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Amy Greenup, Ty Lappen win hospital
foundation scholarships
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Amy Greenup and Ty Lappen
have been named by the trustees of
the Hospital Foundation as this
year’s recipients of the Earl and
Hazel Wilson scholarships. These
scholarships are awarded each year
to students majoring in the health
care field.
First year awards of $300 each
will go to Greenup and Lappen.
Daughter of Greg and Janet Greenup
of Heppner, Amy plans to attend
Amy Greenup
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VOL 110 NO. 22
Wednesday, May 29, 1991
8 Pages Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Sheriff encourages smart, safe driving
“ A safe driver is a smart driver.”
Morrow County Sheriff Roy Drago
recently stated. ‘And it’s really sim
ple to be a smart driver by remin
ding yourself of the safety rules and
laws in operating a motor vehicle.”
The sheriff reminds all Morrow
County residents to follow these
safety tips:
* Always shift your attention
every few seconds, constantly scan
ning the road ahead and behind you.
Never blankly stare ahead nor fix
your gaze on one point on the road.
* When passing an automobile,
always glance at the ground beside
the front wheel of the car you intend
to pass. You will know instantly if
the car is about to veer, .giving you
an extra few seconds to respond.
* You should pull out into the op
posite lane of traffic when passing
while you are still well behind the
car in front. This should give you
some time and space to build up
speed and. yet, will enable you to
pull back into your own lane should
the need arise. Never cut abruptly
out of your lane into the opposite
lane when passing.
* Always signal your intentions
with your brake lights, turn signals,
horn and/or headlights so that other
drivers will see you well before you
change course.
* Drivers should always “ aim
Volunteers sought to help
Boy Scouts paint pool
Heppner’s Boy Scout Troop 661
will earn money for camp by pain
ting the Heppner City pool Saturday,
June 8.
The Scouts have been “ hired” by
the city of Heppner to paint the city
pool building inside and out. Anyone
wishing to help the scouts and the ci
ty is invited to meet at the pool on
June 8 at 10 a.m. Helpers should
bring their brush and/or a roller.
The city is providing the paint.
Goodwill center opens in Heppner
Jan Erb
A Goodwill Donation Center of
ficially opened its doors in Heppner
Friday. May 24.
The store is located in the Farley
building 126 E. May Ave. Hours are
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through
Saturday. The store is closed Sun
days and Mondays.
Jan Erb. Hermiston, long time
Goodwill volunteer and John and
Lynne Wilson, manager of the Her
miston Goodwill donation center are
staffing the center’s Heppner
location.
Erb said that the store will accept
houseware . clothing, furniture, toys
and books. She also said that they
will fill special requests for items and
will pick up items.
Erb said that the store has been
busy. “ We’ve had tons of people, a
lot of requests from a lot of people.”
she said.
Proceeds from the center go
toward vocational rehabilitation pro
grams for disabled citizens.
high” in steering. That is, you
should glance frequently at points
well ahead of you. Not only will this
help your steering, but it will also
help you check the position of
vehicles in front of you as well as on
coming ones.
* N ever follow too close.
Remember that, as your speed in
creases, it takes you substantially
longer to stop. Also remember that
it’s good to have an extra cushion of
space in front of you if you’re being
tail-gated, or on a slippery road, or
in low visibility conditions.
“ Lastly, I would remind all
motorists to practice the Golden Rule
when driving. Be courteous and
tolerant of other drivers. Please
don’t get angry with bad drivers or
reckless ones-just get out of their
way,” Sheriff Drago said in closing.
“ Let’s make this summer a safe one
on the roads in Morrow County."
Graduation ceremonies
planned at county schools
on Wednesday, May 29, 7:30 p.m.;
Graduation ceremonies will be
lone High School on Thursday. May
Lutheran
held at Morrow County schools this
30,
8 p.m.; and Heppner High
week.
School
on Friday, May 31, 7:30
Ceremonies
are
scheduled
for
churches to
p.m.
Riverside High School in Boardman
observe
confirmations OSU commencement June 9
The congregations of Hope and
Valby Lutheran churches will
celebrate the sacrament of Holy
Communion and observe the rite of
confirmation on Sunday, June 2.
Kimberly Bedortha and Jessica
Stefani will be confirmed at the
Valby worship service at 9 a.m.
Charene Coe, Kelsie Evans, Dani
Hill, Andrea Miles and Rondi
Robinson will be confirmed at the 11
a.m. service at Hope Lutheran.
Pastor Hoobing will preach at both
services on the theme. “ Remember
the Value of Worship,” based on the
reading from the book o f
Deuteronomy 5:12-15. The confir-
mands will also lead various parts of
the worship service and provide
special
music
“ Spirit
of
Gentleness” .
More than 3,600 degree can
didates will be honored Sunday, June
9, during the 122nd annual com
m encem ent at Oregon State
University.
Ceremonies are scheduled to begin
at 2 p.m. in OSU’s Gill Coliseum.
Featured will be the presentation
of honorary degrees to author Betty
Friedan. black historian John Hope
Franklin, and Gurij Ivanovich Mar
chuk, the president of the U.S.S.R.
Academy of Sciences.
A total of 3,659 students are ex
pected to receive degrees during the
ceremonies, with 100 students
receiving two or more degrees. Ap
proximately 209 doctorates, 622
m aster’s degrees and 2,932
bachelor’s degrees will be conferred.
Students receiving degrees from
Hepner are: Ken R. Curtis, bachelor
of arts, anthropology, with high
scholarship; Loran S. Hayes,
bachelor of science, business ad
ministration; Nancy W. Martin;
bachelor of science, speech com
munication; Steven T. Miller,
bachelor o f science, speech
communication.
lone candidates are: Eric M.
