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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, May 29, 1991 an m m niiH in I Teachers earn funds for MCE A Ione Topic Club hears book review opportunity fund storyteller who can pluck at your Members of the lone Topic Club I ACCIDEIVTS HAPPEN! Morrow County teachers from Heppner and lone tackled another Forest Service planting contract to earn money for the Morrow County Education Association Opportunity Fund, Sunday, May 5. Nine teachers, three spouses and three students worked from 9 a m. until 2:30 p.m. planting willow trees in the Bull Prairie and Porter timber sale areas. , MCE A has used the money earn ed to award $786 to students for ac- Locked Into The Workers Compensation Plan or The Risk Pool? I We Have Options That May Save Money Call Today! Stew feed, game night at Stokes Landing Center WHGflUWD I N S U R A N C E C E N T E R INC I Main Street lone, Oregon 97843 tivities such as Hands on Science, the Centennial Exchange and sports camps in addition to sponsoring the three on three volleyball tournament recently held at Heppner High School. Money from the Opportuni ty Fund will also sponsor a local T- ball team this summer. “ The work activities have been fun as well as rewarding for both teachers and students and future plans are to continue the program,” said an MCEA spokesperson. 422-7410 | T illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllM lllllllllllllllllllllim illllllllll|l|||||||||||||||||||||||||l|l|llll|||||||||||||||||||,! A “ stew feed” and “ game night” will be held at Stokes Landing Senior Center in Irrigon, on Friday night. May 31. The meal will be served from 5 to 7 p.m. and will include monkey bread and a dessert for $2.50. Game night will follow with card games and table games for all ages. Residents of Irrigon and neighbor ing communities are welcome to attend. St. Patrick’s Senior Center Bulletin Board Now that all that hard work is behind you, many exciting and rewarding challenges lay ahead. It isn’t always easy, but we know you’ll give it the old college try! We wish you every success in your future endeavors. Member Jewelers of America, Inc 4 Peterson's t ^ Heppner MALIBU MUSK M e n ’s heart strings, tickle your funny bone and point up a moral all at the same time.” Members had a book shower of new and entertaining books that will be placed in the library soon. At the business meeting the group decided to have a “ trash and treasures” table at the lone Fourth of July celebration to benefit the lone Public Library. Sue Proudfoot was appointed to compile the club scrapbook. Garden club to meet June 3 The H eppner G arden Club meeting will be held Monday, June 3 at the senior center. The evening will get underway with a potluck at 6:30 p.m. follow- ed by a meeting at 7:30 p.m. The agenda will include flag eti quette by Amie Hedman and recita tion of a poem on the flag by George Roger of Hermiston. MfjktWM By Merlyn Robinson & l-a -rT p : Water water everywhere—sometimes there’s too much in some places and not enough where it’s most needed. But presently the area has been blessed with much-needed moisture. I also learned that Heppner water is wetter than other well water. Just ask David Winters. With his waterworks wisdom, he told city council that city workers have ways of working wonders with wanton water by using “ water wetter” an additive that keeps water from beading. There are interesting facts to be learned at city council meetings as elected officials wrestle with major utility problems impacted by budget cuts. But it’s good to live where people work to surmount obstacles and where there is enough water even for swimming pools. And also it’s a place where residents care enough about summer youth activities to donate over $6 thou sand for replacing the city pool filter system. For the most part, it’s business as usual here as several Oregon counties and other states wrestle with water shortages. But since we have so many regulatory agencies already involved in water resources, I fail to comprehend Senator Mark Hatfield’s thinking when he says, “ It’s time for Con gress to examine the need to implement a national water policy which will provide the balance necessary to wisely manage what is our most impor tant resource.” I, for one, am a little leery of Hatfield’s proposals after he backed the endangered species act which will continue to have repercussions for everyone. What we do need is Hatfield’s influence to get the U S. Corps of Engineers moving towards building a recreational vehicle park at the Willow Creek Dam lakeside. The Willow Creek Park District board pounds heads against walls trying to make progress with that project while the bureaucratic wheels, supported by tax dollars, grind very slowly. And other volunteer boards such as the Morrow County Tourism Committee strive at helping to promote local attractions. It makes sense that travelers will use the scenic by-way and that they will stop over wherever they can find campgrounds. Even if they travel with self-contained travel trailers, the purchase of gasoline could help keep our local service stations in business. Individually the average citizen doesn’t have much clout, but we need to take a page from organized environmentalists' tactics. Numbers do count. And there should be a massive local letter-writing campaign to both Hat field and other representatives as well as the Corps. There was a lot of energy used in opposition to the dam being built. But now that it is a permanent fixture, that same type of energy could help capitalize on use of this water resource. MUGS 40% OFF Ladies A large crown attended the farewell party for Seth and VoJean Forquer at the Senior Center Sunday afternoon May 19. We wish them well in their retirement, and will miss them. Chairpersons Shirley Haugan, Harriet Batty and Helen Gilliam and the activities committee hosted the party. There were 107 people present for the Senior dinner May 15. Five din ners were taken out. Members of the Seventh Day Adventist and Nazarene Churches served. The meal ticket was won by Ed Haugsvar. Darrell Vin son won the door prize and Irene Gonty won the guest prize. Pam Sagely gave an interesting and informative presentation on rural health May 22 before the Senior dinner. There were 107 people present for dinner and three meals were taken out. Thirteen seniors from the nurs ing home and three out of town guests were present. Merri Reamer won the free meal ticket, Anna Ball the door prize and Georgiana McDaniels and Gladys Robby of Nevada, the guest prize. Serving was done by members of the Baptist Church. The Nutrition Site Committee met after the dinner. The election of committee members has been postponed to June 12. The menu for June 5 will be beef stroganoff with noodles, beans, tossed salad with carrots and tomatoes, French bread, pears and cookies. Members of the Episcopal church will serve. There will be a five county transportation meeting in the dining room June 5 from 9 a m. to noon. Mr. and Mrs. Heard, former Heppner residents now living in Milton- Freewater visited the senior center in the afternoon of May 22. They were given a tour of the building. The public hearing of the senior transportation budget was held in the dining room May 23. Quilters and Company meet Mondays 1 to 4 p.m. Three ladies have cut out quilt pattern pieces for the new quilt. They will soon be ready to start making the blocks. Anyone wishing to help is welcome to join them. Exercise class is Tues. & Thurs., 10-10:30 a.m. Hobby time is Tues, 1-4 p.m. ■ i . <51 spent an enjoyable afternoon at the home of Margaret Troedson in Pendleton on Wednesday May 22. Following a lovely luncheon served by Margaret and Helen Proudfoot, the book, “ It Was on Fire When I Lay Down on It” by Robert Fulghum, was reviewed by Helen. “ This is a humorous book of serm ons-turned-essays with a playfulness to delight the reader,” said a club member. “ It shows Mr. Fulghum as a natural-born 10% OFF COSMETIC BAGS Large White TOWELS 20% OFF sale 3" LADY STETSON IWESTCLOX LADY BENI CLOCKS reg. 1695 & EX’CLAMATION Cologne Trial Size sale 995 $ 3 9 5 H allm ark Stationery 10% OFF GRADUATION PARTY GOODS 20% OFF! Now US WEST is helping more Oregonians do big business in small towns. 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Or, more importantly, how big they want to be Michael Correa - Christy Stroeber June 29 ir c w E s r Making the moat o f your time.' H eppner, O regon 97836 i 1991 u s W EST Inc
