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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 17, 1993 Gretchen Berretta earns award English teacher Linda Dutcher (I), presents Gretchen Berret ta with certificate Gretchen Berretta, daughter of Drs. Ed and Jeanne Berretta, is a recipient of the 1993 National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards in Writing. She was presented her award in an assembly on Nov. 12. Over 4,000 juniors were nominated for this prestigious award. Each piece of writing sub mitted by a nominee was read and evaluated by two judges, one high school and one college English teacher. A third judge, usually the state coordinator for the program, settled differences between evaluations to help produce the final list of students. Approx imately 13 percent of all juniors nominated are singled out for P harm acy & Your H ealth Boardman Pharmacy & Hardware 202 1st. N. W. P.O. Box 170 Boardman, Oregon 97818 481-9474 481-7351 BPH: Over Half of All Men Are Affected BPH is an abbreviation for be nign prostatic hyperplasia, an en largement of the prostate gland. This condition occurs in at least one-half of all men by the time they reach age 60. The prostate gland lies just below the bladder and sur rounds the canal through which urine passes when it is eliminated from the bladder. As men age, the gland enlarges. In some men this enlargement leads to complica tions. Problems associated with BPH include difficulty starting to urinate and urinary frequency (possibly several times each night). The flow of urine may become slow. Although the symptoms of BPH and cancer of the prostate are similar, these are different condi tions. Treatment o f BPH includes surgery to the prostate (transure thral resection), surgical removal of the prostate, and use of pre scription m edicines. Although terazosin ( Hytrin ) is approved only for treatment of high blood pres sure, it has been shown to improve BPH. The drug works by relaxing the muscles that block urine flow. Finasteride ( Proscar ) shrinks the prostate gland, allowing for better flow of urine. According to a recent article in Patient Care, finasteride is safe and is associated with very few side effects. It may take 6 to 12 months before opti mum results are achieved with this drug. awards. The winners are con sidered to be among the best stu dent writers in the country. Heppner High School’s 1994 nominee is Jenny Krein. Winners of this contest are announced the fall after the students are nominated. The Morrow County Wheat Growers annual meeting was held at Beecher’s Cafe in lone, Nov. 15. Doug Drake, Heppner, was re elected to the position of chair man. Judy Rea, lone, will serve as vice chairperson and Geri Grieb was chosen as secretary. In the afternoon business meeting the membership went on record as favoring a state dues in crease from $50 to $60 per year. A $90 per year dues was sug gested for members with more than $50,000 gross income. There was a lengthy discussion concerning a 1995 farm program when Conservation Reserve Pro gram contracts will begin to ex pire. Farmers must be able to plow in advance or there needs to be a flexible program, Drake sad. These suggestions will be taken to the state meeting in Portland later this month. Tim and Debbie Holtz of lone won the door prize which was two nights of accommodations at a bed and breakfast in Astoria sponsored by the Bank of Eastern Oregon. Pam Ezell, Pendleton, director By Mftyn ftobtmon Oregonians have said loud and clear-no new taxes. And they have consistently asked that government spending be downsized without hurting education or services. Now get this, $338,000 tax dollars are to be spent by the Oregon Department of Transportation to replace mailbox supports along rural state highways that don’t conform to state safety standards. That much money would patch a number of potholes that are more likely to unseat someone or cause head concussions. • This project will replace mailbox standards along rural highways throughout region five, which covers just east of Arlington to the Idaho border and south to Bums. According to ODOT, mailboxes on wooden posts or ones set on a wooden block could be a safety hazard if hit by a car. Better a mailbox than a pedestrian, I should hope. Will the coun ties also have to conform in order to prevent lawsuits? That’s rather like the bartender being sued for serving a drink to a driver that causes an accident. Somebody has to be responsible for someone else’s ac tions, right? Travel on roads with unapproved mailbox construction should perhaps be limited to pickups with radiator guards—just in case those mailboxes, like the deer, jump out in front of unsuspecting automobile drivers. Since ODOT is hiring private contractors for this project they must think that most people aren’t capable of digging a hole or pounding a post in the ground to properly set up a mailbox: However if that course of action were pursued it might cost just as much to send everyone a lengthy set of instructions plus an individual assessment of the environmental impact. Personally I’d rather zero in on a wooden post that would break off if the habit of mucking out mailboxes were the norm. It’s not nice to be shafted by a metal post. Where our mailbox is located there is no safe turn-out spot except in the soft ground of Ken Turner’s wheat field. But it’s true that through the years, that mailbox and some fences have been mucked out by snowplows, combines and slip and slide drivers. I’m sure that flashing lights or a neon sign could not have prevented those incidents. However without too much grumbling there remains the ability to reset those mailboxes, even if there was no consulation with an authoritative figure. Once a mailbox is in place it becomes federal property. This is to protect the mail, even those third-class advertisements. And the mail carrier is charged with making sure that all those Christmas catalogs and sale fliers are safely deposited in the correct boxes, even though I would be happy to share with neighbors. Now I’m thinking of adding to our mail carrier’s burden by ad dressing and writing my lengthy list of Christmas cards and letters. My objective is to mail them in early December. It’s not just to make sure that they get delivered in a timely fashion. It’s to make others feel guilty who are up against a deadline-my way of spreading the Christmas spirit. But if it’s any consolation, I still don’t have any Christmas projects started, much less a completed gift giving list. of membership services for the OWGL discussed a video that had been prepared on farm safety. Accompanying