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________NO. 19________8 Pages Wednesday, May 8, 1996,________ Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Phone outage scheduled M a y 15
All telephone lines on the
Heppner-676, Lexington-989(
and Ione-422 exchanges will be
out of service on Wednesday,
May 15, beginning at midnight,
12:01 a.m. PTI estimates that
the outage could range from 30
minutes to three hours. There
will be no dial tone during this
time.
The purpose of the telephone
outage is to enable PTI to move
its lines from a U.S. West
switch in Pendleton to a PTI
switch in Heppner, according
to a news release from the Mor
row County Sheriff's Office
(MCSO).
All telephone service, in
cluding cellular phones and
9-1-1 lines into the Morrow
County 9-1-1 center at the
Sheriff's office, will be affected.
PTI customers in Heppner,
Lexington and lone will need to
seek help on their own during
this time, said the MCSO.
Persons with special medical
requirements may need to have
someone with them or go
where there will be someone
able to go for help or take them
to the hospital emergency
room.
Fire, police and medical radio
communications wll not be af
fected. Emergency personnel
will be able to radio to the 9-1-1
Center where the dispatcher
can radio or page the appro
priate emergency service pro
vider in the usual manner.
Sheriff Roy L. Drago has an
nounced that emergency help
will be available at the follow
ing locations:
Heppner 676: Fire-go to Fire
Hall; Police-go to City Hall,
Police Dept.; Medical-go to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital.
Lexington 989: Fire, Police
and Medical-go to Fire Hall.
lone 422: Fire, Police and
Medical-go to Fire Hall.
In the Boardman area, the
9-1-1 line will be temporarily
switched to the Boardman
Police Dept., who will have an
officer in the office to answer
any calls.
Irrigon 9-1-1 calls will be
answered by the Hermiston
Police Dept, and will be relayed
to Morrow County 9-1-1 Center
by radio and dispatched in the
usual manner.
In Gilliam County, 9-1-1 calls
should be directed to Gilliam
County Sheriff's Office at (541)
384-2851. There will be some
one in the office to answer the
call and relay the information
by radio to 9-1-1 Center in
Heppner for dispatch in the
usual manner.
In Wheeler County, 9-1-1
calls should be directed to the
Wheeler County Sheriff's Of
fice at (541) 763-4101. Someone
will be in the office to answer
the call and relay the informa
tion by radio to the 9-1-1 Center
in Heppner for dispatch in the
usual manner.
Drs. Berretta to move to Walla Walla
Morrow County Health ad
ministrator Kevin Erich con
firmed that Drs. Edward and
Jeanne Berretta will not provide
medical services at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital, effective
June 30. The Berrettas plan to
relocate their family and medi
cal practice to Walla Walla,
Washington.
Erich stressed that "quality
medical care" will continue to
be available at the clinic after
the Berrettas' departure. "P a
tients should not experience
any interruption in services and
medical care will be provided
much the same as in the past,"
he said.
Dr. Ernie Atkins, who was
hired by the district almost one
year ago, will remain on staff.
Dr. Wenburg, who has provid
ed physician coverage for the
past several years, has shown
an interest in providing regular
part-time services until another
full-time provider can be re
cruited. Erich is actively re
cruiting for a second perma
nent full-time provider.
"W e encourage patients to
continue using Pioneer Memo
rial Clinic for their health care
needs," Erich said, adding,
"N o one needs to leave town
to access services previously
obtained at home. Quality
medical care will be available
locally. If residents want to
maintain local access to health
care, it is imperative that they
continue to utilize those ser
vices."
H eppn er Bowl to close M ay 12
The Heppner bowling alley
will close down on May 12,
owner Doug Sm ith has
announced.
Smith, who now lives in
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been unable to find a buyer (he
has been trying for several
years) and it is not possible to
operate the alley as an absentee
owner.
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CRP acreage
to be released
President Bill Clinton has an
nounced that Conservation Re
serve Program (CRP) acreage
will be released in all counties
nationwide for emergency hay
ing and grazing based on a na
tional livestock economic emer
gency.
Grazing is open immediate
ly through Sept. 30, for five
percent of the CRP annual ren
tal rate per acre per month.
Haying may begin July 1, and
will cost 25 percent of the an
nual rental rate per acre.
Participants must agree to
haying or grazing plan (stock
ing rate) written with the Na
tional Resource Conservation
Service (formerly Soil Conser
vation Service) and sign an
agreement for terms and con
ditions, said a Farm Service
Agency (FSA) news release.
There will be spot checks for
compliance.
