FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 18,2012
Heppner wrestling camp to Volleyball camp to be held
feature Hall of Fame coach at HHS
Heppner will host a Co
bra Victory wrestling camp
on July 23-25 at the Hepp
ner Elementary School for
wrestlers from third grade
through high school. The
camp will run daily from 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Registra
tion will begin at 8:30 a.m.
on July 23. Attendees will
be responsible for their own
lunch.
The camp clinician is
Hall-of-Fame coach Marc
Sprague from Cobra Wres
tling. Sprague has more
than 40 years of coaching
experience and has coached
Olympians, world cham
pions, various age group
All-Americans, and hun
dreds of national and state
champions.
The camp theme is
“Be a Beast on Top,” fea
turing Sprague’s unique
and proven techniques for
dominating opponents and
countering their attacks. At
tendees from Heppner and
lone schools will receive
the resident team price of
$75 per person, while the
cost for attendees from
other schools is the normal
Cobra four-day camp rate
o f $229.
Pre-registration and
more information can be
found at the Cobra Wres
tling website at www.co-
brawrestlingsystems.com
or by contacting Heppner
coach Mark Lemmon at
541-215-9248 or mlem-
mon@beobank.com.
Boardman city manager
renews contract
The Boardman City
Council announced they
gave City Manager Karen
Pettigrew a favorable re
view during their annual
review process held in ex
ecutive session July 10.
The city also renewed her
contract for the 2012-2013
fiscal year with a 3 percent
pay increase. Pettigrew has
been Boardman’s city man
ager for five years.
In other city business,
the council approved a
liquor license for Lynard’s
Spud Cellar. Currently, they
have a license for beer and
wine only. Councilors ac
cepted the resignation of
Councilor Jill Pambrun,
who recently moved out
side the Boardman city
limits and no longer quali
fies to serve. The council
discussed moving forward
with exploring a business
license program as an alter
native to adopting a mobile
vendor’s ordinance. The
council voted to retain the
city’s current 3 percent
franchise fee with Cas
cade Natural Gas. Also, the
council agreed, in concept,
with a draft by the Oregon
Solutions Team for support
of a proposal to promote
housing in Boardman.
The next meeting of
the Boardman City Council
will be Tuesday, August 7,
at 7 p.m.
NRA endorses Rep. Greg
Smith
HEPPNER— The Nation
al Rifle Association Political
Victory Fund has issued a let
ter to Oregon Rep. Greg Smith
announcing their endorsement
o f his 2012 candidacy for state
representative.
Carolyn Herbetson, Or
egon State Liaison, National
Rifle Association o f America,
stated, “Rep. Greg Sm ith’s
strong support for the Sec
ond Amendment and work-
ing knowledge o f the
issu es surrounding
this most important
debate are greatly ap
preciated and have
earned him an ‘A + ’
Rep.
rating.”
Smith
During 2011 and
2 0 1 2 , Sm ith su p
ported legislation to prohibit
government agencies from
releasing information about
CHL holders and applicants.
He also supported
legislation that would
allow Oregon to rec
ognize out-of-state
concealed handgun
licenses.
Greg
“Right now it is
as important as ever
to stand up and pro
tect our Second Amendment
rights and programs that pro
mote gun safety, education and
responsibility,” said Smith.
Earn While
You Learn Program
At Community Bank we recognize the importance
of education and would like to encourage our
student-customers in their academic success.
Program Features*:
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Pays $ 1 directly into an open Youth Savings Account for every
"A" (or top grade) that our 1st through 12th grade students
receive on their end-of-the-year report cards
Reports cards must be presented at the local Community Bank
branch during the months of June or July of the same year of
the dated report card.
Students do not have to be previous customers - a Youth
Savings Account must be opened before bonus can be paid.
