Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 25, 2021 -- SEVEN
Lexington hires new Addition to SAGE Center planned
maintenance man
By David Sykes
Curtis Thompson has
been hired as the new main-
tenance man for the Town
of Lexington. He replaces
Scott Lamb who resigned to
take a similar position with
the City of Heppner.
Thompson will be re-
sponsible for maintaining
the town’s water system,
streets and other facilities.
He was a member of the
town council but, after tak-
ing the maintenance job,
turned in his resignation at
the August council meeting.
In other business at
the August 10 meeting the
council heard a report from
town recorder Janette El-
drige who said she has been
working with the engineer-
ing firm Anderson Perry on
grants for two feasibility
studies for both the town
water and sewer systems.
The town has a central well
and water system but is cur-
rently on septic systems for
residents. The grant appli-
cations will be for $20,000
each, one for water and one
for sewer.
Eldrige also reported
she would be doing a webi-
nar on the reporting aspect
Curtis Thompson
of the American Rescue
Plan. The American Res-
cue Plan was a $1.9 trillion
coronavirus rescue package
designed to help the Unit-
ed States’ recover from
the devastating economic
and health effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic. The
plan provided grants to lo-
cal governments, including
Lexington, for dealing with
the pandemic.
In other business, the
council heard that two rec-
reational vehicles parked
in town with people living
in them, and not hooked up
to the septic systems, have
been removed. The council
also heard that the town
will not be moving forward
The Port of Morrow has
announced the development
of a new training center in
Boardman. The “Cultur-
al Alliance and Training
Center at SAGE” will add
an approximately 12,500
square foot expansion at the
SAGE Center. The future
facility will provide ample
room for job fairs, training,
women and minority lead-
ership conferences, health
education, small business
development enrichment
and events focused on com-
munity inclusiveness.
“We are excited to
be adding this new venue
space,” says SAGE Center
Manager Torrie Griggs.
“This addition will provide
increased meeting room
with a proposed franchise
fee and agreement for gar-
bage service. The town has
two businesses collecting
garbage in town and it will
remain that way. At an
earlier meeting Hermiston
Sanitary had said it would
stop providing service if a
franchise agreement were
adopted. The other com-
pany providing service in
town is Miller and Sons
Disposal of Heppner.
A conceptual rendering of the Cultural Alliance and Training Center at SAGE. LKV Architects
in Boise, Idaho is working with the Port of Morrow to design the new facility.
capacity that will make
large seminars and group
events a success right here
in Boardman.”
“The SAGE Center ex-
pansion will provide a ben-
eficial community-based
development center to as-
sist our regional education
and industry partners with
programs and events that
support continuing educa-
tion, workforce initiatives
and youth programs,” says
Port of Morrow CEO Ryan
Neal. “We want to thank
Greg Smith for his budget-
ary leadership for Morrow
County and Port of Morrow
District 57. The Port is ex-
cited to continue to make
Morrow County a great
place to live and work.”
The Oregon Legislature
ended their 2021 session
with the passing of House
Bill 5006, which appro-
priates funds for projects
around the state. The Port
of Morrow will receive $4.3
million for the construction
of the Cultural Alliance and
Training Center at SAGE.
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