TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 15, 2004
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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.
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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
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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