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Heppner Galette-Ti mes, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 12, 1997 - SEVEN
Kemp, Dickenson earn award Melissa McElligott receives award
Traci Dickenson
Soroptunist International o f
Heppner has announced that
Heppner High School seniors Toni
Kemp and Traci Dickenson are the
w inners o f the Soroptimist Youth
Citizenship awards
"It was a difficult choice to make
as we had several qualified
applicants," said Soroptunist
Marianne Kahl.
The award is not a scholarship,
but one that goes to seniors who
have demonstrated involvement in
school and community activities
The winner's entry form has
been
sent
on
to
district
competition
Melissa McElligott
Melissa McElligott, 1996
graduate o f lone High School, has
been nominated as one o f 10
fmalists for the Johnny Carpenter
Prep Athlete o f the Year award
The award will be presented at the
49th Oregonian Banquet o f
Champions on Sunday, Feb 16, in
the ballroom o f the Oregon
Convention Center in Portland
Several Oregon sports
celebrities,
including
four
Olympic medalists, will be at the
head table to present awards
Harold Reynolds, the all star
second baseman from Corvallis,
now an ESPN analyst, will be
master o f ceremonies More than
1,000 people from around the state
will attend the "oldest and largest
sports awards gathering to honor
Oregon's athletes and teams for
their accomplishments during
1996.
McElligott, a standout athlete
and scholar at IHS, is the daughter
of Joe and Jen McElligott o f lone
Taekwon-do students participate in tourney
Toni Kemp
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Chamber Manager
Sometimes people wonder what
the Chamber executive director
does besides "bounce off the
walls" and appear scattered
Here are two days o f life at the
office last week
Agenda, programs and contacts
for the monthly Chamber business
m eeting-Financial: receive and
pay gift certificates recently
redeemed at businesses for
Christmas lighting, Spooktacular
event, and last year's Wee Bit O'
Ireland
celebration;
deposit
Chamber lunch monies; process
1997 Chamber membership dues
and send decals and receipts.
(We look forward to new
businesses who will be receiving a
letter o f invitation to join, but they
don't have to wait for that, just
come to Chamber or by the office
any Tuesday.)
St Pat's; work on contacts for
brochure finalization; contract for
Kid-A-Ride and location; news
release for the Oregon High Desert
magazine, businesses for brochure
ads. 1999 Wee Bit O' Ireland
honorees committee meeting; and
mail information Still looking for
volunteers to run the concessions
at the Sheep Dog Trials and chair
the wild and crazy races prior to
the parade The next St
Pat's
meeting is 6 p m , Thursday , Feb
13, at Kate's
Economic Development: HEDC
meeting, tour o f St Patrick's
Apartments (Nice, those o f you
tired o f a big house ought to check
them out, there are two v a c a n t)
Sent o ff 10 relocation packets
Scheduled next program to include
business recruitment
Visitors: calls, information and
arrangements for the Oregon Trail
Bicycle Tour on July 19 for an
overnight in Heppner from
Nebraska; and information to San
Francisco for hikers coming to
visit. Sent out five visitor packets,
four student packets. Four visitors
in the office. Retailers benefit
from all our visitors.
Bulletin board at Central Market
Red Apple: February calendar and
information
for
tourists.
(Organizations should call Dons
Brosnan or the Chamber Office to
be included pnor to end o f month )
Weekly incoming calls at the
office vary from five to 25 and this
time o f the year involve visitor
packets,
Insh
information,
concessions. Rural Oregon Day.
Main
Street
renovation,
accommodations, if Heppner has a
florist, etc.
So, there you have it in a
nutshell, well a little bigger than a
nutshell.
It's definitely not a
boring job, nor a "sit around and
twiddle-your-thumbs" job and it's
fun to get to know so many
wonderful people
The many
volunteers in our rural community
are super
If I sometimes appear
to be "out-of-focus",
it's the
splintered brain syndrome
Next week Dar Merrill, o f the
Commission on Children and
Families.
mately three miles west o f Bomb­
ing Range Road. Application is to
allow the o p eratio n o f a rock
crusher and stockpiling o f crushed
rock for the County Public Works
Department. Request is also to add
the site to the Goal 5 aggregate in­
ventory in the Comprehensive Plan.
