Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 14,2006 - FIVE
HES announces Presidential Award winners
Students show appreciation for spring flowers
Twenty Heppner Elementary sixth graders won Presidential Awards. (Front Row L-R): Sil>er
winners- Courtney George, Karlie Crumbliss, Trent Cannon, Cody Nelson, Shane Smith. Zaih
Yocom, Camron Day, Cody Orr, Drew Brannon, John Nelson and Mayci Garrett; (Back Row L-
R): Gold winners- Zach Hintz, Carrie Haguewood, Stephanie Schuler, Justin Bailey, Conner
Pappas, Seth Palmer, Justin Pranger, Garrett Gibbs and Natalie Rauch.
Pipers awarded June Yard of the Month
By Kay Proctor
N eat
and
tidy
describes the Yard of the
M onth for June 2006 in
Heppner at Dave and Pam
P ip e r’s hom e at 61223
Highway 207.
Their enjoyment of
yard work began at young
ages because of family. Dave
is a H eppner native who
helped his mother, Betty,
with her successful gardens.
Pam, a native of Lexington,
enjoyed the gardens of her
g ra n d fa th e r,
T rum an
Messenger. A close family,
D ave and Pam w ork
together in the building/
contracting company they
ow n and in th e ir online
business.
The Piper's property
was originally known as the
Van Blocken’s although over
the years some of it was
divided and sold. Pam and
Dave purchased their 1902-
built home from George and
Helen Keller in 1991 and
began upgrading the house
and improving the yard right
away. The property extends
past Shoebe C reek w ith
som e slo p in g and w ith
shallow, rocky topsoil. Dave
has the land neatly organized
into living, working, storage
and yard areas.
An old out building
was given to him by previous
neighbors, so Dave rolled it
on over to his property on
pipes and restored it. It now
provides shelter for their
four cats. Their two German
Shepherds, H ooligan and
Marley, keep a close eye on
the entire property.
The Pipers removed
several overgrown Locust
trees sited closely to the
house and took out an older
chain link fence fronting the
lot. T hey added a large
wooden deck with bench
seating, a 6-foot rough fir
privacy fence and dug out
flowerbeds along the fence
and deck. The beds are all
lined with salvaged red brick,
a lot of which Pam rescued
from the old Central Market
building. An 8-foot round
galvanized water trough sits
at the decks’ end. It served
as the family pool on many
hot summer days.
D ave
reslo p ed ,
reshaped and graveled their
drivew ay. He built large
wood planters, which Pam
filled with wild flowers to
define the entrance to their
front yard. Two flowering
plum trees line their front
walk leading to flower filled
containers by the entry way.
A ta ll, g racefu l
willow tree in a comer began
as a skinny start from a
neighbor a few years ago and
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is Dave’s favorite part of the
yard to hang out in. A
healthy pine tree that grows
out of a sunken wine barrel
began as a seedling given to
Pam by one o f the young
school kids who rode the
school bus she drove. An
especially tall arborvitae
p lan ted
by
prev io u s
occupants towers along a
fence contributing some nice
shade towards the yard.
The lawn has been
improved over the years so
that it provides the perfect
field for the com petitive
cro q u et gam es that the
Pipers and their extended
family participate in. Pam is
the designated family lawn
mower and weeder.
D au g h ter T iffany
will be home from college
for the summer soon and will
be helping w ith various
projects. One summer, she
and Pam worked together
and added a private sheltered
nook in the corner of the
yard. They paved it with
flagstones and decorated
with a variety o f flow er
containers and rustics. A
glider that the two rebuilt
provides a place to sit and is
Pam’s favorite area of the
yard.
Old-fashioned
perennials fill the beds along
with some good-sized rocks
that tested the strength of
Dave’s back as he carried
them. Some of the plants
found here are irise s,
g y p so p h ilia , h eu ch eras,
d ay lilie s, h o stas, purple
coneflowers, hollyhocks and
a large number of peonies.
There are rose shrubs, a
large burning bush, a lilac
and an amazingly densely full
pontentilla. The bleeding
hearts are both Dave's and
Pam ’s favorite plant. The
co lu m b in e and D am es’
Rockets are a favorite of the
visiting hummingbirds.
S c a t t e r e d
throughout the landscaping
are found treasures and a
v ariety
of
fam ily
m em orabilia; toy wagons
from Grandpa Truman and
a baby buggy frame traded
to T iffany fo r a puppy.
Tucked in among the plants
are a wood birdhouse, a pet
shelter and a wishing well
made by son Dave who is
married now and living in
western Oregon.
Pam recom m ends
using hardy plants; she has
exceptionally good luck with
sn ap d rag o n s and Sw eet
Williams. Dave recommends
having a wife who likes to
work in the yard.
Plans are to paint the
house this sum m er and
someday add a decorative
fence to the front yard. In the
m eantim e, the Pipers are
enjoying their yard. And
their family and neighbors
are enjoying the Pipers.
