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9 > i~ a y' i ' *- « ; - W Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 28, 1996 - FIVE # County farmers attend NAWG meeting Jerry Myers (left), Craig Miles, Keith Rea, Judy Rea, Geri Grieb and Monty Crum. Not pictured are Tawny Miles and Bev Crum. Several M orrow County farmers and Oregon Wheat League members recently at tended the 46th Annual Con- /ention of the N ational HHS Drama Club to present the play "Arsenic and Old Lace" The Heppner High School Drama Club is once again working on another produc tion. "Arsenic and Old Lace" by Joseph Kesselring, will be performed on Friday and Sat urday, March 7-8, at the high school. "Arsenic and Old Lace” is set in the home of spinster sisters, Abby and Martha Brewster, played by Beth Cookston and Brandi Marshall. They are joined by their nephew s, M ortim er (Josh Coiner), who is a dramatic critic and Teddy (Lonnie Rill), who thinks he is Teddy Roosevelt. Other parts are played by Rob- Association of Wheat Growers held Feb. 7-10 in Reno, Neva da. O f interest to the Morrow County delegation was hearing Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman speak. by Schultz, Josh Roy, Tina Kemp, Traci Dickenson, Phillip Spicerkuhn, Tim Dickenson, Dave Michael, Becca Ward and Adam Doherty. The director is Kristina Grant, advised by Nancy Swarat. Firday's production will be dinner theatre and will begin at 6 p.m. The fare will include lasagna, fresh bread, salad and dessert. The cost is $7 for adults and $5 for students. Saturday will not be a dinner production and will begin at 7 p.m. On this night, National H onor Society w ill serve refreshments. Prices on Satur day will be $2 for adults and $1 for students. In T h e Heppner Gazette Your A d s A re Read Call 676-9228 to place your ad Dale Holland, Jr., a high school math and science teacher from lone has been honored by Eastern Oregon State College for inspiring local 1995 high school graduates to attain high academic achieve ments in their first term at Eastern. H olland was named by Lynde Minster. Minster is the daughter of Rick and Pam Min ster. The Minsters, formerly of lone, are currently attending Eastern. Holland is one of only 20 teachers in four western states to achieve Eastern's 1995 " In 44 spirational Teacher A w ard." The teachers were named by valley freshman on Eastern's fall 1995 dean's list as the one teacher most responsible for m otivating them in their studies. Eastern president Dave Gil bert said, "W e at Eastern be lieve it is important to recognize first-year students who demon strate high academic excellence and the teachers who inspire them. The students who par ticipate in this program have achieved success that is shared by less than five percent of Eastern's incoming freshmen." Roses" Garden Club topic March 4 "H o w to Grow Roses" will be the program topic for the Monday, March 4 meeting of the Heppner Garden Club at 7 p.m. at St. Pat's Senior Center. Betsy Kaiser will be the pro gram presenter. The meeting will also include planning for placement of a Blue Star byway marker pre sented as a living memorial to all service men and women who have served the county. Vonnie Lovgren and Merlyn Robinson will host the meeting. Guests are welcome to attend. I * . " MORROW COUNTY CHARTER There were 100 people present for the senior dinner Feb. 21 and six meals were home delivered. Members of the Christian Life Center served. John Wood received the free meal ticket and Lynn Bibby, the bingo ticket. Blood pressures were taken before the meal. The menu for March 6 will be tuna melt, beef and vegetable soup, carrot and raisin salad, fruit, cookies, milk, tea and cof fee. Members of the Seventh-day Adventist and Nazarene chur ches will serve. The seniors have lost another member. Their deepest sympathy is extended to the family of Camilla Samples. She will be missed. Quilt raffle tickets will be sold at the Bank of Eastern Oregon Friday, March 1. Hearing aid assistance will be given at the center Wednesday, March 6 from 10 a.m. to noon. Blood pressure clinic, will be held from 11 a.m. to noon. Dates to remember: Tuesday and Thursday exercise, 10 a.m.; Wednesday hearing aid assistance, 10 a.m., blood pressure clinic, 11a.m., senior meal, noon; Friday cards, 2 p.m.; Sunday movie 6 p.m. Remember to sign up to bake pies for the St. Patrick's Celebra tion and to work a shift. Sign up sheets are in the senior center office. .1 /..] a < i .. n ■ • • , ; v- v . -. t ;• •••,... • - ’ v ' •* • * • . ■ * •• * - • -I . I >'i • '<3 i • * i • " - j - * ••*..# •» a r ' ” .... . * r. • * * •. .. • • * J J . j . ; * . *■ • . JJ •- • >. t .1 A • - • * ’* '* r- * - * A:.