Heppner girls named to All-
State 2A girls’ basketball team
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VOL. 138
NO. 12 8 Pages
Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
The entire girls’ varsity team was honored in the St. Patrick’s parade on Saturday.
Following the capture
of the 2A state title, two
members of the Lady Mus-
tangs basketball team were
honored with being selected
for the 2A All-State team.
Sophomore Sydney Wil-
son was selected for first
team, receiving the second
highest number of votes and
only missing player of the
year by a few votes, which
was awarded to Coquille’s
Morgan Baird. Senior point
guard Jacee Currin received
enough votes to make the
second team all-state team.
On the coaching side,
St. Pat’s Polar Plunge held
City looks at mobile home
ordinance changes
Five brave souls braved the
frigid water to plunge for
the cause. Proceeds from the
Polar Plunge, approximately
$700, were awarded to Fuzz
Ball Pet Rescue. Additional
photos from the annual St.
Patrick’s celebration can be
found on page eight.
Pictured (L-R): Christy
Woodbury (Richland WA),
Alicia Doherty, Robin Barker
(Hermiston), Charlie McKim
(Pendleton) and Noah Wen-
berg. -Photo by David Sykes.
Smaller homes allowed, older homes no
By David Sykes
Under a proposed zone
change the city of Heppner
would allow smaller mobile
homes in some places but
would restrict the place-
ment of older homes any-
where in the city. The new
ordinance does not affect
current homes and would
only cover new placements.
Under the proposed
ordinance change, manu-
factured homes in the R-1
zone must be larger than
1,000 square feet of living
area and be a doublewide
or larger. The home must be
no more than five years old
at the time of placement.
Under the current ordinance
homes of more than 1,300
square feet of living area are
allowed and must be built
after 1991.
In the R-2 zone, mobile
homes must have more than
960 square feet of living
space in a double wide or
larger and be manufactured
within five years. The cur-
rent ordinance stipulates the
same square footage, but
allows older homes built as
far back as 1988.
In the R-3 zone, single
or double wide homes will
need to be at least 840
square feet of living area,
and likewise be built within
the last five years. The cur-
rent ordinance also calls for
840 square feet but allows
for homes built since 1988.
The city is considering
the ordinance change in
order to stop the placement
of older homes moved from
other locations into the
city limits. The council at
its March 11 meeting did
not vote on the ordinance
change, as it needs to go
through the zone change
process, including hearings
with public comment be-
fore it can be enacted, but it
did vote to “move forward”
with the changes.
In other business at the
meeting the council heard
from city auditor Richard
Stoddard of Barnett and
Moro P.C. of Hermiston.
The auditor said random
testing was done on dif-
ferent areas of the budget
over the past year and some
deficiencies were found,
including the city having
more cash on the books
than was actually on hand.
The auditor attributed the
differences to the city hav-
ing high turnover in the
treasurer’s position the past
year. The issues have been
addressed by city staff and
corrected, acting city Man-
ager Kim Cutsforth said.
In other action the
council praised the public
works crew for its hard
work in snow removal
during the past winter snow
storms. They also compli-
mented the crew for getting
the town spruced up for
the St. Patrick’s Day Cele-
bration this past weekend.
Cutsforth was asked what
the priority was for snow
removal in the city and she
said roads used by the am-
bulance, schools and other
emergency services get first
plowing before the crews
move to the side streets.
She said the city is not able
to take care of all the side-
walks downtown but does
work on the approaches and
keeping them free of snow.
In other business the
council received the min-
utes of the March 4 Housing
Authority meeting. The
Housing Authority takes
care of the operation of the
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
in downtown Heppner. The
minutes noted that there had
been a TV outage for a pe-
riod of time, which was due
to snow on the satellite dish.
The snow was removed
by the maintenance man.
It was also discussed that
a person who doesn’t live
in the apartments and has
no direct connection with
any tenants, was entering
the building and harassing
one of the tenants. The
police were called, and the
outsider was removed. The
person has also reportedly
been making a nuisance of
herself by being in places
not open to the general
public.
In other business the
board authorized the pur-
chase of a newer TV for
the downstairs living room.
It would be a 50-inch flat
screen model for $100.
The board agreed to test
it out and if it worked all
right move forward with the
purchase. The board also
agreed to buy a hand truck
for the maintenance man to
move appliances.
Heppner’s coach Robert
Wilson was selected as
girls’ state 2A basketball
coach of the year. Wilson,
in his fourth year as head
coach, led the Lady Mus-
tangs to their first state title
in 33 years.
St. Patrick’s celebration
winners announced
Bank of Eastern Oregon’s Leprechaun float took first place in the Merchant division. -Photo
by Bobbi Gordon.
Another successful
“Wee Bit O’ Ireland” cel-
ebration has ended and the
Heppner Chamber has an-
nounced the winners of the
many events. Some events
were canceled or changed
due to the weather and some
others were added. Events
canceled were the sheep
dog trials, Ewe-Do-Bingo
and the O’Ducky race and
the Remembrance Walk
traveled along a different
path. New events this year
were the Polar Plunge and
the Gold Nugget hunt.
Great Green Parade
winners were the Morrow
County Health Department
and Christian Life Center
in the Irish Theme catego-
ry. Musical Entry winners
were the Pendleton Cow-
boy Mountain Band and
the Main Street Cowboys
and Side Saddlers. Morrow
County Museum and Desert
Shrine won the Antique and
Custom Vehicles class and
the Merchant winners were
Bank of Eastern Oregon
and Morrow County Grain
Growers.
One of the $100 draw-
ings held for purchasers of
the buttons was awarded
to Gwen Healy. The other
name drawn was Sheryll
Bates, so she asked that
another name be drawn.
Sheryll and Ashley Lynch
split the prize money for
$50 each.
The Welly Toss had
only one team entered this
year, with the win being
awarded to the Heppner
Forest Service team boast-
ing a combined score of
278.3 feet. Team members
were Jon Ellis, Brian Spiv-
ey, Rocky Turner and Brad
Lathrop. Top male boot
tosser was Rocky Turn-
er with 94.5 feet. Top fe-
male winner was Crystal
Mooney, 61.6 feet. Youth
boy was Jacob Finch with
65.1 feet and youth girl
was Hallee Hisler with 45.1
-See ST. PAT’S WINNERS/
PAGE SEVEN
The Morrow County Museum took first place in Antique and Custom Vehicles. -Photo by
Bobbi Gordon.
The Pendleton Cowboy Mounted Band was the first place winner in the Musical Entries..
-Photo by Bobbi Gordon.
MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS
350 MAIN STREET
LEXINGTON, OR
Main Street Cowboys and Side Saddlers took second place in the Musical Entry class at this
year’s parade. -Photo by Bobbi Gordon.
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