TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, November 17, 2004
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Entry deadline for Oregon’s Wool
Contest approaches
Oregon’s 57th annual
Make It Yourself with Wool
contest will be held at the
Hood River Inn in Hood
River on Saturday, Dec 11
The contest is open to all
ages, but entry forms must
be submitted to program
director Maureen Krebs by
Friday, Nov. 26
E ntry c ate g o rie s
include Preteen (12 and
under); Junior (1 3 -1 6 ),
Senior (17-24); and Adults
(25 and over), plus an
additional Made for Others
category (any age) Entry
forms and further details are
available from K rebs by
calling (541)422-7548
Winners in the Junior
and Senior divisions receive
an expense paid trip to
com pete in the N ational
Make It Yourself with Wool
«(M
^Thisra:^f,nalswiU-
be held at John Ascuaga’s
"•Nugget in Rert6VWv, Jdn
27-29, 2005.
C o n test rules are
simple. C ontestants must
construct their garments of
100 percent wool or wool
blends (m inim um o f 60
percent wool or specialty
w ool fibers). All en try
garments must have been
completed after Jan. 1, 2004.
C o n testan ts model their
garments before a panel of
judges, before submitting the
garm ent for ev alu atio n .
W inners are announced
during a fashion show held
Saturday evening
The objective o f the
contest is to demonstrate the
beauty and versatility o f
wool fabrics and yarns, but
also to encourage personal
creativity and develop life
skills,
in clu d in g
responsibility, sportsmanship
and appreciation o f diversity
Major sponsors for
the Oregon contest are the
O regon Sheep G row ers
Association and the Oregon
Sheep Commtèsidrl Entry
form s may be' ‘requested
from the office o f the Oregon
Sheep Growers Association
in Salem, (503)364-5462, or
the C ounty E xtension
offices
Flu Clinic to be held in Boardman
A flu clinic will be
held Tuesday, Nov. 30, from
8:30 a m to 7 p m at the
B oardm an
H ealth
Department, located at 101
Boardman Ave. Flu shots
will also be available at all
regular clinics while supplies
last
Flu vaccinations are
strongly encouraged and
reserved only for individuals
who m eet any o f the
following criteria children
ages 6-23 months, adults
ages 65 and older; anyone
ages 2 to 64 with underlying
chronic medical conditions;
women who will be pregnant
during influenza season;
residents o f nursing homes
and other long-term care
facilities; children ages 6
m onths to 18 years on
chronic aspirin therapy;
health care w orkers who
deliver direct patient care,
and out-of-home caregivers
and household contacts o f
children under 6 months.
Call the M orrow
County Health Department
at 676-5421 or 481-4200,
for more information.
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Lexington parents
voice opinion on
school choice
Heppner gets
a taste of
Germany
To the Editor:
Noah Fleischer, 16,
We are parents o f
cam
e
to
H eppner from
ch ild ren living in the
on
stu d en t
Lexington/Pine City area G erm any
Drug testing shows care for the
exchange
to
learn
about
the
Our children attend lone
American
culture
students
Schools Earlier this year, we
Fleischer, a resident
were encouraged to hear a
To the Editor
o
f
Hamburg,
a town o f 1.7
A m erica and E astern M orrow C ounty School
The East Oregonian Oregon has a devastating
D istrict board m em ber million people, has hit a little
editorial “ Student’s Rights” drug problem While the
express his optimism for a culture shock com ing to
(Nov 12, 2004) exhorts East Oregonian claims drug
conclusion to the conflict Heppner He thought it very
M orrow C ounty school testing is destructive, these
between the two districts interesting that everyone
officials and p a re n ts to parents and professionals
We
w ere
equally knows each other and that
oppose the School Board’s realize it is drug abuse that
d isco u rag ed when the lots o f people don’t even
drug te stin g policy at is destructive. The E.O.