- • v • WHO DESERVES IT? ■jgKlte.JBML, St. Patrick’s Senior Center Bulletin Board .» * -/ V- > • Call 676-9030 for reserva tions. Those seeking assistance are asked to be sure to bring their 1994 tax forms, said Rose Marie Buschke, tax coordina tor. Okay, you lovers of springtime; it's time to start your motors. The buttercups and grass lilies are in bloom and the ground squir rels are popping out of their winter burrows. Perhaps you've spent hours in your recliner surrounded by stacks of colorful garden catalogs. Remember that it takes more physical than mental ability to implement great garden plans. Unlike the farmer who can rev up the tractor and get on with soil cultivation, yards still demand that green thumb approach. It's time to start walking around bent over and crawling about the floor on hands and knees. That inevitable pain in the back usually results from overindulgence in cleaning up the environ ment in a frenzy. Gardening weather surely can't be far off, regardless of the groundhog's prediction of six more weeks of winter. Maybe that fat little woodchuck's forecast isn't anymore reliable than some other weather predictions. Disastrous storms have been a common occurence in many parts of the United States in recent months. Like a child's building blocks, homes have slid down steep hillsides. Only the risktakers should opt for an esthetic view from a home perched on steep land where stabilizing vegetation has been removed. But then windstorms have raised havoc, storm drains have failed to han dle excess water and development along rivers is always vunerable. Meanwhile, people strive to implement conservation plans and everyone is caught up in the controversy on environmental issues. Yet it's easy to see how some people have strong opinions bas ed on erroneous and non-scientific information. According to the Farm Bureau News, Peter Sparber, a Washington D.C. lobbyist, confirmed that many people are misl ed into believing that agriculture is the root of an environmen tal crisis. Sparber mailed letters to people who support banning all pesticides. In his letter he said, "Y ou have been identified as a person who cares deeply about the future of our fragile planet and the health of our nation. You have also read that the pro duction of dihydrogen oxide has been found to be a major threat." Sparber went on to identify polluted lakes, rivers and oceans that are known to contain large quantities of dihydrogen oxide. And he asked that concerned people should demand an end to the production and use of dihydrogen oxide. From Maine to Oregon replies poured into the fictitious Dihydrogen Oxide Institute demanding that this practice be stop ped. Writers stated, among others things, Americans died from excessive doses and that the pollution must stop. Distorted con cepts without full knowledge can be almost as dangerous as H20 in the form of rain, snow or ice. Every year, many people suffer injuries from weather-related automobile accidents, just as peo ple receive major burns from boiling water as well as the people who drown. So be careful when rearranging topsoil with a shovel and don't spend too much time in the shower with dihydrogen oxide run ning, or you'll be accused of wasting our natural resources. * D ale H olland Jr. honored by E O S C Income tax aid offered until April 15 Income tax aid for senior citizens and low-income citi zens will be provided Thursday and Friday of each week until Monday, April 15. • Anyone who votes for it, and this is what they’ll get: • i "Public officials who are much more in terested in pleasing the County Ad ministrator than in pleasing the public; • Five County Commissioners who don’t have the time to devote more than one or two evenings per month to county government; • All practical power concentrated in the hands on one person - the Administrator - who is not elected and is not answerable to anybody except a virtually volunteer Board of Commissioners; • Loss of local control over sensitive juvenile and family matters. äiüK.. fcfOiißd Have you read this Charter? Have you seen a copy of it yourself? Have you analyzed it? Studied it? Really thought about the changes it proposes? Discussed it with your neighbors? Have all your questions about it been answered? Have you wondered why it hasn’t been published? « , ■ . . -. V v * ..j v ' . - , - . - . v j ' * * V '-f. ¿I ~ -*>. . .. . v ;-v J Have you wondered why it hasn’t been published? HAVE YOU WONDERED WHY IT HASN’T BEEN PUBLISHED? Nobody “ deserves” to be blind-sided * < : . ■ -» - , .. • - v . j . v ■ •. • v *\v ■ t t '. VOTE NO '* "J ' .V VyV * V ' ' :v *• • * ' v t. / i • .• ’ • . i * V to; • ’ . A. ;.v J » NO SURPRISES. . . . NO AMBUSH. . . . NO UNINFORMED VOTE : ; NO CHARTER Paid for by William Dinkins. P.O Box 35. Heppnrr. OR 97S3S V
