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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 18,2010 -Continued from Page SEVEN IF THE FEDERAL LAW R EQ U IR EM EN T IS NO L O N G E R E F F E C T IV E A F T E R 12/31/12, THE REQUIREMENT UNDER S T A T E LA W S T I L L A P P L I E S TO Y O U R SITUATION. Under state law, if you have a fixed- term lease (for example, a s ix -m o n th or o n e -y e a r lease), the buyer must give you at least 60 days' notice in writing before requiring you to m ove out. If the buyer wants to move in and use this property as the buyer's primary residence, the b u y er can give you written notice and require you to move out after 30 days, even if you have a fixed-term lease with more than 30 days left. If you are renting under a month-to- m onth or w eek-to-w eek rental agreement, the buyer must give you at least 30 d a y s' n o tic e in w ritin g b efo re req u irin g you to move out. IMPORTANT: For the buyer to be required to give you notice under state law, you must prove to the business or individual w h o is h a n d li n g th e foreclosure sale that you are occupying and renting this property as a residential dwelling under a legitimate rental agreement. The name and address of the business o r in d iv i d u a l w h o is handling the foreclosure sale is shown on this notice u n d e r th e h e a d in g 'TRUSTEE.' You must mail or deliver your proof not later than 9/25/10 (30 days before the date first set for the foreclosure sale). Your proof must be in writing and should be a copy o f your rental agreement or lease. If you do not have a written rental agreement or lease, you can provide other proof, such as receipts for rent you p a id . A B O U T Y O U R S E C U R IT Y D E P O S IT Under state law, you may apply your security deposit and any rent you paid in advance against the current rent you owe your landlord. To do this, you must notify your landlord in writing that you want to subtract the am ount o f your security deposit or prepaid rent from your rent paym ent. You may do this only for the rent y o u ow e y o u r c u rr e n t landlord. If you do this, you m u st do so b e fo re th e f o r e c lo s u r e s a le . T h e business or individual who buys this property at the fo re c lo s u re sale is n ot responsible to you for any deposit or prepaid rent you p a id to y o u r la n d lo rd . ABOUTYOURTENANCY A F T E R T H E F O R E C L O SU R E SALE The business or individual who buys this property at the foreclosure sale may be willing to allow you to stay as a te n a n t in s te a d o f requiring you to move out. You sh o u ld c o n ta c t the b u y e r to d is c u s s th a t possibility if you would like to stay. Under state law, if the buyer accepts rent from you, signs a new residential rental agreement with you or does not notify you in writing within 30 days after the date o f the foreclosure sale that you m ust move out, the buyer becom es your new landlord and must m a in ta in th e p ro p e rty . Otherwise, the buyer is not your landlord and is not responsible for maintaining the property on your behalf and you must move out by the date the buyer specifies in a notice to you. YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO PAY R E N T TO Y O U R LANDLORD UNTIL THE PROPERTY IS SOLD TO A N O T H E R B U SIN E SS OR IN D IV ID U A L OR UNTIL A COURT OR A L E N D E R T E L L S YOU OTHERWISE. IF YOU DO NOT PAY RENT. YOU CAN BE EVICTED. AS E X P L A IN E D A B O V E , YOU MAY BE ABLE TO APPLY A DEPOSIT YOU M A D E O R P R E P A ID R E N T YOU PAI D AGAINST YOUR CURRENT RENT OBLIGATION. BE SURE TO KEEP PROOF OF ANY PAYMENTS YOU MAKE AND OF ANY NOTICE YOU GIVE OR RECEIVE C O N C E R N IN G T H E APPLICATION OF YOUR D E P O S IT O R Y O U R PR EPA ID RENT. IT IS UNLAW FUL FOR ANY P E R S O N TO TRY TO FORCE YOU TO LEAVE YOUR HOME WITHOUT FIRST GOING TO COURT TO E V IC T YO U . FO R M ORE INFORM ATION ABOUT YOUR RIGHTS, Y O U MAY W IS H TO CONSULT A LAWYER. If you believe you need legal assistance with this matter, you may contact the Oregon State Bar and ask for the law y er refe rra l service. Contact information for the Oregon State Bar is included with this notice. If you have a low incom e and m eet federal poverty guidelines, you may be eligible for free legal assistance. Contact information for where you c a n o b ta in fre e le g a l assistance is included with th is n o tic e . O R E G O N STATE BAR 16037 S.W. Upper Boones Ferry Road Tigard, Oregon 97224 (503) 620-0222 (800) 452-8260 http://www.osbar.org If you b e lie v e you n e e d leg al assistance with this matter, you may contact the Oregon State Bar and ask for the law y er re fe rra l serv ice. Contact information for the Oregon State Bar is included with this notice. If you have a low incom e and m eet federal poverty guidelines, you may be eligible for free legal assistance. Contact information for where you c a n o b ta in fre e le g a l assistance is included with th is n o tic e . O R E G O N STATE BAR 16037 S.W. Upper Boones Ferry Road Tigard, Oregon 97224 (503) 620-0222 (800) 452-8260 h t tp : / / w w w .o s b a r .o r g D irec to ry o f L egal A id P ro g ra m s: h ttp ://w w w . oregonlawhelp.org The Fair Debt C ollection Practice Act requires that we state the following: This is an attem pt to collect a debt, a n d a n y i n f o r m a t io n obtained will be used for that purpose. If a discharge has