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HEPPNER Bessie Wet/ell Newspaper I ibrar> University of Oregon Eugene. OR 97403 Access group urges citizen involvem ent to stop forest closures Workshop teaches people how to comment on proposed Blue Mountain Forest Plan VOL. 133 N O . 23 10 Pages Wednesday, July 2, 2014 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon By David Sykes If the proposed Blue Mountain Forest Plan goes into effect without changes, citizens will see a dramatic reduction in their access to the forests, a group dedicated to keeping forests open told a gathering in Heppner Saturday. Don George of Forest Access For All has been h o l d in g m e e t in g s an d sounding the alarm over a p ro p o se d u se-p lan d e v e lo p e d by the U.S. Forest Service that covers the U m atilla, W allowa- W h itm a n and M a lh e u r national forests. His group claim s that, if adopted, the plan will shut down hundreds o f roads and limit access to huge portions o f currently-open public forests over the next 10 to 15 years. George has studied the June cold Clock tower back on watch but low on moisture Relay for Life: Calling Morrow County residents Get ready for a hot July, says weather service June was slightly colder than norm al, a c cording to the National Weather Service in Pendleton, but the cold didn’t bring along rainfall to make up for the water-year shortage. The average tem perature in Heppner d u r in g J u n e w as 6 1 .9 degrees, which was 0.8 degrees below normal. High temperatures averaged 75.7 degrees, which was 0.9 degrees below normal. The highest was 88 degrees on the 24th. Low temperatures averaged 48.1 d eg rees, w hich was 0.8 d egrees below normal. The lowest was 42 degrees, on the 21s1. Precipitation totaled 1.16 inches during June, w hich was 0.22 inches -See JUNE WEATHER/ PAGE FIVE plan extensively, and is now traveling across Eastern Oregon holding workshops and teaching people how to subm it com m ents on the plan and get it changed before it's too late. “ We a re a g r o u p o f volunteers who have watched the Forest Service slowly, bit-by-bit take away the c itiz e n s ’ access and -See FOREST ACCESS, PACE FOUR Looking for a great c o m m u n ity se rv ic e opportunity? Look no further than the American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Morrow County being held August 2-3 at the Morrow County Fairgrounds in Heppner. Event supporter and organizers say Relay for Life is a celebration of survivorship, “an occasion to express hope and our shared goal to end a disease that threatens the lives of so many people we love.” All funds raised from this e v e n t help c a n c e r patients in Morrow County. Left: The Morrow County Courthouse seems to receive an Irish blessing as a rainbow appears after its replacement on the Whether it is a fuel card tower’s perch above Court Street. -Photo by Sandy Matthews Top right: Rod Wilson perches atop the tower in preparation for to tra v e l to a d o c t o r ’s its replacement last Thursday. Bottom right: Workers guide the harness around the tower as it sits on the truck in Heppner. -See RELAY FOR LIFE/ PAGE FIVE -C'ontributed photos -See full story PA GE THREE PMH receives a helping hand from some ‘Friends’ Pennie Miller demonstrates for Peggy Fishburn how easy it is for hospital staff to use the HoverMatts to move patients, as Rusty Estes looks on. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo Thanks to the efforts to make patients and staff a of Friends Helping Friends little more comfortable in and the g r o u p ’s annual an emergency. In the spirit o f keeping R em em brance Walk/5K Run, Pioneer M emorial d o n a t i o n s l o c a l a n d Hospital now has the ability benefitting local healthcare and the elderly, Friends Helping Friends committee m em b ers a p p ro ach ed staff at Pioneer Memorial Hospital earlier this year and asked if the hospital needed any equipment that th eir annual fu n d ra ise r could help obtain. When sta ff m em bers put their heads