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Page 4-A THE GAZETTE-TIMES Heppner, Ore..; Thursday,. March 17. 1977 EifirM teams finis erfect niariki h safety contest with The Kinzua Corporation safety program, started 13 months ago, ended Feb. 28, 1977, with eight teams in the winning bracket. The safety contest started with 31 teams with 14 to 18 persons per team, Larry McGillivray, personnel and safety manager, said. - The contest was based on lack of recordable injuries or fewest recordable injuries during a given period of the continuing safety program. The eight winning teams had New prices, systems await Nona Grace While Ray Grace, former plant engineer for Kinzua, breaks in on a new job in Saudi Arabia, his wife Nona is busy in her spare time taking care of dozens of moving details. When she moves to join her husband in several months, she will end 21 years of service at the mill in Heppner. Among the changes she can look forward to is a switch to the metric system, new pat terns of shopping and some new prices, including king size sheets, which cost about $85.00 a pair. Ray will be responsible for engineering a complete walled "city" to house an estimated 500 Americans doing contract work in Saudi Arabia. He was project engineer on the Kinzua plywood plant and then plant engineer until his recent departure. Nona is packing, sorting, storing and gathering infor mation on Saudi Arabia re lated to the move. The Grace home will be occupied by Nona's daughter, Marsha Matthewson, also a Kinzua employee. Nona shares some of the nitty gritty details involved in her forthcoming move. "I'm packing everything Marsha will not be using in the house, all of our books, dishes, linens, knick-knacs, pots-pans and silver. "Ray packed all of the guns Nona Grace zero recordable injuries. Each member of a winning team received $60.00. Team captains received $65.00. In addition, each of the eight teams had a prize drawing with one winner selecting any one of three prizes, including a 25-inch color television set, a washer-dryer combo, or an electric range. Another safety program contest is expected in the near future. The next contest will and hunting equipment, his tools and professional library and most of his art supplies before he left." All the clothes Ray left have gone to the rummage sale and Nona is going through her closets like a swarm of locusts. "We sold our little plane to Wayne's Diesel and Auto motive; hope he enjoys it as much as we did," she com mented. "I have been picking up items requested by Ray's parents. ..corn pads, vanilla, mouse traps, adhesive and Scotch tape." "Our letters tell us there is no ham or bacon available, but plenty of beef, both fresh (too fresh) and frozen, lots of fresh seafood. No cottage or cream cheese, but great Eng lish, Swiss and Dutch chees es." "All foods are bought by the kilo, nice fresh vegetables, but they must be washed in a Purex solution." Ray's parents have been able to pick up small kitchen appliances and a sewing machine, but they are on 220 current so must pack around a transformer. What about the king size sheets at $85 a pair? "I'm taking some from here," she said. "Beautiful materials are available, but quite expensive, although not as bad as antici pated. It is sold by the meter," she said. "There are lots of little shops, some so tiny you have to wait for the customers who are in to come out before you can go in," Nona said. . The detail in packing is due in part to the length of stay and also to the cost of personal freight, which can run from $3.75 to $5.00 per pound. Ray and Nona have no firm plans beyond the two year hitch in Saudi Arabia. They do have a home base in Heppner, but according to an earlier interview with Ray, the future will be played by ear. incorporate some re-alignment of teams to make for better competition, McGilliv ray said. All winning teams will re ceive a steak dinner, with trimmings, in the near future in recognition of the safety contest achievement. The winning teams are: Power House and Bull Gang Chuck Mitchell, captain, Wil liam Welch, prize winner, and Bill Dyer,' John Weaser, Vic tor Wallis, Truman Smiley, Norwood Watts, Robert Pow ers, Donald Pike, Lynn Mor ley, Ralph Wilson, DeWayne McClain, Jim Nickelsen, Rob ert Zimmerman, Donald Cory, Steve Nevala, Bill McMinn, Conard Johns. Eastern Oregon Logging (EOL) Team C: John Hawk, captain, Ray Rector, prize winner, Kenneth Norris, Har vey Conklin, Marvin Saddler, Mike Todd, Ray O'Neal, Robert Fisher, Roger Ash mead, Robert Taylor, Ken neth Shaffer, William Hub bard, Al Milton, Larry O'Neal, Donald Collins, Denzil White. EOL Team D (Shop & Mechanics) Homer Bow man, captain, Gene Morti more, prize winner, Warren Pemberton, Bill Casey, Ken neth Russell, Troy Day, Wayne Brinkley, Ron Bow man, Kerry Green, Arturo Delmas, Wayne Carr, John Vanderford, Louis Lorengal, Steve Kendall, Ronald Prin dle. EOL Team E Don Slink ard, captain, Edward Kendall, prize winner, Ray Cody, Charles Brown, Lester Gien ger, Glen Potter, Otis Cody, Richard Hull, John McCul lock. Earl Lewis, Jerry Luth er. Doyle Hubbell, Lonnie Collins, Richard Kendall. Swing Shift Log Yard Kev in Scherrer, captain, Richard Flaiz, prize winner, Gary O. Ball, Dick Hoffman, Jesus Ponce, Douglas Carey, Laur ence Schoonover, George Johnson. Day Shift Sawmill Ed Gunderson, captain, Elwayne Bergstrom, prize winner, Sammy Johnston, Morris Mc Carl, Glenn Smith, Dave Eck man, Marvin Way, Dean Con nor, Greg Johnston, Bud Bowman, Bob Shuman, Del bert Binschus, Bob Lankford, Ken Smith. Plywood Millwrights Spindler Maint. Norm Dig gins, captain, Spike Nash, prize winner, Wayland Hyatt, Bruce Clement, Ron Crewse, Alvin Johannes, Ivan Lorenz, Jim Woodcock, Tom Jenkins, Ron Brittner, Mick Kindle. Swing Shift Sawir.ill Jim Lankford, captain, Don Papi neau, prize winner, Wayne Papineau, Ray Papineau, C.H. Brandhagen, John Hill, Elmer Steers, Delmer Busch ke, Jack Ployhar, John Han na, Dick Peck, Mike Palmer, Roger Asher, Wm. (Mike) Smith. The power house and bull gang work out of Kinzua community. Eastern Oregon Logging teams were compris ed of truck drivers, line Its Simple. Cole's wants to be your dress shop. Cole's thank Kinzua families for continued patronage. HOUSE loggers, truck shop and me chanics. The day shift and swing shift sawmill crews, swing shift log yard crew and plywood mill wrights are with Kinzua at Heppner. S3 FR5HIDN
