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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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;
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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.
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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.
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Dinner- Steak & Cheesy
Potatoes w / all the fixings
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Environmental
assessment begins
for Morrow Pacific
Corps continues environmental
assessment and determines scope o f
analysis for Coyote Island Terminal
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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.
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