FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 18, 2018
Chamber announcements and events
Apr. 18-19 at 7 p.m.,
Heppner High School dra-
ma group will perform
Rodger’s and Hammer-
stein’s classic fairytale,
Cinderella at the Heppner
High School. Admission is
$5 per person, refreshments
will be served at intermis-
sion and souvenir photos
are available for $1.
Thursday, Apr. 19 from
noon to 1 p.m., candidates
forum for Umatilla-Morrow
County Circuit Court Judge
at the Heppner Chamber
lunch meeting in the Hep-
pner City Hall conference
room. Candidates Michael
Breiling and Rob Collins
will participate in the fo-
rum, with Bill Kuhn as the
moderator. Lunch is avail-
able for $10 and an RSVP is
required to attend to allow
enough meals and seating.
Tacos Hometown will be
catering the lunch, offering
a choice of a small chicken
or beef burrito with bever-
age and dessert. RSVP’s
are required no later than
Tuesday, April 17th, by
contacting the Heppner
Chamber at 541-676-5536
or email at heppnercham-
ber@centurytel.net.
Saturday, Apr. 21 MS
Walk to be held at Roy
Raley Park in Pendleton.
Registration at 9 a.m., Walk
starts at 10 a.m. Register
online at www.walkms.org.
Donations will be accepted
at Murray’s Drug during
April and May. A bus will
be available for rides and
will pick up in front of All
Saints Episcopal Church,
leaving at 7:30 a.m. For
more information, con-
tact Merilee McDowell at
meri0120@gmail.com or
at 541-571-5853.
Saturday, Apr. 28 from
9 a.m. to12 p.m., 5 th Annual
Walk In Her Shoes at the
Riverfront Park in Herm-
iston. Walk in the shoes
of a victim of domestic or
sexual violence. Register
online at dvs-or.org or call
541-676-3322 for more
information. Registration
is $15 per person and raffle
tickets are available for $1
each or six for $5.
Wednesday, May 2
through Wednesday, May
23, Crisis Line training
through Domestic Violence
Services, Inc. When train-
ing is completed, partici-
pants will be able to answer
calls on the 24-Hour Crisis
Line and have the opportu-
nity to advocate for victims
of domestic and sexual
violence. Contact 541-276-
3322 or volunteer@dvs-or.
org to become a volunteer
and/or to get more infor-
mation.
Friday, May 4 from
4-7 p.m., Spring Fest 2018
Flower Basket sale in the
Bank of Eastern Oregon
parking lot in Arlington.
Paradise Rose Chuckwagon
will be providing pulled
pork sandwich meals and
to-go boxes. Live music
will be provided by Dan
Robinson and will include
a goodie sale at the wagon.
Every dollar raised goes to
help build The Woolery.
Saturday, May 5 at 1
p.m. at the county road
department in Lexington
on Hwy 74 and 4 p.m. at
Riverside High School in
Boardman, the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office will
be hosting a safety event
and a BMX show featur-
ing Robert Castillo’s BMX
Freestyle Team. This event
is free to the public and
there will be hotdogs and
beverages for everyone.
There will also be a bike
raffle, free helmets and fit-
tings, a bike safety course
and boating, 4-wheeler and
fire safety information.
Saturday, May 12 at 9
a.m., The Woolery Open at
China Creek Golf Course.
The event is a 4 and 2
person scramble and will
cost $35 per person, $5
mulligans or 5 mulligans
for $20. Putt Pot is $5 for
3 balls. Prizes and a BBQ
lunch is included. The win-
ner receives 80 percent of
the pot with no ties. Ties
will be broken by a sudden
death putt-off elimination.
Proceeds will benefit The
Woolery project. Contact
Lori at China Creek Golf
Course to sign up or for
more information at 808-
359-8194.
Thursday, May 17 is
Mustang Mop Up Day.
If you have a project you
would like to have the stu-
dents help with during the
Mustang Mop Up Day,
please contact Greg Grant
at Heppner High to get on
the list.
