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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 5, 1990 Three employees retire at Kinzua Exchange program needs host families Kara Miller receives honors at OWGL show World Experience is seeking families in Heppner and surrounding areas to host exchange students. Students may be denied this oppor tunity if enough host families are not available. A host family develops an unforgettable and often life-long relationship with a son or daughter from another country. This offers a host family the opportunity to foster international understanding in a per sonal way. All students are screened in their home countries and are fully in sured. World Experience provides 24 hour support and a local coor dinator. Anyone interested in hosting or requiring more information may call Nellie Davis at (800)544-8084. WOSC lists honor students Back row L to R: Gary Schonbachler, Doug Dubuque, production manager, Elvyn Bell; Three Kinzua Corp employees with 97 years of employment with Kinzua under their belts are retiring this month. Elvyn Bell, with 32 years, Delmer Buschke, with 44, and Carol Norris, with 21, have all announced their retirement. Carol Norris, 62, started with Eastern Oregon Logging, Kinzua’s former logging division. After that she did fire watch work and operated the ambulance. In 1970 she “ graduated" to book keeping in the office at Camp 5, where they lived from 1959 to 1978. In February of 1978 she transfer red to Heppner and did invoicing. From 1980 to the present Carol has been weighmaster at Kinzua. Carol says that having worked since high school, she is approaching retirement with “ anxiety and ap prehension,” but is also looking for ward to it. “ I’m going to have to put me on a schedule, though,” she add front L to R-Walt Nix, log yard supervisor, Delmer Buschke and Carol Norris. ed. Carol’s husband, Earl, retired six years ago. They have a son. Ken neth, and a grandson, also named Kenneth, both in Tacoma, WA. The Norrises plan on “ doing a little traveling, playing a little golf, and just doing as we please.” Elvyn Bell, 63, started at the Old Mill at Kinzua in 1958. At that time he was the planer setup man. When he moved to Heppner in March of 1974, he worked in the plywood division as the mill foreman on the graveyard shift. He transferred to the planing mill in 1976 as the planer superintendent. Elvyn says that the plant has changed over the years. “ I think they’re going in the right direction. Frank (Pearson) and Doug (Dubu que) are doing a good job updating the mill.” Elvyn and his wife, Patricia, who also works at Kinzua. will be mar ried 40 years in August. They have two sons, Kevin, in Baker, and Kent ^w w w vw w vw w w w . 1FILTERS in Portland, and four grandchildren. Elvyn says that his wife will work one more year before retirement, and then they plan on doing a little traveling. For the meantim e, however, Elvyn has plans for fishing and golfing this summer. Delmer Buschke, 61, has been with Kinzua since 1946. “ I started low man on the totem pole,” says Delmer. Since then he has been a saw filer, a millwright and the last 13 or 14 years, the planer setup man. “ They’ve really modernized the mill the last few years,” he added. Delmer was bom at Hardman and moved to Heppner when he started high school. He and his wife, Judy, have three sons, Kyle, Mike and Scott, all of Portland, and two grandchildren. Delmer, who “ went through three (Kinzua) owners, and “ saw the plywood plant come and go,” says he plans on doing a lot of fishing and “ whatever else strikes my fancy.” In the Service Second Lt. Robert K. Taylor recently participated in the Strategic Air Command exercise, “ Global Shield ’90.” The exercise tested the readiness of SAC units around the world, as well as Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units, to carry out orders which support the United States national policy. He is a deputy missile combat crew commander with the 490th Strategic Missile Squadron at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont. Taylor is the son of Charles R. and Linda L. Taylor of Heppner. His wife, Jaena, is the daughter of Vernon and Vicki Sanderson of Seat tle, WA. The lieutenant is a 1984 graduate 676-9123 148 E. Center H eppner Because thereareno of Bums Union High School and a unimportant parts 1988 graduate of the U.S. Air Force i Academy, Colorado Springs. . ,V W V V V W W « « V W W V W A M A V W V W W V W r t V W ‘ ★ Tractor ★ Truck ★ Oil ★ Air ★ Fuel Cab Filters 'V,DRAUUC HOSES made to ord^r Heppner Auto P a r t s » HARVEST HOURS CLOSED SUNDAY Wasco Parts Outlet - 442-5781 Lexington Store & Parts 989-8221 o r O r e W atts 1-800-452-7396 Your Complete Harvest Time Source For All Your Supplies and Equipment Morrow County Grain Growers 350 Main Lexington. Oregon CENEX LAND O' LAKES A total of 414 students have been named to the honor roll for spring quarter at Western Oregon State College including Suzanne Akers of Boardman and Sean Warren of lone. They achieved between a 3.5 and 3.9 out of a perfect 4.0 grade point average. WOSC, a four-year liberal arts college, has an enrollment of 3.860 students. Kara Miller and Shawn Skiles of the Morrow County Grain Growers. Kara Miller showed her OWGL Livestock Show reserve grand champion swine at Tygh Valley. Kara was also the reserve jr. swine showman. Kara’s pig was purchas ed by the Morrow County Grain Growers. Kara is the daughter