EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 23, 1994
Lamb cook-off doubles entries
ner. Oregon 97836 or telephone
676-9675 and request a proposal
packet. All applications must be
made on the Commission Ap
plication and received no later
than 5 p.m. on April 8, 1994. The
Morrow County Commission on
Children and Families reserves
the right to accept or reject any
and/or all proposals. Completed
applications for funding should be
mailed to:
Morrow County Commission on
Children and Families
P.O. Box 544
Heppner. OR 97836
Published: March 23, 1994
P U B LIC N O TIC E
Lamb cook-off entrant prepares dish
The St. Patrick’s Day Lamb
Cook-off, held for the fourth year
in a row in Heppner, has doubl
ed its number of entries and has
expanded into several states, ac
cording to chairman Maureen
Krebs, Cecil.
This year 18 adults and nine
students competed in three
categories: barbecue, conven
tional and miscellaneous. Con
testants came from as far away as
Eureka, NV, Anacortes, and
Yakima. WA., Salem, Tigard,
Bend, and Parkdale, as well as
from Pendleton. Hermiston.
Boardman. Pilot Rock, Heppner.
lone and Cecil.
Dia McCulloch. Yakima. WA.
was the winner of the adult
barbecue category with her rack
of lamb recipe. McCulloch also
took best of show. Karen Thomp
son was runner-up in the
barbecue division with her
“ Jalapeno-Mint BBQ” .
Peggy Taylor of Anacortes,
WA. won first place in the con
ventional category with her
“ Shepherd’s Pot Pie". Bill Boyd
of Heppner was second in that
category with his “ Irish Lamb
and Dumplings".
First in the miscellaneous
category was Tawny Hanson,
Parkdale. with “ Lamb Chili".
Second was Glaya Baker, Board-
man. with her “ Marinated Lamb
Salad".
Rachel Shull of Boardman won
the student division with her
“ Lamb Shish Kebabs" and Kevin
Baker, son of Glaya Baker,
Boardman, finished second with
his "Lamb Burger in a Blanket.’’
Student competitors ranged in
ages from four to 14 years.
“ It really went smooth,” said
Krebs. “ The judges said that the
quality of dishes was outstanding.
It was just wonderful.” Krebs
said that the dishes prepared rang
ed from the very simple to the
very complex. Several dishes us
ed lamb in chili and pizza and
several boned and rolled legs of
lamb were prepared, as well as
lamb chops and racks of lamb.
Krebs added. In addition to the 26
dishes prepared for the contest,
there were over 100 pounds of
lamb donated for taste samples
during the contest.
Adult division judges were
Sandy Carlson-Richardson. Myr
tle Point, and Mildred Hope.
Eugene. Betty Gray. lone, was
student division judge.
Superior Farms of Hermiston
provided cuts of lamb to the first
and second place winners in the
adult divisions. 3K Livestock,
Brownsville, provided lodging at
Driftwood Shores. Florence, to
the winner of the best of show
and the Oregon Sheep Commis
sion awarded savings bonds to the
two student winners.
Lyndee Minster wins trip to U.N.
Lyndee is not the first one in
her family to win first place in the
speech contest. Her sister.
Crystal, won the same award
three years ago. Both girls also
received a $200 scholarship from
the Heppner Odd Fellows.
Jessica Stefani was runner-up
in this year’s contest and Becky
Wagenblast received honorable
mention.
lone High School language arts
teacher Jim Raible got the ball
rolling by giving his students the
option of doing the essay and
speech contest in place of another
assignment. The contest is open
to sophomores and juniors. Rai
ble also accompanied the girls to
the competition.
Lvndee Minster
Lyndee Minster, 16 year-old
lone High School sophomore, has
won an essay and speech contest
sponsored by the Odd Fellow and
Rebekah Lodges.
Lyndee, the daughter of Rick
and Pam Minster of lone, com
peted with other teens in Morrow
and Umatilla counties on March
13 at the Odd Fellow Lodge in
Pendleton.
Her speech, on the topic
“ What can I as a teen do to help
the United Nations," focused on
the importance of education and
teenagers acquiring the knowl
edge of different cultures and
how they interact. She stressed
the importance of community,
maintaining an open mind and
eliminating prejudices.
As first place winner. Lyndee
will win a three-week, all
expense-paid trip across the coun
try. Her itinerary will include
Gettysburg. Washington, D.C.,
and New York, with three days
at the United Nations. All meals
and lodging will be provided by
the lodges en route.
Once the group arrives at the
U.N.. the teens have to give their
speeches to their peers. And,
after Lyndee returns, she will
give a slide presentation on her
trip to the community.
