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Heppner holds Town
& Country awards
HEPPNER
The Heppner Chamber McElligott.
recognition. Collins and
of Commerce Town and Youth Recognition Award Payne listed more than 200
C o u n try C o m m u n ity
“These students are hours of community service
Awards event, sponsored by natural born leaders not between them, including
Ambre Energy’s Morrow only in the classroom, canned food drives for the
Pacific Project and Portland but in a myriad of
student council and
General Electric, was held activities that they
the Neighborhood
at the Morrow County participate in.” said
Center, FBLA breast
Fairgrounds on Thursday, award presenters
cancer awareness.
Jan. 16. This year's theme Jeanie Collins and
Red Ribbon Week,
was “Heppner Magic, It’s Petra Payne o f
Mustang Mop-Up
the People.” The following Youth Recognition
and hanging up
awards were given out:
Award co-recipients Blake Greenup Christmas lights.
Youth R ecogntion, J.C. Putman and
In a d d itio n ,
J.C. Putman and Blake Blake Greenup. “(They) Payne and Collins said
Greenup; Business of the are looked up to and very Greenup and Putman “strive
Year. Pettyjohn's Farm and well respected among not to be the best academically
Builder's Supply;
only their peers, but as well as in sports” and
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Woman of the year,
adults as well.”
“ inspire goodness and
She 11 i Britt; Man
The
t w o integrity in everyone they
o f the year. Bob
s t u d e n t s a r e meet."
Kilkenny; Citizen
both sen io rs at
“These students bring
Educator of the Year,
He p p n e r Hi gh out the best in people
Jeannie C ollins;
School. Among the with their determination,
a n d L i f e t i m e J.C. Putman
accomplishments confidence and the ‘Get ‘er
the property and then bill A c h i e v e m e n t
that
earned
-See TOWN & COUNTRY/
the property owner for the A w ard, Joe and Ieri Putman and Greenup their
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cleart-up. If the bill is not
paid, then the lien would
be placed.
The public hearing
will be in conjunction with
the city’s regular monthly
council meeting Monday,
Feb. 10, at 7 p.m. at City
Hall, and will give the
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Property lien ordinance to
have public hearing Feb. 10
Bv David Sykes
The City of Heppner
will hold a public hearing
Feb. 10 on a proposed
ordinance that will give the
city manager the authority
to place liens on homes that
do not pay their water and
sewer bills, or where clean
up is done on a property and
the city is not paid back for
the work.
City M anager Kim
Cutsforth. who proposed
the new law. has said that the
intent of the new ordinance
is for the city to be able
to collect unpaid utility
bills when a property is
sold. She said the ordinance
will also give the city the
power to place a lien on
property when the city does
“nuisance abatement” or
clean-up on a property.
The city would clean up
Chamber of Commerce
holds annual meeting
-See LIEN ORDINANCE
HEAR1NG/PAGE FOUR
Energy council to decide on
Heppner Wind Facility
extension
By David Sykes
O r e g o n ’s E n erg y
Facility Siting Council
(EFSC)at its Jan. 24 meeting
will decide on a request for
extension of the “Notice of
Intent to Apply” for a Site
Certificate for the proposed
500-megawatt wind electric
generation project planned
to be constructed on 61.000
acres of private land on
either side of Highway 74
east of Heppner.
EFSC’s meeting
will be held at 8:30 a.m.
Jan 24 at the Discovery
Center in The Dalles. The
meeting agenda and other
information are available
on the internet at: www.
o r e g o n .g o v / e n e r g y /
S itin g /d o c s/M e e tin g _
Materials/012414/EFSC_
agenda 012414.pdf.
A partial description
of the project according
to the EFSC website is as
follows:
“While the number
and size of the wind
turbine generators have not
yet been determined, the
applicant is considering
up to 335 wind turbine
models that range from
394-533 feet in height.
Each tower will require a
concrete foundation and a
transformer at its base.
