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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 10, 1992 - THREE LaRue’s named grand marshals lone 4th 4-H food judges know a good cookie By Anne Morter “ The Biggest Celebration in the Littlest Town Around” is the theme for this year’s Fourth of July celebration in lone. Heidi Orem won $25 for submitting the prize winning theme. Del and Linda LaRue, citizens of lone for 21 years, were nam ed as grand marshal of the celebration. Del is a veteran coach at lone High School and Linda has been active with both the school and city affairs. According to Fourth of July organizers, the day promises to be bustling with family activities. The day will kick off with a new event, a continental breakfast before the traditional events begin. The parade is always a highlight and this year should be no exception. After the parade, the city park will offer a variety of tempting foods including hot dogs, hamburgers, elephant ears, sodas, cookies and root beer floats. The afternoon should be full of tun and games with fun for young and old. Expect to find a variety of kids games, cow chip toss, a money pile, frog races, bingo, dunk tank, tug of war and free swimming at the lone Pool. The first Ken Snider Memorial Tennis Tournament will start play on Friday and conclude on Satur day. Proceeds go to the Ken Snider Memorial Scholarship Fund. Other sporting events in clude a three-on-three basketball tournament Friday evening, a volleyball tournam ent, C olleges list graduation dates BM CC Three hundred forty degrees, certificates and high school diplomas will be awarded to 317 graduates at the thirtieth Blue Mountain Community College Commencement set for June 12. BMCC offers a number of two- year degrees in addition to several certificate program s which typically take one year of college study to complete. Additionally, a high school diploma program is offered through the college’s basic skills department. Receiving degrees in Morrow County are: Boardm an-Tracie Lynne Duitsman, associate degree in nursing; Harold T. Glenn, associate of arts degree; Lori Anne Hanson, associate of ap plied science degree in accoun ting; Samara Annette Robinson, adult high school diploma. H eppner-B arbara Beth Crocker, associate degree in nur sing; Karen Louise Gavin, cer tificate in general business infor mation processing and stenography; Bobby Gene Harris, associate of arts degree; Kathie Lynn Maben, associate of science degree in criminal justice; Mike Phillip Mahoney, associate of ap plied science degree in production agriculture and in business agriculture; M elissa R ene’ McCurry, adult high school diploma; Clinton James Michael, associate of science degree in civil engineering technology; Donna Mae O’Neal, associate of applied science degree in ad ministrative office specialist and certificate in general business, in formation processing; Michelle Lee Wallis, associate of arts degree. Ione-Kimberly Ann Logan, associate of arts degree; Anna Marie McElligott, associate degree in nursing; Anita L. Orem, associate of arts degree. Irrigon-Carmen Denise Britt, associate of arts degree; Molly Lynn Evans, adult high school diploma, Antonio Fernandez, associate of applied science degree in accounting; Lenn LeRey Greer, associate degree in general studies; Joy Lots Hellberg, associate o f arts degree. W estern O regon State C ollege Nearly 880 students will receive degrees on Saturday, June 13 when Western Oregon State College will hold its 135th com mencement in the New Physical Education Building on campus. Students receiving degrees from Morrow County will be Jeanne Ann Colton, M.S. in education, Boardm an; and Wayne Vinton Wilgers, B.S. in law enforcement, Heppner. Piano students have recitals The piano students of Jean Brazell, Lexington and Deborah Wryn, lone held recitals recently. Brazell’s students who per formed on June 2 were: Nikki Snow “ Candlelight Chorale” from Step by Step and “ Spanish Eyes” by Kuempfert, Singleton; Amber Flaiz, “ Oh How I Love Jesus” , Duet and “ You Tell Me Your Dream” by C. Daniels; Stanley Cutsforth, “ Duelin Banjo’’; Mark M cElligott “ A Fifth o f Beethoven” by W. Murphy; Kara Miller “ Avalanche” by S. H eller, “ A m erica, The Beautiful” by S. Ward; Danielle McDowell, “ Dutch Dance” , “ After AH” Love theme from “ Chances Are” , by Shultz; Clint Bellamy “ Let’s Be Gay” Polish