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EIGHT- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 10,2013 VAC AT ION RENTAL Rockaway beach O regon vacation home rockaw aybeach o reg o n . webs.com. 503-556-5850. 3-20-4C SERVICES AFFORDABLE FAMILY r ^| EYEW EAR 1 I Lowest Prices * Top Quality I SAME DAY SERVICE MOST PRESCRIPTION LENSES CAN BE READY WITHIN 30 MINUTES TO 3 HOURS Eye Exams $ 85.00 Todd G. Anderson OD Se Hablo Español 1045 N 1st SI. • Hermiston www affordablefamilyeyewear com 888-567-3790 *541-567-3790 PUBLIC NOTICE NOT ICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to ORS 477.250, notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held to receive from any interested persons suggestions, advice, objections or remonstrance’s to the proposed budget for the Central Oregon Forest Protection District. A hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 23, 2013, at 1:30 P.M., at the John Day Unit, 415 Patterson Bridge Road, John Day, OR. Copies o f the tentative budget may be inspected during normal working hours. To ensure the broadest range of services to individuals with disabilities, persons with disabilities requiring special arrangements should contact 541-575-1139 at least two working days in advance. OREGON DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY DOUG DECKER, STATE FORESTER Published: April 3 and 10, 2013 Affidavit PUBLIC NOTICE REQUEST FOR BIDS M orrow County Public Works is accepting bids for crane lift removal of a portion o f the existing clo ck to w e r and b ell from the Morrow County Courthouse, located 100 S. Court Street in Heppner, OR. It is anticipated that two separate lift dates, one for the removal of the existing structure and bell and one for the placement o f the reconstructed structure and bell, will be required. Each date will require 2 or more lifts as determined by the contractor. The existing clock tower structure to be removed is estimated at 7,200 lbs. The bell is estimated to weigh 3,050 lbs. The existing tower structure and bell will be prepared for removal by others prior to the arrival o f the Crane contractor. The Contractor shall lift the stru c tu re and bell and lower it to a location directly adjacent to the Courthouse. On the second lift date, the contractor shall crane lift the re-constructed tower structure and bell back into position on the Courthouse building. The contractor shall be responsible for all rigging associated with the two lifts. Specifications and bid sheets may be obtained by contacting Morrow County Public works Sandi Putman at 365 W. Hwy 74, P.O.Box 428, Lexington, OR. 97839. 541-989-9500. Bids shall include all costs associated with mobilization for each separate lift date and all costs associated with rigging, lifting and placing as directed. Dates for lifts shall be coordinated between the contractor and 1 the Morrow County Public Works Dept. The successful contractor m u st h a v e W o r k e r ’s Compensation Insurance covering work in Oregon. The successful contractor must also submit documents a d d re s s in g in su ra n c e , non-collusion, tax law, debarm ent, and conflict o f interest as part o f the personal services contract. Sealed bids must be received at the M orrow C ounty Public Works Office, PO. Box 428, 365 W. Hwy 74, Lexington, OR 97839 no later than 4:00 pm April 09, 2013. Bids must be in a sealed envelope marked “Bid for Clocktower Lift”. Bids will be opened and publicly read on April 10, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the Morrow County regular County Court session at the Port of Morrow, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman, OR. Morrow County reserves the right to reject any and all bids and/or to postpone the award of bids for thirty (30) days from the date of opening. Morrow County does not discriminate on the basis of age, religion, race national origin, sex or handicapped status in h irin g or the provision of services. Published: March 20, 27, April 3 and 10, 2013 PUBLIC NOTICE MORROW COUNTY HEARING THE MORROW COUNTY COURT will hold the following hearing o f p u b lic in te re s t on Wednesday, Apri124,2013, at 11:30 a.m. at the Morrow C ounty C ou rth o u se in Heppner, Oregon. Request is to rename Lexington Grange Road that runs between Cutsforth Comer and Baseline Lane to Marquardt Road. The proposed road is located in Township IS Range 25, Sections 2, 3, 10, 11, 14 and 15. Opportunity to voice support or opposition to the above proposal or to ask questions will be provided. Failure to raise an issue in person or