Saturday, June 16 from
10 a.m. to 10 p.m., Relay
for Hope – Relay for Life
event for Umatilla and Mor-
row County will be held at
Roy Raley Park at 1205 SW
Court Street in Pendleton.
For additional informa-
tion, please contact Carol
Preston, event lead at 541-
379-6294 or relaypendle-
ton@yahoo.com. Online
registration is available at
RelayForLife.org/umatil-
lacountyor.
Wranglers riding club begins season
The Wranglers riding
club is gearing up to start
the season. Scheduled play-
days will be Apr. 22, Apr.
29, May 6 and May 12.
Potluck will begin at 11:30
a.m., with events beginning
at 12:30 p.m. Members will
meet Friday, Apr 20 at 5
p.m. to setup for the first
playday.
The group will be hav-
ing two fundraisers to sup-
port the playdays. First,
a can drive will be setup
May 1 through May 17 at
the Les Schwab parking
lot. The second fundraiser
will be a raffle of a Green
Mountain portable grill. To
purchase tickets, contact a
Wranglers member or stop
by Green Feed.
For additional informa-
tion call 541-989-8460.
Fact Sheet
Burning Household Waste
Burning Household Waste is Unhealthy
Burn barrels are inefficient and pollute because
they create low temperature fires, receive little
oxygen and produce a lot of smoke. Smoke from
burning household waste is unhealthy to breathe,
particularly for small children, pregnant women,
older adults and people with asthma or other
respiratory ailments:
Many household products, such as bleached
paper products and some plastics contain
chlorine. When burned, chlorine creates
dioxin. Exposure to dioxin is associated with
cancer and birth defects.
Many household products, such as slick
colored papers and synthetic inks, release
heavy metals when burned. Human contact
with heavy metals is also linked to cancer
and birth defects.
Many household products contain chemicals
such as hydrochloric acid which are known
to irritate the skin and eyes.
Many toxic air pollutants are produced from a
burn barrel. Virtually all of the pollutants are
released into the air close to ground level where
they are easily inhaled.
Burning Household Waste Harms the
Environment
Pollutants released when household waste is
burned eventually end up back on the ground and
in the water and can build up to dangerously
high levels in plants, animals, and people. Health
effects after exposure to these pollutants can
include cancer, deformed offspring, and
reproductive and immune system failure.
Alternatives to Burning Household Waste
Reduce – Avoid purchasing disposable
items. Buy products in bulk or economy
sizes instead of in individually wrapped or
in single serving sizes. Buy products that
can be recharged, reused, or refilled.
Reuse – Donate unwanted clothing,
furniture, and toys to friends, relatives or
charities. Give unwanted magazines and
books to hospitals or nursing homes. Mend
and repair rather than discard or replace.
Recycle – Separate the recyclable items,
such as newspapers, glass and plastic
containers and tin cans, from your
residential waste and prepare them for
collection or drop-off at a local recycling
station.
Disposal – Have your household waste
picked up by a licensed waste removal
company or take it to a licensed disposal
facility rather than burning it.
Regulations on Burning Household
Waste
State of Oregon regulations prohibit the open
burning of any material that creates dense smoke
or noxious odors. This includes the following
materials:
Plastics, like foam cups, meat trays and egg
containers
Asbestos
Tires or other rubber products
Garbage and food waste
Wire insulation
Waste oil and other petroleum products
Automobile parts, including frames
Dead animals
Painted or pressure treated wood
In addition, burning household waste is
prohibited altogether in certain areas by DEQ
rules or local city and county ordinances.
Additional information on regulations regarding
burning household waste in Oregon can be found
in Oregon Administrative Rules, Chapter 340,
Division 264. These rules are located on DEQ’s
web page at:
www.deq.state.or.us/regulations/rules.htm
For more information on Oregon’s open burning
rules and your city or county recycling contact
person, call your local DEQ office, or for open
burning issues in Lane County, the Lane
Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA).
