Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - THREE
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news Care packages to be prepared Jan. 9 4-Corners Snowmobile Club holds
H eppner C hristian
Church is providing volunteers
for the St Patrick’s noon meal
on Jan. 12. The menu on that
day is fish fillets, jo-jos, mixed
vegetables, cherries, cheesy
biscuits and Boston cream pie
The annual meeting,
Jan 19, has as its main
agenda, election o f three
members Each one will be
elected for a different length of
term - tw o, three and four
y ears, re sp e c tiv e ly . T he
election for the slot presently
held by Felix Swarzin is for
tw o years, the slot held by
Tom Wilson is for three years;
and the slot held by Florene
Robinson is for four years
Swarzin is now president and
has been a longtime member
o f the board Wilson, vice
president and member at large,
is o n e o f th e b o a r d ’s
re p re s e n ta tiv e s on th e
U m atilla/M orrow C ounty
AAA W ilson a ssists Ed
B a k e r w ith b u s d riv in g
responsibilities Robinson is
the present treasurer for the
Senior Center board Other
nominations may be presented
to the board up to and during
the meeting
As a correction, the
tim e fo r card s is 1 p m.,
Tuesdays and Fridays The
time for exercise is 10 a m ,
Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Garden Club to
meet
Justice Court
report
The Heppner Garden
Club will meet on Jan 10, at
7 p m , at St Patrick’s Senior
Center Hosts for the event
will be JoAnne Burleson and
J e a n e tte P a d b e rg The
p ro g ra m w ill in c lu d e a
discussion with Corine Miles
on roses. Club members will
participate in a round table
setting
The Justice Court for
Heppner and Irrigon handled
183 cases for the month o f
N ovem ber 2004 O f those
ca se s, 147 w ere tra ffic
citations, 10 game citations, 12
misdemeanors, five civil claims
and FEDS, one small claim and
eight DUIIs
The court also had 11
pre-trials, three orders to
show cause, 26 w arrants
issu e d , 56 su sp e n sio n s
o rd e re d ,
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Diversions filed, 27 warrants
returned from the sheriff’s
office and 38 accounts were
sent to a collection’s agency.
Thirty-one trials were
scheduled, with 22 being minor
hearings (traffic), seven jury
trials and two small claims Out
o f the 31 trials, only 20 minor
hearings were held
In th e m o n th o f
November, $28 070.91 was
received, with $7734 turned
over to the state, $ 19,953 70
turned over to the county and
$ 3 8 3 .2 1
paid o u t in
restitution
HLL to elect
officers
H eppner
L ittle
League will be meeting on Jan
17 at 7 p m at the Heppner
Neighborhood Center The
agenda for the meeting is to
elect officers.
Booster Club to
meet
The Heppner Booster
Club will be m eeting on
Wednesday, Jan 12 at 7 p m
in the HHS home ec room
Lexington IOOF and Rebekah lodges
to resume meetings
F ollow in g a sh o rt
Christmas vacation, Lexington
IOOF and Holly Rebekah
lodges will resume regular
meetings, Thursday, Jan 6 at
7.:30p m
D u rin g th e sh o rt
vacation, new energy efficient
windows and a door have been
installed in the upstairs meeting
room , plus an additional
h eating system A n o th er
heating system is yet to be
installed in the lower meeting
room.
The lodge members
have also placed skirting
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around the outside perimeter
o f the building to cut down
drafts from the cold winds
These im provem ents were
made possible by a generous
tippage fee award from the
Morrow County Court, as well
as individual donations Much
yet remains to be done to the
hall so that it will not be
considered “an eyesore to the
community.”
The regular January
card party will be held Jan 8
at 7:30 p m., at th e hall.
Refreshments will be served
The price is $4 per person,
with proceeds to be used tor
the upkeep and improvements
to th e hall E v ery o n e is
welcome as these parties are
intended for socialization and
fun T he “ cold old hall”
promises to be warmer for
those who attend
Estate
By DAVID SYKES
REALTOR
T he S u p p o rt O ur
T roops su p p o rt g ro u p is
meeting Sunday, Jan 9 at 3
p m in the Methodist Church
basem ent in H ep p n er to
prepare care packages for
soldiers serving in Iraq
Donations received so
far have b een g re a tly
appreciated D onations o f
non-perishable items are being
accepted at Bank o f Eastern
O regon and St P a tric k ’s
S enior C en ter M onetary
donations should be taken to
BEO
If you would like to
help with the care packages or
would like more information
about the support group,
contact Evelyn Sweek at 676-
9483
Livestock Growers and SWCD
to hold annual meetings
The M orrow County
Livestock Growers and the
Morrow SWCD would like to
invite you to their program and
annual meeting on Jan 13 at
the Heppner Elks Club The
meeting will start at 12 p m
with a hosted lunch, with the
annual program starting at 1
pm .
