FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, September 15,2010
Green fam ily reunion held at M.C. Fairgrounds
Nearly 80 descen
dants of Stephen Alex and
Mattie Bryant Green gath
ered at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds on August 28
for a family reunion.
Alex and Mattie
Green lived in Morrow
County and Heppner after
1907 until he died in 1949
and she, in 1972. Alex and
Mattie raised their six chil
dren, Mildred, Cornett,
Herman, Joe, Ruth and
Louise, in Heppner. They
farmed and operated re
tail stores in Heppner, and
were always active in the
Heppner United Methodist
Church. Alex and Mattie
are buried in Heppner Ma
sonic Cemetery.
Ruth Green Mc-
Caleb of Gresham, the only
one of their children still
living, was not able to join
the Green-Bryant clan re
union, but Howard Bry-
Winchester snags final
Yard of the Month Award
Pictured are members of the Green family that attended the family reunion. -Contributed
Photo
ant of Heppner, Mattie’s
nephew, was there.
M ost attendees
were from Oregon and
Washington, but Mildred’s
granddaughter, Shelli
Scifers, came from Ger
many, and Joe’s son, Dave,
and his family came from
Florida.
G reg G reen o f
Bothell, WA, (Cornett’s
grandson), delivered a
lively program about the
history of the Green and
Bryant families, and Shelli
Scifers distributed written
genealogical charts and
stretched a detailed family
tree along one wall in the
Annex.
ClifTGreen of Hep
pner (Herman's son) was
the host and master of cer
emonies for the reunion.
Joann Green Byrd (Joe’s
daughter) helped organize
the gathering.
Boardman Rural Fire Protection District pursues $11 million bond
I f p a sse d , the
Boardman Rural Fire Pro
tection District General Ob
ligation Bond would pay for
a new fire station, pay off
the current debt obligation,
and replace the old ladder
truck. Boardman voters
will have the opportunity to
weigh in on the $ 11 million
bond on the Nov. 2, 2010,
ballot.
According to the
Chief of the Fire Protection
District, Marc Rogelstad,
one reason the District’s
Board of Directors decided
to pursue this bond is for
the potential opportunity
to work w ith an EMT/Fire
Science program that has
an internship component.
In this type of program, 15
students work and live at a
fire station with a “sleeper”
program, covering a shift
providing emergency fire
and EMS calls when not at
tending classes. If the BRF-
PD had this program, these
interns would aid staffing
levels at the District. Board-
man area residents could
then potentially receive
quicker responses seven
days a week, 365 days a
year without having to pay
for additional staff.
“Four of our fire
men that we currently em
ploy are paid for by a federal
grant, w hich runs out in two
years,” said BRFD Board
Chairman Don Russell. “If
the bond passed, and we
had the intern program, this
would be a way to keep our
level of service high.”
Another reason the
District’s Board opted to
ask voters to pass a bond
Wind power workshop planned for October
Northwest Sustain
able Energy for Economic
Development will present
a workshop for rural land-
owners, public officials
and community members
interested in learning more
about wind energy devel
opment. The workshop
will take place on October
5 and 6 from 8:30 a.m. to
3:30 p.m. and will include
an introduction to modem
wind technology, the vari
ous scales of wind develop-
ment, and state incentives
and policies affecting wind
energy projects.
Day one o f the
workshop will also include
information on installing
a small wind system for
on-site use and working
with commercial develop
ers. Day two of the work
shop will be devoted to
community-scale wind de
velopment with morning
speakers and an afternoon
field trip to a community
wind project.
The workshop is
open to the public with a
registration fee of $35 for
each day of $60 for both
days. A light lunch will
be provided on day one.
For additional informa
tion and to register go to
www.nwseed.org or contact
info@nwseed.org, 1-866-
759-*SEED. Registration
will close on October 1.
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is the fact that there is no
room to expand to provide
for this type of program in
the current facility. Built
in 1973, the station was
remodeled in 1998 to house
an expanding fleet and ad
ditional classroom space.
Since the station was origi
nally built, Sam Boardman
Elementary and Windy
River Elementary have
been constructed across the
street. A new station would
include updated training
facilities that would be
utilized by the BRFPD and
other local emergency ser
vice agencies, if the bond is
approved by voters.
The new building
would be a “one stop” point
of contact for emergency
services. If approved and
participants in the ’’sleeper”
program train for paramed
ic certification. Morrow
County Health District’s
Boardman staff and am
bulances would be housed
in the new station. North
county office space for the
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office also is proposed. The
Port of Morrow has donated
land on the corner of Olson
Lane and Columbia Avenue
for the purpose of building a
new fire and training station.
