TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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During holdiday season community well served by Neighborhood Center
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
news
United Methodist
volunteers are hosts for the
Dec 29 noon meal at St
P atrick’s Senior C enter
The menu that day is potato
soup with ham, carrots and
celery, J e ll-0 salad,
applesauce, muffins and
rice pudding
Corol Mitchell and
Ruby Steers are hosting a
com m unity din n er on
Christmas Day, Saturday,
Dec 25 at the Center Hors
d’oeuvres will be served at
11:30 a m and the main
dinner will start at 12 noon
An annual donation from
the Bill and Winifred Cox
family makes the dinner
possible Ham, mashed
potatoes, gravy, rolls and
coffee will be furnished
People who attend are
invited to bring salad or
dessert to round out the
menu The meal is offered
to the public, especially
anyone not able to be with
family or friends The Cox
donation, made annually, is
a ccep ted w ith much
appreciation The hosts
have em phasized that
people are welcome to stay
afterw ard for cards and
dominoes or others games
Sheila Piper, Ed
Baker, Tom W ilson and
Grace Drake attended the
quarterly AAA m eeting
held at Stokes Landing in
lrrigon on Dec 13 Jan 17
has been announced as
Senior Day at the
Legislature State funds for
OPI (O regon P roject
In d ep en d en ce), which
provides home care for
those who might otherwise
be in a nursing home Home
care under OPI provides
$150 per client Nursing
hom e
care,
under
Medicaid, costs taxpayers
a minimum o f $3000 per
month per client
A bus traveling to
Salem will be provided on
Jan 17 to provide an
opportunity to lobby for
continuing the home care
program
For
more
inform ation, leave you
name at the Center office,
676-9030.
Santa Claus delivered presents Sunday with the help of the
Heppner Volunteer Fire Department and their fire truck.
Neighborhood Center Coordinator Janice Skaggs with 66 food baskets being prepared for delivery
throughout South ¡Morrow County. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints of Lexington
donated II hams for the baskets. Potatoes and onions were also donated.
HHS students participate in CyberFair 2005
H ep p n er
High
School has again joined
students all over the globe in
highlighting a unique aspect
o f the community as a part
o f International Schools
CyberFair, sponsored by the
G lobal
S choolN et
F o u n d atio n
C yberF air
encourages youth to connect
the knowledge they learn in
school to real w orld
applications.
The them e for
CyberFair 2005 is “Prepare
and Unite ” Students are
encouraged to prepare for
the future- by thinking about
their owri future plans, the
conditions that will affect the
future o f their community
and issu es o f global
im portance Projects that
best illu stra te “ fu tu re
thinking” will be invited to
the World Future Society
International Conference in
Chicago in July o f 2005
E nd o rsed by the
White House, the contest
en co u rag es stu d en ts to
becom e am bassadors for
th e ir
co m m u n ities,
c o n d u ctin g
research ,
w orking with community
m em bers
and
using
technology tools to publish
a website that displays their
learn in g Touted as the
largest international cyber
event for schools, the annual
contest involves more than
one million students from
4,500 schools across 100
countries
New Year’s Eve
Retirement dinner barrel racing
scheduled in
to be held for
Heppner
Mayor Jepsen
A retirement dinner
for H eppner M ayor Bob
Jep sen , will be held
Saturday, Jan 8 at 6 p m , at
All Saints Parish Hall in
H eppner. The m eal will
include Prime Rib or Baked
Cornish Game Hens
RSVPs, along with
payment o f $ 15 per person,
needs to be made to City
Hall, 111 N. Main, PO Box
756, Heppner, no later than
Friday, Dec 31 For more
information, contact City
Hall at 676-9618
Taco Feed for
Darcy Coil to be
held
A Taco Feed benefit
for Darcy Coil will be held
Thursday, Dec 23 at 2:30
p m at the Heppner High
School cafeteria Monies
raised will help with travel
expenses
A bank acco u n t,
“Coil Family Fund,” has also
been set up at Bank o f
Eastern Oregon
t
The
G reater
C olum bia B arrel Racing
A ssociation is hosting a
BRN4D Barrel Racing event
on New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31
at the Wilkinson Arena in
Heppner It will start at 7
p m and is open to anyone
For
more
information about the event
contact Mary Ann Munkers
at 989-8488 or log on to
w w w .brn4d com for a
schedule and complete entry
information
Justice Court
report
K enneth M arion
Stookey, 41, Heppner, Open
A lcohol C o n ta in er and
Driving while Suspended-
violation, fine $603.
