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"POUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 16, 2002 Chamber Scarecrow contest ProPe rt> . . , management entries announced workshop to be held Rhonda Breneman with fruit and veggie scarecrow at R&W Drive-In Oct. 10 was the deadline to get your scarecrow in the list of entries to be judged. Awards will be given for: “P eople’s C hoice”, “ M ost U nique”, “Biggest”, “Funniest”, “Smallest” and “M ost W elcom ing” . Everyone will have a chance to vote for “People’s Choice” during the Merchant’s Starlight Sale. Entries are: 1.) Bank of Eastern O regon; 2.) M isty Bennett; 3.) B ucknum ’s; 4.) Jo h n ’s O ther Place; 5.) Wheatland Insurance/VanMarter & Kahl; 6.) U.S. Forest Service; 7.) Judie Laughlin; 8.) Barbara M oore; 9.) M urray’s; 10.) H eppner H ardw are; 11.) Klam ath First; 12.) Blue M ountain Ceram ics and Porcelain; 13.) Oregon Trail Library District and Morrow County M useum; 14.) R&W Drive-In; 15.) The Shoe Box; 16.) G ard n er’s M en’s Wear; 17.) Willow Creek Clinic; 18.) Artisan Village; 19.) Wenberg Family; 20.) Northwestern Motel; and 21.) Central Red Apple GENTRY HOME IMPROVEMENTS • Vo Job Too R ig Or Sm all ( 541) 676-52.39 W e O ffe r : N e w C on stru ction • R e m o d e lin g Stratford M o d u la r H o m e s / w w w . stratfordh om es. com ) T ren ch in g & Skid Steer W o rk K itchens/B aths • C u sto m D e c k s C o n s u ltin g 5 V 2 ’ #125 6’ #125 Hv-wghts The Morrow County S h eriff’s Office will be sponsoring a local property managers and rental property owners workshop on various aspects of property management. The workshop will be given by Emily Cederleaf of the Multi- Family Housing Program o f Oregon. In addition. Code Enforcem ent and Law Enforcement officials from the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office as well as the Boardman City Police Department will be in attendance to provide information on local issues, policies and procedures. Topics to be covered will include Applicant Screening, Rental Agreements, Ongoing Management, Dealing with Drug and other Criminal Activity, Crisis Resolution, Neighborhood Watch and the Role of the Police. The w orkshop is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 2 at Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrigon. Registration will begin at 8 a.m. The workshop will start at 8:30 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. Registration fee is $30 which includes all reference material as well as a catered lunch and refreshments. A Spanish-speaking interpreter will be available to provide any assistance needed. An RSVP is requested. To confirm , or for more information, contact Deputy Jeff Lambier of the Morrow County Sheriffs Office at (541) 676-5317. lone woman inducted to EOU Hall of Fame Anne O ’Leary-Morter, of lone, will be inducted along w ith four others to Eastern Oregon U niversity’s Hall o f Fame. Morter was selected by the EOU Hall o f Fame Committee and will be inducted during the U n iv ersity ’s Homecoming festivities. A dessert reception will be on Friday, Oct. 25, 7 p.m., in the Hoke Center, Room 309, on the EOU campus. Morter was on the EOU cross country/track and field team , for two seasons. She finished fourth at the A1AW Cross Country Championships and in 1982 qualified for the NAIA Cross Country Nationals. And in 1982 qualified for the NAIA Outdoor Championships in the 1,500- and 3,000-meter runs, taking third in the 3,000. Morter set a still-standing school record of 10 minutes, 1.4 seconds, in the 3,000 meter. She was also a tw o-tim e NAIA District 2 Scholar athlete. WIRE Hv-wghts 1 85 1 99 2 pt. D/W Ranch Hand 4 pt. D/W Ranch Hand BARBLESS TREATED POSTS 4” x T 4" 4” x 8’ 5” x T 5” x 8’ LIVESTOCK PANELS Cattle Panel 52” x 16’ 1565 Combo Panel 52” x 1 6 ’ 1995 549 699 799 WATER TROUGH 8’ Round Galvanized RAILROAD TIES RR #1 1150 6 5 0 galions 19900 S a le g o o d through N o vem b er 2nd! ROUND BALE FEEDERS Cone Feeder Tombstone Saver 32789 37789 HI-QUAL HEAVY DUTY GATES 12’ 14’ 9999 10999 HI-QUAL HEAVY DUTY PANELS 14’ 16’ 12330 13330 PRODUCTS FEED THRU PANEL 8 10 12 ’ ’ ’ riot all Items may be in stock. Call for availability. Morrow County Grain Growers 1-800-452-7396 • 989-8221 • 350 Main • Lexington, Oregon For farm aqulpmant, visit our wab sita at www.mcgg.nat Ray Grace Republican MCGG’S FALL FENCING SALE T-POSTS Candidates Forum 11700 15030 168J0 Ray Grace first moved to Heppner in 1973 and retired there in 1995. He is the owner of RGA Laser Services in Heppner. G race is a m em ber o f the Saint P a t r i c k ’s Catholic C hurch in Heppner and the Elks