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
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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.
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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
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Flu Clinic schedule announced
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