been obtained by any party through bankruptcy proceedings: This shall not be c o n s tru e d to be an a tte m p t to c o lle c t th e outstanding indebtedness or hold you personally liable for the debt. Dated: 7/1/10 B y: KELLY D. SUTHERLAND Successor T r u s te e S H A P I R O & SUTHERLAND, LLC 5501 N.E. 109th Court, Suite N V a n c o u v e r, WA 9 8 6 6 2 w w w .s h a p ir o a tto r n e y s . com /w a Telephone:(360) 260-2253 Toll-free: 1-800- 970-5647 S&S 10-104693 ASAP# 3623828 08/11/2010, 08/18/2010, 08/25/2010, 09/01/2010 Published: August 11, 18, 25 and September 1, 2010 Affidavit Sheriff's Report The Morrow County S heriff s Office reports han dling the following busi ness: April 13: Morrow C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice received report from an Ir- rigon subject that the next door neighbor's pit bull mix running around. -MCSO deputy ad vised he was transporting a fem ale ju v e n ile from NORCOR to Irrigon Justice Court. -M C SO received report from a Boardm an subject that she hired a man to paint her house and paid him up front, but he has lone Elementary students complete summer school lone Elementary students were found “Trekking into Sum mer School” the first part of August. Students with perfect attendance received an “I Spy” book. (Top Left Photo)Pictured (L-R) are Kevin Rea, Jessica Medina, Heidi McLaren, Emily Ehrmantraut, Elaina Ehrmantraut, and MaLinda Morter. Not pictured were Austin Morter and Marisol Avila. To culminate the end of the sessions students followed a recipe and made ice cream in a bag. (Bottom Left Photo) Pictured are LaRissa Burright, MaLinda Morter, Jessica Medina, Kevin Rea, Emily Ehrmantraut, Kayla Rodgriguez, Heidi McLaren, and Elaina Ehrmantraut. (Top Right Photo) Austin Miller, Payton Miller, Marisol Avila and Logan Burright enjoy the ice cream they made. “It helped a lot doing the multiplying. I’m excited for regular school,” stated Marisol Avila. Jessica Medina said, “It was lots of fun, I was surprised!" The summer school teacher was Linda Neiffer, assisted bv Cathy Halvorsen. -Contributed Photos COAL FIRED PLANT want a little com mon sense (in the process),” he said. “Now is not the time to dig that hole deeper in Oregon,” Smith said on the negative impact the clo sure will have on Oregon’s struggling economy. U m atilla Electric Co-Op General M anager Steve Eldrige said the co-op has not taken a position on which option PGE should take on the coal plant, but did offer som e inform a tion. The coal plant of fers 585 mega watts o f firm power and is on line and available 95 percent o f the time, he said. He said wind will not replace that type of firm power, and neither will gas in the near future. The plant produces about 15 percent o f the power provided by PGE, Oregon’s largest electric utility. Travis Eri, presi dent o f the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL- CIO, that represents 80 of the workers at the plant, told the commission that the economy is in dire straights and we need to let the econ omy stabilize before taking action that would lose jobs. He said ways can be devel oped to bum coal with less pollution given the time. Several people did testify that the plant should be used to find new ways of burning coal and also alternative fuels. “Why can’t we use the plant to test new ways of reducing em issions,” said Port o f M orrow General Manager Gary Neal. “Let it become a template to test new technologies,” he sug gested, and urged the com mission to make the right decision for “rate payers and the Oregon economy.” Neal said the plant pays 20 percent, or about $2.8 mil lion, o f the Morrow County property taxes and has a total $50 m illion im pact on the surrounding area economy. Sheryll Bates, ex ecutive director o f the Hep pner Chamber o f Commerce and the Wil low C reek Economic Develop ment Group, u r g e d t he commission to give the Sheryll Bates testified plant m ore against early time. “Give closing. us a chance to m ake it work,” she said. ‘We don’t w ant to give up all the good things in our lives,” she said. Q uite a few em ployees o f the coal plant also testified at the meet ing. One worker named David Richards, who said he was a graduate of River side High School and OSU, urged the commission not to make a decision based on politics. “This plant pro duces the cheapest energy in the state and the envi ronmentalists want to shut down the only coal plant in the state,” he said. Don C h a lfa n t o f Hermiston said he spent 20 years in the Navy before coming to work at the coal plant. “I am tired of mov ing. Don’t take my job,” he implored the commission. He said he is not able to buy a car now because he doesn’t know for how long he will have a job. “You have the power to take my jo b ,” he told commission members. Another unidenti fied worker says he was a boiler maker who was an apprentice when the plant was built in 1980 and he worked on the construction. He said since then he has traveled all over and the Boardman Coal fired plant is one o f the cleanest plants in the country. He said with »10 percent Unemployment in O reg o n , w hy woul d anyone want to shut down a facility like Boardman. He said the Boardman plant could be the cleanest plant around if it were given a chance. Curt Eadler, a maintenance since walked off the job and had not been back to finish. She reported that the man said he was licensed and