Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 6, 2020 -- THREE
A View from the Hill Representative Greg Ione Community
By Doris Brosnan
“Staying in and stay-
ing safe” does equate with
boredom for Willow Creek
Terrace residents. Thanks
to the ability of the staff
to adapt to changes the
coronavirus has demand-
ed, and to their creativity,
only minor modifications
have become necessary in
life on the hill. The weekly
volunteers who keep activ-
ities interesting are greatly
missed by the residents, but
the staff have watched and
learned and have continued
those activities (or close
facsimiles). And “Tricky
Tuesday” has an added ac-
tivity selected by staff.
This week is National
Walk Week, so everyone is
encouraged to add walking
to their daily routine, if they
weren’t already cruising the
halls or the sidewalk as part
of their exercise regimen.
Yesterday, since the
Kentucky Derby is usually
run on the first Saturday in
May, the residents held their
“horse race,” with accom-
panying enthusiasm. This
large board game is played
with dice and much luck.
The décor around the hors-
ey event featured Cinco de
Mayo, as did the luncheon
menu.
The PGA Champion-
ship will begin on the 14 th ,
sans spectators, and the
residents will use that as
their cue to sign in for their
putting competition on the
15 th . This tradition at the
Terrace has been long but
nowhere close to the 102 nd
year for the PGA.
When weather permits,
the staff and volunteer res-
idents will be adding their
sprouted flowering plants
and the small plants from
the FFA, Green Feed and
Market Fresh to the flower
beds. With good weather,
they can count on some-
thing to do on National Wa-
ter-a-Plant Day on the 30 th .
If weather cooperates
on the 25 th , everyone will
be invited to participate in
outdoor games. The neigh-
boring area will be decorat-
ed with a myriad of colors,
as that is Memorial Day,
so residents will be dis-
cussing friends and family,
especially “brothers,” at the
morning discussion session.
Other discussions
through the month will
focus on Coca Cola, intro-
duced in 1886, on the 8 th ;
nylon stockings (remember
those?) on their 80 th anni-
versary on the 15 th ; Mount
St. Helens’ eruption of 1980
on the 18 th ; blue jeans,
introduced in 1873, on the
20 th (remember when they
were strictly working or
casual clothing?); “Lucky
Pennies” on the 23 rd (does
anyone stop to pick up a
discarded penny today?).
Mother’s Day falls on
the 10 th this year, and in
preparation for that, some
staff will volunteer hours on
the 9 th to try their hands at
styling hairdos for residents
who are certainly looking
forward to the return of the
stylists who usually come
to the salon. High Tea will
be a feature on the 28 th ,
so stylish coiffures might
again be called for.
A big shout-out of ap-
preciation is being sounded
for Dr. Hambleton and for
Danielle Mateleska, both of
whom are providing house
calls when needed. Other
medical appointments are
being handled via tele-
communications; another
adaptation accomplished by
providers.
Also, church services
are available to interested
residents and on Sundays,
family chats can be ar-
ranged via the Zoom pro-
gram.
Family members and
friends who wish to win-
dow-visit with residents,
are encouraged to do so,
and the Terrace offers fold-
ing chairs, available near
the front door, for the com-
fort of the visitors who want
to use them.
The Frenches might re-
ceive more visits than usual
later this month when they
celebrate their birthdays.
Raymond’s will be on the
18 th and Norma’s on the 29 th .
So, “happy birthday” will
ring out twice this month,
and the community on the
hill will enjoy discussing
and discussing again the
values of birthdays as they
view the special birthday
lunches the guests of honor
have chosen.
Chamber Chatter
Area residents are re-
minded to complete their
2020 Census information.
This information is kept
confidential but makes a
difference in the funding
that Morrow County re-
ceives to help the county,
communities and individ-
uals. You can do it online
at www.2020census.gov
and it only takes about five
minutes.
Appointments are
available for the HHS Ag
Plant Sale at the green-
house. Due to Covid-19,
many things have changed,
including how the plant sale
is done and what it looks
like. People are allowed
to make appointments for
a 15-minute window at
the greenhouse. Those in-
terested can email Mrs.
