Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 6, 1996 - FIVE
Hope, Valby plan services, activities McElligott, Tworek receive awards 1964, 1996 flooding- how it compares
A parish-based program on
elderly care, scheduled for
Wednesday, March 10, will be
postponed until the weekend
of April 13-14.
John K. Meyer, president of
Care Trust, Inc. of Corvallis,
was scheduled to come and talk
with members of Hope and
Valby parishes about the pro
gram, but because of a schedul
ing conflict was forced to post
pone.
The Valby congregation will
gather Wednesday evening,
March 6, at 7 p.m., at the home
of Don and Martha Peterson for
the third mid-week Lenten ser
vice based on the presentations
of "The Parents of the Pas
sion".
On Thursday evening,
March 7, at 6:30 p.m., the con
gregation of Hope Lutheran
Health Dept«
Church, Heppner, will have a
mid-week Lenten Soup Sup
per, followed by worship ser
vice at 7:30 p.m. The father of
Simon Peter will be the presen
tation at both Lenten services.
Sunday worship service at
Valby Lutheran Church will be
at 9 a.m. Pastor Stan Hoobing
will deliver "Words, Words,
Words", based on scripture
reading of the Gospel of John
4:5-42.
Sunday worship and Sunday
School at Hope is at 11 a.m.
Debbie Basile will accompany
the congregation in the singing
of the hymns.
Visitors and friends are
welcome to attend the services
and events of the Lutheran
parish of south Morrow Coun
ty-
Weather Report
__________ By City of Heppner_________
The Morrow County Health
For the month of February
Dept, lists the following mon
Low Precip.
High
thly schedule for blood pres
.00
-8
11
2/1
sures and immunizations:
.00
-7
2/2
10
Thursday, March 7-blood
.00
-11
18
2/3
pressures and immunizations,
.02
1
17
2/4
Heppner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
.04
21
7
2/5
p.m.;
.42
24
53
2/6
Monday, March 11-blood
.25
45
2/7
60
pressures and immunizations,
.24
60
38
2/8
Irrigon annex, 1-4 p.m.;
.22
44
64
Tuesday, March 12-blood 2/9
.00
24
52
pressures and immunizations, 2/10
.00
25
41
2/11
Boardman, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.;
.00
26
47
Thursday, March 14-blood 2/12
.00
27
49
pressures and immunizations, 2/13
.00
28
55
( Heppner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 2/14
.00
28
53
2/15
p.m.;
.00
31
55
Monday, March 18-blood 2/16
.06
54
33
pressures and immunizations, 2/17
T
42
62
2/18
lone City Hall, 2-4 p.m.;
39
T
60
Tuesday, March 19-blood 2/19
.02
37
58
pressures and immunizations, 2/20
.49
33
60
2/21
Boardman, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.;
.03
48
27
Thursday, March 21-blood 2/22
.07
44
33
pressures and immunizations, 2/23
T
26
40
Heppner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 2/24
.14
28
39
2/25
p.m.;
.15
9
31
Tuesday, March 26-blood 2/26
.00
11
35
pressures and immunizations, 2/27
.00
15
34
2/28
Boardman, 9:30 a.m.-4 p-m.;
.00
14
36
. Thursday, March 28-blood 2/29
pressures and immunizations,
Heppner office, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m.
Jepsen competes
in music contest
Births
Omar Barrera-a son Omar
was bom to Maria and Sixto
Barrera of Boardman on
February 9, 1996 at Good
Shepherd Community Hospital
in Hermiston. The baby weigh
ed 7 lbs. 0 oz.
Ryan Leo Sands-a son Ryan
Leo was born to Barbara
Thomas and Dick Sands of Ir-
I rigon on February 16, 1996 at
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston. The
baby weighed 10 lbs. 14 oz.
Ryan Rochelle Dougherty-a
daughter Ryan Rochelle was
born to Dawna and Cliff
Dougherty of Heppner on
February 16, 1996 at St. An
thony Hospital in Pendleton.
The baby weighed 5 lbs. 13 oz.
