About Yamhill County, OR

So, by now you have received your tax statement in the mail and were surprised to see that instead of your taxes going down like you thought they would, they went up. How could this be you ask yourself, how can the value of my home go down and my taxes increase?

The reason is because property taxes in Oregon are based on assessed value, not real market value. Under Measure 50 which was voted in, in 1997, the assessed value of your home will rise 3% each year, plus any bonds or levies that were voted in.

Even though the market has continued to decline, in part due to the high number of short sales, taxes won't reflect that until next year.

In Yamhill County, here's the breakdown of where your tax dollars go:

The majority goes to fund schools. One Yamhill County property tax dollar gives 55 Cents to education (K-12, community colleges, educational service districts), 28 cents to neighborhood services provided by cities and special districts (police and fire protection, libraries, parks, urban road maintenance, and more), and 17 cents to county government services (public safety, road improvements, electronic, public health and more.)

Taxpayers who feel their assessed or real market values may be too high should call the assessor's office to discuss the basis for their property's appraisal and if they choose, they may appeal. Appeals may be filed through Dec. 31. You can find the information regarding appeal on the back of your tax statement.

Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum Hosts

Photo Contest

Only two weeks left to submit photos

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. - Only two weeks remain to submit photos to the first annual "Clicks Away: EASM Photo Contest." All submissions are due by November 1.

Categories include:

People: Individuals experiencing the Museum.

Aircraft: Aircraft, spacecraft or exhibit in the Museum or on the Museum campus.

Event: People or activities at a Museum event (Easter Eggstravaganza, Hall of Honor, Loose Goose Fly-Out, etc.).

Employee: Best photo submitted by an Evergreen employee, Museum employee, intern or volunteer in the previously listed categories.

Winning entries will be displayed in the Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum, featured in an issue of the Museum's member newsletter, Wingspan, and posted on the www.EvergreenMuseum.org. Additional prizes will be announced on Nov. 1. All submissions are due by Nov.1.

For entry forms, model release forms and official contest rules, please visit www.EvergreenMuseum.org, or call 503-434-4006.

The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is best known as the home of the world's largest wooden flying boat, the" Spruce Goose", SR-71 "Blackbird", the Titan II SLV Missile and the Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat". In addition, there are more than 150 historic aircraft, spacecraft and exhibits on display, along with artwork, traveling displays, the Spruce Goose Café, the Cosmo Café, the Rotors, Wings & Things store, the Right Stuff Store and Oregon's largest IMAX® 3D theater. The hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily except when it is closed for Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and Easter. The Museum facility is located at 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, across the highway from the McMinnville Airport and about three miles southeast of McMinnville, Ore., on Highway 18. Regular visitor admission is required. Call 503-434-4180 for more information, and visit www.evergreenmuseum.org.

Influenza has been reported in Newberg schools. It is not known whether or not this is H1N1 influenza because doctors and emergency rooms are not testing for H1N1 flu.

Anyone with influenza needs to remain at home. Influenza is a viral illness characterized by a fever above 100^o, a cough, sore throat, body aches chills nausea and fatigue. H1N1 flu symptoms are similar to the symptoms of seasonal flu.

If students become sick with respiratory symptoms and a fever at school, the school office will notify parents or guardians to pick up their student and take them home or to a health-care provider. Emergency telephone contacts will be made in the event parent or guardians cannot be reached. Please make sure your student's school has current contact information for you at home and at school.

Students should not return to school until they no longer have a fever, or signs of a fever, for 24 hours without using fever-reducing drugs.

Influenza is highly contagious and is spread mainly from person to person when people with influenza cough or sneeze. We are doing everything we can to keep schools functioning as usual. Here are recommended ways to reduce the spread of illness:

• Wash hands frequently with soap and water or an alcohol-based hand sanitizer
  
• Cover coughs and sneezes
• Keep sick children home
• CDC recommends vaccination

Please contact the school office if your child is sick. More information about H1N1 influenza is available on the school district website including links to local and federal health resources.

Hot Air Balloons & Gliders subject of Home School Day on Oct. 15

McMinnville, Ore. - The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is hosting a Home School Day on Thursday, Oct. 15, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The Education Department invites home school students and their families to participate in activities centered on balloons and gliders.

Through hands-on activities and content instruction, the Education Department aims to teach students the properties of air, how balloons rise into the sky and how air affects the design of gliders.

Both a hot air balloon and glider will be on site to provide live demonstrations of the information students will be discussing.

General registration for both children and adults is $15. Member registration is $8 for both children and adults. Pre-registration and pre-payment is recommended due to limited space. A lunch location will be provided, so feel free to bring your own lunch or purchase one from the Cosmo Café in the Space Museum.

For more information or to RSVP for the event, please contact the Education Department at 503-434-4185, or email education@sprucegoose.org.

The Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum is best known as the home of the world's largest wooden flying boat, the" Spruce Goose", SR-71 "Blackbird", the Titan II SLV Missile and the Grumman F6F-3 "Hellcat". In addition, there are more than 150 historic aircraft, spacecraft and exhibits on display, along with artwork, traveling displays, the Spruce Goose Café, the Cosmo Café, the Rotors, Wings & Things store, the Right Stuff Store and Oregon's largest IMAX® 3D theater. The hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily except when it is closed for Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and Easter. The Museum facility is located at 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, across the highway from the McMinnville Airport and about three miles southeast of McMinnville, Ore., on Highway 18. Regular visitor admission is required. Call 503-434-4180 for more information, and visit www.evergreenmuseum.org.

Yamhill County Public will conduct H1N1 influenza vaccination clinics at district schools in early November. Children from 6 months to 24 years of age are considered at risk for the H1N1 virus and are part of the target group to receive the vaccine soon after it becomes available.

Children will not be not be vaccinated without signed parental consent. Parents can expect to receive information from the Public Health Department including a consent forms within the next week. The information will be available online as soon as it is available.

Vaccination clinics will be held at all public and at private schools. Some clinics may extend hours to vaccinate other members of the target group, which includes pregnant women, household contacts and caregivers for children younger than six months old, people from six months - 24 years of age and persons 25 - 64 years who have health conditions associated with higher risk of medical complications. For a more detailed description of the targeted group, see http://www.flu.oregon.gov/DHS/ph/acd/flu/h1n1flu-subcommittee.shtml#target