SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 26, 2020
PUBLIC NOTICE
NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S
SALE
On April 9, 2020 at the
hour of 11 am the Mor-
row County Courthouse,
100 Court Street, Heppner,
OR 97836, inside the lob-
by at the Front doors, the
defendant’s interest will be
sold, subject to redemp-
tion, in the real property
commonly known as: 400
SE Division St. Irrigon,
OR 97844. The court case
number is 17CV42064,
PHH MORTGAGE COR-
PORATION,
Plaintiff
and THE UNKNOWN
HEIRS AND DEVISEES
OF JAMES P. O'BRIEN
AKA JAMES P. OBRIEN
AKA JAMES PATRICK
O'BRIEN;
TRACEY
LYNN O'BRIEN; NOAH
JAMES LINDSEY; OC-
CUPANTS
OF
THE
PROPERTY, Defendants.
The sale is a public auction
to the highest bidder for
cash or cashier’s check, in
hand, made out to Morrow
County Circuit Court. For
more information on this
sale go to: http://oregon-
sheriffssales.org/
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INVITATION TO BID
Morrow Emergency Oper-
ations Center Re-Roof,
325 Willow View Dr.,
Heppner, OR
Sealed bids for the Re-
Roof of the County Emer-
gency Operations Center
project will be received by
the Morrow County Public
Works Department, At 365
W. Hwy 74, P.O. Box 428,
Lexington, OR 97839, No
later than 4:00 pm March
5th 2020. The bids will
be opened and reviewed
on March 10th 2020 at
9:00 a.m. at the Lexington
Conference room located
at 365 W. Hwy 74, Lexing-
ton, OR.
The County may reject
any bid not in compliance
with all prescribed public
bidding procedures and
requirements, and may
reject for good cause any
or all bids upon a finding
of the County that it is in
the public interest to do so.
The bidder must be regis-
tered with the Construction
Contractors Board. Work
consist of, but may not be
limited to, the following
estimated unit cost quan-
tities:
Provide necessary building
permits.
Provide Morrow County
with ten-year workman-
ship warranty
Remove existing roof,
clean areas haul away all
debris. All roofing remov-
al and debris disposal to be
done in accordance with
all state, local and federal
asbestos abatement regula-
tions.
Any structural repairs
deemed necessary by
building code or manufac-
turer warranty standards to
be done.
Install fully adhered 60
mil TPO, ¼” Dens-deck or
equivalent.
Install custom manufac-
tured edge metal, pipe
flashing and metal vents.
Properly flash all roof pen-
etrations.
The roof structure hous-
es several mission critical
units. Some of which are
paired antennas. These
will require special coordi-
nation to ensure that only
one unit is misdirected at
a time.
Work will need to be com-
pleted no later than June
18th, 2020.
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 required
with the proposal. Per-
formed and payment bonds
in the amount of the con-
tract bid amount will be
required of the successful
bidder.
Site visits of the building
can be arranged by con-
tacting Tony Clement at
(541)—240-1791. For all
other questions of con-
cerns please contact Mor-
row County Public Works
at (541) 989-9500.
The County will award
the contract with in thirty
(30) 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.
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School district
Local chapter
receives audit report celebrates FFA week
Dickey and Tremper,
CPAs, presented the Mor-
row County School Dis-
trict’s annual audit report
for 2019, at the district’s
February 10 meeting at
Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School.
In the report, the district
showed a beginning nega-
tive balance of $1,411,231;
$34,488,098 in total rev-
enues and $33,433,105
in expenses for the fiscal
year 2019, resulting in a
$396,238 deficit for the
year.
The school district’s
revenues include $762,466
in charges for services;
$4,301,779 in operat-
ing grants and contribu-
tions, $193,732 in capital
grants and contributions;
$9,825,176 in property tax-
es, $17,737,001 from state
school sources, $434,023
in other federal, state and
local sources, $277,175
in interest on investments
and $916,746 in other, for
$34,448,098 in total rev-
enue.
