FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 19,2004
Bunny Barn takes awards at
national convention & Crazy 8
H eppner softball field
receives new sign
Four children receive first
communion on Mother’s Day
HEPPNER
(Lto R): Pamela Renfro and Kathy Tellechea with the two best
Mini Rex bucks, Zoro (winning on Saturday) and Wilu (winning
on Sunday) at the Crazy 8 Show in Canby on May 15 and 16.
Kathy Tellechea and
Pamela Renfro, co-owners
o f K T ’S Bunny Barn in
L exington, attended the
N ational
M ini
Rex
Convention in Sterling, CO
on May 1 and 2.
T hey entered 12
rabbits. There were 1400
Mini Rexes entered from the
United States, Canada and
Japan, They placed in the top
10 with their Blue, Castor,
Chinchilla, and Tort Mini
Rexes on Saturday.
On Sunday, K T ’S
Wilu, ju n io r Castor buck
won BOSB (best buck in the
show). Their junior Blue
Buck (Twill), junior Black
buck (Durango) and junior
Black doe (Chloe) won first
place in each of their classes.
T ellech ea
and
R enfro w ere aw arded a
certificate from the National
Mini Rex Association for
winning first place in the
nation in colored fur for
2003. They also won first
place in District 1 in Open
Sw eepstakes and Quality
P oints for 2003. They
finished ninth in the nation
in o verall standings for
2003.
Currently in District
1 standings, they are in first
place in Open Sweepstakes,
Quality and Colored Fur
points for 2004.
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On May 8, Tellechea
and R enfro attended the
Northwest Rabbit Breeders
Show in Monroe, WA. In
Show A they won Best
O pposite
w ith
th eir
Chinchilla buck, Micah and
in Show B won Best of
Breed w ith th eir C astor
buck, Zorro.
K T’S Bunny Barn
also came home from the
Crazy 8 Rabbit Show in
Canby held on May 15 and
16 with Best Mini Rex buck
in both shows, along with 17
BOV (best of variety) and
BOSV (best opposite of
variety). They also won 35
first place awards and first
through fifth in colored fur.
The next on the
show schedule is the Mini
Rex T rip le C row n in
Hillsboro on May 29.
MCSD to fill
school board
vacancy
The Morrow County
School D istrict has one
vacancy on the school board
following the declaration of
vacancy of position tfl held
by Ju lie W eikel, who
resigned from her position at
the May 10, 2004 meeting.
Interested persons
must live in the Morrow
C ounty School D istrict
attendance area and be a
registered voter in order to
be eligible for appointment.
It is the responsibility of the
can d id ate to d eterm in e
elig ib ility . For d e tails,
contact Julie Ashbeck at the
District Office, 989-8202.
To be considered for
appointment to the Board,
provide a letter of interest
and information supporting
your candidacy, no later than
12 p.m. on June 4, 2004 to:
John Renfro, Board Chair,
M orrow C ounty School
D istric t, P.O. Box 368,
Lexington, OR 97839.
All candidates will
be selected for interview and
will be notified by 4 p.m. on
Tuesday, June 8 as to their
interview time.
Join Us For Dinner And A Spring Fling!
H e p p n e r E le m e n ta ry S ch o o l
Spring Fling Auction, R a ffle and Book Fair
Heppner Elementary School gymnasium
Thursday, May 20 starting at 7 p.m.
Heppner S ite Council
Hamburger and Punch Dinner
Starting at 6 p.m. at the gym
The Auction win Include Items created
by the elementary classes;
and teachers’ uniquely-themed backets
(vfaleh ean he seen a t Heppner TV).
Raffle Items tnelnde bicycles,
hanging baskets, and a garden beneh.
(Be sure to watch Heppner Channel 3
Marci Miller (left) and Petra Elguezabal. HHS softball coach,
(right) stand beside the new sign at the softball Held.
