assoc, o f Oregon Counties
updates; NEACT county/city
roundtable; Bike / Ped Steer
ing Committee update; Jobs
and Transportation Act (JTA)
projects update; ST1P vid
eoconference comments and
formal action; ConnectOregon
IV update; Flexible Funds /
Transit selections; Heppner
Concrete Award slide show;
Oregon Highway Plan Mobil
ity Standards presentation.
Time has been set
aside for public comments re
garding project proposals and
other transportation related
topics. To schedule time on
the agenda at future NEACT
meetings, please contact Lisa
Hill at (541) 963-3179.
An
Ar ea
Commission
on
T r a n s p o r ta tio n is an
advisory body chartered by
the Oregon Transportation
Commission to help address
all aspects of transportation.
More inform ation about
A C Ts is a v a ila b le at
the ODOT Web Site at
www.oregon.gov/ODOT/
COMM/act main.shtml.
For
more
information contact Lisa
Hill at (541) 963-3179,
$500 REW ARD
FOR INFORMATION LEADING
TO THE ARREST AND CONVICTION OF
PERSONS COMMITTING CRIMINAL ACTS
TO OR AGAINST PROPERTY BELONGING
TO MORROW COUNTY CABIN OWNERS
ASSOCIATION MEMBERS.
PLEASE CONTACT THE MORROW
COUNTY SHERIFF S DEPT.
AT 676-5317 WITH INFORMATION
M O R R O W C O U N TY C ABIN O W N E R S
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If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is F R E E of charge.
If Y O U h a v e a fam ily m e m b e r w ho su ffe rs from
g a m b lin g addiction, Y O U c a n a ls o re ce iv e F R E E treat
m ent e v e n if the g a m b le r is not re ce iv in g treatm ent.
If you a re a re sid en t of M orrow C o u n ty and yo u w ish
to take a d v a n ta g e of the s e r v ic e s a b o v e or d e s ire m ore
inform ation, P le a s e call a n y of the follow ing n u m b e rs
to se t up a L O C A L appo intm ent or ju st to talk:
B o b b y H a rris @ 5 4 1 -6 7 6 -9 9 2 5 or 5 4 1 -2 5 6 -0 1 7 5
Community Counseling Solutions (C C S ) @ 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 )
email at Lisa.A.Hill@odot.
state-pr-us .
Northeast
Oregon Area
Health Edu
cation Center
offers grants
Northeast Oregon Area
Health Education Center
will award $500 to each
of the counties it serves in
northeastern Oregon. The
mini grants are intended to
encourage youth involve
ment in community health
education events or experi
ences. The funding will
support the promotion of
health career education in
a community setting and/or
use educational material to
promote science education
to their community’s youth.
The application deadline
has been extended to Oc
tober 28.
Information will be
sent to the following per
sons and organizations in
our communities: hospital
and clinics, other com
munity health non-profit
agencies and
EMT
education contacts.
Non-profit organiza
tions are eligible to apply
for the mini grant if the
organization already works
with youth in some capacity
in Morrow, Gilliam, Grant,
Hood River, Malheur, Sher
man, Umatilla, Union, Wal
lowa, Wasco or Wheeler
counties. Any organization
can apply for funding if the
activity will meet at least
three of Northeast Oregon
A H EC ’s work areas for
health careers education:
health career information,
science education, role
models/mentors from the
health care business com
munity, assure hands-on
student health career educa
tion activities, give youth
out-of-class experiences
in health career education,
create health career edu
cation networks with the
community
T hank Y ou
To the following for contributing to
the success of the
2011 lone Education Foundation Dinner
and Auction
Dinner Sponsors
MCGG
MCP
ICABO
BEO
Wheatland Insurance
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company,
Pendleton, OR
Auction Item Contributors
Arlynda Gates
Loren & Della Heideman
lone Grange
IRS-Jeff& Dawn Eynetich
Glenda Taylor
Styles by Stefanie-Stefanie Sweeney
Ty Barnett
Tim Emmel
Kaleb Dumler
Mason Haguewood
Oskar Peterson
Daniel Holtz
Charlie McElligott
Cathy Halvorsen-lone School Library
Torie Dowdy
Jason & Tara Proudfoot
John & Barbara Collin
June Crowell
Chuck Nelson
Brian & Stephanie Spivey
Art Derbyshire
Yvonne Morter
Kindergarten class
lst/2nd/4th grades
3rd grade
5th & 6th grades
Bill Mullins
Community Bank
Western States
Nuchem-fraig Holland
Brent & Jill Martin
Kay Alldritt
Vicki Wagenblast
The Office
Pat McElligott
Medina Family
Willow Creek Country Club
Lindsay Kincaid
Magnum Opus
Jerry Archer Family
Marlene Pointer-Sew On Etc.
