Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 2,2009 - FIVE
Jfrom tíjc 1056 arcljibes of the
Portable “Fast Pyrolysis” equipment
demonstration held at Kinzua Mill Site
heppner
City of Boardman noxious
weed program a success
#a$ette-C unes
Portable wheel chair result
of Legion Fun Drive
A portable wheel chair which will be available
for use by anyone in the area, was recently added to the
equipment at Pioneer Memorial Hospital by the Hep-
pner American Legion post, it revealed this week.
Irrigon Chamber holds
One-Plug Derby
The Irrigon Chamber of Commerce held the 2009
One-Plug Derby, August 22. Twenty-one teams partici
pated.
Members of the Irrigon Jr/Sr High School Volleyball
Team were the fish runners for the tournament and Irrigon
Multicultural Arts Center provided the food. The Big Fish
was 9.92 lbs. and the Big Fish w inner took home $500 plus a
nice belt buckle. First place took home $2,248, second place
took home $ 1,280, third place took home $468, fourth place
took home $374.40, and fifth place took home $249.60.
Next years tournament will be August 21,2010.
Heppner Garden Club
to hold fall potluck
The Heppner Garden Club will begin their fall
season with a potluck on Tuesday, September 8, in the
dining room at St. Pat's Senior Center at 6 p.m., followed
by a program at 7 p.m. District President Cece Delfs will
be attending the meeting.
Delfs is one of only two certified judges for flower
shows in Eastern Oregon. She will give a presentation on
flower arranging.
The public is invited to attend.
Desert Rats Classic Car Club
donates to area school
Desert Rats Classic Car Club President George Price pres
ents Sam Boardman Elementary School Principal Jacque
Johnson with a check for S200 to purchase school supplies for
students. -Contributed Photo
The D esert Rats
Classic Car Club recently
donated to underprivileged
students at Sam Boardman
Elementary School. Club
P resident G eorge Price
presented the schools Prin
cipal, Jacque Johnson, with
a check for $200, which
will be used to buy school
supplies for the students.
The Car Club hopes their
donation ensures these chil
dren have the items and
resources they need to have
a more successful school
year.
Each year the Des
ert Rats Classic Car Club
hosts the Boardman Show
‘N ’ Shine at the Boardman
City Park. Proceeds of the
event go directly back into
the Boardman community.
In addition to the donation
to Sam Boardman Elemen
tary students, the Car Club
offers scholarships to Riv
erside High School gradu
ates, gives money to the
local gleaners organization,
and donates at Christmas
time to the area Giving Tree
programs.
The Desert Rats
Classic Car Club is a Board-
man non-profit organization
whose purpose is to pro
mote interest in the sport
of Classic Cars, Street Rod-
ding, and M uscle Cars,
with an emphasis on family
and community service.
The Club membership is
made up o f Classic Car
enthusiasts who own pre-
1975, American made cars
or trucks. They meet the
second Thursday of each
month at 7 p.m. For more
information, contact George
Price at 481-3217.
Koffler recognized by BEO
for 30 years of service
The Umatilla National Forest, in cooperation vs ith Morrow
County, Rocky Mountain Research Station, University of
Idaho and the University of Montana, sponsored a public-
demonstration of fast pyrolysis equipment on Monday, August
31. The demonstration investigated whether portable fast
pyrolysis is economically feasible to decrease wildfire risk by
reducing hazardous fuels. Fast Pyrolysis is a thermal process
that rapidly heats woody biomass to a controlled temperature
(500 degrees C), and then quickly cools the volatile products
to yield bio-oil (-60% ) bio-char (-20%) and syngas (-20%).
The syngas can be collected or recycled into the combustion
chamber to run the fast pyrolysis operation. The bio-oil and
bio-char are collected and trucked off-site for later use. Bio-oil
can be refined into #2 diesel fuel or used for industrial heating
while the bio-char can be used as a valued soil amendment.
- Photo by Andrew Svkes
Morrow County Court
weekly meeting held
The Morrow Coun
ty Court met on August 19
in Boardman with Judge
Tallman, Com m issioner
Grieb and Commissioner
Rea in attendance. Follow
ing is a summary of the
meeting provided by Leann
Rea.
