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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 8, 1996 - THREE student exchange aquatic center and being so close to stores. I didn't like all the rain. We got soaked all the tim e." Corey's parents are Mark and Shanny Miller, Lexington. Other Heppner students on the exchange were Cody Bellamy, Levi Geer, Matthew VanLiew, Mitch Mathews, Michael Schonbachler, Leah Denton, Amanda McDaniel, Lindsay Greif, Amy Drake, Ab- by Kahl, Tracy Rankin, Kimber ly Hansen, Laurie Michael, Kristen Marshall, Stephanie Clough, Trish Adams and Ashley Ropp. And now for the other side- Ashley Core, 14 of Portland, stayed with Chuck and Sherry Matteson of Heppner and their children, Justin, Lexi, Ryan and Lacey. " I liked meeting new people," says Ashley, who isn't sure she likes small town life. " 'It gets a little boring," says Ashley, "but they've been keeping me busy. Here you know everybody. I don't even know everybody that goes to my school. I don't even know everybody in my grade." Nikki Hansen, 14, who lives between Gresham and Portland, stayed with Tim and Kathy Rankin and daughters, Tracy, Bobbi and Jennifer, south of Hardman. " I liked it when we went to the wheat place," said Nikki. " I liked riding in the cattle truck and playing with the tractors. I . don't like getting up early, though. Here I have to get up at 5:10. At home I get up at 6:30. Matt Teyema, 14, Gresham, stayed with Curtis and Kathy Cutsforth and children, Stanley and Melissa. " I really like their mother's cooking," said Matt. "It's neat that everyone in the comm unity knows each other," adds Matt, "Everyone is friends, real close." Miranda Poppino, 13, Gres ham, stayed with David and April Sykes and children, Chris, Andy and Camille. "Heppner is a lot smaller and quieter than Portland," says Miranda. "People here are nice City wins $300,000 housing grant Program planned for M CCCF from page one and the people in Portland are kind of rude. I liked the hot springs. "I'm a little home sick," says Miranda, adding, "Maybe we'll come back to visit." Rachel Lieber, 13, stayed with Debbie and Rollie Mar shall and daughters, Kristin and Brandi. " I like the peace best," says Rachel. "There is no violence and you can do whatever you want. At home you can't go far, because your parents are afraid you're going to get mugged. I feel really lucky to get to do this, because not very many people in our class get to ." Ryan Carpenter, 14, Gresh am, stayed with Alan and Deb bie Scott and sons, Craig and Keith. "I liked hiking up to the top of the mountain and seeing the cross," says Ryan. "M eet ing a lot of new people is real ly fun. I don't really miss anything, because I was really looking forward to th is." Kim Korsak, 13, Gresham, stayed with Gary and Marsha Kemp and daughters, Tina and Toni. "M y favorite thing is go ing to the high school and meeting all the kids," says Kim. "But I would rather go to classes at the high school, than go on more field trips. It's kind of boring." "Here you drive down the road and everone's waving at everbody else and everybody knows everybody. Like I don't even know some of the people who came up from Centennial. It's nice, they don't have locks on the lockers. Things get stolen all the time at our school. I'm coming back for sure." Other area hosts were Allen and Patricia Peck; Butch and Mary Knowles; Jim and Georgia VanWinkle; Cecil and Molly Rill; Scott and Joan McDaniel; Bruce and Debbie Young; Sam and Mary Kay Bellamy; Bill and Merilee McDowell; Jim and Susie Ward; Don and Tami Sneddon; John and Sonja McCabe; Hoby and Susan Hansen; and Charlie and Marsha Anderson. May 9: LADIES NIGHT and MOTHER’S DAY OBSER VANCES. Dinner by Pat Dougherty and crew 6 p.m. Honoring Mother Services at 8 p.m. May 12: M O T H E R ’S DAY SU N D A Y FA M ILY BREAKFAST STARTING AT 8 to 11:30 a.m. Reward Mother for all of her family dedica tion. W e’ll do the dishes. Dining every Friday-Saturday 6-9 p.m. Bingo every Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Heppner 676 - 9 IS 1 ' ' Elks 358 When l'ririuh Meri 142 V Main COAST TO COAST YOUR SOURCE FOR A $300,000 housing rehabili tation grant has been awarded to the City of Heppner by the Oregon Economic Develop ment Department (OEDD). The grant is made available by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through OEDD and is intend ed to benefit low and moderate income homeowners for home rehabiliation projects. Qualified homeowners may apply for home rehabilitation loans from the city for as much as $20,000 each. The loans are interest-free and must be re paid at the time the house is sold or when the homeowner dies. "The city is very pleased to Members of the Hope Lutheran Church confirmation class will fix a special Mother's Day brunch on Sunday, May 12, from 9-10:30 a.m. All members and friends of the church are invited to attend. Members of the confirmation class are: Jeff Currin, Ben Goodyear, Kimberly Hansen, CHEFS to hold open house M ay 11 Christian Home Education Family Support will hold its an nual open house curriculum fair Saturday, May 11, from 6-9 p.m. at the First Christian Church in Hermiston. The open house will feature presentations by several speak