TW O - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 2, 2003
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To the Editor:
The m em bers o f one group that participated in the
recent g o lf tournam ent at W CCC are to be com m ended for
their respect and handling o f the American Flag. Not once did
they allow O ld G lory to touch the ground. M em bers o f the
group w ere John Boyer, J e ff Steger, Paul O strom , Larry
Conklin and Dustin Conklin. Way to go guys.
(s) G ene Sonstegard
Heppner
Fossil Bluegrass Festival
planned over July 4 weekend
T he annual W heeler
County Bluegrass Festival at
Fossil prom ises to be bigger
and better than ever, as the
event has expanded to include
the entire July 4 weekend with
several bluegrass bands from
th ro u g h o u t th e N o rth w e st
F in a n c ia l O f f ic e r N ic o le perform ing all w eekend as
M ahoney said that the month w ell as a parade, bluegrass
o f Ju n e is lo o k in g b e tte r workshops and a com m unity
theater production.
financially.
F e s ti v i ti e s
get
-learned from Vander
underw
ay
on
Friday,
July
4
at
Does that closing the nursing
h o m e , w h ic h h a d b e e n noon with a parade starting at
discussed as a cost-saving
m easure, could hurt, rather
than help the district. Vander
D oes told the board that the
June 24: Marc
amount o f money nursing home
T
hom
as
O rem , 24, H eppner
residents bring to the district
and
Lindsay
A nne Harle, 26,
is significant to the district’s
financial welfare. He estimated Heppner.
June 2 5 : J a m e s
that around $ 174,000 a year
M
a
tth
e
w B r o w n in g , 2 3 ,
is b ille d to n u rsin g hom e
H
eppner
and Sibbea M arie
residents for lab, x-ray and
Jones,
18,
Heppner.
o th e r t e s ts , w ith a ro u n d
June 26: K e n n e th
$ 130,000 o f that paid in cash
to the district. I f the nursing D elm er H am den, 66, Athena
hom e w ere closed, C ritical and Patricia A nn W alls, 50,
A c c e ss H o sp ita l p ro g ra m Athena.
June 27: Steven Paul
m o n ies c o u ld in crease by
C
h
e
rry
,
30, H e p p n e r a n d
a ro u n d
$ 8 0 ,0 0 0 ,
but
ProShare m onies, a federal Rebecca Marie Breazeale, 22,
nursing hom e reimbursement Heppner.
Health district to drop Trauma Level
IV designation
hour, seven-day-a-w eek ER
physician, an additional m id-
le v e l p r o v id e r w o u ld b e
r e c r u it e d to s h a re E R
coverage with the current PA’s.
In other business, the
board:
-a p p ro v e d b u d g et
a m e n d m e n ts , in c lu d in g
in c o rp o ra tin g a $ 3 0 0 ,0 0 0
donation from the B echdolt
estate into the budget, and
adopted the 2003-04 budget.
-decided to drop the
issue o f withdrawal o f the city
o f Boardman from the district,
brought to the board earlier by
board m em ber Ed Glenn. The
board unanimously concluded
that the division w ould be so
c o m p l ic a t e d , i n v o lv in g
c o m p le x
ta x
is s u e s ,
b o u n d a rie s a n d e n te rp rise
zones, and is estimated to cost
the people living in the city o f
B oardm an an additional $1
per thousand, that they decided
to d r o p th e is s u e . T h e
financially strapped district
w ould also have had to com e
up w ith m onies to pay for an
e le c tio n i f th e b o a rd h a d
decided to take the issue to the
voters. T he b o a rd ’s actio n
d o e s n o t p r e c lu d e o th e r
entities from putting the issue
on the ballot.
-re c e iv e d th e M ay
financial report, which showed
a $62,913 loss for the m onth,
dow n from the $ 117,760 loss
for the previous month. C h ief
G azette
closed
to
be
The
H eppner
G azette-Tim es office w ill be
c lo s e d F rid a y , J u ly 4 in
observance o f Independence
Day. The office will reopen on
M onday, July 7.
