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Sheriff» Report The Sheriff's office in Hepp ner reports dispatching the following business during the past week: April 2: Morrow County deputy responded to the Irri- gon area for a juvenile problem; Morrow County deputy responded to A.C. Houghton for a suspicious vehicle; Morrow County deputy responded to the Irrigon area for an alarm at a residence. It was a false alarm; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Heppner Fire Dept, to a residence on May Street for a flue fire. The fire was put out before the dept, got there; Morrow County deputy responded to a residence in Ir rigon for suspicious activity; Morrow County deputy responded to the lone area for a family disturbance; Morrow County deputy responded to assist the Oregon State Police in pursuit of a suspect heading towards the Highway 207 area from Echo. April 3: Morrow County deputy responded to Potlatch in Boardman for a report of an audible alarm sounding. It was an employee error; Morrow County deputy ar rested Garfield Notestine for a warrant from The Dalles She riff's office for Negotiating a Bad Check. April 5: Morrow County Sheriff's office dispatched the Heppner ambulance, Fire ^Dept. and the Lexington Res cue to a rollover on Highway 207 milepost 4. Two patients with injuries were transported to Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Heppner ambulance to St. Patrick's Catholic Church for a male with an illness. The patient was transported to Pioneer Memo rial Hospital in Heppner; Morrow County deputy responded to the lone area for a report of shots fired in the ci ty limits; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Heppner ambulance to a residence on Union Street for an adult with an unknown injury. The pa tient was transported to Pio neer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. April 6: Morrow County deputy arrested Shayne Hoff man, 26, of Irrigon for Driving Under the Influence of Intoxi cants; Morrow County deputy responded to the Wagon Wheel Addition in Irrigon for a report of a starter from a pickup; Morrow County deputy responded to the Boardman area for trespass complaint. Cited for Criminal Trespass II were Josh Thompson Bray, 19, and Travis Ray Savage, 19, both Boardman. Both were cited and released to appear in court. April 7: Morrow County deputy responded to Bake's in Irrigon for a minor motor vehi cle accident. Regino Landeros- Navarro, 31, of Irrigon was ar rested for Driving Under the In fluence of Intoxicants. He was cited and released to appear in court; Morrow County deputy Engagement responded to the Irrigon area for a disturbance; Morrow County deputy responded to the Irrigon area for a report of black smoke. April 8: Morrow County deputy responded to a traffic problem in the Boardman area; Morrow County deputy responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle on 4th Street West in Irrigon; Morrow County Sheriff's of fice dispatched the Boardman ambulance to Boardman Foods for a female with an illness. No transport was made. April 9: Morrow County deputy responded to a business in Irrigon for a report of theft in progress; Morrow County deputy ar rested Robert Shane Swan, 20, and Toby Allen Hall, 19, both of Boardman, for Theft III and Criminal Trespass II. Swan and Hall were released on their own recognizance with a court appearance date; Morrow County deputy responded to the 4th Street West area in Irrigon for a suspicious person. Marriage License« The Morrow County Clerk's office at the courthouse in Heppner reports issuing the following marriage licenses during the past week: April 1: Kenneth Wayne Thomason, 42, Boardman; and Sandra Fay McKinney, 29, Boardman. April 2: William I. Kelly, 50, Lassen, California; and Janet S. Eakin, 50, Umatilla. April 5: Brian Keith Kollman, 25, Heppner; and Amy Lyn Greenup, 22, Heppner. Bowling League Thursday Nite Mixers week of March 21 W L 27 17 Wright’s Century 24 20 lone Repair I 8 V 2 25V2 Lancer Lanes 18 26 Skaggs Auto Clinic 20V2 23V2 R&W Drive In 24 20 Rudisills High games: Fran Barnett 193, Dustin Padberg 165. High series: Marie Rudisill 540, Doug Gunderson 469, Splits converted: Peggy Michael 5-6, Matt Clark 3-7, Fran