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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 18, 2013
PUBLIC NOTICE
M ORROW COUNTY
LAND USE HEARING
THE MORROW
COUNTY
COURT
will hold the following
hearing of public interest
on Wednesday, January 8,
2014, at 11:00 a.m. at the
Port of Morrow Riverfront
C e n te r in B o a rd m a n ,
Oregon.
Zoning Ordinance
Amendment AZ-064-13:
Morrow County, applicant.
Request is an update of the
Morrow County Zoning
Ordinance Article 3 Section
3.073 Port Industrial use
zone. The proposed changes
are to more clearly describe
the purpose, allowed uses,
rail dependent uses, water
dependent uses, to remove
the re q u ire m e n t for a
Port M aster Plan and to
amend the transportation
impacts section providing
reference to requirements
in recently adopted and
anticipated Interchange
Area Management Plans.
This is the first of at least
one County Court public
hearing.
Opportunity to
voice support or opposition
to the above proposal or
to ask questions will be
provided. Failure to raise
an issue in person or by
letter or failure to provide
sufficient specificity to
afford the decision maker
an opportunity to respond to
the issue precludes appeal
to the Land Use Board of
Appeals based on those
issues.
Copies of the
staff report and all relevant
documents will be available
after December 27, 2013.
For m ore in form ation,
please contact the Planning
Department at 541-922-
4624 or 541-676-9061,
extension 5506.
DATED this 18th day of
December, 2013
M ORROW COUNTY
P L A N N I N G
DEPARTMENT
Published: December 18,
2013
Affidavit
CREZ FUND DISTRIBUTION
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that.
“ The c o u n ty has
negotiated an agreement
w ith P o rtlan d G eneral
Electric for the construction
of a gas-fired plant; however,
this agreement will leave all
the taxing districts involved
significantly short of current
tax receipts,” he told the
CREZ board.
“We applaud the Port of
Morrow and the enterprise
board for the use o f the
enterprise zone designation
in the recruitment of new
business into the county,
as we know the business
en v iro n m en t is highly
co m p etitiv e and every
available tool needs to be
used to recruit and retain
businesses in this area.
“The group recognizes
that the new construction
will eventually come on
to the tax rolls, but in the
interim, while these projects
are in the Enterprise Zone,
the entities involved must
be able to plan for the
increased services that will
be needed to make sure that
we able to bring families
in to the area as opposed to
these new jobs being filled
by people that travel in to
the area and don’t become
involved in the county’s
communities,” Mills said.
CREZ chairman Don
Russell responded, saying
“ We all feel we need to
get people into the area
and some districts will be
more adversely impacted
than others districts. I see
the sheriff and the health
district as two of those. But I
don’t see how the cemetery
district is impacted by us
adding a new french fry
plant (at the Port),” he said.
Elks holds hoop shoot
On Dec. 8. the Heppner
Elks Lodge hosted its
annual Hoop Shoot Free
Throw contest at Heppner
Elementary School. Kids
from Heppner, lone and
Lexington ages eight to 13
were invited to compete
in this free event. The
participants shot 25 free
th ro w s w ith the first-
place winner advancing
to the Northeast District
competition in Hermiston.
Local winners were as
follows:
Girls 12-13
1st— Sophie Grant
2nd—Maggie Flynn
3rd—Izzy Garcia
Girls 10-11
l51—Sydney Wilson
2nd—Amelia Baker
Boys 12-13
1st—Kevin Smith
2nd— Trent Smith
3rd— Dakota Howard
Boys 10-11
Is'— Brian Lindsay
2nd—Drew Coe
3rd— Derrick Smith
Boys 8-9
1st— Blake Carter
Local Elks Hoop Shoot stars (L-R) Sydney Wilson, Sophie
Grant and Blake Carter all received second place in their age
groups at the district hoop shoot tournament held in Hermiston
recently. -Contributedphotos
2nd— Brock Hisler
3rd—Zander Fisher
On Dec. 15 the Elks
Northeast District Hoop
Shoot was held in Hermiston
with 35 total participants
from local lodges, including
H erm isto n , P en d leto n ,
E nterprise, Baker City,
C o n d o n , H ood R iv er,
H e p p n e r and M ilto n -
Freewater. The first-place
winners advance to the state
Sheriff's Report
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unwanted man was at his
home. He w asn’t sure if
the person had a weapon,
but it was possibly related
to a disturbance with his
daughter.
