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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 23,2005 Graves celebrates birthday and receives 75 year pin A Wee Bit O’ By Claudia Hughes Dorris Graves (second from left), an active member of the Lexington Grange, celebrated her birthday on Jan. 1 and on Feb. 21 received her 75-year Grange pin. Helping Graves celebrate were many Grange friends including, (L-R): Robin Moran-Bailey, Virginia Peck, Edith Papineau and Zelma McDaniel. Over the Tee Cup The willow creek C o u n ty C lub L a d ie s ’ Playdays will start at 9 a m., on Tuesday, April 5 The club officers will serve a hosted b re a k fast. A fter a short business meeting, scramble teams will be announced for the day’s play. All women golfers are welcome Come out and join a day o f fun, food, golf and prizes. The Playday season lasts through the last Tuesday o f September Engagement Coe-Lorence Marriage Licenses M a rc h 11: Joel M ac ia s-A lca ra z, 42, U m atilla and Taw nya F rancine Strickland, 38, U m atilla; Jason Ray Whitbeck, 32, Irrigon and Y vette Jean Pardue, 26, Irrigon CUSTOM BANNERS H eppner Gazette-Times Jon Lorence and Tricia Coe Jan C oe and Tim Coe and Dr Robert and Judy Lorence wish to announce the engagem ent o f their children Tricia Coe and Jon Lorence The bride-elect, o f Heppner, is the daughter o f Jan Coe of Heppner and Tim C oe o f Fossil. She is a graduate o f Heppner High ABOUT THE HEPPNER GAZETTE-TIMES NEWSPAPER News articles The Heppner Gazette welcomes news articles that are of inter est to the communities of lone. Lexington. Heppner and the sur rounding area You can submit your article through mail, fax, email or bring it to our office (see below under how to contact us). There is no charge for news articles, but if the article is a money making activity for a person or business other than a non profit or community service organization, it must run as a paid advertisement. Advertisements There are several different types of advertisements in the Hep pner Gazette Display ads are the boxed ads that run throughout the news paper and are charged for by the amount of space. The larger the ad the more it cost. Photos and graphics may be used in display ads. Classified, or want ads. run in the section near the back of the newspaper and are charged by the number of words in the ad. Business directory ads are boxed ads at a discounted rate. You must agree to run the ad unchanged (except for minor correc tions) for a minimum of three months. Legal notices. The Gazette is the legal newspaper for various public entities and is able to satisfy publishing requirements for Morrow County. 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The new spaper publishes on Wednesday of each week Who we are Publisher David Sykes News Editor Katie Foster Bookkeeper April Sykes How to contact us Email david «heppner net Phone 541-676-9228 • Fax: 541-676-9211 • Cell: 541-980- 6674 Web site: www.heppner net (Articles and advertisements can be submitted from there.) Mailing address The Heppner Gazette-Times PO Box 337 Heppner. OR 97836 Office address: 188 Willow St. School and atten d ed Western Oregon University in Monmouth and Eastern O regon U niversity in La G rande She is currently em ployed by W estern In v estm en ts Inc., of Hermiston The groom-elect, of Umatilla, is the son o f Dr. Robert and Judy Lorence o f R ichland, WA He is a graduate o f Lynden High School in Lynden, WA and atten d ed W estern W ashington University in B ellin g h am , WA. He is c u rre n tly em ployed by Noland Door o f Hermiston. The couple plans a June 25, 2005 wedding at Ruggs Ranch in Heppner. Local students awarded U of O degrees U n iv e rsity of Oregon has announced its degree candidates. From M orrow County, candidates for UO degrees are: H ep p n er- A lliso n Elizabeth Sykes, bachelor of arts, art-photography and S tephanie Ann C lough, bachelor o f science, biology; Lexington- Jaclynn Joy Hughes, bachelor o f arts, history; Boardman- Geoffrey Ellsworth Camine, bachelor o f science, sociology. No commencement cerem onies will be held. However, several schools, colleges and departm ents will host informal receptions to honor graduates and their families Diplomas will be mailed to all who complete graduation requirements by the end o f the term on March 18. Hail, rain, snow. It’s after all March in Heppner Could be we should have had people enter a weather raffle. The one closest to predicting what Heppner weather was going to do every hour on the hour during the Wee Bit O ’ Ireland weekend would have w on th e pot. No c o m p lain ts ab o u t the moisture All would agree i t ’s much needed so that these rolling hills turn green There was a mug o f candy left upon my desk sometime this weekend. It said, “ I survived St Pat’s D ay in H e p p n e r.” I a p p re c ia te th e m ystery person who left it. How nice it would be if a mug could be at th e d o o r o f every w onderful volunteer who worked so hard in so many different places all over