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    EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 26, 1995
Valby Lutheran plans services
Stan Hoobing will deliver the
message entitled, "Compas­
sion that Heals", based on Old
Testament scripture reading of
Deuteronomy 30:9-14.
"Visitors, friends and travel­
ers are always welcome to par­
ticipate in the life and ministry
of the people of God-Lutheran
branch," said the Reverend
Stan Hoobing.
An "exciting and stimulat­
ing" study of the life and
ministry of Jesus Christ
through the words of the evan-
gelist/physician Luke takes
place on Sunday mornings at
8:15 a.m. at Valby Lutheran
Church, located on the lone/
Gooseberry Road.
Worship service will follow
the Bible study at 9 a.m. Pastor
ML
By Martyn ftobtaaon
w r p w í H 1----
Maybe it's from a blow to the head resulting from a back flip
off my horse or else time spent picking strawberries has let too
much blood rush to the brain. Whatever the cause, it's difficult
to go along with some current proposals.
Now they're talking about government regulations on televi­
sion programing and forcing companies to put controls on sets
that could lock out certain programs. Whatever happened to self­
regulation? If people didn't watch or permit families to watch
violent or lewd programs, they would soon lose their market
share.
Remember when it was a hot topic about banning certain
publications? Yet filth and pornography continue to exist because
greedy publishers can still find a market. Like neighborhood crime
watch cooperation, it takes the consensus of moral citizens to
make this world better for everyone.
Some large cities are now imposing teenage curfews to cut
down on street crimes. But if parents aren't home, can't those
teenagers invoke just as much havoc from their homes? Parents
unable to assume full-time responsibility lose control and socie­
ty pays. Those street kids would be better off placed in a super­
vised work camp where a work ethic and schooling could be in­
stilled. Let the billions of dollars spent by environmentalists
work for them by cleaning up forests, restoring riparian zones
or cleaning up creeks. Youthful energy could be diverted from
vandalism and crime.
What's happening to the free enterprise system when it comes
to this county's health care system? Unlike other professions,
health care workers seem to feel they must be guaranteed a salary
rather than a percentage of profit based on work. While we are
blessed with great health care providers, as the numbers climb,
how much can the taxpayers afford?
How did we ever exist before there were medical services in
every town and first responders to take care of medical emergen­
cies? No doubt some lives have been saved, but 1 don't remember
growing up and worrying that someone might die because it was
60 miles to the nearest hospital.
Unlike those with guaranteed salaries, my heart goes out to
producers who suffered major losses during the recent hail storm.
That storm wasn't of the magnitude of the St. Helens 1980
disaster nor the heat-killing weather that has impacted the mid­
west and south, but with the increasing production costs, the
loss of a once-a-year income can be very devastating.
While we can't control nature's storms, we can make a dif­
ference in maintaining the social and moral fiber upon which this
country was built. The July summer program for youngsters here
in our own community is just one positive way to enrich young
people's lives through organized supervision.
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Crayons may be hazardous
Oregon Health Division has or eaten, which makes them in-
issued a health alert regarding appropriate for children.
lead contamination of crayons Parents and teachers should be
sure that any crayons used by
from China.
children
have the required label
Ken Kauffman, environmen­
notation
"C om p lies with
tal specialist at Health Division,
ATSM
D-4236".
Those that do
says results from crayons tested
not
should
be
destroyed or
in April and July show that
return
to
the
supplier.
standard sized crayons from a
Lead ingestion can cause in­
box of eight colors were found
jury
to the brain and nervous
to contain dangerous amounts
systems
of young children,
of lead. The box in which they
even
at
fairly
low levels. It is
were purchased is marked
unlikely
that
persons
using the
"Made in China" and has a
contaminated
crayons
only for
prominent "N O N -TO X IC "
coloring
or
artwork
are
at risk
claim. The box does not carry
for
elevated
lead.
No
cases
of
the mandatory ASTM D-4236
illness
attributable
to
crayons
assurance that the product
complies with US art safety have been identified in Oregon.
Parents concerned about
standards. Art products not
childhood
lead ingestion
carrying this assurance cannot
should
contact
their health care
be legally sold or used in
provider.
The
Health
Division
schools.
and
US
Centers
for
Disease
Kauffman said the crayons
Control
recommend
that
all
contain sufficient lead to result
children
under
five
years
of
age
in excessive exposure and ill­
ness if the crayons are chewed be tested for blood lead
annually.
A.J. Tarnasky earns BEO scholarship
A.J. Tarnasky has been
selected as the first recipient of
the Bank of Eastern Oregon's
Returning Student Agriculture/
Business Scholarship, bank
president George Koffler has
announced.
Tarnasky, a 1992 graduate of
Heppner High School, will be­
gin his fourth year as a finance
major at Oregon State Univer­
sity this fall and plans a career
in investment banking. He is
the son of Ed and Sheridan Tar­
nasky of Heppner.
Funds for the new award
were raised at the bank's Cus­
tomer Appreciation Golf Tour­
nament for the Heppner and
lone Branches last September.
The bank hosted the tourna­
ment to thank customers for
their patronage, and they, in
turn, made donations to the
scholarship fund, Koffler
explained.
The bank has awarded schol­
arships to graduating seniors in
Morrow and Gilliam counties
who plan to major in agricul­
ture or business and felt a
scholarship for returning stu­
dents was also needed, Koffler
said.
The contest was open to
Heppner and lone High School
graduates who will be second,
third or fourth year college stu­
dents in an agriculture or busi­
ness program.
Laurel Webber-Gray earns honors
Laurel Webber-Gray, Lexing­
ton, has earned academic dis­
tinction at Whitman College for
the 1995 spring semester,
which concluded in May. Stu­
dents receive the recognition by
earning a grade point average
of 3.5 or higher for the semes­
ter, completing a minimum of
12 credits and passing all
[credits attempted.