Folk Song; LaRee Anderson “ Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2” ; Kimberly Hanson “ Together We Can Do It” arranged by Shutlz; Cody Bellamy “ Funny Dialogue” by Dmitri Kabalev sky; Adrienne Swanson “ The Wind Beneath My Wings” ar ranged by Bradley; Jayme Hansen “ Starlight Waltz” by C.S. Brainard; Nova Rietmann “ Hooked on Classics” arranged to No. 1" by Tchaikovsky. "Flight of the Bumble Bee’? by Rimsky Korsakev, “ Symphony No. 40” by Mozart; Melissa Cutsforth “ In May” by Franz Behr, “ Bumpy Boogie Saddle” by D. Carr Glover. Wryn’s students who perform ed on May 31 were: Kristen Marshall “ Waltz” by James Bastien and “ Musette” by J.S. Bach; Allison Sykes, “ Driv ing Miss Daisy” by Hans Zim mer; Mandi Gutierrez “ Prelude in C ’’ by J.S . Bach and “ Everything I Do I Do It For You’’ arranged by Pamela Shultz; Brian Gutierrez “ Pretty Polly” by John Schaum and “ Popeye, the Sailor Man” by Robert Shultz; Audra Bunch “ American Patrol” by Frank Meacham and “ Listen to Your Heart” by Per Gessie; Lonnie Rill “ Invention in C ” by J.S. Bach and " I Go To Extremes” by Billy Joel; Sally Calvert “ Lightly Row” arranged by Walter Noona and “ Ode to Joy” by Ludwig Van Beethoven; An drea Miles “ Starlight Waltz” by C.S. Brainard and “ Mt Nebo” by Twila Paris; Candis Marshall “ Fuer ‘Elise” by Ludwig Van Beethovan and Deborah Wryn “ Hymne” by Vangelis arranged by Dan Coates. Garibaldi youth < :hoir to perform A 14-voice youth choir from Garibaldi will be singing at the ci ty park in Heppner on Friday evening June 12 at 7 p.m. The choir will perform a musical about Christian faith en titled “ The Race is On” . It is directed toward both youth and adults. The public is invited to at tend. Those attending should bring blankets to sit on. For more information call Christian Life Center 676-5581. horseshoes and bed race. Ruth McCabe will lead a historical tour of the town, ending at the Woolery House, where there wiU also be a wine tasting. The wine sampled will be from wineries in this region, and all will be available at Bristows for later purchase. Appetizers wiU also be served. The traditional chicken barbecue will start at 6 p.m. at the high school cafeteria followed by a concert by the 234th Army Oregon National Guard Band at the football field. The 40-piece full concert band will play for at least 1 l/i hours before the fireworks begin. The fireworks will begin at dusk and immediate ly following a dance by the Jim Ackley Band will kick off at the lone Legion Hall. RSVP program honors volunteers The Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) recognized volunteers in Heppner recently. Morrow County provides over 100 volunteers of the force of 450 serving in Morrow and UmatiUa counties. RSVP is a program that has been in Morrow and UmatiUa Counties for over 15 years. In 1991 the program contributed nearly 90,000 hours of volunteer service in activities ranging from senior centers to office work. “ We are fortunate in our com munities to have these RSVP volunteers,” said project direc tor Linda Showaker. “ However we realize that there are those out tlieie that would like to volunteer, but are not familiar with how to go about it. For those folks we in vite them to call us or send a post card. We will in turn visit with them to find what kind of ex perience they would like to have and set about to create that oppor tunity,” she added. The RSVP program has accident and liability insurance to cover volunteers while they are serving. RSVP is a program of action, the federal domestic volunteer agency which helps provide over 450,000 vounteers each year to public and private non-profit agencies who serve as sponsors. RSVP offers those age 60 and over a meaningful life in retire ment through community volunteer service, allowing them to serve on a regular basis in a variety of settings. “ Experience of a lifetime continues after retire ment and allows us all to gain from the generosity of these seniors,” said Showaker. For more information on volunteering contact Showaker at 278-3679. 