TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 19. 2003
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Brent’s Team raises over $7000 for
diabetes cure
w ould not have been possible
w ith o u t
your
g e n e ro u s
donations. The w alk this year
raised $215,000 tow ard s the
goal o f curing diabetes.
It w as a great day and I
hope everyone who walked with
us enjoyed the activities. We are
already planning for our next
walk, which will be held Oct. 12,
2003.
(s) Brent Eckman
Heppner
Rebekah Lodge planning for
assembly president’s visit
The m em bers are also
planning another Bingo Part for
Sunday, Feb. 23, at 2 p.m. at the
IOOF Hall in Lexington. Benefits
gp Ipward upk,eep o f tjie J$ll and
to the wiring project. The March
card party will be held on March
1. Both events are open to the
public.
Following an established
tradition, the m en o f the IOOF
were host to the ladies, serving
ice cream and cake.
P la n n in g
f o r th e
upcoming visit o f Patricia Olsen,
president o f Rebekah Assembly
o f O regon, w as the m ain order
o f business at the last meeting o f
the Holly Rebekah Lodge. The
local lodge will be hostess to the
M cN ary D istrict on M arch 22,
with the meeting to be held at the
IO O F H a ll in H e p p n e r.
Chairman o f this year’s gathering
w ill be M arlene G ray o f lone.
M cNary District includes lodges
in M o rro w a n d U m a tilla
counties.
Then again, later in the
year, incom ing president Rhoda
Davis will pay her official visit to
the lodge. State A ssem bly will
m eet in May, at which time new
officers are chosen. Nominations
for new local officers were held
at the last local meetings, Noble
G ra n d - L a ra e K in d le , V ice
G r a n d - M a rily n A llis o n ,
Secretary- Luella Taylor and
T r e a s u r e r - M a rle n e G ra y .
Installation will take place in
April.
service volunteers
Commission
Heppner
To the Editor:
O n Saturday, Sept. 7,
20 0 2 , 50 o f our friends and
relatives joined “Brent’s Team”
for the Walk to Cure Diabetes at
the N ike W orld Campus.
O ur team was aw arded
a “ F u n d ra isin g E x c e lle n c e ”
plaque for raising over $5000.
Three members o f our team won
the “Golden Sneaked’ awards for
raising over $500 each. As a
team w e raised $7482. T his
Beautification helps economic vitality St. Patrick’s Senior Center meal
By the Heppner Beautification
Kiwanis
scholarship
applications now
available
Kiwanis Perry Johnson
Scholarship award applications
are now available at east Umatilla
C ounty and M orrow C ounty
high school offices. Scholarships
are $750 each and are based on
a c a d e m ic
and
o th e r
achievements, as well as need.
Applications are due by
A pril 1 and recipients w ill be
announced by M ay 1.
'
There is a relationship
between community appearance
and community economic vitality.
An attractive appearance invites
relatives, friends and travelers to
com e here and return here for
visits, recreation and shopping.
This activity helps m aintain the
economic vitality o f our town.
A good looking tow n
g iv e s H e p p n e r an e d g e in
a ttrac tin g new b u sin ess and
re sid e n ts. O ur to w n ’s g o o d
appearance may be just the thing
that convinces someone to move
here and do business here.
“H eppner’s appearance
and w ork on dow ntow n m akes
a very positive impression. The
to w n lo o k s g o o d . F irs t
im p r e s s io n s a re p r ic e le s s .
W ith o u t an in te re s tin g an d
attractive commercial core, most
c o m m u n itie s d o n ’t s ta n d a
chance o f having visitors stop.
H eppner has been creative on
many fronts including landscaping
and m aking vacant dow ntow n
lots more inviting and friendly.”
( Q u o te fro m th e O re g o n
D o w n to w n D e v e lo p m e n t
A sso c ia tio n s R e ta il M a rk e t
Assessment Report for Heppner,
Oregon.)