On the expense side, the
district spent: $19,498,122
on instruction, $11,903,029
on support services,
$1,130,124 in enterprise
and community services,
$49,041 in facilities con-
struction and improvement,
and $852,789 in interest
on long-term debt for total
expenses of $33,433,105.
The district reported
$17,879,914 in capital as-
sets, with $813,833 in land;
$19,295 for construction
in progress; $16,386,196
in buildings and improve-
ments; and $660,590 in
equipment and vehicles.
Outstanding debt obli-
gations include $3,785,000
for 2005 refunding,
$1,095,000 for 2010 A bond
issue, $197,452-deferred
premium, $5,187,389-
PERS bond issue,
$520,000-2012 PERS bond
refunding, less $3,342-de-
ferred discount for a total
of $10,781,499, down from
a total of $12,755,118 in
2018.
According to Dickey
and Tremper’s management
discussion and analysis,
the district reported a lia-
bility of $18,585,422 for
its share of the net pension
liability. They noted that
the district had established
a PERS reserve fund in
2016-17 to help offset the
rising costs of PERS over
the next two biennia, which
Bouncin’ Leprechaun Fun
Zone returns
Heppner Day Care and
the St. Patrick’s committee
is once again bringing the
Bouncin’ Leprechaun Fun
Zone to the Heppner Ele-
mentary School gym. There
will be a variety of bouncy
houses and activities avail-
able for children of all ages.
The event will take
place Saturday, March 15
from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. and
carried a balance forward of
$1,448,889 with “no need
to use any of the funds in
the 2018-19 year.”
They also noted that
the district completed new
playgrounds at two ele-
mentary schools, a new
behavior room, a softball
batting facility for Heppner
Jr./Sr. High School and roof
and wall repairs for River-
side Jr./Sr. High School in
Boardman.
“The district continues
to expand wrap-around
services which assist with
funding of mental health
counselors, CARE coordi-
nators and Safety Resource
Officers in our schools. The
2017-18 year was the first
year of Measure 98 funding
that was approved by Ore-
gon voters to provide direct
funding to school districts
to increase high school
graduation rates. The dis-
trict received $371,590 in
the 2018-19 year, which
they chose to spend towards
continuing online courses
for drop-out prevention,
counseling to help mentor
students for college read-
iness and expanded CTE
with new equipment in each
high school,” Dickey and
Tremper, CPAs said.
T h e H e p p n e r F FA
Chapter is celebrating FFA
week February 24-28. FFA
is the largest student led
leadership organization in
the country.
The Heppner chapter’s
FFA week committee will
hold dress up days for stu-
dents and staff. Monday
is Greenhand Day (please
wear green), Tuesday is
FFA Wear (wear an FFA
t-shirt, sweatshirt, etc.),
Wednesday is Flannel Day
and Thursday is (national)
Blue and (corn) Gold Day.
On Monday a staff ap-
preciation breakfast will be
available for all staff at 7:30
a.m. in the staff lounge.
Tuesday will be an activ-
ity period assembly with
a Make and Take hosted
by the Heppner Backpack
Group and the Health Lead-
ership Team for any kids
3 rd grade and higher who
want to learn how to make
spaghetti and enjoy some
delicious food together.
Those who participate will
take the ingredients home
so they can make it for their
family.
Blanket making is the
service project the chapter
The Greater Eastern
Oregon Development Cor-
poration (GEODC) has two
open loan programs – one
for home rehabilitation
and one for small business
owners.
The Northeast Region-
al Housing Rehabilitation
Loan Program was creat-
ed to assist homeowners
in Umatilla and Morrow
counties complete essen-
tial home repairs. The loan
interest free with deferred
payment options.
The program is for
owner-occupied homes
with a low to moderate an-
nual income, and the repairs
cannot exceed 50 percent of
the assessed Real Market
Value of the property. Man-
ufactured homes must have
been constructed after 1978
to qualify.
