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FOURTEEN - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 28, 1992 City Council lone kids help Burnside residents Joyce Breeding Joyce Breeding, 51, was born and raised in Heppner and is seeking a spot on the Heppner ci ty council. She married and mov ed away, but returned seven years ago. She and her husband Paul, have four children. Breeding attended Heppner High School. She has been a coordinator at the Heppner Neighborhood Center of South Morrow County for the past three years. Before coming to Heppner she worked for the city of Elgin as secretary and was a news reporter for the Elgin city council. Breeding is a member of the Degree of Honor Lodge, the Methodist Church and was on the board of directors for the Neighborhood Center. "1 feel we need to try to bring industry into the area besides just Kinzua M ill,” commented Breeding. *‘I think we need to look into hiring another police of ficer and check into other finan cial needs. ‘‘I think the city council members should listen to the peo ple of Heppner and see what they want instead of the council members doing what they think should be done.” Martha Doherty and Susan Baker had not returned their questionnaire as of press time I Tuesday. Five lone Middle School students traveled to Portland Fri day, Oct. 9 for a one-day service trip to the Burnside area. Jeri McElligott, St. Williams youth leader, organized the trip. Jake McElligott. Marc Orem and Katie Tworek of St. Williams were joined by Steve Allen and Nathan Rietmann of lone United Church of Christ. The group started out at Loaves and Fishes, a senior mealsite located above the Downtown Chapel. Loaves and Fishes serves a balanced lunch to 75-100 area residents Monday through Fri day . Patrons must be 60 years or older or handicapped to use the services. The lone group divid ed into pairs to walk with volunteers and deliver meals to the shut ins living in loeai hotels and apartments. They returned to the mealsite and helped serve lunch to the people attending. The next stop for the lone group was Greenhouse, which provides no-strings-attached emergency services for homeless youths. Their goal is to help the youths heal emotionally and learn to trust people again. Greenhouse ding. The price is $2.50 for adults and $1 for children. Game night will follow at 7:30 p.m. with card and table games. Refreshements will be available and prizes will be awarded. There is a charge of SI to help defray expenses. lone school participates in Trailblazer reading program ‘‘Blaze A Trail, Read A Book and Be A Rip City Reader” are common slogans around the halls of lone Elementary and Middle schools this month. Students in grades K-8 are in volved in a reading incentive pro gram which began October 5 and ends Oct. 30. The Portland Trailblazers are sponsoring a statewide program for students in grades 1-6, but the Cardinal Club expanded this idea to include kindergarten and seventh and eighth grades. Students keep track of time spent reading for fun, both at home and at school. Each week children in grades K-2 who read two hours and those in third through fifth grade who read three hours, will be treated to a popcorn and movie party. For every three hours of reading the sixth through eighth graders do, they receive five "Blazer Bucks” which can be used to purchase prizes at the conclusion of the reading program. Return questionnaire to museum Inserted in this week's Gazette- Times is a questionnaire concer ning publication of the book “ The History of Morrow Coun ty. Oregon” , originally publish ed in 1983. The Morrow County Museum is considering a proposal from Taylor Publishing to reprint the book. The museum is attempting to determine whether there is suf ficient interest for a reprint. Anyone interested in purchas ing a copy of the hardcover book, at a cost of $49 an issue, or a soft- cover book at $12 an issue, should fill out the inserted coupon and mail it to the Morrow Coun ty Museum. PO Box 1153. Hepp ner. 97836 by Nov. 14. Returning the coupon will not obligate anyone to buy the book, says Marsha Sweek. museum director, but is simply an indica tion of *he interest in reprints. If the books are reprinted, those returning coupons will be notified. No money should be sent with the coupons. lone schedules school conferences Parent-teacher conferences are scheduled for November 12 at lone Elementary and lone Mid dle School. There will not be any classes held for students in grades K-8 on that day. All parents will be notified by the school o f the conference time The district attorney’s office at the courthouse in Heppner reports handling the following business in Morrow County Circuit Court Oct. 16. Gerardo Rivera, 23, 437 Anderson Road. Boardman, pled guilty to unrelated charges o f delivery o f a controlled substance and first-degree theft said district attorney Jeff Wallace. Rivera was placed on 24 months’ formal probation on the drug charge under state sentenc ing guidelines. According to Wallace, he was also ordered to submit to a standard range o f drug-related probation conditions including evaluation and treat ment, random urinalysis and search o f his person, residence and vehicle. One hundred twen ty custody units were imposed along with 150 hours o f com munity service. Rivera was also placed on 24 months' formal probation on the theft charge, said Wallace, and 90 custody units were imposed. He was further ordered to complete 50 additional hours o f communi ty service; Roland Garza, 27, Umatilla, plead guilty to possession o f co caine. The charges arose as