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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 10,2008 The Official N ew spaper o f the City o f H eppner and the C ounty o f M orrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S. 240-420 M o r r o w C o u n t y 's H o m e - O w n e d W e e k l y N e w s p a p e r P u b lis h e d w e e k ly and e n tered as p e rio d ie a l m a tte r at the Post O ff ic e at H e p p n er, O re g o n under the A c t o f M a rc h 3 , 18 7 9 . P e rio d ic a l postage p a id at H e p p n e r. O re g o n . O ff ic e at 188 W W illo w S treet T e le p h o n e ( 5 4 1 ) 6 7 6 - 9 2 2 8 F a x ( 5 4 1 ) 6 7 6 -9 2 1 1 . K -m a il e d ito r u ra p id s e rv e net o r d av id (a>rap idserve n e t W e b site: w w w .h e p p n e r net P o stm as ter send address changes to the H e p p n e r G a z e tte -T im e s , P .O . B o x 3 3 7 , H e p p n e r, O re g o n 9 7 8 3 6 . 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E d ito r All New s and Advertising Deadline is M onday at 5 p m For Advertising advertising deadline is M onday at 5 p m Cost tor a display ad is $4 90 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 5 0 * per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $10 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 50 per column inch For Public/legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is M onday at 5 p.m Dates for pub lication must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) For Obituanes Obituaries are published in the Heppner G T at no charge and are edited to m eet news guidelines Families wishing to include information not included in the guidelines or who wish to have the obituary written in a certain way must purchase adverbsing space for the obituary For Letters to the Editor Letters to the Editor M U S T be signed by the author The Heppner G T will not publish unsigned letters All letters M U S T include the author's address and phone number for use by the G T office The G T reserves the right to edit letters The G T is not responsible for accuracy of statements m ade in letters Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under ‘ Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Birth Announcement Tru Piper Halvorsen - Ryan and Mollie Halvorsen o f Henderson, NV announce the birth o f their daughter, Tru Piper Halvorsen. She was bom on November 3,2008 at St. Rose Sienna Hospital. At birth she weighed nine pounds, two ounces and was 20 'A inches in length. She joins a sister, Ziya, at home. Grandparents are Frank and Cathy Halvorsen of lone and Steve and Joyce Schneider of Henderson, NV. Birth Announcement Kellen Shawn Kilkenny - Kevin and Becky Kilk enny o f San Diego, CA announce the birth o f their son, Kellen Shawn Kilkenny, on November 27, 2008 at 4:13 p.m. At birth he weighed six pounds, 11 ounces and was 19 inches in length. Grandparents are Robert Kilkenny o f Heppner, Mary Emert o f lone, and Ron and Denise Baigrie o f Middleton, ID. Great-grandmother is Mary Tom o f Nampa, ID. Now Open Sundays! Peterson's JeweUrs. Peterson’s Jewelers will be open on Sundays December 14 & 21 from 12:00 to 4:00 p.m. PUBLIC NOTICE A Special City Council Meeting For the City o f Heppner 11:45 A.M. December 22, 2008 A Special City Council meeting will be held on Monday, December 22, 2008 At 11:45 A.M. at City Hall, located at 111 N. Main street in Heppner. The primary pourpose o f the meet ing will be to consider a Supplementry budget, to receive and spend the “Tippage fees” awarded by the Morrow County court to the City o f Heppner. RESOLUTION NO.____________ A Resolution Creating A “Tippage Fee” Fund and A Supple mental Budget To Receive and Appropriate This Revenue WHEREAS, Resolution 699-08 stipulates that “the City shall account for the “tippage fee” awards as a separate fund, and WHEREAS, the Morrow County Court, based on the recom mendation o f the Morrow County Economic Development committee has awarded $66,000 o f tippage fees to the City of Heppner for the FY 2008-9 Budget year as follows: Wastewater Treatment Plant Influent Meter $15,000 (Sewer) Sewer Main line Camera Equipment $15,000 (Sewer) Water System Master Meter $6,000 (Water Structural Firefighting PPE $20,000 (Fire) Hager Park Picnic Shelter/Restroom $10,000 (Parks) BE IT RESOLVED THEREFORE that the Tippage Fee Fund (20) is hereby created with the following revenues and expenditures appropriated for the FY 2008-9 Municipal budget for the City o f Heppner: Fund 20 Tippage Fees (Line Items TBD) Actual FY 2008- Estimated 2008-9 Revenue 0 0 BF Balance $10,000 0 GF( Parks) $20,000 0 Fire $6,000 0 Water $30,000 0 Sewer Capital Outlay $10,000 GF (Parks) 