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SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 19, 1997 Morrow Co. union gives donation to local little league Mail-in ballots to be sent out Fri., Feb. 21 Morrow County Clerk Barbara Bloodsworth will send out ballots county-wide this Friday, Feb. 21, for a March 11 mail-in election. Ballots are due in the clerk's office by 8 p m , Tuesday, March II. Bob Naims o f the Morrow County employees union, presents a $200 check to Ron Bowman, president o f the Willow Creek Little League. The donation will be placed in the little league general fund to improve the program. Bowman said. St. Patrick's Senior Center Bulletin Board There w ere 80 people present for the senior V alentine's Day d in n er and six m eals w ere hom e-delivered. M em bers of the Episcopal C hurch served. Jane Rawlins w on the free meal ticket; Ruth Bergstrom and Charlie McConnell w on door prizes. Bill and W innifred Cox w on the prize for having been married the longest. The first and second grade classes at H ep p n er Elem entary school decorated the placem ats for the tables. The lone Creative Care preschool children brought centerpieces they had m ade for the tables, and stayed to have lunch w ith the seniors. They also sang and entertained. The m enu for the birthday d in n er on W ednesday, Feb. 26 is fried chicken, m ashed potatoes with gravy, carrots and peas, fruit cup, rolls and bread p u d d in g . M em bers of the lone C hurch of Christ will serve. The Senior C enter Board m et at 1 p.m . on Feb. 12. Carol M ichael-Bennett, Bebe M unkers and Jane Rawlins w ere present to m ake requests of the board. A group of volunteers folded new s letters for the Extension Service on Tuesday and Friday. There w as one table of cards in play Friday afternoon. Seven ladies w atched the movie “ Fox F ire" on S unday evening. V olunteers are still needed to bake pies, w ork at the breakfast at the Fairgrounds, the soup luncheon and pie sale at the Center, and to sell quilt tickets, all projects for the St. Patrick's C elebra tion. There are sign-up sheets at the office; please help if you can. Ruth N utting has m oved into an ap artm en t at St. Patrick's Senior C enter. Irene A nhorn is m oving h er things in a few items at a time. Don't get out the packing boxes just yet—most local rural mail route residents are not changing locations, just changing addresses Gee, I thought I knew where I lived after 45 years in this spot even though the excess moisture is creating significant property mov ement Oh to have a computer-type mind for deleting all those well-known addresses of others to make room for these new address numbers But our assigned address number is wntten in permanent ink on the back of my hand because my overloaded brain terminal can't log anymore numbers It's difficult enough to remember social security numbers, so taxpay er identification, customer numbers, checkbook, and credit card numbers place too much of a load on a simple mind Remember when we could receive mail without even a zipcode? One time I received a letter with just my first name and the town, which the Post Office somehow delivered Roads can be confusing, but even a stranger to these parts can get directions to someone's house by asking just about any one A change of address notification requires time and postage to update drivers' licenses, voter registration, magazines and newspapers And don't forget to change address labels, letterheads, checkbooks and other personalized material. Why couldn't this have happened before Christmas? It wasn't in my plan to mass mail Valentine cards to friends and relatives Yet on the positive side an address change may cut down on junk mail Then too if one is late with a bill payment, a pat answer could be, "Gee I never got that statement due to a changed address " Supposing we wanted to move our double-wide home to some other location Do we just pull up that numbered sign and move it too? If another residence was put on this property does that mean there would be a reshuffling o f numbers? This numbers game could have some interesting twists. Even our dog's nose is out of joint because his doghouse didn't get an assigned number Afterall mail is supposed to be private and animals are said to have rights too Most people address an envelope with legible handwriting. But it's a good thing that most business letters are not hand wntten. A handwritten signature on a business letter is usually also machine printed or one might never identify the