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BANK
Local Money Working For Local People
www.communltybanicnet.com
•No minimum balance required to obtain bonus Bonus will be deposited on the same
business day that the report card is reviewed $25 Minimum opening balance required
for the Youth Savings Account Current Youth Savings customers that turn 18 during
their senior year can still receive the bonus as long as they have continued to have an
open savings account Top grades include any grade of an "A" (A-, A. or A+) Bonus paid
once per main school subject per grading period Top grades should be noted on report
card and could include "S+" for above satisfactory. "E" for excellent, or any other grade
explained on report card to be the top grade for that grading system Report cards must
be originals, no copies please
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Volleyball camp will
be held at Heppner High
School Monday, Tuesday
and Wednesday, July 23-
25.
The camp for students
who will be in third through
eighth grades during the
coming school year will be
held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30
p.m. Campers should bring
gym shoes, a water bottle
and a sack lunch. The cost
is $30 per camper and will
include a t-shirt.
Camp for incoming
HHS players will be held
from 3-9 p.m. each day. The
high school session will
cost $50 and will include
all clothing items needed
for their season. Open gym
for HHS students will be
held at the high school on
Sunday, July 22, at 5 p.m.
Registrations for camp
can be completed the first
morning of camp. Contact
Coach Pam Dowdy at 541-
676-9430 with questions.
OCA sets up fire relief fund
In response to the dev
astating fires occurring in
Harney and Malheur coun
ties, the Oregon Cattlemen’s
Association has set up a fire
victim’s relief fund as a part
of the Oregon Cattlemen’s
Stewardship Fund. Chari
table donations of cash or
in-kind (including hay and
supplies), are now being ac
cepted online, via phone or
in person at the OCA office.
Ranchers are also seeking
relocation options for cattle
threatened by the fires.
At last report, more
than 60,000 acres were af
fected by the French Glen
fire, and residents were
on a Level 1 evacuation
warning.
The Long Draw fire,
started by lightning, threat
ens acreage from Jordan
Valley almost to Nevada,
with more thunderstorms
predicted.
Bob Skinner, OCA
Public Lands Chair, stated,
“Over half a million acres
look like a moonscape;
there is nothing left. These
ranchers have lost many
cattle, which is threatening
their way of life and source
of income to support their
families. The short-term
and long-term affects will
be devastating.”
The U.S. Department
of Agriculture has declared
Harney and Malheur coun
ties drought disaster areas
and it is expected that the
counties will also be de
clared a fire disaster.
To make a charitable
contribution to the Fire
Victims Relief Fund, or to
offer in-kind or relocation
assistance, contact Kay
Teisl, Executive Director of
the Oregon Cattlemen’s As
sociation, at 503-361-8941
or via email at kayteisl@
orcattle.com. Contributions
can also be made online at
http://www.orcattle.com/
make-a-donationocsf.html.
Port of Morrow to
offer facility tours
The Port of Morrow will offer guided bus tours of its
facilities to community, educational and business groups
August 3-4.
Tours will take place Friday, August 3, from 1-2 p.m.
and 2-3 p.m., and Saturday, August 4, from 10-11 a.m. and
from 11 a.m. until noon. Most tours last from 45 minutes
to one hour. The Port of Morrow does not offer tours to
young children.
Email port@portofmorrow.com or call 541 -481 -7678
to reserve a seat on one of the scheduled tours.
VEGETARIAN DINER
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changing this we would
cause turmoil, because this
is cattle country,” Kathy
said.
They added that, though
some locals are upset, oth
ers, like ranchers Mark
and Pam Wunderlich, are
supportive of their move,
The Maricks also "'stress
that tlfey made the switch
not because they are “anti
meat” but because they
wanted to provide healthier
food alternatives to people
in this area.
“We want to be part
of the solution for health
in our community,” said
Kathy Marick, explaining
that their concern was not
the meat itself, but the hor
mones and antibiotics often
found in the meat available
to restaurants.
Part of the impetus for
the diner’s change was the
recent “Biggest Winner”
phenomenon in Morrow
County, in which hundreds
o f participants changed
their lifestyles and diets
in an effort to lose weight
and become healthier. As
Biggest Winner participants
lost weight, the Maricks
also saw themselves lose
business.
“When the county went
on a diet, we had a lot of
people who didn’t come in
because of the high-calorie,
fried food,” said Kathy,
adding that many people
told her they would con
tinue their new lifestyles
beyond the competition.