She joins a sister, Taighler,
three years, at home. Grand
parents are Maureen and Ken
neth Howard, Pat and Gerry
Dougherty and Oliver and
Monique Devin, all Heppner.
Great-grandparents are Marie
Steagall, Lexington and Mau-
rice Groves, Heppner.
Sarahi Hemandez-a daught
er Sarahi was bom to Leticia
Mendoza and Luis Hernandez
of Irrigon on February 17, 1996
at Good Shepherd Communi
ty Hospital in Hermiston. The
baby weighed 10 lbs. 0 oz.
Development
grants topic
of meeting
The monthly meeting of the
Morrow County Commission
on Children and Families will
be held on Tuesday, March 12
at the Morrow County School
District building in Lexington
from 7-9 p.m. The main topic
of discussion will be the ap
proval of the Community De
velopment Grants.
The public is invited to attend
and participate in the discus
sions.
Matthew Jepsen, of Hepp
ner, was one of over 150 junior
and senior high school students
who competed at the Northeast
Oregon District 6 Solo and
Ensemble Contest. The com
petition was held in La Grande
on Saturday, March 2, at the
Eastern Oregon State College
campus.
Matthew, the son of Bill and
Nancy Jepsen, and an eighth
grader at Heppner Junior High,
received a one rating on this
trumpet solo entitled Sonata in
B Flat by composer Henry Pur
cell. He was accompanied on
the piano by Deborah Wryn of
lone. He is a music student of
Ralph Werner of Hermiston.
Competitors were rated on a
scale of one to five, with one
being the best rating, for their
performance in one of six areas:
brass, woodwinds, piano, per
cussion, vocal and strings. The
top high school students were
chosen to participate in the
state band.
Editor's note: Many people
in the Pacific Northwest are
comparing the flooding of
December 1964 with this year's
deluge. How similiar are the
conditions?
Loren Unruh, resource con
servationist with the USDA
Natural Resources Conserva
tion Service, has provided the
following answers:
When comparing these two
flood events, the difficulty is in
trying to determine the amount
of rain that fell and the amount
of snow that was on the ground
in the mountains in 1964. There
were only four mountain sta
M elissa McElligott (I) and M arie Tworek
Melissa McElligott and Marie
Tworek are the recipients of the
Outstanding Service Award
given by the lone Ecumenical
Youth Group.
McElligott and Tworek, both
lone, have been active mem
bers of the group for four years.
They have regularly attended
meetings, sold and delivered
Christmas trees to make money
for service trips and shoveled
snow for senior citizens. This
past fall, they helped paint the
lone Elementary School play
ground equipment and assisted
Jannie Allen and Cathy Hal-
vorsen with the Jason Halvor-
sen Scholarship Bazaar.
Both girls have participated
in the Human Race, a fund rais-
St. William's Catholic Church
last May.
Youth group members given
Footstep Awards for outstan
ding participation and Chris
tian spirit were freshmen Katie
Tworek, Jessie Krebs and Niki
Sullivan; sophomores Jake Mc
Elligott, Jenny Sullivan and
Marc Orem; and juniors Kelly
Morgan, Luke Swanson and
Steve Allen.
BM CC computer seminars slated
Blue Mountain Community
College (BMCC) will offer two
one-day computer seminars in
Morrow County in the near
future. Interested students
should contact BMCC coor
dinator Anne Morter, 422-7040,
for more information or to pre
register.
Intro to the Internet is sched
uled for Saturday, March 9,
from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at Heppner
High School. This class will
give students a chance to see
what is available to them on the
information superhighway and
just how to get there. The class
is non-computer specific. Cost
is $45 per person.
On Saturday, March 16,
Computer Maintenance will be
offered beginning at 8 a.m. at
Riverside High School in
Boardman. Computers need
periodic attention to keep
operating properly and effi
ciently. The class will demon
strate how to clean and main
tain your computer, both
physically and "electronically".
Students should plan to bring
their own computers for op
timal results. Cost is $45 and
preregistration is required.
Local students in college "Who's Who"
April Taylor of lone and
Celeste Owen of Lexington,
were among 20 students from
Blue Mountain Community
College who have been includ
ed in the 1996 edition of Who's
Who Among American Junior
Colleges.
