Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 30, 2017 TEN
Ribbon cutting celebrates opening of new Slottee Memorial
Scholarship available
early learning center in Boardman
Boardman—The Neal
Early Learning Center will
celebrate its opening with
a ribbon cutting event on
Wednesday, Aug. 30, at
3 p.m. The new center in
Boardman is adjacent to
the SAGE Center and Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege’s (BMCC) new Board-
man Workforce Training
Center. It is a project of
the Port of Morrow, which
partnered with the Morrow
County School District,
Umatilla-Morrow Head
Start and the Intermountain
Education Service District
(IMESD). Funding was
made possible by the Port of
Morrow, with some grants
from the state as well as
partner contributions. The
capital costs approached
$2.1 million.
The center is named in
honor of Gary and Kathy
Neal, longtime residents
of eastern Oregon. Gary
is the general manager for
the Port of Morrow, where
he has worked since 1989.
Kathy served for 17 years
on the IMESD Board of
Directors and said she has
come to realize the great
importance of early learn-
ing in the lives of children.
“I really believe that
providing a strong foun-
dation for our youngest
children is what they need
to be successful in school
and life—data shows this.
We need to be giving our
kids the best opportunity we
can from the beginning,”
Kathy said.
Kathy Neal said the
center came to fruition
through a shared vision of
many individuals in the
area: business profession-
als at the Port of Morrow,
Morrow County commis-
sioners, IMESD Superin-
tendent Dr. Mark Mulvi-
hill, BMCC President Cam
Preus, Umatilla-Morrow
Head Start Director Mau-
reen McGrath and the team
there, other educators and
support from the state of
Oregon through Represen-
tative Greg Smith. “That’s
the way we get things done
in eastern Oregon—it’s
never one person. We are
really good at collaborating
and sharing resources to
accomplish what we want,”
she said.
The Neal Early Learn-
ing Center will be the site
for several programs. One
is a preschool program of
the Morrow County School
District (MCSD) for three-
and four-year-olds, a free
program open to any fami-
lies in the school district.
Dirk Dirksen, superinten-
dent of the MCSD, said he
appreciates the efforts of
all the partners to make the
center a reality and looks
forward to working togeth-
er to maximize the center
for community needs. The
school district also offers
preschool programs in Ir-
rigon and Heppner.
Umatilla-Morrow Head
Start will manage the facil-
ity and operations including
three classrooms, an adja-
cent infant/toddler class-
room hosted by BMCC,
as well as home visitors,
parent educators and child
and family advocates. The
IMESD’s Early Interven-
tion/Early Childhood Spe-
cial Education program will
have a classroom, too.
“This site signifies how
deeply the community val-
ues its children and their
future,” said McGrath. “It’s
a place to learn, to grow, to
connect and ultimately to
succeed.”
The proximity of the
Neal Early Learning Center
to the Boardman Workforce
Training Center is also
positive, having a place to
educate adults alongside
a place to educate their
children.
“It’s all about sup-
porting a community of
learners, whether they are
three- or four-year-olds
or 35- and 50-year-olds,
the connection between
facilities and partners like
BMCC, schools and busi-
nesses is tying that effort
together,” said Dirksen.
Neal said having the
Early Learning Center
available to families makes
a stronger community and
entices young people to
return to Morrow County
to work and live.
The ribbon cutting
event is open to the public.
For more information about
Morrow County School
District’s preschool pro-
gram, visit www.morrow.
k12.or.us.
Sheriff’s Report
April 16: -Morrow
County Sheriff ’s Office
received a request for a
welfare check on a male
subject lying down off the
road, near a white pickup,
on I-84 east, Boardman.
MCSO responded and the
person had help on the way.
-A person in Irrigon ad-
vised MCSO of suspicious
activity; the neighbors were
putting up construction
cones and had put up cones
to prevent people from go-
ing down the road. MCSO
was unable to locate.
April 17: -Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office and
Boardman PD responded to
a fight at the Sinclair station
in Boardman. Two males
just got kicked out of the
bar. It was determined to be
verbal only with no crime
committed.
-A female in Boardman
advised she was driving
on Wilson and a subject
jumped out in front of her
waving a flashlight, and
appeared intoxicated. And
officer responded and gave
the subject a courtesy ride
home.
