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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 7,2013 - THREE NO BMCC BOND FOR PLANTS -Continued from PAGE ONE related story this issue.) H o w e v e r, b e c a u s e these companies negotiated tax exemptions with CREZ, neither is obligated to pay for the bond levy. Lamb W eston is exem pt from $ 6 5 ,5 3 4 in ta x e s p e r year and Tillam ook will avoid $27,900 for a total estimated tax savings per year o f $93,434. In addition, being in the Enterprise Zone also exempts the two companies from BM CC’s yearly tax levy Of .661 per thousand o f valuation, used to fund the college’s annual operating expenses, for an additional $ 1 9 9 ,2 2 5 in y e a r l y property tax breaks for the businesses. B etw een the bond levy and the operating levy exemptions, the total y e a rly BM CC p ro p erty tax exemptions for the two com panies will equal an estim ated $292,659. The duration of the tax-exempt a g re e m e n t fo r L am b Weston is 15 years, and for Tillamook 10. If BM CC’s bond levy would have been voted on and approved after July 1, 2014, however, it would have been a different story, w ith both Lam b Weston and Tillam ook obligated to pay the bonded debt tax on 75 percent o f the new facilities’ construction costs. L o c a t i n g in t h e E nterprise Zone— which is made up o f a 12-square- m ile area encom passing th e P ort o f M orrow at Boardman— businesses that meet certain employment and pay targets are exempt from paying any property tax es. In stead they pay lower “fees” to the CREZ, which then distributes the money to “affected” special taxing districts, such as fire and police, twice a year. How the m oney will be spent is voted on by the six- member CREZ board. The board, which is made up of tw o representatives each from the Port of Morrow, C ity o f B oardm an and Morrow County, has little written guidelines on how it will disburse the funds, and there is no guarantee any of money will find its way into BMCC’s coffers. As an example o f the amount o f fees to be received by th e C R E Z : L a m b Weston will pay $950,000 per year for 15 years for a to tal o f $ 1 4 ,250,000. Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk’s office has released the following report o f marriage licenses: A ugust 1, 2013: -T ravis M ichael M artin, 19, o f Boardman and Kasandra Larie Kaneaster, 18, o f Boardman. In T illa m o o k ’s C R E Z facility is also expected to a g re e m e n t, it w ill pay be in production by 2014. different amounts per year Their agreement with CREZ for a total o f $4,875,000 also has the same employee over the 10-year agreement. and wage stipulations as The fees could be even L am b W eston and both h ig h e r if c o n s tru c tio n s companies have the same costs exceed by five percent excess investm ent clause the estim ated investm ent w hereby if construction amounts provided by the c o s ts in c re a s e by five percent or more than the companies. The e n te rp rise zone estimated amounts, CREZ is an investm ent tool to payments will go up by the attract new business and same percentage. Port o f Morrow General em ploym ent to M orrow County, and Lamb Weston Manager and CREZ board a g re e d as p a rt o f its m em ber Gary Neal, who CREZ deal to em ploy at has been very successful least 35 new em ployees attracting new investment at the facility, with those to the Port o f M orrow , employees earning at least says enterprise zones are 150 percent o f the county here to stay and also a average w age. However, necessary recruitment tool. a c c o r d in g to a n e w s Neil has said that without rele ase from C on A gra the enterprise zone the Port F o o d s, L am b W e sto n ’s would be at a disadvantage p a r e n t c o m p a n y , th e w h e n r e c r u i t i n g new 192.000- square-foot “state- businesses. He says there of-the-art facility making are close to 60 enterprise french fries and other potato z o n e s in O re g o n w ith products, is expected to w hich he must com pete, employee 100 people. The and has emphasized there plant is expected to be in is no guarantee either Lamb production by 2014,” the Weston or Tillamook would have located at the Port company said. C o l u m b i a R i v e r if the enterprise zone had Technologies, or Tillamook not been there to offer the C h eese, says th e ir new co m p an ies p ro p erty tax 63.000- square-foot whey exemptions. We’ll see ‘ewe’ there At the MoCo centennial fair Greenup wins saddle at King Mountain Hunter Greenup, 10, and mare Barrelin Biankus won the ID saddle at White Swan, WA. -Contributedphoto Ten-year-old H unter Greenup and his 19-year-old mare “ Barrelin Biankus,” owned by Munkers Farms, walked away with the big check and a ID saddle for having the fastest time o f the event in the youth barrel race in White Swan, WA, held June 28-30. There was $3,000 added to the purse and nearly 80 entries. E n tra n ts from O reg o n , W ashington, Id ah o and Canada competed. H u n te r is th e so n o f T rav is and T iffa n ie G reenup, and G randson o f Barry and M ary Ann Munkers, all of Lexington. Hunter and his sister, Blake, along with their m other and grandmother, all came home with checks for their b arrel racin g e ffo rts in White Swan. BMCC BOND -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE Boardman. The college is c o n s tr u c tio n fo r new currently looking for land workforce training programs near the new Sage Center in Boardman, Hermiston on which to locate. and Pendleton, as well as The center will teach capital im provem ents at skills for the food processing United Methodist Church members will serve lunch college facilities throughout and server farm business. