EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 25, 1992
Harvest of dead timber could begin next year
Proposals seek change in
Maximum harvest of dead
tributing to watershed depletion.
tranquility of this scenic mountain
timber could begin next year on
Open areas for firebreaks driveway. But the removal of
Bombing Range designation the east end of the Heppner would be increased from 60 to dead trees is to reduce public
The Department of the Navy
has received two proposals for
conversion of 6.400 acres of land
in the Boardman Bombing Range
to agricultural usage.
The Navy is preparing an en
vironmental assessment for the
proposed change. An informa
tional w orkshop has been
scheduled by the Navy for Dec.
2 at 7 p.m. at the council
chambers of the Town Square
Building on Main St in Boardman
to describe the proposed changes
and to hear comments and
concerns.
The 6.400 acre parcel of land
is currently part of a 21,000 acre
tract leased for cattle grazing.
The primary use of the land as a
buffer for the Naval Weapons
Systems Training Facility will
continue, a Navy news release
stated.
One proposal involves irriga
tion of crops with diluted disposal
water from food processors in the
area. One of the proponents cur
rently waters 1,800 of adjacent
land with diluted water from in
dustrial processing facilities and
says that the potential to attract
additional food processors into
Morrow County would be
enhanced by the ability to offer
disposal of waste water by irriga
tion. The waste water would be
diluted by fresh water from the
Columbia.
A second proposal for the land
was offered by a local farmer to
expand an existing agricultural
operation. The farmer currently
raises potatoes, alfalfa, small
grain crops and corn on around
1.000 acres in the area. The water
necessary for irrigation would be
obtained from the Columbia
River and piped to the land.
A change in land use designa
tion would allow the Navy to
lease the property as cropland at
an increased annual rev enue.
Episcopal church plan
Thanksgiving dinner
All Saints Episcopal Church
will again give thanks to the Lord
by having their annual dinner on
Thanksgiving Day. The dinner
will be served at 1 p.m.
As in the past, everyone is in
vited to attend and the church
sends a special inv itation to those
w ho might otherwise be alone or
away from their families and
friends. Turkey will be prepared
by church members. Guests may
bring salads, desserts or any
special dish they may wish to
bring. “ We invite the communi
ty to join us in a celebration of
Thanksgiving for our many bless
in g s,’
said
a
church
spokesperson.
For more information call the
church office 676-9970 or Bob
DeSpain 676-5376.
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“ New Traditions in Caring”
Ask for Carol
Ranger District. About 40 people
attended a public hearing at the
Heppner Ranger District office
Nov. 12 to learn more about the
proposed alternatives and the im
pact to the area if the preferred
plan is approved.
This special project would be
exempt from appeal as an amend
ment to the Federal Forest plan.
However, litigation could still axe
the project, according to Hepp
ner forest ranger Delanne
Ferguson.
Public comment in w riting will
be accepted at the Heppner
Ranger District office until Nov.
23. A decision in February,
1993, will determine if 53 million
board feet of lumber will be
harvested from dead and dying
trees on about 4.868 acres of this
81 .(XX) acre project in Morrow
and Grant counties. This salvage
harvest also includes 543 acres of
diseased old growth timber.
Once underway, the ap
pearance of these mountainous
areas will be altered, but a brown,
dying landscape is not visually at
tractive, Forest Service officials
say. And any delay in dead tree
harvest will result in a significant
loss of wood fiber for sawlogs,
firewood and chips. Loss of
timber-related jobs would affect
the county’s economy and recrea
tional monies could also be lost
as people travel to more appeal
ing areas, they say.
“ I think that locally most peo
ple recognize this as an all-out ef
fort to put our forest back in a
healthy condition,” ranger
Ferguson stated.
But an effort to restore forest
health by combating the spruce
budworm epidemic through cut
ting. burning and reforestation
will impact forest users along
with other issues that are
involved.
If the dead trees cannot be
harvested, the Forest Service
claims that timber stands will
continue to be reduced. The pre
sent condition of the forest could
lead to a catastrophic wildfire that
would cause significant loss of
young managed stands, the
destruction of wildlife habitat and
an increase in soil erosion, con
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100 acres. A higher level of trees
would be left in sub-watershed
areas. Small patches of timber
would be left within larger
harvest units for wildlife habitat.
No harvesting would be allowed
w ithin four wildlife security areas
totalling 11,292 acres.
Efforts will be made to
minimize the impact to 10 major
streams in the area that are known
to support juvenile salmon and
steelhead spawning. But the im
pact to forest users, particularly
during the fall hunting seasons,
will be significant. Smoke from
underbuming could be unpleasant
for the summer-long users of the
Penland Lake development. And
plans to improve the visual cor
ridor of the Blue Mountain By-
Way forest road could disrupt the
safety hazards along with open
roads, trails, dispersed campsites
and other recreational areas, ac
cording to the Forest Service.
Permit holds of two grazing
allotments within the area will be
subject to grazing limitations con
sistent with forest management
objectives and subsequent
recovery plans. In the long term,
there will be more forage and less
hazardous downfall obstructions.
Reforestation from natural pro
pagation will be supplemented by
planting selective tree species.
Stand recovery is projected to
provide marginal cover in about
70 years. Systemic insecticide
will be injected into some
Douglas Fir trees. Damage con
trol from noxious weeds and
animals is also part of the plan.
Thanksgiving services on
Wednesday and Thursday respec
tively. Pastor Stan Hoobing will
preach on the theme of “ Thank
You, God” is not the End of the
Conversation” , based on scrip
ture reading of I Timothy 2:1-4.
