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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 15, 2004 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIM ES U S.PS 240-420 Morrow County's 1 lome-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Or egon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Ore-gon Office at 188 W W illow Street Telephone (541)676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 E- mail gt rt heppner net or gt rrrapidsers e net Website www hepp*er net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. PO. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836 Subscriptions S24 in Morrow County; S18 senior rate (in Morrow County only, 62 years or older). $30 elsewhere David S ykes........................................................................................... Publisher Katie Foster.................................................................................................... Editor News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p m For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $4 75 per column inch Cost for classified ad is 500 per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $7 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5 35 per column inch For Public/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for publi cation must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more1 Leonard Foundation reaches $100,000 mark in total grants awarded The Red and Gena Leonard Foundation awarded grants totaling $ 14,185 for the 2004-05 academic year The grants were awarded to: New Directions Education Program; SMART program, Armand Larvie Junior High; and the BMCC Nursing Department The New Directions Education Program was awarded a $ 1,000 grant to help fund college transfer classes at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution The New Directions Education Program committee selects the class to be taught within the EOCI walls by a BMCC faculty member The NDEP committee also chooses the inmates who participate in the program based on: academic background; score on college entrance ASSET test; approval from EOCI counselor; essay on the importance of education; conduct record at EOCI; and job record at EOCI The goal o f the program is to expand job opportunities, increase self-confidence and reduce the chance o f the inmates returning to prison. The Leonard- Foundation approved a grant for $10,000 to the BMCC Nursing program for the 2004-05 academic year The Leonard Foundation partnered with Good Shepherd Medical Center and St Anthony Hospital to fund a nursing instructor position This was the fourth year that the Leonard Foundation donated $10,000 to this program The Leonard Foundation awarded a grant in the amount o f $3,000 to the Oregon Children’s Foundation SMART (Start Making a Reader Today) Program The grant will cover nearly one-fourth the cost o f supporting one SMART school in the Umatilla-Morrow Area during the school year SMART is an early literacy program providing children with books and a caring adult to read to them The program enlists the help of community volunteers to read to children two times each week Armand Larvie Junior High received a donation of $ 185 to help supply dictionaries and a moveable book cart to transport dictionaries from classroom to classroom This gift will allow all students at Armand Larvie Junior High access to dictionaries to improve their writing, word usage and spelling During the past four years, the Red and Gena Leonard Foundation has awarded $104,285 in grants to local schools and educational programs to enhance the learning environment in our community. In addition to grants, the Red and Gena Leonard Foundation offers scholarship opportunities to local students for post secondary education and training Since the 2000-01 academic year, the Leonard Foundation has awarded 180 scholarships in the amount of $2,000 for a total of $360,000 For more information about the Red and Gena Leonard Foundation, please contact Tracy Gammell, Executive Director at PO Box 1024, Hermiston or 564- 9177. Times change. Traditions don’t. Teleflora’s Ruby Glass Bouquet The Ruby Glass Bowl holds more than a beautiful bouquet. It holds a rich piece of American history. O ur grandparents cherished ruby glass for the holidays and now you can too, with Teleflora's stylish interpreta tion of this red-hot collectible. Bridge the generation gap this holiday by sending a perfect present from the past. For nationwide same- day delivery, call or visit our shop. Letters to the Editor Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone num ber on all letters for use by the C - T office. The G -T re s e rv e s the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy o f statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks