EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 23 , 2022
The remaining funds will
be used to further the town
website design.
The council heard a
maintenance report that
Lexington maintenance
worker Keith Hess had in-
stalled new meter boxes on
Arcade St. and had to tweak
the chlorination system a
little to bring up the residual
The new community space in Lexington is taking shape levels to the state approved
with the installation of new fencing. -Photo by Andrea minimum of .20. The Up-
per Hill paving project is
Di Salvo
complete and looks great,
-Continued from PAGE TWO Hass had already spoken but Hess pointed out the
with the customer regarding
there were cones on Clay
still on the shoulders of a payment.
few individuals.
Hess also reported that St. sectioning off an area
“There should definite- she had created a revised of concern. The ground
ly be a budget,” said Gor- community space town underneath had been too
don. “Because we have no hall project and submitted wet when the asphalt was
idea how much you spent. it to Willow Creek Valley poured, and there was some
We have no idea how much Economic Development fear it might crack in the
revenue came in. What was Group (WCVEDG). The future.
Hess reported that all
profitable? What wasn’t?” grant is a $10,000 matching
backflow
testing fees and
“ M o v i n g f o r w a r d , grant to create an outdoor
we’re going to build a bud- community space behind repair costs had been in-
get,” agreed Lemmon.
the Lexington Town Hall. cluded in the October bills
Imes added that there She had gotten a one-month of the properties involved,
would be another $1000 extension for spending the due Nov. 25. She had also
from the county tourism funds received, and she gotten a $50,000 bond from
grant that Morrow County reported the project was Wheatland insurance for the
allocates to all of the cities. coming along smoothly. Town of Lexington Record-
“I just want to see it The fence is up, pipes are er/Clerk position at a cost
continue, and as it’s already in in the ground and all the of $175. The bond needs to
been expressed,” she told materials for the project be renewed annually. She
Kennedy, “you can’t do it have been delivered. She added that the last time the
on your own, so coming also told the council that she bond was held was in 2014,
together and formalizing a had begun gathering books and the town is supposed to
team is the next step.”
for the new Little Free hold an active bond.
Prior to the Nov. 8
Also at the Nov. 8 meet- Library in Lexington. She
meeting,
the Lexington
ing, Imes mentioned an said she had received free
email the town had received books from the Heppner council also held a work
from the League of Oregon Library and had reached out session with a representa-
Cities regarding a mayors’ to the community through tive from Anderson Perry
taskforce recommendation. the town newsletter but had engineering firm. Hess told
The LOC is trying to gather not received any more do- the Gazette that the town
enough mayors’ signatures nations as yet. The library has a permit for a second
in our region to present box is built but waiting to well and has started pur-
suing that idea. She said
legislation for funding for be installed.
homelessness. “Homeless-
During the public com- the current well is meeting
ness doesn’t just mean peo- ment section, the council the town’s needs, but the
ple living on the street,” was asked about a proposed council is looking toward
said Imes. “Homelessness play area in Lexington and future growth for the town.
might be people who need where it would be located. Anderson Perry has been
food assistance, affordable
“We have talked about helping the town find an
housing.”
getting playground equip- appropriate location for
Hess said she has re- ment, but the discussion the second well and water
ceived a second email that needs to be where in Lex- storage, as well as directing
she had just forwarded to ington we could put it, so the council toward fund-
the council, which was there’s no plan to do that,” ing possibilities for the
more specific and infor- said Kennedy. “There’s no multi-million dollar project.
mative. She asked that the plan on where anything’s Anderson Perry has also
done a wastewater storage
council read it and think going to go.”
about what input or partner-
In old business, Hess study for the town toward
ship Lexington could offer. announced that the town the end of installing a town
Imes said she thought was in the final stages for sewer system, but Hess said
the deadline had passed grant qualifications. She the well is the priority right
but that there was still an said she was ready to sub- now. There will be another
opportunity to reach out and mit invoices and proof of work session Dec. 13.
be involved. “Ultimately payment, as well as before
what it would do would and after pictures, for the
be to open us up to some small city allotment for the
YOUR AD
funding to be able to have a Upper North Hill paving
food pantry or something,” project. She also said that
COULD
she said.
she will soon be submitting
In a follow-up to Oc- pictures and a brief summa-
BE
tober’s discussion on de- ry to the Amazon (AWS)
HERE!
linquent water bills, Hess technology grant program,
reported that she had been which will unlock the re-
unable to make phone con- maining $1,700 for fund-
tact with the one customer ing. So far the grant funds
Call
whose account had been have been used to update
placed on a cash-only basis, the town website and create
541-676-9228
so she had sent a certified a community portal page,
letter. Someone other than as well as for the purchase
Or Email
the customer had signed for of an Owl Labs meeting
graphics@rapidserve.net
the letter, so she still didn’t camera to make public
know if the customer had meetings accessible online.
received the communica-
tion. Otherwise, there was
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... continued FROM PAGE FIVE be taken care of by Oregon be on the lookout for the
referred to Oregon State
Police/Gilliam County.