m
Erin & Deacon Heideman
Ashley & Cathy McCabe
Brian & Peggy Doherty
Zac Orem
Joe Doherty
Brandon Peck
Willa & Don Coe
Duane & Linda Neiffer
Eric & Brandi Orem
Howard & Dianne Mullins
Brooke Lovgren-Special Education Rm
Jodi Weebe & Jeri McElligott
Morrow County Grain Growers
Irene Holtz
TreBon Salon-Randy & Wendy St. Marie
Scott & Claudia Smythe
Dorothy Dobyns
June Crowell
Sandi Carlson-Sandi's Soups & Catering
Kevin & Karla Willman
lone Education Foundation would like to thank Andrew O'Connell and 2Morrow Energy for their
donation in support of the lone Education Foundation.
lone Education Foundation would like to thank Marvin Padberg for organizing and leading the fish
catching and cooking crew as well as Mark Patton and Tom Gates and their crew for preparing and
cooking the prime rib, Dustin Padberg for setting up sound system and auctioneering, Betty Gray for
organizing salad preparation, Bink Ramos for organizing the serving crew and providing potatoes,
Glenda Taylor for providing dinner rolls, Jordan Bemrose and the lone Community School Choir and to
everyone who attended, participated in the auction, and volunteered or helped
The following is provided by Commissioner
Leann Rea. The Morrow County Court met on September
14 in Irrigon with Judge Terry Tallman and Commissioner
Ken Grieb in attendance.
The court reviewed and approved the minutes
of August 24. The court also reviewed and approved
the account payables, retirement taxes, rodeo payables,
a final payroll and payroll payables in the net amount
of $209,478.39. The court reviewed the “pooled cash
report” provided by Morrow County Treasurer Gayle
Gutierrez.
Road Dept.: The crew has completed a repair
at the Bombing Range Highway 207 intersection. Two
sections of that intersection had a sub-grade failure. The
sections were marked and the equipment was moved to
the site on September 9. On September 12 the pavement
was cut and removed at those locations. Two locations
were found where the base material had retained an ex
cessive amount of moisture, which causes soft conditions
which allowed the pavement it supported to fail. All of
the wet material was excavated and replaced with new
base rock and gravel. Then the area was patched with
two lifts of hot mix asphalt. This will remain as a single
patch until spring to make sure no other failures appear.
With the huge amounts of grain being moved over the
past summer, tonnages were also a contributor to the
failure. After reviewing available funds and current bills,
including dust abatement work, it was determined that the
department will discontinue patching work when Olsen
Road and Columbia Lane are completed. Right of way
negotiations for the Spring Hollow Bridge have been
completed and the crew will begin work on that project
right away. The right-of-way work for the five intersec
tions realignment is close to completion. These projects
are ready to go as soon as the legal work is completed.
There is a long list of projects for fall maintenance work
to finish before winter.
Ordinance Reading: Morrow County Plan
ning Director Carla McLane provided the second read
ing of an adopting ordinance for the “Ruhl Pit Locally
Significant Aggregate Resource”. The court approved
the amendment to the comprehensive plan and map to
include the site.
Sheriff’s Report: Morrow County Undersheriff
Steve Myren discussed the disposal of refuse gathered by
the Parole & Probation (P&P) work crew from county
property. It was decided that the materials may be dumped
at the Transfer Station as long as the material originated
on county property. Materials from non-county locations
will need to pay the regular disposal rate. Myren stated
that the sherifFs dept, is continuing to have a problem
with exceeding their credit card limit. It was decided to
raise the current limit of $8,000 to $10,000. Myren also
reviewed the following report with the court: Irrigon
area: A suspicious person staggering, with slurred speech
and carrying a puppy, was arrested on six warrants; a
report was received regarding a big homed sheep aggres
sively chasing children; a report was received on pit bulls
aggressively chasing people; one of the dogs was tazed.
Lexington area: received a report from the Road Dept,
of a vehicle on fire and fully engulfed; Heppner area: A
motorcycle crashed 1.5 miles above the OHV Park, with
the rider going over the guard rail. The rider had broken
bones and was flown from Pioneer Memorial Hospital by
helicopter; responded to a call regarding a two-year-old
missing from his home. Columbia River: responded for
an assist to a 43-foot fishing trolley one mile down river
from the Arlington Marina.
