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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 16, 2005 - FIVE M S W alk hits H eppner in April All Saint's Episcopal Church MS Walk team memhers. Put on your walking shoes It’s time for the MS Walk. Take a walk with your friends and co-workers It’s fun and you can help fight MS by w alking or sponsoring a walker in this year’s MS Walk on Saturday, April 23. Register today and join other members o f the com m unity in their fight a g ain st MS S ign-up brochures are located in businesses throughout the area You may pre-register onlin e as well at www. mswalkoregon com I f you have any question you may contact Merilee McDowell at 676- 5238, or the Oregon Chapter o f the National MS Society at (8Q0) FIGHT-MS. Sam B oard m an E lem en ta ry to celeb ra te 25 years On Thursday, March 17, Sam B oardm an Elementary School will be c e le b ra tin g its 25th anniversary The celebration will begin at 1:30 p.m., with the current students in the school having a group photo in special shirts ordered for the celebration From 6:30-8 p m , the community is invited to com e and hear M att D oherty, past superintendent, Susan Tolar, past principal and BJ Wilson, p resen t principal, speak ab o u t Sam B oardm an Elementary. Following the presentation, there will be tours of the school, a picture slide show and refreshments. E v ery o n e is invited to attend Celebration organizers are also in search o f first teachers and students ofSBE. If you were with the original crew contact SBE at 481-7383 and make sure to attend the celebration M o rro w C o u n ty holds V ictim Im p act P anel The Morrow County Victim Impact Panel will meet at the Port o f Morrow building on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 at 7 p m. The m eeting is open to the general public at no charge D U II o ffen d e rs w ill be charged $50 and must attend as a condition o f probation At the meeting you can learn how driving under th e in flu en ce im p acts members o f our community and listen to victims of DUII crimes share their personal stories o f tragedy. A Spanish interpreter will be present For m ore information you can contact Sam arra Van D o o m , D irecto r o f the M orrow County Victim Assistance Program at 676-5665, 481 - 2112 ext. 5665, or 922-4103 ext. 5665. R ew ard posted for inform ation on bull shooting A Black Angus bull w as shot and disabled several weeks ago on the W ilkinson R anch The Skinner Creek gravel pit has been closed to motorized vehicles to help minimize harassment o f livestock The O reg o n C a ttle m e n ’s Association and the Morrow County Livestock Growers have posted a reward for any information relating to the incident. If you have any in fo rm atio n , p lease call Oregon State Police Trooper Dane Gardner at (541 ) 567- 3215. J c . ______ é r ________ ê c . ______ sân St. Patrick’s Senior C enter news On M arch 23, W illow C reek B aptist Church members are hosts for the Senior Center’s noon meal The menu planned is scrambled eggs with pork p a ttie s, hash brow ned p o ta to e s, mixed fruit, to m a to ju ic e , blu eb erry muffins and pudding On Tuesday, March 22, a lunch excursion to M onum ent is scheduled, announced Ed Baker The sign-up sheet is in the Center office Passengers need to be at the Center, ready to board the bus by 9:30 a m Plans for breakfast, on St Pat’s Saturday, from 7-10 a m., are in place and also the Irish Potato Soup lunch from 11 a.m.-l p.m. and 2-4 p m A bout 25 people attended the quarterly Area Agency on Aging meeting, held at the Umatilla Senior Center on March 11 The group learned that funds for senior services are still in a state o f threat Letters to sta te le g isla to rs are im portant The funds for O regon P ro ject In d ep en d en ce, w hich enables persons to stay in their homes with minimal assistance is in particular jeopardy. TheCAPECO office has become a work force training station for several groups including persons re entering the w ork force, those wanting to improve people skills and those who need special training with computers and other related tasks in today’s job market The RSV P recognition luncheon is at the Port o f M orrow c o n fe ren c e building on March 30, early registration is important, as the seating is limited B aker has the transportation arranged Irish Singers return to H eppner # “John Doherty and the Irish Singers have been burning up the roads for yet another Irish Season and it’s Heppner this weekend,’’ says Mike Duffy, group musician and spokesperson for the group The band has been coming here almost since the beginning o f the celebration 23 years ago. They still perform a good share of the Irish music for the KUMA Coffee Hour on Saturday m orning at 10 a m , entertaining the audience with pub tunes, a toast or two and maybe a story now and then Back again this year are the regulars, including a stro n g “ back ro w ” held down with the incomparable bass o f Alan Feves Ron Emmons, dedicated family man and musician knows no bounds when it comes to tasteful and fun melodies and steady rhythms. Dan Emert performs his fine fiddlin’ in Heppner and all over the region. Add Paul Davis, S co tt Sager and John D oherty and y o u ’ve got some fine guitar and vocals singing the Irish songs of old Jim Beard is new to the group, but he gets right in there with his mouth harp M ichael D uffy, an o th er m usician in the group hosts the Saturday afternoon Ceili at the Elks at 2 p.m , where the public will enjoy more o f the music o f the Irish singers. In addition, the afternoon agenda will include dancing by our local Shamrockettes, songs by the