H e p p n e r ’s
f u tu r e
d e p e n d s on m a in ta in in g its
population and employment base
a n d a n e a t a n d a ttr a c tiv e
c o m m u n ity is v ita l to a
prosperous future. It is a good
investment o f public resources to
keep up our parks, tend our
flow er displays and clean our
sidewalks and streets.
Everyone can and should
pitch in to help with maintaining
the attractiveness o f our town.
Individual citizens and businesses
can do their part by keeping their
hom es and stores looking good.
The C ity does its part by
m a in ta in in g th e p a rk s a n d
cleaning the streets. Currently,
the City averages around 5-7
percent time allocation per month
to parks. The M ajority o f City
Public W orks’ tim e is devoted,
as it should be, to the w ater
system (51 percent) and sew er
(2 4 p e rc e n t) . B u t th e C ity
continues, and will continue, to
devote an appropriate amount o f
resources to beautification.
The City Beautification
Com m ission advises the M ayor
and C ity C ouncil on m atters
concerning the appearance o f
H eppner. T he B eautification
C om m ission m eets the second
Thursday m orning o f the month
at H eppner City Hall from 8-9
a.m. M em bers w elcom e input
fro m a n y a n d a ll c itiz e n s
c o n c e r n in g
H e p p n e r ’s
appearance.
The
C o m m is s io n
members are Marian Murchison,
Chairm an; Bob Jepsen, M ayor;
Jerry Breazeale, City M anager;
C raig C anham , Public W orks
Director; Chuck Bailey, Heppner
G a rd e n C lu b ; K ay P ro c te r,
Heppner M aster Gardeners; and
K eith B rudevold, M em ber at
Large.
Nazarene Church to host guest speaker
from the Middle East
The H eppner Nazarene
C hurch w ill be hosting H enry
Stevenson, a Career Assignment
missionary for the Church o f the
N azarene in the M iddle East,
Thursday, Feb. 20. A potluck
d in n e r w ill
b e g in a t 6
p.m ., »with a
discussion to
b e g in a t 7
p .m . T h e re
w ill b e a
question and
answer
se ssio n and
S t e v e n s o n Henry Stevenson
will provide
his insight on the political climate
in Israel.
S te v e n s o n w a s th e
Personnel and Training Manager
o f th e E u r o p e a n P r in tin g
Corporation before being called
to the ministry. He received his
theological training from the
British Isles N azarene College.
S tev en so n ’s w ife G race also
works with him in the ministry.
T he S te v en so n s’ first
m issionary assignm ent w as to
Bolivia in 1971. During their term
o f service, Stevenson served as
Mission Director. During the last
th re e y e a rs o f th e ir term in
Bolivia, the church grew by 43
percent and in 1983 received
1750 new members.
The
S te v e n s o n s
re q u e ste d a m o v e and w ere
reassigned to Spain, in 1984,
where they started a church plant
in S e v ille . T h e y w e re th en
requested to re-estab lish the
w o rk o f th e C h u rc h o f th e
N azarene in the R epublic o f
Ireland.
W ith th e c h u rc h in
Greystones, Ireland established
a n d s e lf - s u p p o r tin g , th e
Stevensons w ere reassigned to
the Middle East. They served for
18 m onths in N azareth, Israel
a n d are p re s e n tly liv in g in
A m m an, Jordan, w orking with
the Jordanian National District.
T he S tevensons have
three grow n children w ho are
actively engaged in the church;
H ow ard and his fam ily at the
C o lu m b in e C h u r c h o f th e
N azarene, D enver, C olorado;
G w y n e th an d h e r fam ily at
D etroit First C hurch, D etroit,
M ichigan; and Joanna and her
family at Christ Church, Belfast,
Northern Ireland.
WCV Economic
Development
Group to hold
meeting
B usiness opportunities
do exist in the W illow C reek
Valley o f M orrow County, and
the economic development group
is eager to share inform ation
a b o u t th e m w ith in te re s te d
individuals.
