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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 25, 1992 Lexington News _____________ __________________ By Delpha Jones -:-Lola Bundy Gulger from Portland visited with Fay Ruhl and Florence Gray on Tuesday. She is a former Lexington resi dent and was raised on a farm north of Lexington, attending school in Lexington. -:-PNG club of Holly Lodge met at the R and J Restaurant on Wednesday for the quarterly meeting and luncheon. The meeting was called to order by president Leila Palmer. At this time the group voted to entertain the adjoining PNG clubs in the spring of 1993. Delpha Jones won the door prize. Each person present received a St. Patrick’s pen and crown from the hostesses Kathy Tellechea and Annetta Padberg. -:-Cecil and Delpha Jones and niece Arlene Crow of Hermiston visited with Cecil’s sister Bonita Stitt in Yakima, WA. one day last week. -Chuck Peck and fiancee of Bend visited his parents Fran and Richard Peck and attended the St. Patrick festivities over the weekend. -Three Links Club met at the home of Delpha Jones on Thurs day. The day was spent tying the table favors for the assembly ban quet to be held in Pendleton at the O ddfellow and Rebekah Assembly. The door prize was won by Annetta Padberg. Refreshments were served. -:-Joyce Buchanan has return ed home from Portland where she recently was a patient in the hospital there. -:-Lexington Grange met on M onday evening with the overseer Barbara Gilbert in the chair. Tom and Dorthy Wilson and Don Greenup were elected as members. A resolution commit tee was appointed to write a resolution concerning banning tri ple trailers in the state of Oregon. Members were reminded of the smorgasbord and card party to be held at the hall on Sunday, March 29. The program preceded the meeting, standing slides of the birds of the area and their habitat. -¡-Virginia and Lyle Peck visited his brother, Bert, in W enatchee where he was hospitalized for major surgery on an injured leg. He is reported do ing well. -.-Bob and Luella Taylor enter tained with a card party at their home on Saturday evening. There were six tables with prizes award ed to the following: women’s high-M ary Lee Britt; low- Annetta Padberg; men’s high- Tom Wilson; low-Earl Norris; pinochle-Jean Adams and Cecil Jones. Refreshments were serv ed by the hosts. -:-Cecil and Delpha Jones and Kenneth Jones attended the funeral services on Saturday at Yakima for Cecil’s sister, Bonita Stitt. -¡-Visitors at the home of her parents Ray and Gae Papineau and other relatives are Cammie McReynolds and children, K.C. Ray and Cassie from Boise, ID. -¡-Justine (Weatherford) and Garland Benintendi of Yakima. WA. visited friends en route to Arlington to attend the funeral of a relative of Justine’s. Hoobing named to publication Cham ber shows appreciation Rev. Stan Hoobing, pastor of the Hope-Valby Lutheran Parish of South Morrow County, has been listed in the 1992 “ Who’s Who in American Religion’’. Over the past 20 years Rev. Hoobing has served a variety of churches in Washington and Oregon, first as a member of the Lutheran Church in America and now as a pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Not only has he served on various synod wide committees and task forces over the years, he has been involved in local community Prescribed burn demo to be held Foam Works of St. Maries, Idaho, and Firecon, Inc. of On tario, in conjunction with the Morrow Soil and Water Conser vation District and the USDA Soil Conservation Service will conduct a prescribed burning dem onstration on M onday, March 30 at 1 p.m. weather permitting. The demonstration will be on a Conservation Reserve Program field owned by Dick Wilkinson just outside of Heppner. The demonstration will be an exam ple of using prescribed burning to decrease weed and grass residue buildup on CRP fields. This will provide decreased fire hazard on the CRP fields and enhancement of the permanent cover, said a Mothers Against Drunk Driv ing, Oregon State, has selected Morrow County as one of 13 counties to be part of a pilot pro ject to evaluate Driving Under the Influence of Intoxicants sentenc- ing. The Case Disposition Evaluation Project is being ad ministered through a grant from Oregon Traffic Safety Division. The objectives of the project are to determine the extent to which DUII sanctions imposed are most effective and consistent with statute and uniformity among Take delivery by September 30. 