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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 28, 1996 - FIVE
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Anyone who votes for it, and
this is what they’ll get:
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"Public officials who are much more in
terested in pleasing the County Ad
ministrator than in pleasing the public;
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Five County Commissioners who don’t
have the time to devote more than one or
two evenings per month to county
government;
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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;
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Loss of local control over sensitive
juvenile and family matters.
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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?
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Have you wondered why it hasn’t been published?
HAVE YOU WONDERED WHY
IT HASN’T BEEN PUBLISHED?
Nobody “ deserves” to be blind-sided
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