Marriage
Licenses
program overseen by the state,
would be dropped, to the tune
o f a ro u n d $ 2 0 0 j0 0 0 . T he
f u tu r e o f th e P r o S h a re
program , however, is already
uncertain. The negative impact
on fa m ilie s , h o s p ita l a n d
nursing hom e em ployees and
th e lo c a l e c o n o m y i f th e
nursing hom e closed was also
discussed.
- le a r n e d t h a t th e
I r r ig o n C lin ic s a w 157
patients, with 19 new patients
during the m onth o f M ay;
Pioneer M emorial Clinic saw
404 p a tie n ts w ith 16 new
patients; Pioneer M em orial
had 14 in-patient admissions;
Pioneer M em orial N ursing
H om e had an average daily
census o f 15 for 75 percent
o c c u p a n c y ; th e H e p p n e r
ambulance had seven runs; the
Boardman ambulance had 20
r u n s ; a n d th e I r r ig o n
ambulance, five runs.
The Heppner High School baeeball program would likw to thank tha
Hoppnar-lona-Laxington communltiaa for tha tramandoua support during
our vary successful baseball season. We have always said we have the best
fans in the stale and you proved it again. Every team we played commented on
how many people attended our game*. We had a season to be proud of but we are
proud of the people who gave us such tremendous support
Special thanks go out to the following people for the donations and
labor throughout the teaeon:
Dick Sargent - countless hours on field during the entire year and before our
playoff game with Reedsport
John Murray - for donating bees and installing new driplines for trees at
beset)il field and tor Ihe many hours put in during the installation
Wade Smith • for your continued support of our program during regular
season and the playoffs.
Oreg Grant - for Ihe great schedule you worked out for us and the great effort
you put out during the playoffs
MCGG - tor your continued support and donations during season and donation
o( tie flag tor our new kagpofe
Mark Miller A Miller Ranches - tor your donation and hauling at dirt yearly
John Britt - blading the road up to lha baseball field.
Sam Bellamy - help with wiring snack shack and donation to our baseball
program
lone Booster Club - providing Gatorade and ice for each playoff game
ntppntr B oot n r u u d - lor Helping wun annus ana pizza aner uistnct piayofr
game and for enabling us to take («a cruiser to John Day tor semi-finals Tha kids
and coaches really enjoyed iff
HHS «hop date - for making signs tor our field
Jay CoB - for making pitching ramp and installing gala on batting cage Also for
helping with new flag pole
Chuy Elguezabal and Brian lliyu w w o d - for organizing the installation of
toe Hag pole in toll field It realy adds to our field and to tometoing we should have
done tong ago
Tha Hodman - for mstattng carpal on pitching ramp
Jwah Roy - tor donatng use of boom toick and helping repair our backstop net.
For a i the farmers who donated tarp and holpod with getting field ready for
our playoff game with Reedsport. Thanks to! Mac Mostons, Brian Thompson, Ron
Bowman, Jerry Mealy, Jay Cod, Heppner Baseball team and Reedsport team.
Thanks to MfNNe Gentry for playing tha National Anthem at our two home
playoff games You were great!
Thanks also to Ihe following businesses who helped during the season •
^^^aan Fss^f Wfkktwliid Niirtkcy sn^l tin ^#!ty uf Hkp^iikr
Thanks to John McCabe lor organizing and keeping toe snack shack suppfiad
Thanhs la aB flm pannla who donated Ime to work in too snack shack This
to one of our biggest fund rtteers
Mopofufiy wa haven't forgotten anyone Thanks agam
Campbell - Greenup
Old Glory was raised high
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Engagement
Justice Court
report
Jason Paul Palm er,
34, Heppner, Failure to W ear
Seatbelt, fine $59.
K e v in
R o b ert
M cCabe, 43, lone, Failure to
W ear Seatbelt, fine $59.
Darin Jam es Skaggs,
18, Heppner, Failure to W ear
Seatbelt, fine $59.
A aron D avid Lueck,
18, Heppner, Failure to W ear
Seatbelt, fine $59.
K eith A aron Inm an,
22, Heppner, Failure to W ear
Seatbelt, fine $59.
