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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 8, 1994 Lexington News By D e lp h a J o n e s lone holds graduation HHS graduates class of ‘94 T h e re ssa V an W in k le, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Van Winkle was among the graduates at Willamette Univer- sity. She earned a degree in business ad has been named to the college book o f " W h o ’s Who in American Colleges . She is the grandaughter of former residents Gladys and the late Bill Van Winkle, St. Patrick’s Senior Center '¡Bulletin Board Kara Ansotegui (r) and Joe Healy walk down the isle for the last time at HHS. Photo by Joyce Hughes Celeste Owen gives a big smile as she receives her diploma at lone’s graduation By Anne Morter The lone High School class o f '94 celebrated the end of their high school careers with their commencement exercises last Friday, June 3 at the high school gym. Heidi Orem was the class valedictorian and Jason Proudfoot was salutatorian. Dale Holland, an lone teacher, was guest speaker. Heidi took a look back as well as a look to the future in her valedictorian address. Jason reflected on some of the opportunities he had taken advan tage of in high school such as the geology field trip, the Interna tional C lub's trip to London and four years o f football. Holland kept the graduates and audience laughing as he passed some valuable life lessons on to the grads. His main message was “ Never be afraid to try ” . Numerous scholarships and awards were presented during the ceremony. Scholarships awarded were: Oregon Scholar award, C ar dinal Club Scholarship, Elks Most Valuable Student and South M orrow County Scholarship- Heidi Orem; Future Business leaders o f America-April Taylor and Heidi Orem; Bank of Eastern Oregon and 4-H Leadership- Jason P roudfoot; A m erican Legion-Heidi Orem; Class of ‘68 memorial-Celeste Owen; BMCC tuition waiver-Orem, Proudfoot and Jake Bacon; Outstanding senior athlete-Aaron Heideman and April Taylor; lone Youth Group-Jake Bacon; lone Lion’s Club-Heidi Orem , Jake Bacon and Aaron Heideman, Mike Mat thews M emorial-Jake Bacon and T roedson scholarships-H eidi Orem and April Taylor. Pat Hentges to attend ag program Pat Hentges, Heppner Elemen tar fourth grade teacher will be among 21 elementary and secon dary school tea c h e rs from throughout Oregon gathering in formation about agriculture at the sixth annual Summer Agriculture Institute. The institute will be held at Oregon State University June 20-25 and organizers are an ticipating another successful session. The Summer Agriculture In stitute is a week-long graduate course for kindergarten through 12th grade teachers, counselors and administrators. The program helps teachers who don’t have an agricultural background unders tand the broad scope o f agriculture and use the formation creatively in their classrooms. The week is comprised o f tours, classroom presentations, guest lecturers, group study and an overnight stay with a farm family. “ Teachers and students who haven’t been around agriculture often don’t realize how food and natural fiber production affects their daily lives and economic well-being,” said program chair Joy Jones of Corvallis. The Oregon Farm Bureau Federation coordinates the in stitute, which is a joint effort with OSU, agricultural organizations, private businesses and dozens of volunteers. It is endorsed by the O regon A g ricu ltu re in the Classroom Foundation and fund ed by c o n trib u tio n s from agricultural organizations and in dividuals. Meals for the week will repre sent Oregon products said Jones, with every menu item except the coffee, grown and processed in Oregon. Fire Extinguisher Service WHEN: Wed. June 15th 9 a.m.