-Irrigon A m bulance
received request for an
ambulance for a 77-year-
old female with trouble
b re a th in g and sick to
h er sto m a c h . Irrig o n
Ambulance responded and
transported the patient to
Good Shepherd Hospital in
Hermiston
O ctober 18: Morrow
County S h eriff’s Office
received report of a possible
fire in Heppner. The caller
said she could smell smoke
and see smoke coming from
a vent out front. Heppner
Fire Department, Heppner
A m bulance and MCSO
responded and determined
that an oven was left on and
burned through.
-MCSO received
request from an inmate at
Umatilla County Jail for a
welfare check on daughter
who was in the care o f
the Department of Human
Services.
-MCSO received report
o f a broken down vehicle
that the driver was going to
park on Sand Hollow and
then have it picked up later
that day.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman
that som eone had been
h a ra ssin g her th ro u g h
Facebook.
-MCSO received report
of an intoxicated male at
the Irrigon High School
football field. The reporter
said he was not causing
a disturbance at the time.
MCSO responded. The
subject was contacted and
asked to leave by a school
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“We would like to see
more planning and less
arbitrary decisions,” Mills
told the board.
M ills made the
comparison to the process
used several years ago to
divide up tippage money
through a county-w ide
program called Needs and
Issues.
“ By the end o f the
tippage program everyone
was mad,” he said.
Mills said he would like
to see the CREZ board lay
out more criteria on how
the money was going to be
distributed. “So everyone
knows what we are talking
about and there are no
arbitrary decisions,” he
said.
Russell asked M ills
if his group had made
the same approach to the
county court about the
employee and he left the
premises.
-Heppner Ambulance
r e c e i v e d r e q u e s t fo r
mutual aid for a 59-year-
old subject in Boardman
with a burning pain in his
left chest, radiating out.
Boardman Ambulance was
not available.
O ctober 19: Morrow
County S heriff’s Office
received report of a subject
in black clothing walking
south on Bombing Range
n ear the pump statio n
carry in g a bag. MCSO
responded and determined
that the subject had run
out o f gas. An Irrigation
District worker helped the
individual.
-MCSO received
report of a vehicle pursuit
in the Wildlife Refuge that
ended with a motor vehicle
accident. Three were in
custody with unknow n
in ju rie s . Irrig o n F ire,
Irrigon A m bulance and
Boardman Police responded
and assisted.
-MCSO received report
that Oregon State Police
arrested Sam antha Lee
Brown, 24, on a Morrow
County warrant for Parole
V iolation/Possession o f
M etham phetam ine. She
was lodged at U m atilla
County Jail with $60,000
bail. OSP arrested a male
subject for attempting to
elude.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner woman
that someone stole her cell
phone.
-MCSO received
request for a welfare check
on a Heppner couple from
their daughter who said
she had been attempting
to contact them for around
45 minutes, but the phone
line was busy. M CSO
responded and determined
that everything was okay.
-MCSO received report
from a woman in Irrigon
that they had just received
a call from a young child
crying and asking where
her m other was. MCSO
contacted people at the
number and spoke with the
child’s parent. She said that
a three-year-old was trying
to call her grandmother and
had the wrong number.
-MCSO received
request for an ambulance
for a 60 year old male who
was not responsive and was
barely breathing. MCSO
and Irrigon A m bulance
responded and transported
the man to Good Shepherd
Hospital in Hermiston.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon subject that
people kept coming into
the store and would not
leave him alone. MCSO
responded and contacted
the subject and the night
manager. The subject was
sent home for the night.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon subject that
a neighbor was throwing a
party and there was a big
fire going, blasting music
and yelling.
-MCSO cited Marco
A n t o n i o G a r c i a , 27,
for Driving W ithout an
Operating License.
