Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 9,2005 - FIVE
Chamber Chatter
St. Patrick’s Senior Center news HHS Booster Club news
B> Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir.
Christian Life Center
volunteers host the Senior
Center lunch on March 16,
from 11 30 a m to 12:30
p m Lamb stew w ith
vegetables, potatoes, celery
and carrots, apple sauce,
biscuits and pineapple upside
down cake is the announced
menu Groceries are ordered
through the C’APECO office
in P endleton and som e
unexpected menu changes
are caused by o rd e r
substitutions and omissions
without notice Shelia Piper
and her kitchen staff have
appreciated the patience of
those who eat at the Center
The Area Agency on
Aging advisory committee
meets at the Umatilla Senior
Center on Friday, March 11
Ed Baker, Tom Wilson and
G race D rake, H ep p n er’s
representatives will attend
As I co n tem p late
what to write in this week’s
colum n, 1 can ’t help but
think about the hurry the
world seems to be in and
what causes this We’re now
a society raised on sound
bytes, high speed internet,
cell phones, traveling as fast
as we can and operating on
schedules that encourage
stress and anxiety, resulting
in the growing inability to be
entertained by peace and
quiet Parents are running
their children from one event
to another with barely time
fo r
dinner
or
com m unication G ranted,
this is from a 60 year old, but
1 can't help but fell humanity
needs to get back in touch
w ith w h a t’s w ithin The
crazy thing is “running as fast
as we can” doesn't give us
any more time on earth; in
fact, the opposite often holds
true
Granddaughters this
past weekend enhanced the
rewards of kicking back We
took a walk down to the
creek w here D estinee
perched herself out on a
rock, “just to listen.”
“Gramsie,” she said,
“it’s so quiet here and so
relaxing ” S h e ’s usually
swimming in meets, climbing
trees, playing the piano and
racing here and there, but she
knew to take advantage of
the moment Adults forget
C ontrast that with
the man who came bursting
through the Chamber office
door Monday to tell me that
H eppner w ould not be
getting his business because
in the process of researching
the locatio n , one o f his
p eo p le had received a
speeding ticket and they
c e rta in ly c o u ld n ’t do
business here if they had to
travel that slow Pacification,
explaining some lives had
been lost, safety and positive
interaction just didn’t cut it
Apparently, the state where
he
cam e
from
has
u n m onitored
stra ig h t
stretches o f road and in the
valley everything moves at a
faster pace My gift to him
would be an hour by a creek
o r on to p o f a hill and
convincing him that it’s ok
to slow down 1 am afraid I
wasn’t very successful He
was in a big hurry
And why the top o f
a hill, you might ask? Hilltop
experiences include Sandhill
cranes going north, eagles
soaring, a sunset or sunrise,
watching the world go by
beneath you and seeing that,
in the whole scope of things,
you along are p retty
insignificant It helps put life
into perspective, as does a
walk, shutting off the TV,
losing the cell phone and
leaving the internet for a
while
So, take a deep
breath, look around, take a
walk and then kick in with
high energy since “A Wee Bit
O ’ Ireland” is only a week
away. It d o e sn ’t tak e a
leprechaun to tell you that
show casing H eppner in
M arch isn’t very restful,
rewarding yes, restful, no.
Our great community knows
how to entertain visitors and
without all o f you, ‘tis sure
it wouldn’t happen Laugh,
enjoy, have a little fun and
pat yourselves on the back.
WCLL to meet
Willow Creek Little
League is meeting on March
15 at 6 p m , in Condon, at
the
G illiam
C o u n ty
Fairgrounds
T he
annual
re c o g n itio n o f RSVP
reg io n al v o lu n te e rs is
planned for March 30 at the
Port o f Morrow Building in
B oardm an T here is no
ch arg e for this annual
appreciation dinner. Since
th ere is lim ited seating,
reservations need to be made
by March 21 Reservations
may be made by leaving your
name at the Heppner Senior
Center office or calling (800)
752-1139
M arch 16 is the
scheduled d ate for the
regular meeting o f the Senior
Center Board The meeting
will be held at 12:30 p m A
major agenda item is the final
approval o f content and
design o f a new brochure to
promote the center and its
activities
The Heppner High
School Booster Club met on
Feb 9 at the high school
The
tr e a s u r e r ’s
re p o rt w as read and
payments to Pepsi and for
the band sh irts w ere
approved
In new business, the
club
-approved a request
from the baseball and softball
teams for the purchase o f
play ball dirt
-discussed the menu
for the Sports Dinner for the
high school athletes It will
be decided next month when
and where it will be
-learned that the final
asp h altin g o f the track
surface is being done and it
will be rubberized at a later
time
-heard that Oregon
Trail Mountain Springs will
do a label for the school on
the bottled water Ads can be
awards for the Leprechaun’s sold to pay for the initial
C hoice, M ustang Award
(best Ford Mustang entry)
and Judges’ Choice
For
fu rth er
The Heppner track
in fo rm atio n ,
c o n tact
Heppner Chamber office at project has reached its final
676-5536 or Dick Sargent at paving process and Blue
676-9621. Applications for Mountain Asphalt has been
Cruz-In and a St Patrick’s contacted to complete the
w eekend agenda can be project, said Heppner High
viewed at www heppner net School P rincipal W ade
Smith
The completion o f
this process has been funded
by community donations, the
M arch 2: Jonathan Heppner Booster Club and
A ndrew
B row n,
30, a grant from M orrow
Huntington, IN and Shannon County School District.
