SIX- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 31, 1991
Two hired at Les Schwab
First Interstate
to sell
State Fair tickets
First Interstate Bank branches
throughout the state will sell Oregon
State Fair tickets at a discounted
price again this year. Adult tickets,
regularly *6. will be sold for $4.50
each Children's tickets are $1. The
tickets will be available August 1-21
at all branches.
First Interstate will make a dona
tion to children’s charities in Oregon
for every ticket it sells. The bank is
the only agent offering discounted
tickets.
The Oregon State Fair is set for
August 22 to September 2 in Salem.
Jeff Shank (L) and Don Christman
Jeff Shank has been hired as the
new assistant manager for the Les
Schwab Tire Center in Heppner.
Shank. 31, comes from the
Prineville Les Schwab store where
he was employed in sales and ser
vice. Shank has been with the com
pany for nine years. He and his wife,
Christal, have five children, Jerry,
6, Sheena, 5. Doc, 4, Stephanie, 4,
and Joshua, 9 months. Now living
11 miles out of town, the family is
looking for a home in Heppner.
Also new to the Heppner Les
Schwab is alignment technician Don
Christman. 25. Hermiston, who has
been with the company for three
years. Christman, who is single,
previously worked at the Hermiston
Les Schwab.
Rodeo entries
taken Aug. 4
Entries for the Morrow County
Rodeo and the local entries for the
PRCA rodeo in Heppner will be
taken Sunday, August 4, from 2 to
4 p.m. Either stop by the fairgrounds
or phone 676-9474. For more in
formation contact John Moyer.
Tri-County eliminated from tournanment
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Photo by Joyce Hughes
Chris Dickenson takes a swing during Saturday’s Babe Ruth State Tournament in West Linn.
Columbia Tri-County was eliminated from the tournament in two games.
Columbia Tri-County lost out in
the fifth inning as Lincoln County
scored four runs in the loser's
bracket at the state 14-15 year old
Babe Ruth baseball tournament
Saturday, July 27 at West Linn.
Tri-County has players from
Heppner, Boardman. Umatilla and
Irrigon and the loss eliminated them
from the tournament.
Columbia Tri-County's first game
on Thursday resulted in a 5-0 loss to
Madison. Rick Koffler doubled and
Jeremy Jorstad singled. Tyler Pratt,
pitcher for Tri-County had eight
strike-outs and eight walks against
Madison. Also hitting in Saturday’s
game were Russ Proctor, Chris
Dickenson and Tyler Frederickson.
Hot weather means lots of liquid
“ When the weather is hot, it’s im
portant to drink enough liquid so the
body can cool itself,” says Carol
Bennett, Oregon State University
Extension agent in Morrow County
Anyone who is out in the sun for
long periods of time needs to be
careful to drink enough liquid to pre
vent dehydration or heat stroke.
Babies, young children and those
who do hard physical work are also
apt to need extra liquids during hot
weather.
The family of Beverly
and Darrel Wilson cor
dially invite friends and
form er students to an
Open House celebration\
of their 40th wedding an
niversary
Saturday,
A u gu st
10,
1991,
2:00-5:00 p.m. at the
United Church o f Christ,
lone, Oregon. The gift of
your presence is all we
| request.
Cold water is the cheapest way to
quench your thirst, say OSU nutri
tion specialists. However, fruit
juices such as tomato juice, apple
juice and unsweetened grapefruit
juice contain salt that can replenish
the body salt lost in perspiration.
Because of this, juice may quench
your thirst better than plain water or
highly sugared punch or soda pop.
Low-fat milk is another beverage
that may quench your thirst and give
you the bonus of several needed
nutrients. Other thirst quenchers are
fresh fruits, especially melons and
cool crispy vegetables such as car
rot or celery sticks. Columbia Basin
m elons are excellent thirst
quenchers.
Remember that punch and soda
pop are just sugar and water that
have been colored and flavored.
Most punches and soda pops have 80
to 100 calories per 8 ounce glass. It
is easy to consume up to 500 more
calories more in drinking just a few
servings of these beverages. Before
you choose your cooling beverage,
think about the cost and what you are
getting for your money.
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Extension offers
w ays to rem ove
skunk odor
During summer and fall, there are
a number of skunk odor problems
drifting around. The odor is difficult
to prevent and remove, says Carol
Bennett. Oregon State University
Extension agent in Morrow County.
There are several commercial pro
ducts available for skunk odor
removal, but they may be difficult
to locate. Try stores and shops that
sell veterinarian supplies, hunting
supplies, sporting goods and hard
ware. The commercial products cur
rently on the market tend to mask the
odor more than they remove it.