Timothy Wayne Judd,
18, Heppner, Failure to Wear
Seatbelt, fine $59.
A lita D enise Nelson,
29, Heppner, Failure to Wear
Seatbelt, fine $59.
E rn e st
C ly d e
M c C a b e , 7 8 , H e p p n e r,
Failure to Wear Seatbelt, fine
$59.
Susan D iane G ibbs,
35, Heppner, Failure to Wear
Seatbelt, fine $77.
B e n ja m in M ic h a e l
Dick, 22, Portland, Failure to
W ear Seatbelt, fine $77.
H o w a rd
L eon
Patrick, 59, Hermiston, Failure
to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59.
D eanne K asten, 38,
H ep p n er, F a ilu re to W ear
Seatbelt, fine $59.
M ath ew H. B aker,
21, Heppner, Failure to W ear
Seatbelt, fine $59.
K e ls e y
C o le e n
Greenup, 18, Heppner, Failure
to W ear Seatbelt, fine $59.
David Leon Peterson,
58, Heppner, Failure to W ear
Seatbelt, fine $77.
the courthouse grounds, where
the festival will be held. The
p a ra d e w ill h o n o r th e
Bowerman family, who will be
riding in vintage vehicles from
A s h e r ’s C a r M u s e u m in
Fossil.
The parade’s them e is
“ Red, W hite and Blue” and is
open for anyone on horseback,
on foot, o r in any type o f
vehicle or w agon. Line-up
takes place in front o f the
courthouse at 11:30 a.m.
F iv e b a n d s w ill
perform at the cou rth o u se
grounds on Friday, July 4 and
Saturday, July 5 from 1 p.m .
until dude They include Misty
C reek (band m em bers from
the Northwest award-winning
Misty River Band) performing
harm onic folk, country and
bluegrass songs.
T he G reat N orthern
P lanes, an aw ard -w in n in g
P o rtla n d -b a s e d b lu e g ra s s
band that perform s across the
U.S. will also perform; as will
th e K n o tt B r o th e r s , a
nationally acclaim ed Eugene
b a n d p la y in g a c o u s tic ,
b lu e g ra s s an d A m e ric a n a
favorites; and T he Fossils, a
S e a ttle
band
know n
throughout the W est for its
bluegrass performances.
On Sunday, July 6 the
M ud Springs Gospel Quartet,
based in Madras, will perform
a c o u s tic , b lu e g r a s s a n d
harmonies beginning at 10:30
a.m.
The Fossil Players will
present a com m unity theatre
m e lo d ra m a , “ T h e F a ire s t
F low er o f the South o r To
K now H er Is to Love Her” at
5 p .m . o n F r id a y a n d
Saturday. Like last year, the
concert w ill pause w hile the
m elodram a takes place.
A r e a a r t i s t s w ill
display their works July 4 and
5 from 10 a .m .-8 p.m . on
Friday and 10 a.m .-6 p.m. on
Saturday at the Fossil United
M ethodist Church.
A ll w eekend events
are free and open to the public.
A ttendees are encouraged to
bring lawn chairs or blankets
to enjoy the perform ances on
the courthouse law n. Food
ven d o rs w ill be pro v id in g
concessions and meals all day
e a c h d a y . T h e c o u n ty
fairgrounds w ill be open for
camping.
F o r in f o r m a tio n
co ntact Lyn C raig at 541 -
763-2355, W heeler C ounty
at 541-763-2400. The event
w e b s ite is w w w .w h e e le r
countybluegrass.org.
W ater
Park
closed 4th OÍ July
T he W illow C reek
W ater Park will be closed
F r id a y , J u ly 4 th r o u g h
Sunday, July 6, for the 4* o f
July holiday. The pool will re
open on M onday, July 7.
CALEDONIAN GAMES
July 12th - 13th in Athena
Hoot, mont Give the c*ber a toss,
run the fK rsce,
join the m ini-$olf tournament
Check www.athenacaledontangames.org for schedules!
