EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday February 17,1999
Grain Growers hold customer appreciation day
Rebekahs hold
card party
Degree team
to attend
Grange
Lexington News
___ ___By Delpha Jonea_______
By D«lpha Jonas
By Oslpha Jonss
A degree team from the Ore
gon State Grange, under the di
rection of Nina Samples, will be
present at the Lexington Grange
Hall on Sunday, Feb. 21 to give
the Pomona degree.
A potluck dinner will be held at
noon and degree work at 1 p.m.
The State Master hopes all those
qualified will be present for the
degree.
The monthly Rebekah card
party was held recently at the
lodge hall. The serving table was
decorated in a Valentine’s motif
with red and white flowers, nap
kins and streamers.
Refreshments were served.
The following prizes were won:
men’s high-Bob Taylor; second
high-Clarence Buchanan; wo
men’s high-Maryanne Palmer;
and low-Luella Taylor.
The next card party will be the
first Saturday in March.
Corrections classes to be offered
Morrow County Fair and Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo Queen Bobbie Rankin (left) and her court (left to right)
Brooke Boyer, Tracy Rankin and Nonnee Walters, have fun at the Morrow County Grain Growers annual
customer appreciation breakfast held Saturday, February 13, at the store in Lexington.
Besides ham and eggs and pancakes, MCGG presented carnations to the ladies and awarded door prizes.
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Seek employment diversification
To The Editor:
I'm sorry the mill is closing. I
hope the Heppner Economic
Development Corporation will
be able to come up with a
diversified
number
of
employment opportunities for
workers being displaced by the
mill closure. Unless there have
been some drastic changes, most
people hired by WalMart work
at minimum wage without
benefits and with few raises, not
exactly a family wage like the
mill paid.
Also, WalMart's
ability to buy in volume at lower
prices and undersell independent
merchants has put many locally-
owned stores out of business
nationwide.
I hope the economic
development folks do seek
employers beyond WalMart and
the pnson(s) at Umatilla.
Ideally, there would be several
additional
sources
of
employment available, and I
hope that is what will happen.
Relying on WalMart alone to
absorb replaced mill workers
isn't going to be enough, and
could be harmful to independent
retail stores in the region.
I wish Hepper lots of luck in its
efforts to develop jobs for those
being laid off at the mill.
(s) Sally Cohn
Portland
4-H News
North Lex Livestock
By Emily
McElligott
Kay
and
Natalie
The North Lex Livestock 4-H
meeting was held on February 7
at the Krebs' Ranch. Sixteen
members were present. The club
was given a tour by Skye, Kip,
Shelby and Maureen Krebs.
Members viewed the lambing
operation.
The next meeting will be
announced. Notices well be sent
out to members. Snacks will be
provided by Nikki and Natalie
McElligott, who will also be
giving a presentation on the
parts of a steer.
KIRK
The theme of this year's
speeches was, "My Service to
America. " This is the 52nd year
that the Veterans of Foreign
Wars and its Ladies Auxiliary
have sponsored the event.
Jepsen was awarded $400 for his
third place state finish. The first
and second place finishers were
from Canby and South Medford
High Schools respectively.
Matt and the other VFW
District 8 winners from Umatilla
and Morrow counties were
honored at a VFW dinner at
Echo High School on Sunday.
February 14.
1:00 p.m.
Morrow County Fairgrounds • Heppner
Plan to attend the three day Irish cele
bration in Heppner and choose your
1999 range sires from the top end of
our Polled Hereford Salers or Angus
bulls Bulls will be available for inspec
tion at the fairgrounds starting on Fri
day March 12th This is a low-key, si
lent auction where bidders may place
or raise bids without haste. Write or call
for information
r a n d (2 u a iit y
A total of 101 students have
been named to the President's
List and another 577 students
have been named to the Honor
Roll for Fall Term 1998 at
Western Oregon University at
Monmouth.
President's List students
achieved a perfect 4.0 grade-
point average, while Honor Roll
students earned a 3.5 to 3.99
average. Students must have
taken 12 graded credit hours to
be eligible for honors listing.
Honor students include: Betsy
Hernandez from Boardman, and
Mark Medel from Irrigon.
The lone Girls Varsity struggled
against the Condon Blue Devils
on Feb. 5, and fell short, 32-52.
The lone Lady Cardinals also
came out cold in the first two
quarters, ending the first half 9-
29.
The Cardinal ladies heated up
the third quarter, adding 11
points, followed with 12 points in
the fourth quarter.
