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Large crowd hears wind farm info II.I..I...I.I..III.... IU...II Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University of Oregon Eugene, OR 97403 Blakes Ranch residents not happy with project 5(K Heppner wind farm developer Thomas Metzger talks to crowd at Heppner information meet ing on the proposed new farm east of Heppner. -Photo by David Sykes imes VOL. 131 N O . 28 8 Pages Wednesday, July 18, 2012 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Heppner diner goes vegetarian Owners say they offer vegan-friendly alternatives for those seeking a healthy lifestyle “ ” By Andrea Di Salvo W illow Creek Diner, which has been a fixture on Heppner’s Main Street for decades, isn’t going any where. Regulars will, how ever, see a radical change to the menu. The long-time burger joint and bakery is adopt ing a v e g e ta ria n m enu, w hich ow ners John and Kathy Marick call “vegan- friendly.” Vegetarian refers to a m eatless diet, while vegan is en tirely plant- based, without even dairy products such as eggs and cheese. Many are questioning the wisdom o f what seems like an odd m ove in the m iddle o f cattle country. Many of the popular bakery selections at the Willow Creek Diner will remain, hut .lohn and Kathy Marick (pictured) say they will also be adding desserts that diabetics can safely eat, such as these pies made without refined sugar. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo The M arick s ad m it the change has upset a few people. “ We k n e w th a t by -See VEGETARIAN DINER/ PAGE FOUR Park host arraigned on invasion of privacy charges The M orrow County S h eriff’s O ffice recently arrested John Earl McBride, the park host at the Mor row/Grant OHV Park, on allegations o f Invasion o f Personal Privacy. D uring the w eekend o f Ju ly 7-8, M CSO r e ceived in fo rm atio n that there might be a person at one o f the Morrow County parks who was spying on persons as they used the restroom facilities. Information was gath ered and a female reserve deputy, along with a female detective from MCSO, were sent into the park to rent a cabin on Monday. July 9. On the morning o f July 10, the female reserve entered one o f the restroom facili ties while the detective ob served from a distance. The suspect was seen entering a maintenance space between the restrooms. The detective opened the door and found the suspect peeking through a small hole in the wall. chief in the Second Degree. M cB ride, 54, o f P i Judge S picer set bail at lot Rock was arrested at $5.000. M orrow County the scene. McBride D istrict A ttorney w a s a c o n tr a c t J u stin N e lso n is v en d o r actin g as p r o s e c u tin g the the cam p host at case. The court ap the M orrow/Grant pointed Heidi Van OHV Park. He has Kirk to represent had that position as the defen d an t on a contract vendor J o h n E a r l the ch a rg e s. The for the past two sea McBride court set a pre-trial sons. McBride was conference for Au not an employee o f Morrow gust 8 at 1 p.m. at the Ir- County. rigon Justice Court. M cB ride w as in te r The M CSO continues viewed and subsequently to look for victims in this lodged at Umatilla County case. Anyone who believes Jail on multiple counts o f they have been M cBride’s C rim inal M ischief-I and victim during a stay at the Invasion o f Personal Pri M o rro w /G ra n t C o u n ty vacy. OHV Park should contact On July 11, McBride the M C SO at 5 4 1 -6 7 6 - was arraigned on the In 5317. formation o f Misdemeanor The case is being in by Morrow County Justice vestigated by the MCSO. Court Judge Anne Spicer; Anyone with any informa he was arraigned on three tion should call the police counts o f Invasion o f Per dep artm en t at 541-676- sonal Privacy and eight 5317. counts o f C rim inal M is Fair edition deadline July 31 The Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo are coming up. That means the yearly fair edition o f the Gazette-Times is also upon us. The G-T would like to remind everyone that the article and advertising deadline for the annual fair edition is July 31 at 5 p.m. By David Sykes A large crowd filled H ep p n e r C ity H all last week to hear information about the new 310-tower proposed wind farm on 61,000 acres east o f Hepp ner. Also part of the project is construction o f a new transmission line to a new proposed substation to be built at Stanfield. The wind farm will be built close to the m oun tain community of Blakes Ranch, so a large contingent o f people