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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 13,2006 Wolfsen returns from cross country bicycle trip m s m tm Kill Wolfsen he nan his 4800-mile cross-country bicycle trip at Florence, OR on May 1. Wolfsen finishes his trip in front of the Victory Monument in Yorktown, Virginia on Aug. 17. Bill W olfsen, of lone, left on a cross-country bicycle trip from lone on May 1. He traveled from lone to Florence on the O regon coast w here he touched his front tire into the P acific ocean, and then trav eled a cro ss country arriv in g in Y orktow n, V irginia at the V ictory Monument on Aug. 17, with a total of 4800 miles. “Victory Monument commemorates the victory of the United States gaining freedom from England. I also achieved victory at that spot on August 17 with a total of 4800 miles,” said Wolfsen. A fte r reach in g Portland, Wolfsen sent about 20 pounds of things home to reduce the load in his trailed attached to his bike. With that load, he did fine but it was slow on upgrades. He did however make it over Hoosier Pass in Colorado to an altitude of over 11,500 feet, but the short rollercoaster hills in M issouri w ere a new challenge. Those grades in Missouri were much steeper than going over all the passes including the Cascades and the cro ssin g of the Continental Divide several times. He ended up sending another 25 pounds of things home before continuing. lone welcomes new staff members Public encouraged to attend public hearing on Willow Creek Once again, school is science at C ondon High TMDL back in session and with the School and was an elective B\ l iana Camarillo and Alex Carlson A fter the last very steep grade getting onto the Blue R idge Parkw ay things changed back to small rolling grades. W olfsen's original plan was to average 70 miles per day. but with the load on his tra ile r he ended up averaging 55 miles per day. He also took Saturday's off as a rest day and if there were a Seventh-day A dventist Church close by he would attend. Wolfsen camped all the way across A m erica except for a few nights in hostels and one night in a motel. The stay in the motel was to stay in a town where he needed a bicycle repair and reached the town just after the bicycle shop was closed. He had extra spokes but kept breaking them and used up all his total supply. A long the trip he only had three flats but broke six spokes which took a little longer to replace than fixing a flat. W olfsen w ill be giving a slid e show presentation of his bike trip at the Seventh-day Adventist C hurch in H eppner on S aturday, Sept. 16. A potluck vegetarian dinner will be held at 1 p.m., with the slide show beginning at 2:30 p.m. The event is free of charge. new year com es new students. Along w ith 16 new students, lone Community School is joined by three new staff members for the 2006- 2007 school year. Jerry Cronin comes to lone f r o m Pendleton. Before coming to l o n e , Cronin taught a S p a n ish / E S L course at BMCC and was the librarian at the Adams Public Library. He taught Spanish and technology in C alifo rn ia for 15 years before returning to Oregon. C ronin has also lived in A laska and has been involved in the Peace Corps and the People to People S tudent A m b assad o r program. Cronin will teach Spanish and technology at lone. Erin Heideman is the n e w science teacher this year for lone. Before teaching in lone, she taught middle and high school general science* teach er. She g rad u ated from OSU majoring in agriculture and welding. Heideman has also taught A g ricu ltu re Education at Pendleton High School and is a former FFA advisor for Condon. Helix and Pendleton sch o o ls. Heideman will teach 6lh - 1 0 h grade science in lone as well as a wildlife management class that will be taking a trip to Mount St. Helens this fall. Karl Blaeuer is the new part-time music teacher at lone. He is a principal bass performer w ho has performed with both na t i ona l a n d international symphonies. He’s been te a c h in g music and French for the last 17 years in schools located in Oregon, Tennessee and Colorado. He is also currently offering private music lessons in Suzuki and strin g ed instruments (violin, viola, cello, bass and fiddle). The th ree new additions to the lone Staff will make for yet another great school year. Pharmacy student interns at Murray Drugs p I ftyM lo * y h — m (»im __ •v'-a. —* Ginny Krause (left) with Ann Murray (right) at Murray Drugs in Heppner. Ginny Krause, 24, a K rause. She has been student at U niversity of learning some of the ropes W ashington, S e attle, is o f norm al pharm acy completing the first of eight operations and has been one-m onth internships at shadowing Ann Murray at Murray Drugs in Heppner as Pioneer Memorial Hospital part of her work experience observing her work up there. for her final y ear o f K rause is also giving pharmacy school. presentations on chronic Krause, who is from disease management. Richland. WA. chose Murray Other areas Krause Drugs, for two reasons she plans to work at after said. The first reason being Heppner include Providence it is in a rural, underserved Hospital in N ew berg, an area and the second it is a AIDs clinic in Harborview, independent business, rather WA, Valleyview in Monroe, than a large retail pharmacy. WA where she will get to She also said she became work with patients on lots of aw are o f M urray D rugs medicines and learn how to through family friends. Dr. make sure none interact with Ed and Jeanne Beretta. each other; and at Swedish “1 am having a very Hospital in Seattle, working to fill out registration papers. There are several good tim e h e re ,” said with general medicine. new leaders and changes to Planning session for Wee Bit O’ the AWANA program this year. Ireland to be held AWANA is an A planning session to gather fresh ideas and new in te rn a tio n a l, non- volunteers for the Wee Bit O' Ireland festivities to be held denominational ministry with St. Patrick's Day weekend will be held Tuesday, Sept. 19 thousands of clubs located at 