SIX- Th lleppntr Gatrtte-Tlmrs, Ilpppner. Oregon. Thursday. April 8. 19S2
Lex. bridge under repair
Lexington man graduates from diving college
Miirk F'iMr. I.oxihKlon, lias
UradunU'd from the Profes
sional Association of Diving
Instructors (PADI) Inter
national College in California,
Inc., at San Diego. Calif. The
college is the educational and
training center of PADI. the
Bv CATHY PFCK
Lexington area wheat truck
drivers can breathe a sigh of
relief. The old, saggy bridge
on Arcade Street in Lexington
is being repaired. For several
years, truck drivers have had
to make a choice: drive the
long way through the town, or
charge across the bridge
hoping it would hold just one
more time.
There wasn't much left of
the old bridge but splinters
and sticks. The footings have
just been poured and the
columns will be poured this
week. The project will be
completed in a couple of
months.
The City of Lexington work
ed with the Corps of Engineers
and the State Highway De
partment to obtain the grant
monev with which the bridge
-V "J - .A
photo by Cathy Pack
Around About
" By Justine Weatherford
Now we have had three weeks of spring, but it seems there
is still a sort of confusion at weather headquarters. Some of
us hoped that after March entered and exited like a lion that
April would become sunny and warm - maybe it will if we
can just be patient.
Mt. St. Helens is vying with the Falkland Islands for top
billing in current news interest. Most of us have had some
fair education conceringin erupting volcanos by now, we also
have checked out a few facts about El Salvador recently, but
need to bone up on the Falkland which until the close of last
week were a British crown colony in the South Atlantic Ocean
300 miles east of the Strait of Magellan. Except for some
undeveloped British Antarctic Territory, the Falkland's form
the southernmost part of the British Empire.
There are about 3.000 inhabitants on the .two main islands
and the dependencies of the colony (about 200 small islands)
which the English explorer Captain John Davies first sighted
in 1592 and where the British Captain John Strong landed in
1690 and named them for Vicount Falkland who was then the
British Secretary of the Navy. Argentina has long claimed
these islands which are commercially valuable because of
the great population of sheep there and the export of wool.
The British governor has ruled the colony with the help of an
executive council and a legislative council until last week. It
is interesting to know that Prince Andrew is now with the
naval force which expects to reach the territory under
dispute in about one week.
My personal weekend just past was the most exciting since
Christmas because ten members of my family were here:
oldest son Ross Haberlach and his son Scott and daughter
Anita; step-daughter Karla Weaver, husband Rick and their
daughter Abiah; and my daughter Ann Chenhall, husband
Ray and their son Thomas and daughter Pearl. The
Haberlachs and Weavers came through snowy mountains
from Port Orchard. The Chenhalls said the trip from Cheney
wasn't bad.
We all had lots of good visiting and damsite viewing. A
high spot of the weekend was the luscious Saturday night
dinner which my housemate Bouapeth Thongdy prepared.
Along with Laotian style rice, lots of tastefully spiced chicken
and pork, we all enjoyed a great assortment of hot vegetables
in delicious sauces along with several plates of beautifully
arranged fresh vegetables. Most of the dishes were Laotian,
but one of the vegetable arrangements was Chinese - all
were great eating
I am certainly sold on grandmothering. My mature
children-parents are such tremendous helpers when they
come visiting. Their children are such delights to me. How
fast they all grow. The oldest, blond Scott, is turning 14;
Anita becomes 12 next week; Thomas will be five in July;
Pearl is two and one-half and Abiah will become two in
September. Having three cars drive off Sunday morning was
saddening, but I know that having the group here for the
three nights and parts of four days left me happy but tired.
On Sunday afternoon I intended to get down on Main Street
to view the ending of the big, exciting Rolling Hills Run, but I
decided I needed a little davenport nap before I went. So in
my suddenly very quiet home I took a too long nap and
missed the super finish of the run ... darn it.
However, on Sunday night when I went to lock up the
laundromat I found that neat, handsome, young dam
engineer from Lufkin, Texas, Scott Hutchins, was still busily
shaping up his clothing, as was our helpful Heppner builder
Boyd Martin. Scott had made the afternoon run and finished
it in 45 minutes 56 seconds. He said it was a "well run" event,
and he was pleased to know that the first runner completed
the 6.2 miles in 32 minutes. Being a comparative stranger
here, he wasn't able to give me names.
