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1 % SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, February 26, 1997 Energy assistance available The Low Income Energy Assistance Program operated by CAPECO has received additional funds to assist eligible households with their winter heating bills. The program is designed to provide a one-time payment to help pay for the increase of energy used during the cold months for heat. Pay ments are issued to an energy vendor who then applies it as a credit to the household’s account. To be eligible for assistance, a household of one can have monthly income up to $806 and this amount increases S273 for each additional household member. • Anyone interested may contact CAPECO, 1-800-752-1139. St. Patrick's Senior Center Bulletin Board There were 64 present for the senior meal Feb. 19, Twelve meals were home delivered. Members of the Lutheran Church served. Juanita Schulz won the meal ticket. The menu for March 5 will be pork roast, whipped potatoes and gravy, carrots with peas, rolls and apple crisp. Members of the Christian Church will serve. An Area Agency on Aging meeting will follow the meal. Hearing aid assistance will be provided at 10 a m. and blood pressures will be taken at 11 am. One table of pinochle was in play Friday afternoon, Feb. 21. Five seniors watched the movie "Milo & Otis" Sunday evening. Dates to remember are: Tues, and Thurs, exercise, 10 am; Wed., hearing aid assistance, 10 a.m, blood pressures taken, 11 a m., senior meal, noon, AAA meeting, 1 p.m.; Friday, cards 2 p.m.; Sunday, movie, 7 p.m. On March 15, the senior breakfast will be held at the fairgrounds and the soup and roll luncheon and pie and soup sale at the senior center. Please sign up to help. Tickets on the quilt are available at the senior center office every week day Two of the St. Patrick apartment tennants are in the hospital- Mildred Wright, who has been in the hospital for several days and Ruth Nutting as of Monday morning. The seniors wish them a speedy recovery. VOTE JOHN KILKENNY for a five-day week Write-in for Zone 6 School Board Paid for by Committee to Elect John Kilkenny CONSIGNMENT AUCTION FARM & LIVESTOCK EQUIPMENT Saturday, March 8 Sale Time -10:00 a.m. Hermiston. OR DIRBCTIONS: Traveling East from Boardman, OR on 1-84. Take Exit 180. Turn South, go 1/4 mile to Noble Road, Tum East, go 1 mile to Sale Site or Traveling West from Pendleton. OR on 1-84, Take Exit 182, Tum South. Cross Over Freeway, Tum West on Noble Road, go 1 mile to Sale Site, or Traveling South from Tn-Citiea, WA on 1-82, tum East on 1-84. Take Exit 180, Tum South, go 1/4 mile to Noble Road. Tum East, go 1 mile to«ale Site Watch for Signa holds meeting HJH, IJH students lone Site Council been resources for the lone staff. The lone Site Council met attend workshop Heppner and lone eighth-graders were able to take advantage of a career showcase, featuring over 60 businesses from Oregon. Washington and California, at the Pendleton Convention Center on Feb 12. Students who attended the showcase visited the businesses' carcc booths and attended exploration classes and training skills employability through the Morrow-Umatilla Workforce Quality Committee Students were able to attend one of four career exploration classes- "Career Goals and Objectives", "Occupations for the Year 2000", "Technology in the Workforce", and "Virtual Reality in the Workforce". They were also required to fill out questionnaires about the businesses Following the presentations, students toured the "East Oregonian" newspaper office and the Pendleton Woolen Mills. The eighth graders were to dress as if they were going to a job interview and maintaining a good attitude is also stressed "I felt like it was a great day," said local organizer and teacher Greg Grant, who accompanied the students on the tnp. "The kids came home excited. The idea was to get students thinking seriously août decisions they will make in their schooling." February 12 at lone High School Greg Grant, supervisor of the School to Careers Program for lone and Heppner, spoke to the council about his role at the schools. He described some of the activities the -students are engaged in and some of the projects he is exploring for the future. He encouraged the site council to look into the feasibility of lone students participating in the student exchange with Centennial School in Portland The council discussed the resources available to help Hispanic students adjust to attending Ione Schools. The faculty has expressed frustration at not being able to communicate with the students to access their needs, and the inability to determine what level of work they are capable of doing Currently only the studients who may have learning difficulties are tested Because of the lanquage barrier, it is difficult for teachers to know when students need special resources, they said. The ESD and Boardman schools have PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the Oregon Trail Library District, Morrow County, state of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 1997, to June 30, 1998 will be held at Heppner Library, 444 N. Main St., Heppner. The meeting will take place on Thursday, March 6, 1997, at 7:00 p.m. