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Anderson signs contract with health district The Morrow County Health D istrict Board re cently approved a three- year contract with physician Betsy Anderson. A n d e r s o n has worked in Corvalis for the past seven years. She has been a doctor for the past 10 years. Anderson graduated from med school in 1997 from OHSU and finished her residency in 2000. Before becoming a physician, Anderson taught high school science for 10 .....U J I H c s s iç W c ty p ii \ r Ä f-uyene. OR 9740.1 HEPPNER years in Philomath. Born and raised in B eaverton, A nderson has been married 26 years to her husband, John, a self-em ployed carpenter. They have two children. Malcolm, 21, a senior at OSU, and Emily, 19, a sophomore at Ever green in Olympia, WA. A nderson is not a stranger to eastern Oregon with one side o f her family from Athena and the other from The D alles. A nder son, her husband and their children have vacationed in the area many times. When their children moved off to Anderson says she “ likes the si/e o f the medical community (in Heppner). It's nice to know people and realize you are helping people with their health." A n derson says H eppner is just the right size and is “super friendly" with perfect weather. As for the hospital, Anderson says it is a “ fantas tic medical establishment, a well-run hospital and very organized.” Betsy Anderson Anderson says that college, Anderson and her even though her contract is husband decided that it was written for only three years, the perfect opportunity to she is planning on staying relocate. longer. Honor Society assists with cleanup unes VOL. 126 NO. 40 8 Pages Wednesday, October 3, 2007 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Two file for sheriff’s position As o f October 2, two individuals have filed paperwork to run for Morrow County Sheriff. Larry Sample w ill be chal lenging Kenneth Matlack, the incumbent, for the position in the May 2008 primary election.a The deadline to file to run for a position is March 11, 2008. The primary election date is May 20, 2008. The only other position filed for at this time is Assessor, filed by Greg Members of the H H S National Honor Society helped the Morrow Sweek. A special election will be held on District with weed removal along W illow Creek. November 6, 2007 and will include two H e p p n e r H i g h o f the buckw heat family, measures, 49 and 50. Schools National Honor So it is an upright, shrub like ciety students and advisor, perennial that can grow to Mrs. Payne assisted Morrow over 10 feet in height. It re Soil & Water Conservation produces primarily by seed D istrict staff with the re and by vegetative means moval o f a recently identi with the help o f long, stout fied infestation o f Japanese rhizomes. It spreads quickly K notw eed along Willow and excludes natural veg Creek in Heppner. The site etation. posing a significant is approximately 15 by 40 threat to riparian areas. “The Board didn't feet and was flowering and want to wait and see how setting seed. Japanese knotweed, this plant reacts to eastern also called Mexican bam Oregon climate and wanted boo, is an aggressive in it removed, the students are vasive weed on the west always looking for an op side o f O regon and was portunities to serve the com o rig in ally introduced as munity, so we decided to an ornamental. A member Willow Creek Campground holds sign dedication Soil and W ater Conservation just get it done" said Kevin Payne, Morrow SWCD Nat ural Resource Technician. Japanese Knotweed is on the state noxious w eed list but not in Morrow Coun ty 's Weed O rdinance, so there is no authority to re quire eradication or con trol, but the Weed Control Supervisor has been asked to follow up w ith herbicide treatment and monitoring. If you have a plant you're unsure o f the iden tity, Morrow County Weed District is available for weed or plant identification. Call 989-9502 for assistance. Fourth and tilth grade students sing at the dedication of the Willow ( reek C ampground sign. About 60 people at tended the dedication of the O regon-C alifornia Trails Association Willow Creek Campground Sign near Ce cil. The cerem ony began with an invocation by Rev. Tim Van Cleave, and the flag salute led by Kip Krebs, lone High School Student Body President. R epresentatives o f O regon-C alifornia Trails Association included Glen Harrison, State President, and Roger Blair, Northwest Chapter Chairman. R e