EIGHT- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 29,2012
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Local students compete in state
chess tournament
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cial gatherings, as well as
school-related functions.
About the South
Morrow Industrial Park in
Heppner, Neal said the Port
is no nearer to finding a ten
ant to run the co-gen plant.
“ We continue to
work on what do we do
with the Kinzua site,” Neal
told the Chamber, adding
that trying to establish a
wood-waste supply from
the nearby Umatilla Nation
al Forest to bum in the plant
and produce electricity has
not been successful.
“Fuel supply is still
the show stopper. 1 still
think we can get something
in there,” Neal said opti
mistically. “We have come
close several times.” He
said there is about $24 mil
lion in value at the site.
Neal also said the
Port has spend “thousands
of dollars” trying to satisfy
the Environmental Protec
tion Agency and the De
partment of Environmental
Quality at the former saw
mill site. “We have spent
thousands on attorneys and
consultants trying to meet
their environm ental re
quirements,” to no avail.
Neal said.
Neal also gave a
rundown on the positive
economic impact o f the
Port, including that 12 of
the top 15 tax payers in the
county are located at the
Port of Morrow.
Neal also said the
Port has 5,600 irrigated
farm acres and pumps and
disposes o f five million
Port of Morrow Commissioners attended the Heppner Cham
ber of Commerce last Thursday and discussed ongoing dev elop-
ments at the Port. (L-R) Larry Lindsay, Marvin Padberg, Jerry
Healy, Joe Taylor and Don Russell. -Photo by David Sykes
gallons of water for agri
cultural product processing
every day.
In addition, Port-
located businesses directly
and indirectly affect 5,360
jobs, produce $1 billion in
product per year and pay
$26 m illion per year in
state income tax. Morrow
County is seventh in the
state, Neal said, in average
annual income, at $36,800.
The Port has a total of 2,500
acres of industrial zoned
land available.
In other projects
Neal mentioned the fol
lowing:
-A $100 m illion
expansion of the Tillamook
Cheese facility, which will
add 17 to 20 jobs.
-Another data farm
for Amazon that is 120,000
square feet and will cost
$120 million.
-RDO is adding
another production line.
-Building five more
miles of road in the East
Beach area. The $10.7 mil
lion to build the road came
from a state transportation
grant.
-Working with a
coal company to transload
coal through the Port fa
cilities on barges for ship
ment down the Columbia
to Vancouver and then on
to China. The company has
pledged to give $350,000
per year in support of local
schools.
Long-time board
member Larry Lindsay told
the Chamber one of his big
gest disappointments is not
being able to get something
to come into the South Mor
row Industrial Park, and
said the Port is not giving
up on its efforts.
L in d sa y a lso
praised Neal and said the
major growth at the Port has
occurred since he was hired
as the manager.
“ When 1 talk to
people at other ports, all
they want to talk about is
all the things we are doing
here,” Lindsay said.
On March 2 and 3,
local students will travel to
Portland to enter the state
Chess for Success tourna
ment.
On Friday, the mid
dle-school teams and the
kindergarten through fifth-
grade teams will compete
for the best overall team.
On Saturday, individuals
will compete.
Players who placed
first at the regional Chess
for Success tournam ent
now have the privilege to
compete with the best of
the best.
Joe Jones, Tyson
Vawser, Jackson Lehman,
Gavin Hanna and Carson
Brosnan will be among the
group of players to compete
both days.
Cows, sheep and pigs, oh my!
The lone Commu
nity Livestock 4-H Club
recently held their first
meeting o f the year and
elected officers. President is
Jenna Taylor, vice president
is Hannah Padberg, sec-
retary/treasurer is Morgan
Orem and reporter is Austin
Carter.
“The unique thing
about this club is that all
species are welcomed and
we have all the major live
stock areas represented this
year.” said club co-leader,
Glenda Taylor. “We are re
ally excited about the group
of kids we get to work with
and are thrilled that our club
is expanding.”
lone Community
Livestock 4-H Club, led
in Hermiston are shipped to by Glenda Taylor and Erin
By Aaron Smythe
and several parents.
On February 10,
The first stop was Japan and Korea. It takes an
lone Community 4-H first- Lamb Weston. Members hour and 20 minutes for a explodes the peel off the
and second-year food and learned that the company potato to become a frozen potatoes in 17 seconds and
the tube that “pitches” the
clothing members took produces 1.5 million pounds French fry.
Club members said potatoes through the French
a field trip to Hermiston. of French fries per day for
There were 16 members in McDonalds. Ninety percent their favorite parts of the fry cutter at 60 miles an
attendance with two leaders of the French fries produced plant were the steamer that hour.
