TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 27,1999
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Heppner
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Bank presents court buckle
Kate Close, manager of Inland Empire Bank in Boardman, presents
an official court buckle to Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro
Rodeo Princess Tracy Rankin. "The court is a great group and I think
we’re going to have a great year," said Princess Tracy.
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lone site
council meets
The lone Site Council met on
Jan. 13, with Steve Schaber, Dick
Allen, John Collin, Arlynda Gates,
Anita Orem, Becky Hunt, Betty
Rietmann, Anne Morter, Dean
Robinson, Linda Jones and Char
ity McElligott present. Dale Hol
land and John Rietmann were ab
sent.
Dick Allen reported on input
forms from lone teachers on how
they thought they could better pre
pare students to meet bench
marks. A total o f ten teachers re-
sponded, with the majority asking
for more time to prepare. It was
passed by consensus that Allen
would present this report to the
school board.
The council approved travel
requests for Robin Graff to attend
an eight-man football workshop in
Hillsboro and for Dean Robinson
to attend the Oregon Athletic Di
rectors meeting in Sunriver.
After a brief discussion, the
council passed by consensus to
continue with the School Improve
ment Plan as it is currently writ
ten.
Allen reported that the state has
changed the way the assessment
tests will be grade this year. Com
posite scores of 40 and above will
be needed to pass the writing as
sessment and a composite o f 32
will be needed to pass the math
assessment.
Testing dates for the remain
der o f the school year were
passed out. The council will help
to organize and provide snacks for
the longer tests. Rewards will be
given for the shorter tests.
The Presidential Awards were
discussed and tabled until some
further investigation on criteria
can be done by Allen.
In honors and recognition, Niki
Sullivan placed third in the
Umatilla/Morrow VFW Voice of
Democracy contest. She wrote an
essay and delivered a speech to
achieve this honor. The lone var
sity volleyball team was honored
by the Oregon Dairy Association
for academic excellence. The
team, based on team-wide grade
point average, placed seventh in
the state from all schools, and re
ceived a pin.
A rtist-in-residencd Linda
Peterson will be teaching weav
ing to grades K-6 from Jan. 25-
Feb. 5. Sandra Van Liew gave a
preliminary demonstration on
carding wool on Jan. 21.
The lone Site Council’s next
meeting is Wednesday, Feb. 10 at
5 p.m. The public is invited to at
tend.
Commission
approves grant
proposals
The Morrow County
Commission on Children &
Families
approved
two
Community
Development
proposals during the December 8
meeting.
Grants were awarded to
purchase equipment to start up a
Tae Kwon Do facility to Irrigon
and another to help purchase
Cub Scout uniforms and
manuals for disadvantaged youth
in Heppner and Lexington.
The Community Development
Fund was established for
anticipated community needs
and to leverage other funds and
resources
into
services,
advocacy and projects for the
children, youth and families of
Morrow County.
The commission is seeking new
proposals for the upcoming
quarter. There is approximately
$1,200 available this quarter and
the maximum grant is $500.
Examples
of reasonable
Community Development Fund
requests include: seasonal
program needs; small capital
expenditures (except for private
property); service program staff
training; one time events and
pilot projects.
Next quarter's proposals will be
reviewed on March 9 during the
monthly commission meeting
but must be received by the
commission office by February
28 to be considered.
Applications are available at the
commission office at 120 South
Main in Heppner or by calling
676-9675.
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St. Pats holds baby shower
Youth at St. William’* Catholic Church who bagged baby items for needy mothers at Good Shepherd
were: Backround; Salli McElligott, Natalie McElligott, Diana McElligott, Mark McElligott, Adam
McCabe, Jeremiah McElligott.
Middle: Adrienne Swanson (holding Rachel Holland), Caitlin Orem, Colin McElligott, Taylor
McElligott.
Front: Clay Morter, Beth Morter, Kylie McElligott, Mary McElligott, Zac Orem, Emily Holland, Nikki
McElligott, (holding Don McElligott).
St. William's Catholic Parish
in lone held a "Baby Shower for
Jesus" over the advent season.
Parishioners collected newborn
baby items to donate to needy
mothers and their babies at Good
Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston.
Club to honor
yard of month
winners
The Heppner Garden Club will
honor the 1998 "Yard-of-the-
Month" winners at their
February 1 meeting at 7 p.m. in
St. Pat's Senior Center.
The program will be "Roses in
Heppner Gardens and Around
the World." The public is invited
to attend.
Pomona Grange
holds meeting
By Delpha Jones
Wheatland Pomona Grange
met on Saturday at the Willows
Grange hall in lone for the regu
lar m eeting. The steward,
Clarence Buchanan, conducted
the meeting in the absence of the
master and overseer.