Marci Miller needed
a project for her technology
class and after much
thought, she decided that the
softball field needed a sign.
She designed a created an
awesome three-dimensional
sign for the field.
But just when she
thought her work was
complete, she realized that
her work had just begun.
T his was M ille r’s first
experience with government
regulations. To put the sign
in place was a whole new
project.
First, she needed to
get perm ission from the
Little League and Morrow
C ounty G rain G row ers.
Willow Creek Valley now receiving
Christian radio
Willow Creek Valley
is now receiving clear, 24
hour a day Christian radio at
KVIP FM 90.5.
It had long been the
desire of KVIP to reach
areas w here there is no
Christian radio or to cover a
community where existing
stations are not coming in
clearly 24 hours a day. Thus,
O peration O utreach was
started and KVIP is now
reaching 27 small northern
C alifo rn ia and O regon
co m m u n ities
who
previously did not receive
Christian radio. These towns
include H eppner and
Condon.
Ten piano students
from H eppner and lone
recently completed syllabus
ad ju d icatio n s w ith the
O regon M usic T eachers
A sso ciatio n .
The
adjudications were held in
Hermiston on May 14 and
15.
The stu d en ts and
their completed levels are as
follows: Stephanie Schuler
and D aniel V anC leave,
Level I; Devin Robinson and
Mindy Wenberg, Level II;
Rebecca Jepsen and Anna
Unruh, Level V; Cameron
A nderson, Eric Jep sen ,
K risten V anCleave and
Nathan VanCleave, Level
VI.
To pass sy llab u s
lev els, stu d en ts m ust
perform three pieces from
to
playing scales, chords and
arpeggios, and doing sight
reading, rhythm reading and
ear training.
Eric and Rebecca
Jepsen are taught by Amy
Jepsen
of
H eppner;
Cameron Anderson is taught
by P hyllis P eterson of
H erm iston;
and
the
rem aining stu d en ts are
taught by Myma VanCleave
of Heppner.
HES to hold
spring concert
Heppner Elementary
School will be holding its
Spring Concert, on Tuesday,
May 25, at 6:30 p.m. in the
school
gym nasium .
Everyone is w elcom e to
attend.
JU ST A REMINDER....
Murray's Prescription Departm ent
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HOURS:
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w eekd ays o n ly
9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 2 - 6 p.m.
The Prescription Department is
CLOSED SATURDAYS
(and 1-2 weekdays for lunch)
before the auction and raffle.)
A book f a ir will be held a t the same time
as the auction and r a ffle . I t is buy one,
up fo r those summer reading programs!
A few o f the
programs aired daily are:
Focus on the Family with
Dr.
Jam es
D obson;
c h ild re n ’s
program s
including, A dventures in
O dyssey; bible studies;
Insight for L iving with
C huck Sw indoll; b rief
international, national and
local news breaks at the top
of each hour; well-known
Christian speakers; and of
course, lots of music.
If you wish to know
m ore about KVIP or to
receive a 24-hour program
guide, call (800) 877-5847,
visit www.kvip.org, or write
to P.O. Box 492727,
Redding. CA 96049-2727.
Piano students complete
adjudications m em ory in ad d itio n
to preview these one-of-a-kind treasures
g et one fre e . I t ’s a g reat way to stock
Then she found out she need
to have a permit from City
Hall to put up a sign in the
city lim its. The city
informed her that the area
was in the Flood Zone and
she would need to fill out
some additional paperwork.
Next, she went to the
C ourt H ouse to get an
official map to document
where the sign was to be
placed. Then she filled out
the Flood Permit and the
Sign O rdinance Perm it.
With the help of the city
personnel, the last bit of
paperwork was completed.
Finally, Miller was
legally ready to set the sign
in place. We appreciate your
job well done.
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676-9158
Serving Heppner. Lexington A lone
(Hack Row L-R): Kip Henry Krebs, Fr. Gerry Condon and Kylee
Svetich; and (Front Row L-R): Katelyn Ann West and Tyree
Elaine Svetich.