(See page two for list of contacts)
Gilliam & Morrow County
Open Burning
Information:
541-633-2016
Recycling
Information (DEQ):
541-298-7255 x40
Air Quality Division
811 SW 6 th Avenue
Portland, OR 97204
Phone: (503) 229-5359
(800) 452-4011
Fax:
(503) 229-5675
www.oregon.gov/DEQ/
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MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
A View from the
Hill
By Doris Brosnan
Yes, the April showers
are here. So are the daf-
fodils in the Willow Creek
Terrace flower beds. Soon
the view of the facility will
have a tropical look, not
from results of the weather
but from the new outdoor-
furniture cushions. Both the
patio and the new park area
will get the tropical-theme
updates.
The many, large and
small, Terrace flower pots
are clustered near the pa-
tio, ready to be filled with
plants from seeds started
last Tuesday, the first time
the community on the hill
has chosen to start their own
flowering plants rather than
buy starts, so the outcome
will be eagerly awaited.
Transplanting could be as
soon as Earth Day, Apr.
22, which will also be the
day on which much of the
vegetable garden will be
planted. Though the Terrace
has little room for more
trees, Arbor Day on the 27 th
will also be celebrated with
the planting of a significant
addition to the outdoor
picture.
Everyone looks for-
ward to the Mustang Mop-
Up next month because the
crew of Heppner Junior
High and High school stu-
dents always help tremen-
dously with sprucing up
the look of the Terrace in
and out. This year, one
project will be the build-
ing of a brick surround
for some utility tanks. The
day always involves some
window-cleaning and some
cookie-eating, too.
All the new colors and
textures around the Terrace
will be a perfect backdrop
next month for the tea party
being planned. Attendees
will wear their finest and
even don some hats and
gloves for the social event
of the month. And each
resident will have the op-
portunity to send a formal
invitation to a guest.
Guests joined some
residents on Easter for the
brunch after the egg hunt,
which was enhanced by the
promise of coins and treats
in the plastic eggs. Some
other residents attended ser-
vices and lunch away with
families. Served with other
delicious foods that day
at the Terrace were some
deviled eggs made with
eggs that residents and five
children of staff members
had colored.
This month is mostly
about witnessing the return
of greener grasses and birds
to the feeders. The finches
are especially entertaining
as they flock to and argue
over the thistle seeds.
Life inside the Ter-
race is a bit quieter right
now, as three apartments
are currently available.
Still, weekly activities of-
fer variety to participating
residents and the morning
exercises and discussions
continue to strengthen bod-
ies and minds. Everyone
hopes that some new faces
will be joining their com-
munity soon, both those of
new neighbors and of new
staff members, as openings
on staff have recently oc-
curred. Anyone interested
in information about apart-
ments or employment are
asked to call 541-676-0004.
The view from the hill
is increasingly reassuring,
with its returning textures
and colors and everyone
invites visitors to join them
for this refreshing, relaxing
opportunity to view a quiet
life.
Bishop to make
annual visit
The Rt. Rev. Patrick
Bell, Bishop of the Dio-
cese of Eastern Oregon,
will be making his annual
visit to All Saints Episcopal
Church and their long-
time partner in ministry,
Hope Lutheran Church on
Sunday, Apr. 22. Worship
begins at 10 a.m. at the
Episcopal Church on the
corner of Church and Gale
in Heppner.
The service will be fol-
lowed by a potluck and con-
versation about hospitality,
outreach and stewardship
in relationship to use of
the shared ministry’s two
church buildings. Since No-
vember, the partners (now
known as Hopeful Saints
Ministry) have been rotat-
ing the use of their build-
ings in three-month blocks
of time, after nearly two
decades of rotating every
other Sunday.
Everyone is welcome
to participate in worship,
the meal and the meeting.
Additional information re-
garding Hopeful Saints
Ministry is available by
calling the church office at
541-676-9970.
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