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BURN BAN IN EFFECT JULY 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011
This
includes burn barrels.
You may resume burning in burn barrels Oct. 1,
with open burns allowed after Nov. 1.
May 29-30, 2010
28th ANNUAL MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION
Grand Marshals Sam and
Carol Olmstead
SEE THE MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION PAGE FOR A SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
ATTENTION BAKERS!
Want
a chance to strut your stuff? You have two opportunities on Memorial Day -
1 - Pie
Contest. Various categories and experience levels. Want to enter a pie? Fill out the entry form
below and bring your pie (with the entry form) to the Wasco Variety before 10:30am on Memorial Day!
2 -
Sugar Shack. A Memorial Day tradition and a great way to help Wasco raise funds for future
Memorial Day celebrations! Contact Dave or Lisa at Wasco House B&B (info@wascohouse.biz or 503-341-4450) if you would like to donate a pastry. Donated pastries must be at the Wasco Variety on Memorial
Day by 10:00am.
3 - Pastry Auction. A longtime favorite on Memorial Day and another
great way to help Wasco raise funds for future celebrations! Contact Sandra VanGilder if you would like to donate a pastry
- 541-442-5582.
All pies and pastries should be delivered to Wasco Variety & Video between 9:00 am and 10:30 am on Memorial Day (non-refrigerated pies and pastries can be delivered during normal business hours on Sunday, May 29)
January 31, 2011, 5:00 p.m., St. Mary’s Parish Hall,
807 Barnett St.
PIONEER POTLATCH - Meat Loaf, potatoes & gravy, fruit salad, rolls, desert, beverage
EVERYONE is welcome. Cost is $3.50 per person.
REMINDER
TO KEEP ALLEYS CLEAR & UNHINDERED
In
order to be able to provide emergency services such as fire protection, utility maintenance and weed control within our City,
it is important that City alleys are kept free of vehicles, machinery, appliances, wood, or other discarded material.
Several alleys have been identified as unusable due to blockage, which poses a threat to public health and
safety. Please be advised that if a vehicle is found to be blocking an alley, it will be tagged and towed at the owner’s
expense. If an accumulation of wood, junk, or other discarded material has overflowed from private property
onto a City street or alley, the property owner will be served notice to clean up the material and/or a fine may be imposed.
July 4, 2010, 1:00 pm to 4-ish, Wasco City Park
CITY PICNIC
All who are living in or visting Wasco are invited!
Bring your favorite picnic pot-luck side dish (to share)
and drinks for your family. Don't forget lawn chairs! And how about some lawn games to challenge
your friends and neighbors!
Barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs will be provided!
Contact: Bill and Carol MacKenzie
at 541-442-5079 or wlmack@yahoo.com
After the picnic, head down to Rufus to join in their all-day celebration. Starting at noon at the Community Center
(the former Rufus School) you’ll find: Farmers Market with fresh veggies, food and wine; Family Fun with a Jump House,
dunk tank and plinko; Barbeque from 4:00-6:00p.m.; and then to top off the day – find a good view of the river so you
can enjoy the Fireworks Display!
SPRING CLEANING
With warmer
weather coming, some of you may be planning yard clean-up projects. Before you burn any leaves/debris, remember to stop by
City Hall to pick up a Burn Permit. Each permit is valid for one year from the date of issue. No fee is required.
Also, please take note that there is no longer a Community Burn Pile within the City limits. (The site located
behind the North Sherman County RFPD fire hall was closed last year, with notice of its PERMANENT CLOSURE
posted at that time. No dumping of any sort is allowed at this site). Instead, you can haul your yard debris to the Transfer
Station on Welk Road which is open the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month. For hours/rates call
541-298-5149.
NOTICE REGARDING NOXIOUS VEGETATION (CITY NUISANCE ORDINANCE NO. 143)
Per the Nuisance
Ordinance, the City publishes three notices beginning in March. After the final notice in May, the
City will begin the abatement process on any properties not in compliance.
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Section 6 of the Wasco Nuisance Ordinance describes the term noxious vegetation as, “Weeds more than 10” high;
grass more than 10” high (excluding vegetation that constitutes an agricultural crop); poison oak or ivy; puncture
vine; and any vegetation that is a health hazard, a fire hazard, or a traffic hazard because it impairs the view of a public
thoroughfare.”
- “Between May 15 and September 30 of any year, no owner
or person in charge of property may allow noxious vegetation to be on property or in the right-of-way of a public thoroughfare
abutting on the property. It shall be the duty of the owner or person in charge of property to cut down or to destroy grass,
shrubbery, brush, bushes, weeds, or other noxious vegetation as often as needed to prevent them from becoming unsightly, from
becoming a fire hazard, or in the case of weeds or other noxious vegetation, from maturing or from going to seed."
- In the event
that a particular property has not been cleared of noxious vegetation prior to May 15, Section 6 states that, “The City
is willing to abate such a nuisance on any particular parcel or property at the request of the owner of the property for a
fee sufficient to cover the City’s cost of the abatement. In the absence of such request, the City intends to abate
the nuisance and charge the cost of doing so to the property owner, the person in charge thereof, or the property itself”.
FYI: The Transfer Site located on Welk Road is open the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from noon
to 4:00p.m. and accepts yard debris. For rates call 541-298-5149. December 11, 2010, 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Old
Wasco Fire Station - corner of Clark (Main) & Armsworthy
SANTA VISITS WASCO!
A holiday workshop will be set up in the Old Wasco Fire Station (corner
of Clark St. and Armsworthy St.) and the soon-to-be opened Gift Horse (located next to Wasco City Hall),
with doors opening at 3:30 p.m. Holiday shoppers will be able to browse for candles, jewelry, handmade crafts, baked
goods and more.
Santa will arrive at the Old Wasco Fire Station at 5:00p.m. and will stay until 7:00
p.m. When Santa arrives, the kids will be treated to goodies and prizes and each child will have a chance
to have a picture taken with Santa. (Pictures will be printed on the spot and ready to take home. Donations will be appreciated).
Be sure to visit with the downtown merchants, several of whom are
offering extended hours for your shopping convenience. Wasco Variety and Video will be staying open until 7:00p.m. Be sure to check out all of their
great holiday gifts, and don’t forget to pick up a free 2011 calendar – compliments of Arlyn and Sandra. Stop by to say hello to everyone at the Wasco Market
and the Lean To Cafe, and be sure to take time to check out our newest downtown business, A
Better Life Fitness, across from the Lean To. The Fitness Center will be open from 3:30p.m. to 7:00p.m., so come
in and meet the owner, Crystal Dodge, take a look around, sign up for memberships…and check out the Scentsy wickless
candles that Crystal will be selling.
The Wasco City/Community Library will
hold its annual holiday fundraiser with new and used books for sale, refreshments, and door prizes. (The Library will open at 3:30p.m., with drawings for
the door prizes held every ½ hour starting at 4:00p.m and ending at 7:00p.m. Tickets will be available at the holiday
workshop and participating stores).
Please contact Cassie Strege at Wasco
City Hall at 442-5515 or Geneva Sutton at 442-8559 if you would like any additional information, or would like to reserve
a space for a craft table.
W.J. MAKELIM CONSTRUCTION
Remodel
and new construction.
Bill
Makelim
69420 N. Sawtooth
Rd., Wasco, OR 97065
(541) 442-8556
makelim@gorge.net
CCB# 186429
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