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St. Pat’s
Committee
meeting slated
New Punch Card Contest
winners announced
The St. Patrick’s Celebration
committee will meet Monday,
Dec. 6 at 6:30 p.m. at K ate’s
Pizza. All event chairpersons are
encouraged to attend, said Claudia
Hughes, Chamber o f Commerce
executive director. Decisions will
be made on the fountain, enter
tainm ent, barbecue and other
events. It is also time to finalize
the brochure for March 17-19
2000 .
The committee will receive
Morrow County Recreation Dis
trict funds for additional music and
entertainment during the 2000 cel
ebration, which is free to the pub
lic. Those with a request or rec
ommendation are asked to get in
touch with Hughes or Cara Osmin
right away.
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Holiday concert
planned
The South Morrow Community
Choir and the "Sentimentalists"
will present their annual holiday
concert on Sunday, December 5,
at 3 p.m. at St. Patrick's Catholic
Church in Heppner.
Everyone is invited to attend for
"an hour of fun Christmas music
to kick off your holiday season."
Staci Osmin of Murray Drugs draws the winning names for this week's
Christmas Punch contest. Winners this week were Shirley McNary, a $25
gift certificate to Peterson's Jewelers; Sherry Sieler, a $25 gift certificate
to Murray Drugs; Thelma Epping, a $25 winner at Coast to Coast; and
Janet Greenup, a $25 gift certificate winner at Gardner's Men's Wear.
There are still lots of prizes to be given away, so be sure to pick up your
punch card at participating business, and for every $5 spent at any
participating business, get your card punched. More $25 gift certificates
will be given away next Tuesday, and all cards entered are eligible for the
big drawing for $550 in gift certificates at the end of the contest.
Participating businesses are: Gardner's Men's Wear, Coast to Coast, Les
Schwab Tires, Peterson's Jewelers, Lott's Electric, Shoe Box, Central Red
Apple Market, Pettyjohn's, MCGG, Court Street Market and Murray
Drugs/Country Rose.
Activities planned for Light Parade
VOL. 118
NO. 48
8 Pages
Wednesday, December 1,1999
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Lutheran Brotherhood helps local agencies
Entry from last year's parade of lights
A group gathers in front of the Heppner Daycare and Preschool celebrating the donation of storm doors
for the center. Pictured left to right back are: Linda Shaw, representing Hope Lutheran Church and the
Lutheran Brotherhood; Patti Pappas, Heppner Daycare Board member; Sheryl Delveaux, daycare employee;
Merry Brannon, daycare director; Bob DeSpain, volunteer; Brian Rill, Heather Rill and Patty Rill, employee;
front row: Stephanie Rill, Carrie Haguewood, Brent Brosnan and Lizzy Rill.
By Linda Shaw
Lutheran Brotherhood, “an or
ganization of more than one mil
lion Lutherans working together
for financial security, volunteer
service and benevolent outreach”
has helped several agencies in the
Heppner community this fall.
On Nov. 5, Lutheran Brother
hood’s “Care and Share” program
purchased bulk foods such as flour,
rice, pasta, com meal and various
canned goods for food pantries in
Heppner. Donna McCurdy and
Judy Rickert, members o f Hope
Lutheran Church, delivered the
allocation to Janice Skaggs, man
ager of the South Morrow County
Neighborhood Center, and to the
senior meal site through Corol
Mitchell, CAPECO’s senior co
ordinator for the Area Agency on
Aging.
The Heppner Day Care re
ceived a grant of $300 to purchase
much-needed storm doors and
special safety locks. Linda Shaw,
Lutheran Brotherhood coordina
tor for Hope Lutheran, worked
with Heppner Day Care manager
Merry Brannon and its board of
directors (Kim A rm ato, Kim
George, M issy Lindsay, Patti
Pappas and Sue Thompson) to
determine the best use of the grant
and to select the doors. The doors
were purchased lo cally at
Pettyjohn’s Farm and Builders
Supply. Bob DeSpain volunteered
to do the installation.
One hundred copies of a spe
cial advent calendar provided by
Lutheran Brotherhood will be dis
tributed the evening of Thursday,
Dec. 2 during the Heppner Light
Parade. The calendar will be
available to those who visit the liv-
ing manger. The manger was or
ganized by Marlene Currin and
Judy Rickert o f Hope Lutheran,
with participation from members
(and animals) of Hope and Valby
Lutheran and All Saints Episco
pal Church.
Lutheran churches are also eli
gible for grants through matching
fund programs. This opportunity
helped Hope replace its furnace
this fall before the cold weather
hit. Fund raisers organized by the
Women o f Hope and co-chairs
Shelli Britt and Robanai Disque
enabled the church to qualify for
a congregational matching funds
of$450.
