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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 11, 2020 F UN & F ESTIVITIES F OR A LL ! Growing Generations Together for 75 Years! ATM on Main Street. Heppner 279 N. Main Street Ag, Construction, Commercial Loans • Home Loans Checking • Savings • Business Banking On-line Banking • Mobile Banking Member FDIC RATES & TERMS MAY VARY. ALL LOANS SUBJECT TO CREDIT APPROVAL. Heppner’s 2nd Annual St Pat's Polar Plunge Saturday March 14th W ELCOME Welcome to Heppner Willow Street (area of Gazette-Times office) Registration at 10am Plunge begins at 11am $20 entry fee goes for Fuzz Ball Pet Rescue Register at eventbrite.com or the day of the event Call 541-561-3337 for more info T O 541-676-9481 H E P P N E R HEPPNER AUTO PARTS 186 E. May St., Heppner 541-676-5009 AUTO & ATV PARTS - TOOLS MOTOR OIL - FLUIDS- WIPER BLADES - FUSES - MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES - FLASHLIGHTS - KNIVES DEVIN MOBIL STATION COME IN FOR A HOT OR COLD DRINK AND CHECK OUT OUR HOT DELI ITEMS! R epResentative G ReG s mith Wee Bit ‘o Ireland this weekend HEPPNER G T 50¢ Heppner Gazette-Times 188 W Willow, Heppner OR 541-676-9228 azette imes VOL. 135 NO. 12 10 Pages Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Heppner’s Wee Bit o’ Ireland celebration is back for its 34th run this week, March 17-20. See stories PAGE TWO and a full schedule of events pages FOUR AND FIVE. -File photo Heppner facing big decision on its waste water treatment EPA says ammonia too high in waste water going into Willow Creek By David Sykes The Environmental Protection Agency has in- formed the city of Hep- pner its ammonia levels in waste water being released into Willow Creek are too high and will have to be reduced, the city council was told Monday night. City officials say there are two options to alleviate the problem, and neither is go- ing to be easy. One option would be for the city to install am- monia reduction equipment at the waste water treatment plant, and then continue to dump the effluent into Wil- low Creek. The equipment may cost between $750,000 and $1.5 million. The other option is for the city to set up a lagoon system, spread the effluent on farm land, and discontinue dumping any effluent into Willow Creek. The lagoon system also has problems, as the city does not have land at this time on which to place the lagoons or spread the water. It is estimated it will take approximately 38 acres of land to handle the lagoons and less than 20 acres if they irrigate with it. At this time the city uses the 17-acre local golf course to irrigate with the effluent. Public Works Direc- tor Chad Doherty told the council the city would also have to look for land on the hillside, away from the Willow Creek and out of the flood plain, on which to locate the lagoons. “The EPA is trying to get us out of the creek,” city manager Kim Cutsforth said. “Spending $750,000 on ammonia reduction equipment is putting a band aid on a 50-year-old plant,” Cutsforth said about that option. Cutsforth later said it might cost up to $1.5 mil- lion “by the time we are done” to install the ammo- nia equipment. Cutsforth said before any decision is made she wants to have an engineer study the problem and come up with the correct solution. “We have been offi- cially told (by the EPA), and now we need an engineer to come and look at it,” she told the council. “They need to come back with a plan to make it work. I don’t think ammonia abatement is the answer,” she added. The council passed a motion authorizing the city manager to contact Ander- son Perry Engineering and start the process of a study. In other business the council heard that the low bid on the new fire hall came it at $930,000, high- er than city officials had hoped. “It’s over what we wanted, but in the range we can live with,” Cutsforth told the council. The low bidder, Apollo, Inc, is located in Kenne- -See WASTE WATER PROB- LEM/PAGE TWO School district approves entrance age policies for elementary, kindergarten By April Sykes full-time school during the program based on an analy- sion for parents to appeal The Morrow County entire school term. sis by qualified staff. The the decision. School Board, at its March The policy goes on to analysis would include the Also at the meeting, meeting at Irrigon Elemen- say that a child will be ad- child’s cognitive, social and the school district approved tary School, adopted policy mitted to kindergarten if his physical development, with hiring 2015-16 probation- on early school entrance fifth birthday occurs on or the superintendent identify- ary teachers for extension to read that a child will be before Sept. 1 or he or she ing screening processes and