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Netherlands. Renee Warnner of
Lebanon, w ill report on her ex
perience* in Morrow County on
March 8. 4 and 10, according to Bill
Brodenck. Oregon State University
Extension agent
Warnner. a former l.inn County
4 H member and now a student at
Western Oregon State College, liv
ed and worked with Dutch families
from July until early November
under the International 4 H Youth
Exchange Program (IFYE)
The IFYE program was establish
ed nationally in 1448 to build inter
national understanding and is financ
cd in Oregon through contributions
to the Orcgx*n 4 H Foundation Each
Oregon delegate spends about three
months " repon mg” to pcopic o f the
state upon returning
M CEA to open crisis headquarters
Morrow County leathers will
open a crisis headquarters on
February I . organized effort to deal
with ongoing contract dispute, ac
cording to Maureen McElligott
president o f MCEA "W e 're open
ing a headquarters in Heppner and
Boardman, McF.lligott \jid "T his
w ill provide a meeting and work
space in the north and vnjth end un
til this crisis is resolved
According to an MCEA news
release, contract negotiations have
been at an impasse for several
months with no additional meetings
scheduled, for the current school
year (KM 89) The release goes on to
say the school board is offering a
/ero percent salary icrease with in
surancc kept at the 87 88 level, and
a one percent wage increase for
84 ‘8) and '8i 91 \ neutral fact
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finder recommended a 4 5 percent
wage increase and continuation of
the current insurance agreement
where the teachers pay 5 percent of
insurance costs According to
M C I A. the teachers accepted the
factfinders recommendations while
the school hoard rejected them As
the factfinder pointed out in his
report, the school hoard has admit
ted there is more than enough money
in the budget to fund the fair settle
ment recommended by the factinder
"The teachers feel the board is for
cing us to strike over th is ," said
McF.lligott " It's turd to understand
the board's position when they
already have plenty of money to set
tle the contract with»»ut raising the
taxes."
The teachers have not yet taken a
strike vote, says the release
By Delpha Jones. 989-8189
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Tamarack Inn on Weston Mountain
were visiting friends and relatives
last week
Don't forget the card parly
Saturday evening at the Rcbckah
Hall, one o f the winter series
Mike and Lyn Bure ham from
Pendleton visited his mother.
Dorothy Burcham one day last
week
l.irula and John Kipple were
Portland callers last week
Master of the lexington Grange
and wife Virginia and Cecil and
Delpha, Ken Jones, Carl Smousc
were those attending Pomona at
Boardnun on Saturday
Betty Marquardt attended the
funeral of a relative in Poriland on
Friday and then rode back with her
brother and sister in law. Gerry and
Sue Messenger who spent the
weekend in I exington visiting Mr
and Mrs I I Messenger
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Tim West a Physio-Control representative from Portland is
showing the nurses at Pioneer Memorial Hospital how the new
CMS 6000 E works This is a heart-patient monitoring system
that, unlike the old system, does not have to be physically at
tached to the system The patient wears a transmitter the size
of a small pouch The 6000 E is located at the nurses station
and can monitor four beds at a time It will automatically record
on a strip the cardiac condition of the patient to be interpreted
by the doctors and nurses "This is state-of-the-art in momtonng
patients in ICU and CCU" says Ernest Wick, hospital
administrator
Heppner Police
Report
The Heppner Police department
reports handling the following
business during the past week
Jan 23 10:15 p m request of
ficer for Security Check
Jan 24 10 01 p.m assist Fire
Department. 10:51 p m request of
ficer for Security Check
Jan 25 I 26 p m -Civil Matter,
b 44 p m t a I sc* alarm
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p m assist
M orrow
County
S heriffs department. 7 43 p m
assist Morrow County Sheriff* s
department
Jan 27 4 24 a nt assist am
bulancc. 10 48 a m motorist assist
Jan 28 10 04 p m Juvenile
Report 10 I h p m report o f Loud
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February 11, 1989
8 a.m. to 12 noon
Lexington, Oregon
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With Product Displays:
Calkins
Case/l H
Cenex Petroleum
Century Welding
Dupont
F. O. K. Hardware
Mohay
Monsanto
New Zealand Fencing
Rockmount
Schwerin Concaves
Snapper Power Equip.
