FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 11, 2016
Ione Topic Club honors
senior girls
Work begins on new Terrace
lot landscaping
The Ione Topic Club recently honored Ione High School senior girls and their mothers at a
noon luncheon. Front (L-R): Betty Rietmann, senior girls Rachael Holland, Jessie Flynn, Anne
Rietmann and Frances Knopp, and Eunice McElligott. Back (L-R): Cathy Halversen, Jeanette
Logan, Betty Gray, Heidi Nelson, Susan Crum, Anne Morter, Nancy Anderson, Lisa Rietmann,
Kathy Morter, Margo Sherer and Virginia Martinez. Not pictured: Ione senior Jenna Taylor.
-Contributed photo
Work has begun and
what was once only a vision
the Willow Creek Terrace
Board of Directors had has
begun to shape into an invit-
ing park-like landscape.
Two years ago, the Ter-
race negotiated the pur-
chase of the lot east and
adjacent to its facility. This
ensured that the property
would not be otherwise
sold and a house built on
it, blocking the view that
the residents appreciate so
much.
Recently, an anony-
mous donor enabled the
Terrace to begin work on a
plan to develop the lot into
a landscaped area that will
maintain the open view but
offer quiet areas of sen-
sory delights, where Resi-
dents and visitors can walk,
pause, visit, contemplate,
and enjoy the enhanced
view.
The Terrace welcomes
Dumpster available for
waste collection at the city
yard on Riverside Ave. The
Dumpster will be available
May 12 through Sunday,
May 22.
A spot also will be
available to leave yard de-
bris and burnable material.
Any residents who are un-
able to transport their debris
demeanor. Of the sentence
of 90 days jail time, 70 days
were suspended and the
defendant sentenced to 24
months bench probation,
to include 20 days jail time,
30 hours of community
Walden not ready to
endorse Trump
Rep. Greg Walden has
not endorsed presumptive
Republican Party Presi-
dential Nominee Donald
Trump, Walden’s spokes-
man Andrew Malcolm told
the Heppner Gazette-Times
Tuesday.
“To be honest with you
Greg and I have not spoken
about it,” Malcolm said. He
said Walden has been con-
centrating on his own cam-
paign and has not endorsed
anyone in the Republican
primary.
Trump is now the pre-
sumptive nominee after the
last two candidates dropped
out last week. Malcolm said
Trump was going to meet
Thursday with Republican
lawmakers in Washington;
however, he did not say if
Walden was one of those he
would speak with.
“I will let you know
if he does do an endorse-
ment,” Malcolm said.
Wedding Tables
Derek Gunderson &
Meghan McCabe
May, 21, 2016
Rick Worden &
Kelsie Fox
May 28, 2016
Lane Bailey &
Jessica Hughes
June 25, 2016
Tessa Gould &
Kyle Ludwick
June 26, 2016
to the yard can contact Hep-
pner City Hall for pickup
prior to Mustang Mop-Up
day. The material must be
bagged and ready to haul.
The city will not accept
tires, hazardous waste or
household chemicals.
Please contact the City
of Heppner for more infor-
mation, 541-676-9618.
service, and no contact with
the victim. Fines, fees and
assessments totaled $200.
-Casey Allen Nelson,
28, was convicted of As-
sault IV, a Class A misde-
meanor; sentence of 180
days jail time was suspend-
ed and the defendant sen-
tenced to 36 months bench
probation, to include 60
hours of community service
no contact with the victim,
enrollment and completion
of Level 1 Anger manage-
ment Program. In addition,
the defendant must move
out of Morrow County
within 30 days of release
from jail and may not be
in Morrow County during
the probation term except
by court order; defendant
may transit I-84 through
Morrow County. Additional
counts of Burglary I and
Harassment by Subjecting
Another Person to Offen-
sive Physical Contact were
dismissed. Fines, fees and
assessments totaled $200.
ers,” the utility commission
minutes said. Cutsforth said
she is going to try to ind
out how much money could
be raised, and if there is a
possibility that Lexington
would implement the tax
as well. The amount being
considered is three cents per
gallon. The utility commis-
sion voted to have Cutsforth
do more research on the
gas tax.
