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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 17,2012 No chamber lunch Free Facebook workshop planned this week There will be no meeting o f the Heppner Chamber o f Commerce this week, Thursday, Oct. 18. The next chamber lunch meeting will be held Thurs day, Oct. 25 at noon in the St. Patrick’s Senior Center dining room. Guest speakers will be Karen Pettigrew and Diane Wolfe, who will be giving an update on what is going on in Boardman. Bill Kuhn will also spend a few minutes giving an explanation o f the ballot measures and what a “yes” or “no” vote will mean. Cost o f lunch is $9; Murray ’s Drug will cater. Cham ber lunch attendees are asked to RSVP no later than Tuesday, Oct. 23, to accommodate enough food. VOTE Cody HIGH ------1 County v f COMMISSIONER Ihe lone Public Library will host a free workshop on “Facebook Basics—Getting S tarted ” on W ednesday, Oct. 24, from 4-5:30 p.m. at the library. Heidi Nelson, an lone n ativ e re p re se n tin g her company. Media Ventures, will lead the class. Class m em bers should bring a laptop, iPad or tablet device if they have one. (This class will not cover using Face- book on cell phones.) The class is intended for b eg inning, reluctant or non-users o f Facebook with the aim o f increasing their com fort level w ith this runaway trend in social media. This class may be help ful for those who are not sure if Facebook is worth their time or maybe don’t understand why they would want to be on Facebook. W hether a new user or someone who hasn’t even gotten started, many people probably have questions, and this class is designed to help, starting at the be ginning. Topics covered in the session include: Signing up, logging in, finding friends, how to post and sh are, com m enting and sharing photos, messaging, control ling what appears in your news feed and terminology. There will also be time for questions and answers. Space is lim ited for this class. Interested pa trons must RSVP by either co n tactin g A nne M orter at amorter@ hughes.net or 541-422-7429, or getting their name on the list at the lone Library. PAID A D V E R TIS E M E N T ON 79 Stop Another Tax on Your Home O re g o n hom eow ners have been ta rg e te d w ith a new tax on the sale or transfer of real estate, a new tax that som e have made a legislative p rio rity. A Y E S vote on Measure 79 will stop another tax on yo u r home. STOP THE DOUBLE TAX ON YOUR HOME Oregonians already pay property taxes to fund schools and local government. A new tax on the same property is nothing more than a double tax on your home. PROTECT YOUR INVESTMENT Families are struggling and home loans are tougher to get. A double tax on homes is especially hard on homeowners selling their home for less than they owe. This will hurt the housing market and drive your property values down further. HOMEOWNERS ALREADY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE WE SHOULD ENCOURAGE HOME OWNERSHIP Oregonians pay an average property tax of $2,200 per year. A new transfer tax would place a big burden on homeowners, many of whom are already struggling. It’s a double tax. A new transfer tax would put home ownership out of reach for many, especially first-time homebuyers who are so important to a healthy housing market. Yes on 79 is endorsed by: Boardman Chamber of Commerce Hermiston Chamber of Commerce Associated Oregon Industries Oregon Association of REALTORS* National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) • • • • • Oregonians in Action Oregon Small Business Association Taxpayer Association of Oregon Oregon Cattlemen’s Association Oregon Farm Bureau Children’s theater to hold auditions An a u d itio n w ill be held for the Missoula Chil dren’s Theatre production o f The Secret Garden on M onday, Oct. 29, at the Heppner High School Cafe- torium from 4-6 p.m. Those auditioning should arrive at 4 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition. A m ong the ro le s to be cast are Mary Lennox, Martha Sowerbury, Dickon Sowerbury, Colin Craven, A rchibald Craven, Ayah/ Bilge R at/C aptain, Mrs. Medlock, Doctor Craven, Ben W eatherstaff, Robin Redbreast, the Bugs that Rock, the Canadian Geese, the Moor Folk, the Fireflies and the Secret Garden. All students, grades kindergar ten through 12th grade, are