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THREE - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 22, 2018 A View from the Green Senior golfers play at Umatilla Willow Creek senior golf club members com- peted in the Columbia-Blue Senior Association tourna- ment at the Big River Golf Course in Umatilla on Aug. 13. Results for the Willow Creek members are: -Columbia division (handicap 18 and below) fifth place in gross went to Barry Munkers with a score of 81and Tom Shear placed fifth in net with a score of 67. -Blue division (handi- cap 18-23) seventh went to Steve Marlatt with 73. -Senior division (hand- icap 24 and above) second place went to Dave Cres- wick with his score of 94. The next Colum- bia-Blue senior tournament will be held at the China Creek Golf Course in Ar- lington on Sept. 10, with 7:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. tee times. Lunch will be pro- vided by the China Creek ladies group for a nominal charge. Players wishing to reserve a cart should call the China Creek pro shop at 541-454-2000. Men’s club results announced Twenty golfers partici- pated in Sunday men’s play at Willow Creek Country Club on Aug. 19. In the two-man best ball, it was a three-way tie for gross with the teams of Barry Munkers/Ron Bow- man, Josh Coiner/Slater Mitchell and Brian Fallow/ Jake Mahan, all with a score of 59. Net was also a three- way tie with Dale Boyd/ Dave Mitchell, Dave Cres- wick/Mike Bergstrom and Roger Ehrmantraut/Steve Marlatt with 48. Individual gross was Slater Mitchell with a 62 in first place, Ron Bowman Kris Lindner took low with a 64 in second and Bri- gross on flight C and low net was Bunnie Lindsay. Nancy Arnson had the least putts. Judy Harris had a chip- in on holes seven and nine. Della Heideman had a bird- ie on hole four. Longest putt on number eight went to Nancy Propheter, KP on hole four to Della Heide- man and KP second shot to Lorrene Montgomery. The Edie Skow net championship and club championship will be held Sept. 4 and 5. Over the Tee Cup The Willow Creek Country Club ladies play- day hosted 17 ladies on Aug. 14. Low gross of the field went to Nancy Propheter and low net to Judy Harris and Sharon Harrison. Least putts of the field was split by Pat Dougherty and Pat Edmondson. Low gross for flight A was Virginia Grant and low net was Loa Heideman. Flight B low gross went to Della Heideman, low net to Karen Haguewood and least putts to Betty Burns. an Fallow with a 64. Individual net was a tie between Delbert Binschus and Roger Ehrmantraut in first with a 55. Second was a tie with Ralph Walker and Dale Boyd with a score of 56. Delbert Binschus got KP with 11 feet, 3 inches and Rick Johnston got KP second shot with 7 feet, 1 inch. The course will be closed Aug. 22-24 to pave the parking lot. The next men’s play will be on Sun- day, Aug. 26 and will be hosted by Matt Bergstrom, Charlie Ferguson and Jerry Gentry. Morrow last in college educated, first in healthy diet Highest in mobile home living, lowest in housing costs Local dairy offers free corn John Vandenbrink dairy has field of corn for school donations A recent report issued by OSU and Ford Foundation shows interesting statistics about the counties in Oregon, and how they compare to one another on various aspects. RUSSELL -Continued from PAGE ONE district the meeting was unlikely to commence in Morrow County. Aug. 3 rd I received a phone call from Tuck- er Billman in Greg’s La Grande office inviting me to attend a meeting with Greg Walden and Dr. Scott Gottleib in Bend, OR the following Tuesday morn- ing. I asked if I could invite Sara, and the answer was yes. My assumption was that 50 or so people would attend the meeting and it would consist of local elected public officials and medical professionals from Central Oregon. I wasn’t sure how much time we would have allotted to us, but Sara agreed to make the seven-hour drive from Reno to meet me, and my wife Susan, who also has Celiac disease. Tuesday morning, Sara and I arrived a few minutes early to the hotel confer- ence room that was much smaller than anticipated, joining a handful of other early attendees. The few we introduced ourselves to indicated that they repre- sented large pharmaceuti- cal manufacturers. Shortly thereafter, Greg Walden, Dr. Gottleib and addition- al staff members arrived. There were only about 12 people in the room and a round of introductions re- Report compares life in Oregon’s counties vealed representatives from Oregon Health Science University, Sara Russell – consumer advocate for a day, Don Russell – Morrow County Commissioner, a half a dozen people rep- resenting the pharmacy industry, Greg Walden and Commissioner Gottleib of the FDA. We were given the floor for about 15 minutes, and when I say we, I really mean Sara. Sara worked as a phar- macy tech for nine months when she was going to col- lege and now works in the insurance industry in Reno with a heavy emphasis on group medical coverage. She told the audience that as a well-informed consumer she had difficulties finding out if