After we all chatted awhile about the successful fun, Scott
said that he was eager to try to get a town Softball team
organized. He suggested to Boyd that he should participate,
but I am not sure that Boyd was sold on this idea. I think that
a Morrow County men's softball league including teams from
other county towns and communities would be great fun.
Scott Hutchins said he will try to check out a practicing and
playing place. It is so good to have one of the "temporary,
working residents" in our community wanting to enter into
activities here. Scott has already taken in other community
events such as a concert at the high school besides last
Sunday's fun run.
Serv. offers volunteer jobs
There are some varied
opportunities now available
for volunteers with the United
States Forest Service, an
nounced a Heppner Ranger
District spokesperson.
For additional information,
those interested should call
the district office at 676-9187.
is being built. The total cost of
the bridge will be $125,324 47.
Eighty percent of the total
cost will be paid by federal
funds amounting to
$100,259.58. Another grant for
$25,000 will come from Small
City Allottment funds. The
share to be paid by the City of
Lexington will be $64.89.
Work on the bridge has been
contracted to Kniesteadt and
Sons of The Dalles.
HHS announces
honor roll
Heppner High School has
announced the names of
students appearing on the
honor roll for the third
quarter. To be listed, students
must attain a 3.33 grade point
average.
indicates a GPA between
3 83 and 3.99. -- indicates a
4.00 CPA (all A's)
SENIORS: Michelle Aaron
. Cindi Bergstrom. Lorri
Day. Dorian Forrar. Cliff
Dougherty. Cindi Frederick,
Doug Holland, Darcy Hollo
mon , Cindi Huson, Angie
Hutchinson. Karen Kenny,
Darrell Miles. Camie Mover
. Sarena Panter , Pam
Piper . Janet Plocharsky. ,
Elizabeth Zita . Mary Kin
caid. Ann Lindsay , Don
Lott. John Murray , Lee
Rice, Sandra Ward . Patti
Devine.
JUNIORS: Sherry Clement.
Greg Connor , Mike Currin,
Tom Huston. Wes Marlatt
. John Stevens, Charlene
Law.
SOPHOMORES: Kris Fish
bum . Carolyn Hughes.
Sid Kennedy. Cathy Lindsay
, Anne McLaughlin , Carla
Miles -K Kristi Polzen, Eric
Thompson . Kent Klukkert.
FRESHMEN: Steve Currin,
Joe Jemmett , Trisha
Mahoney. Steve Miller, Jodi
Padberg , Averille Panter.
Stephi Payne . Renee
Struthers .
Hep. Garden
dub meets
The Heppner Garden Club
will meet Monday. April 12. at
7:30 p.m. at the home of Julia
and Harold Hill.
Bob Costa. Morrow Co.
Extension agent, will begin a
program at 8 p.m. on control
of garden pests, said a
spokesperson.
largest non-protil ussocutiiuu
in the U.S. for training
students as professional
sports diving instructors and
in the business of retail sales
and dive store operations, said
a news release from the
college.
During the 10 week resident
cmnsr. Piper received S50
hours of instruction resulting
in open water snihu instructor
and six specialty certifica
tions which Include under
water photography, rescue
diving, equipment repair,
deep diving, research diver
Natural Family classes slated in lone
Natural Family Planning
classes are to he held in lone
soon, announced a recent
news release. There will be
four sessions dealing with: It
symptoms of fertility and
charting. 2 Anatomy and
physiology. 3 Review of
ohartinu and rules, and 4
Review of method with a
written qui.
The classes will he conduct
ed by Jeanne Owens of the
Billings Ovulation Center in
Portland The cost is $35 per
couple The fee includes all
instruction, necessary litera
ture, charts, etc plus a follow
up cnutiselini! workshop
Class size Is limited, so
please register right away by
culling Jeri McF.lligntt at
4227257. Anyone needing fin
ancial assistance may call
Jeri. or Fr John O'Brien at
f.7ti!Mi;2. the release concluded.
and search and recovery, the
news release stated. Piper is
also certified by the American
Ited Cross as a first aid
Instructor, Cardio Pulmonary
Resuscitation (CPU) Instruct
or and in advanced llfesavlng,
the news release continued,
Piper also receibed the
Retail Dive Operations
Specialist Certification, a non
diving certification received
after an intensive K(i hour
program covering all aspects
of dive store operations,
offered only by PADI. the
news release said.
