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DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE
Department of the Navy
Notice of Availability of
the Record of Decision for
Department of the Navy
Real Estate Actions in Sup-
port of the Boardman to
Hemmingway Transmis-
sion Line Project, at Naval
Weapons Systems Training
Facility Boardman, OR
The United States (U.S.)
Department of the Navy
(Navy), after participating
as a cooperating agency in
the development and eval-
uation of the U.S. Bureau
of Land Management’s Fi-
nal Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) for the
Boardman to Hemingway
Transmission Line Project
(B2H Project), and care-
fully weighing the strate-
gic, operational, and envi-
ronmental consequences
of the proposed action,
announces its decision to
adopt the Final EIS and im-
plement real estate actions
as set out in the selected al-
ternative, identified as the
Agency Preferred Alterna-
tive in the Final EIS dated
November 2016.
Navy real estate actions
would grant a 7.1 mile by
90-foot right of way ease-
ment to the Idaho Pow-
er Company to allow for
construction and operation
of a portion of the B2H
project on Naval Weapons
Systems Training Facility
(NWSTF) Boardman, Or-
egon in exchange for the
termination of an existing
land use agreement and
removal of transmission
infrastructure held by Bon-
neville Power Administra-
tion (BPA) that occupies
the same right-of-way.
The Agency Preferred
Alternative route exits
the proposed Longhorn
Substation to the south,
crossing the boundary
of NWSTF Boardman at
the northeastern corner
and parallels the east-
ern boundary of NWSTF
Boardman along the west
side of Bombing Range
Road for approximately
7.1 miles. At that point, the
route crosses over Bomb-
ing Range Road to the east
and exits Federal property.
The route will avoid the
Resource Natural Area
B, a Washington ground
squirrel Resource Manage-
ment Area, and traditional
cultural properties on NW-
STF Boardman.
The complete text of
the Record of Decision
(ROD) for the Navy’s real
estate action is available
at:
https://navfac.navy.
mil/NWNEPA, along with
the November 2016 Final
EIS for the Boardman to
Hemingway Transmission
Line Project. Single cop-
ies of the ROD are avail-
able upon request by con-
tacting: Naval Facilities
Engineering
Command
Northwest, Attn: Jackie
Queen
(Environmental
Planner), 3730 Charles
Porter Avenue, Oak Har-
bor, WA 98278-5000.
Published: Oct. 2, 9, and
16, 2019 Affidavit
PUBLIC NOTICE
MORROW
COUNTY
HEARING
THE MORROW COUN-
TY BOARD OF COM-
MISSIONERS will hold
the following hearing of
public interest on Wednes-
day, October 16, 2019, at
9:00 a.m. at the Port of
Morrow Riverfront Center
in Boardman, Oregon.
Request is to rename Lau-
rel Road that runs from
Wilson Lane north to In-
terstate 84. The proposed
road is located in Town-
ship 4N Range 25E, Sec-
tions 10 and 15.
Opportunity to voice sup-
port or opposition to the
above proposal or to ask
questions will be provided.
Failure to raise an issue in
person or by letter or fail-
ure to provide sufficient
specificity to afford the
decision maker an oppor-
tunity to respond precludes
action or consideration of
the issue.
Copies of the staff report
and all relevant documents
will be available after Oc-
tober 4, 2019. For more
information, please con-
tact Stephen Wrecsics at
swrecsics@co.morrow.
or.us or 541-922-4624.
DATED this 30th day of
September 2019
MORROW
COUNTY
PLANNING
DEPART-
MENT
Published: October 2, 2019
Affidavit
PUBLIC NOTICE
October 2, 2019
First Friday Friends School District
launches student
of Jesus to begin
attendance
campaign
First Friday Friends
of Jesus will have its first
session for this school year
on Friday, October 4 from
8:30 a.m. to noon at the All
Saints Parish Hall (corner
of Church and Gale in Hep-
pner). Community children
age four to 12 are invited to
enjoy a morning filled with
Bible stories, songs, indoor
and outdoor activities and
more. A free lunch will be
served and there is no cost
to attend. This program
is sponsored by Hopeful
Saints Ministry, a Lutheran
and Episcopal partnership.
This first session coin-
cides with the day Francis
of Assisi is remembered for
his love of animals and all
of creation, so this session
will include a “blessing
of the animals.” Children
are encouraged to bring a
favorite stuffed animal to
help celebrate the day.
More information is
available by calling the
church office at 541-676-
9970.
Ione-Arlington
volleyball team
beats Condon
The Ione-Arlington
volleyball team played
against Condon and Echo
last week, taking the win
against Condon at 3-1. The
final score in the Echo game
was Echo, 3, and Ione-Ar-
lington, 2.
At the Condon game on
Tuesday, Sept. 24, the girls
took set 1, 25-19, set 2, 25-
21 and set 4, 25-16. Condon
took the third set 26-24. Kill
leaders were Grace Ogden
with 9, Tresslyn McCurry,
4, and Emma Rietmann, 3.
For aces, Isabella Mastriona
had 8 and McCurry, 7. Eva
Martin had 19 assists and
Ola Rietmann had 17 digs.
“With Monday being
the first practice as the
head coach, we stressed a
lot about the importance of
serving and passing. We did
a great job placing serves.
