FOl'R The Hrppner Gazette-Times,
Lexington news
Dcisha Jones 989-81&9
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A correction to last week's
news item Mr. and Mrs. Glo
ver Perk also visited their
daughter. Martha Ward and
her husband and their two
sons while in Juneau. Alaska
and enjoyed some flying with
Mr. Ward.
The Lexington Garden Bugs
met at the home of Marie
Steagall for a repular meet
ing. It was announced that
Bev and Bob Steagall received
the Yard of the Month award.
It was announced that jams
and jellies are being gathered
to help at the Neighborhood
Center with Christmas bas
kets during the holidays.
A new welcome wagon
committee was appointed for
the next quarter. Committee
members are: Dorothy Bur
cham. Jean Brazell and Del
pha Jones.
The next meeting will be at
Delta Huber's home and will
feature instruction on dried
arrangements. Those attend
ing are asked to bring articles
to help make the arrange
ments. Refreshments were served
to Dorothy Burcham, Lois
Allen. Jean Brazell. Kathy
Tellechea and the hostess.
Mrs. L.D. Vinson, daughter
of Catie Padberg. has been
visiting at her mother's this
past week.
The Three Links club met at
the home of Kathy Tellechea
with her mother, Dorothy
Burcham. as hostess. Plans
were made for the sidewalk
sale, to be held July 30 in
Heppner. The lodge will have
a booth of homemade goodies
such as pies, cakes, breads,
etc.
Garden Bugs recognize
Bob Steagall yard
v.
Bev Steagall
The Lexington Garden Bugs
have selected Bob and Bev
Steagall's yard as the July
Yard of the Month, announces
Kathy Tellechea, club presi
dent. The Steagalls have lived at
530 S. Front St. for the past 10
years, but have lived in Lex
ington for a number of years.
"They built their home
themselves and have turned
five acres of bare land into a
beautiful home site and land
scaped yard." said Tellechea.
A focal point of the yard is a
hillside landscaped with bark
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Heppner, Oregon. Thursday.
The picnic which was
scheduled for July was post
poned due to the busy season
with so many unable to attend.
The work for the Garden
Bugs members was brought to
everyone's attention, as they
have been working at the
Oddfellow lot adjoining the
Rebekah Hall.
Those present for the after
noon were: Kathy Tellechea,
Leila Palmer. Josie Peck,
Virginia Peck, Luella Taylor,
Ruth Robinson, Donna Papi
neau and the hostess. Dorothy
Burcham. This meeting had
been scheduled to be held at
Mrs. Burcham's yard, but due
to weather conditions, had to
be changed.
Joyce Wojak from Los
Angeles. Calif, has been visit
ing this week at the Kenneth
Peck home, her aunt and
uncle, and with friends Bar
bara and Orville Cutsforth and
the Cecil Joneses. She also
visited several times at Pio
neer Memorial Nursing Home
with her grandmother. Emma
Peck. Mrs. Wojak was the
former Joyce Peck, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. E.E. Peck,
Lexington residents.
The Rev. and Mrs. Stuart
Dick and family iiad Robin
and John Roat-Martin of
Seattle, Wash, as Sunday
guests. They had a fine visit,
renewing a friendship that
started in Australia. They also
have had other guests: Wolf
gang Grote. a track coach
from Lake Oswego, and three
members of his track team.
They were enjoying a vacation
in the area, bicycling. The
Dicks spent several days with
them in the mountains.
and a huge cactus they
brought home from Arizona.
Ceramic and plastic figur
ines decorate the yard; a big
raccoon in one corner and a
squirrel climbing up a tree are
just two that add to the attrac
tiveness of the yard.
The St&agdiiS usually have a
garden, and they have fruit
trees in their lower pasture.
Their adjoining pasture is as
well kept as their yard, the
president said.
Their yard is simple and
well kept and is very worthy of
the Yard of the Month award,
she added.
