Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 18, 1995 - FIVE
Lutherans change worship service Northwest Steelheaders to meet
The worship service schedule
for Hope and Valby Lutheran
Churches will be reversed Sun
day, Jan. 22, because of the
scheduled annual congrega
tional meeting at Valby.
Hope Lutheran Church, in
Heppner, will have worship
service and Sunday school at 9
a.m. Pastor Hoobing will
deliver a children's sermon en
titled, "Good News is Com
ing!" and the main message,
"It's Great to Be Home", bas
ed on scripture reading of
Isaiah 61:1-6.
Worship service and Sunday
school at Valby located outside
lone, will begin at 11 a.m. A
church potluck dinner will
begin at noon with the annual
meeting of the congregation to
follow.
Births
Juan Carlos Landeros
Acosta, Jr.-a son Juan Carlos
Landeros was bom to Maria de
Jesus and Juan Carlos Landeros
of Boardman on December 17,
1994 at Good Shepherd Com
munity Hospital in Hermiston.
The baby weighed 8 lbs. 6 oz.
Jordan Teal Johnston-a
daughter Jordan Teal was bom
to Jessie Angelica Johnston of
Irrigon on December 18,1994 at
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston. The
baby weighed 5 lbs. 10 oz.
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By Mertyn
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As push comes to shove, the effect of that old measure 5 which
caps tax revenues used for government and school financing con
tinues to have trickle-down consequences. Voters no longer have
the power to sustain services they support, so districting is
spreading like wildfire.
Districts don't create more tax dollar support, but they
guarantee districts a slice of the pie. This often creates hardships
for non-mandated services as the county budgeting process
unfolds.
Along with park and irrigation districts, a library district, a pro
posed swimming pool and the option of developing a recreation
district to support non-curricular school activities, what next? As
the cost of services, salaries and benefits keep driving operating
costs up, perhaps there needs to be a district to support tax payers
who ultimately finance districts, county and city governments.
The whole process usurps local control which tops my com
plaint list. Not knowing how to start a revolution, I'll downsize
this to a personal gripe column.
One thing I can change is to drop subcriptions to magazines
that persist with dozens of cardboard inserts. Do people buy all
those dolls and plates as one struggles to turn magazine pages?
It's easy to silence stupid television programs or reduce the
volume of high-pitched commercials. The thing I can't change
is the loud back ground music or canned laughter that drowns
out the things I would like to hear.
An encumbrance is dust that settles where it's the hardest to
reach. My stance is that out of sight is out of mind until I note
that someone taller is getting an eyeball view. It's also best to
avoid stick-on hooks and gadgets that even with super glue, never
stay stuck. But it's impossible to avoid the stress of opening child
proof containers or those other 'easy to open' products.
Do you agree that 'one size fits all'? That depends on whether
you want to look like a chipmunk wearing a gorilla suit or vice
versa. Those cold remedies that lull you into thinking that the
sniffles are improving, makes me believe stronger in the power
of chicken soup. Has anyone a solution to static electricity shocks?
High stepping acrtfss carpets alleviates this problem, it's just that
shuffling is more my style.
Gardening catalogs received via mail are like a touch of spring
on a dreary day. The downside is the flood of senior citizen health
product catalogs that remind one of his or her limitations.
With government telling us what we can and can't do, it's hard
to exclude farm issues when every day those natural resources
are tracked into the house. The 1995 farm bill will make headlines.
But people need to consider that the Department of Agriculture
financing covers not just conservation, forestry and farm pro
grams, because over $40 billion goes to nutrition programs for
low-income and welfare recipients, just part of the cheap food
policy that everyone enjoys.
Fortunately we're not being flooded out of our homes and
businesses like in some parts of the country. The moisture we
receive here is a welcome asset. But here's to more sunshine for
less gloom and doom. It makes everything seem brighter and
the dust more visible.
¿t. Patrick’s
Senior Center
Bulletin Board
One hundred people were present for the senior dinner Wed.
Jan. 11. There were three home delivered meals. Paul Jones won
the meal ticket, Laura Searle and Mrs. Van Hubble won door
prizes of a small loaf of bread each. Members of the First Chris
tian Church served. The senior board met following the meal.
The St. Patrick's quilt, made by Quilters and Company was
displayed. Tickets are available at the Senior Center office. The
drawing will be held during the St. Patrick celebration. Proceeds
will go to the senior center.
The menu for the birthday dinner Jan. 25 is Salisbury steak,
mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, whole wheat rolls and
cake. Members of the Christian Life Center will serve.
There will be a senior bus trip to the ice show at the Tri-Cities
Feb. 18. Show tickets are $3 and the suggested donation for the
bus is $2.75. There is a sign up sheet in the senior center office.