by letter or failure to provide sufficient specificity to afford the decision maker an opportunity to respond p r e c lu d e s a c tio n o r consideration of the issue. Copies of the staff report and all relevant documents will be available after April 17, 2013. For more information, please c o n ta c t th e P la n n in g Department at 541-922- 4624 or 541-676-9061 extension 5506. DATED this 8th day o f April 2013 M ORROW COUNTY P L A N N I N G DEPARTMENT Published: April 10, 2013 Affidavit PUBLIC NOTICE Scholarship Applications Now Available The Me Rae Scholarship C o m m ittee an n o u n ces that 2013-2014 academic' scholarship applications are available to graduates of Grant County high schools. Graduates of high schools w ithin Morrow, Wasco, and W h eeler co u n ties may also be considered for a scholarship award, if too few Grant County applications are received. Preference will be given to Grant County graduates who reside in Oregon and have com pleted one or more years at an accredited college. For an application form and application criteria list contact the Me Rae Scholarship Committee, Grant County Court 201 S. Humbolt Street, Box 280, Canyon City OR 97820, or call 5 4 1 -5 7 5 -0 0 5 9 . Com pleted applications and the required documents must be received at the Grant County Court office on or before Monday, July 15,2013. Published: April 10 and By Lucas Jobes, lone student 17, 2013 On Monday, March 11, Affidavit the lone High School chem istry class took a class field trip to the PGE coal-fired PUBLIC NOTICE power plant at Boardman. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT When the class arrived at OF TH E STATE OF the plant they were met by OREGON the safety manager, Mike FOR T H E Garrett. He gave the class COUNTY OF MORROW a private tour of the facili Probate Department ties. In the Matter of the Estate Starting with a safety of: video, starring Mike Gar O R V I L L E J . rett, lone students put their BUCHANAN, Deceased. real chem istry skills to No. 13PR013 the test in the classroom NOTICE TO with head chemist Dean INTERESTED PERSONS Mason and assistant Jason N otice is given Schacher. that the undersigned has lone chemistry teacher, been appointed and has Dale Holland said he was qualified as the personal proud to find that each of representative of the estate. his students asked at least All persons having claims one question and wrote a g a in st the e s ta te are down three questions while required to present it, with taking notes. Dean Mason proper vouchers, within said he was very impressed four months after the date by all the kids and had of first publication o f this never seen so many kids notice, as stated below, to the personal representative at Kuhn Law Offices, 267 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 428, H eppner, O regon 97836, or they may be barred. The Umatilla National All persons whose Forest will soon begin an rights may be affected by integrated approach of pre the proceedings in this vention, manual, mechani estate may obtain additional cal, herbicide, biological in fo rm a tio n from the records o f the court, the control and cultural treat personal representative or ments to reduce the risk of the attorney for the personal invasive species expanding on the forest. This work representative. will be implemented under DATED and first the 2010 decision for the published April 10,2013. Invasive Species Treatment Robert Buchanan, Personal Project. Representative Treatment on the for 12942 SE Hacienda Dr. est is scheduled to begin Boring, OR 97009 in May and is expected to To be published for three continue through O cto consecutive weeks. ber. “The majority of herbi P E R S O N A L cide treatments will be spot REPRESENTATIVE: application to individual Robert Buchanan invasive plants using back 12942 SE Hacienda Dr. pack sprayers and ATVs,” Boring, OR 97009 Telephone: (503) 658- said Joan Frazee, Forest Botanist. Some broadcast 8357 application is also planned A T T O R N E Y FOR P E R S O N A L along a small subset o f roadsides. REPRESENTATIVE: Herbicides to be used William J. Kuhn, OSB No. include clopyralid, piclo- 762075 ram, glyphosate, metsulfu- P.O. Box 428 ron methyl and chlorsulfu- Heppner, OR 97836 ron. “Manual and mechani T elephone: (541) 676- cal treatments are planned 9141 for a number of small in Fax: (541)676-5502 festations, some o f which Email: kuhnandspicer@ have been treated for over a windwave.org decade and are subsequent Published: April 10, 17 and ly much reduced in size,” 24,2013 noted Frazee. Herbicide