Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 11, 1994 - THREE
Museum to sponsor programs The Nature Conservancy holds Lindsay Prairie tour
‘The Fire and the Rose*, a talk
by Portland actor Keith Scales on
the developm ent o f the
mysterious Grail legends through
myth and literature, will be
presented Sunday evening, May
22 at 7 at the Morrow County
Museum in Heppner. The public
is invited to atend this free
program.
Some people will remember
Scales as the man who presented
last year’s program on Irish poet
W.B. Yeats. His new program
recounts legends of empire and
tribe, Druid and Pope, goddesses,
knights errant and maidens in
distress.
From the Iron Age to the
historical era of the Arthurian
legends to 20th century Jungian
psychology, the Grail as a
cultural symbol has been
associated with regeneration
mystery and the human quest for
meaning. As Scales explores
these tales, the Grail emerges as
a riddle of untold antiquity with
profound significance for us
today.
London bom, Scales has ap
peared in more than 100 plays
By A nne M orter
and has directed over 30 full-
length productions. In 1989 he
supervised the historic Portland
production of Yeats’ “ Cuchulain
Cycle*’ which the ‘Christian
Science Monitor* described as’in-
triguing and exhilarating.*
‘The Fire and the Rose* is
sponsored by Oregon Trail
Library and is made possible by
the Oregon Council for the
O regon Council for the
Humanities.
Morrow County Parks
w ill open May
14,1994. Both parks have full hook-ups for trailers
and tent sites for camping . The fishing ponds are
handicapped accessible and there is playground
equipment for children.
Volunteer park host are on site at all times to
greet and assist visitors.
If you want more information you may call
676-9061 ext. 17._______________
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The Nature Conservancy held
a spring tour of Lindsay Prairie
on Friday, May 6, with about 15
residents in attendance.
The tour was designed to in
troduce residents unfamiliar with
the Nature Conservancy and to
showcase what is happening on
Lindsay Prairie, located at the
jun ctio n o f Juniper and
Strawberry Canyons. But what
really got the attention of most
was the $100,000 restoration pro
ject where the PGT pipeline
crossed the property last year.
Representatives from the Nature
Conservancy as well as Bechtel,
the pipeline construction firm,
and Wildlands Inc. the restoration
company, were on hand to
answer questions.
Lindsay Prairie was purchased
by the Nature Conservancy in
1987 because it represented what
they felt was a significant exam
ple of the Columbia River Basin’s
native grassland. In 1993, the
PGT Pipeline Expansion project
made a 100 foot wide swath
through the property with the
understanding that the land would
be restored to its native condition
upon com pletion o f the
pipeline project. The process for
bringing that condition about was
long and labor intensive as well
as costly. The 6.2 acre disrupted
zone will cost more than
$100,000 upon completion, ac
cording to Bill Mast, owner of
Wildlands Inc. Mast remains on
contract until September of 1995
to insure the area is recovering
well and possibly longer if it is
not.
Mast explained how seed was
hand harvested from the native
plants growing in the area.
Machine harvest was not possi
ble due to varying maturation
rates of the different species. The
seed was sprouted in a Califor
nia greenhouse during their off
season and then viable “ plugs”
of bunchgrass were returned to
Lindsay Prairie for transplanting
this spring. Transplanting was
done manually, with approx
imately 68,000 plugs being hand-
planted in a random fashion. The
plants were strawed with cut bun
chgrass in hopes of sheltering
young plants and scattering more
seed. Since their planting, they
have been hand-watered, because
of a lack of rain, a process that
takes two or three workers two
or three days. Mast felt that us
ing sprinklers would bring on
weeds so each plug was watered
separately. It is due for another
watering soon and may still yet
receive one more. The ground
has also been hand weeded since
The N ature C o n serv an cy ’s
policies dictate that chemicals can
be used only after all other op
tions have been explored.
Berta Youtie, area manager for
The Nature Conservancy, found
her guests reluctant to move on
to examine other parts of the
natual area. She fielded questions
on cost, methods, chemical use
and the environmental movement
in general. Her gist was The
Nature Conservancy is a private
land owner and they had the right
to hammer out a deal that fits
their program. Larry Jones of
Bechtel reported that pipeline
project involved 5000 landowners
and “ that Berta was a tougher
negotiator than some of the
others.”
