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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 8, 1995 A lifetime of hard work doesn't Schlaich, Ashbeck named to diminish longevity for Huston Lesley east-west shrine football team A lifetime of hard work h a sn 't dim inished H uston Lesley's longevity. With fami ly and friends, he celebrated hes 99th birthday on February 1, last weekend. And his young 93 year-old wife, Marie, baked him a cherry pie for the occassion. Houston grew up on the family farm near Monument w here his Scottish grand parents once settled. After receiving his elem en tary schooling there, he quit school and went tp work full time at 15 years of age. Besides ranch work, Houston became an important crew leader of that county's road department. When a road was developed through the narrow part of the John Day gorge, Houston became the "pow der monkey" and set the dynamite charges in those sheer rock walls. Houston, better knoown by 'H oot', a moniker he acquired from his father, worked on ran ches, drove stage routes and became a self-taught mechanic and general jack-of-all trades. Houston was 21 when he entered the Army during World War I in 1917. After training stateside, he was sta tioned in Hawaii. Although this corporal was training his squad for combat in Europe, the war ended. According to lesley, "We just missed getting sent to Germany to get our heads blown off." Marie Legler Huston grew up in the Long Creek area. By chance, after the war ended, Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes, chamber manager Jared Ashbeck Bill Schlaich Marie and Huston Lesley these two met at a dance. Mane says she was hoping this hand some guy in his uniform would ask her to dance. Not only did he invite her to dnace, but he also took her home afterwards. This couple were married on Labor Day 1919, which Marie claims is why they had to work all the time. However while this couple says that they never used to get tired, it's much easier now to become tired without working all the time. The Houstons recall their honeymoon trip via a Model T Ford to camp out in the moun tains. Their second hand vehi cle, costing the sum of $85 didn't have enough power to charge up hills. When it stall ed, they would put rocks behind the wheels and "let it rest awhile." That night a sud den rainstorm soaked the Crushed Rock For Sale %” minus 1” minus 3” base rock Clean Fill Material Can be picked up at pit or we will deliver. Pit 6V2 miles up from mouth of Lower Rhea Creek, Brenner Canyon. Contact Roger Britt 676-5096 at> scrvicc ygd ifot Valentine Boxers by Joe Boxer Gardner’s 193 N. Main St. by all volunteer services. Coaching and referees alike donate their time, talent and expenses. Local caterers donate a portion of their proceeds. The Knights of Columbus donate their efforts at the gates and the Shriners' only reimbursement is the satisfaction of a job well done. The 1994 game received a substantial grant from the Leo Adler Estate. Corporate spon sorship is always welcome. Tickets may be purchased by contact Gene Orwick, 989-8586. 676-9218 newlyweds and their bedding when they made camp on the ground. Times were hard, Houston says, with ranch hands earning a dollar a day. Marie helped put grocieries on their table by cooking for ranch crews. Later Houston drove stage route bet ween Long Creek and Kimber ly. And they bought a home in Canyon City for $400. Al though they now had electrici ty and running water, Marie continued to wash on the board as they didn't have enough money to buy a w ashing machine. The Houstons also lived in Mt. Vernon for five years where they owned a sevice sta tion and garage. H ouston repaired vehicles and Marie often pumped gas although she also tended a large garden at their home on the outskirts of town. During this time, their three small daughters often hauled the surplus garden pro duce to town in their wagon. Those hard earned nickles and dimes helped provide school supplies and clothing. After the family moved to M oscow, Idaho, H ouston worked at machinery main tenance. Then they move to the Portland area to work in the shipyards. Although they ac quired a nice home in Estacada, they became tired of "th e rat race" of commuting to work every day. In 1945, they decide to head back to home ground. Marie Houston jokes that the reason they settled in Hardman is because they ran out of gas before crossing the Blue Moun tains. This one-stop business became their livelihood where they continue to live. Marie was post misstress for 21 years and managed the store. Hous ton pumped gas and did vehi cle repairs. When rural mail delivery routes closed the Hardman post office in 1968, they soon decided to close H a rd m a n 's only business establishment so they could do some traveling. The lesley dynasty now in cludes their three daughters, eight grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and at least 30 great, great-grandchildren, whom they find difficult to count. MEN’S WEAR Heppner ATTN: KINZUA RESOURCES EMPLOYEES RE: Prescription Services under PACC insurance From: Murray Drugs Inc. The change of insurance to PACC has brought many questions regar ding prescription service. WE ARE ABLE TO FILL YOUR PRESCRIPTIONS as we have in the past. We have claim forms for PACC and will help you fill them out. PACC does not have a contract with us for the $5 copayment system. Therefore, you will need to pay for the prescription, then they will re-imburse you for all but the $5 copay. We were told by the insurance com pany reimbursement would take about 10-14 days. We have chosen not to participate in the $5 copayment system because we do not believe in giving an insurance company "preferred prices” over our other customers, or cost-shifting other prescriptions to subsidize an insurance company. Thank you, John & Ann Murray