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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 21, 1994 - THREE Warning sirems to be installed in Heppner Greci ings May the spirit of the season bring peace, love and joy to you and your family. Kinzua Resources, LLC. wishes for you a blessed and Happy holiday season and a prosperous new year. Kinzua Resources, LLC GIRLS. APPLY NOW! 12th Annual Miss Oregon A M E R I C A N CO E D PAGE ANTS May 26-27, Portland Hilton Hotel C oed (13-18) • Pre-Teen (8-12) • Princess (4-7) For Information & Application Write or Call A m erican Coed Pageants 3775 Emma Lane • Yista, CA 92084 1-800-707-6220 Dance to the (Music o f Dan Burns 3-D Productions Heppner High School Thursday, Dec. 29 Students high school through 21 yrs. $1 admission, 9 p.m .-m idnight Dance Sponsored by Oregon Together Kínlthay (üreetttujH We're happy to have this opportunity to express our gratitude and offer our very best wishes to all of you at this joyous time of year. Thanks! ginger, Qayle, £ u e (Mary, Marlene, 'Mandali Closed Monday, December 26 Player of W eek Mustangs Dec. 11 -17 Eric Schonbachler Fillies Jenny Kreln Players of the week are sponsored by Mustang/Flllie 21 Les Schwab Coast to Coast Ployhar Insurance First Interstate Bank Bank of Eastern Oregon Murray Drugs Roger Britt Pumping & Miller & Son Welding Dump Truck Green Feed & Seed Cals BP Service Van Marter 8c Kahl Devin Oil Co. Insurance D & L Repair Court Street Market R & W Drive In Kinzua Resources Pettyjohn Building Supply MCGG Kate's Pizza Heppner Auto Parts Heppner Gazette-Times The Heppner City Council, at its Dec. 12 meeting earmarked up to $800 for a radio frequen cy needed to implement a new warning system for the city. The state of the art system, valued in excess of $30,000, was installed and paid for by the Army Corps or Engineers. The Corps ran out of money before purchasing the frequency. When completed, the warn ing system, consisting of two strategically placed 120 decibel sirens, will provide flood and other emergency warnings. mm m Casey Beard of the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness Program in Heppner and Jim Williams of the U .S.A rm y Corps of Engineers, are in the process of setting up flood management training. In other business: -the city council gave the ci ty employees the option as to whether to opt in a PERS-like retirem ent program. The employees, however, decided against the program, according to city manager Gary Marks, Mattoni Talk about Garfield, Christmas time contributes to abundant fat cats. People strive to outdo one another by stirring up a variety of decorated cookies, candies and popcorn balls. That should create a Christmas bonus for American sugar producers and processors. However the United States, despite its record sugar beet pro duction this year, anticipates importing about one million tons of sugar to meet all its sweetener needs. That's due to a USDA- imposed allotment of 4.36 million tons, raw, on domestic beet sales. Companies can't exceed those allotments without paying a penalty of three times the wholesale price. Limiting sugar beet production in this country allows for sugar imports as a balance of trade, I guess. One could say it raises cane against expansion of American sugar production. Perhaps the economy suffers also when those natives decide to hand- deliver their sugar and the rest of their families for permanent status in the states. All I know about sugar is that it's fattening when one overdoses. The good will and sharing during the holidays often makes us feel guilty about others who are in less fortunate straits. After all one can only buy so much sugar with food stamps. Yet the sharing of sugary treats proves that there are still many generous people and that the whole world has not become heartless. As to matters of the heart, opening Christmas presents has to top a list of holiday affairs. It's the thought that counts. No mat ter that uncle Zeek doesn't need a green and red necktie that lights up or that cousin Gertie won't utilize a Christmas-decorated sweatshirt until next holiday season, that is if she can still find it. Amid all this giving, we could substantially lower our cost of living, if we didn't persist in duplication of things that we perceive to be pertinent in our lifestyles. Along with excess facial wrinkles, how many pairs of shoes can this one pair of feet wear out during the year? And those older towels, stored behind closed doors, seem to multiply like mice. Yet they are still too good to be used for rags. Alas, they just aren't color coordinated anymore. Perhaps we could do with fewer vehicles, particularly if they were all operable at the same time. Granted that ranch trucks and pickups are a necessity not just for recreation, unless you consider aerobic exercises brought about by bouncing over frozen cow turds while hay feeding. But it seems that some vehicles are frequently in need of being. resuscitated, while at times everyone needs transportation to go in a different direction at the same time. If people on your Christmas list delight in dustibles, it's a shop per's heyday. From ceramics to stuffed dolls, bunnies and bears, there's more than enough created to fill many a Christmas sock. I frown on dustibles. Since the only unused area in our house is the space between our heads and the ceiling. So it's illogical to store books that probably won't be re-read. Yet one should hang onto those books that teach you how to become better organized or those books that inspire us to utilize those stored items that seldom see daylight. The President and congressmen must have completed their Christmas shopping. Now they're talking about giving propos ed tax cuts. Is that a vote getting proposition or what? But they do know how to economize by axing budgets where it hurts the most. If Santa Claus makes a mistake by giving you the wrong size garment or you don't receive that pined-for electronic gadget, don't despair. There's always the return department, the after- Christmas sales and you might even get a gift certificate. Happy holidays everyone. St. Patrick’s Senior Center in Board Winifred Cox was the winner of the free meal ticket at the Senior Mealsite Christmas dinner Dec. 14. There were approx imately 100 people in attendance. Six meals were delivered to homebound people. Members of the Baptist church served. The menu for the birthday dinner Dec. 28 will be fried chicken, scalloped potatoes, green beans, rolls, fruit and birthday cake. Members of the Episcopal church will serve. Extension newsletters were folded, stapled and addressed by 14 volunteers Tuesday. It was not an easy task as the new win dow was being installed in the office so the volunteers had to use the recreation room, foyer and lobby. The office is much easier to heat with the new window in. There was one table of pinochle players Friday afternoon, Dec. 16. There will not be a movie Sunday night Dec. 25. Schedules will be back to normal after New Year's. Darrell Vinson is still very ill at Oregon Health Science Hospital in Portland. Our thoughts and prayers are with him and the family. 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The grants will provide funding for over 75 percent of the officer's salary and benefits. -heard a report concerning a complaint on the new bridge at the end of Court St. According to the report Linda Dutcher, who lives near the proposed bridge, is opposed to the direc tion of the bridge for safety reasons and wants a guard rail put up. Cars coming off the bridge would directly face Dut- cher's back yard. Gary Marks was to meet with Oregon Department of Transportation people who are constructing and funding the bridge. E In the Service We w ish you a very Merry Christinas and a Happy New Year! From your I’rinnls ,it Shoe Box Talk-n-Tops »< ► < Fabrics Etc. ► < >< R Jerry’s Barber Shop ► < Marine Pvt. Michael P. Green a 1994 graduate of lone l l u u u u n i i u i x u z x z High School recently com pleted recruit training. During the training cycle at Hope your Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego, recruits are taught stockings is filled the basics of battlefield sur with love and vival, introduced to typical military daily routine, and per good cheer! sonal and professional stand ards. All recruits participate in an active physical conditioning program and gain proficiency in a variety of military skills in cluding first aid, rifle marksmanship and dose-order drill. Teamwork and self- discipline are emphasized D SL Auto Parts throughout the cycle. Although the Marine Corps is scaling back, its investment in high-quality recruits con tinues. The marine Corps has more than 38,000 job openings this year. Warm and frien d ly w ishes for a M erry C hristinas and a Happy New Year! Miller s Mini Mart % Chevron . { I I } t 1 \ 1 Í \ J Í