Reports from the attending
grangers were interesting, with
many activities reported, such as
dinners, Christmas parties and the
upkeep of the buildings.
Due to the death of the assis
tant steward, the office is vacant
and subordinate granges were
asked to consult the members to
see if anyone would like the posi
tion.
The Legislative report con
cerned the land use bill and a re
port on ladybug beetles and their
impact on the environment.
It was also reported that the
their are several species of new
weeds invading farmlands and
weed control will be working on
this project.
Boardman (Greenfield) Grange
will host the GWA conference on
March 12.
It was suggested that notice of
Pomona meetings be sent to the
East Oregonian.
It was suggested that the
county deputy try and get a state
officer on someone to be master
for the fifth degree. Several mem
bers are ready for the degree from
each o f the subordinates and all
those members are urged to* be
present at the date set.
The literary program was given
by Chad and Anita Ottemess,
teachers from Boardman. They
spent two years in Cairo, Egypt,
teaching and gave an interesting
account of their time there and the
interesting places to see. They said
that the students there all wear
uniforms and are taught English
and one hour o f Arabic each day.
The women cover their heads and
sometimes their faces when go
ing out. Some o f the interesting
and historical places to visit include
Mt. Sinai, the Camel Market, Is
rael and the pyramids.
The calk walk was enjoyed.
Two masters were present and
Willows had six members present;
Lexington, six; and Greenfield,
three. A bad snowstorm kept the
Spray people away from
Pomona.
The next meeting will be April
24 at Spray.
The shower is an annual
celebration for the parish and a
chance to help the less fortunate,
said
spokesperson
Jen
McElligott.
Joining the church in collecting
newborn items were the lone
Topic Club, Willow's Grange,
Oéé
and the lone United Church of
Christ. The youth o f St.
William's separated items into
individual bags, each containing
diapers, clothing items, blankets,
and toiletries. Fifty bags were
filled and donated to Good
Shepherd in January.
By Merlyn Robinson
By listening to the state of the union address, we've learned that
the government is going to take care of any and all problems, even
an ingrown toenail It was often repeated that prosperity reigns,
even for landowners who produce all that milk and honey.
Gee, even agriculture was mentioned by 'Wily Willie' while
'Guileful Glitch' had his moment in the spotlight. That safety net
mentioned for farmers must be something used in the drying of
tobacco crops—a campaign contribution commodity and a tax-
plenty substance. Other types of farmers might use a net to carry
their possessions when they are forced to leave farmsteads behind.
Just ask the heartland of America if producers have received
protection from the flux of wheat, livestock and carcasses flooding
this country from neighboring nations under NAFTA, the so-called
free trade agreement.
A hog farmer in the Midwest related that due to increasing the
number o f pigs per litter he had increased his production, Yet this
year he couldn't understand how litter numbers kept increasing
each time he made morning rounds. He finally caught on to the
fact that a neighbor was dumping pigs into his pens at night so that
this neighbor could reduce his feed costs.
About all that prosperity, besides food producers, just ask the
labor force in steel mills, textiles and other industries who have
lost jobs due to downsizing, mergers and closures. Locally there
is a tragic impact to families and the community due to Kinzua's
closure plans. Regulations and appeals have even prevented the
harvest o f dead trees into salvageable material from large forest
fire bums.
Keiko the whale must be enjoying his home off Iceland after
expensive airplane transport. Although there are homeless and
destitute people, that whale's former facilities, costing over $8
million, are being tom down - to be replaced by shark tanks
costing thousands. Gotta keep those sharks protected and happy,
not unlike the two-legged ones in politics who fleece the public.
Byt there is some 'people protection' such as those shelter-in
place kits about to be distributed to folks as a first line of defense
against a possible lethal nerve agent leak at nearby Umatilla
Chemical Depot. Those kits contain plastic sheeting, duct tape,
towels, etc. (all that high-tech stuff found in most homes) to keep
nerve gas from seeping into openings at homes. Nearby folks were
also supposed to receive tone-alert radios- to serve as a warning.
However a dispute over production contracts is caught up in court.
If some folks are beyond the range of warning signals, perhaps
some designated riders are going to use gas masks on themselves
and their horses to spread a warning Paul Revere style. Like our
Eastern Oregon winds, the political rhetoric blows strongly both
hot and cold. Creative ways to spend this year's national income
surplus were mentioned, so I guess the government doesn't have to
worry about a national debt of over a trillion dollars and the
accruing interest. I propose that bankers should also be as
forgiving on rural folks' budgets for 1999.
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