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EIGHT The Heppner Gaietfe IHS students set up profit Andy Roberts (left) and Scott What comes after Last Chance Manufacturing? Why, Take Another Chance Manu facturing, of course. Although the names sound a bit humorous, there is nothing funny about the way students at lone High School have taken on the task of setting up and running their own com pany to manufacture and sell goods to the public. The students set up Last Chance last year, and this year have chosen Take Ano ther Chance as the name of their company, which so far has mass produced spirit but tons, "fandanas," a game and fold up footstools. From top to bottom the students handle all aspects of running a profit oriented com pany. "They have brainstor ming sessions to come up with possible new products, then do market research to determine if the product is feasible and then if it is they go on to design and production," says indus trial arts teacher Marv Peter . I.A Vh - timtoin .nun tm it .T ' i mwhiiii 11 Lexington News By Delpha Jones 989-8189 Vernon Scott of Portland and son Tim of Gresham were recent callers at the L.E. Ruhl home. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Hunt were recent Ontario callers visiting Mike and Linda She ridan there. Erda Pieper is again at home after some time spent with relatives in Portland and Newport. Mr. and Mrs. T.E. Messen ger visited a granddaughter, Loretta Wood, who is a patient in Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. Debbie Sharp was a visitor in Lexington and Heppner recently from St. Mary Medi cal Center in Walla Walla where she has been a patient for several months. She has returned there for further treatment. I 1 DECOR CENTER All Pictures in stock . . 50Off (umy one (.v. Kussell All Wallpaper Mini Blinds Olympic.5!;.0; In Stock S ASX US FCR A HCmE DECCRATKS INSPECTION -v (mrtaf 4UM Cm)iM CD 0IALIXe riMAMCIM AVAILABLI 'J00 North fwu Hormnton 6C7-63P4 - TimM, Heppner, Oregon. Ttmrwlay. March 1, MM oriented company Barnett work on note box. son, who oversees the com pany. Take Another Chance star ted out this year when the students went out into the community and sold shares of stock for SI apiece to the public. , With the $210 raised from stock the students invested in materials to build their pro ducts. The first project of the company was a spirit button sold at high school football games. 'Ve needed some thing quick to turn a profit to finance our future products," says Peterson. From there Take Another Chance sold "Fandanas" (red bandanas) which it hired the home economics class to work on. and then went on to make note boxes which were sold at the Heppner Artifactory. Making total use of resour ces, the students took wood scraps from the boxes and made a game called End-O. With printed rules the game Cecil and Delpha Jones were Portland business visi tors Wednesday and Thursday where Mr. Jones attended an insurance seminar. Mr. and Mrs. Dwayne Hilseth of Irri gon also attended. Let's not forget the card party Saturday evening at the Rehekah Lodge Hall. The Rhea Creek Home Ex tenxion group will meet March 6 at Ruth McC'ibe's home. The Pomona Degree Team will present the Pomona De gree at Lexington Grange Hall on Sunday, Mar. 4, at 2 p.m. A potluck dinner will follow. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Schoonover have recently returned home from a trip to Disneyland and Fresno, Calif., where they visited her sister. Lett in stock) . . 75 on 5Qcff . . 50f I & run proved so popular a tourna mente was even held at the school. Probably the most ambi tious project undertaken to date has been a fold up foot stool of which they have sold 50 so far. "We are into our second production now and we will try wholesaling them this time," says Peterson. He points out that the students improved on the original design of the stool, which has made it a better product. Peterson says the company hopes to one day possibly even apply for a patent on a product. As with any company, how ever, the job doesn't stop with production. There is the inevi table paper work to take care of. Anna Morford is the busi ness teacher at lone, and she has been working with the