Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 31, 2017
BOMBING RANGE
-Continued from PAGE ONE south county. He also said even sees fires as a natural
meeting and said the Navy
has made progress in past
several years with partner-
ing with the local agencies,
but said on issues like reim-
bursement, they don’t seem
to move on the issue. Capt.
Moore said they would look
into it and give assistance
in filling out the required
FEMA paper work for re-
imbursement.
Former County Judge
Terry Tallman said Bomb-
ing Range Road needs to be
protected since it is a major
arterial linking north and
the Nature Conservancy is
“pretty closed mouthed”
about their property and
cooperation on fire control.
“They have a hard time
even letting us set foot on
their property,” Tallman
said. ‘They should be do-
ing what the Navy is doing
but they are not interested
in spending any dollars out
there,” he added.
Tallman said the Nature
Conservancy, which has a
large tract of land right next
to the Bombing Range, is
difficult to deal with and
Grieb, Murray
named to Shrine team
and the Oregon Shriners have
announced that Mustang ath-
letes Kevin Murray and alter-
nate Logan Grieb have been
selected to participate in the
2017 East West Shrine All-
th
Kevin Murray Logan Grieb Star Football Game. The 65
annual event will take place
Heppner High School Saturday, Aug. 5, in Baker
Athletic Director Greg Grant City, OR.
The View from the Green
Over the Tee Cup
It was a sunny and
warm spring day for the
21 women who teed off at
the Willow Creek Coun-
try Club ladies play day
Tuesday, May 27. Nancy
Propheter took low gross of
the field, while Betty Burns
took low net and Kris Lind-
ner had least putts.
For Flight A, Virginia
Grant had low gross, Pat
Edmundson low net, Eva
Kilkenny least putts, and
Nancy Propheter the long
drive and KP.
For Flight B, Corol
Mitchell had low gross,
Judy Harris low net, Shirley
Martin least putts, Sarah
Rucker the long drive and
Karen Haguewood KP.
For Flight C, Bev Stea-
gall had low gross, Nancy
Arnson low net, Kathy
Martin least putts and Lor-
rene Montgomery the long
drive.
In addition, Virginia
Grant had a birdie on #8,
Betty Burns a birdie on #4
and Karen Haguewood a
birdie on #3.
In upcoming events,
the annual Jo Pettyjohn
tournament is planned for
June 9-11 at WCCC.
WCCC holds family
golf event
Willow Creek Country Club held its Memorial Day
family golf and barbecue event on Monday, May 29. The
golfers participated in an evening of golf and were thank-
ful for the light breeze that made the 90-plus temperature
bearable.
The scramble teams of Gary and Nancy Propheter and
John Edmundson and Nicole Propheter tied for first place.
The next WCCC special activity will be a two-person
fun night on Friday, June 16, at 6 p.m. The committee
members are Tony and Tiffany Clement and Sharon Har-
rison. The theme for the evening is “Partners in Crime!”
Light snacks will be served.
This activity night is for high school graduates and
older. Singles are welcome.
part of the environment.
“If their 22,000 acres get
started they don’t care if
it burns. They feel fire is
natural and should not nec-
essarily be stopped. Most
people for Nature Conser-
vancy live in Lake Oswego,
and are hard to deal with,”
Tallman said, from his ex-
periences as county judge.
In another Bombing
Range issue, Moore said
there is going to be a new
hangar and runway built for
the training of a new piece
of drone equipment called
the Shadow. He said there
would be updates of $13.8
million to the range to also
accommodate heavy weap-
ons firing. “There is no
place a soldier can live fire
a .50 caliber machine gun
anywhere in Oregon,” he
pointed out. The Bombing
Range does have a machine
gun range.
In other business at
their meeting the commis-
sioners discussed hiring
a project manager for the
much-discussed facility
expansion and upgrade at
the north end of the county.
The commissioners have
been discussing for the past
six months what to do about
outdated and inadequate
facilities, mainly in Irrigon.
One option put forward
has been to purchase a for-
mer Blue Mountain Com-
munity College building in
Boardman and move many
of the county facilities now
located in Irrigon there.
Irrigon citizens have at-
tended several commission
meetings, speaking against
this move. They would like
to see new buildings con-
structed in Irrigon, and the
services left there.
The commissioners
have said they want to get
a better feel on the costs
of the two options before
they make any decisions;
however, commission chair
Melissa Lindsay said first
the commission needs a
clear idea, and agreement
on what they want done.
“I am not sure our vision
is clear,” she said, point-
ing out they will not at this
point be able to tell a project
manager what they want.
Commissioner Doherty
said a manger was needed.
“We need to bring a project
manager on board then start
pulling our vision together.
We need to give the project
manager our vision.”
Lindsay said she felt
the commission had not yet
“gotten there.”
County administrator
Jerry Sorte attempted to
summarize what the project
manager’s job would be,
saying they need someone
to identify the quality of
the current structures and
the amount of space now
available, and then develop
options and talk to the com-
mission about those op-
tions. From there the next
move would be to find out
what the community and
the commission supports.
