TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 7, 2001
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Local student earns
Frohnmayer scholarship
demolish the stereotypical images
o f the Greek people," according to
a news release.
A com m ittee composed o f
undergraduate fraternity and sorority
members, UO Greek alumni and
UO faculty reviewed the applications
and selected finalists. The finalists
were then invited to one o f two
receptions hosted by the scholarship
committee, hosted in both Eugene
and Portland. The applicants and
their parents had a chance to leam
about Greek life and other student
organizations on campus.
Allison Halvorsen
University o f Oregon Dave
Frohnmayer Scholarship recipients
have been announced. Six
scholarships were given to incoming
UO students from the state of Oregon
in amounts totaling $3,000. Allison
Halvorsen o f lone was selected as
a recipient o f a $250 scholarship/
Based on applications from more
that 225 men and women, and
interviews by the scholarship
com m ittee, recipients o f $250
scholarships, besides Halvorsen
include Cassandra Aanderud,
Christopher Adams, Jonathon
Lemons; recipients o f $1000
scholarships went to Molly Diaz and
Brooks Harrop.
The Dave Frohnmayer Scholarship
is m honor o f the University o f
Oregon president to serve as a lasting
tribute to his service for the UO. The
scholarship was funded entirely by
fraternity and sorority members. The
UO Interfratemity and Panhellenic
Councils offered the scholarships.
"The purpose o f awarding the
scholarships were to prom ote the
qualities o f academic excellence,
leadership with integrity, and
dedication o f service to the
University community. Secondly,
the Greek com m unity at the UO
wanted to continue its efforts to
CBEC poster
contest winners
announced
Columbia Basin Electric Co-op
has announced the winners o f its
annual electrical safety poster contest
The 2001 winners were
announced at the CBEC annual
m eeting held in Heppner on
Thursday night. The competition
is open to all fourth graders in their
service territory. First place winners
are awarded $20; second place
winners are awarded $ 10.
Winners are as follows; Heppner
Elementary School-first Kyle Tayloe,
second Ashley Wolf; lone
Elementary School-first Tyree
Svetich, second B nanna Peterson;
Condon Grade School-first Jarrod
Thomas, second Tessa Kelly; Fossil
Grade School-first Asia Anderson;
second Dillon Nelson.
The contest generated over 55
entries. "
Electricity is like most tools: it
can make our lives much easier and
more pleasant, but if used carelessly,
can be dangerous," said a CBEC
news release.
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To the Editor:
It is true that many teachers in
Morrow County were reassigned
by the school board. Because o f this
some Heppner citizens have put the
whole county through a recall of
three school board members. They
have complained at great length that
"they took our teachers." Therein
lies the problem.
This district is unique in that it
is made up o f every com m unity
within the county borders. The
teachers that were reassigned were
not "your" teachers. They work for
the entire district; therefore they work
where they are needed.
In this democracy no community
has the right to better schools, more
teachers or better program s. It is
ludicrous for one community to think
they have the nght to maintain higher
academic standards than the rest of
the schools in the district. Like it
or not, when the state makes funding
cuts we must all tighten our belts.
Unless a miracle in the legislative
branch happens our board will need
to make more cuts in the near future.
As has happened in the past they
will make cuts in areas that will have
the least negative impact on our
children's education.
If we are to restore harmony to
Morrow County we must all work
together. Our school board is going
to need help in m aking tough
decisions in the days ahead. We must'
look at this district as one entity and
not demand more than is rightfully
ours. We must show our children
that we have the maturity to accept
the inevitable. This is not the time
for tantrums. This is the time to join
together and show the world that
with a little cooperation and
ingenuity we can educate our
children regardless o f funding
shortfalls.
(s) M eredith DeHaven
Irrigon
Support American farmers
To the Editor:
For the past three years farmers
across America have been in an
economic downturn in alm ost all
sectors o f farming. Locally this has
been made worse with poor weather
conditions due to lack o f moisture
affecting large parts o f the Pacific
Northwest, hurting cereal grains
production and also livestock
producers because o f poor pastures
for grazing.
Now in the middle o f all this one
of our own local stores has decided
to take another stab at the American
producer. Safeway stores throughout
their chain have decided that the
American fanner is not really worth
their time to support and slapped
them in the face once more. Safeway
has now taken on the policy of selling
only im ported lamb from New
Zealand and not to sell lamb grown
in the United States.
Why they have decided to turn
their backs on the American farmer
I don't know but as a local fanner
I know I can do som ething about
it. My family and I are going to
boycott Safeway from now on and
we urge the rest o f you to do the
same. I will even make this easier
for you, and ask that you don't need
to boycott the whole store, but do
not buy any meat, fish or poultry
from Safeway. Please take your
business else where that at least gives
the Am encan farm er a chance to
compete.
