EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 5, 2000
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Area youth finish well in Cayuse Junior Rodeo
Area youth finished well in the
year end standings for the
Cayuse
Junior
Rodeo
Association.
Madison Bailey of Heppner
competed in the PeeWee Girls
division and brought home the
reserve championship in calf
ndmg and fifth place in the
PeeWee Girls breakaway roping.
Brother Lane Bailey finished
sixth in the PeeWee Boys barrel
racing.
In the Junior Girls Division,
lone was represented by Tracy
Griffith in fifth in the pole
bending and ribbon roping and
sixth in breakaway roping. Lacey
Matteson of Heppner ended up
third in the ribbon roping and
sixth in barrel racing.
In the all around, Lacey
Matteson finished sixth with
Tracy Griffith in 10th.
Ryan Matteson of Heppner
finished sixth in the Senior Boys
ribbon roping and also ended up
seventh in the all around. lone's
Ann Shear brought home fourth
place in the Senior Girls pole
bending.
Heppner's Healy clan was well
represented by their Hermiston
branch in the PeeWee Girls
division. The family dominated
the barrel racing with the
championship going to Paige
Davis, Jordon Crossley finishing
third and Hailey Davis in fourth.
Paige Davis also captured the
pole bending championship, with
Jordon Crossley named the
reserve champion.
The goat tying competition saw
Hailey Davis placing third, with
Jordon Crossley in fourth. Jordon
Crossley roped to third place in
the breakaway roping.
In the all around race, Jordon
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Just Horsin’ Around
By Aubree Just
Just Horsin’ Around met Dec.
12 at the fairgrounds, where club
members toured the Wilkinson
Arena. They talked about Thurs
day night nding with the 4-H Mar
tingales Club. Each person must
have 4-H enrollment forms and
dues turned in at the 4-H office
before they are allowed to ride.
The next meeting will be held
Sunday, Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. at the
fairgrounds. A door prize will be
given to a lucky participant, so
don’t miss out.
Crossley was named reserve
champion, with Paige Davis in
third and Hailey Davis in fifth.
Former Boardman residents
Kalah and Sammi Lane also
Merilee McDowell named
MS walk chairman
Merilee McDowell has an
excuse to lead people on.
After all, the Oregon Chapter
of the National Multiple
Sclerosis Society has named the
Heppner resident as the chair of
the 10th annual MS Walk on
Saturday, April 15, 2000.
As chair of this year's walk,
McDowell will be responsible for
coordinating the hundreds of
walkers and volunteers expected
to participate in the event. Her
duties include securing sponsors,
organizing walker sign-ups and
overseeing the set-up of beverage
stations along the walk site.
"I have MS, and it's gratifying
to see everyone come together to
work towards the common goal
of finding a cure for this
devastating
disease,"
says
McDowell.
Walkers collect pledges for
completing the route, which
begins at the All Saints Episcopal
Church. Proceeds fund both
national MS research and local
client programs that provide
accurate and current information
for people with MS, help them
find and keep jobs, and help their
families understand and cope
with the disease.
McDowell encourages people to
get involved with this year's
Walk. "This is a way to make a
big difference," she says, "I
believe there is great power in
masses going forward with a
common goal - one that could
totally change my life and that of
many generations to come."
Anyone interested in signing up
to participate or volunteer in the
Heppner-area MS Walk may
contact the Oregon Chapter of
the National MS Society at 1-
800-344-4867. Walkers may also
re g iste r
o n-line
at
www.orcnmss.org.
-Multiple sclerosis is a chronic
disease of the central nervous
system. It's a devastating disease
because it usually strikes young
adults between the ages of 20 and
40, and slowly steals physical
functioning in unpredictable
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The National Multiple
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Society currently funds more
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chapters in every state meet the
needs of the more than a third of
a million Americans with MS.
