Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 22. 1995 - FIVE
Engagement
Pesticide training offered at fair
Core A and B pesticide train
ing wil be offered at the Farm-
City Fair in Hermiston. Core A
will be offered Wednesday
morning, Nov. 29 and Core B,
Thursday morning, Nov. 30.
Fifteen recertification credits
will be available during the fair,
but there will probably not be
other Core A or B classes of
fered before the first of the
year.
For more information, con
tact Jeff McMorran, Hermiston
Agricultural Research and Ex
tension Center, 567-8321.
Taxpayers may appeal property values
Finley — Mullins
Don and Sharyn Finley, Heppner, announce the engagement
of their daughter, Michelle, to 6rian Mullins of Austin, TX.
The bride-elect is a 1983 graduate of Liberty High School,
Twisp, WA, and a 1987 graduate of Eastern Washington Univer
sity and Washington State University.
Mullins is the son of Linda Kieschnick of Bakersfield, CA. He
graduated from O.D. Wyatt High School, Fort Worth, TX, and
is employed by Dynamic Systems, Inc. of Austin, TX.
The couple will be married December 30, at St. Mary Catholic
Church in Pendleton.
Orem — Ball
Brandi Lynn Ball, lone, and Eric M. Orem, Pendleton, an
nounce their engagement to be married.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Robert and Bonni Ball, lone.
She graduated from lone High School in 1992 and Blue Moun
tain Community College in 1994. She attends Eastern Oregon
State College at LaGrande and plans to graduate in 1997.
The groom-elect's parents are Joe and Anita Orem, lone. He
graduated from lone High School in 1992 and Blue Mountain
Community College in 1994. He is employed with Les Schwab
Tire Center in Pendleton.
The couple plan a Dec. 30 wedding at the lone United Church
of Christ. A reception will follow at the lone Legion Hall.
Wedding
Wilson-Dammeyer
Jodi Fae Wilson and Scott Michael Dammeyer, both Heppner,
were married October 14, 1995, at the Lexington Grange Hall.
Morrow County Judge Louis Carlson officiated at the ceremony.
Jodi is the daughter of Danny Wilson, Heppner, and Carmen
Wilson, Lexington. She graduated from Heppner High School
and is employed in the personnel department at Oregon Potato
Company in Boardman.
Scott's parents are George and Mary Dammeyer of Bothell,
WA. He graduated from Bothell High School and is employed
at Lexington Auto Body as an auto body man.
A reception was held at the Lexington Grange Hall.
After a wedding trip to Las Vegas, the couple are at home in
Heppner.
Those who disagree with the
property values on their tax
statement may file an appeal no
later than Dec. 31. The value is
on the tax statement mailed in
October. Forms needed to ap
peal are available from the
county clerk or county asses
sor's office.
Appeals should be filed with
the county board of equaliza
tion, which will meet from Jan.
31 to April 15 to consider the
appeals of the assessor's esti
mate of value.
Those who appeal should
present evidence to support the
value they are requesting. This
evidence could be an appraisal
done by an independent ap
praiser or a comparison of near
by properties that were sold
recently.
Before filing an appeal, the
property owner may talk to the
staff in the county assessor's of
fice about the real market value
of the property and sales data.
They can check the information
in the assessor's file used for
the appraisal. If there is a fac
tual error, such as the wrong
square footage, the file can be
corrected.
For more information, call
your county assessor's office.
It's time to talk turkey. So the "clean out the refrigerator" day
last week inspired me to get ready for the big Thanksgiving event
so family members might feel comfortable about eating at my
house.
It's easy to get lax about such housekeeping measures while
satisfying only my own hunger pangs during this past month
while hubby was incarcerated in the V.A. hospital. 1 think I
remember how to turn on the oven. Forcing a "big bird" into
the microwave might be difficult.
I did dispose of one moldy cucumber; however, that blue-
covered cheese must still have some useful purpose. One petrified
hard-boiled egg and some questionable semi-ripe tomatoes from
the garden does not sound like a terrific salad. Looking good
now...that leaves one red potato, two scroungy onions and five
withered apples in the frig. Perhaps I should grocery shop. A
dab of jam, an almost empty margarine carton and a bottle of
wine does not make a great Thanksgiving menu. B u jl did part
with a half can of congealed tomato soup, the stale orange juice
and an unidentified dish that the dog would not eat.
After we have finished stuffing ourselves, we are supposed
to shop 'til we drop during the biggest Christmas shopping binge
of the year. According to reports, consumers are not parting with
hard-earned sheckles as readily. Many merchants began adver
tising sales before Thanksgiving.
