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Elk’s Lodge installs new elevator
Volunteers and Elk's Lodge members, (Back row L-R): Tom Wolff, Ralph
Walker and Jay Keithley; (Front row L-R): Marvin Brannon and Dick
Turrell, stand in front of the new operational elev ator.
T h e H e p p n e r E l k ’s
Lodge has recently installed a
new elevator w ith the help o f
m any volunteers. The elevator
will allow m em bers who cannot
clim b the stairs access to events
and other functions o f the E lk’s
Lodge held on the second floor.
A fte r a p p ro x im a te ly
2400 volunteer hours went into
the construction o f the elevator,
it w as inspected and approved
• on Dec. 21, 2002. Volunteers
helped w ith everything from
'.demolition, hole cutting, tractor
u s ti c o n c re te laying, c arp et
laying, finishing clean-up, and
feeding o f the work crews.
V o lu n teers in clu d e d :
W ilbur Jackson, Bill G entry,
Ralph Walker, Ray French, Dick
Turrell, G len Ward, Joe Kenny,
Scott Dougherty, Bill McDowell,
Tom Wolff, Rick Drake, Marvin
Brannon, D ave G eorge, Tony
C le m e n t, R o g er M o rtim o re,
D eona H odges, M iller and Son
C oncrete, Ryan M iller, Tony
F o x , S im o n W in te rs , K e n
Stookey, Jay Coil Fabrication, A1
Parret and C arl T horpe, Tim
W rig h t, Ja y K e ith le y , T im
Hedm an, Kit George and L ott’s
Electric, Ginger O ’Brien, Andrea
M ortimore, Burke O ’Brien and
Johnny Ledbetter.
Umatilla Red Cross posts January and
February schedule
The Umatilla Red Cross
announces it schedule o f training
dates for January and February.
A ll c la s s e s w ill be h e ld at
locations in Pendleton unless
otherwise noted. The schedule is
as follows:
Thursday, Jan. 16- Mass
Care. The class will be held at
the Tribal Fire Dept, from 6-9
p.m.
Monday, Jan. 20- Infant
and Child CPR. The class will be
held at 920 SW Frazier.
Tuesday, Jan. 28- M ass
Care. T he class will be held at
the Umatilla Housing Authority,
155 SW 10th in Hermiston, from
6-9 p.m .
M onday, Feb. 3- C PR
Recertification. The class will be
held in H eppner. Call the Red
Cross officer at (541) 276-1211
for location.
T h u r s d a y , F e b . 6-
Introduction to D isaster. The
class will be held at 920 SW
Frazier from 6-9 p.m.
Thursday, Feb. 6- Ham
Radio Classes. The classes will
be h e ld e v e ry T h u rs d a y in
February for four w eeks at 920
SW Frazier from 7-9:30 p.m.
Class cost is $30. Richard Wilson
is the instructor.
Tuesday, Feb. 11- First
Aid. The class will be held at 920
SW Frazier from 6-9 p.m.
T h u r s d a y , F e b . 13-
Aviation Disaster Class. The class
is to train Red Cross volunteers
in case o f a disaster at the airport
and will be held at the N ational
G uard Armory, 2100 N W 56th.
Eric Corliss o f the Red Cross Air
Team will teach the class. The
Pendleton A irport disaster plan
will be used as part o f the class.
To sign up for any o f
th e s e c la s s e s o r fo r m o re
inform ation, call the U m atilla
C ounty A m erican Red C ross
C hapter at (541 >276-1211.
Little League board
to meet Jan. 23
The Willow Creek Little
League B oard will hold their
January m eeting on Thursday,
Jan . 23 at 6 :3 0 p.m . in the
m eeting room at the Sham rock
Cafe in Fossil. W CLL covers the
to w n s o f F o s s il, C o n d o n ,
Arlington, lone and Heppner and
invites anyone interested in any
aspect o f Little League from these
towns to join this meeting.
T h e re are still th re e
p o sitio n s to be filled on the
board. A nybody interested in
filling these positions can contact
Theresa C raw ford at 676-8118
or Sandi D ay at 676-5275, or
com e to the meeting.
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M o rro w C o u n ty
G r a in G r o w e r s
lone’s Site Council and Advisory Board
join together to discuss budget cuts
The lone Site C ouncil
held their monthly meeting, Jan.
8. The Advisory Board members
jo in ed the m eeting so that both
groups could discuss the school
funding cuts. Members discussed
how The Dalles is handling cuts
and the group is looking at their
legislative lobbying efforts as a
possible exam ple o f lone. The
com bined groups discusses the
list o f ideas the Site Council had
created for possible w ays to
implement programs back into the
lone Schools once the district
cuts were made.
S o m e o f th e S ite
C o u n c i l ’s id e a s in c lu d e d :
V o lu n te e r s , V -T el, o n lin e
co m m u n ity c o lle g e courses,
encourage home school students
back to public school, block
scheduling along w ith sharing
teachers, distance learning within
the district, shorten school year
for teachers but not students
(eliminate some in-service dates)
and zero period options.
