SIX -The Heppner Gaiette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, April 22, 19H2
Jordan Canyon Project to control, prevent
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9,800 acres are being terraced to prevent
and control water erosion
Dam engineer joins
Bend corp.
Preston Foster, an engineer
in charge of a quality control
program at the Willow Creek
Dam, has joined Century West
Engineering of Bend as a
quality control engineer, it
was announced in' a news
release from Century West
. Engineering Corp.
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Before joining Century
West, Foster was project
manager for R. A. Chambers &
Associates. Inc. in Eugene. He
was responsible for construc
tion management on a wide
variety of projects including
the Redmond Municipal Air
port Terminal and the Stan
field, Irrignn and LaPine
schools, the news release said
Foster brings 16 years of
experience in construction
management and engineer
ing. He received his B.A. in
business administration from
Portland State University, an
A. A. in construction manage
ment from Columbia Univer
sity in Missouri, and an A. A. in
civil engineering from the
University of Arkansas, the
news release concluded.
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The Jordan Canyon Project
is unique in llio. are Nearly
9.800 acres, under 13 owner
ships, are being brought into a
massive terracing plan de
signed to control and prevent
water erosion.
Frank llalvorsen met with
Jim Swanson in the spring of
1980 to discuss the project.
Swanson was then serving on
the ASCS. committee. Both
farmers in the Jordan Canyon
area. Swanson and llalvorsen
recognized the need to control
the area's runaway erosion,
which was estimated at 20 to
40 tons per acre during the
t97"-Hn winter
Local woman
More than a hundred friends
and relatives of Fdith Pettevs
Nichoson gathered at Willows
Grange Hall in lone on
Saturday. April 10. to help her
celebrate her 90th birthday.
A lifelong resident of Mor
row County. Mrs. Nichoson is
the daughter of pioneer
Amanuel C. and Catherine
i(Jiengen Pettevs She was
born at the family's home
stead ranch, three miles east
of lone in 18l2. w here she lived
until her marriage to Fred J.
Nichoson in 1925.
The festivities were planned
by her nieces. Vera (Kngle
man) Kietmann and Norma
(Swanson Hea of lone and
her daughter. Alice ( Nicho
son 1 Newell, of San Francisco
Out-of-town guests at the
afternoon party included
Delta Huber. Grace Buschke.
Millie Evans. Cecilia Healy
and Frances Mitchell. Hep
pner; Delia Snabel Slirewalt.
Candidates' Fair slated in
Twenty-six candidates will
he participating in a Candi
dates' Fair on Mondav. April
2fi. 7::n pm at the Blue
Mountain Community College
theater Contested candidates
will speak and uncontested
candidates be introduced at a
public meeting sponsored by
the League of Women Voters
and the "FJasl Oregonian."
announced Evelyn Hanks,
publicity chairman for the
League of Women Voters of
I'malilla Co
Following remarks by can
didates, a panel composed of
Bill Manny of the "East
Oregonian. ' Tom Groat of
Kl'MAand Don Allen, politic
al science instructor at Blue
Mountain Community College
will question the candidates.
Brief questions will then be
accepted from the audience.
Blaine Hanks will ! modera
tor of the fair. Hanks said
Following the presentation
in the theater, a social hour
will be held in the college
union where the public will be
able to meet all the candidates
and ask further questions.
Contested candidates who
will speak arc:
- Second district I' S Rep
resentative: Democrats Larry
Ann Willis and Al Densmore
and Republicans Mike Fitz
gerald and KoIutI Smith
4-H Summer Week slated
B hirdim: Tt 1.1. IS
Morrow Co. Extension Service
Information concerning 4-H
summer week at Oregon State
University will be in the mail
soon to all Morrow Co. 4-H'ers
in eighth through 12th grade.
It is imperative that the
application forms be returned
lo the OSC Extension office.
Box :i'!7. Heppner. as soon as
possible Summer week dales
are June u 'i
Summer week brings 4-11
members from all parts of
Oregon together at OSU to
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The project consists of
terracing and stubble mulch
ing to deter erosion. The
terracing is 25 percent com
plete, and there is a need for
more stubble mulching, ac
cording to Hob Adelman.
District Soil and Water Con
servation director. Level ter
races are being used to catch
and store water in ponds, as
opposed to older style diver
sion ditches.
Some fanners are further
protecting their land from
erosion and are preserving as
much as an inch of moisture
by reducing tillage, and by
using minimum till operations
on their land. Farmers invol
ved in minimum till opera
tions noinr to reduced cost.
celebrates 90th birthday
Ilermiston: Ellen Snabel
Nash. Fossil; Melba Miller
and Mr. and Mrs Charles
Buchanan. Lexington; and
Fern Kusselll of Portland
More than half the birthday
party's guests were family
men 1 hers who shared a pot
iuck reunion supper later at
the grange hall Relatives
traveling from a distance
for the celebration were Ruth
(Swanson and Frank Lun
dell. Norma I.undell. Mr. and
Mrs Bill Lundell and children
David. Diane and Darin of
Milwaukie; Thelma (Newton)
Hall and Freda (Newton
Koski of Mountlake Terrace.
