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
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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:
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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.
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MORROW COUNTY
HEALTH DISTRICT
E x cellen ce in H e e l t h c e r e
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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
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$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
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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
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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
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