FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 3, 2000
BMCC jobs tour planned
The Blue Mountain Community
College Regional Jobs Fair will
take place on Thursday, May 4,
from 6-8 p.m.. at the Pendleton
Convention Center.
This is the first year that
BMCC will begin alternating this
event between Pendleton and
Hermiston.
Last
year
approximately 600 prospective
employees visited the fair.
Employer representation at the
jobs fair comes from all over the
region, not just the Hermiston
area. However, some of the new
larger employers in Hermiston
will be represented on May 4.
Sykes Enterprises, Two Rivers
Correctional Institute, Wal-Mart
Distribution Center. Hermiston
Foods, Bi-Mart, PGG, Pioneer
Memorial Hospital, Continental
Mills, Agri-Northwest, East
Oregonian and Umatilla County
Sheriffs Department are just
some of the local employers that
have signed up to date.
Community members and
students of all ages are welcome
to this free event. It is suggested
that people come dressed
appropriately
if they are
interested in employment, and it
might be a good idea to bring a
resume. However, the setup will
be informal, with employer
representatives at tables in the
Convention Center, available to
answer questions or hand out
information. It will not be a
formal'interview' ty pe situation.
For more information about the
Jobs Fair, or if you are an
employer
interested
in
participating, call Leslie Beard at
278-5933.
V andalism can cost money, lives
In February of 1996 in Tampa
Florida, an eight-ton truck loaded
with phosphate collided with a
white Camaro in front of a local
cafe. The stop sign at this rural
intersection lay face down by the
side of the road. The three 18-
year-old friends inside the car
died. Chances are, police said,
they never knew what hit them.
Three individuals responsible
for removing the stop sign now
face 15 years in prison for
conviction on three counts of
manslaughter.
This is an extreme case. But it
could happen in Eastern Oregon,
according
to
an
Oregon
Department of Transportation
news release.
Removing or vandalizing signs
cost taxpayers money and lives
could be lost. Motorists depend
on signs for direction; when
signs are removed accidents
could occur.
In recent months, sign
vandalism and removal has
occurred near Cove and Heppner.
Near Cove, two stop signs and
three directional signs were
pushed over and pulled out of the
ground. This past weekend a stop
sign on Highway 321 near
Heppner was pulled out of the
ground an^^t^lffifi Oti Highway
30tf almost 30 delineators (site
posts) that run along the side of
the road were run over. Several
of the posts ended up leaning
towards traffic. If hit, the signs
could result in damage to a grill
or windshield.
Every year ODOT spends
thousands of dollars to replace
signs that are damaged or
removed. For example, in 1997,
District 14, which extends south
to McDermitt, Nev., north to
John Day and west to Bums,
spent over $17,000 replacing
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stolen or vandalized signs. In
1996 the cost was over $35,000.
Region 5 sign crews replace
signs because of vandalism,
removal, accidents, construction,
or worn out reflectivity. Signs
have a life expectancy of 10
years, which is erased very
quickly by a can of spray paint or
one shotgun blast. The cost per
square foot for a stop sign is
$8.44; custom signs are $13.73;
and freeway signs are $15.46; the
average freeway sign, 20 feet by
8 feet, costs $2,700. Replacing
signs because of vandalism or
removal just adds to the amount
sign crews already spend on a
yearly basis.
The Oregon Department of
Transportation is distributing a
video presentation to middle
schools and high schools in
Eastern Oregon that packs a
powerful message, according to
the release. The videotape, called
"Dangei Signs", explains the
consequences,
financial
constraints and safety issues
involved with the removal or
vandalism of road signs.
The videotape is available from
the American Traffic Safety
Services Association (ATSSA).
Filmed mostly in rural Virginia,
the £. presentation
includes
interviews and actual news
footage of sign vandalism cases
from across the nation. The video
explains the penalties associated
with those actions, what other
areas of the country are doing
about these crimes and what
citizens can do to help prevent
sign vandalism.
"The video provides some very
important information," said Dan
Knoll,
public
information
representative for ODOT Region
5. "We hope schools will help
deliver the message."
Cargill has awarded a $1000
scholarship to Justin Nelson, a
2000 graduate of Heppner
High School.
Nelson, son of Charles and
Lisa Nelson, plans to study
a g ric u ltu ra l
b u sin ess
management at Oregon State
University next fall.
Each year, Cargill's
Scholarship Program for Rural
America
awards
$ 1,000
scholarships to 250 students
from families who derive at
least 50 percent of their
income from farming. Students
are selected based on financial
need, academic achievement
and involvement in extra
curricular activities.
