SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, August 13,2014
CITY COUNCIL
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underwent a major reha
bilitation project, includ
ing new curbs and gutters.
Engineers put in driveway
entrances through the new
curbs to all houses, except
for McDaniel's. City Man
ager Kim Cutsforth at the
time told councilmembers
that engineers had gone
down Water Street during
the project planning stage
and talked to all the home
owners about their drive
way entrances, but for some
reason had m issed M c
Daniel's home. Therefore
when the curbs and gutters
were put in, no driveway
entranced was installed at
her residence, thus keep
ing her from accessing her
driveway.
McDaniel says she was
originally told it was her
problem and she would
just have to live with it.
I lowever, after she attended
an October 2013 council
meeting to complain, Mitch
Ferguson of Ferguson Engi
neering showed up the next
morning, spray painted the
curb in front of house and
told her the problem would
be fixed and a driveway
installed. Only one prob
lem...since then nothing
has been done.
“Obfuscation and dis
sembling have been the
response, when there has
been any response at all,”
she told the city manager,
mayor and council. Mc
Daniel said no explanation
has been given to her ex
cept Cutsforth twice said
weather was the reason the
work had not been done.
“Not only is the work not
completed, no scheduling
has been arranged for the
work here. No contracts
have been arranged. No
company hired,” she told
the council Monday.
The 72 year-old also
said she is in poor health
and having a hard time get
ting her groceries and other
items into her home w ithout
the driveway .
After hearing her com
plaints at Monday's council
meeting, and taking her
letter spelling out the diffi
culties, none of the council,
mayor nor city manager had
any comment, but turned
the m atter over to Pub
lic Works Director Chad
Doherty. Doherty told Mc
Daniel he would have the
mistake fixed by August 25.
In other business relat
ed to Water Street, Cutsforth
said there “have been lots of
problems at the bottom of
Water Street” following
the construction project.
She said there are drainage
problems that have not been
fixed by the contractor and
that she will ask for the
company’s bond in 60 days
if they are not fixed.
Cutsforth gave the fol
lowing city manager’s re
port for the past month:
Frank and A1 Osmin
brought in and placed nine
rocks for the talking rock
project. JoAnn Burleson,
C h arles F erg u so n and
Cutsforth followed them
through town. It is hoped to
have some of the plaques in
place in the next few weeks.
With a goal for all of them
by Labor Day Weekend.
She a p p lie d fo r a
Healthy Community Grant
from Good Shepherd Hos
pital; if the city receives
the grant the money will be
used to purchase Water Bot
tle Fillers (water fountains)
for city parks and several
bike racks for Main Street.
Cutsforth said she at
tended the m ayor m an
ager meeting in Lexington,
where there was an addi
tional discussion about the
marijuana moratorium and
related land-use issues.
Reported that Hager
Street was crack and chip
sealed—JAL Construction
will be striping and finish
ing up the last small details
of the POM beautification
project before the end of
this week.
She met with the Army
Corp of Engineers for a pre
liminary lease inspection.
The city was given written
permission to replace the
plywood handicapped ramp
at the Hager Park Restroom
with a concrete ramp. Pub
lic Works is scheduled to
do this.
Said she continued to
work on nuisance abate
ment issues and has had
above-average success with
problem properties this
summer.
Cutsforth said she will
be attending a FEMA train
ing for flood plain man
agement in Eugene from
September 8 -12 and would
not be in attendance at the
September council meeting.
The council heard a re
port from Fire Chief Rusty
Estes who reported the
following for the month of
July: four rural wildland
fires, two false alarms, four
times secured the helicopter
landing zone, responded
to three motor vehicle ac
cidents, responded to one
structure fire, one tractor
fire, on lift assist, one mu
tual aid to lone and two mu
tual aid to Gilliam County.
In other business the
council signed a letter not
in opposition to the Osmin
Ranch on Balm Fork using
a well within five miles of
two city wells to be used
for irrigation. The state of
Oregon requires that any
well within five miles of
a city domestic water well
be tested to see if the water
com es from a different
aquifer before the well can
be used for irrigation. It was
determined that the Osmin
well came from a different
aquifer than either city well
three or five.
grow ‘em to
show ‘em at
the Morrow
County Fair
H ep p n er m em b er o f the
Grow' ‘Em and Show ‘Em
4-H club, Shayna O sm in,
will be showing her 4-H hog
at the Morrow County Fair.