T h e re w a s a ls o a
discussion o f m aking M orrow
County School District an open
district. It w as thought to w ork
best with seventh through twelfth
grade students com ing to lone
from other com m unities due to
the distances on the bus. This
w ould give m ore m oney to the
district because o f the sm all
school funding issue.
Principal M ike Stuart
em phasized to the group that
there are still quite a num ber o f
unknow ns. Such as, the Jan. 28
(e le c tio n ) vote and p o ssib le
leg islativ e cu ts m andated in
addition to the current situation
that w e are facing. Soliciting
a d e q u a te p e o p le to ru n fo r
upcoming school board positions
w as a ls o c o n s id e r e d to be
im portant. Stuart said that w ho
would find out the deadlines for
filing for the open positions.
M e m b e rs c o n sid e re d
the fact that the new wind farms
Notes from Willow Creek Terrace
and other new industries that will
be coming into the area, may also
bring in more families. Aside from
th e n ew b u s in e s s e s, it w as
m en tio n e d that the city has
received calls regarding tw o
families moving in to lone soon.
The big consensus o f our
group is that we want the district
to approve open boundaries. If
R iverside or H eppner students
want to attend lone, they could
and if lone students w ant to
attend H eppner or R iverside
they co uld. It w ould be the
students and the parents that
w ould m ake that choice rather
than boundaries o f w here they
live. The thing to keep in mind is
that lone schools bring in small
school funding which is quite a
bit m ore funding than schools
without small school status. There
was also a discussion o f how
schools qualify for Title I funds.
T h e te a c h e r s w e re
requested to come up with a plan
for how they w ould p resen t
excellence programs to bring in
other students. There was final
discussion o f how to get lone
residents to run for school board
positions.
In other Council news:
-The group recognized
th e a c h ie v e m e n t o f D ia n a
M cElligott and Brad B urright,
w h o w e re s e le c te d as E a st
Oregonian Athletes o f the year for
2002. There is only one fem ale
and one male selected each year.
-It was also noted that
lo n e is in th e le a d fo r th e
O regonian Cup. The cup has
only been in existence for three
years and lone has received it
every tim e. “ We are in the lead,
but by only a small am ount,”
stated a Council member.
-The A CR program is
nearly ready for implementation.
There will be a demonstration o f
the program at the next Council
meeting. SOS reading is going as
appropriate. By-law updates will
be sent via email to all members.
M orrow SW CD Town and C ountry
Program to be held
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M orrow Soil and Water
Conservation District will hold its
annual meeting on Thursday, Jan.
16 upstairs at the Heppner Elks
L o d g e b e g in n in g at 1 p .m .,
followed by a joint program with
M o rro w C o u n ty L iv e s to c k
Growers beginning at 1:30 p.m.
T he pro g ram w ill include a
presentation on A griculture in
R u ra l O re g o n b y O re g o n
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C a t tl e m e n ’s A s s o c ia tio n
President Bob Skinner; a talk on
w olves in the N o rth w est by
various speakers; an update on
W illow C reek W atershed SB
1010 and the federal and state
c o n s e r v a tio n
f u n d in g
o p p o r tu n itie s fo r p r iv a te
landowners and operators.
The
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o p e ra tio n a l so e v e ry o n e is
encouraged to attend.
EORA elects officers & prepares for 2003
T h e E a s te rn O re g o n
Rural Alliance, formerly known
as the Eastern O regon Forum ,
m et in John D ay on Jan. 10 to
elect a slate o f officers. The
Alliance is an organization o f the
e a ste rn O reg o n lead ers th a t
includes county and city elected
officials, school administrators,
p r iv a te b u s in e s s le a d e rs ,
econom ic and public service
providers from 18 counties. The
Alliance participants have been
m eeting for several years to
coordinate and aggregate efforts
on specific issues affecting the
rural eastern portion o f the state.
The A lliance has been
instrumental in creating a piece o f
legislation that will be presented
to the state legislature this year
to create The O ffice o f Rural
Policy. The Office ofRural Policy
is designed to be housed in the
Executive Branch o f the Oregon
State Legislature and will be a
w atchdog for legislation and
policy that could potentially have
a negative affect on the economic
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and social integrity o f all rural
areas o f Oregon.
Eastern O regon Rural
Alliance Officers elected for the
upcoming year are:
Chairman: Judge Laura
Pryor, Gilliam County
V ic e
C h a irm a n :
C om m issioner Steve M cClure,
Union County
S e c r e ta r y :
C ity
Councilor Keith Woods, Milton-
Free water
T r e a s u r e r : A n th o n y
Lanni, North Central ESD
F iscal O ffic e r/E n tity
Union County
Legal Council Raymond
Baum
Incoming President and
G illiam C ounty Judge, Laura
Pryor stated, “O ur goal as an
A lliance is to strengthen rural
Eastern O regon com m unities,
because, we feel that will, in turn,
strengthen the state as a whole.”
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G reetings. A ll o f the
residents want to express their
appreciation to everyone who
has helped m ake this facility
possible. We are all very happy
here and very busy with our lives.
D uring the C hristm as
season we all participated in
getting ready for the celebration.