concerned about the effects o f the project came to the meeting. Four people even stood outside w ith signs to protest the project prior to the meet ing. It was estimated later that towers may be as close as one mile to the Blakes Ranch community. P r o je c t d e v e lo p e r Thomas Metzger o f Inve- nergy told the crow d o f about 55 people that this is the first Oregon project that has gone before the State Energy Facility Siting Council instead o f to county planning commissions. If a wind project is over a cer tain size, state law says it will bypass the county and go straight to the state. Metzger said Invenergy -See WIND FARM MEET- ING/PAGE FIVE Local woman celebrates 100 years By A ndrea Di Salvo The infant girl born on Rhea Creek on July 12, 1912 couldn’t have fore seen w hat the follow ing century would bring. “1 can’t think o f very much all that interesting,” A lice (R hea) B u c k le y ’s says o f her life. “ We just lived a simple life. I was born a fter that H eppner flood, thank goodness.” Most people who get to speak with the centenarian, though, will find themselves gifted with a glimpse o f his tory long forgotten by most people alive today. Buckley is the daughter o f Curtis and Cecil Alice (R ankin) Rhea; she was bom in a large, two-story white house on Rhea Creek, the same house where her father was bom. “The place where I was bom don’t look like it did when I was bom,” she says, adding that m ost o f the buildings are now gone. “You wouldn’t even know it had been a place people lived.” She says the canyon took its nam e from her grandfather, who was said to be the first white man to settle along the creek. O f her four sisters and two broth ers, only she and brother, Robert Rhea, remain. Life was different on Rhea Creek in the early 20th century. “ We still were using horses and buggies, what we called a ‘hack,’” says B uckley, d escrib in g the horse-draw n buggy with tw o row s o f seats. “ We went to a country school. My father had an old mare and a cart; we could hook this mare up and take her to school. We had to take along a bag o f hay and feed the hay to the mare during Alice Buckley (center) got the chance to celebrate her 100,h birthday last week surrounded by friends and family, including daughters Margaret and Donna. -Contributedphoto lunch time.” She re c a lls days o f play in g on stick horses aro u n d th e ir farm as a young child. “ We gave them fancy nam es like ‘P rin c e ’ and ‘King.’At least, we thought they were fancy,” Buckley says. “ We would pretend we were driving cattle and all kinds o f things.” She also rem em bers a time when a waterspout formed and her grandpar ents took the children on top o f the root cellar to watch the small flood go by. “ We had a finger ring som eone said had been made from a 10-cent piece, and we used to wear it all the tim e,” she says. She added that he ring had been lost, but “ When the flood was over, there was that ring, lying there on the ground.” Buckley says her fam ily wasn’t rich, but they had enough. “We had enough to feed us and clothe us, but we didn't always have a lot o f money,” she says. Buckley says she was in seventh grade when her father moved them closer to lone, where she continued school, g raduating from lone High School in 1931. While Buckley’s mind rem ains sharp, tim e has worn the edges off memo ries, eroding the details. A lo n g the w ay, she married Carroll Eric Buck- ley, though the date o f their marriage escapes her now. He was five years older than she, half Irish and h alf Norwegian. They had two daughters, M argaret and Donna. M argaret lives in Wisconsin with her family, while Donna and her family reside in Washington. Late in life, Buckley’s husband had a stroke, and she remembers caring for him during that time. Every day, she says, she got him out o f bed, dressed him, fed him and took him for a drive in the car. Then, she said, the doctor would come for his weekly visit and be amazed that her supposedly bed-bound husband had no bed sores. “ I never did explain it to him,” says Buckley. She didn't work outside the home while Carroll was alive. A fter her husband died— nearly 30 years ago -See BUCKLEY CENTEN- NIAL/PAGE FIVE H arvest H ours M onday - F riday - 7 am-6 pm S aturday -7 am-5 pm ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. M o r r o w C ou n ty G ra in G ro w e rs ^•xingt gton 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 • 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 fat turn equipment, rillt am web site tt www
