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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
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