Lindsay said she agrees the
need for more office space
is there, she just was not
sure what it is they were
asking the project manager
to do. Commissioner Don
Russel said the project per-
son should come up with
two to six options and the
value of each one, then take
a tour of the county and see
what the people support.
Citizen Sue Oliver
asked the commissioners
if these options were go-
ing to be available for the
public to comment on. She
also asked if the decision
on where to locate county
facilities is going to be
based on just dollars, or
there would be a “philo-
sophical” consideration.
“Should you maintain a
presence in all the county
communities?” she asked.
“You as a commission have
not said a presence in each
community is important. If
it is all about dollars, then
all of it goes to Boardman,”
she added.
Sorte urged the com-
mission to bring on a proj-
ect manager. “If we are
going to move forward
then we need someone to
handle this process. We
don’t have staff to handle a
project of this size. We need
resources to move through
this process,” he told the
commission.
County Planner Carla
McLane agreed. “We as
staff are busy. We are all
busy.” McLane also felt
there should be public input
as the process moves for-
ward. “We need someone
to identify our needs and
then generate options and
take them to the public,”
McLane said.
Russell said he wanted
people to have accurate
information on what the
county was going to do. “So
far it has been emotional
and based on a lot of false
information,” he said.
After discussion the
commission voted unani-
mously to hire a project
manager.
- THREE
Grieb selected for
basketball all-star
series
Mustang Logan Grieb was selected to play in the Oregon
Athletic Coaches Association All Star Basketball Series this
month. -Contributed photo
Heppner Mustang
basketball player Logan
Grieb has been selected to
play in the Oregon Athletic
Coaches Association All
Star Basketball Series.
The games will be held
on June 16 at Northwest
Christian University in Eu-
gene and on June 17 at
Wilsonville High School.
The series showcases
top players from around the
state in the 2A/3A/4A divi-
sions of the Oregon Schools
Activities Association.
Teams are divided up by re-
gions from around the state
and then each team plays
two of the other regional
teams. Logan will be play-
ing on the east team, which
will also feature players
from La Grande, Estacada,
Gladstone, Burns, Imbler
and Weston-McEwen high
schools.
Logan finished his se-
nior season by averaging
17 points, seven rebounds,
four assists and three steals
per game.
He was named the
Player of the Year in the
Columbia Basin Confer-
ence and was selected to the
OSAA 2A Boys Basketball
All State second team.
Youth basketball
camp June 12-13
The Heppner Mustang
boys’ basketball team will
host a youth basketball
camp this month. The camp
is open to boys enrolled
in second through seventh
grade at Heppner schools
and will be held in the HHS
gym on Monday, June 12,
and Tuesday, June 13, from
1-3 p.m.
The camp will be
staffed by Mustang team
coaches and players. The
cost for the camp is $20 and
campers will receive a bas-
ketball. Pre-registration is
preferred, but you can also
register at the door. To pre-
register, email coach Jere-
my Rosenbalm at rosenbj@
morrow.k12.or.us.
Campers will learn ba-
sic fundamentals of the
game as well as participat-
ing in some fun competition
drills.
READER BOARD
SWCD, weed board
to meet
The Morrow SWCD/Weed Advisory Board will
meet Tuesday, June 6, at noon. Agenda items include the
weed supervisor report of activities and board discussion,
SWCD financial review, staff reports, partner reports and
2017-18 Annual Work Plan review.
Meetings of Morrow SWCD are open to the public.
For more information, contact Janet Greenup at 541-676-
5452 ext. 109.
GIFTS FOR GRADS!
HALLMARK CARDS -
BALLOONS - PARTY ITEMS
- GIFT BASKETS -
FLOWERS - GIFT CARDS
GRADUATION
IONE - JUNE 2ND
HEPPNER JUNE 3RD
♥ Wedding Tables ♥
Country Rose will be closed June 3rd!
Kaitlyn Jordan & Jane Demoss & Tyler Robinson &
Jason Zinter Brett Harrison Caroline Adrian-Karlin
June 3, 2017 September 23, 2017 June 3, 2017
-Continued from PAGE ONE board of directors: John
County School District,
the schools now have the
ability to keep the commu-
nity informed of activities
by posting current school
events on the reader board.
Helping make the sign
a reality were CBEC Man-
ager Thomas Wolff and the
P lease
Qualls, Gerry Arnson, Roy
Carlson, Deacon Heide-
man, Lori Anderson, Gary
Wilde and Daniel Lindsay.
The schools say they
will use the reader board
to alert the community of
academic and athletic ac-
tivities, as well as announce
school closures or delays.
have your
decorations removed
from the cemetery by
t hursday J une 9 th
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Celebrating the installation of the new Heppner schools reader
board are (L-R) 2016-17 ASB officers Kolby Currin, Jacob
Lindsay, Sophie Grant, Taylor Hamby and Kevin Murray with
CBEC General Manager Thomas Wolff. -Contributed photo
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Heppner Masonic Cemetery