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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 26,2012 Cultural Coalition Local ministry awards Cultural digs clean water Trust funds Morrow County Cul tural C oalition has an nounced the distribution of Oregon Cultural Trust funds for 2012-2013. The total amount available for Morrow County Projects is $8,823.37. The following applica tions were funded: Board- man Park & R ecreation District, FUNtastic Kidz, $1,000; Morrow County Historical Society, assis tance in publishing annual Morrow County Chroni cles, $ 1,025 ; North Morrow Community Foundation, artist in residence at Riv erside High School, $525; North Morrow Community Foundation, Missoula Chil dren’s Theater Workshop and Hampstead Stage Co., King A rthur A ssem bly, $2,585. Cultural Trust awards must follow state applica tion guidelines, includ ing project description and goals; timelines, partici pants and budget infor mation. Only in very rare instances will more than 50 percent of a project be funded. Projects funded submit a brief financial report at completion. To be considered, ap plications addressed one or more of the following goals: build economic de velopment by integrating arts, culture and heritage into county development efforts; provide financial support for cultural ac tivities for families and youth; increase awareness and respect o f our history; improve building preserva tion; build cultural bridges through partnerships with other cultural commissions to enhance heritage pro grams, expand outreach and accessibility and showcase opportunities that encour age cultural expressions. Morrow County Cul tural C oalition will a o cept additional proposals for fiscal year 2012-2013 now through February 1, 2012. For more informa tion, contact Susan Russell at 541 -481 -4277 or smsel@ hotmail.com. WIND FARM DEDICATION -Continuedfrom PAGE ONE Corp. o f America. It was now producing. Foster said his city will soon require that 30 percent of its power be from renewable sources, and that Shepherds Flats will help fulfill that need. One o f the b ig g est investors in the project was tech giant Google Inc. who, according to the com pany, last year invested $100 million in Shepherds Flat as part of a $500 mil lion funding round for the project that also included Tyr Energy and Sumitomo also one of the first clean energy projects to make use of the U.S. Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program. Also speaking to the crowd was Vic Abate, VP of renewables for GE Energy, which built the turbines; Bryan Wolf, Chairman of the Oregon Energy Facil ity Siting Council; and Les Gelber, President and Chief Operating Officer of Caith ness Energy, developer of the project. Friends of FFA to meet The first meeting of the school year for Friends of Heppner FFA will be held this Thursday, Sept. 27, at 6 p.m. in the agriculture classroom at Heppner High School. All are welcome to attend. Do you receive infusion or injection therapy on a regular basis? If you do and you would like to avoid the cost and hassles of traveling to receive this therapy, Pioneer Memorial Hospital may be able to help you. In many cases our physicians can work with your doctor to allow you to have your medication administered here, close to home. We do not administer chemotherapy.| For more information, please contact Director of Nursing Molly Rhea at 541-676-9133. MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT Cherry Webber (R) at this year’s first session of First Friday Friends of Jesus, sharing stories about people who lack access to clean water. -Contributedphoto * The Shared Ministry of Hope Lutheran Church and All Saints Episcopal Church has been raising money over the last several months to dig a well in one of the thousands of commu nities around the globe that lack access to safe water. This project grew out of their pastor’s challenge to the congregation on World Water Day in 2011 and again in 2012 to set aside the dollar-a-day that might be spent on bottled water or other luxuries and save it to help provide clean drinking water to people who have none. A focused effort to raise $5,000 to dig a well began in March, and that goal is nearly achieved. Children who attend First Friday Friends of Jesus have been encouraged to participate by filling a water jug with coins at the next session, scheduled for Friday, Oct. 5. According to statistics provided by the United Nations and its related or ganizations, in many com munities around the world, women and children spend a large portion o f every day carrying water (in jugs weighing up to 40 pounds each) from the nearest wa ter source, which in some places can be as much as five miles away. Even when water is nearby, it can be _ a _ IV 1 Tl 7 11 f ) 111 l \ l l l L U d l U dirty and unsafe to drink because of poor sanitation practices. Access to clean water and adequate sani tation is considered to be the first essential step in raising a community out of poverty. # The Shared Ministry will be working through Living Water International (LWI) to dig a well in rural India. The precise location will be determined when the fundraising goal has been met. LWI is a faith-based organization that provides the equipment, expertise and education necessary to give thirsty people clean water in Jesus’ name. Since its founding in 1990, LWI has completed 10,000 water projects in 26 countries. More inform ation about LWI and the global need for clean water can be found at their website, www.water. cc. Members of the Shared Ministry have expressed their hope that this will be just the first of many wells the ministry is able to fund. Future projects may include well-digging mission trips, also offered through LWI. Members of the community are invited and encouraged to participate in this ongo ing project. More informa tion is available by calling the Shared Ministry office at 541-676-9970. _ flP D l l t l l group The monthly Kinzua lunch group met in Prin- eville at the Apple Peddler. Those attending were Tom, Marilyn and Bill Ledford; OL and Jean Ann Adams; Pete and Jackie Hester; • Bonnie Campbell; Montell McDonald; Gael Liptak and Marilyn Garcia. The group will meet at Service Creek on Friday, Oct. 19. Marriage Licenses The Morrow County Clerk has issued the follow ing marriage licenses: September 21: -Travis Lynn Fenstermaker, 41, of Irrigon and Debra Lynn Jofinson, 44, of Irrigon. 