Heppner Gazett»-Tim«*, Heppn#f, Oregon Wednesday. October 13, 1993 - FIVE
4 -H
achievement night Oct. 17
Photo by Joyce Hughes
John Qualls (I) and Brent Wright put on a humorous skit dur
ing the 4-H awards ceremony held in Boardman last year.
There will be more entertainment this year.
The 4-H Awards and Achieve
ment dinner wiil be held on Oc
tober 17 at the Heppner High
School cafeteria from 4 to 7 p.m.
A potluck dinner will be serv
ed before the awards ceremony.
Families are asked to bring a dish
that will serve eight to 10 people.
Those with last names beginning
with A-H should bring a hot dish;
1-0 a salad; and P-Z a dessert.
“ There will be entertainment,
door prizes and a good time for
all,” said a spokesperson.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
North U m atilla Forest to
close w oodcutting area
As of Friday, October 15, all
woodcutting areas on the north
half of the Umatilla National
Forest (Pomeroy and Walla
Walla Ranger Districts) will close
for the year.
A new area on the Heppner
Ranger District, the Gilman Area
#4, opened September 27, and
will rem ain open through
November 15. Maps of the area
are available at Forest Service of
fices. All areas on the North Fork
John Day Ranger District will re
main open through November 30,
or as long as weather permits ac
cess to the areas.
Firewood permits are still
available at all Umatilla National
Forest offices and at consignment
outlets located in Pendleton, Pilot
Rock, Hermiston, Heppner,
Ukiah and Dale.
Firewood permits purchased
for the Umatilla National Forest
are also valid on the Wallowa-
Whitman National Forest when
the Wallowa-Whitman special
conditions attachment accom
panies the permit. Permits pur
chased at consignment outlets
may be validated for the
Wallowa-Whitman by bringing
them to any Umatilla National
Forest office. The Wallowa-
Whitman National Forest will re
main open for firewood until
December 31 although some
areas at higher elevations may be
inaccessible due to snow
conditions.
workshop on woodstove
and chimney safety slated
A free workshop on wood
stove and chimney safety will be
held Wednesday, Oct. 20 at the
Columbia Basin Conference
room in Heppner from 7 to 9
p.m. The workshop is sponsored
by CBEC and the Morrow Coun
ty Extension Service.
Incorrectly installed and im
properly operated wood stoves
and fireplaces are a leading cause
of fires in Oregon homes. They
were responsible for the majori
ty of all fires in single family
homes, according to a local fire
official with the state fire mar
shal’s office.
Besides being unsafe, poorly
installed wood heating systems
operate inefficiently, wasting
wood and polluting both inside
and outside air, points out
Richard Topeliec, OSU Exten
sion energy agent.
If you suspect your wood stove
or fireplace installation doesn’t
meet safety standards, contact
your local building official and
request an inspection. The inspec
tor can verify that your installa
tion meets safety standards or
specify necessary improvements.
Fire departments provide inspec
tion services, and chimney
sweeps are also familiar with safe
installation practices.
Upgrading your wood heating
system can be a big job.
Sometimes it is better (and
cheaper) to let the professional do
it instead of trying to do it
yourself.
Chimneys can also cause pro
blems. A poorly functioning
chimney may exhaust a lot of
smoke into the air, accumulate
highly flammable creosote and
make your stove or fireplace dif-
ficult to operate. The chimney
may cause backdraft of smoke in
to your house, too.
The chimney needs to be tall
enough so that its draft (the up
ward movement of heated air) is
not affected by nearby structures.
The chimney must extend two
feet above any roof surface within
10 horizontal feet.
The chimney’s design and size
must be adequate for the type and
size of wood heating system
hooked up to it. Ideally, the
cross-sectional area o f the
chimney should be more than
three times that of the stove’s flu
collar.
Check for cracks and for loose
mortar. Make sure there is at least
two inches clearance between the
chimney and any combustible
materials and three inches
clearance to exposed insulation.
Oregon Building Code requires
new masonry chimneys to be lin
ed to prevent mortar deteriora
tion. Typical lining materials are
tile and mortar, stainless steel,
and special concrete lining
material.
