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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 2,2011 - FIVE County Court news The follow ing is provided by Commissioner Leann Rea. The Morrow Coun ty Court met on October 19, 2011 in Boardman with Judge Tallman and Com missioners Grieb and Rea in attendance. The court reviewed and approved the minutes of Oct. 12. The court also review ed and approved account payables and the 3rd quarter SUTA/Hour taxes in the net amount of $74,994.13. Road Dept: The crew has finished the ditch and culvert cleaning along Willow Creek Road from Hwy 207 to ju st above Black Mountain Lane. The crew continues working on thé, Spring Hallow bridge replacement project. The road on the north side of the new bridge location has been built to near grade. They are currently work ing on the new road on the south end of the new bridge location. They have also in stalled a culvert, built a road and a site to relocate the existing grain bin. Wildish Crane is currently moving their crane and pile-driving equipment to the bridge site this week. They will start driving pilings for the south bridge abutment on Mon day the 24lh. The crew has been working on one of the five intersection projects. They have the Porcupine Lane intersection built to grade. The crew sloped the banks back, added ditches, cut the new road to grade, hauled and placed the base rock and gravel. They have relocated the intersection to a 90-degree T instead of a Y at a skewed angle. All that is left to do is pave it and seed the area that was disturbed. The paint strip ing for Gilliam County was completed last week and the paint striping in Morrow County should be finished today. The grading crew has been working on the fall gravel road grading. The following have been graded: Ditch Creek, Shaw Grade. Dalzell, Gabbert, Lundell, Upper Little Butter Creek and Clarks Canyon Roads, and McElligott and French Lanes. There are four graders out now and they are currently working in the Valby, Sunflower Flat, Hinton Creek, and Clarks Canyon areas. The crusher crew is continu ing with crushing one inch road rock at the Halvorsen pit near lone. Permanent Easements: The court re viewed and on the recom mendation of Road Master Burke O ’Brien, approved two easem ents between John Flynn and the county each in the amount of $350. These easements are neces sary to complete the Upper Rhea Creek intersection improvement. OHV Youth Elk Hunt Tag Draw: The fol lowing names were drawn for the youth hunt at the OHV Park: Brandon How ard, Irrigon; Thomas Gould, Heppner; Boyd Macomber, Irrigon; James Phillips, John Day; Jacob Wallace, Heppner; Zach Henrichs, Irrigon; Faith Jones, Hep pner; Ethan Akers, Board- man; Charles Cason, Hep pner and Colby Currin, Heppner. The following alternates were also drawn: Duke Harmon, Heppner; Kyman Heard, Heppner and Jenna Taylor lone. C ity o f Board- man: Mayor Chet Phillips visited the court accom panied by three Riverside High School Seniors who were participating in the ca reer shadow day. The young men stayed and observed the court proceeding for ap proximately one hour. Umatilla County Housing Authority: The court reviewed the Housing Authority MOU, and after all questions were answered by Director Stan Stradley and Department Director Don Skeen, the court signed the agreement which allows the Section Eight rental as sistance to continue for 28 Morrow County families. J u v en ile D ept. Quarterly Update: Direc tor Tom Meier provided the court with activity numbers for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2011. The number of youth receiving services (27) was identical to the same quarter last year. A general discussion regard ing youth, gangs, and other items ensued. On the recom