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FOUR ■ Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 31, 1996
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Tri-Co. Americans end season with one win/two losses
Nursing home residents enjoy social superintendents
All county fair superinten
dents and helpers of depart
ments in the main exhibit hall
are urged to attend a meeting
Thursday, Aug. 5 at 10 a.m. All
the new plans for staging, ex
hibiting and other innovations
will be finalized.
"W e are working on making
the '96 fair in this building have
a new and "heads up" flavor
for all to enjoy," said a fair
spokesperson.
Emergency
officials need
information
Tyrel Walker, 11 month-old son of Tina Davidson and Troy Walker
of Heppner, enjoys the pool while Iva Booker enjoys the kids’ antics.
Residents of Pioneer Memo
rial Nursing Home (PMNH)
enjoyed some young visitors
and an ice cream social on the
patio at PMNH Tuesday, July
30.
Some of the visiting
youngsters are children of
hospital employees and others
are from Heppner Day Care.
lone girl selected for 4-H program
Four Oregon 4-H members
have been selected to attend
the National 4-H Food and
Nutrition Career Exploration
Program to be held Aug. 10-16
in Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Jessica Krebs, lone, and Erica
Brookhyser, Newport, Natalie
Cole, Mulino, and Amy Spen
cer, Dallas, will join 37 4-H
youths from throughout the
nation to learn about careers in
food and nutrition at the Na
tional 4-H Center.
"This is the first program to
be offered as part of the Na
tional 4-H Council's emphasis
on workforce preparation,"
said Duane Johnson, Oregon
State University Extension 4-H
youth development education
specialist.
The Oregon members will
learn about a wide variety of
food industry careers in meet
ings with working profession
als, field trips and a two-day
job shadowing experience. In
addition, they will develop a
work portfolio, participate in
employment interviews and
create a job resume. Special
emphasis will be placed on
building the participants' com
petencies in working with
others, managing resources, ac
quiring and using information,
using computers and under
standing systems.
FO R S A L E B Y O W N E R
Morrow and Umatilla Coun
ty Emergency Management
(MCEM) officials need more in
formation from area residents
before they can buy warning
radios for homes and busi
nesses near the Umatilla Army
Depot. "W e'd like people who
are hearing impaired and peo
ple who work in a high-noise
environment to call or write us,
so that we can put a strobe light
on their warning radios," said
MCEM director Casey Beard.
Called tone-alert radios,
these devices will sound a loud
tone and broadcast information
in the event of a community
emergency. They will be dis
tributed to over ten thousand
homes and businesses near the
depot.
Beard says the federal go
vernment wants to know who
needs the strobe lights before
it will release money to pay for
the radios under the Chemical
Stockpile Emergency Prepared
ness Program (CSEPP). Resi
dents may find out if they're in
the affected area, the Imme
diate Response Zone, by con
sulting a map in the CSEPP
calendar that was mailed to
them earlier this year. Also in
the calendar is a postage-paid
response card they may fill out
and send in.
Beard says people may also
call or write the CSEPP public
information office,-922-4437 or
567-2084, P.O. Box 751, Irrigon,
OR. 97844.
Back Row (I to r): Coach Mike Vunker, Manager Mike McHenry, Alan Gribskov, Rocky Turner, Nathan
James, Aaron Yunker, Jeff Sallee, Travis Carnine, Joe McNamee, Coach Larry Baros
Front Row (I to r): Jason Sallee, Victor Baros, Stanley Cutsforth, Matt Wilson,
Michael Schonbachler, Cody Seeqer. Not Pictured: Jesse Gonzales. Ben Rohde
The Columbia Tri-County
American 14-year-old All Star
Babe Ruth Team finished their
season with one win and two
losses.
The team, which included
Stanley Cutsforth and Michael
Schonbachler of Heppner and
Alan Gribskov of lone, were
"solid players", commented
manager Mike McHenry of
Pendleton. "They had a lot of
heart," added McHenry.