ers on such topics as "Surviv ing the First Year," "Home School with Toddlers and Babies," "Home School in The Morrow County Health District, at its regular monthly meeting Monday, May 6, gave its okay for administrator Kevin Erich to pursue a contract with Dr. William Bitsas to provide services at Pioneer Memorial Cline and Pioneer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. Drs. Ed and Jeanne Berretta, two of Heppner's three physi cians, have indicated that they plan to move to Walla Walla the end of June. Dr. Ernie Atkins will continue employment at the hospital and clinic. The board also agreed to have Erich proceed with ne gotiations with Dr. W.B. Dan ner to provide physician's ser vices in Irrigon. The district is in the process of establishing a new clinic in Irrigon, which currently has no medical ser vices. In other business: -the board instructed Erich to "pursue talking to the Board- man City manager concerning Boardman health care issues". Certain issues concerning negotiations with Boardman physician Dr. Robert Boss were tabled at a previous health Celebrate tbe moments of motberbood! ¿t Y7\*y a the right card to tell your m other Heppner WF. CAS H U P VOI Sun May 1 2 th 1 9 9 6 1 :0 0 to 7 :0 0 p.m . RJ’S own B B g Beef Ribs (all you can eat) Tiger Prawns - D eep Fried Prime Rib High School," "Surviving on One Income," "Beyond Aca- demics-Child Training," and "Styles and Options." Dennis Tuuri, executive director of Parents Education Association, will speak on home school and Oregon law. Refreshments and an open forum will follow. For more in formation, contact Jordawn Wambeke, 481-2005. how special she is. • •lit • 1C Get a free carnation with the purchase of any Mother’s Day card -while supplies last- » H -9 H I or Sauteed Any Tw o D inners for $1 9 95 (Child's plate available) F i r s t com e, F ir s t serv ed P arties of 5 or more RSVP (Please) David Burns for Morrow County Commissioner Paid for by tha Committee to Elect David Burns Doctors express interest in Heppner, Irrigon At H allm ark, yo u 'll find just GoasttoGoast R J ’S Bridal Tables t i f f a n y cHa.xxLi.on & Lawn Garden Enjoy Mother’s Day at Josh Hill, Lief Nesse and Heidi Turrell. Services and Sunday School at Valby Lutheran Church, lone, will be held at 9 a.m. Worship services at Hope, Heppner, will be at 11 a.m. The sermon at both churches will honor mothers and is en titled, "Empowered to Lead." tive director for the Oregon CCF will discuss the activities for the OCCF and answer questions. The public is invited to attend and participate in the discus sions. For more information, call 676-9675. The monthly meeting of the Morrow County Commission on Children and Families (CCF) will be held Tuesday, May 14, at the Morrow County School district building in Lexington from 7-9 p.m. Lynn Fallin, the new execu Hope Lutheran plans brunch 77\erUi*i» & make this program available to the city's homeowners," said city manager Gary Marks. According to Marks, a list of prospective recipients was assembled in January as part of the application process. Any in terested low and moderate in come homeowners not current ly on the list are advised to con tact city hall for more informa tion. The grant was awarded to the city based on a number of factors, including community need, project design, readiness to proceed, financial considera tions, the age of the city's hous ing stock and the city's percen tage of low and moderate in come persons. district meeting. -approved purchase of a emergency vehicle to be used in north Morrow County. The vehicle, with low bid of approx imately $85,000, will be pur chased from Hughes Fire Equipment, Inc., Eugene; -held a strategic planning session; -approved purchase of a refurbished x-ray processor at around $12,000. *2^0.0 i d cM cC u x x y Wedding May 11 cAdaxtha. cM.c<£jfCigott & c i c o t t 1_ L o j a. u it Wedding May 18 -L ea h c A ic C a x f & (I ill I I ] * i ■ / * * 1 • i i • I f i ., . i * ) dj^amon 2 3 x o m a n Wedding May 18 Qe-nni cHJi.iji.ck & ciia tt ^Benedict NCORSB to meet Wedding May 25 Mon-Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. Sat. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Rx HOURS: Sat. 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. HOURS: The North Central Oregon Regional Strategies Board meeting will be held Thursday, May 16, at 10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Parish Hall in Heppner. 21 7 North Main Heppner 676-915b “If it wasn’t for Bank of Eastern Oregon we wouldn’t be standing here today.” - Norm & Barb Zeller “Bank of Eastern Oregon was will ing to step in and help us finance the purchase of lone Market, and with terms that we could live with. Even though other banks pay lip service to being big in small busi ness lending, only Bank of Eastern Oregon came through when we needed it. And eVen though they were the only ones willing to loan us the money to buy the market, they didn’t take advantage of us. No out of town bank even comes close to supporting our community like Bank of Eastern Oregon does. No one.” Bank of Eastern Oregon “Around the comer, not around the state." Arlington Condon 4 5 4 -2 6 3 6 384-3501 Heppner lone 6 7 6 -9 1 2 5 FDC 4 2 2 -7 4 6 6 h » « •