FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 12,2003 lone High School holds its W inter Sports Dessert Cardinal Booster Club holds meeting C a r d in a l B o o s te r C lub m et M onday, M arch 3 at the high school library. Eleven members were present. Harold Rietmann submitted a sketch for an O regonian C up sig n to fit w ith th e sta te cham pionship signs on the e d g e o f to w n . M e m b e rs approved the plan, w ith the addition ofO SA A , so the sign will read “O SA A O regonian Cup,” with the years lone High School won listed below. The drinking fountain (L-R): Varsity girls award winners Tracy Griffith, Natalie in the hallw ay will be m oved McElligott, Diana McElligott, Eva Chitty and Barbara over spring vacation, with the Holland. m id d le school p a y in g the expenses. The high school s tu d e n t b o d y v o te d to purchase a protective pad to cover the gym floor during p r o g r a m s . T h e c o s t is approxim ately $ 1500. The W ild h o r s e gambling trip date has been set for Sunday, A pril 6. T he bus will leave at 11:30 a.m . and return at approximately 6 p.m. C ost is $ 15 per person, w ith a $ 10 meal voucher included. I n d iv id u a ls in te r e s te d in m aking the trip m ay pay and s ig n u p a t W h e a tla n d Insurance. People purchasing tickets will get their names put in a d r a w in g fo r a fre e o v ernight stay at the O xford Inn in Hermiston. M em bers agreed to put forming a new community b a n d on th e fall a g e n d a . H opefully the band w ill be ready to play for the regular basketball season. The bo y s’ basketball team placed first and the girls fourth in the Dairy Farmers o f O re g o n A c a d e m ic com petition for 1A schools. T here will be a small schools rally at Salem in April. A Fourth o f July m eeting will tak e place at C ity H all on Tuesday, M arch 25 at 7 p.m . T he next m eeting o f Cardinal Booster Club will be M onday, A pril 3 at 7 p.m . at the high school library. Baker-Morrow Regional Partnership Board announces fund grant (L-R): JV boys award winners Dan Satterly, Brian Bunch T he B aker-M orrow R e t e n ti o n , E x p a n s io n , and Nathan Rea. Regional Partnership (BMRP) Develop and Recruitment. Board is accepting applications fro m a ll n o n - p r o f it organizations, municipalities and o th e r q u a li f ie d organizations in B aker and M o rr o w c o u n ti e s , fo r a ‘Capacity Building’ grant Hind. The grant will aid organizations needing assistance in writing g r a n ts f o r p r o je c ts th a t em p h asize b u ilding strong c o m m u n itie s th ro u g h jo b L-R): Varsity boys award winners" Tyler Brown, Mike c r e a ti o n a n d r e t e n ti o n . Radie, Cayle Krebs, Nick Christman, Andrew Rietmann, ( I n d i v id u a l s , f o r - p r o f i ts Kelly Thompson and Curtis Thompson. organizations and privately o w n e d b u s in e s s e s a re lone H igh School T hom pson- M ost Im proved ineligible.) held its W inter Sports Dessert a n d T y le r B ro w n - M o s t T h e g ra n t is being on March 4. Virgil Morgan and Valuable Player. The Cardinal o f f e r e d in k e e p in g w ith Karl Christman were thanked H e a rt A w a rd fo r b e in g B M R P’s diversified approach f o r r u n n in g th e c lo c k coachable and w orking extra with a series o f eleven initiatives throughout the season, and hard w ith a positive attitude to reju v e n ate th e re g io n ’s Charity McElligott and Helen w ent to Cayle Krebs. e c o n o m ic and c o m m u n ity Kari M organ, g irls ’ H eidem an for keeping the w ellness including: Business junior varsity coach, stated the books. Jim Sw anson, ju n io r girls each brought som ething varsity boys’ coach, expressed u n iq u e to the team . T h ey appreciation to his team for finished w ith a 14-6 season their hard work. Although they record. The M ost Im proved T h e O r e g o n T ra il finished w ith a 5-15 season Player Award w ent to A lyssa Library District has received record, Swanson commended Rietmann. a $2,306 grant to im prove C oach D ana th e m fo r t h e i r “ v a s t p u b lic lib ra ry s e rv ic e s to im p r o v e m e n t d o w n th e H eidem an praised the g irls ’ s tr e tc h .” A w ards w e n t to varsity team for their play children. The Ready to Read Nathan Rea- M ost Improved, early in the season, winning the grant program was established 1993 O r e g o n B r ia n B unch- M o s t lo n e B ask etb all B o nanza. b y th e Legislature and is administered Inspirational and Dan Satterly- T h e y fin ish e d w ith a 9-3 s e a s o n r e c o r d . N a ta lie by the O regon State Library. Mr. Hustle. S in c e 1 9 9 3 , th e The varsity boys were M cE lligott led the team in Ready to Read Grant has been aw arded pins for