TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 7,2004
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W alden an n o u n ces em erg en cy
federal grant to assist laid-off Simplot
workers
U.S. Congressman
G reg W alden (R -O R )
recen tly announced the
approval o f a $414,214
National Emergency Grant
that will offer employment-
related assistance to roughly
59 d isplaced H erm iston
workers who were laid off
jobs at the Simplot Potato
Processing Plant. Walden
w rote
to
the
U.S.
D epartm ent o f Labor on
May 17, 2004, in support of
the grant application, which
w as subm itted by The
O regon C onsortium and
Oregon Workforce Alliance
(TOCOWA) along with the
Community Action Program
o f E ast C en tral O regon
(C A PE C O ). The grant
funding w ill be made
available in approximately
two weeks.
“T his grant w ill
provide much-needed relief
for the hard-working people
who have lost jo b s
follow ing the severe
dow nsizing of Sim plot,”
said
W alden.
“W ith
O regon’s extrem ely high
unemployment rate, federal
investm ents like this are
ex trem ely v aluable in
helping get Oregonians back
to work. Events like the
clo su re o f the Sim plot
p ro cessin g
plant are
devastating not only to the
people who lose their jobs,
but to the entire community.
Timely federal assistance
can make all the difference
in finding good-paying jobs
for those who need them. No
issue is more important to
me than helping to secure
jo b s for the people o f
Oregon, and I was proud to
help them in this matter.”
The
N ational
E m ergency G rant w ill
provide local workers with
employment-related
assistan c e
such
as
assessm en t, in d iv id u al
counseling, career planning,
basic
and
rem edial
e d u catio n ,
classro o m
training, job training, job
developm ent, relocation
assistance, out-of-area job
search assistance, on-the-job
tra in in g and su p p o rtiv e
services.
In his M ay 2004
letter to the Department of
Labor, Walden wrote, “The
need for this grant cannot be
overstated. Umatilla County,
the com m unity in which
Simplot is located, already
exhibits signs of distress
w ith a 10.9 p ercen t
unem ploym ent rate. An
additional 125 dislocated
workers in this rural county
is devastating. TOCOWA
has been able to respond to
several critical situations
within my district, and they
have d ealt w ith each
circu m stan ce
w ith
p ro fessio n alism
and
dispatch. I am confident that
they will achieve significant
resu lts w hen this grant
application is approved.”
Congressman
W alden rep resen ts the
Second C o n g ressio n al
District of Oregon, which
includes 20 co u n ties in
southern, central and eastern
Oregon. He is a member of
the House Committee on
Energy and Commerce as
well as the Committee on
Resources.
University for a time and
ev en tu a lly retu rn ed to
Morrow County and began
a lifelong career as a farmer.
He began working
for his father and in 1933
began farming on his own.
On Nov. 11, 1934,
he m arried M uriel J.
Patterson at Heppner. The
co u p le farm ed in the
E ig h tm ile
area
near
Heppner.
Palmer was named
C onservation Man of the
Year for Morrow County in
1962.
The couple wintered
at Mesa, AZ for 17 years and
retired to Summit Village in
C ondon in 1998. M rs.
Palmer died in September
1998.
Palmer had been a
member
of the Grange, the
June Yard of the Month, sponsored by Heppner Garden Club, was presented to Jim and Cam
Oregon
Wheat
Growers, and
Wishart.
the U nited M eth o d ist
July Yard of the Month
Church and had served as a
director of the REA Board
for 15 years, attending many
state and national meetings.
He enjoyed golfing
and had a hole-in-one at the
Willow Creek Country Club
in Heppner where he was a
member.
,
Survivors include
son, Roger Palmer and wife,
S hirley, o f H eppner;
daughter, Sally Dyer and
husband, Bill of Condon; 10
grandchildren and 21 great
g ra n d c h ild re n . He was
preceded in death by a sister,
Alice Harrison and brothers,
Marion Palmer and Kenneth
Palmer.
June Yard of the Month
M e m o r i a l
July Yard of the Month, sponsored by Heppner Garden Club, was presented to Dick
and Lynnea Sargent.
Citizens sought for Northeast Oregon RAC
The Forest Service
is seeking people from the
com m unity or special
interest groups, and locally
elected officials as nominees
for the Northeast Oregon
R esource
A dvisory
C o m m ittee
(R A C ).
Application forms are due in
the Malheur National Forest
office on Thursday, July 15
by 4:30 p.m.
The RAC consists of
15 m em bers, and three
alternates, representing a
wide range of interests. The
committee’s duties include
review ing proposed land
management projects on or
adjacent to the M alheur,
W allow a-W hitm an
or
Umatilla National Forests.
The
com m ittee
also
recommends which projects
to fund and is responsible for
c o o rd in atin g w ith land
management agencies and
county officials. Projects are
______ Letters to the Editor
lo cated
in
W allow a,
Umatilla, Malheur, Wheeler,
Martins extend appreciation for
G ran t, Baker, H arney,
Crook, Morrow and Union
service
Jim, we have said counties.
this before, but it needs
To the Editor:
The three-year term
We en jo y ed the saying again- We appreciate b egins Dec. 20, 2004.
a rtic le and p h o to g rap h s your service.
Committee members serve
about Jim Norene and his (s) Carl and Geri Martin
without compensation, but
Heppner
daughter, Traci.