4-H judges video teleconference set An educational program of in terest to anyone involved in 4-H or open class judging activities at county fairs will be shown the week of June 29 - July 3, in the evening at the Morrow County Extension office, Heppner. The program is a tape of a video teleconference provided by Washington State University and the University of Idaho. It will focus on development of a uniform judging system which will improve the judging ex perience for volunteers. The pro gram will also explore the role of judges as educators. The last part of the program will focus on judging clothing construction. Call the Morrow County Ex tension office 676-9642 by June 26 to pre-register. There is no charge to attend. The program will include one hour of general judging philosophy and one hour of clothing judging information. The location is the Extension Conference Room. Have you ever wondered how a fair foods judge decides which cookie is the best of all cookie en tries? What does the judge really want to see when she’s judging a fair cooking contest? You can find the answers to these and other questions about "Cooking for Competition” at the 1992 4-H Home Economics/^xpressive Arts prefair on Saturday, June 20 at the M orrow County Fairgrounds. Keynote presenter will be JoAnne Kock, 4-H agent for Sherman county. JoAnne is a well-known fair judge and recent ly conducted a statewide training to refresh current judges and educate new foods judges. “ JoAnne has offered “ Cooking for Competition” at 4-H events in Hood River and Wasco coun ties,” commented Carol Michael- Bennett, Morrow County 4-H agent. “ We have waited several years for an opening in JoAnne’s schedule. We are so fortunate to have her expertise at ‘92 pre-fair. I hope 4-H members, leaders and parents will make a special effort to be at the fairgrounds Saturday morning June 20 from 8:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m .” 4-H Home Economics/Ex- pressive Arts pre-fair is a free non-competitive event where all ages can learn to understand the fair premium book and fair pre registration forms; learn how to be comfortable during “ interview judging” , practice how to move confidently across the stage dur ing modeling contests and much more. All Columbia Basin 4-H members are welcome to attend the event. It is most helpful to new er m em bers. P arents, Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hugh««, Chamber Manager Birds o f a feather don’t necessarily flock together...some are very independent. An in teresting scenario has been occur ring on our front porch where bamswallows have chosen a cozy alcove to nest for the past four years. We learned up front that it was useless to tear the nest down unless it could be monitored every minute of every day. Each year these creatures of habit have added another layer of mud. This year I noticed change, twigs were hanging, interwoven with a feather strategically plac ed, as if to stake a territorial claim. A day at home gave me the opportunity to observe that a pair of wrens were placing a high priority on moving into this nest with a few changes to suit their needs. One minute the bam swallows are there pulling out twigs, the next determined wrens are putting them back. The ter ritorial feather is removed, put back and removed again. While the bamswallows, who were there first, divebomb and scold, the wren works diligently singing while they complain. How is this democratic progress going to work or will it be an ongoing fight? When and if eggs hatch, will baby wrens and bam swallows share the nest, hatched by one or both parents, or will the nest deteriorate with no one benefitting and the eggs rotting? Will one pair back off and move elsewhere or will feathers fly? They are wasting valuable time defining territory. Is it time for a change for all concerned? We could just hose down the nest, but I have a feeling they would try to rebuild...human nature. Guess life is just one continuous challenge after another for every living thing. Next week at chamber: Roger Trueax, representing Lions Club International will be guest speaker. Local Lions and in terested persons are welcome to attend. Our local Lions Club has helped the community in many ways. One of the many important organizations in Heppner. i j f rrrrrrrrrrrrrr * * 1 ............... *...........