Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 6, 1994 - FIVE
Speakers to discuss rangeland
Nearly 50 speakers will share
their perspectives on topics
related to rangeland ecosystems
at a symposium to be held at
Easter Oregon State College at La
Grande, Aug. 29-31.
The “ Sustaining Rangeland
Ecosystems” Symposium is aim­
ed at range, fisheries, and wildlife
professionals, students, and in­
terested citizens, and is designed
to increase understanding of
rangeland management and issues
associated with rangelands.
Symposium topics include:
healthy rangeland components,
blending new knowledge with old
paradigms, managing exotic vs.
native flora and fauna, social and
economic values, legal issues,
partnerships, and threatned/en-
dangered species on rangelands.
Local, regional, and nationally-
recognized speakers will focus on
northwest rangeland issues and
New tire man at MCGG
Workshop held on food handling
management but the topics are
applicable to the entire Great
Basin rangelands and beyond.
The cost for registration is $70
per person if registered by July
1. After July 1, registration will
be $100 per person. High school
and college students from an ac­
credited institution may register
for $30.
For more information and a
registration packet, contact:
Joanne Parsons. Linda Fratzke or
Deb Croswell at 503-963-7122,
or write to SRE Symposium
Coordinators, Blue Mountains
Natural Resources Institute, 1401
G ekeler Lane, La Grande,
97850.
T w en ty-five
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volunteers. Family Day Care pro­
viders, Adult Foster Caregivers,
school food service personnel and
other people attended a "Basics
o f Food Handling” workshop
sponsored by the Morrow Coun­
ty Extension Service, at A.C.
Houghton School in Irrigon.
The workshop was taught by
Chuck Stahl, state health inspec­
tor for nine counties in eastern
Oregon. The program included
investigation details o f the recent
E. Coli 0157:H7 outbreak in the
Pacific Northwest. The outbreak
infected 500 people, resulted in
the deaths o f four children and
was traced to undercooked
ground
beef
and
cross
contamination.
Class participants learned about
routes of cross contamination
such as unwashed lettuce mixing
with salad dressings and food
preparation, staff illness and
hygiene. Food preparation and
serving volunteers were remind-
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ed that hands must be washed
twice after using the bathroom:
once in the bathroom and again
after touching the bathroom door.
Stahl also explained that the in­
crease in Hantavirus illness is
related to the increase in rodent
population, and rodent proximi­
ty to humans. The increase in ro­
dent population is probably
related to that extra dose o f rain
in the spring of 1993 and increas­
ed vegetation that resulted. A fact
sheet for rodent control was
distributed for anyone concerned
about rodents in homes, bams or
cabins.
Anyone interested in learning
more about how not to make peo­
ple sick can request the publica­
tion PNW 250 “ You Can Prevent
Food Poisoning” from the Mor­
row County Extension Office,
Pettyjohn Building, Heppner,
6 76-9642
or
toll
free
1-800-342-3664. There is no
charge for the publication but the
mailing cost is 75c.
WCCC plan men’s tournament
Charlie Graybeal is the new tire manager at the Morrow County
Grain Growers. Graybeal brings 14 years experience in the
tire business to the job.
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An eastern Oregon rancher has
filed a motion along with a group
o f Forest Service grazing permit
holders in U.S. court to intervene
in a lawsuit to protect their
livelihoods.
Bob Burril, a Grant County
rancher, and the Eastern Oregon
Public Lands Coalition (EOPLC)
filed to intervene in the case of
Oregon Natural Desert Associa­
tion, et al. vs. Jack Ward
Thomas. U.S. Forest Service
chief.
In an “ East Oregonian” arti­
cle May 12, Bill Marlett of the
Oregon Natural Desert Associa­
tion stated that if successful, the
suit will be used to attack graz­
ing on 320 million acres o f public
land in the West. The lawsuit,
brought by eight environmental
groups, claims that the Forest
Service improperly issued a graz­
ing permit to Burril in the Camp
Creek Allotment of the Malheur
National Forest without obtaining
certification from the state o f
Oregon under Section 401 o f the
Clean Water Act.
