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.
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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.
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REVIEW OF FINANCIAL REPORT
CURRENT FINANCIAL SITUATION
REVIEW OF YEARS OPERATION
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