Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 28,
Willow Creek Baptist VBS
Road Construction
Status Report
Third and fourth grade c la s s in the W illow Creek Baptist Vacation Bible Sch oo l held last week in Heppner
brought in the m ost food items to be donated to the Neighborhood Center. The third and fourth graders
brought in 111 out of 194 items.
•Kids and leaders at tba,WillQW.Creek Baptist Vacation Bible school have fun with songs at the conclusion
' at the Heppner City Park.
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of the program ■
held
MCGC holds shoot
The Morrow County Gun Club
(M C G C ) held their monthly shoot
on July 25 at the clubhouse in Lex­
ington.
Winners o f the 16-yard event
were: first Rob Ashbeck, 24 o f 25;
second a tie b etw een M ark
Schlichtmg and Travis Greenup,
23 o f 25; third a tie between Mick
HUNTER
EDUCATION
COURSE
A hunter education course
has been scheduled on Au­
gust 3, 6, 7, 10, 11, from 6-9
p.m. at the Heppner Ranger
District office in Heppner.
Aug. 7 will be a field day from
8 a.m.-1 p.m. This will be the
only class in this area offered
this summer.
Students will learn safe and
responsible hunting tech­
niques, proper hunter ethics,
wildlife management and out­
door skills.
The course is required for all
Oregon hunters younger than
18 (unless they hunt on their
own property). All sessions
must be attended to students
to pass.
For more information or to
sign up, contact Russ Morgan
at 676-5230 or Tom Wolff at
676-5114. A $5 donation is
requested to cover to cost of
the field day.
Sharp, Jimmy Walton and Curt
Day, 21 o f 25.
Winners o f the 20-yard handi­
cap event w ere: first Jim m y
Walton, 20 o f 25; second Rob
Ashbeck, 19 o f 25; third Mark
Schlichting, 18 o f 25.
There was one g o lf round shot
won by Mark Schlichting, and two
Annie Oakleys, won by Curt Day
and Jimmy Walton.
The next shoot o f the M CG C
will be held on Saturday, Aug. 14.
Tim e and location w ill be an­
nounced at a later date. The club
will also be installing outside lights
and will hold night shoots by Sep­
tember.
Cancer support
group to meet
The Pendleton Prostate Cancer
Support
Group
will
meet
Monday, Aug. 2, at 7 p.m. at
Good
Shepherd
Hospital,
Conference
Center #1,
in
Hermiston.
Dr. Fred Foss from
Kennewick, W A is the guest
speaker.
He
w ill
discuss
"Surgery vs. Radiation and the
Pros and Cons o f Each." This is
a timely lesson, because the
choices to treat prostate cancer
usually is one or both o f these
therapies, said a support group
spokesperson.
A ll interested people,
including wives, are welcome to
attend this free meeting.
Justice Court
Report
The Justice Court office at the
courthouse annex building in
Heppner reports handling the fol­
lowing business:
Sarah A. Lewis, 22, Kamlah,
ID.-Failure to Use Seat Belt, $54
fine;
Mark Way, 33, Heppner-DUlI,
$993 fine, 80 hours community
service and complete alcohol edu­
cation program;
Donald R. Kelley, 56-Violation
o f the Basic Rule, 75 mph in a 55
mph zone, $106 fine;
John W . Roberts, 51, Red-
mond-DUH, $993 fine, 80 hours
community service, complete al­
cohol education program;
Melinda S. Nichols, 35, Pilot
Rock-Crim inal Trespass, $626
fine;
Edward Sproed, 53, Adams-
Theft III, $227 fine;
Phillip L. Kight, 48, Heppner-
Failure to Use Seat Belt, $74 fine,
Driving Uninsured, $172 fine;
Michael D. Lynch, 40, Hepp-
ner-Driving while License Sus­
pended, $292 fine, Failure to Wear
Seat Belt, $74 fine.
Notice to the citizens who
utilize and enjoy the W illow
C reek (Coat Mine Grade) area:
The
U.S.
Dept.
of
Transportation lists its planned
construction
activities
on
Willow Creek Road for the week
o f Monday, July 26:
This
week,
Tidewater
Contractors will be working
within the limits o f the project
with the exception o f hauling
material to waste at the 20 mph
comer Monday-Fnday. There
w ill be flaggers at the 20 mph
comer to assist the traveling
public.
They will be hauling base
aggregate material from the
Summerfield Ridge Quarry site
to the project continuing through
this week and for at least the
first week o f August. This site is
near the intersection o f Black
Mountain Road and FS 53 Road.
There will be a number o f trucks
utilizing the main road between
Black Mountain Road and
Cutsforth Park hauling the
material. Watch for the truck
signs and trucks entering the
main road near this location.
They have completed the sub­
grade to the Smith Ditch area
and are placing the base
aggregate on the first mile plus
o f roadway. They will continue
blading the sub-grade from
Smith Ditch, working towards
the
Penland
Lake
Road
intersection.
There are a few culverts that
have to be set, which were not
started as planned last week.
Work on the culverts began
Monday. The surveyors will also
continue setting stakes for the
top o f sub-grade as they
continue towards the end o f the
project.