-3 p.m. WHERE: MCGG Store Lexington Bring your Day Powder, Co-2, Halon and Water Pressure Extinguisher in for Same Day Service Sara Greenup walked away with $14,450 in college tuition and scholarships during the graduation ceremonies at Hepp ner High School June 5. Greenup received a full tuition at Eastern Oregon State College the Laurels Scholarship, the highest award worth $9,700. Along with the tuli tuition she received the Dr. Richard and Christy Carpenter scholarship, the Soroptim ist Academic, Kinzua Corporation, Elks Scholarship, HHS Student Council, South Morrow County, Troedson Educational Fund and Colum bia Basin Conference, Elks District level award and St. A n th o n y ’s M edical S ta ff scholarships. O ther scholarship winners were: The American Legion Aux iliary, Ryan Munkers; Interna tional, Ruth Norton; BMCC Tui tion W aivers-Andy Ashbeck, Dwayne Dunaway, Ruth Norton, Nikki Sweeney; Oregon State Scholarship Comm and Whitman College Honors at Entrance- Aleida Goodyear; AIA Nor thwest Grain Growers Assoc.- Tony Becket; Oregon Assoc, for the Education of Young Children- C'andis Marshall; R & W Drive- In -C a ro lin e Z um w alt; 4-H scholarship-Jodi Johnston and Shelly Ashbeck; Soroptimist Vo- Tech-Toni Cutsforth; Pettyjohn M em orial-A lissa Brownfield; Kim George nursing aware-Ruth Norton and Shelly Ashbeck; Heppner Booster Club-Dwayne Dunaway, Erin Fishbum , Rick Koffler, Ryan M unkers, Eric F o u rn ie r; H ild a Y ocom Memorial and Heppner Garden C lu b -R y an M u n k e rs; E lks scholarships-Greenup, Joe Lind say, Koffler, Becket, Fishbum, Shelly Ashbeck; Ore. State Educ. Emp.-Ryan M unkers; HHS Stu dent Council. Greenup, Gretchen Berretta, Erin Fishbum; Heppner Lions Club and M orrow County Educational Assoc.-Candis M ar shall; Bank of Eastern Oregon- K ara A n so te g u i; P io n e e r Memorial Hospital Foundation- Rick Koffler and Nikki Sweeney; South M orrow C ounty-E rin Fishbum , Tony Becket, Sara Greenup; Troedson Educational F u n d -A n so te g u i, B ecket, Brownfield, Fishbum, Aleida Goodyear, Greenup, Lindsay; Mike Currin M emorial, Army Scholar/athlete and Columbia Basin Conferemce-Rick Koffler, Columbia Basin Conference-Sara Greenup; Jim Barrett award- Koffler and Len Brittner; OSU Berger scholarship-Kara An sotegui; A ugustana College- Gretchen Berretta; Presidential M erit Scholarship to Pacific- T ony B e c k e t, B assist S c h o larsh ip -T o n i C u tsfo rth ; University o f Idaho interstate tuition-Truitt Greenup; OSU dean’s scholarship-Joseph Healy. Del LaRue to coach 1A team By Anne Morter For the second year in a row, lone High School basketball coach, Del LaRue will coach the Class 1A All-Star basketball team from the east side o f the state. And for the the second year in a row, the team comprised of some o f the best senior players in the region will practice in lone from Tuesday, June 14 to Thursday, June 16. Blake Jones o f North Powder will assist LaRue with coaching duties. Tw o lone seniors, Aaron Heideman and Jim Logan, have been named to the team. After practicing for three days, the boys will play in the All-Star series featuring the east vs. west all stars in 1A through 4 A classifications. The teams will first meet on Fri day, June 17, at Clackamas Com munity College in Oregon City. They meet again on Saturday, June 18 at Linfield College in M cMinnville. The 1A boys’ games will kick things o ff each day starting at 2 p.m . For fans unable to make the trip, an exhibition game will be played W ednesday, June 15 in lone when the 1A all stars will take on the 2A all stars who will be practicing that same week in Heppner. Game time is set for 7 p.m . at the lone High School gym. There is no admission. 9191221 Wasco 442-5711 1-100-124-7115 1 100 4 » 7390 lEimCTON OREGON 97139 PO lo t 38 There is a crisis brewing in the county jail systems around the region. There are three reasons for the crisis: 1. Costs. Court-ordered limita- By Earl Woods, J r . tions, legislatively imposed jail standards and the increased cost of contracting jail space; 2. State intrusion: Parole and Probation (state folks) now arrest people and place them in county jails for parole and probation viola tions along with the recommendation that jail time be imposed rather than penitentiary time. They do this because by doing so the cost of lodging is to the county and not to the state; 3. Overcrowding: Wasco County just shut down its jail. Sher man County, which used to use W asco’s jail, now is sending (on a contract basis) prisoners to Klickitat County in Washington. M or row County, along with Gilliam County, sends prisoners to Benton County, W ashington, also on a contract basis. Last year M orrow county budgeted $64,700 for jail