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EIG HT - Heppner G azette-Tim es, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 3 ,1 9 9 8 Heppner FFA holds annual banquet L-R: Heidi Turrell, Maci Childers, Scott VanWinkle Chapter Farmers L-R: back row- Stanley Cutsforth, Corey Miller, Josh Hill, Jeff Curtin; front-Josie The Heppner High School FFA Chapter held its annual banquet May 17 at the high school. HHS counselor Barbara Hayes and HHS secretary Darcy Robinson were honored by the chapter members who presented them Honorary Chapter Farmer awards. Maci Childers, Rachel Faber, Heidi Turrell and Scott VanWinkle received Greenhands awards. The following members were named Chapter Farmers: Jeff Currin, Stanley Cutsforth, Josh Proctor, Worden. Tracy Rankin, Kristi Hill, Corey Miller, Josie Proctor, Tracy Rankin and Kristi Worden. Worden delivered the invocation and conducted the closing ceremonies. Cumn gave the welcome address, chapter report and presented the Honorary Chapter Farmers awards. Rankin introduced guests. Heidi Turrell was in charge of Creed Speaking. Advisor Lynn Harmonson and Proctor presented the Greenhands and chapter awards and Proctor installed the new officers. Lynn Harmonson Robinson Choir, symphony to hold concert Lynn Harmonson and Barbara Hayes The Willow Creek Symphony The South Morrow Community Choir and the Willow Creek Symphony will hold a joint spring concert on Sunday afternoon, June 7, at 3 p.m. at the Heppner Middle School Gym. A variety of music will be performed-from religious songs and classical music to popular movie themes and a big band number. A few of the choir's featured songs include: "Let Beauty Awake", by Sheme Porterfield (words of this piece were written by poet Robert Louis Stevenson); "Dry Your Tears, Africa" from the recent movie, "Amistad"; and " Pie Jesu” by Greg Gilpin. " Pie Jesu" is part of the "Sequence" of the Requiem Mass celebrated upon the death or burial o f a Christian. The community choir is directed by Deborah Wryn and accompanied by Debbie Basile on the piano. The Willow Creek Symphony will perform part o f "The New World Symphony" by Antonin Dvorak; "Finlandia", the theme song from the movie "Star Wars"; and Duke Ellington's hit song, " It Don't Mean A Thing." The symphony group is directed by local music teacher, Ron Neighom, and includes some 30 local musicians. The choir and symphony will rrform one song together, ach's "Jesu, Joy o f Man's Desiring." The concert is free and everyone is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served after the concert. Both the South Morrow Community Choir and the Willow Creek Symphony are sponsored by the Morrow County Arts Council and funded by the g Morrow County Recreation District. Unified Klamath First finishes stock repurchase Marshall Alexander, vice presi dent and chief financial officer of Klamath First Bancorp Inc. has announced the completion of its recently announced stock repur chase program. Earlier the com pany announced its intention to repurchase five percent of its com mon stock. The company is the holding company for Klamath First Fed eral Saving and Loan Association, which has a local branch in Heppner. We Print 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament a? g £l a June 27th & 28th I? during the Arlington Big Band Festival a n 4 - man Roster $ I O/Player Double Elimination Sponsored by the Arlington Booster Club The Tournament will be held at the Arlington City Park. T o pre-register, o r fo r m ore information, call 454-2060 »? a n n u s Darcy Wheat Growers League asks for no sanctions unilateral export sanctions. The The Oregon Wheat Growers League have asked President Clinton to forego food-related sanctions on Pakistan. The Pakistani government has conducted nuclear tests. The request was prompted by unilateral sanctions proposed las*,. week against India following their nuclear test. OWGL President Mac Kerns, Haines, pointed out in a May 22 letter to Clinton that, while India is only a sporadic customer for US wheat, Pakistan is a leading buyer of the northwest white wheat. As of May 7, Pakistan had purchased more than 2.2 million metric tons of US white wheat in the current marketing year, representing 43 percent of all US exports of white wheat, according to the OWGL. Kems advised the president that the American wheat grower "simply cannot forfeit this market to sanctions when wheat prices are below production cost, and when our political allies and export competitors refuse to participate in the sanctions." Russia, France, and Britain have refused to join the US-led sanctions against India's nuclear detonation. Kems pointed out, 11 percent of the world's wheat market is currently closed to US wheat exports through government- imposed sanctions, according to OWGL. "If India were a wheat importer this year, our competitors would happily sell India wheat while the US punishes no one but its own producers and exporters by imposing sanctions," wrote Kems. He contended that such conduct by a private sector marketing representative would get the representative "fired on the spot." Business Cards Gazette-Times 676-9228 and Retirement Reception for Dale Conklin June 4, at 7:00 p.m. Heppner Elks Lodge £1 Bring Your Favorite Story! _. The letter acknowledged that US law provides for mandatory sanctions against countries who test nuclear devices, but pointed out that the law also provides for some implementation flexibility. It asked that President Clinton "use maximum discretion, up to m d including waiver authority, if possible, in selecting and imposing sanctions on this vital market for US wheat." Kems said, "The United States must get out of the business of only parties harmed by such sanctions are US producers and exporters." He urged participation only in multilateral sanctions, saying the government "must not punish US farmers for the nuclear escalation on the Indian subcontinent." Unilateral sanctions, Shch those in effect against India and Cuba, Kems said, are "no way to win international friends, grow the US economy, or expand US exports." ‘Dr. ‘D onald J. Carison foot Spedatisi will be at the Pioneer Memorial Clinic on June 10th for the diagnosis and treatment of all foot problems Heppner 676-5504 _____ Hermiston 567-8750 Year Seuree fer Summer lavina lana - aarden rati« - fishina Coast to Coast WE CAN HILT rOC tn -m i