Affidavit treatments will be carried out following the project lone chemistry class visits the PGE coal-fired power plant lone High School students paid a visit to the PGE power plant at Boardman with so much knowledge and with no fear to talk. Ev eryone learned about which machine does what, where chemicals go, and what the machine would eventually produce. After almost two hours of “chalk talk,” the class got to see what the plant was all about. Look ing at all the machines up close was an amazing sight, and walking up all those steps and seeing that great view of the entire plant was astonishing. Mike Garret then took the class to the conference room to talk about jobs and salaries. The plant has a job for everyone. There are jobs available that require 2-4 years of college or even no college experience. The Coal Fired Plant was a great place to visit and had im pressive facilities. The lone chemistry class would like to say thank you to the PGE Coal Fired Plant, especially Mike Garrett, Dean Mason and Jason Schacher. Umatilla National Forest to begin invasive plant treatments design features of the Record of Decision for the Invasive Plants Treatment Proj ect. In v a s iv e s p e c ie s have been shown to reduce b io d i versity includ in g w ild lif e habitat, wildlife and dom estic livestock forage and streamside vegetation. In vasive plants targeted for treatment include yellow starthistle, leafy spurge, spotted and diffuse knap weed, rush skeleton weed, meadow hawkweed, Scotch thistle, sulphur cinquefoil, dalm ation toadflax, and houndstongue. Partners include Coun ty weed boards in Oregon and Washington, Oregon Department o f Fish and Wildlife, Washington De partment of Fish and Wild life, Wallowa Resources, City of Ukiah, City of Gran ite, North Fork John Day Watershed Council, Oregon Department of Agriculture, Rocky Mountain Elk Foun dation, Blue Mountain Elk Initiative, private landown ers and ranchers. Funding includes appropriated dol lars and grant money from Title U projects, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and Blue M ountain Elk Initiative Challenge Cost Share projects. Treatment sites are located across the Umatilla National Forest and will be signed at the time o f treatm ent. Maps o f the proposed treatment sites are also posted on the forest’s website at: www.fs.usda. gov/umatilla/. For more specific inform ation on timing and location of her bicide treatments, please contact the local Ranger District Office coordina tor at the Heppner Ranger District, Tim Collins 541 - 676-2114. It was an elderly women picking up garbage. She advised she would move her pickup. -MCSO cited Donald Lewis Felts, 49, for Viola tion of the Speed Limit, 82 mph in a 65 mph zone. He was to appear at Irrigon Justice Court. -MCSO received re quest from an Irrigon sub ject for information on how to get someone evicted. -MCSO received a com plaint from a man in Irrigon who said that someone on his property put a sign up that says free stuff and he is going down there with ammunition with the intent to tell people to leave. -M CSO rece iv ed a request from a Heppner woman to do an area check because she was having a new garage put it. -MCSO received report from a Boardman woman that a subject, possibly a teenager, came toward her yelling from Kunze towards Wilson and then another car came by. A deputy responded but was unable to locate anyone. -Irrigon Ambulance received report from an Irrigon woman that her 80-year-old husband had heart problems all day. An ambulance responded, but the subject refused trans port. PUBLIC NOTICE The Morrow County Court will be considering one at- large appointment to serve on the M orrow County P lan n in g C om m ission. The term will begin at the time o f appointment and run until the end o f the vacated term, December 31,2015. Interested parties residing in Morrow County are encouraged to submit a letter of interest to the M orrow County C ourt, P.O. Box 788, Heppner, OR 97836 by April 22, 2013. DATED this 1st day o f April 2013 MORROW COUNTY P L A N N I N G DEPARTMENT Published: April 10 and April 17,2013 Affidavit SHERIFF'S REPORT -Continued from Page SIX -MCSO cited Michael Alexander Thompson, 24, Irrigon, for speeding, 61 mph in a 35 mph zone, to appear in Justice Court April 24. -MCSO received a re quest to deliver a message to a subject that his brother was in intensive care in a Eugene hospital. -MCSO received report o f a black pickup parked in the middle of the high way on Hwy. 74, Heppner. 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