Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, October 2, 2002 - T H R E f
Lions donate $1,500 for vision Granges donate books to local first graders
Local granges are
making sure that each first grader
screening and eyeglasses
has a book of his/her very ow n to
Left to right: Past District 36 G Govenor and Heppner Lions Club member
Roger Trueax, Wal-Mart vision center screener Tina Wetherell, home
school consultant Carol Gilbert, Carol Gray of ESD, Michele Cox screener.
Dr. Jason Settlemier and screener Alex Zamarron stand with come of the
children who participated in lions-sponsored screening program left to
right Krysta Feyder4'‘ grader at AC Houghton, William Lapierre fourth
grader at AC Houghton and Rosa Zuniga 4,k grader at Sam Boardman.
Thanks to a generous grant from
the Lions Club 832 students in the
migrant summer school program
w ere recently given vision
screenings and 325 will be given
follow up exams to see if they
need glasses.
Roger Trueax of the Heppner
lions club presented a check for
$ 1500 to be used in the exams and
glasses. Students in Boardman,
Irrigon, McNary and Hermiston/
Stanfield were screened this
summer.
The grant money came from the
Irrigon memorial trust; funds left
when the Irrigon Lions club
disbanded some years ago. “We
had a real need and you responded
way beyond our expectations,”
Carol Gilbert, who runs the district
summer and migrant program,
told Trueax.
Wedding
Hunt - Monaco
Melissa Jo Hunt of Portland and Fred R. Monaco of Heppner,
wish to announce their forthcoming marriage. The private wedding
ceremony will be held Oct. 5 at Murray’s Garden.
The service will be officiated by Pastor Dave Pederson of
Trinity Lutheran Church in Dallas, OR.
The bride-elect has a certificate in kitchen management from
Clark College in Vancouver, WA.
The groom-elect has a doctorate of education and is currently
employed as a math teacher at Heppner High School.
A reception time and location will be announced later.
Marriage Licenses
Sept. 13: Gerald Wayne Breazeale, 54, Heppner and Marsha
Joy Richmond, 35, Boardman.
Sept. 27: James E. Gusti, 45, Hermiston and Rhonda Louise
Colclesser, 41, Hermiston.
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WCCC last Ladies’
Playday results
Tuesday, Sept. 24, was
the Willow Creek County Club’s
last Ladies’ playday. Play for the
day was a scramble. The results
are as follows:
First place: Jan Paustian,
Joyce D inkins and L uvilla
Sonstegard.
Second place: Pat
Edmundson, Maude Hughes and
Carole Hamilton.
T hird place: Karen
Bishop, Jackie Allstott and Betty
Christmas.
Fourth place: Corol
Mitchell, Lorrene Montgomery,
Pat A nderson
and
Loa
Henderson.
Awards were also given
for: Club C ham pion- M issy
C utsforth;
Eddie
Skaw
Champion- Betty Christman; and
a tie for Most Improved Golfer
w ent to Loa H enderson and
Jackie Allstott.
Commission on
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Families meeting
to be held
Fred Monaco and Melissa Jo Hunt
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take home. As a part of a state
and national grange program to
encourage reading, the Lexington
Grange has donated brand new
books to first grade students at
Heppner Elem entary School.
“These are their books to take
hom e,” said Barbara Gilbert,
master of the Lexington Grange.
“The children were just tickled to
have their own book to take
home,” said HES reading teacher
Mary Ann Elguezabal. "It goes to
show that it takes a village to raise
a child.”
Extra books were to be
given to second graders, said
Gilbert. Gilbert said that Willows
G range o f lone is also
participating in the program.
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The regular m onthly
meeting of the Morrow County
Commission on Children and
Families will be held Tuesday, Oct.
8, from 7-9 p.m. in the conference
room o f the Fam ily Services
Building, which is located above
Heppner Hardware in Heppner.
A genda item s will
include discussion of childcare,
aw arding grants, budget,
legislative priorities and other
business as necessary. The public
is encouraged to attend and
participate in the discussions. For
further information or for special
accommodations, call 676-9675.
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Heppner Elementary School first graders show off their new books, along w ith (left to right) first grade teacher
Sherry Matteson, Lexington (frange Master Barbara (filbert and educational assistant Robin Jones. Not pictured
is reading teacher Mary Ann Elguezabal.
Lexington lodge
begins pinochle
nights
Follow ing a sum m er
vacation. Holly Rebekah Lodge in
Lexington met this last month to
plan for the com ing y e a rs’
activities.
The monthly pinochle
card parties, which are held the
first Saturday of the month, begin
Saturday, Oct. 5, at the hall in
Lexington and will continue until
May 2003. The events are open
to the public. Cost is $3 per
person with refreshments and
beverages furnished. Prizes are
given for highs, lows and
traveling. Play starts at 7:30 p.m.
On Saturday, Nov. 9, the
lodge will hold a “ Bingo Fun
Night” as a benefit for the hall
and to purchase new tables and
chairs. Players’ cards will be 25
cents each and one can play as
m any cards as w anted.
Refreshments and beverages will
be $2. Prizes will be a percent of
the take of each game. Gaming
starts at 7:30 p.m.
The lodge hall is the only
com m unity hall available to
Lexington residents and is used
for dinners, parties, meetings and
other activities.
In M arch 2003, the
p resident o f the Rebekah
Assembly plans to pay her official
visit to the local lodge. This year’s
president is Patricia Olson of
M cM innville. Rhoda D avis,
formerly o f Hermiston, will be
president next year.
Other activities of the
lodge include: the Friendship Fund,
which is used to help those who
are in need of special monetary
help, such as rent, medication,
etc.; the Eye Bank; United
Nations Pilgrimage for Youth;
support o f the IOOF Home in
Portland; and the local lodge has
adopted a sister or brother
residing at the nursing home.
Membership in the lodge
has declined in the past years and
the lodge is hoping to increase its
new m em berships. Anyone
interested in joining either the
IOOF or the Rebekahs are asked
to contact any o f the current
members for information.
Economic development committee to
hold meeting
Greater Eastern Oregon
Development Corp. will facilitate
this process for Morrow County.
For more information regarding
the needs and issues process,
contact M elisa Jo Drugge at
(541 ) 276-6745 or Sondra Linoat
(541)575-2786.
The M orrow County
Econom ic
D evelopm ent
Committee will hold a meeting on
Oct. 10 to prioritize Morrow
C ou n ty ’s needs and issues
projects submitted for the 2003
p rio ritizatio n process. The
meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and
will be held at the Gilliam and
Bisbee Building conference room,
Heppner.
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