Criteria for approval include Zon­
ing Ordinance Section 6.050(9),
and ARTICLE 8 and 215.298(2).
The second o f three public hear­
ings to consider a zone designation
o f Farm Residential Two Acres
(FR-2) for an unzoned area west
o f Paul Smith Road and Skoubo
Lane between Kunze and West Ex­
tension Irrigation Canal. The area
is located approximately one-half
m ile so u thw est o f the C ity o f
Boardman. C atena for approval in­
clude Zoning Ordinance Section
3.041 and ARTICLE 8.
Conditional Use Permit Applica­
tion No. N-100: Everett Shasteen,
applicant; Mary Lynn Hurd, owner.
Property is described as Tax Lot
100 and 101 o f Assessor’s Map 4N
25 20A, located on the south side
of Kunze Road, approximately one
mile so u thw est o f the C ity o f
Boardman. The proposal is to op­
erate an automobile repair business
as a home occupation. C ntena for
approval include Zoning Ordinance
Section 3.050(2XH) and ARTICLE
6. This is a continued heanng from
the January Planning Commission
meeting.
Application fora Vanance from
Property Setback Requirements by
Robert Allison on Tax Lot 1203 of
Assessor’s Map 4N 25 14 in a Farm
Residential Two Acre (FR-2) Zone.
This parcel is located on the north
side of Wilson Road approximately
two miles southeast of Boardman.
Access to the property is from Wil­
son Road onto a private drive. Cri­
teria for approval includes Zoning
Ordinance ARTICLE 7, Section
7.020 (B) (1) (2).
Left to right back row - Gary Oberg, Matt Browning, Bill Morris; second row - Patti Pappas, Adam Perez; front row-
Jamie Perez, Tyler Raible Kimberly Morris, Michael Merrill
trophies were: Bill Morris, first
place, Beginning Heavyweight­
sparring, Matt Browning, first
place, Yellow Belt Heavyweight-
sparring, Tyler Raible, second
place, Pee Wee Intermediate-
sparring; Mike M em l, second
place. Pee Wee Beginning-
sparring; Kimberly Morris, third
place, Pee Wee Beginning­
sparring; Adam Perez, first place,
Students from Kim's Taekwon­
do school in Heppner participated
in a martial arts tournament held in
Forest Grove on Saturday, Jan 25.
The event was sponsored by
Grandm aster Hong Sik Kim and
the Forest Grove Taekwon-do
school Participants came from
Oregon, Idaho and Washington
Local students bringing home
G am bling has widespread impact
Wednesday , February 26, at the
Pendleton office o f the Oregon
State
University
Extension
Service, 721 S.E Third Street.
Suite 3.
The lesson will be taught by
Carol Michael, Morrow and
Umatilla county home economics
agent Study groups are invited to
send a representative to the
training The lesson is open to all
interested persons
For more information, contact
Michael, 676-9642 or 1-800-342-
3664
Does Gambling Affect
Everyone9 "You bet," says Carol
Michael,
Morrow
County
Extension agent.
Gambling has an impact on
individuals,
families
and
communities, she says.
For
example, adults spend more on
gambling than they do on
children's durable toys.
Impacts o f gambling and
guidelines on when gambling is
appropriate will also be the focus
o f a family Community Education
Leader Training, at 10 am .,
Singing group to perform at hospital
women who enjoy those melodies
o f the “Big Band” era. They will
sing their signature song, “Senti­
mental Journey.”
The Morrow County Arts Coun­
T he n e w ly -fo rm e d sin g in g
group, “The Sentimentalist,” will
perform on Fnday, Feb. 14, at 2
p.m. at Pioneer Memorial Hospital’s
Valentine’s Party.
The group is made up of nine
cil is sponsor o f this group.
