TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 14,2005
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United Farm Workers Union
threaten boycott
To the Editor:
For months now, the
United Farm Workers Union
has attacked one of this
re g io n ’s
o u tstan d in g
a g ric u ltu ra l o p e ra tio n s;
Threemile Canyon Farms in
Boardman. The UFW has
th reaten ed to bo y co tt
products that use potatoes or
milk from Threemile Canyon
Farms, has picketed a bank
which loans money to the
Farm, and raised questions
about how the Farm treats
its workers.
I am appalled at the
union’s threatening tactics.
Eastern Oregon takes great
pride in b u sin esses like
Threemile Canyon Farms. It
em ploys h undreds of
w orkers with very good
wages and benefits, offering
language and skill training.
It adds about $250 million to
our rural econom ies.
Threemile Canyon is a leader
in how it treats its employees
and should not be slandered
by the union’s outrageous
propaganda.
The UFW’s tactics
hurt working families that
depend
on
strong
agricultural businesses for
jobs, wages and property
taxes.
Threemile Canyon
Farms offered to be a “test
c a s e ” to help G o v ern o r
Kulongoski resolve conflicts
between farm management
and labor. The United Farm
Workers balked at the idea
and they helped kill a bill in
the legislature to treat farm
w orkers like all oth er
em ployees under Oregon
law. Basically, UFW doesn’t
want w orkers to vote on
(w ith a secret b allo t)
w hether they want union
representation.
The union doesn’t
adhere to the basic beliefs of
d em ocracy
w here
in d ividuals can vote, in
secret, w ith o u t having
someone looking over their
shoulder. T h a t’s
all
Threemile Canyon Farms is
ask in g . Seem s like a
reasonable request to me.
(s) Greg Smith
Salem
Oregon Republican Party and
Republican Legislators Working
Together
To the Editor:
In the sp irit o f
b ringing
O regon
Republicans closer together
on the issues and for the
common good, the Oregon
Republican Party (ORP) has
been taken up on its offer to
the O regon S e n a to ria l
Caucus to share some of the
ORP’s space in its Salem
office.
ORP
C hairm an
Vance Day and Republicans
across the state see this
mutually beneficial sharing
of space as a tremendous
step forward in enhancing
tw o
d ire c tio n a l
co m m u n icatio n o f the
thoughts and issues of the
G rassroots o f State Party
and the Republican Senators.
We Print
Business Cords
Heppner Gazette
In today’s political world of
high cost cam paigns and
co m p lic ate d le g islatio n
tem pered or som etim es
d o m in ated by ju d ic ia l
activism, the efficiency of
thought, communication and
financing brought about by
this co o p erativ e P arty /
Caucus effort is a bright and
shining beacon for the future
of the GOP in Oregon. As
E xecutive d ire c to r Amy
Langdon has said, the close
proximity of the two bodies
w orking to g e th e r has
c re ate d a trem en d o u s
synetgy.
All R ep u b lican s
should commend Chairman
Day, Senate Minority Leader
Ted F errio li and ORP
Executive D irector Amy
(C asterline) Langdon for
their efforts and leadership in
this collaboration.
(s)Tim Smith
Harney County,
Oregon
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_Obituaries
Corabelle L.
Norene
Corabelle ‘Cork’ L.
Norene, 75, of Heppner died
Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2005 at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
in Heppner. At her request
no service will be held and
disposition is by cremation.
She
w as
born
November 1, 1930 at Walla
W alla, W ashington, the
daughter of Clyde and Ruth
E ich in g e r N u ttin g . She
a tten d ed
school
at
Toppenish, Pilot Rock and
then H eppner where she
graduated in 1948. She was
on the Condon Rodeo Court
in 1946 and the Heppner
Rodeo Court in 1947.
On June 10, 1950
she married James Norene at
M itch ell, O regon. The
couple lived at Pullm an,
W ashington w hile he
attended graduate school in
V eterinary M edicine at
Washington State University.
The co u p le o p erated a
Veterinary Clinic in Heppner,
where she worked for 43
years.
She
en jo y ed
painting, working in her yard
and garden, and most of all
being with her family.