mendation of Mr. Meier and Ms. Camine, Commission on Children and Families Director, the court agreed to engage the part-tim e services o f an individual to work on the “Backpack” program. This position is funded with grant dollars and when the grant is spent the position and services will be terminated. The court conduct ed the following business: The court reviewed and authorized Judge Tallman to sign the Com m unity Health Improvement Part nership (CHIP) on behalf of the Health Dept, and the Commission on Children and Families. The court appointed Gerald Breazeale and David Burns to the Local Public Safety Coor dination Council (LPSCC). The court appointed the following to the Morrow County Board of Property Tax Appeals: John Qualls, Sharon Timms and Dwayne Oarroll with Ed Rollins to serve as the chair. The court reviewed the Notice o f Intent to Transfer the WebEOC and WebFusion software equipment from CSEPP closure. R eview ed misc. correspondences and dis cussed upcom ing m eet ings. If you would like to be placed on the list to receive county minutes, please contact Karen Wolff at (541)676-5620. MOD LUCK AT STATE HVSTAN6SII M u sta n g Volleyball plays I st R o u n d state Playoffs on Satu rd ay N ov. S at H H S Time & x O pponent T B A on Back row (L to R): Asst. Coach Dieter Waite, Baily Bennett, Alana Wilson, Carrie Haguewood, Emma Os- min, Maddie Lindsay, Ryan Dougherty, and Coach Pam Dowdy. Front row (L to R): Makenzie Correa, Cassi Day, Natalie Rauch, Micha Hintz. Not Pictured: Kelly Wilson and Hannah Lovgren. HHS Cheerleaders- Back row (L to R): Jordan Jones, Samm Lemmon, Mayci Garrett. Front: Kellie Nelson Back row (L to R): Conor Pappas, Jaden Orr, Tim Nelson, Josh Townsend, Ethan Ashbeck, Cody Orr, Jacob Palin, Stephen Thompson, J.C. Putman, John Propheter, Jacob Moore, Alex Smith, Seth Palmer. Middle row: Asst Coach Jeremy Rosenbalm, Coach Greg Grant, Camron Day, Ryan Bennett, Drew Brannon, Ross Cutsforth, Skyler Hawks, Bryce Fowler, Andrew Bara, Treston Maben, Harley Bishop, Garrett Gibbs, Earl Propheter, Asst. Coach Les Payne, Kevin Payne Bottom row: Tate Gen try, Garrett Robinson, Aidan Wright, Colby Hedman, Jesse Boyd, Jesse Corbin, Tom Gould, Jacob Moses, Jordan Bailey, Khayman Heard, Jared Lemmon, Zach Yocom and Jimmy Fichter. Not pictured: Seth Palmer and Alex Smith Mustang Football plays I st round State Playoffs Saturday Nov. 12 Time, Opponent and Location TBA THESE BUSINESSES & INDIVIDUALS CONGRATULATE THE HEPPNER MUSTANGS & WISH THEM GOOD LUCKI Allstott Construction Amerititle Jeff, Christine, Justin, Jordan and Caitlynn Bailey Bank of Eastern Oregon, Member FDIC, Equal Housing Lender* Columbia Basin Electric Co-op Community Bank Mike, Christy, Makenzie & Morgan Correa David Sykes Real Estate D & L Auto Parts and Repair Curt, Sandi, Cody, Chance, Cam & Cassi Day, Zane, Whitney & Lucchese Devin Oil, Heppner Shell Dickenson Chiropractic Di Salvo Italian Ice Cream Cliff, Dawna, Ryan and Coby Dougherty Jimmy Fichter The Futter Family The Gibbs Family Eddie Gunderson Haguewood Family Heppner Gazette-Times Heppner Family Foods Heppner Heating Howe's About Pizza Les Schwab Tire Center Lexington Mini Mart/ Hattenhauer Distribution Todd, Missy Maddie &Jake Lindsay The Pat Lovegren Family Market Manufacturing, Inc. Skip and Sandy Matthews Miller and Sons Excavating and Disposal Service * Morrow County Grain Growers John and Nancy Gochnauer Murray's Drug, Inc. Jess, Staci, Shayna, Kael, Ginger, Al, Donna & Emma Osmin Peterson's Jewelers Pettyjohn's Farm and Builders Supply Rapid Print, Chris Sykes Chris, Kathy, Natalie & AJ Rauch Greg & Sherri Smith & Family The Stable of Youth Brian and Susie Thompson Jean Ann Turner Wheatland Insurance Center Jeff, Missy, Stephanie, Lindsay, & Ross Cutsforth >
