SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 21,2011
NRCS announces
Garden Club
celebrates Christmas CSP sign-up
senior apartments
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ment.
Harmon also said
he didn’t think the new
standards would go into
effect for several years. The
city sewer plant is not per
mitted again until 2014.
In other business,
Harmon discussed the con
struction of the new Lovers
Lane Bridge, which crosses
Willow Creek to Court
St. next to the bow ling
alley. The city has a new
bridge to install, which it
purchased from the city of
Pendleton, but it is going to
be dismantled and modified
before installation.
The council also
heard the state is taking
over the Sperry St. Bridge
rerouting project. C ity
M anager Dave DeMayo
said the state has approved
money for a whole new
street that will be rerouted
to accommodate the com
plete removal o f Sperry
St. Bridge. The state had
deemed the bridge unsafe
several months ago when
it was closed to traffic. The
state will take care of buy
ing right-of-way surveying
and construction of the new
street.
Sheriff’s Report for No
vember 2011
Traffic-
There w ere five
traffic stops, all resulting in
warnings. A deputy investi
gated a hit and run crash.
A deputy contacted
a person regarding an ille
gally parked vehicle.
Code Enforcement-
Deputies respond
ed to a residence where two
dogs, owned by the same
person, were fighting.
Seven loose dogs
were reported.
Two barking dogs
were reported.
F ive c a ts w ere
transported to Pet Rescue.
Two people were
cqntacted regarding unli
censed vehicles.
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Program cut-off date January
IS, 2012
Club president Chuck Bailey beside the senior center Christmas
tree during the club’s Christmas party. -Contributedphoto
The Heppner Garden Club celebrated Christmas
December 11 with a party at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Their guests were the senior center residents.
The club is also wrapping up its Greens Work
shop, which is a fundraiser for the $500 scholarship the
club gives to a high school senior each year.
The club’s next meeting will be January 2 at 7
p.m. at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. All interested parties
are invited.
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The USDA’s Natu
ral Resources Conserva
tion Service (NRCS) an
nounced that the ranking
period cut-off date for the
Conservation Stewardship
Program (CSP) is January
13. Producers interested in
CSP should submit applica
tions to their local NRCS
office by the deadline so
their applications can be
considered during the first
ranking period of 2012.
“CSP in Oregon
continues to be a very ef
fective tool for private land-
owners working to achieve
their conservation and man
agement goals,” said Ron
Alvarado, Oregon NRCS
state conservationist. “Over
the past two years, over
510 applicants enrolled in
CSP, receiving financial
and technical assistance to
implement conservation
on nearly 1.2 million acres
across Oregon.”
CSP is offered in
all 50 states through contin
uous sign-ups. The program
provides many conserva
tion benefits, including
improvement of water and
soil quality, wildlife habit
enhancements and adoption
of conservation activities
that address the effects of
climate change. Eligible
lands include cropland,
pastureland, rangeland,
nonindustrial private forest
land and agricultural land
under the jurisdiction of an
Indian tribe.
Though specific
payments to landowners
will vary on a case-by-case
basis, average CSP pay
ments to Oregon landown
ers in 2010 and 2011 were
between $9 and $12 per
acre. Landowners working
to improve their operation
can receive up to $40,000 a
year in financial assistance
for five years.
A CSP self-screen
ing checklist is available
to help potential applicants
determine if CSP is suitable
for their operation. The
checklist highlights basic
inform ation about CSP
eligibility requirem ents,
contract obligations and
potential payments. It is
available from local NRCS
offices and on the CSP
webpage.
As part of the CSP
application process, appli
cants work with NRCS field
personnel to complete the
resource inventory using a
Conservation Measurement
Tool (CM T). The CMT
determines the conserva
tion performance for exist
ing and new conservation
activities. The applicant’s
conservation performance
will be used to determine
eligibility, ranking and pay
ments.
In 2 0 1 0 a lo n e ,
nearly 21,000 applicants
across the nation enrolled
in CSP, putting additional
conservation on 25.2 mil
lion acres, about the size
o f the state o f Kentucky,
to improve water and soil
quality, enhance wildlife
habitat and address the ef
fects of climate change.
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A person called
MCSO and said their neigh
bors were being loud. A
deputy made contact with
the people involved.
Theft Complaints-
A deputy inves
tigated a theft of medica
tion.
A deputy investi
gated a possible residential
burglary.
A deputy investi
gated an attempted theft,
using a fraudulent check.
All Other-
Deputies respond
ed to three false 911 hang
up calls.
Deputies assisted
Heppner Fire Department
on a structure fire.
A deputy m ade
contact with an adult who
was trespassed from the gas
station.
A person called
MCSO and reported they
had items in storage and the
storage owners had placed a
lock on their unit. The caller
said they were behind in
rent. It was determined to
be a civil issue.
A deputy investi
gated an allegation of child
abuse.
Deputies respond
ed to an intoxicated person,
who was refusing to leave a
business. The person left on
their own.
A person reported
a strong smell of marijuana
coming from a residence.
A deputy investigated and
determined the complaint
was unfounded.
Deputies responded
to a domestic disturbance.
The individuals separated
for the night.
A deputy investi
gated three complaints of
harassing phone calls.
MCSO investigat
ed a trespassing complaint
at a residence.
An explosion was
reported downtown. Could
not locate source.
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Heppner Fire Chief Rusty Estes (L) and Morrow County
Sheriff's Deputy Randy Rayburn survey the damage after a
car jumped the curb and ran into John's Place on Main Street
in Heppner last Thursday morning. -Photo by David Sykes
Justice Court
Report
M orrow C ounty
Justice o f the Peace Ann
Spicer has released the
follow ing Justice Court
Report.
-Giselle Lee Moses,
37, of Lexington was found
guilty of Harassment. She
A r ia n n a ,
3 m o n th s
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was sentenced to 90 days
in jail, 80 hours community
service, 24 months bench
probation, and assessment/
treatment by Community
Counseling Solutions. Total
fines, fees and assessments
were $1,740.
-Gene Ray Ball,
25, was found guilty of
two counts o f Forgery in
the Second Degree. He was
sentenced to 180 days jail
time for each count, for a
total of 360 days in jail, 80
hours community service
and 24 months bench pro
bation. Fines, fees and as
sessments totaled $3,365.
Back (L-R): Janet McDowell of Wheatland Insurance, Hepp
ner; Dave Allstott of Allstott Construction, Steve Rhea, Wheat-
land. (Front (L-R): Stan Wellman, Safeco adjustor, Spokane;
Sam Hornbeck and Marie Hornbeck. Not pictured is Mike
Manley, supervisor with Safeco. -Photo by April Sykes
Sam and M arie
H ornbeck were the re
cipients of a plaque from
Safeco Insurance at their
newly constructed home
on Gale Street in Heppner
Monday.
The H o rn b eck s’
home had burned earlier
this year and a new home
was just completed by Dave
Allstott Construction. Ad
justers were in town Mon
day to tender the last insur
ance payments and see the
final construction results,
in addition to delivering
the plaque. The Hornbecks
were insured by Safeco
through Wheatland Insur
ance in Heppner.
“I am so pleased
how the claim was han
dled,” said Sam Hornbeck
of Wheatland and Safeco.
“We'd never been through
anything like this. They’ve
been just great people to
work with.”
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