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 &
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O pponent T B A
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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
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