the medication pre- scribed was safe for her or her seven-year-old son to take. It’s not the active in- gredient that’s the problem, rather the filler ingredients that make a pill a pill. In- gredients like starch, cellu- lose, Vitamin E or caramel coloring are all red flags for potential gluten sources. Everyone listened intently and seemed to understand the problem. Dr. Gottleib indicated that the FDA has included suggested word- ing to specify gluten in a working draft that may be finalized soon. Sara asked if suggested wording was Off Rhea Creek Road near Ione take Morter Lane until you come to the “Drive Slow” sign, from there go 1.5 miles to the field of sweet corn. The John Vandenbrink dairy in Ione is offering free sweet corn again this year to anyone who wants to pick some. Owners John and Janna Vandenbrink just ask that you put some money in the donation box at the field to help fund the local school. “All the money will go to the Ione School Foundation,” said John, when encouraging people to come out and pick. He estimated the corn will be getting ripe and ready in about a week or so. Directions to the corn are before you get to Ione, take Rhea Creek Road. Then turn on Morter Lane until you come to a “Drive Slow” sign, take that road south about 1.5 miles and you will come to the field and a sign that says Sweet Corn. “Come on out and get some. It’s really good,” says John. strong enough to ensure execution and was quickly told by the representatives present from the indus- try that FDA suggestions are taken very seriously. Sara also proposed that the FDA regulate labeling consistency and placement for products advertising as gluten free to ease frus- trations many consumers experience when grocery shopping, which was well received by the FDA rep- resentatives for future con- sideration. It was a great oppor- tunity for Sara and me to advocate for the estimated 3.5 million people in this country that have Celiac. I’m also certain that if Greg Walden were not the Chair of the Energy and Com- merce committee for the House of Representatives it would not have happened. GROWING GENERATIONS TOGETHER Since 1945, Bank of Eastern Oregon has had roots in eastern Oregon. We believe in the value of a handshake and provide unparalleled and unbiased service because we know you – we are you, your neighbors, and your community members. BEO keeps working hard for you to ensure that our banking services are never difficult. By David Sykes A recent report issued by Oregon State University and the Ford Foundation, shows data on various as- pects of populations and living conditions in all 36 Oregon counties. Morrow ranks high in some areas and low in others. For instance, the num- ber of people age 25 or old- er with a four-year degree or greater in Morrow County is 10 percent, last out of the 36 counties. However, in the high school graduation rate Morrow is ranked num- ber five with 84.5 percent graduating. Low college graduation has not slowed down our earning potential, however, with this study ranking us at number seven in the state with an average of $54,441 in annual house- hold income. However, a later study moved Morrow County up to the number three ranking in average household income in the state of Oregon. Wheeler is the lowest county in income at $33,400. On the housing front the report shows Morrow residents have low housing costs, with just 23 percent of its citizens paying greater than 30 percent of their in- comes toward housing. We also have the highest per- centage of our population living in mobile homes, at 29.3 percent. We also rank high in property taxes collected with per-capita at $2,708 in tax per person, number three in the state. The figure is arrived at by dividing the total taxes collected, by the number of people residing in the county, so does not break out residential and business taxes paid. We are also ranked top in the state in healthy eat- ing, with the highest per- centage (by a long ways, 48.8 percent) reporting eating the recommended amounts of fruits and veg- etables per day. The next highest is Grant county at 30.9 percent. By the way, who is not eating their veg- gies? Curry county not do- ing well at 5.9 percent not eating healthy food. In other general overall statistics, Morrow has 61.2 percent of its population classified as white and 34.7 percent Latino. We have an unemployment rate of five percent and a labor partic- ipation rate of 61 percent. The Oregon By The Numbers report was re- leased for the first time this year, but is expected to be an annual study. It is of interest to those wanting to know where we rank as a county compared to others in the state. The study cov- ers many categories besides those listed above includ- ing: child poverty and child abuse, crime, voter partici- pation, smoking, vaccina- tion rates, birth weights, broadband access, vehicle miles traveled and more. “Oregon by the Num- bers is a collaborative effort between The Ford Family Foundation and Oregon State University. 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