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.. U ! Bank of EO awards scholarships The Bank of Eastern Oregon has aw arded its first agricuiture/business scholarships to graduating seniors Kara An- sotegui, Jason Proudfoot and Hud Wilkins. Each of the students will receive a $500 scholarship. Scholarship winners must plan to enroll in agriculture or business. Judging was based on scholarship, leadership and citizenship. The application also included an essay, “ What is the major problem facing the United States agriculture (or economy) in the 1990s?“ . HEPPNER member of the National Honor Society and has been listed on the honor roll all four of her high school years. She was junior class secretary and FFA freshman class treasurer. Kara has participated in volleyball, basketball, dance team. Outdoor Club, her church youth group and FFA, in addition to assisting with local blood drives. She plans to attend Oregon State University, seeking a bachelor’s degree and possibly a master’s in business administra tion. Kara is the daughter of Lee and Barbara Ansotegui. seeking a bachelor of science degree in animal science and hopes to return to lone to join his father in ranching. Jason is the son of Paul and Sue Proudfoot. Hud Wilkins Jason Proudfoot Kara Ansotegui imes VOL. 113 NO. 20 8 Pages Wednesday, May 18, 1994 Kara Ansotegui. Heppner High School, has received many academic awards during her high school career, was named an All American Scholar and was selected for “ Who’s Who Among American High School Students” . She is a three-year Morrow County Heppner, Oregon Tolar to resign after 34 year at Irrigon Mick Tolar A love of children and of the Eastern Oregon where he grew up brought Mick Tolar to A.C. Houghton Elementary School, and kept him there for 34 years. Now, with mixed emotions. Tolar has announced his retire ment from the school and the pro fession which are dear to him. Tolar will step down June 30 because of health reasons, but he will be sorely missed by students, teachers, fellow administrators and Morrow County School Board members. Tolar grew up and attended school in Echo. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Eastern Oregon State College at LaGrande and did additional graduate work at the University of Oregon, where he earned his administrator’s credentials, and at the University of Hawaii. Tolar was just out of college when he was hired at the age of 21 to teach at A.C. Houghton. At that time teaching jobs were more plentiful than they are now and Tolar had several opportunities to go elsew here. His father, however, who lived in Echo, was ill, so he decided to return to the area. “ I found the things I was looking for at A.C. Houghton,” he said. P rim ary election resu lts M orrow C ou n ty only M ay 17, 1994 B O A R D M A N Yes/No H H E A P R P D N M E A R N Yes/No Tolar taught for three years and coached football, basketball, baseball and track. As compen sation for coaching four sports. Tolar earned a total of $200, $50 per sport. “ Of course,” said Tolar, “ I would have done it for nothing. I have always been for tunate to have always enjoyed my jo b . I like w orking with children.” After his three-year stint as a teacher, Tolar was hired at A.C. Houghton as an administrator. Tolar says that one of the most rewarding aspects of his job is that students have come to look upon him as someone they can talk to, not as a punishment. “ Just the daily contact with the kids is rewarding,” he added. Tolar has experienced “ lots of humorous things” over the years. “ There was never a dull day,” he commented. “ People don’t realize how diverse the problems can be, or how interesting.” Tolar says that someday, if he has time, he intends to compile some L E X I R 1 N R T O I 1 G T T G 0 A N O O L N N E Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Yes/No Shall Morrow County’s tax base be increas ed to $4,540,435 from the current tax base 141153 249308 92124 65 83 115178 662846 of $784,892? 128 112 16 Shall the lone Rural Fire District establish a 107 6 101 new tax base in the amount of $54,950? Shall the lone Rural Fire District levy a tax 147 131 16 in the amount of $41,350 for operating funds 4 82 78 for fiscal year 1994-95? Measure No. 2 allows new motor vehicle fuel 82 193 56 31 70 432 212 355 155 106 233 1061 revenues for dedicated purposes. United States Representative in Congress Second Distric 33 320 Republicans Wes Cooley 48 149 47 43 5 7 13 59 Peter M. Brockman 13 21 1 32 9 7 9 Jim Bradley 6 12 10 55 6 19 John De Zell 8 4 1 3 41 2 Perry A. Atkinson 13 9 4 6 43 5 Dan Skotte 17 11 7 17 70 C.W. Smith 18 28 56 5 1 9 13 11 Democrats Pete Hawley 8 Sue C Kupillas 59 95 35 16 62 267 Mike (Mac) McLaughlin 21 82 27 22 44 196 4 5 20 80 David Marc Rogers 37 14 Governor 301 Republicans Craig Berkman 52 134 51 34 30 Denny Smith 77 106 29 39 63 314 7 2 3 Donald Goff 2 20 2 7 5 2 Jack Feder 4 1 7 1 1 4 John E. Jewkes 1 1 Bradford William Nudd Democrats John Kitzhaber 97 197 78 42 107 521 Paul Damian Wells 15 38 16 17 39 125 of the humorous situations he has encountered over the years. Tolar’s career, however, is not without its sadness, especially when A.C. Houghton students died or were killed in accidents. He is also disturbed by the kids who, even then, seemed to be headed for trouble and, despite his efforts, couldn’t get on track. Tolar began working for A.C. Houghton when the school district was only one year old. “ I’ve worked with some nice people,” he said, “ and for some nice people.” Some of the students who attended A.C. Houghton now have children in school there and some of his teachers also attended A.C. Houghton as children, which Tolar finds satisfying. Now that Tolar is retiring, he says that he