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Com mittee will take place. Any per son may appear at the meeting and discuss the proposed pro grams with the Budget Com mittee. Gilbert T. Chavez, Budget Officer Published: February 26, 1997 PUBLIC NOTICE MORROW COUNTY LAND USE HEARING THE MORROW COUNTY COURT will hold the following hearings of public interest on Wednesday, March 5, 1997, at 10:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at the Lindsey Ward Morrow County Courthouse in "I thought it was helpful Heppner, Oregon: lmforming you about possible Final hearing of three public career oportunities," said Lindsey hearings on Conditional Use Ward, 14, Heppner Junior High Permit Application No. N-97 and (HJH). "But maybe in the future an Amendment to the Compre they will be able to improve some hensive Plan: Morrow County, of the less intersting areas Guy VanArsdale, applicant; Gene and Tom Doherty, owners. Property is described as Tax Lot 700 of Assessor's Map IN 25 03, located on the north side of Juniper Road (County Road No. 630), at the intersection of Jump er Canyon road (County Road No. 923), approximately three miles west of Bombing Range Road. Application is to allow the operation of a rock crusher and stockpiling of crushed rock for the County Public Works Depart ment. Request is also to add the site to the Goal 5 aggregate inventory in the Comprehensive Craig Scott Plan. Criteria for approval in Craig Scott, 13, HJH, attended clude Zoning Ordinance Section the virtual reality demonstration 6.050(9), and ARTICLE 8 and which used a program on solving nuclear waste problems at 215.298(2). Final hearing of three public Handford. "It was pretty cool," hearings to consider a zone said Scott, "one of the better designation of Farm Residential things we did all day " The program was coordinated Two Acres (FR-2) for an un by the Umatilla-Morrow ESD and zoned area west of Paul Smith the School-to-Careers program, of Road and Skoubo Lane between which Grant is a part Kunze and West Extension Irrigation Canal. The area is PUBLIC NOTICE located approximately one half The Board of Directors for the mile southwest of the City of Blue Mountains Natural Re Boardman. Criteria for approval sources Institute will hold a include Zoning Ordinance Sec meeting Tuesday, March 11, tion 3.041 and ARTICLE 8. 1997. Opportunity to voice support or Location: Oregon Department of opposition to the above proposal Transportation Conference or to ask questions will be pro Room, 3012 Island Ave., La vided. Failure to raise specific Grande, OR issues at this hearing precludes Time: 9:00 a.m. appeal to the Land Use Board of Topics: Program status, outreach Appeals based on those issues. activities, research results of Copies of the proposed Ordi specific projects, identification of nance and all relevant documents issues of interest, budget and will be available after February plan of work, report on Initia 28,1997. For more information, tives, follow-up of Interior Co please contact the Morrow lumbia Basin Ecosystem Man County Planning Department at agement Project, public com 922-4624 or 676-9061, ext. 49. ments. DATED THIS 26th day of For further information, contact February. Lynn Starr, BMNRI, 1401 MORROW COUNTY COURT Gekeler Lane, La Grande, OR Published: February 26, 1997 97850, or phone 541-962-6548. Affid Published: February 26, 1997 ■■ • The teachers and ESL educational assistant Shelly Key say that they believe progress is being made Key recommended the classrooms be equipped with pocket translators, flash cards, workbooks and library books written in Spanish. Principal Dick Allen suggested asking Karen Holland to come to the school to help teachers conference with their Hispanic students. Allen reported that overall the staff is pleased with the social behavior of lone students. Their main concern was the students' lack of tolerance toward each other The council decided not to make a school improvement goal baseci on the tolerance issue, but to allow the school staff to work with students to see if improvements can be made The council by-laws committee reported that progress is being made in writing by-laws to govern the council The committee will research district and state guidelines to ensure their by-laws are following the correct procedures Mike Keown, assistant administrator of Morrow County Schools, requested that the council approve the application for an Oregon Goals 2000 sub grant The $64,000 grant would allow fourth and fifth grade PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE MORROW COUNTY COURT Public notice is hereby given that the Morrow County Court will hold a special public hearing on Tuesday, March 4, 1997 at 9:00 a.m. at the Courthouse, 100 Court Street, Heppner. