FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 12, 2002
MCGG switches to Shell
Morrow County Grain
Growers has given its Lexington
convenience store a new look, a
new brand and a new name. As
of June 5,2002, the station offers
Shell branded gasoline and the
store has been re-named. Morrow
County Grain Growers Food
Mart.
“We were looking for a
nationally recognized brand,
hoping to make us more
competitive in the market,” said
John Ripple, general manager.
“We feel this is a good, positive
step for the company and for the
community.”
Ripple cites several
incentives for sw itching to Shell,
including a credit card program
that offers discounted gasoline to
card holders. “We welcome
everyone to come in and see our
new Food Mart,” said Ripple.
“We are excited to bring Shell
branded gasoline to the area.”
The colors of the gas
pumps and Food Mart have been
changed to bright yellow and red.
“We figured the bright colors
would increase sunglass sales,”
said Ripple.
The company has made
some changes inside the store that
they believe has made it more
“user-friendly”.
Christy Virgil, manager,
said, “we needed to have a more
open view of the customer’s
activity, reduce congestion, and
decrease our quantity of
inventory.”
One major addition to the
store is the coffee corner. “It
really provides a cozy atmosphere
where customers can sit, drink
coffee and visit without feeling
like they are sitting in the busy part
of the store.” said Virgil. The
coffee comer seats eight people
and features hot drinks, cookies,
pastries and a new creamer
machine.
Creative Care Preschool holds graduation
The “new” Morrow Countv Grain Growers Food Mart and Shell station.
class.
Agriculture/Business College Award winners
announced
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Shirley Warnock, night supervisor; Christy Virgil, manager and Mike
Radie, fuel attendant.
The soda fountains were
moved against a back wall, giving
a clear view of the store and
adding counter space on the sales
floor. “This leaves room for
souvenirs and novelty items,” said
Virgil.
Eight feet of grocery
space was taken out, yet a large
variety of popular grocery
products are still available. “We
put in more ready-to-go items for
the customer’s convenience,”
Virgil said, “It took us awhile to
learn what the locals wanted.”
Another addition that the
company feels has been a great
improvement is the new cash
register system. “We’ve moved
the fuel point of sale to the
register, making gassing up faster
and more convenient for our
customers,” Virgil said. The
register is computerized and the
gasoline rings up automatically in
the register.
“With all the changes,”
Virgil stated, “ we have kept our
goals of great customer service
and friendly employees.”
improvements. $2500 was given
by the Bank of Eastern Oregon,
Boardman Foods is donating
$ 1000, and $50 came in from J.R.
Simplot. A gift certificate for a
Sunday brunch for two from the
Red Lion, a $20 gift certificate
from Bi Mart, and two gift
certificates from the Oxford Inn/
Suites in Hermiston will be raffled
off on the Fourth of July. The cost
of the asphalt layer is $10,000.
The cover could run over $ 18,000.
Dean Robinson is looking for other
contractors, and the club
continues to seek new donors for
the project.
New boys’ varsity basketball
uniforms have been ordered. Jim
and Monica Swanson donated a
substantial part of the cost. New
uniforms were in the budget for
this year, although not covering
the entire cost. Dennis Stefani will
pay the balance.
The club voted to order and
sell waterproof wraps this fall
during football season.
There are still spaces
available for the Sunday, July 28,
one-day raft trip down the
Deschutes River. Tickets are $60
each and include lunch that day.
Anyone interested should contact
LynnDee Ramos or Debbie
Radie.
A lack of space in the trophy
cases continues to be a problem.
Several options were discussed,
including adding a shelf to the top
of the Jason Halvorsen Memorial
case. The club will see if the
student body or a high school
graduating class would pay to
build a new case to replace the
old one under the track records
board.
Fourth of July T-shirts are
now available for sale. The shirts
can be purchased at the Bank of
Eastern Oregon or Wheatland
Insurance in lone.
The next meeting of Cardinal
Booster Club will be Monday, July
1, at the lone High School
Library.
Cardinal
Booster
Club
holds
meeting
The Cardinal Booster Club
met Monday, June 3, at the lone
High School library. Fourteen
members were present. The club
received a thank you note from
the tennis team for the coach bus
provided for the district track
meet and the bottled water and
snacks for district and state.
Members decided to move
the state academic championship
signs to the beam along the south
wall in the gym.
The club will be selling
concessions during the boys’
summer league tournament June
14-16. The tournament will run 3-
8 p.m., Friday; 8 a.m.-lO p.m.,
Saturday; and 8 a.m.- 4 p.m.,
Sunday. Betty Gray volunteered
to organize the food and workers
for the weekend.
The bike race is going ahead
as scheduled. The club will cook
and serve the dinner on Friday,
June 21. Virgil Morgan is in
charge of the barbecue and
Debbie Morgan is organizing
workers.
Several donations have been
received for the track
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Oregon has announced the
winners of its 2002 Agriculture/
Business College Scholarship
Program. The winners are Julie
Proctor of Heppner High School,
Adam McCabe of lone High
School,
Shannon
Wetherell of
Riverside High
School, and
Tyler Church,
Tessa Ann
Nicholson, and
K ’ L y n n
Kennedy of
Condon High Tessa Nicholson
School. These students have
each won a $500 scholarship to
attend the college of their choice.
