FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 5,2006
Local students
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Corps plans site inspection of former Babe Ruth coach gets a refreshing drink
Boardman Air Force Range
T h e U .S. A rm y
C orps o f E n g in e e rs is
evaluating Formerly Used
Defense Sites (FUDS) that
had historically been used for
m ilitary training. One of
these sites, Boardman Air
Force Range, is located in
M orrow C ounty, near
Boardman.
The Corps will do
th is
e v a lu a tio n
by
c o n d u c tin g a M ilitary
M u n itio n s
R esponse
P rogram (M M R P ), Site
Investigation (SI). The SI
will be conducted in the next
few m onths by a C orps
c o n tra c to r,
Shaw
Environmental. The work to
be performed will include
acc e ss to and a visual
inspection of property that
w as part o f the form er
Boardman Air force Range.
The inspection may also
include soil and/or w ater
sampling.
C o rp s
p ro je c t
manager Mike Nelson said.
“The SI w ill be used to
determine what future work
the Corps may do to clean
up possible munitions related
com ponents and chemical
constitu en ts used during
tra in in g .” The C orps o f
E n g in eers in sp ects and
evaluates sites contaminated
w ith h a za rd o u s w aste,
radioactive waste, and/or
o rd n an ce acc o rd in g to
fed eral, state, and local
en v iro n m en tal law s and
regulations.
In order to begin the
S I,, the C orps w ill be
contacting property owners
of the former Boardman Air
Force Range site and request
owners to provide a signed
D epartm ent of the Army
i
Right of Entry (ROE) for
Investigation and Sampling.
Additionally, a public
inform ational m eeting is
scheduled for Thursday, July
20, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at
the Port of Morrow, River
Front C en ter, 2 M arine
Drive, Boardman, to provide
the public an overview of the
MMRP, SI process and ROE
request information.
Between 1941 and
1943 the U.S. Army Air
Corps acquired more than
95.(MX) acres of land through
priv ate p u rch ase and
D epartm en t o f In te rio r
(DOI) land transfers for a
p ra c tice bom bing and
gunnery range at the former
Boardman Air Force Range.
The Arm y A ir C orps
operated the range until
1946 when the land was
placed in excess.
In 1948, the U.S. Air
Force withdrew the range
from excess and used the
bombing range from 1948
until August 1960 when it
was placed back in excess.
In November 1960 the Air
Force transferred the eastern
half of the land to the U.S
Navy. The western half is
ow ned by a g ric u ltu ra l
o rg a n iz a tio n s, P o rtlan d
General Electric, Morrow
County, and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers- The
Boeing Company and the
Nature Conservancy lease
two large tracts of land.
M ore inform ation
about Boardman Air Force
Range will be available on
PortlantUDistrict’s website at
www.nwp.usace.army.mil/
pa/fuds.
Heritage Land Co. Realtor
278 North Main • P.O. Box 589 • Heppner, OR
Phone: (541) 676-5049
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Fire season declared on private lands
Fire season has been
declared on private lands
protected by the O regon
D epartm ent o f Forestry,
Prineville/Sisters and John
Day units w ithin C rook,
Deschutes, Grant, Gilliam,
Harney, Jefferson. Morrow
and W h eeler c o u n tie s
starting at 6 a.m. Saturday,
June 24.
Burning permits are
required on all private and
state forest lands protected
by the Oregon Department
of Forestry within Crook,
Deschutes, Grant, Gilliam,
Harney, Jefferson, Morrow,
and Wheeler counties. The
O regon D ep artm en t o f
Forestry will generally not
issue permits within rural fire
districts where bum bans are
in effect.
Fire to o ls, w ater
supply and a w atchm an
serv ice are re q u ire d on
com m ercial
fo rest
o p eratio n s o ccu rrin g on
private lands protected by
the Oregon Department of
Forestry. Information on
industrial fire prevention
re q u irem en ts may be
obtained from your local
O regon D ep artm en t o f
Forestry office.
If you did bum any
yard debris or slash last fall
or this spring, please check
your piles for residual heat.
Backyard and other debris
burn piles can hold fire for
weeks and even months; they
may ap p ear to be o u t,
however, landowners should
check the piles for heat. If a
holdover fire escapes, the
responsible party could be
held liable for firefighting
costs. Remember, you must
have a permit if burning is
allowed in your area.
Campfires on private
forestlands are allowed with
landowner permission only.
“ W e've had a wet
spring this year and that has
delayed the onset of fire
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3 bedroom, 2V* bath ranch-style home
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$124,900 H e p p n e r
1474 sq. ft. 3 bedroom, 13A bath home
with attached garage and shop, central
heat and air. located on a quiet street.
Home loans that will
help borrowers qualify for a
b e tte r house have been
ex p an d ed in to M orrow
County, it was announced
recently.