While the county-wide
diet was part of the reason
for the change, the Maricks
said the change went much
deeper for them. Their tran
sition began two years ago
when their daughter, Abbie,
now aged 10, was diag
nosed with bone marrow
disease. Abbie also has
Down’s Syndrome. The
family started searching for
healthier food alternatives
to help Abbie. Changes
included ridding their di
ets of products containing
hormones and antibiotics,
cutting out processed sugar
and adding a variety of raw
foods.
The change d id n ’t
come naturally. John, who
grew up in lone and did
custodial work for Morrow
County for 30 y»ars, was
what might be considered
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the opposite of vegetarian.
“1 grew up hunting, and
my main course was always
meat,” he said.
While the change was
difficult, the results, they
said, were astounding. Not
only did Abbie recover from
the bone-marrow disease,
but the Marrj<jks said her
mind became'dearer and
her school performance im-
proved dramatically. Kathy
lost 45 pounds, and John
lost 60 pounds and was
able to discontinue some
medications.
“That John got off all
those meds and lost 60
pounds...to me, that is
enough reason to change,”
Kathy said.
They say they started
having a lot of people ask
if they could have what
the Maricks were eating,
but “What we were eating
wasn’t on our menu,” said
Kathy.
The Marick’s also found
that their deep-fryers—the
system for which had been
grandfathered with the sale
of the diner nearly ten years
ago—were out-of-date and
unsafe. They decided to
stop using them, which re
moved several items from
their menu. With a small
building and outdated fa
cilities, and limited finan
cial resources, the Maricks
had to make a choice.. .they
could offer the old stan
dards or their new, healthy
menu, but not both.
“It wasn’t an odd choice
in the sense that we have a
lot of sick people (around
here). A lot o f people’s
doctors said they need a
plant-based diet, but there
was nowhere for them to
go,” Kathy said of their de
cision, adding that the near
est vegetarian restaurant of
which they were aware is
in Walla Walla. “A lot of
tourists are also vegetarian
and vegan.”
“We’re not advocating
that the whole town become
vegetarian,” Kathy added,
“but we offer a healthy, safe
alternative at a reasonable
price.”
The couple said that
part of what they do to keep
prices reasonable is make
food from scratch. They
estimate that more than
95 percent of their menu
is scratch-made, with only
about three items and some
salad dressings bought pre
made. They’ve also been
hard at work developing a
large menu with selections
to please everyone. They
said people tend to think
vegan means “salad,” but
they offer a wide variety of
foods, including replace-
msqts for old favorites like
'veggie meat loaf, burgers,
raw spaghetti made of zuc
chini, tacos and wraps.
Most of their salads are
vegan, but many of their
sandwiches and other dish
es can be prepared as vegan
dishes if requested. They
started offering the new
menu last Thursday.
It’s been a learning pro
cess for the Marick’s, who,
for nearly 10 years, have
upheld the diner’s role as
local gathering place and
burger joint. Kathy, who
refers to herself as some
thing of a nomad, moved
to the area in 1999. They
couple married in 2001;
Abbie was born in 2002
and they bought the diner
the following year, in 2003.
Kathy says she has been in
the restaurant business her
entire life, since the age of
16, managing several res
taurants and owning one be
fore the diner. However, the
vegetarian/vegan venture is
a new experience.
“We’re trying to re
educate ourselves with this
food. The food we made be
fore, people liked. Change
is not easy,” Kathy said.
One thing that won’t
change—at least not com
pletely— is their bakery
section. Their popular
strawberry rhubarb rolls
will remain, as will other
local favorites. However,
there will also be new ad
ditions.
“We’re diabetic, heart-
condition friendly. We (still)
have desserts that require
moderation, but we also
offer healthy alternatives,”
said Kathy. She added that
they continue to develop
a dessert section diabetics
will be able to eat. The goal,
she said, is a healthier life
for everyone.
“This has been the
friendliest, most family-
oriented community I’ve
ever been in,” Kathy said.
“We love our community
and want to keep them
around longer.”
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