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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Legion Auxiliary announces Girls State representatives Sharon Brace, Auxiliary President; George Koffler, Bank of Eastern Oregon; Brooke Rust and Chantea Macaulay, Heppner’s Girls State representatives; Marty Brannon, Heppner Elks; and Jean Strange, Girls State Chairman. B rooke R ust and Chantea Macaulay have been chosen by the A m erican Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 87 to represent Heppner at Girls State. Oregon Girls State is a program on Americanism and government. It is designed for girls who have completed their junior year in high school, and teaches the fundamentals o f democracy through the d ev elo p m en t o f a m ock government at the city, county and state levels. By electing officials, including a House of Representatives and Senate that introduces, debates and passes legislation, the girls learn the rig h ts and responsibilities of citizenship in this great country. Girls from throughout Oregon will attend this year’s sessio n at W illam ette University in Salem, June 15- 21. This year’s sponsors are The Bank o f Eastern Oregon, T he A m erican L eg io n , Heppner Elks, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ward. Local students to compete at State Geography Bee . J Spencer Palmer Spencer Palm er, a 12-year-old sixth grader from Heppner Elementary School and Shannon Clay, a 13-year- old seventh grader from lone M id dle School w ill be attending the Oregon State Geography Bee. The Bee will be held April 4 at Western O reg on U n iv e rsity in Monmouth. P alm er w on the School Geography Bee for HES and went on to take a written qualifying test, which successfully completed led him to the State Bee. H . Palmer is the third student from HES to attend the state level competition; Eric Rollis and Leland Rill were the other two H E S students to go on to the state level. Rr ^ , ( ^ the second tim e in a row. Clay w on the S c h o o l Shannon Clay Bee for IMS. After taking the written qualifying test, she learned that she would get a second chance at the State Bee as well. Also going to the State Geography Bee from Morrow County School District is Joshua Parker, who attends Columbia Middle School in Irrigon. These three students will be among the 100 students from all acro ss O regon competing at the state level. The winner from the state level w ill receiv e $100 and a National Geographic globe, along with an all-expenses- paid trip to Washington to compete at the national level. May 20-21. KT’s Bunny Barn to award prize at MC Fair Kathy Tellechea and Pam Renfro, co-owners o f K T’s Bunny Barn, will be awarding a $50 savings bond to the youth at the Morrow County Fair, with the best Mini Rex rabbit in either the open or 4-H class. We Print Business Cards Heppner G azette-T im es Get your equipment ready for tillage and harvest with special buys now on top- quality CENEX lubricants. Sale ends April 12th Super TMS Plus Multi-Grade 15W-40 Call for availability. Not all items may in stock. Orders welcome! Quiklift Universal Fluid For all-season protection. Premium multi-functional fluid for tractors with a central lubricating system. $ 279.00 $ 269.00 (55 gallon drum) Superlube 518 SAE 30 Superior straigh grade oil for heavy duty engines $ 259.00 (55 gallon drum) (55 gallon drum) Molyplex HT Grease C E N E X Molyplex H T is a premium quality, lithium complex grease designed for use in autos, farm equipment, construction and industrial applications Molyplex H T protects at high temperature and extreme pressure $ 1.30 (per carthdge) Small business and agricultural waste collections set for April 13 B u sin esses that generate small amounts o f hazardous waste will have the opportunity to dispose of that waste safely and legally at a collection event scheduled in Lexington on Sunday, April 13, 2003. Waste pesticides from farmers, ranchers and other agricultural operations will also be accepted. Pre registered businesses and agencies can bring their local waste to a local site. For 2003, the fees ch arg ed event participants for disposal of th e ir w aste have been reduced. T he c o lle c tio n is scheduled in conjunction with a household hazardous waste collection on April 13 in Lexington and sponsored in cooperation with the City o f O n tario and the O regon Department of Environmental Quality. Hazardous waste from businesses and commercial agricultural operations cannot be accepted at household collections. Businesses and other n o n -h o u seh o ld facilities (government agencies and schools, for example) that generate less than 220 pounds per month of hazardous waste (or less than 2.2 pounds per month o f acutely hazardous w a ste ) are q u a lifie d to p a rtic ip a te . T hese are “ c o n d itio n a lly exem pt generators” or “CEGs” under state and federal hazardous waste regulations. Typical CEGs include autom otive repair shops, m achine shops, painting contractors, printers, medical clinics, schools and local g o v e rn m e n t ag en cies. Common hazardous wastes generated by CEGs include paints and cleaning solvents, la b o ra to ry ch em icals, fluorescent lamps, waste inks and mercury. Participants will be charged from 85 cents to $3.10 per pound (reduced from last year's fee o f $3 to $7 per pound), for solid materials depending on the type of waste; between $2.50 - $6 per gallon for liquid wastes such as antifreeze, paints and solvents. These costs are less than the typical fees charged by hazardous waste management firms for individual service. As part of a p ilo t p ro je c t, m ercu ry - containing waste products will be collected at no charge this year. T h is in clu d es thermometers, vehicle light switches, elemental or free mercury, mercury amalgams used in d e n tistry and thermostats. Farmers, ranchers, growers and other businesses or agencies that generate waste pesticides can also participate, regardless of their generator categories. This is only for disposal o f waste pesticides, including banned, o u td a te d and u n u sab le pesticides. Disposal o f most types o f waste pesticides is $1.45 per pound (lowered from last year’s fee of $2.45 p er pound). The cost to WE P R IN T Wednesday, April 