Dickenson at dickene@
morrow.k12.or.us if they
would like a time on Thurs-
day, April 30 from 9 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Due to restric-
tions, only one person is
allowed in the greenhouse
at a time, but curbside pick-
up is available. The group
asks that purchasers have
a check or exact change,
since they are not able to
provide change. There are
not as many plants this
year but beautiful flowers,
baskets and vegetables are
available.
Until further notice the
Morrow County Transfer
Stations will be open for
free dumping on Saturdays
Smith receives
endorsement from
the NFIB
The National Federa-
tion of Independent Busi-
ness has officially endorsed
Representative Greg Smith
(R-Heppner) for State Rep-
resentative of District 57.
The NFIB is the nation’s
leading small business ad-
vocacy organization. In
Oregon, thousands of NFIB
member-businesses employ
more than 60,000 Orego-
nians. Small businesses
represent an overwhelming
majority of the total busi-
nesses in Oregon and em-
ploy over half of the state’s
private sector workforce.
Representative Smith
has earned this endorse-
ment by demonstrating
his effort to fight for small
businesses in the capitol.
These efforts include votes
on small business issues
that show he really under-
stands the importance of
small business to our state’s
economy.
Preserving the
ranching heritage
one scholarship
at a time
Pendleton Cattle Bar-
ons Weekend scholarship
program was thrown in
to question amidst the
COVID-19 dilemma and
cancelation of this year’s
May event. However, the
ranching heritage and west-
ern lifestyle of family sup-
port stepped forward to
save the day. Seven schol-
arships are being awarded
for this year.
These scholarships are
made possible with the help
of Cattle Barons partner for
this year the American Na-
tional CattleWomen whose
members made specific
donations, even with the
combined events of their
Region V conference and
Cattle Barons cancelled, to
support the young adults
receiving scholarships.
Arm in arm with the
Cattlewomen were spon-
sors that stepped forward
in an amazing way to also
support the scholarship ef-
fort. “We cannot thank ev-
eryone involved enough,”
stated Andy VanderPlaat,
President of Cattle Barons
“It just goes to show you
that those in the ranching
world are one of kind in
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (or
until full) and closed on
Sunday. Take advantage
of this great opportunity
to clean up around your
house, yard and dispose
of it free. For additional
information, please contact
Morrow County Public
Works, Monday-Thursday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
541-989-9500.
The Heppner Fire De-
partment is offering drive by
birthdays. With the inability
to have the normal birthday
celebrations for children,
the local fire department is
offering fire truck drive-by
birthday wishes for local
kids. Contact Eric Chick
at 541-701-4910 for more
information or to schedule
this special “gift” from the
fire department.
heart and kindness.” Van-
derPlaat went on to note
that title sponsor and na-
tionally recognized Protect
the Harvest along with the
more local folks Northwest
Farm Credit Services Pend-
leton office, Pendleton San-
itary Services, JTI of Walla
Walla, WA, and Lucky
Acres Fencing of Lewiston,
ID stepped forward to keep
the scholarships alive in this
unusual year.
Totaling $10,000 in
scholarships, six young
adults studying in the field
of agriculture will receive
the financial support. Lead-
ing the way for both the
award of the Protect the
Harvest and one of the
Pendleton Cattle Barons
Weekend scholarships was
Taylor Ann Skramstad.
Taylor of Milton-Freewater,
OR is finishing her Agri-
culture Science degree at
Eastern Oregon University
and has set her sights on
furthering her education in
environmental, water and
agricultural law.
Receiving Cattle Bar-
ons scholarships were Cas-
sie Castle of Island City,
OR, an Oregon State Uni-
versity student in Agricul-
ture Science and Natural
Resources and a dedicated
and valued volunteer to
Cattle Barons. Along with
Cassie in receiving Cat-
tle Barons Scholarships
are Cierra Hollevoet of
Pendleton, Blue Mountain
Community College and
another Cattle Barons vol-
unteer, Audrey Harwood
of Payette, ID studying at
Treasure Valley Communi-
ty College; Morgan Orem
of Heppner, OR attending
Oregon State Universi-
ty; and Hunter Blake of
Pendleton, OR attending
Blue Mountain Community
College.
