The INDEPENDENT, April 16, 2009
Winter sports
sees successes
From page 10
the state tournament; Shilo
Dooley, Preston Roach, Joe
Benes, Calvin Barnes, Justin
Caputo, Tylor Owen and Trever
Gwin.
Individual Team Awards:
Boys Varsity Basketball – Chris
Bamburg, Most Improved; Ja-
son Weller, The Stallion; Byron
Schorzman, Most Inspirational
and Most Outstanding. In Girls
Varsity Basketball – Four-Year
Awards to Gillian Cheney and
Tricia Levenseller. In Wrestling:
Caleb Rice, Most Inspirational;
Calvin Barnes, Most Improved;
Tylor Owen, Most Valuable;
and Trever Gwin, Most Valu-
able.
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To Your Health
From page 8
betes in children and adults. IGF-1 is also a factor in cancers of
the breast, prostate and colon. The FDA has consistently refused
to consider studies that show these dangers to humans, and con-
tinues to allow its use.
Dairy cows aren’t the only recipients of rBGH. In 2005, 32.5 mil-
lion beef cattle were slaughtered in the U.S., and two-thirds of
them had been injected with similar growth hormones to increase
their growth rate and body mass. This certainly produces more
steaks in a shorter time, but without regard for the consumers who
eat them. (One source says, “Think beef on steroids.”) On per-
haps a lesser scale, there is also a hormone used (for the same
reasons) in pigs. So, again, we are stuck with not knowing
whether or not the meat we buy contains the hormones.
So, what to do? In addition to the CFS source, another comput-
er link that may help consumers who want to address this issue is
the Organic Consumers Association website. This site leads us to
an “Eat Well Guide” which helps to find hormone-free products.
They also list some answers to the question, “Why stay away?”
from products that contain rBGH:
- rBGH makes cows sick
- rBGH milk can be contaminated by pus due to mastitis
- rBGH milk is chemically and nutritionally different that natural
milk…and more.
We are advised to check the labels for notations like “this prod-
uct has not been treated with the hormone rBGH.” We encourage
our readers to do some research, talk to caregivers and butchers,
check with some suppliers of the foods we eat. And, contact us for
more information on this controversial subject. We hope this will
result in a benefit To Your Health!
Contact To Your Health! c/o The Independent, 725 Bridge St.,
Vernonia OR 97064, or email health@the-independent.net.
From the Sheriff’s Desk…
From page 18
the first fruits of a new, ambitious program we call, “Volunteers in
Partnership with the Sheriff” or, “VIPS.” Seeing the commitment
and desire of these volunteers to come alongside our staff and
help us is truly awe-inspiring and a tribute to the volunteer spirit in
our country.
I am more than happy to help lead the charge as we advance
the principles of liberty. All the more so when I have the consent
and active support of those I was elected to serve.
Obituary
MAE KATHLEEN C. BUDGE
Mae
Kathleen
Chambers
Budge, 89, Deer Island, died April
3, 2009. A celebration of life was
held April 11 at the Beaver Home
Grange in Goble.
Mrs. Budge was born May 28,
1919, in Ogden, Utah, to Eddie
Blaine and Kathleen Juanita
(Furgeson) Chambers.
In 1937, she married Edward V.
Budge. They made their home in
Deer Island starting in 1948.
She was preceded in death by
her husband.
Survivors include four sons,
Tom of Vernonia, Dennis, Jim and
Henry, all of Rainier; one daughter,
Mary Horn of Deer Island; numer-
ous grandchildren, great-grandchil-
dren, great-great grandchildren;
nieces and nephews.
Remembrances are suggested
to Community Home Health and
Hospice in Longview, Washington.
Groulx Family Mortuary of
Rainier was in charge of arrange-
ments.
cian in Calif., and a security guard
at Intel until 1999.
He was preceded in death by
his brother, Jack L.
Survivors include his wife; two
sons, Dean and Doug, both of Val-
ley Springs, Calif.; a daughter,
Cathy Louie of Manning; and five
grandchildren.