PiHr is the son of Dcllicrt
and Phyllis Piper of Icxing-ton.
Bake sale
proceeds going
for Scout camp
Cub scout puck ll will be
holding a hake sale Saturday,
April 10. 10 a m. In front of
Central Market.
The sale will help offset the
cost for Cuh Scout Day Camp
which is scheduled for July
12 IB, said a spokespersoti.
Cost per boy is $18 for the
camp and proceeds will used
for camp registration by each
hoy who participated in the
sale.
Shirley Connor and Karen
Palmer ore the organizers of
the sale, concluded the spokes-M'rson.
Cardinals tied 2-2 with Pirates
By MU HKI.I.F I.AIU'E
The Cardinal tennis team
hosted the Riverside Pirates
n TimwHiv March 30. The
Cardinals tied 2-2 with the
Pirates in the boys' match.
Troy Lindstrom was the
only singles winner for the
Cardinals as he defeated
Larry Carroll 6 1, 6-2.
Craig Gutierrez and Darrell
Colvard teamed up to defeat
Jim Gregory and Hon lulling
in a doubles match: 6-4. 6-3.
The Cardinal boys and gil ls
tennis teams traveled to
Arlington on Friday. April 2.
The boys were victorious over
the Honkers, 2-1. The Cardinal
girls were defeated 3-0.
Close to home
Mary Ann Cerullo
Maui, This was it. Green - Lush - surrounded by warm
waters and golden beaches. But after twelve hours of
traveling all we saw was concrete, overcast skies and heavy
humidity.
It wasn't until we arrived at the little house that my
parents had asked us to share with them that I began to see a
hint of the real Maui.
"... like someone who is born rich, beautiful, smart and
talented - and then gets lucky in life." That was the land that
was promised to Larry and me. So for the next eight days
during Larry's spring vacation, we set out to discover that
promise.
Just down the beach from our little manicured
neighborhood called "Alealoa" stood the Kaanapali Beach
Resort. There loomed the great names of Hyatt Regency, the
Marriott, and of course the Sheraton. Several others have
tagged along, but these three Brand hotels have merged
together in style with a carefully laid out landscape and golf
course. This is so not to crowd their beaches with too much
"progress."
Just a few miles down the shore, still on the west side of
Maui, is the contrast of the Kaanapali resort :Lahaina.
It's a relatively small settlement with all the conveniences.
There's even a McDonalds and a Burger King) Fortunately,
for some unlucky souls (like ourselves) there is a even a
couple of camera shops who repair cameras, should they fall
apart the day after arrival.
Some people may turn up their noses at the outer image of
Lahaina. But inside there is the strong personality of a
nineteenth century fishing village turned popular.
Up and down the boardwalk (and boardwalk it is!) are
rows of tiny shops filled with coral jewelry, whale prints, lots
and lots of art, multi-colored muu-muus, macadamia nuts,
and plenty of beautiful tanned people. What makes it
interesting are that these shops are all built into the original
buildings of the mid-1800's. Some may not be much to look at
but thay all are full of Lahaina's personality.
One of Lahaina's early sources of income before the turn of
the century was as a stop-off point for whaling ships from all
over the world. It seems only fair that today the diminishing
humpback whales can bee seen daily frolicking off the shore
of Maui from January through April. It seems that even the
whales prefer the quiet beauty of our island as they pause in
their travels from Alaska to mate and give birth before
continuing on to the Arctic.
In fact it wasn't unusual to at least once a day be able to see
the humpback whales just off the coast as they dove and
often played games with a nearby sailboat.
After seeing such an exciting and beautiful animal so close
and unafraid, I became angry when I heard that our
government along with five other countries were planning to
bomb a small uninhabited island which happened to be in the
center of the whale's birthing place. I should also mention
that Maui residents were up in arms because the proposed
bombing site is situated a mere five miles from the more
populated side of Maui.
The last I heard was that bombing was to begin on April 1 .
Why? I asked, why are they risking the future of an
endangered animal ( only 800 are known to remain.) when
they could easily postpone their "duty" until after the whales
have migrated on?