M CSD
su p erin ten d en t lock their doors- something
H eppner High School opposes the cost o f drug
repeatedly accused lone that would never happen in
According to the unnamed testin g Has the E.O.
com m unity m em bers o f Hamburg
editor the Morrow County considered the cost o f
Tie
being “unneighborly,” and
School Board’s drug testing America’s prisons o f which
s
c
h
o
o
l
labeled
th e ir
effo rts
policy is “the latest assault 85 percent of the inmates are
s
y
s
t
e
m
“questionable ”
on the rig h ts o f young incarcerated because of drug
is
Is it “questionable” here
Americans.” According to and alcohol abuse?
also
a
lot
for
the
M CSD
the E.O editor this drug
Had the E.O editor superintendent to claim that d iffe re n t
policy “will only discourage read the Gazette or called the
he is prepared to negotiate t h a n
teens from participating, school adm inistrators he
while denouncing individual G erm any
especially th o se already w ould have realized the
lone community members? s a i d
using drugs.” I would expect M orrow C ounty policy
Is it “questionable” for the Fleischer
this permissive attitude from carefully provides for a
superintendent to nominate H e r e ,
the left wing ALCU, but not scope
o f te sts
and a mediator who is clearly s tu d e n ts
the E ast O regonian No confidentiality o f results.
biased0 Is it “unneighborly” receive a Noah Fleischer
wonder our communities are
It is no wonder that to lobby the OSAA to lot m ore
being ravaged by drug abuse Heppner continues to field
persecute an individual lone homework and sports are an
and under age drinking. Do elite athletic teams in boy’s
High School student athlete? active part o f school as well.
the East Oregonian editors fo o tb all, b asketball and
Is it “ q u estio n ab le” and In Germany, there is less
understand that Umatilla baseball, despite being one of
“unneighborly” to spend an homework and the sports are
C ounty is th e M eth- the smallest 2A schools in
inordinate amount o f time privatized. Also, in Germany,
M arijuana capital o f the Oregon The sports teams
and reso u rces obsessing classes stay together a lot
Pacific Northwest?
that Heppner fields represent over what a separate school more, not changing rooms
The issue is not what Pendleton used to be
and teachers for each class,
district is doing?
Student Rights. What about under Don Requa, Dale
lone is not trying to which Fleischer says helps
student resp o n sib ilities0 Warberg, Bob White and
“recruit” or “steal” students. create closer social contact
Extra curricular activities are Lyle Phelps. The Heppner
classm ates
and
If the M CSD o b stru c ts w ith
not a right, but rath er a com m unity-
p aren ts, lone’s efforts to become a teachers.
privilege A student involved administrators and coaches-
In
com ing
to
charter school, they will not
in extra curricular school are establishing a random
Heppner,
Fleischer
has
been
gain a single student. In the
activities represents his or drug policy because they
process, they will have to able to learn about the game
her
sch o o l,
family, care about the welfare o f
abolish c h a rte r schools o f football and sees it in a
community and at times our their students and athletes
statewide What does the different light Before, he
state A huge am ount o f and they wish to sustain their
MCSD stand to gain0 Is this said that he just thought it
team w ork, co-operation, program o f extra-curricular
the best use o f MCSD time was a “bunch o f men hitting
d e d ica tio n and selfless excellence D rug abuse
each other.” He now sees it
and resources?
devotion to the team or d estro y s not only the
We have great as a sport that has tactics and
activity p ial^s the privilege individual, but also the team.