If you are replacing a chimney,
try for an interior location for a
warmer operating environment.
For
m aterial,
consider
prefabricated, insulated metal
chimney sections instead of
masonry. They are less expen
sive, easier to maintain and pose
less of a risk during an earth
quake, says a release for the Mor
row County Extension Service.
There is no charge to attend the
workshop but preregistration will
insure enough publications for
everyone attending.
Call
676-9642 or 1-800-342-3664 to
register.
Blue Mt. Fiddlers to hold concert
The Blue Mountain Fiddlers
will present a concert at the Lex
ington Grange Hall Saturday,
October 16. Dinner will begin at
5 p.m.
This program has been held for
the past several years as an enter
tainment for the community.
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
Bulletin Board
One hundred eight people were in anendance at the senior dinner
W ed., Oct. 6. One dinner was taken out. Members of the Episcopal
Church served. Dot Halvorsen won the meal ticket. Bill Cox the door
prize and Marie Gormes received the guest prize. The Meal Site Com
mittee met following the dinner. There was also an AAA meeting
in the afternoon.
The menu for O tf. 20 will be Swedish chicken meatballs, parsleyed
potatoes, carrots with raisin salad, orange juice, oatmeal bread and
cookies. Members of the First Christian Church will serve.
Thursday morning Oct. 7, nine volunteers folded newsletters for
the Extension Service.
Friday there was one table of pinochle played. Three people worked
on a jig saw puzzle.
There were four seniors present for the Sunday night movie
“ Homeward Bound” . Many of the tenants of the building were on
vacation or ill.
The Red Cross disaster training will be in the dining room Oct.
15 from 7 to 9 p.m.; Oct. 16 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Oct. 17
from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The public is invited to attend this training.
A party will be held at the center Oct. 31 at 2 p.m. celebrating
the 80th birthday of Ralph Struthers. Everyone is invited to help him
celebrate.
Rachel Harnett has returned from a stay at a hospital in Portland.
She is presently at Pioneer Memorial Nursing Home. She hopes to
be back in her apartment sometime this week.
Several volunteers are needed for the senior center office to fill
in for those who are ill or on vacation. The duties are not difficult, they
consist mostly of answering the telephone, giving information and
keeping up the daily log.
Other dates to remember: Monday-Bible study, 10:30-11:30 a.m.,
quilting 1-4 p.m. Anyone interested in learning to quilt is welcome
to join the quitters; Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. exercise; Tues.
7 p.m. knitting class; Friday, 2:30 p.m. cards; Sunday, 7 p.m. movie.
“I f E verything were
renewable , it wouldnt
MATTER WHAT YOU USED”
Wouldn’t it be nice if we could grow a steel I-beam or
a plastic board? The truth is, only one building material is
renewable...and that's wood.
Oregon’s forests keep growing wood... to build our
homes and print our newspapers. The demand for wood is
recycled in the
Bridal Tables
Northwest than in any other region.
T alk about S aving E nergy
Wood products also get high marks when it comes to
high and increases every year, which is why every acre we
saving energy. Little energy is required to make wood
harvest must be reforested. It ’s also the law.
products. And, unlike non-renewable building materials,
trees actually take carbon dioxide out o f the air, then
W ood : T he R enewable P roduct
Wood is an environmentally sound choice for many
reasons. Not only is wood renewable, wood products are
biodegradable and can be recycled. In fact, paper is the most
recycled material in the country. . .and a larger percentage is
Amy Betts & Jess Osmin
Wedding - Oct. 23
Patricia McElligott & Francois Zayas
Wedding - Nov. 6
Jodee Ashbeck & Mark Swanson
Wedding - Nov. 27
release the oxygen and store the carbon in the wood.
As we continue to listen and learn, we will work
Yvonne Frost & Keith Morter
Wedding - Nov. 27
with Nature to grow new forests that provide us:
T he E nvironment
we
A ll W ant
A nd T he W ood P roducts W e
all n eed .
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