FIVE- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 13, 2023
F&W Commission to meet
Seniors Matter menus
Sept. 14-15 to consider rules to for Sept. 19, 26
prohibit coyote killing contests
The Fish and Wildlife
Commission will tour sev-
eral locations in the Bend
area on Thursday, Sept. 14
and hold a meeting at the
7th Mountain Resort in
Bend on Friday, Sept. 15.
At 1 p.m. on Fri-
day, commissioners will
consider rules to prohibit
contests for the taking of
coyotes and other unpro-
tected mammals. Given
the level of interest in
this topic and to provide
those who want to testify
a chance to do so, testimo-
ny will be limited to one to
two minutes, says a FWC
news release.
Those interested
may see the tour itinerary
and meeting agenda and
watch a livestream of Fri-
day’s meeting at https://
w w w. d f w. s t a t e . o r. u s /
agency/commission/min-
utes/23/09_Sep/index.asp
To testify on one
of the Friday meeting’s
agenda items remotely,
those interested must reg-
ister at least 48 hours in
advance (by Wednesday,
Sept. 13 at 8 a.m.) https://
www.zoomgov.com/we-
binar/register/WN_O0fn-
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Those who wish
to testify in person may
sign up at the meeting us-
ing the paper forms pro-
vided. Comments may
also be emailed to ODFW.
Commission@odfw.ore-
gon.gov
A public forum for
people to comment on
topics not on the agenda
is scheduled for Friday
morning after the direc-
tor’s report. To participate
in the public forum, you
must contact the ODFW
Director’s office at (503)
947-6044 or email ODFW.
Commission@odfw.ore-
gon.gov by Wednesday,
Sept. 13, at 8 a.m. (48
hours prior to the meeting).
Thursday’s tour
includes stops to tour the
High Desert Museum and
discussion of updates to
the Mule Deer Manage-
ment Plan, Sierra Nevada
red fox research, Oregon
spotted frog management
and other issues. Members
of the public may join the
tour but must provide their
own transportation and
lunch. Meet in the lobby at
the 7th Mountain Resort,
1875 SW Century Drive,
Bend by 7:40 a.m. to join
the tour.
Boardman council seeks member
The Boardman City
Council is seeking letters
of interest from individu-
als who wish to be consid-
ered for appointment to fill
a vacancy on the council.
The person appointed will
fill Isaac Williams’s seat,
who resigned on Septem-
ber 5. This term expires
December 31, 2026.
Those interested must
have resided in the City
of Boardman during the
twelve months immediate-
ly preceding the appoint-
ment. Letters of interest
must be received no later
than 5 pm, Tuesday, Sep-
tember 26, to City Man-
ager Brandon Hammond
at Boardman City Hall,
for consideration. The city
council will interview the
candidates and appoint the
new councilor at the Octo-
ber 3 council meeting.
Community honored 9/11 responders
Sunday with stair-climbing event
-Photos by Kirsten Espinola
Sunday, Sept. 10.
Community members
honored the fallen firefight-
ers and other first respond-
ers of the 9/11 tragedy by
climbing 110 flights of
stairs.
The event began at 7:45
a.m. as fire trucks drove
through downtown Hep-
pner in a silent parade.
The trucks made their
way to the Morrow County
Fairgrounds, where open-
ing ceremonies began at 8
a.m. including raising the
flag, a prayer for the fallen
and a speaker explaining
the event.
A Fireman’s Breakfast
began at 8 a.m. At 9 a.m.
firefighters and members
of the community began
climbing 110 flights of
stairs to remember those
who lost their lives that
fateful Tuesday.
Kids’ activities and
crafts were also available
while the climbing was in
progress.
There was a silent auc-
tion at 10 a.m. Auction
items were donated from a
variety of local businesses.
All money raised will
go to the South Morrow
County fire departments.
South Morrow Coun-
ty Seniors Matter will be
serving biscuits and gravy,
scrambled eggs and dessert
at its Tuesday lunch on Sep-
tember 19
The Sept. 26 meal will
be tamale casserole, garden
salad and dessert.
Meals are served at
11:30 a.m. every Tuesday at
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
in Heppner. Seniors 60 and
above may donate what
they can toward the cost
of the meal. Those 60 and
younger are asked for a
suggested donation of $5.
No to-go plates or de-
livery are offered at this
time, but diners may bring
empty containers for a por-
tion to take home.
Boardman City council
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area. He is currently in
police academy and will
graduate this month.
“I’m ready to come
back here and get to work
and start serving my com-
munity the best way I can,”
said Navarro.
“We’re proud that
we’re hiring folks that have
lived, raised and graduated
here,” added Stokoe.
Way is a certified of-
ficer with five years’ law
enforcement experience in
both Umatilla and Morrow
counties. He has lived in
Boardman for five years.
He joined BPD at the be-
ginning of the month.
Stutzman lives in Hep-
pner and joined the Board-
man police about a month
ago. He is scheduled to
go to the academy in De-
cember.
“We’re very excited
to have these gentlemen on
board,” said Stokoe.
Stokoe also told the
council that they promoted
a school resource officer
(SRO) from within the
department. Cory Rosen is
Boardman’s new SRO.
Stephen Munkers of
Irrigon spoke during the
public comment portion of
the meeting, saying he was
there as both a citizen and
a member of the Morrow
County Health District
Board.
“As a citizen of Irri-
gon, we hear rumors. And
we like to be sure that these
are facts, not rumors,” said
Munkers. He said rumors
about the health district
were spreading, and he
urged council members to
attend MCHD meetings
and have open dialogue.
While Munkers did not
specifically say what ru-
mors he was referring to or
what he wanted to dialogue
to be about, the health dis-
trict and Boardman Fire
Rescue District have been
locked in conflict over
Boardman ambulance ser-
vices for more than a year.
“There’s only one way
to really resolve conflict,
and that’s to talk,” he said.
He also offered the
council a handout regard-
ing health district accom-
plishments over the past
year.
The next meeting of
the Boardman City Coun-
cil is scheduled for Oct. 3
at 7 p.m. Other upcoming
events include the Board-
man Chamber of Com-
merce luncheon Sept. 20
at noon, the City, County,
Port meeting Sept. 20 at
5:30 p.m., and the Board-
man Planning Commission
Sept. 20 at 7 p.m.
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