confidence in the quality of strategy. He has had the
and
¿brricular
The East Oregonian ed u catio n in H eppner opportunity to play on the
actiüiiyBaviialüomponient in editorial was irresponsible
schools. They should be team this year
o ur com m unities. D rug and undermines the hard
A nother different
proud o f their schools and
abuse ruins teams, families, w ork o f those that are
sports
aspect is that the
their community. We always
marriages and communities. attempting to reduce drug
feel welcome in Heppner. coaches are a lot harder here
The purpose o f the abuse and restore athletic
However, we are members than in Germany. But he sees
d ru g -testin g program at and
e x tra -c u rric u la r o f the community o f lone. that this is necessary to get
Heppner was printed in the ex cellen ce in H eppner,
We are committed to sending the work out o f the athletes
H eppner G azette-T im es, Pendleton and throughout
our children to lone schools and makes for a good team
Nov. 10, two days before the Eastern Oregon
B ack at home,
The lo n e School
E.O. editorial
Fleischer’s
parents, Asjad
(s) Stuart Dick
D istrict has sacrificed to
“ 1) To provide for Pendleton
and
B
arbara,
own a
honor their commitment to
the health and safety o f all
restaurant
in
the
business
o ffer fam ilies in the
Drug testing
co-curricular participants
Lexington/Pine City area a district. He also has one
2) To undermine the should be for
choice in education. We sister, Sinia, 10. Although
effects o f peer pressure by
appreciate them doing so. It F leisch er w as born and
providing a legitimate reason everyone, not
is difficult to comprehend raised in Germany, his father
for participants to refuse to just students
why a school board and their is from Bangladesh.
use illegal drugs
In his free time back
To the Editor:
superintendent, assigned the
3) To encourage
I am in favor o f responsibility o f doing what at home, Fleischer enjoys
participants, who are found random drug testing in our
is best fo r stu d en ts, is playing video games and
to be using drugs, to school. . if it is truly random
fighting so hard against soccer with his friends and
participate in drug treatment and as long as all students,
also going out to the bars
school choice.
programs.”
all te ac h e rs, prin cip als, (s) Brian and Peggy Doherty and clubs with his friends,
The
p aren ts, su p erin ten d en ts, school
another difference he’s seen
Lexington
co ach es,
teach ers, board members, janitors,
between the countries. In
administrators and elected
Germany, the drinking age is
cooks, secretaries, coaches,
school board members in teacher’s aides and all school Gazette-Times to around 16 and it is more o f
M orrow C ounty realize volunteers have their name be closed for
a social factor than actually
drinking
in the random drawing. I
Thanksgiving
H ere in H eppner,
would hope it would be truly
Fleischer
is staying with Bill
random
holiday
Kuhn
and
Ann Spicer and the
As
for
The
H eppner
cat,
Tippy.
“They are really
confidentiality, forget it Gazette-Times office will be
nice
and
I
can speak with
Everyone in Morrow County closed on T hursday and
will know who is tested and Friday, Nov. 25 and 26 for them about everything,” said
the results.
the Thanksgiving holiday. Fleischer o f living in the
You can put my The office will reo p en Kuhn/Spicer home
On retu rn in g to
name in the drawing too, if M onday, N ov 29 at its
Germany,
Fleischer will have
you wish I will try to hit the regular time
th ree m ore years o f
cup
schooling before he can
(s) Mary Jean McCabe
en
ter u n iv ersity He is
Heppner
thinking about studying
either law or history.
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I Gun Club invites all shotgun
I shooters to attend the first
I shoot this season on Sunday,
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III a. ill. In 3 p.m.
I Nov. 21, beginning at 12
V.
Momm loint)
I noon
Non-members shoot
Fairgrounds in Heppner
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their
first
25 clays free, after
Çffts ?rjJ j {omemfJe Crtflte - Ltirjch wfflteblc I that it’s $3 50 per 25 Bring
I
%2 admission uro»s to Yoith Scholarships
I your own shells or buy target
Sponsored by Willow Valley Service Hob
I loads at the club house
Annual Membership Dinner
Meeting
The 60th Annual Meeting of
Columbia Basin Electric Cooperative, Inc.
will be held at the St. Patrick’s
Catholic Church Hall, Heppner, Oregon,
on Thursday, November 18, 2004.
Registration will begin at 4:00 p.m.,
dinner at 5:15 p.m., and business meeting
at 6:00 p.m. This meeting is for the
purpose of electing four (4) directors, and
for the transaction of any other business
to properly come before this meeting.
Gun Club news
Saturday. Vnv. 2lllh
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