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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (June 28, 1989)
Adult Read-A-Thon offers grand prize The Friends of the Boardman Library arc sponsoring an adult murder mystery read -a-then G oto the hhrar> once a week and cheek out one hra»k per week during the weeks of Julv 5 and August 16 and receisc all 6 clues Those who iden tify all six clues amt *re •>► »!«• to cor- rcctly identify I-the victim 2-the murderer 3-lhc weapon and 4- the murder 1««cation will have their name placed on a drawing to win a fan tastic grand pri/e of a one night stay at the Closer Island Inn in Ken newick. Wa with dinner and break fast for two There arc also prizes for second and third place» There will also he a weekly draw ing for a lunch gift-certificate. To enter, you need only check out one hook each week Along with the children » summer reading program, this should he an exciting summer at the library ; i ' ’ -.*’ . Heppner G u r i l^ T l M l, Heppner. Oregon Wednesdav, June 28. |9#9 - I II KI f A • * B o a rd m a n • Irrig o n News x July is canning season in Boardman TUESDAY, JULY 4 * Softball Tourney (10 am) * Parade at Noon <r •Children^ Games (with Prizes!) * Bingo r \ * Concession and Carnival Booths (All Day) \ •Talent Show and Lip Sync Contest (4 pm) v V ' FREE FIREWORKS DISPLAY! Shot over the River at Dusk GREAT FAMILY FUN IN B O A R D M A N AU I VENTS IN MARINI TARK IXCIH DOWNTOWN TAR ADI • Fun * Games • Swimming • Picnic SPONSORED BY THI BOARDMAN ( HAMBER Ol COMMERCE How do you find a job or a place to live if you don't OHI ( .O U have a phone7 Unfortunately, over *•**■ -****,!“ ” 66,000 Oregonians face this dilemma Whether they be jobless homeless, elderly or others temporarily disconnected from the world The people of US WF.ST* wanted to help So they set up a program called "Community Connection" It provides free local phone service in 13 community J July ■» the time to prepare tui ning season If your canner 1 » the type with a dial guage. you need to have it tested at least once a year or more often if you use your pressure tanner a lot. have dropped or jolted the lid and guage. or if you suspect it is not operating accurately If the gauge reading is high hy one pviund or more, you will need to buy a new gauge Low readings cause over processing and may indicate that the accuracy of the gauge is unpredictable You can have your canner gauge tested tree by Morrow County Cooperative Extension The com plete testing process takes about 40 45 minutes You only need to bring in the canner lid. or gauge itself between 9 a m - 4 p m Carol Bennett, OSU Extension Home economists suggests you leave the lid, with name and phone number. for testing, and pick it up later in (he day The Extension office will be glad to keep the gauge overnight if you are unable to return the same day July testing days: South County-Thursdays 1 4 p m Hcpp ner Lexington Hwy . Pettyjohn Building, North County Fridays 14 P m . 3rd A N Main. Irrigon Mor row County Annex Building During the testing hours the Home Economist will be available to answer your fra«d preservation ques lions New publications for safe food preservation available during testing include PNW 172 Canning Vegetables, PNW 194 Canning Seafood. PNW 199 Canning Fruits. PNW 300 Canning Tomatoes and Tomato Products. HG 106 Home Canning of Meat and Poultry (other bulletins arc available on drying, freezing, pickling, smoking, and nuking jams A jellies) centers around the state So now people without phones have a place to make calls, get messages or just keep in touch A US WEST * commitment to Oregon means sponsoring programs that serve people of all ages and all walks of life Pro grams such as Community Connection Alter all. we realize our calling in life isn't |ust calling LIMMEST M il mg in* moll ol your limo How do you call tor help it you can't afford a call? X * .n •• v » U«'*'—. •' 'S , • iV ! 7 * 'k ..• , '.n '* ■ * • / * % ' 4 • ' Call 676-9228. or 481-3274 With News Items Enjoy an Old-Fashioned ‘ vv x Suter to attend NHSR Finals in Pueblo Mary Suter. Riverside High School Senior, qualified in Redmond for the National High School Rodeo Finals to be held in Pueblo, Colo . July 23-30 She will compete in the breakaway roping Marty is the daughter of Pat and Leslie Suter of Boardman. and the grand slaughter of Leroy and Patricia Springer of Pendleton . « \ • - V • V \Y * V , • • ‘ . ' Qualifying for the finals has not been easy for Marly In the last month, both of the family's vehicles have blown engines, and her dad is recuperating in a Bend hospital from a knee replacement surgery The coat of getting Marty and her horse to Pueblo is estimated at SI.MX) Anyone wishing to help can send their donation to Marty Suter. Rt I Box 34. Boardman Fireworks for Sale The Heppner Lions Club will be selling fireworks on Mam St star ting on Thursday. Hours of the fireworks stand are Thursday and Fri. 5 to 8 p m., Sat 10 a m to 5 p m . Sun 12 noon to 5 p m . Mon 10 a m to 7 p m and Tuesday the Fourth of July 10 a m to 2 p m The stand will he located next to Kuhn and Spicci Attorneys on Mam St Mary Suter “ Squawfish-controlling Substance Stalled by EPA” By Mark Bagett Before you lie* one of the prettiest stretches of water you've seen in a k>ng time Crystal clear and dancing, it swirls around large boulders and laps gently at lush, green banks Ah, summertime You're temporarily away from the job, relaxed yet at the same time invigorated anxious for some well earned fishing Your offering plops softly behind one of larger boulders at the head of a deep, shaded pool-the perfect resting spot for a big rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, or even a summer steelhead, depending on where you are fishing Suddenly, something angrily smashes your lure and rockets downstream The fight is on But, surprisingly, after only 10 or 