services, and spent $101,455. Klickitat and Benton Counties have said that priority will go to their own prisoners, and that W asco, Gilliam. Sherman and Morow County prisoners will be housed on a space-available basis. Benton County also upped its contract price from $40 to $50 per day per prisoner this year. Umatilla County went to $80 per day Last weekend police officers in Morrow County were informed that they could not arrest and jail suspects because of overcrowding. Police regularly see individuals on the street who are wanted on war rants, but don’t arrest them because there is no place and no money to house them. The answer to this problem and others, is to re examine our priorities and the way we spend government funds. How important is personal safety? On another subject, the Water Resources Department o f the State o f Oregon wants you to be aware that the surface waters of the State o f Oregon belong to the public and that water rights are needed if someone wants to use those waters. The legislature passed HB 2153 last session, which focuses on ponds constructed prior to January 1, 1993. The state is offering an amnesty. If you have a pond con structed prior to Jan. 1, 1993, and you don’t have a water right on the pond, you had best get some before Jan. 1, 1995. There is no amnesty for ponds injuring other people’s water rights. Contact Tony Justus at 276-7111 if you have any questions. I think water is the new endangered species of the ‘90’s. Be alert because the state is getting progressively more aggressive about protecting the public interest in water. The County Court will be holding a public meeting June 22 at 7 p.m . at Columbia Junior High in Irrigon to hear evidence on the proposed boundaries o f the “ Boardman“ and "C ounty w ide” medical districts. This could prove to be interesting. What seems to be at issue is not so much the area to be served by each, but how much taxable property is located within each proposed district. As originally proposed, the “ Boardman” district would include the coal- fired plant, the new Coyote Springs co-gen plant, and a substantial portion o f the Port. Ultimately, the hard task o f drawing the boun- dary lines will fall to the county court. Around the County Surprise Dad This Year Give a gift o f Stamper Baseball All Stars named Three Heppner High School seniors have been selected to play in the East-West baseball all-star games in John Day, June 11 and 12 . The series begins with a single nine inning game at 4 p.m. Sat. June 11 and will end with a dou ble header Sunday, beginning at ûcnu///,.' noon. Rick Koffler has been selected as first baseman; Jered Wicklund as pitcher and Sam Sumner as c a tc h e r. K evin Payne w as selected as an alternate. To be selected players must be seniors named to the first team all-league selection for the season. HEPPNER T.V. INC. ANNUAL MEETING Tuesday, June 14, 1994 8:00 PM al HTV Office, 162 N. Main Morrow County Grain Growers « There were 95 people in attendance at the senior dinner June 1. Five meals were sent out. Lynn Bibby won the meal ticket, Francis Orwick the door prize and Bertha Street received the guest prize M embers o f the lone United Church of Christ served. Lynn Bibby and Callie Huddleston are the hostesses for June. Blood pressures were taken and hearing aid assistance given before the dinner. The senior center board and nutrition site committee held a joint meeting following the dinner. Foot care was also given. The menu for June 15 will be steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, cole slaw, rolls and apple crisp. Servers will be from the M ethodist church. A bus full o f seniors made the trip to the Spray mealsite Thurs day, June 2. There will be an Oregon Health Plan information meeting June 16 from 9 a m. to 12 p.m. at the senior center. This is a public meeting. Everyone is invited to learn about the new state health plan. Senior citizen exercise classes will be held Tuesday and Thurs day, from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. AGENDA: BOARD POSITION TO BE FILLED REVIEW OF FINANCIAL REPORT CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION REVIEW OF YEARS OPERATION Member Jew elers ol Am erica. Inc Peterson’s Heppner Jewelers
