Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - THREE
Local student takes second
in Elks soccer contest
Tyler Robinson (middle), 11, of Heppner, took second
place in the Under 12 category at the Elks district soccer
contest held in Milton-Freewater. Robinson is the son of
Ryan Miller and Shanon Robinson, of Heppner.
Presenting the award to Robinson is Marty Brannon (left)
and Tom Wolff (right). This was Robinson’s first year
participating.
Willow Creek Terrace to
host Open House
Resident Joe Wright and staff Tina Fox get all fixed up
for Willow Creek Terrace Christmas open house.
At W illow C reek
Terrace, ’tis the season to
show our appreciation to the
community by sharing some
holiday cheer.
The fourteen residents
and the staff at 400 Frank
OSU Extension
Office closed
over holidays
O regon
State
University, Morrow County
Extension will be closed on
Dec. 24, 25 and 26 for the
Christmas holiday. They will
also be closed Jan. 1, 2004
for New Year's Day. They will
be open on Friday, Jan. 2,
2004.
I f you h a v e n ’t
registered for 4-H yet, it’s not
too late. Call the office at (541)
676-9642 to sign up.
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Gilliam Drive have scheduled
an Open House for Thursday,
Dec. 18, from 2-6 p.m. “We
want to treat our neighbors in
the Valley community to some
punch and hors d ’oeuvres,”
Manager Nancy Vander Does
reports. “ We are decked out
with decorations and eager to
share our home with visitors.”
The
festiv e
atmosphere at the Terrace
includes two Christmas trees,
stockings hung with care,
colorful paper chains and two
recent additions to the facility’s
décor- large Christmas cacti.
“Klamath First offered us the
plant from their lobby, and it is
gorgeous,” Vander Does says.
“And the Gribbles have given
us their plant, which belonged
to Dee’s mother. It is over 100
years old.”
The Open House will
also feature holiday music and
a visit from Old Saint Nick,
who is expected at 4 or 4:30
p.m. on Thursday.
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L-R): Melissa Robbins-West, (starting in back partly visible) Keshi Richmond,
Dillon Lutcher, Spencer Palmer, Grant Smith (front), (next row -back) Michael
Wellman, Kassey Wilson and Matt Holland. With backs toward camera: Josh Shank,
Chris Wellington, Stephanie Rill and Kathryn Strouse (not pictured are nine other
students)
Darlene Marquardt’s designs for their band on the lodging expenses for their
junior high computer class at computer. They did research band.
Each group will also
H eppner High School is on the Internet on a real rock
m
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to
find
out
have
to
determine
ticket prices
touring the world. Well... not
biographical
information.
Then
for their concerts and calculate
really, but the project they are
working on for the rest of this they made a flyer both in p ro fits a fte r deducting
semester will take them on a English and in Spanish and put expenses. In the process, they
to g eth er a P ow erPoint will have to tabulate mileage
virtual tour of the world.
T hey are p u ttin g presentation to advertise their and expenses and profits on a
together all the computer band. The students also spreadsheet and work some
application skills they have decided what cities their band w ith a database.
At the end o f the
studied so far this year and are would tour. The requirement
was
five
cities
on
three
semester,
the information will
integrating the material with
continents
and
one
had
to
be
then
be
presented
to the class
other disciplines like social
Spanish
speaking.
with
each
group
giving a
studies, math, foreign language
Each
group
member
speech.
The
speeches
will be
and language arts. They have
will
have
to
write
a
report
on
videotaped for review and
divided into groups and each
one
o
f
the
cities
they
are
evaluation.
They will also do
group is creating a simulation
touring
to
find
population,
type
self-evaluation
and peer
o f a rock band. They are the
o
f
government,
climate
and
evaluations
of
the
project.
agents and band members and
Specifics about the
have to put together a tour such. They are in the process
of
finding
mileage
between
the
project can be viewed at
itinerary.
c
ities
and
w
ill
have
to
www.hhs.morrow.kl2.or.us/
T hey began by
determine
airfare
and
food/
marquardt/2MIDDLE.html.
creating banners and T-shirt
HHS Outdoor Club begins ski season
2003 Light
Parade winners
announced
Twenty-nine degrees
didn’t keep hearty kids and
adults from participating in the
annual Heppner Chamber/
Merchants Light Parade. From
walking Christmas trees to
reindeer, participants are to be
com m ended for bringing
excitement to viewers along
Main Street.