The St. Patrick's celebration is only two months away. Now
is the time for all seniors to consider how they can help do their
share. Help is needed to cook and or serve at the breakfast, the
soup luncheon and the pie and coffee sale. Those physically
unable to help cook or serve might like to do some of the
telephoning, or make posters and signs. The benefits from these
projects keep the Senior Center running and everyone's help is
needed.
One table of cards was in play Friday afternoon. Seven seniors
watched the movie, "Look Who's Talking Now" Sunday
evening.
Dates to remember:Tues. and Thurs. exercise class 10 a.m.
Velma is leading the class again since recovering from an illness.
Friday, cards and games 2 p.m.; Sunday, movie 7 p.m. We always
try to have something that will be interesting to everyone. Come
work on the puzzle any day, said a spokesperson for the senior
citizens.
There was some excitement at the St. Patrick's Senior apart
ments Monday morning, when the fire alarms were set off by
a workman sanding a floor in the downstairs apartment (dust).
The fire trucks went first to St. Patrick's church. All the tenants
went down stairs and out on the street, for what turned out to
be a successful fire drill.
The association of Northwest
Steelheaers John Day River
Chapter annual meeting will be
held at K ate's Pizza on
Wednesday, Jan. 25 beginning
at 7 p.m.
The first order of business
will be the election of officers
for 1995. Present officers are
Wayne Hams, president; Mark
Parm, vice president and Dale
Conklin secretary-treasurer.
A discussion of projects for
1995 will follow. Guest speaker
will be Tim Unterwegner,
district biologist for the Oregon
Dept, of Fish and Wildlife out
of John Day. Unturwegner is
new to the area and is inter-
Coordinating
Council to meet
The Heppner Coordinating
Council will meet Tuesday, Jan.
24 at 7:30 a.m. in the GEODC
office in Heppner.
Representatives from People
for the Pool and the Ex
ploratory Pool Commission will
be present to discuss the cam
paign to support the bond
measure and operating levy for
a new swimming pool to be
voted on in March.
Other items on the agenda
include the upcoming gap
study of goods and services
purchased outside the com
munity; the presentation of the
updated Heppner Strategic
Plan to community organiza
tions; and the proposed
county-wide co-curricular ac
tivities recreation district.
The public is invited to attend
the meetings of the Heppner
Coordinating Council.
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE AND
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEARING
Morrow County is preparing
an application for a 1995 Com
munity Development Block
Grant (CDBG) from the
Oregon Economic Develop
ment Department for technical
assistance,
community
facilities, housing rehabilitation
or handicapped accessibility as
determined during/after the
public hearing held by Morrow
County Court on January 18,
1995 in Boardman. It is
estimated that the proposed
project will primarily benefit
person of low and moderate
income.
A public hearing will be held
by the Morrow County Court
at 1:30 p.m. on January 25,1995
at the Morrow County Cour
thouse at 100 Court Street in
Heppner.
The purpose of this hearing
is for the Morrow County
Court to obtain citizen views
and to respond to questions
about the proposed project, in
cluding the current phase and
later phases, if any.
Written comments are also
welcome and must be received
by January 24, 1995 at 100
Court Street, Heppner, Oregon
97836. Both oral and written
comments will be considered
by the Morrow County Court.
The location of the hearing is
accessible to the disabled.
Please let Andrea Denton at
503-676-9061, ext. 20 know if
you will need any special ac
commodations to attend or par
ticipate in the meeting.
More information about the
Oregon Community Develop
ment Block Grant program and
the proposed project is
available for public review at
Morrow County Courthouse,
Accounting Department during
regular office hours. Advance
notice is requested. If special
accommodations are needed,
please notify Andrea Denton at
503-676-9061, ext. 20 so that ap
propriate
assistance
be
provided.
Permanent involuntary dis
placem ent of persons or
businesses is not anticipated as
a result from the proposed pro
ject. If displacement becomes
necessary, alternatives will be
examined to minimize the
displacement and provide re-
quired/reasonable benefits to
those displaced. Any low and
moderated income housing
which is demolished or con
verted to another use will be
replaced.
Published: January 18, 1995
ested in meeting people with
an interest in the John Day
River area. Questions will also
be addressed. Door prizes will
be drawn at the end of the
meeting. The meeting is open
to the public.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Arts and crafts group to meet
The Morrow County Creative
Arts and Crafts group has
scheduled a meeting for Mon-
day, Jan. 23, at 1 p.m. at Kate's
Pizza All those interested in at
tending are encouraged to do
so.
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
OREGON CIRCUIT COURT
FOR MORROW COUNTY
NOTICE OF
In the matter of
BOND ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN FRED MALCOLM HOSKINS,
that a ballot title for a measure Jr.,
Deceased.
referred by Morrow County
No. 94-OR-031
School District No. 1, has been
NOTICE TO
filed with the county Clerk of
INTERESTED PERSONS
Morrow County on January 11,
Notice is given that the
1995 for an election to be held
undersigned
has been ap
March 28, 1995 in Morrow
pointed
and
has
qualified as the
County School District No. 1.
personal
representative
of the
The Election will be Vote By
estate.
