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, ; « m M • K H M H W N M A a W É lM M M M M W M M M M i I p r e <• «1 r M rs p 0 f; r e u G £ ;; i Senator Ron Wyden visited Heppner Sunday 0 h * -* • ■ > > . * * * * J • v ; ' .1 . •> 4 î * * .* W HEPPNER « * * « * * . : . . ' » A regular board meeting o f the Morrow SWCDAVeed Advisory Board will be held Monday, Jan. 12 at 3 p.m. at the co-generation plant in Boardman. Agenda items include Natural Resource Conser vation Service report, manager report, election o f officers, plan annual- meeting, agency reports imes aftcfothor business The public is invited to attend. 6 Pages Wednesday, January 7,1998 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon MC Tourism meeting slated for Jan. 21 The quarterly Morrow County Tourism committee meeting will be Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 4 p.m. at the Morrow County Museum in Heppner. Agenda items in clude: sharing county submis sions to Oregon Tourism Com mission Small Grants Program; an overview o f Heppner web site/ tourism benefits by Dave Sykes; distribution o f the 1998 County Community Event Calendar; de veloping a distribution plan for the newly revised and printed Town and Country Banquet, Jan. 15 H eppner Cham ber of Comm erce’s annual Town and Country Banquet will be held Thursday, Jan. 15 at 7 p.m. at the Heppner Elks Club and will in clude a dinner serenade by “Ab solutely Nobody,” a vocal quar tet. Members Joe Lindsay, Jer emy Miller, Tom Phelan and Rick Pullen w ill perform doo-wop, pop, country and classic tunes. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. Following dinner, more enter tainment w ill be provided by “The Slob Sisters," the crowning o f the Morrow County Oregon Trail Pro-Rodeo Court and the an n ou n cem en t o f the M an, Woman, Educator and Business o f the Year. Tickets are $15 each and are being pre-sold at the Chamber o f Commerce office. Bank o f East ern Oregon, Murray Drugs, Kla math First Federal and the Mor row County Grain Growers. Chamber annual And the snow came. Kiel Johnson, 9, o f Heppner took advantage o f the snowfall this week to contstruct, with the help o f his sister Ariel, 11, a snow dragon on Gale street. HCC meeting slated for Jan. 20 ASSE seeks host families/students Heppner Coordinating Council will hold its January meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 20 from 7:30-9:30 a m. at the Forest Service build ing. The council will be discussing the Heppner Strategic Plan and reviewing with the major partici pants the g o a ls and p rojects within the plan. The public is invited to attend. MCCBW Seminar to be held Jan. 29 The Morrow County Columbia Basin Wheat Seminar will be held Thursday, Jan. 29, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. at the lone Grange. The morning program will be the taped presentation o f the Co lumbia Basin telecon feren ce. Lunch will be served by the la dies o f the Grange and will re quire pre-registration. The afternoon program w ill include presentations from repre sentatives o f DEQ, OSU Colum bia Basin Research Center and OSU Extension faculty. Pesticide credits will be avail able for the afternoon session. Cost is $10 for the entire day (including lunch), or $5 for the afternoon session. For the lunch, RSVP by Friday, Jan. 23 to the Morrow County Extension office at 676-9642 or 1-800-342-3664. Lindsay baby first of 1998 Kaelyn Rose Lindsay was the first baby bom in 1998 at the Good Shepherd Community Hos pital in Hermiston. Kaelyn was bom on Friday, January 2 at 5:22 a m. She weighed 7 pounds, 6 ounces, and was 21 inches long. Kaelyn is the daughter o f Barney and Kim Lindsay o f Lexington. As the first baby o f the new year, Kaelyn will receive many donated gifts and gif) certificates from area merchants. The ASSE International Stu dent Exchange Programs (ASSE) is seeking local host families for boys and girls from Scandinavia, West and Eastern Europe, Asia, South America. Mexico, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, 15- 18 years o f age, for the upcom ing high school year. The selected exchange students speak English, and want to leam about this country through living as part o f a family, attending high school and sharing their own cul ture and language with their host family, said an ASSE news