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I I Bessie Wet/ell Newspaper l ibran University o f Oregon Eugene. OR 97403 Enterprise Zone lays out four spending ‘categories’ HEPPNER 7 want to see us make a difference , says board member Neal imes VOL. 133 NO. 22 8 Pages Wednesday, June 18, 2014 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon By David Sykes In an effort to organize and plan how it will spend millions o f dollars coming into its coffers over the next 15 y ears, the C olum bia R iv e r E n te rp ris e Z one board o f directors agreed upon four areas of spending at its last meeting June 6. After much discussion the board agreed to divide the alm ost $22.5 million it will be receiving in the next 15 years into four c a te g o rie s o f spending: h o u s in g , e d u c a tio n , public enhancem ent and community enhancement. A f if th c a te g o ry o f discretionary spending for public projects may also be added. Board m em ber Gary Neal said he saw the CREZ funding as an opportunity to improve our communities. “ I fe e l we s h o u ld identify categories w here we can help make a difference. It is a unique opportunity,” he said o f the funding, “and the decisions we make can m ove o u r c o m m u n itie s forward. I want to see us make a difference.” Unlike a normal taxing district such as a city or county, the CREZ is not required to have a budget comm ittee, hold hearings or publish its budget. The money it receives comes from fees paid by businesses locating in the enterprise zone (mainly a 12-sq.-mile -See CREZ CA TEGOR1ES; PAGE FIVE On the inside: Clockworks back from prison, at home in Bar fight Patton takes over as leads to Neighborhood Cen the courthouse ter Director...PAGE FOUR stabbing Christian Life Center in Irrigon welcomes new pastor, celebrates reopening... PAGE TWO Group dedicated to keeping forest roads open to have Heppner workshop...PAGE FOUR New ‘biological control ’for Russian Knapweed released in Morrow County This May, the Oregon Department o f Agriculture (O D A ) re le a se d a new biological control agent for Russian Knapweed in Morrow County. T h e G a ll w a s p , (Aulacidea acroptilonica) was introduced just north o f lone near the junction o f Hwy. 74 and McNab Lane and also near the Gilliam C ounty/M orrow C ounty line at Rhea Road. T he in c o n s p ic u o u s wasps tie up plant nutrients and interfere with plant reproduction. The small black wasps, which when fully grown can fit in this O, are a parthenogenetic s p e c i e s , m e a n in g a ll individuals are female. T his m arks the 77lh species released in Oregon for bio-control o f noxious weeds. The introductions started in the 1950s and continue to target over 30 species o f w eeds. ODA w orks clo se ly w ith the U SD A and lo cal w eed Morrow County Sheriff s Office responded to a reported stabbing in Irrigon on June 12; the stabbing took place shortly before midnight at the Sub Zero restaurant and bar in Irrigon.- Morrow County U n d e rsh e riff S teven L. M yren said p relim in ary reports indicate that a group o f persons, including at least one o f w hich was known by the bartender to be under 21, entered the establishment. They were told to leave and a verbal altercation ensued. A patron o f the bar, A a ro n V a n F o sse n , 37, o f Irrigon, attem pted to intervene on behalf o f the e s ta b lis h m e n t. S e v e ra l o f th e g ro u p w ho had entered the bar then got into a physical altercation with VanFossen. D uring the course o f the fight, Taking a break after moving the heavy clockworks into the courthouse lobby Tuesday morning are (l-r) Mike Cleveland of Vanfossen was stabbed in Eastern Oregon Correctional Institute, licensed master clockmaker Gary Kopperud, Tony Clement of Morrow County Public -See IRRIGON STABBING/ Works, Dw ight Haw kins of EOCI, and local contractor Rod Wilson. - Photo by David Sykes PAGE THREE The historic M orrow placed in the lobby o f the refurbished the structure installed later this month, County Courthouse clock courthouse for all to admire Meanwhile, the clockworks a portion o f the courthouse h a s b e e n r e f u r b is h e d and observe. were sent to the Eastern lobby will be refurbished in by P e n d l e t o n p r is o n The clock and the tower O r e g o n C o r r e c t i o n a l order to put the clockworks inmates and is back at the were earlier removed from In s titu te in P e n d le to n , on display for the public. A c o u rth o u se aw a itin g its the courthouse and sent w h ere a crew o f 40-50 long metal rod will connect final in stallatio n , w here to separate locations for in m a te s s u p e rv is e d by the works to the actual clock it will once again tell the refurbishing. The tow er m aster clockm aker Gary face atop the courthouse, tim e from th e fa m ilia r w en t to an old K inzua Kopperud gave it a complete where it will once again tell clock dome. Now, however, mill building, where local overhaul. time