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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Looking for childcare in Heppner for 2 year old and 7 month old 2-3 days per week. Call Kate at 541 -554- 3134 from 8am-6pm. ll-30-3c PUBLIC NOTICE The Morrow County Court will be considering three ap p o in tm en ts to serve on the M orrow C ounty P lan n in g C om m ission. Planning commissioners serve four-year terms. Two o f the positions, serving lone and Heppner, will begin January 1, 2012 and run until the end o f the term, December 31, 2015. The third position, serving the Boardman area, will fill the last two years of a four- year term ending December 31,2013. Interested parties residing in Morrow County who are interested in taking a more active part in land- use planning in the county are encouraged to submit a letter o f interest to the M orrow C ounty C ourt, P.O. Box 788, Heppner, OR 97836, by December 12 , 2011 . DATED this 28th day of November 2011 M ORROW COUNTY P L A N N I N G DEPARTMENT Published: November 30 and December 7, 2011 Affidavit and the Flood Control Act o f 1962 (76 Stat. 1173), the United States Bureau o f Reclamation proposes to enter into negotiations for a short-term , 2-year contract with the Willow Creek District Improvement Company that would allow for the use of up to 2,073.6 acre-feet of storage water for irrigation use on 2,538.14 acres o f land during the 2012 and 2013 irrigation seasons. The proposed short-term contract has been evaluated u n d e r th e N a t i o n a l Environmental Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act and other compliance requirements. Written data, views, and comments concerning the proposed contract action may be submitted to the Bureau o f Reclamation, Attention: PN-3324, 1150 N. Curtis Road, Suite 100, Boise, Idaho 83706-1234, until February 4, 2012. Upon request, copies o f the proposed contract may be obtained when available for review and comments. C om m ents or inquiries concerning this notice may also be made by calling 208-378-5344. Published: November 30 and December 7, 2011 Affidavit PUBLIC NOTICE Wednesday, December 7,2011 S E V E N Town and Country Chamber Chatter nominations open The H ep p n er Chamber of Commerce is asking for nominations for this year’s Town and Coun try Community Awards. The awards, spon sored by CenturyLink, will be held on Thursday, Janu ary 12 at the Morrow Coun ty Fairgrounds. Nomina tions are being accepted for “Woman of the Year,” “Man of the Year,” “Business of the Year,” “Citizen-Educa tor o f the Year,” “Lifetime Achievement” and “Youth Award.” Nomination forms are available at the Cham ber o f Commerce office, Bank of Eastern Oregon, Kuhn & Spicer or Com munity Bank. The forms need to be completed and turned into the chamber office or to Kuhn & Spicer by Friday, December 23. To receive a form electronically, contact the chamber office at 676- 5536 and leave your email address, or email the cham ber at heppnerchamber@ centurytel.net. The theme for this year’s event will be “Peo ple, the Shining Light of Our Communities.” Town and Country meal tickets cost $20 and can be purchased starting Monday, January 2 at the Heppner Chamber, Bank o f Eastern Oregon, Mur ray’s Drug and Commu nity Bank. Catering will be provided by Pudding on the Ritz. Former Trailblazer to speak at HHS Bill Walton fans will have an extended op portunity to meet the former Portland T railblazer on Monday, December 12. The NBA All-Star will be addressing an as sembly at the Heppner High School gym at 2 p.m., be fore he is to appear at the fundraising event for Hep pner Day Care that evening. The afternoon event is free and is open to students, parents and anyone else in the community who would like to attend. Walton also encourages attendees to bring any Trailblazer mem orabilia they would like him to sign. Since the evening fundraiser has already sold out, and only people with tickets will be allowed en try, this may be the only opportunity many have to see the famous basketball player and pundit. For more informa tion on the high school assembly, call Daye Stone at Heppner High School, 676-9138. Heppner N om inations are open for Heppner’s annual Town and Country Com munity Awards. Make sure you fill out the nomination form and drop it off at Hep pner Chamber, Kuhn & Spicer by Friday, December 23. Forms can be picked up at Bank of Eastern Oregon, the chamber office, Com munity Bank and Kuhn & Spicer office. D ecem ber 5-10: Heppner Garden Club will be sponsoring the “Green W orkshop” from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. in the annex at the Morrow County Fair grounds. Watch the Gazette for more information D e c e m b e r 13: HES/HHS Christmas Pro gram - starts at 6 p.m. at HES gymnasium. December 15: Hep- pner’s Celebrate Christmas event will kick off with the annual Parade o f Lights (sponsored by Columbia Basin) at 5:30 p.m., which also will be set up at the Fairgrounds to check out after the parade. The event will be held in the annex and dance hall at the fair grounds this year. We will have a good meal served by Sweet Productions starting at 6 p.m.; introduction of the exchange students and drawing the “reward card,” raffle items and penny board winners will begin at 7:30 p.m. Plan now to attend and start collecting the rewards cards. January 5: Annual Chamber Luncheon at All Saints Episcopal Church with the meal being catered by Alvin Liu/Comerstone Gallery. The lunch meet ing will be held from 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. January 12: Hep- pner’s Town and Coun try Community Awards, sponsored by CenturyLink, will be held at the Morrow County Fairgrounds with Pudding on the Ritz as the caterer. Tickets will go on sale Jan. 2 for $20 at BEO, Chamber, Community Bank and Murray’s Drug. Boardman C olum bia River Community Health Ser vices - Time is running out to purchase brick to support the capital campaign for the new clinic building. Each brick sold will be installed in the walkway of the new clinic scheduled to open spring of 2012. All orders must be received by De cember 31. Cost for a brick is $100. Each brick has six lines and allows up to 18 characters or spaces per line. Contact Christa at the clinic to place your order or for more information. (541) 481-7212 ext. 27. The annual Tilli- cum Club bazaar will be held on Friday, December 9 starting at 10 a.m. at the Bank o f Eastern Oregon and Banner Bank. Don’t miss this opportunity to purchase some delicious baked goods and beautiful handmade items. The Kiwanis Club of Boardman will sponsor Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Decem ber 17 at the Boardman Senior Center from 9 -10:30 a.m.; $3 per person includes pan cake and sausage breakfast, crafts for kids, carriage rides and opportunities for photos with Santa. Don’t forget to fill out and return your survey before December 9. If you need another c o p y ,ju s t let us know. They were em ailed last month and inserted in the December newsletter. We would love to hear your ideas and sug gestions. V o lu n te e rs are needed for tax preparation for the upcoming tax sea son. Contact Leann Rea at 541-481-5922. T he D e c e m b e r chamber lunch will be held on Wednesday, December 21 at noon at the Port of Morrow. We will be dis cussing financial planning options for year end with Russ Murfitt, a financial advisor representing the Bank o f Eastern Oregon. Lunch is catered by The Sunrise Café. The Tillicum Club will be selling carnations and roses for Valentine’s Day. All proceeds go to scholarships, the Easter Egg Hunt and other Tillicum Club projects. Flower sales will continue until January 27. All orders must be paid for when placed. To order, email tillicumclub@livc. com or call Shelby Pearcy at 541-771-0103. Morrow County is looking for volunteers to represent Boardman, lone and Heppner on the Plan ning Commission. Planning D irector Carla McLane invites all Morrow County residents who are interested in taking a more active part in land-use planning in the county to send a letter of interest to the Morrow County Court, PO Box 788, Heppner, OR 97836 by December 12, or call 541-922-4624. The Heppner City Coun cil will meet on Monday the 19th of December .at 7:00 P.M. The original meeting date of December 12th, 2011 needed to be rescheduled due to several personal absences etc. If you have questions or con cerns please call City Hall The Morrow Coun count was replaced with at 541-676-9646. ty District Attorney’s office 36 months bench probation Published: December 7 has released the following per count, conditional on 2011 completion o f probation