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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday. July 26, 1995 - FIV E Summer term ends at BMCC Summer term is coming to a close at Blue Mountain Com munity College and several special service departments will either close or change hours until fall term classes begin the end of September. The Basic Skills and Develop ment Education Department, along with the computer lab will close July 28. The library will be closed A ugust 18 through September 4 and will open on September 5; hours will be 8 a.m. to noon and 1-5 p.m. The BMCC Bookstore and McCrae Activity Center are closed through the summer. Main cam pus offices in cluding the admissions and ad vising office, the records/bus- iness office, the financial aid of fice, TALN Project, and the Family Support Act office are open throughout the summer. Students returning to BMCC are reminded to call the admis sions and advising office at 276-1260 ext. 205 to make a registration appointment if they have not already done so. Students new to BMCC who plan to take nine credit hours or more must take a placement test before they can make a re gistration appointment. This includes students transferring from other colleges who have not had college-level writing or math. The ASSET placement test is given to help counselors and advisors assess student ability in reading, writing and math, ensuring the students take the appropriate classes for their skill level. Regular testing times are Monday and Tues day, beginning at 11 a.m. Ap pointments are not necessary. Immediately following the test, results will be assessed by a counselor and registration ap pointments for fall term will be made. The test is held in the BMCC admissions and advising office in Pioneer Hall; there is a $10 per person charge for the test ing service. W ell water tests slated at Irrigon unhealthy situation. Some wells do need additional testing to determine the reason for high nitrate levels," Michael- Bennett continues. "We would like all domestic well water users in the area to take advan tage of the free tests." The test are coordinated by Rich Topielec, OSU Extension agent, and conducted by Ir rigon volunteers Bonnie Clow and Mary Ellen Coleman. The testing process takes only a few minutes and results can be picked up a short time later. The water sample should be taken the same morning as the test. Free sampling bottles and sam pling in stru ctio n s are available at Irrigon City Hall, 220 North Main, and Boardman Pharmacy, 202 N.W. 1st. For more information, call the Morrow County Extension of fice, 676-9642 or 1800 342-3664. Oregon State University Ex tension Service is offering a se cond well water testing oppor tunity for Columbia Basin rural homeowners on Saturday, Ju ly 29, from 1-5 p.m. at the Ir- rigon Watermelon Festival. "W e were really pleased to be able to test 24 Columbia Basin wells for nitrate levels during the Boardman Fourth of July festivities," says Carol Michael-Bennett, OSU Morrow County Extention agent. "The nitrate levels of wells tested ranged from 0 to 30 plus parts per million (ppm). It is really interesting to see how much nitrate variation there can be in the same neighbor hood. Users of wells with less than 10 ppm are happy to learn no further tests are needed. A level higher than 10 ppm is considered an indicator of an W ellness W alk Forty-five participants and five dog buddies took part in the Boardman 4th of July Wellness Walk. The route us ed the new riverside walking path for the first mile of the 5K event. The paved walk path follows the Columbia River through the B oardm an M arina C am p ground and connects with Marine Avenue by the Captain A1 James Tugboat. Benches are strategically placed for resting or viewing. Austin Freeman, a member of the Palmdale California High School track team, did not take advantage of the benches. Free man had made a personal chal lenge to complete the course at least 10 minutes sooner than his dad. Freeman was the first finisher in the non-competitive event and arrived 12 minutes before the second finisher, his dad. Both Freemans and other par ticipants said, "The walk path is a wonderful addition to the area.” The walk drew participants from Boardman, W elches, Memphis, TN., McCall and Lava Hot Springs, ID., Olym pia, Bellevue, Kirkland and Kelso, WA. Leave rodents alone, say experts for the National Pest Control Association "D on't go looking for mice. If you don't need to be around mice, avoid them ," says Dr. Richard Kramer, director of Research, Education and Tech nical Resources for the National Pest Control Association in Dunn Loring, Virginia. Deer mice, which are quite abundant in most of North A m erica, are am ong the rodents known to carry the in fection, Hantavirus, in their droppings and urine. The Han tavirus is spreading eastward from its initial detection point in the southwest region of the U.S. Humans who come into con tact with the contaminated material or who breathe airbom particles in an area where it has dried may be at risk. Generally, the onset of this disease begins with respiratory flu-like sysmptoms, followed by nausea and then rapid onset of respiratory distress from the lungs filling with plasma. More than half the cases are fatal. The