Parole & Probation (P&P): P&P Director Dan
Robbins informed the court that for the month of August
there were 101 clients in the program. Robbins stated that
the new work crew supervisor started August 29 and that
the program is operating smoothly.
Contracts: The court reviewed and approved an
intergovernmental agreement with the state of Oregon in
the amount of $305,939 for correctional services, effective
July 1,2011, through June 30,2012. The court reviewed
and approved a “consent to participate agreement” for
future improvements to West Fourth Road between the
county and Tim and Jeanette Meyers. Reviewed and
approved the following contracts for Commission on
Children and Families program: Backpack Program in
the amount of $5,000; Heppner Daycare in the amount
of $4,750; Heppner Daycare Preschool in the amount of
$4,750, Morrow County School District Summer Lead
ership Institute in the amount of $5,414; and Boardman
Child Development Center Preschool in the amount of
$5,062. All contracts were for the 2011-2012 fiscal year
ending on June 30, 2012.
The court conducted the following business: The
court reviewed an offer from Pablo Flores to purchase
six lots in the Irrigon area for $1,200 each. The court
declined the offer and offered a counteroffer of $2,000 per
lot. The court decided to retain the maintenance contract
for the Konica Digital Copier commencing October 28,
2011, for one year.
Reviewed misc. 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.
HEPPNER ELKS 358
676-9181
''Khere F rim h Meet"
E lk s M em bers
and
142 North Main
G u ests
U p c o m in g E v e n t s
Thursday 9/29/11- Hunters Night
Rib
Dinner and Prizes
Thursday 10/6/11- Ladies Night
Chicken parmesan
Pasta marinara
Mixed greens Sicilian style
Garlic bread
lone Varsity
Football
Schedule
Sep 30 7pm @ Sherman
Oct 7 7pm @ Dufur
Oct 13 7pm vs Arlington
Oct 22 2pm vs Hosanna
Christian (Culver High
School)
Oct 28 7pm vs Echo
Nov 4 7pm @ Condon /
Wheeler
lone Varsity
Volleyball
Schedule
Sep 30 4:30pm @ Sherman
Oct 1 Noon @ Griswold /
Nixyaawii
Oct 4 5pm vs eCondon /
Wheeler
Oct 7 5pm @ Dufur
Oct 11 5pm vs Griswold /
Nixyaawii
Oct 13 5pm vs Arlington
Oct 15 1pm @ Condon /
Wheeler (Fossil)
Oct 18 5:30pm @ Echo
Oct 22 vs (Dufur Tourna
ment)
Heppner
Varsity
Football
Schedule
Sep 30 7pm @ Elgin
Oct 7 7pm vs Stanfield
Oct 21 7pm @ Pilot Rock
Oct 28 7pm @ Weston-
McEwen / Griswold
Nov 4 7pm vs Irrigon
Nov 12 1st Round Play offs
Nov 19 Quarter Finals
Nov 26 Semi Finals
Dec 3 State Finals
Heppner
Varsity
Volleyball
Schedule
Sep 29 6pm @ Irrigon
Oct 1 Noon @ Union
Oct 1 1pm vs Enterprise
(Union)
Oct 6 6pm @ Stanfield
Oct 13 5pm @ Pilot Rock
Oct 15 Noon @ Elgin (Elgin
4-
Way Heppner/Stanfield)
Oct 15 1pm vs Weston-
McEwen (Elgin)
Oct 20 6pm vs Irrigon
Oct 22 Noon vs Union
(Stanfield)
Oct 22 1pm vs Enterprise
(Stanfield)
Oct 25 6pm vs Stanfield
October
Heppner
Senior
Mealsite
Menus
W ednesday, O c
tober 5: Tilapia with par
mesan topping, rice pilaf,
g o v ern o r’s baked corn,
peaches, hot rolls and baked
apples.
W ednesday, O c
tober 12: Ham with raisin
sauce, au gratin potatoes,
m ixed vegetables, fruit
ju ice, hot rolls and ice
cream.
Wednesday, Octo
ber 19: Oven fried chick
en, mashed potatoes with
gravy, green beans, fruit
cocktail, combread, straw
berry mousse.
Wednesday, Octo
ber 26: Worms in Sauce,
Purple People Eater Salad,
W itch’s Fingers, D evil’s
Food Cupcakes.
Milk is served at
each meal. The suggest
ed donation is $3.50 per
meal. Menus are subject to
change.
Churches serving
are as follows: O ctober
5- Elohim Covenant; Oc
tober 12-Christian Life
Center; October 19-Willow
Creek Baptist; October 26:
United Methodist.