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Wednesday, April 7,2010
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~ BMCC classes scheduled locally
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Cutsforth would make a superb
district attorney
To the editor:
The good people of Morrow County will soon
have the opportunity to vote for a new district attorney.
Mr. Tom Cutsforth will be one of the candidates for this
important office. I have known Mr. Cutsforth for 18 years
and can testify to his abilities as an attorney and district
attorney.
Mr. Cutsforth is extremely competent with exten
sive experience, integrity, and total commitment to justice
for all. He is noted as the flag bearer for property rights,
protecting our children and families, the elderly and the
homeless. He has worked tirelessly for economic develop
ment programs to improve the economic health of local
communities. Mr. Cutsforth has prosecuted criminals
and defended victims in serious criminal cases includ
ing homicides. He has represented hundreds of families
and individuals involved with the domestic relations and
juvenile justice system. Mr. Cutsforth has represented
businesses, land owners and government bodies in almost
every aspect of civil litigation.
Tom is committed to his community and a de
voted father. He is fair, impartial and has a great heart.
He cares about people and volunteers much of his time
to the less fortunate. Mr. Tom Cutsforth would be a great
asset to the community and a devoted public servant.
Tom Cutsforth would make a superb district attorney for
Morrow County.
Lee H. Bouchard, Ltc.
Fossil
Representative Smith should be
returned to Salem
To the editor:
We are writing in support of Greg Smith for re-
election as state representative from District 57.
Greg Smith has completed five terms of service
for the citizens of District 57. In those 10 years he has
demonstrated his ability to identify and solve problems
in the Oregon legislature. He knows how to work with
agency administrators and staff to get things done for his
constituents.
Greg Smith works with his fellow legislators
from both parties to enact laws that benefit the citizens of
his district. An example is the personal property tax relief
he accomplished for the loggers of eastern Oregon for
their logging equipment when it is not being operated.
Representative Smith should be returned to Salem
to continue his excellent service to District 57.
John and Pat Edmundson
Heppner
Cutsforth for district attorney
To the editor:
There is a man running for election in Morrow
County for the district attorney’s position that all of you
should give serious consideration. His name is Thomas
w. Cutsforth. I have known Tom and his family for over
37 years. We were roommates in college at Oregon State,
joined the Navy together, went to graduate school and law
school at University of Oregon at the same time, and both
retired from the US Navy. We have been there for each
other in good times and bad... And had many memorable
trips to the family cabin near Cutsforth Park. Needless
to say, I know this man. He is one of your own, having
been bom and raised in Morrow County, and is truly a
dedicated public servant who cares about the people he
represents. He is a true professional who brings many
years of experience to the position, as well as a strong
personal drive to go to the extra measure to ensure the
safety, security, and well being of his constituents. Tom
Cutsforth is a “Common Sense” man with a strong ethical
foundation. He has never been one satisfied to “just get
by” and has continually sought out advanced legal educa
tion to further hone his skills and improve his knowledge
level. 1 am a retired military and civilian law enforcement
officer and have a pretty good understanding of what the
position of district attorney entails and requires. And I
know Tom Cutsforth very well and know what he can do.
Tom Cutsforth knows both the job and Morrow County.
He w ill meet and exceed all you expectations and require
ments. He is a man you can trust. In my opinion, there
could be no better choice. In closing, please remember to
vote in the upcoming election and consider this: A vote
for Tom Cutsforth for District Attorney is a positive vote
for the residents of Morrow County.
Leon A. Muller
Wilsonville
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It will start Wednesday,
April 21 and run for six
weeks. Karen Holland is
the instructor. Cost of the
class is $27.
H andgun P ro fi
ciency will be offered at
the Boardman Center of
BMCC on Saturday, April
17. The classroom portion
of the class will begin at 9
a.m. and will focus on safe
ty and laws. After a lunch
break, students will adjourn
to the shooting range where
B lu e M o u n tain
Community College has a
number of classes sched
uled in the local area that
should be o f interest to
residents.
English to Spanish
to English is a collaborative
learning experience that
brings English speakers to
gether with Spanish speak
ers to learn the other’s lan
guage. The class is set for
Wednesday evenings from
5-6:30 p.m. at the Spanish
room at lone High School.
they will demonstrate pro
ficiency. The class satisfies
the proficiency require
ments needed to obtain a
concealed weapons permit.