writer Take a look at the signature of the consultant on that rural addressing change notice Even our four year old grandson can make better marks than that It's a good thing that a printer was used to designate all these numbers, or we'd all be in trouble Often one can find an unknown address in the telephone book If new phone books list the address numbers along with phone numbers, there had better be plenty of surplus copies We're sure to wear out phone books looking up address numbers Oh well, I always knew our days were numbered and if I could remember your address number, then I wouldn't likely forget your name Morrow County voters will decide the fate of a Morrow County one-year, $3,087,990 operating levy outside the tax base County-wide voters will also cast then ballots for; -Blue Mountain Community College Position No. 3, four-year term for Mark Fairgneve or David D Gallaher, Position No. 4, four- year term for Tom Able, unopposed; and Position No. 6, four-year term for Bruce C. Campbell, Christof J. Cook or Douglas K Harper; -Umatilla/Morrow County Education Service District Director Position No. 4, four-year term for Vemeda Wagner, unopposed; Director Position No. 5, no candidate filed; Director Position No. 6, four-year term for James D. Smith, unopposed; and Director Position No. 7, four-year term, Anita Janis, unopposed -Morrow County School District Director. Zone 2, four-year term for incumbent Dwayne Carroll or Lisa M. Nelson; Director, Zone 6, four-year term, Barney P. Lindsay , unopposed; and Director, Zone 7, four-year term, incumbent Scott Bauska, unopposed. -Port of Morrow Commissioner Position No 1, Deane Seeger, Position No 2, Daniel Creamer, Position No. 3, Jerry M. Healy and Position No. 4, Marvin Padberg, all four-year terms, unopposed Five people are up for one spot on the Morrow County Health District Zone No. 3: incumbent, Robert McKinley', Alberta Akers, Vicki Kent, John Prag and Bud L. Wallain Sharron L. Mevers and incumbent Jim Hankins will face off for one Zone 2 position on the board and Norma Stahl is unopposed for the Zone 1 position. Terry Tallman and David L Richards oppose each other for one spot on the Morrow County Unified Recreation District (MCURD), Position No 2 James Lee Swanson is unopposed for Position No. 4 on the MCURD Board and no candidate filed for Position No. 1. The following school board advisory positions are unopposed; Heppner-Lexington Position No. 2-Virgmia (George) Naims; Heppner-Lexington No. 5-Greg Smith; Heppner-Lexington No 6- Stephen L. Hill; Ione-Lexington No. 2-Hank Pointer; Ione- Lexington No 3-Jim McElIigott; Boardman-Imgon No 1-Dean R Mason, Boardman-Irrigon No 3- Kathy Neal; Boardman Irrigon No. 4-Wayne W Huwe, Jr.; Boardman-Irrigon No. 6-Pat McNamee No one filed for the following advisory positions Heppner-Lexington Nos 1,4 and 7; Ione-Lexington No. 4. Voters in the city of Heppner will decide whether or not to approve a $95,000 (each year) five-year serial levy to fund operations in the areas o f police protection, parks maintenance and utility service. Only one candidate, David McNary filed for two at-large positions on the Willow Creek Park District for south Morrow County. Marriage Licenses The Morrow County C lerk’s office at the courthouse in Hepp ner reports issuing the following mamage licenses during the past week; Jan. 21-Christopher Eric Jones, 22, Imgon; and Nichole Vemet Elise Fund, 20, Hermiston. Feb. 10-Vemon Reed Burke, 45, Heppner; and Ruth Juanita Haskett, 34, Hepp ner; Cloyed Edward Riddle, 40, Boardman; and C hristine Ann P otter, 44, Boardman. Wyden to make Boardman stop Senator Ron Wyden has scheduled a "Morrow County Town Hall Meeting" on Saturday, Feb 22, from 1-2:30 p.m. at Riverside High School in Boardman Three people, Maureen McElIigott, Robert H Davidson and Annetta L. Spicer, are all unopposed for positions 1, 3 and 5 on the Oregon Trail Liferary District for voters in Heppner and Boardman Two people, Christopher S. George and Archie Ball, are unopposed for three positions on the Heppner Cemetery District, two, William P. Sharkey and Ralph Skoubo, are also unopposed for the Boardman Cemetery District; and three, Burrel L. Cooley, Donald L. Adams and Albert W Partlow, are unopposed for the Imgon Park and Recreation District. Don Bennett and Robert Laughlin are unopposed for two at-large positions on the Heppner Water Control District, and Brian Thompson and James Bloodsworth are unopposed for three positions on the Heppner Rural Fire Protection District. Three people, William