The program will start
w ith a discussion on the
O regon W olf Plan C lint
K reb s has been on th e
planning committee and will
share his perspective on the
plan and answer questions
Roger Huffman will be on hand
to give an update on the
N a tio n a l
L iv e sto c k
Identification program and the
N o rth w e s t
L iv esto ck
Identification project Theme
Holznagel will be here to share
the latest inform ation on
dredging the Columbia River
This is extremely important to
agriculture in the northwest
NRCS and SWCD staff will
be on hand to give an update
on farm programs available to
producers Janet Greenup will
give an update on Senate Bill
101 Oat the local level
The SWCD annual
meeting will be at 10:30 a m
and the Livestock Growers
annual meeting will be at about
4 pm
This should be a very
informative program and we
hope you can join us for lunch
and the entire program
Following the annual
meetings, a Social Hour at the
Elks will be held at 6 p m. and
th e Tow n and C o u n try /
C ham ber A nnual Awards
Banquet will follow at 7 p m
Along with the banquet, will be
e n te rta in m e n t by M arty
Campbell, known for guitar
picking, w estern hum or,
cowboy poetry and singing It
should be a great time
Western entertainer to perform
at Town and Country banquet
M arty Campbell, a
western entertainer “w ho’s
been there” will share inspiring
sto rie s, co w b o y p o etry ,
humorous tales and real-life
cow boy g u ita r m usic on
Thursday, Jan. 13 at the annual
Town and Country Chamber
Awards Banquet
C am p b ell
h as
performed for audiences all
o v er th e c o u n try from
C h am b er o f C o m m erce
banquets to the National FFA
Convention, from cowboy
poetry gatherings to breakfast
m eetings. He gets to the
American heart o f the matter,
right down to the real deal
about those “who have chased
cows from the tops o f rock
buttes while eating dust as if it
were a sandwich, to someone
who has been up to his hips in
the belly o f a combine trying
to get th e so rry su ck er
unplugged.”
T h is
w e ste rn
entertainer’s stories, poems
and songs are about the most
im portant segm ent o f the
A m erican w est, you, the
people Campbell says, “If
y o u ’re looking for wistful
paintings o f days gone by,
riding your horse while playing
the guitar and cowboys in
continental suits, you w on’t
find it in my shows.” These
stories are about modem day,
tru e -to -life , h o n e s t-to -
g o o d n e s s , co w -fe e d in g ,
w heat-farm ing people and
critters who live in a world
w here there are espresso
shacks in the feed sto re
parking lot.
Tickets for the prime-
rib dinner are available at
M u rra y ’s D rug, Bank o f
E astern O reg o n and the
H ep p n e r C h am b er o f
Commerce
Genealogy class omitted from BMCC
winter flyer
B lue
M o u n tain
C o m m u n ity C o lleg e has
scheduled a genealogy class in
lone this winter term that was
inadvertently left out o f the
BMCC Winter Flyer
The class will be a
four-week course, meeting on
Friday mornings from 9-11
a m., beginning Jan 28 The
class will be held at the lone
High School library Students
will learn how to get started
tracing family history using the
Internet and other sources
A lso, s tu d e n ts w ill be
introduced to some o f the
family history software and
given instruction on how to use
it.
Cost o f the class is
$25. Interested students are
asked to pre-register with
A nne M o rte r, BM CC
C o o rd in a to r for S o u th
Morrow County at 422-7040
by Jan. 24
THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCATION
Any Realtor will tell you
that the three most important
factors concerning the value of
a house are: “ Location,
L ocation, and L ocation .”
Unfortunately, most home
buyers ignore this important
advice
Location is especially vital
when buying a house for
maximum resale value
Statistics say that you will be
resellin g your home long
before the final mortgage
payment is in the mail
Therefore, take a long, hard
look, not only at the present,
but the future prospects for the
community and immediate
neighborhood
Select a location where raw
land and house v alues have an
increasing price trend
E specially check into the
zoning
laws
for
any
unfavorable change which
could cause a depreciation in
the value of the neighborhood
and the resale price o f your
home in the near future
Remember - you can
remove, replace or remodel a
house, but you can never
change the location So choose
carefully
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first playday
T he
4 -C o rn e rs
Snowmobile Club held its first
playday o f the season on
S unday, Jan. 2 at K elly
Prairie It was a beautiful day
with a snow depth o f about
two feet
A count o f over 60
snowm obilers enjoyed the
day, with Gene Orwick and
Pat Dougherty serving chili,
hotdogs, coffee and cocoa,
that was provided by the club
Don Stroeber smoothed the
trails with the club’s grooming
machine Winners o f the poker
run were Luke Murray taking
first and Daye Stone taking
second
For more information
ab o u t club a c tiv itie s or
becoming a member, call Mike
Gorman or Sandi Patton at
676-9623 All members are
invited to attend the next club
meeting, which will be held at
7 p m , Tuesday, Jan 18 at
M o rro w C o u n ty G rain
Growers in Lexington
BMCC classes planned for the area
Blue Mountain Community College’s Winter Term
starts this week at all o f the BMCC campuses and in the local
area as well Please call Anne Morter, BMCC coordinator, at
422-7040 for more information or for assistance with online
registration
A couple o f spaces remain in the Digital Photo Editing
class, set to begin Tuesday, Jan 11 at Heppner High School
This five-week class will be held each Tuesday from 6-8 p m
If you were lucky enough to get a digital camera for Christmas,
now is the time to learn how to make the most o f it The class
will concentrate on the techniques used to take and edit digital
photographs Tuition is $40, plus a $5 lab fee Senior Citizens,
age 62 and over, may take this or any other non-credit class
for $25 plus the $5 lab fee Pre-registration is required
A couple o f computer classes are also available
Computer Basics is a four-week class, held on Thursdays from
4-6 p.nr, beginning Jan 13 at lone High School. This class is
designed for beginning users or seniors Tuition is $35 plus a
$5 lab fee
Publisher, a versatile Microsoft program, will be taught
Wednesday nights from 6-8 p m , for three weeks beginning
Jan. 19 at HHS. Tuition is $30 plus a $5 lab fee
Web Design, a four-week course, will be taught on
Wednesday nights from 6-8 p m at HHS. Call 422-7040 for
more information
Genealogy will be held Friday mornings from 9-11
a m from Jan 28 through Feb 18 at lone High School. This
is a good way to finally get started on tracing your family’s
history Tuition is $25.
