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Murray Drugs joins pharmacy cooperative
Murray pharmacies in Heppner
and Condon as well as Prairie
Pharmacy in Prairie City have
joined United Drugs, the largest
cooperative of independently
owned pharmacies in the west.
As United Drugs members they
will
benefit
from
the
cooperative’s base of more than
450 drug stores in 11 states and
be able to provide increased ser
vice and prrxiuct selection to
customers, said a news release.
The pharmacies will also be link
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ed to United’s headquarters for
pricing updates on hundreds of
pnxJucts through the cooperatives
" E S P " custom er savings
program.
John Murray, owner of the
three pharmacies, said the
cooperative is the ideal way for
independent pharmacies to match
the volume buying of large chain
stores and increase their service
without losing individual owner
ship and management. He can
now continue to offer the high
level of personal neighborhood
service that has been the hallmark
of the independent pharmacist
while passing along the benfits of
United's purchasing power and
management assistance, the
release said.
United Drugs, owned by its
members, was formed in 1977.
It served pharmacies in Arizona.
Alaska, California. Idaho. Mon
tana, Nevada, New Mexico,
Oregon, Utah. Washington and
Wyoming.
Tour of South Morrow County set
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Pat Edmundson
decorated with bright displays of
the children's own work. "I
know' that I like to be in a plea
sant,
com fortable.
non
threatening environment and the
kids do too. Not all children learn
in the same w ay," she adds, so
she includes sign language, visual
and oral lessons.
Contrary to stories of parents
lack of concern about their
children's education. Pat says that
parents are interested and suppor
tive. She also says that working
mothers are getting a lot of
criticism and feel a lot of guilt that
they don’t deserve. “ I was a
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The Morrow County Associa
tion for Family and Community
Education is sponsoring an
educational tour of South Mor
row County on Tuesday, May 11
This tour is designed to help
newcomers, old-timers, visitors
and anyone interested to learn
more about Morrow County.
The tour will begin at the Mor
row County Museum, with
registration and coffee from 9 to
9:30 a m. The museum will open
early, so that tour participants
may view the exhibits devoted to
the Heppner flood of 1903.
Busses will take tour members to
the top of Willow Creek Dam to
see the little creek that destroyed
more than 200 lives in just a few
minutes back in 1903.
The tour party will go south
toward Ruggs and Anson Wright
park. The wild flowers along the
route should be especially
beautiful in May. said Carol
Michael Bennet. Extension agent.
Lunch will be served in the
"almost a ghost-town” of Hard
man in the restored IOOF Hall.
After lunch, the busses will
travel back roads to historic
school sites. Valby church and
century cemetery. A visit to the
TREO game bird aviary will be
the final stop before returning to
Heppner. Those interested may
tour the Morrow County
Museum in greater detail at that
time.
The 1993 tour is in recognition
of the annual Homemakers' Day.
Several long time members will
receive 50 year membership pins.
The tour, organized by Morrow
County Extension Study Groups,
is open to everyone. A tour
registration fee of $6 includes
working mother.” said Pat.
"And I still had time for my
children.”
One thing that disturbs Pat is
the loss of freedom for children
nowadays. "Children don't have
the freedoms they used to enjoy-
-the joy of meeting strangers. We
now have to teach children a cer
tain amount of fear."
Pat says that technology has
brought great changes both to the
classrooms and to the children's
futures. “ Technology opens up
so much more material in the
classroom and so many more op
portunities. It’s so much more
open ended. In some cases we
don't even know what's waiting
for them. We just need to get the
skills in place.”
As far as Pat’s future, she says
she plans to get more involved in
the community, perhaps get in a
little more golf and most impor
tantly. spend time w ith her gran-
daughters, Jordan. 4. and Jillian
2, the daughters o f P at's
daughter. Kristi Smalley, who is
an elementary school teacher at
Hermiston: Erin, 7 and Kirsten
4. the daughters of her daughter
Vicki Brookshire, who is a phar
macist in Baker; and Emily. 9.
the daughter of her son, Jeff, who
is a building contractor in
Pendleton.