-MCSO responded to a
request for a welfare check
in Heppner. The caller ad-
vised they were supposed
to pick the subject up for
an eye appointment two
hours before but the sub-
ject wouldn’t answer the
door or the phone. MCSO
responded and the subject
PUBLIC NOTICE
2017 FORECLOSURE LIST ISSUED BY MORROW COUNTY
The tax collector of Morrow County, Oregon, has prepared the following list of
all properties now subject to foreclosure. This foreclosure list contains the names
of those appearing in the latest tax rolls as the respective owners of tax delinquent
properties, a description of each such property as the same appears in the latest tax
rolls, the year or years for which taxes, special assessments, fees, or other charges
are delinquent on each property, together with the principal of the delinqqent amount
of each year and the amount of accrued and accruing interest thereon through Sep-
tember 15, 2017. Also included in the total due is a 5% publication penalty.
Please take note that a complete and accurate legal description of the properties des-
ignated by the tax lot numbers on the attached list is made a part of the application
as Exhibit A for judgment, filed in the Morrow County Circuit Court and available
at the Morrow County Trial Court Clerk's Office. Note also, that more particular de-
scriptions are available at the office of the Morrow County Assessor/Tax Collector.
TO ALL PERSONS OR PARTIES ABOVE-NAMED, and to all persons owning
or claiming to own, or having or claiming to have, any interest in any property
included in the foreclosure list above set forth, being the Morrow County 2017 tax
foreclosure list:
YOU ARE HEREBY REQUIRED TOT AKE NOTICE that Morrow County, Or-
egon, has filed in the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Morrow County, an
application to foreclose the lien of all taxes shown on the 201 7 Morrow County tax
foreclosure list above set forth, and that Morrow County, as plaintiff, will apply to
the court for judgment foreclosing such tax liens not less than thirty (30) days from
the date of the first publication of this notice.
And any and all persons interested in any of the real property included in this fore-
closure list are required to file answer and defense, if any there be, to such appli-
cation for judgment within thirty (30)days from the date of the publication of this
notice, which date is, August 30, 2017. Notice of this foreclosure is given under
ORS 312.040 (1) by one publication of the foregoing foreclosure list in the Hep-
pner Gazette Times, a weekly newspaper of general circulation in Morrow County,
Oregon. This notice is pursuant to an order of the County Court for Morrow County,
Oregon, made and entered on the day of January 4, 2017. The date of publication of
this foreclosure list is August 30, 2017.
answered the door.
-MCSO responded to
a disturbance at Sub Zero
Motel in Irrigon; the caller
advised a lady in a room
was creating a disturbance
and they could hear her
beating the child through
the wall. MCSO responded
and she was just yelling at
her phone, while the baby
was walking around drink-
ing from a bottle.
-A female in Irrigon
requested a welfare on her
neighbor; she advised he
was an older gentleman and
his hose had been on for
two or three days. MCSO
responded and the subject
was out turkey hunting.
-A female in Irrigon
advised MCSO that a man
was shooting their dogs
with a gun. She advised he
was not shooting now and
was talking with her son,
unknown if he still had a
weapon. It was determined
to be a civil problem.
-A male in Boardman
The South Morrow County Scholarship Committee
will be accepting scholarship applications for the Beth
Slottee Memorial Scholarship. It is available to students
entering their junior, senior year or graduate school at
an accredited college. The student must be majoring or
minoring in music, but if no applicants are available, it
may be awarded to a student majoring or minoring in
education.
The scholarship application can be found on the
Heppner Jr/Sr High School website; select the Common
Local Scholarship Application under the College/Career
tab. The applications may be turned into Mrs. Bowman
at HJSHS no later than Sept. 15. For more information
contact Brandi Sweeney at 541-256-0358.
Chamber Chatter
Sunday, Sept. 10 – 5-7
p.m. - Music in the Heppner
City Park – 5-7 p.m.: Bring
your lawn chairs and enjoy
some great entertainment,
sponsored by the Morrow
County Unified Recreation
District and facilitated by
the Shared Ministry of
Hope Lutheran and All
Saints Episcopal Churches.
Food will be available for
purchase to raise money for
the Shared Ministry’s con-
tinuing efforts to provide
clean water to needy com-
munities around the world.
This event will be moved
to the All Saints parish hall
if it should rain. So come
on out and enjoy a concert
by Eric Jepsen and John
Wambeke.
