EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 8, 1994
My Two Cents Worth
Auction and barbecue biggest year ever Scholarship
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By Louis Carlson, Morrow County Judge
Trust group
to meet
The South Morrow County
Scholarship Trust will hold its an
nual meeting Monday, June 20 at
7 p.m. at the Morrow County
School District office building in
Lexington. The agenda for the
meeting will include the selection
of a recipient for a $500 scholar
ship for the Lexington Communi
ty Scholarship; election of board
member to fulfill the unexpired
term of Roger Helmer; a change
in the bylaws; and a review of
plans for the coming year.
The members of the board of
directors invite persons who are
interested in the scholarship pro
gram to attend the meeting.
Members include: Rey. Stan
Hoobing. Bill Rietmann, Bob
Kahl, Jim Swanson, Dana Reid,
George K offler and Roger
Helmer.
Photo by Joyce Hughes
Volunteers of the lone community help with the annual auction. The auction and barbecue
raised more than $21,000.
By Anne Morter
The 32 nd annual lone Auction
and Barbecue was the biggest one
yet, according to event chairper
son Judy Rea. Despite intermit
tent rain showers, a large crowd
gathered at the Willows Grange
Hall to take part in the day full
of activities.
The crowd began to gather
around 9 a.m. as people came
early to the Country Store in
search of treasures. Shoppers
were allowed to look and even
guard merchandise but no one
was allowed to pick up their items
until the bell rang promptly at 10
a.m. By the time the bell rang,
the hall was packed and the selec
tion of homemade baked goods,
crafts and handiwork as well as
good assortment of “ pre-owned'’
items were quickly snapped up.
At 10:30 a.m. Frank and Gary
Bettencourt of Triad Auctioneers
in Arlington got the main event,
the auction, underway. The list of
auction items was endless. This
year’s auction lasted until 5:30
p.m ., about an hour and a half
ionger than usual. Big ticket items
included a camper, an Audi that
came with another Audi for parts,
a large assortment of antiques and
the featured quilt.
The auction stopped at 12:30
p.m. and the crowd followed
their noses to the tantalizing scent
of the barbecued beef dinner.
About 430 pounds of beef, wrap
ped in burlap and foil, were put
in the pit to cook the night before
and carefully tended by church
members, Virgil Morgan and
Harold Rietmann. Dinner also in
cluded baked beans, salads,
French bread and cookies. About
440 people took a break in the
bidding to enjoy the feast.
Preparations for this annual
fund-raising event for the lone
United Church of Christ tradi
tionally begin in January with
quilt plans. A chairman is ap
pointed in March but some peo
ple doing woodwork and crafts
work year round on their pro
jects. The antique committee also
works year round, first locating
goods and then restoring them.
The auction and barbecue once
again avoided rain despite a
blustery week and an unfavorable
forecast. In the 32 years, it has
rained only once, back in the ear
ly years of the event, and lightly
sprinkled Saturday.
Rea said she was pleased with
the outcome. She noted that not
only were sales at an all-time high
but the Country Store was clean
ed out nicely and the clean-up
went quickly that evening.
Oregon Together
plans meeting
The H eppner Lexington
Oregon Together Group will hold
its June meeting Monday, June
13. at 5:30 p.m. in the basement
of Hope Lutheran Church.
The purpose of the meeting is
to plan some drug and alcohol
free teenage dances and other ac
tivities for the 1994-95 school
year. The group will discuss an
information brochure and assess
its progress to date.
Any individual or organization
who has an interest in drug and
alcohol free programs and events
for the youth of the community
is welcome to attend and learn
more about Oregon Together and
its projects. Those who cannot at
tend but are interested in the pro
gram and would like to volunteer
to help on a project should con
tact Rev. Stan Hoobing 676-9940
or 676-5069.
In my eight years as county Judge, there has been one consistent
request from the public to the county court, not to “ create’ new
positions and enlarge “ government” . Even though we make every
effort to do this, citizens from every corner of the county are com
plaining about violations of the county zoning ordinances. In plain
talk, junk yards in back yards, goats, cattle, pigs and horses being
raised within city limits. The gripe is that “ my neighbors violation
of county ordinances is devaluing my property and causing me great
inconvenience and ruining my peace o f mind.’’
