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'in i Heppner iis p p u t H u u t t u t i i m o , i Heppner, , v Oregon / i u y u i i Wednesday, » u / u iii/ o u u jf , n u y u o i o i , 1994 i SIX- Gazette-Times, August 31, h Podiatrist plans to open Heppner office A podiatrist, Dr. Donald J. Carlson, Pendleton, is schedul ing office hours at the Pioneer Memorial Clinic in Heppner once a month beginning Sept. 14. Dr. Carlson, who specializes in the care and treatment of the feet, can help with problems such as ingrown toe nails, toe nail disorders, heel pain, bu nions, hammer toes, corns, callouses, plantar's warts and sports-related problems. Dr. Carlson says that many people are not aware of the help available for foot problems. He says that many foot problems that people think they have to put up with can be taken care of. Carlson, 32, received his bachelor of science degree in biology in 1985 at Concordia College at Moorehead, Min nesota, and graduated in 1991 from work at the College of Podiatric Medicine and Surgery at Des Moines, Iowa. Following that, he completed a one-year residency at the Veteran's Ad m in istratio n H ospital at Tacoma, WA. For the past two years, Dr. Carlson has worked with Mark Yeske, doctor of podiatric m edicine, in H erm iston. Carlson will assume Yeske's practice as an independent practitioner beginning Sept. 26. Dr. Carlson and his wife, Cheryl, have three children, Rachel, five, Joel, three, and Eva, three months. Patients wishing to make an appointment with Dr. Carlson in Heppner may call Pioneer Memorial Clinic at 676-5504. Log Bucking winners announced A reception for Bernice Nash, who is celebrating her 80 birth day, will be held this Sunday, September 4, from 2 to 4 p.m. at St. Patrick's Senior Center dining room. All friends and relatives are invited to attend and a special invitation is extended to those whom Bernice has baby sat in the past years. Mrs. Nash requests no gifts. We Print Dr. Donald Carlson ENVELOPES Many sizes to choose from lone opens '94 football season G aze tte -T im e s 676-9228 Jay Coil shows winning style Jay Coil was the winner of the Morrow County Log Buck ing contest and came in second in the open class event held Sunday, Aug. 21, at the Mor row County Fairgrounds. Doug Lowe won the open event and took third in the Morrow Coun ty contest. Both Coil and Lowe won 50 gallons of gas donated by Devin Oil and dinner at RJ's, in addition to cash and prizes. Mark Schmeltzer won the wrapper throwing contest. He received $200 and a buckle donated by Darlene and Larry Scroggins. The log bucking contest was dedicated to Larry Scroggins, who recently pass CARD OF THANKS ed away. Other winners in the Morrow County contest, who won cash and prizes were: second-Steve Ball; third-Doug Lowe; fourth- Roger Mortimore; and fifth-Pat Lovgren, who also came in third in the open class event. Mike VanArsdale was second in the wrapper throwing con test, Keith Papineau was third and Ken Graves, fourth. The Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Court presented the buckle for the wrapper contest. Paul Sumner was announcer for the event; Linda Nave and Stan Kemp, timers; and Darcy Coil and Kaedene Bailey, scorekeepers. Fieldman's breakfast planned Coach Gregg Rietmann shows offense how to run pitch out play. Cardinals open with a four team scramble Friday, Sept. 2 in Dufur. __________________ Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes. Chamber Manager UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA M.D.L. DOCKET NO. 150 AWT OREGON: CV 77-0615 AWT SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. CITY AN0 COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, NO. 789489 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, NO. 945195 IN RE; COORDINATED PRETRIAL PROCEEDINGS IN PETROLEUM PR00UCTS ANTITRUST LITIGATION NOTICE OF PROPOSED DISTRIBUTION TO: (1) THOSE POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF THE STATE OF OREGON, INCLUDING W ITHOUT L IM IT A T IO N . SC H O O L BOA R D S OR D IS T R IC T S . C O U N T IE S . C IT IE S . M U N IC IP A L IT IE S . GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICTS, IN OREGON. THAT PURCHASED MOTOR GASOLINE OR OTHER REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS FROM ANY PERSON OR ENTITY IN THE STATE BETWEEN JANUARY 1 1950 AND DECEMBER 31,1992; AND (2) ALL NATURAL PERSONS NOW OR PREVIOUSLY RESIDING IN OREGON, W HO PURCHASED MOTOR GASOLINE OR OTHER REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AT RETAIL SERVICE STATIONS OR OTHER RETAIL OUTLETS IN THE STATE BETWEEN JANUARY 1,1950 AND DECEMBER 31.1992: AND (3) ALL BUSINESSES (EXCLUDING DEFENDANTS IN THESE ACTIONS. THEIR PREDECESSORS. SUBSIDIARIES. OWNERS. PARENTS, DIVISIONS, OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNEES. REPRESENTATIVES. DIRECTORS, OFFICERS. OR