The only stipulation is that
if the BRFPD ever vacates
the land, the property would
be returned to the Port of
Morrow. The 30-year bond
woud be for the construc
tion of the building, not the
purchase of the land.
The relocation of
the main station of the Dis
trict would allow equal
access to routes south of
Interstate 84 and direct
access to a proposed third
viaduct across the inter
state. District volunteers
would have fewer traffic
restrictions responding to
the new location.
Money from the
bond for a new ladder truck
would replace the 36-year-
old truck currently used by
the District. Though not
many, there are buildings
requiring the District to
maintain a ladder truck. The
cost of a new ladder truck is
approximately $1 million,
which is out of reach of cur
rent funding resources. The
District has said it would
also look into the possibil
ity of purchasing a used
ladder truck if the bond is
approved.
Pictured is Erna Winchester with long-time family dogs
Nicky, Cally and Bundy. -Photo by Kav Proctor
By Kay Proctor
Heppner Garden
C lub’s last Yard of the
Month recognition for 2010
goes to Ema Winchester at
515 N. Jones Street.
O riginally, the
home of Frank Gilliam sat
on this rocky slope and sur
vived the great 1903 flood.
Years later the house was
torn down and the lot sat
empty with only the origi
nal cement stairs remaining
until Ema bought it from
the Healy family. After lev
eling for her new house was
completed, Ema hired Jim
Healy to stack large land
scape blocks five high in
front and five high in back
almost the full width of the
lot and backfilled with the
original alkaline soil. This
is Ema’s second year living
on Jones Street.
The daughter of
long-time Heppner resi
dents, the late Ernie and
Lois Winchester, Ema says
she had a great time grow
ing up here. She lived in
town where her mother op
erated a beauty shop in the
family home at the comers
of Church and Main Streets.
Her family had acreage
and later a home by Hinton
Creek where she could
keep horses, and a cabin
on Ditch Creek where she
could spend days riding.
The cabin was known as the
“Wheel Inn” because of the
100-plus wagon and buggy
wheels displayed around it.
The cabin is gone now, but
some of those wheels now
decorate Ema’s yard.
Other family me
mentos used in landscaping
include a coal bucket, a
Fresno and a cast iron pot.
A hand pump and a tricycle
made of horseshoes by a
friend sit among the front
flowerbeds. A charming
western painting by her
mom hangs by the back
porch.
While digging in
the yard, Erna has found
square nails, marbles, part
of a Mason jar, buttons and
lumps of coal.
An unknown vari
ety of sedum that is Ema’s
favorite plant spreads by
a corner of the driveway
and was brought from her
Hinton Creek home. She
found a sad snapdragon
and some sorry looking
zinnias at a “save my life”
plant sale and turned them
into healthy and blooming
plants. Also found in her
yard are huge, volunteer
marigolds from seeds she
planted her first year, bas
kets and flower boxes of
annuals, delphiniums (her
mother’s favorite), cosmos,
forsythia, lilacs, junipers,
arborvitae and a vegetable
garden of Swiss chard, to
matoes, squash and volun
teer pumpkins. An original
gate from the Gilliam house
is propped up for green
beans to climb.
Erna mows the
lawn about every four days
and she uses Scott’s winter
fertilizer and 16-16-16. She
highly recommends using
Miracle-Gro potting soil
and a water-soluble fertil
izer regularly during the
growing season.
When working for
25 years at Columbia Ba
sin Electric Co-op, Erna
read meters in five coun
ties. During this time, she
raised, trained and showed
Paint horses and is tick
led to recall her APAH
champion mare, “Rosarena
Jones” named after Mrs.
Floyd Jones, a neighbor
and friend.
Since Erna’s ac
tivities became limited by
arthritis, she enjoys hav
ing “enough yard to keep
busy.” Instead of looking
after acreage and horses
now, she can sit on the front
porch (her favorite place)
and look at the view down
Church Street, which in
cludes the two-story house
where she grew up. When
not flying the US flag from
the porch, an Oregon State
University banner shows
where Ema’s loyalties are
from her college days in
Corvallis. Enjoying the
porch and yard with her are
Nicky, Cally and Bundy,
long-time family dogs.
Erna says she
caught the gardening bug
from her mother, but really
only had time for it since
moving back to town. She
finds it “kind of reward
ing” especially because she
“likes looking at it, too”. So
do many others.
Yard of the Month
honors are sponsored by
Green Feed Store/MCGG,
the Heppner Gazette-Times
and the Heppner Garden
Club.
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