THANK YOU
to
RED APPLE M ARKET
N A P A A U TO PARTS
TURNER RANCH
and W ILLOW CREEK REALTY
for sponsoring us in the
2A Oregon High School
All-Star Basketball Series
on June 18-19, 2004
T -S h i r t s
starting at * 18 °°
m Gardner's
Men's Wear
Brian Smith and Luke Murray
(5 4 1 )6 7 6 -9 2 1 8
193 N. Main Street • Heppner
may be reimbursed for travel
expenses. Members must be
Oregon residents, preferably
living in one o f the 10
counties served by the RAC.
Meetings are held at least
once and up to four times
during the year within one
of the 10 counties listed.
Each RAC consists
of 15 members, split equally
between the following three
categories, with an alternate
member in each category.
The U .S. S ecretary o f
Agriculture will make the
appointments to the RAC
based on the applications
she receives, striving to
appoint members who have
demonstrated the ability to
work collaboratively with
o th ers
of
d ifferen t
viewpoints.
C ateg o ry
One:
Organized labor; Developed
o u td o o r re c rea tio n , off-
highw ay
v eh icle,
co m m ercial recreatio n ;
E nergy
and
m ineral
development; Commercial
timber industry; and Federal
grazing permit holders or
land use p erm it holders
within the RAC area;
C ateg o ry
Two:
N atio n ally
reco g n ized
e n v i r o n m e n t a l
organizations; Regionally or
lo cally
reco g n ized
e n v i r o n m e n t a l
organizations; D ispersed
recreation; Archaeological
and historical interests and
N ationally or regionally
recognized wild horse or
burro groups;
C ateg o ry T hree:
State-elected office holders;
C ounty or local elected
officials; American Indian
tribal representatives from
tribes within or adjacent to
RAC areas; School officials
or teachers; and Citizens
representing the affected
public at large.
Jennifer Harris, the
F o rest S erv ice o fficial
re sp o n sib le
for
the
Northeast Oregon Forests
V
RAC, is enthusiastic about
the work of the committee
currently in place, “This is
an ex citin g group to be
in v o lv ed w ith ,” H arris
commented. “Relationships
between the counties and the
forests and among members
of these communities have
been strengthened. Real
work has been completed on
the ground creating jobs,
n atu ral
reso u rce
im p ro v em en ts,
and
improving public safety.”
Each year, the
Northeast Oregon Forests
RAC decides which projects
to recommend for funding
with the $2.7 million in Title
II dollars available annually.
Citizens interested
in ap p ly in g fo r RAC
membership are encouraged
to retrieve an application
o n lin e
at
h ttp ://
wwwnotes.fs.fed.us:81/r4/
p a y m e n ts _ to _ s ta te s .n s f
from any Forest Service
office, or from the County
Court of Wallowa, Umatilla,
Malheur, W heeler, Grant,
B aker, H arney, C rook,
Morrow, or Union counties.
A pplications must
be received at the Malheur
N ational F o rest, ATTN:
RAC, RO. Box 909, John
Day, OR 97845.
Obituaries
Elmer L. Palmer
Elmer L. Palmer, 94,
o f C ondon, a lo n g tim e
Morrow County resident,
died Wednesday, June 30,
2004, at Summit Springs
Village in Condon.
A graveside service
was held July 6 at the
Lexington Cemetery.
He was bom Oct. 17,
1909, at L ex in g to n , to
L aw rence and N ellie
Eskelson Palmer. He grew
up at L exington and
atten d ed school th ere,
graduating from high school
in 1927. He attended Pacific
contributions may be made
to Summit Springs Village,
P.O. Box 687, Condon, OR
97823, or Pioneer Memorial
H ospice, P.O. Box 9,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary
of Condon is in charge of
arrangements.
Bruce Herschell
Bruce Herschell, 45,
o f T ecum seh, KS died
Thursday, June 17, 2004, at
Rossville Valley Manor.
Services were held
at N ew com er Fam ily
Funeral Home. Burial was
held at Clinton Cemetery in
Clinton, KS.
He was bom July 19,
1958, in Heppner, to Norbert
“ S w ed e” and E lean o r
Blevins Herschell. He was a
g rad u ate o f Shaw nee
Heights High School.
H ersch ell
was
em ployed by the City of
Topeka W ater P o llu tio n
Department at the time of an
accid en t that left him a
quadriplegic since 1979.
B efore
his
a ccid en t,
Herschell enjoyed hunting,
trapping and fishing. He also
enjoyed watching and taping
movies and TV shows.
Survivors include
his father, Swede Herschell
and two sisters, Verla and
Dayle Herschell. He was
preceded in death by his
mother, Eleanor Herschell in
1987.
The family suggests
memorial contributions be
made to the charity of the
donor’s choice.
Online condolences
may be shared w ith
H e rsc h e ll’s fam ily at
www.funeralchoice.com.
Births
Angel Ann CalifT- a
daughter, Angel Ann, was
bom June 20,2004, at Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
H erm iston to Carm en L.
B arnett and S p en cer A.
Califf of Irrigon.
M elany R aquel
G ene P ost B om bela- a
daughter, M elany Raquel
Gene, was born June 21,
2004, at Good Shepherd
M edical
C en ter
in
Hermiston to Kiley Gwyn
Post and Juan M. Bombela
of Irrigon.