EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 21, 2021
LEXINGTON WATER
-Continued from PAGE ONE of was to be the highway cil approved the request.
the studies done and
have them paid for with
grants.
Baird also told the
council his firm has ex-
tensive experience in mu-
nicipal water and sewer
projects, both doing them
and finding grants and fund-
ing to pay for them. The
company has offices in
La Grande, Redmond and
Walla Walla and is currently
doing projects in Heppner,
Boardman and Hermiston.
The council listened to the
presentation but took no
action, saying they would
study the proposals and
talk more about it at future
council meeting.
Sheriff and parking
In other business the
council heard from Deputy
Ryan Snyder of the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office,
who was there on behalf
of Sheriff Ken Matlack to
discuss a previous request
asking the town to pass
an ordinance mandating
parking on Main Street only
with the traffic flow. The
council had balked at pass-
ing the parking ordinance
without hearing more from
the sheriff.
Deputy Snyder said the
sheriff was asking the town
to pass an ordinance stipu-
lating only with-the-flow
parking on Main Street,
which is also a state high-
way through the middle of
town, to align with state law
which says the same thing.
“We’re not talking about
on the city side streets,”
Snyder said. “We don’t
have any say over that.”
But he did say the depu-
ties go through Lexington
on the town’s main street
often and they are respon-
sible for enforcement on
the state highway. “What
the sheriff was speaking
main street and that resi-
dents and businesses park
parallel in the direction of
the flow of traffic,” Snyder
said. “That’s it and nothing
more. State guidelines put
us in a bad spot. We drive
through Lexington multiple
times and it’s kind of hard
for us to put a blind eye
to it. State guidelines and
ORS say how to park on a
state highway, and we are
asking for those parking on
Main Street to park parallel
to roadway and in the same
flow of traffic,” he said. He
added that since the request
he has driven through Lex-
ington for three weeks and
has not seen wrong way or
90-degree parking.
Concerning other law
enforcement questions
Mayor Juli Kennedy asked
Snyder if he could relay a
concern back to the sheriff
about the high speeds of
drivers coming into Lexing-
ton down the hill from the
road to Hermiston. We have
some ideas we are going to
try,” Snyder said. He said
the office has a new radar
trailer they could be moving
into that area; he just did
not know when. The trailer
will read people’s speeds
as they approach the sign
and warn them when they
are going too fast. He said
the radar would be here
one to two weeks and that
Lexington is one of the first
areas the Sheriff’s Office
wants to reach. Snyder
says the office is a “little
short-handed” right now
but are filling empty posi-
tions with deputies.
In other action, the
council approved a condi-
tional use permit to conduct
a cottage industry to Haley
Winters for a home busi-
ness. She wants to operate a
flower business. The coun-
In other business the
council tabled adoption of
a proposed intergovern-
mental agreement with the
Columbia River Enterprise
Zone III that will be used
if a new business wishes to
locate near Lexington and
take advantage of the zone’s
tax abatement ability. If
the town signs on to the
agreement, 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 town 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.
A zone was established
by the CREZ III around
Lexington called an “influ-
ence zone” where the city
would be included both on
the board and in negotia-
tions. The enterprise zone
has no authority on what
businesses can or cannot lo-
cate within the town limits
or in the zone, and only han-
dles tax breaks that may be
granted to the businesses.
The tax abatements are not
geared for small businesses,
and in the past all agree-
ments that have been done,
mainly in the Boardman
area, have been for new in-
vestment or improvements
worth in excess of at least
$25 million.
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Heppner MS Walk 2 nd in state
fund raising
The Hopeful Saints team (All Saints Episcopal and Hope Lutheran) team of Heppner earned
second place in the state in fund raising for the annual MS Walk. The walk was held Saturday,
April 17, in Heppner.
Neighborhood Center helps
local families
Lisa Patton, director of
the Heppner Neighborhood
Center, reports that the cen-
ter distributed 91 food box-
es in March 2021, helped
six families with electricity
assistance and one family
with rent assistance.
She noted that 18 vol-
unteers generously came in
and helped throughout the
month of March working a
total of 397 hours.
The Neighborhood
Center is also hiring for
the assistant coordinator
position. Applications may
be picked up at 441 N Main
Street, Heppner.
Donations of farm fresh
eggs, boxed meals (such
as Hamburger Helper) and
canned soups are needed for
the pantry. The Neighbor-
hood Center is also in need
of brown bag and plastic
bag donations which are
used in the food pantry and
thrift store.
The Neighborhood
Center is open Monday
through Thursday from
9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and
on Friday from 9:30 a.m. to
4 p.m. (closed 12:30 to 1:30
p.m. for lunch). Food boxes
can be picked up and do-
nations of gently used
household items, furniture
and clothing are accepted
throughout the week. For
questions about emergency
services contact Lisa Patton
at (541) 676-5024.