Meanwhile, bazaar shoppers trample over each other to pur
chase those hand-crafted goodies that I label "dust-catchers".
If I'd only known that people would fight over coiled-up, rusty
barbed wire festooned with a few decorations, I would have
redirected my efforts long ago. There is enough rusty wire on
this place to decorate the White House. A more useful measure
might be to place said prickly wire in congressional seats so that
our representatives would get off their rears.
When it comes to decorating, I do have a collection of some
earthy, country objects during my latest crusade to clean up our
environment which involved moving the junk out of barns and
outbuildings. A person can now step inside our so-called shop
without a gas mask and band-aids. I found antique tools that
would stump a computer technician. And the shop vacuum came
to light having been out of action so long that the mice were us
ing it for a home. My big mistake was turning it on before I
discovered that some of those critters hadn't escaped, thus ad
ding to a smelly situation.
But I'm feeling better about battening the hatches for winter
by repairing broken glass windows and battered barn doors
devastated by bulldozers-the live ones, that is. Now I need to
organize a barn party where everyone brings hip boots and
shovels to remove that high-grade natural fertilizer. I'd certain
ly furnish coffee and doughnuts. But my collection of broken-
handled hammers, tools, shovels and pitchforks that I've assembl
ed gives me a great Christmas gift idea. Every family member
gets a new implement handle tied with a red bow-accompanied
by instructions, of course.
Cattle producers learn to be smart shoppers and have ingenious
ways of making things operate with the use of baling wire and
twine. But they need to learn new marketing techniques whether
it is for the main product or that fragrant residue. Store merchants
mark down products and take less profit when sales are slow.
But on one has ever figured out how to stabilize beef prices at
above productions costs. Car dealers, for instance, do not de
value their vehicles by marking them down. Instead, they offer
bigger rebates, trade-ins or vacation trips. Ranchers should of
fer working vacations.
There are other chores besides smelly barns. With beef prices
low, it might be a good time to purchase beef gift certificates for
Christmas. And how about a juicy, standing rib roast for
Thanksgiving and let those feathered friends take a hike. When
it comes to shopping, be careful to not max out your credit card.
Christmas comes but once a year and monthly bills just keep com
ing and coming. Think homemade, whether it's food, clothing,
handiwork or I.O.Us for services rendered. However, if you
received a paid furlough last week as a government worker,
you've probably already taken care of that shopping.
* BIG BOB’S BABY'S
! BIRTHDAY BASH
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BE THERE
I Bob Kilkenny invites
I friends and family to
1 join him in celebrating
J Kevin’s 21st birthday.
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November 24th
* 7-10 p.m. at YAW’S
^ Cocktails and Buffet
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c|ectjon , 0 be he|d
The Morrow County Farm
Service Agency (FSA) Commit
tee election will be held this
year on Monday, Dec. 4. Ballots
will be mailed around Wednes
day, Nov. 22 and must be post
marked Dec. 4 in order to be
counted.
The Local Administration
Areas (LAA) candidates by area
are as follows: A. Boardman/
Sandhollow/Buttercreek (two
year termj-Virginia Grieb, Rod
Taylor. Vern Fredrickson and
Don Key; B. Lexington/Hepp-
ner/Upper Willow Creek (one
year term)-John Kilkenny,
Mark Miller, Craig Miles and
Lori Seitz; C. Ione/Rhea
Creek/Lower Willow Creek
(three year term)-Clint Krebs,
Marnie Anderson, Joe McElli-
gott and Bill Jepsen.
Anyone who has not receiv
ed a ballot by mail and who is
Regional
Strategies
meeting slated
A meeting of the North Cen
tral Oregon Regional Strate
gies, staffed by the Greater
Eastern Oregon Development
Corporation, will be held
Thursday, Nov. 30, at 10 a.m.
at the Fossil Senior Center.
Agenda items include elec
tion of officers, a vote on a pro
posal for the next funding
round and a vote on multi
region projects.
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF CREATION OF
LIVESTOCK DISTRICT
The County Clerk of Morrow
County hereby gives notice that
the majority of all the votes cast
upon the issue is in favor of
creation of a livestock district
known as "Fuller Canyon
Livestock District". On and
after the 15th day of January,
19%, it shall be unlawful for the
following classes of livestock to
be permitted to run at large
within the boundaries of the
livestock district: animals of the
bovine species, horses, mules,
asses, sheep, goats, swine and
"exotic animals"; "exotic ani
mals" include, but are not
limited to, buffalo, bison,
llama, ostrich, emu, or any
animal resulting from the
crossbreeding thereof, or the
crossbreeding of such exotic
animals with domestic animals.
