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Had any good snowball fights lately? We're definitely more
fortunate than parts of the northeastern states. But treacherous
roads may have hampered your mobility which often contributes
to cabin fever. Only the hardy souls go sledding, skiing or
snowmobiling when the thermometer is stuck on zero or below.
Livestock still have to be fed and a bevy of newborn calves re
quire special care.
But if there's a pain in your back from shoveling snow and
ice, or mopping the floor is a lost cause, take heart in the fact
that we've not had a major power outage, even though it's been
traumatic for those who have experienced frozen water lines.
One can always create diversions with propaganda about how
to change your lifestyle or to become better organized. Take a
look in nooks and crannies. One finds things that have no useful
purpose. I'm taking about gadgets like an old juicer. I haven't
juiced anything for ages except when I stepped on a tomato that
rolled across the floor.
Old books, never read, can be classed as collector's items. But
I hardly need an old cookbook dating back to World War II with
a wartime supplement on how to prepare melas using less of
rationed food items. Fortunately in those days we were more
self-sufficient, so it was hardly an inconvenience to use less cof
fee and sugar. And no one then realized they were plugging their
arteries with gobs of cream, butter and lots of fat meat.
Nowadays we can also overdose on too much political jargon
on C-Span. However it does rev up one's blood pressure to with
stand any amount of cold. Commentators are quick to inform
one on which political candidates have the most charisma and
various meanings of what's been said, so we really don't have
to make any judgement calls. When one can't tell what's the truth
and what's fiction, it makes our leaders appear as though they
have frostbitten their brains.
Presently everyone should be studying how to preserve some
of this cold so it could be used to lower stream temperatures next
summer. There are 901 portions of Oregon streams, rivers and
lakes that fail state water quality standards under a proposed
listing of waterways complied by the Department of Environmen
tal Quality as required by the federal Clean Water Act.
Those standards aren't determined solely by garbage in creeks
or the dead deer that took a dive. We're talking about not ex
ceeding a creek water temperature of 64 degrees during the sum
mer. Methinks more ice houses are needed to implement stream
temperatures and flows when portions of Hinton and Willow
Creek go dry.
But then there are grants and entitlement programs for every
thing. We could requisition for tarps and umbrellas to shade those
last drops of water. A few old sunken bathtubs could provide
fishbowls. Community service work could be relegated to pack
ing water for newly planted trees and bushes. What better ser
vice in the name of public interest.
Both public and private lands are affected by this measure. Ag
groups are concerned that ranchers and farmers will ultimately
foot the expense of measuring up to these standards. Cattle ran
chers are already in an economic depression with the help of
another government program, NAFTA, that is allowing thou
sands of cattle to cross our borders and help glut the market.
But now it's time to get on with equally mind-boggling things,
like the amount of dog hair shed on the carpet or I could always
count the number of beans in a gallon jar.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
Bulletin Board
Because of the cold weather and icy walks, only 70 people were
present for the senior dinner Wednesday, Jan. 31. Seven meals
were home delivered. Members of the Lutheran Church serv
ed. Mary Goheen made the announcements as Howard Gilliam
was away. John Hanna won the birthday certificate, Rachell
Harnett, the meal ticket, and Catherine Lindstrom, the bingo
ticket. Blood pressures were taken before the meal.
The menu for Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, will be oven-fried
chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, applesauce,
cupcakes and rolls. Members of the Mormon Church will serve.
The Senior Board will meet following the meal. Quilting will be
at 1 p.m.
Four people played cards Friday afternoon. There was also a
meeting of garden club members in the office.
Eight seniors watched the movie, "Radio Flyer" Sunday
evening.
Quilt raffle tickets are now available at the Senior Center of
fice. The quilt wil also be on display at the Morrow County Grain
Grower's breakfast in Lexington and tickets sold there, Satur
day, Feb. 10.
All seniors and their friends are invited to the Valentine party
at the Senior Center Saturday, Feb. 10, at 6 p.m. Tim Cundell
will be there to sing for your listening and dancing pleasure.
