TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Annual Fourth of July celebration set in lone
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Major milestone reached in chemical
weapons destruction
To the Editor:
This month the U.S. Army Chemical Materials
Agency achieved a major milestone under the international
treaty that directs the elimination of the world’s chemical
weapons known as the Chemical Weapons Convention.
On June 18, the United States reached the 45 percent mark
in destroying its declared chemical weapons.
The treaty, which the United States signed in
1993 and which came into effect in 1997, establishes a
schedule for reaching four milestones: 1, 20, 45 and 100
percent. We have now reached the first three milestones.
More important however, is the fact that we did it while
successfully protecting the workers, communities and the
environment. We owe this to the strict safety procedures
followed by a highly-trained work force.
With each container of agent, or munition destroyed
at the five currently operating chemical demilitarization
facilities around the nation, storage risk is further reduced.
As these facilities continue to operate, and as two new
facilities prepare to go on-line, they all benefit from an
active lessons-leamed program that seeks to improve safety
even further and increase operating efficiency so that the
risk can be removed that much sooner.
As Americans we can take pride in the fact that our
nation has established itself as a world leader in chemi
cal demilitarization technology. The Chemical Materials
Agency has developed a true brain trust of scientist and
engineers who specialize in this area, and we have a highly
dedicated work force o f men and women who work with
the chemical agent every day.
When we reach the 100 percent milestone, the
United States will have played a key role in the unique
historical initiative of removing an entire class of weapons
from the face of the earth. I encourage citizens to learn
more about the role of the United States in this effort, as
well as the history of chemical weapons and the commit
ment of their fellow Americans to their safe destruction.
More information is available online at www.cma.army.
mil or by contacting the Umatilla Chemical Depot Public
Affairs Office at 541 -564-5312.
We are dedicated to making the world a safer
place.
(s) Dale Ormond,
Acting Director
U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency
Divorces
The Circuit Court at the Morrow County Court
house in Heppner has released the following report of
divorces filed:
-June 6, Leona M. Winters vs. Simon B. Winters;
-June 8, Theresa Lynn Jessen vs. Stacey Lee Jes-
sen.
T he R ed, W hite
and Blues-Cruising to the
Blues annual Fourth of
July celebration will get
underway Thursday, July
3, with a golf tournament
to be held at the China Creek
G olf Course in Arlington.
Cost is $50 per golfer. Con
tact Stacie Miller, 422-7410,
or Craig Holland, 422-7455,
for more information. Bus
ing for the tournament w ill
not be provided this year.
Awards will be given out at
the lone City Park follow
ing the tournam ent. Pro
ceeds will benefit lone High
School scholarships.
Musical entertain
ment will begin that eve
ning at lone City Park am
phitheater and stage, starting
with Victor Johnson at 6:30
p.m. A Blues musician from
Hood River, Johnson has
released a children's Blues
CD. The talent show will
follow at 7:30 p.m. Contact
Lynn Dee Ramos, 422-7559,
for more information on the
talent show. More musical
entertainment by “All Eyes
Fixed,” featuring Ben Mc-
Carl, Zach McCarl, Eddie
Collins and Kyle Vander-
walker from Heppner, will
start at 8:30 p.m. Food and
drink that evening will be
available from Taylor’s Res
taurant and Lounge.
July 4 activities in
the park will start at 9 a.m.
with the fish pond, Topic
Club book sale and T-shirt
and button sales. The book
sale will be held at the fire
hall. Buttons, designed by
Betty Burns, will be sold
for $ 10 each at the park by
Topic Club members. Pro
ceeds from the button sale
will go to the lone Library.
Five $25 button sale prizes
will be drawn later in the
day. lone B ooster Club
T-shirts, featuring red and
blue firecrackers, will also
be sold at the park for $ 10
each. T-shirts are also avail
able at Bank o f Eastern
Oregon, lone branch, and at
Collier’s Market in lone.
