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♦ TWO Heppner Gazette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 11,1999 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Road Construction Garden Club presents state contest awards Status Report Notice to the citizens who utilize and enjoy the Willow Heppner Creek (Coat Mine Grade) area: The U S. Dept. of Transportation lists its planned construction activities on U S P S . 240-420 • Willow Creek Road for the week of Monday, Aug. 9: Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper This week, Tidewater will Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 finish hauling base aggregate W Willow Street Telephone (5 4 1)676-9228. Fax (5 4 1>676-9211. E-mail gt@heppner net material from the Summerfield or gtiu.rapidserve net Web site www heppner.net Postmaster send address changes to Ridge Quarry site to the project the Heppner Ga/ette-Times, P O Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions $22 in and start hauling the next course Morrow County, $16 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $29 else of aggregate material. This site where David S y k es..................................................................................................................... Publisher is near the intersection of Black April Hilton-Sykes............ .................................................................................................. Editor Mountain Road and FS 53 Road. On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www. heppner net There will be between 6-10 • Real Estate For Sale * City Council & Planning Minutes trucks utilizing the main road • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations between Black Mountain Road • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! and Cutsforth Park, hauling the base aggregate and emulsified aggregate base material. There has been a truck sign placed at Letters to the Editor each side of the intersection to the quarry site. Editor's note Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Cazette-Times will not The next course will be an publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all emulsified aggregate base, a 4" letters 'lor use by the C-T office. The C-T reserves the right to edit. layer of aggregate mixed with one percent asphalt oil, to seal the base aggregate. After the emulsified aggregate base course and specialized equipment has been laid, the asphalt To the Editor: available to deal with toxic running surface will be placed. I wanted to respond to Mr. Greenup's letter in the July 28 fumes and synthetic burning They will continue working on the Penland Lake Road issue of the G-T where he materials. intersection and should have it Fire fighter safety is our first expresses his frustration and completed by Wednesday. and foremost priority. Our disappointment with our The surveyors will continue response to the vehicle fire policy on not fighting vehicle or incident on the Willow Creek structural fires is nationwide and setting stakes for the top of sub very longstanding. Our grade as they continue towards Road on July 23. objective in the end of the project. There This letter is essentially the employees' shouldziot be any trucks hauling same as one which 1 sent to him responding is to prevent the material to the 20 mph comer spread of the fire to surrounding right after the incident. I felt waste site this week. that our agency perspective lands, should the vehicle or Emergency access through the structure fire escape the should be offered to the project will be maintained immediate incident area. community, so that people throughout the construction I sympathize with the family understand why we have the who lost their possessions, it's season. policies that we have. First I Willow Creek Road will certainly a sad thing to happen. want to say that I certainly do remain open to local traffic only, I know that the response understand Mr. Greenup's as far as Cutsforth Park. The observed is frustrating and may sentiments, but I would like to park will remain open through paint a negative picture of the take this opportunity to explain the normal season. The detour Forest Service and federal that our "rules and regulations" route through Shaw Creek Road employees in general. However, are in place for very good to the four comers, to Penland an unsafe response by untrained reasons. Lake and Ukiah, is and will and unequipped people would be First let me explain that our fire remain open to all traffic. nothing short of negligent. I fighters did not avoid During the 1999 construction want each and every one of my suppression action because "they season, Willow Creek Road employees home alive and weren't on FS ground". The area (Coal Mine Grade) (FS 53 Road) uninjured at the end of every where the fire occurred is within shift they work. In addition to will remain closed to through a cooperative protection traffic, from Cutsforth Park to our regular workforce, many of boundary with the stale of . the intersection of FS Roads Oregon, but even within these ~ 0ur f,re fighters are the young boundaries our actions, (gs well , F}en ,, of our . 5321 (Penland Lake Road). Watch for travelers, campers, community, our sons and as the state of Oregon's) are and wood cutters, observe the daughters, and I feel a huge limited to the suppression of warning signs, including the responsibility for their safety as wild land fires only. Our fire speed limit, on the Shaw Creek they are entrusted to me each fighters (and theirs) are only Road detour route, and observe summer. Any one of them could trained to deal with wild land the barricades at both ends of the have been who might have fires and have neither the construction zone. Have a safe responded that day, and I would equipment or training to address summer and remember that the hope they would have all done vehicle or structural fires. barricaded road closures are for exactly as they have been Structural and vehicle fires the traveling public's safety. instructed. . . that being we do entail added risks of unknown Federal Highways asks the not take suppression actions on hazardous materials, including traveling public for their vehicle or structure fires. flammable and explosive patience, consideration and I'm glad Mr. Greenup cared materials, dangerous chemicals cooperation, and appreciates enough to write to me. and I and different fire effects related input from the public. appreciate this opportunity to to