EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 21, 2021
CREZ STAYS STEADY
Steagall family holds reunion
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row County students. He
said the program could be
run through the education
foundation. Neal didn’t
have a total figure need-
ed for an endowment, but
suggested money be added
over the years to keep it
self-sustaining. Port mem-
ber and CREZ alternate
board member Jerry Healy
said the funds could come
out of future money coming
into the CREZ.
Another special “ask’
came from the Oregon Trail
Library District Director
Kathy Street, who request-
ed that her taxing district
be moved into one of the
groups receiving money di-
rectly from the CREZ. She
said going to each different
CREZ partner in different
parts of the county where
the library branches are
located, did not work well
for her. The majority of the
CREZ, however, wanted to
stay away from entertaining
funding requests from indi-
vidual districts or groups di-
rectly. “I have been contact-
ed by different groups and I
don’t want to go down that
path,” CREZ administrator
Greg Sweek said. Russell
pointed out that the “asks”
for funding were always
going to outpace the avail-
able funds, no matter how
much money was available.
He wanted to leave the
distribution system as it
is, using regional partners.
“People will always tell you
they are not getting enough
(funding),” Russell said.
“There is always somebody
who doesn’t think they got
enough, but they can’t tell
you what is enough,” he
added.
It was also brought up
there may not be enough
money coming to the south
end of the county, and Rus-
sell pointed out that money
is allocated partly on a
population basis and the
population of the north end
is higher. Boardman City
Manager Karen Pettigrew,
a long-time CREZ mem-
ber, pointed out her city is
directly impacted more than
others by the large amount
of growth at the Port, so her
city should receive more of
the funding.
Morrow County Com-
missioner and CREZ board
member Jim Doherty also
raised the issue that may-
be the Port of Morrow is
encouraging too much
growth. The CREZ does
not have any authority over
what type of businesses
or how much business is
recruited by the Port, and
most board members felt
it should stay that way.
The one area the CREZ
does have control of is
businesses wanting to take
advantage of the lucrative
tax breaks offered by the
enterprise zone must pay
wages of 130 percent of av-
erage. This stipulation has
catapulted Morrow County
into an enviable position in
the top five of counties in
Oregon of wages per capita.
It was pointed out how-
ever, that a large percentage
of the people taking the new
high tech Amazon jobs, or
management jobs at the
food processing plants,
are not living in Morrow
County, but rather live in
Hermiston or the Tri-Cities.
CREZ board members ac-
knowledged that a housing
shortage in the county is
keeping people who work
at the Port from living here,
however a quick solution
to the housing shortage is
not forthcoming. “The guy
making $80,000 at the port,
we want to move here and
buy that $200,000 home,”
Doherty said. Doherty also
suggested that the Port had
“outrun” our work force in
Morrow County by having
more jobs available than
there are workers here to
fill them. It was pointed out
some jobs posted on Ama-
zon’s web site have been
there for over two years.
Neal pointed out that
the port has stepped up
its efforts and spending
on work force training for
local people in an effort
to fill the employment gap
and help locals access the
new jobs at the port. “We
understand the importance
of workforce training. We
are developing internships.
Training is one of the most
important things we work
on,” he said, pointing out
the partnerships with Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege and the local school
system. “Maybe you should
stop recruiting business
here,” Doherty said. “There
just aren’t enough workers.
Maybe there is a line where
something can be too big?”
he asked of the Port’s suc-
cess. “Our latest projects
are in food processing and
steel fabrication,” Neal
said. “Our main goal at the
Port is to make it easier
to do business in Morrow
County. Success can be a
challenge, but you have to
continue to grow,” he said.
The Steagall family had 102 members attend their annual reunion this year. -Contributed photo.
The Steagall family
held their annual family
reunion July 7 – 11 at Bull
Prairie campground. The
102 family members who
attended hailed from nine
different states, Oregon,
Utah, Washington, Missou-
ri, Idaho, Arizona, Califor-
nia, Iowa and Texas.
The Steagall family
was originally from Spray
and began holding family
reunions at Bull Prairie in
1953, 68 years ago. Origi-
nally the family included 12
children, but only two are
left. One remaining mem-
Sheriff’s Report
...continued from page six
July 3: Morrow Coun-
ty Sheriff’s Office received
a report on I 84 W, in Board-
man. Caller is advising of a
White Ford P/U that is
swerving all over the road-
way. ***BPD responded,
male was extremely tired
and will be getting rest
before continuing.
-MCSO received a re-
port on Horizon Ln., in
Heppner. Black lab showed
up at his house. Male,
young, in good shape with
a camo collar. No tags.
-MCSO received a re-
port on Kangaroo Court Ln,
in Irrigon. Caller advised
that there have been bottle
rockets being set off on
Kangaroo Court and that
she has seen post on Face-
book in regard to it.
-MCSO received a re-
port at Kunze Ln/Miller
Rd, in Boardman. Brown
cow on Kunze going East
towards miller. Unable to
locate.
-MCSO received a re-
port on I 84 W, in Board-
man. White chevy Silvera-
do, non-blocking. They ran
out of gas
-MCSO received a re-
port on I 84 W, in Board-
man. Big Nissan camping
van tire blew out she has 2
children, has been waiting
on her insurance for 20
min now.
-MCSO received a re-
port at Ione Park on W Main
St., in lone. Blue Chrysler
passed the caller on a dou-
ble yellow line, they were
all over the road. Caller
talked to the male who ad-
vised his name, and he was
intoxicated, the caller tried
to get where he was staying
at but the male left .. Unable
to locate.
-MCSO received a re-
port on Se Court St, in
Heppner. Baby fawn de-
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-MCSO received a re-
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Steagall, celebrated his 95 th
birthday at the reunion.
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member, the get-together
consisted of lots of stories,
food, swimming, biking,
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