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.