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i> >MP Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 6,1998 - SEVEN lone High School prom court crowned IUCC prepares Program on loggers scheduled quilt for auction National Endowment for the Humanities. "From the time when Oregon Coast explorers looked at its straight conifers and saw new ship masts. Northwest people have avidly harvested the region’s rich timber resources. Early pioneers cursed seedlings that sprouted in their cleared farm land, yet were ready customers of sawmills started to satisfy a growing population. Even now, as the need for lumber persists, technology brings change to the forest, replacing timber toppers and water flumes with helicopters and computers," said a news release. In this presentation, Twilo Scofield uses stories, songs and customs to portray the changing lifestyles of the Oregon logger Scofield is the co-author of "The Well-Traveled Casket", a diverse collection of Oregon folk traditions, tales and songs. For more information about the program, contact the Morrow County Museum at 676-5524, 1- 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The public is invited to attend and admission is free. Helen Heideman working on the IUCC quilt By Nova Rietmann The lone United Church of Christ is preparing for the 36 annual church auction to be set on June 6. Due to the recent fire in the UCC church, the quilt is being sewn by church members in Bill Rietmann's living room. The quilt is a king or queen- size spread in an Irish chain Photo by Theresa Hams lone Prom Court: (L-R) back row-Prince Jake McElligott, Princess Tiffani Jones, Queen Katie Garrett, Kin Nathan Rietmann; crown bearers Stephanie Archer and Matthew Hams By Nova Rietmann Katie Garrett and king, Nathan The lone High School Prom Rietmann. Prince, standing in for court was crowned during the Len Rietmann, was Jake dance held Saturday, May 2, at McElligott; princess was Tiffani the lone Legion Hall. Queen was Jones. The crown bearers were Stephanie Archer and Matthew Hams. The prom theme was "Welcome to the Jungle". IUCC auction to rebuild sanctuary MCCCF plans Every year since 1962, the lone United Church of Christ has held an auction and barbecue to help support its mission and maintenance. This year's auction on June 6 has an added purpose: the rebuilding of the church's sanctuary, which was burned out on April 23. Church members and friends yearly donate arts and crafts, Forum deadline May 11 i The deadline for candidates to submit questionnaires for the candidates' forum to appear in the May 13 Gazette-Times will be Monday, May 11, at 5 p.m. Candidates may stop by the Gazette office at 147 W. Willow, Heppner, or return questionnaires by mail at P.O. Box 337, Heppner 97836, FAX 541-676-9211 or E-mail apnl@rapidserve.net. homemade baked goods, services and merchandise to the church's cause. In addition, community members always help prepare a buffet meal for about 400 people that features pit barbecued beef. Auction chairwoman Jannie Allen says she anticipates a larger than normal attendance this year in response to the church's need. "There are so many talented people locally who may want to help," she said. "We want them to know that this is a good year to do it." Artists, bakers, and crafters with questions or who would like items to be picked up may call Allen at 422-7563 or Lea Mathieu at 422-7215. Merchandise donations may be picked up by calling Ken Nelson at 989-8494 or Joe Rietmann at 422-7435. public meeting The next meeting of the Mor row County Commission on Chil dren and Families will be held on Tuesday. May 12, at 7 p.m. at the Morrow County Public Health C linic, 101 Boardman Ave., Boardman. The main topic of discussion will be the new requests for pro posals. This is a public meeting and any interested party is invited to attend and participate in the dis cussions. For more information, call 676-9675. Copy Paper Ream • Carton Gazette-Tim es Tan Hermens Plain Speaking Chamber to host internet program Carlson presented service award The Heppner Chamber of Commerce will meet next Tuesday in Dave Fowler's computer classroom at Heppner High School for a special program: The Internet, World Wide Web and Heppner. Fowler, George Koffler, Greg Sweek, and David Sykes will moderate the program, which will explore internet and WWW opportunities for Heppner organizations and businesses. Sack lunches will be provided. Highway opens Oregon Highway 218, between Fossil and Antelope, is now open to one lane of traffic. Travellers through the area should watch for on-coming traffic through the work zone. The road was closed April 25 due to a rock slide. The Oregon Dept, of Transportation is bmld,- mg a permanent repair for the slide, which first occurred in 1997 "Loggers in the West: Oregon's Timber Beasts," a presentation by Twilo Scofield, will be given Thursday, May 14, at 7 p.m. at the Morrow County Museum in Heppner. The program is made possible by the Oregon Council for the Humanities, an affiliate of the Because of the huge distances we drive out here, Lynn Lundquist should have known higher gas taxes would hit Eastern Oregon especially hard. But that didn't stop him from voting twice for the Democrat Governor and ODOT's proposed huge gas tax increase. Their planned "highway robbery" bill (HB 3163) included a 37% gas tax increase, doubling auto registration fees, and a road tax added to our phone bills! The crazy part of this boondoggle was that the bill didn't specify any real projects! No one - especially Lundquist -- would say what the money was for. Fortunately, their cash grab was stopped by common sense in the conservative Senate. While Lundquist was voting for more taxes, he was neglecting other obvious problems, like the weight/mile tax. Even though Oregon is the only state left which still relies solely on a weight/mile tax for commercial vehicles, Lynn refused to join in with other legislators who would have reformed this outdated cumbersome system. We need to replace the weight/ mile tax with a responsible formula for taxing diesel fuel without increasing taxes on diesel for farm-licensed vehicles. Truckers would be relieved of the incredible amount of red tape and costs associated with the weight mile tax and, yet, pay for their share of road maintenance. In any event, we simply do not need any gas tax increases Oregon already has one of the highest gas taxes in the country which brings in hundreds of millions in revenue every year. What we need to do is spend those dollars on asphalt and concrete, instead of blowing it on light rail and "birkenstock" projects in the Valley. Heppner FFA elects officers The Heppner Future Farmers of America (FFA) recently held elections for 1998-99 officers, with the following results: presi dent. Kristi Worden; vice presi dent, Corey Miller; secretary, Scott VanWinkle; treasurer, Josh Hill; reporter, Jeff Currin; senti nel, Stanley Cutsforth. H eppner FFA upcom ing events include the FFA spring barbecue on Thursday. May 14 at noon, and the FFA parent/mem- ber banquet on Tuesday, May 19 at 6:30 p.m. F illin g y o u r PRESCRIPTION s h o u ld n ’t 1DRIVE y o u up f he w all. A n n o u n c in g A nd S t . A n t h o n y H o s p i t a l P h a r m a c y a n d H o m e S t . A n t h o n y H M e d i c a l E q u i p m e n t w ill m ak e su re it w o n 't. O u r n ew H facility tea tu re s a d riv e -th ro u g h w indow fo r p re scrip tio n s ome M c o n v e n ie n t as p o ssib le. 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The award was presented by Ann Adams, cooperative program manager at the National Weather Service office in Pendleton. Carlson has provided daily precipitation observations since April 1 from his ranch, located about 18 miles south of lone and 25 miles west of Heppner. Precipitation records at the lone 18S station date back to 1935. Carlson is the third generation from his family to take observations for the National Weather Service. These reports are part of the National Weather Service's volunteer Cooperative Observation Program that totals nearly 11,000 citizens nationally. Cooperative weather observers collect and record on a daily basis, precipitation, temperature and in some cases, river readings. The data is used to forecast #7 HIGHWAY ROBBERY If you see me on the campaign highway, give me a wave. I'm the one in the dirty diesel pick up! Call me at home if you have questions or want to help out, (541) 934-2275. design. The quilt will be auctioned off in June. 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