P. Sharkey, Karen Pettigrew and Maria M. Richards, will compete for two positions on the Boardman Park and Recreation District. Kurt Gantenbein, Earl W. Connell, Sr. and Don Russell are unopposed for three positions on the Boardman Rural Fire Protection District. No candidates filed for three positions on the lone Rural Fire Protection District; one position on the Ione-Lexington Cemetery District; one position on the Imgon Cemetery District and three positions on the Irrigon Rural Fire Protection District. John Doherty to be at coffee hour. John Doherty will perform for the 12th year at the KUMA Coffee Hour planned for 10 a m. Saturday, March 15, at the Heppner Elks Lodge during the annual St. Patrick's Weekend Celebration. Doherty speaks and sings with a natural brogue and boots life into his music with a "delightfully unique and genuinely Insh style". Touring Ireland in 1984, John learned first hand what folk (read pub) music is like for the Irish. In 1986 John first sang a couple of Insh tunes during the KUMA Coffee Hour on a dare, accompanied by guitarist\singer Scott Sager, a Pendleton businessman who lives in Pilot Rock. Leo Doherty, John's brother, joined them in 1987 and in 1988 John, Scott, and Leo teamed up with Mike Duffy, then a student in David Miller's BMCC Music Department. Along with Paul Ellis, fiddler Andy Emert, key boardist Marilyn Muller, Rendv Storie, the Sager girls, and a BMCC Quartet— the BMCC St. Patrick's Day Players were bom for an enjoyable two years together in good Irish style. In 1991, Paul Green o f Pilot Rock, presently construction superintendent on the Halley Place Apartments Project in Pendleton, made his debut singing with John and Leo at the St. Mary's fellowship hall for a St. Patrick's dinner event. John's son-in-law, Jack McGuire, sings bass now and old friend Ivan Meads, electrician and Hermiston farmer, is a regular too. Many musicians have sat in with the playful Irish over the years since John and Scott began in 1986. This year's bunch includes a fine line-up: John Doherty, Walla Walla, lead; Leo Doherty, Vinson, vocals; Scott Sager, Pilot Rock, guitar/vocals/politics; Paul Green, Pilot Rock, guitar/vocals/music library; Mike Duffy, Athena, guitar/vocals/sound, Andy Emert, Tigard, string bass/fiddle; Dan Emert, Pendleton, tenor/ guitar/fiddle, Jack McGuire, Pendleton, vocals; Ivan Meads, Pendleton, guitar/vocals; Kelly Sager, Eugene, flute/vocals; Kreg H a w k in s , P e n d le to n , mandolin/vocals/sound; Dick Kaiser, Pendleton, wash tub bass, Vicki Brenner, Pomeroy, vocals. Rod Bonifer, Athena, guitar/vocals. The Irish Players will perform genuine Irish music at Pendleton's Great Pacific Wine and Coffee Company Friday. March 14, at 6 p.m. Look for John at the KUMA Coffee Hour, hosted by Greg Smith and Joe McLaughlin, live from the Heppner Elks Lodge Heppner council suspends merit pay on May Street near the Courthouse, The Heppner City Council, reconfiguration of the May and during the Feb. 10 council meeting, Court Street intersection and took action on employee compen replacement of sidewalks on North sation and made preparations for Court Street between May Street this summer’s Main and May and the elementary school on Street Project. Stansbury Street. The Main and In light of coming Ballot Mea May Street portion of the improve sure 47 restrictions, the council ments will also include antique- approved a resolution suspending style street lights, street trees and the city’s merit pay program for the shrubbery. 1997/98 fiscal year, which begins “This summer’s improvement on July 1. According to city projects represent a once-in-a- manager Gary Marks, the suspen lifetime opportunity for our com sion of the merit pay program will munity,” said Marks. “We will remain in effect for the 97/98 have a beautiful downtown and budget year regardless of the safer accommodations for pedes outcome of the city’s March tax trians on Riverside Avenue and levy request. North Court Street.” “All local governments will be Marks stressed that, while looking at a good deal of uncer ODOT has given the city a great tainty with Ballot Measure 47 for at deal of input in project design least the next year,” said Marks. “It issues, improvements on Main and was felt that freezing merit pay was May Streets will be administered as a prudent step in the face of this an ODOT project. “The city will uncertainty.” have direct control over improve The council also took important ments slated tor Riverside Avenue steps to prepare for this summer’s and North