Those attending are asked to bring finger foods.
A district health meeting will be held in the dining room at
the Center, Tuesday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
Other dates to remember: Tuesday and Thursday exercise, 10
a.m.; Wednesday blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m., senior meal,
noon, quilting, 1 p.m.; Friday cards, 2 p.m.; Sunday movie, 6
p.m.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
MORROW COUNTY
LAND USE HEARING
THE MORROW COUNTY
PLANNING COMMISSION
will hold the following hearings
of public interest on Monday,
February 26, 19%, at 7:30 p.m.
at the Public Works Building in
Lexington:
Land Partition Application
No. LP-N-172: Gregorio Lopez,
applicants and owners by con
tract; Alex and Emma Madrig
al, mortgage holder. Property
is described as Tax Lot 213 of
Assessor's Map 5N 26 36, lo
cated on the north side of
Slaughter Road, approximate
ly two miles south of the City
limits of Irrigon. Application is
to partition a nine acre parcel
of land into three parcels. Each
parcel meets the one acre mini
mum lot size of the Rural
Residential One Acre Zone.
Criteria for approval include
Subdivision Ordinance 5.020
and 5.030.
Second of three hearings on
a Application for a Zoning
Amendment: Rob Brown and
Sharon Timms, Applicants. Re
quest is to amend Section
3.050(3) of the Suburban Resi
dential One Acre Zone outside
an urban growth boundary to
include standards for siting
manufactured homes. This area
is north from Highway 730 to
the Columbia River and west
from Irrigon City Limits to
Fourth Street West. Criteria for
approval include Zoning Or
dinance Article 8.
First of three hearings on a
Application for a Zone Change:
Bob Krein representing Oregon
Department of Fish and Wild
life, Applicant. Request is to
change Tax Lot 800 of
Assessor's Map 2S 26 27 from
an Exclusive Farm Use Zone to
a Commercial Zone. This parcel
is located on the west side of
State Highway 74/207 approx
imately one mile north of the
City of Heppner. Criteria for
approval include Zoning Or
dinance Section 3.110 and Ar
ticle 8, And OAR 660-04-020.
Opportunity to voice support
or opposition to the above pro
posal or to ask questions will be
provided. Failure to raise spe
cific issues at this hearing pre
cludes appeal to the Land Use
Board of Appeals based on
those issues.
Copies of the staff report and
all relevant documents will be
available on February 20,19%.
For more information, please
contact the Morrow County
Planning Departm ent at
922-4624 or 676-9061 ext. 50.
DATED THIS 7th day of
February, 19%.
MORROW COUNTY
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Published: February 7, 19%
Affid
Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 7, 1996 - ELEVEN
Sherman and Iona M u rra y to
celebrate 50th wedding anniversary
Sherman and Iona Murray
will celebrate their 50th wed
ding anniversary on Sunday,
Feb. 25. Their children and
grandchildren will host a recep
tion in their honor on Saturday,
Feb. 17, beginning at 3 p.m. at
the Union County Fairgrounds
Bidding at La Grande. Family
and friends are invited to at
tend. For more information or
to RSVP, call Livina Gree-
nough, (541) 963-4795, even
ings, or (541) 962-1325 days.
Sherman and Iona (Duncan)
Murray were married on Feb.
25, 1946, in Vancouver, Wash
ington. They moved to Tilla
mook, where Sherman worked
for Fred Keizer in the concrete
business. After their daughter
Dayle was bom, Sherman went
to work in the logging and
timber industry and they lived
in Seaside, Molalla and even
tually in the Newburg area.
Serman had visited eastern
Oregon as a young boy and he
liked the area so well that when
he was a teenager, he return
ed to work summer harvest for
Vic Lovgren, Sid Zinter and
Lester Wick. In the early '50s,
when he was offered a job with
the Oreogn State Game Com
mission, it gave him and Iona
the opportunity to relocate and
raise their family in eastern
Oregon.