for the people below. the c lo c k w o rk s w ill be c o n tra c to r R od W ilson A f te r th e to w e r is Local girl pricked by discarded needle A local girl was pricked by a d isc a rd e d sy rin g e beside W illow C reek in Heppner, local sources say. A c c o r d in g to th e M orrow County Sheriff’s O ffic e an d P io n e e r Memorial Hospital staff, the seven-year-old local girl, whose name is withheld for her privacy, was walking -See GALL WASP/PAGE the p ath a lo n g W illow FOUR Creek behind Northwestern RV Park the afternoon o f M ay 31 w hen she saw w hat she thought was a thermometer with cap lying in the grass. She picked it- up and accidentally pricked her right thumb. She later told PMH staff that it went “straight in” and she pulled it “straight back out.” Her father did not learn o f the incident until the follow ing day. W hen he did, he took her to Pioneer M e m o ria l, w h e re s ta f f checked her for symptoms and ran “ baseline te s ts ” in c a s e sh e d e v e lo p s symptom s later. She was not tested for drugs. Another adult initially took the needle and threw it away after the incident; it could not later be found for testing, so Director o f Nursing Molly Rhea said there is no way to determine what had been in the used syringe; the tiny puncture itself provided no clues. “Only if you actually got something injected in your vein would we be able to tell...maybe,” she said. The Gazette-Times was unable to obtain further in fo rm a tio n a b o u t the incident. McEwen targets America in second novel Heppner native s fiction an eerie shadow o f current events By A ndrea Di Salvo The terrorists are at it again in Scott M cEw en’s latest novel, and this time the target is America. In “Target A m erica,” H e p p n e r n a tiv e S c o tt M cE w en and c o -w rite r SCOTT WEN AC C o , O M Ml MW* Target America was released June 3. T h o m as K o lo n ia r have tu rn e d o u t “ a h e a r t pounding military thriller in which the fabled domestic Special Ops Black unit is activated in order to stop a group o f Chechen terrorists from launching a pair o f ‘suitcase’ nukes somewhere in America.” The n o v el, rele ase d by publisher Touchstone on June 3, is the second installm ent o f M cEw en's “ Sniper Elite” series; the first book, “ Sniper Elite: One-W ay Trip” was also coauthored with Koloniar and came out December of last year. M cEwen says Target A m erica’s reception has been good so far. “It’s right at national bestseller; whether it makes it, w hether it m akes the New York Times list, I don’t know, but it may make an Amazon list. We’ll see,” he says. “The numbers have been extremely good.” “ I t’s got som e good editorial reviews, but also the readers are really liking it, w hich is ev en m ore important,” McEwen adds. B o th m a jo r n e w s outlets and readers have also picked up on an unintended d o v e ta il w ith c u r r e n t a ff a ir s ...th e C h ech en terrorists in the novel were released from Guantanamo Bay. For many, th at's an eerie fo re sh a d o w in g o f the release o f the “Taliban 5” in exchange for Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl just a few days before the book's release. “I got some calls from this crop they just let out, the p re s s a s k in g if they don’t think they’re coming back how I could have called it so close,” a fte r us, th e y 'r e say s M cE w en. w ro n g ,” he adds. “They keep coming “ I thought it w as interesting how life a n d t h e y ’ ll use kind o f re c re ate s whatever weapons fiction sometimes.” Scott McEwen they’ve got.” “Unfortunately, On a lighter note I ’m j u s t h o p e fu l McEwen also says the s to r y lin e d o e s not -See TARGET AMERICA/ PAGE EIGHT recapitulate fiction, because Woman arrested for crash that killed lone man O regon State P olice (OSP) arrested a 31-year old H e rm isto n w o m an Monday morning for her involvement in the March 2014 traffic crash that killed lone man Bob Baker. Monday morning, June 16, an OSP trooper arrested A licia G. B reckheim er, 31, at her Hermiston-area residence. She was lodged in the Umatilla County Jail on a w arrant for charges o f M a n sla u g h te r in the First Degree, Manslaughter in th e S econd D e g re e, three counts of Recklessly Endangeri ng Anot her Person, DUII and Reckless Driving. The arrest is a follow-up to an accident that occurred early on the m orning of M arch 7 o f t hi s y e a r. Police say a 2005 Cadillac CTS four-door driven by Breckheimer was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes o f Interstate 82 near milepost 4 when it collided nearly head-on with a 2006 -See WOMAN ARRESTED FOR CRASH/PAGE EIGHT P O LA R IS S E R V IC E S P E C IA L " Get your ATV Summer Ready!! *COMPLETE INSPECTION l !® !!1 *OIL & FILTER CALL SHAWN TO SCHEDULE 541-989-8221 L e x in g to n M o rro w C ounty G rain G ro w ers 989 -S 221 » 1 - 800 - 462-7396 r.r f.™ .„.ipm... ,uit . . r . t t . u m m k ■ I I t « I I )
