TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 30,1998
The Official Newspaper
o f the City o f Heppner and the County of Morrow
New Years golf
tournament
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Heppner
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For those who don’t want to
watch bowl games all day, a
golf tournament has been
organized at Willow Creek
Country Club this Friday, Jan 1.
The tournament will begin at 9
a.m., says organizer Ron
Bowman.
IM S perfect season lost at Echo
By Mike Radio
The lone Cardinals lost their
first middle school game of the
season at Echo with a score of
31-33 in overtime.
lone was down most of the
game by five or more. Near the
end of the fourth quarter lone
used their press to tie the game,
which lead the game into
overtime. lone was in trouble as
Echo pulled out the big guns and
lone could not get a shot off,
causing them to lose by a final
score of 31-33.
Echo was led by #33, who
performed with excellence as he
rebounded, made steals, blocked
shots and assisted. One thing he
didn't lead in, however, was
scoring because of Mike Radie's
excellent rebounding.
Billy Gates led in offense with
three three-pointers, for a total
of 11 points.
Extension offers tips on coping with outages
Don’t wait until the weather
outside grows frightful, the
lights go out and the cold seeps
in to discover that you aren't
prepared for a powqr failure this
winter.
scoping; :*ith Winter Power
Failure^'," a new brochure from
the OSU Extension Energy
Program, can help you and your
family weather power outages,
whether those outages last for
short or long periods of time.
The brochure goes beyond good-
sense tips of stocking extra
batteries
and candles to
important information about safe
space heaters, unsafe space
heaters, potential dangers of
some improvised heat sources
and how to treat foods during a
power failure to reduce the
chance of spoilage.
Among the tips in the brochure:
designate an area in the house
that is warm and easy to find in
the dark. Close off the adjacent
rooms to conserve heat.
Once the power fails, turn off
all the lights, television and
electronic equipment. Unplug
your computer to avoid damage
when the power returns. Long
term power failures mean
possibly draining plumbing lines
to prevent pipes from freezing
and cracking.
The brochure contains
important do’s and don’ts about
space heaters *and emergency
heat sources, including which to
avoid. For example, turning on
the burners on your gas stove
could
cause
seepage
of
poisonous carbon monoxide
fumes. Also, don't connect
portable
generators
into
electrical outlets to feed
electricity back into household
wiring. Not only is this illegal, it
could electrocute utility workers.
The brochure describes how to
hook up generators safely.
For a free copy of the
brochure,
call
the
OSU
Extension Energy office at 1-
800-457-9394.
Red Cross classes scheduled
The American Red Cross will
offer seminar classes through
Blue Mountain Community
College beginning in January.
The classes will be held at the
main facility in Pendleton and
the annex offices in Heppner,
Hermiston
and
Milton-
Freewater.
The seminar is in three parts
and covers Red Cross Services
to the community during
disasters and shelter and feeding
operations during disasters.
The three courses give a broad
overview of how the Red Cross
performs
its services, the
various areas of disaster
S t . P a tr ic k s S e n io r C e n te r
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There was a good crowd at the Senior Mealsite for the Christmas
party buffet Dec. 23. Members of the Christian Life Center served.
The Sentamentalists entertained with Christmas carols. Their
beautiful music added so much to the festivities.
The menu for Jan. 6 will be a country breakfast, with biscuits and
gravy, sausage and hashbrowns. Members of the First Christian
Church will serve. The Nutrition Site Committee will meet at 1
p.m. Hearing aid assistance will be given at 10 a.m. and blood
pressures taken a 11 a.m.
Dates to remember include: exercise Tuesday and Thursday at 10
a.m. Everyone is welcome to attend. Pinochle will be Tuesday and
Friday afternoons at 1 p.m. Bingo is Friday at 7 p.m.
Former tenants, Doll Campbell and Elsie Huston, now reside in
Portland. Their addresses are available at the Senior Center, for
friends who wish to write to them.
HAPPY NEW YEAR
volunteer services and how to
become a Red Cross Disaster
volunteer.
For more information on dates
and times for the classes, contact
a local BMCC office and ask
about the Red Cross training
being offered. The classes are
free of charge and open to
anyone over the age of 16.
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C h a m b e r C h a tte r
By Claudia Hughes, Cham ber Manager
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By Merlyn Robinson ______________
Happy New Year 1999. Will
this year be any different from
any other new year? Hard to
predict; people have a lot to say
about the new millennium.
We'll just have to meet it head
on and give it our best shot.
1998 saw our community with
a new look, brought about by the
hard work and volunteer efforts
of many. There's a great group
of unselfish people in our town,
some quietly working behind the
scenes and others not so quietly,
all making things happen,
moving forward, instigating
change while trying to maintain
our wonderful quality of life.
We're all different and that's
what keeps life interesting and
challenging.
In Heppner we celebrate the
beginning o f a new year with
Town
and
Country,
an
opportunity to gather together,
enjoy some laughs, visit, crown
the queen and court and honor
our man, woman, educator and
business of the year.
The banquet will be Thursday,
January 14, and the annual
Chamber luncheon Tuesday,
January 12.
Tickets are available at
Klamath First Federal, Murray
Drugs, Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Morrow County Grain Growers
and the Chamber office.
Dinner music will be provided
by some talented local folks and
the speaker will be the "mother"
of Menweather Lewis.