placing first scoring, breaking the school u s e d a c r o s s O r e g o n to among 1A schools in the Dairy record for three-pointers for Farm ers o f Oregon academ ic the year (44), and received the purchase c h ild ren ’s library com petition w ith a GPA o f m ost votes in the Big Sky All materials, hire staff to provide D ia n a p r o g r a m s , b r in g lib r a r y 3.67. C oach D ennis Stefani S ta r b a llo tin g . noted it had been a pretty McElligott led the team in steals services and m aterials to at- i n te r e s t in g y e a r fo r th e ( 1 1 2 ) a n d a s s i s ts ( 6 2 ). risk children, and to provide C a rd in a ls. H e p ra ise d the B a r b a ra H o lla n d le d in children’s computer equipment seniors for doing everything re b o u n d s( 1 8 0 )and blocked in libraries. The Ready to Read a s k e d o f th e m , a n d th e shots (31). Other awards went Grant was established to assist freshm en for providing good to D iana M cE lligott- M ost local libraries in helping to th e O reg o n N a ta lie a c h ie v e le a d e r s h ip w h e n t h e ir I n s p ir a tio n a l, B enchm arks for childhood M cE lligott- M iss D efense, team mates got in foul trouble. To be considered for the ‘Capacity Building’ grant, applications m ust be received by 5 p.m ., M ay 9, 2003, at the G reater E astern O regon D ev elo p m en t C orporation, 2016 A irport Road, P.O. Box 1041, Pendleton, O R 97801 T he B aker-M orrow R e g io n a l P a r t n e r s h i p ’s purpose is to preserve, protect and enhance the built, hum an and natural environm ents o f our communities. The BM RP B o a r d w ill c o n s id e r a ll qualifying applications, up to $8,000. For m ore information on the grant and grant process o r to request an application, please contact one o f your B M R P B oard M em bers for your county or Karen Kendall at G E O D C , (541)276-6745. Ready to Read grant awarded to the Oregon Trail Library District T eam le a d e rs w e re T y ler Brown in scoring (317 points), steals (53) and assists (132); Andrew Rietmann in rebounds (169) and blocked shots (14); and Curtis Thom pson in field g o a l p e r c e n ta g e (5 9 .1 p e rc e n t). A w ards w e n t to C a y le K re b s - T a k in g th e Chaige, Kelly Thompson- Mr. H ustle, A ndrew R ietm ann- Mr. D efense, M ike R adie- M o st In sp iratio n al, C u rtis Tracy G riffith- M iss H ustle a n d E v a C h itty - M o s t Improved. learning and development. State L ibrarian, Jim Scheppke, noted that since the Ready to Read Grant program began in 1993, library services to children have increased by 80 percent. “T his program is really helping children develop e a rly literacy skills, begin school read y to learn, and d ev elo p a lifelo n g love o f reading.” M arsh a R ich m o n d , O regon Trail Library District director, states that plans for the grant include the purchase o f m aterials to enhance story tim es and S um m er R eading program s at all branches and th e p u rch a se o f L eap Pad te c h n o l o g y to e n h a n c e collections for early literacy and reading developm ent for a variety o f learning styles. Minor baseball tryouts rescheduled D u e to in c le m e n t For more information, w eather last Saturday, m inor please contact D ave Pranger baseball and T-Ball tryouts Breanna Kaylie w ere cancelled. T ryouts for at 676-9767. Sue Simpson- a daughter, m in o r b aseb all h a v e been Order M agnetic Door Signs Breanna Kaylie Sue, was bom resc h e d u le d for T hursday, HERE F e b . 2 6 , 2 0 0 3 , a t G o o d M arch 13, at 4 p.m ., at the Heppner G azette-Tim es Shepherd M edical C enter in Shad Hisler Field. T-Ball will 676-9228 r e s c h e d u le d and Hermiston to Lorena Mae and be Brian D ouglas Sim pson o f announced at a later date. Irrigon. Births Employees learn they are the frontline of a business Nancy Gochnauer speaks to a group of Customer Service training attendees. O v e r 100 p e o p le , m ostly em ployees o f local b u s in e s s e s , a tt e n d e d a C u sto m e r S ervice train in g s e ss io n sp o n s o re d by th e H eppner C ham ber o f C om m erce. The session was h e ld fo u r t im e s , to accommodate as m any people as possible, M arch 5 and 6, a n d w e re led by C la u d ia H ughes, H eppner C ham ber; N a n c y G o c h n a u e r, lo c a l business ow ner; and N ancy Snider o f VanMarter and Kahl. The s e s s io n s em phasized how em ployees are the frontline o f a business. In m a n y c a s e s , b u s in e s s ow ners are not on-site and it is th e a tt it u d e o f th e employees, whether they greet custom ers w ith a sm ile or a s c o w l, w h ic h le a v e s an impression. A 30 -m in u te video w as show n to illustrate the p o in t th a t a ttitu d e s re a lly m