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M Ü TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, Auflust 16, 1995 W CPD answers questions By Willow Creek Park District Board members: Ken Turner, chairman; Skip Mathews; John Ripple; Nancy Snider, secre tary; Bob Kahl. Question: I've been told that the cost of the new swimming pool will be borne entirely by the people who live out of town. Is that correct? This issue is confusing to a lot of people and comes from the way Measure 5 caps some pro perty taxes. The construction costs for the new swimming pool will come from bonds au thorized by the last election by the Willow Creek Park District voters. The property tax creat ed by the bond is not included under the tax cap of Measure 5. That means all property owners in the district will pay the same rate of taxes regard less of where in the district they live. The bond tax rate works out to 43 cents per $1,000 of tax valuation. The three-year operating levy for the pool, on the other hand, is subject to Measure 5 limita tions. Because of that, anyone who is already paying the Measure 5 maximum rate can not have their total tax rate in creased. When a tax is added or increased, the amount of tax money received by each taxing agency is reduced so the total tax does not exceed the max imum charge. In other words, the tax payer's bill does not change but the addition of this, or any new or increased levy means the ci ty, the Port of Morrow, Mor row County and all the other tax recipients get less tax money. The Pool Operating levy is 16.5 cents per $1,000 of tax valuation. Fran Barnett completes school Fran Barnett of the Bank of Eastern Oregon (BEO) attend ed and graduated from the Northwest Compliance Of ficer's School held July 23-28 at the University of Portland. Barnett is the internal auditor for BEO and has worked in both the lone and Heppner branches. She has been with the bank for 22 years. Daily doubles begins Aug 21 Daily doubles football prac tice will get underway Mon day, August 21 at Heppner High School. Practices will be held at 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. The first HHS football game will be Sept. 1 at home against Harrisburg. Beard Rodeo Company furnishing rodeo stock Frank Beard of Ellenburg, WA., along with sons Pat Beard of Athena and Casey Beard of Heppner will be fur nishing the bucking stock for the Morrow County rodeos. Known as the Beard Rodeo Company, they furnish stock for about 25 rodeos as year in the northwest and also take bucking horses and bulls to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas. In 1994, Dodge Trucks selected a Beard Rodeo bull to participate in their Dodge Truck Bonus Plan. The bull is named Dodge Magnum V-10. He was unridden as a bonus bull until July 4 of this year, when Terry Don West rode him for 91 points at the Molalla rodeo. He was started over at The Dalles rodeo, with a $500 bonus, and bucked off his rider there. By the time he reaches the Heppner rodeo, the bonus may be $1,500. 1995 is the first year for the Heppner rodeo to participate in the Dodge Bonus Bull Program. Dodge Magnum V-10 is a large red Brangus bull, very strong and hard to ride. He ■ usually takes a lunge at the rider or bullfighter before leav M C H D board schedules meeting The Morrow County Health District Board has scheduled a special meeting by telephone conference call on Tuesday, August 23, beginning at 8:30 p.m. at the Pioneer Memorial Hospital conference room. The purpose of the meeting is to vote on the appointment of a new board member to replace Roger Cash, Boardman, who resigned. W arning signs to be placed in Heppner Sure, I'm for changes when it comes to improvements. Based on that mentality there are exercises to trim the midsection, foods that can prevent disease and community improvements to enhance lifestyles. But I'm not responsible for changing Princess Stefanie's hair color from a lustrous brunette to blond or adding two inches to her height as was printed in last week's paper. But I did mess around with her life story. Old habits die hard and a basic human trait involves changes in behavior patterns-especially when we're trying to change so meone else. According to experts, there is an increasing number of men versus women who are now undergoing plastic surgery. Probably everyone over 40 would like to tap into eternal youth. But I don't want anyone messing around with my hard-earned wrinkles, although sometimes I prefer to undress in the dark. There has been considerable hand-wringing and changes in attitudes about the 50th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, on August 6, 1945. Some of the media have almost condemned that act. Seems they have forgotten that it was Japan that started that war by bombing Pearl Harbor and taking hundreds of lives. And Japanese prisoners didn't suffer the atrocities of American prisoners at the hands of the Japanese, such as the Bataan Death March. There were also hundreds of Americans killed while battling for