HeppnerGazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
A citation was issued for
unsafe boating in the area
o f Marker 40; Assisted a
stranded commercial fish
ing boat in the area of the
Boardman Marina. Sheriff
Matlack also provided and
reviewed the Parole and
Probation Report. The re
port indicates that there are
99 individuals currently
in the program. The work
crew has generated the
following income: City of
Irrigon, $862; City of Hep
pner $ 100; Morrow County
Public Works, $600; for a
total of $1,562. There was
also income from the work
the crew has been doing
at Finley Butte Landfill;
however, that number was
not available.
Public Works Report:
Sandi Putman provided the
court with information on
the three companies that
submitted qualified bids for
the inspection of the clock
tower on the court house.
After reviewing all infor
mation, the court approved
the bid from the Walsh Con
struction Company in the
amount of $6,000. Putman
informed the court that an
agreement has been reached
with OSU Extension and
Hermiston Cleaning LLC
regarding the cleaning of
the Extension offices. A
letter signed by each party
will be provided at a later
date.
County Counsel Re
port: County Counsel Ryan
Swinbumson reported that,
he is working on the agree
ment for Brian Thompson
to use the county’s ease
ment located in the old
railroad bed for the place
ment of pipes to carry water
to the irrigators between
Heppner and Lexington.
Swinbumson is also work
ing on the road right-of-way
issues for Cain Lane.
Contracts: The court
reviewed and signed an
Intergovernmental Agree
ment for the Sheriff’s Dept,
to provide services to the
City of Irrigon. The court
reviewed and signed a reso
lution regarding the dis
tribution of the National
Forest Related Safety-Net
Payments. The court allo
cated 12 percent of the full
county payment for expen
diture on Title II projects
and three percent of the full
county payment for expen
ditures on Title III projects,
rhis is the same allocation
that has been used for the
past several years. The
court reviewed and signed
the $50,000 Work and Fi
nancial Plan Agreement
between the county and
the USDA APHIS Wild
life Services for conflicts
related to damage caused
by predatory animals to
livestock and human health
and safety.
The court conducted
the follow ing business:
Reviewed information for
the NorthEast Area Com
mission on Transportation
(NEACT) regarding the
charter renewal. After some
discussion, the court agreed
to increase the credit card
limit (VISA) for the fol
lowing: Veterans, Road
Department, Public Works,
Planning Department, Fair
Board and Health Depart
ment. This is being done to
prevent the fees for tempo
rary increases, and interest
and late fee charges on gas
cards.
Various correspondenc
es and upcoming meeting
notices were reviewed and
discussed.
This information is pro
vided by C om m issioner
Leann Rea. Anyone who
would like to receive Coun
ty Court minutes, contact
Karen Wolff at 541-676-
5620.
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the existing sewer plant.
The cost would be $449,000
with an additional $ 157,000
in administrative, legal and
engineering fees for a total
of $606,000. Inflation could
drive the final price of the
project to about $625,000,
the engineers say. To pay
for the new facility, the
recom m endation was to
raise Heppner’s sewer rate
from $28 per month to $32
or $34 per month. The city
currently has 742 paying
sewer accounts.
The alternative to com
pletely pull out of the creek
and not dump effluent in the
water at all is one method
more and more cities are
using, said Owens.
“It would be great to
get out of the river. It would
be expensive but a lot of
cities are doing it,” he said.
He gave the example of
Prineville as changing to a
system o f using their efflu
ent for irrigation instead of
dumping into a waterway,
thus avoiding new DEQ
ammonia regulations.
For Heppner to take
its effluent out of Willow
Creek would be expensive
and would require land on
which to irrigate. At the
meeting, Owens presented a
map with six different sites
that might be used to irri
gate with affluent. He said
there are currently a total of
24 acres available but the
city would need 38 more to
Community Bank
awards $2,500 for
good grades
Heppner Community
Bank paid $2,500 in awards
to local students recently
as part of the bank’s “Earn
While You L earn” pro
gram.
This is the second year
of the bank-wide program;
the bank paid $6,975 in
awards to more 275 stu
dent-customers throughout
its branches. This was an
alm ost 80% increase in
awards paid to students in
the program ’s inaugural
year.
The program is d e
signed to encourage stu
dents in their academic
success by awarding them
for good grades. During the
months of June and July, all
Community Bank branches
accepted end-of-the-year
report cards from students
in grades one through 12.
For every top grade that
appeared on the report card,
Community Bank deposited
$1 into their Community
Bank Youth Savings Ac
count.
The Earn While You
Learn program is an annual
reward of $ 1 per top grade,
up to $50 annually per stu
dent, with payments given
for the whole school year in
June and July.
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County Court news
The Morrow County
Court met in Boardman
on August 8 with Judge
Tallman and commission
ers Grieb and Rea in at
tendance.
The city and citizen
comment period for Irrigon
was opened, with no one in
attendance.
The court reviewed and
approved the minutes for
July 11, July 18 and August
1. The court also reviewed
and approved the account
payables in the net total
amount of $216,107.54 and
the void corrections to bal
ance and payroll payable’s
monthlies.
V eteran’s Dept. Re
p o rt: Veteran’s Director
Linda Skendzel provided
the court with the fourth
quarter report, showing
that she completed 55 in
office interviews and one
out-of-office interview and
recovered $65,536 for lo
cal veterans. Skendzel also
discussed her need for ad
ditional storage space for
archived records.
Sheriff Dept. Report:
Sheriff Kenneth Matlack
provided the court with a
monthly update of activi
ties. Irrigon Area: A report
of a home invasion, this in
vestigation is ongoing; Fire
mutual aid to assist with a
fire on the Army Depot; An
animal complaint regarding
a Chihuahua and a pit bull.
