SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 29, 2014
CREZ FIRE TRUCK
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It would replace a smaller
outdated truck that is 40
years old.
M o st o f th e new
construction at the Port is
being done in the Enterprise
Zone, so businesses such as
Con-Agra and VA Data that
are building new facilities
there will be paying fees
to the CREZ instead o f
property taxes through
the county. Those fees are
destined to be used for
taxing districts such as the
fire district experiencing
impact and “pressure” for
services directly related to
the new construction.
•At an earlier meeting
Rogelstad told the board the
new type o f construction
was providing a challenge
for the department and its
current equipment. He said
the new, taller buildings
at the Port are beyond the
reach o f his current fire
trucks and he needs the
100-foot aerial fire truck
to fight potential fires.
Aerial trucks have long
extension ladders and hoses
capable o f reaching the
higher buildings. He gave
as an exam ple the new
85-foot-high building at the
Tillamook Cheese Plant.
He also said that, with
the construction of the new
data centers, the electrical
and HVAC services are
being placed on the roofs
of the buildings. This takes
them away from the fire
suppression systems inside
a building, offering new
challenges to fighting fires
at these facilities.
Rogelstad said Monday
there have been three fires
in the past several weeks,
one on the roof of Oregon
Potato, a fire at Con-Agra
and most recently a fire at
the planer mill.
The new truck will cost
$1.179,706 and the CREZ
board voted to buy it under
a seven-year lease purchase
plan. Beginning in 2014 the
CREZ will begin receiving
payments of $950.000 from
Con-Agra, which will fund
the truck purchase. The
payments including interest
will be spread out over the
seven-year lease period.
O ne C R E Z b o a rd
m e m b er q u e s tio n e d
w h eth er the m oney is
guaranteed to be coming
in next November from
Con-Agra and that he was
“ n e rv o u s ” co m m ittin g
money to a purchase that
the board is not guaranteed
to have funds for.
“ Let me put it this
way,” Rogelstad told the
board in response, “every
new building you throw
up out there (at the Port) is
making me nervous.”
Later in the meeting
it was detenuined that the
CREZ board is guaranteed
to h a v e m o n ey n ex t
N ovem ber to meet the
lease obligation, and the
board voted unanimously
to purchase the new truck.
In o th e r b u s in e s s
the board held a phone
meeting with members of
the Greater Eastern Oregon
Development Corporation
(GEODC), which is helping
set up a housing program
in Morrow County for the
CREZ
There is an agreed
shortage of rental housing
in Morrow County, and
GEODC is planning to hold
a housing developm ent
fo ru m w ith v a r io u s
members of the community
on Feb. 4 to explore ways
to increase the amount of
rental housing available in
the county.
The forum w ill be
held at the Port of Morrow
from noon to 2 p.m .
and will include public
officials, members o f the
banking and construction
businesses, and land owners
and developers.
The CREZ has so far
com m itted $150,000 to
the program to increase
housing. With the number
o f new c o n s tr u c tio n
projects and jobs coming
into the county, the CREZ is
seeking ways to have more
people not only work but
also live in Morrow County.
At the current time only 20
to 30 percent of workers at
the Port of Morrow live in
the county.
REMEMBRANCE WALK
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clusters of shamrocks will
be located in the Methodist
church basement, on the
wall at Howe's About Pizza
and at the tennis courts.
Shamrocks go up Friday
and will be taken down
Sunday; donation is $5 per
name.
1 lisler also said walkers
may have a chance to
glim pse the runners on
their more rigorous three-
mile course. Though the
end-of-winter, beginning-
of-spring challenge tests the
runner's endurance, runners
may be happy to know that
the high school hill was
removed from their route
last year, replaced with an
out-and-back run to the
softball field before looping
through Heppner and back
to the church.
C o m m e m o ra tiv e
wristbands will be available
for all participants. Hisler
says some people have
asked about t-shirts, but the
committee has opted not
to provide those. She says
the one year they provided
t-shirts, it took $ 1,100 from
the fund.
“ We want everything
we raise to stay right here in
the community,” she says.
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Local pro-life people marked the 41“ anniversary of Roe v. Wade last Wednesday when they
walked with signs through downtown Heppner. I he I S Supreme Court issued its landmark
decision legalizing abortion on Jan. 22, 1973, and since then it is estimated there have been
55 million abortions performed in the Lnited States. About 22 people took part in the local
demonstration against the ruling. Photo by David Sykes
Sewer repair underway on
Chase Street
The City of Heppner
w ill be m aking sew er
repairs on Chase Street
between May and Cannon
beginning this week. The
project will begin on Jan.
28 and should be completed
before Feb. 11.
Phis project will involve
deep trenches with traffic
and service disruption. This
section of Chase will be
closed to through traffic.
The city is asking drivers
to please avoid Chase St.
and to access Cemetery Hill
(South Chase Street) via
South Main St. to Cannon.
For additional
A portion of Chase St. will be closed for a couple of weeks
for sewer repairs, the City of Heppner announced this week.
-Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
inform ation please call Heppner City Hall.
No fire needed during ski
club’s outing to Kelly Prairie
Locals catch up over coffee and snacks at the H eppner
Methodist Church before the 2013 Remembrance Walk/5k
Run last St. Pat’s weekend. -Filephoto
P re -re g is tra tio n is
encouraged, since it helps
the com mittee members
prepare better and relieves
the chaos at the registration
tables the morning of the
event. Friends H elping
Friends is again asking for
a $5 donation. Children
accompanied by adults are
free.