re lease. The students are sponsored by ASSE. a nonprofit, public benefit organization, founded by the Swedish Ministry o f Education. The students are screened and qualified by ASSE. ASSE is also seek in g high school students to live abroad. Those persons interested in ob taining more information about becoming a host family or becom ing an exchange student should contact ASSE’s local representa tive Cathy H alvorsen at 4 2 2 - 7107, or call 1-800-733-2773. luncheon, Jan. 13 The H eppner C ham ber o f Commerce annual luncheon will be held Tuesday, Jan. 13 at the All Saints’ Episcopal Church Par ish at noon. This year’s theme is “Celebrate Heppner.” An Italian luncheon buffet will be catered by Kate’s, and will be $6 each. It will be an opportunity to meet the new board o f directors, and enjoy the sound o f “Flute Q The winners o f the Hat’s Off. Lifetime Achievement and luxury vacation drawing will be an nounced. Everyone is invited to attend. Attendees are asked to RSVP by Friday, Jan. 9, to the Chamber at 676-5536. CALIONS PARTS Q uerns SALE T H R O U G H JAN UARY 3 1 s t MORROW COUNTY GRAIN GROWERS Lexington 989-8221 1-800-452-7396 ___________________ Morrow County Tourism Bro chure, and other items. Future meeting dates o f the tourism committee for 1998 are April 15, July 15 and September 16. Community representatives, visitor-related businesses and interested individuals are invited to participate. For information about the Morrow County Tour ism Committee, contact Carol Michael, 1998 committee chair, at 481-9457. '.I ..1 .••• ." -7 > - v • O« • «v* » . . •r * * * » ■ Regional Strategies to hear many grant requests The North Central Oregon Regional Strategies will hold a board meeting Thursday, Jan. 15 at 10a,m, at the Gilliam County Fairgrounds in Condon. Included on the agenda are grant requests for the following projects: Western Juniper Industry, North Gilliam County industrial park, Gilliam County lease to own program, Grant County fire radio communication enhancement, Grant County fairgrounds improvements, Boardman Park and Rec. development projects. Morrow County Fair multi-purpose building, Sherman County economic development program, The Dalles airport, Wasco County public transportation, Haven house retirement center, and the Wheeler County community tourism. Softball clinic slated Jan. 24&25 A softball clinic for girls will be held in Hermiston on Jan. 24 and 25. Cost for the clinic is $50 with advanced registration and $60 the day o f the clinic. During the clinic the girls will be instructed in throwing, defense, infield, outfield & catching, base running, bunting , slapping and hitting. Called the Elite softball clinic, one o f the instructors, Tom Bequette, has an impressive history o f softball instruction. Bequette, who lives in Hermiston, managed the 1997 Oregon State ASA 14 and under championship team. His teams are the winners o f seven 14 and under tournaments including the regional ASA championships, and he also took the Hermiston Hornets to the National World Series. Bequette is currently the co-head coach o f the Tri-City Ace's which last year finished seventh in the National World Series. In 1996-97 he worked with the 1996 Olympic coach and he was recently asked to apply for the National Advartced Hitting Clinic to be held in Atlanta, GA in 1998. The Hermiston clinic will be • held at the Sandstone Middle School, and will run from noon to 5p.m. on Jan. 24, and from 10a.m. to 4p.m. on Jan. 25. The Saturday session will be throwing and defense, and the Sunday session will be hitting. (The first quarter o f the SuperBowl will be shown dunng this session for parents interested in watching.) Anyone wishing to register, or for more information, can contact Bequette at 567-2939. ■ v '» '■ J A t .<• I . • . • . ^ -is '. <;.»*. * 1 < , V ‘ 7, " * - . Ì », < • U.S. Senator Ron Wyden made clear his support o f environmental issues Sunday, when he visited Heppner on one stop o f his swing through Eastern Oregon. Wyden, seen here visiting with Meg Murray o f Heppner, said everyone is going to have to give up something in order to boost salmon runs on the Columbia River. And also said the best way to fight global warming is to plant more trees. Morrow SW CD to hold meeting NO. 1 - A* . - v M*. 50 < VOL. 117 -, {T ; • • .v -T ■ <•- i •
