SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 23, 2001
Paul and June Jones to
celebrate 50th
M em orial Day
dinner slated
A Morrow County Memonal Day
dinner will be held on Sunday, May
27, at the senior center in Heppner
from 1-3 p.m.
There will be a choice o f turkey
or ham with salads, baked beans,
rolls and dnnk. Dessert is homemade
cobbler with tee cream. Cost is $6,
with children under six for $3.
"Bring the family and visit with
old friends," said a spokesperson.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Gazette closed
Memorial Day
The Heppner Gazette-Times
will be closed Monday, May 28,
for the Memorial Day holiday.
News deadline for the
May 30 new spaper will be this
Friday, May 25, at 5 p.m. The
advertising deadline will remain
on Tuesday at noon.
The G-T staff wishes
everyone a safe and happy
M emorial Day.
Health District
meeting May 29
Paul and June Jones
A
50th
wedding
anniversary celbration for Paul
and June Jones will be held
Saturday, May 26. from 2-4 p.m.
at the Christian Life Center, 535
West Morgan, in Heppner.
The
afternoon
will
include a special program at 3
p.m.
The couple requests no
gifts.
Paul and June have three
children, 14 grandchildren and
12 great-grandchildren. Their
newest granddaughter, Adrian
Lee Stewart, o f Hermiston, was
bom May 10.
IUCC summer worship hours
lone United Church o f Christ o f the Sunday school this year.
The church will hold workdays
announces its summer schedule of
at the Willows Grange Hall from
services and workdays.
Sunday morning worship services 9 a.m. to at least 3 p.m. on Tuesday,
will begin at 10 a.m. from May 27 Wednesday and Friday, May 29-30
through Labor Day. "Sunday school and June 1, to prepare for the lone
will not meet during the summer; UCC auction and barbecue. Anyone
however the services themselves who would like to help is invited.
are interesting and appropriate for Donations of sellable items are also
all ages," said the Rev. Paul Clay, appreciated.
The 39th Annual lone UCC
The service on June 10 will
Auction
and Barbecue., wifi. be
include recognition o f the students
Saturday,
June 2, at the Willows
and teachers that have been a part
Grange Hall in lone.
Spray Rodeo planned May 26-27
The 54th Annual Spray Rodeo
will be held this weekend. May 26-
27, along with the 36th Annual
Eastern Oregon Half-M arathon.
The Eastern Oregon Half-
M arathon. a 13.2 m ile run frorfi
Serv ice Creek to Spray, will begin
at 8 a.m. near Service Creek. Water
will be available at several locations
along the way and the race will end
in front o f the school at Spray.
A "Buckeroo Breakfast" will be
available at the school cafeteria from
early morning to 11 a.m. Saturday
and Sunday and will be prepared
by the senior class and their mothers
to help pay for their senior class
trip to Las Vegas.
The parade will begin at 11 a.m.
at the Spray General Store and will
be led by Queen M ane Witt and
Cirand Marshal Norman "Son" Bain.
The rodeo w ill feature cowboys
and cow girls from all over the
Northw est who are members of the
Northwest Professional Cowboys
Association, Idaho Cowboys
Association, and Pro-W est Rodeo
Association. The events will begin
with the grand entry at 1 p.m. and
will feature the Rodeo Bandits, an
all-girl team who will also perform
a drill during the rodeo.
The stock will be furnished by
B-Bar-D Rodeos. Returning for his
fourth year is NPRA Rodeo
Announcer o f the Year Scott Allen
from Klamath Falls.
A rodeo dance will be held at
9 p.m. at the Spray School Gym
on Saturday evening with music
by "Tetherow Crossing".
A cowboy church service will
be held Sunday at 9 a.m. in the rodeo
arena grandstands and the final
rodeo perform ance will begin at
1 p.m.
For additional information about
the events call (541) 468-2442.
Spelling contest winners announced
Winners o f the 2001 Morrow
County School District spelling
contest, held May 17 at Columbia
Middle School in Imgon. have been
released.
Kate Kendrick from Heppner
Elementary School (HES), and
Emily Rietmann from lone
Elementary School (IES). tied for
first place in Division I. Division
II winner was Ryan Campbell,
Heppner Junior High School (HJH).