town to m ake th e w eekend a su ccess P eo p le met th em selv es com ing and go in g as they co o k ed , served , fo ld ed scrip t, o rc h e stra te d p arades, p ro v id ed e n tertain m en t, p re p a red fo r th e many events, etc. All o f you who worked so very hard and take pride in this community p ro v e th e saying th a t, “ T o g eth er w e m ake a difference.” Appreciation goes to Josh Lankford who came through for the teen dance at the last minute and to the te en s fo r being u n d e rstan d in g . G litch es happen in spite o f the best- laid plans and anyone who has ever chaired an event knows this. It took many, many chairpersons to make the weekend happen. N otes, emails and phone calls continue to come in asking that the Heppner community be commended for putting on such a fun w eekend fo r everyone. People come back year after year and new friendships are made. And the deadline for the Heppner G azette is in five m in u tes. G ive yourselves a great big Irish hug know ing th a t you created great memories for hundreds o f visitors. Heppner Booster Club news The Heppner Booster Club met on Wednesday, March 9 at the high school with seven members present The meeting was called to order and the minutes were accepted as corrected and the treasurer’s report was given Club business included -receiving a bill for baseball and football medals and patches purchased There was discussion about whether this was an approved purchase, but it was pointed out that a past booster board had approved purchase o f those items when teams made it to playoffs and it was supposed to be policy. The club decided to put this in the policy for future reference. The club voted to pay for the medals and patches -receiving a band shirt bill Wade Smith said he would find out how many o f the shirts were purchased by kids and the club will pay for the remaining shirts. -discussing a baseball/softball trip to the coast on April 2. The teams had requested rooms but since it is not a playoff or league game that is against policy. It was stated that the club will probably chip in funds for food Gayle Gutierrez will discuss this with the coaches -receiving a request for money for sashes and pins for the National Honor Society students It was agreed to purchase these for the NHS -receiving a request for funds from the Yearbook committee to help with publication o f the 2005 yearbook. The p u b licatio n s class was w illing to w ork some concessions but it was noted that there are no more concessions this year to work. It was approved to donate $1000 to the yearbook this year -receiving a request for funds from the track coach for covers for the high jump pads. They are using borrowed ones until the pads can be recovered The team is willing to pay back a loan but the booster club decided to just give them the needed funds. -receiving a request for $1,500 in funds for the Sports Academy. There was discussion of where the various camps will be held. The club elected to give the funds. In old business, club members: -were given a draft copy o f the by-laws and tax ID to be reviewed. It was noted that there would be a state fee for filing the tax ID. -heard that the Sports Dinner has been tentatively scheduled for May 19 at 7 p.m. at the Elks It was noted that the dinner would be just for varsity players. The program will include tw o to three minutes o f video highlights for each season and recognitions for lettering and participation. The meal will be lasagna, bread, salad and ice cream. Invitations will be limited to parents and possibly grandparents, with no siblings invited, as there is a maximum capacity o f 200 people at the Elks. There was discussion about having an alternative night for JV and C teams or having coaches do something on their own. -received a note o f appreciation from the girls’ basketball team for funds donated for the state Sub tournament. In new business, club members: -heard that the scholarship committee had been chosen. Members this year are Karen Smith-Griffith, Cindi Doherty, Renee Yocom, Judy Eckman and Ron Bowman. The application deadline is April 30. The forms will be picked up from Mark Dowdy, the school counselor. The committee’s forms must be used for applicants to qualify. -learned that the track asphalt will be done in April when the weather heats up. They also learned that the track team will be doing fund raisers for better equipment. The next meeting will be held April 13 in the Home Ec Room at the high school. He’s the backbone of your business. You know what a good worker is worth. And that’s worth a lot. Take care of him and his family with an Air Life of Oregon Business Membership. For only $45 per worker annually, an Air Life Business Membership protects against out-of-pocket expenses in the event o f emergent air transport. With flight charges ranging from $6,000 to $16,000, the savings can be significant. Illness. Injury. Accident. Air Life is there for you when you need us. 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