lrrigon to issue
postmark
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HEPPNER
The lrrigon Post
O ffice will issue a
commemorative postmark in
honor of the 20th anniversary
of the lrrigon Watermelon
Festival on July 26,2003.
"Watermelon Station"
will be set up in the city park
from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. Postal
employees will apply the
special cancellation to any item
bearing first class postage.
Mail orders may be
sent to: Postm aster,
Watermelon Station, 300 NE
Main Ave, lrrigon, OR 97844-
9998. Enclose a self-
addressed stamped envelope
for return mail. Mail orders
must be postmarked no later
than Aug. 26,2003.
All cancellations must
be on envelopes or cards
bearing the appropriate first
class postage.
The postmarked mail
is for collection purpose only,
and may not be used for
mailing a letter or card.
Celebrate Historic Heppner
events to be held
Celebrate Historic
Heppner events will be held
Friday, July 25. Community
and business members are
gathering together to celebrate
the spirit of Heppner.
Business sidewalk
sales will be held all day.
A dunk tank will begin
at 8 a.m. and continue through
3 p.m. The tank is being
sponsored by the Heppner
High School cheerleaders and
the Heppner Chamber of
Commerce.
Pies for the pie judging
contest must be taken to
Jo hn ’s Place by 1 p.m.
Judging will begin at 2 p.m.
The pie judging contest is
sponsored by Sherrell
Insurance.
"Go Music Group"
will be performing by St. Pat’s
Senior Center, from 12-1
p.m., and again from 1:30-
2:30 p.m.
The "B-B-Q in the
Park” will begin at 5 p.m. The
B-B-Q is sponsored by Bank
of Eastern Oregon. Following
the B-B-Q will be a Pie
Auction.
Willow Valley Service
Club and the Morrow County
Unified Recreation District
have teamed up to sponsor
“M usic in the Park.”
Performing this year is Steve
and Shelly Hines. The
performance will begin at
approximately 7 p.m.
Also part o f the
festiv ities is the Artisan Village
Quilt Show. The show will be
held Sunday, July 27, from 8
a.m.-8 p.m. Registration forms
should be picked up at Artisan
Village. For more information
call 676-8282.
Students
gain
greenhouse
work
experience
This summer four
imes
VOL. 122
NO. 30
10 Pages
Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Heppner Nazarene to celebrate 50 years
Heppner Church of
the Nazarene is celebrating 50
years of service. To celebrate
the event, church members
iMa have organized two days of
special events, with former
pastors returning to share in
the festivities.
On Saturday, Aug. 2,
the church will be holding a 12
noon picnic and fellowship
time at City Park in Heppner.
There will also be Morrow
County side tours and a tour
of the Willow Creek Dam.
Golfing will be available at
Willow Creek Country Club
after 3 p.m. Gathers will meet
again at City Park for dinner
at 6 p.m., followed by a Praise
and Celebration Service at the
Church at 7 p.m.
The following day,
Sunday, Aug. 3, a continental
breakfast will be offered from
9-10:30
a.m.
A
commemoration worship and
Rev. Jack Weller and Ralph ( rum at a ground breaking ceremony praise service, with N.W.
D istrict
A ssistant
in 1963.
Superintendent Carl Green,
former pastors, members and
friends will be held at 10:30
a.m. Pastors in attendance will
be Charles A. Wilkes (whose
son, Charles Jr., is currently
pastoring a church in Lebanon,
OR), Floyd R. Wilks, Larry D.
Benjamin, and current pastor,
K. Duane Jones. Following the
service, a dinner will be held
at 1 p.m.
Eighteen pastors have
served the church since it
began in 1953. These men
have included, W ilfred
McKay, Charles W ilkes,
H arold G illiam , Robert
Whybrew, Carlton Sober, J.G
Weller, Don McCarty, Paul
Tesch, Elmer Knee, Floyd
Everhart, Forest G odin,
Gordon Blackburn, James
King, Floyd Wilks, Vaughn
Gossman, Bemie Culbertson,
Larry Benjamin and Duane
Jones.