Yard of the Month
recognition is co-sponsored
by the H eppner G arden
Club, MCGG Green Feed,
Heppner TV and the City of
Heppner.
Students from Mary Ann Elguezabal’s class presented Dave Zachary with a big card and a gift
for his kindness in providing the class all spring with fresh flowers.
Boardman Power Plant out of service for repairs
P o rtlan d G eneral
E lec tric
C om pany
(N Y S E :P O R )
today
announced its coal-fired
Boardman Power Plant is
out of service for repairs and
is estimated to be offline until
early July. Portland General
Electric (PG E) has a 65
percent ownership share in
the plant.
Mechani cal
problems were encountered
in early June when a balance
weight in one of the plant's
low-pressure turbines came
loose. Initial inspections
show this weight may have
dam aged som e tu rb in e
blad es
and
re lated
components inside the low-
pressure turbine unit.
PGE engineers and
te ch n ica l ex p erts are
working to assess and fix the
damaged areas so that the
plant can be returned to
service as soon as possible.
It is estimated at this point
that the repair efforts may
take between two to four
weeks to complete, resulting
in S1 million to $4 million of
increm ental replacem ent
power costs.
“While Boardman is
out o f serv ice, PGE is
covering the gap through
wholesale power markets
and the com pany's other
supply portfolio resources,"
said Jim Lobdell, PGE vice
p re sid en t
of
pow er
operations and reso u rce
strategy.
“ From
a
rep lacem en t
pow er
perspective, it helps that the
weather is relatively mild this
time of year and that stream
flows right now are higher
than we've seen in the last
six years.”
P o rtlan d G eneral
Electric, headquartered in
Portland, O re., is a fully
integrated electric utility that
serves more than 780,000
residential, commercial and
in d u strial cu sto m ers in
Oregon. Visit our Web site
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www.PortlandGeneral.com.
Statem ents in this
news release that relate to
future plans, objectives,
expectations, performance,
events and the like may
constitute “forward-looking
sta te m e n ts” w ithin the
m eaning o f the P riv ate
Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995, Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended, and Section
21E o f the S e c u ritie s
Exchange Act of 1934. as
amended. Forward-looking
statements may be identified
by words including, but not
lim ited to. "an ticip ates,”
“ b e lie v e s,”
“ in te n d s ,”
"estim ates,” “ p ro m ises,”
“e x p e c ts,”
“ s h o u ld ,”
“co n d itio n ed u p o n ” and
sim ilar
e x p re ssio n s.
Investors are cautioned that
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir.
T h ere w ill be no
Chamber Thursday, June 15.
Som e o f the C h am b er
members will be meeting at
9 a.m. behind the City Hall
to see if “they are tough
enough." In other words,
they will be experiencing Del
Piper’s “Trail's Tour” and
learning more history about
the Willow Creek Valley.
Those of you w ho are unable
to attend, should grab that
bonus hour (and that doesn’t
mean going back to work).
Those in te re sted , com e
check to see if there is space
on board.
This is a plea for all
local entertainers willing to
perform for various venues
to co n tact the H eppner
C ham ber. One o f our
website pages was created to
list local talen t from
instrumentalists to vocalists,
co m ed ian s to acro b ats.
Those who w ish to be
included on this page, which
would create opportunities
to perform, should give the
office a call, 676-5536.
There is always a need for
music and entertainment to
bring joy and magic for an
hour or so. a need for people
to have a chance to share
their talents with others. It
is a gift. The “Celebrate
Heppner" Talent show is
coming up at the end of July.
It gives the community the
opportunity to experience
some light moments while
sharing food and aw ard
winning pies. Professionals
not required.
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risk s and u n c e rta in tie s,
including matters and events
related to the extent of the
damage and the timing of
and effectiv en ess o f the
repairs to the Boardm an
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availability of wholesale
energy.
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o u tco m es may d iffer
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Port of Morrow
to meet
The Port of Morrow
w ill hold a re g u la r
co m m issio n m eeting on
Wednesday, June M at 1:30
p.m. Included in the agenda
are the Willow Creek Valley
E conom ic D evelopm ent
G roup and the H eppner
Power Plant.
The Port of Morrow
b u ild in g is located at 2
Marine Drive, Boardman.
The m eeting location is
accessible to persons with
disabilities. A request for an
interpreter for the hearing
im p aired or for o th er
accommodations for persons
with disabilities should be
m ade at least 48 hours
before the m eeting to
Carmen Velasco or Elaine
Vandecar at (541)481-7678.
Soccer sign-ups
to be held
Soccer sign-ups will
be held June 15 and 16 from
5-6:30 p.m.. at the Heppner
Neighborhood Center. There
is a $40 fee to play. New
participants should bring
their birth certificates.
For
m ore
information, contact Jessica
Lehman at 989-8571.
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