EIGHT Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 17, 2003
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Published: December 17,24 and 31, 2003
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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
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must have brainstorm ed overtim e to come up with such
creativity. This slogan suggests that everyone should prop up
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their feet and just dream about making things better. Using
both brains and muscles it is the movers and shakers who
generate business growth.
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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
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businesses that support families and are the backbone o f
communities
across the nation are being forced out o f business
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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.
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a n d th at’s just a start!
For example: A car company can move its factories to
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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.
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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,
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supermarkets
and other businesses are installing self-check-
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out counters. Alarm signals go off if a customer tries to leave
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the store w ith unpaid for m erchandise. W hen all the
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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
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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
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variety o f video games.
Motorists are now installing DVD players and video
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game system in vehicles. One sport utility vehicle comes with
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six plasma screens, three DVD players and a Sony PlayStation
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Price tag is $85,000. Evidently there are still a few people
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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
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am 1,” if you follow the voice directions o f a programmed route
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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. If your focus is on the meaning o f the season
and helping others, you are definitely on the right track,
electronically or not. Happy Holidays.
Brent’s Team completes
successful walk
Jordan Hatfield, Chase, Brent s cousin from Portland,
Wacy Coil, Brent Eckman, Chance Day and Jared
Huddleston at Hillsboro Stadium for Walk to Cure
Diabetes.
On Sunday, Oct. 12, 48
of Brent Eckman’s friends
and relatives joined him for
the Walk to Cure Diabetes
at H illsboro Stadium .
Brent's Team raised a total
of $6291.Linda Conklin
won
the
beautiful
handmade quilt, made by
his grandma, Gwen Healy.
There were a total of 333
sneakers sold at Heppner
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Elementary School.
The walk raised a total
of $200,000 towards the
goal o f curing juvenile
diabetes.
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