Barnett 5-6, Monique Devin 2-5-7. Payne — Ball V Stephanie Sue Payne and Robert Duane Ball, both of Wenat chee, Washington, have announced their engagement, and plan to be married on June 29, 1996 in Pendleton. Stephanie is the daughter of Les and Kathy Payne of Umatilla and Phyllis and Jerry Armitage of Yukon, Oklahoma. Duane's parents are Archie and Diana Ball of Heppner. The bride-elect graduated from Heppner High School, Willamette University and Western Oregon State College. She works for the Wenatchee School District as a teacher and coach. Ball graduated from Heppner High School and Oregon State University and is pursuing a business career in Wenatchee. St. Patrick’s Senior Center Bulletin Board One hundred and ten people were present for the senior meal site dinner April 3. Four meals were home delivered. Iva Booker won the meal ticket. Members of the Lutheran Church served. Hearing aid assistance was given and blood pressures were taken before the meal. The menu for April 17 will be meatloaf, whipped potatoes with gravy, com, fruit, rolls and cookies. Members of the Mormon (LDS) Church will serve. Four ladies, Velma Wight, Irene Swanson, Doll Campbell and Jane Rawlins, played pinochle Friday afternoon. There was no Sunday night movie. Monday morning, April 8, Corol Mitchell met with volunteers from the churches to ask help in restructuring the way that vo lunteer hours are utilized. She thanked the volunteers and stress ed that without the volunteers, the meals would not be possible. A bus trip to the Condon meal site is planned for Thursday, April 11. The bus will leave Heppner at 10 a.m. On Thursday, April 25, the bus will leave for the Spray meal site at 10 a.m. Dates to remember: Tuesday and Thursday exercise, 10 a.m.; Wednesday blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m., senior meal, noon; Friday cards, 2 p.m.; Sunday, the movie will resume at 7 p.m. B R I N G T H E E N T I R E F A M I L Y T O A G R E A T C E L E B R A T I O N !!! BOARDMAN CISCO DE MAYO 96 SATURDAY . MAY 4th 11:00 a .m . Fiesta Opens 12:00 p.m . Beer Gardens Opens 1-3 p.m . Mariachees Play<sp. mvirrd ht Morrow County l nifirtl n ation District) 6-9:30 p.m. Dance to Caricia - 2 Separate Performances of Tradi tional Mexican Dances (Maria Gonzales-Director) • Traditional Mexican Food and American available- (Food Vendor« mntart Mr. Ram im m i -2333 for mor» information) ■ Other Grafts Shown - Fun for the kids This ad paid for bv the Morrow County Unified Recreation District week of March 28 W L 24 24 lone Repair 18 30 Wright’s Century 20 28 Rudisills 19V2 28 V 2 Lancer Lanes 19 29 Skaggs Auto Clinic 231 /2 241/2 R&W Drive In High games: Gayle Eynetich 188, Jim Eynetich 184. High series: John Breidenbach 498, Pat Ward 492. Splits converted: Dianna Hoeft 2-7, John Breidenbach 3-10. Koffee Kup Keglers week of March 28 W L 28 32 The Holy Rollers 38 26 The BJ’s 27 33 M.C.G.G. 45 15 No Pin Hitters 36 24 The Dregs 32 28 The Alley Cats 36 24 The No Shows High series: Iris Campbell 525 High game: Iris Campbell 246. Splits converted: Pat Gutierrez 5-7 week of April 4 Final Standings L W 59 69 The Holy Rollers 62V2 65V2 The BJ’s 61 67 M.C.G.G. 95 33 No Pin Hitters 73 55 The Dregs 57 71 The Alley Cats 53 75 The No Shows High series: Susan Atkins 504. High game: Susan Atkins 186. Splits converted: Susan Atkins 6-7-10, Linda Schultz 5-7. Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 10, 1996 - FIVE NCRSB to meet A North Central Regional Strategies meeting will be held Thursday, April 18, at 9 a.m., at the Gilliam County Fair grounds, Condon. All interest ed parties are invited to attend. Justice Court Report The Justice Court office at the courthouse annex building in Heppner reports handling the following business during the past week: Sheryl Conklin, 22, Heppner- Fumishing Alcohol to Minors, $1650 fine, 185 days in jail, $500 fine and 180 days in jail sus pended with two years proba tion with no further violation of law. Ellen Marie Fox, 28, Hepp- ner-Violation of the Basic Rule, 72 mph in a 55 mph zone, $77 fine. Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes, Chamber Manager The Chamber will be conduc ting a membership drive dur ing the month of April. Board members will be making con tacts to invite new businesses to join Chamber. This is an agri-business community and ranchers and farmers, as well as individuals and organiza tions interested in the promo tion and well-being of Heppner are invited to join. What does an investment in your Chamber mean for you? Your Chamber is your ad vocate... striving to improve community understanding of issues by presenting the busi ness perspective on important topics. All entities are invited to report at the first monthly Chamber meeting. Members get first-hand community re ports. Your Chamber is your sales manager...the Chamber sells the city, county and local pro ducts and services to people everywhere through network ing and referrals. Your Chamber is your public relations firm...welcoming vi sitors, new people, and events to Heppner to promote our quality of living and bring in business. Your Chamber is your infor mation bureau...with relocation and visitor packets and a wealth of information to en courage people to spend time in Heppner. Your Chamber is your voice in the community...the Cham ber serves as spokesman for the businesss membership when a unified stand needs to be taken. Your Chamber is your re search service... maintaining club, organization, church, business lists, as well as a Heppner Fact Sheet and medi cal and educational informa tion. Your Chamber multiplies your effectiveness in your com munity...providing the struc ture, volunteer leadership, and staff to implement an effective program to meet business and community needs. Your Chamber needs to hear your voice...the Chamber can provide seminars and infor mative programs to enhance your business and create new events and activities with your input. Join the Heppner Chamber of Commerce today..."a non profit organization dedicated to creating a positive environment where business, community and people thrive.” Next week: meet the can didates for Morrow/Umatilla Circuit Judge, noon, Kate's Piz za, Tuesday, April 16. The public is welcome to attend. Come Share With Us at W illow Creek Baptist Church Bible Study for all ages 1 p.m. Worship Service 3 p.m. Meeting in the 7th Day Adventist Church 560 North Minor PUBLIC NOTICK LEGAL NOTICE Community Action Program of East Central Oregon (CAPECO) is currently plann ing the Program Year 19% Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program. CAPECO ex pects to receive approximately $463,184 in JTPA funds for the Program Year beginning July 1, 19% and ending June 30, 1997 and expects to serve over 200 participants. CAPECO receiv ed over $518,231 in JTPA funds and served over 235 partici pants during the 1995 program. Programs will focus on voca tional training, on-the-job train ing, job search training, youth activities such as job shadow ing, mentorship, structured work experience, and pre employment training activities. Program activities are provided in different formats utilizing local agencies, private sector employers, colleges, school districts, and in-house training opportunities. Written comments are due by April 15, 19% to the address below. For more information or to review the draft plan, please contact Deborah Parnell, Pro gram Manager at (541)276-1926, CAPECO, 721 SE 3rd, Suite D, Pendleton, OR 97801. CAPECO is an equal oppor tunity employer/program, and auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to in dividuals with disabilities. Published: March 6 and April 10, 1996 Affid______________________ PUBLIC NOTICE HOLLYWOOD SALVAGE SALE USD A Forest Sale Umatilla National Forest Heppner Ranger District Morrow County, Oregon On April 4, 19%, Heppner Dis trict Ranger, Delanne Fergus on, made a decision to imple ment Alternative 2 of the Hollywood Salvage Sale EA. This project will salvage harvest 227 acres and commercial thin/ salvage 64 acres for about 1.3 MMBF of wood products. Of the 291 acres harvested, 205 acres are located in the Texas Butte Roadless Area. All har vest activity in the roadless area will take place from existing roads. Alternative 2 will improve fo rest health and vigor, reduce fuel loadings and the potential of catastrophic fires, promote serai species better suited to these sites, and accelerate regeneration which will facili tate new