TEN • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 2, 2002
lone Youth Group ‘adopts' Burnside resident for Christmas
lone Youth Ciroup has been busy
with follow up activities to their trip
to Burnside in Portland in November.
The group purchased Christmas gifts
for a resident o f the Burnside area.
ITie gifts were a part o f Outreach
Ministry’s Christmas Connection,
where volunteers like lone Youth
Group "adopt" one of their 55 clients
and buy them C hristm as gifts.
This year the lone group
connected w ith Mike, a 41 -year-old
man who has lived in Portland for
12 years. He has been a part o f the
Outreach family since 1999. Me does
not ha\e any family and lives in one
of the single-room-occupancy hotels
in the area. He requested clothes
for Christmas, so the group bought
him new jeans, a hooded sw eatshirt,
socks and coupons to Burger King
Group members wrapped the gifts
so they could be delivered to
Outreach Ministry in time for their
Christmas party on Dee. 20. This
is the second year lone Youth Group
has participated in this project.
Youth group members are also
collecting hygiene products for the
Macdonald Center, which serves
the poor and isolated in the Burnside
area. M em bers have been busy
visiting local churches to speak about
this project and leaving boxes for
the collected items.
Youth speaking and churches
involved in the collection of hygiene
products are: Jeff Hunt-lone United
Church o f Christ; Adam Neiffer,
Paul Neiffer and Barbara Holland-
Valby and Hope Lutheran churches;
Mike Radie and Ashley Roberts-
Boardman Community Church;
Caitlin Orem and Natalie McElligott
-St. W illiam 's Catholic Church;
Kristina Powell-Westside Church
o f Christ; and Johnny Collin-
Christian Life Center.
Anyone wanting to donate hygiene
items may also drop them off at lone
High School. Donations could
include soap, shampoo, razors,
shaving cream, combs, toothbrushes,
and toothpaste. lone Youth Group
plans to collect items through
January.
Natalie McElligott and Adam Neiffer help wrap gifts for a client of
Outreach Ministry.
Honorary diploma awarded
Amurires...
Casey Beard, Morrow County
Emergency Management director,
has announced the hiring of Maureen
Roxbury as Morrow County's new
public information officer (PIO) for
the Chemical Stockpile Emergency
Preparedness Program (CSEPP).
Roxbury is a native east
Oregonian and brings with her
considerable fam iliarity with the
com m unities served by CSEPP.
The job o f the PIO is to educate
citizens about the threat posed by
the chemical weapons stored at the
Umatilla Chemical Depot and how
to protect themselves if they are ever
released, said Beard. Roxbury will
provide information and education
using various delivery methods. By
attending outreach events, handing
out inform ational brochures and
posters.
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appearances, and keeping the media
informed o f activities offered by
CSEPP. the PIO hopes to reach as
many citizens as possible Keeping
the public inform ed and updated
is what Roxbury intends to do, says
Beard
Roxbury has extensive experience
with com m unity event planning,
media relations and public speaking
through her many years o f volunteer
activities, previous em ploym ent.
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California, West Virginia, Minnesota
W inners o f the City o f lone
and Nebraska.
Christmas Lighting C ontest have
Eligibility requirem ents are:
been announced:
- Honorably discharged veteran
First place-Bubba and Debbie
must have served in the military
Bums. S50; second place-Dustin
between April 21, 1940 and
and Karen Padberg. $35; third place-
Decem ber 31.1946;
Jam es and Dina Ruiz, $15.
- Individual must have attended
The prizes for the city winners
high school in Oregon between 1937-
were donated by lone Community
1946;
Agriculture
and
Business
- This honorary diploma is only
Organization (ICABO) and the city
available to those who did not
o f lone.
graduate;
Columbia Basin Electric provided
- Diplomas will not be awarded
prizes for the following:
posthum ously.
Residential-best use o f lighting.
World War 11 veterans who meet
Del and Linda l.aRue; most original
the eligibility requirements, can apply
set. Dorothy Stefani; and judges'
for an honorary high school diploma
fav orite, Earl and Rhonda Garrett;
from the State o f Oregon, by
C ommercial-best use o f lighting,
completing an Operation Recognition
Woolery House; most original set.
application.
Office Cafe: and judges' favorite.
Com pleted applications and a
W oolery House.
copy of discharge separation paperi s) •
" ITie Willow Creek Valley looked
should be sent to: Oregon
extremely pretty w ith all the festive
Department o f Veterans' Affairs.
Christmas lights. It was a treat to
700 Summ er Street, Suite 150,
see Heppner, Lexington and lone
Salem. OR 97301-1289.
so decorated. It made the Christmas
Applications are available at the
season more meaningful to each oi
Morrow County Veterans Services
us." said lone M ayor Betty Gray.
Office. 676-5667. Leave a message
"W e appreciate everyone who
if the office is closed. Application
participated."
must be received by Thursday. Jan.
10 .
In addition to offering honorary
diplomas, the Oregon Department
$ 81,500
o f Education will implement, in
Three bedroom,
tandem with Operation Recognition,
one bath home on large
a service-learning project called
lot with fenced yard.
