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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 16, 2019 -- SEVEN Heppner firemen receive promotions Firemen for the Heppner Fire Department received promotions Monday evening at the firehall. Those promoted were Andrew Johnson, Mike Jones, Jeremy Cimmiyotti, Brian Kollman, Eric Chick, Trevor Rhea, Peter Wenberg and Stacy Lauritsen. Upper Left (L-R): Fire Chief Rusty Estes and Mike Jones-Safety Officer Upper Right (L-R): Fire Chief Rusty Estes and Peter Wenberg-Lieutenant Lower Left (L-R); Fire Chief Rusty Estes and Trevor Rhea-Lieutenant Lower Right (L-R): Fire Chief Rusty Estes and Stacy Lauritsen-Lieutenant -All photos by Sandy Matthews. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: Brian Kollman-Captain. Jeremy Cimmiyotti-Captain MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Town forms committee to study proposed RV park By David Sykes The town of Lexington has decided to form a com- mittee to look at all aspects of a proposed recreational vehicle park to be built on the old school grounds. The RV park was dis- cussed extensively at the town council meeting last Tuesday, and councilmem- bers decided with that much interest from the public it would be best to form a committee to talk more about the proposed facili- ty. Councilmember Bobbi Gordon and community members Sid Kennedy and Sheila Miller all agreed to serve. The 15-space park has been proposed by local man Sam Bellamy who pur- chased the former school property from the Morrow County School District in April of 2016. He recently came to the council with his plans for the new fa- cility. Some neighbors to the project are concerned it may become run down, have unruly tenants and pets or be unsightly. Bella- my has assured them he will maintain the property and not rent long-term where problems could develop. Access to the property has been discussed also. The property is at the junc- tion of and has frontage to both Highways 207 and 74. A city street also runs along the back side of the proper- ty. The Lexington planning commission is made up of the same members who are on the town council and they will be deciding any conditions to be placed on the property. Councilmembers Bob- bi Gordon, Bill Beard and Curtis Thompson were the only councilmembers at the meeting, with Gordon acting as mayor. Since re- signed (see story this issue) Mayor Marcia Kemp was ill and not able to attend. Councilmember Marcia Sticka was also not in at- tendance. It was announced that the town maintenance man had quit. The town recorder had previously quit and been replaced part-time by local man Kevin McCabe who is working two hours per day. The council dis- cussed how to take care of maintenance duties until a new person can be hired for the job. The council also talked about some complaints re- ceived of people receiving excessive water bills. It was decided that it was probably a meter reading issue and the council voted to remove late fees on last month’s water bills because of the meter reading issues. Andrew Johnson-Safety Officer Umatilla National Forest invites public to open houses Umatilla National For- est supervisor Eric Watrud will host five open houses across the forest to provide opportunities for communi- ty members to share infor- mation about their interests and engage with local forest leadership and staff. “I believe strong com- munity connections and partnerships are an integral part of the Forest Service mission,” said Watrud. “I am excited for the opportu- nity to engage with commu- nity members surrounding the Umatilla and hear what is important to the people that we serve, so that we can explore ways to work together to manage the public’s land.” Local district staff will also be available to talk about forest management, current and ongoing proj- ects and other interests or concerns. The open house sched- uled for Heppner will be Ione-Arlington volleyball wins one, loses one The Ione-Arlington volleyball team lost to Sherman 3 to 2 in the game played Oct. 1. They rallied back to take the win 3 to 1 at South Wasco later that week on Oct. 3. “We struggled staying in the game mentally and Sherman came ready to play and put the ball back over to force us to make the mistakes,” said Coach Teren Humphrey after the loss against Sherman. Emma Rietmann had 11 kills and Tresslyn Mc- Curry had seven in the Sherman game. McCurry also had three blocks. Eva Martin got 21 assists and Isabella Mastriona had 13 digs. The matches were 25-23, 16-25, 25-19, 20-25 and 11-15. T h e S o u t h Wa s c o matches were 25-22, 25-27, 25-19 and 25-20. Tresslyn McCurry had 11 kills and Grace Ogden had six. Mc- Curry got five blocks, Eva Eric Chick-Lieutenant Martin had 24 assists, Ola Rietmann got 20 digs and Isabella Mastriona had 18 digs. Coach Humphrey re- ported, “This was a differ- ent team for us than what showed up on Tuesday. It was a great win to put us back on track and still fighting for a spot at the district tournament. The girls did a great job defen- sively and were aggressive offensively.” ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. Thursday, November 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Heppner Ranger District, 117 S Main St. Additional open houses will be held in Pendleton, Ukiah, Walla Walla and Pomeroy, WA. For additional infor- mation about the upcoming open houses, please contact Darcy Weseman, Public Af- fairs Officer at (541) 278- 3722 or darcy.weseman@ usda.gov.
