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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 12,20 0 0 We Print BUSINESS CARDS G untU -Thnm s - 676-9228 PUBLIC NOTICE The Morrow County Museum Commission will meet Tuesday, January 18, 2000, at the Morrow County Museum, at 7:30 PM. Published: January 12,2000 PUBLIC NOTICE MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF PROPERTY TAX APPEALS Notice o f Session Notice is hereby given that on February , 2000, at 9:00p.m., ; o’clock, the Board of Property Tax Appeals of the County o f Mor row, Oregon, will meet to: -Hear petitions for reduction of • the real market, maximum as- * sessed, specially assessed, or as sessed value o f property as o f January 1,1999. -Hear petitions for reduction of value c o rre c te d under ORS j 311.208. ; -Hear petitions for waiver o f penalties for late filing of real or personal property returns. Petitions must be filed with the clerk of the board not later than December 31. 1999. The board will meet at County Courthouse in the city o f Heppner, Oregon. A schedule o f hearings for those who request to be present will be posted 48 hours prior to the m eeting(s) m /on M orrow County Courthouse, Im gon An nex & Boardman City Hall. Executive sessions may be held during the session as required by ORS 308.290(7), ORS 308.411, and ORS 308.413. All other hearings will be sched uled as time allows. If you have requested to be present at the hearing you will be notified of the time and place to appear. Contact the Boardman of Property Tax Appeals for further information. It shall be the duty of the per sons interested to appear at the time and place appointed. Barbara Bloodsworth, County Clerk • Morrow County, Oregon ' ' ' 'Datad át Heppner,'Oregon this 10th day o f January, 2000. Published: January 12, 19 and 26,2000 Affid_______________________ PUBLIC NOTICE 99-13718 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE / OF SALE A default has occurred under the terms of a trust deed made by Robert D. Gilstrap and Suzanne € . Gilstrap, as tenants by the en tire ty as grantor, to M orrow County Abstract, as Trustee, in favor of Alliance Mortgage Inc., as Beneficiary, dated June 10, 1998, recorded June 12, 1998, in the mortgage records o f Morrow County, Oregon, in Book No. none, at Page none. Instrument/ Reception/Recorder’s Fee No. 54567, beneficial interest having been assigned to Federal National Mortgage Association, covering the following described real prop erty: Located in the East one-half of the Northwest quarter, Section 35, Township 2 South, Range 26, East of the Willamette Merdian, Lot 4, Block 2, in Valley View Estates as platted and recorded in Book 2, Page 41, M orrow C ounty Records, Morrow County, Or egon. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 245 Rock Street, Heppner, OR 97836 Both the beneficiary and the trustee have elected to sell the said real property to satisfy the ob ligations secured by said trust deed and a notice o f default has been recorded pursuant to Oregon Revised Statutes 86.735(3); the default for which the foreclosure is made is grantor’s failure to pay when due the following sums: Monthly payments in the sum of S692.70 from August 1, 1999, together with all costs, disburse ments, and/or fees incurred or paid by the beneficiary and/or trustee, their employees, agents or assigns. By reason of said default the beneficiary has declared all sums owing on the obligation secured by said trust deed immediately due and payable, said sum being the following, to-wit: $72,887.67, together with inter est thereon at the rate o f 7.25000% per annum from July 1,1999 to gether with all costs, disburse ments, and/or fees incurred or paid by the beneficiary and/or trustee, their employees, agents or assigns. WHEREFORE, notice hereby is given that the undersigned trustee will on April 12, 2000 at the hour of 11:00 am, in accord with the standard time established by ORS 187.110, at the main en trance of the Morrow County Courthouse, located at 100 Court Street, in the City of Heppner, County of Morrow, State of Ore gon, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash the inter est in the said described real prop erty which the grantor has or had power to convey at the time of the execution of said trust deed, together with any interest which the grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execu tion of said trust deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and ex penses of sale, including a reason able charge by the trustee. No tice is further given that any per son named in ORS 86.753 has the right, at any time prior to five days before the date last set for the sale, to have this foreclosure proceed ing dismissed and the trust deed reinstated by payment to the ben eficiary of the entire amount due (other than such portion of the principal as would not then be due had no default occurred and by curing any other default com plained o f herein that is capable o f being cured by tendering the performance required under the obligations or trust deed, and in addition to paying said sums or tendering the performance neces sary to cure the default, by pay ing all costs and expenses actu ally incurred in enforcing the obli gation and trust deed, together with trustee’s and attorney’s fees not exceeding the amounts