676-9181 U "W here frien d s M eet” p c o m in g elks N2 North Main events TIÌLE5PAY & PTLM&LR 27 - H u n te r 's N ig h t Dinner- Roger's Ribs « FKPAY 5CPTU4BU2. 28- State President's visit Dinner Oysters & Salmon The Army Corps o f Engineers announced last week an environmental re view process and scope of analysis for Coyote Island Terminal, LLC, part of the Morrow Pacific project. Consistent with proce dures followed for similar export facilities, the Corps will move forward with an Environmental Assessment (EA) process. Last month Coyote Island Terminal, LLC submitted an updated E nvironm ental Review (ER), which will be utilized by the Corps in preparing the EA. The scope of the review will consider im pacts at the location of the proposed dock as well as the associated rail unload ing and storage site. “ We look forward to working with the Corps and other entities on this review process and are committed to meeting all state and federal standards. Our En vironmental Review, which is published on our website, represents a thorough and transparent evaluation of the project,” said Clark M oseley, President and CEO of the Morrow Pacific project. The decision by the Corps is in keeping with prior processes used to per mit similar export and river projects like the EGT Grain Terminal in Longview, WA and the SITran coal rail to barge operation on the Ohio River. Weed advisory board to meet Russian O live presen tation to fo llo w regular m eeting Morrow SWCD/Mor- row County Weed Advisory Board will hold their regular board meeting at the Port of Morrow on Oct. 2 at 4 p.m. Agenda items include Weed Supervisor report, approval of the September meeting minutes, treasurer’s report, status of payment requests, staff reports, USDA lease update and partner reports. Meetings of the district are open to the public. A Russian Olive control presentation for interested landowners will begin after the board meeting at 7 p.m. at the same location. The Morrow County office of USDA/NRCS has been approved for a Rus sian Olive Control project with funding provided by the Environmental Qual ity Improvement Program (EQIP). EQIP is a volun tary program that provides technical and financial as sistance to growers and landowners who want to install measures to protect the soil, water, air and other natural resources on their working land. The project area in cludes farmland and pasture land betw een Bom bing Range Road on the east. Bom bing Range on the south, 1-84 on the north and the western boundary of sections 14 and 23; land in the Boardman City limits is excluded. Program sign up and eligibility must be completed by Oct. 31. The presentation will give an overview o f the project area, suggested con trol actions and explain eligibility requirements for the EQIP program. For additional informa tion on EQIP or the Russian Olive Control Project, con tact Kacee Lathrop, NRCS District Conservationist, at 541-676-5021 xl!3. Tri-Cities cancer seminar planned Workshop aims to help women with early detection o f ovarian cancer Local health workers have announced that a free public seminar to educate the audience on risk asso ciated with ovarian cancer, current screening and early detection tests, and research pointing toward near-future advancements in treatment and diagnostics for ovarian cancer will be held Satur day, Sept. 29, at the Three Rivers Convention Center in Kennewick, WA from 1- 4 p.m. The seminar is designed to be informative to both the general public and health care professionals. Ovarian cancer and breast cancer survivors and individuals interested in the prevention and treatment o f ovarian cancer are encouraged to attend. A panel of six speakers will present, in sequence, topics o f their expertise. The presenters include: Sarah Hall, MS, CGC, Ge netic Counselor, Kadlec Regional Medical Centers; Kay Kerbyson, PhD, Presi dent and Founder, Ovarian Cancer Together!; Paula Manner, CCRP, Ovarian C ancer Early D etection Screening Program, Rivkin Center; Diane O ’Conner, President, Ovarian Can cer National Alliance; M. Corinna Palanca-Wessels, MD, PhD, Researcher, Fred H utchinson C ancer R e search Center; and Tom Rado, MD, PhD, Medical Oncologist, Columbia Ba sin Hematology & Oncol ogy- The ev en t is being held by the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer Research in partnership with the Wanda Jankelson Foundation for Health Care and Research. TliR^PAY OCtOtML 4- Ladies' Night Dinner- Steak & Cheesy Potatoes w / all the fixings Hosted by «oilmans & Coiners Heppner Gazette-Times 188 West Willow Exc e lle n ce In H e a lth c a re i Environmental assessment begins for Morrow Pacific Corps continues environmental assessment and determines scope o f analysis for Coyote Island Terminal HEPPNER ELKS 358 Local residents are currently receiving medications to treat Crohn's Disease, Rheumatoid Arthritis, some types of Anemia and other chronic conditions on an out-patient basis at Pioneer Memorial Hospital. IV antibiotic treatment for Osteomyelitis and other conditions is also available at the hospital on an out-patient basis. - SEVEN Call 676-9228 to jet started ttdayl I \