Steagalls host
weekend visitors
Guests of Anna Mae Steagall ot
Heppner were Xinli Wang from
Chong Ging. China, and her host
family. John and Barbara Roberts
of Amboy. WA. Xinli Wang is
an exchange teacher teaching in
Amboy. Other guests included
Mike and Bridie Halkoski. also
of Amboy. Glen Graham. Win
ch ester, ID, and Tommy
Steagall. Pioneer Memorial Nur
sing Home. The Roberts are past
Heppner residents.
P U B L IC N O TIC E
REQUEST FOR LETTERS
OF INTENT
The Morrow County Commis
sion on Children and Families is
announcing REQUESTS FOR
LETTERS OF INTENT to app
ly for funding for the provision
of services to children residing in
Morrow County. This RE
QUEST is being issued for grant
funds available through State
G eneral Funds from the
Children’s Service Division.
Preliminary budget projections of
the funding source for the 93/95
biennium are: 24-hour Intake and
Assessment. Parent Training.
Family Consultation, Educational
Support/Tutoring for Youth, Skill
Development for Youth.
The Morrow County Commis
sion on Children and Families
manages funds which come to the
county through the administrative
office of the Commission. Agen
cies or individuals interested in
providing services to youth and
families within our county are en
couraged to submit a letter.
LETTERS OF INTENT to
apply for funding should be sub
mitted to Darwin Merrill , Ex
ecutive Director,, Morrow Coun
ty Commission on Children and
Families, P.O.Box 544, Hepp
ner, Oregon 97836 by April 8.
1994. A written PROPOSAL will
be required at a later published
date. This process is for the re
mainder of the 1993-95 biennium
and is subject to the availability
of funds received from the State
of Oregon.
Published: March 23, 1994
P U B L IC N O TIC E
NOTICE OF ELECTION
FOR IONE RFPD #6-604
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that on May 17, 1994, an elec
tion will be held in lone RFPD-
#6-604, M orrow County,
Oregon. The Election will be held
at the polls. Any registered voter
dissatisfied with the ballot title
may file a petition with the Mor
row County Circuit Court for
review on or before 5:00 p.m.,
March 28, 1994. Any person fil
ing a challenge must also file a
copy of the challenge with the
Morrow County Clerk. 100 N.
Court St., Heppner, by the end
of the next business day after the
petition is filed with the Circuit
Court.
BALLOT TITLE
CAPTION.
TO ESTABLISH A NEW TAX
BASE FOR IONE RFPD #6-6W
QUESTION:
SHALL THE IONE RURAL
FIRE DISTRICT ESTABLISH
A NEW TAX BASE IN THE
AMOUNT OF $54,950.00
EXPLANATION:
The amount of the new tax base
includes $36,950.00, the current
operating fund, $3000.00 for
contingency funds and $15,000
for a capital improvement and
equipment replacement fund.
This amount is slightly higher
than the 1994-95 general fund
operating levy which has been
reduced by expenditure of sav
ings from previously levied taxes.
This figure should accurately
reflect the cost of operating the
district plus a set aside for pur
chase of new engines when these
are obsolete.
The tax is subject to the other
governmental purposes limit of
Section lib . Article XI, of the
Oregon Constitution.
Barbara Bloodsworth
Morrow County Clerk
Published: March 23, 1994
The Morrow County Commi
sion on Children and Families is
now accepting applications for
funding under the “ Oregon
Youth Conservation Corps" pro
gram. Any interested individual,
agency, association, etc., which
proposes to provide services to
P U B L IC N U TiC E
Morrow County children and
AMENDED NOTICE OF
their families may apply. The
ELECTION FOR
proposed program must be con
IONE RFPD #6-604
sistent w ith the goals of the Com
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
mission and be submitted on an that on May 17, 1994, an elec
application for funding form as tion will be held in Ion e RFPD
provided by the Commission Ad #6-604, M orrow County,
ministrative Assistant. Anyone Oregon. The Election will be held
wishing to apply for funding con at the polls.. Any registered voter
sideration should contact Arletha dissatisfied with the ballot title
Brannon at P.O. Box 544. Hcpp- may file a petition with the Mor-
row County Circuit Court for
review on or before 5:00 p.m .,
March 28, 1994. Any person fil
ing a challenge must also file a
copy of the challenge with the
Morrow County Clerk, 100 N.
Court St.. Heppner, by the end
of the next business day after the
petition is filed with the Circuit
Court.
BALLOT TITLE
CAPTION:
IONE RFPD #6-604 GENERAL
FUND OPERATING LEVY
FOR 1994-95
QUESTION:
Shall the lone Rural Fire
District levy a tax in the amount
of $41,350.00 for operating funds
for fiscal year 1994-95?
SUMMARY:
The operating levy has been
reduced from the current years
levy by $14,650.00 which has
been applied to a loan repayment
for completion of the firehall.
The proposed tax rate for the
district should be slightly less
than 62 cents per thousand.
The tax is subject to the other
governmental purposes limit of
Section lib . Article XI, of the
Oregon Constitution.