2, 2003 - THREE Riding Herd - Ride For The Brand From the Stockman's Journal, March 7,2003 By L ee P itts I was in a Taco Bell recently and saw a teenager on his lunch break wearing his Taco Bell uniform, eating a Buiger King burger. Although I'm sure it never dawned on him, his behavior made the statement; “Don’t eat here, the food is better next door.” In the grocery store where my wife works I heard an employee say real loud that he shopped in a competitor’s store because they had cheaper prices. It dawned on me that his employer could make his prices cheaper by firing one ungrateful employee. For one solid week in the bank where I do business a clerk informed everyone she waited on that she would soon be taking over as assistant manager in the competitor’s local branch and that she hoped to see them over there in the future. Apparently no one, including her current boss, thought her behavior treasonous. Whatever happened to the concept of loyalty? I guess I’m just old-school and believe you “should dance with who brung ya”. I buy my gas from a company because they went out of their way to give me a job when I was young, broke and stupid. The job was supposed to go to a geology student who might work fur the company one day, but I sheared a few sheep fur the foreman, he liked me and saw some unrealized potential. So, he gave me a job in the oil patch for three summers making more money than I was worth so I could go to college and become the person I am today. All I had to do was work hard and fake an occasional interest in rock formations. I banked with a bank until they no longer existed because they loaned me enough money to buy my first steer when all I had for collateral was my word. I wouldn’t think of buying a spark plug from anyone but the independent who has educated me in the intricacies of the gasoline engine. The same guy will paint my house as long as he can pick up a brush because he’s always done a good job for me at a fair price. I can’t even bear to say goodbye to my 1985 Chevy truck because it has served me so well. I purchased my last six cars from the same man because he always treated me fairly and became a dear friend while doing so. He sold out recently and they aren't going to make Oldsmobiles anymore, but I'll go back to the same agency because the head of the service department is still them and I couldn’t look him in the eye if I drove a foreign car. I owned one once and I felt ashamed the entire time I drove it. Buy a Mercedes, you say? Ha. What have the Germans ever done for me? It is not young Japanese workers who will pay my Social Security. If I were Ford I'd fire everyone who parked a Toyota in the company parking lot. A few years back we were in a Cold War with China, with missiles aimed at each other. Now I’m supposed to buy their Chinese-made American flags to show my patriotism? The French openly despise us while we toast to their fashion with French wine. I wonder, will their taxpayers help pay for your kid’s education? I prefer my food to be grown here too. New Zealand lamb, Chilean wine and Chinese honey always leave a bitter taste in my mouth. I figure I ought to support the farmers who provide my town with a green landscape and a healthy economy. I suggest there is something profoundly wrong with a society that can be ferociously loyal to a sports team that may move in the middle of the night, but can’t even show a shred of that allegiance to this country’s own farmers, makers and workers. Loyalty is the trait that makes dogs so special. Cowboys call it “riding for the brand” and the time-honored cowboy concept means you always look out for the interests o f the person who is paying you, even if he’s short on compliments or cash. If you can’t do it, you quit and find someone else who is worthy o f your allegiance. I figure the same goes for countries. Why would I want to enrich the Germans or the Chinese? 1 love my country, not theirs. Senior Center plans WC Valley Memorial Day dinner The Willow Creek Valley Memorial Day dinner, honoring especially the victims o f the 1903 flood, is well on the way of taking shape and becoming reality. The dinner will take place on Sunday, May 25 at 2 p.m. at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center. Cost is $6 per person. Net proceeds will go to Senior Center activities. The center is furnishing the turkey and beef, the paper products, and ice cream as well as their space to hold it. The churches whose members are providing specific parts o f the meal are First Christian, Christian Life Center, Christian Missionary Fellowship, Hope, Valby, All Saints Ecumenical Parish, St. Patrick’s Catholic, Nazarene, and United Methodist. The committee in charge of the planning and program are from a broad spectrum o f the community. They include Joe and JoAnne Burleson, Bob and Suzanne Jepson, Archie Padberg, Carolyn Willey, John Flaherty, Rev. Keith Brudevold and Judy Buschke. They have been meeting for weeks to plan the total event. Readers are invited to watch for specific announcements about the details o f program, entertainment and other pertinent information, as the time draws near. Each year CAPECO honors RS VP volunteers who work in the various programs throughout the region. Last week, the St. Patrick’s Senior Center bus traveled to Pendleton with a full load of volunteers from Heppner who were honored at the program held at the Pendleton Armory. CLC to host guest speaker Glide-A-Matic Dextron III Mercon Automatic Transmission Fluid $ 250.00 Morrow County Grain Growers 1-800-452-73% *989-8221 350 Main • Lexington, Oregon For farm equipment, visit our web site at www.mcgg.net (55 gallon drum) CENEX - !-AND O' LAKES Heppner Gazette 676-9228 R everend Leroy C ow art o f Slash Lazy U Ministries, newly appointed Home Missionaries o f the Oregon Assemblies o f God, will be the guest speaker at C hristian Life C enter on Sunday, April 6 at 10:30 a.m. Cowart and his wife Red are newly appointed missionaries to the ranching 1 communities and cowboys. A lth o u g h it is a new appointment, they have been involved in this type of ministry for 20 years as an extension o f the churches they have pastured. W r P r in t C o m p u te r h irn u H e p p n e r Curette-Timer» »