A lso in her group is her
brother Kael Osmin. They
say they hope to “see ya all
there.” -C ontributedphoto
NEOJGA wraps up
2014 season
The Northeast Oregon
Junior G olf Association
recently wrapped up their
seven-tournament summer
series season. The tourna
ments were held at Pend
leton Country Club, Big
River Golf Course, Echo
Hills, La Grande Country
Club and Wine Valley, and
two held at Wildhorse Golf
Course. More than 50 golf
ers participated in the sum
mer series this year. They
came from local towns such
as Pendleton, Hermiston,
Heppner, Echo and lone.
Golfers also came from
as far away as Arlington,
Wallowa, Enterprise, La
Grande and Baker.
Points were awarded
at each tournament to the
top three medalist in each
division. Wildhorse results
for Aug. 5 were as follows:
Pee Wee Girls: First,
Sasha Keown, 61; second,
Lily Volger, 62
Interm ediate G irls:
First, Trinity McCarthy, 95;
second. Nicole Propheter,
102; third. Tori Suto, 111
G irls: F irst, Taunie
lone Community School musicians Austin Morter, Oskar
Peterson and Miranda Taylor performed last week at the Brock, 97; second, Anna
Umatilla County Fair with other members of the 2015 Oregon Seymour, 101; third, Em
Ambassadors of Music. -Contributedphoto
ily Rea, 106; fourth, Claire
Wellens 118.
Pee Wee Boys: First,
Andrew Rienhardt. 42; sec
ond, Devin Bell, 50; third.
Tyce Helmick, 58; fourth.
Blade Suto, 80; fifth, Derek
Whitaker, 82.
Interm ediate Boys:
First, Jared Geier, 83; sec
ond, Braden Bell, 94; third,
Cruz Gallegos, 108; fourth.
Andrew Lackey, 110.
Boys: F irst, R eilly
Hegarty, 74; second, An
ders Lind, 91; third, Jen
sen Kemble, 93; fourth,
Kayden Mecham, 95; fifth.
Kai Oliver, 97; sixth, Noah
Chamberlain, 110; seventh,
Ross Leavitt, 162.
Junior Boys: First, JD
Thacker, 77; second, Karl
Wellens, 88; third, John
Propheter, 112.
lone students chosen as ‘ambassadors of
music'
lo n e C o m m u n ity
School musicians Austin
Morter, Oskar Peterson and
Miranda Taylor performed
last week at the Umatilla
County Fair with other
members of the 2015 Or-
egon Ambassadors of Mu
sic. More than 300 honor
band and choir members
will represent Oregon as
they perform 8-10 concerts
throughout Europe in the
summer of 2015.
The local group work
ing together to raise money
and awareness also includes
Lexi Bray of Heppner and,
from north Morrow County
and Hermiston, Paul Surber,
sheriffs Report
A p ril 25: M orrow
County Sheriff's Office
received report from an
Irrigon subject who said
another female had come
to the residence and threw
pots at his daughter. He
requested deputy contact.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner subject that
three subjects had stolen
some o f her belongings.
She said she went to that
lo catio n to co llect the
belongings, but they would
not open the door.
' -M C S O r e c e iv e d
request from a subject to
run a V IN on a generator to
make sure it was not stolen.
-MCSO cited Daniel
P hillip S ellars, 24, for
V iolation o f the Speed
Limit, 85 mph in a 65 mph
zone.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman that
her son was missing and
last seen two days earlier.
The son was returned to his
parents’ house.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon subject
that som eone threw a
raw egg on his front door
around midnight. A deputy
responded and took the
report.
-M C SO D eputy
reported three vehicles at
a location on Bombing
Range Road with two
vehicles parked on the side
of the road and the other
parked off the road. It was
determined to be college
students from Michigan
State doing a squirrel study.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner woman
Amanda Gutierrez, Brianne
Holden, Zach Chapman,
Tanner Smith, Audrey Mar
tinez, Jacob Winnett and
Andrea Madrid-Lezama.
In addition to perform
ing, the local group has
been busy raising money,
and they are preparing for a
massive yard sale Sept. 6 in
Hermiston. They have also
been recording a CD that
will soon be on sale.
