TW O - Th* Mcppntr (.a tril* T im « . H rppner, Oregon Wednesday. July 2, MM
Co-ordinator to get help to those who earned it
Pat Scott
Pat Scott has heen coordinator at
the Hejipncr Neighborhood Center
since April I
She came to Heppner from Burns
where she was owner manager of a
craft shop for six years Prior to that
she was building co-ordinator for
Harney 4 C (Co-ordinated Child
Care Center) for one year The job.
he says is similar to that of Center
Coordinator here because she was
responsible for setting up meetings,
building maintenance and scheduling
classes
She is a high school graduate and
has taken many craft classes, some
psychology, typing and business
classes from community colleges in
Ontario and Flint. Michigan
She was a Girt Scout leader for 25
years, is a member of the Oregon
Oldtime Fiddlers, and a member of
the Burns Arts and Crafts
Association
She says that all of April and May
she spent weekends traveling back
and forth between Heppner and
Burns to close up her home and craft
shop there She has a daughter and
two grandchildren living near Bums
and is staying with her sister. Faye
Seitz, here in Heppner
The Center still provides the same
se vices as when Pat Brindle was co
ordinator, she says She and
volunteers provide an information
referral service for Adult and Fanu
ly Services, Food Stamps. Women
Infant and Childrens Clinics, and
subsidized housing She says she has
been visiting the senior mealsitc con
centrating on elderly people, seniors,
with low. fixed incomes who arc
eligible for commodities and won't
come to the Center mainly because
they have to walk through the door
" I try to tell (hem that they have
earned avsivtance." vhe vaid
The Center will continue to
divtrihute surplus cheese, she says
Beetle keeps Klamath
Weed under control
Few biological weed controls pro
duce results as dramatic as the
Klamath Weed Beetle
Morrow County Weed Supervisor
Jim Van Winkle says 8,(XX) of the
pencil-eraser sized hugs released last
year are resjionsible for the eradica
tion of Klamath Weed on a local
2(XM(X) acre infestation This year,
he has released the hectics in Stangcl
Canyon about lour miles from Hepp
ner where Klamath Weed is causing
problems.
Not only do adult beetles eat the
plant foliage preventing production
of seeds, but also the larvae feed on
the root syvtcm preventing rcproduc
;.>n of risXs Since the hugs do such
a thorough job of eating the weed,
eradication (though not likely) is a
possibility, he says."Some beetle
redistribution is necessary each year
to maintain control, hut overall the
plant no longer presents a serious
problem " The shiny black beetles
generally over-winter well and
although have a two-year lilcvpan
produce many offspring when there
is an abundance of the weed. In
years when the weed is not as abun
dant. fewer beetles arc produced
Oregon in 1948. he continues,
Klamath Weed, alvi known as follow ing thorough Dept of
Goat Weed and St. Johnswort. is Agriculture checks to ensure (hat it
very competitive and will choke out would eat only Klamath Weed and
range gravses. says Van Winkle In nothing else
Most Eastern Oregon counties
addition, it causes Misters around the
have
noticed Poison Hemlock
mouths of stock that eat it. especial
ly light-colored, white cows and Moths, he says The female lays
eggs on young plants in the early
horses exposed to sunlight
Van Winkle says he still has some spring and when the larvae hatch to
of the hectics to release “ Anybody caterpillarv they vtnp the plant of all
with Klumath Weed who would like vegetation keeping it from going to
some of the beetles should call nghi seed The results, however, are not
away and I may he able to get some as dramatic as with the Klamath
of them to you If not, I can order Weed Beetle Many biological con
trols for Knapweed have alvi heen
them for next year."
The beetle was first intniduccd in convidcred. he vays. hut so far none
have produced visible results
HARVEST
HOURS
Beginning Monday, July 7
Monday • Friday 7 a.m.-6 p.m.
Saturday
7 a.m.-5 p.m.
Morrow County
Grain Crowan«
390 Main OrMt
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lone throws Fourth of July party
and hopes to he able to include other
commodities such as milk, honey,
butter, flour, commeal. peanut but
ter and potted meals offered as some
distribution centers
Three teenagers with the youth
training program are available to
senior citizens throughout (he sum
mer to clean yards, rake, pull weeds,
wash windows, and paint
Emergency food, clothing, and
household items arc still available at
the Neighborhood Center
Basic drawing
lessons offered
Art lessons will he offered at
Heppner Elementary scM*>l from Ju
ly 14-18 from 10-11 a m Kids from
five to 12 years old may register for
one day or for the full week of
classes
Classes will he taught by Susan
Schulz who has heen in Heppner for
two months painting She intends to
spend about another month here, she
says
Schulz has worked in
Washington. Idaho. Oregon, and
Arkansas for six years in the
schools' Artist in Residence program
and has experience with oils, water
colors, and pen and ink drawing
Her work is on exhibit at the Gallery
of Fine Arts in Richland and at the
Art Merchant in Sisters
She says the class will offer dif
ferent approaches to drawing by
((Hiking at objects, drawing basic
shapes, drawing from memory and
drawing with lines
For additional information, call
Heppner Elem entary School.