Louise K nezevich, 25,
Columbia City, IN
M a rc h 4: Justin
Player tryouts for the
Thomas Elliott, 23, Irrigon
2005 Heppner Little League
and Natalie Marie Poe, 19,
will begin on March 9.
Irrigon; and Daniel Duane
The next meeting of
Doyle, 41, H eppner and
the HLL is set for Monday,
Ellen Marie Arbogast, 37,
March 14 at 7 p m at the
Heppner
Heppner Fairgrounds
The tryout schedule
:fl
is as follow s: M ajor
Baseball, March 9 and 10, 4
p m., G eorge W aterland
Field (if you are trying out
5*h annual Cruz- In to be held
The fifth annual St
Paddy’s Cruz-In will take
place on Saturday, March 19
as part o f the 23rd annual St
P a tric k ’s cele b ra tio n in
Heppner
Vehicles will start
assem bling from 10:30-
11 45 a m at the Northwest
entrance to Heppner (at the
former Kinzua millsite) on
Hwy 74/207 There is a $ 10
re g istra tio n fee, due at
assembly time (Last week’s
article mistakenly said $5.)
The Cmz-In Parade
will begin at noon sharp and
proceed through downtown
Heppner, ending with the
cars assembling for viewing
on Willow Street The St
Patrick’s Parade will follow
this at 1 p m
Follow ing the St
Patrick’s Parade, the cars
will be judged Dash plaques
will be aw arded to all
p a rtic ip a n ts as well as
p allet
T his will be
investigated and reported on
again in the future
-discussed a need for
money by the girls for the
tournam ent That was an
unknown at the time o f the
meeting
In old business, there
were no updates about the
by-laws and tax-ids The
Club learned that everything
is going well in the snack
shack It was stated that the
MCGG dinner is probably
going to be postponed until
next year due to lack o f time
for planning It was also
reported to the Club that the
Fair Board has raised all
matching funds for the dorm
Last month’s minutes were
approved with corrections to
some name spellings and
some dates
The next m eeting
will be March 9 in the Home
Ec Room at the high school
Heppner track, one step closer
to completion
Marriage
Licenses
Once the paving is
completed, the final stage o f
th e p ro ject will include
rubberizing the surface and
adding strip p in g and
numbering. The complete
project should be done this
spring or early summer
Along with the track,
the areas for field events
such as long jump, triple
jump, high jump and javelin
have been included
HLL to hold player tryouts
for majors you must attend
one day o f tryouts ); Minor
Baseball- March 11,4 p m ,
Shad Hisler Field; M inor
Softball, March 9, 4 p m ,
Bob Kilkenny Field; and T-
Ball, March 12, 10 a m ,
Shad Hisler Field
For information call
Renee Yocom at 676-9474
mornings or 676-9821
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Tammy B rem ner,
city m anager/recorder for
the town of Canyon City, has
been elected to serve as
president of Greater Eastern
O regon
D evelopm ent
C o rp o ratio n ’(G EO D C ).
L arry
C lucas,
city
administrator for the City of
Umatilla will serve as vice
president. Tracy Hamby,
vice president/manager o f
Banner Bank o f Pendleton
will serve as se c re ta ry /
treasurer Completing the
G EO D C
ex ecu tiv e
com m ittee roster are the
following Larry Dalrymple,
Eastern Oregon Regional
Airport manager and City of
P en d leto n
econom ic
development director; Jeff
Bailey, vice president/chief
credit officer o f Bank o f
Eastern Oregon; Stephanie
Seamans, economic planner,
Confederated Tribes o f the
Umatilla Indian Reservation,
and Judge Day Joyce o f
Malheur County
GEODC, a private
no n -p ro fit co rp o ratio n ,
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Grant, Morrow, Umatilla,
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lo cated
throughout the region
G EO D C may be
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fo llo w in g
lo catio n s:
Pendleton office, (541) 276-
6745 or Canyon City office,
(541) 575-2786
GEODC is an equal
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and employer
Justice Court report
Dewey C Harvey,
51,
H eppner,
DUII
Diversion, fine $405
David Brown, J r ,
35, Heppner, Harassment,
fine $283 plus court
appointed fees, 20 hours
com m unity service, 180
suspended days in jail, one
year
p ro b a tio n
and
co m p letio n o f an anger
management program
N athan
Alan
A rb o g ast, 34, H eppner,
Violation o f the Basic Rule,
74 mph in a 55 mph zone,
fine $108
Jo sh u a
M ichael
M artin , 26, Fairview ,
F u rn ish in g A lcohol to
M inor, fine $483, 90
suspended days in jail and
one year probation Martin
was also cited for Disorderly
Conduct He was fined $463,
received 90 suspended days
in jail, payment o f $130 in
lieu o f 20 h o u rs o f
community service, one year
probation and to not return
to lone High School
Justin Chad Miller,
30, lone. Violation o f the
Basic Rule. 85 mph in a 55
mph zone, fine $180
Shayne M ayberry,
18, T igard, F ailure to
Appear, fine $383 and 180
suspended days in jail
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