During his years of service
with the Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife, he worked in
Condon, John Day, La Grande
and Troy. Their longest place
ment with the department was
in La Grande, where all five of
their children attended school.
Iona had a business with Avon
Corporation and excelled to a
position as one of the top ten
representatives in the United
States. She retired from the
Avon business when they de
cided to accept the position of
fered Sherman as manager of
the Wenaha District, and they
transferred to Troy.
When Sherman retired from
the ODF&W, he and Iona mov
ed to Rhea Creek in Morrow
County, where he opened a
saddle shop with his son,
Lynn.
In 1992, they moved back to
the La Grande area and now
reside in Perry. Sherman is still
operating a saddle shop and
Iona raises a garden and flow
ers every year. She also cooks
meals to feed all of their family
and friends that visit regularly.
In their spare time, they attend
all the team roping events that
they can. They recently made
a trip to the Midwest and Sher
man roped at the National
Team Roping Finals in Okla
homa City.
Students to raise money for Keiko
The children in Sharon Mor
ris' kindergarten class and Joy
Krein's second grade class have
planned a can and bottle drive
for this Friday, Feb. 9, starting
around 10 a.m. The students
are raising money for Keiko the
whale, now living on the Ore
gon Coast.
The children also hope to
travel to see Keiko this year.
Huston Lesley's party cancelled
Huston Lesley's 100th birth
day celebration, planned for
this Saturday, Feb. 10, has been
cancelled because of poor road
conditions.
The party may be reschedul
ed at a later date.
PUBLIC N O flC i
'■NOTICE OFSHERIFF'S SALE
' 0 - 1 - %
On the 6th day of March,
19% at the hour of 10:00
o'clock, A.M. Standard of Time
in accordance with 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 parcels 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 January 10,
1996. 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
each parcel described in said
Exhibit " A " .
DATED this 24th day of
January, 19%.
ROY L. DRAGO, Sheriff
Morrow County, Oregon
By: (s) 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
Parcel No. 1
Legal Description: A tract of
land bounded on the North by
the NWV« of the SWVi of Sec
tion 26, T2S, R26, E.W.M., on
the East by the SEV« of the
SWV4 of said Section, on the
South by Block 1 of Browns Ad
dition to the Town of Heppner,
on the West by the Extended
westerly line of Elder Street,
Heppner, Oregon, all in T2S,
PUBLIC NOTICE
The Planning Commission of
the City of Heppner will hold
a public hearing on Monday,
March 4, 19%, beginning at
7:00 pm at Heppner City Hall,
188 West Willow Street, to con
sider a tentative plan for the
proposed Lakeview Heights
Subdivision located on Morrow
County Map 2S 26 35, tax lots
900 and 905.
The City Council will conduct
a public hearing to review the
tentative plan after receiving
the Planning Commission's
recommendation and the City
Engineer's report at a meeting
to be held on Monday, March
11,19%, beginning at 7:00 pm.
The public hearings will also
include consideration of vari
ances from City Subdivision
Code improvement require
ments for sidewalks and public
uses such as parks, play
grounds and recreation areas.
Failure to raise an issue at the
hearings, in person or by letter,
or failure to provide sufficient
specificity to afford the Plann
ing Commission or City Coun
cil an opportunity to respond to
the issue precludes appeal to
the Land Use Board of Appeals
based on that issue.
Interested individuals may
contact Gary Marks, City Man
ager, at 676-%18, during re
gular business hours, for more
information related to the pro
posed subdivision.
A copy of the application, all
documents and evidence relied
upon by the applicant, and any
applicable zoning and subdivi
sion criteria including City
Code provisions will be avail-
abe after February 12, 19% for
inspection at City Hall at no
cost. Copies of the same will be
provided at a reasonable cost.
These public hearings will be
held in public meetings where
deliberations of the Planning
Commission and the City
Council will take place. Any
person may appear at these
meetings and discuss the pro
posed ordinance with the Plan
ning Commission or City
Council.
