TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 22, 2001
Local fiddlers win contest
Two young Heppner fiddlers
competed in the Seventh Annual
Oregon Trail Days Fiddle Contest
in La Grande on Aug. 18.
Bryan Holland and Enc Jepsen
qualified to compete in the final
evening round by being chosen as
two o f the top five contestants in
their age group after the morning
round. Both boys were in the "Small
Fry" category which is for fiddlers
age nine and under. There were nine
contestants in that group.
The final contest round of three
tunes by each contestant was
performed on stage at McKenzie
O ’Briens receive yard of month
Theater on the campus of Eastern
Oregon University. Enc finished
second and Bryan was fifth overall.
They both received trophies and
Enc was awarded $25 pnze money
as well.
The boys were accompanied on
guitar by their fiddle teacher. Peg
Willis of Pendleton. Bryan was also
accompanied by his brother. Matt
Holland, on guitar.
Approximately 66 musicians from
Oregon, Idaho and Washington
competed in several different
divisions in the event.
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Harvest of shame
THANK YOU
O ur families want to thank all th se who made O rval’s
memorial so special and for all those who sent flowers,
cards, brought food and phoned and visited.
We also deeply appreciate your prayers and remem
brances to Home Health Care.
O ur thanks to you, Pastor Hiller, for your personal care
and concern; to Dehhie and Lea for your beautiful music;
and to Pat and Trish for your loving care of the service.
A big thank you to all who prepared the church and
served the wonderful meal.
It is especially at times like this we realize how much
our family and friends mean to us.
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Letters to the Editor
Ginger and Burke O'Brien
The home o f Ginger and
Burke O'Brien, located on
Highway 207 near Heppner, has
been selected as the Heppner
Garden Club's August yard of the
month.
The O'Briens moved into
their home in 1987 and have
redone the whole yard, planting
all of the flowers except for some
roses that were cared for by the
previous owner. The O'Briens
also poured all new sidewalks
last year and removed and
replanted trees.
The yard also features
many family antiques that the
couple has collected-a water
trough that belonged to Ginger's
grandfather Adolf Majeske that
has been planted with flowers; a
metal gliding chair that belonged
to Adolf and his wife Freida;
wrought iron railing from
Wallowa County that was from
Burke's dad, Dick O' Brien, who
was a sheriff there; a big black
kettle that was used by Burke's
stepfather, L. King, to cook com;
a hand plow that was used by
Burke's
grandfather,
Vic
Bergeson; an old Zerlina
woodstove that was found in a
cabin on property owned by
friends; and an old park bench
from a Baker City park that
Burke's mother, Roseanna King
gave them.
"It's a work in progress,"
said Ginger. "We enjoy it. We
both work together. He mows
and I plant flowers."
To the Editor:
Some will deny.
Some will lie.
But evidence of mismanagement
of our natural resources by the
Forest Service and BLM is
undeniable wherever a smothenng
pall o f smoke fills our valleys,
wherever the ugly cast of dead and
dying trees stains the skyline,
wherever watersheds bear the ugly
scars of wildfire, portending erosion
and siltation that will inevitably
follow.
And today, right now, the
communities of Dale, Ukiah and
Monument are threatened with total
destruction by wildfire.
Ten years of paralysis by analysis,
frivolous appeals turned into federal
lawsuits and catenng by authorities
to the whims of "other publics" have
left our forests, our wildlife, our
watersheds and communities terribly
vulnerable to the ravages of wildfire.
Over the past decade, if only
these agencies had acted, how many
acres of bug-infested, overcrowded
stands could have been treated to
reduce fuel loads, returning them
to the fire-resistant, healthy stands
prevalent 50 years ago?
How many projects, fully funded
by Congress, should have been
completed, leaving defensible timber
stands that allow fire to creep
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Special Grains
Commission
meeting scheduled
A special meeting of the
Oregon Grains Commission has
been set for this Friday, August
24, at 7 a m. via conference call.
The commission plans to
discuss and approve a request to
the director of the Department of
Agriculture for an emergency
funds
transfer
from
the
"emergency fund" line item of
the FY 2000-2001 budget to the
personal services line item.
Commission meetings
are open to the public. Persons
wishing to participate in the
conference call should contact
the commission office in advance
of the meeting to obtain
appropriate information.
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through at lower intensity and far
less damage to ecosystems, if only
those who have sworn to "protect
the land and serve the people" had
acted instead o f dithered?
Will agency heads now stand
up and take responsibility for failure
to accomplish the thinning and
harvesting projects authorized and
fully funded by the American
People? Will they now admit that
years of catenng to preservationists,
"other publics" and the radical fringe
o f the environmental movement
is connected to wildfire that now
threatens homes, timber and
rangeland, and is destroying public
resources at a fearsome rate?
And if they have such courage,
what will they say to the grieving
parents o f four young people who
died fighting fire in Washington
State, to explain that an agency
interpretation of the Endangered
Species Act prevented helicopters
from pulling life-saving water from
a river where there was thought to
dwell a protected species?
The bill for years of waste,
mismanagement and lack of
accomplishment has come due and
Mother Nature will not be denied.
Truly, this is a harvest of shame,
(s) Senator Ted Ferrioli,
District 28
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