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss the 1997-98 budget with the Budget Committee. All interested parties are wel come to attend. Upon request, accommodations will be made at the meeting to facilitate persons with physical impairments or disabilities. Please call 676-5620 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. Published: February 26, 1997 teachers from Morrow and Umatilla Counties to attend a training to instruct them on how to read and interpret open ended math questions The application was approved by the council April 24 is the date the lone staff chose for technology night at Ione Middle/High School New technology at the high school will be available for parents to view That same evening the K-5 teachers will hold an open house at the elementary school. Several noteworthy activities have taken place at lone Schools recently Students in grades K-6 participated in a mock inauguration The elementary staff" was commended for the "excellent job they' did to make the program a success". The council agreed it was positive to have so many high school students and community members attend the event. The junior high chorus group, under the direction of new music teacher Ron Neighom was commended for the "excellent job" they did singing the National Anthem at a recent basketball game. The artist in education program was a great success, with the final musical program well attended. Steve Schaber and Dale Holland, middle school baskethall coaches, took their teams out for a night of bowling to reward them for their good behavior throughout the basketball season. Schaber reported on Positive School Action Committee activities The middle school was planning a Valentine's Day dance and the committee was planning to auction cakes at the pep assembly to earn money for activities Students of the month from the junior high were Tracy' Griffith and Cory Bennetto. The next meeting of the lone Site Council will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday , March 12, in room 1 of the high school, Members will discuss the School Improvement Plan Allen will also explain the plan to blend classes at the elementary level next year. The by-laws committee will meet at 4:30 p.m. that day We Print PUBLIC NOTICE Special Meeting A meeting to approve the purchase of a new minivan and trade-in of current vehicle of the Oregon Trail Library District, Morrow County State of Oregon, will be held on Thursday, March 6, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. at the Heppner Library, 444 Main St., Heppner. Published: February 26, 1997 Affid_______________________ PUBLIC NOTICE "The Morrow County Commission on Children & Families is requesting proposals for projects and services which will enhance the welfare of Morrow County Children and Families. The anticipated alloca tion for the first year of the bi ennium is approximately $115,000. These projects must address at least one of the following areas: Reduce child abuse; reduce teen pregnancy; increase the student retention (graduation) rate; reduce juvenile crime, reduce youth use of alcohol, tobacco, and/or illegal drugs; increase the number of women who receive adequate prenatal care; reduce poverty; and increase the readiness of preschool children to enter Kin dergarten. Proposals for the annual Oregon Youth Conser vation Corps Projects will also be accepted at this time. Accepted 1 L Business Cards Gazette-Times 676-9228 PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING The Morrow County Health District will hold it regular board meeting at 7 p.m. on March 3, 1997 at Pioneer Memorial Home Health 564 East Pioneer Drive Heppner, OR . A copy of the agenda for this meeting as follows. I. Call to order at Pioneer Memorial Home Health - Hepp ner II. Approval of February 3, 1997 minutes III. Public Comments IV. CEO Report V. Financial Report — January VI. EOSC Report VII. Irrigon Clinic VIII. Executive Session ORS 192.660(1) (a) ORS 192.660(1) (h) IX. New Business X. Adjournment Published: February 26, 1997 Affid CLASSIFIED ADS CARD OF THANKS Recipe for a Great Birthday Party: 1) Surround yourself proposals will only be approved with a big crowd of good folks for one year with an option of and the crew at Beecher's; 2) renewing for an additional year if Mix in a whole lot of Tim funding permits. Request For Cundell music; 3) Stir in a cake Proposal packets may be ob or three and a whole lot of tained by calling the Commission laughter and maybe a drink or Office at 676-9675, by sending a two; 4) Then boogie 'til dawn. written request to P.O. Box 544 Thanks to all my family and or by coming to the office at 471 friends for your efforts. It was North Main, Heppner. Com a very special evening. pleted proposals must be re Del Piper turned to the Commission by 2-26-lc 12:00 P.M., April 10, 1997 to be Thank you to all our frineds considered. For further infor and relatives for making our mation, contact Dar Merrill at 50th wedding anniversary so 676-9675. The Morrow County special; and to our family, a Commission on Children & million thanks to you for all Families reserves the right to your work and thoughtfulness. accept or reject any/all proposals It was a wonderful time and a and all proposals are subject to day we will always remember. Creston and Kathryn Robinson availability of funds." 2-26-lc Published: February 26, 1997
