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
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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
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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.
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