EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
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to visit
Wednesday, February 11, 1998
Paul Revere Raider Klamath First
Federal honored
local schools
Jim Valley, singer, song­
writer, educator and a Parents’
Choice award winner children's
artist, will visit Heppner and lone
schools on Wednesday, Feb. 18.
Valley, a former member of the
band Paul Revere and the
Raiders, has helped children put
their words and feelings into
music and "make them feel
special about themselves" since
1980.
Valley reaches and interacts
with
125
thousand-plus
elementary school children every
year. His work in schools began
when he was invited by an
administrator to conduct a
friendship workshop in a
troubled school. The workshop
was so successful that he was
soon traveling to schools through
Washington State. He now
travels international presenting
workshops and concerts to
children, teachers and families.
"Adults enjoy Jim's lively
concerts, workshops, recordings
and songbooks," said a news
release, "as his music touches the
child in most everyone."
Many people remember him as
Harpo of the 60s rock group Paul
Revere and the Raiders.
A program is scheduled for
Feb. 18 from7-8 p.m. Parents,
children and families are invited
to attend the evening "sock hop".
Oregon Together is sponsoring
the evening performance.
W alters to celebrate
50th anniversary
Klamath
First
Federal,
Oregon's second largest thrift,
was recently lauded for its
commitment to small-town
banking by a daily Central
Oregon newspaper. The Bulletin.
In recent years, many big
banks and thrifts have taken steps
to abandon rural communities in
order to streamline their
operations and cut costs. While
these big banks and thrifts were
closing or selling their branches
in small Northwest towns,
Klamath First Federal recognized
that "these actions provided a
unique opportunity for a thrift
that was interested in offering
these communities the traditional
"hands on" personalized service
that they desired," said a
Klamath First Federal news
release.
To underscore its belief that
there is value in delivering
banking services to small towns
that are being under-served by
the big banks, Klamath First
purchased 25 branches offices
last year from Wells Fargo that
are located in rural communities
throughout Oregon, including
the branch in Heppner.
Founded in 1934, Klamath
First Federal Savings Loan
Association delivers a diversified
line of loan and deposit services
to individuals, families and small
business owners through 33
offices in 22 counties across the
state of Oregon. Headquartered
in Klamath Falls, Klamath First
Federal is a subsidiary of
Klamath First Bancorp, Inc., a
publicly held company that on
Dec. 31, 1997 had assets totaling
$975.2 million.
For more information on
Klamath First Federal, contact a
local branch or call Penny Bacon
a t (541)389-6344.
Historical Society
directors meet
Kenneth and Murriel Walters,
1948
A reception in honor of the
50th wedding anniversary of
Kenneth and Mumel Walters of
Arlington will be held this
Sunday, February 15, from l-3
p.m. at the Arlington United
Methodist Church.
Murriel (Prock) Austin and
Kenneth Walters were married
February 15, 1948, in Milton-
Freewater. They have lived in the
Arlington area for 41 years.
Kenneth has farmed most of his
life except for three and a half
years in the U.S. Navy during
World War II. He is a member of
the Arlington United Methodist
Church, Yorkshire Bodies of
Oregon, Scottish Rites, the
Shnne Club, Elks Club and Lions
Club. He is a past director of the
Bank of Eastern Oregon. He also
served on the Gilliam County
Planning Committee, as a
Emergency Medical Technician
and with the Boy Scouts. He also
served in the U.S. Coast Guard.
Murriel worked at
Consolidated AirCraft in San
Diego and at a grocery store at
State Line before becoming a
homemaker. She is a member of
the Arlington United Methodist
Church and is a volunteer at the
Arlington Senior Mealsite.
The couple's son Donald and
his wife, Sherry, live in
Arlington. They have two
grandchildren, Sandy and Trent,
also of Arlington.
Art classes to begin
By Nova Rietmann
The Heartworks House is
starting
art
classes
for
adolescents 13-20 on Monday,
February 16, from 7-10 p.m.
Heartworks House is located at
220 'C' Street in lone, and the
class is taught by Mark and
Astrid Bruno.
Class is free, but due to the
problems created for the rec
district by certain individuals,
funding for the class has been
cut. Any donations from the
community will be gladly
accepted. For more information,
call 422-7305
By Delpha Jones
The directors of the Morrow
County Historical Society met at
Yaw's Restaurant for a luncheon
and business meeting on
Saturday.
A financial report was given.