Campus nominating commit
tees and editors of the annual
directory included the names of
the students based on their
academic achievement, service
to the community, leadership
in extracurricular activities and
potential for continued success.
Federal flood aid approved for county
The federal government
made Morrow County flood
victims eligible for disaster
assistance Monday, Feb. 26.
County residents who have not
already done so must report
flood damage to be eligible for
assistance. To report, call
FEMA's National Teleregistra
tion Center at 1-800-462-9029.
Flood damage reported to
Morrow County Emergency
Management includes damage
to roads, pastures, livestock
and fields. Willow Creek flow-
over its banks above Willow
Creek dam at Heppner. Hinton
Pierce new chairman^
Members of the Community
College Section of the Academy
of Criminal Justice Sciences
recently elected Greg Pierce,
head of the Blue Mountain
Community College (BMCC)
Criminal Justice Dept., as their
new chairperson.
Pierce noted the section has
three initial areas of interest:
designing a national transfer
program which would articu
late criminal justice curriculum
between community colleges
and four-year colleges and uni
versities; developing and
delivering state-of-the-art cur
ricula and developing teaching
strategies to promote indepen
dent thinking and self-esteem
in criminal justice students.
Pierce, whose program at
tracts many students to the
BMCC campus, has received
national recognition for his in
sight into the unique concerns
affecting rural community col
lege criminal justice programs.
ing walk to benefit the Burnside
community. The seniors made
their first service trip to the
Burnside area in 1990 as sixth
graders. Tworek has traveled to
Portland to aid the homeless
four times, and McElligott has
made seven trips to Burnside.
They were both confirmed at
and Rhea creeks were at flood
stage for several days.
The dam and quick action by
the emergency responders
prevented extensive flooding in
Heppner, lone and Lexington.
Without the dam, an estimated
six feet of water would have
flooded those towns on Tues
day, Feb. 6.
Ice jams and debris threatened
to flood areas below the dam
that day and night, but Hepp
ner firefighters and public
works crews from Heppner
and Morrow County worked
around the clock to prevent
flooding.
Outhouse race set for March 16
An outhouse by any other
name smells as sweet. But how
fast can it travel?
St. Patrick's weekend Cele
brators will find out during the
O'Shanty race on Saturday,
March 16, at 1 p.m. on Main
Street in Heppner.
Entrants in the race will
decorate refrigerator boxes to
look like outhouses and then
will race them down Main
Street with five person teams-
four to run and one to guide.
Anyone may enter the race-
a family, business or group.
Those interested should enter
at Twice Upon a Time, the
bookstore on Willow Street.
There is a $10 entry fee.
Prizes will be based on the
number of entries. First and se
cond prizes will be awarded for
the most creative O'Shanty.
For more information, call
Peggy Johnson, 676-9815.
Country Rose joins AFS
Country Rose, located at 233
South Main in Heppner,
recently joined American Floral
Services, Inc. (AFS), an inter
national flowers-by-wire ser
vice located in Oklahoma City,
OK. Trish Sweeney is the
manager of the new AFS shop.
As an AFS Florist, Country
Rose can arrange for delivery of
fresh flowers and plants to
almost anywhere in the world.
tions in Oregon and Washing
ton with good precipitation and
snowpack records in 1964
(compared to 116 Snow Tele
metered (SNOTEL) sites oper
ating today). However, there
will not be February 19% data
for these stations until next
month, since these sites are not
automated like the SNOTEL
system. Therefore, some esti
mating was done in determin
ing the current precipitation
and snow amounts.
At this time it appears that
the 1964 floods were much
more widespread, affecting
northern California, Oregon,
Idaho and southern Washing
ton. The 1996 area affected was
mainly northern Oregon,
southern Washington and the
Panhandle of Idaho.
There was much heavier
precipitation during the 1964
flood south of Corvallis; how
ever, there was more precipita
tion north of Corvallis during
the 1996 event. Snowpack in
the Cascades appears to be
higher in 19% from some of the
preliminary and estimated
numbers. There was limited
snow in the coast range in 1964
but 200 percent to 300 percent
in 19%. This is most likely why
some of the coastal mountain
tributaries experienced record
flooding.