-MCSO received report of
around six dogs out on the
road on Columbia Lane, Ir-
rigon. MCSO gave a
verbal warning for having
a dog as a public nuisance.
-MCSO received report of
a yellow older style dump
truck hauling a lot of stuff
failing to maintain land
and traveling for around 10
miles with his left blinker
on. MCSO responded but
was unable to locate the
truck.
-MCSO received report of
a newer black Nissan with
California plates failing to
maintain land and driving
erratically, speeding up and
slowing down. The caller
was unsure if the driver
was just playing games on
the road or was intoxicat-
ed. MCSO was unable to
locate the vehicle.
-MCSO received report
from a subject in lone that
his 17-year-old daughter
left home from Washington
that weekend and was noti-
fied by some of his friends
that she may be at a house
with men over the age
of 30. He requested phone
contact and a welfare
check on his daughter to
make sure she is okay.
-MCSO, Irrigon Ambu-
lance, Irrigon Rural Fire
Department responded to a
report of a motorcycle
accident on Fourth Rd. and
Columbia Lane in Irrigon.
-MCSO received report of
customers irate at each oth-
er at Heppner Mobil and
Circle K on Main St. in
Heppner. It was deter-
mined to be a verbal argu-
ment only.
-MCSO received report of
a 911 hangup/abandoned/
accidental call on Faler
Rd., Boardman. Boardman
Fire Dept., MCSO re-
sponded and a small fire
was put out.
-MCSO received report of
shots fired at the Morrow
County OHV Park, Hep-
pner. The report was
unfounded.
-MCSO received report
of a missing person at the
Morrow County OHV Park
on Forest Service Rd. 21,
Heppner. The camper was
located and the case was to
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State Police.
-MCSO received report
of an incident at S.E. Utah
and S.E. Tenth St. in Irri-
gon concerning a semi.
The call
was unfounded.
-MCSO received an ad-
ditional request for people
breaking into a shop on
Depot Lane in Irrigon and
taking
things.
“
-MCSO received report of
a trespass on E. Third St. in
lone with a subject having
issues with a neighbor.
The caller would like the
subject trespassed from the
property.
-MCSO received a noise
complaint with loud music
coming from a residence
on Third -St. in Irrigon. A
deputy made
contact
and the music was turned
down.
-MCSO received a 911
hang-up call from a resi-
dence on Daisy Rd. in Ir-
rigon. A deputy responded
to the
residence and determined
it was an accidental dial.
-MCSO received a 911
hang-up call from Wil-
low Creek Rd./top of Coal
Mine Hill, Heppner. The
caller
advised they found a fe-
male alongside the road
who was intoxicated and
seizing. MCSO, Heppner
Ambulance
responded
and transported the female
to Pioneer Memorial Hos-
pital in Heppner.
-MCSO received report of
a female trespassing on the
caller’s property on Wash-
ington Lane in Irrigon. A
deputy responded, but was
unable to locate the female.
-MCSO responded to
assist a female who re-
ported that her door knob
wouldn’t unlock and re-
quested
assistance. She called back
and reported she was able
to get into the residence
and cancelled the
request.
-MCSO
receive report
from a subject on N.W.
Water St. in Heppner that
juveniles hit her window
really
hard, almost breaking it,
and then ran away. The
caller requested MCSO to
juveniles.
A
deputy
checked the area.
-MCSO received report
of a dog barking non-stop
in what sounded like the
Chase St. area. The caller
said
there were juveniles in the
area who may be provok-
ing it. A deputy checked
the area, but was unable to
locate.
-MCSO received report of
shots fired on S.W. Third
St. in Irrigon. The call-
er said her neighbor may
have
gotten shot. A deputy re-
sponded, but no one would
say what happened. The
deplity reported that no
blood or holes were seen at
the scene.
-MCSO received a han-
gup/abandoned/accidental
call form a Spanish speak-
ing subject, but the call
was
lost while they were trying
to connect with an inter-
preter.
-The lrrigon Fire De-
partment, Irrigon Ambu-
lance received report of a
two-vehicle non-injury ac-
cident at.,
W. Fourth Rd./Columbia
Lane in Irrigon. Irrigon
Ambulance, Irrigon Ru-
ral Fire Department and
MCSO
responded and a report was
taken.
Community
Thanksgiving
dinner planned
The Heppner Commu-
nity Thanksgiving Dinner
will take place at 1 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 24, at the
Gateway Café.
Gateway Café and Elo-
him Covenant Ministry will
host the dinner. Participants
are free to bring side dishes,
salads, desserts or drinks to
share.
Gateway Café is lo-
cated at 168 N. Main St.
in Heppner. Call Willen
at 541-701-4577 or email
gatewaycafeheppner@
gmail.com with questions
or for more information.
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