Bill Schlaich of Heppner and Jared Ashbeck of lone were named to the east team All-Star Shriner's football team. The an nual east-west game will be played in Baker City Aug. 12. Schlaich, an end for the Heppner Mustangs was nam ed to the CBC first team defense and second team of fense as a wide receiver. Ashbeck quarterbacked for the lone Cardinals and played defensive lineman. He was named to the Big Sky League All-Star team. Each team will roster 32 with a 32 member alternate squad. Others named from the CBC were Rory Wilson and Ryan Thompson, Sherman; Chris Humphries, Pilot Rock; Curt Sloan, Weston- McEwen; Shaw n Tracey, Umatilla. Alternates named were Seth Wheeler, Riverside; Kevin Stanley, Pilot Rock; Tony M inkler, W eston-M cEwen, Stephen Stockton, Sherman and Ryan Montgomery, Wah- tonka. Greg McAnally, Central High School in McMinville from the Capitol League will head up the coaching staff for the east team . Lee Howe, Imbler, Wapiti league and Terry Cren shaw, Wallowa, of the Old Oregon league will assist. The seven day training camp will begin with physicals on August 4 at Eastern Oregon State College at LaGrande. The 43rd annual game will be held the following Saturday. Last year's game was the se cond highest fund raising event in the Shrine of North America, producing a net amount of $90,000. This is made possible lone teamwork slams door on Condon Local businesses and cham ber members now have the ability to follow what is hap pening in the Oregon State Legislature thanks to Oregon Chamber Executives. Heppner Chamber is a member of OCE and thus receives regular writ ten reports from the legislature. The House acted quickly on the proposed constitutional amen dment that would clearly allow lottery funds to be used for education. HJR 15 passed the House last week on its way to a May 9 statewide vote. Senate is crafting its version with em phasis beingh placed on Senate President G ordon Sm ith's Trust Fund for education. OCE also provides a legislative hotline which gives daily legislative updates. Stop by the office for more information. Chamber is currently work ing on conference calls with both Representative Lynn Lun- d quist and S enator Greg Walden. It should be an in teresting legislative session. Salem needs to hear from Morrow County over and over until they fully realize the situa tion our school district is in. It's just the beginning of a situation many schools are facing and legislators need to know how destructive it can be to small communities and counties. If our students aren't having educational needs met in our county, then we can forget economic development and future growth; not to mention the futures of the next gener ation. Next week at chamber: St. Pat's Blitz for the auction. Call your favorite golf course, restaurant, motel, for a dona tion; offer a special breakfast or dinner for two; bake your specialty; get rid of excess an tiques. Be creative. Meet the new Heppner St. Pat's am bassadors. See you there. Pharmacy & Your Health Boardman Pharmacy & Hardware 202 1st. N. W. P.O. Box 170 Boardman, Oregon 97818 481-9474 481-7351 New Concerns About Acetaminophen Safety Photo by Wayne Hams Jared Ashbeck goes for layup against Condon By Tonya Heideman lone teamwork and bench depth slammed the door shut on the Condon Blue Devils, Fri day, Feb. 3, when the Car dinals beat them at home 68-50. It was a close game until the middle of the third quarter. Jake McElligott reheated the Cardinals after he fired up a timely three point shot and other members of the bench helped push the Cards into the lead. The Cards stayed fired up throughout the fourth quarter to end the game with an 18 r point lead, 68-50. Thierry Delbart had 25 points and grabbed 14 boards, while Jared Ashbeck scored 15 points with six rebounds and three steals. Marc Orem came off the bench to score eight points and pull down six rebounds. lone: McElligott 1 0-0 3. Allen 0 2-5 2, Swanson 4 1-310, Orem 4 0-0 8, Bacon 0 1-21, Heideman 2 0 -0 4 , Delbart 11 3-7 25. Ashbeck 6 3-4 15, Morgan Totals 28 10-21 68 Condon: Lathrop 3 2-211. Selby 4 1-2 9. Wilson 7 1-216, Schott 50-210. Hawk 2 0-0 4, McIntosh 0 0-1 0. McRoberts 0 0-1 0, McElligott. Weiman Totals 21 4-10 50 ■»r ■>r <d\evo '//¿an 'Ljeaxs. daxxie -»r =»r re \ ) x a n c l n e (lo n n o x ma.xxie.ct id ^ a n n y ean iO g feitje :ee <We ieyuest tfie fiLeasuxe of your company to ceieùxate oux wedding xeception on S a t u r d a y , tfie eiyfiteentd of dfeûxuaxy nineteen dundxed a n d ninety-five at two o cfocd in tfie aftexnoon <d$t. U^atxicd -l^axisd cdfaCf 525 <cAfoxtd cMepp nex, O xeyo n Acetaminophen is back in the news. In late December there were news reports of health prob lems linked to acetaminophen (Tylenol), a popular over-the- counter pain and fever medicine. These reports indicated that use of the drug could lead to kidney and liver damage. Media reports were based on a study in the New England Journal o f Medicine. According to the study con ducted at Johns Hopkins Univer sity, about 10 percent of serious kidney disease in the United States is caused by acetami nophen that is taken for long pe riods o f time. For example, tak ing more than one 325 mg tablet of acetaminophen every day for over a year can double a person’s risk of kidney failure. The same risk existed if more than 1,000 tablets were taken over several years. Persons who took aspirin did not appear to have this in creased risk. A separate research team reported that consumption of high doses of acetaminophen during voluntary or illness-re lated fasting can cause serious liver damage. Researchers indicate that these findings do not effect most situations where people take ac etaminophen for a few days for a headache, fever, or the flu. This medicine has a long record of safety and can continue to be used safely if proper dosage guidelines are followed.
