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Students get a taste of different culture VOL. 114 NO. 18 8 Pages Wednesday, April 26, 1995, Morrow County Heppner, Oregon Doug Rathbun receives prestigious award Chief Doug Rathbun Heppner City Police Chief Doug Rathbun received one of the highest honors awarded by the Oregon Association of Chiefs of Police (OACP) at their annual banquet in Baker City on April 20. Rathbun received the 'Max Patterson Award' for his "outstanding contributions to OACP or the community in to pattern myself after." Wright said that the Max Patterson Award is one of the highest awards that a police chief can earn and noted that the award is not presented every year, on ly when a person is worthy of achieving it. The award was last presented to Chief Terry Thompson in 1992 and to Chief Larry Laws in 1991. Heppner City manager Gary Marks commented, "It says something good about Hepp ner that the award would be bestowed on our chief of police. I'm happy for Doug. It's also an indication that his peers chose him for this award. To be a law enforcement officer often times is a thankless jo b ." W right said that Chief Rathbun was selected for his community involvement as a member of the tourism commit tee and with Red Ribbon week, the anti-drug campaign for school children, and his con tribution, along with his wife Georgia, as a foster parent. Chief Rathbun will be honored at at open house on Sunday, April 30, from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 355 Gilmore in Heppner. Everyone is welcome to attend. presenting programs of outstanding benefit to young people of all ages in their community. Ken W right, W oodburn Chief of Police, OACP presi dent and chairman of the awards committee, said that Chief Rathbun "is the kind of chief of police that I would like to be and one that I would like Telemetry system failure results in water shortage A section of Heppner was left without water around 6 p.m. Saturday, April 15, following a failure of the city's telemetry system. The telemetry system is supposed to monitor the ci ty's wells. According to city manager Gary Marks, the city has three reservoirs, one main and two subsidiaries that depend on the main. The main shut down, but two and three kept taking on water from the main. The telemetry system failed to signal two and three to kick on and the water in the main got dangerously low. Marks said that the people on the top of Cemetery Hill and on Rock St. had no water. Once the situation was discovered Marks said that the police and firemen were dispat ched throughout the town to notify townspeople through public address to turn off out side irrigation and conserve water. By dark the town was back in water, said Marks. He says that the system will be corrected once the new telemetry system is installed. The project, to be implemented in around two months, "will provide a centralized electronic means of automatically con trolling the city's water wells, pumps and reservoirs. Once in home. If the system, which is on a PC computer, fails to reach the first official it will continue dialing down the list until an official is reached. "This is a vast im p rov em ent," says Marks. "It should bring to an end these kinds of emergen cies." Bids for the system have been awarded to El-Tek, Portland. place, the new system is designed to guarantee op timum water supplies at all times and provide early warn ing of system failures, capa bilities the city does not presently possess." Marks said that in the event of system failure, the new telemetry system will auto matically call city officials at Rolling Hills Run slated Saturday The annual Rolling Hills Run will be held this Saturday, April 29, beginning at 9 a.m. at Heppner Elementary School. Breakfast will be served to the public from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. and to the runners following the race. The run-walk is sponsored by the EMT South Morrow Coun ty Association. Proceeds from the event will be used toward the purchase of ambulance lifesaving equipment for south Morrow County response teams. The run will feature a 5K and 10K walk/run course over roll ing hills and offers variety to both novice and experienced runners. The course will start at Heppner Elementary School, loop up and back along the Heppner-Pilot Rock Highway and finish at the Heppner Elk's Club. There will be two aid sta tions and time splits. Registration deadline was to have been April 16, however, registration packets T-shirts and late registration will be available from 7 to 8:30 a.m. at the school. Pre-run instructions will be given at the starting line. Plaques will be awarded to the oldest male and female finishers over all and first place male and female 5K and 10K. Ribbons will be awarded to the first three finishers in all age divisions in both distances. • Awards and door prizes will be given at the post race breakfast. Door prize winners must be present to win. I Chaperones Kelley and Nancy Swarat and Cathy Halvorsen accompanied 22 students to Europe: Chris Dickenson, Rondi Robinson, Jon Hanna, Jossie Evans, Chris Sykes, Ben Ew ing, Tina Kemp, Shawn Wilhelm, Phillip Spicerkuhn and Bryce Tucker, all Heppner High; John Doherty, Gregg Holtz, Jeramy Ashbeck, Jerad Ashbeck, Allison Sullivan, Marie Tworek, Casey Jones, Lynde Minster and Jessica Stefani, all lone High; Casey Betzold, former HHS student now living in Idaho, Bill Daniels, Sandy High School, Sandy, and Nie Daniels, Riverside High School, both relatives of the Swarats. Students traditionally spend -Jeremy Ashbeck, 17, IHS may include countries along spring break at the beach, like junior-"! liked the castles, the Mediterranean, South Seaside or Fort Lauderdale, Windsor Castle and Versailles. America, Italy, Germany or Florida. Some Heppner and They're a lot more open in Spain. lone students also spent part of Paris and France. They're more Swarat is sold on the benefits their spring break at the coast, comfortable with naked people of travel. In addition to his two although the water was pro on posters and it's weird experiences with the Interna bably a little colder and chop because you see kids going in tional Club, Swarat had also pier than desired for the tradi to bars. People eat dinner in traveled to Mexico City in high tional vacation. them. The bars are more like school and Central America in The students, members of