Image provided by: Morrow County Museum; Heppner, OR
About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (May 28, 2003)
TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 28,2003 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow St. Patrick’s Senior Center news Letters to the Editor News from the regular m eeting o f the Board o f Director’s is that the Heppner H ousing A u th o rity has selected new blinds for the common room. The plan is that, in due time, there will be new blinds for the office, foyer and dining room, also. New baking pans and cooling table liners are now in use in the kitchen. These are items approved by the Board. Tom Wilson reported taking members of the Garden Club to Hermiston on May 20. Their mission was to select plants and shrubs for the city park. H eppner G A Z E T T E -T I M E S U.S.P.S. 240-420 M o rro w County’s Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper P u b lish e d w e ek ly and entered as periodical maner at the Post Office at Heppner, O r e g o n under the Act of March 3, 1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner, Ore gon. O ffic e at 147 W . Willow Street. Telephone (541 ) 676-9228. Fax (541)676- 9 2 1 1 . E-m ail: gtfu heppner net or ghnrapidserve.net Web site: www heppner.net. Postm aster send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times. P O. Box 337, H ep p ne r, Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $24 in Morrow County; $18 senior rate (in M o r r o w County only; 62 years or older); $30 elsewhere. D a v id S y k e s ..................................................................................P u b lish e r K a t ie W a l l ........................................................................................ E d ito r N ew t and A d ve rtisin g Deadline la M o nd ay at S p.m. For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m. Cost for a display ad is $4 75 per column inch Cost tor classified ad is 504 per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $7 up to 100 words Cost for a classified display ad is $5.35 per column inch. For Pubkc/Legal Notices public/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. Dates for publi cation must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return date must be specified if required) On the HEPPNER WEBSITE: www.heppner.net • Start or C hange a Subscription • Place a C lassified A d • Submit a N e w s Story • V iew R eal Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more! HES enjoys artist in residence Nina Walz Colton Raver finishes up his clay project. By Debbie Harper Nina Walz is the Artist in Residence this year at Heppner Elementary School. She is a full time potter with a studio, OffThe Walz, in Bend. Blit she takes time out every year to go into schools, as part o f the artist in residence program, to share her love of clay. Each of the 205 HES students made two pieces. W alz used slab and coil te ch n iq u es to teach the students some principles and elements of design. Everything the stu d en ts m ade w ere utilitarian pieces that could be used, such as vases, masks, fish platters, frog shaped sp o n g e holders. Kindergarteners made hand shaped trivets. A fter the students created their pieces they painted them with glazes. After the pieces were painted Walz used the high school’s kiln to fire most of the pieces but because there were so many, she had to take some tq ber.^tudiq jp 3<?frd return them later. • T. ,.. Walz enjoys com ing. into the sch o o ls and encouraging students o f all ages to follow their passions, no matter w hat they might be. “ Som e kids d o n ’t excel academically, but they may be good at art or music,” said Walz. “ H ere ev ery one succeeds. Everyone makes something. I try to show them they can be a success. I try to instill self-confidence.” Walz has been a full time potter for eight years. She went to the Institute of Art in Chicago, originally to study illustration, but she fell in love with clay, and became a full time potter. BEO Boardman holds appreciation day The Bank of Eastern Oregon Boardman branch held a customer appreciation day on Friday, May 16 and it w as a huge success. The b ran ch serv ed over 200 hamburgers and hot dogs and all who attended had a good time. Mike Tallman, branch manager said, “ It is always a pleasure to give back to the community ofBoardman, who supports the Bank of Eastern Oregon so well.” T he sen io r class served from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. to raise funds for “Operation G ra d u a tio n .” O p eratio n Graduation is an annual event for seniors and is sponsored by Riverside High School. The bank presented the class with a $150 check. Cindy Turner and Anita Donovan were the adults in charge o f overseeing the