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VOL. 133
N O . 13
8 Pages
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Columbia River pavilion
is this year’s Ford
Leadership project
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Tina Livingston tells the Heppner Chamber of Commerce about this year’s pavilion project.
-Photo by David Sykes
By David Sykes
A new p a v ilio n for
p ic n ic k in g and o th er
a c tiv itie s will be built
on the C o lu m b ia River
near Boardman this year,
thanks to the efforts o f
the Morrow County Ford
L eadership Foundation.
The group’s last project
w as a sim ilar structure
built at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds in Fleppner.
Each year the group
picks a project to work
together on to make Morrow
C o u n ty c o m m u n itie s a
better place to live. The
pavilion will be built with
a c o n c re te flo o r and a
metal roof. It will have
picnic tables, easy access
to the riv e r, f lu s h a b le
toilets, shade structures,
paved parking and drive,
and drinking w ater and
electricity available. It will
be 24 by 48 feet and be built
at Marker 40 on the river
near Boardman.
T in a L i v in g s to n ,
human resource manager
at ConAgra in Boardman,
is heading up this year's
project, and she attended
the Heppner Chamber of
C om m erce last week to
talk about it. She said the
group will begin purchasing
material for the pavilion
on April 1, construct the
facility on April 25 and 26
lone kids get ‘O K ’ start to
spring break
Two public hearings
have been scheduled to
c o n sid e r a p roposed
moratorium prohibiting any
person from “establishing,
operating or conducting
the business of a medical
m a r i j u a n a f a c i l i t y in
M orrow County or any
o f its incorporated Cities
and Tow n,” it has been
announced.
The first hearing will
be Tuesday, April 8, at
6:30 p.m. at the Heppner
City Hall, and the second
will be Thursday. April 10,
at 6:30 p.m. at the Port of
Morrow Riverfront Center
in Boardman.
M e d ic a l m a r iju a n a
facilities are legal in Oregon;
however, a bill has been
passed allowing counties
and cities to place a ban
on the facilities until May
and have a ribbon cutting
ceremony May 9. She said
total cost for the structure
will be right at $20,000 and
the group is still looking
for donations o f money,
material and labor.
L iv in g sto n said the
f o u n d a t i o n is s e l l i n g
posts at the pavilion, each
with a name plaque on it
for a donation o f $500.
Anyone who would like
to make a donation can
also do that by contacting
her at 541-481-8216 or
tm liv in g sto n 2 5 @ g m a il.
com . The f o u n d a t i o n ’s
mailing address is PO Box
1, Boardman. OR 97818.
She said anyone may
help by a $500 sponsorship,
a donation o f any dollar
amount, time in helping in
construction, and support
by attending the ribbon
cutting ceremony at noon
on May 9.
Members of this year’s
M o r r o w C o u n t y F o rd
Leadership Program are
John Boufford, Stephanie
Madrigal, Anna Browne,
J o rd a n M a s h o s , S arah
Nominations fo r 2014 Crystal
Apple Awards close April 1
PENDLETON, OR—
Tim e is running out to
submit nominations for the
InterMountain Education
S erv ice D is tr ic t’s 2014
Crystal Apple “Excellence
in E d u c a ti o n ” Aw ards.
N o m i n a t i o n s w i l l be
accepted through Tuesday,
April 1. The Crystal Apple
Awards for Umatilla and
Morrow counties will take
place on May 21 at the
Pendleton Red Lion.
T h e a w a r d s is to
recognize individuals who
help to make schools and
students successful.
N o m in a tio n fo rm s,
qualifications and a list of
o f 2015. The moratorium
must be enacted by each
city prior to May 1 of2014.
T h ere
w ill
be
opportunity at the hearings
for the public to comment
or to ask questions on the
proposed moratorium. The
Morrow County Planning
Departm ent is handling
the hearings, and more
information can be obtained
by calling 541 -922-4624 or
541-676-9061 ext. 5506.
I n fo rm a tio n a b out the
moratorium will also be
available for the public at
the hearings.
