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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 29, 2020 - SEVEN Umatilla National Forest to offer personal-use firewood authorizations until June 1 PUBLIC NOTICE Published April 29, 2020 Affidavit Published April 29 & May 6 2020 Affidavit NOTICE OF PORT OF MORROW BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Port of Morrow Budget Committee, will be held on Wednesday, May 13, 2020 at 3:30 p.m. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Committee will meet virtually. Instructions to log in will be available on our website. At this meet- ing, the Port’s Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget message and budget document will be delivered to the Budget Committee. Public com- ment on the budget will be taken. Any person may ask questions about, and comment on, the Port’s Proposed Budget at that time. Public comments and questions can also be submitted via email at budget@portofmorrow. com. The budget will be avail- able on the Port’s website as of Wednesday, May 13. Information about the meeting and instructions to log in can be found at www.portofmorrow.com/ budgets-notices Published April 29 & May 6, 2020 Affidavit REQUEST FOR QUALI- FICATIONS FOR Trucking Services Con- tractor Morrow County Public Works Projects -Morrow County, Oregon, requests proposals for a qualified Trucking Services Con- tractor to provide regular hauling and trucking ser- vices for various Coun- ty General Public Works projects. Contractors submitting qualifications shall be considered based upon the following gener- al evaluation criteria: 1. Fee schedule. 2. Experience. 3. Method of approach. 4. Availability of labor and equipment. Copies of the Request for Qualifications may be obtained from Morrow County Public Works, P.O. Box 428, 365 W Hwy 74, Lexington, Oregon 97839, (541) 989-9500. Complete proposals will be accepted at the same address no later than 4:00 p.m. May 14, 2020 ques- tions or concerns may be addressed to Sandi Point- er. 4-22-4c There will be no grocery store insert in the Hep- pner Gazette-Times un- til further notice. PUBLIC NOTICE Nextera Energy Resourc- es, Wheatridge II Wind, LLC, near LEXINGTON, OR, proposes to modify an existing meteorological tower, located at latitude 45° 33' 39.96" N, longi- tude 119° 40' 07.24" W, to include a voice radio antenna for safety, main- tenance, and emergency 2-way radio communica- tions in the Wind Park area of operations. Persons may review the application by going to www.fcc.gov/asr/applica- tions and entering the FCC ASR file # A1164248 Instructions for raising concerns can be found at www.fcc.gov/asr/envi- ronmentalrequest. How- ever, paper filings can be mailed to: Federal Com- munications Commission, Requests for Environmen- tal Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th St. SW, Washington, DC 20554. Published April 29, 2020 NOTICE OF BUDGET COMMITTEE MEETING A public meeting of the Budget Committee of the City of Irrigon, State of Oregon, to discuss the budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, will use Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/ j/5869570138?pwd=Vk- pHMnFjWTJhNDNlaU- Q0a2x0Rkp1dz09 ID: 586 957 0138 PW 3d@k8rmH The meeting will take place on May 7, 2020 at 6:00 pm. The purpose of the meeting is to receive the budget message and to receive comment from the public on the budget and state revenue sharing. Public comment may be submitted in writing before 5:00 pm on May 7, 2020 via email to clerk@ci.irri- gon.or.us; mail to PO Box 428, Irrigon, OR 97844 or drop box at 500 NE Main Avenue. This is a public meeting where deliberation of the Budget Committee will take place. Any person may join the meeting and discuss the proposed pro- grams with the Budget Committee. A copy of the budget doc- ument may be inspected or obtained on or after April 30, 2020 at 500 NE Main Avenue, Irrigon, OR, be- tween the hours of 8:00 am and 5:00 pm. This notice is also on the city website at www.ci.irrigon.or.us. Published April 29, 2020 Affidavit Print & Mailing Services *Design *Print *Mail Sykes Publishing - 541-676-9228 The Umatilla National Forest is offering free per- sonal-use firewood cutting to the general public from May 1 through June 1, 2020. Firewood is import- ant to many individuals as a primary heat source. This temporary authorization is intended to provide the public firewood cutting op- portunities, while still com- plying with the regulations set forth by the Governors by limiting face-to-face interactions associated with issuing and managing per- mits. These free authoriza- tions are valid for cutting up to four cords of person- al-use firewood. 