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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 22, 2017 SEVEN HELP WANTED The Town of Lexington is looking for a part time grounds keeper/ mainte- nance person. This job includes: Vehicle and equipment mainte- nance, street maintenance, computer skills, ability to work alone, motivation to get jobs done in a timely manner, willing to ask questions, work in con- fined spaces, and know how to run heavy machin- ery .. $12.00 a hour or DOE Please call the town of Lexington at 541-989- 8515 for complete job de- scription . 3-22-2c The Town of Lexington is looking for a part time Water department/mainte- nance person. This job includes:, water maintenance, have to be able to be certified in wa- ter maintenance within 2 months of hire date, com- puter skills, ability to work alone, motivation to get jobs done in a timely man- ner, willing to ask ques- tions, work in confined spaces, and know how to run heavy machinery. $12.00 a hour or DOE Please call the town of Lexington at 541-989- 851.5 for complete job de- scription 3-22-2c INSURANCE SALES AGENT – Immediately Hiring Farmers Insurance is looking for new agents for Hermiston, La Grande, Baker City, Ontario and John Day- Oregon. If interested, please contact Tanner or Chad at 541-706-9414 or email resumes to: farm- ersinsurance.district09@ gmail.com Requirements: -High School Diploma -A favorable criminal re- cord, no Felonies -Good credit history with no bankruptcies within the last 12 months -Bilingual a plus 3-22-1c FOR RENT House for rent, Heppner 2 bedroom, 1 bath, close to downtown & school $495/ month. First, last & depos- it. 509-261-1536. 3-15-2x PUBLIC NOTICE Morrow County Requests Bids on Roofing Repairs and Spray-Applied Poly- urethane Roofing for Three Buildings Located in North and South Mor- row County. Morrow County is request- ing bids for three county buildings that need roofing material and some repairs. 1. Seal of polyurethane for a Quonset hut with a sur- face area of 5,000 Sq. ft. located 65820 Airport rd., Lexington, OR. 2. Minor roof repairs, and Seal of polyurethane at the Morrow County Mu- seum Building with a sur- face area of 8,400 Sq. Ft. , located at 103 E. May St. Heppner, OR. 3. Reroofing of the Mor- row County Health Build- ing located at 101 Board- man Ave., Boardman, OR 97818. The roof surface area is approximately 5,100 Sq. ft. Reroofing shall be either metal roof- ing or equivalent to 60 mil TPO (thermoplastic olefin) membrane roofing. Bids will be publically opened at the Morrow County Court being held on the morning of April 19, 2017, At the Port of Morrow, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman, Oregon. Bids will need to be received at the Morrow County Public Works office, 365 W. Hwy 74, P.O. Box 428, Lexing- ton, OR. 97839. Bids will need to be marked “Roof- ing Projects” no later than 4:00p.m. April 17, 2017. The County may reject any bid not in compliance with all prescribed public bidding procedures and re- quirements, and may reject for good cause any or all bids upon a finding of the County that it is in the pub- lic interest to do so. The bidder must be registered with the Construction Con- tractors Board. BOLI rules and regulations will apply to this project. Please note the following specific re- quirements: • The roofing con- tractor is the Prime con- tractor. All subcontractors shall be identified at the time the bid is submitted. • All contractors shall be pre-qualified as follows: o Bidders shall be contractor specifically en- gaged in the application of spray. o Contractors shall submit a copy of Applica- tor’s certificate. o Supply a copy of the proposed warranty of manufacturer of roofing material. o Contractor shall carry a valid roofing li- cense. • Materials and equipment, primer prior to polyurethane foam coating should be the appropriate primer for the excising sur- face. • Spray applied polyurethane foam insula- tion shall be a two compo- nent polyurethane insula- tion system formulated for use through airless equip- ment. This is a Morrow Coun- ty Public Works Project and funded with Morrow County funds. A bid bond in the amount of 10% of the bid amount is re- quired with the proposal. Performed and Payment Bonds in the amount of the contract bid amount will be required of the success- ful bidder. Site visits of the buildings can be arranged by contact- ing Tony Clement at (541) 240-1791. For all other questions and concerns please contact the Morrow County Public Works of- fice at (541) 989-9500. The County will award the contract within twenty (20) calendar days of the bid opening. Work will commence within five (5) calendar days of the notice to proceed. The