All
persons
having
Mail. Any registered voter
dissatisfied with the ballot title claims against the estate are re
may file a petition with the quired to present it, with pro
Morrow County Circuit Court per vouchers, within four
for review on or before 5:00 months after the date of first
p.m. January 23, 1995. Any publication of this notice, as
stated below, to the personal
person filing a challenge must
representative at the offices of
also file a copy of the challenge
Kuhn, Spicer & Mills, 269A N.
with the Morrow County
Main Street, P.O. Box 428,
Clerk, 100 N. Court St., Hepp Heppner, Oregon 97836, or
ner, by the end of the next they may be barred.
business day after the petition
All persons whose rights may
is filed with the Circuit Court. be affected by the proceedings
MORROW COUNTY
in this estate may obtain addi
tional information from the
SCHOOL DISTRICT
records of the court, the per
NO. 1
sonal representative or the at
MORROW COUNTY,
torney for the personal
OREGON
representative.
BALLOT TITLE
DATED and first published
GENERAL OBLIGATION
Jan.
4, 1995.
BOND AUTHORIZATION
Kathryn Parker Hoskins,
QUESTION
Personal Representative
Shall the District be authoriz
Rt. 2 Box 2038
ed to contract a general obliga
Heppner
OR 97836
tion bonded indebtedness in an
Published:
January
4,
11, 18,
amount not to exceed
1995
$13,290,000. If the bonds are
approved they will be payable
PUBLIC NOTICE
from taxes on property or pro
THE HEPPNER RANGER
perty ownership that are not
DISTRICT PROPOSES
subject to the limits of Section
SUBSOILING PROJECT TO
lib , Article XI of the Oregon
PREPARE TIMBER SALE
Constitution.
UNITS
FOR PLANTING AND
SUMMARY
NATURAL
REGENERATION,
This measure if approved,
AND TO CONDUCT
would authorize the District to
MECHANICAL THINNING
issue general obligation bonds
OF IMMATURE LODGEPOLE
in an amount not to exceed
PINE STANDS
$13,290,000 for capital construc
The Heppner Ranger District
tion and improvements. Bond
proceeds will be used, in part, of the Umatilla National Forest
to modify, replace, repair and is currently working on the En
vironmental Analysis for the
construct additions to school
proposed 1995-1999 Subsoiling
facilities, including installation
Project. Harvest activities have
of equipment, furnishings and
resulted in compacted soil con
materials related thereto and
pay all costs incidental thereto. ditions which make regenera
tion difficult. Subsoiling would
The bonds would mature over
relieve the soil compaction and
a period not to exceed 15 years.
allow
for the tree seedlings to
Barbara Bloodsworth
become
established. The
Morrow County Clerk
mechanical thinning would
Published: January 18, 1995
reduce vegetation competition
and relieve soil compaction
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Morrow County Plann within immature lodgepole
ing Commission will hold a pine stands. Stand health,
public hearing on Monday, wildlife cover development,
January 30, 1995, at 7:30 p.m. watershed values, and noxious
at the North Morrow Annex weed control are some of the
Building in Irrigon, Oregon. A identified issues and/or con
public hearing will be held on cerns which will be considered
during the analysis.
the following:
The subsoiling activities are
1. Application for a Condi
tional Use Permit - N-72 - by proposed within harvested
Potlatch Corporation for a Rock units of the following timber
Quarry/Gravel Pit in Township and salvage sale areas:
3 North, Range 26, Section 13,
Arbuckle Lodgepole Pine
Tax Lot 100 in an Exclusive (LP), Biffy LP, Big Mac LP,
Farm Use Zone (EFU).
Brush LP, Buffalo LP, Chips
2. Application for a Condi Ahoy LP, Coal LP, Colvin,
tional Use Permit - S-73 - by Davis, Dry Swale LP, Ducky
Jam es Starr, Landowner, LP, Elkhorn, Elkhorn Springs
(Roger Britt, Business Asso LP, Finale LP, Gilbert LP,
ciate) for a Rock Quarry/Gravel Groshen LP, Herren, Hunter
Pit in Township 2 South, Range LP, Jackpot LP, Mallory LP,
26, Section 6, Tax Lot 1000 in Pickup LP, Pole Creek LP,
an Exclusive Farm Use Zone Porter, Prairie LP, Skosh LP,
(EFU).
