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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 28, 2016 Portrait artist to teach Morrow County students and community in October Portrait artist Myron the Alexandria Technical Sahlberg will visit Morrow and Community College in Minnesota, where County to teach sev- he continued until eral classes to the 2013. public next month. In 1990, he Sahlberg and wife began oil painting, Ellen plan to be in and paints commis- Morrow County be- sioned portraits in ginning Oct. 15, and his studio or in the various activities for Myron client’s home. He students and com- Sahlberg has done many pub- munity members are planned during their stay. lic portrait demonstrations “As a young boy in and has studied painting rural Minnesota I longed with artists Pat Jerde, Rich- to see a great painting with ard Whitney, Casey Baugh, my own eyes,” Sahlberg Bonita Roberts and John recounts. “The summer I Howard Sanden. “I am grateful for the turned 17, I saw great mas- ter paintings for the first unique and personal influ- time at the Minneapolis ence each of these artists Institute of Art. Learning have had on my artistic to paint has been one of the skills,” says Sahlberg. He is also pursuing the joys of my life. Each day I get to paint is a great day!” gallery market with paint- Exposure to the mas- ings similar to his portrait ters started him on a long style. These paintings are journey with art, including intended to tell stories of a 40-year career in various people engaged in memo- aspects of art. He began as rable activities to which the an illustrator in 1976 and general public can relate. Examples of his work spent the next 20 years cre- ating hundreds of illustra- can be found on the internet tions for magazines, books, at MyronSahlberg.com. Sahlberg will bring greeting cards, university sports programs and ad- this experience and offer vertising accounts. During it to Morrow County stu- that time, in 1985, he also dents, both youth and adult. started teaching drawing, Morrow County students painting and illustration in each school will have in the Communication Art classes beginning Oct. 17. and Design department at PROUDLY SERVING OUR COMMUNITY SINCE 1983 ◆PERSONAL ◆FARM ◆BUSINESS WE ARE AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY THAT REPRESENTS NUMEROUS INSURANCE COMPANIES 294 MAIN ST. • P.O. BOX 755 • HEPPNER Office (541) 676-9113 • Fax (541) 676-9001 1-800-504-9113 • wheatlandins.com Evening classes are being be held at Riverside High planned for local communi- School Friday and Sat- urday, Oct. 21 and 22. A live model will sit for the sessions. Applications for the Friday and Saturday classes will be available at county high schools and librar- ies. The class size is being limited to 10 people. There is no charge but donations will be accepted. Some funding is being provided by Cultural Coalition of Morrow County. “Reading Was My Comfort Contact Claude Birt, and Consolation,” 9” x 12” oil 541-481-2525 ext. 2122 or on gessoed board by Myron birtc@morrow.k12.or.us, Sahlberg. or Terry Tallman, 541-481- 3371 or ttallman@century- ties, as well. All-day classes tel.net, if you would like to on portrait technique will take part in these activities. BMCC offers retirement planning, investment classes Blue Mountain Com- munity College will offer a series of retirement plan- ning and investment classes on Tuesday evenings begin- ning Oct. 18. The classes are de- signed to help attendees gain the skills to estimate how much money they need to retire, learn about various ways to save for retirement and the basics of retirement income planning. The classes are offered from 5:45 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. beginning Oct. 18 and will meet at the Pet- tyJohn Building, 430 West Linden Way, Heppner. The class series will be held on three consecutive Tues- HEPPNER HIGH SCHOOL Dinner & Auction SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8TH, 2016 Dinner 6:30 Auction: 7:30 HEPPNER ELKS CLUB Live Auction Penny Board Silent Auction Raffle days as follows: Investment Basics—Oct. 18, Retire- ment Basics—Oct. 25, and Retirement Income Plan- ning—Nov. 1. The instruc- tor is Rita Van Schoiack, a financial advisor and owner of Blue Mountain Invest- ment Management LLC. The classes are free and include a workbook. Advance registration is required; please call Anne Morter at 541-422-7040 or e-mail her at amorter@ bluecc.edu to register. Stu- dents may also register online at www.bluecc.edu. SWCD, Weed Advisory Board to meet The Morrow SWCD and Morrow County Weed Advisory Board will meet Tuesday, Oct. 4, at the Port of Morrow offices in Boardman beginning at 6 p.m. The agenda includes minutes of the previous meeting, financial report, partner reports and staff reports. Meetings of the Morrow SWCD are open to the public. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 - THREE COUNTY COURT -Continued from PAGE ONE we don’t have to borrow also said that if the county offices are removed from Irrigon, the businesses in town would lose dollars spent by employees and others who come to town to conduct business in the offices. Commissioner Don Russell said he had “a long talk” with Sheriff Ken Mat- lack and his “wish list” for north-end facilities. Russell said the sheriff would like a presence in both communi- ties (they currently have an office in Boardman), and better space for the depart- ment’s boat, storage space and a vehicle impound area. Russell said he also talked to the planning department, which said it does most of its business in Boardman. “I want to put stuff where it makes sense. I don’t have a dog in this fight even though I live in Boardman,” he added. Russell says he has also been concerned with how the county is going to pay for the new facilities. With the size of the building be- ing discussed maybe in the 10,000-square-foot range, construction would most likely require a bank loan. Russell has said in the past the county court needs to have a “philosophical dis- cussion” on whether to pay for facilities with a reserve fund, or though debt. The new county Bar- tholomew Building in Hep- pner was paid for with a bank loan, which is being paid back with money from the SIP (Strategic Invest- ment Program), payments from wind farms that have located in the county. SIP was adopted by the Oregon Legislature in 1993 to al- low businesses and local governments to negotiate alternative property taxing agreements if these busi- nesses are willing to invest at least $25 million at a ru- ral location in Oregon. The purpose of this program is to attract and keep com- panies that provide good jobs in Oregon, particular- ly capital-intensive, high- technology employers. Morrow County is cur- rently receiving $1 million per year in wind farm SIP payment, and expects to receive about $1.4 million per year for the next 15 years, when the Carty gas- powered generating plant comes on line. It is being proposed to use the money from the Carty SIP agree- ment to repay the loans to build the new county facilities. “I am not going to say money, but it might not be as long to pay it back,” said Morrow County Judge Terry Tallman. In other discussion on facilities the court also talked about the need for a new county road depart- ment facility in the north end. With much of the road work being done in the north end, officials are say- ing it doesn’t make sense to have the main road depart- ment in Lexington. The travel distance to return and bring equipment to work in the north end is costing the county money, they say. It has been suggested that the intersection of Bombing Range Road and Highway 730 might be a good place to put a new road depart- ment facility. In other business at the Sept. 14 meeting, the com- mission voted to create a new half-time position in the planning department, called Planning Outreach Coordinator. The job, which will be for 19 hours a week and will pay $21,000 per year, will focus on com- munity outreach such as attending meetings, sup- porting the planning di- rector with groups, com- mittees and task forces, responding to information inquiries from the public, maintaining the planning website, and other duties as assigned. Planning Direc- tor Carla McLane said the position should be filled be mid-October. In other action the com- mission: -voted to sign a one- year janitorial services con- tract with Heppner Janito- rial, LLC. -appointed McLane as the contact person for the duration of the Carty Gen- erating Station project. She will be handling informa- tion such as road crossing permits, weed evaluations and other business related to the new gas plant. -also heard from McLane that the planning commission is recruiting two new members to re- place David Sykes and Melissa Lindsay, who are resigning. McLane also an- nounced that Hank Pieper, GIS Planning Tech in the planning office, is resign- ing. The department is in the process of finding his replacement. -heard from Morrow County Administrative Of- ficer Jerry Sorte that the county is in the process of receiving proposals for de- velopment of a new county IT’S JUST A DRILL! EMERGENCY SERVICES DRILL T uesday , O cTOber 4 Th 6 TO 8 p . m . Morrow County Health District and area emergency services will be conducting a disaster drill involving hospital staff, Emergency Services, Life Flight, and Heppner Fire Department. It is important for emergency services and hospital staff to have periodic drills to prepare everyone involved in case of a disaster. We ask that during this time you please remain out of the area unless you have an emergency PROUD SUPPORTERS OF LOCAL SCHOOLS 124 N. MAIN STREET HEPPNER OR **** 541-676-9481 **** Questions? Contact Diana Grant at 541- 676-9133 ext. 2932. 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