Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 3, 1996 - THREE
BM CC lists honor students
Forty-five Blue Mountain
Community College students
received a perfect 4.0 grade
point average during spring
term. This reflects a staight A
report in all courses taken by
the student.
Fifty-three Students qualified
for the President's list by attain
ing a GPA of 3.58 or higher and
121 students qualified for the
Dean's list by receiving a GPA
of 3.4 to 3.84. One hundred
thirty-four students qualified
for the spring term Honor Roll
by receiving a GPA of 3.00 to
3.39.
To earn a position on any of
the three lists, a student must
have carried a fulltime load of
classes, which translates to 12
graded credit hours. Students
may not have received an F in
any class to be so honored. A
pass grade does not count
toward the 12 graded hours
necessary to be included on the
lists. Following are area
students who qualify:
President's List
Lexington: Joseph Lindsay 4.
Irrigon: Kimberly Burke,
Marla Cornell, Aaron Wanner,
all 4.
Dean's List
Pendleton: Dorothy Estberg,
Erin
Fishburn,
Nicole
Sweeney.
Heppner: Nola Binschus,
C hristopher
Cookston,
Sheridan
Tanarsky.
Lexington: Trent Hughes,
Ryan Munkers.
lone: Gregg Holtz, Heide
Orem, Sharia Snider,
Irrigon: Andre Gonzales,
James Lunders,
Mark Medel, Antonio Mejia
Honor Roll
Pendleton: Kimberly Bedor-
tha Jessica Sullivan, Trampus
Verstoppen;
Heppner: Staci Grabeel, Brett
McDowell
lone: Aaron Heideman,
Nathan Heideman
Irrigon: Shana Gouvas,
Elizabeth Sm ith, Joseph
Stanger, Stacy Suchy.
Three churches plan Bible school
Are your children or grand
children looking for something
fun and exciting to do this sum
mer? The churches of All Saints
Episcopal, Heppner United
Methodist and Hope Lutheran
are offering "F rien d sh ip
Adventures with Jesus" vaca
tion Bible school July 22-26 at
Heppner United Methodist
Church from 9 a.m. to noon.
The Bible School will feature
arts and crafts, singing, Bible
lessons, snacks and time for
spiritual enrichment and lear
ning for four year olds through
sixth graders.
The churches are asking for
a donation of $4 per child or $10
per family of three or more, but
scholarship funds are available
if this is an economic hardship,
said a spokesperson.
Children should be register
ed by Monday, July 15. Regis
tration information is available
at All Saints Episcopal Church,
676-9970, Heppner United
Methodist Church 676-9224, or
Hope Lutheran Church
676-9940. Those interested
should call or stop by to pick up
registration material.
Babysitters complete training
Fifteen future baby sitters
completed an eight hour train
ing course and received cer
tificates of training. Nine
students received training in Ir
rigon and six in Heppner. The
students had "hands o n " op
portunities to practice inter
viewing employers, hold and
diaper babies, make safe nutri
tional snacks, observe children
at play, learn positive discipline
skills, be aware of accident
prevention and how to handle
emergencies.
Trainers in Irrigon included
Shelly McSpadden and Vicki
Kent R.N. Mari Close was the
student assistant. Laura Bum-
side McElligott, R.N., and
Carol Michael provided train
ing in both Heppner and Ir
rigon. Shanna Paullus, Mary
Haguewood and George
Naims were also trainers in
Heppner. Infants and toddlers
who assisted in the trainings
were: Austin Dyer, Mark
McCabe, Matt McCabe, Carrie
Haguewood, Nicholas Lacey,
Austin Guttierez and Garrett
Gibbs.
Certificated sitters who are
anxious to care for children are:
Julie Hendricks, Becky Mc-
Namee, Erin Winters, Joseph
Winters, Christinia Armenta,
Ester Armenta, Stephanie
Turner, Amber Hodges, and
Ashely Howell, from the Ir
rigon training; and Tylynn
Smith, Angela Moore, Sally
Calvert, Shelley Rietmann,
Jesse Kempas and Stacy
Delveaux from the Heppner
Training.
Commission on Children & Families
schedule meeting
"The monthly meeting of the
Morrow County Commission
on Children and Families will
be held July 9 at the Morrow
County School District Building
in Lexington from 7 to 9 p.m.
The main item of business
will be the comprehensive plan
strategy. The public is invited
to attend and participate in the
discussion. For more informa
tion call 676-9675.
W CCC plans flag tournament
The Willow Creek Country
Club will hold its annual flag
tourney Thursday, July 4, at 2
p.m.
This year WCCC will not be
having a barbecue with the flag
tourney, but WCCC encour
ages people to have fun with
the activities they have
scheduled.
Flag tourney hosts are Ron
Bowman, Mark Pointer, Ken
Eckman, Tom Bedortha and
Dave Allstott,
Lutherans to honor Berrettas, Goodyears
The congregations of Hope
and Valby Lutheran churches
will celebrate Independence
day Sunday, July 7 with a
series of prayers, scripture
readings, hymns and a sermon
entitled "T h e Gospel of
Responsible Freedom", based
on reading of Galations 5:1,
13-25.
The special Fourth of July
Communion Service at Valby
Lutheran Church will begin at
9 a.m. Bible Study class will
meet at 8:15 a.m. prior to the
Delegates
attend State
Grange
communion service.