Kip Henry Krebs, Katelyn Ann West and Kylee
and Tyree Elaine Svetich received their first communion
at St. William’s Church in lone on Mother’s Day, May 11.
A reception honoring these students will be sponsored by
St. William's Altar Society on Sunday, May 23.
Eileen McEUigott taught the class.
SOLV works on Heritage Trail and
Irrigon riverside cleanup
“The survey work
for the M orrow C ounty
Colum bia River Heritage
Trail is progressing nicely,”
said Carla McLane, Morrow
County planning director for
SOLV. "Several surveyors
have completed their work
while others are just getting
started. It is anticipated that
the survey will be completed
by the end of June.”
The p a rtic ip a tin g
surveyors* are: Keitl) and Brit
Prim m ,
Prim m L and
Surveying; Denny Edwards,
Edwards Surveying; Ron
McKinnis, R.V. McKinnis
Engineering; and Judson
C oppock,
C oppock
Surveying. A dditionally,
Dave K rum bein, BMCC
Instructor, will be bringing
his current engineering class
into the field to complete a
section o f the trail. The
funding for th is survey
p ro ject was g racio u sly
provided by the U.S. Forest
Service with the surveyors
contributing a significant
portion of their time.
There will also be a
SOLV Down by the
Riverside event in Irrigon on
May 22, starting at 9 a.m.
The focus will be on the
section o f the C olum bia
River Heritage Trail from
the Irrigon Marina Park east
to the County Line. Rick
Yardley is coordinating this
event. There are free t-shirts
and lunch, provided by the
Irrigon Market, for the first
40 volunteers.
For
m ore
information contact Carla
McLane, Morrow County
planning director at 922-
4624,
or
em ail
cmclane@co.morrow.or.us.
Black grass bug damages wheat
The black grass bug
normally feeds on rangeland
or CRP g rasses and is
especially fond of crested
w heatgrass. It was doing
quite “well” (Friday, May 7)
in wheat fields located south
and so u th east o f the
Bombing Range. Damage to
wheat looked like it would
have an economic impact on
yield.
If your farm is
located anywhere along the
north end of dryland country
on in areas where rangeland
grasses are abundant, keep
a close eye out for this
critter.
It looks like an
elongated fly with large
antennae and is at least Vi-
inch long. It is brown or
black and has a piercing/
sucking mouthpart that is
not visible w ithout help
from a magnifying glass or
microscope. The bug places
this syringe-like mouthpart
into the w heat le a f and
dam ages or rem oves
chlorophyll. The bugs begin
feeding at the leaf tip and
move downward. Most of
the feeding is done on the
upper
le a f
su rface.
Sym ptom s
in clu d e
irregularly shaped w hite
spots and dehydrated tissue.
T reatm en t is w arran ted
when damage to the flag leaf
is
ex p ected .
Y ield
reductions, after the flag leaf
has been affected, are likely
to be significant.
If you have any
questions call Larry Lutcher
with the OSU Extension
Office at 676-9642 or Bink
Ramos with MCGG at 989-
8221.
BMCC Foundation to hold golf
tournament
The Blue M ountain C om m unity C o lleg e
Foundation will be holding a golf tournament on Friday,
June 4, w ith proceeds going tow ards F oundation
scholarships.
The tournament will begin at 1 p.m., with a shotgun
start at Wildhorse Golf Course.
There is a $60 entry fee per person, $10 of which
is tax deducihle. The fee includes green fees, lunch, prizes
and a cart.
Additional awards will be given for Hole in One,
Longest Drive. Longest Putt. Closest to the Pin and Most
Accurate.
For those who are not able to attend, but would
like to make a donation for Foundation scholarships,
checks made payable to BMCC Foundation, may be mailed
to BMCC Foundation. P.O. Box 100, Pendleton, OR
97801.