Christy, Catherine Olsen,
Dee Burch, Brenda Profitt,
Ryan Dougherty,
D e b b i e R a d i e , B la k e
Greenup, Maria Richards,
Sami Hernandez, Daniel
S t o k o e , M ic h a H in tz ,
Daniel Su, David Jones,
Jo e T a y lo r, A m ber
Killingbeck, Sandy Toms,
W ayne K illio n , Teresa
Van Doom. Kayla Kindle.
Layne Wolfmueller, Neil
Livingston, Nikki Worden.
Tina Livingston and Alvin
Liu (Ambassador).
The mission of the Ford
Family Foundation is “ .. .to
develop successful citizens
and vital rural communities.
Since the foundation stands
for comm itted to com m unity
vitality, they have been
bringing leadership training
to groups o f citizens in
M o rro w C o u n ty for
four years. Through the
leadership developm ent
training, the ultimate goal
is and has been to improve
the quality o f life for all
the members of our rural
communities. The people
involved in the training
choose a project and go
on to work collaboratively
to bring the p ro ject to
completion.”
Boardman reappoints planning
commissioners, appoints budget
committee member
B O A R D M A N — At
the March 18 city council
m e e tin g , c o u n c ilo rs
re a p p o in te d p lan n in g
c o m m i s s i o n e r s D a v id
Gray and Bill Hancock to
serve three-year terms and
appointed Ed Glenn to the
budget com m ittee for a
three-year term.
T h is is the s e c o n d
appointment for both Gray
and Hancock to the city’s
p l a n n i n g c o m m is s i o n .
The planning commission
is c o m p r is e d o f seven
m em b e rs a p p o in te d by
the city council and is a
permanent advisory body
to the council on matters
The lone Education Foundation helped lone kids start spring break off with a fabulous related to planning and
Elgin Opera House performance of “Oklahoma!” Standing from left: Mackenzie Gurinko, development.
Lauren Garrett, Kaitlyn Garrett, Katie Gilbert, Miranda Taylor, Ally Haguewood, Mackenzie
Heideman, Ashley Medina, cast member, Hannah Flynn, Emma Rietmann, Jesus Escalante,
Wyatt Aleksa, Joshua Gray, Logan Burright, and teacher Jordan Bemrose., Sitting from left:
Jessica Medina, Jayne Simpson, Lexi Garrett, Meghan Doherty, Annahelle McDaniel, Maddie
Aldritt, Susie Teenian, Tiffany Hollis, Ola Rietmann, Eva Martin, Larysa Burright, Rachel
Holland and Karsen Dumler, -Contributedphoto
Morrow County will hold public hearings to discuss a mora
torium banning medical marijuana facililities like this one,
which are now legal in Oregon. -Contributedphoto
The commission holds
monthly public meetings to
consider land use and zoning
matters presented by staff,
such as plan amendments,
zone changes, conditional
use p e rm its, v a ria n c e s
and tentative subdivision
projects. Meetings are the
third Wednesday o f each
month at 7 p.m. at Boardman
City Hall. Currently the
planning commission has
two vacancies. Interested
p a rtie s sh o u ld c o n ta c t
B o ardm an City Hall at
541-481-9252.
Glenn has served in
several ca p ac itie s with
the C ity o f B oardm an,
including mayor, councilor,
budget committee member
and planning commissioner.
The budget committee is
comprised of the Boardman
City Council and seven
members of the community,
a p p o in t e d by the city
council.
The committee holds
one or more meetings each
April to review and make
recom mendations to the
city council for the city's
b u d g e t and the U rban
Renewal Districts’ budget.
In other city business,
the council ratified the
police union's contract.
Also, councilors approved
a resolution supporting
an agreement between the
Columbia River Enterprise
Zone and VaData.
It's time for spring sports
I t ’s tim e for sp rin g to keep up with your kids’
sports, and the Heppner and g r a n d k id s ’ p lay in g
G-T has you covered with schedules.
the information you need
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All nominations must
be made using the online
form.
The deadline to make
nom inations is Tuesday,
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