Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 1, 2000 - THREE
Engagement
DeeAnna Raver to
open fitness center
Court appoints members to
Rural Investment Board
Sweeney - Coe
Nicole Sweeney and Scott Coe
Pat and Trish Sweeney announce the engagement of their
daughter, Nicole, to Scott Coe, all of Heppner.
Scott is the son of Jan Coe, also of Heppner, and Tim Coe of
Fossil.
An August 12, 2000, wedding is planned at St. Patrick's Catholic
Church in Heppner.
DeeAnna Raver with Justin (front), Chance (left) and Colter Raver
DeeAnna Raver will soon be
opening the Iron Eagle Fitness
Center in Heppner at 471 N. Main
Street (across from the library).
When it is completed, the Iron
Eagle Fitness Center will be a full
service facility offering free
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weights, machines, cardio equip­
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training, massage therapy, supple­
ments, tanning, gym clothing and
Ninety-three people were present for the senior dinner Feb. 3 and
accessories and a children’s play
16 meals were home delivered. Members of the Catholic Church
area.
served. Blood pressures were taken before the meal.
A good portion of the equip­
Doug Dubuque asked for volunteers for the Senior Center pie,
ment
was expected to arrive
roll and soup luncheon Mar. 18. He, Archie Padberg and Tom
Tuesday,
Feb. 29, said Raver. The
Wilson are co-chairmen for the lunch. Volunteers may contact any
facility
expects
to be open for use
one of them . The Meal Site cooks and Coral Mitchell are baking
on
Wednesday,
March 15, with a
the pies and rolls and making the soup this year. Those wishing to
grand
opening
scheduled St.
make donations to the senior board to help buy the ingredients for
Patrick’s
Day
weekend.
Raver
the food may do so. It's much easier than baking pies, when there
says
she
plans
to
bring
in
personal
are so many other things to do that week.
trainers to offer free personal
Marian Murchinson gave a guided tour of the senior apartments
training throughout St. Patty’s
after dinner. Betty Carlson won the floral arrangement. John
weekend to familiarize people
Harde's name was drawn for the free first month's rent. February
with the equipment.
JL6 the centerpiece was won.:fry Joyce Buchanan, and Katherine
Tentative hours for the facility
Lindstrom won the free first months reht. Names drawn will be '
will
be 6 a.m.-10 p.m., Monday
kept on file If a person whose name is drawn moves into S t.' ■'
through
Friday and 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Patrick's Apartments, that person's first month will be free. Tours
on Saturday. Hours may be ad­
are every Wednesday at 1 p.m.
justed later upon customer de­
The menu for Feb. 8 will be salmon with tartar sauce, parsley
mand.
potatoes, pea salad, orange sections, rolls and cherry crisp.
David Hughes will help run the
Members of All Saints' Episcopal Church will serve.
Exercise class was held on Tuesday and Thursday at 10 a.m.
gym periodically. Hughes is a top
Pinochle was played Tuesday and Thursday, with two tables in
national bodybuilding competitor
play both days. Bingo was played Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.. The
from Portland. He is currently fea­
movie " Don't tell Mom the Baby Sitter is Dead" was seen
tured in magazine issues of “Flex”,
Thursday at 2 p.m.
“Muscle and F itness” and
The seniors extend their deepest sympathy to the family and
“Musclemag” for his placing at
friends of Elsie Leathers, Anna Ball and Rose Marie Buschke.
Rose Marie was a very active volunteer at the Senior Center, as
well as her church and the community before her illness.
An office staff meeting will be held March 2 at 1:30 p.m.
Elementary has magazine sale
Heppner Elementary's recent
magazine sale fund riser was a
"huge success," according to
HES Principal Phyllis Danielson.
Subscription sales exceeded
$10,500 and HES will keep 40
percent of the total.
Money earned will be used to
bring assemblies to the school,
support the Outdoor School
program and provide funds for
other special projects or
classroom needs. All money will
be spent on kids, Danielson says.
The sale was made successful
by eager fourth, fifth and sixth
grade
sales
persons,
the
magazine reading community
and the parent volunteers who
came daily to take care of the
necessary accounting, Danielson
said Parent volunteers were:
Shelli Britt, Sheri Gregory,
Debbie Peck, Karen Wolff, and
Angie Hanson.
"Plan on renewing your
magazines next year with
Heppner Elementary School,"
concluded Danielson.
Local fiddlers to perform
Kiwanis Kapers
Six Heppner area fiddle
students will compete in this
year's
Kiwams f
Kapers
competition in Pendleton on
Thursday, March 9.
The six young players, Alex
Carlson, Eric Jepsen, Kate
Kendrick, Blaine Maley, Seth
Morgan and Brynna Rust, will
perform an Irish song and dance
routine called "Swallowtail Jig".
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the 1999 NPC Nationals, as well
as his endorsement with Human
Development Technologies, a
supplement company. He is an
established personal trainer and
will be available for personal train­
ing.
A special presale on yearly
memberships has begun this week
and will run through April 15. The
special offers no joining fee and
monthly fees of $25 single, $40
couple and $60 family. The facil­
ity is also offering unlimited
monthly tanning for $ 15 a month
per person with a membership and
$25 per month per person without
a membership. This allows clients
to come in and tan as many times
as they would like during the
month. This special will also al­
low clients to lock into these prices
for the life of their memberships,
says Raver.
After April, 15* there,will be a
$25 joining fee ana monthly mem­
berships wm<rMjnr$30 suvgle, $50
couple, $75 family; $20 a month
for unlimited tanning with mem­
bership and $30 a month for un­
limited tanning without a member­
ship. A month-to-month member­
ship will run $45 per month.
