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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 14,1999 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S 240-420 Morrow County's Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 W W illow S treet T elephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 E-mail gtiurapidserve net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P O. Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836 Subscriptions SIS in Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Gram counties. $25 elsewhere David Sykes ...............................................................................................................Publisher April Hilton-Sykes......................?.................................................................................. Editor Legion Hall gets new windows Blu Blakely, of Blu Blakeley Construction, installs a window at the lone American Legion Hall. The hall is undergoing renovation with funds received from a Fred Meyer grant. Mustangs take two from Rangers By Rick Paullus The Heppner Mustangs trav eled to Dufur on Friday, April 9 and took both games of the double- header, 8-6 in eight innings, and 6-4 in seven innings in the night cap. The Mustangs avenged an ear lier season loss to the Rangers and improved their record to 4-3. Heppner travels to Pendleton on Friday, April 16, to play the Bucks JVs in a doubleheader. In the first game, the Mustangs jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innings, only to have Dufur take a 4-3 lead in the third. Heppner scored three runs in the top of the fifth with the help o f a solo home run by Cory Bennetto to take a 6-4 lead, only to have Dufur come back to tie the game at 6-6 after five. Tim Dickenson led off the top of the eighth with a walk and went to third on a sacrifice bunt by Bias Elguezabal. Dylan Pettyjohn tripled to score Dickenson and scored on a Derek Gunderson single. Elguezabal got the Rangers out in the bottom of the inning to pick up the win. David Bates started the game for the Mustangs and combined with Elguezabal for 12 strikeouts. Proposal to aid rural stations Senator Ted Femoli (R-John Day) asked his fellow senators Thursday to support him in returning fuel supplies to 10 rural communities who currently have none. The stations were closed last year when the deadline expired to remove "Leaking Underground Storage Tanks," commonly referred to as "LUST." "We need to get rid of LUST in rural Oregon," Senator Femoli joked. "But more importantly, we need to return fuel to these rural communities whose only stations have been closed." All Oregon gas stations were required to start using safe underground storage tanks in 1998 to stop leaks that have the potential to damage drinking water supplies and the environment. Many small rural stations had trouble meeting these requirements and therefore missed state imposed deadlines. "These are mom and pop operations," stated Ferrioli. "The absence of fuel in these communities means people have to drive several miles to get fuel." The proposal. Senate Bill 5544, provides up to $45,000 to help the 10 stations immediately begin removing the tanks. All stations are at least five miles from other operational gas stations. Wedding Rill - Albertson Mr. and Mrs. William Dean Rill, Heppner, announce the marriage of their daughter, Madora Dawn, to Kurt Allen Albertson, son of Mrs. Faye Albertson and the late George W. Albertson, on Sunday, April 17, at 4 p.m. at the Pilgrim Lutheran Church, Second Street and First Avenue, Ontario. A reception will immediately follow the wedding. Michael McCabe went 2-4, in cluding a double and a triple. Gunderson went 2-5 for the Mus tangs. Shane Matheny doubled and Mark McElligott tripled as the Mustangs banged out 10 hits for the game. The Mustangs jumped out to a 6-0 lead in the top of the first in The couple will live near game two and hung on from there Adrian, Oregon. to get the win. Dickenson went (be distance to get his first win ofHfte'season, striking out 10 and walking seven. Josh Hill was 2-3, including a double. McCabe also went 2-3. A smoking cessation workshop, Gunderson and Allan Gribskov "Kick Butt Day Orientation", each doubled and Cody Bellamy will be held on Thursday, April tripled, as the Mustangs totaled 15, at 7 p.m. at the Family nine hits for the game. Resource Center, 120 S. Main, Statistics: Heppner. First game: Heppner-1 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 8 104 This is a workshop for those Dufur- 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 6 8 3 who want to quit smoking. David Bates. Bias Elguezabal (6). and Couples are encouraged to Allan Gribskov, Lance Lindell, Luke Lindell participate, said Marilyn Bader- (4) and Anthony. W-Elguezabal. 1-0. L-Luke Lindell. 2B- Nesse, prevention specialist. Shane Matheny. Michael McCabe (H), There is a minimal fee for Lance Lindell (D). 3B-McCabe, Dylan materials, said Bader-Nesse and Pettyjohn, Mark McElligott (H), Woods (D). scholarships will be offered. HR-Cory Bennetto (H); Luke Lindell (D). Second game: Heppner- 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 Besides education and 6 9 7 techniques for quitting, Dufur- 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 4 1 hypnotherapy and medical Tim Dickenson and Gribskov; Depriest, management will be offered. Anthony (3) and Beauchamp. W -Dickenson 1-2. L-Depriest. 2B- For further details, contact Derek Gunderson, Gribskov, Hill (H). 