One last food for thought: did
you know that produce grown in
the United States has to meet certain
standards o f quality that imported
produce does not? Talk to fruit and
vegetable farmers; they can enlighten
you as to the standards they have
to meet that foreign epuntnes do
not hold their farm ers to.
So please take your meat, fish
and poultry business to another store
that supports Am erican farmers,
which will also help support the U.S.
economy.
(s) C hris Rauch
Lexington
Why isn’t residency laid at clerk's door?
To the Editor:
Whose mistake is it? As patrons
and taxpayers in Morrow County,
we are wondering why the issue of
school board member residency is
not laid at the door o f the county
clerk's office rather than in the laps
o f two school board members. It
should not be held against board
members who were elected to the
board in good faith by the voters
of Morrow County. The bottom line
is they were elected by the people
. . . period.
(s) M arilyn Post
(s) Judy Brown
Irrigon
Heppner Daycare receives
education grant
Attorney General Hardy Myers
has announced that Heppner
Daycare/Preschool is am ong 13
Oregon recipients that will share
$120,000 in Children's Education
Grants for support o f their programs
that benefit and advance the
education of children. A five-member
advisory committee reviewed 140
applications from non-profit,
charitable and govemmeptal groups.
"The.caliber of these winners and
their programs is very impressive,"
Myers said. "The advisory committee
did an outstanding job o f selecting
a group o f worthwhile program s,
giving special consideration to
counties that have not received
assistance in the past."
The grants were available due
to Oregon's participation in national,
multi-state antitrust settlements in
1998 and 1999 totaling $50 million
in cash and toys with national retailer
Toys 'R' Us and toy manufacturers
Mattel, Hasbro and The Little Tikes
Company. This resulted in Oregon
receiving over a penod o f four years,
toys worth more than $389,000 and
approximately $ 150,000 in cash for
children's programs.
For the last four years, settlement
money distribution has included toys
being delivered during the holiday
seasons throughout the state. The
2000 holiday toy distribution
included the additional awarding
o f $20,000 grants to the Oregon
C hildren's Foundation SM ART
program o f Portland and Libri
Foundation of Eugene. The awarding
o f Children's Educational Grants
will end the disbursem ent o f
settlem ent agreem ent monies.
The settlements filed in 1998 and
1999 resolved a lawsuit filed in 1997
by the attorneys general o f 44 states
alleging that the defendants conspired
for more than 10 years to withhold
popular toys from low margin
warehouse clubs that undercut Toys
'R' Us prices. As a result o f these
illegal agreem ents between the
m anufacturers and the retailer,
warehouse clubs could not compete
in price with Toys 'R' Us and
consumers paid more for the toys.
Myers' Advisory Grant Committee
m embers included Betsy Earls o f
the Associated Oregon Industries,
Courtney Vanderstek o f the Oregon
Education Association, Mark Wilk
o f the Oregon Legal Services, the
Honorable Patricia Sullivan o f the
Malheur County Circuit Court, and
M elanie Curtis o f the Oregon
C om m ission on C hildren and
Fam ilies.
Heppner Daycare/Preschool. The
day care center and pre-
school/preschool is the only state
licensed nonprofit child care facility
in South Morrow County. Child care
services are provided for children,
ages six weeks to 12 years. The
school will provide a new computer
activity with a number o f children's
program s.
Twelve o f the recipients received
$10,000 grants with the 13th grant
being evenly divided between
Heppner Daycare/Preschool and
Oregon Parent Center in Wolf Creek.
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BMCC program to aid students
Blue Mountain Community
College lias been awarded grant
funds from the Federal TRIO Student
Support Services program.
The program specifically targets
students currently enrolled at BMCC
in a degree-seeking program. These
funds will provide extra services
to traditionally under-served
populations. Students whose parents
do not have a four-year college
degree, students who are low-income
according to federal guidelines, or
students with disabilities may be
eligible to participate in the project.
The goal o f the project is to help
these students to stay in and to
graduate from college.
Project services include tutoring,
academ ic, financial or personal
counseling, career counseling,
mentoring, transfer assistance and
more.
Joe Streetman, counselor at
BMCC and author o f the grant
proposal said, "We are looking
forward to helping eligible students
and would encourage those interested
to come in and fill out an application
as soon as possible."
A supplement to the grant will
make additional financial aid
available for a percentage o f the
applicants accepted into the program.
Blue M ountain Com m unity
College students who are interested
in the program may call 278-5853
or visit the office o f advising,
counseling and testing, Morrow Hall,
Room 117.
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