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County creates new
Community Development
position
Long-time planner Carla McLane resigns
By David Sykes
years other than just her
Long-time Morrow duties as planning director.
County Planner Carla Mc- As an example, she was
Lane has resigned, and the instrumental in the struc-
county is now looking for turing and formation of the
a full time Community De- Columbia River Enterprise
velopment Director.
Zone and also served as its
McLane abruptly re- director for several years.
signed effective last Friday She formed a county-wide
with no reason given either economic development
by her or county officials. group that would meet
She had been discussing monthly with represen-
an upcoming retirement tatives across the county
from the county, where she to discuss common prob-
has worked for the past 18 lems and solutions. And she
VOL. 138 NO. 45 10 Pages Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon years and her resignation would, on many occasions,
came as a surprise. “It is assist cities with complex
with regret that I am an- zoning issues when asked.
nouncing the resignation of She also schooled herself
Carla McLane effective as on issues of wind and solar
of November 1, 2019. Since power generation which
2001, Ms. McLane has been became big to Morrow
a valuable member of our County during her tenure.
team. As an employee of McLane also oversaw the
the Planning Department, planning process for a rap-
she was appreciated by idly expanding Port of Mor-
her co-workers and the row where many businesses
County. We wish her all the enlarged, and new data
best for her future endeav- farms such as Amazon were
ors,” County Administrator planned and constructed.
Darrell Green said in a
In creating the new
statement. When contacted Community Development
McLane said she had noth- Director position it appears
ing further to add.
from the job description the
Senior football team with coach Greg Grant and 300 victory award (L-R): Mason Lehman,
McLane has been in- county is seeking someone
Kannon Wilkins, Evan Kollman, Casey Fletcher, Matt Orem, Coach Grant, Kellen Grant, Ja- volved with many activities to take over many of those
son Rea, Nate Maret, Jorden Sweeney and Gavin Hanna-Robinson. -Photo by Damon Brosnan. across the county over the jobs McLane was doing
The Heppner Mustang
football team won their
final regular season game
when they defeated the
Stanfield Tigers 49-0. With
the win, the Mustangs finish
the season undefeated with
an overall record of 9-0 and
they were the Blue Moun-
tain Conference champions
with a 4-0 record. The vic-
tory also means that they
won the OSAA Special Dis- Seniors and family, front row (L-R): Cheerleaders Alise Wentz (Brody and Sandra) and Makayla Silvia. Football players
Lehman (Jessica and Andy), Kannon Wilkins (Renee and Tim), Jason Rea (Suzanne and Gary), Matt Orem (Brandi
trict 6 championship and Mason
and Eric), Nate Maret (Angeleena and Mike), Gavin Hanna-Robinson (Jade and Justin, Lindsay and Jason), Casey Fletcher
will advance to the playoffs. (Andrea and Andy), Jorden Sweeney (Brandi and Corey), Evan Kollman (Amy and Brian) and Kellen Grant (Virginia and
Heppner ended the sea- Greg). -Photo by Damon Brosnan.
son as the only undefeated
Heppner had 198 yards
team in 2A football. They and forced them into one That made the score of the pinned the Tigers deep in
their own territory. They running the ball and Stan-
scored 387 points this year of their many punts on the game 20-0.
Another Tiger punt and couldn’t move the ball and field 108. The Mustangs
which is the third most night. It then only took the
points in the state. The Mustangs three plays to the Mustangs quick strike were forced to punt again finished with 170 passing
stingy Mustang defense score their first touchdown. offense needed only two and that gave the Mus- yards to only 21 for the Ti-
only gave up 66 points on Quarterback Jayden Wilson plays to score. This time, tangs good field position. gers. Heppner had 368 total
the season which was the dropped back and drilled a Wilson completed a short After 22-yard runs by both yards of offense in the game
lowest point total in the pass into the arms of Mason pass to Kason Cimmiyotti Mason Lehman and Brock to 129 yards for Stanfield.
Wilson was 5-9 passing
state by a long way. The Lehman who then ran 48 who then took it and out- Hisler, the Mustangs scored
Mustangs ended the regular yards for the score. It was ran the entire Stanfield when Wolters punched it the ball for 170 yards and
season as the third ranked 6-0 mid way through the defense for a 50-yard for a in from three yards out for four touchdowns. Mason
touchdown. Wilson threw the touchdown to make the Lehman caught two pass-
team in the final OSAA 2A first quarter.