p re s e n tin g the Oregon Historic Trails Ad visory Committee were John Chess from the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute and Keith May from Pendleton. Other organizations in attendance included Ore gon Dept, o f Transportation, U.S. Forest Service, lone C om m unity A gricultural and Business Organization, Heppner Chamber o f Com m erce, M orrow C ounty Court and the lone School District. P ro je c t D ire c to r, John Edmundson expressed appreciation to the many people and organizations that helped with this proj ect. lone grades 4/5 stu dents from Mrs. Holland's class sang Roll On Colum bia, Roll On and the Oregon State Song. Additional mu sic was provided by Duane Neiffer, Alex Carlson and Eric Jepsen. The ceremony was closed w ith a benediction by Father Jerry Condon, Taps played by Eric Jepsen and a 1950 Cecil Store Poem w ritten and read by Dorothy Krebs, After the ceremony, the attendees went to the Cecil Store for refreshments provided by Maureen Krebs and Anne Morter. Free collection events for agricultural waste pesticides and empty containers set Growers in the Umatilla River Ba improve water quality in local streams. sin and surrounding areas can safely and The October 5lh and 8,h collection events anonymously dispose o f old or unusable help to support water quality goals by pesticides collection events in Boardman at remov ing old pesticides from the Basin the North Morrow County Transfer Station that could pose pollution risks to streams, on Friday, October 5 from 1 -5 p.m. and at the rivers or groundwater if not disposed o f Pendleton Convention Center on Monday, safely. The collection events are supported October 8, from 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. This event through grant funds from EPA(U.S. Envi is sponsored by the ( )SU Extension Serv ice, ronmental Protection Agency). Pre-registration is required for col Umatilla County Soil and Water Conserva tion District and other state and local organi lection o f waste pesticides from growers zations. All highly toxic “legacy" pesticide, in NE Oregon. To register contact Laura such as DDT, dieldrin and dinoseb, will be Yates of Clean 1 larbor Env ironmental Ser- accepted for free. The first 100 pounds o f v ices at I -800-444-4244 or vates.laurafu other pesticide wastes will be accepted at no c leanharbors.com. or obtain the registra charge. Empty, triple-rinsed plastic pesticide tion form by v ¡siting OSU Extension’s web containers will also be collected at this event page at: www.cerealcentral.com (click on the Calendar page to download applica free o f charge. The Morrow County Health Department will be holding a flu clinic in the fol The Umat i l l a B asin W atershed tion) or Umatilla SW CD's web page at: lowing locations: Council, the Oregon Departments of Envi hup : /w w vv.um atillacpuntvsw cd.com /. Monday, Oct. 15 - Stokes Landing Community Center in Irrigon from 11 a.m. to 1:30 ronmental Quality (DEQ) and Agriculture There is no need to register if you wish p.m. (ODA). the Umatilla Soil and Water Con to only dispose o f empty, triple-rinsed Tuesday, Oct. 16 - Boardman Senior Center in Boardman from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. servation District, OSU Extension Service containers. Wednesday, Oct. 17 - St. Pats Senior Center in Heppner from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and other partners are working together to Wednesday, Oct. 17 - lone Fire Hall in lone from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 18 - Morrow County Health Department in Heppner from 8:30 a.m. to noon and I to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 22 - Morrow County Health Department in Boardman from 9 a.m. to At the MCGG GREEN FEED STORE in Heppner: noon and 1 to 7 p.m. The cost for shots will be $20 for Flu, $15 for Tetanus, $42 for Pneumovax, and $15 for TdaP (under 64 years old). Flu shots will be available at all regular Mor row County Health Department Clinics while supplies last. Those getting shots should remember to bring their insurance card. Medicare card and/or Medicaid card. For more ^banner c^fLa c(^uis s 0 7 ^banner cC]ecitqia ( ffioais information call 676-5421. Flu Clinic schedule announced ANNUAL BOOT 5ALE ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. I _________ [MOW gQ% OFF_________ M orrow C ounty Grain G rowers Green F eed <£ S eed 242 W. Linden Way. H ep p n er • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office)