We each decorated the door o f
o u r a p a rtm e n ts an d h e lp e d
decorate our Christm as tree in
the foyer. Various local groups
entertained us. The Heppner fifth
and sixth grade students sang
Christm as carols led by Jannie
A lle n . T o n ia A d a m s, “ o u r
leader,” made arrangements for
us to go on the senior bus to see
all the beautifully decorated
hom es in Heppner, Lexington
and lone, and view the Parade
o f Lights. A special buffet was
held with all the residents' families
in v ite d . M e m b e rs o f th e
Episcopal and Hope Lutheran
churches sang carols tor us during
lunch. The staff put up lights
outside o f the building and the
H eppner
G a rd e n
C lu b
decorated the big 15-foot blue
Spruce tree given to us by Joe
and JoAnne Burleson. All in all,
w e h a d a g r e a t m o n th o f
celebrating.
We have had a num ber
o f individuals and groups visit us
including the Rhea Creek Social
Club and Stampers Anonymous
4-H Club led by Judie Laughlin.
O n Jan. 5, the M orrow C ounty
H istorical Society held th eir
quarterly meeting and potluck in
the dining room with the residents
as guests.
Rhyllis Bond has spent
time in our Respite Room and we
enjoyed her company.
If the first three m onths
o f our life here is an example o f
what is to come, the rem ainder
o f o u r tim e w ill be m o s t
enjoyable.
Com e visit us and see
our new building. We enjoy
visitors.
A new plaque to go up in the City Park
Chuck Bailey, president of the Garden Club (left) with City Manager Gerry
Breazeale (right) holding the original plaque commemorating Washington
and the two Dutch elms planted.
Through the com bined
efforts o f H eppner City Hall,
H eppner G arden Club and the
Beautification Project, a plaque
is in the process o f being created/
p u r c h a s e d to e x te n d th e
inform ation on one originally
placed in the city park.
T h e o rig in a l p la q u e
c o m m e m o ra te d
G e o rg e
W ashington, along w ith tw o
Dutch elms that were planted in
1 9 32, 2 0 0 y e a rs a fte r
W ashington was bom. The two
original trees died o f Dutch elm
disease in 1999, 67 years after
th e y
w e re
p la n te d .
Coincidentally, that is the same
age W ashington was w hen he
died.
In A p ril 2 0 0 1 , th e
Heppner Garden Club planted a
scarlet oak tree to replace the
Dutch elm s and continue the
commemoration o f Washington.
The new plaque will explain the
original commemoration and add
current information about the oak
tree that was planted.
Grass Roots Committee for
Kids discusses school funding
T h e G ra s s R o o ts
C o m m itte e fo r K id s m et
Thursday, Jan. 9 to discuss the
H e p p n e r S c h o o ls fu n d in g
s itu a tio n . T he fo cu s o f the
m eeting was directed at two
distinct areas: how to increase
revenue and how to offset the
p ro p o s e d c u ts . D u rin g the
m e e tin g , m any issu es w ere
d is c u s s e d , ra n g in g from
increasing volunteers to adopt-a-
teacfier to the District’s funding
equality.
The group listed many
p o ssib ilitie s and individuals
v o lu n te e re d to p u rsu e and
research those possibilities. The
group will be m eeting again on
Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 7 p.m., at
Heppner Elementary. If you are
interested in being a part o f this
group, please plan to attend the
meeting. While there were about
30 in te r e s te d c itiz e n s in
attendance at the Jan. 9 meeting,
there is a great need for m any
more.
At the m eeting on Jan.
28, th e g ro u p p la n s to put
together a plan to present to the
A dvisory C om m ittee and the
School Board at their February
meetings.
Hansen to show clothing line at Portland
runway show
Jayme Hansen, a former
Heppner resident, and daughter
o f Hoby and Susan Hansen o f
Heppner, will be showing her line
o f clothing and hats at the XOX
Seaplane Runway Show, Jan. 18.
This will be H ansen’s second
runway show.
H ansen has been
working with a Portland milliner
learning in creating a line o f hats.
F o u rte e n d e s ig n e r s ,
including H ansen, and seven
m odels, in clu d in g H a n se n ’s
sister, Kim, will be at the show
displaying the clothing lines.
The doors will open at 7
p.m., Jan. 18, and the show will
begin at 8 p.m. It will be held in
Portland at W ieden + Kennedy,
224 NW I3 ,h Ave. A dvance
tickets are available at Seaplane.
OSU Extension Service to hold seminar
T h e O S U E x te n sio n
Service will hold the Colum bia
B a s in
C e re a l
S e m in a r,
Wednesday, Jan. 22, at Willows
G range in lone. The sem inar is
scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. and
go into the afternoon, with two
breaks and a lunch hour.
The sem inar will open
with a discussion on the Pesticide
Use R eporting System. O ther
topics will include production o f
b io -d ie se l fuel, N M FS 4 (d )
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Salmon Rules, Clearfield wheat,
global markets and their impacts
on Oregon and the seminar will
conclude with a discussion o f
Niche M arket Development for
PNW white wheat.
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