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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 14, 1994 - FIVE Ceri G rieb honored by O SU Geri Grieb, Lexington, was among outstanding cooperators, volunteers and organizations who were honored for their contributions by the OSU Extension Associa tion in Corvallis. Grieb, John Christie, Astoria; Jack and Dorthy Conley, Mon mouth; Sara Leiman, Monroe; Sheila Rester, Portland; and the Polk County Fair Board, headed by Gary Whitaker received cooperator of the year awards. Grieb first became involved with Extension as a 4-H leader, a role she filled for seven years. She was president of the Mor row County 4-H Leaders Association and testified at the Oregon Legislative session in 1991 about the benefits of Ex tension's youth education program. Grieb serves on the county's Extension advisory committee and completed the Family Community Leadership pro gram training. Most recently she served as treasurer of the Friends of 4-H and Extension in the campaign to establish an Extension service district in the county. In addition to her volunteer work with Extension, Grieb is actively involved in the family's farming and ranching business and is vice president of the Morrow County Wheat Growers League. Frederickson Farms receives conservation farm of year award Frederickson Farms of Board- man, was named 1994 conser vation farm of the year by the Oregon Wheat Growers League. The Fredericksons were chosen from the ranks of coun ty conservation farmers of the year. These included Kent and Shannon Madison, Umatilla county; Russ and Patty Bingaman, Union County and Ken and Maxine Teramura, Malheur County. The three-generation Fred erickson operation includes Clarence and Virginia Fre- derickson's sons, Gary and Vernon; Gary's wife, Casey and their two sons, and Ver nons' wife Suzanne and their son. The major conservation pro blem is wind erosion, which they combat with residue management, water manage ment, cover crops and minimum tillage. They produce alfalfa, wheat, corn, potatoes, green peas, lima beans and onions. The Fredericksons operate two separate farms. Frederickson Farms has leas ed 745 acres of cropland from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice since 1969. Portview Ran- ches, a partnership with Vern- non and Gary, has leased 1600 acres from the Port of Morrow since 1985. The Frederickson brothers grew up on Butter Creek and are well acquainted with the problems of farming light san dy soils. A portion of the crops raised on the federal leased ground is left for wildlife. Five irrigated circles are in production. Portview Farms utilizes ef fluent from nearby potato pro cessing plants. Doug Drake, Morrow Coun ty Wheat League president said the Fredericksons were chosen for the county award “ for their perseverance and ingenuity in managing highly erosive soils, their ability to deal positively with environmental restric tions, their involvement with several agencies, and their suc cess at improving soil produc tivity and tilth." Suzanne Frederickson says she is especially pleased by the conservation honor because her first contact with the land was as a Youth Conservation Corps supervisor about 15 years ago, when she helped rehabilitate wildlife habitat on the acreage. Nordic Ski club makes plans The Arbuckle Nordic Club held its second meeting since organizing as an area cross country ski club last month. Sixteen local nordic skiiing en thusiasts attended the meeting. Oregon Nordic Club presi dent Laurance Kerr and his wife Ava from The Dalles, were present to explain that organization's program of ac tivities and blanket insurance coverage. The next meeting will be Tuesday, Jan. 31 at the Hepp ner High School library begin ning at 7 p.m. This meeting will be the first session ot Beginn ing cross country skiing classes that the club will offer to the general public through Blue Mountain Community College. The beginning classes will cover the basics of nordic ski ing including food, clothing, survival, route finding, equip ment and skiing technique. Anyone wishing to join the club or wanting more informa tion about the cross country skiing classes is encouraged to contact club president John Ed- mundson 676-5177 or instruc tors Steve Brownfield, 676-%% or Dave Fowler 676-9109. Adventist church plans carolling The Seventh Day Adventist church plans to go carolling in the Heppner area Friday, Dec. 16, from 6 to 7 p.m. An invitation is extended to all members of other churches to join them. Carollers will leave the church at 6 and retur- ing by 7 for refreshments. Those who plan to attend should dress warmly. Song sheets will be furnished. “ Come join the fun," said a church spolesperson IUCC plan Christmas service “ The Twelve G ifts of C hristm as" a program of