*****................... «w w w relatives and leaders are en couraged to attend with members. “ Parents are responsible for help ing their children pre-register for fair exhibits and contests, as well as getting them to the right activi ty at the proper time,” points out Michael-Bennett. “ Attending prefair will give parents the knowledge they need to support their children’s fair involve ment.” P re-registration is not necessary, but participants need to bring a snack for the break. The event begins with registration at 8:45 a.m. and will be con ducted in the 4-H annex building. Morrow County Fairgrounds, Heppner, on Saturday, June 20. For more information contact Carol Michael-Bennett 676-9642. R ebekahs attend state assem bly By Delpha Jones Geri Martin and Delpha Jones meeting in Virginia. of Holly Rebekah Lodge attend There was much discussion on ed the state Rebekah assembly in the redistricting of the districts Pendleton last week. with Morrow County, Wheeler Geri served as assistant guar and Umatilla Counties combining dian and Delpha served on the to make one calling it McNary credentials committee. District. The next district meeting Several outstanding tributes is scheduled for Hermiston. were given including one to the Carl Martin was his wife’s Rebekah Rag by the Bums lodge. escort at the installation on Thurs They were invited to put their day evening when she was install tribute on at the International ed as OSG for 1993. Engagements Brannon — Gray Arletha Brannon, Heppner, announces the engagement of her daughter, Kellie, and Terry Gray, son of Mike and Marlene Gray, Heppner. The couple plans a July 18 wedding at the Hardman Community Center. Bothum — Kolka Dean Kolka of Volborg, Mont., and Robin Bothum of Corvallis announce their engagement. The bride-elect is the daughter of Jim Bothum of Prineville and Jan Bothum of Pendleton. She is the grandaughter of Ralph and Mary Beamer, Heppner. She is a 1986 graduate of Pendleton High School and 1991 graduate of Oregon State University, Corvallis. She also attended Montana State University, Bozeman. Currently a student kindergarten teacher at Fairplay Elementary School, Corvallis, she plans to complete a master’s degree from OSU in June. Kolka is the son of Cecil and Delores Kolka of Volborg. He is a 1985 graduate of Custer County District High School,-Miles City, Mont, and attended Montana State University. He works on the family ranch near Volborg. The couple will be married June 13, 1992 at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Pendleton. ■St. Patrick’s Senior Center Bulletin Board » ----------------------------- One hundred five seniors enjoyed the dinner June 3 at the Senior Center. There were seven visitors and eight dinners were taken out. John Hanna won the meal ticket, Ruth Nutting the door prize and Joe Heath from Kansas won the guest prize. The group sang “ Hap py Birthday” to Laura Searles. Members of the Christian Church served. The menu for the Father’s Day dinner June 17 will be roast turkey, whipped potatoes, peas and carrots, hot rolls and pudding. Members of the Christian Life and Mormon churches will serve. Friday morning June 5, Merri Reamer met with the office recep tionists. She announced that she had resigned from her job with Mor row County and would be working for CAPECO, a promotion. She will be working in Umatilla County as well as Morrow County and will probably only be in Heppner one day a month. She will be missed but members are looking forward to working with her assistant. Friday afternoon the singles and widowed persons group had a pic nic in the city park with food, fun and games Thirty five people attended. Sunday June 7, a large crowd turned out to wish Sue Vinson a happy 80th birthday at the party given by her children at the Senior Center. The VFW will meet at the center June 17 at 7 p.m. There is an OGA conference in Baker City June 19. The Big River Band Festival will be held in Arlington June 20 & 21. This would be a good trip for the senior bus. The quilters have purchased the material for their next quilt. Anyone interested in quilt making is welcome to join them Monday after noons, 1-4 p.m. Come and swing into shape with exercise class Tues, and Thurs. 10-10:30 a.m. i 1 - 8 0 0 - 5 2 8 -0 6 2 2 U m m 4 fcy USt6 • Futir I mw «4 GUIDE SERVICE £ "The Perfect Day " Sturgeon Salmon Del & Kathy Turner Walleye Steelhead Boardman, OR Bass Trout GROUP & FAMILY RATES AVAILABLE ; i | ; O ur Thanks to all who helped fight the grass fire j on our property, especially to Kinzua Corpora- j tion, friends and neighbors, Heppner and lone Fire : departments, and Morrow County Road Dept. Claude and Anna Graham, owners and Louis and Betty Carlson elcome Back! ^ % * Scott and Kim Jones * <J O • «M M )