possession of islands in the Pacific. If the United States had been forced to invade the Japanese mainland, the casualities of both Americans and Japanese would have been horrendous, with American casualities predicted at 80 percent. In this changing world, President Clinton has banned all U.S. nuclear weapon testing in a drive for a treaty to end all testing throughout the world. Opponents say that some tests are essen tial in order to make sure the U.S. nuclear stockpile is kept up to date. The U.S. can hardly control nuclear testing throughout the world, particularly in uncooperative countries. And how about the advancement of testing of nuclear power for peaceful purposes? Speaking of changes, fairgoers will note that the community booth section has been reinstated this year and all those booths have been filled-sort of a focal point for part of the indoor ex hibits. Belatedly I learned that I became a superintendent of that division; just goes to show what happens when one opens the mouth. Sometimes there's more than a foot stuck in it! Rodeo spectators and contestants will take note that the PRCA performances are scheduled for Friday evening and Saturday afternoon this year. The Morrow County Rodeo will be held Sun day afternoon. And don't forget the Cowboy Breakfast and the log bucking contest Sunday morning. It's an opportunity to see what ''grown-up kids'' as well as youngsters can do. F all CVdkiug ¡s Coveralls 99118 2395 Bib overalls 23547 27°° on sale ^ 2295 Western C ut Flannel Shirts Pearl Buttons *8 20 5 16” on sale at 14’5 4874 41 M en s 14V« o i Jeans Reg 15“ on sale to the hospital in the vicinity of Thompson and Bisbee streets. According to Doherty, ex cessive amounts of cut weeds were blown into residents' yards. According to Howard Gil liam, the city planning commis sion rejected proposed plans for building an ambulance garage at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. Gilliam said that the planning commission felt that all the options for this facility had not been researched. Council members approved a personal services agreement with Barnett and Moro, Her- miston, for audit services which will cost $6,500 per year during a five-year contract. Ci ty Manager Gary Marks said that after considering bids from several companies, he recom mended that this firm could give the most com plete, thorough audit. Janelle Lacey, Forest Service employee, appeared at the council meeting to make coun cil members aware of a propos ed project to build bat houses. The houses would be placed at stragetic locations to accom modate the area's population of small brown bats that are effec tive in eradicating mosquitos and other insects. Finishing details of the new restroom facilities and play ground equipment at the city park include erecting signs, building new sidewalks and planting new grass, according to the public works depart ment. According to Marks, the city has not received confirmation on a proposed new telemetry system that automatically re cords city well functions. Cur rently, routine checks by the Register now for golf lessons Key 28” on sale New emergency warning sirens will be installed in Hepp ner later this month, said Mor row County Emergency direc tor Casey Beard, at the city council's August meeting last Monday. The two sirens will be located on the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op building and the Heppner Ranger District Forest Service building. According to Beard, this state-of-the-art system will be manned from the sheriff's de partment. The system, which has a battery back-up, would be used to alert people of impen ding disastrous storms and leave citizens lead time to reach designated safe areas. The com puterized system will be on line with the Pendleton weath er station that tracks storms. There are also volunteer weath er spotters throughout the county to facilitate storm warn ings. There are five choices in war ning tones, Beard said, st»»the system could also be used for fires. As a public service broad casting network with controll ed radio frequency, the system can be used to send pre-script- ed messages and has a microphone system for live broadcasts. City officials will have to determine who has the authority to activate the system and there will be an establish ed chain of command by local officials to designate people in charge of ground operations in the aftermath of a local disaster, Beard said. In other business, numerous property clean-ups around Heppner came under discus sion. A citizen's group is being formulated, according to Mar tha Doherty, to consider a clean-up policy for areas around the helicopter pad close 1349 Golfers or potential golfers are reminded to get their registrations in for the upcom ing Blue Mountain Communi ty College (BMCC) golf classes, scheduled to begin on Septem ber 7 at Willow Creek Country Club. Beginning golf is a six-week class to be held Thursday even ings from 5-6:30 p.m. In termediate golf will also be held on Thursdays, from 10 a.m. to