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 &
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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.
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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.
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Phone 676-9656
Crushed Rock For Sale
Booster
club
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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
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OWGL vice president speaks at m ating
We are looking for a logo that:
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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.
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