-MCSO received
report that Linn County
Sheriff’s Office arrested
Melecia Gonzalez Mendez,
27, on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure
to A p p e a r / C r i m i n a l
Possession o f a Forged
Instrument. He was lodged
at Linn County Jail.
O ctober 20: Morrow
County S h eriff’s Office
received report o f a dark
blue Chevy S10 swerving
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way the SIP or Strategic
Investment Program funds
were being spent. The SIP
funds are collected through
agreements made with the
wind farms in the county
on a similar basis in lieu of
taxes. Mills said they had
not approached the county.
Russell said the CREZ
board has not made any
d ecisio n s about future
funding, although he did
say the Port of Morrow, one
of the taxing districts in the
county, would not receive
any of the money itself.
An objective o f the
Enterprise Zone has been to
give companies a tax break
for locating and creating
jobs in Morrow County and
then, when workers come
here and buy homes, make
up the lost tax revenue
through the increase in
residential property taxes
from these new homes. So
far. however, the workers
at these new plants are
c h o o s i n g to l i v e in
Hermiston and Tri-Cities,
WA, a problem the CREZ
and ot her ent iti es are
wrestling with in Morrow
County.
“ We are t r yi ng to
get more housing built
in Morrow County to fill
the gap that is lost from
business revenue (in the
Enterprise Zone),” CREZ
adm inistrator Carla
McLane said.
Editor s note: Please
see next week s Heppner
G a ze tte-T im es f o r the
story’ on CREZ's efforts to
increase available rental
housing, and entice new
workers to live in Morrow
County.
Heppner Basketball
Schedule
Friday, Dec 6, 3:00 PM @
Warrenton
Saturday, Dec 7, 10:00 AM
@ Warrenton
Tuesday, Dec 10, 3:00PM
@ Imbler High School
Friday, Dec 13, 3:00PM v.
Crane Union, lone School,
Wallowa
Saturday. Dec 14, 11:00AM
v. Cr ane Uni on, l one
School, Wallowa
Friday, Dec 20, 3:00PM v.
Stanfield Secondary
Saturday, Dec 21, 1:00PM
@ Pilot Rock
Friday, Dec 27, 3:00PM v.
Echo, McLoughlin Union,
Hermiston
Saturday, Dec 28, 11:00AM
v. Echo, Mc L o u g h l i n
Union, Hermiston
Friday, Jan 3, 3:00PM v.
Weston-McEwen
Saturday. Jan 4, 1:00PM @
Union
Tuesday, Jan 7, 3:00PM @
Irrigon
Friday, Jan 10, 3:00PM @
Grant Union
Friday, Jan 17, 3:00PM v.
Elgin High School
Saturday, Jan 18, 1:00PM v.
Enterprise
Friday, Jan 24, 3:00PM @
Stanfield Secondary
Saturday, Jan 25, 1:00PM v.
Pilot Rock
Friday, Jan 31, 3:00PM @
Weston-McEwen
Saturday, Feb 1, 1:00PM
v. Union
Tuesday, Feb 4, 3:00PM v.
Irrigon
Friday, Feb 7, 3:00PM v.
Grant Union
Friday, Feb 14. 3:00PM @
Enterprise
Saturday, Feb 15, 1:00PM
@ Elgin High School
competition in Salem on
Feb. 8. If they are unable
to attend, the second place
participant will attend.
H ep p n er lodge
participants received the
following places in their
classes in the district shoot:
2nd— Sophie Grant
2nd— Sydney Wilson
3rd— Kevin Smith
Time are listed for GJV Feb.7 @ Nixyaawii, No
8th— Brian Lindsay
BJV GV and BV
GJV, 4:30 PM, 6:00 PM,
2nd— Blake Carter
Dec.20 @ Riverside, 1:00 7:30 PM
PM, 2:30 PM, 4:00 PM. Feb.8 v. Condon/Wheeler,
5:30 PM
1:00 PM. 2:30 PM, 4:00
D ec.21 @ Trout Lake/ PM, 5:30 PM
all over the road, possibly Glenwood. WA, 1:00 PM. Feb. 11 @ Echo, 3:00 PM,
a DU 11 on 1-84. Boardman. 2:30 PM. 4:00 PM, 5:30 PM 4:30 PM. 6:00 PM, 7:30 PM
-MCSO received report Dec.27 @ Irrigon, 1:00 PM, Feb. 14 v. Central Christian
o f half a deer parts in the 2:30 PM, 4:00 PM, 5:30 PM (Senior Night), No JV, 5:00
middle of the road on 1-84 Jan.4 v. Joseph, 1:00 PM, PM, 6:30 PM
Boardman.