The program is administered
They stormed into Portland like
a battalion of soldiers with a
mission. Armed with a sack full
of beef, ranching equipment and
a will to educate Portland's
youth,
30
beef
industry
volunteers swarmed the city of
Portland during the Oregon Beef
Council's 18th annual school
Beef Blitz on April 6.
Representatives from the
Oregon CattleWomen, Oregon
State
University,
Young
Cattlemen, Oregon Beef Council,
Agri-Business Council and Farm
Bureau volunteered a day out of
their busy lives to participate in
the Beef Blitz.
The volunteers visited 14
Portland area middle and high
schools, teaching over 50 classes
and reaching over 1,400 students.
The volunteers taught home
economics and health classes.
They demonstrated a beef recipe
for "Spicy Confetti Joes,"
discussed their ranching lifestyle
and
displayed
ranching
equipment and beef by-products.
Kelsey Richelderfer, a senior
at OSU, made it a family event
by joining with her mother, her
little sister and two Sherman
County 4-H Club members to
teach five classes at Newberg
High School. Richelderfer said
that they enjoyed the day so
much that, next year, she would
by
the
National
FFA
Organization;
however,
students need not belong to
FFA to receive a scholarshio.
Cargill also supports a
Community
Scholarship
Program for students in
communities where Cargill has
a business presence. The two
programs combined provide
$500,000 in scholarships to
high school seniors planning to
enroll in accredited post
s e c o n d a ry
education
institutions.
Cargill is an international
marketer,
processor
and
distributor of agricultural food,
financial
and
industrial
products with some 82,000
employees in 59 countries.
MC Behavioral Healtt
awarded grant
The Office of Alcohol and
Drug Abuse Programs announced
that Morrow County Behavioral
Health has been awarded the
Enhancement
of
Parenting/Family Drug Abuse
Prevention in Oregon Counties,
Tribes and Communities Grant.
Behavioral Health Services has
agreed to sub-contract this grant
to the Morrow County Public
Health Department. This grant
will serve to enable the Public
Health Department to enhance
the existing Pre-Natal/Newbom
Nurse Home Visiting Program.
The Public Health Department
will attend formal training to
prepare them to use an intensive
curriculum known as the
"Prenatal and Early Childhood
Nurse
Home
Visitation
Program." This program has
received great compliments in its
ability to reduce drug and alcohol
abuse, not only in the mother, but
also in the infant child as he or
she grows older. This program is
also known to reduce child abuse
and neglect. In this program the
family is assisted in learning how
to care for their child including
nurturing, maintaining safe
environment,
appropriate
discipline and maintaining the
family's health.
This grant provides this
program an additional $20,000 to
increase the amount of families
seen.
Explosion o f color expected
The spring wildflower season
is upon us and the staff at the
John Day Fossil Beds National
Monument
is
issuing
a
wildflower alert for the Painted
Hills, near Mitchell.
After last year's disappointing
flower display, the recent
weather seems to be favorable
for a spectacular display this
spring.
The Painted Hills are well
known for the numerous yellow
flowers of chaenactis and bee
plants that line the many gullies
of the red and gold hills. The
peak of the display is expected
toward the end of April, or early
May, this year.
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SWCD, weed board to meet
A regular board meeting of
the Morrow SWCD/Weed
Advisory Board will be held
Tuesday, May 9, at 6 p.m. at
the Pettyjohn Office building
in Heppner.
Agenda items include:
manager report: Watershed
Council update, Oregon State
Weed Board Grant update, SB
1010 Committee, OACD Area
8 Chair, 2000-2001 Annual
Work
Plan;
partnership
reports: NRCS (EQIP, CRP),
FSA, ODF&W, County Court;
weed report.
The public is invited to
attend.
Com m ission to meet
"The monthly meeting of the
Morrow County Commission on
Children and Families will be
held on Tuesday, May 9, at the
Morrow County Family Service
Center in Heppner, from 7-9 p.m.
The main topics of discussion
will
be
teen
pregnancy
prevention and 0-$ planning ’1(
The public is invited to attend
and participate in the discussions.
For further information or for
special accommodations call
676-9675.
and relatives. Initially it was
hosted by pioneer families and
later by several organizations.
"We are seeking to restore
this valuable tradition and
asking local people to let out-
of-town folks know that this
dinner will again be offered,"
said a spokesperson.
Chronicles seeks historical photos
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Morrow County Grain Growers
Lexington
The Morrow County Chronicles
committee is now working on
this year's issue. Included in the
publication will be historical
pieces about the evolution of the
ranching and wheat industries in
the county.
"The committee values the use
of pictorial history, as well as
written history," said committee
member Doris Brosnan, "so
Irrigon plans giant pumpkin contest
Gardeners can compete for
prize money at Lewis and Clark
Heritage Day in Irrigon on
October 15.
