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EIGHT Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 17, 2003 CHANGE MAY BE APPROVED WITHOUT A HEARING Published: December 17,24 and 31, 2003 Affid OFF THE WALL B y M e riy n R o b in s o n The new advertising logo for this state is “Oregon: We Love Dreamers.” How inspiring, rhe adv ertising agency people ■- must have brainstorm ed overtim e to come up with such creativity. This slogan suggests that everyone should prop up V. M a i n Street, lo n e • 4 2 2 - 7 3 5 8 their feet and just dream about making things better. Using both brains and muscles it is the movers and shakers who generate business growth. H. Unfortunately the movers in big corporations are doing just that by taking their com panies and businesses to third- world countries; while downsizing and automating their com panies here to reduce em ployees. Mom and Pop - W e d n e s d a y , D e c e m b e r 3 1 st - m businesses that support families and are the backbone o f communities across the nation are being forced out o f business a Dinner, D.J., M u sic, D a n cin g, Party Favors, . ^ by mega-discount stores that stock a majority o f consumer M id n ig h t Buffet (w ith finger foods); goods produced in foreign countries. Y, • a n d th at’s just a start! For example: A car company can move its factories to >-■ D inn er s ta r ts a t 6:00 p.m . y \ Mexico and claim it’s a free market. A toy company can out source to a Chinese subcontractor and claim it’s a free market. CHOICE OF: P rim e R ib • R ib Eye S teak ^ A major bank can incorporate in Bermuda to avoid taxes and Chicken B re a st • Fish and Shrim p claim it’s a free market. and all the fix in g s l To further increase unemployment, some airlines, ’f. supermarkets and other businesses are installing self-check- ^ $ 5 0 /co u p le • $ 3 0 /sin g le ^ out counters. Alarm signals go off if a customer tries to leave ''y Reservations Requested for Dinner the store w ith unpaid for m erchandise. W hen all the « Party W a lk -in s W elcom e! (call for cost) manufacturing jobs are moved to other countries and many o f the service jobs are stripped to barebones or only pay minimum Make II your resolution to join us and rind In 2004! wage, not many people will be able to maintain health care insurance premiums. Dream on and things will get better. If you’re only (T — --------- ~ dreaming about what to buy for Christmas during the remaining few days, take notice that the hottest Christmas gift items supposedly are electronic gadgets. No wonder this nation has become the land of expanding waistlines. Now there are robotic vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers. All the electronic gadgetry available leaves me shaking my head and wondering if we need all these toys. Various hand-held cell phones are also cameras that also have e-mail access, plus mobile versions o f popular Windows applications and are topped off by musical ring tones for your amusement. Then there’s a hybrid cell phone with an MP3 player and FM radio plus it can also be used to play a Send a digital photo variety o f video games. Motorists are now installing DVD players and video Place a classified advertisement game system in vehicles. One sport utility vehicle comes with Start a subscription six plasma screens, three DVD players and a Sony PlayStation 2. Price tag is $85,000. Evidently there are still a few people Submit a news article with deep pockets. We now have tracking devices in vehicles that pinpoint locations and provide drivers with a navigational system while passengers only (we hope) enjoy television shows or play games on computer screens. No more “OnStar, where O r em ail dire ct to d a vid @ h e p p n e r.n e t am 1,” if you follow the voice directions o f a programmed route ^ J destination on a computer screen. Soon, we won’t even need WINDMILL CAFE W G W X 7 V E NEW YEAR &AR7Y Conduct Newspaper Business On-Line www.heppner.net drivers if roads are embedded with navigational chips. At home, if you’re a sophisticated television viewer you know all about “Ti Vo,” a set-top box known as a digital video recorder (DVR). This allows a viewer to rewind and watch any program whenever they want and to skip past commercials without rerecording it on video. Perhaps there should be a microchip placed in every new born child. Not only would it be easier for parents to keep track o f wandering offspring and save a lot o f footwear, it could also lessen the abduction o f children. Unfortunately, when they become adults, some people want to cover their tracks. So never mind if your gift buying is at low ebb for this holiday season. 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