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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 15, 1999 Chamber Chatter The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow By Claudia Hughes, Exac. Dir. By Claudia Hughaa Heppner One of the challenges in a small town is preventing burnout among volunteers. Another is reaching those in the U S P S. 240-420 community who wish to become involved and thus bring relief to Morrow County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper those overextended. Published weekly and entered as penodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon There are many opportunities under the Act of March 3,1879 Penodical postage paid at Heppner, Oregon Office at 147 W Willow Street telephone 1541)676-9228 F»x(541)676-92ll. E-mail gt@heppner net for people wanting to learn or gttojrapidserve net. Web site www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to more about Heppner and the the Heppner Gazette-Times, P O Box 337, Heppner, Oregon 97836. Subscnptions: $22 in Willow Creek Valley. Interested Morrow County. $16 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older), $29 else in the workings of the where David S ykes............................................................................................................... Publisher community? Take your pick. April Hilton-Sykes...................................................................................................... Editor You are welcome to attend city council meetings; Heppner On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www heppner net Coordinating Council meetings, • Real Estate For Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes Chamber of Commerce and • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! Heppner Economic Development Corporation. Would you like to belong to an organization? Stop by the Chamber, the city, or Twice Upon A Time to pick up a Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times w ill not directory. library, museum, publish unsigned letters Please include your address and phone number on all schools, St. The Patrick's committee letters for use by the G-T office The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not and many other entities would responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. welcome your involvement. Sometimes they are so surprised and on such overload that they may not be able to think what to tell you at first, but return. It are to be commended for their To the Editor: will come to them. You will be insight. It is great to know that When flipping through last appreciated and have the there are so many aware, of not week's Heppner Gazette, I just opportunity to meet new people only community but global couldn't pass up the chance to and get to know the old. Instead situations, and are concerned read the letters written by Mrs of the after Christmas letdown enough to put it in print. Allen's fifth/sixth grade class. for many, volunteering will give Their hopefulness is something All of the students that you new energy and possibly the submitted opinions on how to all of us should share. opportunity to discover new job (s)Amber Flaiz make this world a better place opportunities. New ideas from new faces are what make the Editor's note: following are letters to the editor submitted by Willow Creek Valley tick. students in Jannie Allen's fxfth/sixth-grade classes at Heppner Are your houses and business Elementary School. decked out for the holidays? Be sure to turn on that switch To the Editor, To the Editor: Sunday, December 19, so elves Hi, I'm Mahaley Huddleston. can judge fairly. Also December I don’t like litter and nobody I'm going to tell you about how 19, enjoy the Inland Northwest does either. I was wondering if we to make the world a better place. Orchestra and Choral concert at could hang flyers downtown en We need to make school Heppner Middle School at 3:15 couraging people not to litter. I enjoyable. A big problem is p.m.. Local people will be think litter is gross. teasing. Would you want to participating to bring us top I recycle glass, plastic, news come to school if you were notch music for the holidays. paper and cans, and so should teased? I wouldn't. It's like an And remember, stores are open other people. old Indian saying, "Never judge for your shopping convenience (s) April Drew a person until you walk two on Sunday afternoons. You will moons in his moccasins." So talk find great ideas up and down To the Editor: Main Street Heppner. to your child about teasing. There are two concerns 1 have One more reminder. Have you Have