H e p p n e r G a z e tte -T im e s , H e p p n e r, O re g o n W ednesday, O ctober 1 9 ,2 0 1 1
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County Court news
The following is provided
by Commissioner Leann
Rea.
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on October
5, 2011 in Heppner with
Judge Tallman and Com
missioners Grieb and Rea
in attendance.
The court reviewed
and approved the minutes
o f Sept. 21 and 28. The
court also reviewed and
approved fair premiums
and account payables (with
holding the entire amount
o f charges from lines 220
& 510) in the net amount
of $532,523.76.
Road Dept.: The
crew is continuing to work
on cleaning out the ditches
and culverts along Willow
Creek Road. By this after
noon they will have com
pleted that project. They
have been using that mate
rial to make repairs along
the Blake Ranch Road.
They have also been work
ing on the Spring Hallow
bridge project. They have
removed all the fences, cor
als, and the rest of the trees
that were in the new right of
way. The drilling and blast
ing contractor drilled and
blasted where the new road
will be on the north side of
the new bridge. They start
ed building the new road to
the new bridge yesterday,
and will continue with the
road construction. Graders
are currently working on
the Ditch Creek Road and
Spring Hallow Road. They
did some work on Upper
Rhea Creek Road last week.
When they finish up Willow
Creek Road, there will be
two more graders out work
ing on gravel roads. The
crusher continues crushing
one-inch road rock at the
Halvorsen pit near lone.
Public Works Management
A ssistant Sandi Putman
reported that the airport is
scheduled to open Thursday
Oct. 6. Putman reported that
she had attended training
on recycling and that she
is working on a program
to recycle plastics. Put
man shared information on
how to opt out of receiving
duplicate telephone books.
You may opt out by visit
ing (http://www.yellow-
pagesoptout.com/).
S h eriff’s Dept.:
Undersheriff Steve Myren
provided the court with
the following activity re
port: Irrigon: While DHS
was responding for an
other matter, they found a
two-year-old child alone
far from home. A child
neglect charge was filed.
On Sept. 12 two men were
arrested for multiple counts
of sexual abuse of an eight
year old child. Boardman:
Conducted a citizen assist
for an elderly couple in a
disabled motor-home on
1-84. Heppner: Responded
to an accident with an oc
2 bedroom home on la rg e lot in L e x Lots
o f ro o m fo r a g a rd e n a n d o th e r activ itie s
w ith this 2 b e d ro o m 1 b a th s in gle w id e m o
b ile h o m e in L e x in g to n . Lots o f u p g ra d e
including n e w flooring, n e w roof, in su latio n ,
n e w vinyl w in d o w s , w a te r h e a te r a n d m uch
m o re . $ 6 0 , 0 0 0
cupant entrapped. While
assisting a citizen with
the Language Line, it was
learned that the individual
was in W ashington, the
proper authorities in WA
were notified. OHV area:
Conducted an ambulance
assist for a diabetic hunter
on Madison Butte. Marine
Columbia River: On an in
ter-tribal request an agency
assist for a stranded boater
below Three Mile Canyon.
CSEPP: Mr. Myren dis
cussed the continued use
of the building located at
the Kinzua site, stating that
once CSEPP closes out,
that program will no longer
be funding the rental pay
ments. The county and the
City of Heppner both have
several vehicles stored in
the building. The continued
use of the cameras was also
discussed. Myren stated
that he will be keeping the
court updated on close-out
activities.
Parole & Proba
tion Report: For the month
of August there was a case
load of 103 individuals. For
August, Supervision fees
were $1,764. Work crews
will be working Monday,
Tuesday and Thursday in
north county and Wednes
day in south county. The
City of Irrigon had a half
crew 16 hrs and a full crew
40 hrs for a total of $1,200
in fees paid to the program.
The county had a half crew
for 32 hrs for a total of
$400. The Dept, of Fish and
Wildlife (Irrigon Hatchery)
had a half crew for 24 hrs
and a full crew for 16 hrs
for a total of $700 in pro
gram fees.
District Attorney:
D.A. Justin Nelson asked
if his Dept, could use one
of the empty offices in the
Docken Bldg, located in
Boardman as a satellite
office for the Deputy Attor
ney. The court authorized
the request with the stipu
lation that the D.A. may be
asked to vacate the office at
any time.
Orders: The court
reviewed, approved and
signed the Order regarding
the Final Opinion and Or
der for the Invenergy Wind
Noise Complaint. The court
reviewed, approved and
signed the Order regarding
the denial o f the request
to vacate Road Canyon
Road.
The court conduct
ed the following business:
Reviewed and approved a
permanent easement be
tween the county and Arless
Seitz & Jared Wilson in the
amount of $400. The court
discussed the possibility of
Pacific Ethanol requesting
an amendment to their En
terprise Zone Agreement.
Later, the court learned
that there would not be a
request and that the amount
due would be paid in a
timely manner. The court
reviewed the interest rates
and loan fees from the three
banks located in the county.
The court then decided
to borrow $750,000 from
Community Bank with the
payment o f the loan due
on Dec. 1, 2011. The loan
application and Resolution
were then signed
R eview ed misc.
correspondences and dis
cussed upcoming m eet
ings.
I f you would like
to be placed on the list to
receive county minutes,
contact Karen W olff at
(5 4 1 )6 7 6 -5 6 2 0 .
BMCC offers retirement
and investment courses
B lue M o u n tain
Community College will
offer a three-part education
course starting Monday,
October 24 to help residents
of Morrow County plan and
save for retirement.
The classes are be
ing offered as a three part
series: Retirement Basics,
Retirement Income Plan
ning and Investment Basics.
The courses complement
one another and can be
taken as a series or inde
pendently, depending on
individual knowledge and
needs.
The classes will be
taught by Rita Van Schoi-
ack, a financial advisor who
is owner of Blue Mountain
Investment Management in
Heppner. The goal of the
courses is to help attendees
gain the skills to estimate
how much money they
need to retire, learn how
to create retirement goals,
review investment basics,
and more.
The classes will
meet in the large confer
ence room o f the “ Pet
tyjohn Building," 430 W
Linden Way in Heppner.
from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
on three Mondays Invest
ment Basics on October
24, Retirem ent Income
Planning on November 7
and Investment Basics on
November 14.
The classes are free
and include a workbook
Advance registration is
required.
Please call Anne
Morter at (541) 422-7040
or e-mail her at amorter(w
bluecc.edu for more in
formation or to register.
Students may also register
online at www.bluecc.edu.
Rita Van Schoiack
is a financial advisor with
Multi-Financial Securities
Corporation, member FIN-
RA/S1PC. Blue Mountain
Investment Management
is not affiliated with Multi-
financial Securities.
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