TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 9,2004
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Heppner Is A SMART Community
To the Editor:
The first year of the
H eppner
E lem entary
SMART Program is over. In
retrospect, the challenges
and accom plishm ents of
SMART are phenomenal.
The goal set by the Oregon
C h ild re n 's F oundation,
which oversees the SMART
Program, was to serve 25
students, 25 percent of the
K-3rd grade. The number of
volunteers that stepped up to
read w ith o u r stu d en ts,
allo w ed us to have 39
students in the program this
school year. There were 45
active volunteers that were
willing to come in for one
hour each week to Start
Making A Reader Today.
1 am proud and
overwhelmed that Heppner
is the first school in the state
to not only meet their goal,
but to pass their goal, the
first year in the program.
The involvement of
this community and the staff
of Heppner Elementary have
made the SMART Program
an enormous success. My
hat is off to all of you for
your
support
and
encouragement.
Anyone interested in
being a part of SMART this
coming school year, please
give me call at 676-9128 ext.
2630 and you can Start
Making A Reader Today.
(s) Tracie Bunch
H eppner
E lem en tary
SMART Coordinator
Umatilla/Morrow SMART
June 21. Children ages 4-'/2 Darrell Raver at 676-8710.
PRO PERTY & HOM ES
FOR SALE
Large home with daylight
basement and large deck
o v erlo o k in g the g o lf
course. 3 fireplaces, large
country kitchen on main
floor and mini kitchenette
in basem ent. A ttached
carport w ith extra storage
shed.
11.4
acres
On the Golf Course
Blowing Heppner’s Horn
Robert Davis and Rondi Robinson
Mr. and Mrs. Kirk
and D elia R obinson, o f
H eppner, are pleased to
announce the engagement of
their daughter. Rondi, of
Portland, to Robert L. Davis,
of Portland.
The
b rid e -e le ct
graduated from H eppner
High School in 1995 and
atten d ed
P ortland
Community College. She is
currently self-employed in
Portland.
The groom-elect is
the son of James and Anita
Fontenot, of Portland, and
Robert and Jeanette Davis of
Vancouver. He graduated in
1994 from Evergreen High
School in Vancouver, WA.
He also attended Portland
Community College. He is
cu rren tly em ployed at
M&M Custom Cabinets in
Portland.
The couple plans an
Aug. 1, 2004 wedding at
L akeside G ardens in
Portland.
St. Patrick’s honors first
communion participant
m
Father Condon (left) with Ryan Dougherty.
Ryan D ougherty received her F irst Holy
Communion recently at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in
Heppner. She had prepared and studied for this special
event through the past year. Following the event at Mass,
the Altar Society had a reception for her in the parish hall.
Friends and guests joined in the joy of the occasion.
Dougherty is the daughter of Cliff and Dawna
Dougherty of Heppner.
P ro u d o f th e 2 0 0 4 M u stan g
B a s e b a ll Tkam l
We just wanted to let the baseball team
know how very proud we are of each and
every one of you. What a great year it was,
from the first game 'til the cham pionship
game was over. You never let us down. You
kept us on the edge of our seats in some,
but in most, you had total command of the
game. We would not have missed this
incredible journey for anything. Thank
You for a FANTASTIC year of baseball; the
mem ories will be with us for years to come.
Phil and Kathy Carlson
I
To the Editor:
Amidst all the fuss
over relocating city hall.
Heritage Plaza’s agricultural
relics, the cost of city water,
and all the rest, it’s
important to keep things in
perspective. These topics
generate some controversy
and are currently part of the
ongoing debate over local
conditions, which is fitting
and proper. However, after
having to spend much of my
adult life in places such as
Seattle, Portland and San
Francisco, it occurs to me
that Heppner actually has a
good deal to crow about
with respect to quality of
life. A llow a relativ e
newcomer to blow out a few
notes on Heppner’s horn:
In
H eppner,
everybody waves at each
o th er; to neglect o n e ’s
waving duty is to be guilty
of the high crime of putting
on airs. If you w ave to
people in San Francisco,
they’ll mug your hand.