The court approved
the minutes of August 12,
2009.
The court reviewed
and approved accounts pay
able and payroll for a total
of$237,546.53.
The A u g u st 19
road report follows: Road
Canyon Road - The crew
has finished all of the cattle
guard and culvert repairs
and replacem ents. They
are currently working on
hauling and placing gravel
on the road from the new
six foot culvert, south, (ap
proxim ately two miles).
The crew should be done
with the rock work today.
The crew has about ex
hausted the crushed rock
from the pit on Road Can
yon. U pper Rhea Creek
Road - The crew has fin
ished with the shoulder
work from Road Canyon
junction to the Basey Can
yon junction. Road strip
ing - The road striping
has continued around the
county. This week the crew
has been paint striping for
Gilliam County. They fin
ished August 19 for a total
o f three days in Gilliam
County. Shobe C anyon
Road - Removed, cleaned
out the ditch and reset a
cattle guard near the junc
tion with Highway 207.
B a s e lin e L a n e
- C urrently w orking on
shoulders near the junction
with Sand Hallow Road.
Crusher: The crusher has
now switched screens and
is now crushing one inch
minus road rock. In about
three weeks the crew will
begin running old asphalt
and will be working on
the Fuller Canyon Lane to
Bunker Hill Road.
Sheriff’s Report:
Reported that in the process
of the remodeling of the dis
patch center, it was discov
ered that some heavier w ir-
ing needed to be installed to
facilitate the use of larger
data cables. The court was
informed that this new w ir
ing plus labor and travel
would cost $1,291.20. The
court authorized this ex
penditure to be paid out of
the building maintenance
fund. The sheriff discussed
the rotation of vehicles and
the possibility of selling
some of the cars in a semi
equipped condition to other
police entities. The court
also heard that there were
parts of a meth lab located
in South Morrow County.
Two individuals were ar
rested and charged with
possession and manufactur
ing illegal drugs as a result
of this discovery.
Planning Depart
ment Report: The court
reviewed and signed the
Order for Land Partition
LP-N-404 for the City of
Boardman; Discussed the
upcom ing m eeting with
Idaho Power; Reviewed
the agenda for the Plan
ning Commission; Heard
a report regarding the LRA
meeting Carla attended on
Monday; Heard a report on
the meeting with the Navy
officials that Carla and
Judge Tallman had attended
on Friday, August 14.
The court conduct
ed the following business:
Reviewed and approved
a job description for an
Appraiser III position; Re
viewed and modified a pro
posed plan for the dispersal
of the Community Service
Fee generated by the Caith
ness Shepherds Flat energy
project; Reviewed a letter
regarding an offer to pur
chasing three foreclosed
properties. The court de
cided they did not want to
accept the current offer;
Reviewed and approved a
Service Contract with Ja
cobson, Betts & Company
to conduct a C lassifica
tion and Compensation Re
view of job classifications
encompassing all county
employees and elected of
ficials for an amount not to
exceed $12,500; Reviewed
and discussed a citation
notice o f two non pen
alty violations from Oregon
OSHA that were issued as
a result of on inspection on
July 6, 20009; Reviewed
other miscellaneous corre
spondences and upcoming
meeting notices.
Awana Club to start Sept. 16
Awana Club is starting up for 2009-2010. It w ill
be the same program as in the past, but the weekly club
time will be held on Wednesday’s instead.
AWANA will begin on Wednesday, September
16, 2009. It will be held at Willow Creek Baptist church
from 6:30-8 p.m. Transportation is available by contacting
Sheryll Bates at 676-5773.
Jeff Bailey. President and CEO of Bank of Eastern Oregon,
congratulate« George Koffler after he wai presented with a
30-year service award, knfltcr retired as President and CEO
this past March, hut remains on staff as senior vice president
and special assets manager. KofHer also remains on the Board
of Directors for the bank. Contributed Photo
Red Hat Rowdies to meet Sept. 16
The Red Hat Rowdies w ill hold their September
Red Hat no-host luncheon at Sweet Productions at noon
on September 16.
