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» Bikers travel from Oregon to Maine S c S S I F X E 11 n r The Heppner Morrow County's Home Owned Newspaper imes azette YOI. 107 NO. 17 Wednesday. April 26, 1989 Heppner 25* 10 PlftgCB Just walking in the rain...... Jim Girod and hi\ von Jeff of Mill City, Or left April 17 from Lincoln City for ■ bicycle tnp that will take them approximately 4,500 miles across the United States to Bar Har bor, Maine The purpose of their trip is to gather pledges for the United Grocers to support Doemhecher Hospital in Ponland They are do ing this solely on their own funds Jim and Jeff own two grocery stores, one in Mill City and the »Hhcr in Slayton Kacti United Grocer store member has been asked to do a fun draiser of their choice to support the hospital and this is the method they base chosen This is something they have wanted to do as lather 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 Fri day and were leaving for Walla Walla and will be followed by the hack up car. Jim's wife, Chcne and her mother. IVan Robertson After that. Jim and Jeff will be on their own. The men will be carrying sleeping bugs and packs and hope to camp out as the weather allows aixl meet peo pie who hopefully will host them They have been averaging 90 nules per day but plan to continue at an average of 75 miles per day After leaving Walla Walla they will hu»c - S _ .f their packs to carry which will slow them down Jeff will turn 2 1 dunng 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 of the people they've met in lone and Heppner. and were welcomed by everyone. Jell purchased a car which w ill he waiting for them in Bangor. Maine, which they will drive on their return tnp to (frrgon They said they would like to stop in Morrow County on From one extreme to the other 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 .it a retreat near Spokane when he starteJ feeling the pains He was then taken by helicopter (o Spokane where he is under observation. He was scheduled for balloon surger Thursday. according to information received by the Gazette, Tuesday their return if time allows them to do so. Jim hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada in 198^87 This was a two year project and a large test of his endurance several stretches along the way So far. in their area, they have received S7.500 in pledges Anyone wishing to pledge to this cause for Doemhecher, may send their pledges to Chert Girod, Box 228. Mill City. Or . 97360 f t ' A. Peterson’s team wins howling tournament • ' V * -»» r Russian wheat aphid on increase 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 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 Society, on Friday. June 9 at Kate's Pizza All you have to do is pick up a complaint/arrest form from either Murray’s Drugs. Central Market. Court Street Market, the Gazette 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 anesicd will be puked up (all in good tun) by the ■'shenttV and taken to Kate's Piz za where they will he thrown into a jail cell and held for one hour or un til they tan come up with the bail ', which ever comes first After one hour and the prisoner has raised bail, they will be released on parole and taken back to work Join in the fun and have your co worker. friend, or even yoursell put behind bars, all confidential infor mat ion of course, and all for a good cause For more information contact Joyce JJughes, or Ginger O'Brien V . •f, T j | i - - V Market Report Monday, A pril 24 Soft White »4 67 »4 65/*4 61 »4 52/*4 43 *4 4|/»4 58 *4 37 »4 39 Bariev »116 T »115 1 •I 14 T April May June July Aug »112 T 100% Pik ONE Y E A H TCD 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. 9 .6 2 5 % 9 .9 8 % yield • 5 0 0 0 m in im u m D A fc JK O F — = ____ D E a ste rn Onujon >; * s 1 V * *> c<*np*rrv#f*« of »*• Morrow County Q f m O w *f| Sept : . * • >1. - %'k 1.25 June July Aug * • ’4 \ *■ •> 1 AIM P ris 46 .0 .0 44 .13 42 .24 40 48 35 .01 40 .» 40 May 4 *r- ‘ IN - 24 April » * JK* V. • • by Cay <* » H igh 74 72 72 5.1 Ml 58 58 . * n- Weather Report lu e s . W eds. 1 hu rs. frl Skil. Sun. M on. T o ta l * ' should he watching closely for this aphid A weekly field survey should be done to deteriiKine the level of infestation Treatment after the wheal has reached the soft dough stage of growth is unnecessary The aphid can do no further damage to wheat yields after the soft dough stage For more information «.all b7b %42 A p r il ..• - V 3 Fields surveyed by Dick Jackson of the Oregon Department of Agriculture last week showed an in crease in Russian wheat aphid {RWAl activity in Morrow County laist week's survey showed an average infestation of nearly 2% in the four fields examined here That is up from a less than I % infestation the week before One of the fields had 5% infestation The economic threshold for RWA in wheal can be as low as 5%. depending on yield expectations and the cost of control In addition to wheal fields, the survey teams arc examining CRP acreage for the RWA In Morrow County, the aphid is at nearly 5% in testation in CRP Although the RW A populations are higher there, they are not expected to adversely af fect the CRP grass stands Small migrations of aphid can oc cur anytime in the year that the weather warms enough Heavy flights of aphid arc 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 enough to tolerate a 20% infestation by then Spring wheut, however, will be much more susceptible Anyone with wheal or barley Free potato give-aw ay . rte Heppner Ambulance made a run Tuesday to the Depart- ment of Motor Vehicles to pick up Bill Brannon who fell out- side and hurl his ankle «•" Us ■ , * • 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. kathhun in Sacred Heart Hospital ' • iV ’ • - . A sica Maben was just walkin in the rain' Tuesday, going home from school. It rained 39 les Monday night and continued raining all day Tuesday Frozen potatoes will he given away at the Heppner Neighborhood Center. May I beginning at I p m Donations are accepted tor gas ex jiensc m bringing the potati>cs Heppner F. very one is welcome ^ :v * v \ ** : " v v x y ■ - ; '• T i ‘ * These two women and their children were sitting in front of Central Market enjoying the sunshine last Friday rannon injured in fall •• J . • • J < .■ -e - M«mb«r F 0 IC Arlington Arimoton • • H Hnppner nooner • • loo« Ion« Yi>ur IntlrprnJrnl Home 0*netl Rank k
