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