FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
HES hosts international dinner Boardman Main Street interchange
bridge closes June 1 for repair work
Students, parents and community members enjoyed dishes
from Mexico, Japan, and Italy at the English Language Learn
ers Family Activity at Heppner Elementary School on May
14. Participants were also able to lend a hand with cooking
the fabulous cuisine. The art of spreading the “masa” for the
tamales, building the lasagna, and rolling up the sushi was
truly an enriching and entertaining experience. Mrs. Sanchez
made her work look easy and the group worked hard to make
four dozen tamales. Mr. Antonucci demonstrated his family’s
lasagna recipe and then encouraged several partakers to load
on the sauce and cheeses. His cheer to “twist the fingers”
as you spread the cheese was a delight for the students. At
first, the observers were a little leery of the seaweed in Emily
Thompson's sushi. But after their first taste, no persuasion was
necessary to have them make and eat their sushi. After all of
our fun work, the group shared a mouth-w atering international
dinner. Daichi Walters demonstrated how to use chopsticks and
people were using chopsticks to eat Mexican rice and lasagna.
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Identity Theft Awareness
free Shred Day to be held
A free shred day will be held on Friday, May
21, from 11 a.m.-l:30 p.m. at the Hermiston Conference
Center parking lot.
There is a limit of two banker’s boxes or two
grocery bags.
This event is sponsored by Cl SHRED/Columbia
Industries and the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce
For more information call 541-567-6151.
FOR SALE
Sharp M277
Copier
The Oregon De
partment of Transporta
tion’s contractor for the
Boardman Main Street
Overpass Bridge Repair
Project will be installing
construction signs during
the w eek of May 24.
Roger Langeliers
Construction of Hillsboro
was awarded the $198,832
contract to repair and resur
face the bridge that crosses
over the freeway at Inter
state 84 Exit 164. The work
will require a four-week
closure of the structure
starting June 1. The free
way ramps will remain
open and pedestrian access
will be maintained for the
duration of the closure ex
cept during concrete pours.
Residents needing to cross
from one side of the struc
ture to the other will need
to detour to the 1-84 Exit
165 interchange or take
alternate local routes. The
closure is needed to ensure
the project is completed as
quickly as possible and to
facilitate curing of the mi
cro silica concrete used for
bridge deck resurfacing.
Detours for Interstate
Traffic:
For West bound 1-84
traffic going to South
Boardman
Option 1: Take Exit
168 and go south on Bomb
ing Range Rd., then west
on Wilson Lane to Main
Street. (Route signed for
detour)
Option 2: Remain
on the freeway to the Tower
Rd. Exit 159 past Board
man. Turn off and return
eastbound on 1-84 to exit
164. (this route is not signed
for detour)
For East bound traffic
on the Freeway going to
North Boardman
Option 1 - Remain
on the freeway to the Port
of Morrow Exit 165, travel
north under the freeway,
left on Colombia Avenue
to Main street. (Route
signed for detour).
Option 2 - Re
main on freeway to Exit
165, north under the free
way, return westbound on
1-84 to exit 164 (this route
is not signed for detour)
ODOT has been
working with the City of
Boardman, local residents
and business owner to help
reduce construction impacts
for the Boardman com
munity. "ODOT is aware
there will be inconvenienc
es to Boardman citizens and
the traveling public,” said
ODOT Region 5 Public
Information Officer Tom
Strandberg. “We plan to get
the work done next month
and minimize the impacts
as much as possible.”
Project information
is available by contacting
ODOT Construction Spe
cialist Ace Clark by phone
at (541) 276-0140 or by
email at Ace.w.clark@odot.
state.or.us.
Dinner-at-the-Cemetery players
to present seventh production
History will come historic information, and
alive again in Heppner on a few somber facts will
Saturday, June 12, when also be brought to light by
the Dinner-at-the-Cemetery the cast of 28. Many of the
Players present their sev family names in the play
enth production.
will be familiar to audience
This year, the play members. The names of the
ers are bringing “The Pal thespians will certainly be
ace” to the upstairs stage at familiar, including those of
the Elks Club. “Many of the the 10 actors making their
characters in our play now ¿¡first appearance with the
rest in the cemetery. When players.
they were living this part
Rather than dinner,
of our history, however, the this year’s event will feature
Palace Hotel was located dessert before the action of
where the building that the play begins. The limited
houses the Elks Club and number of $10 tickets will
the Les Schwab business go on sale on June 1. Tick
now stand,” Sharon Har ets will be available at the
rison, co-director explains. Community Bank, Bank of
“So, we decided to take our Eastern Oregon, Murray
action to that site.”