Nikki McElligott was the lead
scorer for lone with 18 points,
and played an excellent defense
with nine rebounds, three assists
and four steals.
Freshman
Kristina Powell made her
presence known under the
basket, pulling down seven
rebounds in the fourth quarter.
Blue Devils overpower lone
Devils had outscored the
Cardinals, 39-9.
The Cardinals picked up the
pace the second half, adding 26
points.
Jeremy Rietmann led the
Cardinals with nine points and
grabbed two steals.
Jacob
Neiffer added six points to the
Cardinal effort and Cody
Erickson, Adam McCabe and
Ryan Bennetto led the lone men
in rebounds.
The lone Cardinals hosted the
Condon Blue Devils JV boys on
Feb. 5 and the Blue Devils
overpowered lone, 71-35.
lone had difficulty getting out
of the gate the first quarter,
scoring only four points to
Condon's 21 points.
Ryan Bennetto canned a three-
point basket in the second
quarter, but it wasn't enough aid
to help the Cardinal squad and,
by the end of the first half, the
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5 p.m. Monday
Cardinal varsity girls fall
short of Condon
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Sunday, March 14th
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The public is invited to take a
free tour of the Umatilla
Chemical Depot, where 11.6
percent of the nation's chemical
weapons are stored, Thursday,
Feb. 18.
Participants are encouraged to
call the Army's outreach office
at (541) 564-9339 to make a
reservation. Participants should
meet the tour bus at 9 a.m. at the
depot main gate parking lot. To
get there, take exit 177 from
Interstate 84. Tour guests must
bring photo ID, such as a driver's
license and should dress warmly.
The two-hour tour includes
stops at a storage igloo similar to
where the weapons are stored,
the construction site of the
chemical weapons disposal
facility
and
the
Army's
Operations Center.
and pre-registration is required.
For more information about
CODOC contact Catherine
Pinkerton at 541/278-5936.
WOU announces fall term honors
at ROBINSON
RANCH
St. Patty V
O’Bull Sale
Washington State University,
Pullman, WA., has announced its
president’s honor roll for the fall
semester. To be eligible, students
carrying at least nine graded hours
must have a 3.75 grade point av
erage (GPA)-or higher for the
term or maintain at least a 3.5
cumulative GPA.
Following are the local students
who qualify: Lindsay A. Harle,
Heppner, and Kim S. Burke,
Imgon.
Depot tour
scheduled
Jepsen third in state contest
Matt Jepsen, a 12th grade
Heppner student, placed third in
the Oregon state finals of the
VFW Voice of Democracy
Speech Contest. He represented
District 8 and was one of 16
district winners who competed
for state awards.
The top five finishers in the
state, including Matt, were asked
to give their speeches to those
who were gathered in Salem for
the VFW convention.
WSU releases
honor roll
Blue Mountain Community
College, Community Action
Program East Central Oregon
and the Oregon Department of
Corrections are again teaming
together to offer Careers in the
Oregon
Department
of
Corrections.
CODOC is a short-term
training opportunity consisting
of a series of three courses
offered at BMCC's West
Campus in Hermiston. The
intent of the training is to
prepare participants for formal
application for employment with
the Department of Corrections.
The focus is general and is for
persons interested in positions in
any capacity, including food
service, maintenance, medical
service, clerical and corrections
officers.
The training will begin with the
first course on March 30 and end
on June 3. Classes are offered in
two
separate
sessions.
Participants will take one
session or the other.
The afternoon session meets
Tuesday,
Wednesday
and
Thursday from 1 to 5 p.m. The
evening session meets Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday from
6 to 10 p.m.
The application process begins
immediately and must be
completed by March 12.
Each class is worth five credits
and the cost for each is $180.
Students who successfully
complete all 15 credits will
receive a Blue Mountain
Community College Certificate
of Completion. Enrollment for
the CODOC training is limited
Mr. and Mrs. Butch Saw
yer from the Tri-Cities, WA. were
recent callers in Lexington.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Papineau
and daughters. Carmen Looslie
and Connie Jones, were Union
callers when they attended the
funeral of family friend, Mrs.
Carlson.
Kathy Tellechea is recuper
ating at home from recent surgery.
Word has been received of
the death of Marj Angel, a former
Lexington resident.
Rom Jones and children
spent several days at the home of
her parents in Union. She recently
spent several days in St. Anthony
Hospital in Pendleton.
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