St. Patrick's Senior Center
_______ Bulletin Board_______
There were 68 in attendance at the senior meal Feb 5 and seven meals
were home delivered Irene Swanson won the free meal ticket Members of
the Methodist Church served Hearing aid assistance was given and blood
pressures were taken The Nutrition Site Committee met at 1 p m
The menu for Feb 19 will be lamb/beef nbs, mashed potatoes with gravy,
coleslaw with carrots, bread and peaches Members of the Lutheran Church
will serve
There was one table of pinochle in play Friday afternoon Six people
watched the movie "To Dance With a White Dog" Sunday evening Next
Sunday "Fox Fire" will be shown at 7 p m
The beautiful St Patrick's quilt was finished by Daisy Collins and Maxine
Gray Fnday Tickets were sold by Bill Cox at the Morrow County Grain
Growers breakfast in Lexington Tickets are available at the Senior Center
office and will be available at other locations around town from time to time
until after the auction Mar 16, when the winning quilt ticket will be drawn
Volunteers are needed not only to help sell quilt tickets, but for the other
senior projects for the St. Patnck's celebration, the breakfast at the fair
grounds, the soup and roll luncheon and pie sale at the center Now is the
time for all seniors to come to the aid of their center, to paraphrase a quote
from JFK
Other dates to remember are Tues and Thurs exercise, 10 a m ; Wed
blood pressures taken, 11 a m., senior meal, noon, F n , cards, 2 p m .
Sunday movie, 7 p.m.
Rose Marie Buschke and Sue Cooper are now giving tax assistance to
seniors and low income people on Monday and Fnday from 9 a m to 4
p m in the Senior Center dining room Those needing assistance may call
the Senior Center office, 676-9030, to make an appointment
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Yellow Belt Lightweight-sparring;
A.J. Perez, first place, yellow Belt
Junior
Lightweight-spamng;
Jamie Perez, second place, Yellow
B e lt
L ightw eight-spam ng
(women's); Jim Raíble, second
place, Yellow Belt Middleweight-
spamng and second place, Yellow
Belt Forms, and Gary Oberg, first
place, Senior Advanced Black
Belt-spamng.
Weather Report
By City of Heppner
For th e m o n th of Jan u a ry
Precip.
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Low
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PUBLIC NOTICE
MORROW COUNTY
1 AND USE HEARING
THE M O R R O W C O U N T Y
PLANNING COMMISSION will
hold the following hearings o f pub­
lic interest on Monday, February
24, 1997, at 7:30 p.m. at the North
Morrow Annex Building on Third
and North Main in Imgon, Oregon:
The second of three public hear­
ings on Conditional Use Perm it
A pplicatio n No. N -9 7 and an
Amendment to the Comprehensive
Plan: Morrow County, Guy Van-
Arsdale, applicant; Gene and Tom
Doherty, owners. Property is de­
scrib ed as Tax L ot 700 o f
Assessor’s map IN 25 03, located
on the north side o f Juniper Road
(County Road No. 630), at the in­
tersection o f Jumper Canyon Road
(County Road No. 923), approxi­
Application fora Hardship Van­
ance by James C. Kemp to allow
the siting of a second manufactured
home on Tax Lot 104 of4N 25 14C
(3.03 Acres) in a Farm Residential
Two Acre (FR-2) Zone. This par­
cel is located in Hamilton Estates
which is on the south side o f Wil­
son Road approximately two miles
southeast of Boardman. Access to
the property is via a pnvate ease­
ment from Wilson Road. C ntena
for approval includes Zoning Ordi­
nance ARTICLE 7, Section 7.020
(B) (1) (2).
PUBLIC NOTICE
The C ouncil for the C ity o f
Heppner, Oregon will conduct a
public heanng at 7:00 PM on March
10,1997 at Heppner City Hall, 188
North West Willow Street regard­
ing violationsof City Ordinance No.
474, an Ordinance Abating N ui­
sance for Accumulation o f Solid
Waste and Fire Hazards.
The following properties are in
violation o f the ordinance because
o f deposits o f solid wastes scat­
tered about the premises that cre­
ate a fire hazard and harborage for
rodents and insects and is injuri­
ous to the health, safety and gen­
eral welfare o f the people.
