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Page 6C TV TIME SUNDAY East Oregonian OUT OF THE VAULT Lucky lamb brings coolness to school T he last survivor of triplet lambs born in early February 2000 near Umatilla took up residence at Umatilla High School after being rejected by its mother at birth. Too small and fragile to be left on his own while his owner was at school, Lucky the lamb quickly became the school’s center of attention, and showed that farm life can be fun and educational at the same time. Sophomore Daniel Bolen brought the lamb to school because 20-day-old Lucky needed constant care, including bottle feeding every two hours. Bolen fi nessed a deal with school offi cials: Lucky could tag along to school and the lamb could become a teaching tool for ag classes. FFA adviser and ag teacher Jennifer Henning’s classroom became Lucky’s home-away-from-home. The lamb immediately adapted to his new surroundings, wandering around the room and investigating the students, occasionally nibbling at their clothes. Students vied for the chance to give Lucky a bottle of milk, and corralled him when he escaped into the hallway to follow kids to other classes. “He gets attached,” Henning said. With the help of ag advisers from Umatilla and Hermiston high schools, including Umatilla principal Don Miller, Bolen turned Lucky from a skinny, bony weakling into a healthy and curious animal. And FFA classmates helped bob Lucky’s tail, tag his ear and give him shots as part of the class curriculum, to prepare him for his life on the Bolen farm after he was old enough to wait patiently at home for his meals. In the meantime, Lucky changed the way FFA was perceived at the school. Henning said students “can see that not everyone in FFA has to be from a farming family.” Bolen agreed. “Everyone thought that FFA was just the hick club. ... Lucky shows that there are parts of FFA that can be cute, too.” Organized in 1928 to encourage young people to stay in agriculture, FFA (formerly Future Farmers of America) has grown to 7,859 chapters in schools across the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The organization focuses on development of leadership, personal growth and career success through agricultural education. ■ Renee Struthers is the Community Records Editor for the East Oregonian. See the complete collection of Out of the Vault columns at eovault.blogspot.com DAYS GONE BY 100 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 22-23, 1917 Sloan Thomson’s two-year-old baby was severely stung by honey bees Thursday in Echo. The little one went out to the bee hive while the mother was some distance away in the garden. The bees attacked her and but for the fact the child had on coveralls she might have been stung to death. As it is she was stung several times on the neck and face. Mrs. Thomson was also badly stung while rescuing her child. Both mother and child are out of danger. 50 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 22-23, 1967 Searching neighbors found a rancher of the Ione area dead in his fi eld at 9 p.m. Thursday. Lloyd Orville Rice, 58, was reported missing by his wife when he did not come in from the fi eld where he had been building a fence. Ray Heimbigner found the man, badly burned from the waist up, lying beside the fence he was building about one mile up Eight Mile Canyon from the ranch home. He still clutched a pair of pliers and a staple gun in his hands. Dr. R.M. Connell, Pendleton pathologist, determined Rice died of a heart attack. The burns were caused when Rice’s jacket ignited from embers of spot fi res he had been setting. 25 Years Ago From the East Oregonian April 22-23, 1992 Larry and Bonnie Eddy personify the very concept of environmental consciousness. Along with their two sons and a Japanese exchange student, the Eddys live in a passive- solar, super-insulated house featuring south-side thermal pane windows, an air-lock entryway, fl uorescent light bulbs, water-saving shower heads, low-fl ush toilets and an air-to-air heat exchanger. Outside, a blue Earth Day fl ag waves over drought-re- sistant grass, a compost pile and three new aspen trees. And, oh, yeah, they also recycle. “It’s like going on a diet — you have to change your way of living,” said Larry, a chemistry instructor at Blue Mountain Commu- nity College. ODDS & ENDS Montana professor sues Wal-Mart over ‘clean toilets’ description BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A Montana State University professor is suing Wal-Mart for libel after he says an employee at the Bozeman store listed his occupation on a fi shing license as a “toilet cleaner.” Gilbert Kalonde, assistant professor of technology education at MSU, fi led the suit this past week in Gallatin County District Court. Kalonde is seeking unspecifi ed damages. Wal-Mart spokesman Ragan Dickens told The Associated Press: “To our knowledge an administrative process to resolve this with Dr. Kalonde is ongoing. We’ve not been served with the lawsuit, but we take the claims seriously and will respond appropriately with the court.” According to the complaint, Kalonde bought a state fi shing license in April 2015, showing the Wal-Mart employee identifi cation of his employment at MSU. But the Wal-Mart employee entered “clean toilets” into the state database as Kalonde’s occupation. The suit contends Wal-Mart exposed Kalonde to “hatred, contempt, ridicule” through the incident. • Homes • Farms • Commercial • Build to Suit For listings, visit www.universalrealtyhermiston.com Serving the world of Real Estate since 1964 541-567-8303 • 1-800-282-9075 universalrealty@eotnet.net 985 N. First St., Hermiston, OR 97838 Saturday, April 22, 2017
