TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 19, 1997 Lion's Club offers rifle raffle Local soloists compete at district contest h I -y¡ Pf^school plans Scholarship "Hop-A-Thon" applications The Heppner Daycare Pre school has just finished a program entitled, “ The Back Is Where It’s At!” This program emphasizes to parents that the safest place for children is in the back seat of a vehicle. The preschool would like to share the teaching aides with other child care providers or parents. They have also planned their Muscular Dystrophy “Hop-A- Thon” on Thursday, March 28, at 10 a.m. Any three or four year old who lives in the community is invited to take part. For more information, contact Sue Norton, 676-5429. ¿ ' « ' J now available The Morrow County School District is again accepting appli cations from high school seniors for the Troedson Grant Scholar ship. Applications are available through the counselors at Hepp ner High School, lone High School, and Riverside High School, The deadline for application materials to be returned is Thurs day, April 17. For more informa tion, contact the above listed schools. FAX Send or Receive Gazette-Times ■ w L-R: Darren VanCleave, Daniel Jepsen, Matt Jepsen, band teacher Ralph Werner . - /• * m , ¿sr i « j 1MÊÉÈ. Jim W ishart displays the Ruger M77R Mark II rifle now being raffled o ff by the Heppner Lion's Club. The rifle also includes a 3X9 - 40mm Tasco world class scope. Only 400 tickets will be sold and they are $5 each or five tickets for S20. D raw ing will be held May 1, and tickets may be purchased from W ishart at 676-9018, Steve Rhea at 676-9113, Rollie M arshall at 676-9125 or David Sykes at 676-9228. Proceeds from the raffle will be used by the Lion's Club to benefit the local community. Easter Services Hope Lutheran Hope Lutheran Church of Heppner will hold the following Holy Week Easter Services: On Palm Sunday, March 23, at H a.m., the congregation will gather at the main door and narthex to receive palm crosses and then process into church singing, "All Glory, Laud and Honor." The Rev. John L Baglien, interim pastor, will preach on the theme, "Who Crucified Jesus?" On Good Friday, March 28, the traditional Tenebrae Service, entitled "The Darkness Deepens", will be held with congregational participation. The Easter Festival Service with Holy Communion will be held at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 30. with reception of members by Holy Baptism and Affirmation of Faith. Pastor John L Baglien will preach on the theme, "Put That Light Back!". Special music will be provided by Debbie Basile, pianist. Valby Lutheran Valby Lutheran Church of lone will hold the following Holy Week Easter Services: On Palm Sunday, March 23, at 9 a.m. the congregation will gather in the fellowship hall to receive palm crosses and to process into church singing, "All Glory, Laud and Honor." The Rev. John L Baglien, interim pastor, will preach on the theme, "Who Crucified Jesus?" On Maundy Thursday, March 27, a special evening meal will be held in the fellowship hall at 6 p.m. The meal will conclude with a service around the tables led by lay readers and a candlelight communion service conducted by Pastor Baglien. The Easter Festival Service will be held at 8 a.m. at the histone Valby Church located in the wheat fields of Morrow County. Special music will be provided by Rikka Tews, organist, and Sarah Carlson, flutist and soloist. Holy Communion will be administered by Pastor Baglien who will preach on the topic, "Put That Light Back!" An Easter breakfast will follow the service. This annual event is in charge of the AAL members. Ecumenical Easter presentation planned the centurion, Mary and Paul. Music will be shared in solos, by a choir and in congregational hymns. The presentation is sponsored by the South Morrow County Ministerial Association, a consortium of 12 Catholic and Protestant churches. "I Serve a Risen Savior", an Easter presentation in readings and music, will be presented on Wednesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Heppner. The program presents the Easter story through the voices of Peter, the woman healed, Jesus, Judas, Wheat League cake samples offered The Morrow County Wheat League will hand out samples of this year's Oregon Wheat Growers League contest cake on Saturday, March 22, from noon to 6 p.m. at Central Red Apple Market. The event was planned to celebrate National Ag Day. The 1997 contest cake is a potato cake. The recipe for the Oregon Wheat Growers League Oregon Potato Cake is as follows. 