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'Rip' Shepherd to speak at M CGG annual dinner
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John ‘Rip’ Shepherd
The 64th annual meeting of
Morrow
County
Grain
Growers will be held Monday,
November 7, starting with din
ner at 6:30 p.m . at the
fairgrounds in Heppner.
Dinner will be served by the
Willows Grange.
The business portion of the
meeting will include reports
from company officers, a finan
cial report from the company's
auditor and the election of
directors and associate direc
tors. The candidates for the
four director positions are: Tom
Currin, Doug Drake, George
Miller, Barry Munkers and
Larry Plamer. The associate
director nominees are: Travis
Harrison, Gerald Hoeft, John
Luciani and Brian Thompson.
The program for the meeting
will include Steve Burnet from
Moro who is currently chair
man of the Board of Harvest
States Cooperatives. Harvest
States is a regional cooperative
based in St. Paul, of which
Chamber seeks board members
Heppner Chamber of Com
merce nominating committee is
looking for prospective board
members to serve on the board
of directors for a three year
term. Three new directors will
be elected to fill the positions
beginning January 11, 1995.
New directors will replace retir
ing board members Cliff Green,
Coast-to-Coast; Bill Kuhn of
Kuhn, Spicer & Mills and Steve
Dickenson, Heppner High
School principal.
Directors serve a three year
term and must commit to at
tend board meetings which are
held the first Tuesday of each
month at 11 a m.
Call the chamber office
676-5536 or Rollie Marshall,
committee chair, 676-9125 if
you are interested in serving or
have a nominee suggestion.
Date changed for workshop
Voters to go polls Tuesday, Nov. 8
In addition to many state
wide measures, local voters will
decide on a Morrow County
Commissioner, Morrow Coun
ty Health District director, two
Lexington City Council per
sons, three lone City Council
persons, and a $485,000
county-wide Morrow County
Health District tax base
measure (25-10) to fund coun
ty health operations.
Two other health district tax
base levies, one for $160,000 for
the Boardman community
(25-11) and one for $600,000 for
the remainder of the county
(25-12) will also be on the ballot.
But, even if passed, these two
districts will be declared invalid
because a county-wide district
has already been created by the
county court.
County-wide, voters will
decide whether to form a 4-H
and Extension Service District
with a $117,118 tax base. This
measure will take Extension
operations out of the county
budget. Voters will also decide
whether to increase the coun
ty tax base from its current base
of $831,085 to $4,061,711 which
county officials say is a more
realistic tax base.
Health District 25-10 tax base
of $485,000 at 63 cents per thou
sand assessed valuation. A tax
payer with a $50,000 home
would pay $31.50 a year; one
with a $500,000 business would
pay $315 a year; one with a $1
million farm would pay $630 a
year.
Extension tax base of
$117,118 at 15 cents per thou
sand assessed valuation. A tax
payer with a $50,000 home
would pay $7.50 a year; one
with a $500,000 business would
pay $75 a year; and one with a
$1 million business would pay
$150 a year.
Morrow county's tax base of
$4,061,711 at $5.77 per thou
sand assessed valuation. A tax
payer with a $50,000 home
would pay $288.50 a year; one
with a $500,000 business would
pay $2,885 a year; one with a
$1 million farm would pay
$5,770 a year.
Bob McKinley, Boardman,
and Roger Trueax, Irrigon, will
face each other Nov. 8 for one
four-year term in zone 3 on the
Morrow County Health District
Board of Directors 25-10. Zone
3 consists of all of the rural
areas of precincts 1, 2, 5 and 6,
Boardman and Irrigon.
Tom McElligott is also the
sole candidate for the void
medical district 25-12 which ex
cludes Boardman. Boardman
residents Gene Allen, Roger
Cash, Rodney Flug, Raymond
Michael and Joe Tatone are can
didates for five directors' posi
tions on the void Boardman
health district 25-11, which ex
cludes the remainder of the
county.
In the city of Irrigon, six can-
didates, Myron Bellamy,
William Cooley, Annette Ep-
penbach, Scott Johnson, Varian
Mattison and Kelly Wright will
face off for three council posi
tions. In Boardman, four can
didates, James Hankins, Dean
Kegler, Thomas Meyers and
Everett Moore, will vie for three
council positions.
Following are local un
contested positions: Lexington
mayor-Bill Sheirbon; Morrow
County Health District director
zone 1-no candidate filed, zone
2-Roger Cash, Boardman, zone
4-Margaret "M eg” Murray,
lone; lone mayor-Betty Gray;
Heppner mayor-Bob Jepsen;
Heppner council position
1-Marcia DeBo, position 4-Tim
VanCleave, position 5-Michael
McGuire, position 6-Ronald
"S k ip ” Matthews; Morrow
Soil and Water Conservation
District director zone 1-Richard
M. Johnson, zone 3-William
Jepsen, zone 4-Christian K.
Rauch, zone 5-no candidate
The date of the dried floral
design workshop has been re
scheduled for November 14 at
7:30 p.m. in the dining room at
the St. Patrick's senior center.
Guest arranger Darcy Robin
son plans to demonstrate
sprays and baskets and exhibit
some other designs. A variety
of dried materials, baskets and
filed.
Polls will be open for the
general election on Tuesday,
November 8, from 7 a.m. to 8
p.m.
Polling places are as follows:
precinct 1 N. Boardman-Green-
field Grange; 2 S. Boardman-
Lutheran Church; 3 Hardman-
Morrow County Courthouse; 4
Harley Sager, a longtime
lone-lone City Hall; 5 N. agricultural lender in Morrow,
Irrigon-North Morrow Annex ‘ iilliam, Wheeler and Umatilla
6 S. Irrigon-Irrigon City Hall; 7 counties, has begun work at the
Lexington-Mormon Church; 8 Bank of Eastern Oregon effec
N.E. Heppner-St. Patrick's tive November 1, announced
Senior Center; 9 N.W. President E. George Koffler.
