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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 16, 2018 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676- 9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve. net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for pub- lication must be specified. Affidavits must be required at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Obituaries Donald Wilson Jones Donald Wilson Jones was born D e c . 11 , 1922 and passed away Apr. 29 at the age of 95. Donald Wilson H e w a s Jones buried at National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona. Jones grew up in Hep- pner and graduated from Heppner High school and then the University of Or- egon. He was in the US Army Air Force and sta- tioned in Arizona during the second world war. He worked as a photographer for many years. Jones has three chil- dren, Randy, Jeff and Kris- ten. Randy and Don were sharing an apartment in Scottsdale, AZ at the time of his death. He also has one brother, Robert A. Jones, Heppner. Don’s mother, Hanna Wilson, came to Oregon when she was thirteen from Ireland and attended school in Heppner, marrying Alva Walter Jones in 1920. Han- na passed away at the age of 54, but Alva lived to be 102. Alva’s mother used to say she came across the plains when she was a little girl and her father was cap- tain of the wagon train. She passed away at the age of 99. Alva’s father, Jeff Jones was mayor of Heppner at one time. McLane steps down Helen M. Heideman as Enterprise manager By David Sykes Carla McLane an- nounced her resignation as Columbia River Enterprise Zone, CREZ, manager last week, saying time neces- sary on her job as Morrow County Planner does not allow “enough time to be responsible for both and do them well.” McLane has been the manager of the CREZ since its inception, helping in its original organization and handling day to day du- ties and operations since. Saying she has enjoyed the position and working on economic development in Morrow County, McLane told the board “over the next several years, I want to commit my time and energy to Morrow County, Morrow County Board of Commissioners, Planning Commission and Planning Department staff to accom- plish a variety of tasks and projects.” The CREZ was formed several years ago as an in- tergovernmental agreement between Morrow County, City of Boardman and the Port of Morrow to negotiate agreements with and handle funds from business locat- ing and expanding within the enterprise zone located near Boardman. The zone is one of many around Oregon set up to offer incentives for business wishing to locate or expand and create jobs within the zones. The busi- nesses make payments to the CREZ in lieu of, and less than regular property taxes. The economic zone in Morrow County has been very successful over the years and provides funds for distribution around the county. The CREZ original- ly decided, and continues to fund, four broad areas in the county including education, community enhancement, housing and public safety. Following her resigna- Carla McLane As members of her established their families family circled her bed near Helen and Butch. and prayed with the Hos- Along with farming and pice Chaplin, Helen working for Battelle Heideman passed at the coal fire plant away on Friday, near Boardman, they May 11 at her home owned Ione Hard- in Hermiston. They ware store for five shared the moment years. of her death and re- She was active joiced in her release Helen M. in the Ione Commu- from earthly pain Heideman nity church, the Ione and suffering know- Cardinal Booster ing she would be joining Club and all things sports. her beloved husband and She and Butch were always family members who had in attendance at Ione school passed before her. sports and Helen kept books Helen was born Feb. for the school basketball 3, 1929 in Cheney, WA to games. Helen supported parents LeRoy and Vera the annual church auc- Woody, joining siblings tion through her exquisite Lyle, Loren and Letha. quilt making, and became She was brought home to known throughout the Ione the family farm outside of community as the “go-to” Connell, WA where she grandma for making dozens was raised, went to school of pies each week to be sold and met her high school at the concession stand and sweetheart and the love of for local fundraisers. her life, Robert ‘Butch” Helen was preceded in Heideman. Helen played death by her parents, hus- saxophone in the school band, her three siblings and band and sang in the glee one great-granddaughter. club, graduating