Division III winner was Jamie
Moore. Riverside High School
(RHS). Boardman
Following is a complete list of
winners in each division.
Division I: first a tie between
Kate Kendrick, HES, and Emily
Rietmann, IES: second Seth Morgan.
HES; third Courtney Kemp, Sam
Boardman Elem entary School
(SBE), Boardman; fourth a tie
between Tlana C amarillo and Justin
Archer, both IES; fifth Juan Ruiz,
SBE; sixth a tie between Josh
Kramer and Buddy Kennedy, both
A. C. Houghton Elementary School
(ACH), Irrigon; seventh David
Yecha. ACH; eighth Maggie
A regular board m eeting
o f the M orrow County Health
District will be held Tuesday,
M ay 29, at 7 p.m. at the Pioneer
M emorial
Home
Health
Conference Room.
The agenda will include
the April financials, the USDA
loan/grant, hospice contracts, a
M orrow
County
Health
Departm ent intergovernm ental
agreem ent, the CEO report and
an executive session.
Births
Jo e H u m b erto F ern an d ez-a
son Joe Humberto was bom to Olga
and Jose Fernandez o f Im gon on
April 12,2001, at Good Shepherd
Medical Center in Hermiston. The
baby weighed 8 lbs. 9 oz.
Alexis Alberto Velasquez Meza
a son Alexis Alberto was bom to
Teresa Meza and Alberto Velasquez
o f Boardman on April 13, 2001,
at Good Shepherd Medical Center
in Hermiston. The baby weighed
7 lbs. 14 oz.
M adison Kay B ow m an-a
daughter Madison Kay was bom
to Jeannie and Eric Bowman o f
Irrigon on May 1, 2001, at Good
Shepherd M edical Center in
Hermiston. The baby weighed 7
lbs. 6 oz.
DA's Report
M orrow C ounty District
Attorney David C. Allen has
released the following report:
-Rafael Ram os-Bererra
plead guilty to Assault IV, a
Class A m isdem eanor, and was
sentenced to 120 days in jail,
suspended on the condition that
he
successfully
com plete
probation conditions, and 24
months bench probation. He was
also ordered to have no contact
with the victim , com plete a
dom estic violence treatm ent
program
and
batterer's
intervention program , send a
letter o f apology to the victim
and pay $869 in fines, fees and
assessments.
Dryland crop tour June 7
The Morrow County
Dryland Crop Tour will be held
June 7 from 7 a.m. to noon.
Topics will include:
alternative
crops,
fertilizer
placem ent for spring wheat
production, winter and spring
c e re a l
v a rie tie s
and
cheatgrass/goatgrass
weed
control in w inter wheat.
For m ore inform ation,
call
the
M orrow
County
Extension office, 676-9642.
WCCC plans barbecue
The Willow Creek Country Club
will hold a family barbecue on
M onday, May 28, at 4 p.m. The
golfing is for both men and women
w ith the type o f play to be
determ ined by the committee in
charge.
Each family is asked to bring
their own meat. Those whose last
names begin with "L" through "Z"
should bring a salad, and "A"
through "K", bring dessert.
Hosts will be John and Pat
Edmundson, Bob and Suzanne
Jepsen, Ray and Norma French, and
Phil and Kathy Carlson.
People asked to walk in cemeteries
The gates at lone and Lexington
cemeteries will be open Saturday,
May 26 through Monday, May 28
from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. The cemeteries
will also be open the following
weekend, June 2-3, for those
wanting to pick up their flowers.
Visitors are asked to walk in if
they are able to do so as each
cem etery has a large parking lot
with walk-in gates. The cemeteries
are not set up to handle a lot o f
vehicles, and additionally, when
the underground sprinklers were
put in, some were put next to the
grass driveways. Each M emorial
Day weekend, several sprinklers
are broken, at a cost o f $20 apiece.
Visitors are also asked not to use
glass containers for their flowers.
Containers will be available to use.
Those with any special requests
or complaints may call 454-2105.
Day Care kids raise funds
Heppner DayCare, Inc. recently
held a Hop-A-Thon in association
with the M uscular Dystrophy
Association's 2001 National Hop-A-
Thon W eek on March 26-30.
Children raised money for MDA
by collecting sponsorships and
donations for the number o f hops
they completed in a two-minute time
period. Heppner DayCare raised
$940.83.