Pointer, bachelor of science,
agricultural engineering technology:
Brett M. Sherer, master of science,
agricultural engineering.
James L. Simmons, Boardman,
will receive a master of science
degree in science education.
Search and Rescue needs more volunteers
Do you like the outdoors? Do you
volunteer your time to help others?
Do you consider yourself dedicated?
If your answer is ‘yes’, Search and
Rescue is for you.
Search and Rescue is a non-profit
volunteer organization affliliated
with the Morrow County Sheriff s
office. Members meet once a month
on the third Tuesday, discuss up
coming events, schedule training
drills and talk over problems within
the organization, etc.
The members volunteer their time
for training, meetings, times when
Search and Rescue is activated, fund
raisers and other activities. The
training varies from around eight to
16 hours a month, normally on
weekends. Past activities included
fund raisers tor members of the com
munities within Morrow County that
needed assistance, purchasing equip
ment for search operations, assisting
with tuition fees for training classes
directly related to search operations
and coordination of resources.
A background investigation will
be conducted on all applicants, in-
cluding fingerprinting, criminal
history records, driving records and
wanted files will be researched. The
application is forwarded to a search
and rescue review board and then to
the next regular meeting for a vote
by the attending members.
Anyone interested in expanding
experiences and wish to be of
assistance, contact Terri Denton at
the Morrow County Sheriffs office
676-9061 for questions or applica
tions. Please provide a call back
number and best time for contact.
HHADD encourages ‘Fatality Free M ay’
year of 1987 10,000 lives could have
been saved world-wide if people had
used their seat belts.
Among front seat passenger vehi
cle occupants, safety belts saved an
estimated 4,000 lives in 1987 in the
United States. Three thousand, one
hundred of these lives were in states
with belt use laws. Among front seat
passengers safety belts prevented
about 48,000 moderate to critical in
juries in 1987.
Safety belts do save lives.
HHADD encourages everyone to
wear their seat belts and make this
a “ Fatality Free May” for Morrow
County.
St. Jude’s Bike-
a-thon a success
By Anne Morter
The annual St. Jude's Bike-a-thon
held last Sunday in lone was a
smashing success, according to
organizer Loa McElligott. Despite
the wind and rain, 46 participants
completed one of two courses to
raise money for the St. Jude’s
Children’s Research Hospital in
Memphis, Tennessee. The younger
kids splashed around a route in town
led by high schoolers, Heidi Orem
and Michelle Kandle. The more ex
perienced bikers rode from Ruggs
down Rhea Creek to lone, a 22-mile
trek. Ethan Burnside of Heppner was
the first cyclist in from Ruggs. Adam
Perez of lone actually rode the far
thest as he kept doubling back to
check on some of the younger kids
on the Ruggs route.
Dick McElligott made clever signs
marking the course and Monica
Swanson and Tammy Cheney took
over the registration chores.
Loa said she was very pleased
with the strong turnout, noting that
everyone should be commended for
putting up with the inclement con
ditions. She said that hot chocolate,
unlimited cookies and cartoons in the
church basement following the event
made many of the bikers forget the
miserable weather.
Loa said she was also pleased with
the turnout from out of town but
would like to see more next year and
would like to find a liason in Hepp
ner. Lexington and the north end of
the county to increase participation
in this worthwhile event.
The final deadline for turning in
pledge sheets is June 9 but she en
courages participants to turn them in
as soon as possible so that the T-
shirts may bis ordered. Pledges may
be turned in to the Bank of Eastern
Oregon or to Loa McElligott.
Oregon Institute of Technology and
major in ultrasound radiology.
Ty, the son of Mel and Linda Lap-
pen of Boardman. plans to attend
nursing school and specialize in
trauma care.
Two awards of $500 each went to
JJ Osmin who is a junior in nursing
at Southern Oregon College and An
drea Ball who is a senior in com
munity health education at Portland
State University.
BLM offers two
free camping days
T.R. Riehl and Joe Healy
Monday was declared “ Blackout
Day at Heppner High School as a
part of HHADD’s (Heppner High
Against Drinking/Drugs and Driv
ing) Fatality Free May campaign
Joe Healy and T.R. Riehl dressed
in black for the day and did not speak
to fellow students. They symboliz
ed the number of young people who,
according to statistics, could be kill
ed in accidents in Morrow County
this year. These vehicle fatalities are
the result of drinking and driving
and/or failure to use seat belts the
members of HHADD said they
wanted to impress on fellow students
Photo by Joyce Hughes
what it would feel like if one of their
friends were not with them any
more.
May has been declared a month to
concentrate on reducing the number
of fatal traffic accidents which oc
cur on Oregon’s highways. The local
OSSOM chapter at Heppner High
School, Heppner High Against
Drinking/Drugs and Driving, is
mounting a campaign to make this
a fatality free May for the students
of Morrow County.
Members of HHADD strongly
urge everyone to buckle up. In the
Campers at Bureau of Land
Management campsites in Oregon
and Washington will get two over
night stays free of charge on June 7
and 8 in recognition of National
Fishing Week.
The Bureau is cooperating with
the Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife and the Washington Depart
ment of Wildlife which are offering
license-free fishing in state waters
that weekend.
June 8 is the free fishing day in
Oregon. In Washington both June 7
and 8 are free fishing days.
BLM-managed public lands in
Oregon and Washington provide
over 3,500 miles of fishable streams
and 75,000 acres of lakes and reser
voirs in which anglers can “ wet a
line". Last year more than 1100
people participated in BLM spon
sored events in conjunction with Na
tional Fishing Week.
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