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TWO - Heppiier Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 3, IW1 St. Patrick’s Students mark Arbo Day with tree planting Senior Center Bulletin Board Photo by Pam Minster Mrs. Pointers' fifth grade class planted a tree in the lone city park for Arbor Day. tone’s elementary fifth grade class participated in Arbor Day by plan ting trees in the lone City park with the assistance of lone city employee Jim Rudisill. All 12 students helped to shovel dirt, pack soil and water the trees in one corner of the lone City Park on April 1. The Oregon Association of Nurserymen developed and produc ed a program for fifth grade classes all over Oregon. Part of the program was to donate five, two year old trees to every participating class to celebrate this National Holiday. The program was co-sponsored by Safeway Stores, KATU and Nor thwest Natural Gas. In O regon, A rbor Day is celebrated the week of April 1 to 5 and has been officially proclaimed Arbor Week by Governor Barbara Roberts. Arbor week varies from state to state. Washington will celebrate during the week of April 8 - 12 . Students participating in Mrs. Pointers' fifth grade class were Jake McElligott, Kara Miller, Mandy Ball, Mike Snider, Megan Proud- foot, Tiffani Jones, Len Rietmann, Nathan Rietmann, Kate Garrett, Marc Orem, Maci Childers and Jessica Montenegro. Together with their parents Lynn Dee Devin and John B. Ramos, Jr. request the honour of your presence at their marriage on Saturday, the sixth of April at six o ’clock in the evening First Christian Church 775 W. Highland Avenue Hermiston, Oregon C u rrin N o . 8 Steve Currin of Heppner holds the number eight spot in all-around cowboy in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association world stan dings as of March 26. Currin has won $8,033 in rodeo competition. Reception u ■ follow at Hermiston Elks Club Special Purchase on Tires MEANS Special prices to YOU! 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Another 1355 earn ed a B plus (3.5) or better to make the listing. To be on the Honor Roll, students must carry at least 12 grad ed hours of course work. Ball, Bergstrom named to OIT honor roll Jeff Ball, a senior at Oregon In stitute of Technology at Klamath Falls has received a 4.0 grade point average this term at OIT. Ball is the son of Jim and Marie Boor, lone. Michael Bergstrom, Heppner, was named to the dean’s list at OIT. Bergstrom majored in diesel power technology. Inclusion on the dean’s Nazarene sponsors ham dinner ffciw inain The Church of the Nazarene is sponsoring a ham dinner complete with scalloped potatoes, vegetables, roll and desert Sunday, April 7 beginning at 6 p.m. in the church fellowship hall. Cost will be $3 for children, $5 adult or $10 family. Reservations may be made by call ing 676-5529 or 676-5176 but are not required. Proceeds from the din ner will go towards Larry Ben jamin’s trip to Ecuador. After dinner guests and members will be treated to a slide presentation by Pastor Larry Benjamin taken on his recent trip to Ecuador. The din ner and slides are open to the public. “ If you are unable to attend the din ner but would like to see the slides, you would be most welcome,’’ said Pastor Benjamin. The slides will begin around 7 p.m. Denzil Dodds, a missionary to South Africa will be at the church on Tuesday, April 9 at 7 p.m. Dodds will tell about what it is like on the mission field in South Africa. The public is invited. Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes. Chamber Manager GRIP SPUR RADIALS no One hundred eleven people enjoyed the Easter dinner and Easter Parade at the Senior Center March 27. About 12 ladies and one gentleman strutted their stuff; showing off Easter bonnets, some pretty and some zany. Florence Holt was the narrator. The ladies also sang a parody of “ Put on Your Old Gray Bonnett,” accompanied by Irene Anhom at the piano. Four dinners were taken out to people who couldn't attend. Happy birth day was sung to those celebrating birthdays. Members of the Baptist Church served. The menu for April 10 is meat loaf, glazed carrots, fresh vegetable tray, dilly bread and pineapple upside down cake. The Episcopal Church will serve. The Senior Center Board will meet after the dinner. Seth and Vo- Jean Forquer are the hosts for April. The Forest Service open house at the Senior Center was well attended. The displays, video and pamphlets were very interesting and informative. They also gave away trees in the parking lot. The St. Patrick’s committee will meet in the Senior Center sitting room Wed., April 3 at 7:30 p.m. Pie and coffee will be served by the Senior Center Activities Committee. Thursday, April 4, the Home Extension Service Spring meeting will be held in the center dining room. The Senior Activities Committee will be serving lunch. Quilters and Company meet every Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. They have tentatively chosen a patter for their next quilt. Donations of bright colored cotton or cotton-polyester material with small print would be greatly ap preciated. This is a great pattern for those who like to applique. The knitting class, taught by Sandra VanLiew, started Monday, April 1. THos who are over 60 years old do not have to pay tuition. The Veterans of Foreign Wars will meet in the sitting room at the center April 10 at 7 p.m. Remember to come “ Swing into Shape" with the exercisers Tues. and Thurs. from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Hobby time is Tuesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. Bring your paints, carving, tatting, knitting or whatever you like to do and enjoy the afternoon. Wright earns 4th at State FF A contest Wanted: Active, enthusiastic peo ple who desire an opportunity to have a voice in community issues; desire updated, accurate knowledge of their community; wish to cause action to occur; support events that bring money to Heppner businesses and organizations and would enjoy a variety of programs offered over a delicious lunch each week. Pay: new friendships, communi ty involvement and action, getting the “ straight goods” on what’s hap pening, and your name added to the list o f growing main street businesses, ranches and individuals who are members of Heppner Cham ber o f Com merce. Call 676-5536 to find out more informa tion about joining the organization vital to your community. If you haven’t guessed, it’s time for Heppner Chamber’s annual membership drive. Members will be contacting businesses to invite them to come to Chamber as a guest, April 16 It’s a “ Missing Persons Drive.” All interested persons welcome. Guests next week at Chamber will be the Morrow County Fair and Rodeo Court and a musical presen tation by the High School Chorus. Thought for the week: “ A perfec tionist is One who takes infinate pains and often gives them to other peo ple ■' list indicates a grade point average of at least 3.30. Oregon Institute of Technology, with a main campus in Klamath Falls and a branch campus in Portland of fers bachelor’s and associate’s degree programs in the engineering, health and business technologies. M ill o! Jeremey Wright, a freshman at Heppner High School, placed fourth at the state FFA creed speaking con test held March 17 in Corvallis. Wright advanced through local, district, sectional and substate before making it to the state finals, said Heppner FFA advisor Bill Um- barger. Wright competed against seven other finalists in the contest, which was held at OSU in conjunc tion with the state FFA convention. "H e presented the creed in front of 475 people at state,” Umbarger' said. To reach state he recited the five paragraph creed in front of 900 to 1.000 people. Attending the state convention with Wright was Scott Coe chapter president. Paula Heatherly and Ryan Miller i request .your presence . . ■ ' ' ‘ at their marriage , 1 p.m ., April 6, 1991 United Methodist Church Heppner, Oregon , ^ R e c e ^ tio rw fo jkm in ^ ^ (j}£ n e ^ ^ m e n a ir^ ^ ^ io r^ H a U ^ ^ Come join us at a Community Potluck Sat., April 6th lone Legion Hall 6-8 p.m. HONORING KEVIN BALL (Home from the Gulf) Bring main dish, salad or dessert