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Children from Boardman show off a Puncturevine plant they
removed during the city's Puncturevine Control Program
-Contributed Photo
The City of Board-
m an’s new Puncturevine
Control Program has been
dubbed a huge success
with an estimated 2,600
pounds o f Puncturevine
collected. Each year the
city receives complaints of
the plant growing along the
bike path, sidewalks and
curbs. The spiny bur or seed
pod from the Puncturevine
( Tribulus terrestris), also
known as a “Goathead”,
contains 20 seeds equipped
with long sharp spines ca
pable of puncturing a bike
tire or a shoe.
For the first time,
the city enlisted the aid of
its citizens to control the
spread of Puncturevine by
offering to pay for collec
tion of the weed. Through
out the month of August the
City paid $1 for each of the
258 bags of Puncturevine
returned to City Hall, which
will be burned as soon as
the burn ban is lifted. Many
o f the participants were
school-age children.
The c ity ’s Code
Compliance Official John
Russell said he could see a
big improvement along the
city’s bike path, streets, and
other public areas such as
the Marina Park’s baseball
fields. Teagan and Keziah
Birt, along w ith the help of
their father, were respon
sible for much of the bike
path areas being cleared
of the noxious weed. The
Boardm an M arina Park
joined in the effort by offer
ing discounts to its custom
ers who participated in the
city’s Puncturevine Control
Program. Many others par
ticipated in collecting the
weed in the spirit of helping
out their community.
Next year the city
hopes to sponsor the Punc
turevine Control Program
in the spring before the
plant has had a chance to
go to seed.
For more informa
tion on the city’s Punc
turevine Control Program,
call Boardman City Hall at
541-481-9252.
Annual Boardman Fall Quilt
Show to be held Oct. 2-3
Barb Hemncss will be the Featured Local Quilter at this
year's Boardman Fall Quilt Show. -Contributed Photo
The fifth annual
Boardman Fall Quilt Show
will be held October 203
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Ad
mission is $2.
F e a tu re d L ocal
Quilter will be Barb Hem-
nes, of Boardman. Barb,
and her husband Marvin
moved from Las Vegas,
NV to the Boardman area
in 1979 when Marv took a
position at the Boardman
Coal Fire Plant. Barb did
not sew in her younger
years, and is a fairly recent
convert to quilting.
While working at
Boardm an Pharmacy &
Hardware, Barb became ac
quainted w ith Jo Sicard and
Barb Henkle, who are local
quilting addicts. Jo brought
her completed quilt proj
ects into the pharmacy to
share w ith pharmacy staff.
Barb, Barb Henkle and Jane
Strege thought they would
like to try quilting projects.
They met weekly at Arlene
Walters home. The small
group grew larger, adding
quilters liv ing around East-
regaard Estates subdivision.
Barb Hemnes love of quilt
ing is visible to her entire
neighborhood. She and
Arlene painted quilt blocks
on their pump houses.
Barb's natural skills
o f accuracy and precision
have served her well. She
has created many beautiful
quilts, table runners and
wall hangings for her fam-
ily use. Fabrics and patterns
w ith Southwestern themes
are among her favorites.
She also donates her work
to local fundraising events.
Barb is active in the Board-
man Quilt Group, and also
is an occasional instructor
for the group.
Barb will be avail
able to describe her quilts
at the Boardman Fall Quilt
Show, Friday, October 2,
and Saturday October-3;
2009. There will be demon
strations, door prizes, and
vendors, and you can vote
for your favorites in the
Q uilter’s Challenge Con
test, and "Peoples Choice”
Award.
B o ard m an F all
Quilt Show is held at Green
field Grange #579. 209 N W
1 st Street. The grange is the
"Pink Building" under the
historic Boardman Water
Tower. Take the Board-
man Main Street Exit. 1-84
interchange # 164. Turn
north toward the Columbia
River. Go north two blocks
to Greenfield Grange. Look
for signs and the pink build
ing under the Water Tow
er.
For show informa
tion please contact Marge
Shankle at 541-481-3633.
Entry forms are available at
Aunty Ida’s Quilt Shop. 435
W. Hermiston Avc.. Herm-
iston OR. 10 a.m .-5:30
p.m.. 541-567-2726.