noon for nine weeks. Cost for either class is $20 per person tuition plus $20 temporary membership to Willow Creek Country Club for non-mem bers. John Edmundson is the instructor. School age students may enroll in the class with the in- stuctor's permission and if an adult enrolls with them. For more information or a registration form, contact Anne Morter, Morrow County coor dinator for BMCC at 422-7040. public works department are necessary, involving many man-hours, but this does not prevent a well motor disfunc tion during off-hours, which could jeopardize city water supplies, Marks said. Marks also reported that the proposed city street repair pro ject will not be accomplished until after the first of Septem ber. The coucil also gave Marks authority to research purchase of a new copy machine and computer hardware. PUBLIC NOTICE TAMARACK-MONUMENT ALLOTMENT MANAGEMENT USD A Forest Service Umatilla National Forest Heppner Ranger District Grant and Wheeler counties, Oregon On August 2,1995, Heppner District Ranger, Delanne Ferguson, made a decision to im plem ent Alternative 2, modified, of the Tamarack- Monument Allotment Manage ment EA. This project will use a four pasture deferred-rest ro tation system alternating bet ween early use (May 1 to July 15) one year and late use (August 16 to October 30) the next. Permitted use will be re duced to 1,446 AUMs with 419 cow/calf pairs (including bulls) on the 38,998 acre allotment. The modification is to drop the year of total allotment rest pro posed for every third year. Restoration projects will also be implemented to rehabilitate streams, roads, forage, and wildlife habitat. The associated Decision Notice, response to public com ments, and analysis file are available upon request from the Umatilla National Forest, Heppner Ranger District, P.O. Box 7, Heppner, Oregon OR 97836. This decision is subject to ap peal pursuant to Forest Service regulations at 36 CFR 215.7. Published: August 16, 1995 ing the arena. If he is ridden again, the rider will receive a check from the Dodge repre sentative. Other top stock coming to the Heppner rodeo will be #23 Copenhagen Heckle, #82 Hep- cat Skoal, Macintire, Thunder- head and Goldrush, all Na tional Finals bareback horses. Some of the saddle broncs doing their stuff at Heppner will be #113 Leavin' Cheyenne, L + 9 Looking Glass Skoal, #27 Pony Soldier and #65 Indian Sign Skoal. Other bulls include T1 Range War, #94 Agent Orange, #21 Skywalker Skoal and #3 Co penhagen Grubstake. . ^ j erw¡ce Army Pvt. Justin J. Trader has completed basic training at Fort Jackson, Columbia, SC. During the training, students received instruction in drill and ceremonies, weapons, map reading, tactics, military cour tesy, military justice, first aid, and Army history and tradi tions. Trader is the son of Trudy Trader of Irrigon. He is a 1995 graduate of Riverside High School, Boardman. PUBLIC NOTICE Board of Directors' Meeting A public meeting of the Board of Directors of the Mor row County Unified Park and Recreation District will be held at the Morrow County School District Administration Build ing in Lexington, Oregon, at 7:30 pm, Wednesday, August 30, 1995. The meeting will discuss general business of the district and deliberation of the Board of Directors will take place. Any person may appeaf at the meeting and participate. William J. Kuhn, Attorney for District Published: August 16, 1995 PUBLIC NOTICE The Planning Commission for the City of Heppner, Ore gon will conduct a public hear ing at 7:00 PM on September 5, 1995 at Heppner City Hall re garding the following applica tion: 1. Variance: Request relief from setback requirements to con struct a carport in a General Residential (R2) Zone at 565 Elder Street, Map #2S 26 26CC, Tax Lot #4100 owned by A1 and Jo Burt. 2. Variance: Request relief from setback requirements to place a garage in a Limited Residential (Rl) Zone at 290 South Gilmore Street, Map #2S 26 35BC, Tax Lot #3800 owned by Darrell and Sue Vinson. Copies of the applications and all documents in evidence relied upon by the applicants and copies of any applicable zoning critieria are available for inspection at no cost and copies of the same will be provided at a reasonable cost. To obtain this information contact the office of Gary Marks, City Manager, Heppner City Hall, 188 W. Willow Street, PO Box 756, H eppner, Oregon 97836, phone 676-9618. Published: August 16, 1995 Morrow County Health District “Stowing to provide uUomui County residents with access to a (¡uM spectoum oh quality medicaQ se/wices” Weed project done ^ Black Logger Jeans 444 01 21°° on sale ; y I 795 Morrow County Grain Growers 1-800-452-7396 lexingtor. Oregon 350 Mam 989-8221 to m KAihM I John Edmundson reports that weed pulling and cleaning up the Switchback Trail took less than two hours Aug. 3. Besides Edmundson, those participating included Mike McGuire, Janet Greenup, Earl Fishburn and Bill Ewing. Edmundson said that money was available for groups in terested in maintaining park trails. JJ 1