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TW O - Heppner Gazette-Tim es. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 14, 1998
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
H eppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
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Willow Creek Rond update
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The U.S. Dept, of Trans
portation lists its planned
construction activities on Willow
Creek Road for the week of
Monday, Oct. 12:
Tidewater plans to continue
working on the cut slopes above
Smith Ditch and building the
subgrade with some of the
material from these cut slopes.
They will be hauling to the waste
sites established off the FS 53
road on FS 53-020 road (the old
20 mph comer) for this week.
They will be preparing the road
grade for winter shutdown.
Drivers, be aware FS 53 road
will be busy with the truck
hauling waste from the Willow
Creek road project and the log
truck traffic from the various
timber
sales
this
week.
Emergency access through the
project will be maintained
throughout the construction
season.
Notice to the citizens that utilize
and enjoy the Willow Creek (Coal
Mine Grade) area: Willow Creek
(Coal Mine Grade-FS 53 road)
will remain closed to through
traffic from Cutsforth Park to the
intersection of FS roads 5350
(Texas Pit Road) and FS 53 (Coal
Mine Grade) for the winter
season. Due to additional
construction activities on the
project, the project has been
extended
into
the
1999
construction season. At this time,
work during 1998 construction
season will continue through
Friday. Oct. 23. By this date,
there will be concrete barriers
placed at each end of the project
and the existing wooden
barricades will remain as well.
During the winter shutdown. Coal
Mine Grade will be closed to all
motorized vehicles until weather
The U.S. Army Corps of En ' could fluctuate during the winter
gineers began its annual lowering depending on the amount of wa
of Willow Creek Lake in Hepp ter coming into the lake.
The lake is operated during the
ner on Wednesday. Oct. 14. The
lake will be at its wintertime level winter months for flood preven
tion and during the summer months
by Dec. I.
On Wednesday, water releases for recreation and irrigation.
were to be increased from three
The Corps lowers the lake level
cubic feet per second (cfs) to 10
to 2,063 feet elevation each year
cfs. Flows will be increased again
to store winter rain and snowmelt
on Thursday, Oct. 15 to 20 cfs.
runoff which minimizes the ef
The lake level will drop 11 verti
fects of flooding downstream of
cal feet between now and Dec.
the dam. The dam controls a
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drainage basin of 96 square miles.
Water releases from the lake
Flue shot clinics planned in county
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Penny and Sybil Krebs of lone
recently earned an award for
logging 250 hours in the
American
Quarter
Horse
Association Horseback Riding
Program.
The program provides AQHA
members recognition for time
spent riding or driving American
Quarter Horses.
Current AQHA members
complete a program application
and pay a one-time $25
enrollment fee. Each enrollee
receives an official AQHA log
sheet to record their hours
driving or riding their American
Quarter Horse. Participants need
not own their horse, but all
official hours must be accrued
with a registered American
Quarter Horse.
towards any item from Drysdales
Western Store, at 750 hours a
headstall valued at $22 from
Cowboy Tack. At both 1,000
hours and 3,000 hours award
recipients receive recognition in
"The Quarter Horse Journal",
AQHA's monthly magazine.
G-T FOOTBALL PICKS CONTEST
Willows Grange turkey dinner
12:30-2 p.m. Cost is $6 for adults,
$3.50 for children from 6-12 years
old and preschool children will be
admitted free.
Ecumenical services set
A Sunday brunch/pot luck
dinner
will
be
served
immediately following the
service.
This service is the third of a
series
in
which
each
congregation has served as the
host church. Opportunities for
continuing these services, as
well as sharing other ministry
opportunities
in
our
communities, will be discussed
in the near future, said Hope
and Valby Pastor Dick Metz.
ister with the Child Care Division.
After becoming a registered pro
vider. participants will be eligible
to participate in the USDA Food
Program.
To register for this class or for
more information, call CCRR at
1-800-559-5878.
in the General Election on Novem ber 3 rd
VOTE
For
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Steak feed & auction Sat.
The HHS Booster Club steak
feed and auction is planned for
Saturday, Oct. 17. The steak
feed will be from 6-8 p.m. and
the auction will get underway at
8 p.m.
Auction and raffle items this
year range from a collection of
20 Beanie Babies (three cats, two
dogs, a snake, turkey, flamingo,
spider, ostrich, kangaroo, two
monkeys, bull, cow, lamb, rhino,
racoon, horse, and iguana) to
jewelry, hunting and fishing
trips, a Mexican dinner for four,
a rifle and autographed sports
memorabilia.
Dinner and raffle tickets may
be picked up at the Shoe Box in
Heppner.
You need not be
present to win raffle items.
Steak feed tickets are $7.00
each.
October 16th - Friday
Retirement Party for Glen Ward after 40 YEARS of
being Secretary! 11 Social Hour 6-7 p.m. No Host Buf
fet Dinner at 7 p.m. RSVP 676-9181, 676-5303 or
676-9164.
October 17th - Saturday
Heppner High School Booster Club Steak Feed and
Auction. Steak feed-6-8 p.m.; auctlon-8 p.m.