0 $20,000 0 Fire $6,000 Water 0 $30,000 Sewer 0 The appropriate invoices and records will be kept, to track said authorized revenues and expenditures, to ensure that these monies are spent as intended. Revenues and expenditures shall be determined during each Budget FY as required by law. Obituaries Harlan D. Dunaway his family, he also loved to Harlan D. Dunaway, dance. He had a big heart 62, of Lexington died Mon for animals and was always day, December 1, 2008 at bringing home strays; pro Pioneer Memorial Hospital viding food, shelter and love in Heppner. for them. He was born June Survivors include: 16, 1946 in M a his wife, Linda Du con, MO the son naw ay o f L exing o f David A. and ton; sons, Dwayne N ina E. Falkin- Dunaway o f Bend er Dunaway. He and Troy Dunaway was raised and at o f Missouri; daugh tended school in te r, S h e ila P rice Macon where he and fam ily w hich g rad u ated from includes grandson h ig h sch o o l in Harlan D. Austin Hale Willis, 1964. After gradu Dunaway all o f Bend; a son, ation he worked Brian Dunaway and in the oil fields in a daughter, A pril Kansas. He later settled in Dunaway Kirk, both from a Great Bend, KS where he previous marriage in Kansas; worked in a gas station for brothers, Donald Dunaway a few years. and his wife Sue o f Cairo, In 1974 he came to MO, Walter Dunaway and H eppner. On M arch 15, his wife Betty o f Macon, 1975 he married Linda L. M O, C liffo rd D unaw ay Nichols in Connell, WA. and his wife Barbara o f Ex M r. D u n a w a y cello, MO; sister, Darlene worked in the plywood plant Huffman and her husband at Kinzua Corporation for six Berhand o f Excello, MO; and a half years before being and num erous nieces and laid off. He then worked for nephews. the Morrow County Grain He was preceded in Growers but later returned to death by: his mother, Nina Kinzua Corporation, which Rusener; father, David Du became Kinzua Resources. naway; sister, Viola Golay; He worked there until the and brother, Rayford Dun mill closure in M arch o f away. 1999. In September of 1999 Funeral services for he started work for Finley Mr. Dunaway were held at Butte Landfill, continuing to 11 a.m. on Saturday, De work there until October of cember 6, at the Lexington this year when illness forced Baptist Church. him to retire. Memorial contribu He had been a mem tions may be made through ber o f the Lexington Vol Sweeney Mortuary, to help u n teer Fire D epartm ent, the family with expenses, Morrow County Search and at PO Box 97, H eppner, Rescue and the H eppner Oregon 97836 or to Pioneer Elks Lodge. Memorial Hospice, PO Box Harlan enjoyed the 9, Heppner, Oregon 97836. m ountains and the coast. Sweeney Mortuary He loved camping, hunting, o f Heppner is in charge of crabbing and fishing with arrangements. — — Account set up for Howe family at Bank of Eastern Oregon A medical account has been set up at Bank o f Eastern Oregon for Ron and Beverly Howe to help offset the extensive medical ex- penses. Beverly Howe had by-pass surgery approxi- mately six weeks ago. F u n d ra ise rs have also been planned for after the first o f the year. For more informa- tion, suggestions, or to get involved with a fundraiser, contact Sheryll Bates at 676- 5773 or Jan MacDonald at 676-5019. New two-county communications taxing district proposed -Continuedfrom Page ONE m aintaining and operate the system. He estim ated that the district, which is a new type in Oregon and w ill require approval o f both the state legislature and the voters in Morrow and Umatilla Counties, would charge a rate o f . 17 cents per thousand to operate. As pro posed the tax will generate $745,000 in revenue each year, o f w hich $300,000 will be used to operate the system, and the balance used for replacement o f equip ment. If approved the new district would include all of Morrow County and most o f Umatilla excluding the Milton-Freewater area. R o x b u ry and his board are shooting for a vote on the district in Novem ber 2009, and that funding would start in 2010, and he asked for the city’s support in for the new district. The direct ad v an tage to the public for keep ing the new system, is best explained by example, Rox bury told the Gazette Tues day. For instance, he said when there have been large grass or range fires, cooper ating fire departments from neighboring districts could talk directly to one another and avoid confusion and delay in putting out the fires. He also gave an example o f a police chase from one jurisdiction, say the city of Boardman, to another such as Irrigon. All the police departm ents could switch to the com m on com m u nications system and talk directly with one another, he said which