WannaBe’s, Mulligan Stew, the S henanigans, Joe Lindsay and more Be ready to tap your toes and sing a few ditties. Friday teen dance features Dan Burns The annual Lads and L assies St. P a tric k ’s Committee dance for teens will be held on Friday, March 18 from 8-11:30 p.m. at H ep p n er High School cafeteria A ttendees will dance to the music o f Dan DEQ issues transfer station permit for North Morrow County facility The O regon D ep artm en t of E n v iro n m en tal Q uality (DEQ or Department) has issued a new solid waste permit, effective March 1, 2005, to Morrow County The permit is for a transfer station that will be located near the intersection o f Hwy 730 and Interstate 84 on Port o f M orrow and State o f Oregon property currently being used as a gravel storage area The transfer station will serv e residents of the City o f Boardman, City o f Irrigon and other rural areas o f N orth M orrow County Morrow County will now be able to provide a nearby solid waste disposal serv ice for resid en tial customers and commercial businesses in the Boardman and Irrigon areas. Curbside solid waste collection and recycling drop-off depots are currently provided in the area by Sanitary Disposal o f Hermiston The nearest solid waste disposal service for self-haulers, how ever, is located 15 miles south o f the new transfer station at the Finley Buttes Landfill or 20 miles east o f the new transfer statio n at the Sanitary Disposal transfer station in Hermiston. DEQ received the permit application for the tra n sfe r statio n from Morrow County on Sept 23, 2004 Based on this permit application and a completed Land U se C om patibility Statement, DEQ prepared and sent out a draft transfer station permit to interested citizens, local governments, businesses and local media fo r public com m ent in January. A total o f three comments were received on the draft permit Department review o f these comments resulted in three revisions to the final B urns, funded by th e M orrow C ounty Unified Recreation District. The teen event is drug and alcohol S h eep d og trials free. Donations at the door M ary H am ilton, will be a ccep ted by the director o f the Wee Bit O ’ sen io r class w ho are Ireland Sheepdog T rials providing refreshments. reports that the response N azarene Church hosts breakfast “ has been just huge this The menu will year.” Hamilton says that O nce again the include French toast, ham, “Heppner’s Dog Trials have Nazarene Church is hosting juice and coffee. There will becom e one o f the most its Sunday M orning be live b ag p ip e m usic p re stig io u s trials in the Breakfast, March 20, during performed by Mike Keown. Pacific Northwest.” the St Patrick’s weekend The price o f the meal Sixty-five applicants celebration The breakfast is $5 for ad u lts, $2 for w ant to run their dogs will be held from 8-10:30 children (12 and under) and “B ecau se of the a m., at the church $ 12 maximum family rate overwhelming registration, __________________________ _s4r______j c --------------- dogs will be running to a standard and if they are not BE A MURAL SUPPORTER! perm it The re v isio n s required the following 1) That drop box lids be made o f solid sheet metal, rather than screens, to limit access by birds and other vectors to solid w aste te m p o ra rily stored at the site; 2) That solid waste drop box lids and recycling drop box doors be closed at the end o f each o p eratio n al day to limit access by birds; and 3) That all self-haulers cover their solid waste and/or recycling loads to prevent littering and spillage of solid waste on the State and County highway system The perm it authorizes the disposal o f solid waste into drop boxes from an elevated ramp at the tra n sfe r statio n site Recyclables will be disposed into recycling containers located on site Full drop boxes will be transported by C olum bia R eso u rces Company to the Department p erm itted Finley B u ttes Landfill for final disposal. R ecy clab les will be tra n sp o rte d by S anitary D isposal o r C olum bia Resources Company to their tra n sfe r statio n s for consolidation with other recyclables. The transfer station is scheduled to operate each weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, from 9 a m. until 4 p.m , except for holidays and M orrow C ounty’s current estimate for completion o f construction and opening o f the facility is mid-April or the first part o f May 2005. For m ore in fo rm atio n ab o u t the transfer station permit, or to request a copy o f the final permit and/or the Response- to -C o m m en ts R ep o rt, contact Bruce Lumper, at the Columbia Gorge -Offrte in The Dalles at (541) 298- 7255, ext. 40. con tin u e to grow having a good run, then they are out,” reports Hamilton. View the Heppner Sheepdog T rials rft the Thompson Ranch, starting at 8:30 a m and running all day Saturday and Sunday, March 19-20 The ranch is located three miles northw est o f H eppner on B unker Hill Road o ff H ighw ay 74 between mileposts 41 and 42. “We really appreciate being able to use this site and the Krebs sheep for this event,” said Hamilton LBL Fixed Annuity Rates Help finish the Mural o f Early Heppner... the bricks will face the ramp landing wall on Riverside Street and your name or inscription will be part o f the finished mural! Reaching your retirement and savings goals is very important. We can help get you there. We offer fixed annuities with competitive interest rates and product benefits that fit your needs. Guaranteed, tax-deferred growth from a company you can depend on. Principal protection, regardless of economic conditions. 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