Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 3, 2018 -- FOUR
A View from the Hill
By Doris Brosnan
Note: A correction
to last month’s column,
Phil Pacheco, employee of
the Oregon Trail Library
Heppner branch, leads the
weekly book-club activity
at the Terrace as one of
the library’s outreach pro-
grams.
The staff at Willow
Creek Terrace accepted
the Ice Bucket Challenge
in September by adding a
twist. In support of Team
Heppner, who participated
in the walk-for-a-cure for
ALS, held in Portland on
the 23 rd , these brave staff
members went under the
bucket, but theirs was a
bucket of bucks. Outpoured
not ice-cold water but the
dollars that they were do-
nating to the cause. They
contributed $87 to the walk-
ing team’s effort. This was
viewed as a useful, but not
freezing, effort.
Now, it is time to bring
out the candles for the two
birthdays that are getting
October off to a celebratory
start. Marjorie Gorham
enjoys her birthday Oct. 3,
with neighbors and family,
just one day before candles
will be called for as Willow
Creek Terrace recognizes
its origin sixteen years ago.
October will sign off
with the Terrace’s yearly
observance of Halloween
and all things related. In the
next few weeks, Kim Hen-
drichs will be leading the
residents who want to work
with fall and Halloween
crafts to add atmosphere
to their apartments and
the common areas. By the
time trick-or-treaters don
their costumes, everyone
at the Terrace will have
decorated their entrance
area, prepared their treats
and donned their pumpkin
patch shirts.
October will proba-
bly be the last month for
beet harvest in the Terrace
garden, with some beets
on the menus and some
pickled for later. If the sun
shines warmly enough,
the tremendous number of
tomatoes on the vines will
turn red and contribute to
the dining pleasure of all.
In the meantime, everyone
continues to appreciate
the garden-harvest bounty
being shared with them by
neighboring gardeners and
friends. Residents and staff
have enjoyed and will miss
the strawberries, zucchini,
peaches, zucchini, corn,
zucchini, tomatoes and
many more fresh treats,
including zucchini.
Indoor daily and week-
ly activities will carry ev-
eryone through the month,
and the Terrace now invites
Facebook friends to join the
fun by checking the Willow
Creek Terrace page for the
weekly brain game trivia
questions they play with
on Fridays. These questions
cover the topics discussed
each morning of that par-
ticular week.
October’s discussions
will focus on nationally
celebrated days that in-
clude: Face Your Fears (9 th ),
Silly Sayings (12 th ), the Na-
vy’s 1775 establishment by
the Continental Congress
(13 th ), Pet Peeves (14 th ), the
Dictionary (16 th ), the Cadil-
lac first produced in 1902
(17 th ), the 1867 purchase of
Alaska from Russia (18 th ),
the Sweetest Day (20 th ),
the Sourest Day (25 th ),
Mothers-in-Law (28 th ) and
Forgiveness (29 th ). The
morning discussion group
will discuss favorite colors
on the 22 nd and they will
examine what those colors
mean about their personal-
ities, as well as have some
fun taking the best colors
for you test.
October 14 begins na-
tional Wolf Week, so this
timely topic will be of inter-
est each morning. And the
21 st begins Spiritual Care
Week, a daily opportunity
to reflect on recognition of
the local pastors who visit
their parishioners on a reg-
ular basis.
Closing out October
will be creepy things, as
on Frankenstein Friday
(26 th ), when menu items
will look a bit strange and
carry eerie names. And on
Haunted Refrigerator Day
(30 th ) the cleaning out of the
fridge could produce some
hauntingly good treats for
the table.
So, happy birthday to
Marjorie and to the Ter-
race and happy fall and
Halloween to friends and
neighbors, who the com-
munity on the hill view as
important elements in their
lives year-round.
Kindle and Grieb receive
scholarship
The board of the South
Morrow County Schol-
arship Trust recently an-
nounced the recipients of
the Beth Slottee Memorial
Scholarship. The 2018 re-
cipients, Mekayla Kindle
and Paige Grieb, will each
receive $750.