S urvivors include
her husband Dr. Jam es
N orene
of
H eppner;
daughter Tracey Bunch and
her husband M ike o f
Heppner; and granddaughter
Audra Huntington and her
husband Sam of Portland.
M e m o r i a l
great grandchildren. Marie
won several Blue Ribbons
for her homemade bread at
the Umatilla County Fair.
Marie’s family is so grateful
for the staff at Rose Arbor
fo r
th e ir
care
and
co m p assio n given th eir
mother.
She is survived by
her sons: K enneth W.
M cN air & w ife B onnie,
Echo, OR, Robert Henry &
wife Nancy, Hermiston, OR;
daughters: Kathryn Lorance
& husband Jim, Saugus, CA,
June Jones & husband Paul,
H eppner, O R; b ro th ers:
K enneth
B arzee,
W eaverville, CA, Marvin
Barzee, Myrtle Point, OR; 9
g ra n d c h ild re n ; 21 great
grandchildren; and 12 great
great grandchildren.
Marie was preceded
in death by her husbands:
Leland R. McNair, Bruce
Henry, and Wilson Beshears;
son: B ruce E. H enry,
grandson: Ricky P. Jones.
Funeral service will
be held on T hursday,
December 15, 2005 at 10:00
A.M. First Christian Church,
Hermiston, Oregon.
Burial will follow at
the H erm iston Cemetery,
Hermiston, Oregon.
Those who wish may
m ake c o n trib u tio n s in
Marie’s memory to the First
Christian Church.
Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, Oregon is in care
of arrangements.
Rocket Club
meets this
Thursday
School board deals with concerns
continued from page one
Learner program and was
recen tly honored by the
O regon School B oards
Association for achieving
test sco res in the 9 0 ,h
percentile at A.C. Houghton
Elementary in lrrigon and
Sam Boardman Elementary
in Boardman, despite having
a large number of students
w ho are still E nglish
language learners.
In other business, the
board received an outline of
new athletic districts from
the Oregon School Activities
A sso c ia tio n .
In
the
redistricting, which has six
classifications, rather than
the previous four, Riverside
High School in Boardman,
w ith 301 stu d en ts, was
p laced
in
the
3A
classification for District 5,
along with Vale High School,
with 310, Nyssa with 307,
Burns with 306, Umatilla
with 296 and Grant Union
w ith
271.
The
3A
classification has 37 schools
and five d is tric ts w ith
student populations ranging
from 236 to 400 students
each.
The new lrrig o n
H igh S ch o o l, w ith 230
students, was placed in the
District 5 2A classification,
along with Heppner with
142 stu d en ts, W eston-
McEwen with 216, Union
with 157, Enterprise with
154, Stanfield with 146,
Elgin with 131 and Pilot
Rock w ith 130. The 2A
classification has 41 schools
and five d is tric ts w ith
student populations ranging
from 116 to 235.
lrrigon High School
Principal Ron Anthony told
the board that lrrigon will
rem ain
in
the
2A
classification for four years,
although it will probably
have 236 students in only
tw o years. He said that
lrrigon will move into the 3A
classification along with
Riverside at the end of the
four-year period.
In other business, the
board:
-heard a report from
a ssistan t su p erin ten d en t
W ade S m ith, T h eresa
P ro cto r-R ee c e, E nglish
Language Learner teacher at
Windy River Elementary,
Dave Fowler, Heppner High
School technology teacher,
and Jo el C h av ez, w ho
traveled to Dallas, Texas, to
visit and glean knowledge
about model schools there,
and to H ou sto n for
workshops on SlOP, which
is a s ta ff d ev elo p m en t
program being implemented
in the M orrow C ounty
School District.
-heard a report from
Matt Combe on the district’s
alternative school, which
currently has 77 students
with 50 o f those students
from Morrow County. He
said that the school could
handle all 77 students at one
time. The school has two
classrooms, a PLATO lab
and could expand to include
one m ore classro o m if
needed.
-learned that the new
shop building at lrrigon High
School is around 50 percent
completed.
-learned of concerns
about negotiations with the
city of lrrigon with regard to
the proposed sewer system
and the utility easement. The
board agreed to let Burrows
negotiate with the city.
