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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 3,2012 County Court news the amount of $9,607 for a total o f $65,000. The tenth amendment to Oregon Health A uthority 2011- 2013 Agreement #135573 with the current total award amount as amended to be $424,552. That is a reduc tion of $724 for the Oregon Mothers Care program. The court reviewed and signed the Oregon Teamster Em ployers Trust Subscription Agreement effective from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2014. The court conducted the follow ing business: The court reviewed and approved a Purchasing Pre- Authorization for the Public Health Dept, in the amount of $2,527 to purchase re placement carpet for the Boardman Public Health Office. The court approved a Purchasing Pre-Autho rization for the sheriff’s office for the installation of a fax line in the Irrigon Sheriffs Annex. The court reviewed and approved a Purchasing Pre-Authori zation for Public Works for the lease/purchase of a D-6 Caterpillar. The annual payments will be $42,000 per year with the first two fiscal year years plus be ing paid from the trade-in The Morrow County Court met at the Port o f Morrow in Boardman on Sept.26 with Judge Tallman and Commissioners Grieb and Rea in attendance. The court reviewed and approved the minutes of the June 19 meeting with the Navy, Port of Mor row, City of Boardman and legislative representatives for Senators Wyden and Merkley and Rep. Walden. The court also approved the minutes for June 27 and Sept. 19. The follow ing were reviewed and ap proved: Fritz final payroll, Gregory payroll, Open Class fair premiums and account payables in the net total amount of $66,878.01. The court reviewed the cash bal ance activity for the week of Sept. 24 through Sept. 30. The report indicates that, at this point, the county is ahead of last year’s cash balance by $143,397. Contracts: The court reviewed and approved the following: Amendment 2 to the Oregon Commission on Children and Families 2011- 2013 County Healthy Start- Medicaid Administrative Activities IGA MORI 113- MAC with an increase in funding from the state in value ($94,871 of the D-8). The first lease payment will be made in the fiscal year o f 2014-2015. The court also reviewed and signed the resolution for the lease agreement for the Cat. Various correspondenc es and upcoming meeting notices were reviewed and discussed. In the afternoon, the court met with representa tive from the Navy, Oregon National Guard, Port o f Morrow, City o f Board- man and legislative rep resentatives for Senators Wyden and Merkley and Rep. Walden. Proposed activities on the Bomb ing Range were discussed, along with a discussion re garding the impacts to local economic development due to increasing air restriction enforcem ent. There was also a discussion regarding the Public Hearing for the Environmental Assessment being done on the Bombing Range that was held later in the evening. This information is be ing provided by Commis sioner Leann Rea. Anyone who would like to receive C ounty C ourt m inutes, please contact Karen Wolff at 541-676-5620. ECKMAN STARTS MED CAREER of this year. She and Jared moved to Baker City to be closer to family in Eastern Oregon; most o f their immediate family is in Heppner, with the rest in nearby commu nities. Even though Eckman’s background contains plenty o f work, both academic and otherwise, she says -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE man, also of Heppner, in May of 2009. Jared is the son of Kenny Eckman and Judy Healy o f Heppner. The couple then moved to Grand Junction, CO, where Ekcm an com pleted her residency in family prac tice at St. Mary’s Family Medicine. She graduated from her residency in July she is excited about hav ing her first “real” job. She also says that, although her medical career may keep her busy, she will try to make time for the things she enjoys, which include hiking, camping and back packing, fishing, skiing, snowmobiling, cooking and baking, and reading. Umatilla County wheat producers plan fall event The Umatilla County Wheat Growers will host their annual fall workshop and dinner on Thursday, Oct. 11, at Wildhorse Re sort in Pendleton, OR. The event will begin with a