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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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