Discounts will be offered to
teachers, students and senior citi­
zens.
Raver is available to take mem­
bership sign-ups at the center’s
location.
The local fiddlers are part of a
larger performing group which
includes a total of 18 fiddlers, a
drummer, string bass and guitar.
All of the children performing
are students of Peg Willis of
Pendleton.
Also performing with the group
is a former Heppner student,
Nick Berretta, now of Walla
Walla, WA.
The Kiwams Kapers
performance starts at 7 p.m. at
the Vert Auditorium. There will
be different shows on Thursday
and Friday nights, March 9 and
10, with the top performers
selected to compete for cash
prizes on the final Saturday night
show on March 11.
Tickets will be available at the
door. The cost is $5 for adults,
and $4 for students and seniors.
By Doris Brosnan
Having
received
recommendations from the Port
of Morrow and all but one of the
county's cities, the Morrow
County Court, at its February 23
meeting,
appointed
five
individuals to the Baker-Morrow
Rural Investment Board.
This board, which will work
with members from Baker
County on the newly formed
Baker-Morrow
Regional
Partnership, will consist of Tom
Myers of Boardman, Tom Sly of
Heppner, Betty Gray of lone,
Terry Tallman, Boardman, of the
county court, and Gary Neal,
Boardman, of the Port of
Morrow.
Department of Revenue
representatives, Jim Manary and
Scott Jackson, offered the court,
Morrow County Assessor Greg
Sweek, Becky Tullis of the
assessor's office, and GIS/IS
director Mary Phillips a
presentation on mapping: history
of the Oregon Land Information
System and the state's mapping
services, methods of fee
collection, types and uses of
maps.
Manary explained that the
state's goal is to tie the county­
mapping systems together and
create regions to work together.
He further demonstrated some
applications
for
hazardous
materials, steep-slope properties,
health statistics, crime statistics,
fire coverage, business activity,
vacant-land
searches,
applications tied to real estate,
utilities, soils, urban-growth
boundaries, solid waste disposal,
and sanitary-service districts.
Manary described the role of
an advisory-tech group and
development of some standards
that would enable looking up
information on any county from
our own county.
Jackson explained how the tech
group in the first region (Coos,
Curry, Josephine, Douglas and
Jackson counties) was formed
and what their advisory functions
are.
Manary added that the
Department of Revenue has two
goals: to build a good tax-map
base and to stimulate interest of
all
potential
beneficiaries.
Discussion
continued
and
focused on lack of funding for
the State Service Center, the
efficiencies of sharing data and a
stable funding base and a
telecommunications consortium.
The first step, said Manary, is to
form a region.
Sweek asked the court to sign
the contract with The Software
Group,
Inc.,
which
had
undergone some revisions, which
included a down payment by July
1. He explained the maintenance
contract, the one-time software
license charge, the installation,
training
and
conversion
agreement, custom changes and
database purchase costs. The
court approved the signing of the
contract and discussed the
features of the two financing
bids. The court agreed to select
financing after discussion with
finance director Lisanne Currin.
Heppner Mayor Bob Jepsen
introduced to the court Lynn
Lundquist as a candidate for
secretary of state. Lundquist
noted his desire to learn more
about issues facing county courts
and county clerks.
Lee Palmer, member of the
county road committee, repotted
to the court a discussion and tour
with a concerned landowner.
Palmer considered the completed
work
satisfactory
but
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recommended the delay of
paving until after the settling of
the road. One suggestion from
assistant public works director
Burke O'Brien was to videotape
as a record the conditions of
fences and property before work
is undertaken.
Palmer also questioned the
court about the checking of
contractors' licenses when letting
contracts and county counsel Bill
Hanlon agreed that a contract
review officer needs to perform
overview of all contracts,
checking
on
contractors'
performance bonds, filings of
certified payroll and their
employee drug-testing policies.
He stressed the need to monitor
and follow up on these issues and
recommended that the court
appoint someone as a contract-
review officer.
Currin presented and the court
approved two budget resolutions:
one for an addition for the Health
Department's "Babies First" and
Family Planning expansion
projects and a Historical
Foundation grant for the history
center; and one for a reduction in
appropriations to reflect a
decrease in budgeted resources.
The court also approved
purchase of a fax machine for the
Behavioral Health Department.
Currin also informed the court
that she has a supplemental
budget prepared.
Public Health Director Laura
McElligott discussed with the
court the family-planning budget,
the
state's
aforementioned
expansion-project money and the
local tax dollars. McElligott
reported that the project money
can not be used to supplant local
property tax dollars.
The court noted the need to
determine this year's amount of
local dollars and to examine
legitimate uses for the project
money.
McElligott further explained
that the State Health Division has
dictated that reduction in local
dollars be equal across the board
among county departments and
not target the health departments
individually.
McElligott also presented an
"Enhancement
of
Parenting/Family Drug Abuse
Prevention"
grant
request,
describing the advertised benefits
of the program. She said that the
department could continue to use
the program, although the grant
would be for one year and
include nursing time, translator
time ar.d training.
The court noted the need to
cover administrative costs with
the grant and McElligott assured
them that 15 percent is allowed
to cover such overhead. The
court approved application for
the grant, with the caveat that it
cover expenses related to
administration.
In other business before the
court, it appointed Shelly
Salisbury to the Commission on
Children and Families, reviewed
and approved an agreement with
A-One
Construction
for
installation of restrooms in the
agricultural museum facility,
approved two approach permits,
and reviewed and approved the
joint management agreement
with the city of Imgon to
complete
rural
addressing
beyond the city limits.
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