ORS 607.045 provides: "No
person owning or having the
custody, possession or control
of an animal of a class of live
stock shall permit the animal to
run at large or to be herded,
pastured or to go upon the land
of another in a livestock district
in which it is unlawful for such
class of livestock to be permit
ted to run at large." Violation
of this statute is an Unclassified
Misdemeanor, punishable by a
maximum penalty of one year
in the county jail and/or a fine
in the amount of $5,000.00.
The boundaries of the Fuller
Canyon Livestock District are:
Commencing at the intersec
tion of State Highway 74 and
Fuller Canyon Road in Section
27, Township 2 South, Range
26, E.W.M., in Morrow Coun
ty Oregon; thence south along
Fuller Canyon Road a distance
of 2 miles, more or less; thence
continuing along Fuller Canyon
Road as it turns to the North
west a distance of 4.5 miles,
more or less, to the intersection
of Fuller Canyon Road and
Paul Brown Road (aka Bunker
Hill Road); thence north along
Paul Brown Road (aka Bunker
Hill Road) to the north section
line of Section 24, Township 2
South, Range 25, E.W.M.;
thence west on Paul Brown
Road (aka Bunker Hill Road) to
the northwest comer of said
Section 24, Township 2 South,
Range 25, E.W.M.; thence
north on Meadow Brook Farm
Road a distance of one mile to
the northwest comer of Section
13, Township 2 South, Range
25, E.W.M.; thence east along
the section lines to the west
right-of-way boundary line of
State Highway 74, a distance of
two miles more or less; thence
southeast along the said State
Highway right-of-way boun
dary to the point of beginning.
Published: November 15 and
22, 1995 __________ •
eligible to vote may stop by the
Morrow County FSA office,
Pettyjohn Building, Heppner-
Lexington highway, Heppner,
and pick one up.
The duties of county FSA
Committee members include:
informing farmers of the pur
pose and provisions of the FSA
programs; keeping the state
FSA Committee informed of
LAA conditions; recommend
ing needed changes in farm
programs; participating in
county meetings as necessary
and performing other duties as
assigned by the state FSA
Committee.
4-H News
Kool Kitchen Kids
By Jodie Carlson
The Kool Kitchen Kids met
recently and nominated of
ficers. Then the members talk
ed about what they have to
make for fair, and talked about
nutritious ingredients in certain
cakes. After the meeting, the
Kids made a tasty double
chocolate snack cake.
New R&W owners
continue program
The R& W Reading Program,
which provides incentives for
students to reach reading goals,
is continuing at Heppner
Elementary School. This year's
program began Nov. 1 and will
end March 31.
Students who have already
earned certificates are second
grader Katie Britt, third grader
Emily Bergstrom, fourth grad
ers Zachary Skaggs and Adam
Wight and fifth grader Jeremy
McKenzie.
The program was suggested
nine years ago by former R &
W Drive-In owners, Tom and
Helen Riehl, as a way to en
courage the development of
reading as a life-long habit. The
new owners of the R&W, Alex
and Patty Rystedt, and their
assistants, Scott and Carol
Hollis, are continuing the pro
gram because they also believe
that the ability to read is an im
portant and essential skill.
Reading teachers at Heppner
Elementary School establish
reading goals for students bas
ed on the age and reading abili
ty of the child. Students are
also required to do projects re
lated to the reading. These
have ranged from a first grad
er's "Reading Log" to an ad
vanced fifth grader's com
parison of books by the same
author.
Heppner Elementary School
says that treats at the Drive-In
encourage the students to read
for recreation and information,
thus promoting the early de
velopment of an essential life
skill.
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF PUBLIC
MEETING
A Special Meeting of the
Morrow County School District
Board of Directors will be held
on Monday, November 27th,
1995 at 7:30 pm at the District
Office in Lexington, OR.
Published: November 22, 1995
PUBLIC NOTICE
On December 5, 1995, at 10
a.m. at the Morrow County
Courthouse, the Special Trans
portation Fund (STF) Commit
tee will be holding a meeting to
discuss senior transportation
issues. This is a public meeting
and interested parties are
welcome to attend. For addi
tional information, please con
tact Carrie Legg at 276-0406, or
1-800-752-1139, or Morrow
County Court at 676-9061.
Published: November 15 and
22, 1995___________________
PUBLIC NOTICE
Board of Director's Meeting
A public meeting of the
Board of Director's of the Mor
row County Unified Recreation
District will be held at Riverside
High School, Boardman, Ore
gon, at 7:00 pm, November 30,
1995. The meeting is open to
the public. Any person may ap
pear at the meeting and parti
cipate.
(s) Toni Carter,
District Secretary
Published: November 22, 1995