This
year's
theme
was
"Everybody's Different, Nobody's
Perfect." The program was designed
Armato, HES; ninth Keshia
Richmond, SBE.
Division D: first Ryan Campbell,
HJH; second a tie between Anita
Garcilazo, Columbia Middle School
(CMS), Imgon, and Blair Keithley,
HJH; third Laune Murray, HJH;
Morrow County is looking for
fourth Kim M om s, lone Junior
High (IJH); fifth Knstin Baldwin, a group or organization to plan, build
CMS; sixth Kayla LaRue, IJH; and organize a Morrow County fair
seventh Kasie Peterson, IJH. booth for the Oregon State Fair in
Division III: first Jamie Moore, Salem. Fair dates are Aug. 23
RHS; second Jesse Gutierrez, through Sept. 3.
Former entries have showcased
Heppner High School (HHS); third
Jennifer Thom pson, lone High . the county's agricultural products
School (IHS); fourth Darcy and history, the continuing industrial
McCormick, RHS; fifth Til Tullis, developm ents and the many
recreational opportunities.
IHS; sixth Jodie Carlson, HHS.
to
teach
children
about
neurom uscular disease and help
them understand everybody has both
talents and limitations. Over 150
daycare centers, preschools and
elementary schools participated in
the Hop-A-Thon event.
The M uscular Dystrophy
Association currently serves more
than 700 eastern Washington, north
Idaho, and northeast Oregon
individuals with a comprehensive
program o f research, medical and
community services, said a news
release.
County seeks group
to organize booth
This year's theme is "Ain't No
Place Td Rather Be". Many supplies
from prior years' booths are
available. Funding is available for
supplies and travel.
Interested persons are asked to
contact Jackie M cCauley at the
Boardman Chamber o f Commerce,
481-3014, or Claudia Hughes,
Heppner Chamber o f Commerce,
676-5536.
Marriage Licenses HES plans academic awards
The Morrow County Clerk's
office at the courthouse in Heppner
reports issuing the following
marriage licenses:
May 11: Michael Aaron Albee,
24, Hermiston: and
Bridgit Alisha Jones, 23,
Hermiston.
May 11: J.C. (iardner. 53. Imgon;
and
Donna Lea Slayton. 55, Imgon.
The Heppner Elem entary
Academic Awards Assembly will
be held Tuesday, June 5, at 7 p.m.
m the HES Gymnasium/Auditorium.
This is an evening to recognize
those
students
who
have
dem onstrated high levels o f
academic excellence. Students will
be recognized for participation in
academic competitions or special
activities, for outstanding work or
improvement in curriculum areas,
or for m eeting the benchmark.
The assembly will conclude with
the presentation o f the Sixth Grade
Presidential Awards for Academic
Excellence.
Refreshments and a time to visit
will be available in the cafeteria
following the assem bly.
Century Farm tour set in Umatilla
The Umatilla County Historical
Society is holding a Century Farm
Tour which will feature six farms
in the m id-county region, three
refreshm ent stops and dinner on
Saturday, June 2, beginning at 3
p.m.
The public is invited to attend
and are asked to meet at the Umatilla
County Histoncal Society parking
lot.
Tickets cost $40 per member
and $45 per non-member. Checks
may be mailed to Umatilla County
Histoncal Society, P.O. Box 253,
Pendleton, Ore. 97801. Seating is
limited.
For more information, call the
historical society museum at 276-
0012 .
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ESD plans recognition
Umatilla-M orrow ESD's Early
Childhood Special Education
Program will hold a com m unity
recognition luncheon and program
on Tuesday, May 29, at 12 p.m. in
the Lodgepole/Ponderosa Room
at U m atilla-M orrow ESD. The
program will honor the individuals
who have donated or provided
services to the Early Childhood
Special Education classrooms.
"Each year many individuals are
generous with their personal or
business merchandise and/or their
time or expertise," said Cyndie
Shepherd, director o f Umatilla-
M orrow ESD's Developmental
Services Department. "For instance,
computers, toys, edible items for
snacks and equipm ent have been
donated. Others donate their time
and expertise by volunteering to
work in our classrooms. Others offer
help by working on our behalf to
solicit services at reduced rates such
as our fence building, garden
planting, and more."