wildlife habitat. The associated Decision Notice, response to public comments, and analysis file are available upon request from the Umatilla National Forest, Heppner Ran ger District, P.O. Box 7, Hepp ner, OR 97836. This timber sale has an iden tifiable salvage component and qualifies as a “ salvage timber sale" as described in the pro visions of subsection 2001(e) of Public Law 104-19. Under this legislation, the decision to im plement this salvage timber sale is not subject to appeal. Published: April 10, 19% PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BID Columbia Basin Electic Cooper ative, Inc. will accept sealed bids on the following surplus equipment. Unit #5 - 1990 Ford F350 4X4, 460 V8 engine, 5 spd std trans mission, 105,179 miles, fair tires. Unit #26- 1988 Ford F350 4X4, 460 V8 engine, 5 spd std. trans mission, 80,400 miles, fair tires. Both units are standard cab with utility beds. Vehicles are sold as is, no war rantee. Each vehicle must be bid separately. Vehicles can be seen at CBEC headquarters in Heppner from 8:00 A M. to 4:30 P.M. week days only. Sealed bids to be opened at 11:00 A.M. on April 22, 19%. Successful bidder notified immediately. Payment in full upon delivery, not more than 48 hours following open ing of bids. Bids must be clearly marked “ Sealed Bid” . CBEC reserves the right to re ject any or all bids. Mail or deliver bids to: Columbia Basin Electric Coop., Inc. ATTN: Fred Toombs, Mana ger Box 398 Heppner, OR 97836 Published: April 10 and 17, 19%______________________ PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BID Morrow County invites bids for professional auditing ser vices in order to perform a financial and compliance audit for Morrow County for the period from July 1, 1995 to June 30, 1996. Job and contract specifications may be obtained at the office of the Morrow County Finance Director, P.O. Box 867, Morrow County Courthouse, 100 Street, Hepp ner, Oregon, 97836. Sealed bids will be received at the Morrow County Court house, Finance Director's Of fice (same address as above), until 5:00 o'clock p.m. Pacific Daylight Time on May 14, 19%, 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, if ap plicable. Each sealed bid must be plainly marked on the out side of the envelope as "Bid for Provision of Auditing Ser vices” . Morrow County does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age and handicapped status in contracting, employ ment or the provision of ser vices. Morrow County reserves the right to reject any or all bids. For further information, con tact Lisanne Currin, Morrow County Finance Director, at (541) 676-9061 ext. 15. Published: April 3 and 10, 19% Affid______________________ PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to ORS 477.250, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held for the purpose of providing all owners of lands an opportuni ty to be heard on matters per taining to the budgeting of moneys required to defray the cost of fire protection and sup pression within the boundaries of the Central Oregon Forest Protection District and for pri vately owned lands in Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wasco and Wheeler counties within the boundaries of the Deschutes, Malheur, Mt. Hood, Ochoco, Umatilla and Wallowa-Whit- man National Forests. Hearing will be held at the following places: Central Oregon Division, Monday, April 22, 19%, 1 P.M., at Prineville Division Headquarters, Prineville, Ore gon. Central Oregon Division, Monday, April 22, 19%, 1 P.M., at The Dalles Division Headquarters, The Dalles, Ore gon. Central Oregon Division, Monday, April 22, 19%, 1 P.M., at John Day Division Headquarters, John Day, Ore gon. Copies of the tentative bud get may be inspected during normal working hours at the Central Oregon Forest Protec tion District offices at John Day, Prineville and The Dalles. Per sons with disabilities requiring special arrangements, PLEASE contact the Central Oregon District at least two working days (48 hours) in advance at (541) 447-5658. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY JAMES E. BROWN, STATE FORESTER Published: April 3 and 10, 19% 2 Affid s CARD OF THANKS We wish to thank everyone who donated items and par-