Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 18,2006 - FIVE
Thurston joins HHS special
education department
Sam Thurston has
joined the Heppner High
School special education
department.
Thurston
comes to
H eppner
v
i
a
M adras
where he
had been
te a c h in g
agriculture Sam Thurston
and special education.
Thurston was born
and raised in Oregon but
traveled to California for
college atten d in g Biola
University. At Biola, he
received his bachelor of arts
degree in education and his
bachelor of science degree in
social studies. He completed
his graduate work at Oregon
State U niversity and
received
his
special
education endorsement from
Lewis and Clark College in
Portland.
Thurston has taught
school “off and on” for 20
years. He has also worked as
a sales d ire c to r for an
a g ricu ltu ral
chem ical
com pany
and
as
a
contractor. While working as
a contractor, Thurston spent
six weeks in H eppner
working on the Les Schwab
building. Thurston also spent
tim e in H eppner bird
hunting.
Being a country boy
at heart, Thurston grew tired
of the growing population of
Public Works
Department
solicits support
letters for grant
application
central Oregon and decided
to take the jo b here at
Heppner. And even though
he is “old enough to retire”
he says he "just isn’t ready
too.” He also said that he
loves working with kids.
Joining T hurston
here in H eppner is his
fiancée, C onnie DeLay.
T h u rsto n a ls o has two
grown children. Samara,
who lives in central Oregon
with her husband and two
daughters and Tom, who
lives in Kalispell, MT with
his wife and three children,
two sons and a daughter.
In his free time,
w hich he is finding he
doesn’t have much of these
days, he enjoys bird hunting,
riding horses, singing,
reading and writing. He
especially likes to write
cowboy poetry and stories
about anim als and the
outdoors. He also finds
himself writing songs.
Thurston has been
impressed with the people of
H eppner, calling them
“superb” and enjoys working
with the teachers and staff at
HHS.
“The
teach ers
provide a lot of support with
the students and Mr. Stone
is an open book and you
alw ays know what he's
thinking, which I lik e ,”
expressed Thurston.
M orrow C ounty
Public Works Department is
applying for an ATV
Development Grant from
Oregon
Parks
and
Recreation Department. It
will be for $200,000. The
grant is asking for two full
time maintenance employee
salary, gas and diesel for
equipment, fencing material,
metal gates, signs, wood
material, tools, cattleguards,
culverts, paint,
fire
protection, chemical toilets,
and a six-wheeler ATV, ATV
tracks, and a chain saw. This
will be a two-year grant.
"We could sure use
about ten letters of support
for this grant application,"
said Betty Gray, with the
M orrow C ounty Public
Works. The letters of
support are needed by Nov.
9. They can also be sent
electronically. If you have
any questions, please contact
April Miller or Betty Gray at
the following e-mail address-
amiller@co.morow.or.us or
call 989-9500.
Address letters of
support to: Morrow County
Public Works Department,
P.O. Box 428, Lexington,
OR 97839, A ttention:
O regon
Parks
and
Recreation Department, 725
Summer Street NE, Suite C,
Salem. OR 97301.
In the Balance ,
VOTE
CHRISTOPHER
BRAUER FOR
CIRCUIT JUDGE
(Position 5, Umatilla & Morrow Counties)
There is no comparison in past
& present experience!!
BRAUER Opponent
Started care center for abused children
Yes
No
Drug Court Team Member
Yes
No
Multidisciplinary Team Member
for at risk children
Yes
No
Elected to public office
Yes
No
Former President of the Oregon District
Attorneys Association
Yes
No
Former BMCC Criminal Justice Advisory
Board Member
Yes
No
Oregon State Board on Police Standards &
Training (2 terms)
Yes
No
Attorney General’s Civil Commitment
Task Force Member
Yes
No
Oregon Judicial Department Criminal
Caseflow Project Member
Yes
No
Oregon Crime Victim ’s Rights Compliance
Project Member
Yes
No
Aggravated Murder Trial Qualified
Yes
No
Special Prosecutor in multiple counties
Yes
No
Leadership Class Coordinator
Yes
No
Helped develop program for educating
prosecutors, defenders, judges & private
lawyers (now in its 20th year)
Yes
No
Endorsed by all Circuit Court Judges in
Umatilla & Morrow Counties & the Attorney
General of the State of Oregon
Yes
No
Vote BRAUER
fo r C ircu it Judge -
the wise ch o ice !!
Paid for by ELECT CHRISTOPHER R BRAUER CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE COMMITTEE
O ver 300 attend H eppner Booster Club auction
Ron Bowman. Heppner Booster Club president, (tar left) helps with the Heppner Booster Club
auction held Saturday evening. Oct. 14 at the Heppner Elks Lodge. Over 300 people attended the
dinner. “We had a great turnout.” said Angie Hanson. Booster Club member. “There were lots of
new, unique items this year.” The Booster Cluh did not release figures on the amount of money
raised at the auction.
