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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.