a result o f an incident at a motel in Boardman earlier in the year which cocaine was discovered in a room occupied by Garza, said Wallace. Garza was placed on 18 months’ formal probation under state sentencing guidelines and ordered to pay a total o f $1,035 in fines and other assessments. Garza was also ordered to undergo a standard range o f drug related probation conditions in cluding evaluation and treatment, random drug testing and to sub mit to a search o f his person, residence and vehicle. Boosters to meet A Heppner Booster Club meeting will be held on Nov. 4 at the high school home ec room at 7 p.m. Anyone interested in at tending is encouraged to do so. Exhibition explores Columbus’ voyage Stokes Landing plans game night Dinner and game night will be held at Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrigon from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 30. The center is located on N. Main at Opal Place. The public is welcome to attend. The menu includes burritos, apple salad and pumpkin pud- provides services to 400 kids every month. Jay, the director of Greenhouse education services, took the lone group on a tour of the day shelter and told them about the many services Greenhouse provides. He reported that approximately 130 street kids completed their alter native education last year at Greenhouse. Jeri noted that comments from the kids attending the trip were very positive. “ I try to take my middle school group to Burnside once a year, visiting at least two service agencies. By visiting dif ferent agencies each year, the students really get exposed to the helping services on Burnside. They also have many oppor tunities to visit with the Burnside residents." Jake McEiiigott com mented that it was nice to help people who don't have all the things that we have. A November service trip for the high school students is now in the planning stages. Any stu dent interested in making that trip is encouraged to sign up at the high school. DA’s Report by November 5. Parents should return confirmation slips for the conference to the school by November 9. For more information about the parent-teacher conferences con tact the school office at 422-7131. The collision of two worlds that came in the wake of Columbus’s voyages to the New World is the focus of the extraordinary exhibi tion "Seeds of Change.” The ex hibit is hosted by the Morrow County Museum in Heppner and will be displayed for five weeks beginning Saturday, November 7. This exhibition, based on a ma jor exhibition at the Smithson ian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. looks at the Columbian en counter from the point of view of biological exchanges and their social and cultural effects. It looks at the process of change, both planned and inadvertent, by tracing five biological transfers and their effects on both the old and new worlds. The exhibition takes a new approach to the study o f history by examining five “ seeds” that helped shape the modem world, com , potato, sugar, the horse and disease. “ Seeds o f C hange” was developed by the Exhibits o f Ser vice, United States Information Agency, in partnership with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and the Federation o f State Humanities C o u n cils. Funding for the original exhibition was provided by a grant from X erox Corporation. “ Seeds o f Change” opens new channels for sharing the rich scholarship o f a major national institution with the public. Ad mission to the exhibit is free. Viewing hours are 12-3 p.m. Sundays, 1-5 p.m. Monday-Wed. and Saturday. Appointments may also be made. Museum to change hours The Morrow County Museum will change its Sunday hours beginning November 1. The new hours will be 12-3 p.m. and be extended through February 28. The remainder o f the schedule re mains the same through the winter: Saturday, M onday- Wednesday, 1-5 p.m. and clos ed on Thursday and Friday. Neighborhood center holds sale The Neighborhood Center of South Morrow County will have a rummage sale Oct. 28. 29 and 30 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Oct. 31 from 8a.m. to noon. The sale will be held at the center on Main Street in Heppner. P U B L IC N O TIC E NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE On the 1st day o f December, 1992 at the hour o f 10:00 o ’clock, A.M. Standard o f Time in accor dance with ORS 187.110, at the front door o f the Morrow Coun ty Courthouse in Heppner, Oregon, I will sell at Public Auc tion all the right, title, claim and interest o f Morrow County to the highest bidder the following described real property located in Morrow County, Oregon, to-wit: Parcel No. 1 Legal Description: Township 2 South, Range 26 East, Section 26; beginning 176’ north o f the Southwest comer o f Lot 4, Block 1 o f Quaids Addition to the City o f Heppner; thence south 7 0 ’ on the west line o f Lot 4; thence east 111’ to the center o f Hinton Creek; thence due north 70’; thence west 111 ’ to the point o f beginning, SUBJECT TO any and all encumbrances o f record; all in Morrow County, Oregon. Minimum Price: $500.00 Last E qualized A ssessed Value: $100.00 Terms: Cash in full at the time o f sale. Parcel No. 2 Legal Description: Township 2 South, Range 26 East, Section 35; All o f Lots 3, 4, 5, and 6, in Block 6 o f Heppner Heights Sub division to the City o f Heppner, SUBJECT to any and all encum brances o f record; all in Morrow County, Oregon. Minimum Price: $4000.00 Last E qu alized A ssesse d Value: $6750.00 Terms: Cash in full at the time o f sale. Parcel No. 3 Legal Description: Township 2 South, Range 26 