Thanksgiving services at Hope
will be on Wednesday, Nov. 25
beginning at 7:30 p.m. Worship
service at Valby will be on Thurs
day, Nov. 26 at 9:30 a.m.
The season of Advent will
begin on Sunday, Nov. 29 with
worship service at Valby begin
ning at 9 a.m. and at 11 a.m. at
Hope. Pastor Hoobing will
preach on “ A New Year’s
thew 24:37-44.
Both congregations will hold
mid-week advent services on the
theme of “ Yet In Thy Dark
Streets Shineth’’. This will be a
series of three services w hich will
look at the Biblical cities of
Jerusalem, site of sacrifice and
forgiveness, where an aged priest
entering the temple will confront
the angel Gabriel, Nazareth and
Bethlehem. Mid-week services
will be held at Valby on
Wednesdays and at Hope on
Thursdays. Both services begin at
7:30 p.m.
V isitors and friends are
welcome to attend all worship
services.
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Rhea Creek Study Group
learns of Asian influence
B y D e lp h a J o n e s
The Rhea Creek study group
met Wednesday night at the home
of Mildred Wright with Mary
Wright as co-hostess.
The lesson given by the ladies
was on early Asian influence in
Eastern Oregon. In mid-19th cen
tury the Chinese began migrating
to the U.S., bringing with them
new ideas in culture and foods.
They also came hoping to work
and get rich to return to their
families in China. They did many
jobs and worked much cheaper
than Caucasians. They were soon
involved in building railroads,
dams and gold mining. Many
Chinese lived in the towns of
John Day, Sumpter, Baker City,
Pendleton and other western
cities. They were very influential
in the building of the “ El Dorado
dotch” in the Blue Mountains.
They also brought with them dif-
ferent kinds of vegetables and
fruits and an entirely new way to
prepare them. Some of the pro
duce they encouraged people to
eat were eggs, rice dishes and
soybeans.
Unfortunately they also in
troduced opium to many of the
people and cities had what they
called opium dens, which were a
disgrace to the area. Many of the
whites as well as the Chinese
became addicted.
Interesting too was the fact that
they brought a new form of
medicine, doctoring with herbs
and other oriental techniques.
There were Chinese doctors and
clinics in nearly all the cities,
such as John Day, Bend and
Walla Walla.
Following the meeting a love
ly lunch was served with several
Chinese dishes. Eight members
and one guest were present.
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
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A large group attended the senior Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 18.
There were 136 people present including 12 guests and 12 take out
dinners. Members of the Episcopal Church served. Vern Batty won
the meal ticket. Father Frank Hebert the door prize and Ada York
of Condon received the guest prize.
The menu for the senior dinner Dec. 2 will be oven-fried chicken,
baked beans, coleslaw, carrot sticks, muffins and fruit mix. Members
of the Christian Church will serve.
The transportation budget meeting was held in the senior center
office Nov. 20.
Dates to remember: Mondays 10:30-11:30 a.m. Bible study; 1-4
p.m. quilting. The quilters are working on a felt Christmas tree skirt.
Tuesday and Thursday 10-10:30 a.m. exercise; Wednesday noon
senior dinner.
Corol Mitchell will be in the senior center office Friday Nov. 27.
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Pharmacy dept, closed
during football game.
The Heppner Garden Club
gave a party for residents of the
Pioneer Memorial Hospital Nur
sing Home on Nov. 17.
Rosalie Scharen played several
selections of music pertaining to
flowers on her violin. She had the
residents guess what flowers were
referred to in each piece played.
Angel food cake, coffee and
punch were served by the
hostesses, Eleanor Gonty, Bebe
Munkers and Verna Brinda.
Ornamental gourds and plants
furnished by Janel Lacey and
Jane Rawlins were handed out by
garden club member Dorothy
Jackson.
Duane Crumb, a nationally
known speaker on AIDS, has
planned a program geared
especially for youth at Heppner
High School on Wednesday,
Dec. 2 at 7 p.m. Everyone is in
vited to attend.
That afternoon Crumb will
speak at an assembly at the high
school. For more information caii
-565-5581 or 676-5581.
Wedding reception
slated for Goodboys
An open house wedding recep
tion in honor of Sherry and Marc
Goodboy will be held Saturday,
Nov. 28, at 2 p.m. at the home
of the bride's parents. Merle and
Judy Cowett of Heppner. The
couple were married November
24.
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481-9474 or 481-7351
Panic Attack Treat
ment Guidelines Issued
The National Institute o f Men
tal Health, following a conference
of health and scientific experts, has
issued broad guidelines for the
treatment of panic attacks, a con
dition that affects up to three mil
lion people at some point in their
lives. According to a report in The
Consultant Pharmacist, these
guidelines indicate that (1) panic
disorder is a distinct condition for
which there are effective drug and
nondrug treatments, (2) any treat
ment that fails to produce an effect
within 6 to 8 weeks should be re
assessed, and (3) persons who ex
perience a panic attack often have
one or more mental conditions
existing at the time of the attack.
Each condition should be treated
carefully.
The American Psychiatric As
sociation has established that at
least four of the following must be
present in at least one of the attacks
in order for the condition to be
properly classified as a panic attack:
shortness of breath, dizziness, ac
celerated heart rate, trembling,
sweating, choking, nausea, a loss
of personality, numbness, flush
ing, chest pain, fear of dying, or
fear of going crazy.
Medicines found to he effective
in preventing or treating panic at
tacks include alprazolam, clon
azepam. imipramine, desipramine.
nortriptyline, phenelzine and
fluoxetine. Response to these
medicines will vary from indi
vidual to individual.
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