Judges awarded the
Youth Award to “The Grieb
Kids”; the Community Award
to “The Pathfinders”; and the
C o m m ercial Award to
M orrow C ounty G rain
Growers, who donated it to
the 2004 Morrow County Fair
and Oregon Trail Pro-Rodeo
C ourt. “ P eo p le’s C hoice
Award went to “The Reload
Ridge Riders”.
B u s i n e s s e s
sponsoring the 2003 Parade
were: Murray’s Drug, Bank of
Eastern Oregon, Sherrell
Insurance, and John's Place.
Event chair was Darrell Raver.
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HHS Outdoor Club prepares for fun day of skiing and snow boarding at Anthony Lakes Ski Resort.
O utdoor
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The Heppner High
advisor
Dave
Fowler
and
School Outdoor Club held
their first ski trip on Sunday, chaperon Terri Gentry took 22
students to Anthony Lakes Ski
Dec. 7.
Resort. There was six inches
Postmaster General
and CEO John Potter recently
responded to Senator Gordon
Smith’s (R-OR) request to
keep m ail p ro cessin g
operations in Pendleton. In a
letter sent to Smith on Dec. 11,
Potter committed to reevaluate
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Postmaster General responds to Smith’s request to
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K lam ath
F irst
Bancorp, Inc. announced on
Monday, Dec. 15, that as of
the close o f business on
Friday, Dec. 12, 2003, its
w holly-ow ned subsidiary
Klamath First Federal Savings
and Loan A sso ciatio n
successfully completed the
sale of seven branches located
in northeastern Oregon to the
Bank o f Eastern Oregon.
The seven branches
are located in the towns of
B urns, C ondon, F ossil,
Heppner, John Day, Prairie
C ity and M oro. The sale
included deposit accounts of
approximately $65 million,
which will nearly double the
size o f the Bank o f Eastern
Oregon’s six branches, and its
$78 million in total assets. The
fixed assets and branch
locations were included in the
sale.
Kermit K. Houser,
President and Chief Executive
O fficer o f K lam ath First
Bancorp, commented, “The
successful completion of the
sale just prior to the proposed
merger with Sterling Financial
Corporation was critical to
im prove the o p eratin g
efficiency for Sterling and it
w as im p o rtan t to both
customers and employees at
these branches to experience
only one organizational change
rather than two over a short
period of time.”
As
p rev io u sly
announced, Klamath First
B ancorp is p arty to an
Agreement and Plan ofMerger
dated July 14,2003 pursuant
to w hich K lam ath F irst
Bancorp will merge with and
into S terlin g F in an cial
Corporation. The merger is
currently anticipated to be
completed in early January
2004. Sterling was apprised of
and concurred in the sale of
Klamath First Federal’s seven
branches.
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Klamath First
announces
successful
completion of
sale to BEO
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at the Heppner Elks Club, 6 p.m. - ?
all options concerning the
cu rren t mail p ro cessin g
operations in Pendleton.
“The community has
expressed the need to keep
this facility in Pendleton and I
am pleased to see the U.S.
Postal Service is listening,”
said Sm ith. “ Postm aster
G eneral Potter has been
receptive to finding a solution
that will retain jobs and
increase the efficiency of mail
sen ice without taking the mail
out o f Oregon.”
The Pendleton center
is
c u rre n tly
using
m ech an izatio n that was
designed in the late 1950s and
adapted by the Postal Sen ice
in the 1960s and early 1970s.
The facility in Pendleton is not
large enough to house the
latest sorting technology.
In a Nov. 25
conversation, Smith urged
Potter to explore all viable
options short o f moving the
p ro cessin g cen ter from
Pendleton. Smith and Potter
discussed alternatives that
would prevent the loss of jobs,
timely mail service, and the
elimination o f the Pendleton
postmark.
“With so few federal
services in eastern Oregon, it
w ould send the w rong
m essage to rem ove yet
another one,” said Smith. “This
is simply not a service we can
afford to lose.”
The Pendleton City
Council, Mayor, Pendleton
C ham ber o f C om m erce,
E astern O reg o n R ural
Alliance, and numerous groups
and citizens have expressed
concern and opposition to
moving processing services to
Pasco, WA.