The loans- offered
through ACORN Housing,
one of the largest housing
c o u n se lin g
n o n -p ro fit
organizations in the country
and national lending partners
like Bank of America, Chase
and C itib a n k - b en efit
moderate and low income
fam ilies in the co u n ty
through unique features. No
down payment, no mortgage
in su ran ce, in terest rates
lower than market rate and
undocumented income are
four of these.
A cco rd in g to the
o rg a n iz a tio n ’s P o rtlan d
O ffice D ire c to r C lark
Tierney, these com bined
featu res freq u en tly help
families qualify for between
$20,000 and $40,000 more
house.
“ G iven the rap id
appreciation of house prices
th ro u g h o u t
M orrow
County,” said Tierney, “this
can mean the d ifference
between buying a home or
not.”
Tierney also noted
that the lower-than-market-
rate feature makes the lives
of homeowners easier by
reducing monthly payments.
“We’re particularly
c o n ce rn e d ab o u t th o se
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season fo r a co u p le o f
weeks. However, this is the
time of year when we can
expect consistent hot and dry
conditions and with that, a
rapid increase in fire danger
lev els.
T here w ill be
wildfires in Central Oregon
this sum m er and all the
agencies responsible for
firefighting are ready,” said
George Ponte, unit forester
with the Oregon Department
of Forestry. “By complying
w ith the fire season
restrictions, the public can
help us minimize the number
of fires and help us avoid the
large, catastrophic fires we
have seen in past years.”
Restrictions do vary
from private to public lands
across Central Oregon so
people are advised to call
their local fire department or
land m anagem ent agency
and find out what restrictions
are in place before striking
that match.
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fam ilies w ho have been
v ictim ized by pred ato ry
lenders,” Tierney said. “Our
org an izatio n helps these
homeowners get out of the
clutches of these predators
ev ery d ay ,
and
we
particularly want to help
these victims recover.”
To q u alify fo r an
A C O R N H ousing hom e
loan, bo rro w ers need to
make less than the maximum
Area Median Income (AMI)
e sta b lish e d by the U .S.
Department of Housing and
U rban D evelopm ent and
have decent credit for the
last 12 m onths. AMI in
Morrow County is $48,200.
“We must also ask
them to come to Portland for
counseling and have worked
out a special program for
them to c o m p lete the
program in just one day.”
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“G od A lm ighty,
C re ato r o f H eaven and
E arth ,” is the subject of
Valby Lutheran C h u rch ’s
Vacation Bible School, to be
held Saturday, July 8 from 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. The day will
in clu d e scrip tu re study,
music, arts and crafts and
excerpts from the film series
“The W onders o f G o d ’s
Creation.” Special emphasis
will be on the solar system,
Earth, the animal kingdom
and human life. Lunch is
provided.
VBS is open to any
student who has completed
kindergarten through fifth
grade; older students are
w elcom e as h elp ers and
younger students are also
welcome if accompanied by
a teen or adult.
Valby is lo cated
about 15 miles south of lone.
Please call Lea Mathieu at
422-7215 for directions or
with questions.
year this month, ACORN
H ousing was founded in
1986 to assist moderate- and
lo w -in co m e fa m ilie s to
succeed as hom eow ners.
Through March of 2006, in
its 40 offices around the
U.S., housing counselors
have co u n seled 195,906
h o m eb u y ers
and
hom eow ners and helped
len d in g p a rtn e rs c re ate
67,927 mortgages totaling
$7,611,853,073.
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H ousing loans to help low incom e fam ilies
$197,500 H e p p n e r
Five acres near Heppner with a new
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park-like lot. Price includes most ap
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Babe R u th C o a c h R ic k Johnston begs for mercv against his team players Z a c h M c C a r l, Jo rdan
Hatfield and M ic h ae l H a w k s, while T om as E lgu ezabal considers the consequences at the last
H eppner vs. H ep pner Babe R u th gam e held on Saturday, Ju ly 1. Photo by Sandy Matthews.
Names o f students
who have m ade the
S ch o lastic H o n o r Roll
S pring term have been
announced by Oregon State
University.
A to tal o f 504
students earned straight-A
(4.0). Another 2,459 earned
a B-plus (3.5) or better to
make the listing. To be on the
Honor Roll, students must
carry at least 12 graded
hours of course work.
S tu d en ts on the
H onor Roll in clu d ed :
Boardman- 3.5 or Better:
Andrew D. Goad, Junior,
P re-C o m p u ter S cien ce;
A driana Z uniga, Senior,
Liberal Studies; Heppner-
3.5 or B etter: M arcy A.
M iller, Ju n io r, B usiness
Administration; lone- 3.5 or
B etter:
N atalie
B.
M cE llig o tt, S ophom ore,
A nim al S c ie n ce s; and
Irrig o n - 3.5 or B etter:
M atthew A. G o rd an ier,
S en io r,
P re-C iv il
Engineering.
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