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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 8, 2000 Heppner students participate in election NOTICES O ffice S u p p lie s FAX PAPER Computer Paper y Gazette-Times 676-9218 PUBLIC NOTICE The lone City Council will hold their regular monthly meeting on November 14, 2000 at 6:00 PM at lone City Hall, 385 West 2nd Street If you would like to be on the agenda please call City Hall at 422-7414. Published: November 8,2000 PUBLIC NOTICE Heppner Elementary social studies teacher Karen Smith-Griffith with fifth and sixth grade voters on election day. Heppner Elementary School fifth and sixth-graders are experiencing the electoral process first hand this year. The children, all students of HES social studies teacher Karen Smith-Gnffith, made patriotic hats, waved flags and voted in a mock election on election day, Tuesday, November 8. Smith-Griffith reports that 83 percent o f the sixth graders and 81 percent of the fifth graders cast their votes for presidential candidate George W. Bush; with the remaining 17 percent of fifth graders and 19 percent of sixth graders voting for A1 Gore. As of press time Tuesday, it still remained to be seen if the HES classes were bellwethers for the national election. Smith-Griffith said that as the two-week election project came to a close, the students would learn about Veteran's Day. CBEC announces contest winners Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative has announced the winners o f its annual Electrical Safety poster contest. Winners are as follows: Condon Grade School-first Russell Thompson, second Alex Fennem; lone Elementary School-first Victoria Heagy, second Tiana Camarillo; Fossil Grade School-first Jesse Drake, second Lenny Espinoza; Heppner Elementary School-first Seth Morgan, second Maggie Armato. The year 2000 winners were announced at the CBEC annual dinner held in Condon on Thursday night. Grange elects officers New officers were elected at the October meeting of the Lexington Grange. New officers for 2000 are as follows: Master, Barbara Gilbert; Overseer, Tom Wilson; Lecturer, Jean Nelson; Steward, Wilbur Jackson; Assistant Steward, Ned Clark; Lady Assistant Steward, Kathleen Clark; Chaplain, Zelma McDaniel; Treasurer, Clarence Buchanan; Secretary, Dorthy Wilson; Gatekeeper, Bud Newby; Flora, Vema Bnnda; Ceres, Jeane Barbee; Pomona, Dorothy Jackson; Executive Committee, Cecil Jones, Archie Padberg and Lyle Peck. The charter was draped for Beth Clark who had been a grange member for over 60 years. Plans were made to have a table at the Artifactory on Saturday, Nov. 18, to raise money for the grange. The Artifactory will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tobacco prevention meeting slated A Tobacco Prevention meet ing will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 15. at 4 p.m. in the confer ence room above Heppner Hard ware. The discussion topic will be underage tobacco use. The public is invited to attend. First place winners were awarded $20 and second place winners were awarded $10. The competition was open to all fourth graders in CBEC's service territory and generated over 60 entries. DA's Report Morrow County District Attorney David C. Allen reports handling the following business: Michael Dean Hendricks plead guilty to two counts of contempt, a crime, and was sentenced to 90 days incarceration, suspended, with 18 months probation. He was ordered to have no contact with the victim and pay $684 in fines, fees and assessments. Daniel Alan Mathews was found in violation o f probation for manufacture o f a controlled substance. His probation was revoked and he was ordered to serve six months in custody, with 12 months post-prison supervision. He may not be considered for temporary leave from custody, reduction of sentence, work release, alternative incarceration program or program o f conditional or supervised release. Juan Antonio Sauceda- Sanchez plead guilty to driving under the influence of intoxicants (alcohol), a crime, and providing false information to a police officer, a crime, and was sentenced to 180 days incarceration with 150 suspended and 24 months probation and had his driver's license revoked for 12 months. He was ordered to attend a victim's impact panel, complete an alcohol package and pay $1,314 in fines, fees and assessments. Flood program rescheduled A