Lodge. He has served on the board of directors for Columbia Ray Grace Basin Electric Co-Op and has worldw ide construction m anagem ent experience w orking with engineers, developers, governm ental agencies and owners. Why would a voter select you over your opponent? I am not running against any candidate. I am running for the office. If elected, what is the biggest challenge facing you? The biggest challenge to county government in the coming years will be to maintain an operating budget. The rural tax base is shrinking and increasing compliance with federal and state mandates is a bottomless hole. At the same time, ongoing regulation increases the difficulty o f establishing a stable tax base by increasing the cost and the tax burden of doing business. County government cannot change this situation, but we must monitor it carefully and react successfully to it. What major project would you like to see accom plished? What is your first priority? I do not have any major projects in mind. I would like to see us operate inside our budget, and enhance family wage jobs and the tax basis with proper development. O utline your plan for accommodating growth and other challenges resulting from the proposed Boardman area racetrack? As of now, the racetrack is in an appeal process. Until the Land Use Board makes a decision it is out of the county’s hands. What is your plan for drawing businesses/creating jobs in South Morrow County? This task will take some re-thinking of standard economic development practices. HEDC sent 10,000 flyers into California during the energy crisis, and has a number of requests for further inform ation. The net gain to present is zero. South Morrow County has one o f the lowest electrical rates in the Northwest, guaranteed until 2006; additionally most of the Kinzua buildings are available for minimal rental. The cost of truck transport to and from the 1-84 corridor to Heppner, added to the lack o f available labor force in the local area obviously offset these benefits, or some businesses would have come. South Morrow County must think “outside the box” to bring in industry or business for whom we can offer benefits not cancelled out by factors over which we currently have no control. Fundraiser for Celita Strouse Friends o f Celita and Scott Strouse are sponsoring a benefit baked potato and chili feed for Celita on Friday, Oct. 25 starting at 5:30 p.m. before the Heppner Mustang vs. Sherman County football game. Celita is receiving medical treatments in Portland and Tri-Cities for health problems. Cooks at the Heppner High School are m aking cinnamon rolls and there will be lots of hot cocoa and coffee for ball gamers that need a warm up. Cost is $5 per person or $20 for family which will include chili, potato, dessert and drink. Chamber Chatter By C laudia Hughes, Executive Director Barbara B. Bloodsworth Like the random falling leaves outside the window, the thoughts in this column will be a Democrat Barbara B. Bloodsworth variety of different colors. Seems was bom in Morrow County. She our society has shifted from black has worked for Morrow County and white to, not gray, rather an interesting blend of many colors since 1968. and personalities. She was Twenty-one harvest Morrow JÊÊ scarecrow entries with a wide County Clerk range of sizes and personalities for 22 years. have been received from both She also kept Main Street and residential the m inutes L participants. During the month, for the ■ celebrity scarecrows will be County Court m recognized as the most unique, for 22 years. r biggest, funniest, smallest and the Bloodsworth most welcoming. Everyone will is a member Barbara have the opportunity to vote for of the Bloodsworth “People’s Choice” during the Methodist M erchants’ Starlight Sale on Church, Willow Valley Creek Club, Soroptimist, Morrow County Thursday, Oct. 24. Though too late to be in the running, others Historical Society, and the Farm are encouraged aged to add to this Museum. event. The more the merrier. Why would a voter select you Traffic increases in over your opponent? Heppner during hunting season, They would vote for me over my opponent because I have which makes it an ideal time for experience and have been a long the Chamber of Commerce to kick off their non-dues income term resident. If elected, what is the biggest project, chances on a Remington BLD 300 Winchester Rifle with challenge facing you? scope. Tickets are $5 each or five The biggest challenge is for $20 and are available at some getting the county budget Chamber member businesses and balanced. from the Board o f Directors: What major project