The Willamette River likely
did not reach 1964 levels be
cause of the additional dams
built in the 1960s and better
reservoir management due to
better data sources such as
SNOTEL.
October and November 1964
started out very wet and warm
and flooding did occur on
many of the streams and rivers
in Washington and Oregon.
This flooding saturated the soil,
allowing further precipitation
events in December to go
straight into the rivers. Much of
December was cold and bet
ween December 18-20, there
were very cold temperatures
and snow fell. This event caus
ed much of the soil to freeze.
On Dec. 21, the "Pineapple
Express" kicked in. This event
was quite large and heavy rain
fell from central California east
through Nevada and Idaho and
then north to Washington.
When the heavy rains hit, the
soil moisture was either satu
rated or frozen; therefore, all
the precipitation that fell went
into the streams. Snow levels
were also as high as 10,000 feet
and snow melt occurred below
4,000 feet in Oregon and
Washington. This event lasted
until Dec. 25, when colder
temperatures but continued
precipitation engulfed the re
gion.
November and December
1995 were very wet months and
flooding occurred throughout
Oregon and Washington. This
brought the soil moisture to the
saturation point, especially
west of the Cascades. In Janu
ary 1996, a combination of ar-
tic air to the north and sub
tropical moisture to the south
caused heavy snow over the
Cascades. This brought the
snowpack up from 50 percent
to 70 percent across Oregon.
Late January and early Febru
ary brought bitterly cold temp
eratures across the Northwest.
This froze the already saturated
ground.
On Feb. 5, the "Pineapple
Express" kicked in. This event
concentrated very heavy rain
over northwest Oregon. This
heavy rain fell on snowpacks in
the Coast Range and the lower
elevation Cascades that were
200-300 percent of average. The
freezing level was an high as
10.000 feet and snow was
melting substantially below
3.000 feet and moderately bet
ween 3,000-5,000 feet. East of
the Cascades, less precipitation
fell; however, high snowpacks
and high temperatures caused
widespread flooding here also.
When one compares stream-
flow amounts, it appears that
coastal tributaries were affected
much worse in the 1996 floods
when compared to the 1964
floods. This is primarily due to
the high amount of snow that
was on the coast range. Willa
mette tributaries did have more
snow in the basins; however,
better management of the
reservoirs likely contributed to
lesser flooding in the Willa
mette Basin.
Start thinking about financial aid
It's time for the college-
bound to start thinking about
financial aid for 1996-97. Staff
from the Blue Mountain Com
munity College (BMCC) Finan
cial Aid office note that
students who filed for Federal
Financial Aid for the current
(1995-%) year should receive a
renewal application by mail.
Student information will need
to be updated or corrected and
returned to the Federal pro
cessor to determine eligibility
for the 1996-97 academic year.
Students who have not yet
received a renewal application
are urged to pick up a 1996-97
application at the BMCC Finan
cial Aid Office in Morrow Hall.
The financial aid staff stresses
the importance of early applica
tion for both new and return
ing students. A number of
financial aid opportunities have
specific deadlines. Students
should definately have the
forms sent in before Monday,
April 1 to ensure they will be
considered for all available
financial aid. Many four-year
colleges have a March 1 dead
line for applications.
Even students who think
they may not qualify for finan
cial aid should submit an ap
plication for federal student
aid; they may be surprised at
the types of available funding.
Students do not have to know
if or where they are going to
school; if college is a possibili
ty, they should go ahead and
file.
College-bound students are
also encouraged to check into
scholarship information. Stu
dents should keep in mind that
not all scholarships are tied to
grade point average and
academic performance. The
Oregon State Scholarship
Commissions (OSSC) offer a
number of scholarships to stu
dents throughout the state; the
OSSC scholarship application
contains all information, in
cluding eligibility require
ments, that students need to
apply for any OSSC scholar
ships. Students can apply for
up to eight scholarships on one
form.
Applications for federal stu
dent aid and scholarship infor
mation are available through
high school counseling offices
as well as the BMCC Financial
Aid office.
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