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Film to be
shown at
Christian Life
Center
A showing of the film, "A Vow
to Cherish," will be held at the
Christian Life Center, 535 W.
Morgan Street, Sunday, January
16, at 6 p.m.
Ken Howard and Barbara
Babcock lead the cast of the film
as John and Ellen Brighton-a
loving Christian couple devoted
to each other and their two
children. Everything in their lives
moves along as it should until,
without warning, Ellen is
diagnosed with a devastating
illness.
Over the following months, the
support and commitment of the
entire family are severely
challenged as Ellen gradually
slips away into the grips of her
"merciless infirmity." "For John,
it ultimately leads him to face the
reality of the marriage vows he
made to her before God so many
years before . . . to be at your
side in sorrow and in joy, in
sickness and in health, to love
and cherish you always, as long
as we both shall live."
The newest film release from
World Wide Pictures (the motion
picture ministry of the Billy
Graham
Evangelistic
Association),
"'A Vow To
Cherish'
is
tremendously
personal and deeply emotional. It
will give you a renewed look at
the power of love, especially the
power of God's love, and the
grace He gives so freely," said a
news release.
Pastor Tim Van Cleave and the
congregation at the Christian
Life Center invite everyone to
attend.
For more information, call the
church office at 676-5581.
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The regularly scheduled City of
Heppner Planning Commission
meeting which was to be held on
Barry R. McCaffrey, director
of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, wrote a list of 10
resolutions for raising drug-free
kids to Dear Abby in January,
1999. Abby responded by adding
this list to her column along with
statistics from a Newsweek
survey, stating: of youth ages 11
to 17 found that parents (86
percent) and grandparents (56
percent) have the greatest
influence on young people -
more than TV, movies and music
(which scored only 22 percent).
I would also like to add another
very important group of people -
any and all adults, young through
seniors within our community. I
am aware of several members of
this community/county that are
considered by the youth as
"second moms," like Ann Spicer,
Susie Prag, Gail Gutierrez. I
know that there are perhaps
many more adults, dad figures as
well, that have no clue that the
youth here consider them as role
models.
I have added some additional
ideas and numbers to their article
for you. Please consider the
following when engaging in
conversations with our youth:
1. Start: It's never too early to
discourage children from trying
drugs. Protect them by letting
them know you care. Even with
very young children, this plays
an important role in protecting
them from drugs. Resolve to start
right now.
2. Connect: Begin building lines
of communication. Resolve to do
things as a family. Spend time
together, eat meals together and
converse with your kids. Do
activities that your kids want to
do together: such as swimming,
playing catch, etc., read together,
play a game, attend services.
Show your children healthy
ways to deal with stress and
show your children that having
fun doesn't require drugs.
3. Listen: Take a more active
interest in your children's lives.
Know what they're up to - what
parties they're attending, with
whom, what will be served and
who will be supervising. Resolve
to spend at least 30 minutes a
week listening to your kids' cares
and concerns. Ask them their
opinions on matters of life, allow
them their opinions and promote
healthy view- points.
4. Educate: Spend at least 30
minutes in the next 30 days
explaining in simple facts to your
kids how drugs can hurt them
and destroy their dreams. Then,
reinforce that message all year.
5. Care: Spend at least a few
minutes each day telling and
showing your children you care
about them. Make sure they
know how proud you are they are
drug-free. Tell them you are
always there for them - no matter
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January 3 was canceled due to a
lack of agenda items.
Regular meetings will resume
on February 7.
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Morrow County artists will
have a display of paintings, hand-
painted china, bronzes, sculpturfes
and ceramics at the Heppner
Chamber of Commerce luncheon,
Tuesday, Jan. 11 from 11 a.m.-2
p.m. at All Saints Episcopal
Church parish hall.
A sketch by Bob Harrison of a
proposed mural for the Antique
Farm Machinery Building will be
on display.
Any family having pictures of
horse-drawn machinery is asked
to submit copies of them to Bob
or Sharon Harrison, Doris Bros-
nan, Betty Mills or Tom Shear.
