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Jannie Allen (left) and Cathy Halvorsen try out their special Fourth of July hats Sunday
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Hunter’s Education Class scheduled
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VOL. 123
NO. 27
8 Pages
Wednesday, July 7, 2004
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
A
H u n te r’s
Education Class has been
scheduled for later this
month. The class will be
held the evenings of July 20,
21, 26 and 27, from 6 to 9
p.m. with a four-hour field
exercise on July 24. This is
a Tuesday-Wednesday and
then a M onday-Tuesday
schedule. Each class period
and
the
field
day
participation are mandatory
to complete the course.
V o l u n t e e r
instructors Tom Wolff and
Jim Marquardt will lead the
course with guest instructors
and a speaker from the
Misty Creek performs in park
Oregon State Police Game
Enforcement division.
All Oregon hunters
under the age of 18 must
have successfully completed
the Hunter Education course
before hunting. The course
is also recommended for
non-hunters who may have
casual contact with firearms,
archery gear, etc.
Parents or guardians
are encouraged to attend the
class with students. The
class is allowed a maximum
City of
Heppner mails
water report
The
C ity
of
H e p p n er’s 2003 w ater
quality rep o rt has been
mailed to residents.
The report describes
the quality o f the c ity ’s
drinking water and explains
health
inform ation,
m onitoring data and the
sources of water.
The report also
provides updates on the
progress of the city’s water
supply
developm ent
projects.
Anyone who did not
receive a copy of the report
in the mail can pick one up
at City Hall or call 676-9618
to receive one.
McColgan to
speak with
seniors at St.
Patrick’s Senior
Center
The Bluegrass/Americana band. Misty Creek, performed at Heppner City Park on Thursday, July 1, as part of MCURD's Concerts
in the Park series. Willow Valley Service Club locally hosted the event.
Work to begin on combined Hwy. 207 and Hwy. 395 project
McCafferty-
W hittle C onstruction of
Gladstone will soon begin
w ork on the O regon
D epartm ent
of
T ra n s p o rta tio n ’s $4.5
m illion project that will
provide
pavem ent
re su rfa cin g and sign
upgrades to several state
highw ay sectio n s in
M orrow and U m atilla
counties. To save costs and
im prove
e ffic ie n c ie s,
ODOT combined several
projects under one contract,
known as the US 395: SE
4,h Street-I-84, OR 207:
D iagonal Road-NW l l ,h
Ave and Strawberry Road-
Butter Creek Preservation
and Signing Project. The
multiple work sites include
pavement preservation for
sectio n s
of
O regon
H ighw ay 207 betw een
Strawberry Road and Butter
Creek, and sections of U.S.
H ighw ay 395 betw een
Hermiston and Interstate
84. Portions o f OR 207
along NW I l,h Avenue. Elm
Avenue and Diagonal Road
in H erm iston w ill only
receive singing upgrades
under the contract.
Plans for OR 207:
Straw berry R o ad -B u tter
Creek Section include:
W ork w ill begin
along this project area on
July 12. The w ork area
includes the section from
mile point 19.53 near Butter
Creek Junction to mile point
10.13 at Strawberry Road.
Initial activ ities include
setting up traffic control
signs and grinding out two
bridge decks w ithin the
limits of this area o f the
project. In addition to the
grinding out of the bridge
decks, w ork in clu d es
overlaying the entire 9.4-
m ile stretch w ith new
pavement. In addition to the
pavem ent w ork, new
guardrail and delineators
(roadside reflectors) will be
installed along sections of
the route.
All contract work
w ill be co m p leted by
September 30.
Motorists can expect
reduced speeds, lane
closures and delays up to 20
minutes as flaggers direct
traffic through the three
work areas over the summer
m onths. M otorists are
rem inded to drive with
caution
through
all
construction zones and plan
extra time for possible traffic
delays.
St. Patrick’s Senior Center
news
On July 14, the
Seventh Day Adventists are
hosts for the senior noon
m eal. C hili and cheese
sticks, C alifo rn ia mixed
veggies, saltines or bread
sticks and orange sherbet is
the menu of the day. The
cooks an nounced that
summer menus are planned
for more lightness for the hot
days.
From Ed B aker
comes the word of a bus tour
to Fort W alla W alla, on
Thursday, July 8. Departure
time is 9 a.m. at the Main
Street entrance of the Center.
Lunch is on arrival in Walla
Walla. The tour begins at 1
p.m., at the Fort. Baker has
arranged for a tour guide.
T here are tw o levels to
cover; g o lf carts are
provided to take guests to
the second level.
St.
P a trick 's
residents are friends enjoyed
a potluck dinner on July 4,
to celebrate the holiday.
Later the bus was available
to take others to the
fireworks exhibition in lone.
The August meeting
of the Board of Directors is
at noon Wednesday, Aug.
21 .
John M cC olgan,
Democratic candidate for
O re g o n ’s
Second
Congressional District, is
going to be appearing in
Heppner next Wednesday,
July 14, at the St. Patrick’s
Senior Center weekly lunch
from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
M cC olgan, a 48-
year-old general contractor
from Jackson County who is
running against incumbent
R ep resen tativ e
Greg
Walden, is looking forward
to speaking to H eppner
residents and answ ering
q u estio n s at the Senior
Center. McColgan is proud
of his strong Irish heritage
(his campaign logo even
carries a shamrock) and he
will entertain diners with
various trad itio n al Irish
songs, a cappella. in addition
to talking politics.
To find out more
about McColgan you can
visit
w w w .m ccolgan
forcongress.com.
o f 25 stu d en ts, w ith no
exceptions.
Any adult interested
in becom ing a volunteer
c ertifie d in stru cto r is
encouraged to attend or call
for more information. To
register, please call Tom
Wolff at 676-5114.
Martin home
from Iraq
John Martin, son of
Carl and Geri M artin of
Heppner, returned safely
home to San Diego from
Iraq via Kuwait.
W hile in K uw ait,
John sent his parents an
unusual letter to let them
know he was on his way. It
was unusual in that it was
written on a bottled water
box. Following is the letter
he wrote:
“This was part of a
bottled water box. I needed
something to write on when
this came along. The wind
blew it right to me. I am now
in Kuwait, on my way home.
It is much hotter here than
Iraq. The Lord has seen me
through and is now escorting
me home to my lovely wife
and
sw eet
ch ild ren .
Hopefully will see you at the
reunion. I love you and
semper fi! God bless. Love,
your son John.”
W ith one o f our
“local” sons safely home, we
need to remember all the
other boys still serving in
Iraq. Kuwait, Afghanistan
and elsewhere.
Vehicle rollover
traps man near
Ruggs
Saturday night, July
3, a call came in to Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office of a
vehicle ro llo v er at the
junction of Ruggs and Rhea
Creek in which a male had
been throw n from the
vehicle and his hand was
trapped.
H eppner
fire,
am bulance and rescue
resp o n d ed , along w ith
M CSO d ep u ties. The
subject LaRoy Lee Cline,
45, was tran sp o rted to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
and later Airlifed to another
hospital.
W hile at PM H,
Cline was cited for Driving
w hile
Suspended-
misdemeanor, DUII with a
motor vehicle accident and
No Insurance with a motor
vehicle accident.
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