will now “ be able to do some mid-week steelhead fishing.” But, he already has plans to jump back into working with children. “ I’ll probably do something that involves children, become a volunteer aide or work with kids somehow,” he says. Tolar’s own children are also high on his retirement agenda. He has a son Patrick, 26, who lives in Alaska, where he hears the fishing isn’t too bad; a daughter, Megan, 24. who is a student at Eastern Oregon State University; and another son, Aaron, 21, who works at Wilbur Ellis in Umatilla. Tolar says he plans to stay in the community. He and his wife, Susan, who is the principal at Sam Boardman Elementary, live in Boardman. Jason Proudfoot, lone High School, has been a member of National Honor Society three years and has been named to the honor roll four years. He also received a U.S. history award his junior year. Jason has been a member of the North Lexington 4-H livestock club, the Interna tional Club, the Letterman’s Club and the lone Youth Group. He was associated student body vice- president his senior year. He par ticipated in football, basketball and track and was named a Big Sky athlete three years. He was chosen for the first team All Big Sky Conference offfense and defense his junior year, and first team defense and second team of fense his senior year. He was also selected to play in the Oregon 8-man Football Association All Star game this June. He plans to enroll at the University of Idaho, Hud Wilkins, Condon High School, has been a student coun cil representative and student body president. He was a member of FBLA, the Rodeo Club and played basketball, foot ball and track. He was named a Big Sky Conference first team lineman in 1993. Hud was the Condon FFA Chapter treasurer and has won an FFA grand cham pion and numerous FFA reserve grand champion awards. This year he was recipient of the state FFA degree. He plans to attend Blue Mountain Community Col lege and then transfer to the U niversity o f Idaho or Washington State University to complete a bachelor’s degree. He hopes to either go into farming or the farm equipm ent/supply business. Hud is the son of Bruce and Lynn Wilkins. “ The board of directors and management of the Bank of Eastern Oregon feel srongly that education is a vital element in to day’s society,” commented bank President George Koffler. Koffler said that the bank plans to award the scholarship on an annual basis. School board to resubmit bond The Morrow County School Board voted 5 to 2 Monday night to resubmit the $15,585,000 bond issue to the voters “ as is” in the September election. Board members Marcia Kemp. Dwayne Carroll, Scott Bauska. Molly Rill and Gary Freder- ickson voted in favor of resubmit ting the bond measure. Board members John Rietmann and Bill Doherty voted ‘no’. Rietmann said that the board did not have “ a clear enough focus" and did not have unanimi ty concerning the bond which would fund additions and remodeling in county schools. Doherty added, “ If we submit the same amount, it makes us look like were out of touch. Let’s face it. It’s a wish list.” The m ajority disagreed, however, saying that the bond issue is necessary to cope with crowding in the north end of the county and aging buildings in the south end. They maintain that the uncertainty of the Kinzua mill operation, a low voter turnout in Boardman and a perceived con nection of a high school in Irrigon with the bond contributed to the defeat of the bond by 164 votes in March. The board had earlier defeated a proposal to re-establish a high school in Irrigon. In other business, the board: -heard of a report from Colum bia Junior High School principal Don Holes concerning an 18-inch hole in the CJH roof. Over 200 gallons of water spilled onto the floor, gym and cafeteria. -approved a second reading of a policy to reinstate programs cut through budget reductions. -directed superintendent Chuck Starr to reformulate a policy for allowing fund raising activities. -approved a request from Dar cy Robinson to reinstate cheerleading at Heppner High School. -accepted with regret, the resignation of Riverside High School principal Dave Youngbluth. MCGG warehouses Track team to compete at state ^ M 5^ aPPn,vecl orrow County G rain » The Heppner track team will travel to Western Oregon State College in Monmouth for the State 72-A track and field meet May 20-21 Friday and Saturday. Nine Heppner tracksters qualified at the district meet held in Umatilla May 13 and 14. The team is coached by Dale Conklin and Steve Brownfield. Mustangs to play at Hood River The H eppner M ustangs secured the number one spot on the east side and will play in the first round of District Baseball playoffs Monday, May 23 in Howl River. Heppner will face the Wahtonka Eagles, the number one team on the west side, at noon. The number two team s, Umatilla and Sherman will face each other following the first game with the winner of the se cond game playing the loser of the first game for the second spot in the first round of the State 2A baseball playoffs. Mnrrmi/ I nnntv f»r Growers in Lexington has been reinstated to CCC’s list of ap proved warehouses as of May 3 according to Skip Matthews, ASCS chief executive director. Commodity Credit Corporation owned or loan commodities, or commodities delivered to CCC for purchase under a price sup port subject to the terms of their agreement can. until further notice be stored or handled through this warehouse, said Matthews. MCGG, located in Lexington, h as warehouse locations at H ogue-W arner, Lexington, North Lex and Ruggs. Congratulations and Good Luck Mustangs, Fillies, Cardinals in Golf, Track, and Baseball playoffs Morrow County Crain Growers Lexington, OR • 989-8221 • 1-800-452-7396