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center, M o rro w an d U m a tilla Server farms, which contain menu to be announced. Milk is served at each meal. counties. large com puters such as Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject The new construction those used by A m azon, to change. projects are the Industrial com a n d o th e r o n lin e P r o c e s s e s W o rk fo rc e retailers and businesses, Development and STEAM are now locating at the If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, ( s c ie n c e , te c h n o lo g y , Port o f M orrow because help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. Morgan and Matt Orem prepare their lambs for the Morrow engineering, arts and math) of cheap power and ample If Y O U h a v e a fa m ily m e m b e r w h o su ffers fro m County Fair. Morgan will be an eighth grader and Matt a sixth Center, to be located near the land. BMCC plans to offer g a m b lin g ad d ic tio n , Y O U c a n a ls o re c e iv e F R E E tre a t grader at lone Community School. They are the children of SAGE Center in Boardman; courses to train workers at m e n t e v e n if th e g a m b le r is n o t re c e iv in g tre a tm e n t. Eric and Brandi Orem of lone. -Photo by Erin Heideman the P re c isio n Irrig a te d these facilities. If y o u a r e a re s id e n t o f M o rro w C o u n ty a n d you A g r ic u ltu re C e n te r in Also growing at the Port w is h to ta k e a d v a n ta g e o f th e s e rv ic e s a b o v e o r d e sire m o re in fo rm atio n . P le a s e call a n y o f th e fo llo w in g Hermiston; and the Applied are the new food-processing n u m b e rs to s e t up a L O C A L a p p o in tm e n t o r ju s t to Animal Science Education p la n ts su c h as L am b talk: Center in Pendleton. These W esto n ’s $211 m illio n B o b b y H a rris @ 5 4 1 - 6 7 6 - 9 9 2 5 o r 5 4 1 - 2 5 6 - 0 1 7 5 new facilities will enable expansion o f its french fry Community Counseling Solutions (C C S ) @ 541-676-9161 BMCC to work with local and other processed potato industry partners and add production, and Tillamook a p p ro x im a te ly 30 new Cheese’s new whey facility. Searching for Tower Clock Parts d e g re e and c e rtif ic a te (See related sto ry this program s that will train issue.) With the new center, Morrow County is searching for some very important parts o f the M orrow County Tower Clock. students for family-wage the college will then be Some time around 1955, the clock was converted to run on electricity and some parts were re jobs in the region. able to offer certificates moved in the conversion. These parts are very critical to restoring the 111 year old clock to its A lso included in the in mechatronics, a design original condition. Have you seen any o f the items listed below sitting in the back com er o f a ga bond would be money to p ro cess th at in clu d es a rage or bam or shop? replace aging and inefficient combination o f mechanical heating, cooling, plumbing e n g in e e rin g , e le c tric a l and e le c tric a l sy stem s, e n g i n e e r i n g , c o n tr o l A. Pendulum : This is a steel (or maybe wooden) rod about 48 inches long with a large weight at upgrade building insulation, engineering and computer the bottom (very heavy). install new security lighting, engineering. It would also B. Weights (2 ): The weights are steel or lead cylinders about 5 inches in diameter and possibly 14 and complete other needed offer certificates in food inches long and very heavy (They are several hundred pounds.) upgrades at the Pendleton processing technologies, C. G ears: Any gears that are round brass gears with 5 spokes in the gear and range from 4 inches and in d u s try -a p p ro v e d campus. in diameter to 8 inches in diameter. The major expansion food processing training D. Verge: There is a very critical part called the Verge and it is two steel fingers cast in a slight planned for Morrow County certificates to complement “U” shape with a brass rod connected to them. would be a food processing th e s u rro u n d in g f o o d E. Spring: The pendulum suspension spring is a flat steel spring about 2 inches wide and 5 inches a n d c o m p u te r s e r v e r processing businesses at long and is flat dark steel. training center located at the Port of Morrow. F. Regulator N ut: The spring would have a regulator nut which looks like a large sink faucet han dle with four arms. W h a t H a p p e n s W h e n th e F o lk s T h a t G. Solid silver badge: It w as ap p lied to the clock fram e....it is a b o u t 7 inches w ide a n d 3 H av e P ro v id e d Y o u r B u ild in g a n d inches high and in sc rip te d in old English Script w ith .... SETH THOMAS CLOCKS....THOMASTON , CONN...USA....it has curved c o rn e rs and is a very nice badge. O u td o o r S u p p lie s, T u r n 50? Community lunch menu Have you heard any stories about the clock? M orrow County is interested in hearing stories about the Tower Clock. Call or email Sandi Putman with your stories. They may provide clues, and will most definitely provide history o f this historic Tower Clock. 541-989-9500 or This is the pendulum wood "stick" in the center of the clock. Also missing is the lead cylinder at the bottom of the stick, about 5 inches in diameter and possibly 14 inches long and this would be VERY heavy. Pettyjohn's has Proudly Served the Willow Creek Valley and Surrounding Area for 50 Years! Please Jo in Us in a C ustom er A ppreciation Breakfastfrom 7 11:00 am on August ISth - This shows the clock gears. These have 5 D o o r Prizes and C am araderie to be Had! spokes and range from 4 inches in diameter to 8 inches in diameter. Missing several of these. Contact The Heppner Gazette-Times 541-676-9228 » 188 W. Willow. Heppner
