Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 3, 2007 - THREE
1903 Heppner Flood
presentation to be held
Joann G reen Byrd
will tell stories over lunch
O ctober 19—True Stories
o f bravery and fortitude,
o f breathtaking generosity,
o f lessons learned through
unspeakable sorrow associ
ated with the 1903 Heppner
Flood.
The occasion is the
Umatilla County Historical
S o c ie ty ’s H eritage L un
cheon to be held between
noon and 1 p.m. at Red Lion
Hotel, Pendleton. Tickets
are $50 per person. Pre-
registration is required by 5
p.m. October 10.
Joann Green Byrd is
co-chair of the Pulitzer Prize
Board, the 17 people who
decide who wins Pulitzer
Prizes in literature, drama,
music and journalism every
year. She was elected to the
board eight years ago and
will finish in April 2008.
Byrd, who retired
following a distinguished
career in journalism , said
she “was going to spend her
retirement in an easy chair
w ith a thousand books” until
she discovered the Heppner
Flood o f 1903. B ecause
her father, Joe Green, was
bom and reared in Heppner,
Joann had heard of the flood,
but never guessed its scale.
After its centennial,
Byrd went searching for the
true story of a flash flood
that killed 250 people on
an ordinary Sunday after
noon. She will share what
she found preserved in the
Morrow County Heritage
Museum and in the Umatilla
County Historical Society’s
Heritage Station Museum
and in conversations with
area residents. She is finish
ing a book about the flood.
Interpath Laborato
ry, Inc. is Presenting Spon
sor for the luncheon.
Support has also be
provided by Major Sponsors
East Oregonian, McLaugh
lin Landscaping, Pendleton
Grain Growers, Pendleton
Sanitary Serv ice, Inc., Red
Lion Hotel Pendleton, St.
Anthony Hospital, and Den
nis Turner, DMD, PC.
Byrd retired from
the newspaper business in
2003—47 years after J. W.
Joann Green Byrd
Forrester, then editor and
publisher o f The East Ore
gonian, gave her a reporting
assignment when she was
13. She wrote a column of
news from Helen McCune
Junior High and later was
allowed to cover a whole
range of stories, take pho
tos, lay out pages and read
proof through her years at
Pendleton High School and
during vacations from the
University o f Oregon.
A f te r f in i s h in g
the University o f Oregon
School o f journalism, she
spent 14 years as reporter
and assistant city editor at
the dearly departed Spokane
Daily Chronicle, moving
from there to The Herald in
Everett Washington, where
she was executive editor for
12 years.
In her last years at
The Herald, Joann earned
a m aster’s degree in phi
losophy (with emphasis on
ethics) from the University
of Washington. She applied
that training in a three-year
term as ombudsman (inter
nal critic) of The Washing
ton Post.
She is co-author of
the Ethics Tool, a decision
making model for journal
ists posted on newspaper
industry websites. Byrd was
inducted into the University
o f Oregon Hall of Achieve
ment in 2000, and when
she retired, had been for
seven years editorial page
editor o f the Seattle Post-
Intelligencer.
For more informa
tion call Heritage Station
Museum, 541-276-0012.
Life in Rwanda
Editor s Note: The
following was contributed to
the Heppner Gazette-Times
by Harley Sager. Sager's
son. Kelly, and his wife and
six kids live in Africa where
they work as missionaries.
It has been awhile
since som e o f you have
heard from me for which I
apologize. 1 wanted to take
this opportunity to update
you on life in Rwanda.
It is Saturday in Ki
gali, Rwanda. Another week
in Africa is almost over. If
my calculations are correct,
this week marks approxi
mately 175 weeks or 1,225
days in Africa. That leaves
us with approximately 47
weeks or 329 days before we
return to the U.S. We have
not decided on the exact
date when we will arrive
in the U.S. but it will be in
mid August 2008. Between
now and then we have a lot
ahead of us. We have no idea
how we are going to get it all
done. We will definitely be
ready to rest and relax when
we arrive!
It has been another
busy and event filled week
at the Sager household. We
have added two turkeys and
eight puppies this week.
The new additions appear
to be settling into the routine
around here. The turkeys are
the result o f Laura’s recent
trip to the refugee camp.
She spotted them on the
way home and negotiated a
deal with their owner. For
$40 we now have a male
and female turkey. We are
planning to invite the Tur
keys for Thanksgiving and
Christmas dinner this year.
We are trying to locate some
grain to feed them over the
next couple o f months in
order to fatten them up. I
am not sure whom we will
get to butcher them but we
will figure that out the closer
we get to dinnertime. I just
know that I am not going
to do the honors. There
are things I refuse to learn
to do - butchering turkeys
happens to be at the top of
the list!
As for the puppies,
we are having to supplemen
tal tube feed as their mother
(Panther) is not producing
FFA News
enough milk. It is amazing
how much you learn (tube
feeding for example) when
you are forced to.
There is a lot going
on in Rwanda at this time. In
Kigali, the face of the city is
changing daily. There is a lot
of new construction going in
and around the city - includ
ing a new American Embas
sy within walking distance
o f our home. A new airport,
football stadium, and other
projects are on the drawing
board. Even with all the
changes, Kigali remains a
very safe and beautiful capi
tal city. We hope it remains
that way.