incubation period in humans can be five to 41 days, but is usually 12-16 days. Treat all mice as though they are infected, Kramer advises. Do not catch mice just to deter mine if they are deer mice and are in your area. One identifying feature of the deer mouse is its tail, which is short and finely haired with a well-defined dark stripe on top and white on the bottom. The deer mouse is grey to brown with a white belly. It has short hind feet and all four feet are white. D eer mice ten d to live together in winter, with several congregating in one nest. They are food-gatherers and store nuts, fruits and insects in bur rows. Hawks, owls and other predators catch and eat deer mice. If you have them in your house, you will want to get rid of them, Kramer says. To remove mice, use common snap traps baited with peanut butter. Place several traps about 10 feet apart throughout the house. When cleaning up, use household cleaners and wear cotton or plastic gloves and a full-face respirator. Oregon State Fair deadlines listed The Oregon State Fair awaits your entries for the 1995 Livestock Competition. The deadline for entries in the beef cattle, dairy goat, sheep, llama and swine divi sions is Monday, July 31, by 5 p. m. All entries for dairy cattle m ust be received at the livestock office by 5 p.m., Mon day, August 7. The deadline for junior ex hibitors showing in either the junior open shows or the open class shows is August 7 at regular entry fees. No entries will be accepted that are postmarked after that date. Breeding class animals must be purebred and registered. Market class animals may be p u re b re d or crossbred. Minimum age requirements are: beef cattle, dairy cattle, swine, four months; sheep, three m onths; goats, tw o months. Entries close for the poultry, pigeons and rabbits depart ment on Friday, July 28 at 5 p.m. For more information and a premium book listing specific guidelines and entry forms for each animal devision, call the State Fair office at 378-3247 or 1 800 833-0011, or write: 2330-17th Street NE, Salem, 97310. Interested parties may also pick up premium books at the State Fair offices at that address. 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Main | which caused the need tor the weight restriction to be placed on the highway in mid-June were completed on Monday, July 24, approximately five weeks ahead of schedule. HIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHÍHÍHIHIHIHIHIH Hi HEIfE'S VOM! CHANCE TO HI HI SAY HI !! HI HI HI HAY ANO IIKYCE FOWLEK HI HI HI HI AUG. 3lilt 7-9 IMI HI HI HI AT ill« TERRACE ÜÎÜYE HI HI HI F0I1 RETAILS CALL HI HI HI HI LIIAM IBIWIFIEL9 HI KATHY CIITSFOItTH HI HI Oil m lllHHAV A HI HIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIKIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIHIMIH 0 P155/80R-13 A LP H A IV Over $380,000 in grant funds from the Governor's Water sh ed E nhancem ent Board (GWEB) will go to 12 water shed restoration and education projects around the state in the next two years. A $4,812 grant was awarded for Damon Riparian Enhance ment, near Heppner on a Willow Creek tributary. According to the GWEB, the area has been overgrazed and noxious weeds have invaded the site, inhibiting native grass production. The applicant will plant 500 Caragana seedlings in the riparian area to help im-' prove water quality, water quantity and wildlife habitat, and will fence the area to ex clude livestock. PVC pipe will be installed to carry spring water that currently stays in the spring area to a livestock water ing trough. The trough will be allowed to overflow into the riparian area to help improve streamside vegetation growth. In Wasco County, $56,250 will go toward upland restora tion in the Bakeoven Creek watershed. In Lane County, $6,000 will be used to train teach ers about w atersh ed education concepts. In Malheur County, $27,155 will help fund riparian fencing and juniper control in the Clover Creek watershed. The other funded projects are in Tillamook, The Oregon Department of Transportation lifted the tem porary weight restriction that was placed on Oregon 206 bet ween Ruggs and Condon on Tuesday, July 25. Repairs for the breakup D O M E S T IC R A D IA L ! Lottery funds granted, for local watershed project HWY 206 weight restrictions lifted 3 0 .2 1 155R-12 nd pei for monee v. •• Additional suggestions: keep woodpiles at a distance and store food stocks in rodent- proof containers. Place all gar bage in rodent-free containers and haul away trash, abandon ed vehicles and old tires. It is best to leave the follow ing precautions to professional exterminators: in buildings with large rodent populations, open doors and windows for at least 30 minutes to ventilate. The professional will hose down the area with water or a w ater/b leach solution to remove dust or gaseous air borne particles from mouse droppings. He or she will will wear a full-face respirator while cleaning. When removing mice, wear heavy plastic gloves. The pro fessional will place carcasses in plastic bags with enough household disinfectant to wet the mice and dispose of the bags correctly. Before removing gloves, he or she will wash gloved hands in a disinfectant of three tablespoons of bleach per gallon of water and then in soap and water.
