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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 14, 1985)
Heppnerite candiate for PS L degree Sall> Mane H Sumner graduate ol Heppnrr High School is among some 350 baccalaureate degree can ilidates eligible to participate in l*ortland State I rm ersitv 't summer co m m en cem en t e x e rc is e s , scheduled for 4 V) p m . Thursday. Vugusl IS. in the Park Blocks area in front of Smith Memorial ( enter on the PSP campus Dr Joseph C Blumel. I 'diversity president, is scheduled to confer the degrees and presale at commence ment Engagements Devine-Jmsen Patricia A Devine and Charles D Jenson, both of Pendleton, announce their engagement and approaching marriage Miss Ilevine is the daughter of Jim and Barbara Hloodsaorth. Hrppner. and Jim and Vicky Devine. Madras She is a graduate of lleppner High School and attends Blue Mountain Community College where she is also an aerobic dance instructor Jenson is the son o( William and Belly Keating Pendleton and Robert and Kvelyn Jenson Pendleton He graduated from Prmlleton High School and Oregon state l niverxity He is a partner at Morrison, Kile. Kimhall and Jenson, a local accounting firm An August II wedding is planned at the Cnited Methodist Church in Pendleton Cecil pair mark 25th A no husl potluck picnic and I h r l l r p p n r r < > a r r tlr l i m . reunion at The Dalles Dam Sunday. August 18. will help George K and Kuhv Padberg Miller The Dalles celebrate their 25th wedding anni versary Both were born in Morrow County and still own a wheat ranch at Cecil All area friends and relatives are invited to join the celebration The only access to the picnic area says Mrs Miller is by wav of the free tour train which leaves every half hour from 10 a m 4 30 pm To find the train depot, take freeway I 84 Kxit 87 and follow the signs she says Ihe^junic will liegm at 12 noon The couple requests no gifts Ilr p p n r i O rr g o a M rd n rvii a y . t u ( u > l 14. I * j H U V fU i from the Neighborhood C Center Bv M i l l \ M \( K t V The Women Infants ami Child ren s clinic will t«e held regularly at the Heppncr \cighl>orhood Center on the third Friday of each month from 10 a m 12 noon and from 13 p m Clients are urged to keep their Friday. August 16 appointments within 15 minutes of the time on their appointment cards The nevi cheese giveaway will be Thursday. August 29 Proof of address is again required, utility bills or rent receipts will suffice New ledei,il guidelines have lain set at (569 per month gross income for a one person household 87*4 per month for two persons. (959 per month per three person households Those who will he unable to pick up cheese may send a signed note designating someone else to pick up cheese for ihem Proof of address must accompany the note Adult and Family Services coun selor Janet Phillips will be at the Neighhortwsst Center Wednesday, Vugusl 21 from 9 a m noon Food Stamp applications are available at the Center office anytime during office hours I a llie s l lu f f r r s W edn esday Vug 7 laiw gross laita Tibbies la-ast putts Beth Bryant Hidden No Doll Campbell Most specks Betty Christman Study seeks high voltage effects on plants and animals One hundred cows, all with calves, graze placidly near Grizzly Mountain, their four corrals separ ated by plots where alfalfa and wheat will grow Two spans of a high voltage, direct current <500 direct current . 500-kilovolt i Bonne v ille Power Administration line, the most powerful commercial line in the Cnited States stretch above them The animals and plants are keys to a high voltage direct current agn cultural study The $1 43 million project was planned and is being carru-d out by Oregon Mate Dniver sity scientists w ith the help of HPA We want to determine the poten tial effects of the Still KV trans mission line on production and reproduction of cattle, said Roller! J Raleigh, OSD animal scientist who heads the project sponsored of MPA and eight other power systems "The primary objective of the plant study is to determine if the line affects plant growth, health and reporductivity One hundred other cow s and their calves are in four identical corrals about a quarter mile away from the BPA lines which send power from Bonneville Dam to the Los Angeles area I'naffected by the power lines, their measurements w ill be the basis to measure effects of the power lines on the other set of rattle "No harmful effects from the lines are expected based on operating experience with direct current lines and results of biological research with direct current fields and air tons said Raleigh "The project was needed because research directly applicable to such power lines is limited The 320 acre project area is on the Crooked River National (irassland, which is administered by the Ochoco National Forest The site is 12 miles southeast of Madras two miles east of Highway 26 and about 2o miles north of Prtneville "The study is the first and biggest agricultural study under DC power lines," said Raleigh, who also directs the animal research "There have been several studies with alternating power lines which show ed no effect on livestock or crops ’ The range cattle wear coded ear tags for visual identification Their location in the corrals is recorded twice a week to see if there has been any behavioral changes "And. once a month, for a 24 hour period we record behavior in the corrals every 15 minutes." said Raleigh Noise, electric activity, ion activity all are measured We also have a night viewing device to observe ion activity near the wires ." Other cattle measurements will help determine conception rate, calving interval, calving ease, per centage calves born, percent -alves weaned and weaning weight, said Raleigh who does research at OSD's Kastern Oregon Agricultural Research Center at Burns and form erly was superintendent of the center Each fall, the calves will be sold and the cows will be bred again, giving three years of reproduction information Fred Crowe superintendent of USD's Central Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station at Redmond, u in charge of the plant study He is planting wheat and alfalfa in plols between the corrals under the power lines and between the corrals in the control section and will have two years of plant data BPA is conducting an electric study at the site, monitoring electric charge and ton behavior Martin Schott, research associate, and his wife, Sallie. live on the site Five OSD research assistants also are members ol the project team In addition to BPA. sponsors are the Southern California Edison Co . 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