bonded, but, after investi gation, it turned out that he wasn’t. -M CSO received request for a welfare check from a H eppner w om an who wanted to check on her nine-m onth-old son who was with her husband. She also wanted information on how to get her son back, since she had a no-contact order with the husband. -MCSO deputy re ported he was out at Irri gon High School and made contact with three vehicle owners who had parked il legally. Three subjects were warned for illegal parking. -M CSO received report that while she was driving her Prius, it stopped wo r k i n g . She sai d she checked the owner’s manual and it said that the key may stop working if there are large towers around. She reported she was staying at a motel in Boardman but requested a ride back from a deputy. A deputy contacted her and gave her the number to Boardman Taxi. -MCSO, Boardman Police Department received report from a Boardm an subject that several “Seri- nos” in a white Dodge Stra tus were following her sister and got out of the car and at tempted to assault the sister. Boardman Police Depart ment and MCSO stopped the veh icle on Ki nkade Road near Locust Rd. BPD arrested an 18 year old male subject for Disorderly Conduct II. He was lodged and Umatilla County Jail. Three juvenile m ales were also arrested for Disorderly Conduct II. One was lodged at NOR COR and two others were cited and released to their parents. -Boardman Police Department officer advised that a vehicle had slid into a guard rail and he assisted a female in the vehicle. She reported that vehicle lost power and she tried to get it off the road when it went into the guard rail. No dam age was done. - BPD c ite d Lisa Carlene Bates, 45, for Vio lation o f the Speed Limit. - BPD officer re ported he w as out on a follow-up regarding a pre vious incident. April 14: Morrow C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice received report from an Ir rigon woman that dogs had been chasing her chickens and most o f the chickens had sc a tte re d and w ere missing. -M C S O , Irr i gon Ambulance received report of an Irrigon man who had fallen in the bathtub, could not move from the waist dow n and his legs w ere numb, it was difficult for him to move his arms and hard to breathe. -M CSO received report that Deschutes Coun ty Sheriff’s Office arrested William Alan Parker, 46, on a Heppner Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Driving W hiles Sus pended. He was lodged at Deschutes County Jail with $454 bail in full. -M C SO received report from a Boardm an code enforcem ent officer that he had a dog in his pos session and he believed he knew who the owner was. -M CSO received report of a possible disabled vehicle in Boardman. -M CSO received report o f a subject fishing at the creek in Heppner, but fishing didn’t open until the next month. The reporter knew w here the subject lived. -M C SO received report o f pit bulls fighting in a back yard in Irrigon. The caller believed the dogs had been bred to fight. A deputy responded and contacted the owner who said one of the dogs was attacked by -Continuedfrom Page ONE to school here, because he “didn’t like the way things were going” in Portland. “ D o n ’t close the p lan t,” he said. The plant employs about 15 people from South Morrow County. Ned Clark o f Horse shoe Hereford Ranch out of Heppner said shutting the plant would adversely a f f e c t th e economy locally and a c ro ss the state of Or H e p p n e r e g o n a n d rancher Ned s h o u l d be C l a r k s a i d allo w ed to closure would operate until adversely af 2040. “They fect the econ omy. provide low cost reliable power,” Clark said. An e x e c u tiv e o f RDO foods in Boardman also testified at the meeting. The man said his company p u rch ase and p ro cesses potatoes locally for sale in the Far East, and with the possible closure of the plant there will be uncertainty in the local power market. “Are we going to stifle our own potential?” he asked. He said his company had an o p p o rtu n ity to grow in this area but uncertain power rates could stifle that growth. He asked the com m issioners to “put down C o a l p l a n t the axe and step away from Maintenance the tree”. Mechanic manager w h o l i ve s in H e p p ner, told the commission he m o v e d from P o rt land to live in Heppner a n d r a i s e Curt Eadler his daughter wants to live and send her in Heppner. another dog and it was not an organized dog fight. The deputy was going to inves tigate the city ordinance to determine how many dogs can be on a property. -M C SO received report from a police officer that a subject had sent text messages threatening to kill hill himself. Portland Police Department did a reverse directory check and deter mined it was from a resi dence on Frontage Lane. -M C SO received rep o rt o f an abandoned vehicle on an lone subject’s property. -MCSO deputy re ported he was out with a subject in a disabled pickup with a full load of tires. -M C SO received a hang-up 9 1 1 call from an Irrigon residence. A deputy responded and everything was okay. -M C SO received report o f speeding vehicles on Idaho St. in Irrigon. The reporter said it usually oc curs right when school gets out. They requested extra patrol. -M C SO received report o f people running the stop sign northbound on west 2nd St. in Irrigon. One such vehicle was a yellow flatbed truck. The reporter requested extra patrol.
