The Heppner Gazette-Time, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 23, IflHI-TIIREE
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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 ..
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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!
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