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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
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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
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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
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Shall Morrow County’s tax base be increas
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Shall the lone Rural Fire District establish a
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Shall the lone Rural Fire District levy a tax
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in the amount of $41,350 for operating funds
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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
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Peter M. Brockman 13 21
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Jim Bradley 6
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John De Zell 8
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Perry A. Atkinson 13 9
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Dan Skotte 17 11
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C.W. Smith 18 28
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Democrats
Pete Hawley 8
Sue C Kupillas 59 95 35 16 62 267
Mike (Mac) McLaughlin 21 82 27 22 44 196
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David Marc Rogers 37 14
Governor
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Republicans
Craig Berkman 52 134 51 34 30
Denny Smith 77 106 29 39 63 314
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Donald Goff 2
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Jack Feder 4
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John E. Jewkes
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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
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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/
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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