pro vided by said ORS 86.753. In construing this notice, the masculine gender includes the feminine and the neuter, the sin gular includes the plural, the word “grantor” includes any successor in interest to the grantor as well as any other person owing an ob ligation, the performance of which is secured by said trust deed, and the words “trustee” and “benefi ciary” include their respective suc cessors in interest, if any. Also, please be advised that pursuant to the terms stated on the Deed o f Trust and Note, the ben eficiary is allowed to conduct property inspections while prop erty is in default. This shall serve as notice that the beneficiary shall be conducting property inspec tions on the said referenced prop erty. The Fair Debt Collection Prac tice Act requires that we state the following: This is an attempt to col lect a debt, and any information obtained will be used for that pur pose. KELLY D. SUTHERLAND Successor Trustee By: (s) Kelly D. Sutherland Dated 12/06/99 State of Washington, County of Clark, ss: I, the undersigned certify that the foregoing instrument is a com plete and exact copy o f the origi nal Trustee’s Notice o f Sale (s) Deana Clarke SHAPIRO & KREISMAN 201 NE Park Plaza Dnve, #150 Vancouver, WA 98684 (360)260-2253 Lender Loan #: 7234073 Published: January 5, 12, 19 and 26,2000 Affid PUBLIC NOTICE Willow Creek Park District will hold a public meeting at 7 p.m. Wednesday, January 12, 2000 at Lexington City Hall. Published: January 12,2000 PUBLIC NOTICE On January 21,2000, at 10:00 a.m., in the Family Services Build ing conference room above the Coast-to-Coast store in Heppner. The Special Transportation Fund (STF) Advisory Committee will hold a meeting to discuss special transportation issues, including the purchase of a new bus and pre liminary plans for expenditure of additional funds anticipated in the future. This is a public meeting and the public is invited. For farther information, please contact Barbara Hayes at 541- 676-5667. Published: January 12,2000 PUBLIC NOTICE MORROW COUNTY LAND USE HEARING THE MORROW COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION will hold the following hearings of pub lic interest n Monday, January 31, 2000, at 7:30 p.m. at the Morrow County Public Works Building on State Highway 74 in Lexington, Oregon: (Continuation of Public Hear ing from December Commission Meeting) Conditional Use Permit Application, CUP-N-143: Jerry Johnson, Evergreen Outdoor Ad vertising, Inc., applicant and owner. Property is described as tax lot 200 of Assessor’s Map 4N 24 14, a 10.72 acre parcel located on the north side o f Interstate 84 east of the Tower Road exit, ap proximately 5 miles west o f the City of Boardman. Proposal is to erect a billboard adjacent to 1-84 in a General Industrial (MG) Zone. Criteria for approval include Mor row County Zoning Ordinance 3,070(2XQ). ARTICLE 6, Section 6.020 and 6.030. Land Partition Application, LP-S-255, and Conditional Use Permit, CUP-S-143: Schm idt Family Enterprises, applicants and owners. Property is described as tax lot 6300 of Assessor’s Map 1S 25, a 250 acre parcel, bordered by Highway 74 on the south, Piper Canyon Road on the west and Blackhorse Canyon Road on the north, approximately two miles south of the City o f Lexington. Proposal is to partition three fif teen acre parcels from the parent parcel creating three “non-farm dwelling" parcels and to site a dwelling on each parcel. Criteria for approval include M orrow County Subdivision Ordinance ARTICLE 5, Sections 5.020 and 5.030 and Morrow County Zon ing Ordinance Section 3.020(F) and Oregon Administrative Rules. Reconfiguration of Land Par tition A pplication, LP-N-237 (heard at the April 26,1999 Com- m ission M eeting): D iana Garcilazo, applicant and owner. Property is described as tax lot 2000 of Assessor’s Map 5N 26 25 A, located on the southeast cor ner o f Second Street West and California Avenue, approximately one-eighth mile west of the City of Irrigon. Proposal is to partition a 4.40 acre parcel into three par cels with each parcel meeting the one acre minimum o f the Subur ban Residential One Acre (SR-1) Zone. Criteria for approval include Morrow County Subdivision Or dinance ARTICLE 5, Sections 5.020 and 5.030. Land Partition Application, LP-S-256: G eorge and M ary Dammeyer, by Scott and Jodi Dammeyer POA, applicants and owners. Property is described as tax lot 200 of Assessor’s Map IS 25 27DA, a 26.29 acre parcel bor dered on the south by Blackhorse Canyon Road and the west by Nichols Road. Part of the prop erty is located in the city limits of Lexington and in the County’s Suburban Residential Zone within the UGB of the City of Lexing ton. Proposal is to partition the parcel into three parcels and to do a Property Line Adjustment be tween two of the parcels. Crite ria for approval include Morrow County Subdivision Ordinance ARTICLE 5, Sections 5.020 and 5.030. First of three hearings to amend the Morrow County Subdivision Ordinance to include requirement to submit a partition plat for par cels under eighty acres. Opportunity to voice support or opposition to the above proposals or to ask questions will be pro vided. Failure to raise an issue in person or by letter or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker an op portunity to respond to the issue precludes appeal to the