15 seconds the big fish weakens and limply allows itself to be winched to the bank near your feet It’s a nor thern squawftsh, an ill regarded, predatory trash fish that provides lit tic sport and even worse table fare Subsequent casts to the same and other spots produce similar results, forcing you to abandon this other wise gorgeous setting For decades, fisheries biologists have looked for suitable options of reducing heavy squawftsh poputa tions These predators, once established, consume shocking ans>unts of game fish fry (young) an nually. compete with adult gumr fish for available forage and space and. if left unchecked, arc prolific enough to overtake an enure river system The best tool currently available to fisheries managers for the control of squawftsh is the chemical rotenone. a tropical plant derivative that affects a fish's ability to absorb dissolved oxygen from (he water The problem with rotenone is that it usually takes out trash fish and gamefiih species alike, so the stuff is generally used only after r«»ugh fish population* have already squeezed out more desirable spec ies Rotenone was the substance used in a 1982 treatment project on the North Fork of the John Day Riser when an abrupt change in conditions and a substandard hatch of the chemical prevented it from dissipating at the confluence with the mainstem of the John Day. resulting in heavy smallmouth bass losses many miles beyond the targeted area. More than 20 years ago. Dr C raig McPhcc of the University of Idaho developed a substance which he felt would revolutionize the control of squawfish in Northwest waters l*ur ported as being highly toxic to squawfish, "squoxin". it properly applied, had no affect on game fish or other species Testing and data collection began on the product with the ultimate goal of having it registered by the Environment Pro tcction Agency (FPA) as an effective fisheries management trail According to Frn»l (lairs, ODFW fisheries biologist for the John Day River Basin, much of that early assessment work was done within his region from 1969 73 with "excellent results ’' Claire said he would much rather use squoxin over rotenone certainly, at least, in certain reaches of the John Day system " It's selective to squawfish, therefore yrai'd use it in those reaches where you feel squawfish is the major competitor," Claire said, claiming to have taken six-it» eight inch rainbow trout from the stomachs of 15-inch squawfish "But since it’s species specific, it gives you the freedom to remove those (squawfish) without affecting the other species " Claire said squoxin also differs from rotenone in that squawfish can sense the latter coming ami sometimes avoid it by running ahead of it or entering untreated tributaries "With squoxin. the fish has a lethal ilose even before he knows n's there,’’ the biologist explained "And squoxin kills at much lower (concentrations) it will kill at parts per billion, where you treat parts per million with rotenone " Rotenone, which kills by suffraa tion. is host treated at low water and oxygen levels accompanied hy high water (cmjtcruturrs Squoxin, on the other hand, attacks the central ner sous system of the squawfish, in el lect paralyzing the pest, and can he applied earlier in the year during higher and cooler water conditions "When you've got the right equip ment it (squoxin) is pretty easy to ail minister," Claire said, "and you’ve got about MX) percent leeway hot ween the level that will kill squawfish ami the level that will kill trout and other spoi lev You can pul together a project and slay within that range without any problem at all, and you won't have any effect on anything else Claire said that had squoxin been available lor use in I9H2. the John Day Kiser overkill might never have happened Currently, squoxin is as yet not registered with FPA, that agem v re quinng an additional %'60,(XX) to S2 million worth ot data collection before registering the substance Sources from ODFW'. I PA and the Federal Fish and W ildlite Service in duated that Bonneville Power Ad ministration was to have funded ad ditional research needed lor rcgtslra lion, hut BP.A claims no knowledge of any smh work being done at tins time . * * n . «; v : • ' ■ i V *r X . » ' i * ’ »V •' - V. ' r . ’ ^ i ; ' k ' f -, , " * t* i Wagon Train to be in Heppner The wagon train, sponsored by the Round Up and Flappy Canyon associations, begin their trek through the Blue Mountains on Thursday, on their way to Heppner The gn>up will gather for their five day trip from the Cunningham corral near Battle Mountain Store about I 30 p m Wagons and accompanying horsehack riders will leave early Fri day morning on their way to Hcpp ner via the W/cstem Route Road Friday night they will camp at Sugar Bowl on I S road 5308 Satur day night they will stop at Arhuckle Corral, Sunday night will find them camped at tfic Wilkinson luy shed on the North Fork of Willow Creek and Monday the wagon train will arrive in Heppner at 11 a m for a parade in their honor Ihe public is invited to attend the nightly campsites A steak barbecue is scheduled Monday night in Heppner, to he prepared and cooked hy Kesslers of Milton Freewater Ihis will lx- held at the fairgrounds where Ihe wagon train will be camped and begin .it p m Tickets have been pre sold I ive music will lx- provided hv Ihe Dohertv Brothers ol Pilot K"ik ami others Lra.il people arc invited to dress up in their western costumes, greet the wagon train, and extend them .i goiul old fashioned Heppner welcome Some of the wagons from the wagon train will move on to lone after leasing Heppner Moml.iv lor the fourth of Julv celebration there f CHEVROLET * * rj - f t • li i I • V V - ~ £ *N m maÊ ■V.k C1500 Extended Cab Silverado * YOU CAN'T BEAT OUR DEAL * - v Find A Better Price And We ll Beal It SHERRELL CHEVROLET 296 E. 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