Stanfield was forced to to Jackson Lehman for the score 42-0.
es for 72 yards and two
football standings and will
T h e t e a m s t r a d e d touchdowns in the game.
host a first-round playoff punt and Heppner needed 2-pt. conversion to make
game against the Bandon only three plays to score the score 28-0 at halftime. possessions in the fourth Cimmiyotti had the one
Heppner kicked off to quarter until the Mustangs reception for 50 yards and
Tigers. The Tigers, the sec- again. Wilson took the ball
ond-place team from the himself and darted through start the second half and scored their final touch- a score while Kollman had
Sunset Conference finished the middle of the Tigers de- forced the Tigers to punt down in the game. Wilson his one catch for 36 yards
the season as the 14 th ranked fense and went untouched again. The Mustangs then hit Evan Kollman in stride and a touchdown. Jackson
team in the state. They had a as he raced 53 yards for a went on an eight-play drive with a pass as he streaked Lehman had one catch for
5-4 overall record and were touchdown. The 2-pt. con- that ended in a score. Blake down the right sideline for 12 yards for the Mustangs.
version attempt was good Wolters took a handoff, put a 36-yard touchdown strike.
Wilson led the team
3-1 in conference play.
It was senior recogni- when Wilson threw the ball his head down and blasted Kannon Wilkins kicked the in rushing with 60 yards
tion night and the Mustangs to Mason Lehman for the through the line for a one- extra point to make the final and a touchdown on only
two carries. Wolters was
started their ten senior play- score. That made it 14-0 as yard touchdown. The 2-pt. score 49-0.
conversion attempt was
ers on offense in the game the first quarter ended.
The next Mustang score good when Wilson com-
against the Tigers. The
Mustang seniors moved came early in the quarter pleted a pass to Jace Coe.
According to prelim- mal. High temperatures
the ball but then punted when Wilson found Mason That made the score 36-0
it away on their first pos- Lehman open on a pass midway through the third inary data received by averaged 56.8 degrees,
NOAA’s National Weath- which was 7.4 degrees be-
session. The Heppner de- route and hit him in stride quarter.
The Heppner kickoff er Service in Pendleton, low normal. The highest
fense stopped Stanfield for a 24-yard touchdown.
temperatures at Heppner was 74 degrees on the 8 th .
averaged much colder than Low temperatures averaged
normal during the month of 33.9 degrees, which was 4.5
October.
degrees below normal. The
The average tempera- lowest was 12 degrees, on
ture was 45.4 degrees which the 29 th .
was 5.9 degrees below nor-
There were 10 days
azette
imes
Mustangs end regular season
undefeated
Carla McLane
outside of planning. At its
October 30 meeting the
commission voted to create
the new position and also
hire a head staff planner
for just the planning de-
partment.
Some of the duties
to be carried out by the
new Community Devel-
opment Director would be
direct supervision for the
economic development
programs throughout the
county including the plan-
ning department, public
transportation (The Loop),
code enforcement and the
fair. The description also
covered a wide range of du-
ties involving many aspects
of the county’s economic
development.
Pay for the job will be
$82,332 a year with an ad-
ditional $42,149 in benefits.
Requirements for the job
include a bachelor’s de-
gree as well as government
administration experience.
next with 50 yards and two
touchdowns on 10 carries.
Hisler finished with 44
yards and Mason Lehman
had 42. Ty Boor and Colby
Keslar each finished with
four yards rushing in the
game.
The outstanding de-
fensive effort was led by
Jason Rea who finished
the game with 13 tackles.
Gavin Hanna-Robinson
was next with 11 and Wolt-
ers recorded nine tackles.
Roy Collins had a big game
with eight tackles and His-
ler finished with seven.
With four tackles each were
Mason Lehman, Jackson
Lehman and Coe. Kellen
Grant and Matt Orem each
recorded three tackles for
the Mustangs and with two
tackles each were Wilson,
Casey Fletcher and Conor
Brosnan. Finishing with
one tackle each in the game
were Nate Maret, Hayden
Hyatt, Cody Fletcher and
Cimmiyotti.
The home playoff game
with Bandon will be played
Saturday, November 9 at
Les Payne Field.
October coldest on record
Mustang volleyball finishes
2019 season
The Heppner Mustangs varsity volleyball team recently completed their 2019 season. Pictured
(L-R) front row: Marlee Mitchell, Alexis Cutsforth and Kennisyn Wilkins. Back row: Zabrena
Masterson, Suzy Cason, Kayla McAninch, Genevieve Smith, Sydney Wilson, Sage Ferguson,
Nicole Propheter, Aimee Turrell, Aubri Rodriguez and Madison Ashbeck. -Photo by Damon
Brosnan.
ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
with the low temperature
below 32 degrees.
Precipitation totaled
0.68 inches during Octo-
ber, which was 0.46 inches
below normal. Measurable
precipitation, at least .01
inch, was received on six
days with the heaviest, 0.35
inches reported on the 19 th .
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