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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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