In Heppner, there's a
cross on the hill, lovingly
m aintained and lit up at
night for the inspiration of
all. San Francisco also has a
cross — hidden from public
view in a thick grove of trees
on Mt. Davidson. The last
tim e anybody paid any
special attention to it was
during the filming of “Dirty
Harry,” which contains a
scene of Clint Eastwood
being savagely attacked at
the base of that cross by the
film’s villain.
In Heppner, it’s easy
to make a veritable snootful
of fine friends. All you have
to do is employ a reasonable
am ount of civility, show
some respect for the other
person’s point of view and
refrain from taking yourself
too seriously. Although it
seems to come naturally to
most folks here, this basic
skill seems to have been lost
to many of the larger U.S.
cities, and I suspect that
some of them never really
got the hang of it in the first
place.
Heppner is not a rich
tow n in the sense o f
d isp o sa b le cash, but it
doesn’t really need to be.
When som ebody’s house
burns down or th e re ’s a
family in distress, neighbors
com e to the rescue with
fundraisers, food and moral
support. Some of the best
volunteers I’ve ever seen
regularly step up to the plate
to take on p ro jects like
H eritage Plaza, w hich
probably couldn’t have been
su ccessfu lly co m p leted
w ith o u t
in-kind
c o n trib u tio n s o f labor,
equipment and materials.
Sure, everybody runs for
cover when they see John
Edm undson com ing, but
eventually the same good
ones emerge and John gets
his v o lu n teers (J o h n ’s
motto: You can run, but you
can’t hide).
Finally, no town of
H eppner’s size I’ve ever
been in has done a finer job
of preserving, recording and
cele b ra tin g its history.
Shoot, m ost o f H eppner
p ro p er likely m eets the
e lig ib ility c rite ria for a
National Historic District,
and
perhaps
th a t’s
something we should aim
for.
And these things,
ladies and gentlemen, make
H eppner ju s t about the
hottest thing around.
(s) Glenn Baker
Heppner
Museum, a memorial to Marsha
Sweek
To the Editor:
Tim e p asses, and
with it, we lose the people
whose vision and hard work
have contributed toward
m aking
H eppner the
wonderful community it is
today. To those who have
forgotten, and to those new
in the com m unity who
d id n ’t
know -
please
remember every time you
pass it on Main Street, that
there is no better memorial
to M arsha Sw eek’s spirit
than the Morrow County
M useum. It is what it is
today in large part due to her
past service as curator.
(s) Linda A. Shaw
Heppner resident, 1978-
2004
Don’t give up hope for Peck
To the Editor:
To the friends, family and
loved ones of Deanna Peck.
Be encouraged and
never, never give up hope.
Our God is a mighty God
and he rules. Deanna is now
in H erm iston at the
Hermiston Good Samaritan
Center at 970 W. Juniper
Avenue, in room 503. She
would he blessed by your
prayers and visits.
(s) Stuart Dick
Pendleton
$248,00»
3 bedroom
in Heppner
/
Large lot in back.
Insulated shop.
Fireplace
$74,000
3 bedroom 2 bath in lone New Listing
1998 Double wide in
lone. Includes shop,
shed, satellite dish and
applicances all on 1.72
acres.
$105,000
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Nice home near town on
1.7 acres. Keep your
horse here next to this 4
bedroom 2 story home.
2 car garage, lots of
storage, large barn and
garden area. Fully
fenced perimeter.
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$185,000
BUILDING LOT WITH
GREAT VIEW OF WIL
LOW CREEK LAKE.
Near Heppner. Ready
to build on. $20,900.
price reduced
WARM A N D COZY
HOME with two bed-
le
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, room*, one bath in
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furnace, wood floors
and tw o-car garage.
$60,000.
4 BEDROOM IN IONE
100 X 100 lot with
large shed. Large 2808
square ft home,
$88,500
$78,500
2 STORY HOME WITH
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BARN for storage in back
1
of home. Attic has been
finished with bedrooms.
Yard has lots of estab
lished plants, weeping
cherry, peonies, lilacs,
m ock o range p lan ts. ■
Reduced to $65,000
$75,000.
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