Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 29, 2018 -- FOUR
COMMUNITY MEETING
-Continued from PAGE ONE
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office. There is a need for
more presence, curfew en-
forcement and school zone.
It was asked what the par-
ents responsibility of a ju-
venile who was caught do-
ing vandalism. Community
members felt the parents
should be held accountable
and asked what needed
to be done. The sheriff’s
office explained that they
are going after the parents,
but there are processes and
rules that they need to abide
by. Community members
also expressed concern that
there needs to be tough-
er consequences after the
arrest and they should be
consistent. The sheriff’s
office mentioned that it is
up to the judge who hears
the case and determines the
punishment. The sheriff’s
office stressed how import-
ant it is to always call in and
give a report so there is a re-
cord. If it is an emergency,
call 911 and someone will
be called out, even a local
officer who is off duty, and
will respond if necessary.
If it isn’t an emergency,
call the non-emergency
line and file a report. This is
critical in controlling these
issues. The sheriff’s office
representative stressed that
the Morrow County Sheriff
Office cares and will adjust
shifts as needed, not made
public. They explained that
arrests are made, but holds
vary.
It was mentioned that
there are funds available to
hold people on probation
accountable and work with
them to want to change their
lives and be better citizens
and Morrow County is el-
igible to set up a program
and request justice rein-
vestment funds available
for Morrow and Umatilla
Counties.
Community members
brought up the need to
enhance the community
pride to what it used to be.
It was suggested to start
in the younger grades to
mentor, develop a good
work ethic, develop some
activities for our youth and
help parents parent. “We are
a friendly community and
want our youth to respect
and understand their role
in our community,” they
said. It was also stressed
how important it is to shop
local and support our local
businesses.
There is a need to help
our unemployed commu-
nity members to become
employed. It is believed
that if they move to Hep-
pner they aren’t monitored
and they don’t have to look
for a job to maintain pub-
lic assistance. There is a
concern with some level of
education for some adults
and the negative impact to
economic development in
our community.
Community members
expressed concern for the
increased need for mental
health in our community.
The population seems larg-
er than before and can cause
the community members
to have an unsafe feeling.
It was shared that mental
health is an issue nation
and statewide and is be-
ing addressed, but there is
no simple solution to this
problem.
Community members
addressed the lack of low
income housing and no
shelters/warming stations.
We need to help those who
really want to get help and it
would help to have property
management in the local
area to assist with locating
housing.
A representative from
the school mentioned that
they are always looking
for volunteers to help with
many things at the school.
People are invited to just
stop in and see what is
available and get involved.
The schools have wrap
around services with part-
ners, which is a great solu-
tion to some of the youth
problems, and volunteers
can help increase a better
understanding of citizen-
ship and pride. It starts
with the community getting
involved and helping the
students one on one and one
by one, they noted.
Global Solutions: It
was suggested to reach out
to other communities that
have had some of these
issues and ask how they
have or are working to re-
solve the problems and not
reinvent the wheel. It seems
like every community has
needs such as this and it
might give us different per-
spectives on the solutions.
System abilities: Un-
derstand actual vs. expecta-
tion, the presence of some
of the agencies that serve
our community have heard
some of our concerns, ques-
tions and need to work to-
gether to change what needs
to be changed.
As a wrap up to the
meeting there were two
sub-committee actions de-
veloped to get to solutions:
1. Neighborhood Watch
committee – to include:
-code violation/en-
forcement
-suspicious activities
-safety
2. Community Pride
committee – to include:
-economic develop-
ment/employment
-support parents
-support schools (wel-
come volunteers)
-resources and educa-
tion
A theme was discov-
ered through all of the dis-
cussion “that one person
can’t do anything, but to-
gether we can do everything
if we lift where we stand. It
was apparent that the com-
munity felt better informed
and stronger when they left
the meeting than before the
meeting took place.”
It was also agreed to
have a follow up meeting
in about six months so the
sub-committees can give
reports of their progress so
far. The coordinating part-
ners will be working to put
the specific sub-committees
together, assign a lead and
the members/agencies who
signed up to be involved
will be contacted to set up
meetings going forward.
If any community
member has questions for
the sheriff’s office or code
enforcement, they can call
the non-emergency num-
ber at 541-676-5317 or
call the City of Heppner
for code enforcements at
541-676-9618. Anyone in-
terested in serving on any of
the sub-committee teams,
please contact the Heppner
Chamber at 541-676-5536
or send an email to heppner-
chamber@centurytel.net.
By Doris Brosnan
Whatever the weath-
er, Willow Creek Terrace
residents are guaranteed
opportunities to participate
in activities independent
from what is happening out-
side. So, although they may
have been hoping to view
some rain this past month,
they also viewed their out-
of-the-heat activities with
pleasure.
Staff and volunteers
make sure that each week
provides some entertain-
ment, as well as some phys-
ical and mental challenges.
And at any one activity,
about half of the residents
participate, some at one,
some at another, depending
on interests.
S i n c e t h e Te r r a c e
opened, members of the
Nazarene Church have of-
fered bingo on Mondays.
Shirley George has volun-
teered for several years to
run the game, and she is
famous for the many baked
prizes she brings with her.
Karen Clough offers her tal-
ents as Shirley’s substitute
and is known to bring some
goodies she has prepared
for the winners, too.
On Tuesdays, Phil Pa-
checo comes from his work
at the Oregon Trail Library
in Heppner as a volunteer
to lead discussions of short
stories that the participants
have read in preparation for
this literary-club gathering.
When Phil has had a con-
flict for his time, Barbara
Orwick has volunteered to
lead the group.