a tte r ; a n d h o w th a t a custom er w ho starts his/her day o f f in a good m ood can either be helped or hindered in keeping that good m ood. T he video also show ed that em ployees could and should keep a g o o d a ttitu d e even w hile having a difficult day themselves. A fter the video, the group discussed both good a n d bad c u s to m e r se rv ic e experiences they have had and how that affected w hether or n o t th e y c o n tin u e d to do business w ith that particular , store. M any said they stopped • frequenting a place, sim ply ; b ecau se th ey w ere tre a te d ; rudely. Leaders o f the session •; also wanted to instill a “team ” ;; concept am ong em ployees of> th e v a r io u s b u s i n e s s e s .> E m p lo y e e s th ro u g h o u t:; H e p p n e r a n d th e W illo w C re e k V a lle y w e re encouraged to share and help each other’s businesses out, by being know ledgeable about not only their ow n stores but others as well. Creating a knowledge o f the activities that can be done in the area w as also an important facet o f the sessions. A list o f 101 things that could be done w as presented and everyone w as rem inded that th e r e a re th in g s h e re in H eppner and the area to do, , rather than sending people to Hermiston. “It was a very positive ' and w orthw hile event,” said Snider. She a lso said th at according to evaluations filled o u t at th e s e ss io n s m a n y people said they would like to s e e f u tu r e s e s s io n s a n d provided numerous discussion ideas. St. Pat’s Senior Center- a community within our community The St. P atrick’s Senior C enter A partm ent C om plex (second and third floors plus one unit on the ground floor) is one m ore exam ple o f the m any facets o f services offered to. the Heppner com m unity by St. Patrick’s Senior Center. At the: present tim e, all o f the apartm ents are occupied and a waiting list is kept on file. M ost o f the apartm ents are occupied by single persons; how ever, in its 15-year history, tw o couples have had residence there. B arbara S truthers and her late husband, R alph w ere am ong the first residents. Ellis and K athryn M cR oberts occupy the first floor apartm ent, at present. The apartm ents are available to persons 54 years o f age, and up, w ho are able to care for them selves. , M arian M urchison, as apartm ent m anager, and a resident, oversees the sm ooth, day-to-day operation o f the} business and arranges som e o f the activities which take places in the com m on room. She rents the apartm ents, maintains the'; w aiting list and is the contact person for utility and o th er; problem s that m ay occur. She is the liaison to the H eppner! Housing Authority (overseer all o f the upkeep o f the building,; legal affairs, its safety and avenues o f usage). M urchison is a ; m em ber o f the City Council and also keeps the council a w a re ! o f the status o f apartment and resident needs. H er co-m anager,; D oug G underson, attends all C ity C ouncil and H ousing! A uthority Board o f D irectors m eetings, as well. They w o rk ! together and have a division o f responsibilities for m any o f th e ; everyday needs. G underson is a general look-out person f o r! purchasing and replacing light bulbs; keeping towel dispensers; full, locking the building, breaking dow n and disposing o f j cardboard boxes (card board plugs the disposal chute), a n d ! other general m aintenance concerns such as scratches on t h e ; w alls and norm al w ear and tear. The building, itself (form erly the H eppner Hotel), is J owned by the City o f Heppner w ho provides the maintenance, j The H eppner H ousing A uthority and its B oard o f D irectorsj oversees the total usage o f the building. C A P E C O , in turn, \ rents the kitchen and dining room where the Wednesday meals j are served. The St. Patrick’s Senior Center Board o f D irectors! oversees the serv ices offered (transportation, etc.), m o n e y ; raising projects and other activities o f interest to the com m unity.! M any people and several corporate entities w ork J together to make St. Patrick’s a true com m unity center. | I SPRING CROP INSURANCE UPDATE MEETING GATEWAY TO THE BLUES Custom Heppner T-shirts Thursday, March 13th lone Grange Hall at 7 p.m. SEE OUR POLARIS ÄTV DISPLAY AT THE : St PADDY’S DAY MOTOCROSS ON SATURDAY, MARCH 15 AT THE MORROW COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS! # $ 16.95 We h ave a la rg e selection to choose f r o m ! Pie and Coffee will be served Gardner’s Men’s Wear (541) 676-9218 • 193 N. Main Street • Heppner Q T £ £ i 1 Morrow County Grain Growers 1-800-452-7396*989-8221 • 350 Main • Lexington, Oregon F or farm equipm ent, v is it o u r web site at w w w .m cgg.net