students on bookkeeping and other aspects of financial con trol. The students use computers in Morford s class to enter figures on a general ledger, and take care of payroll. The students pay themselves 25 cents per hour and must take care of deductions and other payroll problems. The students also put out a mid-year report to stockhol ders and have a checking account at the Bank of Eas tern Oregon to handle funds. And what have the students learned from all of this? "Besides finding out how a real business operates, they also learn how to get along with people," says Peterson. "If one person doesn't work they all have to pick up." "It keeps them on their toes, too. They have to learn eco nomics or they will lose money." Peterson says the company has had failures. One product was sold at too low a price, and when spirit buttons were sold during basketball season, "the product was inferior and we learned the market had been saturated," he says. Willow Creek Ernest K. Schrader Ernest K. Schrader. an en gineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Walla Walla District, received a top award last week from the American Society of Civil En gineers (A.S.C.E.) in recogni tion of an article he authored about the Willow Creek Dam for that organization's maga zine "Civil Engineering." The article, "World's First Roller Compacted Concrete Dam," described the design and construction methods used by the Corps in raising Willow Creek Dam at Hep V sA If I NEW AUTO INSURANCE LAW: Effective Jan. 1, the laws on auto insurance have changed. Coverage amounts have been raised and new penalties added, if you do not carry insurance. SEE US FOR DETAILS m TURNER Dox f,,Li VANMARTER I BRYANT School bus transportation a big business in School bus transportation in Morrow County is big busi ness; each student day 26 buses are driven a total of 1,925 miles to transport st dents to and from school throughout the entire county, reports the Morrow Co. School District. Adding miles driven for activity buses puts the total annual mileage for school buses at 350,674 miles. The number of students trans ported daily to and from school is 1.083. Each year new buses are purchased to replace old buses currently used to transport students, said a spokesperson from the district office. Ac cording to a long range plan developed by the District Transportation Committee, which is comprised of 14 people throughout the county, the plan calls for replacing buses after 10 years or when mileage is above 150,000 miles. Older high-mileage buses are used as spares in case one of the regular route Theater- offers comedy Blue Mountain College Com munity Theater in Pendleton will present "George Washington Slept Here" by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. The play, directed by Bill Manny and Assistant Director Jon Pellerin will include a cast of 17. Performances will be held at Blue Mountain Community Col lege Pioneer Theater. Showtimes Local Cub Scouts keeping February is Scouting Anni versary Month and the Cub Scouts from Heppner, Lexing ton and lone have been very busy, according to LaRae Kindle, a spokesperson for the Scouts. This year Tiger Cubs, a new phase in Scouting, has been added. Kindle said. This phase is for boys ages seven and eight. Martha Munkers of Lex ington is the coordinator of the group of eight boys. They meet once a month for an activity. Kindle said the pur Dam article pner, which was dedicated last July. The flood control project is the first large dam in the United States to be constructed using this innova tive and less expensive method of placing concrete, says O.C. Dugger, public af fairs officer for the Walla Walla district. Each year, the A.S.C.E. selects the best engineering or scientific article used by their magazine and provides the author the "A.P. Greensfelder Construction Prize" which consists of a plaque, certifi cate and a cash award. The award was presented to Schrader at a joint luncheon meeting of A.S.C.E. and the Society of American Military Engineers (S.A.M.E) held in Walla Walla as part of Natio nal Engineers Week activities of the two societies. Schrader has received a number of awards for his work in concrete construction