The Parade lineup
will beat 10a.m. at the Mor
row County Grain Growers
elevator. Katie Garret will
sing the National Anthem
at the start o f the parade,
Victor Johnson (Children's Blues musician from Hood River)
which will begin at 11 .m.
Wayne Hams has been se
lected as the grand marshal
this year (see additional
story). For more information
about the parade, call Dave
Heagy, 422-7066. Parade
entry forms are available at
lone City Hall, the lone Post
O ffice, C o llie r’s M arket,
Office Pub & Grill, Taylor’s
R estau ran t and M orrow
C o u n ty G rain G ro w ers.
Horse shoes, with Kenny
Turner in charge, will be
gin at 10 a.m. at the pit.
For more inform ation on
the Blues Cruise Classic
Car Parade and Show or
a car show application, call
Chuck Nelson, 989-8148.
At noon the St. Wil-
liam 's C hurch pie and
coffee sale will begin, along
with many park events. All
kids’ games, including the
fish pond, straw m oney
pile, frog jum ping, chalk
drawing, volleyball and oth
ers, are free o f charge. The
ducky races and the dunk
tank are planned to begin
at noon. Proceeds from the
dunk tank will benefit the
M orrow County Fair and
O regon Trail Pro Rodeo
Court. A free swim at the
lone Pool will also begin at
noon. Food vendors, featur
ing a variety o f goodie, will
be available in the park,
lone businesses, Taylor’s
R estau ran t and Lounge,
Fiona Roves
Sunflow er Junction, C ol
lier's Market and the Office
Pub & Grill, also plan to be
open on the Fourth.
T his y e a r ’s stage
entertainm ent, w hich in
cludes “World Class Blues
musicians” starts at 3 p.m.
G roups this year include
Sassparilla, Hillstomp and
Big Monte Amundson. The
lone All Stars, including
Randy Lilya, Doug Rowell
and Jimmy Lloyd Rea, and
featuring Fiona Boyes, have
come together to form a
band just for the lone Fourth
o f July celebration.
A “ m a g n ific e n t”
fireworks display will get
underway at dusk.
Everyone is invited
to attend all the festivities.
Local college student named to UO ad Jim Fichter
reviewer, but then said she
team
felt it was more creative named Lion
to get into advertising and
F o rm er H e p p n e r
public relations. She plans of the Year
High School graduate Court
ney Nelson, currently a jour
nalism student in advertising
and public relations at the
U niversity o f O regon in
Eugene, has been selected
to participate in a student
advertising competition.
Starting this fall Nel
son, with other members of
the UO ad team, will create
an ad for AOL (America On
Line), pitch the ad to the on
line service provider AOL
and see if AOL buys the ad.
If her team wins the regional
contest, the National Stu
dent Advertising Competi
tion through the American
Advertising Federation, in
early spring, then they will
go on to national competi
tion in June.
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The ad team is com
prised o f a select group of
students. Only around 20
students at UO are selected.
They must apply and then
submit their portfolios. Nel
son was asked to apply for
the honor.
Nelson, Lexington,
will be a senior at UO this
fall. She started out at UO in
2004 as a journalism major
wanting to become a music
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on seeking a job in advertis
ing after she graduates from
college next spring.
Nelson said that dur
ing high school she had
been active planning differ
ent youth activities for the
United M ethodist Church
in Heppner. “All my jour
nalism started here,” said
Nelson. “ It started at high
school and d id n ’t really
stop,” said Nelson. “I never
forget to have fun though,”
she added.
Nelson says that she
believes the UO program is
one of the best programs in
the U.S.
N e ls o n , 2 1 , th e
daughter o f Chuck and Lisa
Nelson o f Lexington, was
scheduled to start summer
school at UO this past Mon
day. For more information
on the program or to contact
Nelson, call Chuck Nelson
at 989-8148.
Jim Fichter
Jim Fichter, named
Heppner Lion's Club Lion of
the Year, received a plaque
at the Heppner Lions Club
annual meeting and picnic,
held June 20, at the home of
Steve and Molly Rhea.
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