1. 440 Water Street, Map #2S
26 27DD, Tax Lot #2500
2. 475 Water Street, Map #2S
26 27DD, Tax Lot #1400
3. 355 NW Churh Street, Map
2S 26 27DD, Tax Lot # 2900
Published: February 12, 1997
Affid
PUBLIC NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
Com m unity Action Program o f
East Central Oregon (CAPECO) is
prepanng a draft plan for the 1997
Summer Youth Program. In 1996,
C A P E C O ’s expenditures were
$206,391 in JTPA Title IIB funds
and 146 youth were served. As of
this notice, funding for the 1997
p ro g ram is estim ated to be
$321,613. Services are provided by
CAPECO in collaboration with lo­
cal schools, government, commu­
nity based organizations and busi­
ness. W ritten comments are re­
quested by March 7, 1997. For
more information or to review the
summer youth program draft plan,
please contact Deborah Hayward,
Program M anager, at (541)276-
1926 or w ater CAPECO, 721 SE
3rd, Suite D, Pendleton, OR 97801.
CAPECO is an equal opportunity
employer/program, and auxiliary
aids and services are available upon
request to individuals with disabili­
ties.
Published: February 12, 1997
Affid
PUBLIC NOTICE
N otice o f Revenue Bond
A uthonzation
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the City C ouncil o f City o f
Heppner,
M orrow
County,
Oregon (the "City"), adopted
Resolution No. 269-97 on
February 10, 1997, authorizing
Opportunity to voice support or the issuance o f revenue bonds.
opposition to the above proposals
The bonds will be issued to
or to ask questions will be pro­
finance
reconstruction
of
vided. Failure to raise specific is­
sidewalks and street intersections
sues at this heanng precludes ap­
(the "Project").
peal to the Land Use Board of Ap­
The City Council may establish
peals based on those issues.
by subsequent resolution all
Copies of the staff report and
terms, conditions and convenants
all relevant docum ents will be
regarding the bonds and the
available February 18, 1997. For revenues to be pledged which are
more information, please contact
necessary or desirable to effect
the Morrow County Planning De­
the sale o f the bonds.
partment at 922-4624 or 676-9061,
The City estim ates that the
ext. 49.
bonds will be issued in an
DATED THIS 12th day o f Feb­
aggregate principal am ount o f
ruary 1997.
not to exceed $55,000; bond
MORROW COUNTY
principal
and
interest
are
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
expected to be paid from City
Published: February 12, 1997
revenues. The bonds will not be
Affid_________________________
general obligations o f the City,
nor a charge upon its tax
revenues, but will be payable
IN THE CIRCU IT C O U R T OF
solely from the revenues which
THE STATE OF O R EGON
the City pledges to the paym ent
FOR THE C O UNTY OF
o f the bonds.
M ORROW
If w ntten petitions, signed by
In the M atter o f the Estate o f
not less than five percent (5% ) o f
CECIL HICKS,
Deceased.
the City's electors, are filed at the
No. 96-PR-19
Office o f the City Recorder on or
NOTICE TO
before April 14, 1997 (the 61st
INTERESTED PERSONS
day after the date o f publication
N otice is hereby given that
o f the notice), the questions o f
Shirley Hicks has been appointed
issuing the revenue bonds shall
and has qualified as the Personal
be
placed on the ballot at the next
Representative o f the above
legally
available election date.
nam ed Estate. All persons hav­
The Office o f the C ity
ing claim s against the estate are
hereby required to present the Recorder is located at 188 W est
same, with proper vouchers, W illow Street, Heppner, Oregon
within four m onths after the date 97836.
o f the first publication o f this
The resolution authonzing the
Notice, as stated below, to the bonds is available for inspection
Personal Representative, c/o Dale at the Office ot trie City
L. Smith, 300 W est Herm iston
Recorder.
Avenue, H erm iston, Oregon
The bonds will be issued and
97838, or they m ay be barred.
All persons whose ng h ts may sold under the Uniform Revenue
be affected by the proceedings in Bond Act (ORS 288.805 to
this
Notice
is
this estate may obtain additional 288.945);
published
pursuant
to
ORS
inform ation from the records o f
the court, the Personal Repre­ 288.815(6).
BY ORDER O F THE CITY
sentative or the attorney for the
Personal Representative.
CO U N CIL OF CITY
Dale L. Smith
OF HEPPNER, M ORROW
Bar No. 79398
COUNTY, OREGON.
Attorney for Personal Repre­ Gary B. M arks
sentative
City Recorder
Published: January 29, February
Published: February 12, 1997
5 and 12, 1997
PUBLIC N O TICE
Affid_________________
Affid______________________