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Heppner
lone welcomes two new exchange students
By Mickle Winnet
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Device may prevent deer collisions
To the Editor:
I am responding to the letter in
last week's paper by Terry
Mçwhinney and other letters to
the editor I have seen lately
regarding deer on our highways.
Deer cause accidents, deaths and
higher insurance rates for us all.
In 1993, the U.S. Dept, of
Transportation released these
statistics: deaths from collisions
with
ammals-95;
injunes-
13,000; individuals reporting
property damage-225,000. Keep
in mind that these statistics only
account for accidents actually
reported to the U.S. Dept, of
Transportation. Only people
living in a rural area, like us,
know that these figures could
pertain to Morrow County alone.
There should be a safe and
affordable solution.
I have obtained a U.S. Patent
(#5627518) for a device called
the "Deer Dodger." This device
rests on your dashboard and will
alert the driver by an audible
signal or beep and also a visual
LED alarm of animals on or near
the road ahead. For further
information, call or write: Jim
Wishart, P.O. Box 323, Heppner,
OR. 97836; phone (541) 676-
9167 (work), (541) 676-5571
(home).
(s) James F. Wishart
Heppner
Traffic flow change creates bottlenecks
To The Editor:
I try to keep an open mind
about changes and new ideas,
but I am having trouble
understanding the changes made
■ 'ih the traffic flow in and around
,, fc'High School) So' are
ny others and that is why 1
am writing this letter asking Mr.
Ron Anthony, principal at HHS,
if he would explain to the public
why he made those traffic flow
changes.
One of the possible reasons I
heard was that seventh and/or
eighth graders would run out of
the doors that open onto the back
parking lot on their way to the
basketball hoops on the upper
back parking lot without
looking.
If that is so, couldn't there be a
simpler way to stop traffic?
Why not try a removable stop
sign and crosswalks like
Heppner Elementary uses on the
public street through its
buildings?
With the now current system,
there are definite bottleneck
problems at HHS with service
trucks and large vehicles
backing up in a very tight area
where those same seventh/eighth
graders still cross.
If anyone has an opinion or
idea or suggestion, please call
HHS at 676-9138. Someone
already has expressed their
opinion by stealing the chain
that closed off the parking lot.
(s) Kay Proctor
Heppner
Society plans annual meeting
By Delpha Jonas
Plans are underway for the
annual meeting of the Morrow
County Historical Society, which
will be held at the Lexington
Grange Hall. There will be a tur
key potluck with turkey, dressing,
potatoes and hot rolls furnished.
Salad and dessert will be potluck.
Dinner will be served at 12:30
p.m., with the program at 1:30
p.m. John Fiedor, with the Na
tional Park Service at the Sheep
Your
i i i i i o j , T i c ^ y u c i , v y icyi/ii r r o u i i c a u a j r ,
Rock Unit, will present the pro
gram. The Sheep Rock Unit fea
tures fossils and a museum. The
units take in 14,000 acres. The
presentation will include a movie
and fossils to view.
Morrow County Chronicles for
this year will be available and dues
can be paid at this time. The
evening will feature door prizes
and a chance to visit with friends
and neighbors.
The public is invited to attend.
Sourcefor ...
Hannas Schulz
lone High School welcomes
two new exchange students this
year, Hannas Schulz from
Rostock, Germany, and David
Mansfeld from Usti nad Labem
in the Czech Republic.
Hannas is making his home for
the next year with Dennis and
Janet Stefani of lone.
Hannas, who is 6'8" and 240
pounds, is the son of Cerhand
and Martina Schulz. Hannas has
one sister, Rika, 16 years old.
His father is a mathematician
and heads up a computer
department at a energy provider
in Rostock and his mother is an
advertising economist.
The population of Rostock,
Germany, an old city with lots of
history, is 210,000.
Hannas enjoys basketball,
swimming (and has swam in the
Baltic Sea), going to the cinema
and especially enjoys net surfing
and stamp collecting.
Hannas, who turned out for
football, says, "Football is good
but sprints are hard."
His favorite music is rock n
roll but he also likes country. He
says his favorite subjects in
school
are
biology
and
"computemomics" but adds that
he dislikes math "very much."
While in the USA, Hannas
would very much like to visit
Orlando, Florida, and tour the
NASA Headquarters there.
"lone is very small and the
weather is very hot," says
Hannas . "In Germany this time
of year it's 20 degrees Celsius
(around
68-69
degrees
Fahrenheit)."
Ten other exchange students
from Rostock are also visiting
the U.S.
David Mansfield
David Mansfield, 17, was bom
and raised in Usti nad Labem,
which is one of the biggest cities
in the Czech Republic with a
population of about 100,000.
David, who is 6'2" and weighs
140 pounds, is the son of
Miroslav
and
Ladeslava
Catechetical classes scheduled
St. Patrick's Parish will resume
catechetical classes for grade
school students on Sunday,
Sept. 19. The classes will be
held in the Parish Hall from
9:30-10:45 a.m. Classes will be
held for kindergarten through
eighth grade children each
Sunday.
Teachers will be Kathy
Cutsforth Fullmer, Bill Kuhn,
Nova Sweeney, Mike Armato,
Joyce Graff and Mary Ann
Elguezabal.
Classes for the Young Patrician
high school study group will
begin with a kick-off dinner on
Sunday, Sept. 19. The study
classes
will
resume
on
Wednesday. Sept. 22, at 7:30
p.m. in the parish hall.
held Wednesday, sept 8
AWANA meets from 6:30 to 8
p.m. Wednesday evenings at
Lexington Baptist Church. Club
activities include relay games
around the AWANA circle,
Bible stones and handbook
activities in which clubbers may
eam awards to be displayed on
their uniforms.