methods. These include being named the Corps' Engineer of the Year in 1983, the Ralph A. Tudor Medal in 1979 and the U.S. Army Research and De velopment Award in 1976. The Tudor Medal is presented an uoux Onxuxanat. nuAx INSURANCE HOWARD bRYANT ROBERT KAHL buses should suffer a break down or an additional bus is needed. Three of the buses that are currently held as spares have been approved by the board to be sold. Bids will be taken for the sale of those buses and accepted by the board at its regular March meeting, the spokesperson said. The school district w ill be purchasing two new 65 pas senger diesel school buses as replacements if the proposed budget passes March 27. A total of $74,600 has been inclu ded by the budget committee for the purchase of the buses in the 1984-85 proposed budget, the spokesperson said. Contracting with a private firm to operate the daily transportation of students has been considered in the past, but has always been found to be a more expensive and less desirable option for Morrow County schools, according to Matt Doherty, district superintendent. are scheduled for 8 p.m. on March 1, 2, and 3. Also scheduled is a matinee on Sunday, February 26, at 3 p.m. Ticket prices will be $4 for Adults. $2 for students and senior citizens. For reservations, call 276-1260 ext. 400. Monday through Friday between the hours of 12 and 3, until March 1. pose of the new group is to prepare the boys for Cub Scouts. The Cub Scouts have l-en busy with money making projects and earning awards, Kindle said. At the present, 35 boys are active in Cub Scouts, and more are ready if a den leader can be found. Recently the Scouts held drawings for two boxes of Valentine candy. The winners were Sally Mar latt and Millie Rauch. The Scouts are looking forward to author honored nually to a distinguished young engineer by S.A.M.E. Schrader, 36, is a graduate of Clarkson College of Tech nology, Potsdam, N Y., and Surplus cheese to be given out March 7 Local residents are remin ded that government surplus cheese will be given out to those who qualify at the Hep pner Neighborhood Center on Wednesday, Mar. 7, from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those who aren't able to pick up their cheese at the center may call and have it reserved, or may have some I SIZE -PRICE P18580RX13 6363 P19575RX14 725 P20575RX14 7739 P21575RX14 8058 P20575RX15 7872 P21575RX15 823 P22575RX15 8477 P23575RX15 88 P. O. Box 367 Lexington. Oregon 97839 Obituaries Ernest Frederick Ertz HEPPNER - Ernest Fre derick Erti of Hermiston, formerly of Heppner, died Thursday, Feb. 23, 1984. at Good Shepherd Community Hospital in Hermiston. He was 5S. He was born at Bonners Ferry. Idaho, Dec. 1, 1925. He was an Army Air Force veteran of World War II. In I960, he married Ruth Da vies in California. Mr. Ertz worked at Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner before coming to Hermiston in 1978. He was employed by Kasari Trucking. Funeral services were held Monday, Feb. 27 at Burns Mortuary Chapel in Hermis ton. Burial was at the Hermis ton Cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Ruth Ertz, in Hermiston; three sons: Tim and Keith of Hermiston, and Mike is Koos kia, Idaho; daughter Tina Taylor, in Germany; step sons David Coplan, Bremer ton, Wash., and George in Ohio; six sisters: Mary Perry of Dover, Idaho, Dee Hamrick of Loon Lake, Wash., Helen Harris and Ann Judy of Spo kane, Jo Reynolds of ChatU roy, Wash., and Jean Quist of Mapleton, Utah; and 16 grandchildren. busy pine wood derby races on March 26 and a week of day camp in July. The Boy Scouts are also busy, working on merit badges. Under the leadership of Perry Cooper they are quite active. Kindle said. They are looking forward to a Scout jamboree in April. holds a bachelor's and mas ter's degree in civil engineer ing. He has been employed at the Corps Walla Walla Dis trict since 1974, Dugger said. one pick it up for them. If someone other than the client is to pick up the cheese, a note with the client's name, com plete address and a declara tion of their gross income must be presented at the center when the cheese is picked up, said Pat Brindle, center coordinator. n nrn .t J f ...jjW I il 1 1 J, 1 1 ' if X WW M.C.G.6. r.lorrovs County Elvena Davidson Beezley I0NE Elvena Davidson Beeley of Rosevlllc. Calif., formerly of . lone, died Feb ruary 19, 1984 at Roseville. She was 87. She was born August 18, IBM to Lewis and Ella Davidson of lone. She spent her younger years in lone and graduated from high school there in 1914. She married Ray Beezley in lone. Funeral services were held Hortense C. Martin LEXINGTON - Hortense C, Martin of Portland, former ly of Lexington, died Friday, Feb. 24, 1984, at Park View Nursing Home In Portland. She was born May 15, 1890, in Allen County, Indiana, the daughter of Wallace and Clara Clink Deatsman. She moved to Oregon in 1906 and on Dec. 4. 1910. married Miles E. Martin at Moro. Ore. The couple moved to the Lexington area in 1918. They were longtime w heat fanners in the area Mrs. Martin hud been a charter member1 of the Lex ington Grange. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Feb. 29, at the United Methodist Church in Heppner with the Rev. Hob Andrews Bryant officiating. Carlev Drake was organist and Ron McDonald was Marvin R. Wichtman HEPPNER - Marvin K. Wightman, 76, formerly of Heppner, died Saturday, Feb J8, 1984, in Mesa, Arizona. He was born in Heppner on September 9. 1907 to John and Harriet Lynn Wightman On October 6. 1934. he mar ried Claudine Humphreys in Portland. They moved from Heppner to California in 1954 In 1975 they returned to Ore gon and settled at McKenzie Bridge. They spent the winter months in Arizona. Mr. Wightman was a mem ber of the Heppner Masonic Lodge No. 69 A.F. & A.M ., the York Rite, Al Kader Shrine and AH Saints' Episcopal Church. Funeral services were held Friday. Feb. 24, at All Saints' Episcopal Church in Heppner with the Rev. Ed Watts offi ciating Gail Hughes was organist and Ron McDonald 3iiiiiimiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii:iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiii!iiiitmiinii s Offers to Purchase I BANK OF EASTERN OREGON I CAPITAL STOCK 1 Io units of 20 shares or more will be accepted I for consideration through Friday, March 23. 1984. s S Send offers to 5 MID-COLUMBIA PCA P.O. Box 243 The Dalles, OR 97058 (503) 298-5191 1 j Right reserved to refuse any or all offers j muniiimiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiininiiiiiiHUiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiil B Mi WE PUT AMERICA ON RADtALS Grain Grovvcrswc. Pb, 989-6221 1(800)452-7396 February 22 with burial fol lowing at Rosevlllc. A brother, Thomas David son, died in November, 1983 at Hemet, Calif. He was a former teacher at lone. A son, Jesse Beezley, also preceded her In death. Survivors include son Lewis D. Beezley of Roseville; sister Delia McCurdy of Heppner; and many grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. soloist, Casket bearers were Howard Bryant, Kenneth Smouse, Fred Nelson, Archie Munkers, Lloyd Morgan and Irvin Rauch. Concluding ser vices and private burial were at Heppner Masonic Ceme tery. Mrs. Martin was preceded in death by her husband in 1955. Survivors include sons, Wil lard Martin, Portlund, Orlow Martin, Moro, Randall Mar tin, Pilot Rock, and Roy Mar tin, Lexingotn; eight grand children and 17 great-grandchildren. Those who wish may contri bute to the Lcsta lloel Memo rial Fund for the Needy, Ter williger Plaza, Portland, 97201. Sweeney Mortuary, Hep pner was in charge of ar rangements. was soloist was soloist lasxci wearers were Al Bunch, Paul Brown, Cornell Green. Don Evans, Herman Green ami Howard Pettyjohn. Graveside ritualis tic services were performed by the Heppner Masonic Lodge No. 69 A F. & A.M. Concluding services and in terment were at Heppner Masonic Cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Claudine Wightman, McKen zie Bridge; sons James of Greeley, Colo , and Marvin Jr. of Santa Rosa. Calif.; daugh ter Margaret Ciapusci, Sacra mento, Calif ; sisier Anna Graham of Heppner; seven grandchildren and two great grandchildren A daughter, Janet preceded him in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the All Saints Episcopal Church, or to a charity of the donor's choice, directly or through Sweeney Mortuary in Heppner. JJ MARIANNE KAHL
