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Heppner Council discusses
several issues
Dogs, senior housing and hunters’ garbage talked about
By David Sykes
The Heppner city coun-
cil discussed a variety of
issues from around the town
at their monthly meeting
Monday night.
Dogs: Heppner mayor
Cody High said he had been
receiving some complaints
about dogs running loose in
town. “We have been a little
lenient on dogs running at
large around town,” he told
the council. He said some
dog owners have received
“multiple warnings” and
suggested maybe the city
might have to start cracking
down on repeat offenders.
High said the city may have
to start picking up the loose
dogs and probably issuing
citations. “Keep the dogs in
the yards,” he said. Coun-
cilmember Corey Sweeney
said if the city starts ticket-
ing they should first put out
the word to city residents.
“We should put a notice in
the paper to let people know
before we start ticketing.”
He thought people should
have some warning before
the crack down and tickets.
It was pointed out that some
people had received up to
four warnings about their
loose dogs. In a related mat-
ter High said certain pets
are outright not allowed in
the city and these include
poisonous snakes and spi-
ders, stinging insects and
pit bull dogs.
Hunter’s Garbage: It
was brought up that some
local people are using the
free hunter garbage dump-
ster down by the city park.
The dumpster is set up as a
courtesy to hunters visiting
town and is supposed to be
used for only their garbage
to be dumped on the way
out of town. However, city
public works director Chad
Doherty told the council he
has observed local people
dumping their trash in the
hunter only dumpster. High
said he saw rolls of old car-
pet in the dumpster recently,
which he said is obviously
not hunter garbage.
St. Patrick’s Hous-
ing: Councilmember Teresa
Hughes, who is also a mem-
ber of the housing board,
reported that the board met
with a prospective new
manager for the apartment
complex on Main St. They
are currently with Cascade
Management but are not
happy with them and have
been looking for a new
management company. The
company they talked to
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is from Enterprise and is
approved by the State of
Oregon. The name of the
company was not revealed.
Hughes said the company
looked promising, but no
decision has been made.
She also reported that they
are looking for a new el-
evator maintenance and
inspection company. She
said the proposed compa-
ny would save the senior
center $1,200 to $1,400 per
month.
TSP party: The coun-
cil held a public hearing and
then approved the recently
completed Transportation
System Plan which has
been in the works for sev-
eral months. The new plan
covers all areas of trans-
portation in Heppner. To
celebrate adoption of the
extensive new plan the city
scheduled a party for the
public to attend on Oct. 24
from 4-6 p.m. at city hall.
Alita Nelson gestures in frustration outside her and husband John’s home on Hwy 74 near
Ten dozen assorted cookies
Heppner. The home was hit hard by flooding Tuesday morning and Nelson said there was four
were ordered for the TSP
to five inches of water inside. -Photo by David Sykes.
roll-out.
Sewage Treatment
A heavy downpour in home along Hwy 74 across son said this was the third
Plant:
The council heard
the Heppner area Tues- from the old Kinzua Mill time, second major time,
a
report
from city manager
day morning caused some site. The fire department that flooding has hit her
Edie
Ball
about the on-go-
flooding and minor damage. responded and was there home at 54277 Hwy 74. She
ing
need
for
the city to find
The flooding in Heppner pumping water out of the said there was four to five
a
new
way
to
dispose of its
apparently hit hardest near home.
inches throughout the house
waste
treatment
effluent.
the Blue Spruce Apart-
Homeowner Alita Nel- with today’s flooding.
The
DEQ
has
put
a
deadline
ments and at the Nelson
for the city to stop dumping
treated effluent into Willow
Creek. There are concerns
about ammonia and arsenic
going into the creek. Ball
said there was discussion
regarding a plan to pump
waste water from Lexing-
ton, Ione and Heppner to
a central treatment plant
for all three towns. She
said that plan did not prove
economically viable so
Heppner will now have to
find another way of dispos-
al. Lagoons are another op-
tion but that will require 32
acres of land, which is not
Jacee Curring was named homecoming queen during halftime at the game last Friday. The Heppner Homecoming Court available around Heppner,
is pictured back row (L-R): Gavin Hanna, Alyse Wentz, Dylon Jinkins, Tyler Carter, Jenna McCullough, Ken McCullough, although the city is talking
Queen Jacee Currin, Steve Currin, Hunter Nichols, Mike Mahoney, Jaiden Mahoney, Gibson McCurry, Mike VanArsdale and
to Port of Morrow officials
Cami VanArsdale, Jason Rea. Front row (L-R): Callahan Baker and Joel Wilson. -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
about using the old Kinzua
Mill Site. It was brought out
G T
azette
imes
Flooding hits area
Homecoming court announced
G-T Trophy Corner
that the city of John Day is
putting in a new treatment
plant that could cost $10
million.
Cow permit not ap-
proved: The council failed
to approve an animal per-
mit request from Natasha
Muniz who wanted to put
a cow on property at 380
W Union Ave. in Heppner
to raise for butcher. The
council had not approved a
similar cow request at last
month’s meeting, and this
request was not approved
either when there was no
motion to approve. The
council has said in the past
they would only consider
cow permits inside the city
limits for 4-H Fair projects.
Neighborhood watch
update: Minutes from a
Heppner police commission
meeting showed that a Sept.
19 meeting was attended by
35-40 people from several
areas of town. The Neigh-
borhood Watch program
was instigated after a recent
large city meeting over
concerns of increased law-
lessness in Heppner. The
watch is designed to assist
police in identifying people
committing crimes. There
were also some people from
Ione at the meeting seeking
information on how to set
up a watch program.
Under the watch pro-
gram each neighborhood
selects a coordinator and
a block captain. After the
program is up and run-
ning there would be yearly
meetings. If a member sees
something they call the
Sheriff’s office first and
then report to the coordi-
nator and the block captain.
Neighborhood watch mem-
bers could also attend city
police commission meet-
ings if they have concerns
they want to discuss.
Also at the police com-
mission meeting Measure
105 that would repeal the
sanctuary state law initia-
tive was discussed. Mea-
sure 105 would repeal the
law which forbids state
agencies from using state
resources to detect or ap-
prehend persons whose
only violation of the law is
a violation of federal immi-
gration law.
It was also discussed
whether the city should
try and find a way to in-
crease coverage from two
to three deputies. Funding
for the additional officer is
the issue. The commission
decided to wait for the
Neighborhood Watch and
new school resource officer
to have time to work before
continuing discussion of
another deputy.
Right: Griffin Copple, 9, of Turner, OR shot
his first deer under the youth mentor program
on the Harris ranch on Upper Rhea Creek.
Griffin was hunting with his dad Ty Copple
on an LOP tag donated by the Harris family.
-Contributed photo
Kegan Steagall, 15, of Lexington with his 3X4 buck
that he shot in the Heppner Unit. -Contributed photo
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Above: Keegin Chitty, 12, of Heppner shot his
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Above left: Pat Schiller shot this nice 3X4 buck at 250 yards Saturday afternoon on Buttercreek.
Also pictured, Charlee and Vey Schiller make sure the buck is dead with Vey’s stethoscope.
-Contributed photos
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