Unfortunately, a lot
o f development we are see
ing Kigali does not extend
outside o f the city. Once
leaving Kigali, you enter
a different world-a world
o f extreme poverty, AIDS
and backbreaking work just
to survive everyday. In the
past month there has been
unrest brewing near Goma,
Congo. Rwanda and DR
C ongo share a com m on
border. Rebels have killed
several people and displaced
hundreds o f others. Few
people remember that dur
ing the late 1990’s Rwanda,
Congo and Uganda were
involved in a war in eastern
Congo. More than four mil
lion people in Congo died
because o f this conflict. It
is always a point o f con
cern for those o f us living
in Rwanda when there are
problem s in Congo. The
potential o f Rwanda being
drawn into another war is a
real possibility. The politics
behind it all would take me
an hour to explain so I will
not go into that now. We
pray that cooler heads will
prevail this time around.
The past couple o f
months have brought un
expected trials and frus
trations. That is to be an
ticipated. Though we have
adjusted to the challenges of
living in Rwanda, it remains
a strange and foreign land.
We feel blessed and honored
to be here.
Stay in touch. We
enjoy hearing from you.
K elly, L aura and
kids
Neighborhood Center, HES to hold Barclays celebrate 60th anniversary
canned food drive
Max and Mary Ann Barclay of Walla Walla cel
The Neighborhood Center and Heppner Elemen
tary School have teamed up again for the fourth annual
canned food drive during the week of October 1 -4. Items
can be brought to HES.
Items will be weighed on October 4 and the win
ning class will receive a surprise.
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By: K endra R ayburn
As many people may have noticed, the Hep
pner FFA Chapter has been very busy. We have many
events coming up in the future, as well as many events
we have already taken part in.
On September 19, six first year members o f
the chapter traveled to Hermiston to the first annual
Greenhand Conference. About thirty members from
the Blue Mountain District attended. Not only did the
members get a chance to meet each other, they also got
to some learning done. Members learned about career
development events, official dress, as well as traveling
opportunities. The conference was hosted by the Blue
Mountain District Officers.
Coming up in October, some members o f the
chapter will be traveling to Camp Elkanah for the Blue
Mountain District Leadership Camp. This camp will
give members the opportunity to get acquainted with
other chapters, while competing in chapter competi
tions. We will be given the opportunity to test out FFA
knowledge, and show off out awesome skills during
the rituals contest.
On October 20, 12 members will be heading to
Indianapolis for the 80th annual Nation FFA Conven
tion. Chapter members, as well as their parents, have
been working very hard at fundraisers to help support
this trip. While in Indianapolis, members will get to
experience many new and exciting things, while at the
same time, helping out at the convention. Traveling to
Indianapolis with other FFA members will be a once
in a life time chance for some o f the members. This
trip should prove to be a fun, exciting, and adventurous
experience for all the students, along with the advisor.
Members are expected to return on October 28.
Not only are the members getting ready for these
two trips, we are also preparing for the two upcoming
career development events. Students will be having the
opportunity to participate in the District Soils Judging
contest, and the District Ag Sales contest.
Heppner High School A griculture classes
w ill also be given the opportunity to meet two o f our
State FFA Officers. Within the next week, State FFA
President Sheryden Root and State FFA Reporter Jeb
Hollabaugh. We will get the chance to learn what FFA
is about, and what opportunities we can gain from be
ing a part o f the FFA. This should be a fun time for the
students, as well as the State officers.
Lastly, we would also like to thank the com
munity for all the support that we have received. We
really do appreciate everything that the community
has done for us.
Morrow County Health
Department calendar
Thursday, Oct. 4 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.- 4:30
p.m. (closed 12-1)
Monday, Oct. 8 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Tuesday, Oct. 9 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Thursday, Oct. 11 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12-1)
Monday, Oct. 15 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Tuesday, Oct. 16 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Thursday, Oct. 18 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12-1)
Monday, Oct. 22 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Tuesday, Oct. 23 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Thursday, Oct. 25 - Heppner Clinic 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12-1)
Monday, Oct. 29 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
Tuesday, Oct. 30 - Boardman Clinic 9 a.m.-4:30
p.m. (closed 12:30-1)
ebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in Portland on
August 26 with their children, grandchildren and great
grandchildren.
The couple was married October 11, 1947 at St.
Patrick Catholic Church in Walla Walla. Mary A nn’s
maiden name is Boulé.
Mr. and Mrs. Barclay moved to Morrow County in
1955 where they raised their family and farmed. In 1982,
they retired and moved to Laton, CA where they raised
and raced quarter horses. The couple returned to their
hometow n o f Walla Walla in 1988.
They have a son and daughter-in-law, James and
Wilbur Jackson will celebrate his 80“’ birthday on
Kristi Barclay o f Seattle; a daughter, Judy Carlson of Sunday, October 14, from 1-3 p.m. at the Senior Center.
Portland; two grandchildren. Katie Rideout and Michael The family invites the community to join in the celebra
Carlson, both o f Portland; and a great-granddaughter, tion. No gifts, please.
Roxanne Rideout of Portland.
Jackson to celebrate 80,h birthday
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