Barbara Bloodsworth
Morrow County Clerk
Published: March 23, 1994
P U B L IC N O TIC E
NOTICE OF ELECTION FOR
MORROW COUNTY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that on May 17, 1994, an elec
tion will be held in Morrow
County, Oregon. The Election
will be held at the polls. Any
registered voter dissatisfied with
the ballot title may file a petition
with the Morrow County Circuit
Court for review on or before
5:00 p.m., March 28, 1994. Any
person filing a challenge must
also file a copy of the challenge
with the Morrow County Clerk,
100 N. Court St., Heppner, by
the end of the next business day
after the petition is filed with the
Circuit Court.
BALLOT TITLE
CAPTION:
TAX BASE FOR OPERATING
MORROW COUNTY
PROGRAMS
QUESTION:
SHALL MORROW COUNTY'S
TAX BASE BE INCREASED
TO $4,540,435 FROM THE
CURRENT TAX BASE OF
$784,892?
EXPLANATION:
The purpose of this measure is
to establish a realistic tax base for
County operations. The current
tax base was established in 1911.
The current tax base for the
County is $784,892 and
represents 17 % of the total taxes
needed to fund the county budget.
The remaining 83% of taxes
needed must be levied outside the
tax base for County operations.
If this measure is approved, the
County would be subject to the
6% consitutional limitation and
could not exceed this limit
without voter approval. The tax
is subject to the other governmen
tal purposes limit of Section lib .
Article XI, of the Oregon
Constitution.
If the tax base is approved, the
governing body will not levy the
one year operating levy, if that
levy was previously approved in
the March election.
Barbara Bloodsworth
Morrow County Clerk
Published: March 23, 1994
P U B L IC N O TIC E
The Morrow County Planning
Commission will hold a public
hearing on Monday, March 28.
1994, at 7:30 p.m. at the North
Morrow Annex Building in Ir-
rigon, Oregon. A public hearing
will be held on the following:
1. Amendment to the Morrow
County Zoning Ordinance and
Zoning Map to Establish a
Umatilla Army Depot Transition
Zone (UADTZ) Overlay for
Those Areas Designated in the
Masterplan for the Morrow
County Area of the Umatilla Ar
my Depot, as Phase I and VI,
which are those areas devoted to.
or most suitable for, development
of built and committed areas.
Interested persons are invited
to the hearing to express their
view. Written, signed statements
will be considered. Reasons for
approval or disapproval should be
included in oral or written
statements.
Kent Goodyear,
Chairman
M orrow County Planning
Commission
Published: March 23, 1994
Market Report
Compliment* 0» tn* Mono« County Oram Growers
Tuesday, March 22, 1994
White
Soft
*3 49
March
'3.50
April
*3.51
May
'3.47
June
'3.45
July
'3.42
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' 1.02
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P U B L IC N O TIC E
CIRCUIT COURT OF
OREGON
MORROW COUNTY
STATE OF OREGON, Acting
by and through the Director of
Veterans’ Affairs,
Plaintiff.
v.
DAVID
G.
JO H N SO N ,
CHERYL J. JOHNSON, JIM
MIE D.
THOM AS and
GERALDINE J. THOMAS,
Defendants.
No. 93CV073
NOTICE OF SALE
By virtue of an Execution
issued out of the above-entitled
court in the above-entitled cause
to me directed and dated on
February 22, 1994, based upon
a Judgment rendered and entered
in said court on January 21, 1994
in favor of the State of Oregon,
Acting by and through the Direc
tor of Veterans’ Affairs, com
manding me to make sale of the
following described real and per
sonal property, to-wit:
PARCEL NO. 1
Commencing at the South one-
quarter comer of Section 15,
Township 4 North, Range 25
East, W .M .; thence North
00°40’30” West along the North-
South center line of said Section
15 of a distance of 323.29 feet to
the true point of beginning of this
description; thence continuing
along said North-South center
line North 00°40’30” West a
distance of 376.71 feet; thence at
right angles North 89° 19’30”
East a distance of 1317.04 feet to
the East line of the Southwest
one-quarter of the South-east one-
quarter of said Section 15; thence
along said East line South
00°36’13” East a distance of
376.11 feet; thence South
89° 19’30” West a distance of
1316.61 feet to the true point of
beginning.
EXCEPTING any and all road
and water rights of way.
All being in the county of Mor
row, State of Oregon.
PARCEL NO. II.
Beginning at the South one-
quarter comer of Section 15,
Township 4 North, Range 25
East, W .M .; thence North
00°40’30” West along the North-
South centerline of said Section
15 a distance of 323.29 feet;
thence at right angles North
89°19’30” East a distance of
1316.61 feet to the East line of
the Southwest one-quarter of the
Southeast one-quarter of said Sec
tion 15; thence along said East
line South 00°36’13” East a
distance of 319.26 feet to the
East one-sixteenth comer com
mon to Section 15 and 22; thence
along the South line of said Sec
tion 15 South 89°08’59” West a
distance of 1,316.22 feet to the
point of beginning.