Honoring O regon's Veterans,
20 x20’ deck, large
designed to connect students with
partially-finished base­
veterans for the purpose ofcollecting,
ment, rewired in 1996,
recording and preserv ing the history
repainted in 1999.
o f Oregon's veterans. World War
II veterans interested in participating
in such a project can indicate their
desire to do so on the Operation
Recognition application.
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CSEPP hires new public info officer
Gold tone drawer
hardware
-Boardman Police Dept, received
a report o f a vehicle blocking the
1 he M orrow C ounty S h e riffs caller's driveway in Boardman.
-Heppner Police Dept, received
Office (M CSO) reports handling
a report o f a possible DUII on
the following business:
Highway 74 between Lexington and
-MCSO deputy cited Jesus Aguilar Heppner. It was determined not to
for Violation o f the Basic Rule, 83 be a DUII.
mph in a 55 mph zone.
-M CSO received a report from
-MCSO received a report o f a Polk County Jail that Stanley Bruce
saddle stolen in Im gon.
Jones, 25, was arrested on Morrow
-M CSO. Im g o n Fire Dept, County warrants for Failure to Pay
received a report from a caller in Fine/D nving
while
License
Imgon o f a large fire. A person was Suspended, Failure to Pay
adding m ore fuel to the fire and Fine/Endangenng a Minor, and on
sparks were getting into the caller's local charges. He was lodged at the
trees.
Polk County Jail.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
-M CSO deputy cited Gregory
received a request for officer contact. Logan for Violation o f the Basic
The caller said a w om an claimed Rule, 71 mph in a 55 mph zone.
the caller's husband hit her car.
Nov. 18: MCSO received a report
-M CSO deputy cited Eric o f a vehicle all over the road on
Mendoza for No Operator’s License. Highway 730 westbound at the edge
-MCSO deputy cited Kara Connor o f Im gon.
for Violation o f the Basic Rule, 75
-Heppner Police Dept, received
mph in a 55 m ph zone.
a report from a caller in Heppner
-Oregon S tatt Police received that two malejuverules were shooting
a report from a caller from Idaho a .22 or BB gun at her kids in her
that his girlfriend left him at the back yard. They were also throwing
Nomad in Boardm an; she went glass and cut one on the hand. It was
westbound on 1-84.
confirmed no ambulance was needed.
-Boardman Police Dept, officer
-M CSO deputies cited Om ar
Lopez
Perez, 20, for DUII (BAC
cited Raul Vazquez Hernandez for
.00)
and
No Operator's License. A
DUII, Open C ontainer and No
O perator's License. Luis Olguin UA test was issued. The vehicle was
M artinez was cited for Open impounded.
-Boardman Police Dept, officer
Container.
cited
Emilo Martinez Ram enz for
-Boardman Police Dept, received
Driving
while License Suspended
a 911 call from a female subject in
Boardman requesting an officer then and No Insurance. The vehicle was
hanging up. On call back the subject impounded.
-Boardman Police Dept, officer
said her six-year-old brother was
cited
ajuvemle for DUII (BAC .08).
playing with the phone.
The vehicle was impounded.
lone lighting
contest winners
to WWII veterans
"This is a program that will honor
.America's 'Greatest Generation' for
the gift o f freedom they gave to us.
The life experiences gamed by GIs
during WWII could never be
duplicated in a classroom. They
learned geography by traveling to
foreign lands they had never heard
o f or had only read about in
textbooks. Biology was reality; it
was a lesson learned at Guadalcanal.
Iwo Jima. and Normandy giving aid
to their buddy. Map work, weapon
projections, weight distribution, etc..
taught math. In the area o f history,
they made history and today you
and I enjoy the freedoms that were
guaranteed by the history they wrote.
For them, it can be said that 'Life
was a hard teacher, because she gave
the test first and the lesson
afterwards."'
Emily Key, Caitlin Orem, and Salli McElligott collect hygiene products at
"During the 1940s. thousands
HIS for the MacDonald Center.
o f young men and women across
this country left high school and the
comforts of home and hearth to serve
gallantly in the United States Armed
' Forces during World War II. Their
sacrifice ensured our freedom, built
our country into a superpower, and
shaped the future course o f history
throughout the world. After the war,
many of these veterans were not able
to finish high school for various
Lift-lid with full mirror
reasons, but led productive lives and
built our com m unities over their
lifetime, " said a news release.
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In 1999, the M assachusetts
in upper section
Department o f Veterans' S en ices,
through a program called Operation
Six drawers
Recognition for W orld War II
veterans, began working with
individual cities and towns in
Twin swing-out
Massachusetts to award high school
side sections
diplomas to qualify ing World War
II veterans. Since then, the program
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has grown nationwide. Other states
"sn ap” closures
offering the program have included
Sheriffs Report
college and through her "hobby"
o f directing the Round-Up City
Cloggers.
For questions about sheltering
in place, assembling a shelter kit,
choosing a shelter room or other
ways to prepare for an emergency,
or if you would like her to speak
to a group, contact Maureen
Roxbury. Morrow County public
information officer at (541) 922-443 7
or check out www .csepp.net.
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