Students must supply their
own handgun and ammuni
tion for the afternoon range
session. Register for the
class by April 14 to ensure
a seat in the class. Cost is
$52.
Container garden
ing will be held in the lone
Greenhouse with Janet Hoi-
land. She will coach stu
dents into designing and
planting their own planters
with an array of annuals
from the greenhouse. Class
is set for Thursday, April
29, from 5-8 p.m. and the
cost of the class is $22.
For m ore in fo r
mation or for registration
assistance, contact Anne
Morter, Morrow County
Coordinator at 541-422-
7040 or by email amorter@
bluecc.edu.
The Rugger
Editor's Note: The fo l
lowing article ran in the
March 2010 edition o f the
Portland Monthly Mag
azine. The article was
written by Rachel Ritchie
and the photo was by
Daniel Root San Juanita
Moreno is the daughter
o f Mary Anne Elguezabal
o f Heppner and the late
Juan Elguezabal. She is
a 2001 graduate o f Hep
pner High School.
In the summer of
2016, for the first time in
92 years, men’s and wom
en’s rugby will be includ
ed in the Olympic Games.
San Juanita Moreno, the
scrappy, high- scoring
outside center on Port
land’s premier women’s
team and a member of the
US national team, talks
about what it takes to be a
rugger—and what playing
has taught her. As told to
Rachel Ritchie.
Even though I
grew up in a small town in
Eastern Oregon, I always
knew I was a competitor.
But I spent my whole life
feeling like I was doing
things that I wasn’t sup
posed to be doing. I go
to the gym and people
stare at me because they
think my body’s built
funny: I take up just as
much space as a dude my
size, but people think it’s
too much. With rugby, all
these natural movements
that my body does all of a
sudden aren’t weird.
In a rugby match,
there’s something that con
nects you psychological
ly and emotionally— the
physical contact and blood
and sweat, the whole deal.
You’re really looking at and
touching the people you’re
playing with all the time—
y o u ’re totally exposed.
There aren’t many other
sports where women go 100
percent against each other
like that.
A contact sport is
awkward for lots of girls.
Not only do girls not grow
up playing a contact sport,
but how many girls grow
up even watching it all the
time? They don’t even know
what contact is supposed to
look like, so how are they
going to mimic it?
Women don’t train
right. Your knee gets in
jured when you don’t keep
yourself centered—anytime
your knee isn ’t directly
above your ankle, it’s vul
nerable to get tom. And be
cause rugby’s so intense, if
you don’t have that perfect
muscle memory, your knees
are very vulnerable.
I got fa red card] for
a dangerous tackle before.
But once you’ve picked
someone up, it seems log
ical—where else do I put
them but on their head?
You c a n ’t
leave the field and
come back unless
y o u ’re b leed in g .
When you get off
the field, you have
moments to stop the
bleeding. We don’t
really care about
skin or antibacterial,
none of that jones—
you just stop it from
bleeding as quickly
as possible.
The P re
mier League is sup
posed to highlight
the sport and attract
more people. I mean,
yeah, we lost all of San Juanita Moreno
our games, but they
were good, exciting
afford to do anything else
games, and people wanted during the season when
to come watch them. Be you have to pay an aver
cause in the years before, age of a couple hundred
what, we creamed Seattle dollars a week to play.
three times? Who wants to It’s always a relief when
see that again? You’ve got we just have to pay for
to get people excited about our flight.
rugby—before you can ask
Playing at the US
them to support it, they level, w e’re not profes
have to like it.
sional athletes, yet in so
I ’ve got all the many ways we’re strug
tricks for getting to the front gling toward that lifestyle.
of the airport security line. I It forces you to have a split
can get to PDX 15 minutes life, and keep a career, but
before my flight leaves. You whenever you can, you
act like you know someone get to be this different
ahead of you. And I’ve lost person. That’s why I think
my ID a million times, and so many women find that
I tell the team, “Just leave rugby is their calling—
without me— I’ll be there in because it’s the real you
20 minutes.”
on the field.
You can ’t really
Pheasants Forever banquet to be held Saturday
The Fifth Annual
Columbia Plateau Pheas
ants Forever banquet will
be held April 10 at the
Heppner Elks Club starting
with a hosted beer and wine
social hour at 5 and prime
rib dinner at 5:30.