W alden says coui
w orker program
y needs guest Dessert auction
to benefit
Appleton family
Rep. Cireg Walden addressed a Heppner dinner crowd last
Tuesday.
Representative Greg
Walden said last week that
America's border security is
a “ failu re” and said the
co u n try needs a guest
worker program to handle
a g ric u ltu re ’s need for
workers.
“It is imperative for
a country to have control of
their borders," Walden told
a group gathered for dinner
last Tuesday at John's Other
Place in Heppner.
The R epublican
Representative to Congress
said betw een 11 and 13
million people are in the
country illegally and “I don't
have and answer to that." he
said. He pointed out that he
grew up on a cherry orchard
in Hood R iver and
understands the need for
labor in agriculture that
Americans will not do.
Walden emphasized
that the country needs a
common language, however.
On other subjects,
Walden said although the
outcome of the election in
November could make a
difference, he expects the
National Farm Bill to remain
"pretty much the same with
a little tweaking."
Walden
also
expressed support for rural
health
care.
leaving
B o n n ev ille
Pow er
Administration the way it is.
and encouraging renewable
w ind generation.
The Heppner Ele
mentary and Heppner High
School staffs have planned a
dessert auction to benefit
Amie Appleton, the husband
of teacher Wendy Appleton,
on Friday, Oct. 20. during
the HHS varsity football
game halftime.
A m ie is a veteran
who is fighting cancer.
Wendy is a former Heppner
teacher who now teaches in
Boardman.
Ken Grieb will auc
tion off the desserts, which
include: Jannie Allen's "fa
mous Baby Ruth Bars”; Gin
ger Bowman's "legendary
C ream
P u ffs” ;
Joan
M cD a n ie l's "re n o w n ed "
bread; Nacho and Tomas El-
guezabal's “delicious Salsa";
Melissa Coiner's family's
"secret Peanut Butter Bars";
and LeA nne L in d sa y 's
"Mustang Sugar Cookies.”
"The delicacies of
the famed desserts are too
numerous to mention and we
are sure there will be some
thing for everyone," said or
ganizer Mary Ann Elgueza-
bal. "Please join the staff at
HHS and HES in supporting
the Appleton family."
For more informa
tion call Mary Ann Elgueza-
bal, 676-5774.
Van Cleave awarded Kreitzberg endowed scholarship
Darren T. Van
C leave, son of Tim and
M yrna Van C leave of
Heppner. has been awarded
the 2006/2007 Carl W.
K reitzberg
Endow ed
Scholarship. Van Cleave is
pursuing a bachelor's degree
in m eteo ro lo g y at the
University of Utah.
Fifteen
senior
undergraduate scholarships
were awarded this year. The
scholarships are designed to
en co u rag e
senior
undergraduates to continue
pursuing careers in the
atm ospheric and related
oceanic and hydrologic
sciences. The scholarships
are based on merit and are
awarded to students who
have shown the,potential for
accomplishment in these
fields.
Van C leave is a
Kennecott Scholar. He is a
recipient
of
many
scholarships and received his
Associate of Science Degree
with High Honors. He
volunteered at the National
Weather Service office in
Pendleton during Spring
2005. W hile there. Van
Cleave was a participant in
a study of fog patterns in the
Columbia Basin of Oregon
and Washington. His goal is
to be a weather forecaster for
the N ational W eather
Service. Van Cleave has
desires to attend school at
the graduate level.
The
Carl
W.
Kreitzberg Scholarship in
Meteorology honors the late
Dr. Kreitzberg's role as a
scientist, mentor, colleague
and friend. Throughout his
career he was a dedicated
leader and adv o cate for
o b se rv a tio n a l
data
campaigns and numerical
modeling research to better
u n d erstan d
m eso scale
weather phenomenon. Dr.
Kreitzberg always believed
that research in the search of
understanding was a fun.
e n jo y ab le activity. He
demonstrated this by his
intensely curious spirit in the
classroom each and every
day. He also imparted this to
his one-on-one mentoring
with graduate students. The
scholarship will be awarded
annually in the amount of
$ 2000 . ’
The AMS, founded
in 1919. is a n o n p ro fit,
scientific and professional
society, with nearly 12,(MX)
national and international
members. The AMS actively
promotes the development
and d isse m in a tio n o f
in fo rm atio n
on
the
atm o sp h eric and related
o c ea n ic and h y d ro lo g ic
sciences. More information
on the AMS is available on
the
Internet
at
www.ametsoc.org/AMS.