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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.
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Too many books, not enough
room. Big Sale! Twice upon a
time...
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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