Webber-Gray, a junior En­
glish major, graduated from
Heppner High School in 1993.
¡St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
Bulletin Board
She is the daughter of Timothy
Gray and Cheryl Webber of
Lexington.
Whitman is a private, inde­
pendent, academically selective
liberal arts and sciences college
of 1,250 students. It is cited as
one of the nation's top liberal
arts and sciences colleges by
such publications as "U .S.
News & World R e p o rt",
"P e te rs o n 's
Competitive
Guide", and "Fiske's Guide” ,
according to a Whitman news
release.
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Ninety-two people were present for the senior meal, July 19,
and seven meals were home delivered. Members of the Lutheran
Church served. Truman Messenger won the free meal ticket.
The menu for August 2 will be wieners and sauerkraut, whip­
ped potatoes, corn, apricots, rolls and cookies. Members of the
Mormon Church will serve.
Four seniors played pinochle Friday afternoon, July 21. Nine
seniors watched the movie, "Far From Home", Sunday even­
ing, July 23.
The Senior Center board provided breakfast at the center din­
ing room for the class reunion group. They were assisted by Corel
Mitchell and Ruby Steers. Mary Ella Moyer made the cinnamon
rolls.
The bus is full for the trip to the Tri Cities, Friday, July 28.
However, anyone who would like to go might check at the of­
fice to see if there are any cancellations. The trip to Gonty's cabin
was postponed last week and will not be rescheduled until after
the Round-Up.
Dates to remember: Tuesday and Thursday, 10 a.m. exercise;
Wednesday, 10 a.m. hearing aid assistance, 11 a.m. blood
pressure clinic, noon senior meal; Friday 2 p.m. cards; Sunday
7 p.m. movie.
Perrys to celebrate 50 th anniversary
Bob and Phyllis Perry will
celebrate their 50th wedding
anniversary with a reception
from 1:30-4 p.m. Sunday,
August 6, at the Legion Hall in
lone.
Bob Perry and Phyllis Crow­
der were married August 5,
1945, in the First Methodist
Church in Arlington. They liv­
ed in Portland for many years
where Bob retired after 36 years
with the phone company.
Phyllis was a homemaker.
The Perrys have lived on
their small farm near Morgan,
OR. the last 12 years where
they reside on the old Perry
place.
The couple have three
children, Robert Perry of Pen­
dleton, Tim Perry of Rhodo­
dendron and Adelle Guidotti of
Richland, WA., along with six
grandchildren.
Friends and well-wishers are
invited to the reception. The
Perrys request no gifts.
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Barley stripe rust sighted in Oregon
The first barley stripe rust
sighting in Oregon has been
reported to Pat Hayes, an
Oregon State University
Agricultural Experiment Sta­
tion plant geneticist, and he is
ready for the attack with some
specially designed stripe rust-
resistant barley.
Stripe rust 24, a wind-borne
fungus that affects only barley,
has been swirling toward
Oregon from South America,
where it arrived from Europe in
1975. Yield losses in commer­
cial crops in South America
ranged from 30-70 percent.
When it was reported in
Texas in 1991, Colorado in 1992
and in California and Idaho in
1993, Hayes and others knew
that it was only a matter of time
before it landed on Oregon
barley crops.
OSU crop scientist Chris
Mundt has found barley in­
fected with stripe rust in his ex­
perimental plots at Hyslop
Farm, an OSU facility near Cor­
vallis. He is growing wheat for
his research, but intersperses
barley plots to act as barriers
against wheat diseases.
"Chris had a very limited
number of barley plots there,
of plant for the disease to take
off."
The varieties of spring barley
grown commercially in the
Pacific Northwest are all
susceptible to stripe rust 24.
The fungus thrives when the
temperatures are cool and
rainy. Hayes said that the pre­
sent temperature range in
Klamath Falls is a good exam­
ple of ideal stripe rust weather.
Births,
Juan Rodriguez, Jr.-a son
Juan was born to Omayda and
Juan Rodriguez of Irrigon on
July 2, 1995 at Good Shepherd
Community Hospital in Her-
miston. The baby weighed 7
lbs, 14 oz.
Erika Michelle Brewer-a
daughter Erika was bom to
Kathy and Kevin Brewer of
Lexington on July 5, 1995 at
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston. The
baby weighed 6 lbs. 10 oz.
Teah M arie Luzader-a
daughter Teah was born to
Diann Shaffer and Michie
Luzader of Boardman on July
7, 1995 at Good Shepherd
Community Hospital in Her­
miston. The baby weighed 6
lbs. 11 oz.
Michaela Alyssa Whalen-a
daughter Michaela was bom to
Christy and Ronald Whalen of
Heppner on July 12, 1995 at
Good Shepherd Community
Hospital in Hermiston. The
baby weighed 5 lbs. 3 oz.
about 50 plots of barley," said
Hayes. "It was very obvious
where the spores had fallen
from the sky and landed on
these plots."
The stripe rust, also knovm
as yellow rust, looks like lines
of yellow-orange spots along
the length of a barley leaf. Ac­
cording to Hayes, the barley in
Mundt's plots were young and
lush, which is more vulnerable
to the rust than old plants that
have very little green tissue.
By Delpha Jones______
"It'll knock the socks off the
crop, leading to smaller and
lighter kernels," Hayes said in
-:-Lee and Wayne Miller of
describing a severe stage of rust Hermiston and Earl Miller of
infection. "All you need is the Seaview, WA. were Lexington
right environment and variety $ callers on Sunday, July 16.
Lexington News
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