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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 12,2014 Mayor makes good on his promise State wrestling champs get keys to the city> Top: Jared Lemmon accepts his key from the mayor. Lemmon won the 126-lb class, one of the first two wrestlers ever to have placed first in state for Heppner. Bottom: First-place Mustang wrestling champ Kvan Smith gets his key to the city from Heppner Mayor Joe Perry. Smith w on the 106-lb w eight class at the state wrestling tournament this year. Photos by David Sykes H eppner M ayor Joe Perry Monday made good on a promise he made to a Heppner Mustang wrestler at the b eg in n in g o f the season. “ I to ld him (Ja re d Lemmon) that if he took the state championship I would give him a key to the city,” Perry told the city council and a g a th e re d c ro w d o f parents and m em bers o f the w restling team at the m onthly city council meeting Monday night. P erry had tw o keys m ade, however, as Ryan Smith also took first at the tournament. Perry said after he made the prom ise he realized there w ere no sym bolic keys around, but he had a local person make some in time for the presentation. The Heppner Mustang team took fifth at state this year, the highest the team has ever placed, and Lemmon and Smith hold the distinction o f being the first Mustang wrestlers to have ever placed first at state. FFA chapter to offer O’Brunch Local FFA m em bers are asking that St. P at’s celebrants save some room for the FFA O ’Brunch this Saturday from 7:30 a.m. to noon at St. Patrick’s Senior Center on Main Street in Heppner. Cost is $8 for a large burrito stuffed with hash browns, sausage, eggs and cheese, hash brown casserole and fruit on the side, and a drink. ABANDONED VEHICLE ORDINANCE -Continued from PAGE ONE p e o p le ’s rig h t to ow n property. We should do away with it all together,” she urged. “ We are not going to do that (do away with any ordinance); it is already on the books and we need a limitation (on the number o f unlicensed vehicles a person can store on their p r o p e r ty ) ,” M ay o r Joe Perry said. Lesperance said the city should use some “common sense” and if the number of vehicles becomes a health or fire nuisance, or violates state law, then action should be taken. “ T h e n it b e c o m e s subjective,” City Manager Kim Cutsforth responded. “I might think six cars is too many, and you think 10, and your neighbor thinks 20 is too much, and it all becomes subjective.” C u t s f o r t h s a id in ofder for the sheriff to be involved there needs to be a definite number written in the city code. She also said the ordinance also applies to “anything licensed by ODOT (Oregon Department o f Transportation). L e sp e ra n c e p o in te d out that if a person has an u n lic e n s e d v e h ic le they are w orking on, an unlicensed utility trailer and an unlicensed RV, then they are over the limit and in violation. “ It is not against the law to own a vehicle that is not registered or licensed unless the owner intends to use it on a public highway,” she pointed out. She said she had researched similar ordinances in other small towns. “ T h e re is no sa n e reason to be required to obtain a storage permit. We should basically take our cue from other small towns and mind our own business. Unless they’re breaking the public safety or fire codes, we should allow our good citizens to exercise their right to own property.” she told the council. Sheryl Bates, resident o f Heppner and executive director o f the Cham ber o f Commerce, testified in fav o r o f the o rd in a n c e, saying “We need to make the community look better. “ W hen people com e into our community, they s h o u ld n ’t see all th ese v e h ic le s ,” she to ld the council. After the public hearing the council approved the new o rd in a n c e ch an g es with a unanimous vote. Following is the new portion o f the ordinance: “Storage with Permit: Ifie owner o f an abandoned or discarded vehicle may apply for a permit to allow temporary storage o f such vehicle. The application shall be on a form supplied by the city and shall include the following information: 1. C ircum stances for storage and intent; length o f proposed storage; complete d e s c rip tio n o f v e h ic le , including VIN number. 2. The permit will be issued for storage on private property only. No storage o f abandoned or discarded In other b usiness at vehicles will be allowed on M o n d a y ’s m e e tin g the public streets, shoulders of council heard the following city streets, public rights city manager report: o f way, or public property. -M et w ith a co u n ty The permit shall be granted a d v iso r to w ork on the for the maximum o f one updated N atural H azard v e h ic le u n til re v o k e d . M itigation Plan (NHMP: If rev o k e d , the v eh icle formerly known as PDMP) is su b ject to im m ediate for the city. This is due re m o v a l by th e p o lic e March 19. department. The permittee -Prepared the Budget shall im m ediately notify Calendar. the city when the vehicle - P a r t ic i p a t e d in a is licensed and operable. webinar for writing grant The vehicle must remain applications to The Oregon in movable condition, i.e., Department o f Parks and with fully inflated tires and Recreation. -B egan planning the wheels to remain on