w ill be placed in the classifieds under “ Card o f Thanks’ at a cost o f $7.) Concert in lone appreciated by all To the Editor: It was a pleasure to attend the Inland Northwest Musicians Concert in lone on Dec 5, 2004 The Willow C reek Sym phony and Singers performed a variety o f m usic th at was very entertaining I was pleased to see so many young people involved in performing and bringing good entertainment to our Willow Creek valley Their time, energy and talent was appreciated by all who attended The co n cert schedule for 2004-2005 includes many of our smaller towns that look forward to seeing you perform again and again lone has had the pleasure o f several o f your perform ances on our outdoor stage for 4th o f July celebrations Keep up the good work. (s) Betty Gray lone Tree screen unsuccessful solution to view To the Editor: I w ould like to express my appreciation to the mayor Bob Jepsen and the city m anager Gerald Breazeale for their attempt to grow trees on the banks o f Willow Creek, to form a b a rrie r betw een Sperry S treet and the City Corporation Yard In his letter to me, dated March 15, 2004, the city m anager stated: "Because we are concerned with the way the corporation yard may ap p ear when viewed from the residential properties on Sperry Street, we will be planting trees and shrubs along the creek bank These plants will serve to screen the view and will be environmentally friendly.” S hortly after receiv in g this letter, I observed the mayor and city m anager planting w hat appeared to be between 10 and 15 trees and shrubs in this area What with all the trees and shrubs planted on Main Street and in Heritage Park doing so well and the planting/growing expertise o f those involved, I thought to see great results. The fact that only a couple o f these plants survived and will not act as any kind o f screen between Sperry Street and the City Corporation Yard is beside the point. They deserve a lot o f credit for trying I’m sure they did the best they could Too bad the outcom e w a sn ’t m ore positive Screening this view from us is just as important to resid en tial p ro p erty owners on Sperry Street, as H eritag e Park, the downtown area and the new city hall building is to others (s) Gene Sonstegard Heppner Drug testing, negative experience for local student To the Editor: H ep p n er High School started their random drug testing Thursday, Dec. 9 I understand th at the community feels we need to drug test, but if I had known the atmosphere that I was placed in, I would’ve never signed that sheet. I was called to the office during third period, where I sat and waited I then proceeded to go outside w here I was led to a Winnebago, a camp trailer, and was left th ere No medical van, a camp trailer. I stepped inside by myself and sat on a couch in front of two men that were at a table with the other urine samples There was no other female, just me, a 15-year- old girl, with two strange men in a camp trailer. They then handed me a cup and I w ent to a lo ck er size bathroom that was right beside them, it wasn’t a very big Winnebago. I shut the door, which had no lock and had to pee while hearing these m en’s voices right outside There was no sink or sanitary wipes of any kind for me to wash with after I was done After I handed them my urine sample, I had to sign my name with a pen that had been touched by every other tester. It was at this point that I wanted to cry and vomit. The two men had gloves on, so obviously they felt it was wrong and unsafe for them to touch everyone’s urine, but they didn’t seem too concerned that every student was by touching that pen. How they didn’t have any sanitation of any kind was unbelievable and disgusted me. There was nothing medical about that camp trailer I felt so unsafe and violated, for me to be left alone in a camp trailer with two men I didn’t even know was unreal to me For there not to be a female there was ridiculous. I hope no one at Heppner High School has to go through that again. Drug Testing is suppose to help the students and school; all Drug Testing did for me was question my tru st in the school. (s) Mahaley Huddleston Heppner Former Heppnerite remembers the good old days To the Editor: My family lived in Heppner for over a decade in the 1950s and ‘60s We were the last family to live in the Union Pacific depot before it was torn down My father, Elmer Schmidt, was the depot agent and my mother, Grace, a teacher at the high school HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "W here Friends M eet" 142 N orth M ain ~ SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18th ~ T O M & JE R R Y P A R TY MdMUj'i DflUJ 217 North Main. Heppner C78-91S8 Serving Heppner. Lexington A lone Starts at 6 p.m. Snacks provided! Teleflori For