Mike McGuire named postmaster
McGuire and his wife. Nancy
have three children.
McGuire will be installed in a
ceremony on May 27 at 11 a m.
at the post office.
lone July 4th
plans being
made
Missing nine year-olds found
This year's lone Fourth of Ju
ly celebration will be bigger, and
last longer than last year, co-
chairman Jim Swanson said
Tuesday.
The July 4th committee held a
meeting April 21 and decided to
increase the size of the fireworks
display, and hold some of the ac
tivities on Saturday. July 3.
The recent addition of a three
on three basketball tournament
has proven to be very popular and
will be held tin Saturday. There
will be a junior high division in
the tournament this year says
Swanson, who along with
Michelle Raible is chairing the
annual Fourth of July celebration.
Other events planned for Sun
day. July Fourth are a fun run.
continental breakfast, bed race,
dance at the Legion Hall, and of
course the big fireworks display.
Another meeting of the com
mittee is scheduled for Wednes
day, May 19 at Beechers
restaurant, and anyone wishing to
participate in the celebration is
urged to attend. Swanson said
Community CPR
classes scheduled
A community CPR class spon
sored by Pioneer Memorial
Hospital will be held Saturday.
May 22 at the hospital
Four sessions are planned, with
classes to be held at 8 a.nv. If)
a m. I p.m. and 3 p.m.
To register call PN1H 676-9133
weekdays from 9 a m. to 4 p.m.
or write to the hospital. There is
no charge for the class.
Signups being taken for Babe Ruth
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Mike McGuire
Mike McGuire, interim Hepp
ner postmaster since the retire
ment of Ken Nairns July 31 has
been
named
perm anent
postmaster, effective May I
McGuire, 32. formerly from
Tygh Valley, started his career
w ith the post office six years ago
as a clerk at Dayton. After seven
months there, he transferred to
another clerk 's position at
McMinnville. He was named
postmaster at Tygh Valley. which
is around 30 miles south of The
Dalles, in September of 1990
McGuire was born in Baker and
has lived m Bend. Mitchell and
Amity.
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coffee at the museum and lunch
in Hardman
Cost of bus tramsportation will
vary according to the number of
people on the bus. The Stokes
Landing Center bus will be
available to bring participants
from Irrigon to Heppner. as well
as carry participants on the tour
route. The St. Patricks Center bus
will also take participants on the
tour route.
"Anyone interested in a fun
spring tour of Morrow County on
May 11 can reserve a spot by sen
ding a check for S6 payable to
Morrow County Advisory Coun
cil. P C). Box 397. Heppner. OR
97836" said a spokesperson.
Registration is required by May
7. Call the Morrow County Ex
tension Office (503) 676-9642 tor
more information.
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Heppner, lone, and Lexington
girls and boys between the ages
of 13 and 15 interested in play
ing Babe Ruth baseball this sum
mer should contact Rick
Johnston. 676-5562, by May 15.
Johnston says that if there is not
enough interest in the program,
they will not be able to field a
team this year. "It is very impor
tant that we continue to have Babe
Ruth baseball because it is
through the summer baseball pro
grams that our high schrxil pro
grams are fo rm e d ." said
Johnston “ Our high schtxil pro
grams have been very successful
the last few years and should be
Pinewood derbv
race Sat. May 8
The district Cub Scouts
PinewixxJ Derby will be held this
Saturday. May 10 at 9 a m at the
Heppner Elks Club Everyone is
encouraged to come watch their
favorite Cub Scout race their car
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for at least the next couple." he
said.
Johnston stressed that once
Babe Ruth programs are dropped
in a community it is very difficult
to get them started again in future
years.
"I feel this is a very good pro
gram and I urge parents to get
behind their kids and encourage
them to participate." Johnston
added. "Baseball is on the upsw
ing in Heppner so let's not let it
die."
Two nine year-old Irrigon girls
reported missing around 7 p.m.
on May 1 were returned home
unharmed the following day
around 8 a.m.