the video is a self and inspection check-off manual on farm safety. “ This could prevent producers from being assessed large fines by OSHA,” she said. There is also an Iowa-based organization that is prom oting safety awareness for children on farms. OWGL vice president Norm Goetze, Corvallis, was the dinner speaker. Goetze voiced concern that the U.S. is losing its share of the world market. However, by hav ing the wheat commission office located in Portland, the Nor thwest comers a large part of the export shares, he said. Goetze also spoke on propos ed tax packages. So far Oregon has successfully lobbied against proposed tax packages that would create a five percent tax increase on the triple base. He said that the American public believes that commodity programs are a give away and many don’t care about farm income. “ Our overzealous environmental friends that have almost shut down the timber in dustry would rather use the $1.9 bi|lion spent for commodity pro grams for other needs,” said Goetze. Society is taking over the management of private land through the clean water act, he continued. “ We’ve got to stop that with a more sensible respon sibility.” Most farmers and ran chers are the true environmen talists that work to protect the natural resources upon which they depend, he added. Geotze suggested to join together to stop bad legislation, turn back some of the enviromen- tal laws and educate the public that all pesticides and herbicides aren’t all bad. Goetze also cautioned that if combinations of agencies are in store for farm programs, farmers could lose local and state control, along with the appeals process. The R & W Reading Program, sponsored by Helen and Tom Riehl of the R & W Drive In of Heppner, has begun at Heppner Elementary and Middle School. This annual reading incentive All Saints Episcopal church invites everyone in the community who cannot be with their family, or those who do not have a family to be with us and celebrate Thanksgiving Day. Delicious Dinner Televised football games Table games for adults and ch'ldren Rides to the dinner Come and spend a great day with us as our guests. Call any of these people if you wish to attend: Bob & Aloha DeSpain 676-5376 Dean & Mary Eleanor Gilman 676-5559 Bob & Suzanne Jepsen 676-9850 Gail Hughes 676-9782 Geri Martin 676-9970 Ad sponsored by Morrow County Grain Growers program is managed by the reading teachers, with the R & W Drive In providing the treats as rewards for reaching specific goals in reading. This is the eighth year of a pro gram which was started by the Riehls as a way to encourage students to develop a habit of reading. Last year, 184 different students earned a total o f490 cer tificates for ice cream treats. The program runs from November 1 to April 30. In the first two weeks, several students have already completed goals: Kaitlyn Sagely, second grade; Meghan Bailey, Jodie Carlson and Shelley Rietmann, fourth grade; Amy Daniels, Shad Hisler, Roxanne Miller, fifth grade; Jeff Currin, Amy Drake, Abby Kahl, Justin Nelson, Desi Schmeltzer and Mike Schon- bachler, sixth grade. We Print Business Cards Gazette-Times 676-9228 Greg Smith joins GEODC staff Greg Smith Greg Smith has joined the staff in the Greater Eastern Oregon D evelopm ent Com m ission (GEODC) in Heppner. Smith, 25, began work on Nov. 1 as an economic project developer. His job will be to structure financing to create employment opportunities for the G EO DC’s five-county area which includes M orrow , Umatilla, Gilliam, Grant and Wheeler counties. Smith said his job will be to try to help people create new businesses and expand existing ones, through Small Business Association loans, bank loans, grants and state and federal programs. Smith is a native Oregonian, the descendant of pioneers who came over the Oregon Trail in 1847 and settled in Multnomah County. Smith’s great, great, great grandfather, Cincinnatus Bills was the first sh eriff of Multnomah County and his great, great, great-grandmother, Anne Elizabeth Bills, constructed the first U.S. flag for the state of Oregon. Smith grew up in Sandy and graduated from Eastern Oregon State College at LaGrande in 1992 with a bachelor of science degree in liberal studies with a minor in economics. The past year he has been working on his master’s degree in business ad ministration at Portland State University. Smith, his wife, Lisa, and their 2 Vi year old son, Grant are now living in Heppner. Lisa was employed as a teller with First In terstate Bank in Portland, but has transferred to the Pilot Rock branch. Her family lives in Bend. Central donates to charities In the past year Central Red Apple Market lias donated $6,903 to 16 local charities through the one percent program, reports owner Forrest Burkenbine. In the program, the market donates to charities one percent of the grocery receipts that are turned in to the store. Those wishing to donate their receipts may leave them at the store. All receipts are deposited in a bag and given to a different organiza tion each month. NORENE VETERINARY HOSPITAL OFFICE HOURS Mon. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. fllH l Tues. 9 a.m. to 5 & 7 to 9 p.m. Wed. CLOSED Thurs. 9 a.m. to 5 & 7 to 9 p.m. Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. * Open for EMERGENCIES Sat. & Sun. ____________ Phone 676-9656 Crushed Rock For Sale Booster club to . «* sell ornaments The Heppner High School Booster Club is selling Christmas ornaments featuring the Heppner Mustangs and Fillies logo. The ornam ents will be available at $5 each at Murray Drugs, Heppner TV and the high school. %” minus 1” minus 3 ” base rock Clean Fill Material Can be picked up at pit or we will deliver Pit 6V2 miles up from mouth of Lower Rhea Creek, Brenner Canyon Contact Roger Britt 676-5096 Bank of Eastern Oregon LOGO CONTEST *500 to the winning entry Deadline 5 p.m. December 1, 1993 Send or deliver entries to: E. George Koffler Bank of Eastern Oregon P.O. Box 39 Heppner, Oregon 97836 R & W R eading program underw ay Don’t spend Thanksgiving ALONE • • • • OWGL vice president speaks at m ating We are looking for a logo that: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Is easily distinguishable Easy to read May be traditional (ie. wheat/cattle) May be a 21st century design May be abstract Logo must be able to be trademarked and ownership transferred to Bank of Eastern Oregon 7. The Bank reserves the right to reject all entries Entries need not be camera ready but should be in color and can be actual size or enlarged. DAMKOF IJJC a stern O reqon Arlington • Heppner • lone '' Your Home Owned. Independent Bank " MEMBER F D I C
