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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1990)
TWO - Cycle 0naon ID Museum-A Storehouse of Heppner Heritage Map of Heppner • The Morrow County Museum, a srorehousc of local history, is located on Main Street in Heppner, near the city park. American artifacts to contemporary worlc of area artists make the Mor- row County Museum fascinating to casual visitors and students of local history. The museum is open year-round, I - p. m. daily except Thursdays and Fridays. Next to the mu9eWII and library is an old one-room school house relocated here on July 4, 1976 as pan of the Heppner Bi-Cemennial Six exhibit rooms display over 5000 items, primarily pioneer ar- tifacts and family memorabilia. Hun- dreds of photographs document the social, economic, and technological development of Morrow County. Exhibits Ranging from l~ycar- old medical instruments to native E,$ti.bl ish n1t.n le;. I . ,:, • 1-1 WELCOME BIKERS of food~ lil.a.h:otu "' -, _.A '} I .• rtfllE1't'PIEIC. 1. ' "'~ i, I £'LI(~ ; J!L, '! When you are away from home and need to send a gi,ft to a loved one, .. !:ff.t _., . . ... , tid'C ... ·~1 ?,.~ ... ,, 12 f),L L .,..o.,, ___ _ _,.. f•"X.' ... ,,. -~.,----, ' Willow Creek Dam first roller compacted dam in U.S. Willow Creek Dam is a flood con- aol project designed to proleCl the city of Heppner. In 1903, Heppner ; uperienccd one of the most devUling floods in the hiscory of che United Stales. Two hundred forty- seven people perished in the flash flood. The project was designed to prevent a recurrence of a similar disaster. Storage for future irrigation is aho part of the project. A lake for water comcrvation and irrigation will be maintained at an elevation of around 2 ,00J fe.ct. When a flood oc- curs, the flood waters are caugh~ and orcd, and Jowly released unt1J the lalce return to that elevation. The dam 1s a concrete gravity structure, 160 feet high from the lowest point in the foundation, and I 780 fe.ct long at the crest. A gravi- dam u it own weight to with - tand the force of the impounded water and docs not have to transfer these forces to the abutment . Thi ty is the most common type of design for concrete dams. Willow Creek Dam is the first ma- jor dam constructed in the United Stales using the roller compacted concrete (RCC) technique. Much drier than the soupy mixture that is normally seen with concrete pour , RCC concrete is made by quarrying rock in the reservoir area and pro- cc sing it to materials mailer than three inche . To this is added ce- ment , water and sand . The mixture looks and handle much like damp gravel fill or road base. It was haul- ed to the dam ite in truck , pread in one-foot layers, and compacted with rolling equipment. Because of the cement in the mix, the mass hardens into concrete with trength actually exceeding that of conven- tional mass concrete. Another ma- jor advantage is that its costs are onc- th ird those of a conventional mass concrete structure. in the United States built entirely of RCC . Prior to selecting this con- struction method, the Corps con- ducted exhaustive tests to insure that the RCC produced, using the same materials from this site, would have the same strength and performance as standard mass concrete. The tests showed that Willow Creek Dam met all standard design criteria for con- crete gravity dams and has safety factors that actually exceed all of the standards. Willow Creek Dam Although RCC has been used in portion of many dams throughout the United States and the world, Willow Creek will be the first dam Construction began in September 1980 with the award of the first relocation contract. The main con- tract for the dam was awarded to EUCON Corporation in November I 981. The dam was completed in 1983. Estimated total costs of the project , including e~gineering and design, lands, relocatJons, roads and other related work were around S37 million. ,,.---... , Pet~rson's ~ / Heppner · ( '---= i\c~ _,,,,. ) ( - • c!J Jewelers/ ,,,~ 676-9200 CYCLE Ill Homemade Pepperoni Old World Recipe 100% Lean Beef O Pre rvativc Welcome Cycle Oregon Ill Bikers Heppner has put out a new welcome mat--three of them as a matter of fact . Three wooden signs, over two years in the planning, have been erected at the entrances to the city, one near the golf course, one near the fairgrounds and one near the Willow Creek turnoff. The three signs , all saying welcome to Heppner, were design- ed and constructed by Ron Forrar. The wood was donated by Kinzua Heppner Chamber of Commerce, St. Patrick's Committee and the ci- ty planning commission donated toward the cost of the signs. Space for placement of the signs was donated by the Willow Creek Coun- try Club, Mrs. Clarence Warren and Fred Hoskins. One of the signs is painted widt shamrocks and trees, one with the Willow Creek Dam and trees, and the odler with rnowuins and uees. Planning for the signs spanned two Chamber of Commerce presidents, Forrie Burlcenbine and Cliff Green, said chamber manager Claudia Hughes. EVIAN "7ater We also have: Hard Ice Cream Frozen Yogurt Donuts Bagels Pies Sandwiches Homemade curly fries We make orders to go Serving breakfast daily FULL breakfast menu SPECIAL BIKEIIS aOIJIIS Sun. & Mon. 6 a.m. - 9 p.m. Kate's Piz7At & Pastry """'8r 111-5017 COAST TO COAST says WELCOME ENJOY The Friendly Hospitality of the GREATEST . TOWN 1n OPEN Sunday, Sept. 9 • Welcomes We Invite You To ~_. R 7f PROCESSING Cyclists . BLACK HILLS GOLD makes a lovely gift. - j · J Memb-•r wel ·: or America. Inc LE ' ro - ELE Come by & see us on Main St. next to Cht!vron tali.on. Len & Annie Schwarz 676-5150 New signs welcome visitors Lil Boyce shows off display at Morrow County Museum r- celebration. The school and its lit- tle outhou e were originally located at Democrat Gulch , approximately 30 miles south we t of Heppner. Member of the farming communi- ty in that area sent their children to school in the building from 1880-1940. CvcLISTS SI. b-,'Jt• Sulio..- Ccftl't.r Cycle • OREGON Stop in and Say Hello eoasttoeoast ID ..... ,... - ·-- -· 676-9961
