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.
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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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