Stark & Norris
Heppner Junior Bowlers arc doing
some fund raising so they may attend
the slate tournament held at
Milwaukie lanes in Portland April
24 and 30
January 21. they held a pop can
drive and took in over $400 They
are now through February 15
soliciting sponsors tor a Bowl A
Thon to he held February 15. 16 and
17 at Heppner Howl Sponsors may
donate by the pin or by the game
with a three game limit
The bowlers w ill he selling candy
in March to further their cause
The money they receive goes for
expenses and entry fees for the tour
nament They w ill need $2.500 for
this year's expenses
Anyone wishing to contribute may
call Terry Smith at 676 4208
Heppner Junior Bowler* arc self-
supporting and earn the money for
their activities
The first year. 1485, six teams
went to the state tournament The
program continues to grow and this
year 16 teams w ill go In 1485 they
had first and second place winners
plus many individual trophies last
year out of the 52 children that went
to the tournament. 20 trophies were
brought home
Reprinted from the Condon Times Journal
Morrow County Grain Growers
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While in Morrow County War
finer w ill speak to school*. 4 H
group*, service clubs and others in
terested in the program Although
her schedule is filling rapidly, some
dates are still open. Broderick said
Groups interested in hearing War
nner should call the Extension office
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Warnner reports that she was im
pressed with the ' unity of the fami
ly " in The Netherlands Most meals
are eaten together and family an
niversaries. such as birthdays, are
important
She spent much o f her time in
rural areas, working and living with
farm families One o f her host
families lived 4 5 meters below sea
level in the Polder, that is land
claimed from the sea only 45 year*
Jr. Bowlers earning way to state
tournament held in Portland
Lexington News
Holly kchckah lanlge met on
Thursday evening with a special
meeting for initiation and intstalla
tion Julie Dick was initiated with
Delpha Jones acting N G Following
later lx ila Palmer I) I) P assisted
by the Marshall. Hilda Yocom in
stalled those unable to attend the
Pauline lodge for installation Install
cd were Frances Peck as V Ci ,
Julie D ick, chaplain. Annetta
Padherg OSCi, la-ila Palmer LSVG,
I.ucllu Taylor as Jr Past NG. and
was presented her PNG jewel by the
NG Gen Martin I he next meeting
w ill be Thursday w ith the revealing
of Secret Sisters and drawing of
names for 1484 Cake was served
fu rl M iller has returned to
Scavicw. WA after a few days in
Ixxington
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and
Sharon
Schoonover and daughter from the
I Special Events:
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F.F.A. Free Knife
c.
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Door Prizes:
Rollaway Too! Chest
Century 15/200 amp Charger
20 lb. Laundry Soap
3/8 Skill Drill
1 pr. Insulated Boots
Insulated Coveralls
Key Clothing
Toy Riding Tractor
Watch
For
Toy Tractors
The
Toy Combine
U tile
Sweeney heads Northwest
Steel head Assoc.
Nearly 70 pcopic from Gilliam,
Wheeler and Morrow counties were
gathered at Heppner Jan. 11 to help
form the areas firs t Northwest
Sicclhcadcrs organization.
O rganizer Pat Sweeney o f
Heppner called the meeting to order
and introduced Blanchard Smith,
natural resources director o f the
Association o f Northwest S iccl
hcadcrs from Lincoln City.
Sm ith explained that the
organization is made up o f men and
women interested in protecting
salmon and slcclhcad tuns in the
N orthw est. The concerns o i
individual chapters. Smith said, arc
important to the larger organization
and w ill be heard
The organization's goal is to
improve sport fishing throughout
the Northwest.
Last year Northwest Steel-
headers spent over $45,000 on
fish e rie s im provem ents. The
organization has been m aking
improvements on and protecting
fisheries in the Northwest lor near
ly 30 years Over 30 chapters are
scattered throughout Oregon.
The association helps local
chapters by interfacing with other
agencies to facilitate cooperation,
said Smith at the meeting, and hy
providing resources.
Lo ca lly, the chapter would
work w ith the state's Fish &
W ild life agency, clean up fishing
areas, bring in speakers with fish
habitat expertise, work with kids,
organizer Pal Sweeney gave as
examples o f chapter activities. He
said the chapter would probably
meet every tw o or three months at
locations throughout the three
-county area, and that a hoard ol
directors and committees would tv
established to enhance membership
involvement.
The local chapter w ill receive
its in itia l funding ftom a $100
rebate from the association. Local
fund raiscis w ill linancc projects on
an ongoing basis.
Jim Moorcly. education director
fo r N o rth w e st S icclh ca d crs,
indicated he is researching
educational programs and noted
(here arc high school and ju n io r
high chapters in other locations.
He also noted a lutcrbag
program the association has going,
and that he w ill need the input of
local members to determine what
cdus.iuoiial programs arc needed.
Brail Smith and I rrol Claire of
the Department ol I ish
W ild life
explained ih ji then aecncv has been
w orking w ith ihc Sicclhcadcrs
association to build fish runs. They
noted the fish run in the John Day
River is still w ild, ihc fish arc not
planted, and Fish & W ild life is
w orking to keep it (hat way
through habitat im provem ent
projects They said 15-20 miles o f
habi t at
improvements
arc
accomplished each year along ihc
river.
C laire indicated the local
chapter can add support to the Rock
Creek passage project, which hopes
to restore a healthy fish habitat in
that stream.
Elected president o f the new ly-
formed chapter, which boasts over
70 charter members, was Fat
Sweeney of Heppner. Sam Burt o f
Condon was elected vice-president:
Nancy B ro w n fie ld and Sharon
Biddle, both o f Heppner, w erf
elected secretary and treasurer,
respectively.
The next meeting has been set
for Sunday. A p ril 9. A lime and
place w ill he announced.
Nearl y
30 prizes were
distributed to chartci members in a
drawing at the meeting
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