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.
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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)
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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
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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.
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