readings and music will be presented by the children and youth of lone United Church of Christ on Sunday, December 18 at 5 p.m. A potluck dinner and caroling will follow the program. Those attending should bring a flashlight for caroling. Candlelit Christmas Eve ser vices will be held at 10:30 p.m. December 24. Worship on Christmas day will be at 11 a.m. Everyone is invited to attend. All Saints celebrate Christmas Everyone is invited to share in a Christmas Eve celebration of the birth of Christ at All Saints Episcopal Church on Saturday, December 24. A festival communion service with singing of Christmas carols will begin at 7 p.m. Ho ly Eucharist will begin at 7:30 p.m. “The church will be full of greens and trees, candles and music, the young and the not so young," said Father A1 Miller. Fr. Miller will preach the sermon for both the children and the adults. “ All Saints' wishes you a blessed and joyful Christmas. Lutherans plan musical drama Hope and Valby Lutheran churches will hold their Christmas programs this week. A musical drama "Twinkle and the All Star Angel Band" will be presented from the children in the Friday school on Friday evening Dec. 16 at Hope Lutheran Church in Heppner. The program will be repeated Sunday morning Dec. 18 at 11 a.m. A potluck will follow the Christmas program. The Christmas program at Valby Lutheran Church located outside of lone is entitled, "The Birthday of the King". The pro gram will begin at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18. People attending either pro gram are reminded to bring a wrapped toy gift for the Neighborhood Center's Chris tmas baskets. Visitors and friends are welcome to attend these con gregational festivities. Puppet musical at First Christian First Christian Church will present Dan Barker's “ Mary Had A Little Lamb" on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 16 and 17 beginning at 7 p.m. at the church. Thio year's Christmas Pro ram will be a puppet musical eaturing “muppet-type" pup pets designed and created by pastor Roger Scharen's mother- in-law, 10 years ago while at a former pastorate in Portland. Lutherans plan Advent services The seventh annual Heppner Alumni Basketball/Volleyball tournament will be held Dec. 30 through Jan. 1. Men's basketball, featuring teams from the classes of 77-81 vs 92-94, will begin Friday, Dec. 30, at 4 p.m. The championship game will be held Sunday at 3:30 p.m. A Heppner area men's basketball team will compete in the tournament for the first time. Women's basketball games will be held Friday, Dec. 30, at 5:15 p.m.-Team A vs C; Satur day, Dec. 31-Team B vs C; and Sunday, Jan. 1-Team A vs B. Teams are as follows: A-1973 and ever>’ third class following; B-1972 and every third class; and 1971 and every third class. .................................................................................. IIIIIIIIM I........ I l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l .............. . il K ill il il ill ill ill i il I H ..............I l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ..................II........ I ................. l i m i l i .............. i n u m i m i Heppner 676-9481 W omen's volleyball will begin Saturday, Dec. 31, at 10 a.m. and will conclude at 2 p.m. Games are as follows: 10 a.m.-A vs B; 11 a.m.-C vs D; 12 p.m.-E vs F; and 1 p.m.-G vs1 l4. Volleyball teams will be A-93,94; B-91,92; C-89,90; D-86,87,88; E-83,84,85; F-81,82; G-78,79,80; H-77 and below. decorating party will follow the service at Valby. At Hope a soup and sandwich supper will begin at 6 p.m. The adult class on Sunday will continue its study of the Gospel of St. Luke. The class begins at 8:15 a.m. A service of Holy Communion will begin at 9 a.m. Pastor Stan Hoobing will give a message entitled, "A Tale of Two Cities" based on reading of Micah 5:2-4. Valby and Hope Lutheran Church will observe the last of the mid-week Advent services on Wednesday and Thursday evening Dec. 14 & 15 respec tively at 7 p.m. Micah will speak about the coming birth of a Messiah from a little town called Bethlehem. He is the third prophet to speak on the theme, “ And the Pro phets Fortold” . A church coun cil meeting and a tree St. Patrick's Christmas program Members of St. Patrick's Altar Society will have a potluck lunch on Sunday, Dec. 18 at noon. Following the lunch, the children of the parish will pre sent a Christmas program. This program is a mystery play en titled "Bethlehem". The theme is "Peace on Earth to Men of Goodwill." The cast will include Sarah Eckman, Brian Haguewood, Paula SpicerKuhn, Julie Pro ctor, Kelsey Greenup, Cory Miller, Kristi Worden, Christy Kenny, and Marcy Miller. The first and second grade students will also participate. The drama is directed by Bill Kuhn. 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