SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 20, 1993
6th & 2nd graders win Blazer awards
Mrs. Allen's sixth grade class
Lea Calvert's second grade
class at Heppner Elemetary
school and Jannie Allen's sixth
grade class at Heppner Middle
School have been notified that
they are regional v .noers of the
Blazer/Avia Reading Fitness
The classes received a plaque
and each child received a Blazers
poster.
Calvert’s class averaged 10
hours and 35 minutes reading per
child. Allen's class averaged 11.3
hours of reading per child.
Lake to be raised 13 feet
The Willow Creek lake will be
raised 13 1/2 feet this summer to
make for better recreational uses,
the Corps of Engineers announc
ed last week.
The adjustment will decrease
spring stream flow, but will not
affect downstream water rights on
Willow Creek, William Branch
of the Corps Portland office said.
He said the Corps will start fill
ing the lake in March, and begin
releasing excess w ater in
November. In response to a ques
tion Branch said it’s possible the
water could be released earlier.
Irrigators down stream from
the dam can contract with the
government for additional water,
above water rights. Branch said
and he pointed out that the add
ed water will more than double
the amount of available irrigation
water above the dam.
Another engineer with the
Corps said there will be addi
tional leakage at the dam when
the water level is raised.
Following a grouting program
and natural healing of the dam,
water leakage dropped from 900
gallons per minute to between 50
and 100 gpm. “ Leakage will go
back up to 700 to 750 gpm when
filled , then go back down,” the
corps said. The dam has not been
filled since 1988, so no natural
healing has occured in the higher
levels of concrete.
Branch said the additional
water at the dam will increase the
surface area of the lake by one
third, but will not change the
ability of the dam to guard against
Hood. It will hold the same
amount of flood water it was
originally designed for. Branch
said.
Water issues big in legislature
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, chamber manager
Some thoughts from the snow
zone, generated as I waited in the
feed truck for the hay to be load
ed and watched deer scatter in
every direction...
* It would be good if those
animal rightists and extreme en
vironmentalists who w ant beef off
public lands, who burn down
livestock assoc, buildings, who
run full page ads in metropolitan
newspapers, who fund their
endeavors by putting out beautiful
catalogs of wildlife products, who
destroy labs for animal testing,
even though insulin is one of
many beef by-products; would
spend some of their millions
feeding starving animals. When
ranchers spend thousands of
dollars on hay annually arid have
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smooth muscle which causes blixxl
vessels tocontract with more force.
Tightening of blood vessels nor
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Calcium channel blockers prevent
this effect of calcium. These medi
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other types of high blixxl pressure
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All of the calcium blockers can
be used by asthmatics, individuals
with low blood sugar, persons with
peripheral artery diseases, and those
who have a history of gout. Some
high blood pressure medicines
should not be used in these condi
tions. Another advantage relates
to salt restriction. This is not re
quired with calcium channel
blockers, while it is necessary w ith
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ter to the use of calcium blockers
than they do to two other highly
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medicine.
it figured down to the number of
bales per cow to last through
March, their bankers frown upon
feeding the wildlife population.
The trouble with leaving a few
bales, the next day there are twice
as many deer and elk as the day
before. In this weather, with
mother nature in control it seems
to be survival of the fittest, and
nothing is more obvious as larger
animals and birds prey upon the
smaller.
* Business has to go on as
usual, even though most, if
surveyed, would wish to be
snuggled in with a great book by
a warm fire. We’re so fortunate
that our local stores can provide
the essentials for us, such as a
new water heater on Martin
Luther
K ing’s birthday,
groceries, gas, medical facilities,
etc. Where would we be without
them. One in fact will be closing
in the near future due to our rural
location.
* Chamber’s next business-
after-hours will be “ South of the
Border” , Thursday, Jan. 21,6 to
7 p.m. at the Shoe Box, hosted
by JoyceKay and Jerry
Hollomon. This is an opportuni
ty for our business owners to do
some informal visiting and
brainstorming.
* Have you signed the one-
senator-per county resolution?
Let’s be the first of the 18 coun
ties east of the Cascades to put
this on our ballot. No longer will
the urban areas make all our deci
sions for us. Petitions are at city
hall. Chamber office, and in the
hands of most chamber members.
* Goal setting for the chamber
board of directors and committee
chairpersons is scheduled for
Saturday, Jan. 23 at Heppner
High School library from 1 to 5
p.m.
* Next week chamber will meet
Wednesday, Jan. 27 at the Hepp
ner High School cafeteria for
lunch and to see the debate team
in action. The following Wednes
day. Feb. 3. we w ill return to the
Elks.
“ Challenges to agriculture, and
to water use are coming fast and
furious,” a Salem lobbyist told a
group in Heppner last week.
Tcxld Heidgerken of Water for
Life, Inc. said environmental
groups and others are fighting for
control of the state’s water, much
of the time as a way to gain con
trol of land usage.
Just as the spotted owl was us
ed to restrict logging in the Nor
thwest, so will water be used to
restrict irrigation fanning and the
cattle industry, Heidgerken told
a group gathered as part of Hepp-
ner’s Town and Country Days.