Since this request for enforcement of our ordinances has been
unrelenting, especially from the Boardman and Irrigon areas, the court
has decided to establish a full time position of axle enforcement of
ficer. This person will respond to complaints from local citizens about
trash accumulations, animal violations, junk yard violations, etc. We
are currently in the process of developing a job description, wage
classification and determining whether the position will be in the plan
ning department or in the sheriff s department. Comments from you
will be welcome in my office. As always, there is the good and the
bad. The good is that we will enforce code violations, the b ad 's that
it will mean one more employee and a wage for that person. What
do you think?
Special services at Christian Life Center
A series of special services,
featuring the Gemme Family
from Longmont, Colorado, are
planned at the Christian Life
Center in June. Services will be
10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Sunday,
June 12, and 7 p.m. June 13, 14
Choo Boogie” ; Amy Drake,
“ Save the Best For Last” ,
“ America The Beautiful” ; Kim
P ointer. “ Stand By M e“ ,
“ Heaven is a Place on Earth” .
Deborah Wryn held her recital
May 25 at H eppner High
School.. Students performing
were as follows: Sally Calvert,
“ A Whole New World” , “ Jesu,
Joy of Man’s Desiring” ; Vince
B erretta,
“ The
G olden
T ru m p et” , “ G h o stb u ster’s
Theme” ; Camille Sykes, “ Irish
Washerwoman” , “ Show Me The
Way” ; Kelly Rafferty, “ Hymn
of Peace” ; Danielle McDowell,
“ Beauty and the Beast” , “ Indian
Serenade” ; Kaylee Zumwalt,
“ Moonlight Sonata” , “ Chariots
o f F ire ” ; Doug O rw ick,
“ Raspberry Rondo” , “ Axel F” ;
Allison Sykes, “ The Blue
Danube ", “ Love Can Build A
Bridge” ; Andrea Miles, “ The
Entertainer” , “ Theme from
Symphony No. 6-Pathetique; and
Deborah Wryn. “ Kei’s Song” .
Health plan topic of meeting
Melissa Stewart, representing
Health Choice Inc., will be at the
St. Patrick’s senior center in
Heppner Thursday, June I6 at
9:30 a.m. to explain the Oregon
Health plan which is now in ef
fect. The health plan affects low
income and senior citizens.
Anyone with any questions
should attend this meeting.
The next meeting of the Hepp
ner Coordinating Council will be
Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30 a.m. at
the GEODC office.
The council will continue
working on the update of the
Heppner Strategic Plan. A work
ing draft of the plans goals and
strategies has been completed.
The council is now working on
developing specific action plans
designed to implement the goals
and strategies of the Heppner
Strategic Plan.
The public is welcome to attend
the meetings of the Heppner
Coordinating Council.
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Master gardener
program begins
A Master Gardener will be
available to answer questions on
Monday afternoons, 1-4 p.m. at
the Morrow County Extension
office, beginning June 13, exten
ding through June and July.
Gardeners are welcome to
bring problem plants to the Ex
tension office or contact the
Master Gardener at 676-9642.
The Master Gardener program
is sponsored by Oregon State
University. Master Gardeners are
expected to donate time to the
community in exchange for a
week-long training.
For more information, contact
the Morrow County Extension
office, 676-9642.
and 15.
The Gemme Family travels
fulltime throughout the U.S.
ministering in word and music.
Pastor Van Cleave invites
everyone to attend the special
services.
Every day, Americans
improperly discard over
one million gallons of
dirty motor oil.
Piano students perform at recitals Coordinating council updates plan j
Local piano teachers held
recitals for their students recently.
Carley Drake held her recital
June 6 at the United Methodist
Church. Students performing
were as follows:
Lindsey Clough, “ The Long
Trail” , “ Cornin’ Round the
Mountain,” with Carley Drake;
Madison Bailey, “ Good King
Wencelas", “ Air” , “ Blue Bells
of Scotland” ; Brett Barber.
“ Swans on the L ake” .
“ Chopsticks” with Amy and
Carley Drake; Shanna Rietmann,
“ The Baseball League” ; Meghan
Bailey, “ Air” , “ The Puppet
Dance” , “ Turkey in the Straw”
with Carley Drake; Claire Ander
son, “ The Dainty Dance” ,
“ Jesus Loves Me” with Carley
D rake; Shelley R ietm ann,
“ Under The Sea” , “ Swedish
Clap Dance” with Carley Drake;
Casey Ingraham, “ Polka” , “ I'll
Do A nything for L ove” ;
Stephanie Clough. “ The Wind
Beneath My Wings” , “ Choo
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