television program on floods, featuring film shot in Heppner this summer, has been rescheduled for Saturday, November 18, at 2 p.m. on the History Channel. Heppner footage is included in the first half of the show and also over the closing credits. S C R A TC H PADS - 1 1 lb. Gazette-Times • 676-9228 1 would like to thank each indi vidually for the good wishes and all that was done to make Novem ber 5 a memorable day. My fam ily, St. Patrick’s Altar Society and the many friends made the after noon a very happy occasion. All appreciated. Eleanor Gonty _____________________ 11-8-lc To all our friends and family, thank you for the surprise anni versary party. To Karan, the best sister and sister-in-law in the world. Thank you for all your hard work! Arlynda, thanks for always treating us like family. Dorthy, thanks for the beautiful cake. April and Jacob, thanks for being there and making the day extra special. Chanssa, thanks for the great pic tures. We will never forget our 25th anniversary. Roy and Carol Taylor 11-8-lp The Heppner Post Office has notified residents that correct mailing addresses must be on all mail Please check the ad dress on your Gazette-Times to see if it is correct and current. Addresses with a "route and box number or "star route and box " number, for example, need to be corrected. I f you need to make a correction, please call the Gazette at 676-9228, fax 676-9211, m ail to Box 337, Heppner, OR 97836, or e-mail gt@heppner.net with your cor rect mailing address, so you can continue to receive the paper with no delay. David Sykes, Publisher 11-1-tfx ” INTERNET Want to get on 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 of all, it’s free. Pick one up today at the Hepp ner Gazette-Times or Heppner City Hall. _____________________ 7-26-tfx Sign up now for the next Wil low Creek E-mail Directory at www.heppner.net/directory. It’s a free listing! 9-20-tfx RENTALS Com pletely rem odeled two bedroom duplex. Range, dish washer, garbage disposal, washer, dryer hookup. Cleaning and secu rity deposit required. $475 month. 676-5241, toll free 1-866-969- HELP WANTED IMPORT INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR DRINKING Bookkeeper position: 30+ WATER hours per week, salary DOE. Full Tests Show Coliform Bacteria benefits. Applications close Nov. 1 1 1 1 . in Water System 20. Pick up applications at 124 N. _____________________ 8-23-tfc Our water system recently Main, Heppner, Les Schwab Tire A ttention h u n ters, snow - violated a drinking water stan Center. No phone calls please. Thank you to everyone who mobilers: rent furnished two bed dard. Although this is not an helped make the Class o f 2001’s _____________________ 11-1-tfc room duplex by w eekend or emergency, as our customers, you Potato Feed such a success. All The Heppner G azette- week.Toll free 1-866-969-1 111. have a right to know what the people who came out to eat Times is now taking applications _____________________ 9-13-tfc happened, what you should do, and all those who donated items, One bedroom apt. Clean, neat. for a part-time computer opera and what we have done to correct set up, prepared food, helped Utilities paid. Nice, quiet neighbor tor and office help. Hours are the situation. serve, ran errands or cleaned up hood. 676-5773. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday and We routinely monitor for the afterwards are very much appre Friday. Answer phones, wait on _____________________ 10-4-tfc presence o f drinking water ciated. Special thanks goes to co- customers and do computer work. For rent: three bedroom, one contaminants. We took five chair Sherry Matteson, Bill and Experience with Windows 95 or bath home on comer lot. $500/ samples for coliform bacteria M erilee M cD ow ell, Joan 98 a must. See David Sykes at month. 