Later on Tuesdays,
Katy Anderson, Minister of
the Episcopal and Lutheran
congregation, comes to the
hill to play at the piano. Her
talent provides entertaining,
soothing, and nostalgic
music for the early evening
hour.
Vo l u n t e e r s S a n d r a
Johnson and Bill Ew-
ing have a good time on
Thursdays when they share
crossword puzzles with the
group of word and puzzle
Free corn correction
The directions to the
free corn field mentioned
in last week’s edition were
incorrect. The directions
stated that before you get
to Ione, take Rhea Creek
Road. It then said to turn on
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to a “Drive Slow” sign and
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take that road south about
1.5 miles. The actual di-
rections should have said
to drive NORTH about 1.5
miles. The editor apologiz-
es for this error.
G-T
closed for
holiday
The Heppner Ga-
zette-Times will be closed
for the Labor Day holiday
on Monday, Sept. 3. The
deadline for all news and
advertising for the Sept. 5
issue will be Friday, Aug.
31, at 5 p.m. Normal busi-
ness hours will resume
Tuesday, Sept. 4.
The G-T wishes every-
one a happy and safe Labor
Day weekend.
aficionados. And on Fridays
Mary Ann Elguezabal and
Janet Greenup have of-
fered a game activity. With
schools starting up this
week, the Terrace commu-
nity can now look forward
to the National Honor Soci-
ety students contributing to
a Friday happening, as well.
Saturdays feature after-
noon matinees on the large
TV in the sun room. And
Sundays see volunteer Da-
vid Johnson at the door with
his offer of transportation in
the Terrace van to residents’
church services, early and
later. His backup driver
willing to share his time and
talent is Dick Parrish.
For Terrace residents,
neighboring locations are
easily reached because of
several transportation op-
tions. The Loop services
will take residents to ap-
pointments near and far, to
Sunday services and to the
Wednesday senior meal
site lunch downtown. The
Terrace van is available for
local appointments. And, of
course, some residents use
their own cars or travel with
family members or friends.
Throughout the week
the front door also wel-
comes several other vis-
itors; family members,
friends, spiritual leaders
visiting members of their
church communities, Leah
Hyatt and Jan Stroeber, who
come to the hair salon to
serve their clients, the nurse
who is contracted through
Home Health and Hospice
for some hours at the Ter-
race each week and comes
when needed for special
circumstances.
A s o f n o w, o n l y
Wednesdays have no spe-
cial activity on the calendar.
Should someone wish to
offer a volunteer service on
that day, he or she should
call administrator George
Nairns (541-676-0004) to
discuss the suggestion.
Should a resident
choose to host a private
party at the Terrace, the
apartment is the proper lo-
cation, and one example of
this is the small Bible study-
prayer group that a few res-
idents are sharing. But most
of the happenings on the hill
are community-wide, as are
the morning activities led
by staff five days a week.
This is when participants
exercise their bodies and
minds through physical
exercises and discussions
of mornings’ topics. Each
Friday morning adds the
twist of brain games, which
involve reflecting on the
whole week’s discussions
and recalling various de-
tails. For one of these morn-
ings recently, the staff in-
vited residents to come up
with trivia to stump the staff
with. Donna Bergstrom
took up the challenge and
led everyone through some
tough information. Leann
Rhea, a nearby neighbor,
has also volunteered to
bring in her flavor of word
game periodically. Starting
in September, to last sever-
al months, staff members
Kim Hendricks and Kati-
lyn Zinter will be leading
the activity time with Tai
Chi movements that target
balance and core strength-
ening.
In addition to their
work with activities and
assistance with residents’
daily personal needs, all of
the Terrace staff have been
certified by the State of Or-
egon in memory/dementia
care. They must have yearly
training offered by the Alz-
heimer’s organization and
the Oregon Care Partners
and must pass tests with
both to become certified by
the state. In keeping with
this, Nairns and some staff
will be traveling to Hood
River in September for an-
other class with OCP.
Also in September,
Bonnie Gates will be cel-
ebrating with family and
neighbors her 98 th birthday.
Happy birthday, Bonnie, on
Sept. 9.
A new staff member,
Maria Lopez, will be on
the hill for this and many
more celebrations, and new
residents who move into the
four available apartments
(call 541-676-0004 for in-
formation) are guaranteed
some of these entertain-
ing and inviting activities,
thanks to volunteers and
staff, who are viewed by
residents as a big reason
life on the hill can be so
satisfying.
Chamber announce-
ments, events
Saturday, Oct. 20, 4 th
Annual Oktoberfest Auc-
tion and Dinner. This event
is a benefit for The Woolery
Project and will be held
in the big tent on the Port
of Arlington peninsula. A
prime rib dinner prepared
by Paradise Rose Chuck-
wagon Catering will be
served. There will be dinner
music by One Hum and
Wheeler County Ramblers,
a huge silent and live auc-
tion (with 2 Henry Tribute
Edition rifles). Dance music
will be provided by Coun-
tryfied. Tickets are $35
each and may be purchased
at MCGG-Wasco, Thrifty
Food Center-Arlington,
Condon Chamber, Murrays
Drug-Condon and Dinty’s
Market-Biggs Junction.
More information is avail-
able on the Woolery Project
Facebook page at www.
facebook.com/thewool-
eryprojectinc or via email
to info@thewoolerypro-
jectinc.org.
CONGRATULATIONS GUS & WILLY!
WINNERS OF THE 2018 MOCO RODEO
ALL AROUND COWBOY SPURS
GUS KING
WILLY GENTRY