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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 16, 2001 Elementary students get civics lesson at city hall Field day slated Area musicians join forces lone Elementary School fourth and fifth-grade students got a lesson in government during a visit to lone City Hall on Tuesday from lone Mayor Betty Gray (pictured with students), city clerk Cindy Doherty and maintenance supervisor Dan Anderson at lone City Hall. WCC plans Jack and Jill The Willow Creek County Club golfers will have a Jack and Jill mini-tournament on Friday evening, May 18, at 6 p.m. Couples will play in a nine-hole m odified-type o f play with the format determined by the committee in charge. Prizes will be awarded for low scores and special events. The charge will be $3 per couple for members and $10 per couple for non-members. Light snacks will be provided by the comm ittee in charge. Hosts for the event are Earl and Peggy Fishbum, Jim and Cam W ishart, and Louis and Betty Carlson. President’s budget funds dam The U.S. Army Corps o f Engineers' Fiscal Year 2002 (FY02) budget, as transmitted to Congress by President George W. Bush, includes $3.9 billion for civil works projects that meet the nation's water resource needs. "These projects will help to maintain and manage navigable waterways, effectively operate flood damage reduction and m ultiple-purpose projects, and restore and regulate wetlands and other important environmental resources across the nation," according to a news release. At the local level, the Corps' Portland District is expected to receive about $140 million o f the national budget to fund, work in the Rogue, W illam ette and. Columbia river basins. The Corps operates 19 multiple- purpose projects within Portland District, as well as the sediment retention structure built in response to the 1980 M ount St. Helens eruption, the Willow Crock project near Heppner, and Willamette Falls Locks at Oregon City. In FY02, about $58.5 million is proposed for operation and m aintenance activities. Tree seedlings available An assortment ofPonderosa Pine, Douglas Fir and seedlings will be available on a reservation basis Fnday, May 18, from 9 a m - 12 noon at the M orrow Soil and W ater Conservation District office at 430 Heppner/Lexm gton Hwy. Morrow SW CD organizes the dispersal o f these excess trees each year in cooperation with the USFS. "Trees provide shade, windbreaks, and wildlife habitat as well as m inim izing soil erosion," said a SWCD spokesperson. "Take advantage o f this opportunity and plant a few trees this spring to enhance your property. Survival increases if trees are healed in now and planted this fall." Please bring containers such as burlap sacks or garbage bags to protect the trees in transport. For more information, call the SW CD office at 676-5452. jjfliiT alisad laaqqaB ! A field day to tour and discuss the grass seed research plots at the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center, 1/2 mile south o f Hermiston at 2121 S. First Street (formally Hinkle Road) has been scheduled for Thursday, May 31. In addition to the tour, there will be in-the-field presentations on topics o f interest to grass seed growers o f Lower Umatilla Basin. These research plots were established in the fall o f 1997 and were expanded to 10 acres in the fall o f 1998. Major research efforts include plots to study seedling herbicide tolerance and a variety evaluation for Fine Fescues, Kentucky Bluegrass, Tall Fescue and Perennial Ryegrass. In addition, there are plots to study pea herbicide carry-over effects, mildew and rust control. The field day program will start o ff with announcements and an update o f current concerns to grass seed growers in the Umatilla and Morrow County areas, followed by a tour and discussion o f the herbicide and variety plots lead by Dan Ball, OSU Extension weed control specialist. Disease control plots will be reviewed by Phil Hamm. For more information call the Extension Office at (541) 567-8321. Three hours o f pesticide credits for Oregon and W ashington will be available for the morning tour. A field day to tour and discuss the cereal plots at the Hermiston Agncultural Research and Extension Center, 1/2 mile south of Hermiston at 2121 S. First Street (formally Hinkle Road) has been scheduled for W ednesday, June 6. In addition to the tour, there will be in-the-field presentations on topics of interest to irrigated cereal producers o f Lower Umatilla Basin. The field day program will start out with announcem ents and an update o f current concerns to cereal growers in the Umatilla and Morrow county areas, followed by a tour and discussion o f the variety and forage production plots lead by Kolding. Phil Hamm will review disease issues. For m ore information call the Extension Office at (541) 567-8321 \ r \ Professional soloists from Portland and New York will join regional musicians for a performance of Beethoven's famous Symphony #9 on May 20, 21 and 23. These concerts will feature the combined forces o f the Oregon East Symphony and Chorale, the Grande Ronde Symphony and Community Chorus, the Eastern Oregon University Chamber Choir and the Baker City Com munity Chorus, all conducted by OES Music Director Kenneth Woods. Bass-baritone Dean Ely o f Buffalo, NY, will join Janice Johnson, Kathryn Alexis Crump and Brennan Guilleroy of Portland as soloists in the final choral movement of this symphony which sets to music Schiller’s poem, "Ode to Joy." The concert schedule is as follows: Baker City: St. Francis Cathedral, 7 p.m. Sunday, May 20; Pendleton: Vert Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 21; LaGrande: Loso Hall, on the EOU campus, 7:30 Wednesday, May 23. Tickets will be available at the door on the night o f the performance. Sponsors include the East Oregonian, the Red Lion Hotel, Bart Adams, MD, Steven Neal, MD, the Leo Adler Foundation and an anonymous donor. For more information, call 276-0320. Fossil Beds offer hike John Day Fossil Beds National M onument will offer a ranger- conducted hike into the spectacular Blue Basin fossil beds on Saturday, May 19, beginning at 10 am. This two-hour hike will feature the geologic and fossil history o f the basin. The tour will begin at the Blue Basin trailhead, located three miles north o f the Sheep Rock Unit visitor center, along State Route 19. Participants should bring good hiking shoes, a sun hat, jacket, water bottle and a camera. Reservations are not needed and there is no fee. -(Z - Csifpl * Above-Ground Pools * Custom In-Ground Pools * * Coleman Hot Tubs * Full Service & Repair Dept. * * Full line of pool/spa chemicals, equipment, parts and accessories * * “Made in Oregon” Marquis Spa Dealer * * #1 pool/spa dealer in N.E. Oregon * Shop and compare our everyday low prices! I nl Spa a nd Centre Pool £r Owners Jon A M ary G ill ^ Monday-Friday 9-5 Saturday 10-4 Closed Sundays n . Highway 395, Hermiston (ne xt to L u m b e rm a n s) _ _ _ - - - - 567-3222 r A baby costs $785 a m onth. r How m uch is your allowance? Brought to you by the Morrow County Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition. For further information, contact the Morrow County Health Department at 541-676-5421 or contact the Morrow County Commission on Children and Families at 541-676-9675. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________ O 2001 Campaign For Our Children, Inc. 4 f
