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.
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BRIAN HANSON
and the
BADLAND PATROL