Shannon Wetherell from
Riverside is the Valedictorian of
her class and
has had perfect
a tte n d a n c e
throughout her
high school
years. Shannon
will
be
attending the
University of
Portland
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fall,
in
business administration.
Adam McCabe has been
involved in the lone Youth Group,
4-H,
and
National Honor
Society. He has
been very
involved in
athletics,
p articu larly
tennis and
football. Adam
plans to attend
the University Shannon
of Idaho and Wetherell
major in agricultural science and
technology.
Julie Proctor has been
involved in Student Council,
National Honor Society, and
Wildhorse Club during her high
school years. She has also been
involved with 4-H for the past nine
years. Julie will attend Blue
Mountain Community College
next fall and then transfer to
Willamette University to obtain a
degree in business and finance.
Tyler Church was very
involved in school sports,
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Brenda Holtz and David Long
Wedding: Saturday, June 22nd
Jessica Maben and Josh Roy
Saturday, June 29th
at the Glavey Ranch
Mandy Anderson and Treve Palmateer
Wedding: Saturday, June 29th
Sheila Dunaway and Brian Price
Saturday, July 13th at 1 p.m.
McKay Park, Pendleton
Erin Melton and Colin Anderson
Shower: Monday, June 17th
Wedding: Saturday, Sept. 7th
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volunteered at
Summit
Springs and
Outdoor
School. Tyler
plans to attend
Eastern
O r e g o n Adam McCabe
University and
major in business and economics.
Tessa Nicholson was
involved in varsity basketball,
volleyball and tennis. She was
also a member of FFA, FBLA and
National Honor Society. She did
a variety of volunteer services
that kept her very busy. Tessa will
be attending Eastern Oregon
accounting this
fall.
K ’ Lynn
Kennedy had a
busy high
school career
with volleyball,
basketball, and
tennis, as well
as student
body activities, Julie Proctor
FFA, and FBLA. K’Lynn will be
going to college next fall to earn
a business degree in management
and finance.
This is the ninth year that the
bank has awarded scholarships to
area high school students whose
intentions are to major in business
or agriculture.
Pool Matching Challenge almost met
The Willow Creek Park
District has met three-quarters of
the Bank of Eastern Oregon’s
$1000 Matching Challenge.
The Heppner Elks Club has
donated a free swim to the
community at the Heppner pool
on Monday, June 17, from 1-5
p.m. Heppner Oddfellows is
contributing a free swim on the
last Monday in June and the first
Monday in August. The Bank of
Eastern Oregon has funded all the
Mondays in July for free
swimming. Everyone is invited to
come and enjoy the pool.
“We appreciate the generous
support of these organizations.
This will give us the opportunity
to offer free swimming every
Monday through August 5. I am
confident we will receive the
additional money needed to meet
our goal of being open on August
12. The support has been
overwhelming,” said Merry
Brannon, pool manager.
Swimming lessons at the pool will
start next Tuesday, June 18.
Session one will be held June 18-
28. Session two will be July 9-19.
Session three will be July 30-
August 9. There will be no lessons
on Mondays. Cost is $25 per
session. Specific times will be
announced later. To register, call
676-5752.
lone pool is open for summer
Summer swimming has
begun at the lone pool, which
opened on June 11 for the
summer. The pool hours are:
Tuesday through Friday, 2-5 p.m.,
open swim, and 7-9 p.m., open
swim. Tuesday through Saturday,
5-6:30 p.m., adult lap swim (for
those 18 years old and older).
Saturday and Sunday, 2-5 p.m.,
open swim.
Cost is: family season pass-
$80; single season pass-$45; adult
daily open swim-$3; daily open
swim-$2; adult lap swim-$3.
Children under four are free with
a paying parent in the pool who
will supervise.
Pool parties may be arranged
outside of normal hours by
contacting the pool manager in
advance. Rental of the pool is $50
an hour.
On Wednesday, July 3, there
will be a Teen Night from 8-11
p.m. for all area upcoming
freshman high school students
through outgoing senior students.
The admission for this event is a
new pair of socks, which will be
donated to Outreach Ministry.
Adult lifeguards will be
supervising.
Religious Vacation School
St. Patrick’s Parish,
Heppner, and St. William's Parish,
lone, will hold a Religious
Vacation School Monday, June 17-
Friday, June 21, for children age
four through eighth grade. The
classes will be held in the Parish
Hall at Heppner. Class will begin
each morning at 9 a.m. and
conclude at approximately 12:30
p.m. This year, the title is “Bug
Safari”.
This program will get the
children buzzing about God’s word
and the love God has for each of
us. There will be games to help
the children come to know about
God and to love him. Each day
there will be treats that will be
appropriate to the teaching of the
day. There will be songs to
enlighten the children about their
faith. Each day will conclude with
Mass at noon so that the children
may worship God.
All children are welcome and
parents and friends are also
welcome to participate. For
further information or to register,
contact Kathy Fullmer at 676-
5064 or Fr. Gerry Condon at 676-
9462.
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