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The Heppner Gazette-Time, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 23, IflHI-TIIREE br -'.a ( h ' r .atwitfl to tf f PSSP Above photograph illustrate Heppner flood Below -Heppner flood plain without dam Coaches for Ponytail softball to meet Fri. A Ponytail Softball meeting for adult coaches and assist ants will be held Friday, 7:30 pm. at the Heppner F.lks Uwlge. All interested adults are urged to attend League play will start around the middle of Mav and will be completed the last of June. Eligible players are fourth through eighth grade girls from lone. Lexington and Heppner Juvenile Services Commission meets, hears proposals The Juvenile Sevices Com mission met at the courthouse annex in Irrigon on April Members present were Sharon Barrick, Bill Sheirhon. Kikku Tews, Anita Buyer, John Kdinundson, Sammy Griffin and Bcrnice Lott. Guests were Barbara Wether all and Dianue Piatt, new Childrens Services Director. Acting Chairman Bill Sheir hon advised members the various proposals must he trimmed to allow for a budget of $15,000 to $20.0111) for the entire county for one year. A summer recreation pro gram for the Hoardman-Irri-gon area was submitted by Barbara Wetherall. Program activities include tenuis, soft-ball-haschall. swimming les sons, golf, dance-tumbling, body building and basketball. Each activity would be under the supervision and instruc tion of an adult who is professionally trained to work with voulh in a specific recreational activity. The start of pee-vce basket Mar .. : The league is made up of four teams from Heppner and one team from lone. Lexing ton girls may sign up for either location. Games are played week day nights at 6:30 p.m. and each team plays two games a week except for extra makeup games that are rained out. No games are played on Friday except make-up games. . ball in lone was proposed. The program would be under the supervision of Chuck Starr with help from Laura Mc Dougall. Barbara Adams, and Martha Doherty. A responsible adult work- UOllill ix0l II r , 7- w plain with dam in place. Any girl who has not previously signed up at their Livestock club meets On April 7, 1981, the Butter creek Livestock club met. Members talked about white muscle, a disease which young animals can get. Everyone gave reports on different shop and clinic will be scheduled in the near future. The next meeting will be Monday, May 4 at 7p.m. at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner and is open to the public. An arts and crafts program PROM HEADQUARTERS Prom is this Saturday, April 25!! CORSAGES vi if Ainu rnrA K MIMMIUIM hKK Prom Dresses FT J j'; W1-L0W CREEK respective grade schools may do so by calling Glen Ward. 676-9195. kinds of lambs. Members also talked about how to give lambs certain medicine. The next meeting will be on April 21. planned for South Morrow County will be held in the park for the primary and grade school students The Latch Key program, already funded will continue for the north end through the summer. S0 IPW JJ libpkg 3Qoz iiimiril liOfflr I 3 I A ftWh A A ifn U(& I FRUIT ROAST I I mr "Wm WT I ii J??l MUMP STEM, (ffiF) 1 USDACHO,CE FUUCUT Yil I mM3 V "U prospecting in the wind Oregon Slate Univrrsitv'ti "prospcciind" for wind powor Mies in 'ho Northwest and the nation has moved to a higher level-lhe use of satellite and aircraft pictures to help ident ity nveas ih strong and sicartv enough winds to justify the placement of turbines that turn wind into electricity. Satellite images contain enough detail of earth features to provide an initial big-scale screening of areas, the OSU scientists sav. Lower level plane-helicopter pictures give additional details from which wind turbine site selection decisions can start to be made. Then continuing ground measurements are used to pinpoint the best places for the turbines that could produce .Vio percent of the nation's energy needs by 2000, "Wind measurements must ! made over an extended period before a particular place passes the test as a site for wind turbines that may cost millions of dollars." explains John F,. Wade of the nsr department of atmos pheric sciences. "But the satellite and aerial photos sM-ed up the search." Wade helps head a new $70,498 OSU study for Battelle Pacific Northwest labora tories on "Applications of Satellite and Remote Obser vation to Wind Energy Pros pecting " The other co-principal investigators are E. Wendell Hewson. former head of the atmospheric sciences department who has pioneer ed U.S. wind power research, and Charles L. Rosenfeld. geography professor, pilot and expert on the internretation of " picture from satellites orbit ing Ihe earth and from high flying reconnaissance" planes. They are assisted by Peler Maule. an air resource geo grapher In the atmospheric sciences department. The wind power prospecting work that OSU launched on a small scale 10 years ago has become nationwide in scope now. Wade observed. In the new research this year, aerial searches and studies for wind power sites will be conducted in southern California and northern New York as well as selected spots in the North west . "There's no doubt that the Northwest is Ihe center of wind power developments." Wade observed. "By the end of l81. Oregon and Washington will have more utility-sized wind mach-ines--five--in test operation than any other country or part of the world. Three of the world's largest will be in eastern Washington (near Goldendale) where Columbia Gorge winds are exceptional. And two are on the Coast, another prime wind power region in Ihe Northwest." All five of the sites were identified early by OSU wind "prospecting" researchers, who began the work nearly 10 years ago. Wind-deformed vegetation helped Ihe OSU researchers spot some likely potential sites for the wind power machines. Wind measurements were then used to pick the precise spots. Wade has developed calibration techniques that let the researchers locate windy places with a high degree of accuracy based on the bend ing of trees from the winds. . . pfe Welch's JT 3T) m lf Prlr.es Effective a:i npiii Aerial photography can quickly identify wind deform ed trees and other natural wind indicators such as sand dunes, il was noted. "The Northwest has some of Ihe best wind power sites in the world, without question." Wade emphasized. But there are good sites too in Ihe New England area, the northern Plains, parts of Wyoming, the Oklahoma Panhandle area and in many coastal areas where winds sweep in from Ihe oceans. Oregon areas with second ary promise for wind power developments include some sites in and along the Coastal Mountain range and the Sleens Mountain area of southeastern Oregon, says Wade. Though the economics of wind power have yet to be established, (can il compete price-wise with other fuel sources?) the OSU wind power researchers see "great things ahead for wind power." It is not overly optimistic to see wind power producing 5-10 percent of U.S. needs by the turn of the century, says Wade. "Wendell Hewson is the person who should get the bulk of the credit for Northwest wind power developments." Wade emphasized. "He had the dreams and the vision that opened the door for research that has helped establish the worth of wind power as a supplemental energy source for the Northwest, the nation and the world." Graduate students assisting on the wind prospecting pro ject now are Gudrun Bodvars son and Michael McClenahan. n GROCERY zo, 4,3 676-9614 ione Garden Club plant sale April 29 The annual plant sale spon sored by the lone Garden Club is nearly upon us. Perennials, shrubs, berries, bulbs, trees, house plants and many other things for gardens will be made available. The sale will be held at the lone Legion Hall on April 29 from 10 a.m. to 4 p m. Pie and coffee will be served. Anyone having need of special things may contact Delta Huber. 99-8107. or Carol McKaig. 422-7212. LIBRARY Monday through Thursday -1 to 5 p.m. Thursday - Story Hour. 10:30 a.m. Thursday evening - 7 to 9 p.m. Friday - closed. Saturday - 2 to 4 p.m. We are proud to announce that our winner of the 'FREE' T-shirt is RICHARD PAINE HEPPNEX Remember with each shirt purchased you can enter your name in our drawing, which is held the 15th of each month. Maybe you will be our lucky winner! MEAT 676-9288 TinTo,,