Court Street,” said Main and May Street Improvement Marks. Project. The council approved a According to Marks, construc project agreement with the Oregon tion on the street improvements Department of Transportation will likely begin in June or July. (ODOT), approved grant agree ments totaling $342,200 related to the project and approved a short P U B L IC N O T I C E term $55,000 street improvement BOARD OF loan designed to leverage and DIRECTORS MEETING match the grant funds. The loan A public m eeting of the will be repaid from gasoline tax Board of Directors, of the M or distributions provided by the state. row County Unified Recreation Street improvements scheduled District, will be held February for this summer include sidewalks 27, 1997, at lone High School, on the east side of Riverside beginning at 7pm . Avenue, reconfiguration of the This m eeting is open to the Riverside Avenue/Gale Street/ public. Any person may appear Hwy. 74 intersection, construction at the m eeting a n d participate. of sidewalks and a vehicular All m eetings are handicapped turnout at the mini-park, replace- • accessible according to ORS ment of the street and sidewalks on 192.630(5) and Am erican Dis Main and May Streets between the abilities Act. Willow Creek Bridge near the city Topics on the agenda for this park and the Willow Creek Bridge m eeting are, M easure 47, and Funding Request. (s) Secretary G eorge N aim s Published: February 19, 1997 Sena or Receive Affid Gazette-Times We Print Business Cards Gazette-Times 676-9228 P U B L IC N O T I C E ANNOUNCEMENT OF CALL FORBIDS: Sealed bids for installing new carpet, rubber base and VCT flooring will be received by Mor row County School District at the District Office, 270 W Main, Lex ington, Or 97839 until 2:00 p.m. , March 4,1997. At this time, all bids will be opened and publicly read aloud. Bid documents may be ob tained at the District Office in Lexington, OR, Monday through Fnday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Scope of work called for in this project shall include, but is not limited to all necessary crafts re quired by the nature of the specific project. Morrow County School Distnct may reject any bids not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and re quirements and may reject for good cause any and all bids upon a finding of the district that it is in the public interest to do so. Charles D. Starr Superintendent, Morrow County School District Published: February 19, 1997 P U B L IC N O T I C E NOTICE OF DECISION BIG GUNS SALVAGE SALE USD A Forest Service Umatilla National Forest Heppner Ranger Distnct Morrow County, Oregon On February 21, 1997, Heppner Distnct Ranger, Delanne Ferguson, made a decision to implement Al ternative 3 of the Big Guns Salvage Sale Environmental Assessment (EA). This alternative includes sal vage harvest of approximately 2.1 MMBF of wood prixiucts from 339 acres. Other activities associ ated with the harvest include tree planting, prescribed burning, road obliteration, subsoiling, and animal control. The EA, associated Decision No tice, response to public comments, and analysis file are available upon request from the Umatilla National Forest, Heppner Ranger Distnct, P.O. Box 7, Heppner, OR 97836. Questions regarding this project should be directed to Charlene Bucha Gentry at (541) 676-9187. This decision is subject to appeal pursuant to 36 CRF 215.7. Published: February 19, 1997 CLASSIFIED _________ ADS_________ C A R D OF T H A N K S Jay and Lori Straley wish to thank all the Elks officers a n d ' m em bers for all their efforts in m aking the 100th A nnual a big success. We c an 't begin to nam e everyone for fear w e'll forget som eone. You all know w ho you are; y o u 're the tired ones. Thank you so m uch. This w onderful event could not have occurred w ithout you. W ith deep gratitude, Jay and Lori Straley _____________________ 2-19-lc I wish to thank all my friends w ho visited me in the G ood S hep h erd Hospital. You gave me cheer and a strong desire to be am ong you again. Ed H unt ____________________ 2-19-lp T hanks so m uch for all the calls, prayers, cards and food d uring the loss of my dad. We feel fortunate to have friends like you. Lorie Sullivan an d family _________ 2-19-lc Tfe« family of Ralph S. Cram appreciate the thoughtful ex pressions of condolences from the com m unity and the loving su p p o rt of family an d friends in our loss. We w ould like to th an k the ladies of the H eppner Church of the N azarene for the love ly brunch for the family.