1992* and your Polaris dealer will give you $500 in FREE Polaris clothing and accessories. * If Polaris advertises a factory sponsored deal better than $500 in clothing and accessories by 12/31/92. Snow Check cus tomers will receive the difference in FREE clothing and accessories. Receive a FREE engraved name plate to attach to your new 1993 Polaris snowmobile. Serge or Sew Into Spring is the title of a spring sewing class of fered by BMCC. The class will 1993 Polaris Models run for three consecutive Thurs Indy Classic Indy StarLite day nights from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Indy StarLite GT Indy Classic Touring Indy Lite Heppner High School Home Ex Indy Lite Deluxe Indy 500 EFI Room beginning April 2. Indy 500 EFI SKS Indy Lite GT The class is open to students Indy XLT Indy Sport with either sergers or sewing Indy XLT Special Indy Trail machines. Sewing machines are Indy XLT SKS Indy Trail Deluxe Indy RXL Indy WideTrak also available to use at the school. Indy RXL SKS Indy 440 Students will learn the latest easy techniques to use in sewing t- shirts and classic polo shirts for spring. Special techniques for sergers using decorative thread will also be taught. Cost of the class is $12, pre registration is required. A list of supplies needed is available at the Shoe Box in Heppner. Call in structor Nancy Jepsen at 676-5244 for more information. Plan now for 4- Summer week Building Bridges of Understanding’’ is this year’s theme for 4-H Summer Week. If you are a 4-H member in grades 7-12, begin to plan now to attend 1992 4-H Summer Week at Oregon State University. Summer Week, June 22-26, is a place to make new friends from throughout Oregon, have fun, and participate in a series of ter rific classes. In fact, the best thing about Summer Week is making new friends. That’s what a survey of about 400 4-H’ers attending the 1991 program showed. Another highlight was the classes. This year, each 4-H member can choose up to nine classes. More than 16 hours of action-oriented learning will be offered in the areas of horses, sports, fashion and personal development, leadership, arts, drama and more. Rounding out the week will be a series of special events such as sports contests, a celebration of talent, a pizza party, swim par ties. and dances. Summer Week delegates live in an OSU residence hall where they’ll meet new friends while getting to know eople from this area even better. More information about the program, registration and costs will be mailed to each 7-12 grade member. The cost per delegate from Morrow County is sup ported in part by scholarships and gifts from local service clubs. Ex tension groups and other organizations and businesses in terested in young people. For more information contact Bill Broderick at the OSU Exten sion Service, 676-9642. Indy 440 SKS Indy XCR Indy Storm Indy Storm SKS LEXINGTON LUMBER Lexington, Ore. 989-8586 "Th# Sn o w C n #c h program >» not available to principal» or em ployees of P o ia n s Industries authorized P o la r * distributors or authorized Poian s dealerships C 1&92 P oian s Industries. L P Available at participating dealers Void where prohOued by law Manufacturer's su ggested retail prices do not reflect freight, set-up or taxes Sno w m obiles purchased under the S n o w C hec k program must be registered n the custom er's nam e a s show n o n the Sn o w C heck. M axim um of 3 Sno w C h e c k s per custom er Sn o w C hec k con su m e rs w.M not quality tor any other P oian s program s <n effect at the time of delivery Offer expires Apnl 15 1992 Poian s reserves the nght lo change m odels and specifications at anytime without incum ng obligations Believe It. S P R IN G S A L E Ends Saturday, March 28 Rent Our Lawn Thatcher By the hour for a healthier lawn Your dealer for Snapper and MTD. Lawn and Garden Power Equipment Sales and Service Briggs & Straton and Honda Engine Sales and Service Morrow County Grain Growers 150 Mam MADD is looking for volunteers in Morrow County to do court monitoring and court research to assist in tracking DUII cases. A comprehensive report will be issued to judges and prosecutors throughout the state at the completion of the project. The observations of the monitors will be analyzed and summariz ed to make recommendations for effective DUII sentencing. MADD will train all volunteers to observe and research DUII cases. Volunteers will be asked to assist a minimum of four and a maximum of 12 hours per week, depending on the caseload, starting “ A pril 1 through September 1. Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Debra Lee, project coordinator at 284-0632, or leave a message at 1-800-422-7132. BMCC sewing class offered g Lcunftnn O rtfm MSWCD spokesperson. Foam Works and Firecon are ex perienced with controlled burn ing in timberland and rangeland and are interested in assisting with controlled burning on CRP. The demonstration will include various ignition methods and the protection provided by fire retar dant foam. The group will meet at the Agriculture Service Center, 430 Heppner/Lexington Highway at 12:30 p.m. and then drive to the site. For further information con tact Jerry Anderson of the Mor row Soil and Water Conservation District at 676-5422 or Loren Unruh of the Soil Conservation Service at 676-5021. MADD to evaluate DUII sentencing courts. Counties were selected based on geographical location in the state, population, ranking of overall traffic safety, and interest level from responses from a survey which was distributed to Judges throughout the state. Reserve a new 1993 Polaris snowmobile with a S200 non refundable deposit bv April 15, 1992. Polaris will uarantee availability of le model you choose. organizations and agencies. Since Rev. Hoobing has been in Heppner, he has served and continues to serve on the board of directors of the Neighborhood Center of South Morrow Coun ty, the board of Oregon Together and the Morrow County Health Care Council. Rev. Hoobing has also built up the Condon Lutheran congrega tion from five members to over 16 members. He preaches twice a month to the group from the Fossil-Condon area. I4XXM52-7JV* W - 822I CE.NFX LANDO LAKLS Heppner Chamber of Commerce manager Claudia Hughes (left) presents check for $2,900 to Pioneer Memorial Hospital manager Kevin Erich. Cara Osmin (center right) and Chamber President LoRayne Bowman were presented with shamrock plants for organizing the St. Patrick’s Day auction. The St.Patrick’s Day Commit tee realized $2,100 from the Auc tion, it was announced Tuesday. Pioneer Memorial Hospital, which used the auction to sell surplus materials, made $2,900, and the Heppner Chamber of Commerce, which runs the auc tion for 25 percent of the pro ceeds, made $767. The annual auction uses donated items to raise money for the St. Patrick’s Day Celebration. It is a major source of funding for the three-day event. Veteran’s office hours change M orrow /G illiam County Veterans Service Officer, Rita Hedman, announces the follow ing changes for the month of April: Hedman will be in the Hepp ner office on Friday, April 10 and will attend a veterans conference the week of April 21-24. She will also be at the Irrigon office on the second Monday of the month instead of the first Tuesday. This change will enable her to attend the service officers meeting at the Veterans Hospital in Walla Walla, WA. St. Patrick’s 'Senior Center Bulletin Board The Senior Center activities during St. Patrick’s celebration, breakfast, soup, roll and pie lunch along with the quilt raffle were very successful. Carolyn James won the quilt. The chairpersons and volunteer workers are to be commended for a job well done. Congratulations to Jane Rawlins and the cast pageant “ Erin Comes to County Morrow.” They did a terrific job. There were 127 present for the senior dinner March 18. Two meals were taken out. Members of the Methodist Church served. Don and Shirley Haugen were hosts for March. The meal ticket went to Sylvia McDaniel, the door prize to Helen Crump and guest prize to Jessia Faye Morris of Fossil. There were guests from Parkdale, The Dalles and Fossil. Menu fo rApril 1 will be meatloaf, glazed carrots, fresh vegetable tray, dilly bread and pineapple upsidedown cake. Members of the Lutheran church will serve. The singles group had a party in the sitting room Saturday, March 21. They had a potluck and played games. Eleven of them went to Hermiston on the bus for the senior dance. The housing authority will meet Monday March 30 at 7 p.m. Other dates to remember are Mondays quilting 1-4 p.m.; knitting 7-9 p.m.; Tues. & Thurs, exercise class 10-10:30 a.m.; Friday 10:30 a.m. Bible study. Anim al health clinic slated The Morrow County Livestock Growers are holding an animal health clinic Thursday, April 9, at 5 p.m. at the Morrow County Fairgrounds. A steak barbecue hosted by Walco, Merc, and Cutter phar maceutical companies will be served from 5 to 6 p.m. The animal health program will begin at 6:30 p.m. The three hosting companies will present new and existing products that should be of interest to livestock growers. Dr. Dick Temple will be discussing respiratory pro blems. Bill Broderick will in troduce the Beef Quality Assurance Program sponsored by the O regon C attlem en’s Assocation. RSVP to the Extension office, 676-9642 before April 5 so din ner arrangements may be made. The Beautiful AQUAMARINE Gemstone The ideal color of aquamarine is a refreshing sea blue; not too pale or too green. If you are looking for a big, durable gemstone, aqua is readily available in larger sizes and is truly dramatic when cut in rectangular or oval shapes. It is a member of the im portant beryl family , which also in cludes emeralds.
