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i Record-Courier 7 THURSDAY, JANUARY 1,2015 Linda Dixon Food Bank The North Powder and Haines Food Bank gave out around 840 Food boxes this year. This means there was a lot of hard work, effort and help to make this happen. We couldn't have done this without the help of volunteers, donors, and lots of support from others. Joyce Lawyer, die coordinator wishes to thank the following volunteers: Kim and Dan Adcock,Ted Golden, Teresa, Eric and Rex Weems, Tona and Mary Jacoby, Jim King, Karen Kirkland, Dona Dais, Maria Johnson, Marcus Paul, Kurt Wiskoff, Linda and Eric Dixon, Melvin and Janet Lawyer, Grant and Vickie Pedro, Jessica Pedro, Karlie and Arvin Martin,William and Marlin Scott and Chad Brayer. Supporters of the food bank in clude: The North Powder Grange, Ol I The challenge is to fill every row across, every column OU U vz IvU down, and every 3x3 box with the digits 1 through 9. Each 1 through 9 digit must appear only once in each row across, each column down and each 3x3 box. Church Program 8 5 : ' '5 2 The United Methodist Church had their Christmas Eye Pro gram, candlelight service and a visit from Santa Claus. The pro gram was a big hit and all the children did a wonderful job. Thank you Jill Pedro and Nancy Simonis for all the hard work and time. It was a special evening. The North Powder church trav eled to Cove last Sunday evening to share music and fellowship with the Cove church. The girls from North Powder were Kellee Dixon, Shyanna Campbell, Aaliyah Jordan, Lizzy Weston, Beckah Weston, Arina Weston. They sang "Mary Did you Know" and "Silent Night" and as sisted in the candlelight service. Delicious refreshments were served by the Cove ladies. Thank you for a fun evening. 541-709-1045 mogirl65@gmail.com Greetings. Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas. I, for one, feel like I don't need to eat for at least a month. But I already know how that is going to work. We had planned a typical family dinner but received a call Monday about noon and had to make a flying trip to Albany. Floyd's twin brother !had a massive heart attack. So we are in Albany as I write this. He is doing well and got to come home this afternoon. Had some stints put in and medicine to dissolve clots, but we definitely feel we had our Christmas miracle. We were blessed. Sorry for the library being closed but things happen we cannot change. Thank all of you for understanding and all the prayers. will be playing in the Eastern Oregon University tournament on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Methodist Church, post office, the school green house, North Powder Motel and North Powder Cafe & Truckstop. Haines Methodist Church, Mutual Improvement Club, Garden Club, Haines Post Office, June and Brad Allen, Gene Rose, Marjorie & Helen Loennig, Haines Stampede and Rodeo Assoc., J.O. and Sue Maxwell, Terry & Suzanne Watson, Jack & Meredith Wilson, Elmer & Jan Hill, J. Elbert & Evelyne Fisher, Sheila Holman, Randell and Mary Guyer Jr, Larry and Faye Curry and Mary Rider, Please know we appreciate everyone's help and if we missed anyone we are sorry. Again, thank Happy New Year! you all for everything you do. We are coming to the end of an Stephens's Christmas Dinner Sam Stephens informed me that other year. I hope yours has been she and Delbert will be entertained one of joy, happiness, hope and about 35 family members for a fulfilled expectations. Looking huge Christmas dinner. Several forward to 2015 with new hori will be traveling from out of town. zons, dreams, promises and the hope of things to come. Happy Know they had fun. New Year! Sports Both the varsity girls and boys TF” h M. i : 7p. 2 5 The kids in the North Powder Christmas program. The North Powder FFA placed tenth at the State Vet Science Career Development Event at Crater High School on Dec. the 6. The team members included Maria Keller, Tina Combs, Kachira Phillips, and Casey Neske. This is the first time North Powder has taken a team to this contest. In the FFA Career Development event manual is states the purpose of the veterinary science career development event is to promote college and career readiness by providing opportunities to develop technical knowledge and demon strate practical skills in the field of veterinary sci ence, according to advisor Randy Newman. The objective of the event is to allow: 1. Participants to demonstrate professional ethics, decision-making, communication and problem-solving skills. 2. Participants to demonstrate technical com petency with small and large animals in the areas of: 1. Anatomy and physiology 2. Clinical procedures 3. Identification Sudoku puzzle sponsored by Embroidery By\ Blue Mountain Pesign Works *Round This Time from the archives of the Record-Courier From Jan. 1,1970 Nancy Myers 541-894-2264 njmyers@oregontrail.net Community Center, 7 p.m. Jan. 10 - SVBM Snowmobilers at Schoolhouse Community Center, 6:30 p.m. Jan. 13 - City Council at City Hall, 7 p.m. Jan. 15 - Bag Ladies at School- house Community Center, noon to ? Planning Commission at City Hall, 7 p.m. Jan. 20 - PRRFPD, 6:30 p.m., Mosquito Flat Station Sumpter Vol FD at fire hall, 7 p.m. Jan. 27 - Alpine Chapter, OES, at Masonic Hall, 8 p.m. Churches Sunday morning services are held at St. Brigid’s in the Pines on the first and third Sundays of the month at 11 a.m. followed by a cof fee ‘hour.’ The Jan. 4 service will be lead by Rev. Dick Thew. Weekly services at McEwen Bible Fellowship include Sunday School at 9:45 a.m. and Morning Worship at 11 a.m. and Wednesday evening prayer at 6:45 p.m. News items received by this re porter by Sunday evening will be included in the Sumpter column the following week. Send in news and/or photos with captions of guests, births, group meetings, any special occasion. Wishing you and yours a pros perous and healthful New Year! Holli Gay Johnson was the first Baker County baby to be bom in the New Year. She was bom at 4:23 a.m. to Mrs. And Mrs. Robert A. Johnson of Richland. Congressman Al Ullman gave a speech at the dedica tion ceremony of the bell and tower which overlooks the base area at the alpine recre ation site at Anthony Lakes. North Powder welcomed its new city Marshal, Lawrence Nelson. Nelson and his family came to east ern Oregon from Klamath Falls. Mark and Thomas M. Lindsay, sons of Mr. and Mrs. Grant Lindsay of Haines, were honored during Sacrament services for re ceiving their “God and Country” scouting awards. The Yule Program at Prairie City School filled the school’s gvm to capacity. Around 400 students partici pated in the program and it was considered a huge suc cess. The Baker Elks club shipped 1,724 hides to Sher wood Tanneries after the state-wide annual collection project. They collected over 100 more than their award winning collection from the previous year. The hides go to assist the disabled veter ans organization. 2 4 6 3 7 5 8 3 7 8 5 9|1 1|9 4 J2 6 8 5|6 1 9 5 6 23 8 4 7 7 8 2 Ml 16 9|3 4 2 7 9 9 7 4 3 5:1 1 2|3 416 8 4 9 3 5 8 2 1 6 7 8 7 5 6 3 1 4 2 9 6 1 2 4 9 7 3 8 5 1920 Court Street, Baker City McElroy Printing Also located here. 541.523.2621 1 2 3 4 5 6 14 ■ 20 4. Health and safety 5. Medical terminology The contest included: a written exam; a sce nario question regarding spaying and neutering dogs and cats at a young age, requiring a writ ten response of their opinion on the issue; sev eral math problems used in actual veterinarian situations; handling and restraining animals; and identifying veterinary equipment, parasites, and animal breeds. The team also had to make a presentation showing the ins and outs of a senior dog well ness visit. The team chose to demonstrate this by doing a mock TV show called Paws and Whiskers. The team members played the roles of a TV show host, an owner, a veterinary tech nician, and a veterinarian. The North Powder team has been practicing since last June and would like to thank Jennifer Swanson DMV and Matt Kerns DMV for their help in preparing for this event. The girls learned a lot and are already looking forward to the 2015 competition. 6 __ 17 Jan. 1 - Happy New Year! Jan, 5 - Masons at Masonic Hall, 8 p.m. Jan. 6 - PRRFPD, 6:30 p.m., Mosquito Flat Station Sumpter Vol FD at fire hall, 7 p.m. Jan. 8 - Planning Commission at City Hall, 7 p.m. Jan. 9 - Bingo at Schoolhouse 8 Jackets Hats Scarfs Shirts Sweatshirts Logos BHS Bulldog items By Megan Hufford Calendar 7 5 1 4 5 3 7 9 2 ■ Baker City North Powder FFA Places at State Veterinarian Science Career Development Event Hopefully, there was a really good turn out last night for the Hot Dog/Chili Feed & Light Show put on by the Sumpter Valley Blue Mountain Snowmobile Club. We had a light but persistent snow fall this past Saturday and early Sunday that put down 12 inches (give or take, depending on the location) of snow. The City snowplow was out and about Sunday afternoon, clear ing the streets. We did have a white Christmas, and several families enjoyed the chance to do some sledding during the holiday week. Community res idents delighted in having family visitors from near and far come to share Christmas morning and the bountiful feasts that followed. Now the holiday week is over, decorations are being put away, leftovers are about used up and, un fortunately, it is time to return to our normal schedules. Here are some of the activities scheduled in Sumpter for die month of Jan. 9 1 7 8 10 9 22 21 11 12 13 30 31 32 L. ■ 1 * 24 JI 25 27 34 33 26 28 29 35 36 38 37 40 p 43 42 45 39 46 47 48 50 55 58 I 56 59 Across ■ 57 52 1 1 49 41 53 54 60 23. Orange crablike Pokemon character 1. Floodgate 24. Baking appliance 25. Abstruse 7. Forner aerosol propellant (ab- brev.) 30. Supreme judicial council of an cient Jerusalem 10. Miniature sci-fi vehicles 14. Inhabitant of 34th U.S. state 31. Ashes, e.g. 15. Deception 32. Gulf of___ , off the coast of 16. “I had no___ !” Yemen 17. Inhabitant of the Maylay Archi 34. First light of day (pl.) pelago 35. That is, in Latin (2 wds) 19. Warm, so to speak 36. Dry riverbed 20. “I” problem 38. Protective wall 21. Seaport in NW Florida 39. Simultaneously (3 wds) 23. Authoritative statement 40. Counseled 25. “Fudge!” 43. Japanese___ girl 26. Experienced 44. Affected 27. Victorian, for one 45. Accept 28. “___ quam videri” (North Car 46. Fertilization site olina's motto) 47. Fergie, formally 29. Seed coat 48. ___ Scotia 33. Has a traditional meal (2 wds) 52. Abbr. after a comma 36. Sorcerer 53. Amazon, e.g. (insect) 37. Pretentious sort 54. Show 38. Legal prefix 41. Formerly known as 42. Made invalid This Puzzle Sponsored 44. Julie___ , “Big Brother” host By 45. Cocktail sauce ingredient (pl.) 48. Religious order probationer 49. A hand 50. ___ probandi 51. Marine decapod (2 wds) 55. Mouselike animal 56. Alter, in a way Foreign car owners: 57. Baba ghanouj ingredient You’ve got old fash 58. “Iliad” warrior ioned values and 59. Absorbed, as a cost modem technology at 60. Printed, glazed cotton fabric PRECISION IMPORT Auto Repair Down 1. 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