Kevin A C Cornett,
26,
H eppner,
D U II-
Intoxicants, fine $ 1300, plus
360 suspended days in jail,
with five days electronic
surveillance, 24 m onths
probation and completion o f
alcohol education program
The HHS business
education d ep artm en t is
participating in the category
of Environmental Awareness
and Issues The web design
class tau g h t by D arlene
Marquardt is spearheading
the project This is the forth
year M arquardt’s classes
have
p a rtic ip a te d
in
CyberFair, the second year
that HHS has participated
The web design class is
o rg an izin g and p u ttin g
to g e th e r
a
w ebsite
highlighting the information
g ath ered
co n cern in g
environmental issues in the
Heppner area The class is
asking for help from some of
the other business classes, as
well as some other classes
being taught at the school
They w ould also like to
involve
th e
w hole
com m unity by g e ttin g
in fo rm atio n ab o u t any
environmental issues that
anyone is aware of. The goal
is to find out w hat has
happened in the past, what
issues are on the plate now
and what can we do in the
fu tu re
to
keep
our
com m unity
safe
and
beautiful They are including
inform ation about flood
control, dating clear back to
the big flood in 1903. They
will cover recreational parks
and wildlife control and are
taking a middle o f the road
position on environmental
issu es If anyone in the
com m unity
has
any
information, funny stories,
pertinent inform ation or
pictures that will help the
class put together the web
pages, co n tact the class
through the school; by email;
o r by v isitin g th e class
w eb site
at
wwwgeocities.com/
heppnercyberfair
Chamber Chatter
By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir.
Last night as I sat by our Christmas tree with its
twinkling lights transforming the room, my eyes came
to rest on the angel at the top This angel has been with
us nearly 40 years. She’s not very big, has a green velvet
dress with missing sequins, a bent gold wing, is a bit
tattered, yet still sparkles in that place o f honor, looking
down at all below.
If tree-top angels could talk, this one would tell
o f a first Christmas where deep in the woods a young
bride chose a tree that looked small until it was coaxed
into a 10 foot by 8 foot room The tree was still reaching
wall-to-wall after removing three feet A patient husband
took a tape measure on the following year’s excursion
and forever after It was easy to place the angel on top
when the tree was short, but in later years that bride fell
into it trying to reach the treetop A strong hand was
needed to steady the lean into the tree Time passed and
children were lifted up to place the angel on top, then
grandchildren
Many Christmases have come and gone and that
angel could tell many stories: o f large family gatherings
and small family gatherings; o f new babies and toddlers
beneath the tree; o f teenagers; o f young loves and old
loves; and o f a small milk carton nativity that appears
every year She could relate Hallmark specials, moms
and gramsies in the wee hours o f Christmas Eve; a
visiting bird in the window while the sewing machine is
putting finishing touches on gifts; writing Christmas
cards; “campouts” beneath the tree; and Dad putting
toys together; brief appearances o f “Bah Humbug;”
laughter and tears; and stories and Christmas music.