East, Section 35; all o f L-ots 7 and 8, Block 6 o f Heppner Heights Subdivision to the city o f Heppner; SUBJECT TO any and all encumbrance o f record; all in Morrow County, Oregon. Minimum Prise: $2000.00 Last E qu alized A ssesse d Value: $5750.00 Terms: Cash in full at the time o f sale. Said sale is made under an Order issued out o f the County Court of the State o f Oregon for Morrow County to me directed: In the Matter o f Real Property owned by Morrow County and Directing Sheriff to Conduct Sale dated Oc tober 21, 1992. The minimum price which may be accepted for the property is fixed by Order of the County Court and stated with each parcel described above. ROY L. DRAGO, Sheriff Morrow County, Oregon By: Pauline Winter Chief Civil Deputy P ublished: O ctober 28; November 4 , 11 and 18, 1992 P U B L I C N O TIC E STATEMENT OF NONDISCRIMINATION C olum bia B asin E lectric Cooperative, Inc. is the recipient o f Federal financial assistance from the Rural Electrification Administration, an agency o f the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and is subject to the provisions of Title VI o f the Civil Rights Act o f 1964. as amended. Section 504 o f the Rehabilitation Act o f 1973, as amended, the Age Discrimina tion Act o f 1975, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the U .S . D epartm ent o f Agriculture which provide that no person in the United States on the basis o f race, color, national NOTICE OF ELECTION Notice is given that on November 3, 1992 there will be a General Election in all of Morrow County, Oregon, The polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. All registered voters of Morrow County will vote in their polling places as listed below: 01 - North Boardman................. Greenfield Grange South Boardman................. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church 03 - Hardman........................ Morrow County Courthouse 04 - lone........................... lone City Hsll 05 - North Irrigon................... North Morrow Annex 06 - South Irrigon................... Irrigon City Hall 07 - Lexington...................... Mormon Church 08 - NE Heppner..................... st. Patrick's Senior Center 09 - NW Heppner..................... Pettyjohn Office Building 10 - SE Heppner..................... Morrow County Courthouse 11 " SV* Heppner.................... .New Forestry Building Barbara Bloodsworth Morrow County Clerk origin, age, or handicap shall be excluded from participation in, admission or access to. denied the benefits of, or otherwise be sub jected to discrimination under any o f this organization’s programs or activities. The person responsible for coordinating the organization’s nondiscrimination compliance ef forts is Fred R. T oom b s, Manager. Any individual, or specific class o f individuals, who feels that this organization has subjected them to discrimination may obtain further information about the statues and regulations listed above from and/or file a written complaint with this organization; or the Secretary, U.S. Department o f Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250; or the Administrator, Rural Electrifica tion Administration, Washington, D.C. 20250. Complains must be filed within 180 days after the alleged discrimination. Confi dentiality will be maintained to the extent possible. P ublished: O ctober 28; November 4 and 11, 1992 P U B L I C N O TIC E OREGON CIRCUIT COURT FOR MORROW COUNTY Probate Department In the Matter o f the Estate o f EARL PETTYJOHN, Deceased. No. 92-PR-15 Notice is given that the under signed has been appointed and has qualified as the personal representative o f the estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present it, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date o f first publication o f this notice, as stated below, to the personal representative at the offices o f Kuhn and Spicer, 269A N. Main Street, P.O. Box 428, Heppner, Oregon 97836, or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional infotmation from the records o f the court, the personal represen tative or the attorney for the per sonal representative. DATED and first published October 21, 1992. James C. Pettyjohn, Personal Representative P.O. Box 344 lone OR 97836 Published: October 21, 28; and November 4, 1992 __________ P U B L I C N O TIC E IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUNTY OF MORROW ESTATE OF: HAROLD L. SNIDER, Deceased. No. 92 PR 14 NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS Notice is hereby given that the undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as the personal representative o f the estate. All persons having claims against the estate are hereby required to pre sent the same, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date o f first publication o f this notice, as stated below, to the personal representative at: P .O . Box 2 1 8 , P endleton, Oregon 97801 or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this estate may obtain additional information from the records o f the court, the personal represen tative or the attorney for the per sonal representative. Dated and first published: O c tober 14, 1992. Joyce Snider Personal Representative P.O. Box 242 lone. Oregon 97843 Steven H. Corey OSB #72058 ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Corey. Byler, Re , Lorenzen & Hojem 222 S.E. Dorion Avenue P.O. Box 218 Pendleton, Oregon 97801 503-276-3331 Published: October 14. 21 and 28. 1992 1 CARP OF THANKS Thanks to everyone who par ticipated in the Flea Market Oct 17. lone American Legion Auxiliary 10-28-1 c