According to Morrow County
Sheriff Roy Drago the girls had
apparently gotten into trouble
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M.A.D. Tomatoes are the
latest enterprise for three Hepp
ner area children. M.A.D. is an
acronym for Matthew. Amy and
Daniel Jepsen's Sub Arctic Plenty
Tomatoes. The project is an
outgrowth of the family 's search
for an extra early tomato varie
ty. According to their parents Bill
and Nancy Jepsen. the Sub Arc
tic Plenty is the world's earliest
maturing tomato variety . The
family tried the variety last year
in their garden west of Heppner
and had their first fruits by July
4. This variety will mature one
to two weeks earlier than Early
Girl varieties
Because plants of this tomato
variety are not available to pur
chase in this area, the family
thought it might be a gixid learn
ing experience and one w ith some
profit potential for the three oldest
children. After some experimen
tation w ith grow lights, fertilizers
and potting methods, the children
started seedlings earlier this
spring in their basement. They
started selling their tomato plants
about 10 days ago M A D
Tomatoes also feature a king size
"Hot Kap" to cover the newly
transplanted vines. This allows
gardeners to plant earlier w ithout
fear of losing the plants to frost.
Matthew also helped to put
together an information sheet to
hand out to each buyer.
So far. the children have had
good success selling their plants
to neighbors and friends they 've
come in contact with. Their
grandparents. Bob and Suzanne
Jepsen. also have some available
at their house in Heppner They
hope to expand their sales next
spring.
Ballots due in clerk’s office Mav 18
Ballots were mailed to county
voters this week.
Voters will decide whether to
approve a S3.277.550 operating
levy outside the tax base.
The levy will provide funds to
balance the county operating
budget.
Ballots must be returned to the
clerk's office by 8 p.m. on Tues
day. May 18
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clothes out on the beach at the Ir
rigon Marina in order to fake a
drow ning. Drago said that a div
ing team was about to be dispat
ched from the Tri-Cities area
when the girls were discovered in
a boat at the marina.
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Morrow County Heppner, Oregon
Concern for kids turns into 21
year career for Pat Edmundson
Concern for her own children
brought this young elementary
school teacher to Morrow Coun
ty. This concern turned into a 21
year career of love and caring for
over 400 area first graders. And
now. after all those kids and all
those years. Heppner Elementary
School first grad.. teacher Pat Ed
mundson has announced her
retirement at the end of the school
year.
“ That's a lot of kids—to touch
their lives." said Pat. ‘But more
than that they touch yours."
Pat and her husband. John, first
came to Morrow County 21 years
ago when he was hired as prin
cipal at the lone school and she
began teaching at Heppner. “ We
wanted our children to have the
same freedoms we did when we
were growing up." said Pat.
Gaining those freedoms meant a
move from the Salem area to a
more rural environment. After
three years in lone the family
moved to Heppner where they
have been ever since.
“ Teaching is still exciting."
said Pat. whose high school ex
perience as a teacher's aide lead
her to a career in education.
Pat completed her early educa
tion at Hoisington. Kansas. After
the fourth grade the family mov
ed to Hood River where she met
her husband to be. They dated in
junior high and knew they wanted
to be married even then, she said.
When Pat was in the eighth grade
her family moved to The Dalles
where she graduated from high
school. Both she and John attend
ed Willamette University and
then, certain that she wanted to
become a teacher, transferred to
Oregon State and then to Oregon
College of Education at Mon
mouth. She student taught at a lab
schrxil at OCE where children are
taught in a classroom on a college
campus and often are observed by
many teaching students.
Before coming to Morrow
County Pat taught a different
grade level each year. “ I thought
to stay interested and motivated
I had to change every year. But
then I came here and each year
has been different."
Pat says that many teaching
methods
used many years
ago have come full circle and are
being used again. But so much
more learning is being compress
ed and children are expected to
know so much more at an earlier
stage. " It's ama/ing what they
know at the end of the first
grade." she added "Society ex
pects so much."
Pat stresses a warm positive en
vironment and her classroom is
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