Remembrances are suggested
to the Kidney Foundation.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home was in charge of arrange-
ments.
FRANK PHILLIP HAYS
his discharge, the family moved to
the Oregon coast.
In 1949, he married Bobbie L.
Bassett (Plummer) of Vernonia.
They made their home in Leadore,
Idaho, before moving back to the
Oregon coast, where he logged in
Vernonia and Knappa. When he
retired, they moved back to
Leadore, then to Salmon, Idaho, in
1992.
He was preceded in death by
his wife; and a sister, Lois Steele.
Survivors include a son, Jerry of
LaGrande; a daughter, Sharon
May of Salmon, Idaho; two step-
children, Penny Smejkal of Ver-
nonia and Pete Plummer of
Salmon, Idaho; one brother, Bill of
Salmon, Idaho; one sister, Dorothy
Zook of Brigham City, Utah; seven
grandchildren; and numerous
great-grandchildren.
Remembrances are suggested
to a charity of choice.
Salmon River Funeral Chapel
was in charge of arrangements.
MARK PETER MCMURTREY
RUSSELL “BUD” WAYNE DAVIS
Russell “Bud” Wayne Davis, 72,
Manning, died March 30, 2009. Fu-
neral services were held April 4 at
the Banks Community United
Methodist Church. Private family
interment will take place.
Mr. Davis was born May 5,
1936, in Chehalis, Washington, to
George and Jerry (Oakes) Davis.
He was raised by his grandpar-
ents, Fred and Eunice (Hess)
Zucker in Napavine, Wash. He
served in the U.S. Air Force.
In 1959, he married Laveda M.
Mattson. They made their home in
Sunnyvale, California, until moving
to Manning in 1996, when he re-
tired. He was an electronics techni-
Mark Peter McMurtrey, 53, Gre-
sham, died March 31, 2009. A
graveside service will be held April
17, at noon, in Willamette National
Cemetery in Portland, followed by
a reception at the M&M Restaurant
in Gresham.
Mr. McMurtrey was born June
19, 1955, in Corvallis, to Billy and
Patricia (Van Datta) McMurtrey. He
attended Sandy High School in
Sandy.
In 1990, he married Jamie
Wooten. They made their home in
Vernonia from 1995 until 2006. He
was a Federal Marshall in 1981
and 1982, a placement worker for
the National Broadcasting School
for two years, then worked for the
State of Oregon Employment Divi-
sion assisting Veterans.
Survivors include his wife of
Vernonia; mother, Patricia Gudge
of Boring, two sons, David and
Mark, both of Vernonia; a brother,
Mike of Boring; and three sisters,
Cathy Patton and Carol Gregus,
both of Portland, and Constance
Shimek of Nehalem.
Remembrances are suggested
to the Disabled Veterans of Ore-
Direct Cremation
Frank Phillip Hays, 90, of
Salmon, Idaho, died March 29,
2009. Memorial services were held
April 3 at the Salmon River Funer-
al Chapel in Idaho.
Mr. Hays was born April 8,
1918, in Salmon, Idaho, to Jacob
A. and Rosella (Proulx) Hays. He
grew up in Leadore. He served in
the U.S. Army Air Corps during
World War II.
He married Mary E. Garlock be-
fore leaving for World War II. After
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EVELYN L. SPENCER
Evelyn L. Spencer, 92, Beaver-
ton, died April 3, 2009. A memorial
service was held April 14 at the
Maryville Nursing Home Chapel in
Beaverton.
Mrs. Spencer was born August
4, 1916, in Banks. She managed
the Miss America Shop in Hillsboro
in the late 1940s.
In 1962, she married Elvin
Spencer. She was a homemaker.
She had lived in Hillsboro for the
past 12 years.
She was preceded in death by
her husband.
Survivors include two sons,
David M. Johns and Joseph D.
Johns; one daughter, Janice Perry;
a sister, Jeanette VanDinter; eight
grandchildren; and 11 great-grand-
children.
Fir Lawn Mortuary in Hillsboro
was in charge of arrangements.