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Local bov Scouts raise funds for New York scouts Dos al o « e t a o l l U o f 0 Ua-vapv'-ii* Library E u *3n o , Oïl y 7 4 'J 3 Lett to right: Scout Master Terry Harper. C'uh Scout Curtis Harper. Boy Scouts Drion V an Doom. Ben McC ari and f ameron McCurrv, Scout Master Dan Metz and Samarra Van Doom at fund raising bake sale. By Debbie Harper Heppner Scout Troop 661 raised $218 on a bake sale for Boy Scout troops in New York City. The boys made 20 dozen cookies for the sale. Troops parents, as well as members o f Cub Scout Pack 661, also contributed to the bake sale w hich VOL. 120______ NO. 45______ 10 Pages Wednesday, November 7,2001 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Halloween fun in Heppner Co-op shows profit drop Central Market employee Carmen Healy prepares to either fly away or make a clean sweep of things at the store in Heppner Halloween day. Playoff lunch to benefit Mathenys District starts supt. search A soup and bread lunch, The Morrow County School with proceeds benefiting the District has started the process for Dave and Patti M atheny family, the superintendent search. will be available at the first By board action, the screening round o f the state 2A football committee will consist o f teachers, playoffs this Saturday, November classified personnel, principals, 10, at the M orrow County advisory com m ittee members, Fairgrounds in Heppner. confidential staff, board members, The lunch will be served as well as one community member beginning at 11 a m and will each from Heppner, lone. Im gon continue through halftime. The and Boardman. Those interested in being game gets underway at 1 p.m. The Heppner M ustangs will face considered as a com m unity o ff against the Portland Christian representative from one o f these communities may contact either Julie Royals. The menu will include Ashbeck at the district office at 989- hom em ade soups, homemade 8202 or (ieorge Murdock at the BSD bread, cookies or browmies. hot at 966-3101. The board will name spared cider and punch Cost is the com m ittee at the December meeting $4 each Despite nearly a 40 percent increase in sales, the Morrow County Grain Growers showed losses for fiscal year 2001, co-op management said Monday. At its annual meeting co-op adm inistrators said last fiscal year's $236.164 loss against incom e o f $35.381.728 could be attributed to poor weather conditions, write downs on inventory and bad debt, and lower income tax refunds. Last year's total income was $25,502,603. "Despite these losses your co op is very sound,” MCGG manager John Ripple told the gathered crowd. He pointed out that management was working hard on cost cutting measures, and that working capital and the balance sheet were in good shape. Auditors echoed this, saying that the company was strong, with increasingly good ratios. "Remember this is your co-op and we ask for your continued support," Ripple told the members. Pompon sales not connected to HHS cheerleaders A company calling local merchants to sell pompons which would be given away at local basketball gam es is not connected with Heppner High School cheerleaders. According to local m erchants. the com pany m isrepresented them selves as HHS cheerleaders and asked $199 for 50-150 pompons. The callers said the nam es o f the merchants participating would be mentioned at basketball games or advertised in some manner troops lost many o f their major contributors. People wishing to contribute money to help NYC scout troops may contact Dan Metz at 676-5176. More information about the impact September 11 has had on NYC scout troops can be found at http://w w w .bsa-gnyc.org/. lone Youth Group conducts food drive lone Youth Group members It was pretty hard to tell the inmates front the wardens at the Bank of Eastern Oregon in Heppner as the group took a breather from the chain gang to show off their 'loot' on Halloween. was held Friday, Nov. 2. "All the money collected will go directly to scout troops in New York," said Scoutmaster Dan Metz Scouts in NYC have been impacted by the tragedy of September 11. Troops lost nine adult leaders, many troop members lost parents or family members and the Twenty-seven lone Youth Group m em bers collected food in lone Halloween night for the Heppner Neighborhood Center. The food will be distributed to the needy o f South M orrow County. While some o f the high school students went door-to-door in the lone area, others collected food donations at the haunted house on Main Street. The collected food was taken to the home o f Laurel Cannon, who said she was impressed with the number of kids participating and how hard they worked. Debbie Bums and Bill Rowell picked up the food and delivered it to Heppner the next day. The youth group has been collecting food on Halloween night for several years. "The lone community' has been very generous in supporting this worthwhile project," said a Youth Group spokesperson. Youth participating in the food drive were Adam McCabe, Adam Neiffer. Kristina Powell, Cyndi Heagy, Am ellia Peck, Salli McEliigott, Rhonda Wilhelm. Brad Burright. Aaron Tworek, Tracy Griffith. Caitlin Orem. Cayle Krebs. Karl M organ. Diana McEliigott. Jamie VandenBnnk Bn an Gutierrez. Mike Radie. M acarena Esposito, Wheat Growers set fall meeting The Morrow County W heat Growers annual fall m eeting will be held Tuesday, Novem ber 13, at the Riverfront Lo3ge in Boardman. A social hour, sponsored by the Morrow County Grain Growers will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner, hosted by the Morrow County Wheat Growers, to begin at 7 p.m. The agenda will include: the Oregon Wheat Growers League convention w ith Tammy Dennee, OW GL executive director; new farm vehicle regulations by David McKane with the Oregon Department of Transportation; a farm bill update by Phil Zurbrick. OWGL vice president; and pesticide use reporting by M amie Anderson, chair o f the state Board o f Agriculture Those showing their patriotism by wearing the "best Red, White & Blues" could win a prize. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to the OWGI office, 541-276-7330. by Monday, Nov. 12. Open house set for NY volunteers The Morrow County Amencan Red Cross invites the community to an open house honoring two Morrow County volunteers who recently returned from New York Marsha Pratt and Michele Ball, both from Imgon. spent three weeks working with the Red Cross assisting victims and workers. Their assignment took them one block from the World Trade Center tragedy. Ibe community is invited to visit with them and hear o f their experiences on Monday. Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Heppner Elks meeting room. g l VETER ANS D A Y Q Emily Key. Natalie McEliigott. Jeff Hunt. Paul Neiffer. Meghan McCabe. Billy Gates. Johnny Collin. Barbara Holland and Sara Peck Veteran’s Dav ceremony Nov. 12 A Veteran's Day observance will be held on Veteran's Day, Monday. November 12. at 11 a m. at the Heppner Memorial Park. The observance will feature a fly-over at noon A reception at GD s Restaurant w ill immediately follow the ceremony. M aster o f ceremonies will be Heppner M ayor Bob Jepsen. The cerem ony schedule is as follows: color guard presented by the American Legion; invocation by Fr. Francis Hebert; raising o f the flag with Bob Taylor and the Veterans o f Foreign Wars; National Anthem sung by Samarra Van Doom. Julie Howard and Karen Z H er; Pledge o f Allegiance lead by Jerry Breazeale. Heppner city manager; speakers, Arnold Appleton. Vietnam veteran, and George Hash, surv ivor o f WWII and m ayor o f Umatilla; musical presentation by Van Doom. Howard and Zeiler; reflections on the Korean War by Judy Rickert; reading o f the names by Louis Carlson; recital o f Taps by Sam Van Liew' and Luke Murray; benediction by Pastor Andrew Johnson We will be closed Monday, November 12 in observance of Veteran’s Day M orrow County Grain G row ers Lexington 9 8 9 -8 2 2 1 1 -8 0 0 -4 5 2 -7 3 9 6 t . farm pquipmm njit Our <r*b wto at www mc|| wt