contractor shall complete all work re- quired in the contract with- in 280 Calendar days of the stated date in the notice to proceed. All work must be completed by whatever Board of Commissioners decide. Morrow County is an equal opportunity employer. Published: March 22, 29, April 5 and 12, 2017 PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE STATE OF OREGON FOR THE COUN- TY OF MORROW Probate Department In the Matter of the Estate of: RANDOLPH EL- BERT LOTT, Deceased. No. 16PB05762 NOTICE TO INTEREST- ED PERSONS Notice is given that the undersigned has been appointed and has qualified as the personal representative of the estate. All persons having claims against the estate are re- quired to present it, with proper vouchers, within four months after the date of first publication of this notice, as stated below, to the personal representa- tive at Kuhn Law Offices, 267 N. Main Street, P.O. Box 428, Heppner, Oregon 97836, or they may be barred. All persons whose rights may be affected by the proceedings in this es- tate may obtain additional information from the re- cords of the court, the per- sonal representative or the attorney for the personal representative. DATED and first published March 8, 2017. s/William J. Kuhn William J. Kuhn, OSB No. 762075 Attorney for Personal Rep- resentative Bernice L. Lott P.O. Box 428 Heppner, OR 97836 To be published for three consecutive weeks. PERSONAL REPRESEN- TATIVE: Bernice L. Lott P.O. Box 472 Heppner, OR 97836 Telephone: 541-676-5866 ATTORNEY FOR PER- SONAL REPRESENTA- TIVE: William J. Kuhn, OSB No. 762075 KUHN LAW OFFICES 267 N Main Street PO Box 428 Heppner, OR 97836 Telephone: 541-676-9141 FAX: 541-676-5502 Email: wjk@kuhnlawof- fices.com Published: March 8, 15 and 22, 2017 Affidavit County Sheriff’s Office. For more information on this sale go to: www.oregonsheriffs.com/ sales.htm Ione Middle School Published: March 1, 8, 15 students and their advisor, and 22, 2017 Steve Schaber are bringing an “acclaimed” motiva- tional speaker, Kyle Scheele to the school beginning at 9 a.m. on Thursday, March 23, in the Ione High School gym. 541-676-9211 The community is david@rapidserve.net invited to attend. Motivational speaker planned at Ione School HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES 188 W Willow Heppner OR 541-676-9228 Kyle Scheele Oregon State Police superintendent thanks Riverside High School students Students in the “Exploration of Law En- forcement” class at Riv- erside Jr/Sr High School received a special visit from Travis Hampton, Su- perintendent of the Oregon State Police on Monday, March 13. Hampton came to personally thank the high school students for the time and input they have given to the SafeOregon project, a new statewide safety tip O regon State Police Superintendent Travis Hampton line for all schools. (kneeling, center) visited students at Riverside Jr/Sr High The 15 students School on March 13 to thank them for their work on Sa- in the class have been in- feOregon, the statewide safety tip line. volved with SafeOregon for several months, offering T-shirts and water bottles, said. George Shimer is the feedback about the name plus a donation of $250 Safety Resource Officer for of the tip line, the website from the Oregon State Po- MCSD’s schools in Board- colors and functions and lice Officers’ Association. man. SafeOregon is how they think students can Dirk Dirksen, Mor- promote it in their schools. row County School District available to all public K-12 “I want to com- Superintendent, was also schools in Oregon at no cost mend you all for a job in attendance and thanked and is a way for students, well done on a statewide the students. “On behalf of staff or other members of effort. You have been en- the school district, thank the public to anonymously gaged in something in your you for making an effort report and share confiden- young lives that has already in our county to help Sa- tial information of a threat PUBLIC NOTICE made a difference for stu- feOregon become a real- or a potential threat to stu- REQUEST FOR QUALI- dents, and that’s great,” said ity. I also applaud Officer dent safety. For more infor- FICATIONS FOR Hampton. Oregon State Shimer for taking the lead mation, visit safeoregon. Trucking Services Con- Police is giving the students with this class,” Dirksen com. tractor Morrow County Public Works Projects - Morrow County, Oregon Morrow County, Oregon, requests proposals for a qualified Trucking Ser- vices Contractor to pro- vide regular hauling and Morrow County samples show resistance to the herbicide trucking services for vari- By Chris Branam, OSU ous County General Public Works projects. Contrac- CORVALLIS, Ore.