CUSTOM CAP LETTERING
7 colors of caps
personalized lettering & transfers
A good Easter gift idea for that special friend
5 styles of Nike shirts and
nylon running shorts
stop by and see these new items
and our new cap printing machine
Heppner 676-5214
Ti. n. Top
In boys' action Craig Gutier
rez came away with a win
over Mark Hughes. H-.1.
Gutierrez paired up with Chris
Hietinann as thev detealed
Hughes niid Huddv Otncnl in
doubles' action. 6 2. 57. and
6-3.
The Cardinals have two
Kirlson the team. Svlvia I.add
mid Sharon Crowell. who were
di'liMird :t ll hy the Honkers
Students earn
$913.13 for
senior citizens
A C. Houghton Elementary
School students recently com
pleted a Senior Citiens Head-A-Thon.
A total of $919 13 was
collected for the benefit of the
Irrigon Senior Citizens mold
ing Fund by students during ,
the month ImiK program. A
check for this amount was
presented to the group at their
weekly senior citizens meal
March 29. said a spokesperson
from the school.
Cyndy Kelhir collected $120
from her 23 sonsores after
reading 2K books and was
awarded a $2S prize from the
A C. Houghton Parents Club
Other winners were lenny
Kichardson who collected
$lin'. Marc Evans and Kyan
Evans who each collected $H5
and Jill Payne who collected
VA. the HpokesNrson said
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bulb utei one kilowatt hour
for tvary ton hour rt't on.
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Stop by and look over our pleasing
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A Concave is a Concave, Right?
Right. Unless it's a
SCHWERIN
Precision Bored Concave
Bill Schwerin, owner of Schwerln Precision
Bored Concaves, explains the difference and
answers some of your questions about combine
settings.
On Display At
The Morrow
County Grain
Growers
Manufacturer's
Original
Concave
Concave '?
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Schwerin's
Precision Bored
Concave
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On moil nandard cncv llif ban artr not mi i a untfuirn
twtqht nor in a fru clrcUf The impTlrctium In llw concave
aHect both lh quality of !h grain harvtwd and tlt capacity
o 0m combine Separation araa u lo I and tlta cylinder ipeed
mutt b lncrawd to obtain tjood Ihrtrth and wparation The
bottom hne lott dollart In the form of iotl wlieal out the
back of It combine and a Wtaet quality of grain In Hie lank
On a Schwerln I'recitum Hored Concave all ol I lie ban are
bored lo a uniform heiyht lo lorni a Iruvtirciv Tint precttum
alltiwt an operator lo Ml Ihe comave al "()" tolerance al Hie
rear, thin creaiinu, an uninterrupted wedu Irorn Ironl lo rear
The Schwerin Precition IJoreil Concave doe tlie ) up hunt
where Ihe work thould be dune More yraln It driven out ol
Ihe tlraw pack, capacity it Increated and cylinder ipeed tan
be reduced retulllnu. In better iguallly yraln In the lank
Q. Why do my concave need to be true
circle?
A. To get th maximum amount of tepararjon area In Ihe
concave the rear bar mutt be tet al "O" tolerance, creating
th maximum amount of pretture which drlvet the grain out
of thjC Mraw and onto tlie thoe Thift contianl wedue from the
front of the concave lo Ihe rear it never Inlenupled by a high
or low bar and can only be achieved by having a true circle
Q. The nanufacturera have always iicom
Daeaxlafl freatar than "0" tolerance at the rear
of lite concave. Won't your "0" tolerance crack
lot of grain?
A. No Jutl Ihe opporte Mot! combine manufacturer! recom
mend a greater tolerance at Ihe rear of the concave lhan we
do lo allow lor their uneven bar height Tlie hulh If. concave
tettlngt have very little lo do with cracking of grain Cracked
grain It primarily cauted by axceulve cylinder tpeedt We
recommend a telling (for wheat) of 38" In Ilia front and
0" al the rear Thlt createt a cotitlanl wedge, uninterrupted
Irom Ironl lo back More threihing occurt up front for better
thrashing - even al reduced cylinder tpeedt The tkiwer Ihe
cylinder speed. Ihe leu cracked grain and higher quality of
your product It't lhal tirnple
Q. O.K. Thla "0" tolerance and constant wedge
Idea sound good, but will It work lor me?
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