restaurants. I tried snails. They college. "Travel provides an the Ione-Heppner International were pretty good." opportunity to look at different Club, traveled to England and -Cathy Halvorsen, chaper cultures," said Swarat. "It France over spring break and one, Ione-"The people were gives you a chance to become their tour included crossing the really friendly in London, more global in your perspec English Channel. friendlier than in Paris. Paris tive." Most of the time was spent in was more elegant, but too -John Doherty, 16, IHS-"I lik London and Paris, where the crowded and polluted. The ed Versailles, all the paintings students, all high school juniors food is better in Paris. The in the rooms and on the ceilings and seniors, toured the palaces, desserts were really good. I and the gardens were really museums, shops and other ci really enjoyed the Palace of nice. People in Paris weren't as ty highlights. Versailles and the cathedrals. I polite as here. People walking Most of the group were got to go to Mass at Notre Dam. down the street don't move especially impressed with the There were no tourists there. I aside. In Paris I opened a door Palace at Versailles and the enjoyed meeting the Heppner for a woman and she went 'Tube', the London subway kids. It was a nice opportunity through the other door. I wish system, which took them all for them (Heppner and lone I had more time, at least a week over the city with relative ease. students) to get together. But it in either city." Many students also remarked just went so quickly." -Ben Ewing, 16, HHS-"Paris on the expensive food, which had better monuments and Lynde Minster, 17, IHS was compounded by the bad junior-"I liked the Louvre and tourist attractions, but the peo exchange rate for the American seeing all those things, like the ple were meaner there. As soon dollar. Mona Lisa. I also liked the as they found out you were Following are some impres castles and all the decorations American, they shrugged you sions of the travelers: at Versailles and Windsor. The off. The worse part was going -Allison Sullivan, 18, lone only bad experience was being to the Eiffel Tower and getting High School sen io r-"T h e on the streets. They drive like my head shut in the subway. palace at Versailles was so fan maniacs. I got more sick on the One of the things that stood out cy. There was gold all over. The bus in London (than on the was how much construction Tube in London was just amaz plane). They go really fast and there was. There was scaf ing. It had maps all over. Paris stop really fast." folding up on all the buildings. was harder to find your way -Kelley Swarat, IHS teacher The food was better in around." and chaperone-"This was our England. It was more like -Marie Tworek, 16, IHS second International Club trip. American food.” junior-"The drivers in Paris Two years ago eight students -Jossie Evans, 17, HHS-"I lik were crazy. There was an acci went on a five-day trip to Lon ed Notre Dam. The cathedral dent with our tour bus and a don. After the trip two years was really nice. I didn't like the car. The Louvre had a vast ago, I had many kids from food in either place. We ate in amount of sculptures. We took Heppner wondering if it could the hotel or restaurant and then forever in it. I learned a lot of be open to them. I had such an went out to a store, Burger history, especially the English overwhelming response. This King, McDonald's or Kentucky background, with the monar year we had 22 kids and three Fried Chicken and ate after chy." adults. We had a blast. We wards." -Tina Kemp, 17, Heppner were on the go with a guided -Shawn Wilhelm, 16, HHS-"I High School junior-"In London tour, but we also had free time. liked the historical stuff. I lik the houses were really close The food in England took a lit ed the Louvre, the Eiffel Tower, together. There was garbage on tle getting used to. It was a lit Big Ben and Parliament. It was the streets. Paris was cleaner tle bland. But we ate in the cool to see all that stuff that you but there was more smog. It hotel in London. In Paris we read about in books. The hotels was harder to breathe. There ate in restaurants. French food weren't that great. The one in were so many old buildings. was pretty good. The hotels Paris was in a bad place, like a You could see things that date were middle class with private ghetto. They said you just had back to the 1700s. bathroom s. The sleeping to pay for lunch, but we had to -Jerad Ashbeck, 18, IHS quarters were adequate, clean, go out every meal. A lot of senior-"If you order a ham decent for the money. The things were different-the burger, you just get meat, no buildings were not as new as in money value. You didn't know bun. They give you your bread America. They had character. if you were getting ripped off separate. Everybody, especial London seemed to be a bit or not. When we were coming ly the guys were so hungry, more clean and the people a lit back from Paris, there was a they just die. But you got used tle more friendly, but I enjoyed bag sitting in the middle of to it and survived and had a both cities. Versailles was fan nowhere and they made us good time. The churches were tastic, very majestic. The kids move about 50 feet away from just unbelievable. A couple loved Versailles and Windsor. it. It turned out to be just a bag kids got to go to Mass at the The only negative experience is (and not a bomb)." Notre Dame Cathedral." -Rondi Robinson, 18, HHS- that they closed the Eiffel "The free time was the best. Tower early. We had been in We just hung out with our line a good half hour." Signup for Babe friends, went sightseeing and Swarat says that their goal is did things on our own and take students on an interna Ruth by May 10 to went back to our rooms and tional experience every two talked. I just wish Pepsi's years. He says that they try to wouldn't have cost $5 to $8 Anyone between the ages of present the students, all juniors American dollars. Over there 15 interested in playing Babe and seniors who have taken everything was so much more th baseball this summer government or U.S. history expensive and the dollar drop mid contact Rick Johnston at classes, with several travel op tions. For the next trip, options ped while we were there." •-5562 bv May 10. Spring Sale Extended through Sat., April 29 Morrow County Grain Growers Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396
