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Chamber hears
4-H program
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Storm spotters needed for flood
warning system
the acting staff chairman of the
<lr<*gon Stale l niversity Extension
Office in Morrow County arranged
a 4 II program on Tuesday noon
Oct I. lor tin- lleppner Morrow
County (.’handier of Commerce
Tullis introduced the six youthful
speakers by telling of Ihe 4 II Ti-en
Club >ha> was lormed in 1984 to
include a large group of members
from Ihe seventh through the 12th
grades of the south Morrow Schools
K«-vin Hughes *erv«-d as th«- mastei
of ceremom«*» giving a brief ov er
view of Ihe groups r«-v«-nl activities
and inlroducing Ihe olher speakers
Henp Pearson told of activities at
Ihe county fair and al the Stale Fair
in Salem
Noella K ill spoke of the groups
efforts in cleaning up and landscap
mg the mini park area across from
the lleppner Bowl
She also re
ported on the exciting l anadian trip
that she and olh«-rs enjoyed
Shannon M cLaughlin gave a
report on the counselor training and
on the work that was done as
counselors and leaders at Ihe
Morrow County 4 II Camp at
Cutsforth Dark this summer
J«*nnifer K ill reviewed Ihe Pori
land W aterways Exchange trip
which indud«*d a stop atlhe Mull
nomah County Fair and she told of
the groups learning experience* at
the 1*13 Oregon Slate University
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Hv Justine W ralhriliw d
Hirdine T ullis who is tem porarily
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S« hiK il
Katie,
Joe a n d
Jake
Bacon
This last weckrnds sudden wel
weather and Monday and Tu«-sda>
cold temperature* ban area rt-si
d*-nls suddenly talking atiout the
»rather The rain provided Mime
much needed mondure and »an
falling gently enough that no re|x>rts
of damage from washing or flooding
have been received
On other
occasions however, rainful is less
tienevolenl amt mud slides and flash
floods can cause serious damage
Paul Duval, station manager of
the Pendleton National Weather
Service station was in lleppner
Monday to begin arranging for
"storm spotters' along creeks and
other drainage areas A system in
operation several years ago mvol
veil storm spotters along Shota-
Minton Willow, and Itliea m-eks
IW N ilim l W m U mi
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h ave
fu n
in
the snow
M an do y
rain gauges w ith sell-contained ra
dio communication to the computer
system at the Sheriff s Office were
installed along Willow Creek by the
Corps of Engineers The lomputer
assimilates rainfall and stream
height data from the gauges and
reports the condition in five cate
New insurance
agent in lle p p n e r
i n
curm olly drafting letters to send to
former .storm spotters and asks that
when they receive the letter they
return the self addressed envelope
to the weather station in Pendleton
Others who are
interested in
becoming storm spotters may eon
tact the Morrow County Sheriff's
office for additional Information
Storm spotters must have a tele
p h o n e and provide a g o o d descrip
lion of their location
To ho a storm spotter Duval
explains, a person must la- w tiling to
watch a rain gauge and call the
weather station's toll free numla-r if
un unusual amount of rainfall is
noted Also, if the weather service
has information of a storm in the
area, a storm s(aitter must be
willing to la- wakened by the weath
er service's phone call and to chi-ck
the rain gauge or the creek level at
that time We may need them only
once in a lifetime, but when we need
them, we really need them ." he said
With the construction of Willow
( reek Dam. a system of river and
Bob Ployhar
Bob Ployhar. 31, lleppner. is the
new Farmers Insurance Agent here
Ployhar was born in lleppner and
grew up her«*
II«- and his wife,
(Tteryl. have two sons Jerid 7 and
Darrin. 4
Ployhar has taken over the agency
from Jim lluy«-s and will be op«-n
five days a week, y a m noon and 1-5
p m
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WINTER COLD!