4 p.m., at City Hall in Heppner. Everyone is invited to around the world. The group attend and encouraged to bring any ideas. in Heppner has volunteer leaders from at least five different local churches. The Morrow County Fair misreported the winnings Call Dale Bates at of Kody Lovgren of Heppner. Lovgren received a Grand 6 76-5773 for m ore Champion ribbon, as well as a Blue ribbon for his Market information. Swine at the Morrow County Fair. f 444 444444 T 4 4 4 4 * AWANA Bible club to start AWANA Bible Club gets started for a new school year this Thursday night. Sept. 14, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Kids in grades kindergarten though the sixth grade are welcome to attend. It will be hosted by W illow C reek Baptist Church in Heppner, w hich is lo cated in the S eventh Day A d v en tist building on M inor Street, just off of Water Street in H eppner. P aren ts are encouraged to bring their clubbers early the first night * t 4' t $ i * '!' -T-'M' 4 $ I Î * - Correction HJeddinq Tables - J Josie Proctor & Joshua Keyes Wedding _ ~ Saturday, October 14th M u MUJ'4 D auij 4 £ 217 North Main • Heppner • Phon« 676-9158 • Floral 676-9426 Serving Heppner. Lexington A lone | t CERT ORCF 101 w/Dividend S9.50/BU CERT ORCF 102 w/Dividend S9.50/BU TUBBS w/Dividend S7.90/BU 4» Ï 4 ^ « + **+ + ♦ + ♦ *** 4 * 4 444 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 i ANDERSON SEED leading by appointment only. Call ahead! ( 541 ) 493-7904 The O regon D ep artm en t of E n v iro n m en tal Q u ality (DEQ) is seeking input on water quality planning for streams in the Willow Creek watershed. A public hearing will be held Tuesday, Sept. 19 from 6-8 p.m. at the M orrow Soil and W ater Conservation District office Willow Creek drains into the Columbia River and flows through the Oregon tow ns of H eppner, Lexington and lone. DEQ is p ro p o sin g w ater temperature goals for much of the basin, bacteria goals for the Balm Fork tributary and pH ta rg e ts for the Willow Creek Reservoir and two facilities that discharge waste w ater into W illow C reek in the H eppner vicinity. The Willow Creek Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL, a pollution limit) and management plan will be available for public comment through Oct. 10, 2006. At the public hearing, discussion will be en co u rag ed fo llo w in g a presentation of the TMDL study and outcomes. Written and oral testimony will be invited at the hearing. The d o cu m en t is av ailab le o n -lin e at w w w .deq.state.or.us/W Q / TMDLs/UmatillaBasin.htm. It can also be obtained at the P o rtlan d and P en d leto n DEQ offices or the office of the Morrow Soil and Water Conservation District. To request a copy or discuss the TMDL, contact Don B u tch er at D E Q ’s Pendleton office at (5 4 1) 278-4603. Local cadet completes training C adet Jam es M. Beebe, grandson of Jeanne Johnson of Lonerock, OR, has completed cadet basic training at the U.S. Military Academy. Beebe was among approximately 1,300 cadet candidates who concluded their training with a 12-mile road m arch from C am p Buckner to West Point on Aug. 7. New cadets were officially accepted into the Corps of Cadets during the Acceptance Parade on Aug. 12. B eebe g rad u ated from C h u rch lan d High School in Churchland, VA in 2006. He plans to graduate from West Point in 2010 and will be co m m issio n ed a second lieutenant in the in the U.S. Army. The mission of the U.S. Military Academy is to educate, train, and inspire the Corps of Cadets so that each g rad u ate is a co m m issio n ed lead er o f character committed to the values o f duty, honor, country and prepared for a caree r o f p ro fessio n al excellence and service to the nation as an officer in the United States Army. Oregon Sheep Growers looking for Make It Yourself With Wool entrants O re g o n 's 59th annual Make It Yourself with Wool C o n test, open to seam stresses and knitters anywhere in the state, will be held at The Resort at the M ountain in W elches, Oregon on Saturday, Dec. 2, 2006. C om plete co n test rules and entry forms are av ailab le from Program Director Maureen Krebs, the office of the Oregon Sheep G row ers A sso ciatio n in Salem, (503) 364-5462, or your local county extension office. Entry forms must be submitted to the Program Director by Nov. 15, 2006. The M ake It Yourself With Wool Contest is open to all ages, pre-teens to adult. Each contestant must utilize their skill and creativ ity to co n stru ct a wool garment or outfit made of wool or a wool blend with a minimum of 60 percent w ool. The c o m p etitio n in clu d es m odeling the garment/outfit forjudges, as well as the judging of the garment’s construction. Contestants com pete in separate age categories, with the winner in the Junior division (ages 13-16) and Senior division (ages 17-24) receiving an expense paid trip to compete in the N ational M ake It Yourself with Wool Finals sponsored by the American Sheep Industry Women in San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 25- 27, 2007. C o n te sta n ts are responsible for their own transportation and lodging in conjunction with the Oregon co n test. H ow ever, contestants and their families qualify for the group room rates granted to OSGA by The Resort at the Mountain. C ontestants will need to make reservations by Nov. 12. Call (800) 669-7666 and identify yourself as part of the Oregon Sheep Growers’ Annual Meeting. The Oregon contest has been p ro m o tin g the beauty and versatility of American wool fabrics and yarn sin ce 1947. M ajor sponsors are the Oregon Sheep Growers Association, Oregon Sheep Commission, with support from OSGA members and affiliates. For m ore in fo rm atio n , c o n tact Program Director Maureen Krebs at (541 ) 422-7548 or eatlamb@centurytel.net. Any Size Lots off Colors H eppner Gazette T im es 676-9228 FREE PROGRAM PRESENTED Bill Wolfsen will present a program on cycling across the U.S. Saturday, Sept. 16 at 2:30 p.m. Seventh-day Adventist Church E v e ry o n e is in v ite d to a tte n d ! Vegetarian potluck luncheon at 1 p.m.