growers workshop at 5 p.m. County President Tanner Hawkins announced the featured topic will be 2012 farm truck registrations and exemptions for farm vehicles, presented by a representative o f Oregon Department of Transporta tion. Jason Middleton, PGG grain broker, will also pro vide a marketing update and forecast. Wheat industry updates will be provided by Oregon Wheat CEO Blake Rowe. The workshop will be followed by dinner, with ent ertai nment provided by country musician Cale Moon. 8, to the OWGL office at Attendees are asked 541-276-7330 or via email to RSVP by Monday, Oct. to mblagg@owgl.org. 2012 Morrow County Fair 4-H Results A large group o f tal ented 4-H members partici pated in the 2012 Morrow County Fair. A continuation of results, in alphabetical order, is as follows. (Edi tor 's note: Due to space constraints, this is a con tinuation o f list begun in previous editions o f the Ga zette; the remaining results will be published in future editions.) Gibbs, Macy: Market Lamb, Blue; Individual Demonstration, Int, Red; Lamb Fitting Contest, NS; Intermediate Judging, Blue; Sheep Herdsmanship, Blue; Medicare Part D Open Enrollment is October 15th - December 7th Morrow County Health District will conduct free Medicare Part D Workshops from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the following locations: > > > > > > > Oct. 18th Oct. 23rd Oct. 25th Oct. 30th Nov. 1 * Nov. 6th Nov. 8th Hospital, Heppner lone Market Hospital, Heppner Hospital, Heppner Hospital, Heppner lone Market Hospital, Heppner Additional dates will be announced soon. Please call 541-676-9133 or 1-800-737-4113 to make an appointment. * MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT E x cellen ce in H e e l t h c e r e > Sheep Showmanship, Int, Blue/Reserve. Gilman, Kayla: Market Hog , Blue; Intermedi ate Judging, Blue; Swine Herdsmanship, Blue; Swine Showmanship, Int, Blue. Gorham, Riiey: Market Lamb, Blue; Junior Sheep Showmanship, Blue; Mar ket Lamb, Blue/Reserve; Sheep Herdsmanship, Blue; Junior Judging, Blue. Gould, Tayllor: Swine Showmanship, Sr, Blue; Swine Herdsmanship, Blue; Market Hog, Blue; Senior Judging, Blue. Gould, Timmy: Poultry Breeds, Young Male, APA Standard, Blue; Poultry Breeds, Cockerel, Cross bred Lrg Fowl , Blue; Market Hog , Blue; Poultry Breeds, Cockerel, APA Standard Bred, Blue; Intermediate Judging, Blue; Poultry Breeds, Pullet, Non APA Standard, Red; Swine Herdsmanship, Blue; Poul try Showmanship Int, Blue/ Champion; Poultry Breeds, Cockerel, Non APA Stan dard, Red; Swine Show manship, Int, Blue. Gould, Tom: Swine -See 4-H RESULTS/PAGE EIGHT ffc- \ $15,000 in local scholarships awarded G row th takes many forms, and in 2012, part of the growth for Inland D e v e lo p m ent and Windwave Commu n ic a tio n s i n c l u d e d Justin a w a r d i n g Pranger 15 h i g h - school se niors with $1,000 schol arships for the college of their choice. The second an nual N ate Arbogast Natalie Rauch Memor i al Scholar ship was received by five students each from the cit ies of Hep pner, lone and Board- man. Inland Develop- m e n t ’ s Connor o r i g i n a l Pappas mi s s i on centered around providing the same high-speed fiber access to the rural communities of Eastern Oregon to ensure that our children receive the same advantages as those in Portland or Eugene. According to general m anager Pat Lauritsen, “Beginning in 2011, the board realized the opportu nity to award the first schol arships that were part of the original vision, and th e Na t e Arbogast Memori al Scholar ship Fund Zech Hintz c o m menced with 13 recipients that year.” I n 2 0 1 2 , 15 reci pient s received the award, w h i c h is b a se d on TayllorGould m erjt and local re c ommendations. Hepp ner schol arship re cipients in clude Jus tin Pranger, Natalie R a u c h , JoAnna C o n n o r Patton Pappas, Zech Hintz and Tayllor Gould. lone scholarship re cipients are JoAnna Patton, Shannon Met cal fe, K a y t e e Burghard, Steven Hol l a nd and Adam Shannon Collin. Metcalfe Board- man schol arships recipients consist of Taylor Wightman, Mayra Prado Reyes, M ykel E. Keefer, Ky-Leigh A. Nelson and Sean Shimer. “These 15 scholar ships were awarded to students in Morrow K a y t e C o u n t y Burghard w here In l a nd D e velopment and