The Society has donated to the
following
groups:
Pioneer
Memorial
Nursing
Home;
Boardman 4th of July Cele­
bration; Irrigon Watermelon
Festival; Pioneer Reunion; the
Christmas lights in Lexington;
and the lone 4th of July
Celebration.
Those attending discussed the
stones in the cemeteries that need
resetting and water faucets are
needed. Pat Wright and Delpha
Jones will check on this project.
Mildred Baker from the north
end of the county was appointed
to the board, replacing Barton
Clark.
Don and Donna Eppenbaugh
gave some pointers. The new
Irrigon Post Office will have a
display center, consisting of early
interesting happenings in the
area. They told the group of
some bones unearthed when
working on the marina park
project. These proved to be of the
early American Indians and were
returned to the Indians for burial.
There was some discussion on
the courthouse, preserving it in
its original form. A committee
will look into this.
Due to stormy weather, the
Christmas party was not held.
Christmas gifts were exchanged
at this meeting.
Those present were: Pat
Wright, Ruth McCabe, Katheryn
Hoskins, Don and Donna
Eppenbaugh, Betty Carlson, Sue
Vinson, Barbara Bloodsworth
and Delpha Jones.
New owners take over at Penland House
Kristi and Dennis Hurt
By Nova Rietmann
Dennis and Kristi Hurt are the
new owners of Penland House,
the bed and breakfast in Heppner.
They arrived at Penland on
November 8 and started business
right away.
Knsti fell in love with Heppner
when she visited a friend here in
1984.
Ever since then she
wanted to move here
from
Waldport, their former home.
They began staying at the bed
and breakfast during their trips to
Heppner and soon fell in love
with the house too. They finally
decided to take a big step and
move to Eastern Oregon.
Heppner was their first choice, so
they decided to buy Penland
House and run the bed and
breakfast.
The Hurts are now very busy at
Penland-they
have
30
reservations this month, and are
already booked for St. Patrick's
Day.
Prior to taking over the bed and
breakfast, Dennis had excavated
septic systems for the past 30
years and Kristi drove dump
truck for him. He plans to start
repairing septic systems in the
area.
Kristi likes to show horses and
she owns nine: two horses are at
the fairgrounds; four are at
Bemie Damon's farm; and they
have a paint stallion in Hood
River they hope to find a place
for herre.
Dennis,who says he's "50-
something", and Kristi, 39, have
five children between the two of
them. Dennis has a 20-year-old
son, Ryan, and 17-year-old
daughter, Danielle, in Portland.
Knsti has a 20-year-old daughter,
Katie, in Corvallis and her 17-
year-old daughter Kan is a senior
at Heppner High School. D.J. is
Dennis and Kristi's six-year-old
son who is a kindergartner at
Heppner Elementary. Kristi says
that Kan plans to get involved in
high school rodeo.
"We love it here," says Kristi,
"People are lucky, this town has
a great community."
"One thing that impressed me
was that people here can leave
their doors unlocked," says
Dennis. Both Dennis and Knsti
are happy with their move, and
they say that their children have
adjusted very well. They want
to keep the house, which was
built in 1885, basically the way it
is now. They hope to put a
shower in the upstairs' bathroom,
put in a patio, fence the yard,
and install a swim spa or hot tub.
They have kept the rates the
same.
The Hurts have the right
personality for the job. They are
a happy, energetic, positive
couple who really love what they
do. The house is spotless and
homey, and Kristi's specialty
breakfast is blueberry pancakes.
Penland house is a busy place, so
make sure that you get your
reservations in early.
Beck named math teacher
of the year for the region
Heppner High School principal Ron Anthony presents Heppner Junior High
math teacher Karen Beck an award. Beck was named regional math teacher
of the year.
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Worship Service at 3 p.m.
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560 North Minor
at the church of Jesus christ of Latter-day saints,
Hemiston Oregon State Building
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"W hen I need an answer about
bank business, I don 7 want to eall
Chicago. I want to talk to the
person who can make a decision
right here, right now. Inland
Empire llank knows me and knows
my operation. They've been a good
partner for a lot o f years."
Ron ( iirt in
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Plans are being made for the
annual bus trip, most probably to
Butchart Gardens in Victoria,
B.C. Anyone interested in the
trip should contact Ruth Mc­
Cabe, Barbara Bloodsworth or
Delpha Jones.
The next society meeting will
be held at the home of Ruth
McCabe.
Established in 1948.
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