Repairs can cover
health and safety con-
cerns through structural
repair; upgrades to electri-
cal, plumbing, and heating
systems; roofing repair or
replacement; weatheriza-
tion upgrades; or handicap
accessibility.
“For many homeown-
ers, a critical repair is just
not in their budget,” said
Susan Christensen, Exec-
utive Director of GEDOC.
“These loans allow people
to make their homes safer,
more energy efficient and
more accessible.”
The USDA Interme-
diary Relending Program
(IRP), administered locally
by GEODC, is available to
help small business secure
working capital through
loans of $10,000 for up to
60 months and no payments
for the first six (6) months.
is working on in partnership
with the math department.
Volunteers are invited to
help trim blankets or help
sew. The goal is to make
and donate 60 blankets to
the Doernbecher Children’s
Hospital.
On Wednesday, ag stu-
dents will be attending a
field day at Krebs Ranch
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thurs-
day the chapter, partnering
with Les Schwab Tire Cen-
ter, will be holding a com-
munity food drive starting
at 6 p.m. in Heppner. Brown
paper bags included in the
Heppner Gazette-Times can
be filled with food for the
hunger backpacks and left
on the porch with a light
on for those who will not
be home. Foods such as
macaroni and cheese, pea-
nut butter and jelly, tuna,
granola bars, oatmeal, ce-
real, pancake mix and other
items are requested.
A limited quantity of
the bags will be available
but everyone can donate to
the cause, with or without a
bag. The group plans to stop
at every house in Heppner
on Thursday evening.
Loan programs benefit
low-income homeowners, small
businesses
Rates start at 4 percent and
loan fees at 0.5 percent.
Through the Interme-
diary Relending Program,
USDA works with local
partners like GEODC to
ensure business lending is
available to the small rural
businesses providing jobs
and services to rural Ore-
gonians.
For pre-applications
or more information about
either of these programs,
contact GEODC at www.
geodc.net or by calling 541-
276-6745
Leprechauns plan
treasure hunt
Leprechauns and Mor-
row County Veteran’s Ser-
vices are working together
to leave “gold nuggets”
around town to provide for
a fun treasure hunt during
the St. Patrick’s Day cele-
bration on Saturday, March
15 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The gold nuggets will
be numbered and hidden
somewhere on Main Street
between Baltimore and
May. Gold nuggets, when
found, need to be taken to
the information booth to
claim a prize. Limit one
per family.
admission is free, thanks
to funding provided by
Morrow County Recreation
District. All children must
be accompanied by an adult The Ione community 4-H club
held a meeting on Feb 9 at
and should wear socks.
Special!
Purina Home Grown Chicken Feed
$9.99
Pellets or Crumbles
Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed
Heppner - 242 W Linden Way - 541-676-9422
Ione 4-H club holds meeting
Perk and Brews, with eight
members and four parents
present. During the meeting
Eva Martin did a presentation
on how to get pigs ready for
fair. Erin Heideman talked
about feed supplements not
to use.
Pictured back row (L-R):
Carter Eynetich, Lewkus
Burright, Carson Eynetich,
Gage Heidman and Larysa
Burright. Standing are Eva
Martin, Novalee Cambell and
Phegley Padberg.
Boots set to fly
The boots are set to fly
during the St. Patrick’s Day
Celebration on Saturday,
March 15 at the annual
Welly Toss contest. Teams
or individuals are invited
to enter and try their luck
at throwing a Wellington
boot in the air.
The event will be held
on Willow Street between
Murrays’ Drug and the
Artisan Village. Team play
begins at 10 a.m., continu-
ing until noon. Individual
play runs from 10:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. for kids two
to 12, teens 13 to 17 and
adults, men and women, 18
and over. There is no charge
to participate.
Entry forms are avail-
able at the Chamber office.
Kids who participate will
receive a gold coin and
there will be prizes for
winners in all categories.
The first-place team will
have their name engraved
on the traveling boot award,
currently on display at the
Chamber office.