EMPLOYEES) OR OTHER ENTITIES NOW OR PREVIOUSLY EXISTING IN OREGON. THAT PURCHASED MOTOR GASOLINE OR OTHER REFINED PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AT RETAIL SERVICE STATIONS OR OTHER RETAIL OUTLETS IN THE STATE BETWEEN JANUARY 1,1950 AND DECEMBER 31,1992 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE tfiat all claims that the State of Oregon has brought on your behalf in these cases have been settled and all settlements have received tmal approval from federal and state courts where the cases were filed The courts have authority to decide the issues following settlement including the award of court costs and attorneys' fees and the distnbution of settlement funds Oregon's proposal to distribute the settlement funds is summarized below Your rights as a member of one of three classes descnbed above may be affected by the plan of distribution of the settlement funds THE SETTLEMENTS Between 1981 and 1993 Washington, Oregon, California, and Anzona entered settlement agreements with several oil companies to settle legal charges concerning the price of gasoline and refined petroleum products sold to the states and classes The funds recovered in settlement of the states' and class member claims totalled S140.007.042 as of September 30, 1993 and funds are in accounts accruing interest Oregon has been allocated funds recovered in Oregon's settlements with Gulf Oil Corporation in 1982 and Phillips Petroleum Company in 1985 Oregon has also been allocated at 7 25% of the settlement funds recovered in settlements between the four states and Exxon Corporation. Chevron Corporation. Mobile Oil Corporation. Shell Oil Company. Atlantic Richfield Company. Texaco, In c , and Union Oil Company of California After the deduction of costs and attorneys' fees. Oregon’s share is approximately $8,500,000. COSTS AND ATTORNEYS' FEES in orders approving previous settlements, the courts authonzed Oregon and the other states to apply for its litigation costs Lawyers for the states and class members were authonzed to apply tor an award of attorneys tees A portion of the settlement funds have been used to defray the costs of giving notice of the settlements and certification of the classes as well as the states’ substantial past expenses of pursuing their claims against the defendants The court has ordered awards of attorneys' fees and reimbursement of litigation costs as follows The Court has ordered a total award of attorneys' fees in the amount of $29,449,020. The Court has ordered that the Oregon Attorney General be awarded $1,590,000 of the total award, plus its share of interest earned from September 30 1993 to the date of distribution Oregon has been awarded $8 22,182 67 in reimbursement of litigation costs and $69,428 45 in reimbursement of publication costs incurred m notifying class members of the settlement agreements and the class certification order Oregon will apply for an order awarding reimbursement of publication cost incurred with this Notice of Proposed Distribution These awards have been and will be paid from the sums recovered to settle all plaintiff states and all states' class members' claims OREGON'S PROPOSED PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION Oregon proposes to distnbute its share as follows: Government entity distnbution 12 4% of Oregon’s share will be directly dtsmbuted to Oregon state and local government agencies based on the number of publicly owned and publicly leased vehicles assigned to each agency and registered with the Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles Notice of the awards will be given by first class mail An additional 2% will be set aside to pay supplemental claims and to administer this part of the Oregon Plan Supplemental claims based on documentation showing unaccounted-for vehicles, will be administered by the Oregon Department of Justice which will determine whether supplemental claims will be paid Distribution awards will be paid to administrators of each local entity and wiH be consolidated whenever possible i e consolidated state agency awards win be paid to the Department of Administrative Services Consumer distnbution 85 6% of Oregon s share and any residue from government distribution will be distnbuted through a public purpose grant program to be administered by the Oregon Attorney General wilh the assistance of the state and local government agencies and representatives of the pubic Government entities may apply for grants for a list of court-approved protects that promote highway safety, assist transportation of school children elderly and the disabled preserve the transportation infrastructure fund vehicle emissions porgrams and/or assist mass transit Grant money wil be obliaated withm two years of fmal approval of the Oregon plan and expended within three