from CHS She is survived by her four in June 1946. children Loren Heideman Helen and Butch were (Della), Loa Heideman, married on Feb. 22, 1948 Dana Heideman and Deb- and celebrated their life bie Morgan (Virgil), nine through love and faith and grandchildren and 24 great- community involvement. grandchildren. Together they raised their A funeral service will four children, Loren, Loa, be held at Thursday, May Dana and Debbie in Con- 17 at 10:30 a.m. at the nell where Helen worked Ione Community church as a bookkeeper, a librarian followed by internment at and school secretary. the High View Cemetery Helen continued play- in Ione. A luncheon will ing saxophone for dances be provided by the Good and community functions, Neighbor Club at the Ione gardened, taught swimming Community church after- lessons and served as a wards. Girl Scout leader. She was Donations can be made active for years in the Con- in her memory to the Ione nell Grange, Jayceettes and Cardinal Booster Club, PO Gideon Lutheran church. Box 4, Ione, OR 97843 Along with their sons, or to the Ione Community Helen and Butch purchased Church, PO Box 346, Ione, farm land near Ione in 1976 OR 97843. and began a life of farming Sweeney Mortuary of for generations to come. As Heppner is in care of ar- years passed, their daugh- rangements. ters moved to the area and tion McLane proposed the board consider hiring re- tired county assessor Greg Sweek as the new zone manager. Sweek has also been involved with the CREZ since its inception and is very familiar with its rules and operations. Sweek has also been part of the CREZ board of direc- tors representing Morrow County since its inception. In other business at the meeting, the board discussed and approved a tax abatement agreement with Three Mile Farms. Three Mile owns a com- pany called Threemile Proj- ect LLC which intends to invest $27 million in a methane gas conditioning facility and associated pipe- line. The gas is produced from the farm’s large dairy operation located in the enterprise zone near Board- man. The company will receive tax reduction on the project but agrees to pay on any future bonded levies. It may be able to offset some of its tax payments when money is donated to certain community groups within the county. The CREZ board also approved an agreement with the Morrow County Grain Growers providing tax relief for a grain trans- fer facility planned in the enterprise zone. The facility is expected to cost around $8.8 million. Payments to community organizations will be also be offset against Willow Creek Baptist volunteers will serve lunch on their tax payments and they Wednesday, May 23 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Lunch also are expected to pay will be beef and broccoli, stir fried rice, carrot salad, future bonded debt. sliced tomatoes, spring rolls and ice cream and fortune cookies for dessert. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. Community lunch menu No pay to play fees scheduled for next year The Morrow County School Board Monday night heard a presenta- tion from nine graduating seniors at Riverside Jr./Sr. High School. All nine of the seniors will not only graduate with honors from RJSHS, but at the same time will earn their Associ- ate of Arts Transfer degrees from Blue Mountain Com- munity College. School Superintendent Dirk Dirksen expressed his pride of the students and commented that he had said that if a student were able to achieve this goal while he was superinten- dent, it was time for him to retire, which, he added, is expected to come sometime in the near future. Dirksen also said that the district, which budgeted for 2,200 students last year, is seeing an 80-student increase, which, he added, “makes budgeting a lot easier.” He said that the dis- trict is anticipating adding an additional classroom for kindergarten through grade six children struggling with behavior problems in the north end of the district, in partnership with Commu- nity Counseling Solutions. The district is also adding a teacher at Sam Boardman Elementary and Windy Riv- er Elementary, a half-time teacher at Riverside High School, all in Boardman, where the majority of the student increase is expect- ed, a teacher at Heppner Elementary for a “pull-out” class for students struggling with reading, and an on-line secondary teacher. Dirksen commented that he was pleased to an- nounce that, thanks to Mor- row County Unified Rec- reation District taxpayers, there will be no pay-to-play fees for students next year. Students will be able to play sports