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Mustangs get started on Friday The 2003 version of the Heppner Mustang football team will kick the season off on Friday, Aug. 29, at 7 p.m., against the Enterprise Savages on the brand new turf out at t h e fairgrounds. They will make the long trip to Reedsport on Friday, Sept. 5 and after a week off will play t h e U m atilla Vikings in Head Coach Umatilla to Greg Grant open the Columbia Basin Conference season. The Mustangs will be going after their fifth straight CBC championship having not lost a league game in four years. They will be led by seniors Chuy Elguezabal and Tanner Britt with both seeing time at quarterback, receiver and running back. Senior Kyler Lovgren and juniors Tyler Boyer, Jode Coil and Aaron Delveaux will play in the backfield and at end. Seniors Justin Botefuhr, Aaron Griffith and Cody Walton and junior Brandon Seitz will also play receiver. The line w ill be anchored by seniors Brian Haguewood, Brian Smith, Zach Skaggs and Judd Lemmon. Junior Kory Paullus and sophomores Mike Britt, Kyle Carlson, Rory Kilkenny and Peter Geer will also see time on the line. Sophomore Matthew VanCleave will see time at quarterback and sophomore Matt Kenny will see time at running back and at linebacker. Head coach Greg Grant is back as well as long time assistant Les Payne, with Shane M atheny and Josh Coiner also assisting. The Mustangs biggest challenges will most likely come from Culver, Sherman County and Stanfield in the CBC. Yard of the Month Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 27, 2003 - THREE St. Patrick’s Senior Center news Vice president Tom Wilson presided at the August meeting of St. Patrick’s Senior Center Board of Directors, August 20. A number of items are under consideration. A request for additional office volunteers is issued. The task of the volunteer is to be in the office to answer the phone, giv e out information, and to be a host or hostess for the center during a three hour span of time, once a week, every other week, or once a month. The volunteer chooses the frequency of time slots they can give. ()ne can also be a back-up volunteer - to fill in when some one has an emergency absence. At present, there are seven people who fill ten three hour slots. The office is open from 9 a.m. to 12 noon and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. As of October 1, the office will go to halfdays on Fridays closing at 12 noon. St. Patrick’s Center in Heppner is the only center in the two county area to maintain a five day a week office schedule. Because of transportation needs coordinated by the office personnel, the open office has provided an important service to the community. Judy Buschke is the office coordinator for RSVP. She also provides training for new volunteers. She may be reached at 676-9030, the Center; or at home, 676-5826. Tom Wilson, Ed Baker and Grace I>ake are scheduled to attend the regular meeting of Area Agency on Aging, Tuesday, Aug. 25, in Milton-Freewater. The group is in process of putting together a four-year plan for meeting the needs of senior citizens of Morrow and Umatilla Counties. Those attending the meal last week were asked to fill out a survey form to assist the group in making plans. On Sept. 3, members of St. Patrick’s Catholic Parish will be volunteers to help serve the meal. The menus for September have not yet been published. The St. Patrick’s float received third placing in the county fair parade. We appreciate all the hard work the was put into the project. Oregon State Volleyball All Star Event New home brings new family Gentry Home Improvements, of Heppner, installed a new modular home in the Lakeview Heights edition above Willow Creek Dam, in Heppner, for newcomers Jeff and Chris Bailey, on Monday, Aug. 25. Using a crane and manpower, the house, in two sections, was taken from flatbed trailers by a crane and placed on the foundation. The Baileys come to Heppner from Arlington. Jeff was recently prom oted to Vice President at the Bank of Eastern Oregon. The home was built in Idaho by Stratford Homes, and is considered “stick-built” as opposed to “manufactured.” Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. The Heppner Garden Club awarded the “Yard of the Month” award to Willie and Sallie Maddem, 235 Church St., Heppner. Oregon Department of Environmental Quality to Conduct Public Hearing on DEQ Proposed Composting Permit State of Oregon for Threemile Canyon Farms August 28, 2003 Department of Envlronmenlaf Quality The Oregon Department o f Environmental Quality (DEQ) will conduct a public hearing on a proposed composting permit for Threemile Canyon Farms at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, August 28.2003 in the Main Hall-Stokes Landing Senior Center, 195 Opal Street, Irrigon, OR. An information session will take place from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Comments will be accepted either orally or in writ ing. Morrow County has approved a conditional use permit for the farm to do composting. A full composting permit would authorize Threemile Canyon Farms to compost green and non-green feed stocks. Compost products from this operation would be used on the farm and also exported off the farm and sold to commercial markets. The permit would allow the composting of the following feed stocks: dewatered dairy manure solids and other animal manures; soiled and clean straw generated from