1 cup butter, softened 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 1 cup cold mashed potatoes 1 teaspoon vanilla 2-1/4 cups cake flour 1/4 cup baking cocoa 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 cup milk 1/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup finely chopped Oregon walnuts Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time. Blend in potatoes and vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda; add alternately with milk, blending well after each addition. Stir in nuts. Pour into greased and floured 10-inch bundt pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 minutes. Cool in pan upright on cooling rack. Remove to serving plate. Dust cooled cake with powdered sugar, sifted over top. (The OWGL staff agreed that the cake improves with age and is better the second or third day.) O'Ducky winners announced Roger Noble's duck out- swam all the others and won him $100 at the annual St. Patrick's O"Ducky Race held on W illow Creek in Heppner Saturday. Donald M atthews' duck was second for a $75 prize; Brandi Kroske, third, for $50; Catherine M cElligott, fourth for $25; and Chris Whalen, Kylie Doherty and M akenzie Correa, fifth-seventh for $10 each. Check It Out! GARDNER'S Featuring the latest in designer ties, vests and ciimberbuns m starting at: 39.95 f t Gardner's ill N 1 Three Heppner students, Matt Jepsen, Daniel Jepsen and Darren Van Cleave were among over 200 students who competed at •the Northeast Oregon District 6 Solo and Ensemble Contest. The competition was held in Pen dleton on Saturday, March 1, at Blue Mountain Community College. Matt Jepsen received a I rating on his trumpet solo performance of "Sonata in G Minor" by Georg Philipp Telemann. In addition, Matt had the honor of being chosen to advance to the State Solo Competition to be held at the University of Oregon in Eugene on April 26. Matt, a freshman at Heppner High School, is the son of Bill and Nancy Jepsen. He was accompanied on the piano by Deborah Wryn of lone. Darren Van Cleave and Daniel M St 121R MENS WEAR Jepsen, both sixth graders, com peted for their first time in the instrumental competition. Darren received a I rating for his trumpet solo, "Air For Comet" by Major Herman Vincent. Darren is the son of Tim and Myma Van Cleave. Daniel Jepsen performed "Pavanne", a clarinet solo by French composer Gabnel-Urbain Faure, and received a II rating. All of Daniel's competitors in the clarinet solo division were high school students. Daniel is the son of Bill and Nancy Jepsen. Darren and Daniel were both accompanied by Myma Van Cleave at the piano. Competitors were rated with one-plus as the highest possible score and five, the lowest. All three boys are music students of Heppner band teacher, Ralph Werner. Arts and Crafts club to meet The Morrow County Creative Arts and Crafts Club is changing their monthly meeting date from the fourth W ednesday o f the month to the fourth Thursday. This month’s meeting will be Thursday, March 27, at 1:30 p.m. at the Willow Lanes Bowling Al ley in Heppner. Members may join the group at 1 p.m. for lunch. New members and guests are welcome to attend. Names om itted Two names were inadvertently omitted from the list o f Heppner and lone students em ployed in the community. Brenda Holtz, lone, works at B&C Repair and Andy Sykes, Heppner, works at the Gazette- Times. March 23rd: Sunday Brunch-9 a.m.-1 p.m. Twelve menu items. March 29th: EASTER EGG HUNT. Pre-school at City Museum Park; first and second grades-middle school play ground; third and fourth grades-Hager Park. Starts promptly at 10 a.m. INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS-4 p.m. Whole roast pig dining at 6 p.m.; live music at 9 p.m. Join us for a big welcome for Roger and Andrea Mortimore and a big thank you to Jay and Lori Straley for a good job for our outgoing PER duo. March 30th EASTER BRUNCH-9 a.m.-1 p.m. We are now taking reservations to better serve our clients. April 4th: ANNUAL DUCKS UNLIMITED BANQUET. Social hour at 6 p.m.; dining at 7 p.m.; auction and raffle at 8 p.m. Numerous valuable prizes have been donated for your taking. J hanks to all those who donated their time and effort to the St. Vat s Celebration and Stacey s memorial service. Bingo every Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday brunch at9a.m.-1 p.m.; Dining every Friday and Saturday at 6-9 p.m. Heppner Elks 358 676-9181 "W here Friends M eet" 142 N. Main