“This has been a
real fun event for the com
munity the last few years,”
said Skip Matthews, PF
chapter president. “We have
raised over $30,000 the last
two years at these banquets.
We have used those funds
here locally to purchase
equipment, labor, guzzlers,
seed and plants for upland
bird habitat. It also goes to
support our youth hunters
with events just for them.”
Tickets are $55 for
Columbia Plateau Chapter Pheasants Forever Board members
Misty Bennett and Chet Hadley show off a couple of the many
guns to be raffled off April 10 at the PF banquet at the Elks
Club. - Contributed Photo
a single dinner which in
cludes a PF membership.
A couple is $85. Young
people 15 and under costs
$30 which includes a Ring-
neck M embership, a PF
Ringneck Hat, oen Ban
quet Youth gun raffle ticket
and 10 youth raffle tickets.
Other sponsor packages
can be purchased for $125,
$250, $500 or $1,000 that
includes many bonus items.
Tickets are available at the
door.
There are lots o f
quality items in this years
auction for both a silent
auction and a live auction
including artwork, hunting
and fishing trips, and of
course several firearms to
be raffled and auctioned off.
The banquet gun this year is
a Franchi Renaissance 12
gauge O/U, and the youth
banquet gun is a Stoeger 20
gauge O/U.
For a complete list
of guns and a banquet flyer
visit the website at http://
www.rapidserve.net/colum-
biaplateau.
NEOAHEC offers funding for “Health Career Days”
Northeast Oregon
Area H ealth Education
C enter (N EO A H EC) is
currently offering funding
to nonprofit, school, and
government youth-based
organizations for “Health
Career Days.”
Health Career Days
are designed to provide el
ementary students and their
communities with informa-
tion about health career
options, and promote the
idea of retaining health care
professionals in rural areas.
Any nonprofit, school, or
government youth-based
organization located in the
follow ing counties may ap
ply: Baker, Gilliam, Grant,
Hood River, Malheur, Mor
row, Sherman, Umatilla,
Union, Wallowa, Wasco,
and Wheeler. The organiza
tion must be willing to take
the primary responsibil
ity for planning and offer
ing a day long elementary
“Health Career Day" ex
perience during the 2009-
2010 school year.
NEOAHEC will
grant up to $1,000 for ap
proved plans, and will also
provide additional resourc
es to facilitate the imple
mentation of your event.
Deadline for applications
is May 3.
To apply for funds,
or for more information,
please co n tact B renna
Dunlap, Education Coor
dinator at 541-962-3801
or bhines@ eou.edu. The
website is www.eou.edu/
neoahec/news.htm 1.
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A c c e p te d d u r in g t h e e v e n t:
Used o il (c o n ta in e rs less tha n 25 g a llo n s) O il filters.
Wrangler's will start April 11th
Spent A ntifreeze. A u to m o tiv e b atteries, A lk a lin e &
re ch arg ea ble b atteries. P ro p a n e T a n k s (s m a lle r than
25 gal ) O il based paint, P a in t th ln n e rs and solvents.
R o o f and asp ha lt patch. A d hesives, glue s and c on tact
...and run every Sunday thru Hay 2nd!
cem ent. C au lk s se ale rs and jo in t c o m p o und s. I j w i i
and g arden chem icals and fe rtilize rs. P o o l chem icals.
H ouseh old cleaners (in c lu d in g bleach, a m m onia,
The play days will be held at
the "Rodeo grounds
fu rn itu re p olish, to ile t b o w l cleaners, c arp et sh a m
poos) Sludge (soil c o n ta m in a te d w ith o il s m a lle r than
25 gal. con tain ers) M e rc u ry the rm o m e ters. Flores-
cent lam ps, A ll typ es o f a e ro so l cans. Used c o o k in g oil.
Road flares. Pf.B b allasts. O rg an ic p erox id e s
(Family cost-$40
p o tlu c k @ 1 2 :0 0
Individual cost -$25 G a m e s @ l:0 0
Participant must attend 3 out o f 4 play days to be eligible for awards.
(h ard en ing agents)
Itemx n o t accepted: E m p ty con tain ers, a m m u n itio n ,
explosives, b io lo g ica l w aste, ra d io a c tiv e w aste
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