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July 11, 1883
Smiths take Yard of the
Month honors
fj, .VeStR
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smith
By JUSTINE
WEATHERFORD
At 125 E. Cannon Street in
Heppner. an entrance sign
proclaims that Sonja and Ger
ald Smith and Vicki, Becky
and Randy live there. Jerry
and Sonja are Heppner's July
15 to August 15 Yard of the
Month winners.
Their mobile home and ad
jacent buildings are complete
ly surrounded by unusual log
and wagon wheel fencing,
rather unusual plantings and a
well-kept lawn that is decora
ted in places with cement
statuary. They have many
varieties of cactus, some from
Harper, Texas, and other
southern spots, most of which
have just finished blooming.
The Smiths have planted
lots of colorful petunias, large
daisies, marigolds and other
flowers and have a nicely
started variegated holly tree.
Jerry is a man of unusual
talents, the landscaping shows
his skill with cement, with
wood and with metal. Sonja
says "More people should
make their yards more at
tractive and beautify Hep
pner." she encouraged her
husband in the acquisition of
the yard sculptures. He says
"She wanted the group of five
bears we located at Long
Beach. Wash., so I went back
there and hauled them here."
The group of brown, cement
bears, along with two deer and
a fawn and other figures,
decorate their backyard area
near the pool over which Jerry
built a small bridge which
leads to the remarkable, sha
ded patio with its fine brick
fireplace and unusual glass
topped, wheel tables.
Not only has Jerry Smith
decorated his family yard, but
he grows many edibles. They
have 10 thriving fruit trees, a
great vegetable garden,
strawberries, raspberries and
a pie-cherry hedge. This
multi-talented man has also
begun to form a small park
across Cannon Street between
the back of the city swimming
pool and the Chase St. Bridge.
He bought and hauled the
wood chips, bought and plan
ted the shrubbery and takes
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SURPLUS
EQUIPMENT SALE
SATURDAY, JULY 23
9a.m. to 4p.m.
HEPPHER BUS SHOP PILOT ROCK HWY
Items Available for Viewing Friday, July 22, 8a.m. to 3p.m.
Select Items Sold by Bid All Other Items Pre-priced for Sale.
LAWN MOWER
ADDING MACHINES
PROJECTORS
TRAMPOLINE
STUDENT DESKS
PHONOGRAPH
"POTATO PEELER"
care of this personal civic
beautification project along
with his own yard and with
helpinR to care for the yards
on either side of his. For his
efforts, we think Jerry Smith
should get a special good
citizenship award.
The Smiths purchased the
property they live on from
Sylvia and Carl McDaniel
after the disastrous Shobe
Creek Flood of 1971. They
worked very strenuously to
clean away the mass of mud
and debris and to transform
the land into the lovely land
scape and gardens they enjoy.
When looking around, notice
the border edgings made of
old saw blades, the lanterns
along the front fence and in
the patio. Maybe Jerry will
even show you the beautiful
redwood clocks he's made and
will tell you about some of the
many carved-wood signs he
has crafted.
Local 4-H'ers
By BIRDIVE Tl'l.MS
Program Assistant
OSU Extension Service
For the first time in many
years. Morrow County will
have 4-H'ers attending Oregon
Range Camp in Logan Valley.
Kevin Hughes and Chris
McLaughlin, both students at
Heppner High School, will
depart Sunday, July 24 for the
week long range management
and leadership camp.
Oregon Range Camp is an
annual event at Jackman
Youth and Natural Resources
Center Lake Creek Camp. 22
miles east of Seneca in Grant
County.
The purpose of the camp is
to help develop leaders with
understanding of the inter
relationships between people
and the environment and
management of our natural
resources. The week is filled
with varying kinds of learning
activities and recreation
Campers elect their own lea
dership as they are involved in
daytime classes and evening
events.
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BP. A. considering power rate relief
for N.W. irrigators
Efforts to provide long-term
power rate relief for North
west irrigators is being met
with initial interest by the
Bonneville Power Administra
tion though a final decision is
several months away, leaders
of Northwest Irrigation Utili
ties report.
