FOUR - Heppner (Saatte-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 10,1999
Commission to
offer child
care funding
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of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
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United Way donates
to Morrow County
To the Editor:
United Way of Morrow County
appreciates everyone who has
contributed to our program, par
ticularly PGE, Boardman Phar
macy, Boeing and the Hoffman
Corporation for their donations.
Many residents may not real
ize that all contributions made to
United Way of Morrow County
stay in Morrow County. Less than
one percent of the contributions
made are used in overhead ex
pense. United Way of Morrow
County is operated strictly on vol
unteer services. We are always
seeking new board members.
Due to everyone’s generosity,
we were able to give all o f the
following organizations funding in
1998: Boardman Child Develop
ment Center; Boardman Eagles;
Boardman Firefighter’s Associa
tion; CreativeCare Preschool;
Domestic Violence Service;
Heppner Day Care, Inc.;
ICABO; lone Rural Fire Protec
tion District; Imgon EMS; Irrigon
Rural Fire Protection District;
Neighborhood Center of South
Morrow County.
United Way of Morrow County
also provided two families with
shelter funding after their homes
were destroyed by fire.
United Way of Morrow County
meets quarterly. Our next meet
ing will be Monday, April 19 at 6:30
p.m. Anyone interested in volun
teering or attending, call 676-5154.
Our next grant opportunity will be
in July.
United Way of Morrow County
(s) Lisa Smith
Heppner
The Morrow County
Commission on Children &
Families has established a
community development fund to
assist child care providers in
improving the quality and
accessibility of child care in
Morrow County.
Approximately $500 is
available each quarter and any
state registered or licensed child
care provider may apply.
The commission will give
priority to projects which
address after-hours child care,
latchkey resources, child care for
children who are ill and child
care training. However, any
project that addresses the
commission's goals will be
considered.
Next quarter's proposals will
be reviewed on Tuesday, March
9,
during
the
monthly
commission meeting, but must
be received by the commission
office by Sunday, February 28,
to be considered.
Applications are available at
the commission office at 120
South Main in Heppner or by
calling 676-9675.
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Third is that the city of Umatilla
welcomes the project with open
arms, because of the good jobs it
would bring to the community.
Kitzhaber this week had Steve
Marks, his senior adviser,
present a plan to the Senate that
he
called
"a reasonable
compromise." What he should
have just called it (is) "a lie."
All he is really doing is a
repeating the same plan from
last summer with a few added
things. Things that will not
happen in his plan until the year
of 2007, which is five years after
he leaves office.
In addition, you know that the
governor or any other political
representative can not keep a
promise once they left office.
After they have left office, it is
in the hands of the people that
are elected and come to office
after their term of office is up.
We, the Miller Family, will not
give up our home and property
to the governor or any other
person.
We have lived in
Oregon our whole lives. The
Miller Family came to Oregon
almost 100 years (ago), when
my great-grandfather came to
Oregon on the Oregon Trail and
settled in the North Willamette
Valley (to) run his own onion
farm. The Miller family has
worked very hard for Oregon,
our local community and our
families. Please help us to save
our home from the wrong
decision of Governor John
Kitzhaber
Look at the waste of our tax
dollars, over $90 million dollars
of our money. I do not know
about you, (but) our family and
I could live very well on even a
small fraction of $90 million
dollars for the rest of our lives.
I work very hard for what little
money I make and I do not
waste my money. Nor should
our Governor Kitzhaber.
Governor John Kitzhaber is
supposed to speak for the people
of Oregon. But he's not listening
to the people, because the people
are saying, "Don't waste our tax
dollars." It is a simple idea that
(is) easy to do, or as Nike (an
Oregon-based company) has
saidT ’'Just Do It'," ,H
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Winners of the 1998 winners
of the "Yard-of-the-Month" co
sponsored by Green Feed and
Heppner Garden Club were
recognized at the club meeting
February 1.
The club presented gift
certificates at Green Feed to:
Mr. and Mrs. Chuck Bailey for a
"meticulously groomed yard
featuring
contem porary
accents"; Mr. and Mrs. Glen
Smith whose large yard and
garden
showed
careful
horticulture
practices
and
selection of choice varieties of
shrubs and. perenials; Mr. and
Mrs. Archie Padberg for their
newly
landscaped
yard
demonstrating a maximum
variety of blooming plants in a
limited space; and to Eleanor
Gonty and her son, Tom Gonty's
yard showing an "impressive
collection of historic cultivars."
Also a winner was Adlards' yard
"exempting effective hillside
landscaping and creative use of
garden accessories."
Kay Proctor and Ronda
Helfrecht, new manager of
Green Feed agreed with the
garden club to continue
sponsoring the contest in 1999
"Toward a more beautiful
Heppner," according to a club
spokesman.
The program was a summary of
the place of the rose in history
from antiquity to the present..
Bebe Munkers demonstrated
how to propagate roses by
cuttings.
Other business included a
report by Peggy Connor on the
Oregon State Federation of
Garden Clubs environmental
Smokey Bear poster contest for
grades one-five in Heppner and
lone
and
home-schooled
children. The club will award
cash
prizes and present
contestants with garden seeds.
Jane Rawlins described the
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Business guide
being developed
The Heppner Merchants
Committee is developing a
business guide to the city, and j
local businesses that wish to be
included are encouraged to
contact certain committee.
members.
If you want your business in
the guide be sure to contact one
of the following members:
Ronda Helfrecht at Green Feed,
Sandra VanLiew at Gardners or
Anne Murray at Murray's Drug.
Business people should make
contact right away as the
committee hopes to have the
guide out by St. Patrick’s Day.
V olu n teers
needed
By Doris Brosnan
If you want to get involved,
you might find just the right
volunteer's spot for you in this
column.
Do you need a volunteer? Call
676-5886
to
have
your
information included in this
column - whether you need one
volunteer or several volunteers,
whether you need help with one
small project or several projects.
This week, the St. Pat's
Celebration
committee
is
looking for volunteers to be'
leprechauns at various times
dunng the weekend of March
14. Call Delanne at 676-9187
(days) or 676-5843 (evenings).
A "leprechaun” last year re
painted the information booth
while it sat out at the
fairgrounds.
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FREE P A N C A K E B R E A K F A S T
Many, Many
Door Prizes
T ricycle
Obstacle
Course
For Children
8 years old & younger
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FREE C arn ation s
fo r th e first 300 ladies
FREE
KNIFE SHARPENING
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND!
At the CONVENIENCE STORE:
• FREE 32 oz. pop
with fill-up ALL DAY
• Door Prizes
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awarded at 2 p.m.
of Hermiston Plaza w ould like to w elcom e
their new travel consultant Ruby Shear
She is know ledseable in tours, cruises
and vacations. She is a graduate of the
Disney College of Knowledge. Please call her
at 422-7890 to find out the best deals in travel.
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• MANY OTHER FREEBIES!
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Portland Home and Garden
Show Feb. 24-28 and invited
members to assist with the
placement committee at the
OSFGC flower show there.
Rawlins was on the horticulture
schedule committee for districts
8-12 and will help with
placement from those districts.
Coupons to lower ticket costs
are available here for anyone
planning to go.
Guests were Nancy McGuire,
Kathryn Unruh and Doris
Brosnan. Hostesses were Daisy
Collins and Mary Goheen.
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Women's prison should go to Umatilla
To the Editor:
The Women's Prison should go
to the city of Umatilla.
First is that building at
Umatilla would not require the
removal of any family from their
home or property. Second, it
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1-800-452-7396
350 Main
Lexington, Oregon
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