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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 14, 2021 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Births Send birth announcements to editor@rapidserve.net or upload to Heppner.net. Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper SEARCH OLD COPIES OF THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES ON-LINE: http://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/ Published weekly by Sykes Publishing and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon. Office at 188 W. Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E-mail: editor@rapidserve.net or david@rapidserve.net. Web site: www.heppner.net. Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $31 in Morrow County; $25 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 65 years or older); $37 elsewhere; $31 student subscriptions. David Sykes ..............................................................................................Publisher Bobbi Gordon................................................................................................ Editor Giselle Moses.........................................................................................Advertising All News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. For Advertising: advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Cost for a display ad is $5.25 per column inch. Cost for classified ad is 50¢ per word. Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words. Cost for a classified display ad is $6.05 per column inch. For Public/Legal Notices: public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi- cation must be specified. Affidavits must be requested at the time of submission. Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required). For Obituaries: Obituaries are published in the Heppner GT at no charge and are edited to meet news guidelines. Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase advertising space for the obituary. For Letters to the Editor: Letters to the Editor MUST be signed by the author. The Heppner GT will not publish unsigned letters. All letters MUST include the author’s address and phone number for use by the GT office. The GT reserves the right to edit letters. The GT is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under “Card of Thanks” at a cost of $10. Rocks thrown onto tennis courts Rocks were thrown onto the tennis courts recently by unknown vandals. Two questions that stumped tennis players on April 12 were, “Who threw rocks onto the tennis courts and why would anyone throw rocks onto the courts?” -Contributed photo. Do You Have Something to Share? Our newly updated website makes it easy to: •Submit news •Submit birth, engagement and wedding announcements •Send us photos •Submit letters to the editor •Place ads •Start a new subscription www.heppner.net Weekly deadline for all news and advertising is Monday at 5pm. 188 W Willow, Heppner • 541-676-9228 Franklin William Kilkenny Coen Thomas Robert Gould A son, Franklin William Kilkenny, was born to Conor and Gabi Kilkenny, Tu- alatin, OR, on March 12, 2021. Frank joins brothers, Mac, six, and Bobby, two, at home. Thomas and Rylee Gould, Royston, GA, welcomed a son, Coen Thomas Rob- ert Gould, on Febru- ary 3, 2021 at 10:35 p.m. Coen weighed 7 pounds, 8 ounces. Thomas and Rylee are both graduates of Heppner High School. Paternal grand- parents are John and Ashli Gould of Coen Thomas Robert Gould Lexington. Maternal grandparents are Tim and Staci Hedman, Heppner, and Robert and Sonja Wagner, La Grande. Grandparents are John and Diane Kilkenny of Heppner, and Dick and Kathy McGregor of Wilson- ville. Franklin William Kilkenny Heppner street project going well, manager tells council Street work going at about ‘200-ft per day’ By David Sykes Despite hitting a couple of utility lines and finding more rock than originally anticipated, the Heppner street renovation project is going “pretty good,” Hep- pner City Manager Kraig Cutsforth told the city coun- cil Monday night. “They are very skilled and it’s going pretty good,” Cutsforth said of contrac- tor Premiere Excavation’s crew, which is doing the work on the big street rehab project, that when complet- ed will see Gale, Church, Willow, Chase and Center streets completely redone. While the streets are torn up, the sewer lines under them are all being replaced. While digging up the northern part of Gale Street, the crews did hit two water lines and two phone lines, Please don't post signs, balloons, or other materials to utility poles! Hanging items on poles can be dangerous to the lineworkers who maintain the lines that provide electricity, internet, and other services. Hermiston Office Boardman Office 750 W. Elm Ave. Hermiston, OR 97838 (541) 567-6414 400 N.E. Eldrige Drive Boardman, OR 97818 (541) 481-2220 www.UmatillaElectric.com Workmen dig deep to replace sewer lines at the corner of Gale and Willow Streets. They are hitting more rock than originally anticipated. Cutsforth told the council. They were all repaired. The excavation also hit more rock than originally antici- pated, which Cutsforth said would probably add addi- tional cost to the project. On Gale Street near Church the crews hit some pretty tough basalt and had to bring in a special machine to break it up. Cutsforth said there was one other area of Gale where the basalt was closer to the surface than expected. Cutsforth added he hoped they do not run into extensive hard rock when they move to Chase Street to work there. Once the streets have their asphalt torn up and the gravel has been laid down, then the curb and sidewalk installers will move in and do their work on all the streets. The pavers will be the last to come in and fin- ish off the job with a new layer of asphalt on all the rehabilitated streets. Cutsforth says he is looking into having a couple of other areas paved when that crew comes to town. He put in for a grant to have the “Thomson” food court by the post office paved. The staff, from a sugges- tion from Cody High, has given the food court the ad hoc name “Thomson Food Court” in recognition of the former Thomson Gro- cery store that was located there for many years. The store burned down in the big downtown fire of 1983, and Cutsforth said the city needed a name to call the area when applying for the grant, so they decided to use the suggested Thomson name. He is also looking into having the city hall parking lot repaved, he told the council. The entire street re- habilitation project is ex- pected to be completed by November. “Please have patience and feel free to contact me at city hall, 541- 676-9618, with questions,” City Manager Kraig Cuts- forth said earlier. In other business at Monday’s council meeting, members of the Outreach Council attended the coun- cil meeting and said they still want to continue with community events even though the official city com- mittee has been disbanded. The Outreach has, in the past, put on city events such as First Friday, and do so under the umbrella of the city liability insurance pol- icy. Several months ago, the council voted, because of the COVID-19 restrictions on activities, to disband the city committee. However, Sharon Miller, Darcy Chick and Tayllor Brannon came to the council meeting and said they still want to con- tinue having events even without the city committee. The city holds about $2,000 in Outreach funds and the three wanted to get that money back so they can plan new events. They said they wanted to possibly hold events at either the fairgrounds or the water park in Heppner. Cutsforth said he would be glad to turn over the funds, he just needed some organization “to write the check to.” The three said they would be getting back to the council and let them know when they will have new activi- ties scheduled. In other business, the council voted unanimously to approve an intergovern- mental agreement with the Columbia River Enterprise Zone III that will be used if a new business wishes to locate here and take advantage of the zone’s tax abatement ability. With the city signing the agree- ment, it will be able to send representatives to a CREZ III meeting when a business is negotiating with the zone. Other members of the CREZ III are Morrow County and the Port of Mor- row. As part of the CREZ board, the city would also be able to give input and vote on how the money in lieu of taxes collected from the new business, would be spent. There is a zone around the city of Heppner called an “influence zone” where the city would be included, however any new businesses that might take advantage of the tax breaks would most likely be locat- ing at the former Kinzua Mill site, which is owned by the Port of Morrow and is zoned industrial and suited for new business. The council reviewed the minutes of an April 5 planning commission meet- ing where the commission held a public hearing on a variance request from Jim Roy of 260 W Baltimore to construct a 30- X 40-foot garage on a vacant lot next to his home. The garage would have no water or sewer to the building. The planning commission heard from Randal Sedwick who owns property at 290 Balti- more and has concerns the shop is too big for the prop- erty. Sedwick said he thinks the garage will have a neg- ative visual impact on the neighborhood but would withdraw his opposition if the structure were changed to look more residential. He suggested windows and a front porch be added. He said he did not want the “visual nature” of the street changed. After the hearing the planning commission decided it would like more information and wanted to see a street view sketch including a site drawing with a detailed description and landscaping to match the neighborhood with a house-like look of the pro- posed garage. They voted to postpone their decision until their May meeting.