Spring LP, Suffering LP, Sugar
3. Application for a Condi Daddy LP, Swale LP, Tag End
tional Use Permit - N-74 - by LP, Texas LP, Tin Bonnet LP,
Kent & Shannon Madison for and Wilson LP.
a Rock Quarry/Gravel Pit in
This project could include 900
Township 3 North, Range 27, acres of subsoiling for site
Section 16, Tax Lot 1100 in an preparation
for natural
Exclusive Farm Use Zone
regeneration, 455 acres of sub
(EFU).
soiling for site preparation for
4. Application for a Condi
planting, and 1780 acres of
tional Use Permit - S-75 - by mechanical thinning using a
Cellular One on land owned by
subsoiler.
Donald and Merlyn Robinson
Additional information may
for an antenna tower in
be
attained by contacting Chris
Township 2 South, Range 26,
Worthington
or Dave Kendrick
Tax Lot 3700 in an Exclusive
at
the
Heppner
Ranger District,
Use Zone (EFU).
Silviculture
Dept. (503)
Interested persons are invited
676-9187.
Public
participation is
to the hearing to express their
encouraged
in
the planning
view. Written, signed state
process.
Anyone
wishing to
ments will be considered.
provide
input
or
express
con
Reasons for approval or disap
cerns
should
do
so
by
February
proval should be included in
15, 1995. Send comments to:
oral or written statements.
Delanne
Ferguson
Kent Goodyear,
District
Ranger
Chairman
Morrow County Planning Heppner Ranger District
PO Box 7
Commission
Published: January 11 and 18, Heppner, Oregon 97836
Published: January 18, 1995
1995
INVITATION TO BID
Morrow County invites bids
for the development of plans
intended to convert an existing
grain elevator to a museum and
historical interpretive center.
The project will include
designs, construction docu
ments and management plans
to redevelop the existing grain
elevator, incorporate the Coun
ty's existing museum collec
tion, and develop lands adjoin
ing the grain elevator, all in ac
cordance with a Preferred
Master Plan and Design Theme
which has been prepared and
is available upon request. All
bids must be in compliance
with particular bid specifica
tions which may be obtained by
contacting Andrea Denton at
the Morrow County Cour
thouse, 100 Court Street,
Heppner, Oregon, 97836, (503)
676-9061 ext 20.
Sealed bids will be received
by the Morrow County Court
at the Morrow County Cour
thouse, located in Heppner,
Oregon until 2:00 p.m. Pacific
Daylight time on March 1, 1995,
and then publicly opened and
read aloud. No bid will be con
sidered unless it contains a
statement by the bidder that
ORS 279.350 (prevailing wage
law and prevailing wage rates)
will be complied with. Each
sealed bid must be plainly
marked on the outside of the
envelope as "Bid for Historical
Facility Design Plans” .
Morrow County does not
discriminate on the basis of
race, color, national origin, sex,
religion, age and handicapped
status in employment or the
provision of services. Morrow
County reserves the right to re
ject any or all bids.
For further information, con
tact Andrea Denton, Morrow
County Courthouse, Heppner,
Oregon 97836, or by telephone
at (503) 676-9061 ext. 20.
Published: January 18; and
February 1, 1995___________
CARD
OF
THANKS
On Friday December 30, 1994
I had the honor of attending a
dinner in my home town at the
Heppner Elks club given as a
tribute to my foster brother
David L. Clark and to honor all
the Vietnam Vets from the
Heppner area. I want to thank
all the citizens of Heppner and
especially Mr. Stuart Dick and
Mr. Gene Heliker for all the ef
fort taken to put this event
together and for the support
given all vets. I also would like
to thank the mayor for his pro
clamation presented to mom
and dad. Even though it was
real tough for me I am glad that
I had the opportunity to attend
not only as a Vietnam Vet but
as David's "other" brother.
Thanks Heppner.
John Cole
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The family of Herman Blettell
would like to thank bob Hub
bard and Gene Doherty for
always being there for Gramps.
To the Pioneer Memorial Home
Health, Nursing Home and
Hospital staffs for all the care
they provided. To Father Con
don for all the times we called
on him for his guidance and
support. To the Heppner BPOE
358 and lone American Legion
Post #95 for the graveside ser
vices. St. Patrick Altar Society
for the dinner, the lone Legion
Auxiliary for the desserts, to
Sheridan Tarnasky for the
readings and Pat Sweeney for
his assistance. Aunt Betty
McDonald for her strength,
assistance and caring in help
ing us to cope. To Aloha DeS-
pain for baby sitting and Bon
nie Buschke a special thank you
for baby sitting and trying to
console little Amber w’ho got
burned just before the services.
To all those who sent flowers,
cards, prayers and masses. We
are fortunate to live in such a
caring community.
Arletha Brannon
Karmin Jacobsen and family
Russ, Merry & Drew Brannon
Marty Brannon
Kellie, Terry and Amber Gray
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