Children in kindergarten
through sixth grade are welcome
to attend.
For more information, contact
Loren Unruh at 676-9873 or
Lexington Baptist Church at
989-8555.
The adult study group will
resume having the "Come As
You Are" program. Those
studying part-two of this
program will resume Monday,
Sept. 20, at the parish hall.
Those wishing to begin the first
year study of this program may
register with Fr. Gerry Condon.
The beginning date will be
announced later.
For those wishing to review
the teachings of the Catholic
Church or to become members
of the Catholic Church, an initial
meeting will be held on Monday,
Sept. 20, at the parish office.
Those who interested should
contact Fr. Condon at 676-9462.
Everyone is welcome to
participate in St. Patrick's
programs.
Program brings youth together
for outdoor adventure
Youth from the entire county
were invited to the third annual
Outdoor Adventure Program
held August 6-8 at Anson
Wright Park, southeast of
Heppner.
Of the 28 youth who attended
the program, which was
sponsored by Morrow County
Behavioral Health, seven came
from the south end and 17 from
the north end of the county. The
youth ranged in age fro eight to
21 years old.
Each year this program
continues to bring youth and
adults together for a weekend
AW AW A club
starts new year
It's time for another year of fun
at AWANA, a nondenopuna-
tiortal. Bible club sponsored by
several churches in the area.
The first club meeting will be
Manseldova. His mother is a
teacher who teaches English and
Czech; his father is a director of
Barm Continental which deals
with tires. He also has a 19-year-
old brother, Vit, who was an
exchange student in Sacramento,
CA.
David's favorite subjects are
computer and PE. His favorite
sport is basketball, but says he
likes all ball games, although
"football is not my favorite
sport."
David has attended music
school and played the flute and
clarinet in the orchestra in Usti
nad Labem.
David says he is glad to be in a
small town and comments, "The
people here are nice."
David says only two students
from Usti nad Labem came to
the U.S. as exchange students.
David's host family is Scott
and Cindy Burright, who say
they are enjoying David. "David
is quite friendly," says Cindy
Scott has taught David, who has
never eaten a sandwich before,
the fine art of making the "Scott
Bumght Special. "It's good, very
good," claims David.
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drug free alternative activities.
Many activities focused on team
building and support of
individual members.
"It is important for these youth
to interact with adults who could
provide positive feedback to
their creative challenges," said
Marilyn Bader-Nesse. "There
are very few noncompetitive
activities that bring the youth of
our county together, hopefully
this event will continue to do
just that."
Free time included hiking about
the park, fishing and evenings
around the fireplace with plenty
of "s'mores".
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Rebekahs discuss district meeting
By Delpha Jones
Holly Rebekah Lodge met on
Thursday evening for the first
meeting of the fall, with Marlene
Grey, Noble Grand, presiding.
Plans were discussed further for
the McNary District meeting,
which will be held at Holly Lodge
on Saturday, Sept. 11. Gen Mar
tin, chairman for the district, re
ceived her program and the com
mittees appointed for this day.
The card party, which is the first
of series held every fall and win
Pioneer Memorial
Nursing Home
and
°
ter was discussed. Card parties
are scheduled for the first Satur
day of each month starting in Oc
tober; however, the first one is
scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 9 due
to hunting season.
Refreshments were served by
the host committee.
o e p i e m u c r 0,
Road Construction
Status Report
Notice to the citizens who
utilize and enjoy the Willow
Creek (Coal Mine Grade) area:
The
U.S.
Dept. of
Transportation lists its planned
construction
activities on
Willow Creek Road for the week
of Monday, Sept. 7:
Tidewater completed placing
the emulsified aggregate base on
Sept. 3, and continued shaping
the grade on Sept. 4. The guard
rail subcontractor began driving
the posts for the rail on Sept. 2
and planned to be finished on
Sept. 7.
The pacing was scheduled to
start Sept. 7. As stated last week,
they will start with a 300 meter
control strip, which is utilized to
set the rolling pattern for
compaction and density. While
they are determining the roller
pattern and the compaction
factors for the asphalt, they will
pave the turnouts and the
approaches at the Penlake Lake
access area, then set back and
finish the lower lift of asphalt.
The schedule shows that they
will be finished with the paving
on Saturday, Sept. 11.
The week of Sept. 13 will be
utilized to hang the guard rail
and place the paint strips on the
road, along with finishing out a
punch list of items that require
being completed prior to
acceptance of the project.
The only truck traffic that
should be on the FS 53 road and
the Shaw Grade (the detour
route) will be logging and chip
trucks.
Emergency
access
through the project will be
maintained throughout the
construction season.
Willow Creek Road will
remain open to local traffic only,
as far as Cutsforth Park. The
park will remain open through
the normal season. The detour
route through Shaw Creek Road
to the tour comers, to Penland
Lake and Ukiah, is and will
remain open to all traffic.
During the 1999 construction
season, Willow Creek Road
(Coal Mine Grade) (FS 53 Road)
will remain closed to all through
traffic, from Cutsforth Park to
the intersection of FS Roads
5321 (Penland Lake Road).
There will be some logging
truck traffic from the FS 21 road
(Penland Lake Road) and chip
truck traffic from the FS 5350
road (Texas Pit Road).
Watch for log and chip trucks,
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 of 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, 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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