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Labo student sends letter
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By BIKD1NK TULLIS
,.,, ( Program Assistant
. . Morrow Co. Extension Service
Ken Curtis of Heppner and Rachel Peck of Lexington are
: currently in japan, living with , host families. The two
Morrow county 4 H ers are tfiere as part of the Oregon 4-H
; and Japan Labo Lex exchange which Is an annual aummer
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;The following letter arrived this week from Ken: !
Hello everyone y ; ' '"
I'm haying a terrific time. I've been very busy, very busy.
f I've been to an Qbstflqle, course park and a huge shopping
'.. store In Tokoyo 'name Sogo-
I was amazed at how organised everything was the minute
we landed at Tokoyo airportThere was a man from Labo
there to help us go through Immigration and customs. Then
he and his friends packed our luggage on the bus and he took
. us to the hotel where we had a wonderful American dinner;
hamburgers and potato chips, but the next morning we had
an Interesting breakfast;' raW fish, raw eggs, rice (which
everyone ate a lot of) and Juice. Then we had another short
,' orientation and at 1) a m everyone with a blue tag on their
suitcases were picked up by their host families. The others
had to travel to get to where they were staying.
Well I'm pretty busy so -
, Sayonara,
Ken
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GEQDC elects president IRS of f ice of f era help
The Greater Eastern Ore
gon Development Corporation
has announced the election of
Steven Stillmak as its first
president following action
taken at a meeting of the
board of directors on July 12.
Mr. Stillmak Is the recently
elected President of the Uma
tilla County based First Amer
ican Banking Company.
Joining Mr. Stillmak as of
ficers are Foster Odom, Ar
lington area businessman, as
vice-president; and Joe
Burns, long time Hermiston
businessman and president of
the Hermiston Development
Corporation, as secretary
treasurer, said a GE0DC
spokesperson.
The first act of Mr. Stillmak,
as president of GEODC, was
to sign documents applying
for registration of the GEODC
as a Certified Development
Company through the Small
Business Administration. This
certification will enable the
GEODC, a private non-profit
corporation, to make avail
able long-term fixed asset
financing for land, buildings,
and equipment to businesses
throughout the five counties of
Morrow, Gilliam, Grant, Um
atilla and Wheeler, the spokes
person said.
The GEODC was formed in
June by representatives from
both the public and private
sectors that have an interest
in the development and expan
sion of small business.
The remaining members of
the first board of directors
that will serve until a general
meeting of the expanded
membership is held this fall
include: Mike Craig, Fossil
businessman; Larry
Dalrymple, city administrat
or of Boardman; Bill Betray,
manager of Home Telephone
Company in Gilliam County;
Bill Deist, city administrator
of John Day; Bill Martin,
manager of the John Day
Branch of the U.S. National
Bank of Oregon; Wayne Sen
wandt, manager of the port of
Morrow; Ted Walters, busi
ness manager of the Confeder
ated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation: Dale
Courtney, businessman and
mayor of Milton-Freewater;
Dave Crumpton, city manager
of Pendleton; Mehrten Hom
er, rancher and president of
the Wheeler County Energy
Corporation; Dennis Rey
nolds, manager of Hudspeth
Sawmill, John Day; and
James Wishart, vice president
and manager of the Arlington
Branch of the Bank of Eastern
Oregon.
The Greater Eastern Ore
gon Development Corporation
is the culmination of a number
of months of work of local
banks, savings and loan insti
tutions, cities, counties, port
districts, local development
corporations, The Confederat
ed Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Cham
bers of Commerce businesses
and private citizens. The goal
was to create an additional
vehicle for public-private sec
tor financing for small busi
ness, the spokesperson ex
plained. GEODC's prinary purpose
is to be a Certified Develop
ment Company under Section
503 of the Small Business
Investment Act, and thereby,
to promote and assist the
growth and development of
business in the five counties it
serves. Small business ac
counts for over 50 percent of
the private sector employ
ment in the country. More
important, small business
generates 60 to 70 percent of
all new private sector jobs. As
a Certified Development Com
pany (CDC). GEODC will be
. stimulating the growth and
expansion of small businesses
by providing fixed asset finan
acing, for up to 25 year terms,
for land, buildings and equip
ment, whether new construc
tion, renovation or expansion.
By providing this service,
GEODC will enable the local
area to create jobs, increase
their local tax base, expand
business opportunities, and
improve the economic condi
tions of these five counties, the
spokesperson said.