Pendleton Cattle Bar-
ons Weekend is already
Church offers
online worship
Ione Community
Church is now providing
online resources for those
looking for worship and
study during the Covid-19
pandemic. On Saturday,
March 14, the church’s
council met via Zoom (an
online method for groups
to meet virtually with au-
dio and video access) to
make decisions about how
the congregation would
respond to this crisis. It was
decided at that time to close
the doors for two weeks and
to provide worship and pro-
grams for the congregation
and wider community via
the internet. The very next
day, Sunday, March 15,
Pastor Jeff Clabaugh pro-
vided the Sunday morning
adult study, “The Wired
Word,” via Zoom and his
sermon on the church’s
Facebook page.
Since that time the
council has met an addi-
tional two times via Zoom,
continuing to tend to the
business of the church and
to search for ways to serve
the people of the Ione Com-
munity. At the second meet-
ing it was agreed that the
building should remain
closed until further notice.
Members of the council
called everyone on the
mailing list in the first two
weeks to check on them, to
let them know of decisions
made and of the online
worship availability.
T h e Tr u s t e e s , t h e
Christian Education Board,
the Mission and Outreach
Group, the Diaconate and
the Hospitality Group have
all met via Zoom. The trust-
ees have had the church
deep cleaned so it will be
ready for use when that time
comes.
The Christian Educa-
tion Board has remained in
contact with the children
and delivered an Easter
gift and other resources to
their homes. Pastor Jeff
Clabaugh continues to pro-
vide morning worship on
the church’s Facebook page
with music being provid-
ed by Yvonne Morter and
Anna Ross. Readings have
been given by Emma Riet-
mann. This week a virtual
(Zoom) “coffee hour” was
held on Wednesday morn-
ing at 7 a.m. led by Gus
Peterson as an opportunity
to just visit and share life’s
ups and downs with one
another.
Pastor Jeff Clabaugh
is available by phone or
text at 971-517-0548 for
counseling, support and
encouragement. Feel free
to call him with any needs
you may have. He may also
be reached at the church
phone, 541-422-7530.
The Ione Community
Church would like to re-
mind everyone that there
is nowhere that God is not
with you. You can depend
on Him in these strange
times.
CONDEMNATION
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proceeding will not make
formal presentations and
the commissioners will not
take questions. Members of
the UEC and the commis-
sion staff will be available
to answer questions from
the public during the public
comment hearing. Com-
ments made during the pub-
lic comment hearing will be
recorded and transcribed.
The transcript will become
part of the public comment
record in the proceeding.”
The PUC website says
that anyone not able to
DEADLINE:
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AT 5PM
making plans for next year.
“We are very thankful,”
said VanderPlaat, “that we
can still support these great
young adults in their efforts
and we are looking forward
to next year to do it again
with renewed excitement
of an actual event.”
More information
about the Pendleton Cattle
Baron’s Weekend can be
found at https://www.cat-
tlebarons.net/.
hearing may mail writ-
ten comments to the com-
mission at: Attn.: PCN 4,
Administrative Hearings
Division, Public Utility
Commission of Oregon,
PO Box 1088, Salem, OR
97308-1088; via e-mail
to puc.publiccomments@
state.or.us; or by telephone
to: Consumer Services Di-
vision 503- 378-6600 or
1-800-522-2404.
The UEC is petitioning
the PUC for the Certificate
of Public Convenience and
Necessity because in Or-
egon developers need the
certificate to construct an
overhead transmission line
which will require the con-
demnation of land or an in-
terest in the condemnation
of land.
The certificate lays out
a detailed description of the
project and the purpose of
the proposed transmission
line, the estimated cost,
the route to be followed,
the availability of alternate
routes, a description of
other transmission lines
connecting the same areas,
and other information. This
information is available for
the public to view on the
PUC website.
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