TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Jean Bennett
recognized for years
of service
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
GAZETTE-TIMES
I S I ' S 240-420
Morrow C ounty’s Hom e-Owned Weekly Newspaper
Published weekly by Sykes Publishing, LLC and entered as periodical matter at the
Post Office at I leppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879 Periodical postage
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David Sykes............................................................................................... Publisher
Andrea Di Salvo............................................................................................. Editor
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Rodger Huffman, Oregon Department of Agriculture, and
Deraid McCall, District Manager, Oregon Brand Inspectors,
attended the annual Morrow County Livestock Growers
meeting in Heppner last week to honor local woman Jean
Bennett for her 35 years of dedication as an Oregon Brand
Inspector for Morrow, Gilliam and Wheeler Counties. - Photo
by Sandy Matthews
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Benefit dinner
planned for local
woman
be placed in the classifieds under "Card of Thanks' at a cost of $10
Ski club tours near
Rasmus Meadow
A spaghetti dinner benefit is planned for local woman
Kim Thompson for Thursday, Jan. 30, from 6-8 p.m. at
the Heppner Elks Lodge.
A raffle is also planned for that evening; among the
items to be raffled is a chance to shave Dr. Russ Nichols’
head.
Chapa named to
Western Oregon
dean's list
Heppncr’s Arbuckle Nordic Ski Club went to ski on the
property of the Jeff Cutsforth family near Rasmus Meadow
on Saturday. Club members said the weather was great,
allowing them to explore several small trails. Pictured (L-R):
Dan VanLiew, Luanne Brownfield, Molly Rhea, Curtis Harper,
Betsy Anderson, Terry Harper, Dave Fowler and Ann Niesen.
-Contributed photo
WIND FACILITY
EXTENSION
substation near Stanfield; a
step-up substation adjacent
to the new interconnect
substation communication;
System and Supervisory
Control and Data Access
(SCADA) System lines; an
operation and maintenance
b u ild in g ; p e r m a n e n t
m eteorological tow ers;
access roads; staging areas;
a temporary concrete batch
plant, and rock quarries.”
A complete timeline
o f the H ep p n er W ind
Facility project, and a place
where interested people
can sign up for updates on
the project’s progress, is
available at www.oregon.
gov/energy/Siting/Pages/
HEP.aspx.
Community lunch
menu
United Methodist Church members will serve lunch
on Wednesday, Jan. 29, at St. Patrick’s Senior Center.
The meal will include baked chicken with raspberry
chipotle sauce, scalloped potatoes, green beans, broccoli
salad, hot rolls and apple cake. Milk is served at each
eal.
Suggested donation is $3.50 per meal. Menu is subject
to change.
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J o d e s s a C h ap a o f
Heppner was named to the
Western Oregon University
Fall 2013 dean's honor roll,
the university in Monmouth
announced this month.
Chapa is the daughter of
Jodi Segraves of Heppner.
“We are very delighted
w h en s tu d e n t s , lik e
you, make the m ost o f
these opportunities and
demonstrate commitment
to achieving scholastic
excellence,” wrote College
of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Dean Sue Monahan in a
letter informing Chapa of
the honor.
2014 CSP signup
extended
The 2014 Conservation
S te w a rd s h ip P ro g ram
application deadline has
been extended, local NRCS
agents announced last week.
Applications are due
Feb. 7. CSP encourages land
stewards to improve their
conservation performance
by installing and adopting
additional activities, and
Organizad by tha Pendleton City Club.
All proceeds go to local youth activities.
work group meeting
Lexington council to
hold special meeting
BOOTHS
Saturday and Sunday
for information and pre-registration call 541-571-4600
Introduction to Packing with Horses and Mules
Ç o#te ¿ÿtyday,
Saturday 12 :00 ■ 2:0 0 pm
Wolves in Oregon sponsored by RMEF &
Sponsored by:
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Thursday, January 30, 2014
6:00 pm - 8 p.m.
ELKS Lodge
Heppner Oregon
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have been solved.