vehicle at all times. Windows must layout o f the Hager Park rem ain closed and doors youth soccer field. Leveling locked, so as to reduce o f the soils and compaction animal nesting and access should begin w ithin the by children. The area around week. The park will then and under the vehicle shall replace the sprinklers and be kept clear o f weeds and seed. Hope to have this debris. No vehicle parts project completed by the may be stored in the open. end o f March. Violation o f any term or -A fte r a h a n d sh a k e condition o f this section a g r e e m e n t w i t h t h e shall result in immediate Morrow County' Museum, term ination o f the permit attended a Morrow County and upon seventy two (72) Court Meeting to request h o u rs ’ n o tice o f p erm it the donation o f a 110’ x te rm in a tio n ; the p o lice 75’ parcel o f land next to departm ent may rem ove Willow Creek Water Park. the vehicle. The county agreed to allow a lot line adjustm ent so 3. A p p ro v a l o f the perm it is at the council’s the property could be used discretion and they may for a basketball court. The place additional conditions city will be partnering with on the permit. The permit Willow Creek Park District w ill be rev iew ed at the and the county and the next council meeting after museum and several private the application has been parties to begin construction received by the city and o f a regulation-size court. the proper notices mailed to (Cutsforth told the council affected landowners.” if the proposed court moves A complete copy o f the forward it will built with city ordinance on vehicles grants and other non-city funds.) is available at city hall. A new Heppner Elementary record E n g i n e e r s a re in the m aking at H eppner Elementary School. In Sue G ibbs’ fourth- g r a d e s c ie n c e c l a s s , students are learning about engineering concepts. They were given a challenge to improve the efficiency o f a wind tower to produce more electricity in lighter winds. S tu d e n ts have been learning about scientific inquiry and now they are co m p arin g th at scien ce c o n c e p t to e n g in e e rin g concepts. “ We h av e to m ake so m e th in g b e tte r,” one student commented. S tu d e n ts d e s ig n e d p ro to ty p e s u sin g m ilk cartons w ith foam balls fo r h u b s. T he s tu d e n ts designed the blades. They also a p p lied th e ir m ath skills with the angle of their blades, determ ining and measuring distance around a sphere, and measuring and constructing the blades with materials o f their choice. T he p ro to ty p e s had to lift a sm all basket o f m arbles as w eights. Last year the heaviest load was 48 but this year’s class has a new record o f 78. T hey f in a liz e d th e p ro je c t by u s in g th e ir writing skills to make a large pam phlet to explain the engineering concepts and why their blades and wind towers should be purchased. They explained how the M em bers o f M orrow County Creative Arts and Crafts will be selling their items at the front window o f Les Schwab in Heppner d u rin g the H eppner St. Patrick’s festival on Friday, March 14, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Saturday, March 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. D e n n i s W a ll o f Heppner will have jewelry o f polished stones put into silver mountings for sale as well as his wooden pens. G erry A rnson w ill have wooden lamps for sale, both table and floor sizes. Other artists and their handiwork will include Dave Williams w ith w ood and le a th e r ite m s ; D o n S h a n n o n with wooden plaques and jew elry; JoAnn Shannon with crocheted baby clothes. Pictured (L-R): Cody Fletcher, Tucker Ashbeck and Bryan Collins celebrating their new record with Sue Gibbs. - Contributed photo energy is transferred from one form to another and why it is renewable energy. T h e s tu d e n ts a ls o learned the advantages and disadvantages o f the tower, and they showed their data and prototype drawings. dressed bears, towels and cow ls in addition to lap throws; Carmen Williarfis with jewelry and crocheted towels; and possibly Jean Adams with paintings. “Come and see these people from Morrow County and the nice work they do,” said a MCCAC spokesperson. Arts & crafts group to meet Local artists to sell items at Les Schwab M e m b e rs o f th e Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts group will m eet W ednesday, March 12, at 1 p.m. at The Bam in Lexington. The agenda includes a R o b e rt W alton c la ss set for M ay 1, 2 and 3. The question is, “ What to Paint?” A class by Betty Jean Billups will be held on the same day. A watercolor class w ith Mary C orp is also available. M em bers will need to pick a date and subject. T h o s e p la n n in g to enroll in the classes must h av e th e ir p a y m e n t at sig n u p . The n u m b er o f people taking the classes will determine the cost. For more information call Betty Mills, 541-676- 5546. FFA Alumni to meet FFA Alumni will meet Monday, March 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the HHS Ag room. If more information is needed please contact Teresa VanDoom at 541-377-2162. HEPPNER LES SCHWAB WISHES TO CONGRATULATE HEPPNER'S TWO STATE CHAMPION WRESTLERS U8SCHWÂB Jared Lem m on 1 2 6 pounds Ryan Sm ith 1 0 6 pounds M24 N. MAIN STREET HEPPNER OR 97836 541- 676-9481/ I I t »