3B- Bader-Nesse at Morrow County Cody Bellamy (H). HR-none. Behavioral Health, 676-9161. Stop smoking workshop planned Sci-fi Invasion held at museum Nancy Marvel from The Dalles Superior knowledge and numbers brought victory to many local competitors in many contests held at the Morrow County Museum during INVASION, the scifi fan gathering held Saturday April 10 . In Invasion Bowl, a College- Bowl type knowledge contest, winner in the adult Star Wars division was Jeff Sneddon. Heppner; the Star Trek Division six, Cyde Coil, nine, Kyle Huddleston, 12, Kim Hansen, 16, and Monica Jones, "over 21 . " The winner of the Great Alien Hunt was Tiah Drake. Costume winners were: best costume- Michael Mosana, Tri-Cities, people's choice-Jordan Shepard, Heppner, best dynamic duo (special recognition)- the Hollands, best family group (special recognition)- The Straley Away Team, Lori, Teri and Kelly. City releases strategic plan Heppner city manager Jerry Breazeale has provided the fo llow ing inform ation concerning the Heppner strategic plan. What is it? The Heppner Strategic Plan is a document that states the vision, principles and goals the Heppner area community has set for itself, defining the kind of community we would like to be and providing direction for how to get there. The original strategic plan was written in 1992 and was known as "Vision 2000: Goals and Strategies". The Heppner Coordinating Council, an open membership group of interested citizens and community leaders, has maintained the document and done periodic updates. Why it's important. A community should agree on its vision and goals for economic development, types of businesses to attract to town, what environment and atmosphere the community should have. Losing the Kinzua mill recently makes this strategic plan revision very timely. Livelihood and quality of life is important to this community. Almost all funding sources, whether federal, state or private, require that proposed projects have community support and are Marsha Sweek to speak at Boardman Chamber Marsha Sweek. director of the Morrow County Museum, will be the featured speaker at the April 21 Boardman Chamber of Commerce meeting. "Marsha is Recognized as an expert in rural museum development and will share guidelines that have helped other communities establish historic collections and museums," says Chamber President Arlene Walters. Kathy Moore, Boardman City manager, will also be on the agenda, inviting community participation to gather and discuss options for a city transportation plan. Chamber of Commerce meetings are open to all interested persons. April 21 is "Secretaries Day"; chamber members are invited to bring their secretary and treat her to lunch. Taco salad will be the entree and the Driftwood RV Park Recreation Room, 800 W. Kunze Road, is the location for the noon meeting. Anyone wishing a hot lunch must RSVP by 4 p.m., Monday April 19, to 481-2571 or 481- 3014 photo by Alllion Sykej was taken by Nat Saenz of the Tri-Cities. The Kids1 Division was swept by Seth Morgan and Curtis Harper. Winners of the written Trivia Contests were: Star Trek-Til Tullis, lone, (perfect score); Star Wars- Everett Marvel, Portland; special recognition for a perfect score by noncompeting museum personnel - Genni Sneddon. The Alien Coloring Contest attracted 120 entries and the six categories were won by Jason Kendrick, two, Sarah Kendrick, well thought out. A typical funding requirement is that the project be in a community strategic plan that was developed with public participation. Why YOU should care. Some projects affect everyone, directly or indirectly. For exam ple, infrastructure improvements may affect you through increased taxes or fees. Do you just like looking at our historic buildings? Should efforts be devoted to their upkeep? Maybe it would be nice to know an assisted living facility will be there for you ... years from now. What should our community look like 20 years from now? We need to plan now for the future, as well as immediate needs. What's been going on so far, and what's to come. In response to an article in the Gazette-Times a group of community people from outlying areas and town residents have been working on a draft of the new strategic plan. They would like to get your feedback and comments. Volunteers will be interviewing with various community organizations, groups, businesses and individuals. They want to know if you support the draft vision, principles and goals, as well as which projects you would CaN: Club to meet The Morrow County Creative * Arts and Crafts Club will meet on Thursday, April 22 at 1 p.m. at 4 Kate’s Pizza in Heppner. After lunch, members will dis cuss the pros and cons of disband ing the club due to lack of inter est. All members are urged to at tend. Guess somebody has to show those flightless fowls the sights. And y'know, everywhere I go I see you and your friendly bank. Pelican: CaN: Arts & Crafts I bet I've driven a rig full of chickens through every town in Oiegon. Pelican: CaN: support. They also want to know your ideas for projects. Eventually, there will be a town hall meeting to gather ideas and comments. How to find out more. Keep your eye out for meeting dates and announcements, or check out the City website at www.heppner/city.net. You can call Jerry Breazeale at 676-9618 for more information, to ask questions, give comments or make suggestions. Copies of the draft plan are available at City Hall. The next strategic plan meeting will be at the Forest Service building at 7 p.m. an April 28. Everyone is welcome to attend. Yep, we've landed in a lot of places besides Klamath Falls lately Maybe I'll look you up when I head to Garibaldi next week. 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