Gary B. Marks
City Recorder
Published: February 7, 19%
Affid
R 26, E.W.M., being 1.15 acres
more or less, in Morrow Coun
ty, Oregon; SUBJECT TO any
and all encumbrances of re
cord.
Minimum Price: $120.00
Market Value: $120.00
Terms: Cash in full at the
time of the sale.
Parcel No. 2
Legal Description: Commen
cing at the NE comer of Section
2, TIN, R26 E.W.M., Morrow
County, Oregon; thence S
along the E section line of Sec
tion 2 a distance of 440 feet to
the Northerly right-of-way line )
of Highway 207 to the true
point of beginning; thence
southwesterly along the north
erly boundary of said Highway ,
207 right-of-way a distance of
500 feet; thence N a distance of
150 feet; thence northeasterly
parallel with Highway 207 a
distance of 500 feet to the E sec
tion line of said section 2;
thence S a distance of 150 feet
to the point of beginning, be
ing 1.38 acres more or less;
SUBJECT TO any and all en
cumbrances of record.
Minimum Price: $100.00
Market Value: $100.00
Terms: Cash in full at the
time of sale.
Parcel No. 3
Legal Description: Lots 20
through 23, Block 27, in the Ci
ty of Irrigon, Oregon, Section
19CB, Township 5N, Range 27,
E.W .M ., Morrow County,
Oregon, SUBJECT TO any and
all encumbrances of record.
Minimum Price: $10,000.00
Market Value: $10,000.00
Terms: Cash in full at the
time of sale.
Parcel No. 4
Legal Description: Improve
ment to real property (not the
land itself) located on Tax Lot
4N2517-601 and more par
ticularly decribed as a 20'x40'
Mobile Home Addition built of
conventional 2x4 construction
with full finish, together with
one 20'xl6' concrete slab, one
7'x20' concrete slab and a 9'xl4'
rock and concrete porch, SUB
JECT TO any and all encum
brances of record.
Minimum Price: $11,070.00
Market Value: $11,070.00
Terms: Cash in full at the
time of sale.
Parcel No. 5
Legal Description: All of Lots
3 & 4, Fergersons Addition to
the the City of Hardman, Sec.
34DD T4S, R25, E.W.M., Mor
row County, Oregon, SUB
JECT TO any and all encum
brances of record; ALSO, all of
lots 5 & 6, Fergersons Addition
to the City of Hardman, Sec.
34DD, T4S, R25, E.W.M., Mor
row County, Oregon, SUB
JECT TO any and all encum
brances of record. (These four
lots sell as one parcel.)
Minimum Price: $1,200.00
Market Value: $1,200.00
Terms: Cash in full at the
time of sale.
Parcel No. 6
Legal Description: Beginning
S 44 Deg. 30' E 145' from the
NW comer of Kinsmans' Se
cond Addition on the North
westerly right of way line of
Alfalfa Street, City of Heppner,
Morrow County, Oregon;
thence Northeasterly along said
right of way line to the center
line of Willow Creek; thence
Northwesterly along the said
center line of Willow Creek to
a point S 44 Deg. 30' E 64.75'
from the said NW comer of
Kinsmans' Second Addition;
thence S 44 Deg. 30' E to the
point of beginning, being .04
acres all in Sec. 35, T2S, R26,
E.W.M., all in Morrow Coun
ty, Oregon, SUBJECT TO any
and all encumbrances of re
cord.
Minimum Price: $30.00
Market Value: $30.00
Terms: Cash in full at the
time of sale.
Parcel No. 7
Legal Description: Lot 16,
Block 28, Sec. 19CB, T5N, R27,
E.W.M., all in the City of Ir
rigon, Morrow County, Ore
gon, SUBJECT TO any and all
encumbrances of record.
Minimum Price: $1,000.00
Market Value: $1,000.00
Terms: Cash in full at the
time of sale.
Published: January 31; and
February 7, 14 and 21, 19%