Youtie was asked if members
of the Nature Conservancy or the
general public ever visited and
enjoyed the site. She said that it
does draw visitors, some who
even come to pull weeds. She
said that the Blue Mountain
Chapter of the Native Plant
Society had adopted the area and
also that m em bers o f the
Audubon Society had visited. As
a rule, she says, all of The Nature
Conservancy's areas are open to
the public for scientific study,
education and passive recreation.
The area is open to foot traffic
only.
The Nature Conservancy is not
widely known in Morrow Coun
ty, despite owning Lindsay
Prairie and managing a natural
area for the Navy on the Board-
man Bombing Range. In Oregon,
the non-profit organization owns
or manages approxim ately
42,000 acres. Youtie estimated
Oregon’s membership to be about
20,000. The organization has a
scope much beyond Oregqn,
however, with preserves of over
6.3 million acres of land in the
U.S. and Canada. International
ly, they work with similar
organizations in Latin America
and the Caribbean to preserve
millions of acres. The group was
founded in 1951 in New York
with the goal of “ preserving
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plants, animals and natural com
munities that represent the diver
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sity of life on earth,” according
to literature distributed by Youtie.
Being nonprofit, Youtie noted
that the group is not obligated to
pay property taxes but in some
areas, they make payments in lieu
o f taxes. However, Morrow
County is not one of those coun
ties. She reported that their fun
ding for acquisitions and manage
ment is around 50 percent from
contributions and 50 percent from
grants and foundations. In
Oregon, the field office is located
in Portland with field represen
tatives in Medford, Eugene and
La Grande.
Youtie encouraged people to
contact her with questions or
comments. She may be reached
at (503) 962-3903.
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Health fair to include presentations
The senior citizens of Heppner
will once again sponsor a health
fair
Thursday, May 19 from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the St.
Patrick’s Senior Center. The fair
will include displays from Air
Life, Oregon Together, Home
Health, Haven House in Fossil,
Well Springs Corp from Condon,
Neighborhood Center of South
Morrow County, Summer Youth
Project, Seventh Day Adventist
church and others.
Two experts in the medical
field, Sharia Erich, local physical
therapist and Dr. Jeanne Berret-
ta, will give presentations. Erich
will make a presentation in the
morning and Berretta will present
a program on early warning signs
of a heart attack at 1 p.m.
In February the U.S. Food and
Drug Administration (FDA) ap
proved fluoxetine ( Prozac) for the
management of this health prob
lem. The only other medicine ap
proved for the treatment of OCD is
clomipramine ( Anafranil ), a tricy
clic antidepressant. According to a
weekly publication called the Pink
Sheet, FDA approval o f fluoxetine
was conditional. The manufacturer
agreed to conduct relapse preven
tion studies and studies regarding
use of the medicine for OCD in
children and teenagers. The manu
facturer also agreed to enhance
documentation submitted to the
FDA related to adverse drug ef
fects.
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
'Bulletin Board
There were 129 people present for the Mother’s Day dinner held
at the senior center in Heppner May 4. Four meals were taken out.
Members of the Mormon church seved. Grace Baker won the meal
ticket, Norma French the door prize and the guest prize went to Peggy
Martin of Redmond. Lynn Bibby and Joy Wells are the hostesses
for May. The meal site committee met following the meal. Jim Bruns
of Willoughby Hearing Aid service helped seniors having problems
with their hearing aids. Blood pressures were taken and foot care
given.
The Focus on Health group met Friday afternoon, finalizing plans
for the Health Fair to be held Thursday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m .at the senior center.
Friday afternoon volunteers folded newsletters for the Extension
service.
The menu for the senior dinner May 18 will be meatloaf, parsleyed
potatoes, carrots, jello salad, rolls and cherry crisp. Members of the
Catholic church will serve.
Irene Schroeder and Flo Holt are back home again. Irene spent
a few days in a hospital in Portland and Flo spent several days at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital and in Pendleton having tests. The
residents wish them a speedy recovery.
Remember to vote May 17.
Other dates to remember: Monday, Bible study, 10:30 a.m.; Tues.
and Thurs., exercise 10 a.m.; Wed., senior dinner, noon; Friday,
cards, 2 p.m.; Sunday, movie, 7 p.m. Quilting will be cancelled un
til further notice.
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