The Irrigon Chamber of
Commerce will pay 25 cents per
pound for the largest pumpkin
weighed in at the event. "Dill's
Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Seeds",
famous for growing pumpkins
exceeding 1,000 pounds, are
available for anyone interested
in participating in the Giant
Pumpkin Contest.
Kids are invited to participate
and the largest pumpkin.
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would be pleased if individuals
would share pictures that show
any facets of either of these two
industries."
Anyone willing to let the
Chronicles publish their photos is
asked to take them to Twice upon
a time..., the book store in
Heppner,
to
be
copied.
Photographs are needed before
the end of May.
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weighed in by a child 12 years
of age or under will also win 25
cents per pound. Second place
pumpkins in both adult and kids'
divisions will win 15 cents per
pound.
Giant pumpkin seeds, rules for
the contest and registration
forms are available at the
following locations: Irrigon—
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Kegler's Sentry Market and
American West Properties;
Boardman-Boardman Chamber
of Commerce.
For more information call the
Imgon Chamber at 922-2888.
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Memorial Day dinner planned
The Heppner Senior Center
Board
is
sponsoring
a
Memorial Day Dinner Sunday,
May 28, at the St. Patrick
Senior Center.
Formerly, this dinner was
traditional, offering visiting
families and local people an
occasion where they could
meet and visit with old friends
like to get her aunts and grandma
involved.
Martha
Bronson,
a
CattleWoman from Junction
City, volunteered at her first Beef
Blitz over 16 years ago. "The
Beef Blitz is a good program,"
said Bronson. "Whatever we put
into it, the cost and the time, it is
well worth it. I think the one-on-
one talking with students is the
most important part."
Thomas Bamett, a freshman at
OSU, visited Cedar Park Middle
School in Beaverton and was
surprised to find out how little
the city kids knew about
agriculture. "I learned that the
kids in the city live a sheltered
life when it comes to the ag
industry and beef in general," he
said. "By the time we finished
teaching the class, I think the
kids had a better understanding
where beef came from and why
we love the industry so much. I
think they went away with a
better appreciation for it."
The project was funded by beef
producers through their $l-per
head checkoff.
The Oregon Beef Council's
mission is to enhance the image
of the beef industry and to
increase
opportunities
for
profitability through promotion,
education
and
research,
according to a release.
The public is invited to attend
Arts on the Edge, a non-juried
show of work by amateur
andprofessional artists from
eastern Oregon and southeastern
Washington.
Arts on the Edge is presented
by the Arts Council of
Pendleton, hosted by Port of
Morrow, and located in the new
Riverfront Center at Boardman.
The opening reception,
featuring a judge's critique by
Lee Musgrave, curator of
contemporary art at Maryhill
Museum and the Bram Bratta
W.C.C.C.
Goir
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Tuesday, April 2S
Low gross of the field: Jan
Paustian.
Low net of the field: Jackie
Allstott.
Least putts of the field: Carol
Norris.
Flight A: low gross Dana Reid;
low net Luvilla Sonstegard.
Flight B: low gross Sherrie
Stahl; low net Betty Christman.
Flight C: low gross Della
Heideman; low net Lorrene Mont
gomery and Loa Henderson.
KP: #4 and #6 Jan Paustian.
performers, is May 5 from 5-8
p.m.
Exhibits are available for
viewing Monday through Friday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until May
25. There is no charge to view
the exhibits.
Directions to Riverfront
Center are as follows: take city
of Boardman Exit (#164) from
Interstate 84 and go north on
Main Street; go across the
railroad overpass and turn right
on Marine Drive; Riverfront
Center is approximately one
mile on the left.
Births
Kevin Altam irano-a son
Kevin was bom to Maria Carillo
and Jose Altamirano of Boardman
on April 14, 2000 at Good Shep
herd Community Hospital in
Hermiston. The baby weighed 5
lbs. 12 oz.
Julio Arturo Bernal-a son
Julio Arturo was bom to Andrea
Chairez and Fernando Bernal of
Irrigon on April 17,2000 at Good
Shepherd Community Hospital in
Hermiston. The baby weighed 7
lbs. 3 oz.
NEW CHIROPRACTIC SERVICES
IN HEPPNER
Dr. Rebecca Cannon D.D.C. is expanding
her chiropractic practice in Heppner
to two days a week, beginning May 2.
Hours are 8-10 a.m. Tuesday & Thursday.
Please call for appointments, 676-5449.
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Flowers
Vegetables
Herbs
Perennials
Corinne ’s
(greenhouse
Fuller C an yon Lane
Open 10-6 Mon.-Sat.
through May
Any other time,
or for directions, call:
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