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Sand Hollow road receiving make over Sand Hollow road is famous for its num er ous potholes but that will be changed soon as crews from Morrow County work to get the road in better condition. County road crews have been w orking over the past few weeks to patch sections o f the road between potholes to make Sand Hol low smoother for travelers. For the past 20 years the road has been patched about every two years. The county plans to be finished next week. The county is using existing mile money to patch Sand Hollow and will use this money to fix the other roads mentioned in the levy. According to Public Works D irecto r Burke O 'B rie n since the levy did not pass, existing mile money is hav ing to be used to patch these roads instead ofon the main tenance preservation pro grams. He also stated that it would take a minimum of four to five years to catch up the roadw ork on the remaining roads. The road work will consist o f mainly County road crews aroe working to smooth out the rough parts of Sand Hollow road. pothole patching. miles o f gravel roads, 340 M orrow C o u n ty miles o f paved roads, and currently maintains 600.5 40 bridges. A look back at Sand Hollow road VOL. 126 NO. 36 8 Pages Wednesday, September 5, 2007 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon It’s back to school time This story ran in the July 17. 1980 edition o f the Heppner Gazette-Times. The county supplied the hot asphalt, the farmers supplied the m uscle, and Sand H ollow road got a patching job last week. The badly deterio rated road was so full o f potholes, farmers said it had to be fixed before they could haul wheat from the upcom ing harvest over it. So by pitching in with a grader and lot of hard work they were able to fix the road in about six days. Because o f adverse w eather, a shortage o f funds, and broken dow n equipment, county crews are unable to keep up with the backlog of roads needing repair. “ We wanted to have most of the pot holes filled by July 1." said Bob Jepsen o f the County Road Com mittee. “ But weather and % Local farmers work to patch Sami Hollow road. -Photo by David Sykes b reak d o w ns s lo w e d us down.” Jepsen says part o f the problem is that the roads a re n 't being resealed as often as they should be, which causes frost heaves and subsequently pot holes in the roads. The county m ain- tains 357 miles o f paved roads and 1,057 miles o f roads in all. BMCC to start fall term New kindergarten students have fun on their first day at lieppner Elementary School. Wheat Marketing Education to resume September 13 The BMCC Farm B us i ne s s Management Program , O regon W heat Growers League and OSU U m atilla C ounty E xten sion will resume the wheat marketing education for the entire state o f Oregon via Interactive Television (IT) in cooperation with OSU Extension offices and local ESDs beginning Thursday, September 13, at 7 a.m. PD F (8 a.m. Mountain). The same schedule that was ended with in the spring will be ten ta tiv e ly followed every second Thursday of the month. -Learn commodity marketing fundamentals. -Learn commodity marketing techniques. -Id e n tify c u rre n t marketing trends and op portunities. -Learn application of marketing techniques. -Analyze commod ity marketing strategies. Participating sites include: Mid Columbia Pro ducers Inc. - C onference Room 2003 First Street, Moro; OSU/Umatilla Coun ty Extension Serv ice Confer ence Room 100 A-Umatilla Hall, B M CC C a m p u s, Pendleton; OSU/M orrow County Extension Serv ice Conference Room - 54173 Hwy 74, Heppner; OSU/ Gilliam County Extension Service Conference Room - 333 South Main Street, Con don; OSU/W asco County Extension Service - 400 E. Scenic Drive, Suite 2.278, The Dalles; OSU/Klamath County Extension Office - 3328 Vandenberg Road, Klamath Falls; OSU/Union County Extension Serv ice - Agricultural Service Center - 10507 N. McAlister Road, Room 0, La Grande; OSU/ Malheur County Extension Service - 710 S W 5th Ave., Ontario; and OSU/Wallowa County Extension Serv ice - 668 NW 1st, Enterprise. Agenda items and materials will be followed up as time gets closer. For q u e stio n s or comments call or email the OWGL office at 541-276- 7330 s c h ristfa o w g l.o rg . Contact your extension of fice for details prior to the meeting. B lu e M o u n ta in Community College goes back to school in September. Fall term classes kick off at all campuses on Monday, September 24 but there is still plenty of time to reg ister for classes before that date. All residents should have received a Fall Term schedule o f classes in the mail. If yours is misplaced, please contact Anne Morter, BMCC C o o rd in ato r, for a copy. C lasses start on Monday, September 24 and students may register right up until that date. However, students wishing the best selection of classes should reg ister as soon as pos sible. Any degree-seeking BMCC student should be aware that academic advis ing is now mandatory. Anne Morter. BMCC Coordinator for Morrow C ounty, can assist in that department. She can be reached at 422- 7040. Besides getting reg istered, students may also need to take the required p la c e m e n t te sts b e fo re classes start at the end o f the month. Placement tests are available, at no charge for the first attempt, at the Boardman Center of BMCC. Tests may be scheduled on Wednesday afternoons from 1-5 p.m. or other times by app o in tm en t. Placem ent tests may also be taken at the Hermiston Center (call 567-1800 for information) or at the Pendleton Testing Center (call 278-5031). New students seek ing a degree at BMCC are now required to attend an orientation session entitled Timberwolves Introduction. Live sessions are offered in Pendleton and Hermiston in addition to an online session that may be completed at the student's convenience between September 1 and S ep tem b er 22. S tu d en ts may exam ine their class choices at www.bluecc.edu under the Interactive Online Schedule. (Type in “Tim” under course title to bring up choices.) For further informa tion or assistance, contact Anne Morter at 422-7040. Downloadable library books now available The Oregon Trail Library District announces that library patrons now have full access to Library2Go, a service provided by the Oregon Digital Library Consortium. Library2Go provides downloadable audio books for library patron's personal computers and MP3 players. Six eastern Oregon libraries recently pooled resources to join the Oregon Digital Library, Harney County Library, Hermiston Public Library, La Grande Public Library, and the Pendleton Public Library. Best-selling titles are available 24/7 from the website and are playable on a patron’s PC or MP3 player at home, in the office or from anywhere in the world. Some titles may be burned to CD. These computer files expire after 10 days so there is no need to return items and no late fees. Library2Go is free for all Oregon Trail Library District cardholders. To use these audio books a patron needs a valid library card, access to the In ternet, Sage System PIN, and free digital book software (available on the Library2Go website). Library2Go Audio Books are playable on any dev ice with Windows Media Player software. Patrons interested in using Library2Go need to ensure that they have a valid library barcode number and PIN before they use this free serv ice. After updating or creating a PIN the system requires 24 hours before it is valid w ith Library2Go.k Visit the Oregon Trail Library District website to learn more about Library2Go at vvvvvv.oregontrail.plinkit.org. The Oregon Trail Library District also has MP3 players available for checkout. For more information contact library staff in Boardman at 481-2665 or Heppner at 676-9964. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. t