-approved policies
concerning: a tobacco free
environm ent, field trips,
a lte rn a tiv e
e d u catio n
programs and evaluation of
alternative ed programs.
-discussed policy on
reporting of suspected child
abuse.
-d isc u sse d policy
concerning field trips.
-approved the first
read in g on d isc ip lin e -
suspension-expulsion.
-ap p ro v ed having
board members assigned to
attend CEC meetings on a
p erm an en t ra th e r than
revolving basis.
-h eard c o n ce rn s
about the lrrigon PA system
and
ag reed
to
let
administration work out the
details.
-held an executive
sessio n
co n ce rn in g
personnel.
-heard the following
announcements: Heppner,
B oardm an and lrrig o n
C om m u n ity E d u catio n
C om m ittee m eetings for
D ecem b er have been
cancelled; winter break is
from D ecem b er 19 to
January 2; the next board
meeting is Monday, January
9, at Heppner Elementary
School at 7 p.m.
contributions may be made
The meeting will be
to Pioneer Home Health, PO
at
lone
High
School, Dec. 15
Box 9, Heppner, OR 97836.
at
7
p.m.
in
Dale Holland’s
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner, in charge of science room.
Election of officers
arrangements.
w ill take place at this
W. Marie
T h u rsd a y ’s m eeting. All
those running for an office
Beshears
will need to prepare a short
W. Marie Beshears,
speech about why they
95, died
would like to become an
D ec. 10,
officer.
2005 in
Adam Collin, Zach
her home
Orem, and Brad Kenison will
at R ose
be giving us brief reports of
Arbor
the launch activities this last
A ss is te d
weekend.
Living in
Spencer Smith will
Hermiston.
be giving a Team America
W. Marie
contest team status report,
B eshears
also. There will be a short
was born
organizational meeting for
on August
the TARC team after the
7, 1910 in
W. Marie
regular meeting.
Issaquah,
Beshears
Everyone needs to
W ashington to p aren ts,
bring their X -13 rockets and lone Lighting Contest begins
Elfred and Jennie Lenover
a notebook. Pat Struthers
Barzee. Marie was raised
Colum bia Basin Electric sponsors this y e a r’s
will bring extra kits and parts
and atten d ed school in
lighting
contest in lone. All of the winners will receive a
so that the damaged rockets
Myrtle Point, Oregon. S h e
$25.00
electrical
gift certificate. The categories will include
can be repaired.
married Leland McNair in
Best
Use
of
Lighting,
Most Original Set, Mini and Bright
Participants will be
July 9, 1926 in Myrtle Point,
Lights, Spirit of Christmas, Best Decorated and Judge’s
deciding on their club name.
Oregon. He died July 13,
Favorite. All entries will be judged on Dec. 21.
1937. She went to Beauty Pheasants
For more information you may contact Gayle at lone City
College in Eugene, Oregon
Hall 422-7414.
and later operated a beauty Forever
shop in the 1940’s in Myrtle organizational
P o in t, O regon. M arie
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married Bruce Henry August meeting set
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T he
first
2, 1941 in M yrtle Point,
Oregon. They later moved to organizational m eeting is
- Saturday. Decem ber t7 tb -
John Day, O regon and scheduled for Thursday,
Ontario, Oregon where they Dec. 15 at 7 p.m. at the
ow ned
and
o p erated Pettyjohn office conference
ranches.
They moved room . G abe M cM asters,
Party starts at 0 p.m.
to the Herm iston area in Pheasants Forever Regional
S T E A K D IN N E R
1950. T hey ow ned and Biologist, will be on hand to
give
a
presentation,
answer
operated the Phillips Service
o n ly )
Station and Store at Buck’s questions and help organize
a l s o a t O p .m .
Comer. They later managed a Chapter here in Heppner.
O regon T rail Ranch on
Buttercreek until 1967 when
Bruce died.
She m arried W ilson
Beshears Nov. 9, 1968 in
Springfield, Oregon. They
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moved back to Hermiston in
1970 where she has lived
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She was a member of
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Hermiston, Oregon and the
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