Mekayla Kindle is the
daughter of Jim and Becky
Kindle of Heppner. She is
enrolled at Oregon State
University in the double
major program for edu-
cation and human devel-
opment/family sciences
with an option in child
development. During her
years at OSU, Mekayla has
maintained high marks and
has been a teacher assistant
at the Corvallis Boys and
Girls club. She has also
gained experience working
for the Our Little Village
child care center and is
currently student teaching
in a third grade classroom
in Corvallis.
Paige Grieb is the
daughter of Ken and Carri
Grieb of Lexington. She
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is entering her senior year
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Kimberly, Oregon gon, studying elementary
education with a minor
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high marks. Paige plans to
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and complete her English as
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a second language endorse-
ment. She studied abroad
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in the summer of 2017,
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well as the language.
Ms. Beth Slottee was
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The board of directors
include president Adam
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Ginger Bowman, secretary
Brandi Sweeney and trea-
surer Tricia Rollins along
with Martha Munkers, Carri
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The Beth Slottee Scholar-
ship was combined with
the South Morrow Coun-
ty Scholarship Trust, Inc
several years ago with the
purpose to expand access
to higher education for stu-
dents of Heppner and Ione
High Schools in Morrow
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distributing awards on a
fair and non-discriminatory
basis. Tax deductible dona-
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know more about the ways you can save for retirement and how to do it? The series of three classes
are designed to help attendees gain the skills to estimate how much money they need to retire, learn
about various ways to save for retirement , the basics of investing, and retirement income planning.
The classes are offered beginning October 9 from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM and will meet at the PettyJohn
Building, 430 West Linden Way, in Heppner. The class series will be held on three consecutive Tuesdays
as follows: Investment Basics- October 9, Retirement basics-October 16, and Retirement Income
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AT 5PM
Chamber announcements and
upcoming events
Starting, Friday, Oct.
5 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30
p.m., First Friday Friends
of Jesus at All Saints Parish
Hall. A new season of First
Friday Friends of Jesus be-
gins with a morning filled
with Bible stories, games,
crafts and music and con-
cludes after a free lunch is
served. There is no cost to
attend and all community
kids, ages four to 12, are
welcome. More informa-
tion is available by calling
the Hopeful Saints Ministry
office at 541-676-9970. The
church is located on the
corner of Church and Gale.
Saturday, Oct. 6 from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Annu-
al Morrow County Har-
vest Festival at the SAGE
Center in Boardman. Do
you make a unique artisan
product? Grow delicious
produce? Are you located
in or near Morrow County?
If you think your products
are what we’re looking for,
then we invite you to apply
to become a vendor at the
event. The vendor applica-
tion can be completed on-
line at: www.tinyurl.com/
SAGE-2018HarvestFesti-
val. For more information,
please contact the SAGE
Center at 541-481-7243.
Please note we are not ac-
cepting direct sales vendors
at this event.
Saturday, Oct. 13 at 6
p.m.at the Heppner Elks
Lodge, Heppner High
School Booster Club’s an-
nual steak dinner and auc-
tion. Doors will open at 5
p.m. with dinner served at 6
and the live auction begin-
ning at 7 p.m. Dinner will
consist of steak, potatoes,
salad, bread and homemade
dessert for $20 per person.
A limited number of VIP
Tables will be available and
can be reserved by calling
541-561-0234. VIP tables
include reserved seating,
special table décor, two
bottles of wine and wait
service during the meal.
For additional information
or to make a donation,
contact Brandi Sweeney at
541-246-0358. This event
is open to the public.
Saturday, Oct. 20, 4 th
Annual Oktoberfest Auc-
tion and Dinner. This event
is a benefit for The Woolery
Project and will be held
in the big tent on the Port
of Arlington peninsula. A
prime rib dinner prepared
by Paradise Rose Chuck-
wagon Catering will be
served. There will be dinner
music by One Hum and
Wheeler County Ramblers,
a huge silent and live auc-
tion (with 2 Henry Tribute
Edition rifles). Dance music
will be provided by Coun-
tryfied. Tickets are $35
each and may be purchased
at MCGG-Wasco, Thrifty
Food Center-Arlington,
Condon Chamber, Murrays
Drug-Condon and Dinty’s
Market-Biggs Junction.