together over the question, the HoverMatt became the answer. A c c o r d in g to PMH Director o f Nursing Molly Rhea, the HoverM att is, simply put, an inflatable a ir m a ttre s s tra n s fe r system. The HoverMatt is positioned on the gurney, so when the patient needs to be transferred from the a m b u la n c e gurney, the staff is able to inflate the mattress using a portable air lone Red, White and Blues 2014 Friday, July 4 Fireman’s Breakfast - lone Fire Hall....7-10 a.m. 5K Walk/Run(Lady Cardinal basketball /Wounded Warrior Project, $10 fee)....7:30 a.m. Topic Club Book Sale - lone Fire Hall/Post Office Lawn....9 a.m. Ken Turner Memorial Horseshoe Tournament....9 a.m. Basketball Tournament - Main Street.... 10 a.m. Food Vendors/lnformation Booths/Raflfle Tickets - lone City Park 2014 Craft Fair - Rietmann Building. ...10:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m. Fourth o f July Show & Shine - lone City Park....10:30 a.m. Fish Pond, Frog Jump, Bike Raffle, Money Pile - Fire Hall/Park....l 1 a.m. Altar Society Pie Sale - lone Fire Hall 11:00 am Red, White & Blues Parade - Grand Marshals, lone Community Band....l p.m. Bed Races - Directly After the Parade. ...1 p.m. Park Activities Begin - Dunk Tank, Duck Races, Photo Booth, and M ore....l p.m. Free Swimming - lone Swimming Pool.... 1:30-3:30 p.m. American Legion B in g o -lo n e Legion H all....2 p.m. Legion Auxiliary Baskets - lone market....bidding ends 3 p.m. Talent Show - Amphitheatre Stage....3:30 p.m. * Legion Auxiliary Baskets Winners Announced....4:30 p.m. Featured Entertainment - Amphitheater Stage. ...After Talent Show She’s Not Dead ~ Rythmn Culture - Lloyd Jones Struggle Boat Trip Auction - on stage, lone Amphitheater. ...7 p.m. Raffle D raw ings-on stage, lone Amphitheater ...7 p.m. Teen Dance - 3rd St. by lone Communuty School....8-11 p.m. Fireworks Display....Dusk lone’s Fourth o f July celebration is sponsored in part by Morrow County Unified Recreation District. compressor and “float” him or her on a cushion o f air onto the emergency room gurney. The washable matt can also be used to transfer the patient onto an x-ray or CT table. “ It hovers the patient ab o v e the s tr e tc h e r so there’s no friction between them and the bed,” said EMT Intermediate Pennie Miller. In th e p a s t, w h e n the a m b u la n c e b ro u g h t s o m e o n e to th e lo c a l em ergency d e p a rtm e n t, Rhea said it took five to six people to sim ply transfer the patient from the ambulance gurney to the emergency room gurney. The H o v e rM att a llo w s two to three caregivers— or e v e n o n e , as s t a f f demonstrated— to safely and comfortably transfer patients. Miller and Emergency Services Director Rusty Estes gave Friends Helping F riends m em b e r Peggy F ishburn a ride on the HoverMatt to demonstrate the ease of use. Both Miller and Estes were able to move Fishburn single-handedly, while Fishburn reported that the ride was comfortable. T h e H o v e r M a t t is designed to pull patients w e ig h in g n early 400 Heppner teacher named ‘AgriScience Ambassador ’ Dickenson will bring innovative learning techniques into science classrooms WILMINGTON D E -B eth D ick en so n , a g r i s c ie n c e t e a c h e r at H e p p n e r High S c h o o l, s u c ce ssfu lly c o m p le te d the 12,h annual DuPont N a tio n a l A g riS c ie n c e T eachers A m b a ssa d o r Academy (NATAA) at the c o m p a n y ’s C h e sa p e ak e F arm s in C h e s te rto w n , MD. Upon receiving the certificate o f completion, D ic k e n s o n b e c a m e an “Ag Ambassador,” joining the other 250 outstanding teachers from across the c o u n tr y w h o a tt e n d e d NATAA and earned that designation. The NATAA “ Ag Academy” is a professional -See DK 'KENSON AG AM- BASSADOR/PAGE FOUR And then there were none... A backhoe works to deconstruct the third and final house that will be cleared to make way for the construction of a new -See PMH GETS A LIFT/ county building next to the courthouse in Heppner. -Photo by Andrea Di Salvo