makes law enforcement more efficient and capable. Ambulances also have the MHz system and can com m unicate di rectly with police and fire. In the local area cur ren tly the H eppner Fire Department has 36 radios, lone FD 28, Lexington 10, Pioneer M emorial Health District 38 radios and Hep pner public works, five ra dios. The council did not take action on the request for an endorsement, but said it would discuss the matter at its next m eeting. L o cal deputy Randy Rayburn urged the city to get behind the proposal. “I don’t want to see us lose this system,” Rayburn said. Head Start students spend time local horse trainer Celebrate Heppner Christmas Event Schedule The schedule as follows is for the Customer Ap preciation Day and Celebrate Heppner Christmas Event: 5:00- 5:45 p.m. - Get your picture with Santa at the Elks Lodge 6:00 p.m. - Light parade on Main Street 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Dinner served by the Elks Club - $10 adult; $6 children up to age 12. 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Pictures with Santa at the Elks Lodge 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. - Drop your “rewards card” into the drawing bag for the prizes o f your choice (make sure your name is on each rewards card), buy 50/50 tickets for a chance to win some “cash” and purchase raffle tickets for a chance to win one o f the four Chamber Raffle Bas kets. You will need to do this before the drawings begin at 7:30 p.m. 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. - Drawing for “rewards card” prizes (must be present to win). Drawing for Chamber Raffle Basket Winners (don’t need to be present to win). Don’t forget to bring a toy for the Elks toy drive and be entered into a special drawing. Come and spend a fun evening with family and friends and Celebrate Christmas with the Heppner Community. <7fea/ Estate By DAVID SYKES REALTOR HIGHEST AND BEST USE You may have heard the phrase, “highest and best use” when m arketing real estate. This is an appraisal term used to describe the best use for a given property. Highest and best use presumes that local zoning and business codes permit more than a single use for the property. For instance, if your property is zoned for single family residen tial use only, then the principal of highest and best use would not apply because it is only a single use category. If, on the other hand, the single family home is located in a general residence area, sub dividing into two or more rental units may be permissible. Also if the single family home is in a business zoned district, an alternate for highest and best use consideration could be conver sion into commercial use. If you have property that could have more than one zon ing application, why not call us. It wouldn’t hurt to investi gate wether the property could command the highest price for best use. Property listings are available at www.sykesrealestate.net 188 W. Willow • P.O. Box 337 • Heppner, OR 97836 (541) 676-9228 • Cell (541) 980-6674 Fax (541)676-9211 E-mail: david@ sykesrealestate.net Luke and Janessa Crosthwaite show local Head Start kids proper horse etiquette. -Photo by David Sykes By David Sykes Kids from the local Head Start program were treated last Wednesday to some time with local profes sional horse trainers Luke and Janessa Crosthw aite, of Eight Mile Ranch Horse Training. Luke and Janessa demonstrated how to pre pare a horse to ride, horse etiquette and some o f the skills o f riding to the chil dren at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. The C rosthw aites, along with Luke’s father An gel, a two-time NFR quali fier, operate a 50,000 acre ranch at which they do one on one horse and rider train ing, difficult horse training, adventure riding as well as horse boarding and other horse services. Their main ranch is on Hinton Creek but they can be reached at 676-5070. The couple also said people can see a video o f rides on www.youtube. com/angelcrosthwaite. HHS seniors selling Mustang water The 2009 Heppner High School senior class will be selling cases o f Mustang water to raise money for their alcohol and drug free graduation party on June 6,2009. The cost per case is $30. Individual bottles can be purchased for $1.25 at Heppner Family Foods. M ur r a y ’s D ru g is p le a s e d to a n n o u n c e o u r A u to m a tic R e fills O p tio n fo r P r e s c r ip tio n s . S ign up to d a y and fo r g e t a b o u t h a v in g to r e o r d e r y o u r m a in te n a n c e p r e s c r ip tio n s e a c h m o n th ! us a c a l l ... ti e 're g l a d to heljt! (wire Murray’s Drug 217 North Main • 676-9158 Serving Morrow, Gilliam & Wheeler Counties since 1959. »
