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
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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-
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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.
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COUNTY COURT
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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
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