676-5166. during the month of October. T wo McDaniel, Mary Ann Elguezabal, the Heppner Gazette-Times. of those samples showed the _____________________ 10-4-tfc Judy Eckman, Gwen Healy, Alan 11-1-tfic presence of coliform bacteria. For rent: small two bedroom and Debbie Scott, David Sykes, The standard is that no more than house with fenced yard, comer lot, Sheree Smith, Sonja McCabe, M OVING SALE one sample per month may test oil heat. $350 month, $150 clean Nova Sweeney, Danielle M c Silk couch and love seat. ing fee. 989-8369. positive. Dowell, San Juanita Elguezabal, Duncan Phyffe dining table. Com _____________________ 11-1-tfc What should I do? Ryan Matteson, Brandon Young, puter. Oak armoire. Gobs of stuff. You do not need to boil your Camille Sykes, Craig Scott, Nick For rent: 3 bedroom, 1 bath Fri. and Sat., Nov. 10-11. Moun water or take other corrective Anthony, Mindy Smith, Chris house on comer lot. $500 month. tain Glen Apt. #20 behind hospi actions. However, if you have Peck, Brian Sweeney, Marissa 676-5166. tal. 676-9131. specific health concerns, consult McCabe, Sarah Eckman and Jus 11-8-lc _____________________ 11-1-tfc your doctor. tin Wood. Everyone did a great Two bedroom, one bath house What does this mean ? job and helped make a sizable do SERVICES for rent. Large yard. Cowens St. This is not an emergency. If it nation toward the senior class trip Linoleum, carpet and Pergo $360 month. Available immedi had been you would have been to Coeur d ’Alene. sale and installation. Free esti ately. 983-2425. notified immediately. Total Thanks again, mates. Call Tim Hedman, eve _____________________ 11-1-tfc coliform bacteria are generally April Sykes nings, 676-9054. Licensed and not harmful themselves. Coli forms Duplex for rent, 2 bedroom, 1 Vi 11-8-lx bonded #78201. are bacteria naturally present in bath, W/S/G paid. $400/month. the environment and are used as ______________________ 1-5-tfc Call Jerry Healy at 676-5240. MISCELLANEOUS an indicator that other, potentially- *Blu Blakeley Construction* _____________________ 11-8-lc Advertise your business with harmful, bacteria may be present. Commercial and Residential Blue Spruce Apartments: solid magnet door signs from the Coliforms were found in more .... New Phone Number apartment available after Nov. 15. Heppner Gazette-Times. 676- samples than allowed, this is a 1-541-989-8501 Lie #89458 676-5857. 9228. warning of potential problems. See B u sin ess D irectory a d 11-15-tfc _________________ 5-3-tfx _____________________ 7-26-tfc When ever we detect coliform bacteria in any sample, we do follow-up testing to see if other HELP WANTED - HELP WANTED - HELP WANTED bacteria of greater concern, such as fecal coliform or E. coli, are present. We did not find any of these bacteria in our subsequent testing. If we had, we would have notified you immediately. What happened ? What is being done ? We think the flushing of fire hydrants around town may have caused this. We have chlorinated our system and took additional samples, and found no more total coliform bacteria in our system. package, sign-on bonuses, ome say we're reinvent For more information, please contact the City O f Heppner at great environment and ing nursing at Mid- 188 West Willow St. This notice is being sent to you outstanding quality of life Columbia Medical Center in by the City of Heppner. State make MCMC a great place The Dalles, Oregon. But all Water ID# 4100369. Date distrib uted: 10-31-2000 to work and The Dalles a we're doing is taking it back Published: November 8,2000 Affid wonderful place to live. But to how it was supposed to be Remember the reasons you went into nursing? We do. S CLASSIFIED ADS .40 per word Card of Thanks: up to 100 words - $5 Deadline: Tuesday at noon CARD OF THANKS We want to say how much we appreciated the phone calls, flow ers and cards congratulating us on our 50th wedding anniversary on October 31. It was such a sur prise to hear from so many who wouldn’t have known about it un less someone had “leaked it out.” Ultimately we found out the cul prit was our daughter Pam, who had unbeknown to us made us TV “Stars” on the Heppner TV news page Thank you, Pam, and also thanks to Judy Laughlm for tap ing it so we could see it, and a very special thanks to those thoughtful, special friends for their good wishes. Dick and Virginia Wilkinson 11-8-lc in the first place. Back when nurses actually got to spend time with patients, using their knowledge not only to provide quality care, but to provide important education. Talk to our nurses and they'll tell you that, sure, our com petitive salary and benefits the main reason quality nurses choose MCMC is for the chance to be a nurse again. For current OR nursing and perioperative care techni cian opportunities and more information, call us at 541- 296-7510 or visit our Web site at www.mcmc.net. Mid-Columbia M ed ical C e n te r A P I A N U R E ? C E N T E R OF H E A U N C 1700 E. 19th St. • The Dalles, OR 97058