Overall it was a great team
effort with everyone step-
ping up at important times
and they adjusted well to a
few changes that were made
the day before,” said new
head coach Teren Hum-
phrey.
The team played Echo
at home on Thursday, Sept.
26 and according to Hum-
phrey, “The girls did a great
job of executing our game
plan tonight. Echo has some
great athletes that we made
some adjustments for the
day before to put ourselves
in a position to compete
with the top team in the
league.”
The Ione-Arlington
team won the first and
third sets, 25-23 and 25-
22. McCurry had 11 kills
and Emma Rietmann had
5. McCurry also had 10
blocks, Emma Rietmann, 7
and Martin 4. Martin also
had 19 assists and Ola Ri-
etmann had 8 digs.
The team will play at
Sherman on Oct. 1 and
South Wasco County Oct. 3.
Business grants
available
The Willow Creek Val-
ley Economic Develop-
ment Group (WCVEDG)
is set to roll out a Business
Incentive Grant Program
for new and existing busi-
nesses, effective October
1. The grant is to support
existing business expansion
and promote new business
relocation to south Morrow
County communities. It has
been developed to enhance
the general business envi-
ronment, attract further re-
tail/commercial investment
in south Morrow County
communities to improve,
increase and expand their
business opportunities.
The Business Incentive
Grant Program may con-
tribute up to a maximum
of $25,000 or 50 percent
of the project, whichever
is less (subject to avail-
able funding). Increment
requests will be allowed
with maximum funding to
business of $25,000, e.g.
multiple projects over time.
To be eligible for assistance
under this program, the
business must be located
within any of the south
Morrow County communi-
ties. Funds, when available,
will be awarded to targeted
businesses on a first come,
first serve basis.
For more information
and/or to receive an ap-
plication for the Business
Incentive Grant Program,
please contact the Heppner
Chamber at 541-676-5536
or via email at heppner-
chamber@centurytel.net.
Community lunch menu
United Methodist volunteers will serve lunch on
Wednesday, October 9 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
Lunch will be baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy,
blueberry muffin, corn, pepper, zucchini sauté and orange
kissed beets.
Milk, coffee and tea is served at each meal. Suggested
donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Schools in Morrow
County are teaming up
with local businesses to
launch an “Every Day Mat-
ters” campaign to improve
student attendance in the
Morrow County School
District.
Educators know that
having students present in
the classroom every day is
crucial to learning, educa-
tional growth and student
success. Students with ex-
cellent attendance are two
and a half times more likely
to graduate high school and
they complete two- and
four-year programs after
high school at higher rates.
Students who are chron-
ically absent (missing 10
percent of the school year)
are more likely to drop out
of high school, less likely
to graduate from college
and have difficulty finding
stable employment.
Landon Braden, re-
gional chronic absenteeism
coordinator, said that while
schools are always working
on methods to improve
attendance, working with
local businesses has prov-
en beneficial. “Businesses
recognize that attendance
habits learned during the
school years will carry over
to the workplace, which
benefits employers and em-
ployees.” Braden also said
school leaders realize that
emphasizing good student
attendance is a commu-
nity effort and improving
graduation rates positively
benefits the overall health
of a community.
At the end of August,
the Morrow County School
District had its first meet-
ing where local business
owners were invited. At the
meeting, Braden explained
the “Every Day Matters”
campaign and businesses
received signs and posters
to display at their locations.
Principals at each
school are coordinating
their efforts for the district.
“We hope that many busi-
nesses will get on board and
support the effort to benefit
local students,” said Marie
Shimer, director of educa-
tional services for MCSD.
For more information
about the district’s “Every
Day Matters” campaign,
please visit the district web-
site at https://morrow.k12.
or.us/.
Climate Strike
group changes name
The group previously
known as the “Heppner
Climate Strike” will now be
known as “Fight for our Fu-
ture.” Fight for our Future
is a group of community
members who are dedicated
to educating Heppner and
surrounding communities
about climate change and
other environmental issues.
This change has been
prompted by the fact that
Fight for our Future (FFOF)
wants to focus on education
efforts in the future. Hunter
Houck, a co-founder of
FFOF said, “We have de-
cided to focus on educating
the public. The new name
communicates what we are
doing better than our previ-
ous name. We are fighting
for our future by educat-
ing our community about
climate change so that it
can make well-informed,
eco-friendly choices.”
Fight for our Future
looks forward to working
with the community in the
future. The planning team
is currently planning on
holding an event in the up-
coming months. The event
will be very different from
the previous one, focusing
on education and communi-
cation rather than visibility.
FFOF would like to in-
vite others to get involved.
Additional information can
be found online at heppner-
climate.com.
Summer internship
program announced
The Port of Morrow
is launching a summer in-
ternship program for Mor-
row County. Businesses
interested in starting or
promoting summer intern-
ships at their business are
asked to submit a request
for a summer intern prior
to November 22.
Outreach and promo-
tion for all positions will
be made through multiple
outlets and openings will
be posted through Colum-
biaWorks.org. Columbia
Works will coordinate and
provide three profession-
al development sessions
during the summer in June,
July and August.
The application peri-
od will be open January
1 through April 1, 2020.
Applicants can apply di-
rectly through employers
or through the Columbia
Works program. For addi-
tional information contact
Kalie Davis, Workforce
Training Program Manager,
Port of Morrow, at kalied@
portofmorrow.com.
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