Local businesses in
terested in corporate spon
sorship should contact the
fundraising chairwoman,
Marlene Prather, at 541-
571-3202. To make dona
tions to individual students,
please contact them di
rectly.
BEO Snack Shack crew ready
for the challenge
The highly-coveted
season point awards were
given out at the last NEO
JGA tournament.
In the Pee Wee Girls
division, 8-11 year olds,
first went to Sasha Keown
from Arlington, second to
Sage Ferguson of Lexing
ton and third to Lily Volger
from Echo.
For the Intermediate
Girls, 12-14 year olds, first
was won by Sophie Grant
from Heppner, second by
Trinity M cCarthy from
La Grande and third place
went to Nicole Propheter
of Heppner.
In the girls’ 15-18 divi
sion, first place went to Em
ily Rea of lone, second was
awarded to Anna Seymour
from La Grande and third
place went to Amanda Rea
from lone.
In the Pee Wee Boys
division, first place went to
Hunter Greenup of Lexing
ton, second to Cody Adams
from Hermiston and third
was won by Kaden Combe
from Heppner.
The Intermediate Boys
division was won by Jared
Geier of Pendleton, while
second went to Braden Bell
of La Grande and in third
place was Cruz Gallegos
from La Grande.
In the boys’ 14-15 age
group, first place went to
Reilly Hegarty o f Pendle
ton, second was won by
Anders Lind from Herm
iston and in third place
was Brayden Pulver form
Pendleton.
In the Junior Boys di
vision, first place went to
Zac Adams of Hermiston,
second to JD Thacker from
Hermiston and in third was
Rylee Gassin from Baker
City.
Major sponsors for the
NEOJGA summer series
were the Wildhorse Foun
dation, Tom Denchel Ford,
Bank of Eastern Oregon and
Les Schwab of La Grande.
Heppner schools
plan registration
Aug. 19-20
This is the sixth year that Bank of Eastern Oregon's employees stand ready to take charge of
Morrow County Fair’s 4-H Snack Shack on Thursday of fair week. Volunteering to grill and
Heppner High School
serve (from the left) are: Anna Wedding, Mark Lemmon, Joe Perry, Caliene Smith, Jeremy
student
registration will be
Arbogast, Jill Martin, Gary Propheter, Anita Orem, Becky Kindle, Tobey Garrett and Brianna
held
August
19-20.
Smith. Team members not in the photo include Russell Seewald, Teresa Bedortha and Hanna
N ew
student
Lovgren. -Contributedphoto
that someone had filled
condoms with hand cream
and splattered them in front
of the lawyer’s office, the
Post Office and city hall.
The caller located the bottle
of hand cream in front of
her residence that morning.
-MCSO received report
from an lone woman that
her landlord had sent her
a 30-day eviction notice
via certified letter. She said
that she was told that if she
is not out within 30 days,
the landlord would call the
sherifFs office, who would
respond and throw all her
stuff out.
-MCSO received report
from a subject at Buttermilk
Canyon who said he was
driving on a road outside
Lonerock and located a
place with two residences
that had two dogs tied up
with no food and another
dog locked in a horse trailer.
He said he entered the
residence to find some dog
food and left $20 because
he took some fuel.
-Boardman Ambulance
received report of a 66-year-
old male who was light
headed and had low blood
pressure, 89/57.
-Boardman Ambulance
re c ei v ed report o f a
6 6-year-old fem ale
who had wrenched her
hip and couldn’t move
her right leg. Boardman
Ambulance responded.
She was transported to
Good Shepherd Hospital in
Hermiston.
-MCSO cited Samantha
registration will be Aug.
19 from 8 a.m. to noon.
HHS Student Body Officers
will be available for school
tours during new student
registration on Aug. 19
from 8 a.m. to noon.
Returning students in
grades seven through 12
may register, pay fees and
Karine Edwards, 22, for
Violation o f the Speed
Limit, 95 mph in a 65 mph
zone.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman
pick up schedules on Aug.
19 from noon to 4 p.m. and
Aug. 20 from 8 a.m. - 4
p.m.
Heppner Elementary
S c h o o l new student
registration will be held
on Aug. 19 from 8 a.m. - 4
p.m. Returning students
may pay their student body
fee at that time. Please
contact the HES office at
541-676-9128 with any
questions.
that there was a blue
mountain bike left behind
her husband's pickup that
morning when he left for
work. MCSO responded.