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