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Secure yoiir home before leaving
on vacation
• Before leaving (or vacation thu to be picked up daily
----Have your lawn mowed regu
summer, make sure your home is
well guarded," says Morrow County larly
Have a friend or neighbor
Sheriff Koy Drago
‘ Burglary makes up 40 percent of house sit for you While you're
the total crime index It Is prevalent away, have them periodically visit
to make sure things are
in every area of our society and its your house
and to change positions of
virtuna are people of all ages, secured
the drapes and blinds All of these
occupations and backgrounds If safegaurdr
will eliminate any vis
you don't take precautions and ible traces that
protect yourself against crime, your period of time you're away for any
chances for becoming a victim will
Notify your law enforcement
just continue to increase warns
agency
that you will be away and the
Sheriff Drago
length
of
time Also, inform them of
"You can take simple safeguards
the person s name who will be
to sec ure your home and decrease looking
after your home in order to
the chances of being victimized avoid any
confusion if there is a
while you're away on vacation," report of someone
says Sheriff Drago These include around your home suspicious in or
Secure all windows and doors
Kemember. don t leave home
with proper locks
without
making sure your home is
If you do not have a timer on
well
guarded
against crime To
your lights, have a friend or neigh
hor turn them on during the evening gether we can work to reduce our
crime problem." concluded Sheriff
hours
Arrange for papers and mail Drago
Correctly packed suitcases can
save vacation time
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Are you ready for vacation Ira
vels’’ If you pack carefully, and
travel light, you'll have more time
for vacation fun and relaxation, as
well as looking sharp
Here are hints from Oregon State
t’mverslty Extension Textile and
Clothing specialist. Ardis Koexter to
help with planning and packing for
vacation
First, plan to take only luggage
that you can comfortably carry by
yourself if you are going by public
trans|iortation If you are going with
the family by car you still may have
x|>acc limitations
Make a list of everything you II
need Kdlt the list so that everything
will go in your luggage If an item
isn't essential, leave it home
Prepare your list by groups of
items such as basics ideodorant,
toothbrush and paste, razor, shower
cap. etc 1 first aid supplies >medi
cations glasses', hair care needs,
skin care needs, make up and
clothes
Coordinate your clothes around a
basic color Sticking to one color
makes it easier to coordinate access
ones and shoes, which are bulky
items
Select clothes from lightweight
knit fabrics of nylon or polyester,
which resists wrinkling well, fold
compactly, and don I require much
suitcase space They also wash
easily by hand, dry quickly, and
rarely need ironing
VSoven fabrics are most wrinkle
resistant if they contain at least fifty
percent (silyesler with cotton or
rayon Also look for durable press or
wrinkle resistant statements on the
If you choose clothes made entire
ly of cotton, check the sewn in care
label if no easy-care claims are
made, you will probably have to iron
them or send them out for pressing
Add a travel iron to your list if you
will need one
Pack irregularly shaped and heav
ler items such as shoes, blow dryers,
opposite the handle, so they will be
un the bottom when you are carrying
the case
Place shoes in plastic bags to keep
dirty soles from touching clothing
and to keep shoe polish from rubbing
onto clothes Small crushable items
may tie packed in the toes of shoes to
keep them safe
Sets of underwear can tie rolled
together for quick and easy retries
al Swimsuits, towels, sleepwear,
and grooming supplies complete the
tmttorn layer
Pack grooming supplies and li
quids in sealable plastic bags Extra
plastic bags are handy for soilrd
clothing and damp swimsuits A
plastic dry-cleaning bag or nonwov
en interfacing divider makes it easy
to lift out clothing and get to the
bottom layer
Clothing will be the least wnn
kled if it is on the top layer Layer
garments so that they inter fold over
each other rather than forming
sharp folds and creases against
themselves
Fold garments alung natural body
lines such as the waist, knees and
sleeves If needed, cushion folds
with tissue paper, or dry cleaning
hags
On arrival, unpack clothing to
allow wrinkles to hang out If
wrinkles persist hang garments in
the bathroom while you shower The
steam helps to remove wrinkles
Portland man recounts ‘first leg' of canoe trip to Fla.