report: requirements. Probation in - Alejandro Javier PUBLIC NOTICE cludes 80 hours community Nunez, 32, was convicted REQUEST FOR BIDS . service, approved anger of criminal mischief in the Morrow County is accepting management classes and second degree and interfer bids on the following: no contact with a specified ence with making a report, 1. Gasoline subject except for approved T h e M o r r o w both Class A misdemeanors, 2. Diesel parenting time purposes. and harassment, a Class B County Sheriff’s Office 3. Lubricants Total fines, fees and assess 4. Aviation Fuel reports handling the fol misdemeanor. Sentence of 180 days jail time for each ments were $3,654. lowing business: S p ecificatio n s and bid July 24 (cont.): -A sheets may be obtained by contacting Morrow County woman called MCSO to re Public works Sandi Putman port a red 4 Runner driving at 365 W. Hwy 74, P.O. all over the road, crossing The Morrow County Parks Board will meet Box 428, Lexington, OR. lines and going 60 mph in Thursday, December 8 at 1 p.m. in the Columbia Basin a 40 mph zone. 97839. 541-989-9500. Electric Co-op conference room at 171 West Linden -A youth chaplain Way in Heppner. Agenda items include announcements, Bids must be received at brought an assault victim events, review of parks, grants and projects. The public the Morrow County Public to the MCSO; the victim is invited to attend. Works Office, P.O. Box 428, stated she had been as Contact Betty Gray at 541-989-8214 with any 365 W. Hwy 74, Lexington, saulted by her mother and questions. OR 97839 no later than brother the night before on 4:00 pm Tuesday January Heppner Hill. Victim had a 24,2012. Bids must be in visible injury to the eye. A Deadline for news & advertising a sealed envelope marked deputy made contact with MONDAY at 5:00 with the specific bid. Bids all parties and forwarded a will be opened January report to the DA. July 26: -Morrow 25, 2012. Time for bid openings are Lubrication, County S heriff’s Office 9:30 a.m.; Gasoline, 9:40 received report of a belly a.m .; D iesel, 9:50 a.m. dump truck dumping rock and aviation fuel at 10:00 on the freeway on 1-84 with Top Left: “D” for Dedication a.m. at the Morrow County drivers dodging the rock. winners (L-R) Taylor Rollins, Court House, 100 Court MCSO deputies were not in Carson Eynetich and Seth Street, and Heppner, OR. position and Oregon State Thompson. Top Right: “ E” For additional information Police, Oregon Department for Effort winner Kaitlilin contact Morrow County of Transportation were ad Garret. Not pictured are An Public Works 541-989- vised. nab els McDaniel and John 9500. -MCSO received McElligot. Bottom Right: “F” for Family winners (L-R) Colt Morrow County reserves rep o rt o f a ta m p erin g Parker and Ola Rietmann. the right to reject any and alarm Not pictured is Paul Taylor. July 26: -Morrow all bids and/or to postpone Bottom Left: “G" for Good the award of bids for thirty County S heriff’s Office Grades winners (L-R) Aaron (30) days from the date of received report of a belly Smythe and Morgan Orem. dump truck dumping rock opening. Not pictured is Roman Rodri guez. -Contributed photos Morrow County does not on the freeway on 1-84 with discriminate on the basis of drivers dodging the rock. age, religion, race national MCSO deputies were not in origin, sex or handicapped position and Oregon State status in h irin g or the Police, Oregon Department of Transportation were ad provision o f services. Published: December 7,14, vised. -MCSO received 21, 28 and January 4, 2011 report of a tampering alarm Affidavit at the front main doors of a Lexington business. PUBLIC NOTICE • -MCSO received LEGAL NOTICE report o f two pit bulls Bureau o f Reclam ation headed east-bound on May Water Service Contracting; St. in Heppner toward the W illow C reek P ro ject, courthouse. Oregon -MCSO cited Ivan Under the authority of §9(e) Garay, 24, for Violation of o f the Act o f August 4, the Basic Rule, 75 mph in 1939(53 Stat. 1187), §8 of a 55 mph zone. the Act o f December 22, -Continued on PAGE To P la c e a C la ssifie d or le g a l a d ca ll 541 -676 -922 8 or e m a il: m e g a n O r a p id s e r v e .n e t 1944 (58 Stat. 887, 891), EIGHT DA’s Report Sheriff’s Report Parks board to meet lone Com m unity School announces character trait winners for November \