A fte r the to u r,
Lamb Weston served the
4-H members fresh fries.
The club was guided by
Neal Flyg and Jim Quam.
The next stop was
Aunty Ida's Quilt Shop,
where second-year sewing
students turned in their
blankets for the Linus Proj
ect and club members re
ceived a tour of the shop
and pink bracelets.
They then toured
the Wal-Mart bakery, where
participants all donned hair
nets and were led by tour
guide Carol Baher, Food
Department Manager. Wal-
Mart bakes bread and deco
rates cakes at the store.
After that, the club
toured the meat department
and learned how the meat
was stocked.
Then they went
around a back loop and saw
the freezers, refrigerators
and inventory shelves.
Members learned
that Wal-Mart in Hermis
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$220,000 per day.
Whether you already have a successful business, or are )ust
After the tour, they
teamed up in pairs and went
starting one up, be sure to check out the new business
on a “ scavenger hu n t.”
checking account options at Community Bank.
They had to find 10 specific
items and compare things
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members went and skated at
the Hermiston Roller Rink,
which everyone agreed was
a lot of fun.
Ione 4-H foods takes field trip
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The lone Community Livestock 4-H Club’s newly-elected
officers. Back (L-R): Austin Carter, Jenna Taylor, Hannah
Padberg and Morgan Orem. Front (L-R): Jake Heideman,
Aaron Smythe, Tyler Carter, Matt Orem and Paul Taylor. Not
pictured: Logan Burright, Rita McElligott, Mary McElligott
and Donald McElligott. - Photo by Erin Heideman.
Heideman, is just one of the
many youth 4-H groups in
Morrow County that will
showcase their skills and ef
forts at the Morrow County
M em ber FDIC
Fair in August. The next
meeting for the group will
be on Thursday, March 8 in
the lone High School shop
at 3:30 p.m.
lone preschool visits
fire station
Top: The Creative Care Pre
school recently visited the
fire station in lone. Pictured
with fire department volun
teer Stewert Syverson are
(L-R standing): Katie Spivey,
Carter Eynetich, Chloe Burke,
DeLaney Stefani, Corey Rice,
Mason Orem and Martin Me
dina. (L-R seated): Carter Ep-
penhach, Liam Heideman and
Jerson Peralta. Bottom Right:
lone Rural Fire Department
Chief, Virgil Morgan, helps
great nephew Liam Heideman
into a set of turn-outs during
the field trip. -Photos by Erin
Heideman
Chamber lunch meeting
The next meeting
of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be an all
entities report on Thursday,
March 1, at noon at All
Saints Episcopal Church in
Heppner. Cost of the lunch
is $9; Willow Creek Diner
will cater.
Those p lan n in g
on attending are asked to
RSVP by the Wednesday
Due to the Morrow County Fee schedule order No, OR-20-2011 as of
january 1, 2012 the M orrow County transfer stations will Increase their
fees 2 0 % for removal of waste. Due to inflation of annual operating cost
and other expenses beyond our control.
BANK
LENDER
Back (L-R): Sixth-grade team members Joe Jones, Patrick
Burch, Alex Lindsay and Peyton Lehman. Not pictured is Leo
Waite. Front (L-R): Kindergarten through fifth-grade team
members Carson Brosnan, Tyson Vawser, Jackson Lehman
and Gavin Hanna. Not pictured is Reiah Waite. - Contributed
photo
M orrow County would like to encourage and
remind you the free disposal of latex and
enamel paints, computers, computer towers and
televisions free of charge. Remember residence
are still allowed to dump the large appliances
and household items such as refrigerators,
stoves, dishwashers, washer/dryers, water
heaters, mattresses, sofa, loveseats and lounge
chairs free of charge. Thank you. North end
Transfer Station, 69900 Frontage Lane, Boardman, OR. 97818. South
end Transfer Station 57185 Hwy 74, Lexington, OR. 97839. Both hours
of operation 9:00 - 4:00 Saturday and Sunday. Any questions or con
cerns may be addressed to (541) 989-9500.
before to allow for adequate
food and seating.
The H e p p n e r
Chamber is also still look
ing for boxers for the fifth
annual amateur Irish Box
ing Smoker. Anyone who
is interested or knows of
anyone who would like to
participate should contact
the chamber at 541-676-
5536.
Marriage
Licenses
The Morrow Coun
ty Clerk has issued the fol
lowing marriage licenses:
February 21: -Ste
ven Niles Brudevold, 31, of
Heppner and Angela Denise
Parris, 42, of Heppner.
F e b r u a r y 27:
Lonnie Roy Rowe, 44,
o f Pendleton and Rosalie
Ann Breidenbach, 39, o f
Pendleton.