More information is avail-
able on the Woolery Project
Facebook page at www.
facebook.com/thewool-
eryprojectinc or via email
to info@thewoolerypro-
jectinc.org.
Saturday, Nov. 17 at
5 p.m. at the Riverfront
Center, Port of Morrow,
Boardman, First Annual
Morrow County FFA Din-
ner/Auction to benefit the
Heppner/Irrigon/Ione, Riv-
erside Chapters. There will
be a live and silent auction
along with a meal.
Prepare for emergencies, disasters
October is Nation-
al Community Planning
Month and the Morrow
County planning depart-
ment’s focus is on Natural
Hazard Mitigation Planning
and Housing, two current
areas of focus. The goal
is to inform the citizens of
Morrow County on how to
prepare for emergencies
in their homes, businesses
and community should a
disaster strike.
Natural disasters will
vary depending on location.
Not all areas have the same
risk of natural disasters,
which in turn will change
how a person needs to pre-
pare. Morrow County has
eight hazards locally to
focus on: drought, wildfire,
flooding, windstorms, win-
ter storms and to a lesser
extent landslides, seismic
and volcanic events.
Morrow County may
not have as severe natural
disasters as other places
around the world but it
still is good to be prepared
for the disasters that could
happen in this area. There
are areas of Morrow Coun-
ty that are within a flood
zone. In 1903 there was a
major flood in Heppner,
the worst flood in terms of
loss of lives ever to occur
in Oregon.
Morrow County and
all five cities in the county
have an adopted Natural
Hazards Mitigation Plan.
This plan can help reduce
the potential for harm to
people and property from
future hazard occurrenc-
es. Morrow County has
a steering committee that
meets in the spring and the
fall to discuss the priorities
and general course of op-
erations for the mitigation
plan. You can read more
about the Morrow County
Natural Hazards Mitiga-
tion Plan by going to the
website at https://www.
co.morrow.or.us/planning/
page/natural-hazards-miti-
gation-plan.
People should always
be prepared for a natural
disaster. According to the
Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency (FEMA),
there are 12 ways to pre-
pare: sign up for alerts and
warnings, make a plan,
save money, practice emer-
gency drills, test family
communication plans, safe-
guard documents, plan with
neighbors, make your home
safer, know evacuation
routes, assemble or update
supplies, get involved in
your community and doc-
ument and insure property.
Along with these tips it is
also recommended to pre-
pare an emergency kit in a
vehicle with blankets, food
and water. Another plan is
to have a box in your house
with candles, food, water
and blankets in case of
power outages.
Having a plan in place
is an essential for being
prepared. Often times when
a natural disaster strikes
communication networks,
such as cellular phones
and computers, would be
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unreliable and there may
be no electricity. Planning
in advance will help en-
sure that all members of
your household know how
to reach each other and/
or where to meet up in an
emergency.
Due to the different
disasters that could happen
in the area, people should
know what to expect. If
you are evacuated due to
wildfire, you need to know
your evacuation plan and
leave when asked by local
officials. If there is a power
outage you want to be pre-
pared with alternate light
and heat sources. In case
of drought, have plenty of
bottled water stored ahead
of time.
The FEMA website
(https://www.fema.gov) is a
good resource for prepared-
ness as well as information
on natural disasters hap-
pening around the world.
For more information on
preparedness tips you can
visit https://www.ready.
gov. To sign up for Mor-
row County’s Alert Sense
go to: http://public.alert-
sense.com/SignUp/?region-
id=1395.
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October 8 - November 12th
Monday Evenings 6:00 pm
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OHV Park Youth
Spike Elk Hunt
Youth Ages 12 - 17*
YOUTH SPIKE ELK ONLY
Nov. 03 - Nov. 11, 2018
General 2nd Elk
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Morrow County
Public Works
365 W. HWY 74, P.O. Box 428
Lexington, Oregon 97839
Phone: (541) 989-9500
Hours: Mon. - Thurs. 8:00am to 5:00pm
* Youth need to be between ages 12 - 17 at
time of hunt or be participating in the
ODFW Mentored Youth Hunter Program
Morrow or Grant County youth that have
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Application MUST BE RETURNED to the
Morrow County Public Works office by
Wednesday, October 10, 2018, 5:00pm