A certificate and verbal
recognition will be given to all who
have donated gifts or provided
volunteer services to the program's
classrooms.
For more information, contact
Tam a W ildbill, special projects
coordinator at Um atilla-M orrow
ESD at 966-3209.
Fossil schools plan
celebration
The
Fossil
School
District has planned a celebration
o f Fossil schools on Saturday,
June 2, from 2-4 p.m. at Fossil
Elem entary School.
The celebration will
com m em orate 125 years for the
Fossil School District 21, 100
years o f high school work, 75
years for the Fossil Elementary
School building and 50 years for
the W heeler (County) High
School building.
All Fossil Elementary
and W heeler County High
School-W heeler High School
attendees are invited to attend.
PGE employees donate to
grant program
Portland General Electric (PGE)
has announced a new record o f
$46,250 in grants presented to local
organizations through the Employee
Volunteer Grant (EVG) program
for the first quarter o f 2001. A total
o f 111 grants, the largest-ever
am ount since the program 's
inception, was awarded to Oregon
and southwest Washington nonprofit
organizations, schools, youth sports
leagues and other programs where
PGE em ployees and retirees
volunteer. Grants are distributed
quarterly.
The EVG program encourages
em ployees to apply for grants to
support their volunteer efforts,
rewarding their time, compassion
and determ ination.
Three grants were awarded in
the Heppner area and include:
$500 donated by Keith Hanson
to Heppner Little League;
$500 donated by Gene Crowell
to Am erican Legion Post #95;
$250 donated by Lee Archer to
W illow Creek Little League.
Through the EVG program and
other charitable activities. PGE
focuses on preserving and enhancing
the natural environment; educating
and supporting a healthy, stable
workforce; enhancing and protecting
safe, involved neighborhoods; and
supporting programs that promote
diversity, said a press release.
Regional Partnership develops
investment strategy
The 12-member board o f the
Baker-Morrow Regional Partnership
has been working diligently over
the past 12 months to develop an
investm ent
strategy
for
Regional/Rural Investment Funds
that they receive through the Oregon
Economic
and
Community
D evelopm ent
D epartm ent
(OECDD).
The funds available for the local
region to allocate to projects total
approxim ately $900,000 per
biennium, which includes funding
for m ulti-regional projects and
staffing costs. Under prior OECDD
programs, regions primarily used
these funds to invest in business
developm ent
projects
and
community projects on a first-come
first-served basis. W hile this
approach is still being used by some
regions in the state and had some
degree of success, the Baker-Marrow
board has chosen to take a new
approach.
The primary problem with the
old way o f doing business was a
lack o f strategic focus, or getting
good return on the investm ent.
Having been in various partnership
alignments over the past six years
and witnessing the lack o f focused
results, the leadership in these two
counties has chosen to develop a
new approach to applying these
limited resources to the needs o f
the two-county region.
Funding has been set aside to
address two areas o f strategic focus:
the needs o f small cities and
workforce training. The bulk o f the
remaining dollars will he applied
to projects or initiatives that can
have a more significant impact on
the structural econom ic and
com m unity development needs in
the region.
In order to determine where the
available funds need to be applied
this group has developed a two-
prong approach. They are working
with the local field representatives
o f the Community Solutions Team
representing the five key state
development agencies to identify
projects of significance to the region.
Board members are also m eeting
in each county to focus on the issues
and projects o f significance in their
county. This board is com m itted
to investing in projects that have
a local and/or regional impact
worthy o f the investm ent o f this
scare resource.
W hile this new approach is a
significant divergence from the way
state m ovies were allocated to
projects in the past, the board o f
the partnership believes that this
new approach will have a wore
significant and lasting impact on
the economy and communities in
the two counties.
As the historically resource-based
economies o f Baker and M orrow
counties continue to evolve, it is
the goal o f the partnership to look
for new approaches to development
that take into account this existing
econom ic base and prepare the
counties for new opportunities and
future growth.
Local alumnus receives UI honor
Tom Kemp, Lexington, was
awarded the O utstanding Senior
in the College o f Agriculture at the
University o f Idaho. She received
a cash award for the honor.
Kemp graduated summa cum
laude with an agribusiness degree
last weekend.
She is a 1997 graduate o f
Heppner High School and is the
daughter o f Gary and Marcia Kemp
o f Lexington.