Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 3,2013
Free brunch at Walk MS
Walkers are invited to a
free brunch to be served at
Walk MS planned in Hep
pner on Saturday, April 20.
Walk MS participants will
be served a delicious break
fast consisting of breakfast
egg casseroles, french toast
casseroles, muffins, rolls,
fruit, juice, milk, coffee and
tea following the walk,”
said brunch organizer April
Sykes.
R egistration for the
walk may be done on line
or the morning of the walk
starting at 9 a.m. at All
Saints’ Episcopal Church
in Heppner, 460 N. Gale
St. The walk begins at 10
a m. Following the walk,
everyone is invited back
to the church for the free
breakfast.
Breakfast casseroles are
still needed, so anyone who
would like to make a cas
serole or donate breakfast
items for the walk would
be very much appreciated,
said Sykes. To donate a
casserole or other items,
call her at 541 -980-4643, or
email her at hiltonsykes@
hotmail.com.
Because of health de
partment regulations, cas
seroles must be made on
site at the church the eve
ning prior to the walk. The
church will be open from
6-8 p.m. on Friday, April
19, for that purpose.
For more information
about the walk, contact co
chairs Merilee McDowell,
541-571-5853m or Barb
Orwick, 541-256-0455.
Near normal temps reported for
March
According
to
preliminary data received by
NOAA’s National Weather
S e rv ic e in P en d le to n
Oregon, temperatures at
H eppner averaged near
normal during the month
of March.
The
average
te m p e ra tu re was 44.5
degrees which was 0.3
degrees above normal. High
Tem peratures averaged
55.5 degrees, which was 0.6
degrees above normal. The
highest was 68 degrees on
the 15th. Low temperatures
averaged 33.4 degrees,
which was 0.1 degrees
below normal. The lowest
was 21 degrees, on the
4th.
TREO bike tours will help boost
local economy
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There were 15 days
with the low temperature
below 32 degrees.
Precipitation totaled
0.62 inches during March,
which was 0.90 inches
below normal. Measurable
precipitation -at least .01
inch- was received on 9
days with the heaviest,
0.20 inches reported on the
21st.
Precipitation this year
has reached 0.84 inches,
which is 3.27 inches below
normal. Since October, the
water year precipitation
at Heppner has been 4.91
inches, which is 3.26 inches
below normal.
The highest wind gust
was 40 mph which occurred
on the 20th.
The outlook for April
from NOAA’s C lim ate
Prediction Center calls for
near normal temperatures
and near nor mal
precipitation. Normal highs
for Heppner rise from 59.0
degrees at the start of April
to 64.0 degrees at the end
o f A pril. N orm al lows
rise from 36.0 degrees to
40.0 degrees. The 30 year
normal precipitation is 1.51
inches.
The
National
W eather S ervice is an
o ffice o f the N atio n al
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, an agency
o f the U.S. C om m erce
Department.
Last call for Oregon farmers to support
local school districts through second annual
America’s Farmers Grow Rural Education
Riding just outside the tiny town of Heppner. (Photo © J. Maus/BikePortland)
A 300 acre ranch locat
ed near a ghost town about
190 miles east of Portland
is the latest sigijufhat bi
cycle tourism is poised to
deliver a jolt to Oregon’s
rural economies.
Phil and Kathy Carlson
founded Treo Ranches as a
bird hunting destination in
1987. Since then they’ve
built a strong business,
but now they’ve realized
th e re ’s another m arket
worth shooting for: city
slickers on bikes. A press
release about Treo Bike
Tours’ new, all-inclusive
group cycling retreat pack
ages states that the ranch,
“is reinventing itself as a
vacation destination for
urban cyclists who want to
experience the Old West by
bicycle — and maybe even
shoot few rounds while
they’re at it.”
The1 packages start at
$225 per person per night
and the price includes ev
erything: Treo will feed you
three meals a day, put you
up in their 3,200 square foot
guest house (which boasts a
hot tub, beer on tap, a pool
table, and more), and even
offer full ride support when
y o u ’re out on the roads
(including a mid-ride picnic
lunch!). Speaking of roads,
the riding around Heppner
(pop. 1,291) is fantastic and
relatively auto-free. Treo
also has bike route maps
and suggested itineraries at
the ready. The Carlsons are
taking reservations now for
the first dates in May. Check
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more info.
Treo Bike Tours is an
exciting development for
bicycle tourism in O re
gon. Since the first Oregon
Bicycle Tourism Summit
(now known as the Oregon
Active Transportation Sum
mit) back in April 2006 to
its prominent role at the
National Bike Summit, bi
cycle tourism in Oregon has
gone from an idea pushed
by activists to a full-fledged
industry with government
backing in a relatively
short time. Collaboration
between Travel Oregon,
grassroots advocates, the
State o f Oregon, and ju
risdictions throughout the
state have created a socio
political infrastructure that
holds vast potential.
Story courtesy o f Bike
Portland.org
Meeting set
Willow Creek Park Dis
trict will hold a regularly
scheduled meeting Tuesday
April 9 at 6 p.m. Heritage
Land Co. office, at 278 N Main
Street, Heppner.
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The deadline is fast ap
proaching for local school
districts to compete for
a grant o f up to $25,000
through America’s Farm
ers Grow Rural Education,
sponsored by the Monsanto
Fund. The more farmers
who nom inate a school
district, the more it dem
onstrates community sup
port and strengthens the
school district’s applica
tion. Oregon schools will
be eligible to receive up
to $45,000 in funding this
year, and nominations will
be accepted until April 15.
School administrators have
until April 30 to submit their
applications. This year, the
program expands to 26 new
counties, for a total of 1,271
eligible counties across 39
states.
“We are dedicated to
im proving education in
our farming communities,”
said Deborah Patterson,
Monsanto Fund president.
“ Working together with
farmers and rural school
districts, we are providing
resources necessary to ac
celerate math and science
learning - inspiring the
students of today to become
the leaders and innovators
of tomorrow.”
Grow Rural Education
grants will be awarded
based on merit, need and
community support. The
America’s Farmers Grow
Rural Education Advisory
Council, a group of 30 agri
cultural leaders from across
the country, will review and
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SH E R IF F 'S
REPORT
-C o n tin u ed fro m Page
FOUR
-Heppner Fire De
partment responded to a
call of a woman who was
disoriented in Heppner. She
was transported to Pioneer
Memorial Hospital.
-lone Fire Depart
ment received a report of
a controlled bum that had
caught a tree on fire. The
caller said his hose could
not reach it.
M a rc h 22: MCSO re
ceived a report of silver Kia
SUV all over the road and
across both lines. Reported
driver can’t keep a steady
speed. Three subjects in ve
hicle. The call was referred
to another agency.
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MCSO received
a report of suspicious cir
cumstances in Lexington.
Caller witnessed two males
jump over the fence from
his property and hide near
where the neighbor keeps
his donkey. Subjects were
wearing dark clothes. Call
er reported they had left
and contact was no longer
needed.
-Boardman Ambu
lance received report of a
20-year-old women who
was 26 weeks pregnant
who had tripped over her
cat. She reported that she
was having chest pains,
shortness o f breath and
stomach pains. She was
transported.
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