Windwave were formed,” says Lau ritsen, “and we hope t hat with cont inued growth we’ll award throughout the seven Steven counties Holland we serve in the coming years.” N ate A rbogast was the found ing general manager for Inland Develop ment, who passed in Adam Collin 2010 after a skiing ac cident. The Inland Devel opment Board created the scholarship fund in his honor. Inland Development Corporation, a non-profit entity, focuses on provid ing fiber optic broadband services to educational, health care and government organizations in the state of Oregon. NOAA issues monthly climate summary for Heppner According to prelimi nary data received by NO- AA’s N ational W eather Service in Pendleton OR, temperatures in Heppner averaged warmer than nor mal during the month of September. The average tempera ture was 64.4 degrees, which was 2.8 degrees above nor mal. High temperatures av eraged 80.1 degrees, which was 3.5 degrees above nor mal. The highest was 93 degrees on the 20th. Low temperatures averaged 48.6 degrees, which was 2.0 degrees above normal. The lowest was 38 degrees, on the 11th. On two days, the tem perature exceeded 90 de grees. Precipitation totaled 0.00 inches during Septem ber, which was 0.56 inches below normal. Precipitation this year has reached 11.37 inches, which is 1.43 inches above normal. Since October, the water-year precipitation in Heppner has been 13.17 inches, which is 0.83 inches below normal. The outlook for Octo ber from NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center calls for above normal temperatures and near- to below-normal precipitation. Normal highs for Heppner fall from 71 degrees at the start of Oc tober to 58 degrees at the end o f October. Normal lows fall from 42 degrees to 35 degrees. The 30-year normal precipitation is 1.14 inches. The National Weather Service is an office of the National Oceanic and At mospheric Administration, an agency of the U.S. Com merce Department. EQIP sign-ups due Nov. 2 Program works to improve game populations Mule deer numbers have been declining across the state for the past several years, and habitat degrada tion has been named a sig nificant factor contributing to this decrease. Wildlife enthusiasts, including hunt ers, and managers have a difficult time maintaining healthy wildlife popula tions. The Oregon D epart ment of Fish and Wildlife has recently implemented a Mule Deer Initiative focus ing on management units in Oregon, including the Heppner Unit. The ODFW, NRCS and partners will work to improve rangeland health in the foothills/win- ter range and aspen areas for wildlife and livestock in response to the declining populations of mule deer and upland game bird popu lations within the Heppner .A) a You are invited /* the children of Lyle & Virginia Peck** tojjoin us in the celebration of our parents 60th wedding anniversary. J S a t u r d a y October 27 from 2-5 ■^Heppner Elks Lodge, Heppner, O R > No gifts please ^ Wmp süb ' > Game Unit. Farmers and ranchers with property located in the Heppner Game Unit can apply for financial and technical assistance through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to work on livestock and wildlife habitat improve ments. Conservation priori ties in the Heppner Game Unit include practices that address aspen regeneration and protection, rangeland health, such as grazing m anagem ent, stock wa- ter developm ents, cross fencing, herbaceous weed control of annual grasses and broadleaves, rangeland seeding, and wildlife habi tat improvements. Interested parties need to apply for funding by November 2,2012. Stop by the Heppner USDA-NRCS service center located at 430 Linden Way or call 541-676-502. For more information about EQIP, visit the Or egon NRCS web site at: http://w w w .or.nrcs.usda. gov. Irrigon chamber plans open mic An open mic session for candidates is planned at the Irrigon Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Oct. 10 at noon in the senior center, comer of Opal Place and Co lumbia in Irrigon. The session is to provide politicians running for office five minutes each to express their views prior to the November election. Lunch is $6. Please register with Vickie Volk prior to the event at 541-561-8137. VOTE Cody v< HIGH ----- 1 County COMMISSIONER I