students. There was over $500 put back into the local community. Bank of Eastern Oregon was pleased with the w onderfu l tu rn o u t and support. Editor's note: Letters to the Editor must be signed. The Gazette-Times will not publish unsigned letters. Please include your address and phone number on all letters for use by the G -T office. The G-T reserves the right to edit. The G-T is not responsible for accuracy of statements made in letters. (Any letters expressing thanks will be placed in the classifieds under 'C ard of Thanks' at a cost of $7.) Smaller school concern not valid To the Editor: The people o f Irrigon would like to express their a p p re cia tio n to John Rietmann, Larry Mills and Burke O ’B rien for their support o f our e ffo rt to educate our children in our community. Their presentation o f facts, at the M ay 12 M orrow C ounty School District Board meeting, made it a b so lu tely c le a r that opposition to our cause is not based on financing. The dissenting Board members expressed concern that two small schools will not offer the caliber o f education as one large school. Considering that the smallest high school in the District [lone High School] produces the top scholars in Morrow County, that concern seems patently disingenuous. There is no way to a cc u ra te ly p re d ic t how successful Irrigon High School will be. However, we can look at the record of Riverside and anticipate doing as well or perhaps better. W hen my o ld est grandson was a freshman at RHS he was one o f 154 students. By the time he graduated the class had shrunk to 84. Since the years o f his high school career coincided with the fastest growth in Morrow County’s history, it is difficult to believe that almost halfhis class moved away. The conclusion that must be drawn is th a t RHS ha§ an unacceptable drop-out rate. We believe that we can make a real impact in reducing the number of children from Irrigon that choose to drop-out. Many o f Irrigon’s children enjoy no connection with RHS beyond the classroom. We believe that more children will choose to stay in a school that offers them the opportunity to become fully involved in their high school experience. Frederickson, M cN am ee, R enfro, and Weikel expressed concern that the separated schools might lose programs. With that many kids dropping out the loss is much larger than a couple programs. It should be mentioned here that of the 84 graduates in 2002 only 12 completed their SIMs. So even the kids that stay in school are not getting an adequate education at RHS. We hope that the next Board will see the wisdom of re in statin g Irrigon H igh School. M uch o f an individual’s knowledge is gained outside the classroom. We b eliev e th at lif e ’s experiences contribute greatly to a person’s education and our children are missing one of life’s greatest experiences: the tim e-honored pleasure o f going to school in your own neighborhood. (s) Meredith DeHaven Irrigon On Wednesday, June 1, the volunteer servers will be from the Christian Life Center. The new serving time, begun in January, beginning at 11:30 a.m., with flag salute, table blessing and announcements, has been received well by regular participants. Obituaries Robert George Sicard R obert G eorge Sicard, 69, ofBoardman, died Sunday, May 18,2003 at his home. A graveside memorial WCVEDG to hold service will be held Thursday at 2 p.m ., at R iverview mailing campaign Cemetery in Boardman. Sicard was bom June party The W CVEDG is 27, 1933, at Portland, to sponsoring another mailing G eorge and N ina Parks campaign to businesses in Sicard. He cam e to California. The mailing will Boardman in 1947 and for 32 have a new look and will be faster and easier to prepare for years was a dairy farmer. He was a veteran of mailing. The last campaign the Korean War, serving with done actu ally g enerated several interesting leads. the U.S. Air Force from 1952 Invitations need to be kept up until 1956. On Sept. 28, 1954, with to continue to attract he married Carolyn Wood at people to bring th e ir Moses Lake, WA. businesses to “ O reg o n ’s He has been a Willow Creek Valley.” The m ailing work member o f the Boardman party is sch ed u led for Park Board, Morrow County Thursday, June 5, at 5 p.m. at Soil Conservation Board, Columbia Basin Electric’s M orrow C ounty School conference room. You are District Board and a member invited to come and participate o f Mayflower Farms. Survivors include his in sending off approximately wife, Carolyn, ofBoardman; 6,000 mailers. WCVEDG will sons, Kenneth and Michael, provide pizza and soda for the both ofBoardman; daughters, hard working mailers. Please come and join Roberta Kelly of Estacada and us for this social event where Peggy Simi o f Oakland, CA; we can help promote our