When all of the facts were
investigated, the owner of
the pit bull decided to not
sign the complaint. Board-
man Area: On the Fourth of
July, responded to a fight in
progress at a rodeo on Pe
ters Road; A report of shots
fired, stolen firearms and a
marijuana grow that is cur
rently being investigated.
Heppner Area: Recovered
a stolen 16-foot flatbed
trailer with a 1,000 gallon
diesel tank in the Big Butter
Creek area; A vehicle came
down the hill and went
into a pasture in the 400
S. Main St. area, no driver
was around; A vehicle was
falling into a sinkhole in
the area of 500 N.E. Elder
Street. OHVPark: Assisted
with bringing a man having
a heart attack to the OHV
Park, where he was met by
the ambulance for trans
portation. M arine Call:
Wednesday, August 15,2012
On Sunday, August 12,
20 men played in the regu
lar morning play. Winners
were:
Gross: 1", Ron Bow
man, 63; 2nd, Don Eaves,
66; 3rd, Dave Allstott, 67.
Net: 1“, Dave Mitchell, 53;
2nd, Rick Britt, 54; 3rd (tie),
Ralph Walker and John Mc
Cabe, 58. Least putts: Don
Eaves. Special Events: KP
4/13, John McCabe; KP 2nd
shot 6/15, Larry Runyon.
Next Sunday will be
the men's two player “shoot
out” with Dave Allstott,
Dave Gunderson and Gary
Watkins in charge.
Plastic and
Aluminum Signs
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make the plan feasible. The was reported. The owner
city would store the effluent advised it was not run
all winter and then irrigate ning and it was going to be
all summer.
moved to get fixed.
“Prineville is putting in
A person reported loud
a wetland, but you do not music com ing from ve
have a lot of land available,” hicles on a regular basis.
Owens told the council.
Contact was made with the
After discussion, the offenders.
council voted to go with the
MCSO received a re
engineers’ recommenda port o f kids being loud,
tion to build a new facility, playing, after hours.
and the plan will now be
There were four code
submitted to DEQ for ap enforcement calls pertain
proval.
ing to garbage and debris.
In other action at the
Two barking dog com
meeting, Mayor Paustian plaints were received.
read a letter from newly-
Two calls were received
hired city manager Kim regarding loose horses.
Cutsforth. Cutsforth, who
An abandoned vehicle
was not in attendance at the was reported. It was parked
meeting, takes over the job at the location for one day,
from retiring city manager and moved by the owner.
Dave DeMayo next month, Theft Complaints
and her letter explained
A resident reported they
how she would now handle had prescription medication
her H eppner real estate stolen from their residence
business H eritage Land in June.
Company.
A flatbed trailer was
Cutsforth said she is reported stolen.
turning over operation of
Four com plaints o f
the business to JoyceKay fraud were reported and
Hollomon, owner of Wil are under investigation.
low Creek Realty, also of
MCSO received a call
Heppner. Cutsforth said regarding a person taking
Hollomon would now be property from a residence.
principal broker at Heritage It was determined the per
and that two new agents, son was married to the other
whom she did not name, resident and it was a civil
would also be w orking issue.
there. One agent is acti
MCSO received a re
vating a license and an port of a gas drive off.
other is obtaining a license,
A person reported a
Cutsforth said.
theft of a license plate. The
The council heard a license plate was located on
report on the St. Patrick’s the roadway.
Senior Center from admin All Other
istrator Judy Buschke.
Ajuvenile reported be
Buschke said the hous ing assaulted by her parent.
ing authority has signed It was determined to be
a one-year contract with unfounded.
C ascad e M an ag em en t
A person reported kids
Company, which had been climbing through a win
managing the facility on a dow of a residence. It was
five-year contract, which determined one of the kids
expired. The housing au lived at the residence and
thority has not always been all was fine.
happy with Cascade’s per
Ajuvenile was shot in
formance, but has had trou the finger by a friend play
ble finding a replacement. ing with a BB gun.
Buschke said Cascade
A juvenile was report
will charge 9.5 percent of ed to be unsupervised. A
gross revenue from the deputy contacted the grand
senior apartments for man mother, who was supposed
agement fees. She added to be watching the child and
that with the recent elec was advised to keep a better
trical rate increase from watch on the child.
Columbia Basin Electric
An intoxicated person
the center will probably end was yelling and kicking a
up raising rents. Electricity, business door. The adult
water, garbage and sewer was contacted and tres
have been on the increase passed from the business.
and are all included in ten
A domestic dispute was
ant rents.
reported. It was determined
She was to speak to to be a verbal argument and
tenants on Tuesday about a civil issue over custody of
the possibility of increasing a child.
rents. All the apartments are
A mental patient was
currently rented, she said. leaving notes at a local
Sheriff’s Report for July business. The patient was
2012
trespassed from the busi
Traffic
ness.
There were five traf
Ajuvenile was cited for
fic stops, resulting in one shooting out a car window
arrest.
and two house windows
Two m inor tra ffic with a BB gun.
crashes were reported.
A vehicle hood was
Some juveniles were damaged.
w arned for riding their
A fight in progress was
bicycles and not watching reported. When the deputies
arrived the involved parties
for traffic.
Code Enforcement
had separated.
Four loose animal calls
An adult female was
were reported, resulting in arrested for possession of
two cats being transported methamphetamine, harass
to Pet Rescue and two cita ment and endangering the
welfare of a minor.
tions being issued.
An abandoned vehicle
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