EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 10, 2021
EMOTIONAL HEALTH
Grant writer hired for Ione,
Heppner infrastructure
projects
-Continued from PAGE FIVE sources.
ing enrollment report for
November: A.C. Houghton
Elementary, Irrigon-214;
Sam Boardman Elementa-
ry-338; Heppner Elemen-
tary-177; Irrigon Elemen-
tary-180; Windy River El-
ementary, Boardman-249;
H e p p n e r J r. / S r. H i g h
School-164; Irrigon Jr./Sr.
High School-370; Riverside
Jr./Sr. High School, Board-
man-497; Morrow Edu-
cation Center, Irrigon-74;
Total-2,263.
Enrollment data shows
that Boardman schools
gained 59 students over
last year with 1,084 stu-
dents in November of this
year, compared to 1,025
last year; Heppner schools
gained 30 students from
311 in 2020 to 341 in 2021;
Irrigon schools gained 10
students from 754 to 764;
Morrow Education Center
lost 48 students, from 122
in November 2020 to 74 in
2021; the district gained 51
students in 2021 from 2,212
to 2,263.
-approved the follow-
ing statement of anticipated
revenue for 2021-22-with
$28,518,411 in total reve-
nue and a beginning fund
balance of $3,668,651 for
$32,187,062 in total re-
Federal money could help construct sewer & water
systems, reduce flood plain at mill site
water system on the hills
east of Heppner would also
benefit the hospital, county
courthouse and other public
and private facilities that
are affected by low pressure
in that area. Cost estimates
for the new water system
are around $1.3 million.
Total cost to get the subdi-
vision ready to sell lots is
$2,065,000. It is estimated
it will take 18 months to
have the subdivision ready
once funding is secured.
The third project seek-
ing funding is an effort to
reduce the flood plain at the
old Kinzua Mill site near
Heppner. A reduced flood
plain would allow more
business development there
and hopefully stimulate
needed economic activity
in south county. The Port of
Morrow owns the property
but has indicated it does
not have the time to apply
for the grants needed to pay
for the flood plain reduction
project.
Under a flood plain re-
duction plan developed by
engineers, excavation and
embankment improvements
along Willow Creek, which
runs through the site, would
allow the Federal Emergen-
cy Management Agency
(FEMA) to revise the cur-
rent flood map and allow
for more development on
the 80-acre site. Currently
only about 25 acres is out
of the flood plain and usable
for business development.
The old mill site is the only
industrial zoned property in
south county and reducing
the flood plain there would
allow for industrial manu-
facturing and small indus-
tries a place to locate. The
land has been mostly vacant
since the closure of the mill
and loss of 138 direct jobs
in 1998.
The flood-plain-reduc-
tion-plan is currently under
review by FEMA and will
take 60 to 120 days before
approval. After approv-
By David Sykes
To help with three large
south county infrastructure
projects, commissioners
recently authorized $10,000
to hire a professional grant
writer to seek federal fund-
ing for the projects. Com-
munity leaders in Ione are
seeking a new sewer sys-
tem, Heppner wants money
for a subdivision water sys-
tem, and the Port of Mor-
row needs money to reduce
the size of its flood plain at
the old Kinzua mill site it
owns outside of Heppner.
In Ione, the plan is to
set up some type of cen-
tralized sewer system and
move the city away from
individual septic tanks and
systems now in use on each
property. Getting the new
central system would free
up more building lots and
generally spur development
in the area. However, build-
ing a new sewer system is
one of the most expensive
and difficult infrastructure
projects a city can tackle, so
backers of the plan are look-
ing for additional funding.
Heppner community
leaders are searching for
grant money to build a wa-
ter system at a planned 13-
lot subdivision above Rock
Street overlooking the city.
The 22-acre parcel has been
purchased by the Willow
Creek Valley Economic De-
velopment Group; however,
it has since been learned the
city’s current water system
cannot handle the capacity
or water pressure needed
for the new development.
Currently the city has
no storage and limited
source of water in that area,
and pressure is already be-
low standard. The develop-
ment of a well, storage and
system connections would
increase “resiliency” in the
city’s water supply as the
current system is dependent
on a single 12-mile distant
water source, developers
on the project say. A new
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al, funding for excavation
and embankment improve-
ments, expected to cost
between $750,000 to $1.2
million, will be sought.
The grant writer hired
by the county is Nicholas
Ducote of LaGrande. Com-
missioner Melissa Lindsay,
along with county Planning
Director Tamara Mabbott,
have been working on iden-
tifying the above projects
eligible for the federal fund-
ing. The money Ducote will
seek comes from the federal
Economic Development
Administration (EDA) pro-
gram for coal communities
impacted by “changes in
the coal economy that have
resulted in job losses and
layoffs in any coal-reliant
sector.” Morrow County
is considered a coal com-
munity since the closure
last year of the Boardman
Coal Fired Plant and loss
of jobs there. The EDA has
dedicated $300 million to
help these types of coal-im-
pacted communities across
the country. The commis-
sioners voted unanimously
to spend $10,000 on the
grant writer to apply for the
funding. The money will
come out of federal funds
the county earlier received
to mitigate the impacts of
the COVID-19 pandemic.
In other action at their
October 27 meeting, the
commissioners voted on
several appointments. Brit-
tany Casperson and Alita
Nelson were appointed
to the county fair board.
County Planner Stephanie
Case was named to the Spe-
cial Transportation Fund
and Statewide Transporta-
tion Improvement Advisory
Committee. “Stephanie will
be a great addition. She has
a wealth of knowledge and
fits right in with what she
does at planning,” County
Commission Chair Don
Russell said. At an earlier
meeting the commissioners
had appointed David Sykes,
Ed Rollins,and Russell to
the County Board of Prop-
erty Tax Appeals (BoPTA).
Russell will be the chair.
Rollins is an executive vice
president with the Bank of
Eastern Oregon and is being
reappointed to the position.
Sykes is owner of Sykes
Real Estate in Heppner
and replaces Dean Kegler
who moved out of Morrow
County. County property
owners who disagree with
the valuation placed on
their property, can appeal
the value to BoPTA.
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temporary head high school
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-approved the follow-
ing winter coach rehires
(Heppner schools listed
only): Jeremy Rosenbalm,
head high school boys’ bas-
ketball coach, Ken Grieb,
assistant high school boys’
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Balcazar, A.C. Houghton
ed assistant, Luis Campos,
IJSHS assistant boys’ soc-
cer coach, Myrtle Conlon,
WRE head cook, Breanna
Gammell, ACH assistant
custodian, Michael Hughes,
RJSHS head junior high
football coach, Stephan-
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IJSHS head high school
football coach, Anna Wed-
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secretary/human resources
assistant, both June 20,
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