Washington. Mr. and Mrs.
George Newton. Mr. and Mrs.
Steve Newton and children
Misty and Chad of Vancouver,
Washington; Fern (Engle
mam and John Turner. Bak
er; Richard Rea, Portland.
Mr and Mrs Dallas Rea and
sons Terrill and RolHrt of
Boardman: Rubv Ann (Kiet
- Governor: Democrat Stan
Terry and Republicans Cliff
Everett and E Allen Bropst
- l.ahor commissioner: Re
publican Mike Woolen and
Democrat incumbent Mary
Rolx-rts
-- District 57 State Repre
sentative: Democrats Bar
bara W right and John Kopet
ski - Superintendent of Public
Instruction: Eugene Lehman
and I.idia Pat Graham (non
partisan - I'rnatilla County Commis
sioner, position one: Republi
cans William (BilD Hansell
and Eugene Pickard and
Democrats Wayne E Moore
and Frank J Harkenrider
-- Pendleton City Council,
ward three: Roy Hatten
hauer. The uncontested primary
candidates who w ill be present
to be introduced include
incumbent District 57 State
Rep Bob Harper. Republi
can: incumbent I'rnatilla
County Circuit Court Judge
Jack Olsen: incumbent Demo
crat Bud Draper and Republi
can Thomas McMahon. candi
dates for Umatilla County
Commissioner, position two.
incumbent Umatilla County
Surveyor, David Krumbein;
incurnlx-nt Umatilla County
Assessor. James T. While,
learn new skills, meet other
4-H'ers and enjoy the exper
ience of campus living for a
full week All this at verv little
cost lo the member, for local
businesses and individuals
provide scholarships to pay
the cost of the members
attending
Some changes have been
made in the application forms
this year, so 4-H'ers are
encouraged to read the in
formation carelullly and re
turn their form immediately
lo the Extension office.
Season i
erosion
CompaCtil
compaction, and
more moisture as indicators of
the advantages of the mini
mum till philosophy.
Funding for the project
comes through both annual
and long term agreements
with the federal government,
At this time. $M.3:'H has been
paid out. and $!l,4til is
obligated to be paid.
The original estimate of the
total cost in 1480 was $4H'MH0.
The project has in excess of
250.0tio feet of level storage
type terraces. The cost per
foot of construction is about 55
cents. I.loyd (ierman. district
A SCS. director was instru
mental in helping the farmers
obtain funding.
mann) and Dean Hondo,
Kennewick. Wash., Mr, and
Mrs John Kietmann and son
Nathan, Portland; Mr. and
Mrs Joe Kietmann. Condon;
Gilbert Pettevs. Pendleton;
Mr and Mrs. Gary Pettevs
and daughter Katherine.
Boardman; Beverly 1 Pettevs)
and Richard MacFarlane.
Pendleton: Mr. and Mrs. Pat
Pettevs and sons Mark. Jeff
and Kelly of Parkdale. and
Mr. and Mrs John H Newell.
San Francisco
Impromptu supper enter
tainment was provided by
Mark. Pal and Gary Pettevs.
playing string selections on
banjo, guitar and bass respec
tively. "It was the happiest birth
day I've ever had." said Mrs
Nichoson "Besides such
lovely party and reunion. I've
had so many warm birthday
greetings from friends and
familv who couldn't he here "
Pendleton
Democrat; Pendleton City
Council Ward two ineumlent
Bob RarTiig: and Pendleton
City Council al-large Incum
bent John Conrov
Mary Bates. Voters' Service
chairman of the League of
Women Vo'ers. is generii
chairman of the fair, assisted
hv committee memlers Bar
bara Prince. Mandy Heid,
Nancv Nielson. Marie II. ill
anil Evelvn Hanks
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Annette Wilgers
Nancy Paine
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BMCC plans June course
at Yellowstone Park
The natural history of Yel
lowstone Park will he studied
this summer in a class of the
same name to be offered by
Blue Mountain Community
College.
The ten-day class is sche
duled for June II 20 at
Yellowstone National Park.
BMCC science instructors Bill
Jacobson and Stan Prowant
are organizers nod lenders of
the expedition.
Cost of the four-credit
National award
applications due
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Mm row Co. Intension Service
Older 4 II members are
reminded that application
forms for national awards
must he received by the
Morrow Extension office no
later than April 2:1 The
application must include a
project summary. 4-H story,
pictures, recom nienda lions
from an adult, a permanent
record and current project
records.
Nominees in the national
awards program will be
selected in May. Final selec
tion and approval of winners
will Im made June 25 - 27
during interviews and partici
pation during Oregon -4-11
ambassador weekend at the
Oregon 411 Center
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course is $150. To reserve 11
place in the class, partlcl)imls
must pay n non refundable
deposit of $50 lo the secretary
In the college's division of
continuing education, said a
BMCC spokesperson.
Twenty-one students are
needed by the sign-up deadline
of May 14 An orguni.ationul
meeting will be held May IH ut
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