676 9128
Congressman Smith to speak in Pendleton
Trade with Japan. Canadian lands
and economic development will he
among topics discussed by
Republican Congressman Bob Smith
on Friday in Pendleton Smith will
address the Pendleton Chamber of
Commerce Industrial Support Coun
cil at a public forum ai the Hui Cafe
on Friday at noon The Con
gressman is also likely to touch on
current concerns about the Gramm
Rudman amendment and will enter
tain questions, says a press aide,
Robin I-awson
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New DMV manager appointed
Bob Carter
Boh Carter, a Motor Vehicles
Division employee since 1983. has
been named manager of the Hcpncr
D M V
o ffic e
Carter began his career with DMV
as Motor Vehicle Representative I
(clerk who only works the counter)
in the Burns office He was pro
moted to MVR 2 (driver examiner)
in ihe Pendleton office in 1985 He
was named temporary manager of
the Heppner office in March when
Ron Ostrander, the former manager,
transferred to the East Portland
office
Carter says he will keep office
hours in Hcpncr troni 9 a m
noon
and 1-4 30 p m on Tuesday and 8
a m - noon and 1-3 p m on
Wednesdays, guaranteed, except for
10-15 absences during drive tests
Carter, 38. was horn and raised in
Burns He attended Oregon State
University for a year and served in
the Army. two years in Vietnam He
graduated from jewelry and watch
repair school in Texas and was in the
jewelry business in both Bums and
John t>ay until he was ''burned ( H i t "
and decided to change jobs
So far. he says he doesn't nnnd
driving hack and forth from Her
mivton two days a week because " if
I'm in one office U k > long. I get
Mired, though I may eat my words
next winter driving to Condon and
Fossil '*
A change at the Heppner office
next week will mean an extra 2-3
minutes to serve each customer.
Carter says, hut it will keep license
renewals current statewide The
computer is already in the Heppner
office and is used to update data
locally. the conversion will connect
the Heppner office with other offices
across the state
Ruth Locust attends Chapter
By Eva llam lrtl
Over 3(XX) members of the Order
of the Fastcrn Star in Oregon met at
the Earle F. Chiles Ccnlcr at ihe
University this past week for the
97th annual session of the Grand
Chapter of Oregon Among those
were 633 voting delegates reptesen
ting 141 Chjpters throughout the
state Presiding officers were Mrs
Amla Stafford. Worthy Grand
Matron and Everett King Sr , Wor
thy Grand Patron A very special
gucsl was the Junior Past Most Wot
thy Grand Matron ol the General
Grand Chapter and Past Grand
Matron of Washington from Seattle
On Monday afternoon 11)4 50-year
members were welcomed and
honored Eighi members were
brought in from the Masonic and
F-avtcm Stat Home at Forest Grove
As always the highlight of the ses
sion is the awarding ol scMilarships
F-aslcrn Star Awards for Religious
leadership gave eighteen young men
and women $5<X) scholarships to at
tend the seminary of their choice
These arc alvi renewal awards
Three outstanding young women,
members ot F-astcm Star, were given
scholarships from the organization
The leslie S Parker Scholarship
made awards to several college-
hound students
The Cancer Research Fund had
donations totaling $39,882 which
was presented lo Dr Win S Flet
chcr ol the Oregon Health Sciences
l niversity He spoke briefly telling
of vrnic of the uses in cancer
research, for which ihe fund was
directed
Attending Grand Chapter from
Ruth laH’ust #32 were Virginia
Wilkinson, Past Grand Matron, Dot
Halvorsen. Worthy Matron, and
Katherine l.indstrom who was ap
pointed to the ESTARL Fund Com
mittee for the 1986 87 scar
Visiting from Costa Rica
Yes, she would like to live in
America, cays Lidia Guerrero, 36.
of Orolina. Costa Rica who has been
visiting in Morrow County for the
last two months
She will be leaving the area vain
to stay with another host family She
ts one of seven adult chaperones who
arrived in Washington. D C last
May with 165 International Four H
Exchange Students
A teacher at home in what is
similar to our high schools, Guerrero
says that 4 S is more school oriented
where our 4-H is more community
oriented
Checking her Spanish English die
tionary, she explained that she
teaches business administration and
nutrition and after school leads a 4 S
club A vanety of 4-S clubs are of
fered there much the same as here
Guerrero's host Birdine Tullis said
that she is observant and lakes pic
lures of and is interested in
everything Guerrero has visited
Condon. Boardman, Tri-Cities.
Rendezvous in Pendleton, and lone
Fourth of July festivities She also
participated in 4-H camp at
Cutsforth Park last week, helping
organize, lead singing, and teaching
4 H ers how to make tortillas
The house where she and her
eight year-old daughter Euike and
13-year old son Harold live is dif
ferent from the houses here she says,
though it is made of wood, has
wooden Boon and a kitchen with a
range and refrigerator
The food is different, too.but
good, she said
Most different here from Costa
Rica, the animated Gueretro search
ed for English words, was husbands
In Costa Rica, they don't help with
Lidia Guerrero
the housework or the children, cook
ing, “ no way." she smiled
H O M ESTEAD
Title and Escrow
New offices in
Boardman to
serve all of your
Morrow County
property
transaction needs.
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Title and Escrow
101 Kinkade. Boardman
Offices also in
H erm iston and Pendleton
Peterson’s
Heppner
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