NRCS
wi l l
be
considering the information
p r o v i d e d to i n c l u d e
in future co n serv atio n
implementation strategies
for Morrow County. NRCS
agents say this will help
guide conservation efforts
and funding over the next
five to 10 years. They say
local input in this process is
“very valuable” as they will
be using this information to
focus work in the future.
“ The i n f o r m a t i o n
provided in this process will
help all of us work towards
a s t r onger , heal t hi er ,
more economically viable
community and agricultural
industry,” say local agents.
A n y o n e unabl e to
attend but who would like
additional information or
would like to provide input,
contact NRCS at 541-676-
5021 ext. 113 or Kacee.
lathrop@or.usda.gov.
Tlie meeting is open to
the public.
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Including: Concealed Weapons Class
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Howdy,
While traveling through southern Idaho, an interstate
billboard indicated wolves have reduced their elk herds by
80 percent. That is huge. Think what the enviros would
say of the irresponsible hunters if they had caused the
decline.
In Rexburg 1 learned of other wolf atrocities. Even
though our local news missed it, in August of this year,
their media described 13 wolves causing the deaths of
186 sheep in a single incident. This is an example of a
killing spree just for fun. Interestingly, “..this wolf pack
was a problem long before this incident..” The slaughter
was conservatively estimated at $20,000.
How unusual is this example? I was told of a similar
killing spree in the McCall area several years ago. The
pack’s surprise attack was so instant and organized in their
mangling, the herdsmen couldn’t stop the pack's killing
and disabling of almost 200 sheep in a matter of minutes.
Amongst other media articles on my desk, is a killing
spree in Montana of 120 sheep. The rancher described the
scene similar to the one in McCall, “They were running,
getting chewed on, bit and piled into a comer,” “ ...bit
on the neck, on the back, on the back of the hind leg.”
"They’d cripple them, then rip their sides open.”
These sheep were on private ground and checked
regularly. They were, “...purebred Rambouillet bucks....”
Quoting the rancher, “It’s time to stop managing wolves
and start controlling them.”
Prior to the original introduction of wolves, much
deceit and many lies led the way. Statements from this
or that enviro group who agreed to compensate for lost
livestock, and the elimination of problem wolves. They
denied the intention to stop hunting or the encouraging
of gun confiscation, or the intent to halt livestock grazing
on government ground, etc.
However, the enviro community has been emboldened
by lame Forest Service, media, judicial courts, and other
government agencies’ lack of support for the farming
community. Enviro statements in internet articles are
surfacing, increasingly suggesting that government
ground not be used by the public—especially ranchers.
Another interstate billboard in southern Idaho,
expressing concern about the enviro movement, read
something like, “Wind mills, not the oldest profession,
however the results are the same, red light district.”
Translation, when it comes to enviro’s lies and deception,
they are going to take advantage of and financially screw
everyone. ‘Green’ is not necessarily good Oregon.
(s) Leonard C. “Pa” Routson, Umatilla, OR
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improving, m aintaining,
and m anaging ex istin g
activities on agricultural
land and n onin d u strial
private forest land.
NRCS
accepts
applications for CSP at
The USDA N atural
local service centers, so
Resources
Conservation
visit 430 Linden Way in
Service
(NRCS)
will be
Heppner or call Kacee or
hosting
a
public
meeting
at
Jennifer at 541-676-5021.
the USDA Service Center on
Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. to gather
input regarding the natural
resource opportunities and
priorities across Morrow
County.
The goal is to bring
A special Lexington Town Council meeting will be
together
individuals with
held Tuesday, Jan. 28, at 6:30 p.m. at Lexington Town
a
v
arie
ty
o f e x p ertise
Hall, 425 F St., to finish discussing the Pre-Mitigation
and
knowledge,
allowing
Disaster Plan update.
NRCS
and
others
to build
Citizens of Lexington are encouraged to participate.
on collective successes
while focusing efforts to
make the greatest impact
F e a tu rin g H u n tin g ,
with available staff and
F is h in g a n d O u td o o r
funding.
Meeting coordinators
S p o rts a t th e
say they need help to:
P e n d le to n
identify where the best
C o n v e n tio n C e n te r
investments can be made
to address natural resource
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problems; share the work
that has already been done
hi
in the county; and share a
vision for what the county
will look like when these
natural resource concerns
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