The Willow Creek Valley
Econom ic D evelopm ent Group
invites everyone who would like
d e ta ils
about
p o s s ib le
investments to attend the meeting
o f the B oard o f D irectors on
Wednesday, March 5. The board
m eets at the US Forest Service
B u ild in g on M ain S tre e t in
Heppner, at 8:00 a.m.
A tte n d a n c e a t th e
meeting will in no way commit a
guest to any further involvement.
It will sim ply be an occasion to
h e a r th e g r o u p ’s p r e s e n t
k n o w le d g e
o f b u s in e s s
ownership opportunities.
HEPPNER ELKS 358
Genuine
Jly Wall Clock
676-9181 "Where Friends M eri"
142 North Main
Saturday, February 22
Available in Alder Wood or Spruce
i
. Peterson's
*
Heppn«r
Jewelers
670-9200
/
106th ELKS ANNUAL
Registration at 11 a.m.
Ladies Tea at 1:30 p.m.
Lodge at 2 p.m.
Roast Pork Dinner starting at 6 p.m.
(Dinner cost: $15 single / $30 couple)
Live music provided by Lindy Gravelle at 9 p.m.
THEME: SAFARI Semi-Formal Attire
Elks members and out-of-town guests only
Meal service volunteers
are an im portant com ponent in
the operation o f St. P atrick ’s
Senior C enter in H eppner. The
volunteers are recruited from six
area churches and scheduled
th ro u g h th e S o u th M o rro w
County Ministerial Association.
Those cooperating churches are
H e p p n e r C h ris tia n C h u rc h ;
H o p e , A ll S a in ts , V alb y
Ecumenical Parish; Christian Life
C e n te r; U n ite d M e th o d is t;
Seventh Day Adventist; and St.
Patrick’s Catholic. The members
fro m e a ch c h u rc h a lte rn a te
Wednesdays to help in the dining
room w hen the w eekly mea! is
served. Each ch u rc h ’s turn to
serve com es around every six
w eek s. U su a lly six to eig h t
p e o p le a r r iv e to h e lp a n d
som etim es include seniors who
eat regularly at the Center.
The group arrives early
to set up the dining room, being
sure there are cups and glasses,
full w ater pitchers w ith ice, and
coffee servers, butter and other
appropriate things on each table.
They may help the cook with last
m inute things, like cutting and
dishing the deserts or salads as
the case m ay be.
W ednesday m eals are
from ll:3 0 a.m .-1 2 :3 0 p .m .T h e
volunteers are at the steam table
to fill the plate o f each person
going by. The volunteers serve
w ith w elcom ing sm iles; they,
without a doubt, enjoy what they
do. A fter they have them selves
eaten, they help with the clean
u p . T h e y p u t a w a y th e
centerpieces, condiment holders
and wipe the tables. They scrape,
and stack the dishes as the tables
are cleared. They may, at times,
w ash
c o o k in g
u te n s ils ,
depending on the m enu o f the
day. This volunteer work requires
several hours o f the workers time
on the assigned day.
One volunteer deserves
s p e c ia l m e n tio n . C la re n c e
Buchanan com es every w eek to
be the dishwasher. He had tim e
out recently for serious heart
surgery. H e has b een back ,
“manning his post”, for a number
o f w eeks. Ed H unt is also a
regular w ho often helps scrape
dishes, care for the tables, and
puts the chairs up.
M eals on W heels are
delivered every w eek from the
C e n te r to p e o p le w h o a re
h o m e b o u n d . T h e v o lu n te e r
drivers bring people from the
outlying areas.
C om m unity pride is an
important component that makes
St. P a tric k ’s C enter a valued
institution. Those associated with
it commend and appreciate every
one w ho is volunteering now or
in the past. The Senior C enter
invites all people interested in
volunteering to come in and sign
up.
Local student named to George Fox
University honor roll
K riste n M a rsh a ll, o f
Heppner, has been nam ed to the
G eorge Fox U niversity D ean ’s
List for the fall sem ester o f the
2002-03 academ ic year.