Pastor Dick Metz, who serves
H ope and V alby L utheran
churches and, through the Mutual
Ministry Program, All Saints Epis
copal, worked for Lutheran Broth
erhood while in seminary. He
emphasizes the opportunities avail
able for volunteer service as well
as educational and financial assis
tance in the com m unity. The
Lutheran Brotherhood’s head
quarters is in Minneapolis, MN,
but the Blue Mountain branch and
its district representative Tim
Klipfel coordinate services to
communities served by Lutheran
churches such as Hope Lutheran.
Christmas tree permits available
Christmas tree permits are now
available at all offices of the
Umatilla National Forest and at
several local vendors, including
Heppner Chevron. Permits may
be purchased for $5 per tree. One
Christmas tree permit is required
for each tree cut. There is a limit
o f one tree per household, al
though friends, relatives and
neighbors may pickup permits for
others. Permits are valid on fed
eral Forest Service lands only and
do not authorize tree cutting on
private, state or other federally
The Christmas season will be in
full swing in Heppner on
Thursday, December 2, with a
host of activities for the Stroll
Heppner and Light Parade.
Everyone is invited to Stroll
Heppner
with
downtown
business open houses planned
from 2-6 p.m.
Santa and his reindeer will
make his annual visit from 2-7
p.m. at the Red Apple Market
and photos with Santa and the
reindeer will be available from 3-
5:30 p.m.
TTie Heppner Junior/Semor
High School choir will perform
from 4:50-5:10 p.m. and the
Heppner High School band will
take over entertainment from
5:10-5:35 p.m.
A living nativity scene will be
Lexington to
enter parade
Lexington plans lighting contest
The town of Lexington is plan
ning a Christmas lighting contest.
“Christmas is coming and it is time
to light up your life and your
household for the holidays,” said
a town spokesperson.
Columbia Basin has donated
$75 for the contest and Morrow
County Gram Growers has do
nated gift certificates. First place
will receive $30; second place,
The city o f Lexington will en
ter the Parade of Lights on Thurs
day evening with the fire engine.
The newly organized fire dept,
auxiliary will prepare the fire en
gine for the parade.
Before and during the parade,
the auxiliary will serve coffee, hot
chocolate and cinnamon rolls for
a benefit from a table in front of
C al’s Restaurant. Donations are
appreciated, said a spokesperson.
Everyone is welcome to attend.
The lone Schools holiday
concert will be held on Monday,
December 20, beginning at 7
p.m. in the school cafetorium.
The musical play, presented by
the high school choir and the
kindergarten through grade 12
music classes, including the
middle school band, beginning
band and general music classes,
is based on "A Christmas Carol"
by Charles Dickens. The play
was re-wntten specifically for the
lone cast by teacher Darlene
Marquardt with the help o f the
high school choir students.
Everyone is invited to attend.
$25; third place. $20; fourth place,
a $15 gift certificate; and honor
able mention, a $10 gift certificate.
Judges selected from out of
town will tour Lexington on the
evening of Wednesday, Dec. 22,
to make the final decisions.
“Let’s take pride in our town
and make it a joy for others to drive
through,” said the spokesperson.
meeting topic
What is the future of Creative
Care Preschool in lone? That
question will be discussed at a
community meeting to be held
Thursday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. at the
lone Fire Hall.
Currently, alternatives for the
preschool include: purchasing the
Chnstian Education building from
the United Church of Chnst, which
had rented space to the preschool;
'f i o r i
lone Schools concert Dec. 20
A benefit dance for the
proposed radio station "KNOW"
will be held at Heppner High
School from 7:30-11 p.m. The
dance, for all ages, will feature
the local group, "Final Warning",
and door prizes will be awarded.
Admission is $3 each.
Everyone is reminded to fill out
Christmas Punch cards at local
participating businesses.
Future o f lone preschool
By D«lpha Jones
managed lands.
Permits and forest maps may
be purchased during regular of
fice hours, Monday through Fri
day, at the Supervisor’s office in
Pendleton and at the four district
offices in Heppner, Ukiah, Walla
Walla and Pomeroy, WA.
Douglas fir and Englemann
spruce are the most popular trees,
though ponderosa pine and lodge-
pole pine make unique and fra
grant alternatives, said a Umatilla
National Forest news release.
presented downtown by Hope
and Valby Lutheran churches and
All Saints' Episcopal from 5:30-
7:30 p.m.
The light parade will gear up at
6 p.m. Entry forms are available
at local businesses. Cash prizes
of $200. $100 and $50 will be
awarded. Line-up for contestants
is at 5 p.m. Light Up Heppner
will be at 6:30 p.m.
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finding another site; creating a dif
ferent type of program at another
site; or closing the program.
The preschool board will make
a decision following community
input Questions and comments
may be directed to board presi
dent Shelly Rietmann, 422-7243,
or treasurer Lea Mathieu, 422-
7215.
Everyone is invited to attend the
meeting.
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