North Morrow Volume XVIII Number 10 May 6, 2011
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It’s Coming! Identifying Boardman’s location on Oregon Trail Upper Columbia River Route 1841-1851 Have you been curious about The project moved forward the old wagon placed on SW Front when the West family offered a Street, west of Main Street? What 8,000 pound erratic boulder for enis the story behind that wagon? Is graving. The ancient Missoula Ice there more to the story? Age Floods deposited the granite Answers: A pioneer Oregon boulder in a pasture south of the Trail wagon replica was placed at city. City of Boardman approved the Boardman eastbound I-84 In- the signage project, Morrow terchange off ramp for the Oregon County Cultural Coalition proTrail Sesquicentennial. Its purpose vided funding for engraving granwas to identify the Boardman area ite (the only cash donation), as part of the Oregon Trail Upper Boardman Park & Recreation DisColumbia River Route 1841-1851. trict made arrangements to remove Developing interpretive signage took some time (put it in perspective – the 2000-mile journey took 6-8 months. It also took time and patience until conditions were right to remove an 8,000-pound Oregon Trail replica wagon located at Off-ramp. granite boulder from a muddy pas- the boulder from the pasture and ture. transported it to an engraver, then The wagon is located in a land- prepared the site for the boulder, scaped area owned by the City of made sprinkler adjustments and Boardman. The City contracts with oversaw installation. Morrow Boardman Park and Recreation Dis- County Historical Society voluntrict for landscape design and main- teers researched the text, North tenance. A community volunteer Morrow Community Foundation periodically repairs the wagon as prepared and administered the needed. A City of Boardman/ funding application. ODOT project for curbs on South The Interpretive Signage Main Street enhanced the land- should be in place by mid June. scaped area. As the need to pro- Look for it near the old wagon, and vide information about the wagon remember to respect the challenges area for residents and visitors in- faced by early European-American creased, community organizations travelers. What would they think and volunteers developed a plan of this once barren area now known to provide it. as Boardman?
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Shovels ready to officially break ground for CRCHS’s new building are: Marty Meyer, Threemile Canyon Farms;Gary Neal and Kathy Neal, Investing in Boardman’s Healthy Future Campaign CoChairs; Marv Padberg, Port Of Morrow Commissioner President; Mayor Chet Phillips; Elizabeth Scheeler, field representative for US Senator Jeff Merkley; Dave Robertson, PGE Vice President of Public Policy;Steve Vincent, Avista Regional Business Manager; Lynn Prag, CRCHS Board of Directors Chair; Mindy Binder, CRCHS Executive Director; Honorable Terry Tallman, Morrow County Judge; Robert Boss, MD, CRCHS Chief Medical Officer; Noah McAllister, son of Kristofer McAllister, PA-C at CRCHS. On Monday, April 25, the Boardman community dodged raindrops to officially break ground at the future site of Columbia River Community Health Services’ new 13,000 square foot building. Attendees from the surrounding communities and local businesses listened to presenters, ate cake and turned shovels full of dirt at 201 West Willowfork before heading to the Riverfront Center at the Port of Morrow for a thank you luncheon for donors to the project, catered by Pudding on the Ritz. Speakers at the ground breaking ceremony included Mayor Chet Phillips, the Honorable Terry Tallman, Morrow County Judge,
Elizabeth Scheeler, field representative for Jeff Merkley, Gary Neal, co-chair of “Investing in Boardman’s Healthy Future” campaign, and representatives from PGE and Avista, as well as Chief Medical Officer and clinic founder Dr. Robert Boss, clinic Executive Director Mindy Binder and clinic Board of Directors Chair Lynn Prag. At the luncheon, Morrow County Health District presented the clinic with their contribution to the building fund. The funding goal to open the facility debt free is $4,723,795.00 with about $3,500,678.00 having been secured to date. Columbia River Community
Health Services is selling commemorative pavers that will be placed in the foyer of the new building. Anyone interested in purchasing a paver can stop by the clinic for an order form or call Mindy Binder at 541/481-7212. The nonprofit clinic was established in January, 2004 and is governed by a 10-person board of directors. The clinic has received federal grants for operating expenses, which allows the facility to see clients who have no insurance and little money; up to 30% of their clients are charity care, which complies with federal regulations for the clinic’s operating grant.
Boardman Chamber lunch will have Tillamook Cheese presentation The May 18th Chamber lunch will be exciting and fun! Heidi Luquette, Corporate Communications Manager and Wayne Bean, Director of Operations for the Tillamook County Creamery Association will give a presentation on Columbia River Processing, Inc. a
state of the art Boardman cheesemaking facility that is celebrating its 10 year anniversary. Columbia River Processing produces award winning Tillamook cheese as a subsidiary of the Tillamook County Creamery Association, a farmer-owned dairy co-
operative headquartered in Tillamook, Oregon. The lunch will be catered by the Sunrise at Boardman and an RSVP is required by Monday, May 16. Call the Chamber at 541-481-3014. Cost of lunch is $10 per person.