Haying or grazing may be
sold or rented. Payments will
be deducted from the annual
| payments or can be paid up
front.
According to the FSA, haying
and grazing must not occur
within 100 feet of a stream or
permanent waterbody and 25
percent of each field must be
left for wildlife. Twenty-five
percent may be acres or stock
ing rate on grazing. Grazing
should not be started before
paperwork is completed.
Anyone interested in this op
tion should call the FSA office.
Water topic
of HCC
meeting
Water is an integral element
in the lives and vocation of
many Eastern Oregon resi
dents. In the 19% political year,
it is an important issue on the
ballot. The Heppner Coordina
ting Council (HCC) will be
looking at the key water issues
on Tuesday, May 14, at 7:30
a.m. at the Heppner Ranger
District office.
Water issues include Ballot
Measure 24, the Clean Water
Initiative, and the effects the in
itiative will have on public
lands grazing.
Presenters for the issues in
clude a representative from the
Oregon Department of En
vironmental Quality and a
hydrologist from the USDA
Forest Service.
The public is invited to attend
this and all meetings of the
HCC.
Centennial exchange students
The Heppner Junior High-
Centennial Middle School ex
change program is 16 years old,
but the experience is fresh
every year for the Heppner and
Portland-area students who
participate.
Surprisingly, almost all of the
students from the city and the
country are enthusiastic about
their experiences. Following
are some observations from
some of the kids who par
ticipated this year.
Kim Pointer, 14, Lexington,
stayed with the Piers and
Rachelle Munro family of Port
land who have an eighth-grade
daughter, Tamara. "The best
thing was all the new friends I
made," said Kim. "We went to
a Greek restaurant and watch
ed Tamara belly dance and ate
fried squid. The worst thing
was the fried squid.” Kim is the
daughter of Cathie and Mark
Pointer.
Amy Papineau, 14, Lexing
ton, stayed with Gary and Beth
Scott of Portland and their
three daughters, including
eighth grader Jennifer. "It was
fun with all my friends at
school and on field trips. I got
majorly homesick, though, and
I hated the rain. It rained every
day." Amy’s parents are Jay
and Lorrene Papineau.
Chris Bowman, 14, Heppner,
stayed ..ith Martin and Julie
Skinner, Portland, and two of
their children, including Nate
Feyma, Centennial host stu
dent. Another child is in col
lege. "The school was pretty
big," commented Chris. "I met
a lot of friends, but I like
smaller towns." Chris is the
son of Ron and Ginger Bow
man.
Casey Ingraham, 14, stayed
with David and Becky Hanken,
Portland, daughter, Melissa,
and the family's two Chihua
huas.
Smokey Bear (alias Marcia Kemp) greets Centennial student
Miranda Poppino.
"The school was hard to get us Jeremiah, and one girl. " I met
ed to. I got lost," said Casey. tons of people," said Jake, 14.
Casey is the daughter of Mike "I met them in class by goof
Ingraham, Lexington, and Sally ing off. I'm still getting phone
calls from people down there
Ingraham, Buttercreek.
Matt Jepsen, 14, of Heppner and I'm calling them ." Jake
stayed with Steve and Cindy said that his host father was a
Pollard, Portland, and their football coach for the team who
three boys, including eighth- had a player who was hit by
grader, Michael. "The Centen lightning last year on the field.
nial schedule was so wierd. Jake's parents are Jim and Don
They did everything different na Roy, Heppner.
Macy Rhea, 14, stayed with
every day. We mostly did
things with a certain group of Robert and Kris McManus,
kids," says Matt. "Math was so Portland, their two daughters,
easy, it was like junk we did including Amanda, eighth
three years ago." Matt is the grade, and one son. "There
son of Bill and Nancy Jepsen. were so many people there, it
Allison Sykes, 14, stayed didn't even seem like they
with Pat and Rhonda Castle, cared. I got kind of homesick,
Gresham and children, eighth- but the aquatic center was
grader K.K. and Matt. "I didn't fun," says Macy, the daughter
like the block scheduling," says of Steve and Molly Rhea,
Allison. "The classes were way Heppner.
too long. My favorite thing was
Corey Miller's host family
going to the mall." Allison is was Vickie Schmitt, Portland,
the daughter of David and son, Chris, an eighth grader,
April Sykes of Heppner.
and a daughter. Corey, 13,
Jake Roy's hosts were the says, "I liked not having to go
Rob and Jill Porterfield family to school because of all the field
of Portland who had three trips. I liked the malls, the
boys, including eighth grader
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FOR ALL YOUR
PLUMBING NEEDS
see
Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington 989-8221
1-800-452-7396
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