of George and Nancy Miller of lone. Justin Miller received class cham pion in heavy weight market hogs; Shaun Hisler was third high in dividual for the entire judging con test. The Ewes R Us livestock club all did a very good job in the judging contest and should be complimented for their efforts in judging livestock,” said Extension agent Bill Broderick. lone summer league teams compete Anne Morter By The lone High School Summer League boys and girls basketball teams competed in the AAU Pacific Northwest Basketball Champion ships held June 9-11 in Yakima. Competition was open to teams from Idaho. Washington and Oregon with the bulk of the teams coming from Washington. Twenty-six girls teams and 34 boys teams competed in the three-day basketball fest. Hands On Science program to begin The Morrow County Youth Com mission with Great Start Initiative funds is making the Hands On Science Early Science Summer Pro gram available to four, five and six year-olds who have not yet been in first grade. Classes will be held at the Hepp ner Day Care facility in two 10-day sessions for 7lh hours a day. Session I “ All About M e,” will be held July 23-Aug. 3 weekdays from 8:30-11 a.m. In this class, children will make a life-size skeleton of themselves. They will experience through movement, games, music and specific science activities how the parts and systems of their body “ machines” work together. The students will learn to locate and name major body parts and describe their functions. They will identify and use their five senses in obtaining information about their environment. Session II “ My World. Past and Present,” will be held Aug. 6-17 weekdays from 8:30-11 a.m . Dinosaurs capture the imagination of the children as they learn relative sizes of these creatures. Children will simulate fossils as the main evidence for life of the distant past. They will investigate the influence of soil, plants, animals and water as they interact in today’s environment. Problems of pollution and conserva tion will be introduced. Registration fee is $5.00. The Morrow County Youth Commission will pick up the rest of the $85.00 fee with Great Start funds. Class enrollment is limited to 14, first come-first served. Those wishing to enroll their children ' should fill out a registration form and send $5.00 to Sarah Carlson, P.O. Box 311 lone, OR. 97843. The Hands On Science program coordinator, Sarah Carlson, says she is looking for individuals who would be interested in teaching the Hands On Science after school program which will start up again in September. To be a HOS teacher, you need to hold a BS or BA degree (not necessarily in science or education), have a desire to work with young children, and participate in a four- hour HOS teacher training course. The next teacher training session will be held at the Heppner Jr. High School lab July 11 from 6 to 10 p.m. If anyone is interested in par ticipating call Sarah C arlson, 422-7245. or leave a message at the Heppner Elem entary School, 676-9128. Chief Rathbun’s Tips Help stop vandalism. It’s a crime to break or mark on things that aren’t | yours. The boys played five games, win ning three and losing two. All the games were close and exciting with a win by six points in the closing game the largest point spread in either a win or a loss. lone kicked off the tourney on Fri day evening by defeating Glenwood, Washington, by two points. On Saturday, they started a marathon three-game day by falling to Mossy Rock, WA. by three points in over time. After a short rest, they return ed to the court to play North Fort, WA. It took a last-second, clutch shot by Ryan Halvorsen to do it, but lone collected the win by one point. After another brief rest, lone was matched with Selkirk High School of lone, WA., where they lost by five points after simply running out of steam at the end. On Sunday, they concluded the tournam ent by defeating Naches, WA. by six points. Unofficial tallies placed lone eleventh out of the 34 teams. Coach Del LaRue was pleased with the weekend’s effort. “ We had a good time and played some good basketball,” he said. He commented that the team was very competitive in every game, unlike last year where they w ere som ewhat overwhelmed. The girls played four games, win ning two and losing two. They kicked off the tournament against Reardon, WA. where they were defeated, 37-25. Kari Morgan scored 10 points and Nancy Morter added seven but they were no match for Reardon, whose high point girl tallied 21 points. The second game, played on Saturday morning, saw lone come from behind for a 38-36 overtime win over Dayton, WA. April Taylor’s three-pointer and Heidi Nelson’s key free throws forced the overtime period. Nancy Morter scored the only two points in over time period to give lone the win. Nancy Morter had 20 points and Kari Morgan had 12 in that contest. The third game was against Wasco and lone chalked up another win, 36-31. in a game that saw many lead changes. Nancy Morter was high point with 16 points. The fourth game was a rematch with Dayton. Dayton avenged their earlier loss by chalking up a 42-24 win. Two of their key players that had been unavailable the day before returned for this game. Kari Morgan was high point for lone with nine points. Come help us celebrate Loree Hubbard's 80th birthday July 7, 2 p.m. at the lone United Church o f Christ basement. /Vo gifts please. 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