Engineer involved with Willow Creek Tuesday fire causes
uam named engineer 01 year
A Walla Walla. Wnsh. man
who was Involved with con
struction of Willow Crwk
Dnm has been named Engin
eer of the Year for the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers,
announced Ken Gardner of the
Walla Wnlln District Public
affairs office,
Ernest K. Schrader, 35, a
concrete and conHtructlon
materials specialist, has
worked for the Corps' Walla
Walla District since 1974. As
the Corps' Engineer of the
Year, Schrader and engineers
representing other federal
agencies were honored at a
banquet in Washington, D C.
February 24. The banquet was
sponsored by the National
Association of Professional
Engineers and was held as
part of Nutional Engineers
Week.
In selecting Schrader for
this honor, the Corps recog
nized his extensive work In
concrete construction techni
ques. Schrader was instru
mental in advocating a new
dam construction technique
called roller compacted con
crete (R.C.C.) Tor a flood
control project in Heppner.
Willow Creek Dam in Heppner
is the first large dam in the
United States to be construc
ted using roller compacted
concrete. The use of R.C.C. at
Willow Creek resulted in the
dam being built in less time
and at less cost than estimated
for the traditional construc
tion methods of poured con
crete or rock fill, Gardner
said. Schrader served as a
materials advisor to the pro
ject engineer at Willow Creek.
Schrader has received
several awards for this work,
including the Ralph A. Tudor
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Ernest K. Schrader, Engineer of the Year for the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, stands next to Willow Creek Dam
in Heppner. Schrader is a concrete specialist with the Corps'
Walla Walla, Wash. District.
Medal in 1979 and the U.S.
Army Research and Devel
opment Award In 1976. the
Tudor Medal is presented an
nually to a distinguished
young engineer by the Society
of American Military Engin
eers. A graduate of Clarkson Col
lege of Technology Inb Pots
dam, N.Y., Schrader holds
both a bachelor's and a
master's degree in civil en
gineering. He has published a
number of professional papers
and lectured on concrete tech
nology. He is a member of the
U.S. Commission on Large
Dams and the American Con
crete Institute where he
serves on six committees and
chairs several subcommit
tees, Gardner reported.
In Walla Walla, Schrader
works in the foundations and
materials branch of engineer
ing division. The Walla Walla
District covers 113,000 square
miles of the Snake River
Creative Arts members
ready for show, sale
Morrow County Creative
Arts members held a meeting
on February 28 at the Wagon
Wheel Cafe In Heppner. A
program by Cork Norene was
the highlight of the evening,
'said member Betty Mills of
Heppner.
During the meeting a work
list was made for the coming
art show and sale on Thurs
day. Mar. 17. from 9 a m. to 4
p.m.. at the old Post Office
building in Heppner. Many
artists are preparing paint
ings for that day, including
Mary Lou Carlson of Board
man. Her paintings are
florals, landscapes and sea
scape's. Mills said. Most of her
recent landscapes include
people or animals. Carlson
was a student of Merlin
Enadit, an artist interna
tionally known for his color
concept. Mills explained. She
has followed hia use of color on
canvas and color balancing.
She will have several paint
ings at the show and sale.
Exhibiting landscapes and
floral paintings will be Bebe
Munkers of Heppner. She has
become a palette knife
painter, following the style of
Robert Walton of Leaven
worth. Wash. She has devel
oped Walton's fine touch with
the palette knife so none of the
knife strokes are visible, also,
no heavy paints are used,
Mills said. Munkers also uses
Walton's colors and is one of
the few members who contin
ually uses the pulette knife for
landscapes. Munkers got her
start in oil painting under Bill
Hughes of Blue Mountain
Community College. She also
has studied under Robert
Thomas and Peggy Gilliam.
Shirley Martin will have two
and one-half foot tall Amer
ican cloth dolls at the St.
Patrick's Day event. She also
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paints with oils and has an
Interest in Western art. Mills
said
Pencil and charcoal art will
be displayed by Molly Day.
She is also interested in Wes
tern art. and Indian paintings.
Day will have several pieces
of her work at the show and
sale.
Inetia Cantin has three new
oils ready and is presently
working on another. She
studied under several artists
and prefers using colors simi
lar to those used by Robert
Walton. She will have a varie
ty of oil paintings for sale,
Mills said.
Western painters Pauline
Matheny and Gayle Elliott
have been spending many
hours finishing up new paint
ings for the event.
Sylvia McDaniel, who has
put several local buildings on
canvas, will have a painting of
pyramids at the show and
sale. She paints many history
related subjects, and after
studying under Robert
Thomas, uses his colors in
most of her paintings.
Members of the group will
also have art work for sale In a
discount corner. Framed and
unframed pictures will be
available at very reasonable
prices. Mills said.
Coffee and cookies will be
served free of charge to those
who drop by.
Little League
registration
slated
Boys and girls interested in
registering for Little league
may sign up at Ron McDonald
Chevrolet in Heppner March
14 and IS from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Those Interested must bring
their birth certificates.
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The Heppner Fire Depart
ment was summoned to a
house fire on West Union Ave.
in Heppner Tuesday at about
9:15 a.m.
The house, owned by Sara
Adkins of Heppner, had just
been rented to the Steve Ford
family.
Heppner Fire Chief Forrie
Burkenbine said that com
bustables on a electric range
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Nancy Taylor opened the
meeting of Wagon Trail Cook
ers 4-H Club on February 28 at
Mrs. Geer's home. Beth
Heather ly and Nancy Taylor
said the pledges.
The cookers made hasty
stew, cherry cobbler and muf
fins. Everything was good.
Paula Heatherly was to give
a demonstration at the next
meeting, on March 7.
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4,000 damage to Heppner home
W :J the bo on fire- saying that most of the dam-
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,.-,tJ 14.000 damaee to the house. smoke.
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