without contributing a fee. This year, according to a district school em- ployee, the pay-to-play fee was $50 per sport for a high school student and $25 for a junior-high student with the fees maxing out at $100 for a family. Dirksen announced that the InterMountain Education Service Dis- trict awarded 2018 Crys- tal Apple Excellence in Education awards to Tra- cie Bunch, Heppner Jr./Sr. High School department secretary, who is retiring this year; Sarah Christy, SBE first grade teacher, Betsy Shane, RJSHS math teacher and Amy Stringer, ACH/Irrigon Elementary school counselor. Also receiving Crystal Apple awards in Morrow County were Tom Gates, Ione Community School custodian, and Chelsea Matheny, Ione Community School third-grade teacher. In other business, the board: -approved moving for- ward on setting a policy for medical examinations and drug testing for new district employees. -adopted rescinded, new or revised polices on compliance and report- ing on standards; staff- student-parent relations; prohibited use, distribution or sale of tobacco products and inhalant delivery sys- tems; relations with home- schooled students; teaching about religion; religion and schools; recognition of religious beliefs and customs; interscholastic and co-curricular activities program; interscholastic activities; instructional re- sources-instructional ma- terials; instructional me- dia selection; graduation requirements; and trauma informed schools. -adopted new, revised or rescinded administrative rules on public comment at board meetings; recogni- tion of religious beliefs and customs; interscholastic ac- tivities program structures and emphasis; instructional materials-programs adop- tion procedure; challenge of instruction materials; chal- lenge request for instruc- tional materials; handling of questioned or challenged materials; and graduation requirements. -adopted resolutions accepting and appropriat- ing unanticipated revenues: $10,000 to Heppner Jr./Sr. High School from Willow Creek Valley Economic De- velopment Group, $1,000 from ASB Athletics to Hep- pner Jr./Sr. High School for Camps for Kids; $1,000 to Sam Boardman Elemen- tary from Kiwanis Club of Boardman; $1,000 to Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School ASB Football from Morrow County Health Department. -received the follow- ing enrollment report for May: A.C. Houghton El- ementary, Irrigon-282; Sam Boardman Elementary, Boardman-353; Heppner Elementary-169; Irrigon Elementary-209; Windy River Elementary, Board- man-259; Heppner Jr./Sr. High School-171; Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School-340; Riverside Jr./Sr. High School, Boardman-414; Morrow Education Cen- ter-83; Total-2,280. -approved the follow- ing employment action for May: resignations/non-re- newals-Brooke Anderson, WRE special ed teacher, Craig Bensen, MEC prin- cipal, Jessa Bigsby, WRE sixth-grade teacher, Franca Drake, ACH first grade teacher, Julia Finch, SBE third grade teacher, Robert Jody Saunders, IJSHS PE/ Health and all coaching po- sitions, Jeff Searles, IJSHS band/computer teacher (all end of school year); Paul Keefer, IJSHS boys’ soccer coach, Dolores Nunnery, IJSHS assistant cheerlead- ing coach, Gina Patterson, RJSHS ed assistant, Cheri Snodgrass, IJSHS ed assis- tant, Brandi Verley, IJSHS head cheerleading coach, Dieter Waite, HJSHS junior high head wrestling coach. -approved the follow- ing non-renewal/termina- tions-PJ Keefer, RJSHS ju- nior high assistant football -See NO PAY TO PLAY/ PAGE FIVE PROPERTY FOR SALE Organized by the City of Heppner FREE DUMPSTER for garbage collection available at the City yard on Riverside Ave. Thursday May 17th through Monday May 28th. There will also be a spot to leave yard debris and burnable material. The City will not accept tires, hazardous waste or household chemicals. City of Heppner residents only Please contact the City of Heppner for more information 541-676-9618. Please Join Us for a Meet & Greet Open House welcoming Caroline Jackson, New Director of Pioneer Memorial Home Health & Hospice Thursday, May 24 th , 4 to 6 p.m. Main St. Office, Heppner 63808 CLARKS CANYON RD, LEXINGTON OR RMLS# 18032875 Custom built home with vaulted ceilings, wrap around porch, oak cabinets, surround sound, lighted brick pil- lars, vinyl fencing, 36X72 barn, 12x24 loft, 30x72 shop, hot walker, security lights, LOP tags, airport w/in 2 miles. 260.57 Total acres. Property is 187.09 CRP until 9/2020, 63.5 irrigated acres. Additional water rights available. Debora Wood Universal Realty Ph: 541-567-8303 Ph: 541-571-0922