Those submitting photos are also
asked to include years and any
thing else that would make a his
tory of the pictures. They may
become part of the mural when
funds are raised.
Raffle tickets for a Bob Walton
painting will be available, with all
funds raised going towards the
mural.
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consequences for their actions
and support them in doing this.
Make sure they know to come to
you first for help or information.
6. Leam: Children today are
more sophisticated. In order to
educate your children about the
danger of drugs, you must first
educate yourself. In many cases,
you and your children can leam
side-by side. Sit down together in
the coming months and leam
about the risks drugs pose. Yes,
tobacco and alcohol are drugs
too, and as a parent we need to
know how these affect us
physically and mentally.
7. Set limits: Show your children
you care by declaring limits: This
family doesn't do drugs. This
family doesn't hang around with
people who do. Enforce these
limits. If you say "no drinking
and driving," it applies to you,
too. Be consistent.
8. Get involved: Ensure that
your
community's
streets,
playgrounds and schools are safe
and drug-free. Become active in
your PTA or county's prevention
team, 676-9161, join the
community watch group, 676-
5252, and/ or the tobacco
coalition through the Public
Health Department, 676-5421,
481-4200.
9. Lead: Set an example. Don't
drive drugged or drunk; don't let
your friends drive impaired. If
you, yourself, have a substance
abuse problem, use the support of
your loved ones and get help
through Behavioral Health, 676-
9161,481-2911.
10. Be aware; Look for the
warning signs that your child
may be developing a substance
abuse problem, and seek help,
676-9161, 481-2911, or Juvenile
Department at 676-5642.
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A trace amount of the GB Sarin
chemical agent was reported
January 1 in a chemical storage
structure at the Umatilla
Chemical Depot, according to a
news release from Jim Hackett,
Depot Public Affairs Office.
Depot officials said a low level
of GB nerve agent was found
during routine daily monitoring
inside a chemical storage
structure used to house chemical
ammunition
which
has
previously experienced small
leaks of chemical vapor and been
placed in larger ammunition,
containers.
The Depot said that the
structure is being filtered and
being checked hourly by depot
workers. On Monday, a chemical
crew was to start a routine
process of finding the leaking
munitions and placing it in a
larger ammunition container.
"There is no danger to the
public or the environment,' the
release said. "The two chemical
storage
structures
housing
munitions which have preciously
experienced
problems
are
monitored daily."
Emergency operations centers
in Umatilla, Morrow and Benton
counties, as well as those in
Oregon and Washington, have
been notified about the trace
amount of chemical agent.
Approximately 650 workers at
the Umatilla Chemical Agent
Disposal Facility left the job site
January 3 out of concern for the
handling
of
information
regarding a trace amount of GB
Sarin chemical agent detected in
a chemical storage igloo at the
UMCD Saturday, Jan. 1, during
daily monitoring.
About 450 construction
workers, supervisors, engineers
and other office staff remained
on the job. The construction
work at the facility is
approximately
75
percent
complete.
Workers were expected to
return Tuesday.
Depot employees are working
to locate the source of Saturday's
agent vapor readings. The igloo
primarily stores over-packed
weapons that have previously
"leaked" and is monitored daily.
Therefore, when the source is
found and over-packed, it will
not need to be moved to another
storage igloo, said Mary Binder,
Depot Public Affairs Office.
UMCDF employees have been
in a heightened state of concern
stemming from recent events,
such as the Dec. 30 CSEPP siren
false alarm, the impacts of Y2K,
the Sept. 15 construction incident
and previous leakers. Because of
the sophisticated, monitoring
equipment. Depot officials
emphasize finding a munitions
emitting
extremely
small
amounts of agent vapor is not
uncommon.
The Depot has safely stored
and managed the chemical
munitions safely since they
arrived in 1962, said the release.
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