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Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Izee ranchers sell ‘ideal’ bull CHINA
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RED BLUFF, Calif. – M.T.
and Cori Anderson, owners of
High Desert Cattle Co. in Izee,
recently sold an award-winning
bull.
The Andersons received the
Jack Owens Ideal Range Bull
award for their 2-year-old bull,
HDCC Desert Front Class 305,
during the Jan. 21-25 Red Bluff
Bull and Gelding Sale in Red
Bluff, Calif.
The bull sold for $8,500 to
M&A Livestock of California.
Three of the Andersons’
horned Herefords sold for an
average of $6,667.
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M.T. and Cori Anderson of Izee won the Jack
Owens Ideal Range Bull during the Jan. 21-25 Red
Bluff Bull & Gelding Sale in Red Bluff, Calif. At
the halter with the 2-year old horned Hereford is
Cori with her children Cinch and Raney (holding
banner) at her side.
Courthouse elevator project on track
that the onset of the work will
depend how soon the contractor
CANYON CITY – The can get the elevator delivered.
elevator project at the Grant
“To get an elevator ordered
County Courthouse is on and approved and here, could
track.
be two months,” he said.
The County Court this week
The job is expected to be
accepted the low bid for build- done by the end of June.
ing the project, submitted by J.P.
The state has committed
Prince Co. LLC of Redmond.
$150,000 for the project, with the
The company’s bid of balance to come from the coun-
$230,000 was one of just two ty’s Courthouse reserve fund.
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The state money comes
Bend-based Kirby Nagelhout from a fund created by the Or-
Construction Co., submitted a egon Legislature to pay for
bid of $487,000.
courthouse improvements – and
Peter Baer of Pinnacle Ar- in some cases, new courthous-
chitecture Inc., the county’s ar- es – in counties across the state
chitect for the project, opened during the 2013-15 biennium.
the bids in the Feb. 4 County
Tammy Wheeler, trial court
Court meeting. In a follow-up administrator for Grant County
meeting Monday, the Court Circuit Court, said the elevator
agreed to send a letter of intent will be a service for the public.
to award the job to the low bid-
The elevator will replace
der. After the legally-required a stairlift that was installed in
seven-day protest period, the 1989 at a cost of $33,557. The
project can move ahead with a contraption is a motorized open
contract signing and pre-con- platform that moves along a
struction meeting.
staircase railing, rounding two
However, Baer cautioned
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Justice courts are located.
It can carry someone in a
wheelchair, or a person can ride
seated on a fold-out chair – but
not without making the rider
something of a public spectacle.
“It’s humiliating,” said
Wheeler, adding that in some
cases it seems unsafe.
Courthouse staffers who
operate the lift for people say
it has stalled out in the past,
requiring an employee to use
a hand crank to get it moving
again. It also has a weight limit
that can be a problem for some
of the heavier chairs, and some
people who might need to use
it are leery about the open plat-
form and uneven motion.
The state fund was created
to help counties – which are
required to provide facilities for
the state trial court system – ad-
dress issues in their aging court-
houses, and disabled access was
one of the issues on the list.
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library.
Witty and Dong also toured
Seneca School, the students
sharing its history.
“The people here are very
friendly,” Dong said. “When I
went to every school they gave
me a warm welcome.”
Witty also took his visitor
skeet shooting and four-wheel-
ing, and attended a John Day
City Council meeting where
Dong presented the city with a
silk scarf.
American food was a strug-
gle for Dong, Witty said – al-
though he did enjoy beef and
potatoes.
“Our lives were enriched
by his visit, and I am looking
forward to reciprocating this
coming spring,” Witty said,
adding with a smile, “I am a
bit nervous how I will fare af-
ter learning the guest of hon-
or may be offered a boiled
rooster head to eat.”
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Grade 11
November
“They have a lot of home-
work to do and have heavy
pressure from parents to do
well,” he said.
He noted contrasts between
American and Chinese teach-
ing styles.
“American teachers pay
more attention to a compre-
hensive, all-around education,
especially to improve the stu-
dents individual practice ca-
pabilities on in-class work,”
he said. “In China the teachers
pay more attention to the stu-
dents’ scores.”
“First, our concept of edu-
cation focuses on the result, but
not the procedure of learning;
we all study for scores from
primary school to college,” he
said. “Second, diploma is the
only measurement of our abil-
ity – we can’t obtain a good job
without a rich enough diploma,
not to mention promotions.”
Chinese teachers also
have regular performance
evaluations
on
student
scores, lesson preparation,
correcting homework, teach-
ing research, and training.
At Grant Union Junior-Se-
nior High School, Dong ob-
served classes and enjoyed a
question and answer session
with students about the two
cultures.
“Our students might be in-
terested to know that students
throughout China are not able
to date until age 18,” Witty said.
Dong noted some differenc-
es in the schools.
Classes in China have 50 or
more students to Grant Union’s
average of 15.
Also, his students have a
permanent classroom with
teachers rotating in and out.
He was fascinated to see
technical programs integrated
at Grant Union, and found it
interesting to see girls welding
– he said that in China, girls
don’t weld.
Mary Ann Vidourek’s band
class favored the visiting prin-
cipal with a performance of
“Pantheon” by Michael Swee-
ney.
“I thought the students
played well,” Dong said.
“I felt honored to have him
visit, and proud of my band, as
always,” Vidourek said.
One evening he attended a
Grant Union girls basketball
game.
“The girls are very brave,
and they did well,” he said.
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