Creative Care preschool plans Mexican fiesta
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VOL. 118_______ NO. 2_______ 6 Pages
Wednesday, January 13,1999
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Town & Country banquet Jan. 14
The annual Heppner Chamber
of Commerce Town and Country
Banquet will be held this
Thursday, January 14, at the
Heppner Elks Club.
Social hour, hosted by the
Morrow County Grain Growers,
will begin at 6 p.m. and the
prime rib dinner will get
underway at 7 p.m.
The entertainment will feature
a portrayal by Mema Debolt of
Lucy Meriwether Marks, the
mother of explorer Meriwether
Lewis
The evening will also include
the coronation of the Morrow
County Fair and Oregon Trail
Pro Rodeo Court, presentation of
the annual Chamber man,
woman, business and educator
of the year awards, lifetime
achievement awards, musical
entertainment by David Bates
and
Company
and
the
Sentimentalists, Rick Drake and
Brent Dickenson and a gemstone
drawing sponsored by Peterson’s
Jewelers.
Tickets at $15 each are
available at the Bank of Eastern
Oregon, Klamath First Federal,
Murray Drugs and Morrow
County Grain Growers.
Forest Service plans impact statement
following court order
Umatilla National Forest
Supervisor Jeff Blackwood
announced this week that the
forest
will
develop
an
environmental impact statement
(EIS) for the Tower Fire
Recovery Area, following a
court order to stop work within
the 50 thousand acre area burned
by wildfire in 1996.
This decision comes after the
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
issued an order November 5, to
Blackwood to "...halt all
logging, road building and other
ground disturbing activities
within the Tower Fire Area ...
until further order of the court."
The Court found the
environm ental
analysis
completed to date was not
sufficient in addressing the
combined
effects
of all
scheduled restoration projects.
Currently, all timber sales and
other
ground
disturbing
activities in the Tower Fire area
are enjoined and halted by the
9th Circuit Court of Appeals
pending completion of an EIS.
The order stems from a lawsuit
filed January 22, 1998, by the
Blue Mountains Biodiversity
Project, et. al.
The assessment was undertaken
to evaluate restoration and
timber salvage' opportunities
following
the catastrophic
50,800 Tower fire in August and
September, 1996.
The Federal District Court
upheld the project decision and
salvage sales in Big Tower were
sold and awarded in the spring
of 1998. As a result of an appeal
by Blue Mountain Biodiversity
Project to the 9th Circuit Court
of Appeals, the 9th Circuit Court
ordered the halt to the project on
November 5.
Nineteen million board feet
(mmbf) of the 26 mmbf sold
have been cut and removed. At
the time of the stop order, three
of four timber sales were
actively being harvested from
the Tower Fire area.
Other projects halted by the
court order include wildlife and
fish habitat improvement, road
obliteration, trail maintenance,
fuels treatment, grazing, mining,
thinning and hazard tree
removal. The order does not
prohibit road maintenance, water
bar installation, ditch and culvert
cleaning or other erosion
preventative measures.
Nor
does
the
order
prohibit
recreational use or hunting.
Government attorneys are
researching a process by which
the Forest Service can proceed
with the restoration activities
before
completing
the
E nvironm ental
Impact
Statement.
Craig Smith-
Dixon, North Fork John Day
District ranger said, "the court
order is clear and our plan is to
complete the EIS by next fall."
Volunteers needed
By Doris Brosnan
Heppner thrives, in part,
because of volunteers. Many, if
not most, of the important events
and projects that have kept
Heppner such a liveable
community
have
been
accomplished by volunteers.
Some people want to volunteer
just a little. Some people want
to volunteer for small, quick
jobs. Some people are interested
in bigger projects. Some people
want to volunteer on a regular
basis. Needs exist for all those
people.
Most of the time, when jobs
need doing, someone involved
will
call
friends
and
acquaintances to help. The jobs
get done and Heppner benefits.
At least four risks exist: (1)
Some volunteers spread their
energies and ideas so widely that
"burn-out" becomes a problem.
(2) New perspectives can be
overlooked. (3) Residents new to
the area and would-be-good
workers miss opportunities to
contribute time, energies, and
talents to the local projects. (4)
Some projects and activities
suffer from lack of volunteer
support.
This column is an experiment
and is for everyone who needs a
volunteer or wants to be a
volunteer. The purpose of this
column is to bring the two
together and to acknowledge the
good works of Heppner’s many
volunteers.
Needs can be listed by calling
676-5886.
Looking for volunteers this
week:
Neighborhood Center, 676-
5024:
-Someone to offer a craft class
at the center
-Someone to help with sorting
and with stocking the food room.
CAPECO, 676-5313:
-Someone to help set tables on
Wednesdays.
-Someone to help with Bingo
on Friday evenings.
Library, 676-9964:
-Teenagers to help with "Story
Time" on Tuesday evenings.
