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.
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