Heppner-Pettyjohn Building;
Sager recently retired from
10 S.E . Heppner-Morrow
First Interstate Bank after a 29
County Courthouse; 11 S.W. year career spent mainly in
Heppner-new Forestry Build Heppner and Hermiston.
ing.
All polling places are han
dicap accessible. Those who are
hearing or speech impaired
should call 676-9061.
The Heppner High School
Morrow County Clerk Bar senior class will be holding a
bara Bloodsworth says that baked potatoe and pie dessert
because of the amount of Friday, Nov. 4 at the Morrow
absentee ballots, the clerk's of County Fairgrounds annex
fice will not start counting the building before the Weston-
absentee ballots until Wednes McEwen football game.
day, Nov. 9. Bloodsworth says
Baked potatoes complete
that they will "hopefully” be
with butter onion, sour cream,
done counting those by Thurs and cheese will be served at 6
day, Nov. 10.
merchandise will be supplied
free to those attending. Some
other special materials may be
purchased. This workshop is
open to anyone interested.
Because of conflicts on
November 7, the Heppner
Garden Club will hold its
regular monthly meeting on
November 14 at 7 p.m. before
the workshop.
MCGG has an ownership in
terest. Harvest States is involv
ed in grain marketing, flour
milling, feed manufacturing
and food processing.
John "Rip” Shepherd will
speak about winning attitude
and team building. He is an ad
vanced arbitrator for the Na
tional Panel of Consumer Ar
bitrators, a past board member
of the Tri-Cities Better Business
Bureau, and past membership
chair for the American Society
of Training and Development.
"We think you will all enjoy his
presen tation ,”
said
a
spokesperson for Morrow
County Grain Growers.
Nominees sought
for chamber
awards
The Heppner Chamber of
Commerce is requesting input
for selection of man, woman,
citizen educator and business
of the year. Individuals or
organizations are encouraged
to submit nominees for these
awards by December 15.
Nomination forms are
available at the Chamber office
or the offices of Kuhn, Spicer
& Mills or call the chamber
office.
"Please take a few minutes to
nominate that special person
who is always stepping for
ward to lend a hand, taking on
a leadership role no one else
will volunteer to do, or always
going the extra mile for his/her
community,” says committee
chair Bill Kuhn.
Award recipients will be
recognized during the annual
Town & Country' Banquet to be
held Wednesday, Jan. 11.
Harley Sager joins Bank of EO staff
"W e're very pleased to have
Harley working with us. He's
a hard working banker who
always has the customer's best
interests in mind," said Koffler.
"H e will help continue our
commitment of quality service
to the agricultural com
munity.”
Sager can be reached by call
ing the Heppner Branch at
676-9125.
HHS seniors to hold baked potato feed
Annual canned food drive Nov. 7
p.m. and continue through
halftime. Potatoes are $2.50 for
the basics or $3.50 with broccoli
and cheese or chili. Slices of pie
will be served for $1.25. Pop
and coffee will also be available.
Proceeds go to the drug and
alcohol free graduation trip to
Seattle.
Reserve tables
for Artifactory
C raftpersons,
Artisans,
folkartists, and aficionados of
the handcrafted items should
plan to attend the 10th annual
Artifactory Craft Fair on Satur
day December 3 at the
fairgrounds in Heppner. Ar
tifactory is sponsored by the
Soroptiomist International Club
of Heppner and will be held at
the
Morrow
County
Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. Santa will be available to
discuss wish lists and lunch
will be served by the
Soroptimist.
Reservations for vendor
tables are on a first paid, first
served basis. The deadline to
reserve a table is November 12.
Only hand crafted or home
baked items will be accepted.
For more information on
table reservations, contact
Shirley Landauer, Artifactory
chairperson, P.O. Box 584,
Heppner, 989-8202 days or
676-9746 eves.
Harley Sager
Pavarotti tickets
to be raffled
The fund raising committee
of the Eastern Oregon Regional
Arts Council announces a raf
fle of two opportunities to see
Pavarotti live at the Memorial
Coliseum in Portland on New
Year's Eve.
Tickets are $5 each, and will
be offered by local arts agency
volunteers throughout the
region. The drawing will be
held in La Grande on
December 3, and the winners
will be notified immediately.
Tw’o prizes will be given, each
consisting of two tickets to the
concert, and Saturday night's
lodging, Dec. 31 at the Red
Lion Inn Coliseum. Two non
smoking rooms with two queen
size beds each have been
reserved for the winners.
"Take a chance on the con
cert opportunity of a lifetime
and support the Eastern
Oregon Regional Arts Council
at the same time, "said a
spokesperson.
Tickets are on sale at Peter
son's Jewelers in Heppner.
Cub Scouts and athletes are ready to pick up your food
The annual canned food
drive for Thanksgiving and
Christmas baskets will be held
the evening of Monday, Nov.
7, in Heppner and lone.
Heppner Cub Scouts, Boy
Scouts and lone Youth Group
members will deliver flyers at
homes on Sunday, Nov. 6.
Heppner and lone High School
athletes will pick up the cann
ed goods at homes on Nov. 7.
People who would like to
contribute to the food drive,
but who don’t plan on being
home Nov. 7 may leave the
canned goods in a sack on their
porch and the kids will pick it
up, said organizer Helen Riehl.
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Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221
1-800-824-7185