“ They (environmentalists)
have learned that if they control
the w ater, they control use of the
land,” Heidgerken said in outlin
ing the challenges facing farmers
and ranchers in the future.
Heidgerken, who lives in
Salem and represents a variety of
agricultural groups, says water is
sure to be a main topic of legisla
tion in Salem this session.
“ Water will be a big issue, and
there is going to be many dif
ferent bills proposed," he said.
Some of the issues affecting
farmers and ranchers to be ad
dressed by the legislature include
conservation, stock watering
Denny Maloney
A bigger voice in state govern
ment is the aim of the Sagebrush
Coalition, members of which
were in Heppner last week as part
of the annual Town and Country
days.
In addition to other goals aim
ed at increasing the power of
eastern Oregon, the coaliton has
adopted the one county one
senator proposal for state
government.
“ We now have four senators
this side of the mountains,” Den
ny Maloney of the Sagebrush
Coalition told the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce last
week. “ And we think that should
be changed.” Maloney said his
group is sending a proposal to the
current Oregon Legislature re
questing that the senate be chang
ed to include one senator from
each county. The senate is now
based on population, which limits
the number of senators from
eastern Oregon, and favors the
more urban areas, such as
Portland.
‘ ‘The culture we have on this
side of the mountains is in-
didgenous. The ranching culture
is unique to this area,” said
Maloney. “ If rural people were
a minority we would have civil
rights laws to protect us.”
Founded in 1991 following the
passage of ballot measure 5,
which was passed by urban voters
but not by Eastern Oregon,
Maloney says the Sagebrush
Coalition has focused on four
main areas:
1. Community impact state
ment - If there is environmental
impact statements, then there
should also be a cultural impact
statement, including an economic
impact statement.
2. Capital investment - more
investment in rural areas, forex
ample the Oregon Trail Inter
pretive Center, prisons and
buildings such as the new Hepp
ner Forest Service office.
3. Senior citizens - lessen the
impact of ballot measure 5 on
senior citizens.
4. Senate representation - en
dorses one senator from each
Oregon county as opposed to
domination by the urban areas.
“ This could be our most im
portant issue,” Maloney says of
the senate proposal. “ We could
change what is happening in rural
America.”
Pool meeting place changed
The meeting place for a public
hearing concerning construction
of a swimming pool in the area
has been changed. The meeting
will be held at the Heppner Junior
High School cafeteria, Monday,
Jan. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m.
The other meetings scheduled
for Lexington and lone will re-
Mustangs play at
home Friday
The Heppner Mustangs and
Fillies basketball teams will play
the Pilot Rock Rockets in Hepp
ner this Friday. (Game programs
incorrectly listed the games as
away).
Junior varsity games start at 3
p.m., with varsity to follow.
main the same. The meeting in
Lexington will be held on Tues
day, Jan. 26 from 7 to 9 p.m. at
the Morrow County School
District board room and at lone
on Wednesday, Jan. 27 from 7 to
9 p.m. at the lone school
cafeteria.
Elks free throw
contest Saturday
The annual Elks free throw
hoop shoot will be held in lone
and Heppner this Saturday, Jan
23.
The contest is open to all boys
and girls between the ages of
eight and 13.
Competition begins at 2 p.m.
at Heppner and will be held at
Heppner and lone High schools.
Anyone who has further ques
tions may contact Dave Gunder
son at 676-5423.
Len’s Processing
Photo by Wayne Hams
Jenny Krein (12) is guarded by Melissa McElligott (31) and
April Taylor (25)
By Anne Morter
Heppner proved to be tcxi much
for both the lone varsity teams in
a full slate of games held last
Tuesday , Jan. 12 in Heppner. In
the girl’s game. Heppner jumped
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stream water rights.
Heidgerken said all these issues
are important to agriculture and
that Water Watch, an en
vironm ental group
from
Portland, will be seeking to in
fluence this legislation. “ Water
Watch is committed to public
trust o f land. They think
agriculture has been ruining the
state of Oregon,” Heidgerken
said.
In addition to lobbying, Water
for Life also works to present a
positive image of agriculture.
“ We need to do better telling
people the good things we are do
ing. A lot of farmers are getting
a bad rap,” Heidgerken said.
Heppner too much
for lone Cardinals
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out to an 18-8 first quarter lead
and then took advantage of lone’s
two point third quarter to take a
43-30 win. The Lady Cards
build confidence so that we can
play more steadily," he added.
Melissa McElligott was the
game's high scorer with 13 points
followed by Tanja Anderson with
10 .
High scorer for the Fillies was
Holly Eckman with 10 followed
by Jodie Johnston with eight.
played tough defense, holding a
good Heppner team to just 43
points but they had trouble
creating any offense. The Lady
Cards also continued to struggle
at the free throw line, where they
shot just two of 15. “ We need to
improve in that area and in con
sistency,” commented coach
Dana Hcideman. “ We need to
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Locker beef also available,
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Full service custom meat cutting.
Slaughter services available, 676-5150
Len and Pat Schwarz
Class of 1993
Senior Class Trip Fund Raiser
Spaghetti Feed
Friday, Jan. 22
4 to 7 p.m.
Heppner High School
Home Ec. Room
Spaghetti, Salad, Dessert $4.00
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