Committee members
are Patty Matheny, Susan
Hisler, Peggy Fishburn,
Jan S tro e b e r, J a n e lle
Ellis, Kathi D ickenson,
B arb W atk in s, S an d y
M atthews, Kelly Boyer,
M ary Ann E lg u ezab al,
Shelley McCabe and Mary
Haguewood.
For more information
on the walk or shamrocks,
contact Hisler at 541-676-
5878. For questions on
the run, contact Janelle
Ellis at 541-676-5240 or
origanelle@hotmail.com.
D o n a tio n s can be
mailed to Friends Helping
Friends, c/o Susan Hisler,
56504 Little Butter Creek
Road, Heppner, OR 97836.
Those wishing to have a
personalized shamrock can
also mail their photo and
honoree to Hisler at the
same address.
Sheriff's Report
November 18: Morrow
County Sheriff's Office
received report of garbage
in the middle o f the road
on Bombing Range Rd.,
B oardm an. The c a lle r
removed sheet metal and
plastic boxes out of the road
so it was no longer a hazard.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon man that
three subjects in a green
Ford Ranger went to his
re sid e n c e lo o k in g for
scrap metal. The man gave
MCSO the license plate
number. A deputy checked
the area, but was unable to
locate anything.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon female that
her checkbook, with two
checks written to a local
oil products company, was
stolen out o f Hermiston.
She said that the Hermiston
officer told her to call
MCSO. They advised her
to close her account.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon subject that
she lives on the edge o f the
turkey shoots and a bronco
got an SUV stuck and was
Locals mark anniversary of
Roe v Wade
“running north”.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman that
two boxer dogs that live
next to her mail boxes can
almost jump the fence and
she was not able to get her
mail. MCSO responded
and the dog owner said he
would figure out how to
keep the dogs away from
that section of the fence.
-MCSO, Irrigon
Ambulance received
request for an ambulance for
a two-and-a half week old
baby who vomited, started
gasping for air and then
the baby’s lips turned blue.
The baby was breathing
and acting normal. MCSO
and Irrigon A m bulance
responded. The situation
was cleared with the subject
refusing transport.
-MCSO Undersheriff
re p o rte d cow s out on
Wilson Lane and Skoubo
Rd., Boardm an. MCSO
responded, located the cows
and contacted the owner.
-MCSO, Irrigon
Ambulance received report
from an Irrigon woman that
earlier that day at Irrigon
High School, a sophomore
grabbed her 14-year-old
daughter's arm and injured
in. M CSO re sp o n d e d ,
co n tacted both p arties
and determined there was
nothing crim inal at the
time. The ambulance was
cleared with the subject
refusing transport.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman that
she had caught another cat
and wanted it transported to
Pet Rescue.
-M C SO , B oardm an
Ambulance received report
from Frontier Dispatch of
a suicidal woman driving a
Ford 150 with Washington
plates threatening to drive
into the river. The vehicle
was reported near milepost
142 eastbound on 1-84.
M CSO resp o n d ed and
receiv ed an ad d itio n al
report that the vehicle was
pulled over at m ilepost
171. The ambulance was
canceled before responding.
-MCSO received
re p o rt t hat P e n d le to n
Police Department arrested
The Nordic ski club saw a low
turnout this last weekend as
they sought out flat terrain
to make the most of the hard,
f a s t snow s u r f a c e in the
mountains. Members decided
Kelly Prairie was ideal for
those conditions; they said the
surface was hard but it made
for quick travel, so they were
able to ski the whole prairie
and then up into some of the
lingers, ending up at one point
near the southwest end of spur
210. Temperatures were in the
high 20s when they arrived
and 50s when they left for
home. 'No lunchtime fire was
needed, they said, as the sun
was with them all day. Pictured (L-R) are lerry Harper, Misty Bennett, Bill Ewing and Molly
Rhea. -Contributedphoto
Local student named to EWU
dean’s list
T e ru o C h in e n o f
H eppner was named to d e a n ’s list for the fall
the fall 2013 dean's list term was Laura Montes of
at E astern W ashington Irrigon.
University, the university
An u n d e rg ra d u a te
announced last week.
quality hours and receives
a GPA of 3.5 or better is
placed on the dean’s list for
the quarter.
DA’s Report
Morrow County
D istrict Attorney Justin
N elson has released the
following report:
-Adolfo Martin
M endez-Lopez, 32, was
convicted o f one count
o f Fleeing or Attempting
to Elude a Police Officer,
a Class A misdemeanor.
The defendant’s driver's
licen se was suspended
for 90 days and he was
sentenced to 180 days jail
time; however, 165 days jail
time was suspended and the
defendant was sentenced to
24 months bench probation.
Mendez-Lopez was further
convicted o f one count
o f R eckless D riving, a
Class A misdemeanor. The
defendant’s driver’s license
Holly Rebekah Lodge will be hosting its February
card party this Saturday, Feb. 1, starting at 7 p.m.
The price for an evening of fun, visiting with friends
and snacks is still $5. This will be held at the lodge hall
in Lexington and is open to the public.
Jason Michael Francisco
G a r z a on a Mo r r o w
County Local Supervisory
Authority warrant for four
counts o f Possession o f
a Controlled Substance-
methamphetamine. He was
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail.
-lone Emergency
Services received report
of a male who had slid off
was suspended for 90 days
and he was sentenced to 180
days jail time; however, all
jail time was suspended and
the defendant sentenced to
24 months bench probation.
Fines, fees and assessments
totaled $593.
Justice Court Report
Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has
released the following Justice Court report:
-A juvenile male, Heppner, pled guilty to Possession
of Less than One Ounce of Marijuana, a Class A violation.
He was fined $700.
Rebekah lodge
plans card party
his bed.
-MCSO received report
from a Boardman woman
that someone was trying to
steal her hay.
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