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In addition, traveling on thaw- ing, saturated, and muddy roads can result in resource damage and serious safety concerns, especially if vis- itors are unprepared. Additionally, the public is reminded that all camp- grounds, trailhead facil- ities, picnic areas, rental cabins, Sno-Parks, and boat ramps are temporarily closed to limit the spread of COVID-19. Forest roads, trails and general forest lands remain open to the public, but all visitors are strongly urged to practice social distancing. Flood repair activities are ongoing and some roads and trails on the Forest are closed due to flood damage. All closure signs will be posted on the ground and detailed maps of the closure information is available on the Forest website and at any Forest office. For specific forest in- formation and firewood cutting guidelines please contact one of the Umatilla National Forest offices or visit the website at https:// www.fs.usda.gov/umatilla. Library District forgives fines The Oregon Trail Li- brary District Board of Directors voted, April 22, to forgive all patron fines incurred during the last two years. Fines are assessed at 20 cents a day per book or DVD if an item is overdue. Library Director Kathy Street presented the idea to the board. Street stated that eliminating the fines would reduce barriers to library service. Libraries have long believed that charging over- due fines encouraged pa- trons to return items in a timely manner. In January, the American Library Asso- ciation passed a resolution on Monetary Library Fees as a Form of Social Inequi- ty. Studies find that overdue fines actually prevent pa- trons from using libraries and the idea of possible fines can prevent families from applying for a library card. During this time of COVID-19, OTLD patrons have access to many re- sources the library provides in a digital format. This includes ebooks, digital magazines, online learning and more. If a patron has $5 or more in fines their priv- ileges are suspended and they are unable to access these digital resources. Library staff have been working with patrons who call for help with their cards. Forgiving the fines incurred in the last two years will clean up many accounts. Street told the board that many people would not call to ask for help and this is a big step to making the library available for all of our patrons. Rating Call us now for your FREE tax consultation & evaluation: FREE individuals that are 18 years or older may participate in the free personal use fire- wood program. The Forest is providing these authorization packets to the public in the follow- ing ways: -An individual can pick-up an authorization packet at any one of the five National Forest offices during regular business hours. A self-service table will be located near the front entrance at each of- fice. Forest staff ask that woodcutters leave contact information in the onsite drop box when picking up their packet. -An authorization packet may be requested electronically by sending an email to r6_umatilla_pub- lic_inquiries@fs.fed.us. A Forest employee will assist individuals with complet- ing proper documentation to receive the electronic authorization packet. -Forest users can also obtain the 2020 free fire- wood cutting authorization packet from several local partner businesses. Individ- uals will be asked to com- plete a contact information card prior to receiving their packet. Woodcutters must carry the authorization packet with them while cutting. Firewood cutters are also required to carry an axe, a shovel, an 8 oz. capacity or larger fire extinguisher and have their chainsaw equipped with an approved spark arrester when cutting wood. The Forest intends to USDA reports record enrollment Producers signed a re- cord 1.77 million contracts for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs for the 2019 crop year, which is more than 107 percent of the total con- tracts signed compared with a 5-year average. USDA also reminds producers that June 30 is the deadline to enroll in ARC and PLC for the 2020 crop year. Producers interested in enrolling for 2020 should contact their FSA county office. Producers must en- roll by June 30 and make their one-time update to PLC payment yields by September 30. FSA attributes the sig- nificant participation in the 2019 crop year ARC and PLC programs to increased producer interest in the programs under the 2018 Farm Bill and to an increase in eligible farms because of the selling and buying of farms and new opportuni- ties for beginning farmers and military veterans with farms having 10 or fewer base acres. Enrollment for 2019 ended March 16. For more information on ARC and PLC, down- load the program fact sheet or the 2014-2018 farm bills comparison fact sheet. On- line ARC and PLC election decision tools are available at www.fsa.usda.gov/arc- plc. To locate the nearest USDA Service Center, visit farmers.gov/service-cen- ter-locator.