Emergency access through the
project will be maintained
throughout the season.
W illow Creek Road will
remain open to local traffic only,
as far as Cutsforth Park. The
park w ill remain open through
the normal season. The detour
route through Shaw Creek Road
to the four comers, to Penland
Lake and Ukiah, is and will
remain open t,o all traffic.
During the 1999 construction
season, W illow Creek Road
(Coal Mine Grade) (FS 53 Road)
w ill remain closed to through
traffic, from Cutsforth Park to
the intersection o f FS Roads
5350(Texas Pit Road).
Watch for travelers, campers
and wood cutters, observe the
warning signs, including the
speed limit, on the Shaw Creek
Road detour route, and observe
the barricades at both ends o f the
construction zone. Have a safe
summer and remember that the
barricaded road closures are for
the traveling public's safety.
Federal Highways asks the
traveling
public
for
their
patience,r consideration
and
cooperation, and appreciates
input from the public.
Contact Robert G. Toops,
project engineer, at (541) 676-
5904 in Heppner for additional
information.
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Need common sense
T o the Editor:
On Friday afternoon, on
W illo w Creek Road, I came
upon a pickup and trailer fully
engulfed in flames with a young
fam ily standing by watching
helplessly while their belongings
burned up.
M y friend and I called 911 and
the Forest Service. Tw o USFS
employees and a pumper came
but stayed down the road and
refused to help. I drove down
and asked them to come up and
put the fire out; they refused to
assist
because
"rules
and
regulations prohibited them from
taking action because they
weren't on USFS ground." There
is something wrong with the
system when federal employees
refuse any effort to assist the
public because o f "rules and
regulations."
I agree, the pickup and trailer
could not have been saved, but
an effort on the employees' part
certainly would have made
everyone there feel a lot better.
It is circumstances like this that
give the USFS and federal
employees in general a bad
reputation.
Under
certain
circumstances
"rules
and
regulations" are misused. A little
common sense and consideration
for the human side o f life goes a
long way.
A concerned taxpayer,
(s) Greg Greenup
Heppner
C reative A rts
plans trip
The Morrow County Creative
Arts and '"rafts Club is planning
a trip to Lincoln City on Friday,
Oct. 1 through Sunday, Oct. 3.
The featured stop w ill be a
show by country singer Loretta
Lynn at Lincoln City, Saturday,
October 2. Other stops on the
trip will include the Columbia
Gorge Discovery Center at The
Dalles; the Lawrence Gallery,
the Portland Art Museum; plus a
day o f sightseeing on the Oregon
Coast.
Due to the cost and availability
o f tickets for the Loretta Lynn
show, the group needs a firm
count o f the number o f people
wanting to go by Saturday, July
For more information, or to
sign up, contact Betty M ills at
676-5546, or Bebe Munkers at
676-9677.
B U S IN E S S C A R D S
Heppner Gazette-Times
St. Patrick's Senior Center
News Bulletin
There were 116 people present for the senior dinner July 21.
Members o f the First Christian Church served. A large group from the
W illow Creek Baptist Church sang, ate lunch and visited w ith the
seniors. It was very nice to have these young people with us, said a
senior center spokesperson.
The menu for the senior meal on Wednesday, Aug. 4 w ill be
chicken-broccoli casserole, crescent rolls, pasta salad, spinach salad,
watermelon and juice. Members o f the Catholic Church will serve.
There will be an enchilada dinner on Friday, July 30 from 4-6 p.m.
at the senior center, with bingo from 7-9 p.m. This is a benefit for the
Ministerial Association to help them help people o f this area.
The senior bus went to Hermiston on July 22, with Gerald
Bergstrom driving. Eight seniors enjoyed lunch at the Senior Meal
Site. The bus is scheduled to go to Arlington on Tuesday, Aug. 3,
leaving Heppner at 9:30 a.m. Anyone wishing to be picked up in
Lexington or lone may call the senior center office, 676-9030, to have
their name put on the list.
The Dollaride car is available for taking seniors or disabled people
to doctor’ s appointments or for errands around town. The nursing
home uses it Tuesday mornings from 9-11 a.m., and it is used to pick
up two seniors out in the country on Wednesday mornings to bring
them to the senior meal. I f there is an urgent need to use it at those
times, please call several days ahead, so that arrangements can be
made to take care o f everyone. Call the senior center office, 676-9030,
to schedule your ride, the day before for in-town and at least two days
before an out-of-town date.
Exercise class is held every Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m.; cards
are held Tuesday and Friday at 1 p.m. There’ s always a jigsaw puzzle
to be worked on-everyone is welcome to participate.
Charming tum-of-the-century home
built in 1895 on South Main Street in Heppner,
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This lovely home has four bedrooms, two baths,
hill basement, attic, three-story barn, butler’s pantry,
parlor, enclosed back porch, mahogany front doors
and much more. A creek, waterfall and spring
are located on the property and the home
is included in the Morrow County Chronicles
published by the Morrow County Historical Society.
$
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at Schroth Realty in Hermiston, (541) 564-2027.
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