A free “Going Back to College” seminar is planned
for Tuesday, Jan 25 at the Morrow County Extension Office
from 1 -4 p m This workshop will lay out the steps needed for
someone interested in going or returning to college Pre-
registration is required
A Business Start-Up workshop is planned for Tuesday,
Feb. 22 from 6-9 p m. at the M orrow County Extension
Office This class is designed to help those either new to business
or still in the exploration stage Tuition is $35
Students are now encouraged to register online at
www.bluecc.edu. Contact the location coordinator, Anne
Morter, at 422-7040, with any questions
Mustang girls hang on to
beat Prospectors
By Rick Paullus
The
H ep p n er
M ustang girls’ varsity fell
behind in the first half, went up
by 13 early in the fourth, then
hung on to beat the Grant
Union Prospectors 53-49 on
Monday, Dec 27 in John Day
in a non-league game
T he
M u stan g s
improved to 8-1, winning their
eighth straight game, and will
be back to Columbia Basin
Conference play on Friday,
Jan 7 at Umatilla and back
home against Sherman County
on Saturday, Jan 8
The Mustangs jumped
out to a 6-0 lead on two
b a s k e ts from
Shanna
Rietmann and one by Megan
Orr and after four straight by
the Prospectors, Rietmann
scored off a drive to make it
8-4 The Prospectors then ran
off eight straight to take a 12-
8 lead after one and built it to
18-12 before the Mustangs
got going as Lyndi Patton had
11 points, including a 3-
pointer, and Terra Wilson had
four to help them to a 25-20
lead at the half
Susan Southworth hit
one o f tw o free throws and
Orr scored off a drive to make
it 28-22 Rietmann fed Orr for
a lay-in and after a 3-pointer
by th e P ro sp e c to rs , O rr
scored off a rebound then off
a steal, Southworth scored off
a drive and Linsey Mitchell hit
a jumper from the foul line to
give the Mustangs a 38-27
lead after three
Patton scored inside
to open the fourth, then scored
off a drive to make it 42-32
S arah P rice scored o ff a
rebound to make it 44-37,
1
Wilson hit a jumper to make it
46-41, then co n v erted a
ju m p e r o f f a ste a l by
Southworth to make it 48-44,
but the Prospectors rallied to
take a 49-48 lead with 54
seconds left Orr hit two free
throws with 42.7 seconds left
to give the Mustangs back the
lead, then hit tw o more free
throws with 32 8 seconds left
and Southworth hit one o f two
with 115 seconds left to seal
the win
Orr led the Mustangs
with 16 points, eight rebounds,
five assists and two steals, with
Patton adding 15 points, five
rebounds and three steals
Wilson had eight points and
four rebounds, Rietmann had
10 rebounds, three assists and
two steals, Southworth had
five rebounds and four steals,
Price had five rebounds and
two steals and Mitchell had
four steals
Heppner 8 17 13 15-
53
Grant Union 12 8 7
22-49
Heppner- Megan Orr
6 4-6 16, Lyndi Patton 6 2-2
15, Terra W ilson 4 0-1 8,
Shanna Rietmann 3 0-2 6,
Susan Southworth 1 2-6 4,
Linsey Mitchell 1 0-0 2, Sarah
Price 1 0-0 2, Blair Keithley,
Regi S eitz and M ahaley
Huddleston Team 22 8-17
53 3-pts: Patton
Grant Union- Landis
5 6-10 16, Bartlett 3 0-0 8,
Moore 3 0-2 6, Alley 2 1 -2
5, Cary 1 2-2 4, Coxen 2 0-0
4, Holliday 2 0-0 4, M yers 1
0-0 2 and Ashby-Andrews
Team 19 9-16 49 3-pts:
Bartlett 2
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