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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 15,2012 Driver’s safety class BEO ‘saddles up’ scheduled for rodeo An AARP driver's safe ty class will be held August 24 at St. Patrick’s Senior Center in Heppner. This is a nationwide accredited defensive driving class and is open to all ages. Accord ing to class coordinators, participants may qualify for an insurance discount after taking the class. The class will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Par ticipants are asked to bring a lunch. This month’s class will include a special promotion for anyone who works or has worked in education, including teacher, janitors, cafeteria workers, coaches, office personnel, Sunday school teachers and anyone who has home-schooled their children. Anyone who fits into any of those cat egories can take the class for $5. Otherwise, the cost for AARP members is $ 12, and non-members cost $14. Anyone interested can sign up at the senior cen ter or call Ron Dowse at 541-575-4268 or 541-792- 0587. - THREE DeMayo open house planned A retirement open house is planned for outgoing Heppner City Manager Dave DeMayo on Tuesday, Aug. 21 from 3-6 p.m. at Heppner City Hall. Everyone is invited to stop by and wish him well. Refreshments will be served. City Hall offers sports equipment for Hager Park Catholic churches plan golf tourney Bank of Eastern Oregon's employees were so excited to see the arrival of the 2012 All-Around Champion saddle, they couldn't help but “saddle up” BEO's branch manager, Tricia Rollins. Horsing around behind her (left to right) are BEO’s fair and rodeo fans Relsi Putman, Debbie Young, Sandra Van Liew, Brianna Peterson, Lynne Litto and Bev Crum. BEO’s and KP. annual donation of the All-Around saddle is one of the many Proceeds will go to donations it makes to Morrow County's Fair & Rodeo. Start youth pro jects such as ing in 2013, BEO's branches in Heppner, lone, Boardman and scholarships, youth gather Irrigon also each plan to host a queen and ambassadors'lobby ings and youth camps. reception. The bank employees encourage everyone to mark Pre-registration is’avail- their calendars w hen the schedule is set, and mosey on over to a able but not required. Call BEO branch to meet these talented and gracious young people Sports equipment is available for residents and visitors to check out for use at the newly-renovated Hager Park in Hep WCCC at 541-676-5437 who represent Morrow County. -Contributedphoto pner. There is no cost, though a small deposit is required. to pre-register; contact Jim -Contributed photo The first annual St. Pat- rick’s/St. W illiam’s golf tournament will be held Saturday, August 25, at Wil low Creek Country Club. The tournam ent is a nine-hole, four-man scram ble. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with a start time o f 9 a.m. Cost is $35 per Swanson at 541-422-7162 player including brunch. for more information. Prizes will be given for Everyone is welcome. first, second and third place. Medical fund set up for local woman An account has been set up at the Bank of Eastern Oregon to help with the medical expenses o f local woman Peggy Michel. M ichel, 63, was d i agnosed with esophageal cancer three months ago. The cancer is now in stage three; M ichel has been traveling back and forth to OHSU and Providence Medical Center in Walla Walla for chemotherapy and radiation. She has been told that, after that treatment, she will need to undergo surgery. Since Michel has no insurance and does not qualify for Medicare, her friends have set up the BEO bank account for those who H ost an Exchange Student Today ! rj Camilla from Italy, I6 y n Enjoy* dancing, playing the piano and swimming. Camilla looks forward to cooking with her American host family. (for 3,5 or 10 months) Make a lifelong friend from abroad. Enrich your family with another culture. Now you can host a high school exchange student (girl or boy) from France, Germany, Scandinavia, Spain, Australia, Japan, Brazil, Italy or other countries. Single parents, as well as couples with or without children, may host. Contact us ASAP For more information or to select your student. Daniel from Denmark 17 yn Lows skiing, playing soccer and wairhlng American movies Daniel hope* to learn to play football and live as a real American Contact Cathy at 541-422-7107 or Amy at 1 -800-733-2773 H cllm ) www.as9ehosts.com or em ail infocasse.com. ta sse l founded in 1976 ASSE International Student haclungr Program U a Public Benefit. Non-Profic Organization. . For privity rciio iu , photo« ib o vr if* not photo* o f actual aluden» would be willing to contrib ute toward her substantial medical fees. Michel is a long-time Heppner resident, moving here for the first time in 1980. She has been active in pool tournaments and on bowling teams, and now volunteers much of her time scheduling bus trips for the senior center. Though she left briefly a couple o f tim es— once to take care o f her aging mother in California—she moved back quickly when she had the chance. “I love this town and I’ll never leave again,” she says. The City o f Heppner has sports equipment avail able for use at the new and improved Hager Park. In addition to the new pavilion, the park now has barbecues, horse shoe pits and poles for a sport net. The city has a professional- grade net, Volleyballs, a badminton set and horse shoes. For a small deposit, citizens or visitors can pick up any o f these items at City Hall. There is no cost to use this equipment. Any item can be kept overnight or for the weekend for use after hours. Please contact Heppner City Hall at 676-9618 for more details. Community lunch menu United Methodist Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday, August 22, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The meal will include navy beans and ham, green salad, sliced pickled beets, com bread and chocolate peanut butter pie. Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change. NOTICE Gas Transmission Northwest LLC Files Application for Carty Lateral Project Boardman Conservation Area On July 31,2012, Gas Transmission Northwest LLC (GTN) filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting authorization to construct a natural gas transmission pipeline in Morrow County, Oregon. This project, called the Carty Lateral Project, is subject to the jurisdiction of FERC under the Natural Gas Act. On August 7, 2012, FERC assigned Docket No. CP12-494-000 to this application. Specifically, GTN proposes to install: • Approximately 24.3 miles of 20-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline extending north from GTN's existing Compressor Station 9 near lone, Oregon, and terminating at a connection with the proposed Carty Generating Station to be owned and operated by Portland General Electric Company (PGE). P ro p o se d C a rty L a te ra l Pro ject n Carty G em jratm g Station • Various aboveground facilities associated with pipeline operation, safety and natural gas measurement. The proposed project has a design capacity of approximately 175,000 dekatherms per day. Pending receipt of regulatory authorizations, pipeline construction and completion is scheduled to take place in 2014. mmmmm Boardmari Conservation Area Lindsay Prairie Morrow County The Carty Lateral Project would benefit PGE customers with added reliability provided by additional natural gas-fired generating capacity. The project will be designed and constructed to meet or exceed the safety standards established for natural gas transmission pipelines by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The FERC's Notice of Application (NOA) and pamphlet for landowners entitled, "An Interstate Pipeline On My Land? What Do I Need to Know?" are available at the FERC website at www.ferc.gov FERC's Office of External Affairs may be reached by telephone at 202-502-8004 or toll-free at 800- 208-3372. GTN has mailed the NOA and an information packet about the project to affected landowners and governmental entities If you wish to review the Carty Lateral Project application or these notification materials, please visit our website at www.gastransmissionnw.com. Ion« Compressor Station For more information, contact Gas Transmission Northwest LLC, by mail at: Gas Transmission Northwest LLC Carty Lateral Project Attn. Phillip Bohannon One SW Columbia, Suite 475, Portland, OR 97258 You can also reach Gas Transmission Northwest LLC via: t ail cartylateral@transcanada.com Telephone 855-21CARTY (85^-212-2789) GTN has also placed copies of its application at the following public library located along the pipeline route: Oregon Trail Library District- Heppner Branch 444 Main Street (corner of Main and Baltimore) Heppner, OR 97836 (541)676-9964 » TransCanada In bininoti to dottvr