Lexington news:
Delpha Jones 989-8139
were callers Monday night at
the Joe Yocom home.
Katie Smith of Los Angeles,
Calif, spent several days visit
ing her father and his wife,
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buchan
an. Kathleen Riley and son
Trevor, daughter of Mrs. Chas
Buchanan and mother of Mrs.
Buchanan and Sarah Simon
son of Gresham also visited
the Buchanans. Mrs. Simon
son remained for a few days to
visit. She will be taken home
by her daughter and husband.
Lexington Grange is making
plans for a Blue Mountain
Fiddlers concert at the Lex-
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The evening will begin at 7:30
p.m. with music and visiting
and refreshments.
A lovely wedding shower
was held at the Rebekah
Lodge Hall on Monday night
honoring Marie Yocom, bride
elect of Leland Jones. The
rooms were decorated with
summer flower bouquets. The
serving table was centered
with a beautifully decorated
cake featuring a floral ar
rangement resembling the
bridesmaids' bouquets. As
sisting the bride elect was Lyn
Dee Devin and Amber and
Crystal Rinehart. Serving
were Beverly Gunderson and
Marion Rinehart, aunts of the
bride. Hostesses were Eileen
Padberg, Maureen Howard,
Millie Yocom and Martha
Mankers.
Mr. and Mrs. Forest Rine
hart and children of Ukian
Navy seaman
completes
training
Navy Seaman Recruit Cur
tis A. Briggs, son of Donald L.
Briggs, Heppner, has com
pleted recruit training at the
Naval Training Center, Navy
Recruit Training Command,
San Diego. Calif., it was an
nounced in a news release
from the Navy.
During the eight-week train
ing cycle, trainees studied
general military subjects de
signed to prepare them for
further academic and on-the-job
training in one of the
Navy's 85 basic occupational
fields.
Included in their studies
were seasmanship, close or
der drill. Naval history and
first aid. Personnel who com
plete this course of instruction
are eligible for three hours of
college credit in physical ed
ucation and hygiene, the news
release concluded.
for tax problems
attend five-day convention
Oregonians who meef de
lay or red tape In solving
their federal tax problems can
get help from the Internal
Revenue Service Problem Re-,
solution Program (PRP)
office, according to T. Blair
Evans, IKS District Director
for Oregon.
Evans explained that the
PRP office helps taxpayers
who have already had unsuc
cessful contacts with the IRS.
PRP has the authority to cut
through the red tape and
handle problems promptly, he
said. An important aspect of
PRP is the personal attention
each taxpayer receives. The
taxpayer deals with only one
office and is kept informed of
the progress of their case.
Taxpayers expecting to con
front a computer or a faceless
bureaucrat are surprised at
the personal touch, according
to Evans.
The most common problems
brought to the PRP office are
complaints about missing re
funds, mixed up Social Secur
ity numbers, incorrect billings
by IRS, or unanswered cor
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2,000 taxpayer problems,
about one-tenth of one percent
of the over 2.1 million tax
returns filed.. . , ,
Besides solving taxpayer
problems, PRP tries to pre
vent them by discovering
flaws in the system.
Evans stressed that PRP is
not a substitute for normal
IRS channels. PRP usually
takes comlaints only after
there has been at least one
unsuccessful contact with the
IRS. '
While PRP offices do every
thing they can to help taxpay
ers, there are some things
they cannot do. Appeals of a
decision made in tax examina
tions and complaints about
hiring practices are examples
of areas beyond PRP autho
rity: Taxpayers can reach the
PRP office by either writing to
their IRS District Office at
Post Office Box 3341, Port
land, Oregon, 97208, or by
calling the IRS assistance
number listed in the telephone
book.
SOS, the traditional call for
help from a ship in distress,
does not actually stand for
anything. It was chosen be
cause it could easily be
sent as a wireless message.
Clista Venard and Mary
Goheen, both of Heppner, re
. cently returned from a Feder-
, ation Convention of the Sorop-'
, timist International of - the
j Americas, held July 11-15 at
the Century Plaza Hotel at
''.Los', Angeles, Calif.. Mrs.
Venard attended as a voting ,
deleuate.
A highlight of the convention
was the installation of Marilyn
Hofstetter of Whittler, Calif.,
as federation president.
The two Heppner Soropti
mists joined other members
from the U.S., Canada,
Mexico, South AjrricajjCert
tral America, the Philippines,
South Korea, and Japan.
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