Drug, Heppner TV, and
The humorous the Chamber of Commerce
scenes will be filled with office.
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Mustang Mop Up helps complete
projects
To the Editor:
May 13 Heppner was a sea of orange. You are
right it was the Mustang Mop Up.
There were over 100 projects to be done. Paint
ing, weeding, sweeping, mowing, and planting were just
a few things being done. You saw smiling faces, laughter,
and much hard work from these young people. The vol
unteers and staff kept things moving along.
It is nice to live in a community that cares enough
to help those who are in need.
1 appreciate all who helped.
Jo Anne Burleson
Heppner
Shamrock Classic Jackpot
To the editor:
Congratulations to the many youth who traveled
to Heppner this past weekend to participate in the first
annual Shamrock Classic Beef Jackpot Show.
As a spectator, it was great to see a new, com
petitive event for local and visiting youth. Travis and
Kirsten Harrison and Kevin and Angie Hughes should
be recognized for organizing this event, which couldn’t
have happened without the generous support of the show’s
sponsors: Bank of Eastern Oregon, Beef Northwest
Feeders, Morrow Co. Grain Growers, Morrow County
Livestock Growers, Micah Wells, Cable Creek Ranch,
Grieb Farms, Bob and Sharon Harrison, and Butch and
Mary Knowles. It is because of the generous support from
the businesses and people mentioned that the future of
agriculture shines more brightly.
Darcy Vial
Heppner
I will be expecting the following:
Dear President:
I’m planning to move my family and extended
family into Mexico, and 1 would like your assistance. We
plan to skip all the legal stuff like visas, passports, immi
gration quotas and laws. I’m sure they handle those things
the same way you do here. So, would you mind telling
your buddy, President Calderon, that I’m on my way over?
Please let him know that I will be expecting the follow
ing:
1. Free medical care for my entire family.
2. English-speaking government bureaucrats for all ser
vices I might need, whether I use them or not.
3. Please print all Mexican government forms in Eng
lish.
4.1 want my grandkids to be taught Spanish by English-
speaking (bi-lingual) teachers.
5. Tell their schools they need to include classes on
American culture and history.
6.1 want my grandkids to see the American flag on one
of the flag poles at their school.
7. Please plan to feed my grandkids at school for both
breakfast and lunch.
8. I will need a local Mexican driver’s license so I can
get easy access to government services.
9.1 do plan to get a car and drive in Mexico, but, I don’t
plan to purchase car insurance, and I probably won’t make
any special effort to learn local traffic laws.
10. In case 1 do get pulled over, please be sure that every
patrol car has at least one English-speaking officer.
11. I plan to fly the U.S. Flag from my house top and
have a gigantic celebration on July 4th. I do not want any
complaints or negative comments from the locals.
12. I would also like to have a nice job without paying
any taxes, or have any labor or tax laws enforced on any
business 1 may start.
13. Please have the president tell all the Mexican people
to be extremely nice and never say critical things about
me or my family.
14.1 want to receive free food stamps.
15. I’ll expect free rent subsidies.
16. I’ll need income tax credits so although I don’t pay
Mexican taxes, I’ll receive money from the govern
ment.
17. Please arrange it so that the Mexican government pays
$4,500 to help me buy a new car.
18. Oh yes, I almost forgot, please enroll me free into the
Mexican Social Security program so that I’ll get a monthly
income in retirement.
I know this is an easy request because you already
do all these things for all his people who walk over to
the U.S. from Mexico. I am sure that President Calderon
won’t mind returning the favor.
Thank you so much for your kind help. You da’
man!
John Russell
Salem
Hunter’s education course
to be held in June
A hunter’s educa-
tion course will be held
June 8, 10, 15 and 17 from
6-9 p.m. at Heppner High
school with field day on
Saturday morning, June 12,
at Lexington Gun Club.
Any person under
18 who wishes to hunt must
pass this course in order to
acquire a hunting license in
the State of Oregon. Any
person wishing to hunt out
of state must also hold a
valid Hunter Education
Card. The course is being
taught by Jim and Darlene
Marquardt. The cost for the
class is $10.
To register for
the class call Jim at 541-
969-4845. Information
about the course can be
viewed at http://www.dfiv.
state.or.us/outdoor skills/
hunter/courses/index.
asp#Northeast.