Land Use Board of Appeals based on those issues. Copies of the staff report and all relevant documents will be available after January 21, 2000. For more information, please con tact Tamra Mabbott at the Mor row County Planning Department at 922-4624 or 676-5650. DATED this 12th day of Janu ary 2000. M ORROW COUNTY PLANNING DEPARTMENT Published: January 12,2000 Affid County court approves permits The Morrow County Court, at its January 5 meeting, approved six permits presented by assistant public works director Burke O'Bnen: a citizen's request for an approach to an Irrigon street; a new-service installation request from Umatilla Electric; two requests from CenturyTel to replace failing line; and Port of Morrow's request to replace some utility lines. The court also approved o f the sign designed by the Forest Service for joint road closures. O'Brien also reported on an upcoming training on improving road safety; on the maintenance, gravel and shoulder work on Wilson Road; and on the challenge o f the weeds and grasses on the shoulders. The court approved a request by Morrow County Behavioral Health Director Gary Oberg to increase the bilingual therapist position into a full-time position. Oberg also reported on the status o f the department's planned work with Grant County. Weed Manager Dave Pranger discussed with the court the enforcement of the noxious weed control ordinance, reporting that eight o f the 30 requests for work plans had not been complied with by the due date. The court agreed that citations should be issued for enforcement of the ordinance. Juvenile Director Carolyn Holt presented to the court two more applications to serve on the Youth Accountability Board. Holt requested a board o f six, and the court appointed Louis Carlson, Betty Gray, Samarra Van Doom, Dwayne Jones, Andrea Denton and Elaine Miller. Emergency Management Director Casey Beard updated the court on the status of CSEPP events, noting the need to identify the problems and work toward solutions. He said he has been working on identifying concerns and lessons learned from the recent accidental siren activation. Beard explained his belief that commissioners should have pagers, radios and cell phones and voiced his concern about telephone communication in emergencies. He reported that he is examining procedural and structural issues and suggested that the Umatilla and Morrow counties' staffs get together,to go over a list o f these issues. Beard said he has questions about the distribution of tone alert radios and also reported receiving about half of the radios ordered. He also shared a working draft o f a "Tactical Communications Plan," an appendix that he will be taking to the first responders for input. He says he intends to finish his report and focus on the few main issues at the meeting with the governor’s staff. In other business, the court -reviewed and edited a related press release prepared by the Umatilla County Commissioners. - approved the reappointment of Joel Peterson, Joe Miller and Ken Grieb to the Planning Commission, contingent upon the Planning Commission's approval o f a by-laws change regarding terms o f office. -approved an intergovernmental agreement with Gilliam County for reciprocal appraisal services and approved the annual renewal of the law enforcement cooperative agreement between the sheriffs office and the Corps of Engineers. -reviewed and approved the agreement between the county and Pioneer Memorial Hospital Foundation that documents the county's exercise of the purchase option that occurred in 1987. approved a request for $500 in discretionary funds for training o f Lexington Fire District fire fighters. -approved signing a resolution managing the introduction and migration of wolves in Oregon. -upon recommendation from Museum Board Chair John Church, awarded the bid for renovations to the FARM ag museum to A-l Construction, -discussed requests from several personnel for three vehicles being transferred from the sheriffs office. Enterprise zone manager Greg Sweek reported on a meeting with the school district superintendent and the Port of Morrow manager He also. reported that the city of Boardman is negotiating with PGE on the tax abatement for years four and five o f their r.ew facility. The court tentatively selected January 18 for a meeting with the city of Boardman and the Port of Morrow for discussion o f enterprise zone issues. Sweek recommended that the court sign an agreement with the city o f Heppner for management o f the Willow Creek Valley Enterprise Zone. The court agreed, will present the contract to the city and will suggest that Sweek should be manager. HHS cheerleaders plan cheer workshop NONCES Want to get oa the Internet, but not sure how? Take the first step and pick up your Internet S ign-up Pack. The pack has phone numbers, prices and other information on how to sign up-and best o f all, it’s free. Pick one up today at the Hepp ner Gazette-Times or Heppner City Hall. _____________________ 7-28-tfx Too many books, not enough room. Big Sale! Twice upon a time... l-12-3c HELP WAN 1ED Meter Reader: part time po sition for the towns o f Heppner, Condon, lone. Fossil and Lexing ton. Requires excellent customer relations skills, good physical con dition and reliable transportation. Contact Oregon Job Service in Hermiston, 567-3381, for more information. _______ l-5-2c The H eppner High School cheerleaders will hold an after Position I: Computer Techni- ' school cheerleader workshop for clan Assistant I. girls in kindergarten through sixth Location: District Office, Lex grade on Monday, Jan. 24 through ington, Oregon. Friday, Jan. 28. The workshop will Application: Contact Personnel be held Monday-Thursday from at (541)989-8202. 