Ever had a day so bad you felt
like quitting your job. selling
everything you own. and going
on an extended vacation'1
In a sense, that's what Dean
Cowles of Canby did last month
when he quit his job as a
forester, sold his house and
bought a 16 foot canoe with the
idea of paddling to Florida
Cowles was in Boardman last
Thursday on the first leg of a
rowing youmey that will take
him across the United States to
Florida and then maybe on
down to South America for a
trip up the Amazon Kiver
Cowles, who is 43-yean old
started at Willamette Park in
Portland on June 21. where he
put his specially built canoe into
the water and started paddling
upriver By the time he'd
reached Boardman, he had
traveled 160 miles on what he
called "the uphill part of the
trip ”
He plana on going up to the
Snake Kiver to Lewiston. Idaho,
then catching a ride overland
across the Kocky Mountains to
Big Hole Montana, where he
will put his canoe back in the
water on the Jefferson fork of
the Missouri Kiver From there
he will float down stream until
he joins the Missouri River
From there, it’s on to the
Mssissippi, to New Orleans, and
the Gulf of Mexico
What makes a man take a trip
such as this'*
That's a difficult question,"
says Cowles
"I've had a
life long dream of doing this "
And he says if he can find a
partner somewhere along the
way. he will go down to South
America to paddle up the
Amazon If he can't find some
one to go along, he will settle
with going up the East Coast on
the St l-awrence Water Way
Cowles, who is single, says he
had a good job with W'eyer
haeuser as a nursery man when
he quit, sold his house and put
all of his money into securities
tiefore beginning the trip
His boat, which he is proud of
and will busily go over explain
ing details to strangers, was
purchased for S3.500. and was
built especially for long
distance rowing The boat has
lb fool oars with a sliding seat
and pads to strap on his feet It
also has a sail, and while most
people in Boardman wish the
wind would not blow on a sunny
day, Cowles was hoping it
would "It makes rowing a lot
easier," he says as he rum
mages through small water
tight containers packed neatly
into every nook and cranny of
his home on the water " He
carries over 600 pounds of gear
on a trip like this)
Cowles says he can row the
sleek boat at a speed of four
miles per hour, and that coming
up river he did have trouble in
some places with sturgeon
fishermen not wanting to reel in
to let him go by
"I have to stay close to the
hank out of the main current,"
he explains, and when I come
upon a 2U0 lb test line of some
sturgeon fishermen, there s no
way I’m going to go around I
asked one man to reel in and
he just wasn't going to do it Sol
told him if he didn't I was just
going to cut the line
Cowles said had he tried to go
around the line, out in the
middle of the river, the strong
current, "would have me right
back in Portland "
As far as preparing for the
trip, Cowles says he has always
la-en active in sports and other
outdoor activities, but "the only
way you gel in shape to row
eight hours a day is to row
eight hours a day
Hr says hr plans on rowing
for three days and resting for
one "I've had two or three
blisters on every finger, but I'm
starting to get callouses now,"
and he laughs, "I think I m even
getting callouses on my rear
end "
He says he named the boat the
Spirit of Oregon" "to reflect
my love of the state and all my
friends here "
He thinks hr will be in Florida
by Christmas, hoping to spend
the holiday with his parents who
live there
As far as a timetable, how
ever Cowles says. "The only
goals I have are the ones I set
for myself I m here to live a
dream, have some fun and meet
some people
IK
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HUNTER
Akgnmqrrt
Maude Pointer. 94. has been nam
ed Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home
Resident of the Month for July
She was born Maude Cutsforth in
South Dakota on June 4 1890 She
has three sisters and three brothers,
one of whom is Orville Cutsforth of
the Heppner area
Maude attended grade school in
Gervais, Oregon and high school in
Heppner She taught school prior to
her marriage to Charles Pointer in
1911 They had four children. Fred
of California. George of Koseburg.
Harriet Batty of Heppner and Don.
whose widow resides on the old
Pointer ranch al lexingtun
After her husband's death in 1918.
she raised the children alone She
says that she enjoyed many activi
ties including gardening, knitting
and reading She says that she still
reads the newspaper regularly and
collects snapshots to put on the wall
Orville recalls a visit from his
sister when they decided to go
sledding down a steep, icy hill They
took a corner too fast to avoid a team
of horses pulling a bobsled and
becume wedged between the horses
and under the tongue of the bobsled
Orville estimates that it took the
driver half an hour to get them out
FOR SALE
Overlooking Heppner, 2 bedroom 2 bath
completely carpeted home. l ull basement,
knotty pine finished, with extra bedroom
and bath. Separate rental on property.
Call 676-%93.
W ell See You A t The
Fire center offers ‘front end alignment*
l>es Schwab Tire Center in Hep
pner has recently added a front end
alignment machine, announced
manager Dale Thompson
Jerry Maughn has been hired to
operate the machine He has 15
years experience with front end
alignments, and was most recently
working at the Hermiston Les
Schwab
"We now offer complete service of
brakes shocks and front end align
menu said Thompson
Pointer named Resident of
the Month for July
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ATTENTION Young People
13 yrs. or older
interested in V oluntoar hospital service
for nursing home residents. Plan to attend a
Tea and o rie n ta tio n p ro g ra m sponsored by
P io n e e r M em oria l Hospital A A u x ilia ry
Ju ly 30 a t 2 p.m .
1 to 5 p.m.
sj „
upstairs solarium.
If you are interested in this worthwhile project,
come, bring your parents and friends,
Kr
purtidfwte and get involved.
H ospital Auxiliary
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Chicken Dinner
2
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4 p.m.
Lodge Hall
B in go &
C h ild re n 's
Gam es
Enter The D ra w in g
International 55 Club Cadet
Riding Lawn Mower
donated by Morrow County Grain Growers
Don't M iss It
Fun For All!
Ad sponsored by
Stre e t Dance
that evening
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