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For questions or concerns
call (541) 481-5922 or
1-800-221-4371-02
and tackles.
This powerful
defense led to a 0 0 game to end
the fourth quarter which meant
the game was going into
overtime.
Overtime was played Kansas
Style-both
teams
had
a
maximum of eight downs to go
20 yards for a touchdown. St.
Mary’s started it off. On the first
down a 20-yard touchdown pass
was thrown, followed by the two-
point conversion. This meant
that lone would have to get a
touchdown. St. Mary's held the
Cardinals from a touchdown to
win the game.
lone's next game was against
the Echo Cougars Thursday, Oct.
8. at lone.
W hat does Bank of Eastern Oregon’s
N EW Senior Checking offer?
Rietmann
celebrates 90th
A Strong Ag Background
A Long-time County Resident
A Experienced in public
budget development
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The lone Middle School
Cardinals were defeated by an
overtime touchdown made by the
St. Mary's Junior High team
Friday afternoon.
The defense proved to be
overwhelming for both IMS and
St. Mary's. The Cardinals battled
to get one big offensive break; it
could not be found. St. Mary's
powerful line would not permit
big passes or running plays.
The same problem occurred for
St. Mary's with lone's powerful
pass and run defense. Cayle
Krebs proved to be the biggest
threat to St. Mary's with his sacks
County Health Department,
Boardman, noon-7 p.m.
-Wednesday, Oct. 21-St.
Patrick's
Senior
Center,
Heppner, 11 a.m.-l p.m.; lone
City Hall, 4-7 p.m.
-Thursday, Oct. 22-Morrow
County Health Department,
Heppner, noon-7 p.m.
Child care referral group plans class
Child Care Resource and Re
ferral (CCRR) will offer an over
view class on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at
6:30 p.m. in the conference room
of the mental health building in
Heppner.
This class will provide the nec
essary information forms to reg-
By Mike Radi«
conditions permits the use of
The Morrow County Health
snowmobiles.
Department has scheduled flu
Willow Creek Road (Coal Mine
shot clinics for Morrow County.
Grade) remains closed to through
Clinics will be held at the
traffic from Cutsforth Park to the
following locations:
intersection of FS roads 5350
-Monday, Oct. 19-Stokes
(Texas Pit Road) and FS 53 road
Landing Senior Center, Imgon,
(Coal
Mine Grade). This
11 a.m.-6 p.m.
intersection will remain open, to
-Tuesday, Oct. 20-Morrow
the logging contractor only, for
the removal of timber sale
material. FS 21 road, Penland
Lake Road intersection will
Willows Grange will hold their
remain open during construction annual turkey dinner on Sunday.
activities,
controlled
with Oct. 18.
flaggers.
Dinner will be served from
Willow Creek Road remains
open, to local traffic only, to
Cutsforth Park. The park will
remain open through the
An ecumenical worship service
construction season. The detour
route through Shaw Creek Road will be held at Valby Lutheran
to the four comers to Penland Church in lone on Sunday, Oct.
Lake and Ukiah is and will 18, at 10 a.m.
The service will include the
remain open to all traffic.
congregations of Hope Lutheran
Additional temporary signs have
Church
and
All
Saints
been placed for directions to the
Episcopal Parish, Heppner; and
Penland Lake access and Ukiah.
the host congregation, Valby
Please watch for logging truck
Lutheran. The congregations
traffic, hunters, campers and
extend
an invitation to anyone
observe the warning signs,
who wishes to join them on Oct.
including the speed limit, on the
18 or any other time for worship
Shaw Creek road detour route and
and
fellowship.
observe the barricades at both
They
will celebrate Holy
ends of the construction zone.
Communion
at the worship
Please have a safe fall and
service
and
the
Lord's Supper is
remember that the barricaded
open to all who wish to
road closures are for the traveling
participate.
public's safety.
Federal Highways asks the
traveling public for their patience,
consideration and co-operation
during the rest of this construc
tion season and hopes that the
work will be completed with a
Family members recently cele
minimum
of delays next
brated
the 90th birthday of Mrs.
construction season.
David
Rietmann, nee Lucile
For more information, contact
Bristow.
The party was held at the
Robert G. Toops, project en
lone Grange Hall.
gineer, at 676-5904 in Heppner.
Mrs. Rietmann was bom and
spent her entire life in lone until
recently. She now resides at Rose
The first award, a program
Arbor in Hermiston.
recognition patch, is given after
A potluck dinner and birthday
50 hours have been logged and
cake
were enjoy ed by the group.
verified.
Patches and nine
Some
time was spent by fam
subsequent awards are presented
ily
members
who spoke of the fun
at 100 to 5,000 hour levels and
times
spent
on the Rietmann
range from merchandise gift
ranch.
The
w onderful food
certificates from Drysdales
cooked
by
Mrs.
Rietmann was a
Western Store to a Montana
favorite
topic.
Silversmith trophy belt buckle at
Relatives from Oregon. Wash
the highest level.
ington and California attended.
Other awards provided by
AQHA
corporate
sponsors
include a 25-gift certificate good
Krebs earn AQHA award
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