uith
gories Category one reports that no
problem is indicated along the
streams. t>ul when category five is
noted, evaculation pnxixlures la-
come ne« essary because of flooding
The system, however, can prov id«-
only a TO minute warning of flash
flooding in most areas and the
wealher service hopes thal by set
ting up a network of storm spotters
the warning can tie given longer in
advance
The system called Alert. us«-s a
computer program test«-d in Califor
ma and is prim arily in use where
homes are built at the confluence of
streams Traditionally.says Duval,
people w ill build homes in areas
convi-nienl to water but many limes
lh«-s<- are the worsl plac«** to la- if
flash flooding occurs
Phi- weather service has written
the computer program which w ill
allow them to betl«-r fill Iheir func
lion of warning residents when a
storm is imminenl With the Al«-rl
system and storm spotters the wea
ther service also w ill have a heller
idea of local weather patterns As
things are now. Duval says, it is
sometimes the next day aft«-r a flash
flood la-fore the weather service
knows about it
Also in planning stages are a
backup warning system should tele
phone service fail during a storm
Amateur radio communications are
usisl in some areas hut may not la- a
feasible solution in Morrow County
ta-cause of the variations in «-leva
lion la x a l lislen«-rs who can hear
weather service broadcasts from
Spout Springs at 16.’ 4nth are askisl
to notify the weather because d ihe
broadcast can la- heard lucally. it
will prov id«- another option lor emer
gency weather warnings
When the wea I her service re c e iv
es an alert either from a storm
-.(»liter a rain gauge or the compu
ler system the person on duly w ill be
able to disseminate the warning to
ihe sheriff's office and Irom there it
can ta- spread to hospitals, schools,
and by a siren warning system can
alert th«- entire area
Travis Harrison explain«-«! the
leadership camp session up at
la-hinan Springs and lold ol the
groups Lain- Tahoe Trip
Kim Wrighl told of the expa-ri
mental exchange trip lo Alaska
which nine persons made in an
eight pa-rson van with their neces
sary luggage
Kevin Hughes projected a
MirpriM- -.bowing of colored slidi-s
which included glimpses ol all who
partic ipated in the various summer
activities which the sp«-akers had
just reviewed As th«- speakers had
n*>i s«-«-n this collect ion of pictures,
each was encourage<i to speak out
about his memories ol ihe events
pictured
When the teenagers conciuch-d
their program. Tullis explained that
the coming w irk (H i 7 121 is
National 4 II W«-ek and that this
program was a sort ol preview
planned lor ihe Chamlx-r meeting al
which I hi- exl«-nsion office s«-tT«‘
turii-s Melinda West and Claudia
Hugh«‘s were special gui-sts
Students particip a te
in
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Stale of Oregon employee T«-en
Mansell who is in Meppner until
Nov I serving as the temporary
operator of ihe Division of Motor
Vehicles office in lleppner is scht-
dull'd to conduct a drivers training
class (or persons over 50 years of
age al the lleppner Neigborh<Mxi
C«*nter at Saturday , tk-t 26
Hansell is giving this American
Assentation of Kelired Persons class
as an AAKP volunteer, however, the
AAKP which furnishes the materials
• film etc lor Ihe class has set f*-e
H om ecom ing
PUBLIC NOTICE
Have Gotten Better
Available
D rive rs tra in in g class offered
of $7 lor the H a m ■ p m workshop
Persons who take this "55 A live"
class w ill find thal they may become
eligible for a III percent discount on
their auto insuram-e, she says
"Older drivers n**ed to lx- aware of
the physical changes they are or
soon will tx-experiencing They need
lo review their driv mg habits They
must become aware of new driving
rul«-s and r«-gulaiions " For further
information call the DMY office.
676 5165
p a ra d e
Friday
See sports story page 6
Insurance seminar set
Stoves
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l.onnn- K ill (mind a way to push" little brother Iceland and get away with
it while enjoying some of Ihe new playground e<|uipment at Meppner City
ark Th*- boys are the sons of (Veil and Molly Kill
N«-w «-«juipmenl purchas«-«) by the lleppner Soroptimist includes chairs,
brackets and t<xl<ll«-r and regular swings The city of lleppner donated the
actual work in putting the swings up The Soroptinusts began Ihe on going
project to improve Ihe city park as one wav of returning to th«- community
money which was e.irn«-d from various dui) fundraisers Additional funds
have lx-en s«-l aside and Ihe Soroptimist S«-rv ice Committee is in Ihe prix-«-ss
of trying to interest olher organizations in helping to improve Ihe park
A spokesperson for the Soroptinusts savs that although Ihe city has Ihe
final approv al of what gix-s into the park they are open to suggi-stion.s from
the community
Members of the Service Committee are Cindy
Henderson chairm an, Molly K ill, I ’at Hiatt, and Maril«-e McIXiwell
School spirit
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Swanson Insurance Agency in
lone will lx- hosting the third annual
Multi Peril Crop Insurance informa
lion seminar on Wixlnesday . Octo!x-r
23 in lone owners Jim and Monica
Swanson have announced
Th«- seminar w ill lx- held Irom 7 lo
9 p m at the Willows Grange hall
in lone and is open to everyone lr«-e
of charg«-
Keatured sp«-ak«-r w ill lx- Paul
Gelinek branch manager of Crop
Mail Management out of Spokane,
who w ill address the program and
changes for 1986
The program will lx-ol inler«*sl to
all farmers wh«-lh«-r they have Crop
Mail Management or not , " says Jim
Swanson
Pie and coffe«- will lx- served at the
m«-eting and those who wish more
Information may call Swanson In
surance Agency
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H in to n C reek Way.
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BODY SHOP
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