“ In addition to the
wind turbines, the facility
will include the following
related or su p p o rtin g
facilities: power collector
lines between turbines;
collector substation(s); 39-
46 miles of transmission
lines to a new interconnect
-See WIND FACILITY EX-
TENSION/PAGE TWO
OSP investigating diesel fuel
thefts in central and eastern
Oregon counties
Oregon State Police
is seeking information
and asking to speak to
possible victims related
to an investigation into
the theft of diesel fuel in
several central and eastern
Oregon counties, the OSP
announced last week. The
thefts are suspected to have
occurred between May
2012 and January 2014.
An
ongoing
investigation to this point
indicates typical targets
o f the fuel thefts were
heavy equipment, farm
implements and fixed fuel
storage containers ranging
from 50 to more than 1,000
gallons.
The th e fts lik e ly
occurred in remote and rural
areas including Morrow,
Umatilla, Gilliam, Wasco,
Wheeler, Grant, Union,
Sherman, Crook, Jefferson,
Harney, Malheur, Wallowa,
Deschutes and Hood River
counties.
Any victims or persons
with information regarding
the investigation is asked
to call Oregon State Police
Northern Command Center
at 800-452-7888 or email
Senior Trooper Mike Mayer
at M M ayer@ osp.state,
or.us.
No other information
was available for release at
this time.
G-T Trophy Corner
The H eppner C h am ber of
Commerce held its annual
meeting Jan. 9 at the senior
center in Heppner. Pictured
above are the board members
and officers for the 2014
year. Left to right are board
members Bert Houweling,
owner of H eppner Family
Foods; Daniel Crigg, Morrow
C o u n ty H e a lth D is tric t
Administrator; first VP John
Gould, Manager of Heppner
Les Schwab; second VP Kim
C u ts f o rth , H e p p n e r City
M a n a g er; 2014 C h a m b e r
President Nancy Snider, owner
of W heatland In surance;
board member and outgoing
president Jeff Bailey, President
and CEO of Bank of Eastern
Oregon; hoard members Matt
Combe, School Principal of
H eppner E lem entary and
Heppner High schools; Kay Fowler, owner of Hair FApressions in Heppner; and treasurer
Tawny Miles, Human Recourses Director at the Morrow County Grain Growers. In addition
to election of officers, lunch w as served and the crow d heard reports about the upcoming year
for the chamber. Above Right: Andrea and Natalie ( irigg provide entertainment at the annual
Heppner Chamber of Commerce luncheon and meeting held Jan. 9 at the senior center in
Heppner. -Photos by David Sykes
Health advisory lifted for
Willow Creek Reservoir
The Oregon Health
Authority has lifted a health
advisory issued Oct. 25 for
Willow Creek Reservoir.
High levels of a blue-green
algae in the lake prompted
the advisory.
Water monitoring has
confirmed reduced levels
of blue-green algae and
associated toxins. These
reduced levels are not likely
to be harmful to humans
and animals.
Oregon health officials
advise people who use
Oregon water bodies for
Joseph Zellers with the cow elk he harvested on the Heppner unit in December during the youth
cow hunt. He bagged the cow using a .257 Roberts handed down from his great-grandfather.
This is Joe's second elk in two years of elk hunting. Last year he was successful in harvesting
his first bull elk. Joe, 14, is the son of Casey Zellars of Boardman and grandson of Jim Zellars
of Pendleton; he attends Riverside Jr./Sr. High School in Boardman. -Contributedphoto
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recreation to always be alert
to signs of algae blooms.
People and their pets
should avoid contact if the
water is foamy, scummy,
thick like paint, pea-green,
blue-green or brownish red
in color, or if a mat of algae
is visible in the water.
For local information
about water quality or
blue-green algae sampling,
contact the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers at 541 -
676-9009.
For health information,
to report human or pet
illnesses due to blooms,
or to ask questions about
a news release, contact the
Oregon Health Authority at
971-673-0400.
You can also contact
the Oregon Public Health
toll-free information line
at 1-877-290-6767 or visit
the Harmful Algae Bloom
program's website at www.
healthoregon.org/hab and
select “ A lgae Bloom
Advisories” for information
regarding advisories issued
or lifted for the season.
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