3:45-5:45 p.m. and on Friday from S alary range: $27,000 to 5-6 p.m. $33,798. The workshop includes a per Closing date: January 24,2000. formance at halftime during the Description: Entry level position Heppner M ustang/Pilot Rock responsible for installing and Rockets basketball game on Fri troubleshooting software products including Windows 95 and NT 4.0 day, Jan. 28. operating systems, providing main Registration is $ 15 and includes tenance and repair on IBM com a T-shirt and chant/cheer book patible machines, developing and with favorite Mustang cheers. maintaining district web projects, R egistration forms may be monitonng/maintaining/updating picked up at the high school of fice. In order to participate, chil district's LAN and WAN in seven dren must return the registration schools and the district office. Previous networking experience forms by Wednesday, Jan. 19. and/or Microsoft certification de For further information, contact sired. Kan Keown, 676-5884. Successful candidates may be subject to fingerprinting. ______________________ l-5-2c CLASSIFIED ADS .4 0 per word Card of Thanks: up to I 00 words - $5 Deadline: Tuesday at noon CARD OF THANKS Thank you Fair supporters: I wanted to take the opportu nity to personally thank the indi viduals and organizations who have supported the building of the Wilkinson Arena. Thanks to the County Court and to those who donated financially. Your support will be remembered with your b an n ers, p laques and b ran d boards. To all the volunteers who gave o f their tim e, I would like to proudly give a big Thank You. This project would never have gotten off the ground without your sup port. Some gave a few hours, some gave weeks, some gave months. Thank you, Jim Lunders, Bob Zahm and Dave Aldritt for orga nizing the erection crew. Thank you, Kelwayne Haguewood, for organizing the washrack crew. Thank you, Jim Swanson, for or ganizing the panel and landscap ing crews. Thank you, Jerry Gen try, for organizing the arena panel crew. Thank you, Heppner and Boardman FFA for panels. Thank you, Lynn Harmonson, for orga nizing their work and for the plaques. Thanks to all the 4-H groups for their support, and last (but not least), thanks to my fel low board members, our secretary and caretaker for all their dedica tion and hard work. Sincerely, Sam Bellamy 1-12-lc The Morrow County Gun Club would like to give a thank you to the ones responsible for the break- in to the clubhouse recently. It is not that we have anything that expensive to steal, but the dam age you did and the items you did remove were o f value to us, the members, and is going to cost us out o f our own pockets to replace. You should be ashamed o f your selves to make people feel like there is nothing safe from people like you anymore. MCGC members Curt Day, president _____________________ 1-12-lc Morrow County SherifTs Office Communications Officer For an opening and to build an eligibility list-job requires typing, general office experience and ability to function in stressful situ ations. Duties include taking 911 calls, radio dispatching, teletype operation, working with word pro cessing and computer files. Must be willing to work any shift. Of fice operates 24 hours a day. Pay starts at $l,837/month. Apply at Sheriffs Office, 325 Willow View Drive, Heppner, OR. Phone: 541-676-5317. Return by closing date, Friday, Jan. 28,2000, 5 p.m. Morrow County does not dis criminate on the basis o f race, color, natural origin, sex, religion, age and handicapped status in employment or the provision of services. _____________________ l-12-2c Oregon Department o f Transportation Transportation Maintenance Specialist Condon Maintenance Crew Your maintenance, equipment operation and team skills are needed for this seasonal position in Condon. As a member o f a Maintenance crew, you will per form winter operations including snow removal, sanding and related activities as well as other manual . labor and equipment operation to repair and maintain roadway/high- way sections safe for traveling motorists. Requires ability to ob tain Class A CDL within 60 days o f hire and two years m ainte nance or construction experience in roadways, bndge, sign or land scape or in occupations such as logging or farming. This experi ence m ust include operating heavy and/or light m otorized equipment, using hand and power tools, performing minor servicing of equipment and applying safety procedures. Will consider appli cants with only six months expe rience. Salary $l,816-$2,729/ month, plus excellent benefits. Fi nal applicants will be subjected to drug screen and physical abilities test. A nnouncem ent #OCDT 9615. Call (503) 986-4030 (TTY (503) 986-3854 for the hearing impaired), or visit www.oregon jobs.org for announcement and application. ODOT is an AA/ EOE employer committed to a di verse work-force. Submit appli cation and required supplement by January 20, 2 000. 1-12-lC V:
