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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1989)
** • * * # « ».* *• Morrow County’s Home Owned Newspaper The Heppner imes azette V O L 107 N O . 17 Heppner 25* W ednesday. April 26. IW l Just walking III P— ■ the rain Jim Girod and hi» mn Jeff of Mill City. Or left April 17 from Lincoln City for a bicycle tnp that will take them approximately 4.500 nule» across the United State» to Bar Har hor. Maine The purpo»e of their trip it to gather pledge» for the United Grocer» to »upport Doembcchcr Hospital in Portland They are do ing thi» »olely on their own fund» Jim and Jeff own two gnxery »tore», one in Mill City and the other in Slayton Each United G nxer »tore member ha» been a»ked to do a fun draiser of their choice to supf»*rt the h»»»pital and this is the method they have chosen This is something they have wanted to do as father and son and they decided to incorporate the two to accomplish an end Jeff is a member of the National Guard and they have offered their assistance in this endeavor The Girods were in Heppner Tri- day and were leaving for Walla Walla and will be followed by the back up car. Jim 's wife. Cheric and her nxxhcr, Dean Robertson After that. Jim and Jeff will be on their own. The men will he carry ing sleeping hags and pac ks and hope to camp out as the weather allows and meet peo pic who hopefully will host them They have been averaging 90 miles per day but plan to continue at an average of 75 miles per day After leaving Walla Walla they will have W The Heppner Ambulance made a run Tuesday to the Depart- ment of Motor Vehicles to pick up Bill Brannon who fell out- side and hurt his ankle Peterson’s team wins bowling tournament Peterson's Jewelers Bowling Team participated in the Hermiston City Tournament. Division I, and came home with the winning trophies Left to right: Carol Norris. Jo Pettyjohn. Kerry Pettyjohn. Pat Hyatt and Juanita Martin ' • . their packs to carry which will »low them down. Jeff will turn 2 1 during his trip and says he will be doing some girl watching' along the way The Gimds said they were ex tremely impressed by the warmth and friendliness o f the people they've met in lone and Heppner, and were welcomed by everyone Jeff purchased a car which will he waiting for (hem in Bangor. Maine, which they will drive on their return trip to Oregon They said they would like to stop in Morrow County on __ 4 ( to the other their return if time allows them to do so Jim hiked the Pacific Cresl Trail from Mexico to t anada in IVtitv 87. This was a two year pmyect and a large test of hi* endurance several stretches along the way. So far. in their area, they have received $7,500 in pledges Anyone wishing to pledge to this cause for Docmhecher. may send their pledges to Chert Girod, Box 228. Mill City. Or . 97560 • v ; / Jim Girod and his son Jeff, of Mill City, relax over dinner at Beecher's Cafe They spent the night at Woolery House before continuing on their journey. ' ■ •••' > * . J * '• * ■ • * - — . •. < •> *.* s ■*■ ‘. / i ' «■ » < • \ f » ...**• • \ * >' v •• . Russian wheat aphid on increase Fields surveyed by Dick Jackson of the Oregon Department of Agriculture last week showed an in crease in Russian wheat aphid (RW’A) activity in Morrow County I.a»t week's survey showed an average infestation of nearly 2% in the four fields examined here That is up from a less than I Hi infestation the week before One of the fields had 5% infestation. Die economic threshold lor RWA iri wheat can be as low as 5%, depending on yield expectations and the cost o f control In addition to wheat fields, the survey teams arc examining CRP acreage for the RWA In Morrow County, the aphid is at nearly 5% in festation in CRP Although the RWA populations arc higher there, they arc n»x expected to adversely af fect the CRP grass stands Small migrations of aphid can oc cur anytime in the year thut the weather warms enough Heavy flights of aphid are not expected un til late May. however Cropland that borders CRP fields is no more at risk lor infestation than cropland several miles away Winter wheat should be mature era High to tolerate a 20% infestation by then Spring wheat, however, will be much more susceptible Anyone with wheat or barley • # « . , ' * a • - ^ V , v ... s, * - ♦ «. . » v_> . 4 4 *- » > «* -, • v% ,, 4T « .■ - x »- should he switching closely for this aphnl A weekly field survey should be done to determone the level of infestation Treatment alter the wheat has reached the soft dough stage of growth is unnecessary Ihc aphid can do no lurthcr damage to wheat yields alter the soft dough stage For more information call 676 *X>t2 *. - < «i v* * f* V- . t* * : > . t Weather Report to» C»» X >«atvn« April IN . 2 4 Does this child look familiar? She assured the photographer that her mother wouldn’t care if she walked through all those puddles on her way home from school Heppeei Everyone is welcome _* * * i c - • ‘V ,* *. * v . ■ + * Í* 1 •. , *• - . Free potato give-away Mi » • „■» Chief of Police, Doug Rathbun. suffered a heart attack. Monday and was taken to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. Washington where he is receiving treatment According to his daughter. Doug was at a retreat near Spokane when he started tccling the pains He was then taken hy helicopter to Spokane where he is under observation He was scheduled for balloon surger Thursday, according to information received hy the Ga/ettc, Tuesday ■ * ’/ # * • * * r: . * ' ' i.» .* •- * ' Rathbun in Sacred Heart Hospital A * \ «. • . essica Maben was just walkin in the rain' Tuesday, going home from school. It rained 39 tches Monday night and continued raining all day Tuesday Frozen potatoes will he given away at the Heppner Neighhorhmxl Center. May I beginning at I p m Donations arc accepted tor gas ex pense in bringing the potatoes to * * c.-* « \ x • -* • 4 •? -*».• •I» •» ' • » s* • . • * v . / ; - *' • i •» ; • ••V O - '“ These two women and their children were sitting in front of Central Market enjoying the sunshine last Friday Srannon injured in fall / r '* .- • > * f« ! . ». • *• • • From one extreme t • v • Bikers travel from Oregon to Maine • Mail and Bail’ coming to Heppner Fill out your complaint and get your favorite "Phoney Felon" ar rested and put in jail for ransom money. to be given to the American Cancer Ssxriety. on Friday. June 9 at Kate's Pizza All you have to do is pick up a complaint/arrest form from cither M urray's Drugs. Central Market. Court Street Market, the Ga/ettc Times or Bristow’s Market in lone Fill in the form, fold it over, stamp it and mail back to Joyce Hughes All the information is included on the arrest form The person you have arrested will be picked up (all in good turn by the ■'sheriff’ s" and taken to Kate's Pi/ /a where they will be thrown into a jail cell and held tor one hour or un til they can come up with the "bail ” , which ever comes first After one hour am) the prisoner has raised bail, they will he released on parole and taken hack to work Join in the fun and have your co- worker. friend, or even yourself put behind bars, all confidential infor mat ion of course, and all for a good cause For more information contact Joyce Hughes, or Ginger O'Brien High 1 no Pres .0 46 74 .0 44 72 .1.5 42 72 :4 40 5.5 4M Ml 55 III 40 5* ..W 40 58 1 ues. Weds. Iburs. fri Sat. Sun. Mon 1 otxl \-V V - fi¡ ' ' • w» ' T* 1.23 Market Report <* m . 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