There is an opportunity for
Heppner to have another Rural
Futures Team involved in the
first Eastern Oregon Rural
Futures Forum.
This series of three-day
workshops over a four month
period provides in-depth training
to improve the effectiveness of
community volunteers working
on community and economic
development projects.
Twelve people from Heppner
have attended in the past and
have formed some lasting
friendships across the state as a
result.
It's an asset to know and
understand how other rural
communities are meeting the
same challenges facing Heppner.
Anyone interested in learning
more about this opportunity for
fun, friendship and learning
opportunities should call George
Koffler, John Edmundson or
myself immediately.
"Lights away by the 12th day."
If you were one of the volunteers
who decorated the Main Street
trees, please remove the lights
no later than January 6. They
may be returned to the Chamber
office to be stored until next
year. Many hands make light
work.
Thoughts for the New Year: 1)
Respect differences of opinion.
2) Look for new ideas from new
faces. 3) Try something new. 4)
Volunteer. 5) Make someone
laugh. And, "Think big thoughts
but relish small pleasures."
Yes, I’m still kicking-quite often myself. However, with
the recent successful completion of another Christmas cele
bration, I’m offering my share of bragging rights. Like others during
a holiday season, this family gathers to count our blessings amidst
ovenndulgence in food and gifts. We’re so fortunate to Uvc in a land
of abundance while others in the world are so needy.
Traditions and seasonal rituals abound. An idiosyncrasy of mine is
to delay fall house cleaning of the most visible surfaces until just
before Christmas. I call that efficiency, not procrastination. After
Christmas, it’s time to clear out cupboards and some closets. Neces
sity, not ambition, forces me to cast out hoarded, but seldom-used
things. This makes room for newer items to fill up that limited space
again.
Out went the 40 year old heavy cooking pots to make room for
shiny, new lightweight cookware that is easier for this granny to ma
neuver. With a microwave and a new grilling machine, it seems the
stove is not essential anymore. Perhaps the oven could store all those
plastic containers that seem to propagate like dandelions.
Fortunately it won’t take long to put away Christmas decorations.
The outside lights are still in the original boxes. By delaying this
project until the thermometer hit zero, I abandoned the plan. Next
year I’ll consider putting out outside decorations at Halloween, thus
becoming in tune with commercial Christmas displays. Anyway, I
got my jollies by sniffing fresh evergreens while helping make Christ
mas wreaths with other members of the garden club.
Overflowing closets are another headache. I realize that with dress
styles or even pants, that any length is appropriate. But if said gar
ment fails to meet ’round the middle, then that’s a different problem.
I can see the advantage of the trend towards oversized baggy pants. I
read where one person survived a ferry boat sinking by removing her
pants and with the openings tied together her pants became a life
preserver. Some of the baggiest pants I have seen on young people
might be inflated to the size o f a four-person inflatable life raft. No
wonder more schools are considering school uniforms. Loaded back
packs make hunched-over kids look like they are carrying an elephant.
And those baggy drawers could conceal an arsenal of snowballs or
worse.
Among other useful and elegant things received was a one-of-a-
kind picture quilt displaying 50 years of photo moments. This trea
sure was crated by a creative daughter-in-law, using pictures of four
generations. Many memories are captured, along with before all the
facial character lines (not wrinkles) also became permanent.
And that’s not all. I’m now a computer owner, thanks to generous
offspring. Included is a book “WordPerfect for Dummies”-no expla
nations needed. When I cast out a twin bed and get this thing set up,
you probably won’t see me for a spell. But if you hear a loud knock
ing, that’s my head against a wall.
Hope your Christmas stocking also ran over, and not with coal.
Have a safe and happy New Year.
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Henning will appear at
Heppner High School on
Tuesday, January 5, for a
workshop for students in grades
nine to 12 from 1-3 p.m.
An evening workshop by
Henning, "For Guys Only", is
scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 5,
at 7 p.m. in the Heppner High
cafeteria.
Interested parents may hear
him speak during a workshop on
Wednesday, Jan. 6, in Riverside
High School's Rick Bateman
Auditorium. Members of the
public are also welcome to
attend this workshop and
admission is free.
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fixed and low-income persons this holiday season has been extraordinary!
Please consider your gift the one an underprivileged child enjoyed this
Christmas. Imagine to yourself, the sparide in their eyes and the laughter,
as the presents were devoured on Christmas Day.
We embrace each of you with our heartfelt
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THANKS.
A n i we express our appreciation to the many volunteers, past I present
Review minutes o f city council
current and past m eetings
Your generous outpouring, donated d o t t o , food and monetary support
has made the Neighborhood Center’ s work of providing assistance
to the community an ongoing realization.
We expressfy wish your new year to be tilled with happiness.
The Board of Directors
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planned at HHS, RHS
Brad Henning, a nationally
recognized speaker, will appear
at Morrow County High Schools
next week.
Henning specializes in building
relationships, "creative dating"
and helping people understand
each other.
"Having a better relationship
with their teens is right at the top
of most parents' wish list. And
most teens would rather not be
in conflict with their parents,
especially about their choices of
girlfriends and boyfriends," says
Sharon Barrick, Riverside High
School counselor.
According to a press release,
"students
loved
Henning:
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