In response to testimony
submitted in the 1983 B P. A.
rate case by Northwest Irri
gation Utilities, the Bonneville
staff is offering some sugges
tions and alternatives to the
proposal, according to Fred
Toombs, Columbia Basin
Electric Co-op manager.
Lexington busy
turning empty lot
into city park
By DFI.I'HA JONES
The Lexington Garden Bugs
have been very busy during
the last few weeks turning the
lot next to the Oddfellow build
ing into a city park. Much
work is being done, and much
is left to do The lot has
already been cleaned and
garbage hauled away
The project, which is under
the direction of the garden
club and the Rebekah Lodge,
includes a landscaped area
with a sprinkler system, and
picnic tables.
Help is needed in complet
ing the project, and anyone
to attend Range Camp
Youth from all parts of
Oregon attend the camp, with
the majority coming from
western Oregon cities. Partial
scholarships are available
yearly for local youth inte
rested in attending the range
camp. Information is avail
able at all extension offices.
Aug. session
of swim
lessons
planned
Terry McElIigott will offer a
beginners and advanced be
ginners class at the lone
Swimming Pool from August 2
through 12. announced Caro
lyn Ploeharsky, pool mana
ger. The advanced class will
be held only if enough swim
mers pre-register, she said.
Anyone interested in the
classes should pre-register
with Ploeharsky at the pool
before August 1.
Cost for each session will be
$3.50.
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"We don't yet know the
practicality of some of the
B.P.A. responses to our pro
posal yet. We will be analyzing
them and letting Bonneville
know of our findings as soon as
possible. We want to ensure
that irrigators receive long
term rate benefits, not just a
quick-fix." Toombs said.
Northwest Irrigation Utili
ties, an organization of 14
preference utilities through
out Washington, Oregon and
Idaho, has submitted a re
quest for a seasonal off-peak
irrigation rate that would re
duce power rates paid by all of
the region's irrigators.
wanting to donate labor,
machinery, money or other
articles is more than welcome
to do so
This project is a big under
taking, especially financially,
and everyone is asked to help
support it. Donation cans will
soon be placed in stores in
Lexington to accept contribu
tions. Some of the people who have
been donating their time to
this project are Mr. and Mrs.
Al Brazell, Mr. and Mrs. Bob
Taylor, Mr. and Mrs John
Tellechea and other garden
club members.
Sponsors of the camp are
Pacific N W. Section, Society
for Range Management and
the OSU Extension Service.
When the two local youth
return, they will have slides
and stories to share with
groups and schixil classes re
garding the event and know
ledge gained as participants.
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The proposed adjustment, to
he made part of the new
B.P.A. rates effective No
vember 1, would recognize the
off peak nature of the irriga
tion load, which Is heaviest In
the spring and summer when
electricity consumption in
general Is lightest and there Is
surplus hydroelectric power.
Toombs said that no com
mitment for the proposal has
yet been made by Bonneville,
but the degree of staff Interest
is seen as a positive sign.
From 1942 until 1974. B.P.A.
sold irrigation power at a
lower rate. The special rate
was phased out between 1974
and 1979 due to a dwindling
power surplus, he explains
"Now. however, the region
again faces a surplus of power
which is expected to continue
through this decade." Toombs
pointed out. "Every effort
should be made to market
more of the surplus power and
hold down the cost per kilowatt-hour
for all Northwest
consumers "
F'armers In Washington,
Oregon. Idaho and western
Montana irrigate nearly 8 5
million acres. Without irriga
tion much of this land would
revert to desert and the re
mainder would be limited to
lower yield, less diversified
dryland farming
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farmers have been cutting
back on Irrigation as a result
of declining product prices
and rising costs. This results
in decreased power ales,
despite the surplus, and forces
B P. A. and local utilities to
charge more per kilowatt
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percent drop In Irrigation
energy sales would mean a
loss of some $11 8 million In
B P A revenues. On the other
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sales as a result of the pro
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