burning materials not at all Contact Robert G. Toops, explain our position to the similar to vegetation. Structural project engineer, at (541) 676- community at large. fire fighters must have many 5904 in Heppner for additional (s) Delanne Ferguson hours of additional training in Heppner District Ranger ■ information. how to assess these situations, Heppner GAZETTE-TIM ES Regulations exist for very good reasons Applauds Garden Club beautification programs To the Editor: I certainly appreciate the beautification programs of the Heppner Garden Club. The work of the members makes the dnve into town more delightful. Their plants on Main Street are an excellent contribution. The "Yard of the Month" program is a wonderful way to increase our awareness of our beautiful neighborhoods. Members are especially active as the week of fair and rodeos approaches, and we are enriched by their efforts. I know I am only one of many who applaud their successful efforts to beautify Heppner. (s) Doris Brosnan Heppner Community choir rehearsal The South Morrow County Community Choir will hold their first rehearsal on Monday, Sept. 13, at 5:30 p.m. at the Heppner High School band room. The choir is funded by the Morrow County Unified Recre ation District and is sponsored by the South Morrow County Arts Council. Pre-school to begin Sept. 30, open house Aug. 31 The Heppner Pre-school will start Monday, Sept. 13, at the Heppner DayCare. . Four-year olds will attend Mondays and Tuesdays from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Three-year olds will attend Wednesdays from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Cost is $50 a month for four FAX PAPER Gazette-Tl: year olds and $25 a month for three year olds. Pre-school has planned an open house on Wednesday, Aug. 31, for sign-up and "a little hands-on for the kids to get acquainted with the center," said Merry Brannon, director of the day care center. Brannon will teach pre-school this year with assistance from Renee Yocom. Anyone with any questions or comments is invited to stop by dunng the open house or call Brannon at 676-5429. Poster contest award winners (left to right): Nathan Van Cleave, Kristen Van Cleave, Anna Unruh and Matthew Van Cleave. Not pictured are Nathan Kennedy, Maurica Klein and Nicole Fritz. The Heppner Garden Club presented awards to state poster contest winners at a club meeting August 2. The young people received awards for their Smokey Bear and Woodsey Owl environmental posters and enjoyed cookies and punch, courtesy of the Garden Club. Award winners include: Nathan Van Cleave, Kristen Van Cleave, Anna Unruh, Matthew Van Cleave, Nathan Kennedy, Sarah Johnson, Drew Johnson, Nathan Kennedy and Maurica Klein. Correction , A story in the August 4 Gazette-Times was incorrect. The G-T listed Nonnee Walters as the grand champion of the Morrow County 4-H Horse Show and Bobbie Rankin as the reserve grand champion of the show. The story should have listed Nonnee Walters as the reserve champion of senior horse showmanship, but overall grand champion of the event and Bobbie as senior horse showmanship champion, but reserve grand champion of the event. Rankin was high point rider overall, i,- , , i The winners of the dressage, firs level, test 1 were also listed incorrectly. Tracy Rankin was champion and Bobbie Rankin was reserve champion. Gun Club plans ‘end of harvest5 shoot The Morrow County Gun Club (MCGC) will hold an “end of har vest” shoot on Saturday, Aug. 14, with a family barbecue to begin at noon and shooting to start at 1 p.m. MCGC invites everyone to “load up the family,” bring their own meat and a salad and join them for an afternoon of kids’ and ladies’ shoots, along with regular trap ana special games. For more information, call 676- 5275 or 676-5042. In further news, MCGC mem ber Jeff Cutsforth won the B class singles championship at an ATA shoot in Hermiston on July 31, shooting 97 of 100 targets. BUSINESS CARDS Commission to award grants The Morrow County Commission on Children & Families is seeking community development proposals for the October-December 1999 quarter. "The Community Development Fund was established for anticipated yet unidentified community needs and leverage funds and resources into services, advocacy and unique application projects for the children, youth and families of Morrow County, said Dar Merrill, director of the Morrow County Commission on Children & Families. The commission is seeking new proposals for the upcoming quarter. There is approximately $1,500 available this quarter and the maximum grant is $500. ■ Examples of reasonable Community Development Fund requests include, but are nqt limited to: seasonal program needs; small capital expenditures . .. (except for private property); service program staff training; ,s one-time events and pilpt projects, said Merrill. Next quarter's proposals will be reviewed on Tuesday, Sept. 14, during the monthly commission meeting but must be received by the commission office by Monday, Aug. 30 to be considered. Applications are available at- the commission office at 12Q. South Main in Heppner or hy._. calling 676-9675. Diversification study topic o f meeting The public is invited to meetings scheduled in Heppner, lone and Lexington to discuss the recently completed Willow Creek Valley Economic Diversification Study. Dates and times for the meetings are as follows: -Heppner: August 24, 12 noon - no-host lunch sponsored by the Heppner Chamber of Commerce at Cal's Restaurant; -Lexington: August 24, 7 p.m. -MorrowCounty School District office; -lone: August 25, 12 noon - no \ host lunch sponsored by ICABO at Beecher's Restaurant. Copies of the study will be available beginning the week o f , August 16 at the Heppner,,. Lexington and lone city halls and at the library in Heppner. Beach mee» Heppner Gaiette- Time* % M urrayd Country Rode Poster contest winners Sarah and Drew Johnson. QoCd o h SterCtHQ Micro-Brewed Beer e3 Wine Tad ting a t the Morrow County Fair laiso avaiêaôêa in Mediates t earrings) W ednesday, Aug. 18th, 6:30-9 p.m , FEATURING W INES RECOMMENDED BY W IN E SPEC TATO R M AGAZINE FROM LOCAL COLUMBIA VALLEY WINERIES ( Ita lia n S oda* Phone in your entries for the Morrow County Jackpot Rodeo Entritt will I k open Sunday S Monday, Aug. 15-16, <) a.m.-6 p.m. To enter, call Marlene Currin, rodeo secretary at (541) 676-9711. t • w ill a h o be a va ila b lel) « Came bear-Absolutely 9 (pbodyml (Atfl - / »*>■ Pettrson’j Nappntr j r ß » ■■■ ( 7» « 4 N ■ »T8M f J«wel«r$ / m tiN