EXCEPTING any and all road
and water rights of way All be
ing in the County of Morrow,
State of Oregon.
TOGETHER WITH THE
FOLLOWING DESCRIBED
MOBILE HOME WHICH IS
FIRMLY AFFIXED TO THE
PROPERTY: 1974 VANDY, 24’
x
6 0 ',
serial
num ber
VE6026A3S11529.
to satisfy a Judgment against
defendants David G. Johnson,
Cheryl J. Johnson, Jimmie D.
Thomas and Geraldine J. Thomas
for the sum of $78,028.09,
together with interest at 10.75
percent pei annum from date of
Judgment until paid, and the costs
of and upon this Writ and any
prior writs;
NOW THEREFORE, by vir
tue of said Execution and Judg
ment and in compliance with the
command of said Writ. I will on
the 5th day of April, 1994, at
10:00 a m. at Rt. 1, Box 55-C,
Boardman, Morrow County,
State of Oregon, sell at public
auction and subject to redemption
to the highest bidder for cash in
hand all of the right, title and in
terest which Jimmie D. Thomas
and Geraldine J . Thomas had on
June 25, 1980, the date of plain-
tifffs mortgage, and all of the
right, title and interest the defen
dants and any successor thereafter
had in and to the above-described
real and personal propel ty or any
part or portion thereof, to statisfy
said Execution and Judgment and
interest, costs and accruing costs.
DATED at Heppner, Oregon,
on February 23, 1994.
Roy Drago, Sheriff
Morrow County, Oregon
By: Pauline Winter
Chief Civil Deputy
Published: March 2, 9, 16 and
23, 1 9 9 4 __________________
CARD OF THANKS
1 would like to say thank you
to all of you who have sent cards
and letters to me since I have
come to Portland. They really
have brightened up my days. You
are all so very special to me, I
wish I could answer all of your
letters. I have moved into a real
nice health care facility. The doc
tors, nurses and staff are very car
ing and are keeping me very com
fortable. Please keep those cards
and letters coming. I really do en
joy hearing from you all. My new
address is: Betty A ldrich,
Menlow Park Health Care
Center, 745 NE 122nd, Portland,
OR 97023.___________ 3-23-lc
I would like to thank the Bank
of Eastern Oregon for donating
the Oregon Trail Commemor
ative Medallions and the Gazette-
Times for putting on the contest.
Everyone around town was very
helpful. Thank you, it was fun.
Michele Hams
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The St. Patrick's senior board
would like to thank everyone for
supporting our breakfast at the
fair grounds and our soup lun
cheon. Both were a great success.
Special thanks to all the helpers
and those donating pies. We ap
preciate you giving up some of
your time to help make our
money making projects such a
great success.
The St. Patrick’s Senior Board
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1 would like to thank the am
bulance crew. Dr. Ed. Dr. Good-
boy and the staff at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital for the care
Erik received after his bicycle
accident.
Also thanks to Theo and
Nadine for their help before the
ambulance arrived and to those
who called and sent cards. A
special thank you to my family
for being there with us.
Sandi Patton
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1 wish to show my appreciation
and give thanks to the people of
Heppner. You all made me feel
so welcome while painting the
windows for St. Patrick's Day.
People went out of their way to
express their appreciation of my
art work. I was touched. Hepp
ner is the friendliest town in
which I've had the privilege of
working. I commend you for it.
Thank you again. I’ll be look
ing forward to seeing you all
again the second week of August
to paint for the fair and rodeo.
God bless you.
Sincerely,
Colleen Williams
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The St. Patrick’s Auction
Committee wishes to thank the
following people who contributed
their time and energy to setting
up for the auction, working at the
auction, and doing the book work
afterwards. Without them the
auction would not have been the
success it was.
I want to express my sincere
appreciation to Columbia Basin
Electric, the Heppner Volunteer
Fire Department, the boys from
Heppner High School. Bill Kuhn,
Frank Osmin. Dave Fowler. Bob
Anderson. Derek Osmin, A1
Osmin. Donna Osmin. Kathi
Dickenson. Marcia DeBo, JJ
Osmin. Rene Devin, Ramona
Johnson. Phillip Spicer-kuhn.
Cara Osmin. Joy Krein, Pat
Sweeney. Bob Kahl. Mike Mills
and Steve Rhea.
We also wish to thank the many
donors and bidders. Without both
we would not continue to have a
St. Patrick's celebration. If I’ve
missed anyone, my sincerest
apologies, your help was
appreciated.
Sincerely,
Ann Spicer
Auction committee chair
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