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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 20, 2001 4-H News Local Lion honored with award UofO student to help design new Heppner park Phat Photos 4-H Club Jiin Wishart (center) and his wife, (ant Jim Wishart of the Heppner Lions Club has received the Oregon Lions Sight and Hearing Foundation Fellowship award. Wishart first joined Lions as part o f the Prairie City Lions Club in 1 963. While in the Prairie City Lions Club from 1968 to 1975 he held all club offices except secretary/treasurer, serving three different terms as club president. In 1975 he transferred to the Heppner Lions Club and has been there since, except for an eight-year period when, because o f his work duties he had transferred to the Arlington Lions Club. At Arlington he was an active Lion and held most o f the offices, including club president, before transferring back to Heppner. While a member of the Heppner Lions Club he has been one o f the most active members, a mainstay o f the club. He has held all the offices in Heppner, including club president numerous times. "W henever there is a project to either * serve the community J or raise funds for the club Wishart is always the first to step up and volunteer his service in the best o f tradition o f Lions," said Roger Trueax, past district governor and secretary. Wishart has spent hours operating the sign up table whenever the Mobile Screening Unit has visited the community. He assisted the club in obtaining a loan so that the club was able to sponsor and pay for the installation o f a solar heating source for the old Heppner Swimming Pool. He also co-signed as a guarantee for the loan. He did the same when the Lions Club decided to build a new track and football field for Heppner High School. He is always available to work in the fireworks booth, said Trueax. Every year for the Heppner Lions Club Ruger Rile Raffle, W ishart not only chairs the committee but also puts the money up to obtain the rifle at the start o f the project until the club has sold enough tickets to pay the investment back. Wishart then spends his time selling tickets for the raffle: He also sets up a table on Main Street during the Heppner St. Patrick's Day Celebration to sell tickets. By Kyle Huddleston, reporter On Thursday, June 14, Phat Photos held a meeting. The group (leader Kelly Boyer, President J.C. Shemtt, Vice President Tyler Boyer and Reporter Kyle Huddleston) all met downtown in Heppner. The group was joined by Susan Hisler, an experienced photographer and former 4-H leader. From there members headed to the mountains to take pictures. The first stop was Coal Mine Grade, where pictures o f the running waterfall were taken. Tyler and J.C. climbed to the top o f the waterfall to get some more exiting pictures. The next stop was Penland Lake, where m em ber took pictures o f animals, nature and o f people. On the way hom e the group stopped at Cutsforth Park to take a few last m inute pictures. Kelly and Susan did a wonderful job o f helping m em bers with their pictures, and they all had a fun time. The club will now be working on what pictures they want to enter for fair and how to display them. Books and More Books By Shannon Clay, reporter The Book and More Books 4-H Club met May 25 at Miranda Hunts' home. Members discussed the book, "The Robber and Me." Club m em bers decided to go to the Pendieton Aquatic Park to spend money from a fund raiser. The club learned that there would be a "speakeasy" in Fossil on June 13 and decided to go. Thank you cards will be sent out to people who helped the club with their project to get new copies o f old books for the lone Public Library. The club will take a break from reading together and start up again in the fall. The next m eeting will be in August at the Pendleton Aquatic Park. Auxiliary raises funds for hospital, nursing home The Pioneer Memonal Hospital and Nursing Home Auxiliary has had a very busy year. On January 1, the group had only $12.28 in their checking account. At the end o f March 2001 they had a balance o f $2,299.37. Over the last year they have purchased new holiday decorations for the nursing home, flowers for the residents for special occasions, had a Mother’s Day tea for the ladies and lunch out for the men for Fathers Day. The group also have set aside $250 towards the purchase o f a new extra-wide wheelchair, purchased new equipm ent for the activities department, had a residents' barbecue and worked on planting flowers in the residents' baskets. To earn these monies over the last year the Auxiliary has had raffles, bake sales and yard sales. "W ithout your support we could not have accom plished what we have in our first year," said an auxiliary spokesperson. Donations to the Nursing Home Auxiliary should state "auxiliary" on the check or mail checks to Toma Adams, 600 S Chase, Heppner, OR 97836. The auxiliary is having their yearly yard sale on Saturday, June 23, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at 465 Gale Street across from the Episcopal Church. Anyone who would like to donate to the yard sale should contact Pennie Miller at 676-5848, Toma Adams, 676-9616, or Nancy Vander Does, 676-5860. Those interested in joining the auxiliary should call Pennie Miller at 676-9133 for more information about dates and timew. BEO supports Am erica’s promise The Bank of Eastern Oregon has joined over 2000 community banks nationwide supporting Americas Promise, an alliance for youth, chaired by General Colin Powell. BEO is part o f a large scale national commitment to fulfill one or more o f the "Five Prormses"- ongoing relationships with caring adults in their lives-parents, mentors, tutors or coaches; safe places with structured activities during non school hours; healthy start and future; marketable skills through effective education; and opportunities to give back through community service. In