for 2016-17, including: admitted into public school is transferring from a public instruments to provide the Amy Stringer, a counsel- if his sixth birthday occurs school in another district. assessment. Parents will be or who divides her time on or before Sept. 1 or if his The policy also speci- required to pay the cost of among A.C. Houghton El- sixth birthday occurs after fies that early entry into the special testing involved ementary School, Irrigon, that date if he has main- school may be allowed for a and complete a request for Irrigon Elementary and tained regular attendance student whose needs would early entrance by August Heppner High School, and in any grade of a public best be met in the school 15. There is also a provi- Madison Rosenbalm, fifth/ sixth grade teacher at Hep- pner Elementary (north end teachers not included). Teachers Terri Gentry, who teaches PE and health at Heppner Elementary and Heppner Junior/Senior High School, and Sherry Matteson, who teaches kin- dergarten/first grade at Hep- pner Elementary, have an- nounced their retirements. Dieter Waite, HES as- sistant principal, will con- tinue in that capacity, in addition to teaching one period at Heppner Junior/ Senior High School, along with the following teachers: Heppner Elementary-Me- lissa Coiner, Rick Drake, Mary Ann Elguezabal, Sue Gibbs, Sarah Matheny, Sha- ron Morris, Joselyn Piper, Sybil Stewart and Marissa The St. Patrick’s Day shamrock that was hidden in Heppner was found last week by man and Turner; HJSHS-Jean Col- wife team Kandy and Dale Boyd. (Kandy said she figured out the clues and then told Dale lins, Beth Dickenson, Rick where to find the lucky charm). So where was it? The shamrock was hidden above the Mor- Drake, Mary Ann Elgueza- row County Courthouse in a stone barbecue on the back lawn (below). For their efforts the bal, John Flaherty, Dave Boyds were given a $50 Visa Gift Card donated by the Bank of Eastern Oregon. The card was Fowler, Greg Grant, Troy presented (above) last week by Heppner Branch Manager Trisha Rollins. -Photo by David Sykes Morgan, Andrea Nelson, Jason Palmer, Petra Payne, Jeremy Rosenbalm and Marissa Turner. Shamrock found -See SCHOOL DISTRICT/ PAGE SIX Heppner grad strikes a chord with country song cover track By Andrea Di Salvo Heppner graduate Erica Nelson has taken her vocal studies to the next level with a cover recording of the song “Burning House” by country star Cam (Ca- maron Ochs). Nelson, a 2015 graduate of Heppner High School, is the daughter of David and Michelle McCurry. The 18-year-old is a freshman at Portland State University, where she majors in Jazz Studies. “I toured a recording studio called The Rye Room as a part of my contempo- rary vocalist class, and knew I had to work with Matt Greco, the producer there. He is such a great musician!” says Nelson. She says she met with Greco to discuss recording a couple of songs, but the two decided the haunting tones of Cam’s “Burning House” was a good fit, “just because of the way it reflected my vocal tech- nique,” Nelson says. Producer Matt Greco provided the instrumentals, providing a rich piano track for the recording. While it might seem difficult to fit recording time in with maintaining an honor-level GPA, Nelson says she makes it work. Erica Nelson “While college is a busy time for all students, I’ve been able to balance my workload to add studio time pretty easily,” she says. “You should always have time to pursue your passions.” Nelson says she defi- nitely plans on doing more song covers, though price is always a factor—profes- sional recordings aren’t cheap. She says she’s not sure if she wants to use “Burning House” as a demo track, but does plan on re- cording a demo in the near future. Nelson’s rendition of “Burning House” can be heard online at https://m. soundcloud.com/ricathek- angaroo/burning-house- cam. Chamber plans candidates’ forum Thursday, April 21, Heppner Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a candidates’ forum for the Morrow County Judge and Commissioner Position #1. Bill Kuhn will be the moderator. Written questions will be accepted during the forum, or questions can be emailed to the chamber prior to that date at heppnerchamber@centurytel.net. Murray’s will cater. Pastors invited to submit Easter messages to G-T Area pastors are invited to submit Easter messages to the Heppner Gazette- Times for publication in the March 23 newspaper. Deadline for submission is Monday, March 21. Messages may be emailed to editor@rapid- serve.net, mailed to Ga- zette-Times at P.O. Box 337, Heppner, OR 97836, faxed to 541-676-9211 or brought into the Gazette- Times office, 188 W. Wil- low, Heppner, OR 97836. 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