you ever gone to the band about the environment. One is room? I'm going to warn you, if nominated someone for man, automobiles that are more fuel- £ fficient and the other is . ci ,trol- ^y.ou. don!; like bugs and if you woman, youth, educator and of the year? • 'are allergic to dust, don't go in business ling water pbl'hfri&TTKTTfSgon Nominations are due Friday, there. Also the curtains are older If you are in the market for a than' nty gredt-great grandma.. December 17, at the Chamber of new automobile, make sure you Gross. I think we should have a Commerce office or at the take gas mileage. Buyers should 50/50 raffle so we could fix the offices of Bill Kuhn. not get those extra options like air Thought for the week: Take band room up. conditioning, power steering and time to sit by your Christmas Do you want school to be tree and gather energy to help power windows. All of these op enjoyable for you and your kids? bring about the true meaning of tions add to your car’s weight and Then help. thus reduce its fuel efficiency. Christmas to family, friends, (s) Mahaley Huddleston These days, there are cars that and strangers you may chance to meet. Too much hustle and get 40 to 50 miles per gallon of bustle can subtract from the true gasoline. Why not think about buy meaning of the season. Keep the ing one of these instead of that Qazette-Times 676-9228 season simple and about love. big gas guzzler that gets less than Enjoy. 20 miles per gallon? Of course, make sure that you only buy a car that is capable of using unleaded gasoline. a video arraignment system to Now for water pollution. Morrow County is the speed up and facilitate You shouldn’t throw garbage in recipient of a grant to help fight arraignment with hook-ups the water. In Oregon most of the domestic violence, thanks to the between the courthouse in rivers, creeks and streams run into efforts of Morrow County Heppner and courts in Imgon the Columbia River. For example District Attorney David C. Allen. and Pendleton and eventually to think of those plastic things that Allen applied for and received hold six packs of pop. Fish get $291,.732 from the U.S. the prison system and the state; and for funding for interpreting caught in them and die. Department of Justice under the services for victim's advocates, So let’s get going to clean up Rural Domestic Violence and who formerly acted as the world. Child Victimization Enforcement volunteers. (s) Casey Maben Grant Program. Allen said that Terry Harper, According to the Justice currently a deputy with the To the Editor: Department, the primary purpose Morrow County Sheriffs Office, My name is Stephanie Howard and I am in the fifth grade. I am of the program is to "enhance the will now concentrate on domestic 11 years old. I think the world safety of abused women and violence, child victimization and would be a better place if people children living in rural areas by child dependency cases. A new and enhancing deputy district attorney will be would think more about others creating collaborative partnerships" hired. Allen said that the grant than themselves. agencies. will not require matching funds. Some ways of doing that could Allen said that the monies will The new positions will not be be saying nice things to someone, cooking dinner for be used to hire a deputy district funded beyond the terms of the them, sending flowers or a card attorney, fund an additional grant, however, he said that the detective with the Morrow grant may be renewed. and just smiling. County Sheriffs Office, purchase Sometimes, all people want to do is complain. Maybe if people would try saying one nice thing people to bring winter clothing for every time they think of a The lone FBLA Chapter plans in good condition to the event. bad thing, maybe they would to hold a winter clothing drive in All clothing collected will lie soon forget the bad. It always conjunction with the lone donated to local area makes me feel better when I do Winter Concert Dec. 20. organizations who help the something nice for someone. The group is encouraging needy. People also need to know that Jesus loves them. At Christmas time people seem nicer to each other. It would be nice if they would show that all A certification course for young riders will be year long. We also need to take held at Columbia Basin Electric Co-op on care of the things around us. Don't leave garbage. When DeC. 18 beginning at 9 a.m. Anyone operating a things are picked up and clean it snowmobile must have a valid driver’s license makes people feel good. or certificate. There is no age limit and no (s)Stephame Howard GAZETTE-TIMES Letters to the