2:30 PM, 4:00 PM. 5:30 PM Feb. 15 @ Dufur, 1:00 PM.
-MCSO received report Jan. 10 v. South Wasco, 3:00 2:30 PM, 4:00 PM, 5:30 PM
from a Heppner man that PM, 4:30 PM, 6:00 PM, Feb.20— Big Sky District
someone had come during 7:30 PM
Tournament, Hermiston,
the night, got into his secure Jan. 11 @ Sherman, 1:30 3:00 PM
dog kennel and cut off and PM, 3:00 PM, 4:00 PM, Feb.21— Big Sky District
took his medical marijuana 5:30 PM
Tournament, Hermiston,
plants. He was unsure if Jan. 17 v. Nixyaawii, No 3:00 PM
anything else was taken. He GJV, 4:30 PM, 6:00 PM, Feb.22— Big Sky District
requested deputy contact. 7:30 PM
Tournament, Hermiston,
MCSO responded and took Jan. 18 @ Hélix, 1:00 PM, 1:00 PM
a report.
2:30 PM, 4:00 PM, 5:30 PM Feb.25— Girls l 51 Round
- M C S O r e c e i v e d Jan.24 v. Echo, 3:00 PM, State Playoffs
report o f a found paint 4:30 PM, 6:00 PM, 7:30 PM Feb.26— Boys 1* Round
horse behind the caller’s Jan.25 @ Arlington, No State Playoffs
pasture on E astregaard GJV, 2:30 PM, 4:00 PM. Feb.28—Girls 2nd Round
Rd., Boardman. He caller 5:30 PM
State Playoffs
inquired as to w hether Jan.31 @ Horizon Christian, Mar. 1— Boys 2nd Round
anyone reported a lost 3:30 PM, 4:30 PM, 6:00 State Playoffs
horse. The owner was found PM, 7:30 PM
M a r . 5 - 8 — 1A S t a t e
and the horse returned.
Feb.4 v. Hélix, 3:00 PM, Tournament, Baker City
-MCSO received report 4:30 PM, 6:00 PM, 7:30 PM
from a subject in Irrigon
that she had hit a deer on
received request for an
Hwy. 730, Irrigon. She them.
-MCSO received report ambulance for a 52-year-
reported that she thought
another car also hit it, but o f about 20 cows in the old male having chest pains
Heppner RV park behind and trouble breathing. The
had already left.
- M C S O r e c e i v e d the coffee shop and around subject had taken two nitro
re p o rt from a f emal e 30 cows that had crossed tablets with no relief. Irrigon
subject on 1-84 Boardman the bridge by the museum Ambulance responded and
transported the patient to
that someone had been to the soccer field.
-Irrigon Ambulance GSH.
following her for about 30
minutes, slowing down and
speeding up with her vehicle
and refusing to pass. MCSO
and Boa r dma n P o lice
Department responded and
determined that the subject
following her was looking
for a hotel for the night and
wanted to follow someone.
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-M C S )0 received
report from Union Pacific
Railroad that they were in
...ages z e r o to 1 0 0 , there's
the area that night watching
som ething fo r e v eryo n e.
fo r wi r e t heft s . They
Morrow County - $29
discovered a burglary in
YEARLY
Senior Rate
$23 On c o u n t y ,
*»
Out of county
$35
progress. MCSO responded
RATES
Student subscriptions
$29
to the scene and located a
G e t y o u r s u b s c rip tio n
subject who then eluded
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lone Basketball
Schedule
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