Hope Lutheran Church, will
hold
their
special
In
dependence day Communion
service at 11 a.m. After the ser
vice the congregation will
honor the families of Drs. Ed
and Jeanne Berretta and Kent
and Carol Goodyear during the
coffee hour.
Visitors and friends are
welcome to attend services and
events of the Hope-valby Luth
eran Parish.
G-T closed July 4-5
The Heppner Gazette-Times
will be closed Thursday and
Friday for the Fourth of July
holiday.
Have a safe and happy holi
day from the Gazette-Times.
Blue M ountain
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GARDENER DIGGINGS
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Watch for Elm Leaf Beetle and Larvae on Elm Trees
If you have elm trees in your yard, late spring and early sum
mer is the time to be on the lookout for the elm leaf beetle.
Introduced into the eastern United States early in the 19th cen
tury, the elm leaf beetle now occurs everywhere elm trees are
grown. All elm species are attacked, as are Japanese zelkova trees.
It is the elm leaf beetle larvae feeding on the leaves that do
the damage, explained Jack DeAngelis, entomologist with the
Oregon State University Extension Service.
As the yellowish-green larvae feed, they remove leaf tissue bet
ween the veins. Badly damaged leaves become skeletonized after
larvae eat all the tender green tissue and leave only the harder
lignified support structures of the leaf. Infested leaves turn brown
and drop prematurely. Defoliated limbs may put out second flush
of growth, but these too may be eaten.
It a tree loses most of its leaves year after year in this manner,
it will eventually die. said DeAngelis. As a general rule of thumb,
a deciduous tree can sustain defoliating for about three years in
a row, if no other stress factors are affecting it. Beyond this point
the tree will begin to die.
The adult beetle is about a quarter-inch long, greenish-yellow
with lateral black stripes down the back. Adults emerge twice
each year (two generations), once in early summer or late spring
and again in late summer to early fall. Exact timing depends
on local conditions. Adult beetles lay bright yellow eggs in clumps
on the underside of host leaves. Gub-like larvae are greenish-
yellow with black lateral stripes, much like the adults.
Elm leaf beetle adults spend the winter months in protected
places. They may enter structures in the fall, In the spring, adults
fly to elm trees and lay eggs for the first generation. These eggs
hatch and the larvae feed as described above. When the larvae
reach full size they migrate to the lower parts of the tree, or to
the ground below the tree to pupate. Transformation to the adult
takes one to two weeks. The emerging adults fly back to the trees
to lay the second generation of eggs.
Natural control can work. Elm leaf beetles usually are held
in check by natural wasp parasites that live in the area. These
tiny wasps sting eggs or pupae and lay their own eggs inside the
elm leaf beetle where they develop into fully formed, adult
wasps.
Overall, wasp parasites are the most effective of the natural
control agents.
Chemical control is sometimes necessary. Despite the best ef
forts of the wasps, elm leaf beetles occasionally get out of hand
and threaten a cherished tree, said Deangelis.
“In these cases you may need chemical control that involves
spraying the leaves with an insecticide. To kill feeding larvae,”
he said, “the biggest obstacle to successful control is reaching the
leaves in tall trees with whatever you decide to spray. It usually
makes sense to hire a tree care company to treat tall trees.”
One of the least toxic and most effective new insecticides for
elm leaf beetle is a bacteria called “Bacillus thuringiensis,” Varie
ty San Diego, Sometimes called ‘BT San Diego’ for Short, he said.
The product name for this BT is “M -ONE.”
“Unfortunately, M-ONE is not available in small, home
owner-sized packaging,” said DeAngelis. “You probably can
locate a tree service company that will treat the trees with BT
for you. Be sure to use the variety ‘San Diego’ of BT because there
are other BTs intended for other uses.”
Other chemical control options are the insecticides Ortheae
(Chinese or Siberian elm only); Dursban; Imidan; Mavrik; Merit,
a new systemic insecticide; Talstar; and Tempo. Check with local
county offices of the OSU Extension Service for detailed
information.
“Whatever you decide to do, remember that there are two
generations of elm leaf beetle each year, so in all likelihood you’ll
need to treat twice,” he advised. “And treat them only when
larvae are actually found significantly defoliating your elm trees.”
Clarence Buchanan has
returned from state Grange
where he was a delegate. Kathy
and Ned Clark also attended
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The Morrow County Health
Department lists the following
monthly schedule for July:
Thursday, July 4-office
closed;
Monday, July 8-blood pres
sures and immunizations, 1-4
p.m. Morrow County Annex
building, Irrigon;
Tuesday, July 9-blood pres
sures and immunizations, 9:30
a.m.-4 p.m. Boardman;
Thursday, July 11-blood pres
sures and immunizations, 8:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m., Heppner office;
Monday, July 15-blood pres
sures and immunizations, 2-4
p.m. lone City Hall;
Tuesday, July 16-blood pres
sures and immunizations, 9:30
a.m.-4 p.m. Boardman;
Thursday, July 18-blood pres
sures and immunizations, 8:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Heppner office;
Tuesday, July 23-blood pres
sures and immunizations, 9:30
a.m.-4 p.m. Boardman;
Thursday, July 25-blood pres
sures and immunizations, 8:30
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Heppner office;
Tuesday, July 30-blood
pressures and immunizations,
9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Boardman.
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