Elks and Out-Of-Town Guests L ast sum m er my mom, then 87, and l returned to Heppner for a nostalgic day’s visit We had so much fun driving around town looking for places we retnembered so well and visiting old friends We were very pleased to see the improvements Heppner has made in recent years; we were especially impressed with the murals on the old grain elevator, which was near our home We kids would have loved having the swimming pool right down the tracks instead o f a long, hot walk away. We went by the Hope Lutheran Church, which my parents helped begin and were happy to see rock work my dad did is still there. We rem em bered things like driving to the Wishing Well Drive-In on hot nights for ice cream and how we could buy a 5-cent Coke at Phil’s Pharmacy. We finished our visit with a stop at Ken Peck’s farm outside Lexington This past week my mother passed-away from a sudden stroke. I will carry with me the good memory of our summer day in Heppner and our family’s years there will always be with us. (s) Jill (Schmidt) Liedtke Eugene (living in Taiwan presently) HHS drama club gave great performance To the Editor: Last Wednesday, we had the pleasure o f being entertained by the cast o f “Lagooned,” a play put on by the Heppner High School drama club. What wonderful talen t to have in our com m unity. From the co stu m es, lighting and sound, directing and scenery, the audience felt as if we were also a part o f the play. Congratulations to the director, Jodi Chapa, and the wonderful cast and crew for a job well done. We really felt like we w ere in a “tropical paradise.” (s) Mary Haguewood Heppner Town Prints still available The M ural Committee has prints, both fram ed and unfram ed, available for a tax-deductible don atio n to the Farm F o u n d atio n Since the museum is closed for the w inter m onths, you can receive a print by calling Betty Mills at 676-5546 or by stopping at the Bank o f Eastern Oregon and seeing Sharon Harrison. U nfram ed p rints start at $100 for the small size and $150 for a large print Framed prints are $200 for a small and $300 for a large The committee also has Giclees available on the mural being painted These prints on canvas start at $200 for small, $400 for medium and $600 for a full size You can also have a print o f the Railroad D epot for only $400. When doing Giclees, any part o f a painting can also be made into a Giclee of its own The $600 size is done to scale o f one inch equals two feet on the mural wall. This Giclee is a copy o f the original painting used for the mural A few are available now or an order may be placed with Sharon H arrison at the Bank o f Eastern Oregon Giclees can also be seen at the Bank or call B etty M ills for information at 676-5546 New Miss Oregon USA has local ties Jessica Carlson Jessica Carlson, 24, won M iss O regon USA 2005, on Nov. 28, 2004 at Eagle C rest R esort She com peted with 26 other young women from across Oregon to win this title Miss Carlson will go on to Miss USA, in Baltimore, MD in April. Miss USA is set to air on NBC. Jessica Carlson is the daughter of Morrow County Finance D ire c to r Fred C arlson, w ho lives in Heppner during the week and travels back to Portland most weekends, where his wife, Cynthia and family are still living. Carlson, who graduated from Grant High School in Portland in 1999, is a m a ste r’s stu d en t in biology at Portland State University. She is looking forw ard to becom ing a doctor Beating the Holiday Blues By Molly Rhea W ith the holidays ap p ro ach in g why do so many o f us get down? “It’s a very stressful time,” says Caroline Willey, Volunteer C haplain for P ioneer Memorial Hospice. “There’s more to do, more to buy. The extra demands on our time, atten tio n , energy and finances can add up to holiday b lu e s.” O th er culprits? Colder, darker w eather takes its toll on mood and energy levels. Those w ho’ve lost loved ones may miss them more at this time o f togetherness. Some tips for staying jolly: -Keep expectations for th e holiday season manageable Set realistic goals for yourself and don’t put the entire focus on a one- day celebration. -Take care o f your body. Exercise keeps mood lifting endorphins pumping and helps you sleep better. Healthy foods offset sweets and stabilize blood sugar -S pread some holiday cheer. Volunteer in your community Organize friends or co-w orkers to donate toys or clothing to families that could use some help Perhaps, do some of your holiday baking with friends Visit folks at an Assisted Living Facility or Nursing Home, or those who are able to remain at home but rarely get out any longer M ake co n tact w ith old friends When you bring joy to others, you inevitably get it back -R em em ber the reason for the season Focus on your blessings instead of what you lack