encouraged to audition. No advance preparation is nec essary. Assistant directors will also be cast to assist with the technical aspects o f the production. T he M isso u la C h il dren’s Theatre touring pro ductions are complete with costum es, scenery, props and makeup. MCT tour ac- tor/directors will conduct rehearsals throughout the week from 4 to 8:30 p.m. each day. The Secret Garden will be p resented on Friday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. and Satur day, Nov. 3, at 5:30 p.m. at Heppner High School Cafe- torium. The Missoula Chil dren’s Theatre residency in Heppner is brought to you by Friends o f the Heppner Library with support from M orrow County Unified R ecreation D istrict. For more information, call Wil liam J. Kuhn at 541-676- 9141 (day), 541-676-5033 (evening). The M isso u la C h il dren’s Theatre (MCT), the n a tio n ’s largest to u rin g children’s theatre, has been touring extensively for 40 years now from Montana to Japan, and will visit nearly 1,200 communities this year FSA to issue CRP and DCP payments Morrow County USDA F arm S e rv ic e A g e n c y (FSA) Executive Director Kyle Carnine announced last week that FSA will is sue Conservation Reserve Program (C R P) and D i rect and Counter-cyclical Program (DCP) payments during the first few weeks of October. “ FSA w ill issue the paym ents tim ely as long as all producer eligibility requirements are met,” said Carnine. C R P and D C P p a y ments could be affected if producers have not submit ted the required Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) forms. A ffected producers will need to submit the proper AGI forms before payments can be issued. In addition. HERE TO SERVE ALL THE PEOPLE OF MORROW CO. WITH HARD WORK, STRONG LEADERSHIP, KNOWLEDGE & INTEGRITY. For more information please visit: YesOnMeasure79.com f I producers who signed up for CRP emergency haying and grazing and did not pay in advance will notice that their annual rental payment was reduced by the acreage that was hayed or grazed. “Producers who were affected by county office consolidations will not ex perience paym ent delays o f this nature,” said Car- nine. “A ll county office paym ents, regardless o f consolidations, will be gen erated at the same time as long as all other eligibility requirements are met,” she said. For more information on CRP and DCP payments, contact the Morrow County FSA o ffice at 541-676- 9011. RE-ELECT LEANN REA MORROW COUNTY COMMISSIONER VOTE YES ON MEASURE 79 TO STOP ANOTHER TAX ON YOUR HOME. Paid fo r b y Yes on 79 * PO Box 4750 * Tualatin, OR 97062 with up to 47 teams o f tour actor/directors. A tour team arrives in a given town with a set, lights, costumes, props and make-up. every thing it takes to put on a play... except the cast. The team holds an open audition and casts 50-60 local students to perform in the produc tion. The show is rehearsed throughout the week and two public perform ances are presented on Friday and Saturday. All M CT shows are original adapta tions o f classic children's stories and fairy ta le s...a twist on the classic stories that you know and love. Also included in the resi dency are three enrichment workshops presented by the tour actor/directors. C re ativity, social skills, goal achievement, communica tion skills and self-esteem are all characteristics that are attained through the participation in this unique, educational project. MCT’s mission is the development o f life skills in children through participation in the performing arts. The M isso u la C h il dren’s Theatre is based in M issoula, M ontana, and also runs many local pro grams. These include musi cal theatre day camps and perfo rm in g arts classes for local children, a sum mer residency Performing A rts Cam p for students from around the world and the M issoula Community Theatre, which creates an arena for local talent o f all ages to participate in larg e -sc a le p ro d u ctio n s and attracts audiences from western Montana. For stu dents interested in a career in the performing arts. MCT has developed Next Step Prep— The Academ y for Musical Theatre— provid ing high school students an affordable opportunity to train and study with well- known professionals in the field o f music, dance and acting to prepare for col lege. For information, email nextstep@mctinc.org. / \ I