In other business at its
Monday meeting the coun-
cil voted to give all city
employees a 1.2 percent
COLA, or cost of living,
increase for 2016-17. The
pay increase will cost the
city about $3,000 per year.
In other action the
council voted to approve a
contract with the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Depart-
ment for police protection
for $173,551, an increase
of $7,800 over the current
contract.
“It has been a while
since there was an in-
crease,” said John Bowles,
city councilmember and
Morrow County Under-
sheriff.
The council also autho-
rized Cutsforth to move for-
ward with a loan to fund a
study on how to best reduce
ammonia output from the
city sewer system. The De-
partment of Environmental
Quality has mandated the
city reduce its ammonia
output into Willow Creek
and the city must now ig-
ure out how to do this. The
council voted unanimously
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Terrace will also welcome
other donations—dona-
tions of labor will hasten
completion; contributions
of plants included in the
master plan will lessen
the total cost; and funding
contributions will help to
ensure that shortcuts will
not be necessary.
Hopes are high that the
development will be com-
pleted before summer’s end
and that the property will be
getting daily use.
-Continued from PAGE ONE to have Cutsforth take out the properties “every other
DA’s Report
Morrow County Dis-
trict Attorney Justin Nelson
has released the following
report:
-Anthony Scott Vin-
cent, 25, was convicted of
Harassment, a Class B mis-
its community neighbors
to come for a look and
a cup of coffee as work
progresses. A sketch of the
rough plan is available in
the lobby, and comments
will be welcomed, as well.
Already, several volunteers
with expertise in gardening,
construction and water-
ing systems are helping
the professionals, which is
greatly appreciated as they
are helping to defray the
total cost of the project. The
HEPPNER CITY COUNCIL
Community-wide clean up
planned this week
Mustang Mop-Up is
back this Thursday, May
12.
The City of Heppner
and Heppner Jr./Sr. High
School are teaming up to
clean up the city. The stu-
dents have offered their
services to help with chores
around the community, and
the city has made a free
Work has begun on landscaping the new lot adjacent to Wil-
low Creek Terrace in Heppner. -Contributed photo
the loan, even though she
was unsure how much it
was going to be, telling the
council “It will be $40,000
to $45,000.” She did know,
however, that the inter-
est rate will be a low .89
percent and paid off within
ive years.
In other action the
council voted to raise the
amount it charges to dispose
of sewage through its treat-
ment plant. The increased
charges will offset the costs
to the city to handle the
treatment. Companies who
pump septic tanks run the
sewage through the plant
for treatment.
In other business the
day.” He also said three
junk cars and a truck load
of trash had been removed
from the problem proper-
ties.
The council also heard
a report on the new soccer
ield going in at Hager Park.
Sod has been purchased and
students are going to be
helping lay the grass dur-
ing the up-coming Mustang
Mop-Up this Thursday.
It was also announced
that Chase Street is set to
get a new overlay of as-
phalt. The city has $40,000
budged but the total project
is expected to cost more
than this. Cutsforth said
she is working to ind more
A new Community Counseling Solutions facility is planned at
this location on Sperry St. in Heppner.
council learned that there
is headway being made
on nuisance properties on
Water Street. (See April 13
Gazette). The city received
a WCVEDG grant to place
some dumpsters around
town and city oficials are
working with owners to get
their properties cleaned up.
Bowles said someone stops
and checks on progress on
funding and Morrow Coun-
ty may help since the cem-
etery is located at the top
of the hill.
In other business the
city planning commission
approved a conditional use
permit for the construction
of a new Community Coun-
seling Solutions facility to
be located on Sperry St in
Heppner.
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