To be included on the
academ ic honor roll, a student
m ust earn a 3.5 GPA or higher
w hile taking at least 12 graded
credit hours o f classes.
A -ju n io r m ajo rin g in
p sy ch o lo g y , M arsh all is th e
daughter o f R ollie and D ebbie
M arshall o f Heppner.
George Fox University if
a Christian university o f the liberal
arts and sciences ranked by U.S.
N ew s and W orld R eports as a
top-tier m aster’s-level university
in the West. It offers bachelor’s
degrees in more than 30 majors,
degree-completion programs for
w orking adults, a sem inary and
12 m a s t e r ’s a n d d o c to r a l
d e g r e e s . M o re th a n 2 7 0 0
students attend classes on & main
c a m p u s in N e w b erg , a t th e
university’s Portland, Salem and
B oise centers, and at various
other teaching sites in Oregon.
McElligott Memorial Fund scholarship
deadline March 1
The
M a ry a n
L.
M cE lligott M em orial Fund is
a c c e p tin g
s c h o la r s h ip
applications from lone H igh
School graduates for the 2003-
2 0 0 4 school year. T he fund
aw ards scholarships to second,
third and fourth year students
a tte n d in g p o s t- s e c o n d a r y
in stitu tio n s . To be e lig ib le ,
students must attend any tw o or
four year public or private post
seco n d a ry in stitu tio n w h ich
participants in the Federal Title
IV s tu d e n t f in a n c ia l a id
p ro g ra m s. S c h o la rs h ip s are
available to students w ho are
attending a school either within
O regon or out o f state.
F o r th e s c h o o l y e a r
2 0 0 2 -0 3 , th e fu n d a w a rd e d
scholarships to Jeremy Rietmann
w h o atte n d s C o lo rad o S tate
U niversity, and Shelby K rebs,
w ho attends N ew M exico State
University.
Students w ho w ish to
apply must complete the Oregon
Student Assistance Commission
a p p lic atio n form for p riv ate
aw ard s, o b tain a b le from the
co lleg e F in an cial A id office
(Oregon Schools), or request the
form from Student A ssistance
C om m ission, 1500 Valley Dr.
Suite 100, Eugene, O R 97401.
T he C om m ission m ust be in
r e c e ip t o f a p p lic a tio n s b y
Saturday, M arch 1,2003.
OSU E xtension gath erin g 4-H
recipes for cookbook
T h e O S U E x te n sio n
O ffice in M orrow C ounty is
p u ttin g t o g e t h e r a 4 -H
C o o k b o o k th a t w ill in clu d e
recipes from past and present 4-
H m e m b e rs. I f y o u h a v e a
favorite recipe that you entered
in the M orrow County Fair in 4-
H, and you would like to publish
it in the 4-H C ookbook, please
bring or send it to the Extension
Office.
T he recipe should be
ty p e d a n d in c lu d e s o m e
background information such as,
did it receive a ribbon? A lso
include what year it was entered
in the fair, and your nam e and
phone num ber. We hope to put
this cookbook together before
fair time, so send us your recipes
as soon as possible. For m ore
in fo rm a tio n , p le a se call the
Extension Office at 676-9642.
Dirksen assigned principal of RHS
M orrow County School
D is tric t h a s a n n o u n c e d the
assignm ent o f D irk D irksen to
p rin c ip al o f R iv e rsid e H igh
School in Boardman beginning in
the 2003-04 school year.
Dirksen began his career
in education at R iverside High
School in 1981 as a social studies
and m ath teacher. In 1996 he
becam e the D ean o f Students
and in 1997 w as prom oted to
assistant principal. He received
h is b a c h e l o r ’s d e g r e e in
s e c o n d a r y e d u c a tio n fro m
Eastern Oregon State College in
1980 and his m aster’s degree in
1 9 8 7 . H e c o m p le te d h is
administrative program through
Lewis and Clark in 1997.
D irksen and his w ife,
R o s e , m a k e th e ir h o m e in
Boardman.