The Heppner Church of the Nazarene shortly after completion.
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local students took on the job
of restoring a greenhouse at
Heppner High School and
setting it up as a functional
green house. Helping them in
the process has been
Stephanie H aguew ood,
administrator of the project
and CAPECO Youth
Coordinator, and Heppner
High School teacher, Tom
Shear, who has worked as the
crew leader.
Through CAPECO
and O regon Youth
Conservation Corps, these
four students received training,
and are getting paid to do this
work. There have planted
mums, pansies, and fall
cabbage and kale that they wil 1
then distribute throughout the
community. The flowers will
be used for beautification of
Heppner streets.
Besides planting and
maintaining the greenhouse,
they had to clean up the
greenhouse and surrounding
area and create walkways so
that greenhouse would be
easily accessible. They also
had to lay pipe terbring water
to the greenhouse.
(L-R): Stephanie Haguewood, CAPECO Youth Coordinator, Kyle
The work project w ill Arbogast, Veronica Wilhelm, Krista Hendricks, Lindsey Hodges
end the middle of August, as and Toni Shear, crew leader, get ready to plant.
school will be starting shortly
after.
lone will accept all Lex kids & siblings too
The new lone School
Board agreed last Wednesday
that it w ould accept all
Lexington area students who
attended lone in the past, and
would also accept the siblings
o f those students, if the
M orrow C ounty School
District releases them.
MC School District has
stated that it would release
students in Lexington who
want to attend lone School,
but apparently has not
indicated if it would
autom atically release the
brothers and sisters of those
students. MC school district
has already released 31
students to attend lone. "Ifyou
have a family history of coming
here (to lone) and you have a
younger sibl ing you have your
foot in the door,” board
member Anne Morter said.
The forms for students to
attend lone who do not live in
the new district are available
at the school office in lone. The
forms needed to be released
from the Morrow County
School District are available at
the district office in Lexington.
Both need to be filled out and
turned in before school starts
in the fall.
The lone board also
discussed how the students
would be bussed. It is not
required to bus students who
live outside their district, which
the Lexington students do, but
several options were talked
about including lone going to
the district line and picking up
the kids, to paying parents to
bring the kids to school. Mid
Columbia Bus Company has
been awarded the bid to
provide lone bus service.
The board also discussed
hiring a new superintendent/
principal for the new district.
George Murdock of the ESD,
who is the acting
superintendent of lone, said
the position has already been
advertised and there are
currently seven candidates for
the job. Interviewing will begin
in early August, Murdock said.
He also said because of the
late advertising for the position
it would be best to consider
an interim superintendent until
next spring, and then seek a
more permanent candidate.
Kyde Estes, Chairman of
the Unified Recreation District
gave the new district some
good news when she said the
district would receive $94,000
from the recreation district this
year.
She said lone needed the
money to get fall sports
underway this year, and said
$30,000 o f the paym ent
would be presented in August
with the remainder broken up
in separate payments over the
year. MC school district
received $318,000 in funding
from the recreation district this
year, Estes said.
The board went on to
discuss student class
schedules for the coming year.
Interest was expressed in
providing more technology
classes and how that could be
achieved. It was generally
agreed that because of a lack
of interest by students, and the
poor shape o f the band
instruments now, music would
not be offered in the coming
school year. In other business
the board agreed that its next
meeting would be the third
Monday of August.
Reunion to be
held for Classes of
‘72 and ‘73
The Heppner High
School Classes o f’72 and '73
will be holding a reunion, July
26, at the Heppner Elks
Lodge.
A social hour will be
held at 6 p.m., with dinner at
7 p.m. All past teachers are
invited.
A dance for all alumni,
young and young at heart, will
be held from 8:30 p.m. to
1:30 a.m. Elks members and
guests only.
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