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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - THREE Local twirler competes in Oregon Open House to be held at Currin Cardinal Booster Club news The Cardinal Boost will make fewer than Ranch State competition er Club met on Monday, Three artists and two quilters will be featured in an open house at the Currin Ranch, 62776 Little Butter- creek Road, Heppner, on May 21 and 22. The open house will begin at 10 a m., on both days and all are in vited to visit the ranch and see the artists’ work This collection o f work primarily depicts the ranch and west ern lifestyle Some works will be offered for sale The open house will feature Denise Smith, artist and ranch wife who moved to the Currin Ranch in 2003. H er w estern art reflects ranch life. She is accom plished in oils and digital en hanced photography. L inda W hiting o f Burns is bringing her west ern art pieces to the open house. Whiting paints life images on item s such as pails, rocks and note boards. L inda P h illip s o f Hermiston, who is a pencil artist with a western flavor, will add colored pencil orig inals, as well as graphite prints She is this year’s fea tured artists for the cover o f the Hermiston Horse Sale catalogue Judy R obinson o f Hermiston, former owner of C ountry L oveables quilt store, will show some o f her pieced quilts and hand work She designs many o f her own pieces, using earth tones to bring out the designs Marlene Currin will also be showing her quilt designs and will display piec es such as wall hanging, ta ble runners and quilts o f var ious sizes Currin enjoys working with western de signed fabrics and her quilts reflect her love o f animals Ranch life is depicted and inspires her work Chamber Chatter- By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. Jessica Hamilton Jessica H am ilton, 15, who recently moved to Heppner from England, par ticipated in the US Twirling Association’s Oregon State Competition on April 30 at Reynolds Middle School in Portland Hamilton placed sec ond in all around categories o f presen tatio n , m ilitary m arch and basic m arch, sponsored by Oregon Baton Council She also took sec ond in combined all around She also placed fourth in jun ior novice solo, third in jun ior military march and sec ond in novice basic strut, sponsored by the United State Twirling Association. She also placed first in nov ice presentation and first in a beginner solo routine C o m p etito rs com pete in their age group against their ability levels. First place winners in each division and age group then competed for the Ore gon State Title Hamilton placed third in the junior di vision o f O regon State Championship Twirlers. W ith the O regon State com petition behind her, Hamilton will go on to the regional competition in Hayward, CA this summer H am ilton began competing about five years ago in England studying the English standard o f baton twirling Since moving to the states, she has adopted the US standard o f twirling with the help o f Pendleton coach Luann McKenzie Hamilton won several events during her twirling in England, in cluding being named Cham- -pjonship.-Twixlen in 2003 She also had th e honor o f participating in the London Parade Hamilton’s parents, GeriAnn and Michael Hamil ton, recently purchased the Blue Spruce Apartments in Heppner Heppner was cho sen as the place to move as the Hamiltons have family here including Jack and Jo Meligan, GeriAnn’s aunt and uncle and Elmer Meligan, GeriAnn’s grandfather Due to the difference in education systems between England and the US, Hamilton is fin ishing her education in En gland through distance edu cation B esid es tw irlin g , Hamilton is also active in the local 4-H She is a member o f the 4-H Basic Horse club and the 4-H Ranchers Horse club U m b rellas d o n ’t look so strange in Heppner o f late and no one is com plaining G reat billowing clouds continue to grace the skies brining more moisture. Our hills are finally turning green. M orrow County is not complaining nor is the rest o f Eastern Oregon Speaking o f Eastern Oregon, be sure to stop by the Chamber office to pick up the Eastern Oregon Visi tor Guide Trip Planner The Colum bia R iver Plateau, comprised o f M orrow and Umatilla counties, is the first region featured in “Make S’more Memories.” We all have memorable stories to share relating to our commu- nity Think about how it feels to sit around a campfire eat ing s’mores and telling sto ries Please share your old and new stories with the Chamber and not just around a campfire Do you have OHV experiences, fishing, historic events to relate or pictures? Travel Oregon is always on the lookout for unique and historic tales about places in Oregon It would be beneficial to have an ongoing list on file about Heppner and south Morrow County. In addition to bro chures from all over the state, the Chamber office has a variety o f phone books free for the asking. The office is not always occupied, but during the City o f Heppner hour«; o n e can walk across a c ro ss hours one the room to the inside door o f the Cham ber and help themselves to brochures It’s a cooperative effort to pro vide information for local citizens as well as visitors Do you know about the Chamber Ambassadors? They are a group o f energet ic folks who put together baskets o f “goodies” from local businesses and deliver them to new people in the community. If you would like to be an ambassador, call the Chamber As an aside to this column, the Friday Night Gala at the Elks, put on by the Diva’s, with tremendous community donations and support for the Coil family, was a testimony to the great ness o f living in Heppner A tte n d ee s left w ith the knowledge that this commu nity is caring, that is produc es awesome musical talent and th at there are many young 30/40-something vol unteers out there who can accomplish just about any thing they set their minds to. They will handle the future o f south Morrow County . i, Mark you calendars fo r C ham ber p ro g ram s ahead: May 19- HHS Pre sentation on GPS/GIS by Dave Fowler and Jon Cain; May 26- N ational W rite Your Congressman informa tional presentation, June 2- all entities report. Remember as visitors arrive for Memo rial Day weekend, let them know that there will be a Memorial Day Dinner at the Senior Center on Sunday, May 29 and invite them to enjoy Heppner’s amenities while they are here T hought for the Week: “Nothing great was ever accomplished without enthusiasm.