a sister, Carolyn Skoubo of economy and take an active Boardman; five grandchildren part in helping to secure new and one great-grandchild. M e m o r i a l Traetor Training > contributions may be made t®. Memorial, Hospice, - & safety1 * Pioneer P.O. Box 9, Heppner, O R 1 97836. a g ric u ltu ra l ex p erien ce Workshop Bums Mortuary o f M orrow C ounty pro g ram in a g ric u ltu ra l Hermiston is in charge o f education, career plans and Grain Growers and Morrow County Extension will be arrangements. financial need. FFA is a national youth sponsoring a workshop to Adopt-A-Teacher organization of over 400,000 teach y o u n g sters safe student members preparing for practices o f operating farm Foundation still leadership and careers in the equipment such as, wheel selling bricks scien ce, b u sin ess and tra c to rs, sw ath ers and The A dopt-A - technology of agriculture with combines on June 17 and 18. The workshop is open Teacher Foundation is selling more than 8000 local chapters in all 50 states, Puerto Rico to all youth ages 14 and up. bricks that will be placed at the and the Virgin Islands. FFA Check-in will take place from new Heppner Elementary strives to make a positive 7:30-8 a.m . at M orrow School. The bricks are on sale difference in the lives o f County Grain Growers in for $ 100. Adopt-A-Teacher students by developing their Lexington. Pre-registration is m em b ersh ip s are also p o te n tia l for p rem ier required and can be done by available. The Foundation plans leadership, personal growth calling the OSU Extension to hold monthly raffles to raise and career success through office at 676-9642 or 1-800- agricultural education. Visit 342-3664. There is a $5 fee, money for the program, which w w w .ffa.o rg for m ore unless you are a 4-H member will benefit Heppner schools. information. Marriage Licenses Currently the group has raised National FFA scholarship * M¿3b awarded to local HHS M n f - The N ational FFA O rg an izatio n aw arded a $1000 Cargill Community S ch o larsh ip Program scholarship to Daniel Jepsen o f Heppner High School. The C arg ill C om m unity S ch o alrsh ip Program, as a special project o f the N atio n al FFA Foundation, Inc., sponsors the scholarship. Jepsen plans to use the funds to pursue a degree at the University of Idaho. This scholarship is one of 1926 awarded through the National FFA Scholarship Program this year. Currently, 153 c o rp o rate sp o n so rs generously contribute more than $2 million to support this program. This is the 19th year that the scholarships have been made available through the National FFA Foundation by business and industry sponsors to rew ard and encourage excellence and enable students to pursue their educational goals. Scholarship recipients were selected from 5927 applicants from across the country. Selections were based on the a p p lic an t’s academic record, FFA and other school and community a c tiv itie s, su p erv ised S^M£THlJfS for Everyone! DA’s Report Adolfo Castillo pled guilty to Harassment, a Class- B misdemeanor. Castillo was sentenced to 180 suspended days in ja il, 20 hours community service, completion o f a d o m estic v io len ce package with the Batterers Impact Panel, and payment of $305 in fines. Michael A. Mooso was found guilty of Contempt o f Court. He was sentenced to 90 suspended days in jail and th ree y ears bench probation. $ May 23: R afael Ramos, 24, Boardman and Jesus A leyda Lopez, 20, Portland. Reymundo Gomez Correa, 45, Hermiston and Ma de Jesus H errera Cardenas, 25, Umatilla. 12 , 000 . Jean Collins is the president o f the Adopt-A- Teacher foundation, with Mary Ann Elguezabal as vice- p re sid en t, B ill K uhn as secretary and Kirsten Harrison as treasurer. 3 Bedroom home overlooking city D O N 'T FO R G ET T O B U Y A BRICK $ 1 0 0 PER BRICK IMembenhios *1 A T e o iN p * s i “ tS5 va**»' lone United Church of Christ 41 st ANNUAL AUCTION & BARBECUE ’ f .j -■ - , | k - - Sa tu rd a y , J u n e 7th Willows Grange Hall, lone, OR £ i i ~ 1 Country Store A Antiques 10 A M AUCT IO N 10:30 AM PH Bmrboqum B — f Dinner 12:30 PM i $6.00 6-12 VOars $3.00 Pn-School Free/ J m i b availableI Look for upcoming monthly raffles! Jielp us make a difference for our kids! Three bedroom, 2 bath home on Chase Street. Well kept with large fenced yard and flower beds. Storage shed in back yard. Family room in basement. $127,000 Living room with fireplace. Call David Sykes to »— this property Adopt-A-Teacher Foundation (5 4 1 ) 4 7 4 - 4 2 2 S d a y s • (5 4 1 ) 4 7 * - * * * * e v e n in g s President: Jean Collins 1 -8 0 0 -3 2 6 -2 1 5 2 Vice President: Mary Ann Elguezabal Secretary: Bill Kuhn Treasurer: Kirsten Harrison H&Uage JÇpndCs. (£> REALTOR Cl 180 W. Baltimore »5 Heppner, OR 9783« www.htppnT.n9l