— tors submitting qualifica- Researchers have con- tions shall be considered firmed what Oregon farm- based upon the following ers have feared for nearly general evaluation criteria: two years—some popula- 1. Fee schedule. tions of Russian thistle in 2. Experience. the northeastern part of the 3. Method of approach. state have developed resis- 4. Availability of labor tance to glyphosate, one of and equipment. the most widely-used herbi- Copies of the Request for cides in the United States. Qualifications may be “This is not good news obtained from Morrow for growers,” said Judit County Public Works, P.O. Barroso, a weed scientist Judit Barroso, weed specialist at OSU’s Columbia Basin Ag- Box 428, 365 W Hwy 74, at Oregon State University. ricultural Research Center, removing Russian thistle from a Lexington, Oregon 97839, “This species is a seri- research plot. -Photo by Lynn Ketchum (541) 989-9500. Complete ous threat to the sustainabil- Now, Barroso is work- counties. proposals will be accepted ity of the wheat-summer ing with growers to delay Lab testing of the sam- at the same address no lat- fallow cropping systems of the glyphosate resistance in ples showed that three of er than 4:00 p.m. April 6, the inland Pacific North- 2017 questions or concerns west. It is very often the Oregon by rotating different the collected populations may be addressed to Sandi predominant broad-leaved herbicides and using other in Morrow County were glyphosate-resistant. Those Putman. weed in many of the fields, weed-control practices. “There needs to be an three populations were like- Published: March 22 and and farmers rely exten- 29, 2017 sively on glyphosate to immediate transition to a ly treated with glyphosate more diversified approach much more often than the Affidavit control it.” The finding is pub- for control of this trouble- plants that were susceptible lished online in the journal some weed species,” she to the herbicide, Barroso said. PUBLIC NOTICE Pest Management Science. said. Some of the reasons for Russian thistle breaks NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S Russian thistle, also SALE known as a tumbleweed, poor post-harvest glypho- off the stem when it dies On April 13, 2017 at the causes serious crop produc- sate effectiveness include and moves with the wind. hour of 11 am the Morrow tion problems in dryland dust, water stress, or gen- As a tumbleweed, it can County Courthouse, 100 small-grain producing areas erally poor growing condi- spread seeds over long Court Street, Heppner, OR in the United States, cost- tions during application. distances, which may allow 97836, inside the lobby at ing farmers more than $50 However, reduced control the glyphosate resistance the Front doors, the de- million annually in control may be the result of the to spread very quickly. fendant’s interest will be measures. Farmers in the evolution of glyphosate Each plant, growing with- sold, subject to redemp- arid region of northeastern resistance in the species as out competition, produces tion, in the real property Oregon rely on repeated well, Barroso said. Glypho- more than 50,000 seeds. Barroso conducts re- commonly known as: 350 applications of herbicides sate is cheaper than other West Nevada Avenue, Irri- such as glyphosate to con- herbicide options and that search at the Columbia Ba- has encouraged its repeti- sin Agricultural Research gon, OR 97844. The court trol Russian thistle. case number is 15CV016, Glyphosate is the herbi- tive use, she said, raising Center in Pendleton. The where JPMORGAN cide of choice for growers the likelihood of resistance. Agricultural Research In the fall of 2015, Foundation of Oregon CHASE BANK, NA- in the Pacific Northwest farmers in northeast Oregon funded the research. The TIONAL ASSOCIATION, to control Russian thistle reported difficulties in con- foundation is a private, non- Plaintiff and JACOB R. after harvest and in summer trolling Russian thistle with profit corporation and an af- CASE; JOLYN R. CASE; fallow. glyphosate. The following filiate of OSU’s College of STATE OF OREGON; Ten years ago, a similar February, OSU research- Agricultural Sciences. The PARTIES OF POSSES- plant—kochia—became ers randomly collected 10 board of directors is made SION, Defendants. The resistant to glyphosate in Russian thistle populations up of representatives of sale is a public auction Kansas. Glyphosate-resis- to the highest bidder for tant kochia populations are on fallow fields in Uma- numerous segments of Or- cash or cashier’s check, in now found in many other tilla, Morrow and Sherman egon’s agriculture industry. hand, made out to Morrow states. A prickly problem: Russian thistle populations in northeastern Oregon resist glyphosate