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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 15, 2004 lone Education Foundation receives land gift communities that helped their children with their education Through their contribution, the Mullins hope o thers will be encouraged to support the Foundation Order Magnetic Door Signs HERE Heppner G aze tte -T im e s CUSTOM BANNERS Any Sise Lots of Colon Logos & Graphics Makes Great Advertising! Heppner Gazette 676-9228 Local piano students hold Christmas recital H o w a rd (right) and Dianne M u llin s (m iddle) presented the deed for 320 acres o f farm land gifted to the lone Education Foundation to President Joe Rietm ann (left). Howard and Dianne Mullins moved to lone in June o f 1999. The com m unity im m ediately became their home Dianne is more the homebody and Howard is the type who keeps busy on community projects. Dianne is involved in local Bunko parties, the lone United Church o f Christ auction and is very involved with their own Tweener party held every fall at their home Howard has been, or is still involved with, the Morrow County Museum and the W illow Creek Econom ic D evelopm ent Committee, but his real love is school activities He is on the lone School Budget Committee and participates in just about any school activity that he feels he can offer a helping hand They are both members of the lone Education Foundation During the last six months, they have spent much time getting ready to completely retire It was during this tim e, which involved reassessment o f their estate planning, that the idea of gifting some land was considered by the couple The Mullins say the gifting of land to the lone Education Foundation to create annual revenue is a good way to give back to a community that has been so important to them They were like most parents, when their children were young they felt they were too busy to get involved with community service because they felt they were much to pre-occupied raising their family. Now that their children are grown, they look at this gift as a small pay back for all the Eighteen local piano students recently presented a Christmas recital at Christian Life Center in Heppner. They include (front row L-R ): Cade Arbogast, Bethany VanCleave, Diana Healy, Alexandra Allen, IMaddie Lindsay and Kai Arbogast; (center) Paige Lindsay; (Middle Row L-R): Dev in Robinson, Reheeca Jepsen, Tim Clay, Daniel VanCleave and R.J Skaggs; (Back Row L-R); Eric Jepsen, Am y Jepsen, Heidi Wenherg, M indy Wenberg, Kristen VanCleave and Em ily Thompson. Not pictured: Teachers of the students include Wendy Appleton, Chandra Arbogast, Amy Jepsen and Kristen and M yrna VanCleave of Heppner and Shirley Bredlinger of Portland. You might not know it, but nestled in the hills of southern Oregon, there sits a little piece of Hollywood history. A s rich in stories as it is in rustic charm, the W o lf Creek Inn is a vibrant symbol of O regon's spirit of hospitality and an enduring connection to some of the most fascinating people ever to visit the state. No phones. No televisions. No annoying alarm clocks. Just a warm atmosphere, great food and comfortable beds. W ith its perfect blend of civilized refinement and natural beauty, the W o lf Creek Inn is an idyllic refuge from the pressures of modern life. And, it has been for over 10 0 years - which is why renowned writers, powerful politicians and well-known movie actors have all frequented the inn since it was first built in 1883. In fact, so many famous people have stayed at the W olf Creek Inn, the rooms are named for them. B u t if you want to know who they are, you'll just have to come and find out for yourself.* All across the state, Lottery profits help maintain state parks like the W olf Creek Inn and keep them open to the public. In fact, Lottery profits help support all 2 3 0 Oregon State Parks. The ones you know and the ones you don't. It does good things Lottery profits has gone to Oregon State Parks since 1999 - tion, jo b creation and watershed enhancement projects across the state «JShsgkSI i tery.org f I .7 ? .— : . ‘JmhüL .. ; , Lottery gomes art bated on th a n ct and should be ph a i Va