Skunk odor results from an oily
compound, explains Ardis Koester,
OSU Extension textiles and clothing
specialist. It can be removed by
methods used to remove oily soil.
The odor molecule can be destroyed
with a weak acid.
Home remedies for skunk odor
removal start with washing in a
strong soap or detergent. Use pro
ducts designed for the laundry
preferably ones that contain an
anionic surfactant. If the odor
lingers, rinse several times with
diluted white vinegar or lemon juice.
If the odorous clothing cannot be
washed, use a solvent such as dry
cleaning solvent. It is available in
grocery stores and drug stores.
For articles that cannot be wash
ed or dry-cleaned, such as shoes,
you can try burying them in fine, dry
soil for several days. The fine par
ticles of soil will absorb the odor.
Examples of fine, dry soil include
kitty litter and sweeping compound.
For pets, do not use laundry
detergents, Koester warns. They
contain caution statements to avoid
contact with the eyes or mucous
membranes. Use tomato juice,
which is a mild acid, to wash away
the odor. Tomato juice may be alter
nated with mouth wash, which con
tains a flavoring and fragrance that
is safe.
lone junior takes cross country trip
By Anne Morter
Crystal Minster of lone recently
returned from a 21-day cross
country bus tour sponsored by the
Oddfellows and Rebekahs. Crystal
won the trip with a second place in
the district essay contest on the
theme “ What the United Nations
Means to the Youth of Today.”
Crystal boarded the bus on June
29 in Spokane with a group of young
adults from Washington and one
other girl from Oregon. All
members of the touring group will
be juniors this coming year. The
group traveled between 200 and 500
miles per day, picking up new peo
ple as they went at stops in Montana,
Idaho, South Dakota, North Dakota,
Ohio and Wisconsin. Most of the
scenery on that part of the journey
was seen out of the bus window.
When they reached Philadelphia, the
touring began in earnest. Sights there
included Independence Hall and the
Liberty Bell. From there, it was on
to Gettysburg, which they hit on the
Fourth of July. Now one would think
that Gettysburg on the Fourth would
have to be a big celebration, maybe
even bigger than the Fourth in lone,
right? Wrong, says Crystal. It seems
that the folks in Gettysburg hold
their celebration on the fifth because
the Battle of Gettysburg actually
ended on the fifth. Quite a letdown
for the group, as they suffered
through the Fourth without a
firework in sight. Forging on in the
face of a disappointement, they ar
rived in Washington, D.C. on July
5 for a day and a half of non-stop
touring. According to Crystal, she
“ saw everything” including all of
the monuments, the White House,
the Capitol Building, the Ford
Theater, the National Archives the
Vietnam Wall and the Arlington
Cemetery.
Next it was on to New York City
where they spent the bulk of the
journey. Arriving in time to visit the
Empire State Building the first even
ing. they were treated to the im
pressive sight of the city lights at
night. They spent a full half day at
the United Nations plus toured Ellis
Island and the Statue of Liberty, the
New York Stock Exchange, and the
Museum of Modern Art. Other
highlights included the viewing of a
Broadway play “ Les Miserables”
and a trip to the Trump Towers.
Crystal reports that some people
even saw “ The Donald” (Donald
Trump) although she did not catch
a glimpse of the struggling mogul.
It was in New York where the
Oregon/Washington group met two
other groups, one from California
and one from Louisiana. They were
then split into four groups, mixing
the states together and allowing the
young people to meet others with
very different backgrounds. Crystal
had roommates from California,
Louisiana and Oklahoma, and
reports that it wasn’t long before the
whole group had picked up the very
contagious southern accent.
After five days in the Big Apple,
it was time to regroup and start for
home. The bus returned on basical
ly the same route except for a quick
jag into Canada where they saw
Niagra Falls.
“ It was an experience I’ll never
forget,” says Crystal. She says she
really got to know the people on the
bus and found it hard to say good
bye to her new-found friends. Before
the trip, Crystal claims that she was
not that interested in history but now
that she has seen all these historical
sites, history has become much more
real. “ I think I will be able to
understand history much better now.
I’m glad I went and I’d encourage
anyone else to make the trip,” she
added.
Local residents can look forward
to a slide presentation of Crystal’s
trip in the near future. Crystal is the
daughter of Rick and Pam Minster
of lone.
Crystal Minster on her trip to Washington D.C.
TOM ABLE’S
FRUIT AND VEGETABLE STAND
is now OPEN at the V&G Restaurant in
Lexington.
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