would you Larry Lutcher, Bert Houweling, like to see accom plished? David Sykes, Cliff Green, Barb What is your first priority? Hayes, Sharon Harrison, Darrel I would like to see more Raver, Victor Vander Does, jobs for Morrow County. O utline your plan for Nancy Snider and Jerry Breazeale. The drawing will be accommodating growth and held during Town and Country in other challenges resulting January. These non-dues projects from the proposed Boardman help the Chamber to do more area racetrack? marketing and events for Left unanswered Heppner. What is your plan for drawing “Adopt-A-Hiway” businesses/creating jobs in volunteers continue to help keep South Morrow County? our streets and sidewalks looking Left unanswered good. It’s the first thing visitors notice about Heppner and it doesn’t happen by osmosis. It’s volunteers regularly walking the streets on “John’s clean-up days”, individuals with community pride M orrow County Red bending over and picking up litter, Cross Disaster Services will be and dedicated City employees. holding its first annual Harvest Smokers who graciously dispose Moon Festival, with a 50s theme. The festival will be on Oct. 17, of their butts somewhere other than the gutter make a big from 5:30 p.m. until midnight. Dress attire will be 50s style, with difference. All those willing to “stoop low” put Heppner on a poodle skirts, peddle pushers, pegged jeans, leather jackets, T- pedestal. Doris Brosnan, Cyde shirts, ponytails and bobby socks. If you are not comfortable in Estes, Cara Osmin, and 1 attended poodle skirts and bobby sock, you the Regards To Rural Conference in Welches on Oct. 4-5. Some very can come in casual attire. worthwhile sessions and speakers The evening will begin at were offered, which the 5:30 p.m. with a silent auction and community will be hearing more antique car show. A “People’s Choice Award” will be given to a about in the weeks to come. Particularly inspiring was the car and driver at 7 p.m. A banquet dinner will be dinner speaker, Stacy Allison, who served at 7:30 p.m. and last until climbed Mt. Everest. She related 8:30 p.m. No alcohol will be her experiences to leadership lessons, and excellent ones they served. Contribution awards will were. be presented by Judge Terry The Morrow County Red Tallman to two business and two individuals that have helped the Cross is working hard on their 50s Morrow County Red Cross in the dance and auction to be held last two and a half years. Casey Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Port of Morrow. Benefits will assist Beard will explain how the Red Morrow County. Roll up your Cross fits into the CSEPP sleeves, grab your poodle skirts, emergency program. Dancing will begin at 9 go kick up your heels and bid on p.m. and go to midnight. Door an auction item you can’t live prizes will also be awards during without. Yes, a blend of colors, the evening. from harvest scarecrow s to Many local businesses and people have helped to cover climbing Mt. Everest. No the cost of the night, as well as boredom allowed. Enjoy! Laugh! Keep busy! Volunteer! And take donating items for the auction. a walk through the leaves, while Some of the items available with you watch them swirl about you. be: a metal art piece; two Blazers Life in Heppner offers something tickets; a knitted Christening outfit for all seasons. and blanket; and a wood art item. Those interested may still donate money for the event, or items for the auction. Funds raised are use to help Morrow County residents with: w eather related em ergencies; house fires; Heppner's new assisted supplies; education and training; living center. Willow Creek and other necessary operating Terrace, has a new web site. equipment. The site has information Those interested in about rates, a list of services, a adding their classic or antique car floor plan, a picture tour of the * to the show can contact Helen facility and other information. Bliss at 922-5973. Set up for the The web site address is cars will begin at 5 p.m. www.heppner.net/assitedliving or There is no display cost it can be reached through the for the car show and the silent Heppner Home Page at auction is free. Tickets for the www.heppner.net where there is rest of the event will be sold at a link under the housing section. $20 each. The Heppner Gazette- Those interested can call Times developed the assisted the American Red Cross at 922- living web site. 1915.922-4307. and 922-6415 or be reached my em ail at We P rin t C o m p u ter l orm s hmbliss@hotmail.com. County Red Cross fundraiser to be held Willow Creek Terrace now online H ep p n er G azette-T im es