Some years the room has been dark for Christmas, but
during the twelve days following, hectic moments are
replaced with serene quiet reflective times, savoring the
season Christmas is about beginnings and endings
There are memories o f loved ones no longer
there, stories o f parties where odd items appeared on
the tree branches, the tree toppling over just prior to
Christmas dinner with Gramsie underneath it, laughter,
loneliness, happiness, impatience, life lessons learned
and thanksgiving for the reason for the season And with
any luck, there are a few snowflakes
Every year Christmas is different and Christmas
is the same Each year is a gift That angel would say
the years are about new and old traditions, change,
thinking o f others, memories, but most o f all about love
and faith Savor the moments o f the season, pause often
to look into your heart and most o f all remember that
Babe in the manager
For one all, no matter what your faith may be,
the Heppner Chamber o f Commerce wishes you an
“angel" to look down upon you, good health, strength,
family, friends and peace in your hearts
Skaggs works at preparing the 78 gift boxes to he delivered by
Santa. Gifts were donated by churches, individuals and Susie
Ward with the Cowboy Christmas Ball of Pendleton filled 27
names.
Munkers is top money
earner in Heppner barrel
racing series
Mary Ann Munkers and her two horses “Samantha”
and “Dash” have dominated the Heppner Winter Barrel
Racing Series thus far with earnings o f $591 02 The series
is being produced by Travis and Kimberly Swayze o f
Hermiston and Travis and Tiffanie Greenup o f Lexington
The major sponsor o f the event is Munkers Farms o f
Lexington The series will continue Jan 30 and Feb 6,
2005. It is sanctioned by the Barrel Racers National 4D
Association, the National Barrel Horse Association and the
Women’s Professional Rodeo Association
The results o f the series are as follows:
Dec. 5:
Women’s Professional Rodeo Association D.T.:
1st- Mary Ann Munkers, 2nd- Libby Lewis, 3rd- Holly Goe
and 4th- Candace Slagel.
BRN4D Open: (ID )- 1st- Mary Ann Munkers, 2nd-
Amanda Moore and 3rd- Mary Ann Munkers; (2D)- 1st-
Pam Cravens, 2nd- Stephanie Snazuk and 3rd- Sammi Lane;
(3D)- 1st- Blake Greenup, 2nd- Kimberly Kniveton and 3rd-
Angie Knowles.
BRN4D Seniors: (ID)- Ist- Mary Ann Munkers;
(2D)- I*- Sue Ruzicka.
BRN4D Novice: ( 1D)- l sl- Kelli Kamm; (2D)- 1st-
Sue Ruzicka
Pole Bending: (ID )- l ’1- Kelsey Gordon; (2D)-
Blake Greenup
Dec. 12:
Women's Professional Rodeo Association D.T.:
1st- Janice Davis, 2nd- Mary Ann Munkers, 3rd- Nancy Lynn
Joines and 4th- Kelli Kamm
BRN4D Open: (ID )- 1st- Janice Davis and 2nd-
Mary Ann Munkers; (2D)- 1 sl- Cindy Lane and 2nd- Debbie
Rutherford; (3D)- 1*- Libby Lewis and 2nd- Tiffanie
Greenup; (4D)- 1sl- Blake Greenup and 2nd- Katie Hammon
BRN4D Seniors: (ID )- Ist- Mary Ann Munkers;
(2D)- l sl- Cindy Lane
BRN4D Novice: (1D )-1sl- Kelli Kamm; (2D)- 1st-
Tiffanie Greenup; (3D)- 1st- Tori Phillipi
PeeW ees: l sl- Reubin Finn and 2nd- Lainey
Anderson
Pole Bending: (ID)- l sl- Blake Greenup; (2D)-1*-
Shawn Massey; (3D)- Is'- Kimberly Kniveton and 2nd-Angie
Knowles
BMCC offices to close for holidays
All Blue Mountain Community College locations
will be closed from Dec 23, 2004, through Jan. 2, 2005
Offices will reopen Jan 3. Evening classes begin for winter
term on Jan 3; day classes begin Jan 4.
Students can still register for winter term classes
online or at any BMCC location on Jan 3 or 4
BMCC locations include BMCC Pendleton,
BMCC Hermiston. BMCC Morrow County, Boardman,
BMCC M ilton-Freewater; and BMCC Baker County,
Baker City.
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