agricultural operations; wood waste; agricultural related farm wastes; yard debris; mortalities (dead dairy livestock) from the farm; and food waste from the Portland Metro area. Compost made from dairy mortalities and Portland Metro food waste would be used solely as crop fertilizer on the farm. You do not need to attend the hearing to comment. Written comments may be delivered by e-mail, fax. in person or by mail any time prior to 5 p.m. August 29, 2003 to the DEQ Columbia Gorge Office, 400 East Scenic Drive, Suite 307, The Dalles OR, 97058. Com m ents may be sent via e-m ail to lum per.bruce @deq.state.or.us or by fax to (541) 298-7330. E-mail comments will be acknowledged immediately. However, if there is a delay between servers, e-mails may not be received before the 5 p.m.. August 29, 2003 deadline. Copies of the draft composting permit and permit application are available for review at the following locations (Note: All Of fice Hours are: M - F, 8:00 a.m. - Noon, and 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m ): DEQ Office in Pendleton. 700 SE Emigrant, Suite 330. For a review appointment call: (541) 278-4622. Morrow County Planning Office, 205 NE Third St., City of Irri gon For a review appointment call: (541) 922-4624. DEQ Office in The Dalles, 400 East Scenic Drive, Suite 307 For a review appointment call: (541) 298-7255, ext. 21. Copies o f the draft composting permit and permit application are also available by mail upon request. For a copy call: (541) 298-7255, ext. 21. Natalie and Diana McEliigott Diana McEliigott and Natalie McEliigott played in the 24th Annual Oregon C oaches A ssociation Volleyball All Star Match. Coaches drafted two teams consisting o f IA and 2A players who were selected from the list of the Oregonian’s 2002 All-State Volleyball Teams. The McEUigotts met their team, w hich consisted of players from Corbett, Days Creek, Portland Christian and Glendale for two days of practice at Corbett. Their coaches were Susan Busk of Corbett High School and Ron Dunn of Days Creek High School. Matches were played on Friday, July 25 at Tualatin High School and Saturday, July 26 at Shelton High School in Eugene. Their team won the Friday match, winning three out of four games, but lost three out o f four in the Saturday contest. JOHN’S PLACE DINNER AND A MOVIE SPECIAL Purchase any large pizza and receive a coupon for a movie rental for 5CX # at The Video Store, Heppner & (any movie rental, only 50« with couponl) JOHN’S PLACE MAIN S T R E C T , IIF P P N K K Where did summer go? Visitors from Las Vegas, Canada, California, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and Europe have passed by the Chamber Office, many wanting to get off the beaten path and discover small-town America. Our community receives many compliments from these visitors. It’s the combination of the hard work of Heppner’s Garden Club members, SOLV volunteers, City employees, and individuals who take pride in keeping Heppner looking good that bring these compliments. It takes picking up trash, w atering flowers, making improvements on a continuous basis. It takes a community working together. We’re also seeing people wanting to relocate from the Bend area, Hermiston, Boardman and Tri-Cities. They are discovering Heppner's rural ambiance along the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway and have discovered that “memorable experiences take time.” This helps the economy. The Willow Creek Valley Economic Development group is doing yet another business recruitment mailing. Respondents to the postcards receive a Heppner packet put together by the Heppner Chamber of Commerce, which contains information on just about everything one would want to know about the area. The Chamber office is also seeing many inquiries about the new OH V Park. Today, one interested individual inquired whether older citizens could ride slowly on their 4-wheelers without being run over. With 6,000 miles of trails, that should certainly be possible. The Heppner Chamber welcomes members Ned and Kathy Clark of the Horseshoe Hereford Ranch. They join other ranch members: 4C Ranches, Creekside Ranch, Grieb Land Co., Hughes Ranch, Lindsay Ranch, O'Brien Ranch, Triangle Ranches, R.J. French, RX Ranch, Turner Ranch, Inc. and Wilkinson Ranches, LLC in making agri-business an important part of the Chamber. Currently there is a half year special of $30 for farms and ranches. Interested? Call the Chamber at 676-5536 for an application, or mail to P.O. Box 1232, Heppner. The more participation, the greater difference we can make on legislative issues. If these issues involve agriculture, they involve Heppner. We're all in this together. Next week all entities report at Chamber at noon, Tuesday, at John's. Football season is kicking off, the scarecrow contest will repeat in October and tentative plans are underway for an Octoberfest. Stay tuned. Thought for the week: “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, hut by the moments that take our breath away.” HEPPNER ELKS 358 676-9181 "Where Friends Meet” 142 North Main Thursday, August 28th LODGE THIS THURSDAY and EVERY THURSDAY THEREAFTER. ALL MEMBERS ARE WELCOME T O LODGE. Scholarship Committee meeting at 7 p.m. SUMMER CONCERT IN IONE Friday, August 29 at 6:30 p.m. lone City Park Amphitheatre Spontorrd by featuring Willow Vilify Service Club. Funded by lorrow County Unified Hecreetion District. * BRIAN HANSON and the BADLAND PATROL