As defendants, Burril and the
EOPLC will prove that the Clean
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Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class
Shawn M. Hams is deployed
aboard the amphibious assault
ship USS Guam, homeported in
Norfolk, VA. Hams recently par
ticipated in the commemoration
of the 50th anniversary o f D-Day.
Fifty years ago. Allied forces
stormed the beaches at Norman­
dy, France, in the greatest am­
phibious assault in history. Code-
named Operation Overlord, D-
Day marked the turning point in
the European campaign o f World
War II. An allied fleet o f 2,727
ships and 2,606 landing craft
transported the invasion force
which broke through the Nazi's
“ impregnable” Atlantic Wall and
dug a toe-hold in Europe.
In a little more than a month,
one million soldiers were carried
demanded by modern warfare;
the drive to liberate Europe was
not turned back.
During the commemoration
Hams’s ship visited Southamp­
ton. England and Cherbourg,
France, and has now joined the
U .S . Sixth Fleet in the
Mediterranean.
USS Guam and the three other
ships o f the Mediterranean Am­
phibious Ready Group are carry­
ing more than 2,000 Marines o f
the 26th Marine Expeditionary
Unit. Today the Navy and Marine
Corps are full partners in joint
operations, poised to respond
quickly to crisis in distant lands
from the Sea.
Hams is the son o f Wayne and
Dianna Hams, lone. He joined
the Navy in May 1992.
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Water Act is not applicable to
livestock grazing and would on­
ly burden state and federal of­
ficials with additional ad­
ministrative work at taxpayers’
expense. Furthermore, recent
studies indicate that modem graz­
ing techniques have improved
habitat in the Camp Creek
drainage, according to the
EOPLC.
The Farm Bureau, the Oregon
Cattlemen’s Association, and the
Grant County Stockgrowers are
collaborating to defend the abili­
ty of permittees to manage public
lands in a beneficial manner.
Timber industry groups which
may also be affected by the suit
have expressed interest in suppor­
ting the defendants along with
out-of-state groups.
“ Burril now finds himself in
the eye o f a controversy that
threatens to engulf agricultural
use o f public lands in most of the
Western states,” said Doug
Breese, a cattle rancher from
Prineville and president o f the
Uregon Farm Bureau.
“ Agricultural use of public
lands is itself a resource which
must be protected th the benefit
o f all Americans,” said Breese.
“ That is a public interest perspec­
tive not offered by the original
parties in the Camp Creek case,”
he said.
The annual Willow Creek
Country Club Men’s Champion-
ship will be held Sunday, July 10
at the golf course in Heppner.
Registration is at 7:30 a.m. with
tee off to follow at 8 a.m.
Howard Gilliam is the defen­
ding champion. The competition
consists of three nine hole rounds
o f medal play. The golfers will
be divided into three flights by
handicap. Prizes will be award­
ed by flight for gross and net
scores and special events.
WCCC members are eligible to
participate in the tournament.
Players should sign up in the club
house.
Coffee, fruit and rolls will be
served before play. Sandwiches
will be provided by the People for
the Pool as a fund raiser.
For further information contact
John Edmundson, 676-5177.
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PUBLIC NOTICE
M orrow County School
District #R-1 will be accepting
bids on July 22, 1994 at 2:00
p.m ., at the District Office, 270
W. Main, PO Box 368. Lex­
ington, Oregon 97839, for roof
repair/replacement at Columbia
Junior High School, S. Division
& Country Road, Irrigon, OR.
A mandatory job walk will be
held on July 11, 1994, at 1:00
p.m. Specifications will be hand­
ed out at that time. Please meet
at the entrance area of Columbia
Junior High School.
Charles D. Starr
Superintendent
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