The team lost their first game
to the Hood River Americans,
3-1. "W e just didn't hit the
ball," said McHenry.
The Americans went on to
win their second game against
the Hermiston Americans, 7-3.
Cutsforth hit a double in that
game, going one for three.
The Americans lost their
third and final game against
Columbia, 16-8. Schonbachler
hit two singles, going two for
four and Cutsforth had a base
hit. Gribskov stole two bases in
that game.
Coaches for the Americans
were Mike Yunker and Larry
Baros.
VBS children donate to Neighborhood Center
Bible school children present a cart full of groceries to the Heppner Neighborhood Center. Around 60
children, who collected the food to donate to the center, attended Bible school jointly sponsored by
Hope and Valby Lutheran, Heppner United Methodist and All Saints Episcopal churches. The VBS was
held July 15-19.
The Neighborhood Center provides emergency assistance and holiday food baskets to low income
people in the area.
Engagement
Contest open to senior citizens
Senior citizens are once again
invited to enter the "Memoirs
of the Past" contest at the Mor
row County Fair. The contest is
sponsored by the Morrow
County Historical Society.
Seniors may have one entry
in each of three categories,
"M o st H istorical", "M ost
H um orous" and "M o st
Adventurous". Entries must be
turned in to the Morrow Coun
ty Historical Society, do Bar
bara Bloodsworth, P.O. Box
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A $50 cash prize will be given
in each of the categories. Win
ners will be announced at fair.
Entrants must be Morrow
County residents, 65 years or
older and must have an
authentic story of pioneer life.
If taped on a cassette, the story
must be no longer than 15
minutes. If the story is written,
it must be 1,000 words or less.
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GARDENER DIGGINGS
Gardening questions? Call the Extension Office at
676-9642 to be refered to a master gardener.
When Garden Vegetables Are Ready, Don't Hesitate To Harvest
Don’t be shy. When garden produce is ready, start the harvest.
“ Regular picking encourages continued production in fruiting
vegetable plants such as cucumbers, squash, bush beans, peppers,
broccoli and eggplants,” said Ray McNeilan, home horticulturist
with the Oregon State University Extension Service. “Even a few
fruits left to mature on a cucumber plant will stop new fruit from
setting.”
Once a zucchini begins going to seed, the plant is triggered in
to a different growing stage and won’t develop any more squash.
Look for the following qualities when harvesting vegetables.
Bush Beans: Pick when at least three inches long.
Squash: Summer squashes are ready when medium-sized with
rinds that are easily dented with a fingernail. Winter squashes are
ready when rinds are firm enough that they can’t easily be dented
with a fingernail.
Tomatoes: Size is not a good indication of maturity. Look for
proper color. You can pick tomaties at any degree of ripeness but
they taste l>est if ripened on the vine.
Cucumbers: Pick before they turn yellow. Large ones are good
eaten fresh.
Broccoli: Stalks ready for picking are firm but tender. Buds at
the top of the stalk should be compact and not show ing the color
that would indicate the plant is flowering. Cut the large central
head just before it separates into several heads. After that, cut
the side shoots that develop into small heads.
Eggplants: Ready when shiny.
Peppers: Usually mature late. The green varieties should have
a shiny color and be firm Red varieties should have a unifri^m
red color liefore harvesting.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Duncan, Leavenworth, WA., announce
the engagement of their daughter, Nicole Ann, to Thomas
Michael Kenny, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Kenny of Heppner.
Nicole graduated from Cascade High School in Leavenworth
in 1992 and from Eastern Washington University in 1996. She
is enrolled in graduate school at Washington State University.
Thomas graduated from Heppner High School in 1990. He at
tended Blue Mountain Community College and is currently
employed as a processor for Old World Christmas, Inc. in
Spokane, WA.
The wedding is planned for Saturday, Sept. 7, at St. Patrick's
Catholic Church in Heppner.
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