Editor Elementary children to be commended Copies 10i DA obtains domestic violence grant Ione FBLA plans clothing drive s m w m È iL ^ S s We Print BUSINESS CARDS H eppner G asette- Time» charge for the course. Pre-register by calling 676-5401 or 989-8342. & -A. ^ W illow C reek Sym phony to perform Sunday The Willow Creek Symphony will make its debut under the direction of Lee Friese on Sunday, December 19, at 3:15 p.m. in the Heppner Middle School Gym. Lee Friese is also the director and conductor of the Inland Northwest Musicians Orchestra and Chorale. The Willow Creek Symphony is composed of some 35 musicians from ages seven to 70 from the local area. This is the Willow Creek Symphony's fifth year as a group and participation continues to grow, especially as more young Heppner area violin students are available to join the group. Currently 29 area students are taking violin lessons from four instructors who give lessons in Heppner: Peg Willis, Lee Fnese, Tony Marks and Kathryn Unruh. The Sunday afternoon performance will start with the Willow Creek Symphony perform ing t radi t i onal Christmas and folk melodies. Next the Inland NW Musicians Orchestra and Chorale will present well known selections from Handel's Messiah and a Christmas Concerto. The concert will conclude with a sing-a-long of Christmas carols with both orchestras joining to provide the accompaniment. "It promises to be a special afternoon of music that the whole family will enjoy," said spokesperson Nancy Jepsen. Refreshments will be served following the concert. The Willow Creek Symphony is being sponsored in part by a grant from the Morrow County Commission on Children and Families. Local businesses have also made substantial financial contributions to this performance. These contributions have accommodated transportation costs for traveling musicians, music and other expenses so that concert can be presented free of charge. Travel arrangements have been made for senior citizens from St. Patrick Senior Center. Those who need transportation from their homes need to contact the Senior Center for pick-up service. G-T Christmas messages due Dec. 20 Ralph Werner (tuba) and Louis Carlson (on bass violin) practice for up coming Willow Creek Symphony concert Morrow County Tournament, Dec. 17 By Jeff Hunt and Paul Neiffer Are you prepared for Dec. 17- 18. Do you know what's happening? Drop those unwrapped presents; stop putting tinsel on the tree, and come to lone. This isn't a time to drink eggnog, it is time to get ready to watch some fast-paced, action packed basketball games. It's time for the South Morrow County Basketball Tournament in lone, sponsored by the lone Booster Club. Action begins at 3 p.m. on Friday and 1 p.m.. on Saturday. M aSTiP Trophies go to the top boys' and girls' teams. Teams eligible to win include the Klickitat Vandals, Heppner Mustangs, the Huntington Locomotives and the lone Cardinals, who are hosting the games. The first boys' games will be Klickitat vs Heppner and Huntington vs. lone. For the girls it will be Huntington vs. Heppner and Klickitat vs. lone. Concessions will be available. Towels and dressing rooms are provided for the players. Tickets are $3 for adults and $1 for students. <=/VW jC e t E spresso Card's G ift C ertificates C a rd s e3 G ift W rap C a n d y • T oys • G ifts P erfu m e • B a th P roducts H ousew ares • C D s • W ine Floral Dept. - Special Holiday Arrangements A N D M UCH MORE / ‘ '<*■• Plus Free Gift Wrapping A section in the Gazette-Times' December 22 issue will feature inspirational Christmas messages from area churches. Local pastors are invited to participate. The deadline is Monday, December 20, at 5 p.m. The messages may be typewritten or hand written as long as they are legible. The G-T also invites the churches to send in Christmas worship or program schedules but please do so in a separate article. Call April, 676-9228, for more information. ^ MuMuj'i D/uuj 217 North Main • Heppner • 676-9158 JAo Country Rogo 233 North Main Heppner • 676-9426 - 1 > OPEN SUNDAY Dec. 19th, 12-4 p.m 1 OLCC&Rx Dept Closer! i$r ¿fir Inland Northwest Y y Orchestra & Chorale 1 . * h .1 .. _ # 2 k .. . J . _ .. - J _ ., ,. , . P Iß ,, ,, M. — under the direction o f R. t Lee Friese f t2 f c e & e F ltS y a FREE CONCERT HANDEL'S "MESSIAH" I Manfredini's "Christmas Concerto yy and Traditional Christmas Carols THE WILLOW CREEK SYMPHONY (ages 7 to 70) under the direction o f R. Lee Friese and Anthony Marks HEPPNER MIDDLE SCH O O L SUNDAY DECEMBER 19th at 3:15 p.m. Willow Creek Symphony is fu n d ed in part by a grant from Morrow County Commission on Children and Families