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson. Soccer t0 sjgnup ® r be held An A Y. S O. soccer signup will be held for chil dren ages 4-11 Registration will be held at the Heppner Neighborhood Center, June 2 from 5-7 p m and June 3 from 4-6 p m For more in formation, contact Jessica Lehman at 989-8571 VOTE PO R T OF M ORROW C O M M IS S IO N E R P O S IT IO N # 1 JIM HOLLANDSWORTH • Investment in the County: Business Owner • Civic Minded: - Past President, Board man Chamber of Commerce - Current President of Boardman City Council - Member of Latino Commission - Church Board Member • Engineering Background: Heavy Construction • Stability: 35 years of Marriage All 3 children are College Grads Paid tor by Committee to Elect Jim Hotlandswortti I May 2 at the lone School li brary, w ith 12 m em bers present The club learned that Lynn Dee Ramos is looking into paint costs for the cafe teria and hallway. Superin tendent Bryn Browning sug gested that the mural on the hallway include academics as well as athletics. It was also suggested interested stu dents help paint the mural The club ordered 50 Cardinal wraps The water proof wraps are similar to the ones the club sold in the past, but will have hoods and zippers The wraps will be available at Sunflower Junc tion for $40 each The club voted to contract Marlene Pointer to make the track donation rec ognition sign The club vot ed to pay $ 10/hour to Point er for her work The sign will be made with stenciled let ters It will hang on the track practice area fence Del LaRue reported on the Athletic Hall o f Fame He will have a list o f nomi nees available at the next meeting The first award din ner will honor individuals up to 1960 Ramos had a sample 4th o f July shirt created by Sew What. The blue shirts, with an embroidered logo, will sell for $15 for adult siz es and $ 12 for children’s siz es The club will also reserve rights on the logo Ramos and Arlynda Gates looked into the pur chase o f C ardinal w rist bands. They haven’t been able to find a company that 1000 bands The club agreed to not buy over 500 bands, in youth and adult sizes Members voted to help the school staff pur chase lower case die-cut let ters The booster club will make up the difference be tween the money from box tops and the total cost of the letters, not to exceed $505 The club recently provided refreshments for the Inside lone open house at the school Penny Krebs and Becky Tullis fixed din ner for the faculty on con ference day. The club donat ed a Cardinal wrap to the golf team to use at their golf scramble fund raiser. The club voted to provide water and Gatorade to the track, tennis, baseball and g o lf teams at district and state competitions B row ning applied for and received a $2000 grant from Box Tops for Education The money will be used for parent/commu- nity involvement projects Jim Raible expressed appreciation to the club for support o f the Small Busi ness C lu b ’s concessions throughout basketball sea son Club members provid ed pies to sell at home games There will be a sum mer league varsity boys’ bas ketball tournament in lone on Saturday and Sunday, June 18 and 19. Approxi mately 10 teams will be par ticipating. The club will pro vide meals and concessions The next meeting o f the Cardinal Booster Club will be Monday, June 6 at the school library. St. Patrick’s Senior Center news St. Patrick’s Catho lic Church volunteers are hosts for the May 18 noon meal at St. Patrick’s Senior Center. The menu for the day is hot diggety dogs, sauerkraut, Jell-0 salad with fruit, carrot and celery sticks and ice cream Ed Baker, transpor tation coordinator, is recov ering from knee surgery and he will be away from his driving duties for a few days, he announced All partici pants will have an opportu nity to sign a card and ex press wishes for an uncom plicated recovery. The card will be on the table during the lunch hour The regular meeting o f the senior board o f direc tors is May 18 at 12:30 pm ., in the center office HHS to hold Men’s Breakfast to be held at Community Nazarene Church Celebration of M en’s Breakfast for residence and visitors o f Excellence Heppner, lone, Lexington, H ep p n er High School will be holding its “Community Celebration o f E xcellence” on Monday, May 23. Parents, children and the community are invit ed to attend a day o f activi ties A competition and recognition awards assembly will be held at 2:30 p m , at the HHS gym A free bar- beque will be held at 6 p m , with dessert following at 6:45 p m The junior high and high school academ ic awards presentation will be held at 7 p m For more informa tion, contact HHS at 676- 9138 Hardman and surrounding areas will be held Sunday, May 15 at the H eppner Nazarene Church All men are invited and encouraged to bring their sons and/or daughters The purpose o f the meeting is to encourage men to be better husbands, fathers and role models within their com m unities The group uses Biblical principles for its foundation o f guidelines Breakfast is also served M en’s Breakfast is sponsored monthly by First C h ristia n C hurch, Assemblies o f God Church and the C hurch o f the Nazarene GT News Deadline: Mondays at 5 p.m. The Willow Creek Water Park THERAPY POOL in Heppner is OPEN! Thursdays: 10 - 2 by appointm ent only Thursday fee is <5 an hour 3 or more people is <12.50 an hour Fridays: 10 - 4 :3 0 for the public Friday fee is <1.50 per person LIFEGUARD ON DUTY BOTH DAYS Please call Merry at 676-5752 or 676-5756 for any questions or appointments