years of obligation Costs of administration of the grant program win be reimbursed *1 an amount of up to 3% of the funds distibuted as grants, but will not be deducted from the grants Approximately $330,000 received from 1982 and 1984 settlements and any residue from the grant program will be distibuted to the Oregon Department of Justice to fund future consumer protection and antitrust education and enforcement efforts OBJECTIONS Any class member may obiect to the court's award of costs or tees to the proposed allocation of the settlement fund to Oregon or Oregon s plan of dretntxtoon descnbed above You must send written notice of your objection and state A l a i grounds tor your objection You may propose an alternate plan of dretnbution «1 your wrAten objection You musl send your notice of objection or allemate plan of distnbution to: Clerk of the Court. Attn MOL 150 AWT. 312 North Spnng Street. Los Angefes CA. 90012 _ and*): THEOOGRE R KULONGOSKI Attorney General c/o Andrew E Aubertne Assistant Attorney General Oregon Department of Justice 1162 Court Street NE Salem OR 97310 The federal court has scheduled a heanng to determine whether Oregon's proposed plan of distribution should be approved This heanng wM be held on October 11.1994 at 3 0 0 p m , 312 North Spring Street. Los Angeles California before the Honorable A Wallace Tashima Although your written objection is sufficient, you can be heard at this heanng if you fHe an objection Class members who do not file written objections by September 21 1994 wi* not be heard FURTHER INFORMATION For further information concerning the action and the proposed plan ol (kstnbution you may inspect the pteedngs and o*ier records on fee at toe United States District Court, 312 North Spnng Street Loe Angeles CA 90012, or contact Caroline Meyer Paralegal, Oregon Department of Juste* 1162 Court Street NE. Salem, OR 97310 (503) 378-4732 P lee** do not call the Clerk of the Court directly BY ORDER O f THE COURT Deled August 12.1994 Reception planned for Bernice Nash FRANK E GOOOROE CLERK Umtefl States Courthouse 312 Norfi Spring Street Loe Angeles CA 90012 Change, it's inevitable as long as the population con tinues to increase, as young people move into the picture, as long as books awaken our senses to new ideas, as long as there is creativity left in the world. Notice the signs appearing around the county, "Vote for Classrooms for Kids". This refers to the School Bond Measure appearing in your mail boxes this Friday. It means constructive change for the well-being of our children and grandchildren so that their education and facilities will continue to benefit them and be competitive with or even better than other communities. Good schools attract productive peo ple to our area, people who put the well-being of their children at the top of their relocate list. Vote yes. Thursday, Sept. 1, is a busy day for many people who will be "meetinged o u t" by 9:30 p.m. The public is welcome to sit in on both the South Mor row T ourism A ssessm ent Report from 2 to 5 p.m. and the Strategic Plan Review for Heppner from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Both meetings will occur at the Columbia Basin Conference Room. This past June people were interviewed by Mike Wet ter & Associates regarding tourism in south Morrow County. The results were in teresting. It's important that anyone involved in tourism, its im pact on H ep p n er, a marketing plan for south Mor row County or how far, when, and where we go from here, be present at these afternoon meetings. A plan is only as suc cessful as the people who buy into it and then follow through. It's not reams of paper, it's the action that follows that makes positive change possible. Speaking of action, those who don't feel drawn to the evening meeting, might grab a shovel and "head for the hill" where Bob Kahl and the RV park crew welcome volunteers. They are hopeful that the RV facility will be ready before hunting season is over. Volunteers, whether atten ding m eetings, prom oting "C lassroom for K ids", or physically digging into a pro ject, are the spirit of Heppner and the heartbeat. Next week: Chamber board and business meeting. A fieldmen's breakfast will be held Wednesday, Sept. 7, at 6:30 a.m. at Frasu's Restaurant, Hermiston. Cost for breakfast will be $5/person which in cludes coffee and gratuity. This program will begin with a showing of the Oregon State University's "Noxious Weeds in Oregon.” Mary Corp, coun ty weed supervisor, will then comment on the video and pro- PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE 0-25-94 On the 4th day of October, 1994 at the hour of 10:00 o'clock, A.M. Standard of Time in accordance w ith ORS 187.110, at the front door of the Morrow County Courthouse, in Heppner, Oregon, I will sell at Public Auction all the right, title, claim