Sara Greenup and Tygh Campbell
G re g an d Ja n et G re e n u p h a v e a n n o u n c e d th e
upcoming marriage o f their daughter, Sara, to Tygh Campbell,
son o f Steve and Rhonda Cam pbell o f W allowa on Saturday,
Aug. 2,2003 in Pendleton.
Sara is a 1994 graduate o f Heppner High School. She
graduated from E astern O regon U niversity in 1998 w ith a
bachelor o f science degree, and O regon State U niversity
C ollege o f V eterinary M edicine in 2003. Sara is currently
completing an equine internship with the Bend Equine Medical
Center in Bend.
Tygh is a 1994 graduate o f Pendleton High School.
He graduated from the Walla Walla Community College farrier
and carpentry program s and w ill receive a bachelor o f arts
degree in Small City and Rural County Management at Eastern
Oregon University in the fall o f 2003. Tygh is self-em ployed
as a horse shoer.
The couple plans to live in the Pendleton area.
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes
W ow ... the year is half gone; less than six months until
C hristm as. It’s tim e for the C ham ber Board o f D irectors to
take a breath and review 2003 goals; ju st as soon as we hold
another Customer Service Training, share the merchants annual
“C e le b ra te H ep p n e r” w ith locals and v isito rs, get the
applications out for the M orrow C ounty Fair and Rodeo
Parade, research an O H V kiosk, w ork on the m em bership
drive, and the list goes on. O ur volunteers are w orking hard.
W e’d like to hear from you; how is your C ham ber o f
Commerce doing? Share your ideas, suggestions and comments
by calling 676-5536.
The C ham ber’s them e for this year is “Heppner, the
place to be in 2003”, with the idea being to attract more visitors
to our community. We seem to be seeing more. The car clubs
like visiting, historians like visiting, retirees like visiting, alumni
like visiting and some are even returning. M any have pitched
in to assist W CVED with business recruitment and we continue
to tell our story, Please visit www.heppner.net/Chamber.
H ave you visited the Flood M em orial or the flood
exhibit at the m useum ? Take a m om ent to do so. It’s cool in
the m useum and sunset at the cem etery is breathtaking. The
F.A .R.M . still w elcom es m em orial donations. It’s been a
pleasure to w ork with them on the project.
“Celebrate Historic H eppner” is scheduled this year
for Friday, July 25. In addition to the sidewalk sale com plete
w ith dunk tank, the barbecue, pie auction and M usic In the
Park will be returning. Pie bakers, start practicing. The event
promises to be bigger and tastier than ever. Invite your friends
for an old fashioned com m unity event. O ur com m unity has
m uch to share.
Interested in joining the Chamber? H alf o ff to join right
now for the rest o f the year. We w elcom e businesses,
organizations and individuals. Though we meet every Tuesday
at noon, w e w elcom e m em bers unable to attend w ho also
believe in the C ham ber’s efforts to m ake “Heppner the place
to be in 2003” .
Everyone have a safe and mem orable Fourth o f July,
rem em bering w hy w e celebrate and the people w e have to
thank for our freedom.
Koffler graduates from OSU
B r ia n
K o f f le r
graduated from O regon State
U niversity recen tly w ith a
bachelor o f science degree in
horticulture w ith a turn and
landscape emphasis. W hile at
O SU , K offler was affiliated
w ith the Sigm a Phi Epsilon
fraternity.
K o f f le r , a 1997
graduate o f H eppner High
School, served internships at
Pebble Beach G olf Course on
the M onterrey Peninsula and
at Shinnecock Hills G olf Club
at Southampton, Long Island,
N ew York.
H e is c u r r e n tly
working at Cyprus Point G olf
C lub as a spray technician.
Cyprus Point is located on the
M o n terrey P en in su la near
Carm el, CA.
K offler is the son o f
George and Debbie Koffler o f
Heppner.
Annual Lexington yard sale
to be held
L e x in g to n w ill be
holding its annual Town-wide
Yard Sale, Saturday, July 19.
There is sure to be item s for
everyone, w ith tow nspeople
and local merchants selling on
that day.
A pproxim ate hours
will be from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.
The event is sponsored by the
Lexington Fire Fund, who will
a lso h av e a tab le to raise
m onies for the Fire Fund.