The Wranglers riding
club April 18 playday re-
sults are as follows:
Poles lead-line: 1st)
Kinsley Schlaich 1:04.00;
2nd) Randi Wise 1:37.75;
3rd) Pierce Miller 1:43.34;
4th) Oakley Bergstrom
1:43.94
PeeWee Wranglers
(7 and under): 1 st) Devyn
Pottala 32.88; 2nd) Jaylee
Schlaich 42.00; 3rd) Kath-
ryn Knowles 51.78; 4th)
Pearl Miller 54.63
Lil Wranglers (8 –
11-year-olds): 1st) Brook-
lyn Hendricks 32.40; 2nd)
Paige Miller 34.00; 3rd)
Beau Broeckel 35.00; 4th)
Rowdie Jo Broeckel 42.90.
Junior Wranglers (12
– 15-year-olds): 1st) Quaid
Jensen 39.50; 2nd) Olivia
Humphreys 44.80; 3rd)
Claire Lindsay 52.20
Barrels
(Lead-
line): 1st) Kinsley Schlaich
45.66; 2nd) Pierce Miller
48.92; 3rd) Randi Wise
52.00; 4th) Oakley Berg-
strom 76.8
PeeWee Wranglers (7
and under): 1 st ) Devyn Pot-
tala 25.11; 2nd) K a t h r y n
Knowles 27.72; 3rd) Jaylee
Schlaich 29.02; 4th) Grady
Henderson 43.69
Lil Wranglers
(8–11-year-olds): 1st)
Beau Broeckel 21.35; 2nd)
Brooklyn Hendricks 23.04;
3rd) Paige Miller 25.23; 4 th
Catherine Lindsay 28.00
J u n i o r Wr a n g l e r s
(12–15-year-olds): 1st) Za-
leta Masterson 17.76; 2nd)
Quaid Jensen 20.27; 3rd)
Olivia Humphreys 30.09;
4th) Saige Jensen 32.75
Figure 8: (Lead-Line):
1st) Kinsley Schlaich
41.40; 2nd)
Pierce
Miller 47.00; 3rd) Oakley
Bergstrom 55.70 4th) Randi
Wise 67.50.
Pee Wee Wranglers (7
& under): 1st) Devyn Pot-
tala 20.60; 2nd) K a t h r y n
Knowles 24.70; 3rd) Jaylee
Schlaich 25.20; 4th) Grady
Henderson 32.80
Lil Wranglers
(8–11-year-olds): 1st)
Beau Broeckel 19.83; 2nd)
Brooklyn Hendricks 19.89;
3rd)
Rowdie Jo Bro-
eckel 21.60; 4th)
Paige Miller 22.20
J u n i o r Wr a n g l e r s
(12–15-year-olds): 1st)
Quaid Jensen 17.00; 2nd)
Zaleta Masterson 18.97;
3rd)
Saige Jensen 20.63;
4th) Claire Lindsay 25.49
Wranglers report April 18
playday results
Chamber Chatter
By interim Chamber
manager Sheryll Bates
Help me welcome our
newest Chamber member:
Flood Town Books - Andrea
Nelson: Andrea is working
hard to get the Flood Town
Books business open. The
business will be located
at 413 N. Main Street and
will be a great addition to
our downtown businesses
and services. Her email is
“floodtownbooks@gmail.
com“ and you can check
out her website at flood-
townbooks.com. Welcome
soon Andrea.
The next Chamber
lunch meeting will be “All
Entities Reports” on Thurs-
day, May 6, and will be held
in the Gilliam and Bisbee
Building. Lunch is $10 and
an RSVP is required. Tacos
Hometown will be serving
lunch and the menu will be
sent out with next week’s
weekly update.
Business Oregon is
opening up “Round 2” of
the “Commercial Rent Re-
lief” grant for landlords
to help cover outstanding
lease payments from small
business tenants behind on
rent due to COVID-19.
Candidate’s Forum:
Don’t forget to listen in
to the Candidates Forum
scheduled for Thursday,
April 22, starting at 6 p.m.
with the Port of Morrow
Commissioner candidates
and the Morrow Coun-
ty School District Board
member candidates to fol-
low. It will be “live on
the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce Facebook page
and those who don’t have
Facebook may log into
Zoom. They will not accept
questions during the forum.
The camera and micro-
phone will be muted. The
meeting number for Zoom
is 829 2072 6927. Those
who have questions to sub-
mit, may email them to
“heppnerchamber@gmail.
com“ no later than Tuesday
night, April 20, to be con-
sidered for the forum.
Wedding Tables
Mekayla Kindle & Bailey Haguewood
May 29, 2021
Torri Lovgren & Kyle Nicol
June 12, 2021
217 North Main St.,
Heppner, OR
Phone 676-9158 Floral 676-9426
murraysdrug.com
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
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