and interest of Mor row County to the highest bid der for cash, the parcel of real property located in Morrow County, Oregon, described in Exhibit "A ” , which is attached hereto and by this reference in corporated herein. Said sale is made under an Order issued out of the Coun ty Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County to me directed: In the Matter of Real Property owned by Morrow County and Directing Sheriff to Conduct Sale dated August 24, 1994. The minimum price which may be accepted for the property is fixed by Order of the County Court and is set forth with particularity with the parcel described in said Exhibit "A ". DATED this 25th day of August, 1994. ROY L. DRAGO, Sheriff Morrow County, Oregon By: Pauline Winter Chief Civil Deputy NOTE: At the time of sale, the County will collect fees for recording the Deed in the Clerk's deed records. Recor ding fees are $30.00 plus $5.00 per page. EXHIBIT A Legal Description: Lot 22, Block 5 of Hillview Estates No. 2 in the City of Boardman, Sec. 17BD in T4NR25, Morrow County, Oregon, SUBJECT TO any and all encumbrances of record. Minimum Price: $300.00 Market Value: $360.00 Terms: Cash in full at the time of sale. Published: August 31; Septem ber 7, 14 and 21, 1994 vide an update of local weed control issues. PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Directors for the Blue M ountains N atural Resources Institute will hold a m eeting on T h u rsd ay , September 15, 1994. Location: Eastern Oregon State College, Loso Hall Room 116, La Grande, Oregon. Time: 10 a.m. Topic: Program Updates, Fiscal Year 1995 Program of Work. For further information, con tact: Lynn Starr, BMNRI, 1401 Gekeler Lane, La Grande, OR 97850, or phone 503-963-7122. Published: August 31, 1994 PUBLIC NOTICE The Council for the City of Heppner, Oregon will conduct public hearings at 7:00 PM on September 12,1994 at Heppner City Hall, 188 West Willow Street regarding violations of City Ordinance No. 474, an Ordinance Abating Nuisance for Accumulation of Solid Waste and Fire Hazards. The following properties are in violation of the ordinance because of deposits of solid wastes scattered about the premises that create a fire hazard and harborage for rodents and insects and is in jurious to the health, safety and general welfare of the people. 1. 315 Linden Way, Map-2S 26 27DA, Tax Lot-3000. 2. 172 Linden Way, Map -2S 26 26CC, Tax Lot -6800. Published: August 31, 19994 The Junior class of Heppner High School would like to thank the following merchants for their donation to our fund raiser: K ate's Pizza, RJ's Restaurant, Bucknum's and Cal'S Cafe. A special thank you to Marcia DeBo for overseeing this project and her many hours of scooping, hauling and delivering bags of ice to the Morrow County Fair. ___________________ 8-31-lp We would like to extend our thanks to the Morrow County School District, Morrow Coun ty Sheriff's Dept., RJ's and Dels Market and a special thanks to Tiffany Lloyd and members and friends who helped make the Oregon Cyclists welcome. Holly Rebekah Lodge Lexington IOOF ___________________ 8-31-lc I want to thank all of my friends who came to the open house to help me celebrate my 80th birthday. It was great to see so many old friends, to visit and talk over old times. Also for all the cards and gifts. I especially want to thank all of my children and their families for all the work they put into doing this for me. We had a great family reunion and dinner. Thanks again to everyone for a wonderful day. Marian Brosnan ___________________ 8-31-lp Thank you lone EMT's, Harvey Childers and Ann Bedortha along with Heppner EMT's and ambulance crew for their quick response and pro fessional care. I also want to thank PMH and Dr. Ed for their great care. Theresa Hams 8-31-lc U-Pick Freestone Canning Peaches Monroe 30C it O’Henry (After Labor Day) 30C ib Nectarines 35 c ib PUBLIC NOTICE DITCH CREEK BLOWDOWN SALVAGE SALE USDA Forest Service Umatilla National Forest Heppner Ranger District Morrow County, Oregon On August 9, 1994, Heppner D istrict R anger, D elanne Ferguson, made a decision to implement the Ditch Creek Blowdown Salvage Sale on the Heppner Ranger District. This project will recover merchan table wood from blown down trees scattered adjacent to 23 existing harvest units. This sale will generate approximately 70,OCX) board feet of salvageable volume. The Decision Memo and associated project file are available upon request from the Heppner Ranger District, P.O. Box 7, Heppner, OR 97836. This decision is subject to ap peal pursuant to Forest Service regulations at 36 CFR 215.7. Published: August 31, 1994 Plums 35 (*». READY PICKED Akani Apples and Bartlett Pears S Q 50/ O / 25 1b. Box Gala Apples SI 750/ I A / 25 Ib. Box Bring containers Open 7 days 8 a.m.-6 p.m. only Thomas Orchards Kimberly, OR 934-2870