S u n d a y, S e p t . 2 2 ,
Ione’s Music in the Park
– 6 p.m. – Ione City Park:
The entertainment will be
Countryfied. Concessions
will be available through
Tacos Hometown at 5 p.m.
Thursday, October 26,
13 th annual Soup Bowl
Supper and Silent Auction
sponsored by Domestic Vi-
olence Services, Inc.: This
event will be held at Sisters
Café, 308 N. Main Street,
Pendleton. Call 541-276-
3322 or visit our website
to register.
requested contact regarding
a past theft of a plasm cut-
ter. He advised he did not
report it stolen at the time;
however, he now knew who
had it and where it was and
would like contact regard-
ing getting his items back.
-An MCSO deputy ini-
tiated a juvenile complaint
at the Heppner library.
-An MCSO deputy ad-
vised he was trying to catch
up with a vehicle in the
Umatilla National Wildlife
Refuge. The vehicle went
over an embankment and
blacked out; it appeared
to be trying to duck the
deputy. The vehicle was
determined to be U.S. Fish
and Game going home.
April 20: Morrow
County Sheriff ’s Office
received report of suspi-
cious activity on Park Place
in Irrigon. The caller said
someone was outside her
home, looking in her win-
dow. She said she just saw
a male wearing a sweater
and a hat.
-MCSO received re-
quest from a Heppner sub-
ject to have a welfare check
on his mother. She said her
sister also lives there, but
may be intoxicated.
-MCSO arrested James
David Town, 25, on a parole
and probation detainer. He
was lodged at Umatilla
County Jail.
-MCSO, Boardman
Ambulance received re-
port that an 87-year old
female fell from standing at
the River Lodge & Grill in
Boardman and hit her head.
She was transported.
-MCSO received report
of a possible domestic dis-
turbance between subjects
on Water St. in Heppner.
-MCSO received report
of trespass at the Oregon
Trail Library in Heppner.
Someone was reported to
have been in the old school
house, moved some stuff
and took items. The library
board advised they would
be meeting and would in-
ventory the school house
items.
-MCSO received report
from a subject on Linden
Way in Heppner that some-
one had broken her shop
windows within the past
three days. The caller said it
may have been done by her
neighbor’s boys. The report
was under investigation.
-MCSO arrested Nico-
las Landeros Garza, 19, on a
Morrow County parole and
probation warrant for three
counts of unauthorized use
of a motor vehicle. He was
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail.
-MCSO received report
of a juvenile complaint at
Ione School.
-MCSO received re-
quest for contact from a
Heppner man who said a
male passenger in a mini-
van drove by and yelled out
to his 15-year-old daughter
on Water St.
-Emergency Services,
Boardman Ambulance re-
ceived report of a 20-year-
old man having a hard time
breathing, had a bad head-
ache all day and tingling
in his right arm and finger
and pain in his chest. The
patient refused transport.
-MCSO received a
call from Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office that they re-
ceived three 911 calls from
a male stuck on the West-
ern Route. They said the
number returns to a male in
Lexington, but they hadn’t
been able to confirm that.
Morrow County Road Dept. would like to
remind all motorists that with any road
maintenance project to be aware of the
workers, they are very important to us.
Watch for signs, flags and work-zone employees
and equipment. Morrow County’s goal is to provide
a safe roadway. However, it is always up to the
motorist to drive according to conditions. Be patient
and plan ahead. Leave early if you know you will
be driving through work zones. Please use extreme
caution and common sense. They will do their best
and would appreciate your patience
Areas to be aware of this summer
Paver patching Ione-Gooseberry
Ella Road, Ione
Baseline Road
and some overlay projects
West Maint (Ione) and Ella
Road.
North end of the County
Division Rd., Fourth
St/.Nevada St., Third St.,
Wyoming St., W.8th Road
and Patterson Ferry Rd.
Including...YOU WILL NEED TO BE
AWARE OF WET PAINT AND STAY WITHIN YOUR
LANE OF TRAVEL... Travelers should use caution when
encountering a road striping operation and should not drive
across the stripes when the paint is still wet. The paint used
to stripe roads is a water-borne, nontoxic paint containing
reflective glass beads. Motorists who accidentally get road
paint on their vehicles should remove it immediately, before
the paint sets up, with a pressure washer.
Published: August 30, 2017
Affidavit
Again be prepared and be safe.
Questions or concerns may be
addressed to 541-989-9500
Morrow County Road Department.