Someone to offer instruction in
use of the Internet.
Museum, 676-5524:
-Someone to organize a
volunteer group, so our many
jobs have many hands to do
them.
Heppner
Chamber
of
Commerce, 676-5536:
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-Volunteers to be Heppner
Ambassadors.
Heppner Day Care, 676-5429:
-Someone to help with
preschool crafts, snacks, or
reading, Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, 9-11 a.m.
Two volunteers at the library,
Paula Spicerkuhn and Lily
Calvert, have been helping with
the
"Story
Time"
since
September and Jim Norene is
cleaning the museum's gun
collection.
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Creative Care Preschool in lone
is planning a Mexican Fiesta at
Beecher's Cafe in lone on
Monday, January 18, from 5:30-
7:30 p.m.
The fiesta will be a major fund
raising event for the preschool.
Betty Grey is allowing the use
of Beecher's Cafe for the fiesta.
The menu will be authentic,
with
homemade
tortillas,
shredded beef and chicken
enchiladas, fresh salsa, dessert,
and a complimentary Margarita,
either regular or non-alcoholic.
Creative Care Preschool is a
non-profit early childhood
development program serving
the needs of over 28 children in
the lone community. Creative
Care is dependent solely on
parent fees, with no public
funding, and they have worked
to raise funds through private
donations and grant programs.
These sources have become
more scarce, according to Shelly
Rietmann, spokesperson for the
preschool. "This fund raiser will
be the largest event for the
preschool and, if successful, will
allow the preschool to continue
the high quality the program the
families have enjoyed in the
past."
Marketing
seminar
scheduled
market. Instructor Michae
Stoltz, OSU regional director,
will also explain the basics of
"puts" and "calls" and how to
use them to more effectively
market crops.
Those attending should bring a
sack lunch.
For more information or to
preregister, call the Extension
office at 676-9642.
Class of 1999
plans taco feed
The Heppner High School
class of 1999 has planned a taco
feed for this Saturday, Jan. 16,
from 2:30-6 p.m. in the HHS
home ec room during the HHS-
Sheiman County basketball
game.
The meal, which
includes a taco, beverage and
brownie, will be $3 for adults for
a one-taco meal, $4 for a two-
taco meal, $2.50 for children
under 10 and $15 for a family.
5 p.m. M onday
Call 676-5886 if you need a
volunteer.
Health district
to attend council
The Morrow County Health
District Board planned to attend
the Boardman City Council
meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 13,
for an informal workshop
regarding medical services
provided by the district to the
Boardman area.
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Heppner BEO sponsors buckle
Darrell Raver, branch manager of the Bank of Eastern Oregon
Heppner Branch, presents an official court belt buckle on behalf of
BEO to Morrow County Rodeo and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen
Bobbie Rankin.
"I'm looking forward to a good year," says Queen Bobbie. "And I
hope to see everyone at the fair and rodeo.”
The coronation of the queen and court will be held this Thursday,
Jan. 14, at the Town and Country Banquet at the Heppner Elks Club.
Lexington election under
A wheat and commodity
marketing seminar will be held
on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Morrow
County
Extension office
conference room in Heppner.
The seminar is designed to
help women understand budget
management and the commodity
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Adult tickets at the door will be
$10 each.
For more information, call
422-7243.
Tickets are $8 for adults, $6
for children under 12 and $25
for a family. Children two years
and under will be admitted free.
investigation
the positions of the mayor and a
city council member.
Council members are Pat
Baker, John Renfro, Duane
Disque and Marcia Kemp. Bill
Sheirbon is mayor.
The city of Lexington is
currently under investigation by
the Department of Justice
concerning an alleged election
violation.
The investigation involves a
possible election violation for
Heppner has gas
station since the closure of
Miller's Mini Mart and Chevron
at 294 North Main on Dec. 22.
The station was shut down
because of the prohibitive costs
of federally mandated tank
replacement, say owners Dennis
and Pennie Miller.
Cal's Service Center at West
Mam and North Center, kitty
comer from Miller's, formerly
owned by Cal and Bev Sherman,
was sold to Devin Oil and then
demolished to allow for tank
replacement and construction of
a new station and convenience
store.
The new Chevron Station
under construction in Heppner
was scheduled to start pumping
gas this Wednesday, Jan. 13,
according to Dick Devin, vice
president of Devin Oil, Inc.
Devin said the station would
open at 10 am . for limited
operation but added that he had
not yet determined the station's
regular hours.
He said that he hopes to have
the convenience store going by
Feb. 1.
Heppner has had no gas
Sentimentalists to
perform at banquet
The Arts Council of Morrow
County
will sponsor the
"singing sensations",
"The
Sentimentalists",
as
they
perform on Thursday, January
14, at the Town & Country
banquet.
This group sang during the
holidays at the hospital and at
the nursing home.
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