connection with this program the lone Branch o f BEO has sponsored a sum m er reading program at the lone City Library. The program started June 13 and is scheduled for Wednesdays at 2 p.m. This program will run until mid-August. The employees of the lone branch will donate time as well, reading to children and assisting them in activities. Births trovai Russell Burns, IV -a son Loyal Russell was bom to Deborah and Loyal Bums III of lone on June 7,2001 at Good Shepherd Medical UofO student Trisha Martin talks over plans for a new park in Heppner with community leaders Larry Mills (left), Jerry Breazeale and Bob Jepsen. Dominic Monahan (right), now of Eugene, helped arrange for Martin to do the project. The proposed park would be built on the old oil distributor property (in the backround). Heppner is getting a little help from a U of O student in designing a new park for the city. Trisha Martin, a third year landscape architect student from Oregon, has been hired using grant funds to lay out a plan for the proposed park at the old Unocal property across from the ag museum in Heppner. Martin was in Heppner M onday to look over the site and get input from the com m unity on how the park should be used. Heppner native Dominic M onahan, who now lives in Eugene, arranged to have Martin do the project. Money to develop the park has not yet been found, but city officials feel grant money or help from the Oregon National Guard may help build the new park. Riverfront Hotel Bluegrass festival planned at Fossil jam independently and with band The Misty River Band will return members. All area musicians and sets grand to Fossil on July 4 for a bluegrass the public are invited to join the festival that is being billed as hour-and-a-half session. opening "Fossil's 4th o f July Festival" and The Misty River Band will play established as an annual event. The event is sponsored by the Bowerman family as a special tnbute to the area. The bluegrass festival will be held on the grounds of the Wheeler County Courthouse on Wednesday, July 4, with performances from 4-6 p.m. and again from 7-9 p.m. Frontline, a bluegrass band from Eugene, will also perform at the event. There will be no charge to the public for this special performance. C oncertgoers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs. "This year's concert will be exceptional due to having both of these great bands come in; they really complement each other," said Jay Bowerman o f Bend. "It’s a great community event and a lot o f fun for everyone." In addition, a jam session will be held from 2-3:30 p.m., where local musicians are encouraged to Riverfront Lodge Hotel in Boardm an announces its ribbon cutting and grand opening ceremonies on Fnday, June 29, from 6-9 p.m. The formal ribbon cutting ceremony starts at 6 p.m., followed by hors d'oeuvres and entertainment in the lobby. Guests will be given a tour o f the luxurious, two-story, 58-room hotel, restaurant and lounge, which is located next to the Port o f M orrow's Riverfront Convention Center. All are invited to attend and see the Riverfront Lodge Hotel on the Columbia River at Boardman. The hotel is located o ff Interstate 84- exit 164, then go north and follow the signs to the Riverfront Conference Center Patterned after Mt. Hood Lodge, the hotel's facade features timber, rock and shingle siding and panoramic windows with sweeping views throughout. "Riverfront Lodge Hotel is a fine exam ple o f how careful planning can achieve harmony with its surroundings and still create a pleasing balance between visiting the past and maintaining the demands o f today's business persons and travelers," said a spokesperson for the hotel. For more information, call 1-888- 988-2009. a repertoire o f Am ericana music from familiar folk melodies and country and bluegrass favorites to Celtic tunes, haunting ballads and original songs. Pacific NW publication reviews have described M isty River as "a m ust-see band", "the true star o f the show, with their powerful, harm onic vocals"; and "it's no wonder that this band is so wildly popular in the Northwest." Well-known at music festivals and concerts throughout the Pacific Northwest, Misty River has taken top honors at the West Coast Songwriters Association Contest, the Portland Songwnters Association and the Columbia Gorge Bluegrass Festival. Frontline is also known for their performances. The group has won several awards and been recognized for their fiddle playing. Like Misty River, they also perform vocals and old-tim e favorites. ]cv\v\ifcr Curvivi Gvitriï>5c Financial Advisor Retirement Planning IRA’s/Roths Stocks/Bonds Mutual Funds Annuities Labor commissioner to address cattlemen Fran Barnett (right), representing the Bank of Eastern Oregon, lone Branch, presents a check to Christy Crowell (center) and Anne Morter, representing the lone City Library Wedding Rill-Christensen Tiffany Nicole Christensen and Lance Corporal Laurence W. (Lonnie) Rill were m arried M arch 19, 2001, in Jacksonville, North Carolina. Christensen, the daughter o f Vickie Christensen o f Kilgore, Texas, is currently pursuing a degree in music. Rill, the son o f Cecil and Molly Rill o f Heppner, is serving with the U S Marine Corps and is stationed at Camp LeJeune, North Carolina, where the couple now resides. A wedding reception will held in their honor on July 22, 2001, from 1-4 p.m. at the Heppner Elks. Oregon Labor Com m issioner Jack Roberts will address the mid year conference o f the Oregon Cattlemen on Fnday, June 22. The speech will be at 4 p.m. at the Red Lion in Pendleton. As both Labor C om m issioner and Lane County Commissioner, Jack has been a supporter o f balanced natural resource policies," stated Lynn Snodgrass, former Speaker o f the Oregon House. "But Jack doesn't just talk the talk. He uses real shoe leather when he com m its him self to a cause." 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